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Naia Okafor-Chen
Senior Correspondent
Covers geopolitics, trade, and the friction points where great powers collide. Nigerian-Chinese heritage gives her a natural skepticism of any single national narrative.
Articles by Naia
- Trump’s March 16 Appeal for a Hormuz Naval Coalition Falls Flat
- Israeli Airstrike Kills Iran’s Security Chief Ali Larijani, Creating Leadership Void
- Israel Razes Bashoura High-Rise and Orders Tyre Exodus in Largest One-Day Lebanon Strikes
- UAE Temporarily Grounds Flights After Iranian Missile-Drone Salvo
- Iranian Drone Barrage Shuts UAE Skies, Triggers U.S. Bid for Hormuz Naval Coalition
- Israel Opens Ground Front in Southern Lebanon, Announces Buffer Zone South of the Litani
- Strait of Hormuz Closure Triggers Record 400-Million-Barrel IEA Draw as Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire
- Drone Strike Ignites Fuel Tank, Grounds Dubai International on 16 Mar 2026
- Trump Presses Allies for Naval Coalition to Break Iran’s Hormuz Blockade
- March 13-15: U.S. & Israel Retreat From Immediate Iran Regime-Change Goal
- U.S. Flattens 90 Iranian Military Sites on Kharg Island but Leaves Oil Terminals Standing
- Trump Warns of Strike on Kharg Island Oil Facilities After Bombing Military Sites
- U.S. Sinks 16 Iranian Mine-Layer Boats Amid Iran’s Shipping Strikes That Freeze Strait of Hormuz
- U.S. Airstrike Obliterates Military Sites on Iran’s Kharg Island, Oil Hub Spared—for Now
- Mojtaba Khamenei Installed as Iran’s Supreme Leader After Father’s Assassination
- Khamenei’s First War-Time Message Threatens Formal Closure of Hormuz
- Drone Strike in Iraqi Kurdistan Kills French Officer, First French Casualty of Iran-Linked 2026 War
- Wounded Mojtaba Khamenei Threatens Permanent Strait of Hormuz Closure in First Post-Succession Statement
- Iran Blocks Hormuz and Strikes Dubai, Forcing Record 400-Million-Barrel Emergency Oil Release Plan
- US Airstrikes Sink 16 Iranian Mine-Laying Boats Near Strait of Hormuz
- White House Disavows Energy Secretary’s False Hormuz Escort Claim, Rattling Oil Markets
- U.S. Airstrikes Sink Iranian Mine-Laying Fleet in Strait of Hormuz
- NATO Deploys U.S. Patriot Battery to Turkey’s Malatya After Second Iranian Missile Incursion
- Israel Brings War to Central Beirut: Raouche Hotel Drone Hit Followed by Aicha Bakkar Apartment Strike
- Assembly Installs Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s Supreme Leader, Trump Floats Assassination Option
- Brent Crude Plunges After Trump Signals Imminent End to Iran War
- Putin–Trump Hour-Long Call Triggers Oil Price Slide and Floats Iran-Ukraine Swap
- Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader, Defying Trump’s Succession Ultimatum
- Iran’s Assembly of Experts Installs Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader During Active U.S.–Israeli War
- IDF Shifts Fire to Tehran Oil Depots After Neutralizing Majority of Iran’s Missile Launchers
- U.S. Torpedoes Iranian Frigate as Israel Unleashes New Tehran Air Offensive
- Russia Starts Supplying Tehran With U.S. Target Coordinates Amid 2026 Iran War
- Failed Israeli Raid for Ron Arad Remains Sparks Deadly Clashes in Nabi Chit, Lebanon
- Operation Epic Fury’s First Week Decimates Iran’s Strike Arsenal
- Moscow Shares Real-Time Targeting Data With Tehran Amid Week-Old U.S.–Iran War
- US and Israel Move to Arm Iranian Kurds for Imminent Western Iran Uprising
- US Submarine Torpedoes Iranian Frigate IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka—First Confirmed American Sub Kill Since 1945
- Israel Pushes Troops Into Southern Lebanon After Hezbollah Retaliates for Khamenei Killing
- Russian LNG Tanker Arctic Metagaz Sunk After Suspected Ukrainian Drone Strike
- NATO Downs First Iranian Ballistic Missile Headed for Turkey
- US Submarine Sinks Iranian Frigate IRIS Dena With Mk-48 Torpedo, First Such Strike Since 1945
- US Sub Torpedoes Iranian Frigate IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka, 87 Dead
- UK Floats Post-War Peace Deployment as Geneva Trilateral Talks Poised to Restart
- Modi Becomes First Indian PM to Address Knesset, Wins Israel’s Highest Parliamentary Honor
- Kim Jong Un Brands South Korea a Permanent Enemy While Dangling Conditional Talks to U.S.
