The geopolitical shock created by the Iran conflict is forcing countries far beyond West Asia to confront an uncomfortable reality: energy security can no longer be built around a single region, a single route or a single set of political assumptions.
On 28 February 2026, the war that diplomats had spent two years rehearsing began. American and Israeli aircraft struck Iranian nuclear and missile installations; Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed, and by 2 March the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had formally closed the Strait of Hormuz to merchant traffic, laying mines and warning off shipping.
Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta-owned copper mining company CopperTech Metals Inc, which is domiciled in the United States, has announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its proposed initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Scott Bessent said Washington is working with European and Gulf allies to target Iranian financial networks, freeze assets and disrupt funding channels linked to Tehran.
Recently, the New York State University in the US initiated a programme called ‘NYU in real life’, to promote a student-led culture change of spending less time online and more in living life in person, and creating together a ‘collective effervescence’.
In a world still recalibrating after pandemic disruptions and geopolitical realignments, the sudden surge in US tariffs under President Donald Trump’s latest executive order has rattled global businesses.
Two people were killed and six others wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Los Angeles, the US state of California, local authorities said.
US President Donald Trump reiterated his claims of mediating the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan as well as helping to resolve several other global conflicts.
Intelligence does not dictate policy, but the ruling dispensation ought not to disregard it- for its own good. The first requirement of intelligence is that the accuracy of information that it conveyed should never be in doubt.
Baloch representative Mir Yar Baloch, in a sharp rebuke to claims over natural resources in Pakistan, has called out US President Donald Trump, asserting that the vast oil and mineral reserves in the region belong solely to the "Republic of Balochistan" and not Pakistan, noting that Trump and his administration had been "gravely misled" by the terror-harbouring nation's military leadership, particularly Army Chief General Asim Munir.
