ECB Raises Rates for First Time in Three Years, Blaming Iran War Energy Shock

🏦 ECB — First rate hike in three years, and the war is the reason. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: ECB raising rates for the first time since 2023 means the war's energy shock has embedded into euro inflation — forcing institutional response. Like Warsh, Lagarde faces a supply shock rate hikes can't fix at source. Higher borrowing costs slow growth without reopening Hormuz. Southern European governments with heavy debt loads get hit hardest.

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Turkey Calls for Saudi Arabia to Be Kept Out of US-Iran War

🕌 ANKARA — Fidan wants Riyadh sidelined; Riyadh just intercepted five Houthi salvos. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Fidan's call lands hours after Saudi air defenses fired across five targets. "Kept out" isn't neutrality advocacy — it's a signal that Turkey sees Saudi escalation as a war-widening

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Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Houthi Salvo Targeting Riyadh, Taif, Yanbu, Farasan

💥 RIYADH — Saudi air defenses are firing; Yanbu and Taif are both in the envelope. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Coalition confirming active interceptions across five targets — Riyadh, Taif, Baish, Farasan, Yanbu — means this is a saturation salvo, not a symbolic strike. Taif hosts Saudi air force assets; Farasan guards Red Sea approaches. Yanbu,

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Turkish FM: US-Iran Talks Stalled, Ankara Watching Israeli Threat Framing

🕌 ANKARA — Fidan says talks are stalled; Israel is calling Turkey a threat. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Fidan confirming US-Iran stall publicly removes Araghchi's UNGA leverage before he sits down. Ankara has kept channels to Tehran open throughout the war — if Turkey steps back from mediation, Oman carries the only

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Israeli Troops Remain in Lebanon as Hezbollah Disarmament Stalls

🌾 SOUTH LEBANON — Neither side left; the civilians caught between them have no lobby. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: IDF's continued presence and Hezbollah's partial disarmament create a frozen stalemate with no enforcement mechanism — UNIFIL can document but not compel. Farmers and tradespeople can't rebuild while two armed

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Turkey Calls for Saudi Arabia to Be Kept Out of US-Iran War

Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Houthi Salvo Targeting Riyadh, Taif, Yanbu, Farasan

Turkish FM: US-Iran Talks Stalled, Ankara Watching Israeli Threat Framing

Israeli Troops Remain in Lebanon as Hezbollah Disarmament Stalls