- EU Vows €90 B Ukraine Loan Over Hungary’s Objections and Unveils €920 M Energy Plan
- Kyiv Anniversary Summit Sparks Renewed Drive to Liquidate Frozen Russian State Assets
- Tehran–Beijing CM-302 Missile Deal Reaches Final Stage as Two U.S. Carriers Steam Toward Gulf
- Trump Sets 15-Day Ultimatum and Prepares Limited Strike Option Against Iran
- Iran Vows ‘Ferocious’ Retaliation as US Confirms 26 Feb Geneva Nuclear Talks Amid Strike Threats
- Hungary Vetoes €90 B Ukraine Loan Over Halted Druzhba Oil Flow
- US Masses Two Carrier Strike Groups as Trump Issues 10-Day Deadline Ahead of Geneva Iran Talks
- Russia Unleashes 50-Missile, 300-Drone Pre-Anniversary Strike on Ukraine’s Power Grid
- Russia Unleashes 345-Asset Drone–Missile Barrage Two Days Before Invasion’s Fourth Anniversary
- Geneva Russia-Ukraine-US Talks Break Down After Two-Day Sprint
- US Backs Off 'Zero Enrichment' Demand in Geneva as Iran Offers On-Site Dilution
- Inaugural 'Board of Peace' Meets, Forcing UNSC Reschedule and Splitting EU
- Trump Floats Iran Fork: Accept ‘Token’ Enrichment or Risk Khamenei Decapitation Strike
- EU Sends Observer, Declines Membership in Trump’s New Board of Peace
- Trump Floats ‘Limited’ Iran Strike After Ordering USS Gerald R. Ford Into Gulf
- WSJ Reveals Trump Weighing ‘Bloody-Nose’ Strike on Iran Before 10–15-Day Deal Deadline
- EU Sends Observer, Declines Membership in Trump’s Inaugural “Board of Peace”
- Geneva Peace Talks Stall; Zelensky Demands Rosatom Sanctions and Tells Russian Elites to 'F*** Away'
- Pyongyang Rolls Out 50 AI-Guided 600 mm Nuclear Rocket Launchers as Seoul Reopens 2018 No-Fly Deal
- Third U.S.–Brokered Geneva Talks Stall Over Donbas Territory Ahead of War’s Fourth Anniversary
- Zelensky Demands 20-Year U.S. Security Pact Ahead of Third Geneva Peace Round
- Zelensky Rebukes U.S. Concession Pressure on Eve of Third Geneva Peace Round
- Iran Briefly Shuts Hormuz During Tri-Nation War-Game as Geneva Nuclear Talks Pause
- Peru’s Congress Topples Interim President Jose Jeri in 75-24 “Chifagate” Vote
- US Deploys Anthropic’s Claude AI in Raid Seizing Nicolás Maduro
- Israel Green-lights First West Bank ‘State Land’ Registration Since 1967
- Five European States Cite Epibatidine Proof, Accuse Russia of Navalny Murder
- Netanyahu’s D.C. lobbying blitz yields no U.S. pledge to widen Iran deal demands
- Iran Opens Geneva Track: Araghchi Meets IAEA Before 17 Feb Indirect U.S. Nuclear Talks
- Five European Governments Declare Epibatidine Poisoning of Navalny, Move to OPCW
- Trump, Netanyahu Hold 3-Hour Iran Strategy Summit; Trump Keeps Diplomatic Channel Alive
- Trump Honors Delta Force After January Seizure of Nicolás Maduro
- EPA Rescinds 2009 Greenhouse-Gas Endangerment Finding
- Kyiv Quashes Rumored Feb 24 Election & Peace Referendum Announcement
- U.S. Redirects USS Gerald R. Ford, Establishing Dual-Carrier Gulf Presence to Squeeze Iran
- Trump EPA Revokes 2009 Greenhouse-Gas Endangerment Finding
- USS Gerald R. Ford Redirected from Caribbean to Persian Gulf, Doubling U.S. Carrier Presence
- Zelensky Denies Feb-24 Election Plan, Conditions Vote on Ceasefire
- Kyiv Rebuts FT Claims of U.S.–Driven Spring 2026 Election & Peace Referendum
- Israel Signals Unilateral Strike Plans on Iran’s Missile Arsenal Ahead of Trump Meeting
