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May 21 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

China's Tankers Slip Out of Hormuz

Trapped for two months, Chinese supertankers finally escaped. Is Beijing backing away from Iran, or just its cargo?

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May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

The ICC Comes for Smotrich

ICC prosecutors applied for a warrant over forced displacement.

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

A Drone Strike at Barakah

A drone set a generator on fire at the UAE's only nuclear plant. No one claimed it. The UAE blames Iran.

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Putin Follows Trump to Beijing

Putin came to Beijing days after Trump left. The fight is over whether China is Russia's partner or its landlord.

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump's Face on India's Rickshaws

Those Trump rickshaws aren't grassroots gratitude -- they're a US Embassy ad. The fight is what it means.

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

An Hour From Bombing Iran?

Trump says he was an hour from striking Iran before Gulf states talked him down -- his fifth deadline to slide.

May 15 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Cuba Goes Dark

Cuba's energy minister says there's no diesel or fuel oil left. 22-hour blackouts.

May 15 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Xi Goes Hard On Taiwan

Xi told Trump that mishandling Taiwan would push the US and China into 'conflict.' The arms sale is paused.

May 13 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Goes To China

First state visit since 2017, a CEO entourage, and a $1 trillion Chinese investment deal on the table. MAGA is nervous.

May 13 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Venezuela: The 51st State?

Trump told Fox he's 'seriously considering' annexing Venezuela. The Constitution and the country both say no.

May 13 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Cut Machado Out

The Nobel laureate opposition leader was never in the U.S. post-Maduro plan. Delcy Rodriguez was.

May 11 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Should Starmer Go?

After Labour's worst local elections in decades, 77 Labour MPs say yes. Starmer says no. Reform UK is watching.

May 11 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran Won't Bow, Trump Says No

Iran offered to ship out its uranium. Trump said no. Netanyahu wants more war. Tucker wants out entirely.

May 7 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

India Wants Crocodiles To Guard The Bangladesh Border

A March 26 BSF memo. Crocodiles and venomous snakes in the rivers. Per Home Minister Amit Shah. Conservationists say it's illegal.

May 7 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Is There Any Hope For Ukraine?

Russia called a 3-day ceasefire for its parade. Ukraine called its own. Russia broke it 1,820 times in 10 hours.

May 7 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Hantavirus Reaches The U.S., Sort Of

Two Georgians off the cruise are being monitored. The strain is confirmed to spread person-to-person.

May 7 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Is An Iran Deal Actually Close?

Pakistan says yes. Witkoff and Kushner are writing a one-page MOU. But Mojtaba Khamenei isn't giving up nuclear tech.

May 6 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Project Freedom Just Got Paused

Project Freedom launched Monday. Iran hit an Emirati tanker hours later. Trump paused it Tuesday. Blockade stays.

May 6 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Pulls Troops From Germany

5,000 U.S. troops are coming out of Germany. Trump says many more are coming. Republicans are openly worried.

May 6 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran Hangs Four In A Day

Four protesters were hanged in Urmia and Mashhad on Sunday. Human rights groups call it the 1988 playbook.