The blockage of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran's Armed Forces made the United States and Europe taste the very pressure they used to inflict on independent nations through the imposition of oppressive sanctions. Now, with Iran executing justice, Europe is burning in the flames of public anger and dissatisfaction.
Today, the real shock has erupted not from oil wells, but from the refineries in Washington and Brussels.
The Portuguese prosecutor's office announced that it has opened a judicial investigation into the authorization granted by the country's government to the United States to use the Lajes air base to attack Iran.
With the Strait of Hormuz blocked and the global refinery crisis intensifying, the unprecedented jump in gasoline prices and record-breaking diesel prices on the eve of the Labor Day holiday have turned the last days of summer into a period of heavy living pressures and forced cancellations of trips for American citizens.
All flights to and from Jakarta’s international airport were cancelled after a massive eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano sent towering ash plumes up to 15 kilometers into the sky, leaving more than 25,000 passengers stranded.
The public release of NATO’s strategic plan for the Baltics shows that the era of heavy logistics and 20th-century tactics is over, as drones and robotics dominate the battlefield.
Japan, Australia, and the Philippines are seeking to counter China’s growing influence in the region by forming a military alliance.
Washington's strategic motivation for getting closer to North Korea is to weaken Pyongyang's existing ties with Moscow and Beijing.
South Korea has nuclear reactors and enough expertise to produce military-grade plutonium and can produce the fissile material for dozens of nuclear warheads within six months.
By building and expanding 10 new military bases on the border with Ukraine and Belarus, Russia has expanded its network of drone-with-jet-engine launchers to paralyze Kyiv’s defenses and directly threaten NATO territory.