Trump Halts Project Freedom and Sets a Bomb-or-Deal Ultimatum as Brent Crashes Below One Hundred
Trump pauses Project Freedom, hands Iran 48 hours, and threatens 'bombing starts' if it refuses, while Brent drops 9.5% to $99.60.
Yosef Stern
Bureau: Jerusalem
Pezeshkian Calls IRGC Strikes on the UAE Madness as Iran's Civilian-Military Split Goes Public
Iran's president told colleagues the IRGC's missile strike on the UAE was carried out without his government's knowledge — on the same day the MOU lands in Witkoff's hands.
The Iranian Rial Holds 1.83 Million to the Dollar as CPI Prints 73.5 Percent
Inflation at a record 73.5 percent and a dollar above 183,000 tomans set the floor on what any deal Pezeshkian signs has to deliver — Tehran is bargaining from a balance sheet, not a position.
Aramco Q1 Prints in Four Days With Net Profit Up Fifty-Six Percent and Brent Below One Hundred
Aramco's Q1 prelim arrives May 10 into a Brent tape that just crashed below $100 on the MOU pause day, making it the Saudi-fiscal read on the war premium.
Saher Alghorras Pulitzer Photography Enters Week Two As The Gaza Correspondent Visa Architecture Resumes
Alghorra's Pulitzer enters week two as the foreign-press visa question resumes inside an enclave still closed to international media.