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Tehran captures two cargo vessels and fires on a third in the Strait of Hormuz while Washington removes its Navy Secretary—both sides are escalating without any clear path out of the impasse.
Washington renews the waiver on Russian oil sanctions, contradicting Treasury Secretary Bessent's promises. Zelensky denounces billions gifted to the Russian military. The Energy Secretary warns gas will stay above $3 until 2027. Meloni breaks with Trump.
While Milei prays at the Western Wall and meets Netanyahu amid war, Lula inaugurates Europe's largest industrial fair alongside Merz and champions multilateralism. Two presidents, two trajectories, two worldviews colliding.
Iran announces the re-closure of the Strait of Hormuz 48 hours after reopening it, accusing the US of violating the deal. Trump claims a peace deal is near while negotiations stall over nuclear issues and blockade terms.
Pyongyang launches multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea, including a potential submarine-launched missile, while the world focuses on the Iran crisis. Japan protests, Seoul convenes emergency meeting.
The Strait of Hormuz has been declared officially reopened to commercial shipping by Iran and confirmed by Trump, but underlying tensions persist. France and the UK have launched an independent joint naval mission outside NATO framework after Trump explicitly rejected NATO involvement in securing the strait. Maritime companies and insurers remain cautious despite the official reopening, and a fundamental divergence exists between Iran's claim of full sovereignty over the reopening and Western interpretations attributing it to American pressure. This development reveals a deeper fracture: Trump's rejection of NATO for this mission forces Europe to build independent naval capacity, marking a potential shift in the global security architecture surrounding critical maritime routes.
For the first time since 1993, Israeli and Lebanese representatives sat at the same table in Washington — but Israel wants to disarm Hezbollah, Lebanon wants a ceasefire, and France has been deliberately excluded.
An Israeli tank strikes UN vehicles, a baby dies under airstrikes during her father's funeral, and Netanyahu visits southern Lebanon as a conqueror — four days before Washington talks.
Peter Magyar proclaims the 'liberation' of Hungary as Orbán concedes a 'painful' defeat — Putin's most loyal ally in Europe has just lost power.
Twenty-one hours of negotiations yielded nothing — the US-Iran ceasefire agreement unravels and Trump orders the US Navy to block the world's most strategically critical maritime passage.
Chinese supertankers transit the strait under U.S. escort, but Iran asserts it has authorized no passage—a high-stakes standoff over the world's energy chokepoint is unfolding in real time.
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