Every news article the Bureau published that day — 22 articles, newest first. Past editions never disappear: the links below are the original, permanent URLs.
Iran said Wednesday it had received the US reply to its seven-day Hormuz plan; Foreign Minister Araghchi laid it before President Pezeshkian at a cabinet meeting. The same day, the rial crossed 2.5 million to the dollar for the first time — and three commercial vessels were struck near the strait.
EnergyThe president torpedoed an Axios report that he would trade sanctions relief for nuclear concessions. Brent is up 14% this month — and Qatar's shuttle diplomacy
TechnologyProtego Ventures closed the country's largest defense-only venture fund to back AI, drones and autonomous systems — as Israeli startups raised $11 billion in ni
PoliticsFor the first time in the country's history, a woman will form the government. The Marrakesh mayor inherits a coalition puzzle, a $20 billion World Cup deadline
EconomySpodumene fetched US$2,105 a tonne — up 92% in three months. The miner raised output guidance across iron ore, lithium and mining services, and the ASX battery
IndustryEl Niño has starved a Sulawesi smelter of hydropower, idling its furnaces. BMS is sending workers home on $84 a month — a parable of the nickel boom's fragility
EconomySeptember prices hit multiyear highs across the eurozone's big economies, all of it energy. Lagarde preaches a "measured response" — but markets are pricing fou
PoliticsAtlasIntel has Bolsonaro a tenth of a point ahead in a simulated runoff; BTG/Nexus has Lula ahead by two. The first round is Sunday — and 5,000 interviews say n
SecurityOver Jordan, the co-pilot allegedly knifed the captain; the 737 MAX 8 plunged 14,000 feet and passengers stormed the cockpit — Israel's terror probe is on.
PoliticsOn Sept 20 the AfD won Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with 38.2% while Merz's CDU crashed to 4.9% — below the threshold. In Berlin the Left came first and the Af
MarketsBOJ insiders see hikes coming 'faster and more regularly.' October 29–30 has a one-in-three shot — Thursday's Tankan survey is the tripwire.
EnergyBrent fell roughly 2.5% to $102.59 on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline returned to half flow and Trump rejected Tehran's seven-day ceasefire proposal — while Washington moved to loan 40 million barrels from a shrinking Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
TechnologyApple, Nvidia and their rivals just raised 2-nanometre orders by up to 20%. TSMC's most advanced lines are full, its Arizona bet has swollen to $265 billion — a
PoliticsThe US president says China is 'dumping' weapons into the hands of narco-terrorists killing Americans — hours before confirming a face-to-face with Xi in South
PoliticsFourteen years after he took power, Aleksandar Vučić has resigned the Serbian presidency amid relentless anti-corruption protests. His own man, Miloš Vučević, t
WorldHurricane Polo is battering Bermuda with 100 mph winds while Tropical Storm Nolo spins up behind it — the season's 15th named storm. Two storms, one ocean, five
PoliticsFor the first time in its history, the Rassemblement National will hold a parliamentary group in the Senate — 15 seats won Sunday, seven months before a preside
EnergyEU storage sits at 70% — twelve points below last year — and the energy commissioner is telling governments to dim the lights and cool the radiators. With Hormu
EconomyAt 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, three presidential proclamations took effect banning Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles — the first outright import prohibi
SecurityThe last major US base in Iraq closes Wednesday, ending a 23-year presence — with Baghdad's premier demanding militias disarm by the same day.
SecurityThe Security Council extended the Gang Suppression Force's mandate to March 2027 by 12 votes to 3 — hours after gangs killed 11 people in Haiti's…
EnergyParliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf drew the line on Tuesday — as a ship took fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Qatar called the war's toll…
