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Geopolitics
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Oct 12, 2026
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5 min read
12 dead at Riyadh airport, Iran warns ships out of UAE waters, and an energy truce Moscow has not confirmed. Stamped and sourced.
Oct 10, 2026
12 min read
A record week of strikes at Hormuz met a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Here is how both reach one fuel bill, plus Riyadh's airport, Ukraine's bus stop and the Fed's next move.
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Oct 5, 2026
7 min read
Seven flashpoints in one weekend. What is confirmed, what is only claimed, and the signals that matter this week.
Oct 4, 2026
10 min read
Government forces claim hundreds of strikes on Houthi positions, tankers are hit near Hormuz, Washington's war cabinet met at Camp David, and Russian missiles exploded inside Moldova.
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Oct 3, 2026
13 min read
Iran's delegation left New York without a deal, three tankers were hit in Hormuz, and the 10 year Treasury yield touched its highest level since 2002.
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Sep 30, 2026
4 min read
A viral story says the State Department runs Afrobeats. Some of it is on the public record, some was denied, and the biggest claims have no evidence behind them. Here is the scorecard.
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Most illegal weapons start out legal. They change hands through end-user certificates, cargo planes and shell companies. Here is how the trade works, who profits, and why enforcement follows politics.
Sep 27, 2026
Iran offered to reopen the strait in seven days. Washington said no. Brent held near 104 dollars, the 10 year yield touched 5.18 percent, and Sudan's frontline cities were hit from the air while the world met in New York.
Sep 20, 2026
Ansarullah missiles reached the Saudi capital on 19 September and a fuel depot burned beside the airport. The Federal Reserve raised rates three days earlier. Six developments, twenty crisis countries scored.
Sep 13, 2026
Ansarullah completed its takeover of the Bab al-Mandab while Iran fenced off Hormuz, and US inflation turned on fuel. Seven developments, twenty crisis countries scored.
US strikes on Iran’s southern coast drew missiles and drones onto US bases in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Iraq. Diesel set a US record the same week. Seven developments, twenty crisis countries scored.
Aug 31, 2026
15 min read
Twenty crises scored, two wars in focus, and what all of it means if you are the one deciding whether to stay.
Aug 25, 2026
6 min read
A U.S. military transport landed at Vnukovo at 10 a.m. on August 25 and the feeds called it the countdown to World War III. The war is in its fifth year. The real reason that plane was on the ground runs through a chokepoint in the Persian Gulf, and it's already in your fuel bill.
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Jul 9, 2026
Helium has no substitute, and roughly a third of the world’s supply just went offline, putting every MRI, chip fab, and quantum computer on notice.
Jun 30, 2026
The only deposit of ultra-pure quartz on Earth sits in one North Carolina mountain town. No Spruce Pine, no semiconductors. It is that simple.
