Crisis
Iran fired 14 ballistic missiles at U.S. troops in Qatar on Monday (June 23), and in its typical hilarious face saving drama, has claimed to have “destroyed the American air base” in retaliation for U.S. strikes on three nuclear sites. With internet blackout still in place, Tehran did not need nuclear scientists to hoodwink tonnes […]
... written on Jun 25 2025Operation Midnight Hammer began with “Drama King” Donald Trump pretending to be indecisive about striking Tehran. After all, he was the co-producer of TV series “The Apprentice”, hosting the reality television show for a whopping fourteen seasons before departing to focus on his 2016 presidential campaign. The show featured him as a powerful and decisive […]
... written on Jun 23 2025For almost five decades, Iran’s leaders built up a network of allied militias in the Middle East that shared a hatred of Israel and America to gain regional influence and protect the regime. But as the theocracy is now fighting for its own survival, its allies – from Baghdad to Beirut – are MIA (missing […]
... written on Jun 19 2025No more proxy war, no more hidden assassination and certainly no more lobbing a few missiles or air strikes at each other to save face. After decades of cat and mouse game, Israel and Iran are now officially engaged in a direct war. As expected, Saudi Arabia, Iran’s long time rival before reconciling in 2023, […]
... written on Jun 18 2025Just four days into its ferocious air campaign, Israel appears to have gained a decisive edge in its escalating conflict with Iran: aerial supremacy over Iran.The Israeli military announced on Monday that it can now fly over the country’s capital, Tehran, without facing major resistance after crippling Iran’s air defenses in recent strikes, enabling Israel to […]
... written on Jun 17 2025Iran’s senior leaders had been planning for more than a week for an Israeli attack should nuclear talks with the United States fail. But they made one enormous miscalculation. They never expected Israel to strike before another round of talks that had been scheduled for this coming Sunday in Oman, officials close to Iran’s leadership […]
... written on Jun 15 2025When Hamas terrorists and several other Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, 2023, they made one huge mistake. They were unable to entirely destroy the Jews state. Hamas and its main sponsor – Iran – had no idea what was about to hit them when […]
... written on Jun 14 2025Donald Trump used to believe that trade wars were easy to win, despite warnings from his own American economists and analysts that it will result in higher prices, lower growth, lost jobs and disrupted supply chains. Worse, trade war could spark inflation and recession. But Trump believes he has the formula to prevent an economic […]
... written on Jun 05 2025With nearly a trillion dollars worth of trade last year, U.S. companies exported more than twice to the EU what they sent to China. In 2024, the U.S. imported about US$606 billion in goods from the European Union and exported around US$370 billion. In comparison, U.S. goods imports from China totaled US$438.9 billion, while exports to […]
... written on May 26 2025On May 7, 2025, India launched “Operation Sindoor” in retaliation for a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22 that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. Sindoor – vermilion red powder – is a traditional marker applied on the foreheads of married Hindu women. The code-name was a deliberate invocation of not only grief but also memory […]
... written on May 16 2025
