BREAKING: Iraq will begin gradually closing all its border crossings with Iran in the coming days, starting today with al-Sheib, which is being completely shut indefinitely under orders from PM Ali al-Zaidi as a precaution due to fears of a US-Iran escalation, per an Iraqi official to Al Jazeera.
Pakistan closed its Taftan and Gabd-Rimdan crossings with Iran and suspended commercial trade a week ago.
Both of Iran's neighbours are now sealing their land borders.
Germany's Chancellor Merz:
Germany and France reached an understanding on future policy toward the automotive industry.
To put it very simply: The ban on combustion engines is now history.
It’s just beyond belief the size, scale, and audacity of the giant far-right drug cartel that Narco Rubio has been steadily building across the breadth of Latin America
Absolutely unreal dilemma on European security is now unfolding in Latvia.
Russia, through its puppet Belarus, is applying more active measures by breaking Latvian border with unidentified armed forces. They raid into Latvia, pillage and go back to Belarus
What to do with them?
Despite Iran's blockade and the continued threat of attacks on shipping, oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have recovered to nearly 80% of pre-war levels – Reuters
However the new shipping routes are extremely expensive. Tanker rates have risen to more than $1.2 million per day, while freight costs have jumped from 3% to 27% of the delivered cost of oil.
These higher shipping costs are keeping Brent crude above $100 a barrel even as oil supplies through the region recover.
The fall of Lula to blatant U.S. election interference would mean the end of South America's historic Pink Tide (Orsi and Delcy are bleak successors) and complete Phase 1 of Trump’s Donroe Doctrine with not one protest from the US left as their president pushes for full-blown war
It's still early, but it's looking like a right wing blow out in Brazil. At the very least Flávio will be going into a second round with all the momentum despite not having a program, any real personal talents and being a stand in for the worst interests in Brazil and outside
Mark Carney has quietly rebuilt how Canada's government actually works, and sidelined almost everyone who used to run it.
A Toronto Star investigation finds cabinet, Parliament, the civil service and the press have all been pushed to the margins in favour of a small circle around the prime minister. 🧵👇 (1/8)
Beijing just pulled the plug on refined fuel exports right as global energy markets face a massive squeeze. By hoarding fuel for Golden Week, Chinese officials are choosing domestic stockpiles over regional stability, leaving Asian neighbors exposed.
Reuters reported that Beijing ordered refiners to suspend gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel exports beyond Hong Kong and Macau for October. State-owned PetroChina canceled overseas shipments committed over the past two weeks, while Zhejiang Petrochemical scheduled zero export loadings.
The issue isn't capacity. Commercial diesel inventories sit 20 million barrels below pre-war levels, and gasoline is 9 million short. Refiners want to capture high export margins, but Beijing treats foreign buyers as secondary, forcing refiners to hoard fuel at home.
This sudden retreat strips vital supply from Asian markets already strained by Middle East disruptions, sending crude higher and tightening regional margins.
Reason why we in Asia are generally speaking English is because Asia missed the last industrial revolution, Singapore FM Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan
Details China, US competition, pointing, China will not make "strategic mistake made a century, & half ago"
Vdo source: Asia Society
@SteveSmithskt8@asukagrypr Do you seriously think sportsball is what’s keeping people from being politically informed? If you were distracted by circuses you were ngmi even if there weren’t circuses
@dan26022530@JasonLampkin6@HaterReport Sounds like you can’t make up your mind, if he’s thinking og is gonna be over aggressive and foul then he definitely did not “obviously thought he had an easy layup”
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