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Morning Intelligence – The Gist Washington’s pre-dawn extraction of Nicolás Maduro and the Supreme Court’s hasty elevation of Delcy Rodríguez leave Venezuela leader-less, law-less and flush with questions. Trump vows to “run the country” and open its 300 bn-barrel reserves to U.S. majors, even as the U.N. Security Council scrambles for an emergency session. (reuters.com)…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington’s pre-dawn assault that whisked Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores onto a U.S. warship is the most explosive use of U.S. force in Latin America since Panamá 1989. Reuters, AP and the Guardian all confirm the joint‐service raid and Trump’s pledge to “oversee the transition” — language that shreds the sovereignty norms…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Russia’s latest strike on Kharkiv—two ballistic missiles that shattered a five-storey block, killing a mother and child and injuring at least 30—confirms a chilling ratio: every 24 hours of diplomacy is matched by another civilian apartment crater. (reuters.com) Moscow’s instant denial, echoed by claims of a spontaneous Ukrainian ammo blast,…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Oil’s latest plot twist is not the price slide itself but OPEC+ choosing, again, to do nothing. Sunday’s “mini-ministerial” of eight core members is set to keep the first-quarter output freeze intact despite Brent having already collapsed 18 % in 2025, its worst year since 2020(reuters.com). Why sit on their…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Iran’s currency-driven revolt has entered a lethal phase: at least seven people are dead and dozens wounded as protests over 40 % inflation and a rial that has lost 56 % of its value in six months spread from Tehran to Azna, Lordegan and Fuladshahr.(reuters.com) This is not a local…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Bulgaria’s midnight leap into the eurozone swells the single-currency bloc to 21 members and 350 million users—its first expansion since Croatia in 2023. Sofia gains a vote on ECB policy, yet only 40 % of Bulgarians back the switch and the caretaker government fell last month during tax-hike riots. (reuters.com)…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Israel’s new law cutting electricity and water to UNRWA facilities—and its simultaneous suspension of 37 international NGOs—marks a deliberate weaponisation of bureaucracy against 2.2 million Gazans. The measures take effect within 60 days, target groups that deliver over half of Gaza’s healthcare capacity, and follow 15 months of war that…

Evening Analysis – The Gist The rial’s crash to 1.4 million per US dollar—down from 430,000 three years ago—has pushed headline inflation near 50 percent and triggered the largest street mobilisations since Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022. Shopkeepers from Tehran’s Grand Bazaar to Shiraz closed their shutters, President Pezeshkian fired his central-bank chief, and the…

Morning Intelligence – The Gist Iran’s 48 % inflation and a rial at 1 .39 million per dollar have ignited the biggest street protests since 2022. Shopkeepers of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar—historic king-makers of 1979—closed shutters and chanted “We can’t breathe,” hours after Central Bank chief Mohammad Reza Farzin resigned. (reuters.com) Tehran promises “open dialogue,” yet…

Evening Analysis – The Gist Tehran’s streets have again become an economic barometer: the rial sank to an unprecedented 1.39 million per U.S. dollar yesterday, unleashing shop-owner strikes from the Grand Bazaar to Jomhouri Avenue. Inflation near 50 percent and a 62 percent tax-hike proposal sharpen the pain, forcing President Pezeshkian to promise “dialogue” rather…