There is a test that powerful countries administer to everyone else every few decades. It is not announced formally. There is no letter, no ceremony, no official notice. The test arrives disguised as a trade policy. You discover you are being tested only by watching how you respond. Trump administered that test in 2025. The […]
Thirty years he had been the most powerful man in Iran ever to be seen. No speeches. No sermons. No interviews. And, even as his father was roaring away in pulpits and making a name in the history of a nation, Mojtaba Khamenei was toiling in the shadows, pushing through corridors, whispering into the correct […]
Thick black clouds covered the Tehran areas on Sunday with residents claiming that when it rains, oily residue fell onto the ground following Israeli airstrikes to various oil storage and fuel distribution sites around the Iranian capital that caused massive fires, causing plumes of smoke to fill the Iranian capital. The attacks, which were declared […]
• US suggested India absorb Russian oil waiting for Chinese refineries• Over 100 million barrels of crude currently floating offshore• Extra cargoes could benefit Indian refiners through discounted supply• Move aimed at cooling global oil prices amid Middle East tensions The United States has proposed that India reflect on absorbing over 100 million barrels of […]