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Every claim of victory gets reversed in the Middle East. Stay tuned for Iran’s

My personal and professional associations with the Middle East over the years have led me to the conclusion that early claims of victory never last.

Iran, Israel trade strikes for first time since ceasefire despite Trump’s efforts to restrain Tel Aviv

Iran’s missile barrage against Israel Sunday was in response to Tel Aviv hitting Beirut, the Lebanon capital.

Israel ‘spied’ on US negotiators working on Iran deal, Pentagon raises threat perception—NYT report

Defense Intelligence Agency has raised counterintel threat level from Israel from high to 'critical', outlining a multi-year effort by Israel to spy on US personnel, NYT report says.

Relief for India, world as Iran-US ceasefire opens Hormuz window. 172 million oil barrels stuck in Gulf

Around 16 Indian vessels, including 6 carrying crude, 2 LPG containers and one with LNG, are stranded on the west side of Hormuz as of now.

‘Open the F****** Strait’: In explosive warning, Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s power plants, bridges

The post on Truth Social has drawn attention especially for its tone; includes direct insults along with threat of military action, and ends with the Islamic phrase, ‘Praise be to Allah’.

How Kamban’s 1,000-year-old epic helped ease my Gulf-Hormuz anxiety

Read the Kambaramayanam, fully or in part, in the original stately Tamil or in translation. Immerse yourself in it. The irksome wars and issues of today will fade.

What the Iran crisis means for middle powers

The message coming out of Davos and Munich this year is not that diplomacy has died, but that its center of gravity has shifted.

Indian Muslim intellectuals struggling to make sense of Iran crisis. Ummah isn’t the answer

Many Muslim communities, Shia and Sunni alike, often respond through a religious lens. That lens slips into a tribal thinking, shaped by ideas like the ummah.

How the US is rapidly reaching the limits of imperial over-reach

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.

Trump says US ‘knew nothing’ of Israel strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field after Tehran retaliates

Iran targeted the Ras Laffan refinery run by QatarEnergy after Israel's attack. Trump has now vowed to destroy entire South Pars field, if Iran continues to hit energy infra within Qatar.

On Camera

Vijay has opened Tamil Nadu politics to a new breed of cinema heroes

Six heroes are jumping into political fortunes, not just one. Vijay has shown it works — and Stalin, EPS, and their cadres are watching the ground shift under them.

Global oil stockpiles ‘scarily thin’, markets at risk of worsening, says Aramco CEO

Even after the vital shipping chokepoint at Hormuz reopens, it may take as long as two years for energy-consuming countries to replenish their stockpiles, CEO Amin Nasser said.

Twist in Vizag spy racket case: Pakistani women operatives, social media avatars, honey-trapped navymen

Busting espionage ring targeting Eastern Naval Command leads investigators into honeytrap web across social media platforms; Navy personnel snared by Pakistani woman operatives.

India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.