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The United States reinstates a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and strikes Iran after Iranian reprisals against Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Jordan. Oil jumps nearly 10%, shipping collapses, and crude-dependent economies from Seoul to New Delhi brace for the shock.
Washington launched a third wave of strikes on Iran this week; Tehran retaliated against Gulf Arab states. Eight viewpoints on an escalation now spilling beyond Iran's borders.
Qatar's former emir, who lifted the small emirate onto the world stage (Al Jazeera, gas, mediations) before abdicating in 2013, has died. Six viewpoints — from regional mourning to geopolitical reckoning — on a reign that reshaped the Gulf.
A civilian terminal pulverized in Kuwait City, two Iranian diplomats expelled within 24 hours, oil pushing toward $97 a barrel, and Tehran warning: 'let this be a lesson'.
Air France and Airbus were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the June 2009 Rio-Paris flight 447 crash that killed 228 people, ending a legal process spanning more than fifteen years.
Elon Musk is preparing a SpaceX IPO that is shaping up to be the largest in Wall Street history, against a backdrop of ongoing political tensions but massive market appetite for commercial aerospace.
Sixty years of petro-solidarity shatter as the UAE walks out of OPEC, leaving Riyadh alone at the head of a fractured cartel and reshaping the global energy map.
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