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New US government price data shows annual inflation accelerating to 3.8% in April 2026 — the fastest pace since May 2023 — driven by surging energy costs from the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz closure, with core inflation also rising at its hottest level in years, signalling that price pressures are spreading beyond […]

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Rapid Support Forces paramilitary fighters attacked three villages near Bara in Sudan’s North Kordofan state on Thursday, killing at least 30 civilians on the first day of Eid al-Adha. On Friday, the RSF launched a second assault on the same area as a communications blackout was imposed, limiting the flow of information from one of […]

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Human rights organisations have documented a sharp acceleration in Iran’s execution rate since the US-Iran war began on February 28, with 31 people put to death in the first 65 days of the conflict — 22 of them in cases classified as political or security-related — and a documented shortening of the interval between arrest, […]

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The World Meteorological Organization’s 2026 Global Annual-to-Decadal Update, released on Thursday, finds that global temperatures are overwhelmingly likely to exceed the 1.5°C Paris Agreement threshold again before 2030 — with a new El Niño event expected to make 2027 the most probable candidate for the next record-breaking year. The timing of the World Meteorological Organization’s […]

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At his Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Trump threatened to use military force against Oman — a US ally and the primary back-channel diplomatic link between Washington and Tehran — if it agreed to jointly manage the Strait of Hormuz with Iran. The remark has alarmed Gulf allies and exposed the precarious internal logic of […]

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Iran launched a ballistic missile at Kuwait overnight in retaliation for new US strikes on Iranian drone operations near the Strait of Hormuz — a tit-for-tat exchange that the US military has called an “egregious ceasefire violation” and that has placed peace negotiations under severe strain. The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran […]

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Three months of sustained military operations against Iran — including air strikes, a naval blockade, and continuous carrier group presence near the Strait of Hormuz — are placing the Pentagon under financial pressure that is cutting into routine training and maintenance, adding a quiet but real dimension to the urgency of reaching a negotiated settlement. […]

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On October 19, Albertans will vote on whether to initiate a formal legal process that could lead to the province separating from Canada — a vote triggered by a citizen petition, sanctioned by Premier Danielle Smith, and described by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as “a dangerous bluff.” Alberta has been part of Canada since […]

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President Trump convened his Cabinet on Wednesday to assess the state of negotiations with Iran, projecting confidence that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is within reach — while making clear he will resume military operations if terms he considers satisfactory cannot be secured. President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet at the White […]

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Since mid-March 2026, measles has killed more than 528 children in Bangladesh and generated over 60,000 suspected cases — a crisis driven by a collapse in vaccination coverage that has received a fraction of the international attention given to other concurrent outbreaks. “We’ve been crying out loud about this from the beginning, but it has […]

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