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2026-01-03 • Washington’s raid on Maduro is the biggest U.S. force use in Latin America since 1989
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 …
Read More2026-01-03 • Russia’s missile strike on Kharkiv kills two, injures 30. Denials follow as
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)…
Read More2026-01-02 • OPEC+ keeps output freeze despite oil’s 18% price drop, amid Saudi-UAE tensions
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 yea…
Read More2026-01-02 • Iran faces deadly protests over 40% inflation and a plummeting currency, echoing 197
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)…
Read More2026-01-01 • Bulgaria joins the eurozone, becoming its 21st member. Despite only 40%
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 …
Read More2026-01-01 • Israel’s law cutting utilities to UNRWA and suspending NGOs weaponizes bureaucracy against Gazans,
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 de…
Read More2025-12-31 • Iran’s currency crash sparks unrest, inflation near 50%. President Pezeshkian seeks dialogue
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 th…
Read More2025-12-31 • Iran faces 48% inflation, a plummeting rial, and major protests. Tehran’s Grand
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 Moh…
Read More2025-12-30 • Tehran’s rial sinks to 1.39M per USD, sparking strikes. Inflation near
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 s…
Read More2025-12-30 • Iran’s currency collapse triggers merchant protests, forcing Central-Bank Governor’s resignation. Inflation soars,
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Iran’s currency imploded to ₺1.38 million per US dollar yesterday, igniting two straight days of merchant-led protests that closed swathes of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and forced Central-Bank Governor Farzin to resign. Police tear-gassed crowds; inflation already ru…
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