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Flydubai’s flight FZ1073 took off from Dubai International Airport in the UAE at 03:05 GMT (07:05 local time), en route to Ben Gurion Airport. Two hours into its journey on Wednesday (September 30), the Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 174 people – mostly Israeli passengers – plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m). Unlike other attempted hijacking, […]
... written on Oct 01 2026US President Donald Trump is giving Chinese President Xi Jinping a king’s welcome this week, as he pursues what the White House calls “strategic stability.” The question is whether there will be much substance beneath the surface pomp. The administration is fast losing the Iran War. China is helping Iran shoot at Americans in the […]
... written on Sep 22 2026For months, many investors had viewed the 4.5% yield on the benchmark 10-year note as an attractive point to step in and buy bonds. But as yields surged through that level, market participants adjusted their view and opinion. Analysts and economists then believed that the 10-year yield was heading to 4.75%. Now even that level […]
... written on Sep 14 2026Brent, the international benchmark, jumped above US$99 a barrel on Tuesday (Sept 8) – the highest since July – after Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen conducted strikes on energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. The oil prices also jumped as a result of retaliation from the U.S. that destroyed four Iranian tankers in the Gulf of Oman and […]
... written on Sep 09 2026Donald Trump hails “historic” deal for the U.S. to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s oil, which critics slammed as a deal made at “gunpoint”. Of course, the U.S. has denied that the energy deal, which the U.S. president bragged as “the biggest oil deal in world history”, is an example of Washington’s “heavy-handed” attempt […]
... written on Sep 03 2026Despite approval rating hitting 32%, Donald Trump’s worry isn’t about re-election or the Iran war. Instead, the U.S. president, whose second-term has seen the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied 57%, 70%, and 142% respectively, is deeply worried about a stock market crash. After all, he has been somewhat of a magnet for major […]
... written on Sep 01 2026The U.S.-Iran conflict has evolved into a “game of chicken” in the Strait of Hormuz, with each side betting that the other will blink first and make concessions. For Tehran, threatening maritime traffic in the strait provides the only leverage over the global economy and a means of pressuring Washington. The U.S., on the other hand, […]
... written on Aug 18 2026Troubling security information reached the upper tier of Trump’s team on July 7, the first day of the NATO summit. Hosted by Turkey for the second time in history, the 36th NATO summit in Ankara (July 7 – 8) came at a critical moment. As President Donald Trump’s motorcade rushed through Turkey’s capital to the […]
... written on Aug 14 2026A week ago, Donald Trump said he was calling off the biggest military attack since World War II because a deal to end the Iran War was imminent. When there was no deal, as the world had already anticipated, he changed his story. Now, he’s signalling the U.S. is in no rush to resolve the […]
... written on Aug 11 2026Houthi militants have claimed attacks on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, threatening another important route for oil flows and stoking fears that the U.S.-Iran conflict could escalate further. As a result, oil prices jumped back to US$100 a barrel on Thursday before retreating, fueling a bond selloff and sending stocks sliding. Brent Crude futures jumped […]
... written on Jul 24 2026
