18+ hour, 5+ min ago  (437+ words) Sixty years ago, I first gazed out on the Strait of Hormuz from the Musandam peninsula of Oman. I was there as private secretary to my godfather, Selwyn Lloyd, who had been Britain's foreign secretary during the Suez Crisis. The…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago  (941+ words) Trump's selfless war'The Spectator Australia We're lucky to have him It's been a real hoot watching commentators and pundits from both sides of the fence tying themselves in knots trying to analyse/applaud/abhor what's happening in the Middle East....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (251+ words) This year is an election year in Israel, with polls required by law to take place by October. So what impact, if any, are the conflicts having on the political debate inside Israel? Are they likely to decide the future…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (252+ words) The lingering fear is that the truth may be more TCCO (Trump Can't Chicken Out) That did the trick: the price of oil fell dramatically, and'markets calmed as traders again took up the so-called TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) trade,…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (667+ words) Why the Iran oil crisis might not be as bad as we feared'The Spectator Australia Why the Iran oil crisis might not be as bad as we feared Have markets and governments around the world horribly under-estimated the fallout from…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (246+ words) As well as providing outstanding medical care 24 hours a day, Hatzola also fundraises to buy ambulances and equipment. Overall, their work is centred on a central tenet of Judaism, namely'the preservation and sanctity of human life, regardless of race, creed…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (227+ words) Thailand has issued very specific guidelines'asking that air conditioners are not set to less than 26 degrees The timing of the policies suggest that they're fearing a long-term fuel shortage owing to a potentially protracted war in Iran. Similar preparations have…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (289+ words) The magnitude and speed of the US and Israeli airstrikes eliminating Iranian regime officials can be explained in part by their unprecedented use of advanced technology and AI systems. The US military embraced AI earlier this year when Secretary of…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (258+ words) Ever since the Hamas atrocities of October 2023, it's not been easy being Australia's prime minister, Anthony Albanese. Following the infamy of 7 October, Albanese's government presided over a surge in anti-Semitism that is a huge and indelible stain on Australia's international…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (355+ words) The killing of the Iranian senior security official Ali Larijani this week is the most significant "targeted assassination" undertaken since Israel"s killing (in cooperation with the US) of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the opening day of the war....