Washington lets the Russian oil loophole expire, ending months of seaborne sanctions relief
Senators from both parties had pressed the administration to drop the carve-out that critics said funneled billions into Moscow's war chest.
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Senate Democrats challenge Russian oil waiver—Moscow revenues hit two-year high
A Delaware senator walked the Treasury Secretary through the loop. The March oil numbers closed it.
One US team, two wars. Zelenskyy says Ukraine can’t wait for Iran to close
Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells CNN it would be a "big risk" to pause Ukraine peace talks until the US war with Iran ends, and calls the EU's €90 bn loan "life and surviving."
Oil jumped 8% as Trump’s Hormuz blockade undid the ceasefire crash
Talks collapsed in Pakistan. A naval blockade replaced a truce. For Russia’s war revenues, the brief window of relief is over.
Ukraine just X-rayed Russia’s $100,000 drone — and found components from China, Taiwan, and Switzerland
Only the EU is sanctioning the factory behind this drone. That's the problem.
Satellites alone don’t explain Iran’s nine-fold jump in strike accuracy — InformNapalm says Russian SOF doctrine does
Iran's missile hit rate rose from 3% to 27% in weeks. The data transfer was real, but without Russian SOF closing the loop between reconnaissance and fires, those numbers don't move that fast.
Pentagon called in Vatican’s top US diplomat over Pope’s anti-war remarks, media reports
The Pentagon summoned Pope Leo XIV's Vatican envoy over his anti-war remarks. Sources describe a "bitter lecture."
WP: Hungary is sharing intelligence with Iran, while Vance flies to Budapest to back its leader amid election campaign
Vance is Campaigning for a man whose minister offered Iran his intelligence services.
Trump’s Iran war lasted 39 days. The impact on Ukraine will last longer
Five weeks on, we are updating our analysis of the Iran war and its impact on Ukraine: what we got right, what we got wrong, and the moves that nobody saw coming.
Russia talks compromise, demands capitulation — and is lying to Trump while preparing more occupation, Zelenskyy says
Moscow's logic is internally consistent but strategically unacceptable: Ukrainian withdrawal would stop Russian casualties while giving Russia the foothold it needs for further occupation.
US intel warns Iran won’t budge on Hormuz
Iran is unlikely to relinquish control of the Strait of Hormuz — the waterway carrying a fifth of the world's oil — because doing so would surrender the only leverage it holds over Washington, US intelligence reports have concluded.
UAE says it would join Hormuz fight as Iran fires 2,500 missiles at Dubai
A country that was mediating between Washington and Tehran as recently as February is now lobbying for a military coalition to seize Iranian-held islands and clear the Strait of Hormuz by force — a strategic about-face driven by nearly 2,500 Iranian missiles and drones that have hit Dubai's airports, hotels, and airline routes.
Iran sent Russia weapons to kill Ukrainians. Now it’s complaining to the UN that Ukraine is teaching their targets to shoot back
Tehran's letter to the UN accused Kyiv of "material and operational support" for US-Israeli war — omitting that Iran itself has armed Moscow's war against Ukrainian civilians for four years.
Iran believes Ukraine is involved in US and Israeli aggression against Tehran after sending thousands of civilian terror drones to Moscow
Iran has deployed thousands of Shahed UAVs since 2022, turning Ukrainian civilians into targets.
Russian satellites imaged US Diego Garcia, Prince Sultan Air Base, Al-Udeid, and Incirlik — days before Iranian strikes, says Zelenskyy
Speaking in Qatar, President Zelenskyy shared intelligence from his morning briefing.
US warns allies: Patriots could be interrupted for Ukraine, as supplies could shift to Iran war
Three European officials confirmed the warning.
Ukraine signs defense pact with Saudi Arabia after its experts spent week finding holes in region’s air defenses
Ukraine offers combat-tested expertise in countering Iranian-designed drones, developed over four years and 58,000 intercepted drone attacks.
Russia is now sending its own drones back to Iran – the weapons it learned to make from Tehran
Western intelligence says Moscow began deliveries in early March, marking the first known transfer of Russian lethal aid to Iran since the war began.
Ukraine barters with Gulf states: Patriot missiles for anti-drone capabilities
Anti-drone experts already deployed to half-dozen countries, but road for weapon transfers yet to be paved
FPV drone strikes in Baghdad expose US vulnerability
Fortifications are no longer enough to guard against cheap, yet persistent threat