- Trump Administration Rescinds 2009 EPA Endangerment Finding for Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gases
- Trump Floats Second Carrier Deployment After Oman Nuclear Talks Stall
- Israeli Security Cabinet Scraps Jordan-era Land Law, Tightens Administrative Grip on West Bank
- LDP Secures 316-Seat Super-Majority; Opposition Slumps to Record 49 in 2026 Japan Snap Election
- EU Floats Fast-Track ‘Membership-Lite’ Path for Ukraine in Prospective Peace Accord
- Israel Abolishes Land-Sale Ban, Extends Civil Powers into Areas A & B of West Bank
- Takaichi’s LDP-Ishin Bloc Clinches 352 Seats in 2026 Snap Election
- Russia Unleashes Record 447-Asset Drone-Missile Swarm on Western Ukraine
- Takaichi’s LDP Clinches Post-War Record Supermajority in 2026 Snap Election
- Iran Draws Red Line on Domestic Uranium Enrichment in First 2026 U.S.–Iran Nuclear Talks
- Russia Shatters Trump’s One-Week ‘Energy Truce’ With Record Missile-Drone Barrage Before Abu Dhabi Talks
- Netanyahu Rushes to Washington After First U.S.–Iran Muscat Nuclear Talks
- Trump Fast-Tracks Taiwan Arms: Executive Order & $1.15 B Funding, With $20 B Sale Teed Up
- US Accuses China of 2020 Nuclear Test as New START Dies
- Muscat Round: U.S. and Iran Resume Oman-Mediated Nuclear Talks Days After Drone Shoot-Down
- Second U.S.–Brokered Russia-Ukraine Peace Round Opens in Abu Dhabi Amid Escalating Grid Strikes
- New START Treaty Lapses Amid Last-Minute, Unratified U.S.–Russia Abu Dhabi Talks
- Xi Executes Diplomatic Doubleheader: Same-Day Virtual Summit with Putin, Phone Call with Trump
- Russia Ends Trump-Brokered ‘Energy Ceasefire,’ Launches Massive Kyiv Barrage as Abu Dhabi Talks Begin
- New START Treaty Expires, Lifting US-Russia Warhead Caps
- Moscow Signals Breakthrough Ahead of Abu Dhabi Ukraine Talks
- Xi–Trump Call Triggers Fresh Global Scramble Over Taiwan Ties
- Istanbul Summit Set for First Post-War U.S.–Iran Nuclear Talks
- Witkoff & Kushner Fly to Abu Dhabi for Second Russia-Ukraine-US Trilateral, Feb 4–5
- Guterres’ 28-Jan-2026 Letter Flags UN Cash Exhaustion by July
- Trump Authorizes Tariffs on All Foreign Oil Shipments to Cuba
- Istanbul Nuclear Summit Set: Witkoff-Araghchi Meeting Scheduled for 6 Feb 2026
- Israel Begins Pilot Reopening of Gaza’s Rafah Crossing Under EU-Egypt Oversight
- Trump Dispatches USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group Toward Iran, Issues Ultimatum for New Nuclear Deal
- Guterres’ 28 Jan Letter Threatens Shutdown of UN Operations by July 2026 over Unpaid Dues
- Senate OKs $1.2 T Minibus With 14-Day DHS Patch After White House-Schumer Deal
- Senate–White House 2-Week DHS Patch Sets Up Inevitable Weekend Shutdown
- Starmer Clinches Whisky Tariff Cut and Visa-Free Entry in First UK–China Summit Since 2018
- EU Blacklists Iran’s IRGC After Italy-Led Push
- Senate, White House Cut Two-Week DHS CR, Advancing 5-Bill Minibus to Dodge Shutdown
- Trump Claims One-Week Kyiv Strike Freeze After Direct Call with Putin
- Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Dies in Baramati Plane Crash, State Declares 3-Day Mourning
- Trump Sends USS Abraham Lincoln ‘Armada’ Toward Iran, Pledges Strike ‘Far Worse’ Than 2025 Attack
- Fog, Pressure & No ILS: Learjet Crash Kills Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
- USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group Positions for Possible Iran Action
- Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Killed in Baramati Plane Crash; Maharashtra Announces Three-Day Mourning
- January 2026 Polar-Vortex Storm Pushes U.S. Death Toll to 30 and Cuts Power to 560,000+
- ‘100 %-Ready’ U.S.–Ukraine Security Pact Emerges from First Abu Dhabi Trilateral Talks
- USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Arrives off Iran as Trump Floats New Nuclear Deal
- Israel Retrieves Ran Gvili’s Remains, Triggering Cease-Fire Phase-Two
- First UAE Trilateral Sets Stage for U.S.–Brokered Ukraine–Russia Cease-Fire Talks
- Xi Jinping Purges CMC Vice-Chair Zhang Youxia and Joint Chief Liu Zhenli
- U.S. Finalises Exit from WHO, Pulling 15% of Agency Budget
- Putin Hosts Witkoff & Kushner as Ukraine Peace Talks Enter Final 'Land Deal' Phase
- Abu Dhabi Trilateral Talks End Without Deal but Set Re-Start Amid Largest Single-Night Russian Barrage
- U.S. Finalizes 2026 Withdrawal From World Health Organization
- Abu Dhabi Trilateral Opens as Putin Demands Remaining 20% of Donetsk
- Trump’s Davos Blitz: Tariff Threats, Greenland Pressure, Canada Snub Signal Break with Post-1945 Order
- U.S.–Russia–Ukraine Agree to First Direct Peace Talks in Abu Dhabi
- Damascus Captures Tabqa & Raqqa Outskirts Forcing Jan 18-19 Cease-Fire, SDF Integration Deal
- Trump Administration Targets Cuba Regime Change by End-2026 After Venezuelan Raid
- Trump Launches $1 B ‘Board of Peace’ to Run Gaza
- Israel Begins Demolition of UNRWA’s Sheikh Jarrah HQ After 2024 Ban
- Trump Shelves EU Tariffs After NATO Crafts Open-Ended Greenland–Arctic Framework
- Takaichi Dissolves Diet, Sets Feb 8 Winter Snap Vote
- Israel Begins Demolition of UNRWA East-Jerusalem Headquarters After 2024 Ban
- BJP Elects 45-Year-Old Nitin Nabin as Youngest National President
- Syria’s Decree No. 13 Grants Kurds Citizenship & National-Language Status amid SDF Pull-back
- Iran Quells January 2026 Uprising, Freezes 800 Planned Executions After Trump Threat
- Russian 20 Jan 2026 Strike Cuts Heat to 5,635 Kyiv High-Rises, Left Bank Waterless
- Trump Demands Regime Change After Khamenei Admits 3,000-Plus Protest Deaths
- Trump & Rodriguez Hold First Post-Maduro Call, Signal U.S.–Venezuela Oil Partnership
- Iran’s January 2026 Uprising Quelled After 3,400-Plus Deaths and U.S. Strike Stand-Down
- Trump Moves to Activate Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and Install Technocratic Government
- Iranian Mass Protest Wave Quelled After 180-Hour Blackout and Deadly Crackdown
- Trump Names Blair, Rubio to Gaza Reconstruction 'Board of Peace'
- Trump Freezes Talks, Threatens Strikes After 600-Plus Killed in Iran Protests
- U.S. Indefinitely Pauses Immigrant Visas for 75 Nations under Expanded ‘Public Charge’ Rule
- Hamas Orders Gaza Power Handover Ahead of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Roll-Out
- Trump Self-Proclaims ‘Acting President’ of Venezuela After U.S. Abducts Maduro
- Iran’s Two-Week Uprising Turns Deadly: 500+ Killed as Trump Weighs Strikes
- U.S. Freezes Immigrant Visas for 75 Countries Ahead of Jan 21, 2026 Roll-out
- Trump Threatens Military and Tariff Blitz Over Iran’s Deadliest Protests Since 1979
- Tehran Warns ‘Israel & US Bases Fair Game’ as Washington Mulls Strikes During 2-Week-Old Iran Uprising
- Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Iran’s Trade Partners as Protest Death Toll Soars
- DOJ Subpoenas Powell; GOP Senators Pledge to Block All Trump Fed Picks
- Trump’s January 12 threat to seize Greenland triggers NATO crisis talks
- Death Toll in Iran's 2025-26 Protests Passes 500 as Trump Orders Military Options Review
- Exiled Prince Pahlavi Urges Iranians to ‘Seize City Centres’ as Protest Death Toll Passes 500
- UK & Germany Float NATO Greenland Mission After Trump’s Take-It-or-Take-It Threat
- Russia Fires Oreshnik Hypersonic IRBM at Lviv, Signaling Near NATO Border
- U.S.-Venezuela Re-Engagement Begins Days After U.S. Ousts Maduro
- Israel Pushes ‘Yellow Line’ to Control Over Half of Gaza, Stalls but Hints at Two-Way Reopening of Rafah Crossing
- Russia Unleashes Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile in Second-Ever Combat Use Against Western Ukraine
- Kyiv-Washington Security Pact Hits ‘Ready’ Status as Moscow Warns Peacekeepers Are Targets
- Tehran Pulls the Plug: Internet Blackout as Iran’s Currency-Fueled Protests Enter Day 12
- Trump Orders U.S. Withdrawal from 66 International Organizations
- Russia Fires Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile at Lviv After Nixing EU Peacekeeping Plan
- 16 Sanctioned Tankers Stage ‘Dark-Mode’ Breakout From U.S. Venezuela Blockade
- Trump Signs Memorandum Pulling U.S. Out of 66 International Organizations
- Paris Summit Clinches Draft 15-Year U.S.–Backed Security Guarantees for Post-War Ukraine
- U.S. Commandos Extract Nicolás Maduro to New York on Narco-Terror Indictment
- Paris Declaration Creates Multinational Force to Secure Post-War Ukraine
- France, Germany and Poland Draft Contingency Plan Against Possible U.S. Military Move on Greenland
- Pre-dawn Strikes Rock Caracas as Maduro Declares Emergency, Blaming U.S.
- U.S. Commandos Nab Maduro; Power Vacuums and Oil Bargaining Follow
- U.S. Special Forces Capture Nicolás Maduro, Trump Declares America Will "Run" Venezuela
- U.S. ‘Operation Absolute Resolve’ Snatches Maduro, Flies Him to Brooklyn Jail
- Pyongyang Fires Ballistic and Hypersonic Missiles on Eve of Seoul-Beijing Summit
- US Special Forces Seize Maduro in Caracas Raid, Trump Declares Interim American Rule
- Kyiv Security Talks Set UK-France Troop Commitments as Litmus Test for 'Coalition of the Willing'
- U.S. Forces Capture Venezuelan President Maduro in Jan 3 2026 Raid
- Moscow Hands Drone Memory Unit to U.S., Claiming Kyiv Targeted Putin’s Novgorod Residence
- Explosions Rock Caracas; Maduro Declares State of Emergency After Suspected U.S. Airstrikes
- Trump’s ‘Locked-and-Loaded’ Threat Sparks Iranian Vow to Target U.S. Bases
- China’s ‘Justice Mission 2025’ Encirclement Drill Spurs Taiwan’s 2026 Unity-for-Defense Drive
- Brazil’s Supreme Court Rebukes Bolsonaro’s Bid for House Arrest, Sends Ex-President Back to Federal Police Jail
- First fatalities and nationwide bazaar strike in Iran’s fifth-day currency-collapse protests
- China’s “Justice Mission-2025” Encirclement Drills Trigger Global Rebuke and Taiwan’s 5-Year Defence Surge
- Saudi Airstrike Forces UAE Troop Exit, Splitting the Yemen Coalition
- Fourth Day of Nationwide Iranian Protests as Rial Crashes and Central Bank Chief Fired
