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9 March 2026 Oil Production Bahrain’s Bapco announces force majeure after an attack on its oil refinery complex. Bapco’s complex produces over 380,000 barrels of oil a day. Kuwait has…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…
24 February 2026 Ukraine The war has entered its fifth year. Russia’s special military operation was only meant to last for a few days, if not a couple of weeks.…