Tag: Middle East Conflict
Dong Jun to Miss Singapore Security Forum for Second Straight Year
According to Reuters, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun may skip the upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue where...
Trump Presses Beijing Into Concessions on AI Chips, Energy, and the Middle East
Trump's May 2026 trip to Beijing was the first American presidential visit to the Chinese capital in...
G7 Moves to Cut Dependence on China for Critical Minerals and Rare Earths
According to Reuters, on May 18, a meeting of finance ministers and central bank representatives from...
US Farmers Face Spring Planting Squeeze as Hormuz Closure Strands Global Fertilizer Trade
The director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned on May 7 that disruptions...
Netanyahu Claims Iran Was Two Months From a Nuclear Bomb When US-Israeli Strikes Began
In his first major U.S. broadcast interview since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Israeli...
Trump Says US Will ‘Eventually Obtain’ Iran’s Nuclear Materials, Warns of Space Force Surveillance
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, May 10 again made a strong statement on Iran’s nuclear issue....
Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate Despite Fragile US-Iran Ceasefire
According to an May 9 report by the Associated Press, despite escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf...
Trump: Iran War Is Likely to End Before Beijing summit
U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with PBS News on May 6 that the United States and Iran...
Taiwan Experts Warn US-Iran War Will Shift American Focus to Indo-Pacific
According to the Taipei Times, Taiwan’s Institute for National Policy Research held a forum on Thursday...
Xi Jinping Urges Saudi Arabia to Back Iran Ceasefire as Riyadh Quietly Supports US Strikes
Xi Jinping personally called Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on April 20, pressing for an immediate...
Trump Announces New Talks on Iran War as Ceasefire Nears Expiration
According to Al Jazeera, on April 19, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that American negotiators...
US Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Cuts Iran Oil Flow, Raises Pressure on China’s Energy Supply
On April 13, the U.S. military imposed a naval blockade sealing the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway...