Serbia to Open Israeli Drone Factory by Mid-September, Vučić Confirms

🏭 BELGRADE — Serbia becoming an Israeli drone manufacturer while EU membership talks continue. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Vučić, an EU candidate, is handing Israel a European drone factory mid-conflict. Brussels presses member states to restrict arms to Israel; Belgrade moves the opposite direction. Israel gains a production node outside EU embargo pressure. Serbia gets defense tech transfer and leverage. EU arms-policy coherence on Israel fractures further.

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Iran Energy Minister Warns of Unavoidable Blackouts After Grid Attacks

⚡ TEHRAN — Iran's grid is cracking while its navy fights in Hormuz. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran's own minister admitting unavoidable blackouts means military strikes have found the domestic pressure point. IRGC cannot simultaneously defend every transformer and every tanker. Power cuts historically destabilize Iranian governments faster than sanctions.

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OPEC+ to Hold Output Policy Unchanged as Oil War Reshapes Markets

🛢️ OPEC+ — Holding output steady when three Iranian tankers just sank is a choice. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Brent at $96 and US SPR at 1983 lows, OPEC+ freezing output means the cartel is letting the war do the price work for them. Saudi Arabia — simultaneously receiving US JDAMs and mediating for

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IRGC Warns US Blockade Would Backfire Economically

📢 IRGC — Washington's blockade threat may cost more than Tehran's. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: IRGC's backfire warning targets Beijing and New Delhi, not Washington — both absorb Iranian crude and fear losing access more than the US fears $100 oil. With SPR at 1983 lows and Brent up

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IDF Soldiers Storm West Bank Schools on First Day of Academic Year

🏫 WEST BANK — Schools on day one; Huckabee's safety demand was 24 hours ago. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: IDF entering schools the morning after Washington publicly demanded West Bank safety guarantees exposes the fracture in real time. Brussels already has hospital strikes and Zeitoun recovery in the legal file. School raids

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Iran Energy Minister Warns of Unavoidable Blackouts After Grid Attacks

OPEC+ to Hold Output Policy Unchanged as Oil War Reshapes Markets

IRGC Warns US Blockade Would Backfire Economically

IDF Soldiers Storm West Bank Schools on First Day of Academic Year