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The Burj Khalifa towers over the Dubai skyline in the United Arab Emirates

The UAE Agreed to Unlock Billions for Iran to Stop the Missiles, Sources Say. Then It Denied It.

After weeks of Iranian strikes on its territory, the UAE has agreed to unlock billions in frozen funds for Tehran in exchange for a halt to the attacks, four sources told Reuters.

June 13, 2026

by Arab Desk

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces fighters

Under a US Dollar Squeeze, Some of Iraq’s Iran-Backed Militias Agree to Disarm. The Most Powerful Refuse.

Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Sadr's Saraya al-Salam have pledged to put their weapons under state control as PM Ali al-Zaidi presses for a state monopoly on force. But it is unfolding under a US squeeze on Iraq's oil dollars, and

June 13, 2026

by Arab Desk

A container ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran

The CFTC May Block CME’s 24/7 Oil Contract, Because Letting Retail Trade Crude Through a Weekend Iran Crisis Is a Different Risk Than It Used to Be

CME Group on Thursday announced 24/7 trading for a new tenth-size WTI oil contract, launching August

Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint at the center of the US-Iran deal talks

Trump Says He Got Everything He Wanted From Iran. Tehran Says Nothing Is Final.

Trump declared a war-ending deal with Iran all but signed, claiming he got everything he wanted and could sign in Europe this weekend. Iran's foreign ministry called the statements speculation and said

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at a press conference in Frankfurt

The ECB Raises Rates Into a Shrinking Economy, Because Washington’s War Sends Frankfurt the Bill

The European Central Bank raised rates for the first time in three years, lifting the deposit rate to 2.25 percent to fight inflation driven by the US-Iran war. It did so while

June 12, 2026

Business·Economy·News

An internally displaced woman prepares breakfast outside a makeshift shelter in the Kahda district of Mogadishu, Somalia, as war-driven prices push families into hunger

The Iran War Broke Food Prices. A Super El Niño Is About to Break Harvests.

The war's oil shock is already pushing 45 million people toward acute hunger, by the World Food Programme's count. This week NOAA confirmed a possible super El Niño is coming for the

June 12, 2026

Climate·Conflicts, Military and War·News

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City

Markets Erase a War in a Day: Stocks Surge and Oil Slides as Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes

The S&P 500 posted its best day since April, Seoul's KOSPI surged 8 percent and Brent fell to a two-month low after Donald Trump called off strikes on Iran and declared a

June 12, 2026

Business·Markets·News

An F A-18E Super Hornet launches at night from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf of Oman

US Tanker Strike: India Confirms Three Sailors Dead, Summons American Diplomat

Aditya Sharma, Shivanand Chaurasiya and Patnala Suresh were confirmed dead after a US warplane fired into the tanker Settebello's engine room off Oman. New Delhi summoned the American charge d'affaires and lodged

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Flight operations aboard USS Tripoli during US Navy operations in the Gulf, where strikes on tankers have killed three Indian sailors

US strike kills three Indian sailors and Delhi finally names Washington

Aditya Sharma, Shivanand Chaurasiya and Patnala Suresh died when a US aircraft fired into the Settebello's engine room in the Gulf of Oman. India summoned a senior American diplomat and lodged a

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir greeted by Iranian Interior Minister in Tehran during US-Iran mediation talks May 2026

Iran Lawmaker Says US Strikes Push Tehran Further From the Negotiating Table

A member of Iran's parliament national security committee warned Wednesday that US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz are pushing Tehran away from the negotiating table, raising the prospect that the fragile

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Missiles streak across the sky over Syria during Iran's overnight barrage targeting US military bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain

Iran Claims 70% Strike Success. The US Says Almost Everything Was Shot Down.

Tehran says its missiles and drones penetrated American air defenses at bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, hitting 70% of pre-selected targets. Washington says nearly all of it was shot down. Both

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Stacked shipping containers and cranes at Yangshan deep-water port in Shanghai, China

China Finally Got Inflation, and It Is the Kind Nobody Wanted

China's factory-gate prices rose 3.9 percent in May, the fastest in nearly four years, as the Iran war and the AI boom drove up energy and materials costs. Consumer inflation stalled at

June 10, 2026

Business·Economy·News

The Reserve Bank of India headquarters in Mumbai, the central bank defending the rupee as the Iran war pressures India's economy

RBI defends rupee as Iran war cuts India growth forecast in celebration week

The Reserve Bank reportedly stepped into the market for the rupee in the same week it cut India's growth forecast to 6.6 percent and raised the inflation outlook to 5.1, as the

June 10, 2026

Business·Economy·News

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The UAE Agreed to Unlock Billions for Iran to Stop the Missiles, Sources Say. Then It Denied It.

Under a US Dollar Squeeze, Some of Iraq’s Iran-Backed Militias Agree to Disarm. The Most Powerful Refuse.

The CFTC May Block CME’s 24/7 Oil Contract, Because Letting Retail Trade Crude Through a Weekend Iran Crisis Is a Different Risk Than It Used to Be

Trump Says He Got Everything He Wanted From Iran. Tehran Says Nothing Is Final.

The ECB Raises Rates Into a Shrinking Economy, Because Washington’s War Sends Frankfurt the Bill

The Iran War Broke Food Prices. A Super El Niño Is About to Break Harvests.

Markets Erase a War in a Day: Stocks Surge and Oil Slides as Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes

US Tanker Strike: India Confirms Three Sailors Dead, Summons American Diplomat

US strike kills three Indian sailors and Delhi finally names Washington

Iran Lawmaker Says US Strikes Push Tehran Further From the Negotiating Table

Iran Claims 70% Strike Success. The US Says Almost Everything Was Shot Down.

China Finally Got Inflation, and It Is the Kind Nobody Wanted

RBI defends rupee as Iran war cuts India growth forecast in celebration week

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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