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For years, India has prided itself on a foreign policy doctrine of “dehyphenation”: maintaining productive, parallel relations with conflicting countries such as Israel, Iran and the Arab Gulf states without letting any one bilateral tie poison the others. That doctrine is now being tested to the limit. The killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by US-Israeli strikes within days of Narendra Modi returning from a high-profile visit to Tel Aviv provided instant ammunition for the...

The worsening Middle East conflicts risks destabilising the already fragile global economy - with the UK particularly vulnerable

Adverse impacts from the US-Israel strikes on Iran unfolded on Monday, disrupting supply chains, driving up oil prices and leaving many Middle East business leaders at a major trade fair in Hong Kong in an awkward position. As the strikes entered a third day, oil prices surged 13 per cent – the biggest rise in four years – briefly climbing above US$80 a barrel. Freight costs also jumped due to risks of potential damage to vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage along...

In a statement posted on X, Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense said that “several” aircraft were involved in the collision

Lionel Messi scores twice as Inter Miami fight back from two goals down to beat Orlando City 4-2 in the Florida derby.

Lionel Messi scores twice as Inter Miami fight back from two goals down to beat Orlando City 4-2 in the Florida derby.

Myanmar’s military junta granted amnesty on Monday to more than 7,000 prisoners convicted of financing or sheltering a “terrorist group”, a designation it has used to outlaw pro-democracy factions opposing its rule. Thousands of dissenting civilians have been swept into jails since Myanmar’s military snatched power in a 2021 coup, ending a decade-long experiment with democracy and detaining elected figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi. Pro-democracy activists backing Suu Kyi and armed groups challenging...

Is Youssef Chermiti's overhead kick for Rangers against Celtic the best of the 2000s so far? Or do some of the other strikes in the fixture get your vote?

Is Youssef Chermiti's overhead kick for Rangers against Celtic the best of the 2000s so far? Or do some of the other strikes in the fixture get your vote?

Is Youssef Chermiti's overhead kick for Rangers against Celtic the best of the 2000s so far? Or do some of the other strikes in the fixture get your vote?

The United States and Israel have shamed themselves, their militaries, and their nation states. The post Another US-Israel Sucker Punch appeared first on Global Research.

Israel’s assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is a major setback for the country’s clerical rulers. But regime change is not guaranteed, experts say.