Trump Declares Iran Victory Hours After a Tanker Is Hit in the Strait
The administration says mission accomplished; a same-week tanker strike and the UN's own maritime watchdog say the strait Trump claims to have won is still not open.
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Scientists Say an Early-Warning System Could Have Saved Hundreds in Nepal's Flood
MSM keeps covering Wednesday's Nepal flood as a tragedy with a rising toll; a scientific journal published today says the deaths were preventable and names the missing warning system.
Qatar Presses Iran on Navigation as Tehran Drafts Hormuz Conditions
MSM reads Thursday's meeting as diplomatic progress, but the shipping industry reads Iran's 'conditions list' language as a live threat to reopening the strait, not a resolution of one.
Turkey Faces a Winter Gas Squeeze as US Sanctions Target Its Iranian Supply
Washington's sanctions campaign against Tehran has a second-order cost the capital-focused coverage skips: a NATO ally's winter gas supply.