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Taiwan stinky tofu stalls hit by Iran war shock
As disruption in the Strait of Hormuz drives up pressure on oil-linked goods, including plastic, small vendors that make up the delicious night markets…
13 hrs ago • Elaine Lin
20K seafarers stranded by Hormuz blockade
Following the failure to agree on opening the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. imposed a blockade on the critical chokepoint, making life more dangerous for…
Apr 14 • Alessandra Hay
Amphibious landing tech for Kharg Island
Deep dive on amphibious landing drones: here’s what the U.S. Marine Corps has been stocking up on.
Apr 13 • David Axe
U.S.-Iran peace talks fail; Trump announces U.S. blockade in Strait of Hormuz; death tolls in Iran, Lebanon reach thousands
Meanwhile, tankers in Hormuz make last-minute u-turns, and Iran’s internet shutdown breaks global records.
Apr 12 • Jacqueline Cole, Arpine Hovhannisyan, Alessandra Hay, and Oleksandra Khelemendyk
Peace talks in Pakistan, day one.
On the first day of peace talks between the U.S. and Iran, happening in Islamabad, Miceal O'Hurley, a diplomacy insider, gives us an intimate look into…
Apr 11 • Jacqueline Cole and Miceál O'Hurley
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The choice between airstrikes, the Basij, or hunger.
More than a month into the war, Iranian cities are caught between airstrikes overhead and the Basij’s expanding presence on the ground.
Apr 10 • Neil Hauer
Iran says Israeli strikes render peace talks meaningless; Europe condemns Israel’s attacks; U.S. to keep troops in place until ceasefire…
Meanwhile, confusion prevails over the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an extension on the waiver on sanctioned Russian oil.
Apr 9 • Alessandra Hay and Anastasiia Lutsenko
NEWSFLASH: Iran ceasefire unraveling, Hormuz closed
The fragile agreement made between the U.S., Israel and Iran—mediated by Pakistan—already seems to be falling apart.
Apr 8 • Jacqueline Cole, Tim Mak, Alessandra Hay, and Arpine Hovhannisyan
24 hours of mayhem on the ground in Iran, Lebanon, Israel
The U.S.-Iran peace deal is proving shaky: Israeli strikes on Lebanon ramp up; Iranians flee with little faith in the ceasefire, and many Israelis spent…
Apr 8 • Jacqueline Cole, Arpine Hovhannisyan, and Alessandra Hay
NEWSFLASH: U.S. agrees to two-week ceasefire
Pakistan proposed the ceasefire just hours before Trump’s deadline that he would bring “hell” to Iran.
Apr 7 • Jacqueline Cole
NEWSFLASH: Trump threatens war crimes on ‘Hell’ day
“A whole civilization will die tonight,” he wrote. Already: strikes on Kharg Island and Israeli threats to Iranian railways.
Apr 7 • Jacqueline Cole
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