CENTCOM's Cooper and Caine Deliver a Three-Option Strike Menu and Saturday Becomes Day One
Adm. Brad Cooper and Gen. Dan Caine briefed Trump Thursday on three Iran options, and Caine's attendance signaled the menu has narrowed past war-gaming.
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Mojtaba Khamenei Uses Persian Gulf Day for the Second Written Statement of His Quasi-Supreme Leadership
Iran's new supreme leader has now issued exactly two written statements since his March 12 inaugural — both written, neither spoken; the second names Hormuz and the bright future without US presence.
Sheinbaum Asks for Irrefutable Evidence and the Parallel Investigation Runs Into Its Second Week
Saturday's mañanera converted Friday's parallel-investigation announcement into a formal evidence request to the SDNY — sovereignty as procedure, not posture.
Lebanon Asks the International Bodies for Formal Findings After the Prime Minister Said War Crimes
The Salam-government documentation deadline has produced its first formal request — Beirut wrote to four international bodies Saturday morning.
Year Four of the Sudan Famine Arrives and the International Community Decides Not to Look
El Fasher's siege reaches Day 380, the UN appeal sits below 15 percent funded, and the Iran war consumes the news cycle that should be carrying these numbers.
The Russia Parade Scale Back and the Central Bank Labor Shortage Admission Pile Up
Tanks gone from Red Square, cadets gone from the column, and Nabiullina conceding 2.5 million missing workers — three same-week confessions of capacity.
The Iran Proposal Via Pakistan Is on the Table and Trump Is Not Satisfied
Araghchi sent a phased proposal through Islamabad — Strait first, nuclear talks postponed — Trump met Rubio and the security advisers Monday and an unnamed official said he is not satisfied.