Tehran Demands Joint Iran-Oman Authority Over Hormuz Arrangements

⚓ HORMUZ — Iran names its price: joint control with Oman, not capitulation. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran's formula reframes reopening as a sovereignty arrangement, not a concession. Inserting Oman as co-manager gives Iran a multilateral shield — the strait reopens without yielding to US pressure. This directly pre-conditions Oman's draft shipping plan. Washington must now decide if joint Omani-Iranian Hormuz governance is an acceptable off-ramp.

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Germany Prepares Hospitals for NATO War Scenario, 1,000 Daily Casualties

🏥 BERLIN — Germany has the bunkers for a NATO war; it doesn't have the doctors. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Germany is building mass casualty logistics — 1,000 wounded daily, anti-drone barriers, Cold War bunkers — without doctors to staff them. Infrastructure can be requisitioned; combat medicine cannot be improvised. For a

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US House Passes War Powers Resolution to Halt Iran Conflict

🏛️ CONGRESS — Bipartisan majority votes to end a war the president isn't asking permission to fight. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: War Powers resolutions pass; presidents ignore them. Trump has constitutional cover, Senate arithmetic, and DEFCON 1 momentum. The vote's value is political, not operational — it creates a midterm liability

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Houthis Claim Strike on Yanbu Aramco Facilities, Khamis Mushait Airbase

🛢️ YANBU — Houthis claim Aramco's last Red Sea outlet; Riyadh stays silent. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Yanbu is Saudi Arabia's only functioning Red Sea export terminal — Petroline already down, Hormuz mined. If confirmed, this closes the last escape valve. With MBS in Cairo and Saudi F-15s newly contested

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Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Refuse Disarmament as US Troops Exit

🇮🇶 BAGHDAD — The US is leaving; the militias aren't going anywhere. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: US withdrawal removes the only external pressure forcing militia restraint. With IRGC proxy coordination active across Yemen and Lebanon, Iraqi factions refusing disarmament signals Tehran will retain a land corridor to Syria post-withdrawal. Baghdad loses

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Germany Prepares Hospitals for NATO War Scenario, 1,000 Daily Casualties

US House Passes War Powers Resolution to Halt Iran Conflict

Houthis Claim Strike on Yanbu Aramco Facilities, Khamis Mushait Airbase

Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Refuse Disarmament as US Troops Exit