Although an open war has broken out between Iran and Israel, two pro-Iranian groups have remained on the sidelines of the conflict: Hamas and the Houthis. Hamas is currently very weakened militarily after its defeat in the Gaza war. In addition, the group has publicly expressed support for the peace process proposed by Trump, so entering the war now could endanger that process and even compromise what remains of its own organization. On the other hand, the organizational capa

The Strait of Hormuz, located between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, is one of the most critical arteries of global trade. Around 30 percent of the world’s oil supply and about 20 percent of seaborne liquefied natural gas pass through it. At its narrowest point, the strait is just 33 kilometers wide, with shipping lanes only about 3 kilometers wide in each direction. Because of its location, it serves as a crucial chokepoint for oil deliveries from OPEC countries to custo

US knowledge of Russia’s plans came primarily from two sources: satellite imagery and information from sources close to the Kremlin. The satellite images came from open-source providers such as Maxar Technologies. This allowed media outlets to report in November 2021 that tens of thousands of Russian soldiers had gathered near the Ukrainian border. Intelligence work targeting Russia was conducted by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK’s Government Communications

Since the war began, 15,172 Ukrainian civilians have been killed, including 739 children, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). According to Western intelligence and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which many experts consider reliable sources on this matter, Russian military casualties amount to 1.2 million soldiers, of whom around 400,000 have been killed. Ukraine has seen around 600,000 military casualties, includi

The US has long targeted Cuba through various economic weapons dating from the early 1960s. One of the most important was the Helms-Burton Act that not only prohibited U.S. companies from doing business with Cuba (except with products considered "humanitarian"), but also punished companies from other countries that did business with Cuba if they wanted to do business with the US. In his second term, US President Barack Obama eased travel restrictions for Americans visiting Cu

Since the UAE gained independence in 1971, Saudi Arabia has often acted like the paternal "big brother" of the Gulf, even initially refusing to recognize the UAE because of old border disputes. Saudi Arabia is currently producing around 11 million barrels per day, the second-largest in the world behind the U.S. and needs oil to stay at roughly $90 a barrel to fund the high-tech cities and "giga-projects" of Vision 2030. Meanwhile, the UAE has spent billions expanding its own

These are three key things to understand regarding Trump's decision to capture Maduro: 1) Just as with Noriega in Panama in 1989, being an active leader in drug trafficking and the extreme power that it confers is a red line for the United States, even more so when dealing with a country that has been under an anti-American dictatorial regime for 25 years in "its own backyard." 2) The United States does not have an urgent need for Venezuelan oil, as it produces a vast amount

According to several polls, the economy, crime and illegal immigration are three of the most important topics for US voters. ECONOMY POSITIVE RESULTS By late December 2025, the economic narrative regarding Trump tariffs has shifted from one of "inevitable crisis" predicted by mainstream economists and Trump critics to a more nuanced reality. In the third quarter of 2025, GDP increased at an annual rate of 4.3%, compared to 2.8% in 2024. Moreover, the US500 Stock Market Index

This Sunday, nearly 16 million Chileans will head to the polls for the first round of a sharply polarized presidential race shaped by mounting fears over crime and immigration. The vote follows several turbulent years in typically calm Chile, the world’s top copper producer and one of Latin America’s wealthiest nations. Between October 2019 and March 2020, Chile was rocked by violent protests that resulted in more than 8,800 arrests, nearly 3,400 hospitalizations, and over 30

In recent weeks, China and the United States have intensified their struggle for control over the rare earth minerals market — a group of 17 chemically similar elements that are crucial for manufacturing many high-tech products. They are used in computer hard drives, smartphones, military defense systems, LED lights, electric car motors, and jet engines. In 2024, the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated that China accounts for about 61% of rare earth production and 92%

An additional argument supporting the thesis that China is not close of replacing the United States as the world's No. 1 power is the fact that the best scientists continue to go to the United States. The 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to malaria researcher Tu Youyou is the only Nobel Prize in science that China has ever won. Despite the stratospheric investments that the Chinese government has made in science since the 1990s, in the last ten years (2016-2025), China ha

The agreement between Hamas and Israel is now a reality, although there are still many uncertainties about its final content. The agreement was organized by Trump and approved by most of the Muslim countries allied with the Palestinian cause (Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank). The first thing that will happen is: -Hamas will hand over the approximately 20 Israeli hostages who are still alive, and the 20-30 bodies of

This is what international law says about intercepting the flotilla led by Greta Thunberg to Gaza: -It is legal to intercept a ship in international waters if it intends to break a legal military blockade. https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/san-remo-manual-1994/article-93-108?utm_source=chatgpt.com The question of whether Israel's blockade of Gaza since 2007 is legal or not is more complicated: After Hamas won the 2007 election, they began to launch many rockets a

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