Unpopular opinion: Taking out the Iranian regime is long overdue
6 March 2026 I have what, to my surprise, appears to be a rather unpopular opinion in the wake of US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Taking out the Iranian…
Wires Brief: Oil may hit $150 a barrel, Qatari Energy Minister; Finland interested in hosting French nuclear deterrent
6 March 2026 Ukraine Peace Talks According to President Zelensky, trilateral peace talks among Ukraine, Russia and the US are on hold until after the Iran operation concludes. Zelensky is…
Wires Brief: Mojtaba Khamenei to be Iran’s Supreme Leader; South Korea issues investment warning over Canadian sub deal
5 March 2026 Iran Iran’s Assembly of Experts is expected to announce Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the late Supreme Leader, as the next Supreme Leader. There is opposition to…
Wires Brief: CIA to train Iranian Kurdish militia; ECOWAS creates joint task force to combat regional terrorism
4 March 2026 Israel US-Iran Israel and the US have continued their withering air campaign against Iran. At sea, the US Navy scored the first recorded torpedo kill since WW2…
Wires Brief: US imposes sanctions on Rwanda for backing M23 rebels; Iranian strikes on neighbouring countries will not go unanswered – UAE & Qatar
3 March 2026 Iran President Trump claims that Iran approached the US to resume talks, but he said that it was too late. Most of Iran’s surface fleet has been…
Wires Brief: US launches Operation EPIC FURY against Iran; France will increase its inventory of nuclear weapons
2 March 2026 US and Israel-Iran On the morning of February 28, the United States and Israel launched an aerial war against Iran. Dubbed Operation Epic Fury in the US…
Iran is not Iraq, nor Venezuela, nor Libya – and that’s the scary thing
28 February 2026 *Article updated as Iran confirms the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, originally denied it The United States has declared war on Iran with Operation Epic Fury. President…
Wires Brief: Pakistan in “open war” with Afghan Taliban; Five Chinese generals stripped of membership of parliament
27 February 2026 Pakistan-Afghanistan Pakistan’s defence minister declared “open war” on the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan’s Air Force launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, which targeted military installations in Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia.…
Wires Brief: US-Iran talks continued, paused, will continue later today; DRC kills M23 spokesman in drone attack
26 February 2026 Denmark Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced snap parliamentary elections on March 24. Her party has seen a bump in the polls after standing up to Trump,…
Wires Brief: Indian PM Modi in Israel for two-day visit; Japan clarifies surface-to-air missile deployment on island near Taiwan
25 February 2026 Afghanistan The Taliban reject Russia’s assessment that there are between 20,000 and 23,000 members of international militant organizations operating in Afghanistan. Russia believes that over half of…
