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Shell’s latest financial statements reveal a remarkable accounting consequence of the Middle East conflict. While the oil giant reports extraordinary profits, soaring tanker freight rates have triggered billions of dollars in additional shipping-lease liabilities. The figures are non-cash adjustments, not realised losses, but they expose another dimension of Shell’s vulnerability to geopolitical disruption.

U.S. equity markets sold off sharply Thursday, as fears that Israel and the U.S. would restart attacks against Iran sent oil prices higher and major tech stocks failed to hold on to recent gains.

WANA (Oct 18) – It is midnight; the room is dark, but the soft blue glow of a smartphone screen illuminates the face of a young man in one of Tehran’s neighborhoods. He does not have high-speed internet or free access, and to reach this page, he must first bypass filtering barriers and VPN walls.

A senior Hamas delegation visited Tehran in early September, according to the Kan report, which noted that the delegates met with senior Iranian officials.

A 25-year-old Israeli man allegedly carried out assignments for an Iranian handler and used AI, including consulting ChatGPT, while performing the tasks, Haifa District prosecutors said in an indictment filed on Friday.

BEIJING, CHINA – AUGUST 24: China’s President Xi Jinping and King Abdullah II of Jordan (not shown) attend a bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People on August 24, 2026 in Beijing, China. (Photo by China Pool/

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump defended the United States’ robust use of military force in Iran, Venezuela and elsewhere, saying the international community is incapable of handling threats from those countries.

Law enforcement secures an entrance to the United Nations (UN) during the start of the General Assembly on September 21, 2026, in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/

Keti Korkiya says the roadmap’s significance lies not in any single project, but in the state-backed architecture tying Moscow and Tehran closer together.

The United States is investigating whether Iran was behind cyberattacks on two energy tankers bound for American ports that were struck while transiting the Strait of Gibraltar in August, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US officials familiar with the investigation.