Iran and India Hold Bilateral Talks on Gulf Tensions in New Delhi

🤝 NEW DELHI — Araghchi chose India for bilateral talks, not just a BRICS speech. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Iran-India bilaterals run parallel to the failed Beijing summit — Delhi is the world's largest Iranian crude buyer and a non-aligned actor Tehran can use to signal openness without conceding to Washington. If India offers to mediate, it splits the pressure coalition and gives Iran another off-ramp narrative while Hormuz stays closed.

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White House: Rare Earths, Not Iran, Topped US-China Summit Agenda

⛏️ BEIJING — White House confirms rare earths, not Iran, topped the China agenda. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: If the summit's headline deliverable is mineral supply chains, Beijing extracted something concrete while offering nothing binding on Tehran. Xi trades a supply chain gesture for US acknowledgment of Chinese economic leverage — without moving

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Belarus Holds Nuclear Deployment Drills With Russian Warheads on Its Soil

☢️ MINSK — Belarus drills nuclear deployment while Europe watches the Gulf. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Belarus practicing Russian nuclear deployment isn't a drill for Kyiv — it's a signal timed for when NATO capitals are absorbed by the Iran crisis. Moscow exploits the attention gap: any European response east complicates

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China's Oil Demand Hits Three-Year Low as Inventories Surge

🛢️ BEIJING — The world's top oil buyer is absorbing less crude precisely when the Gulf needs demand most. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: China's lowest throughput since Aug 2022 means rising inventories — weakening Beijing's incentive to pressure Tehran on Hormuz. If China isn't desperate for barrels,

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Israel Claims Control of 60% of Gaza as Ground Offensive Expands

🏴 GAZA — Netanyahu claims 60% while the NSC war council meets tomorrow. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Sixty percent — publicly stated by both PM and DefMin, with Katz joking it may have risen in the last hour. Announcing maximum territorial control 24 hours before Tuesday's NSC is a message to Washington: facts

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White House: Rare Earths, Not Iran, Topped US-China Summit Agenda

Belarus Holds Nuclear Deployment Drills With Russian Warheads on Its Soil

China's Oil Demand Hits Three-Year Low as Inventories Surge

Israel Claims Control of 60% of Gaza as Ground Offensive Expands