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Why Iran hit UAE hardest & how tiny Gulf power is fighting back | Cut the Clutter

This is the transcript of 'Cut The Clutter' Episode 1817, explaining how the UAE has been not just a collateral, but a primary target of Iran in the war in West Asia.

Asian nations jockey for leverage to re-open Strait of Hormuz

Governments from India to Philippines are negotiating with Iran for the safe passage of vessels, while forming small circles to seek a diplomatic solution and even bartering deals.

Trump’s mixed signals on war—says ‘job nearly done’ while threatening to push Iran back to ‘stone age’

US president in address to nation says ‘core objectives’ of war ‘nearing completion’, calls on other countries to help open Strait of Hormuz as US ‘imports almost no oil through it’.

Pakistan, Gulf states complicit in US strikes on Iran, says Mohammad Marandi, academic close to Tehran

Mohammad Marandi, who has accompanied Iranian nuclear negotiating teams in the past, says time for talks has not come—it will arrive only once US is seen to have been defeated.

Trump threatens to pull US out of NATO as western allies refuse to back Hormuz coalition

Trump said Ukraine was not Washington’s problem but the US has stepped in automatically. ‘I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were paper tiger’. 

US orders embassies to fight propaganda & ‘tell America’s story’, tapping military’s psy ops unit & X

According to report in The Guardian, cable signed by Marco Rubio directs missions to leverage Elon Musk's platform to counter disinfo from Tehran, Beijing & Moscow.

UK nuclear sub captain steps down after link to MP whose husband was arrested in China spy case—FT report

Investigators found that the captain and MP Joani Reid exchanged ‘flirtatious messages’. The probe was necessary from a due diligence perspective, they said.

Use public transport, buy only ‘fuel you need’—PM Albanese tells Australians amid global energy woes

In rare address to nation, Australian PM says, 'No government can promise to eliminate the pressures that this war is causing.'

Worries about Pakistan role in mediating West Asia conflict shows ‘our elite’s insecurity’—C Raja Mohan

At ThePrint’s Off the Cuff event, the foreign policy expert said India’s economy is 10x bigger. ‘We should be confident in our own steam rather than worry about Pakistan.’

India’s goal not to take ‘balanced position’ in West Asia war, has to protect own interests—C Raja Mohan

Speaking at ThePrint’s Off the Cuff event, the foreign policy expert said nearly 10 million Indians live in the Arab Gulf states, and only around 10,000 in Iran.

On Camera

Where did Ramayana spend Rs 4000 cr budget? Ranbir Kapoor’s de-ageing or copycat rakshasas

The VFX effects are what you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill video game or a mediocre fantasy show. But a film that supposedly cost thousands of crores? The audience deserves more.

RBI trading ban rocks $149 billion-a-day offshore rupee market

The central bank has rolled out some of its toughest measures in more than a decade to curb speculation & support the currency, which has been setting successive record lows this year.

India sharpens foreign media outreach in post Op Sindoor world, new strategy in play

Three-day conflict between India and Pakistan underscored the growing importance of information warfare as a critical domain alongside conventional military operations.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.