Briefing: The handymen and drivers keeping Tehran running
Strategic angle: Even under bombardment, workers across Iran’s capital are delivering food and fixing potholes
Editorial Staff Mar 10
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Briefing: Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn
Strategic angle: Experts caution that the ongoing conflict and bombings will lead to significant long-term environmental damage.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Europe rallies around Cyprus days after the Iran war’s first drone attack on EU territory
Strategic angle: European nations show solidarity with Cyprus following a significant escalation in the Iran conflict.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Israel's double-edged ambitions in Lebanon
Strategic angle: The Israeli army aims to weaken Hezbollah but risks increasing civilian casualties and restoring legitimacy for its adversaries.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Iran: Mass rallies held in support of new supreme leader
Strategic angle: Hundreds of thousands rally for Mojtaba Khamenei following his father's assassination by an Israeli airstrike.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Donald Trump says Iran war will be over ‘very soon’
Strategic angle: Oil slides below $90 after surging to nearly $120 early in Monday’s trading session
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Iran bets on endurance, energy disruption to outlast US, Israel
Strategic angle: Iran is strategizing to endure and disrupt energy supplies to counter US and Israeli pressures.
Editorial Staff Mar 10
Briefing: Everything from the last week of everything is gambling now
Strategic angle: Kalshi faces backlash after a class action lawsuit over unpaid wagers related to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: US Reaches Agreement to End Prosecution of Turkey’s Halkbank
Strategic angle: Justice department cites Ankara’s help in negotiating for release of hostages held by Hamas and a ceasefire with Israel.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Explosions heard across Doha, sirens sound in Bahrain as Iran strikes Gulf neighbours
Strategic angle: Iran intensifies aerial campaign against Gulf states, causing alarm in Qatar and Bahrain.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: What to know about Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader
Strategic angle: The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile but has significant influence behind the scenes.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Oil prices jump and markets slide as Iran names new supreme leader and digs in
Strategic angle: The announcement of a new supreme leader in Iran has led to a surge in oil prices and a downturn in global markets.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Trump’s Venezuela strategy has failed in Iran
Strategic angle: The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei has dashed the US president’s hope of picking Iran’s new leader
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Hezbollah reports clash with overnight Israeli raid in east Lebanon
Strategic angle: Militant group Hezbollah said its fighters clashed with Israeli troops during an overnight raid in eastern Lebanon.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Israelis divided over war with Iran as conflict expands
Strategic angle: Air raid sirens ring out across Israel, alerting residents of Iranian missile launches, a sound that now dictates the daily lives of Israelis.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Iran attacks Israel, Gulf states, after naming new leader on Day 10 of war
Strategic angle: The price of crude oil briefly neared $120 a barrel Monday as Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei the supreme leader and then launched new attacks at Israel and Gulf states.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: ‘Slopaganda’: Why the White House’s Hollywood-themed Iran war propaganda video is a new low
Strategic angle: The White House has drafted Tom Cruise, Walter White and Sith Lords in a propaganda video which celebrates the Iran strikes.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Iraq coach wants World Cup play-off to be postponed
Strategic angle: Iraq head coach Graham Arnold advocates for rescheduling the World Cup play-off to enhance his team's chances of qualifying.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Iran war: Is Europe prepared for the fallout?
Strategic angle: The conflict between the US and Iran keeps unfolding, with thousands of Iranian casualties and escalating fighting across the Middle East.
Editorial Staff Mar 9
Briefing: Oil prices surge, stocks slide as Iran war spirals further
Strategic angle: Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis discusses the EU economy's resilience amid the ongoing conflict.
Editorial Staff Mar 9