Trump and Iran Set to Dominate European Leaders’ Meeting. Here Are 4 Things to Know.

The meeting was meant to concentrate on jump-starting the bloc’s economy. Instead, the fallout of the attack on Iran is front and center.

By Jeanna Smialek

Trump thinks brute force will arrest the US’s decline. His heavy-handed actions in Iran are only accelerating it | Owen Jones

From Venezuela to the Middle East, this is gangsterism fused with colonialism. It repudiates the moral language through which US power once justified itself Gone are any pretences about saving the Iranian people. “They really are a nation of terror and hate,” Donald Trump says of Iran. Asked if he would like to help its people, he replied: “I’d like to, if they can behave, but they’ve been very menacing.” Perhaps even he sensed the counterproductive ugliness of this, hastily adding that they ...

By Owen Jones

This cruise stock is down sharply since U.S.-Iran war began. Morgan Stanley says buy the dip

Carnival Corporation's more than 23% fall since the start of the U.S.-Iran war is similar to the impact other military conflicts have had on the stock.

Blackouts and rationing: The Iran crisis is our wake-up call to just how vulnerable the UK is

This latest crisis should prompt fresh thinking about how to rely less on other nations for energy, says Octopus founder Greg Jackson. But the answer isn’t just the North Sea: oil and gas aren’t the only way to keep the lights on. If other governments are taking alternatives seriously, why isn’t Britain? Chris Blackhurst reports.

By Chris Blackhurst

Ray Dalio Says Strait Of Hormuz Is America's 'Final Battle'—Here's When Prediction Markets Say It Ends

Analysis: Why ‘embarrassing Hegseth’ could be first political casualty of Trump’s war

When Donald Trump decided to go to war with Iran, he chose to communicate his reasons for doing so largely in short conversations with journalists who reached him on his personal phone number.

Iran calls for regional coordination in calls with Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan

Iran’s foreign minister called for vigilance and regional coordination in separate calls with counterparts in Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan as the military warned of a tougher response to any further attacks on its energy infrastructure, state media reported on Thursday. After its energy facilities in South Pars gas field and Asaluyeh were targeted on Wednesday, […]

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