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Can US escort ships in Strait of Hormuz? Trump and his men make claims, topmost military leader says it’s ‘complex’
[ad_1] President Donald Trump may be insisting that the US can, “if needed to”, escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz amid its war with Iran, but a top military general has now said the key waterway is a “tactically complex environment” — thus fueling the lack of clarity on ...
Iran’s new supreme leader ‘is wounded, likely disfigured,’ says US war secretary Pete Hegseth
[ad_1] United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is “wounded and likely disfigured,” a day after the cleric issued a written statement vowing to continue the war. Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei “is wounded and likely disfigured”: US defence ...
Anthropic’s Pentagon Battle Matters to Every Business
[ad_1] In the past year President Trump has demanded Intel hand over 10% of its equity, that Nvidia share its China chip revenue with Treasury, and Amazon scrap plans to show tariffs to some customers. In all cases, the companies quietly complied. Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic. But ...
President Pezeshkian, top leaders march in Tehran amid US-Israeli strikes: ‘Trump doesn’t understand Iranian people’
[ad_1] Iranians were seen taking photos with President Masoud Pezeshkian as he and other top leaders joined a Quds Day rally in Tehran, which later saw US-Israeli strikes nearby, multiple reports said on Friday. At least one woman was killed in the strikes. President Masoud Pezeshkian with fellow marchers in ...
China’s hereditary elite is taking shape
[ad_1] OVER THE past half-century, China has conjured vast wealth out of widespread poverty. Now comes the vexing part: how to pass it on to the next generation. For China, this poses a new and underappreciated risk. On its current trajectory, the first great intergenerational transfer in China’s modern history ...
It’s Advantage Russia as Trump’s war on Iran hits oil economy, ‘no matter how cynical that may sound’ | Explained
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov summarised his country’s cryptic pragmatism as the US-Israel war on Iran widens to the oil-rich Arab world and engulfs the global economy. “We should probably secure benefits for ourselves where possible,” he said this week, “no matter how cynical that may sound.” ...
Emboldened by Oil Shock, Iran’s Leaders Play Diplomatic Hardball
[ad_1] Arab diplomats trying to find a diplomatic path out of the war now being waged by the U.S. and Israel against Iran say Tehran, emboldened by its ability to rattle the global economy by choking oil shipments, has laid out steep preconditions for any return to talks. Apartment buildings ...
Suspect killed after ramming vehicle into Michigan synagogue
[ad_1] A man was killed after ramming his vehicle into the front doors of a synagogue in suburban Detroit on Thursday afternoon, setting off an exchange of gunfire with security officers and a large police response, authorities said. Members of Hatzalah of Michigan, a Jewish volunteer emergency medical service survey ...
Donald Trump administration denounces CNN for airing Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s first public address
[ad_1] The Donald Trump-led US government came down heavily on news broadcaster CNN for running the speech of the new Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Trump government has slammed CNN for broadcasting speech of Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (PTI) US government’s official X account for tackling misinformation on Trump ...
An Axis failing to resist? Iran vs US-Israel, full story behind the war and why Tehran fights alone
[ad_1] The US-Israeli conflict with Iran that has rattled the entire Gulf region and sent ripples across the world is not just what meets the eye. It stems from issues between the sides that have existed since time immemorial, but most recently the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by ...
