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• U.S. State Department Demands Dismantling of Militant Groups Following Assault on Kuwaiti Consulate in Basra

  Published: Apr 9, 2026

  Section: Middle East

  The United States has issued a strong condemnation of the April 7 attack on the Kuwaiti consulate in Basra, Iraq, by pro-Iranian demonstrators. In a statement released via the Bure...

• Global Shipping Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Collapses by 90 Percent Amid Escalating Middle East Conflict

  Published: Mar 5, 2026

  Section: Africa

  Maritime trade has undergone a massive geographic shift as commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz plunged from 138 to just four vessels daily following Tehran’s closure of...

• Iraq faces national grid instability and massive revenue losses as Rumaila power plant loses 1,900 MW

  Published: Mar 5, 2026

  Section: Global Economy

  A sudden drop in gas supplies at the Rumaila gas power station in Basra has triggered a partial collapse of Iraq's national electricity grid, resulting in the loss of 1,900 megawat...