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ESSAY: London Climate Action Week — the UN between fossil fuels, AI and the Iran crisis
When United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the London Climate Action Week on June 23, 2026, he spoke beneath a heat wave threatening to…
FACT-CHECK: Did Trump really win peace with Iran? Five claims verified
On June 22, 2026, from the White House press briefing room, Donald Trump declared that he had "concluded the greatest nuclear disarmament deal in…
ANALYSIS: Inflation at 3.2% in the eurozone — the war in Iran showed up on your heating bill
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel struck Iran. Four months later, the effect of that military decision has lodged itself in…
DECODING: The IAEA demands access to Iran — what point 8 of the MOU actually means
In June 2026, the world learned that Iran and the United States had signed an agreement — the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding — that…
ANALYSIS: The Iran-USA Deal and the Strait of Hormuz — Victory or a Sixty-Day Gamble?
On June 17, 2026, Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian remotely signed a fourteen-point memorandum of understanding (MOU), officially concluding the nearly four…
DECODING: The Iran-US Geneva deal — temporary peace or disguised capitulation?
On June 17, 2026, in a Geneva conference room, three men signed a document that immediately made front pages around the world. Donald Trump,…
OPINION: A people erased while the UN watches — Palestine will wait once more
In June 2026, Israel militarily controls 64% of Gaza's territory. This figure is not a projection or a strategic planning hypothesis: it is documented,…
DECODING: Gaza phase 2 — demilitarization, reconstruction, governance: why everything stalls
In October 2025, a ceasefire agreement was signed at Sharm El-Sheikh, following months of Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish, and American mediation. The first phase of…
ANALYSIS: Post-strike Iran — what remains of Tehran's nuclear program
In June 2025, the United States and Israel launched Operation Midnight Hammer — a strike campaign targeting Iran's principal nuclear facilities. Natanz and Fordow…