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The misguided belief that dangling potential postwar profits can lead to peace has hampered US diplomacy from Ukraine to Gaza and Iran

Seafarer from oil products tanker killed in incident off Dubai, Peninsula says Reuters

Stocks face an uphill climb against $100 oil. Plus, it's iPhone launch day.

Most Gulf bourses in red as Middle East conflict escalates Reuters

Two killed in explosion at hydroelectric plant in Switzerland Reuters

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s unusual move to supersize his department’s debt buyback program stumbled on Wednesday, when an announcement on the size of the first enlarged operation proved insufficient to halt market declines.

Dow weighs exit from $20 billion partnership with Aramco, Bloomberg News reports Reuters

Meta buys Swedish AI startup Stilla.ai - Axios

Trade unions have called on chancellor John Healey and PM to target banks in next month’s fiscal event

On July 20, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Amy Woolf published an article in Orbis titled “Nuclear Norms in an Era of Renewed Nuclear Competition.” She highlights that the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in February 2026 has left nuclear weapons states wi