2026 report of US Intelligence Community states that selective cooperation between China, Russia, Iran & North Korea is bolstering the threat each of them poses to the US.
UAE’s tax authority is reluctant to issue blanket exemptions, but has advised addressing applications on case-by-case basis once the conflict ends, the report says.
US Navy declined to comment on condition of USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, or whether the guided-missile destroyers that accompany it will stay on in the region.
DHS is offering free flights and $2,600 bonus to undocumented migrants from India, China and Colombia amid drop in illegal Indian immigrants and rising MAGA‑driven anti‑Indian rhetoric
This is the transcript of 'Cut The Clutter' Episode 1811, published on 18 March 2026, examining what assassination of Iran’s most powerful political operator could mean for Tehran.
Disqualified twice from running for president, Larijani had key role in shaping Iran's nuclear & defence strategies. He leaves behind a divided legacy—of being both pragmatist & repressor.
In a letter to Trump, Joe Kent said ‘high-ranking Israeli officials and influential members of the American media deployed a misinformation campaign...to encourage a war with Iran’.
Note by him commemorating Iranian sailors killed in US attack on IRIS Dena was posted on his social media after Israel’s claim. Iran govt has made no official statement addressing this yet.
If the route taken by the ships, which hews close to Iran’s coast, continues to be used successfully, it could mean the country is imposing a traffic control system.
Beyond the immediate protection of Israel and its borders, which the USA could reasonably commit itself to, it did not need to get into every war in the Muslim world.
When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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