USS Spruance Fires on Iranian Ship Touska With 60 Hours Left Before Ceasefire Expires
Both navies crossed the firing line inside 24 hours — and the US delegation is flying to talks Iran has already declined.
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Vance Flies to Islamabad for Talks Iran Has Publicly Refused to Attend
The US delegation lands Monday for Round 2 while Iran's state agency has already published its refusal — Washington is negotiating with itself.
Iran Cleared the Indian Tanker and Then Opened Fire on Channel 16
A two-minute Channel 16 recording removes the ambiguity Iran would need to claim accident; the same weekend, a sanctioned Iranian VLCC anchored off Gujarat with two million barrels.
CMA CGM Everglade Is the Second French Hull in Seventeen Days
Marseille's confirmation that its container ship was Trump's 'French ship' adds one hull to Kribi's toll-paid passage seventeen days earlier; the Paris coalition's meeting anticipated precisely this.
Pope Leo Flies to Saurimo, Speaks to His Own House by Evening
Monday takes the Pope to a nursing home, a Mass in interior Angola, and — back in Luanda by nightfall — his first clergy-only address since the plane walkback.
Iran's Response to the Touska Seizure Stays a Pledge Into Monday Morning
Twenty-four hours after Khatam al-Anbiya called Sunday's firing 'armed piracy,' Iran's response is accelerated missile-launcher upgrades and a blockade that still holds.
Beijing Stays Silent on the Strait Past Seventy-Two Hours
Seventy-two hours after the strait reopened, Beijing has said nothing on the record — the silence is the story.