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FACT CHECK: Every casualty count in this war comes from an interested party
Between 3,468 and more than 9,676 dead: that is the spread revealed by a simple review of the published casualty tallies for the Iran-US-Israel…
DECODING: Trump wants shipowners paid with Iran's frozen billions
One hundred billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets: that is the sum Donald Trump proposed using to reimburse shipowners hit by the blockade of…
FACT CHECK: What the IAEA can still verify in Iran, and what it no longer sees
The International Atomic Energy Agency has conducted "no verification activity on the ground" in Iran since the American and Israeli strikes, according to Rosemary…
ANALYSIS: Pickaxe Mountain, where Trump and Netanyahu read different reports
"Why couldn't you just tell me? Why did you have to tell the whole world?" Donald Trump reportedly asked Benjamin Netanyahu during their White…
DECODING: A Ukrainian strike in the Caspian Sea pulls Tehran into the war
Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X, cited by Iran International on July 25, 2026, that Ukraine "also achieved very good results with long-range strikes in…
REPORT: A drone wave hits Iraqi Kurdistan, Erbil and Khor Mor targeted
An unidentified drone was heading toward the American consulate when the international coalition shot it down over Khalifan , in the night of July…
INVESTIGATION: War premiums quadruple, and insurers now decide who still sails
Insuring a single 270,000-tonne oil tanker now costs roughly 21 million dollars , according to an S&P Global report cited by Al Jazeera on…
ANALYSIS: Oil drops the moment the bombs go quiet, and no one believes it for long
On July 28, 2026 , Brent crude lost $4.61 , or 5.2% , falling to $83.75 at 12:01 p.m. Eastern time, according to figures…
DECODING: Hormuz traffic craters 77% in a week, and the world is counting ships
The figures published by Lloyd's List Intelligence on July 21, 2026 , describe a measurable collapse in maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz,…