Trump Restarts Hormuz Blockade Before Tolls Exist
Trump ordered a Hormuz blockade for Tuesday 4 p.m. and demanded shipping tolls, but no rate, mechanism, or collected cent exists yet — an announcement, not control of the water.
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Ten Countries Launch Ballistic-Missile Defense Coalition
Ten governments signed a missile-defense pact in Paris on Monday; reading Zelenskyy's post as a live shield costs the reader the 12 months he himself set as the project's runway.
Bangkok Beer-Hall Fire Kills at Least 27
Viral footage shows the inferno; what killed 27 is whether the rear exit was blocked and the ceiling burned fast, and Bangkok won't know until inspectors report.
South Korean Court Sentences Yoon for Manipulated Polls
Read Yoon's two years for rigged polls as the final reckoning and you miss the trap: it is one of seven trials, appealable, and dwarfed by his life sentence for rebellion.
Bukele's Party Ratifies His Third-Term Candidacy
Bukele's ticket for 2027 rides an 85% mandate and El Salvador's homicide collapse; the ballot it steps onto exists only because his allies rewrote the constitution to allow it.
Gaza Donors Pledge $1 Billion Against $70 Billion Need
The $1B Brussels pledge is one-seventieth of Gaza's $70B rebuild, carries no delivery date, and rides a stalled ceasefire, yet X reads it as recovery already underway.
Houthi Attack Reopens Saudi-Yemen Airport Conflict
Take the Houthi feed and you inherit a settled story of blame; stay with AP and who bombed Sanaa, whether the plane was Iranian, and Saudi Arabia's role are all still open.
Hungary Votes to Remove an Orban-Era President
Feeds cheer the Orban era as finished; AP notes Sulyok still has five days to sign and could refer the amendment to the Constitutional Court, so the removal isn't done.
South Africa Reports 53,000 Migrants Removed or Repatriated
South Africa's 53,000 lumps deportees with Malawians who fled mob violence into one number, burying the coercion, three deaths, and 350 vigilante arrests behind a tidy total.
Putin Promises Much Larger Retaliatory Strikes
Putin's "several times more powerful" vow travels as a definitive escalation; the real Monday count was 134 drones, no named target, no date.
Benue Funeral Attack Produces Two Death Tolls
Collapse Benue's two death tolls into one number and you lose the fight: police say eight killed, Amnesty says at least ten, and no one has named who fired or why.