- Moscow Claims 91-Drone Strike on Putin’s Valdai Retreat, Signals Harder Peace-Talk Line
- Ocean Infinity Relaunches 55-Day, No-Find-No-Fee MH370 Seabed Hunt
- PLA Unveils “Justice Mission 2025” Blockade Drill After Record U.S. $11.1 B Arms Sale to Taiwan
- Zelenskyy–Trump Mar-a-Lago Summit Narrows Ukraine Peace Plan to Final Two Territorial Points
- EU, US and Ukrainian Leaders Coordinate via Phone Before Trump–Zelensky Mar-a-Lago Summit
- PLA 'Justice Mission 2025' Drills Encircle Taiwan After Record US$11.1 B Arms Deal
- PLA Eastern Theater Command Launches Multi-Axis Live-Fire Drills Encircling Taiwan
- Trump Hosts Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago, Moves 20-Point Ukraine Peace Plan to 90% Completion
- Iran’s Pezeshkian Declares “Total War” With U.S., Israel and Europe Ahead of Netanyahu-Trump Summit
- Kyiv-Washington Send 20-Point Peace Blueprint to Moscow
- Israel Becomes First Country to Recognize Somaliland’s Independence, Trading Diplomacy for Strategic Access
- Israel Grants First-Ever Official Recognition to Somaliland
- Russia Bombards Kyiv on Eve of Trump–Zelensky Florida Peace Summit
- Kim Jong Un’s New-Year Letter Frames North Korean Combat Losses in Ukraine as Proof of an Unbreakable DPRK–Russia Alliance
- Ukraine’s Deep-Strike Wave Blasts Orenburg Gas Plant, Temryuk Port and Novoshakhtinsk Refinery
- Israel Green-Lights 19 More West Bank Settlements, Including Ganim & Kadim Re-establishment
- Kyiv & Washington Seal 20-Point Draft; Zelensky Floats Reciprocal Donetsk Pullback
- Kremlin Briefed on U.S. 20-Point Ukraine Peace Draft, Signals Openness to Further Back-Channel Talks
- Kyiv–Washington 20-Point Draft Floats Demilitarised Donbas & Joint Zaporizhzhia Control
- Miami Peace Talks Produce Optics, Not Breakthrough, as Kremlin Rejects Revised 20-Point Plan
- Netanyahu to Offer Trump Iran Strike Options at Dec 29 Mar-a-Lago Summit
- Israel Declares West Bank Waste Fires ‘Environmental Terrorism,’ Launches Seizure-Funded Cleanup Plan
- Draft 20-Point US-Brokered Ukraine-Russia Peace Framework Moves to Final Review
- Miami Peace Talks Conclude as Kremlin Dismisses Revised 20-Point Ukraine Plan
- Israel Greenlights 19 New West Bank Settlements After Branding Palestinian Waste Fires a Security Threat
- Macron Green-Lights €10 bn ‘PANG’ Nuclear Carrier to Replace Charles de Gaulle
- Israel Accelerates West Bank Annexation Push: 19 New Settlements OK’d Days After ‘Environmental Terrorism’ Emergency Decree
- Beijing & Washington race to revive Thai-Cambodian ceasefire before 22 Dec ASEAN summit
- President Murmu Signs VB-G RAM G Act, Scrapping 20-Year-Old MGNREGA
- Brussels Showdown Over €90 Billion Ukraine Loan Backed by Frozen Russian Assets
- Phase-2 Gaza Ceasefire Stalls as Qatari Talks, Israeli Deadline Demand Expose Rift over International Stabilization Force
- Zelensky Warns of Russian Plans for a “Year of War” in 2026, Presses EU-US for Harder Action
- Trump Orders Naval Blockade of Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Tankers, Declares Maduro Regime a Terror Group
- EU Summit Faces Dec 18 Vote on €210 B Reparations Loan Using Frozen Russian Assets
- UN Downgrades Gaza Famine After October Ceasefire, Warns Crisis Could Rebound by April 2026
- U.S. Floats Article-5-Style Pact as Ukraine Drops NATO Bid in Berlin Peace Talks
