An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned on Thursday that Tehran may expand the Middle East war to the Indian Ocean if the US attacks again. “Since the conflict has spread from the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea, it is possible that, in response to more war, the…
Paramount Pictures has finalized an exclusive deal with Brad Pitt to reprise his role as global investigator Gerry Lane, while Oscar-winning filmmaker Edward Berger is set to direct the long-delayed sequel, tentatively titled “World War Z 2.” The announcement brings a 13-year development saga closer to production. Pitt has remained closely involved with the project…
Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German battleships are emerging into view. They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The Danube’s record low water levels also have forced power plants to the brink…
The head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Commission, Ebrahim Azizi, has issued a warning to Ukraine following its assault on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, which resulted in the death of one sailor and injuries to another on Saturday. Iran summoned Ukraine’s diplomats on Sunday in response to the bombing of the Iranian vessel…
The deaths of U.S. service members after Iran attacked a base in Jordan followed a week of fighting that has steadily upped the ante and could trigger the resumption of all-out war. The U.S. military has reinstated a naval blockade and bombed Iran for several consecutive days, concentrating attacks on coastal areas near the Strait…
The United States struck Iran and Tehran hit back at US allies in the Gulf on Thursday, as the foes battled over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed Middle East war, despite a call from mediator Pakistan to resume talks. The rekindled fighting came a month after a preliminary deal was…
Good morning. If you thought geopolitical risk was fading from your strategic planning picture, think again. The U.S.–Iran war escalated over the weekend, and crude prices are already reacting. Here’s what leaders need to be watching. Energy prices are likely to surge again. Global oil demand is down, mainly because of China and other Asian…
IJOHN SURTEES Many of us can feel it in our bones, that sickening feeling that, because of government policy, we are sliding towards some sort of civil war. We don’t want it, we hope we are wrong, but almost everyday brings fresh evidence that it is, possibly, inescapable. Worryingly, it’s not just far right thuggish…
A prominent foreign policy writer alleged Saturday that a media hit piece may have been designed to deport him over his opposition to the Iran war. Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, wrote in a Substack post that he believes a Wednesday exclusive report by The Free Press “was designed…
Days of Our Lives excites as Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) just dropped a nuclear bombshell on EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) this week. And worse yet, he found out about it from somebody else that he hates, Paulina Price (Jackée Harry). And so now, EJ is furious that Gwen is planning to buy Salem University Hospital….
