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Today's headlines and in-depth analysis from around the world.
Five ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. Normally hundreds pass through daily. When 21% of global oil stops flowing, everything downstream moves — from food prices to diplomatic calculations.
Indonesia's year-long democracy crisis has killed 10 people, burned parliament buildings, and triggered the biggest protests since 1998. Almost nobody outside Asia is paying attention.
The Iran war and Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict aren't separate events. They're one interconnected crisis — and Pakistan sits at the breaking point where both collide.
Eight days into the US-Israel strikes on Iran, the civilian death toll has passed 1,300. But how — and whether — that number reaches you depends entirely on your news source's geography.
Day 8 of Operation Epic Fury has left Iran's air defences 80% destroyed, its supreme leader dead, and its retaliation capacity down 90%. Trump is demanding unconditional surrender. China is quietly negotiating control of the world's most important oil chokepoint. Here's what changed on March 7.
The Clop ransomware group breached the UK's National Health Service through an Oracle zero-day — part of a campaign that's hit 103 organizations. Yet 87% of the world's population saw nothing about it.
Norway's $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund made its first US renewable energy investment — the same week Barclays warned renewables could become stranded assets.
Poland just withdrew from the treaty that banned landmines. So did Finland and the Baltics. The humanitarian architecture that took decades to build is coming apart — and NATO democracies are pulling the trigger.
The world's first in-utero stem cell therapy for spina bifida just published results in The Lancet. All six babies are safe. The treatment may have improved outcomes beyond surgery alone.
UN Women released two reports ahead of International Women's Day: women have 64% of men's legal rights globally, and one woman is killed every 10 minutes. The gap between celebration and reality has never been starker.
The same eight words from the US president are heard as strength in Washington and as a death sentence in Tehran. How four regions frame Trump's demand to Iran — and what the gap reveals.
Ukraine's offering to help the US shoot down Iranian drones in the Middle East. That's a complete inversion of the aid relationship — and proof that three years of survival creates expertise nobody else has.