A British media outlet reported that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “incapacitated and receiving medical treatment in the city of Qom,” according to an intelligence assessment indicating he is unable to govern the country.
The major traffic artery connecting Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Bahrain was temporarily closed as a precaution, authorities said Tuesday, following the issuance of security alerts in the area.
The current oil and gas crisis triggered by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is “more serious than the ones in 1973, 1979 and 2022 together”, Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), told Le Figaro newspaper.
India has moved closer to producing its own nuclear fuel after a domestic-designed reactor began a controlled nuclear reaction, an important step before it can start generating power.
Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam said that Pakistan’s efforts to end the war in the Middle East are nearing a critical stage.
China is targeting Taiwan to obtain its advanced chip manufacturing technology and talent as a way of breaking through international “containment” of the country, according to a report from the island’s top security agency.
Vietnam’s lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously elected Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as the country’s state president for the next five years, making him the most powerful Vietnamese leader in decades.
The global trading system is shifting toward a more complex form of multilateralism as the role of the patron nation diminishes and U.S. policy becomes increasingly volatile and unpredictable. Middle powers are seeking to reshape the rules, while China expands its role and maintains its distinct model.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance will travel to Hungary on Tuesday on a mission to boost the electoral campaign of the country’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who faces the toughest re-election bid of his political career.
Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across the Middle East to help Iran strike U.S. forces and other targets, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment.
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