Conflict may entrench fossil fuel infrastructure today while simultaneously locking in Asia’s structural advantage in renewables tomorrow. Energy volatility in the Middle East is serving as a new accelerant for energy security and thus strategic autonomy. The confrontation involving Iran, the United States and Israel has reintroduced acute geopolitical risk into energy pricing. Repeated threats…
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WASHINGTON: In a bombshell statement that has sent shockwaves through Washington’s political establishment, Erik Prince — founder of the private military contractor Blackwater and a close associate of President Donald Trump — has openly declared that the US military campaign against Iran amounts to fighting Israel’s war, with America being pulled into a conflict that…
LONDON/TEHRAN: In a stunning intelligence revelation, British newspaper Financial Times has reported that Israel covertly hacked into Tehran’s traffic surveillance camera network as part of a targeted operation to monitor and potentially strike Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.According to the report, the operation was meticulously planned and executed over an extended period. All video…
Three US F-15E fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait on Sunday, March 1, by Kuwaiti air defense systems. No deaths were reported. While an accidental shootdown can happen at any time in a complex warfighting environment, shooting down three F-15s suggests the Kuwaiti air defense operators shot at anything and everything. Whether that is…
TEHRAN: Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani has issued a stark warning, declaring that Iran has fully prepared itself for a prolonged conflict and that its adversaries will come to regret their miscalculations.In an official statement, Larijani asserted that — as has been the case throughout the past three centuries — Iran…
MADRID/WASHINGTON: Spain has taken a bold and direct stand against the US military campaign in Iran, ordering an American aerial refueling tanker to leave the Morón Air Base in southern Spain after refusing to provide logistical support for strikes against Tehran, Reuters reported.The move marks the most explicit act of defiance by a NATO ally…
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi conducted a series of urgent diplomatic calls with his counterparts in Oman, Iran, and France, firmly reiterating Beijing’s support for Tehran amid the ongoing US military strikes and signaling China’s readiness to play an active role in de-escalating the conflict.In his conversations, Wang Yi stated unequivocally that Iran has…
ISLAMABAD: The escalating military conflict between the United States and Iran has raised alarming fears over a potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz — a scenario that could trigger a catastrophic economic crisis for Pakistan and send shockwaves across global energy markets.Pakistan is critically dependent on the narrow waterway, importing approximately 90 percent of…
