Issue 2026-03-14
Stories
- 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
- US 30-Day Waiver Unlocks Stranded Russian Oil as Hormuz Remains Shut
- US Grants 30-Day Waiver Letting India Buy Stranded Russian Crude Amid Hormuz Crisis
- US Opens Section 301 Excess-Capacity Probe Against 16 Economies, China Pushes Back
- NASA Gives Green Light for April 1 Artemis II Crewed Lunar Fly-By
- China Grants World-First Commercial License for Implantable BCI Restoring Hand Function
- Microsoft Unveils Copilot Health to Aggregate Patients’ Records and Wearable Data
At a Glance
- On 11 March 2026, U.S. forces destroyed 16 Iranian vessels poised to lay mines just hours before Iran-linked projecti...
- On 14 March 2026, President Trump ordered CENTCOM to bomb every Iranian military installation on Kharg Island—vital t...
- Following late-February U.S.–Israeli air-strikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s leadership fast-tracked t...
- On 13 March 2026 Washington issued a one-month sanctions waiver letting any country buy Russian crude and products th...
- Washington reversed course on 8–11 March 2026, issuing a one-off 30-day license so Indian refiners can take delivery...
- On 12 March 2026, the U.S. Trade Representative triggered dual Section 301 investigations—one on “structural excess c...