Netanyahu ‘blunder’ threatens US-backed Israel-UAE alliance at critical moment with Iran: analyst
The U.S.-brokered alliance designed to counter Iran in the Middle East is showing signs of strain amid tensions between Israel...
Economy
Agentic.Market Launch Redefines AI Economy with Verifiability
Coinbase's Agentic.Market launches, enabling 480K AI agents to transact autonomously via x402 micropayments. Next step: verifiability. (Read More)
What Xi wants from Trump as Beijing seeks leverage in high-stakes summit
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a moment when both...
China’s undersea cable threat raises $10T fears as Trump-Xi talks loom
The U.S. economy is under threat from adversaries like China targeting undersea cables with the ability to "inflict devastating economic...
The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, triggering a new wave of redistricting fights...
200,000 small boat arrivals loom amid UK raising threat level to ‘severe’ following recent terror attack
As the United Kingdom raised its national terror threat level to "severe," meaning an attack is considered "highly likely," security...
US-backed pipeline proposal targets global reliance on Strait of Hormuz amid Iran threats
A new U.S.-backed proposal to build a network of overland energy pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz is gaining attention...
Clavicular and the Right-Wing Project to Radicalize Young Men
Photo illustration: The Intercept / Screenshots: Clavicular Braden Peters, better known online as Clavicular, did not become famous by offering...
Trump’s Killing Spree Isn’t Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into the U.S.
The Pentagon claims that attacks on civilian boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have severely curtailed the import of...
Trump’s ‘Economic Fury’ squeezes Iran — but can Tehran outlast the pressure?
As the Trump administration escalates its campaign against Iran through sanctions, naval pressure and financial enforcement, a central question is...
Global famine fears rise as Hormuz crisis threatens ‘eight-year,’ Suez-scale disruption
Analysts warn global famine fears are rising as food prices climb and fragile supply chains are strained during the Strait...
Rubio warns China after Panama ship detentions, calls hemisphere sovereignty ‘non-negotiable’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned China that "the sovereignty of our hemisphere is non-negotiable" after the U.S. and regional...
Hormuz crisis spurs $24B Iraq trade corridor as Gulf routes shift
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is driving nations’ efforts to develop alternative Gulf-to-Europe trade routes, with Iraq’s $24 billion "Development...
US targets Chinese refinery in sweeping Iran oil crackdown, sanctions ‘shadow fleet’ tankers
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday sanctioned a major Chinese oil refinery and dozens of...
US economic chokehold on Iran reaches peak leverage as collapse risks emerge
U.S. economic pressure on Iran has reached one of its most powerful points in decades, but inconsistent enforcement has prevented...
