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The US president has warned of an attack on the South Pars area if Iran targets Qatar in response to Israeli strikes · US  President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a news conference at Trump National Doral Miami on March 9, 2026, in Florida. © Getty Images · The US will “massively blow up” the South Pars gas field – the world’s largest – if Iran continues to strike Qatari energy facilities, President Donald Trump has warned. ·…

HSBC is reportedly considering cutting up to 20,000 jobs as part of a multi-year automation overhaul · ©  Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images · The UK’s largest bank, HSBC, is considering cutting up to 20,000 jobs over the coming years as part of a major push to integrate artificial intelligence into its operations, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. · The potential reductions would represent approximately…

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The US has a moral responsibility to return Afghanistan’s seized assets, but morality doesn’t guide US policy, let alone under Trump 2.0 given its Hyper-Realist approach of declaring and then advancing national interests. · Andrew Korybko · Russia’s Permanent UN Representative Vasily Nebenzia gave a powerful speech about Afghanistan in early March. He condemned the West’s “attempts to advance a selective approach, with an emphasis on…

Alex Krainer · One of the themes that’s gained prominence in social, but also in some traditional media, is the role of Israel and Zionist leadership in maneuvering President Trump into launching the 28 February attack on Iran. During the recent days, we had the resignation of Joe Kent, Trump’s Director of National Counterterrorism Center who, in his scathing resignation letter wrote as follows: · “I cannot in good conscience support…

American companies will be among biggest beneficiaries if crude prices average $100 per barrel this year · © Getty Images / Sunshine Seeds · [RT] The United States could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the global rise in energy prices which has resulted from the US-Israeli war against Iran, the Financial Times (FT) has reported, citing estimates provided by the investment bank Jefferies. · Oil prices have already…

Gas prices in the region will surge by 100% more than previously projected, Kirill Dmitriev has said · Kirill Dmitriev. ©  Sputnik/Grigory Sysoev · Gas prices across the EU are set to rise by at least 100% more than previously forecast, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said, as bloc officials continue to push member states to shun Russian energy. · Dmitriev’s remarks come as the escalating Middle East crisis triggered…

As the war rages for its 18th day, Israel claims to have killed Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary in an overnight attack. Tehran strikes back with central Israel reportedly hit by debris from a missile while a church in Jerusalem's old city is also struck leaving the roof damaged. Six Ukrainians and one US citizen are reportedly arrested in India on charges of conspiring to plot terror activities. New Delhi accuses them…

Trump intimated that he might cut off arms sales to them for transfer to Ukraine if they reject his demand, thus likely handing Russia the victory that they’ve sought to avert for four years already, but they also don’t want to risk military losses to Iran either that could doom their politicians’ careers. · Andrew Korybko · Trump warned in an interview with the Financial Times that “If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response (to…

If the US oversees the optimization of the EU’s military-industrial complex, military logistics, and other defense-related matters with a view towards “dwarfing” Russia’s associated capabilities, then the challenge that Russia might face along its western frontier could mirror the one in June 1941. · Andrew Korybko · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeated long-standing policy in a recent interview when he told his interlocutor that…