- EU Shelves Russian-Asset Scheme, Opts for €90 B Budget-Backed Loan to Ukraine
- Trump Green-lights Record $11.1 B Arms Package to Taiwan
- Trump Orders Total Naval Blockade of Venezuelan Oil Exports
- Belgium Holds the Line on €210 B Russian-Asset Plan for Ukraine
- Trump Doubles U.S. Travel Ban, Targeting 20 More Nations and Palestinian Documents
- US Floats Legally-Binding NATO-Style Security Guarantees for Ukraine in Berlin Peace Talks
- Trump Orders Naval Blockade on Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil Tankers
- Ukrainian UUV Blast Cripples Kilo-Class Sub in Novorossiysk Harbor
- Berlin Draft Offers NATO-Style Shield for Ukraine, 90 % of Peace Plan Locked In
- Washington Dispatches Witkoff to Berlin for 14–15 Dec Ukraine Peace Summit
- Kyiv Offers NATO Exit for Security Guarantees in 20-Point Peace Pitch to US at Berlin Talks
- Hamas Floats Weapons Freeze; Israel Rebuffs Ahead of Phase-2 Gaza Ceasefire
- National Cabinet Backs Gun-Ownership Caps After Bondi Hanukkah Massacre
- Kyiv–Washington Launch Three-Track Peace Package Talks
- Bangkok Shoots Down Trump’s ‘Ceasefire’ as Thai-Cambodian Border War Re-ignites
- Israel Strikes Hamas Commander Raed Saad and Detains Settler Activists After Gaza Border Breach
- Kyiv Submits Revised 20-Point Peace Blueprint and Opens Talks on U.S.–EU Security Guarantees
- EU Invokes Emergency Powers to Indefinitely Freeze €210 Billion Russian Reserves
- Machado Surfaces in Oslo After Clandestine Escape to Collect Nobel
- Ukraine Submits 20-Point Counter-Proposal after US Demands Donetsk ‘Free Economic Zone’
- Zelensky Opens Door to Donbas Referendum as Trump Sets Christmas Clock on Peace Deal
- US–Japan Fly B-52s and Six Fighters Over Sea of Japan After Sino-Russian Bomber Patrol
- Japan Issues First ‘Subsequent Earthquake Advisory’ After 7.6-Magnitude Aomori Quake
- EU Moves to Lock €210 B Russian Assets via Article 122 Before Dec 18 Summit
- China-Russia Bomber Loop Triggers Rapid US-Japan B-52 Counter-Drill
- Trump Unveils 2025 National Security Strategy That Demotes Europe and Courts Russia
- Hamas Floats Conditional Disarmament for Full Israeli Withdrawal
- Chinese Carrier-Based J-15s Radar-Lock Japanese F-15s off Okinawa
- Israeli Forces Shell Rafah & Khan Younis for 59th Straight Day, Breaching Oct-10 Ceasefire
- Chinese J-15s Target Japanese F-15s; Tokyo Protest Spurs 3-Month Airline Refund Extension
- Thai Airstrikes Break October Ceasefire With Cambodia Over Preah Vihear Border
- Putin’s 4-5 Dec 2025 State Visit to India Re-anchors a Sanction-Tested Partnership
- PLA J-15 Locks Fire-Control Radar on Japanese F-15s near Okinawa, Triggering Diplomatic Protests
- Supreme Court Grants Certiorari on Trump’s Bid to Curb Birthright Citizenship
- Trump Envoys Shuttle Between Moscow and Miami to Draft Ukraine Peace Framework
- Hungary Vetoes EU Eurobond ‘Plan B’ for Ukraine Financing
- Israel Unilaterally Announces One-Way Re-Opening of Rafah Crossing
- China Deploys 100-Plus Warships in Biggest East Asian Maritime Drill Yet
- Putin and Trump Envoy Witkoff Hold Five-Hour Kremlin Talks on Slimmed-Down Ukraine Peace Plan
- Asian Megaflood Toll Passes 1,500; Jakarta Opens Probe Into Deforestation Firms
- Congo & Rwanda Sign U.S.–Brokered “Washington Accords” in D.C.
- Five-Hour Putin–Witkoff–Kushner Kremlin Session Yields No Ukraine Deal
- EU Unveils €90 B Reparations Loan Plan Tied to Frozen Russian Assets amid Belgian Pushback
- Post Exposé of Hegseth ‘Kill Everybody’ Order Triggers Bipartisan War-Crime Inquiry
- Senate Opens Probe into Hegseth’s Alleged “Kill Everybody” Order in Sept. 2 Narco-Boat Strike
- Belgian Police Detain Mogherini and Two Senior EU Figures in Diplomatic Academy Tender Probe
- Trump Announces Intent to Pardon Convicted Honduran Ex-President Hernández Days Before Election
- Rubio–Umerov Florida Summit Revises Trump 28-Point Ukraine Peace Plan
- Ukraine’s Sea Drones Cripple Sanctioned Tankers Kairos & Virat off Turkish Coast
- Trump Vows Imminent Land Offensive Against Venezuelan ‘Narco-Terrorists’
- Zelensky Fires Power-Broker Yermak After $100 M Energoatom Graft Probe and U.S. Peace-Deal Standoff
- Death Toll Tops 400 as Thailand & Indonesia Pivot from Rescue to Post-Flood Cleanup
- U.S. Terror-Lists Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ and Masses Carrier Group Off Coast
- Trump Bars South Africa from 2026 Miami G20, Cuts Aid After Boycotting Johannesburg Summit
- Guinea-Bissau Army Installs Gen. Horta Nta Na Man as One-Year Transitional President After Pre-Result Coup
- Ukraine’s Power Broker Falls: Chief of Staff Yermak Quits After Anti-Graft Raid
- Trump Team’s Controversial 28-Point Ukraine Peace Draft Triggers EU Counter-Bid and Secret U.S.–Russia Talks
- Rubio Agrees to Re-Write Controversial 28-Point Ukraine Peace Plan at Geneva Talks
- Taipei Encourages ‘Sushi Diplomacy’ After Beijing Blocks Japanese Seafood
- South Africa Pushes Through G20 Declaration Amid U.S. Boycott and Standoff Over 2026 Chair Handover
- Leaked 28-Point Trump–Russia Draft Pressures Ukraine to Cede Donbas, Halve Army
- Israeli Airstrikes Test Oct-10 Gaza Ceasefire After Reported Border Breach
- Rubio, State Dept Counter Senators, Assert U.S. Authored 28-Point Ukraine Peace Plan
- Israeli Forces Breach Gaza ‘Yellow Line’, Deadliest Attacks Since Oct-10 Truce
- Iran Scraps September 2025 ‘Cairo’ Nuclear Monitoring Deal After IAEA Censure
- U.S. Hands Kyiv 28-Point Peace Draft Backed by Trump, Pressing Land and Army Cuts
- Leaked 28-Point Trump Peace Draft Trades Security Guarantees for Ukrainian Land
- UNSC Backs Trump Gaza Plan, Green-Lights Foreign Stabilization Force
- UNSC Green-Lights Trump’s “Board of Peace” Trusteeship Over Gaza
- Trump Grants Saudi Arabia Major-Ally Status and F-35s While Negotiating Personal Diriyah Deal
- IDF Drone Strike in Mansouri Kills Hezbollah Liaison, Erodes 2024 Lebanon Ceasefire
- UN Security Council Green-Lights Trump-Led Gaza Stabilisation Force
- UNSC Green-Lights Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Gaza Plan, 13-0 With Russia & China Abstaining
- Trump Team, Kremlin Draft 28-Point Ukraine Cease-Fire Blueprint
- UNSC Endorses Trump-Led Gaza Stabilisation Mission, 13-0
- Bangladesh Tribunal Condemns Ex-PM Hasina to Death, Dhaka Seeks Extradition from India
- UK Unveils Danish-Style Temporary Asylum Regime
- Netanyahu Rejects UNSC ‘Pathway to Palestinian State’ Clause Hours Before Vote
- Ecuador’s Nov 16 Referendum Blocks Return of U.S. Bases and Noboa’s Constitutional Overhaul
- Paris Summit Sets Stage for 10-Year Franco-Ukrainian Air-Defence & Rafale Pact
- Ukraine Sacks Justice and Energy Ministers Amid $100 Million Energoatom Kickback Probe
- Russia Unleashes Record 430-Drone, 18-Missile Barrage on Kyiv
- Trump Green-Lights ‘Operation Southern Spear,’ Mulls Direct Strikes Inside Venezuela
- Pentagon Launches ‘Operation Southern Spear’ With Carrier Group Off Venezuela
- Dual Overnight Barrages: Russia Pounds Kyiv as Ukraine Sets Novorossiysk Oil Hub Ablaze
- USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Enters SOUTHCOM Amid Venezuela Showdown
- Pentagon Launches 'Operation Southern Spear' and Parks USS Gerald R. Ford off Venezuela
- EU Ministers Rally Behind €140 B Reparations Loan From Frozen Russian Reserves—Belgium Still Says “Not Yet”
- Congress Passes Stopgap Bill Ending 43-Day U.S. Government Shutdown
- Senate OKs 60-40 Stop-Gap Bill to End 42-Day U.S. Shutdown
- USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Enters SOUTHCOM, Heightening U.S.–Venezuela Confrontation
- NIA Takes Charge After Red Fort Car Blast Exposes Doctor-Led Faridabad Terror Cell
- Russia Unleashes 500-Plus Drone & Missile Barrage on Ukraine’s Grid, Kyiv Pushes EU for 20th Sanctions Round
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