Pakistan Hosts Iran Talks as Region Seeks De‑escalation Pakistan hosted Iran’s foreign ministers on Mar 29, 2026; Islamabad’s talks could alter regional energy risk premia and affect Pakistan’s FX and sovereign credit in the near term.

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Trump says 'Cuba is next' in speech touting US military successes | Velocity Economics The President of the United States just announced his next target at an investment forum. Not a defense briefing. Not a national security meeting. An *investment forum* in Miami. He's telling the...

Trump openly told investors #Cuba is next for military action—after admitting he wants them to know—because he created the crisis there by cutting off their oil.

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Exclusive: US links security guarantees to Ukraine giving up Donbas, Zelenskiy says | Velocity Economics The United States is telling Ukraine it can have security guarantees — the promise that America will protect them if Russia attacks again — but only if Ukraine gives up the entire Donbas region...

The US is demanding Ukraine cede the Donbas region to Russia in exchange for vague “security guarantees.” Handing Putin a victory while Russia feeds US war intel to Iran.

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Trump’s Gulf Bases Are Rubble. Putin’s Laughing. Are You Paying Attention? | Velocity Economics They bombed Iran for three weeks straight, destroyed thirteen American bases in the process, and now U.S. troops are hiding in hotels while Iranian intelligence tries to figure out which ones. Russia....

US’s Gulf Bases Are Rubble. Putin’s Laughing. Are You Paying Attention?

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U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says | Velocity Economics The Interior Secretary of the United States just flew to a country we militarily raided two months ago, met with the government we left in power after capturing its president, and came home with $100....

Burgum literally flew to Venezuela—after we captured their president—and brought back $100M in gold for US refiners. Forget democracy, this is straight-up resource extraction with military backing.

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He has an important role in our #ForeignRelations yet he doesn’t have the courage to say NO to Dear Leader. He should go. Because of him & too many others ( including the other 3 Idahoans in Congress) there are no Checks in our system of Checks & Balances.

Exclusive: Iran attacks wipe out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says | Velocity Economics Three to five years. That's how long it takes to repair what Iran blew up in hours. Qatar just lost 17% of its LNG capacity — 12.8 million tons per year offline, $20 billion in annual revenue gone,...

Iran just crippled Qatar’s LNG exports—17% gone, $20B in revenue lost—after Israel hit Iranian gas facilities. Exxon & Shell are taking the financial hit while Europe & Asia scramble for energy.

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Trump calls NATO The man who started a war without telling his allies is calling those same allies "cowards" for refusing to fix the mess he made. That's where we are. Nine months into a war Trump launched to...

Trump is calling NATO allies “cowards” for refusing to help secure a shipping lane *he* destabilized after starting a war without consulting them.

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Black Cube, leaked tapes and corruption: Israeli spy firm crashes Slovenia’s election | Velocity Economics An Israeli spy firm that helped Harvey Weinstein hunt his victims just got caught running surveillance operations in Slovenia days before a national election. The operatives flew in on a private jet.....

Israeli firm Black Cube—known for spying on Harvey Weinstein’s accusers—is meddling in Slovenia’s election.

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Iran war fuels tensions in US Democratic primary races | Velocity Economics The Democrats are fighting each other while Trump's war hemorrhages money and kills American soldiers, and the party establishment is treating this as a distraction from winning swing voters instead.....

Trump’s bombing Iran costs $1B/day & killed US troops, yet Dems like Foushee (Lockheed/Northrop donor) & Hickenlooper funded the war machine then feigned opposition.

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Trump says he can do 'anything I want' with Cuba | Velocity Economics The President of the United States just said he can "do anything I want" with another country and expects to have "the honor of taking Cuba." Not regime change. Not intervention. *Taking.* Like a...

Trump literally said he wants to *take* #Cuba, after intentionally crippling their power grid. He’s escalating beyond Venezuela & #Iran, openly defying decades of agreements.

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Iran holds the key to reopening global energy markets | Velocity Economics The United States bombed Iran, destroyed its air force and navy, killed 200 children including 165 at a girls' elementary school, and is now learning that none of that matters if Iran decides...

US bombs Iran, spends $3.7B, and gets nothing—Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, halting 20% of global oil/gas. Oil prices spiked 60% and Saudi Arabia is asking *Iran* for permission to ship.

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian parents, two children, in West Bank, medics say | Velocity Economics While Israel bombs Iran and the world watches, Israeli forces shot a Palestinian family in the head. All four of them. The father, the mother, a five-year-old, a seven-year-old. Each one shot in the....

Israeli forces executed a Palestinian family—parents & two young children—at a checkpoint in the West Bank.

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Trump administration estimates Iran war cost at over $11 billion in six days, source says | Velocity Economics Trump just spent $11.3 billion in six days bombing Iran and says "we won" while simultaneously asking Congress for up to $50 billion more to keep doing it. That's not what winning looks like — that's....

Trump blew $11.3B bombing Iran in six days, then met with Lockheed Martin & Raytheon to discuss *more* war. He's claiming victory while asking for another $50B—it's a profit scheme, not a strategy.

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Lebanon's Foreign Minister Joseph Ryi gained support from Finland, Ireland, and Sweden to address Israeli escalation and uphold sovereignty. Ireland committed €3 million in aid, while Ryi dismissed Iranian interference.

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Players' union raises alarm over safety of Iran women's soccer team after Asian Cup exit | Velocity Economics The Iranian women's soccer team stood silent during their national anthem. State TV called them "traitors during wartime" who "must be dealt with more severely." Now they're being loaded onto a plane....

Iranian soccer players protested, then were threatened on state TV as “traitors.” Now they’re being sent home despite FIFPRO being unable to contact them, and Australia won’t intervene to discuss

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Israel hits Iran's oil depots as clerics say consensus reached on Ayatollah successor | Velocity Economics The United States and Israel are bombing a country's critical infrastructure — its oil depots, its water supply — while explicitly threatening to assassinate whoever tries to lead it next. Iran's...

Israel is openly bombing Iranian oil depots & water plants after killing their leader, with Netanyahu admitting it's regime change. Four tanker drivers are already dead.

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Trump vows to 'take care of Cuba,' praises Venezuela cooperation at summit | Velocity Economics Trump just held a summit at his own golf course where he promised to "take care of Cuba" and praised Venezuela's new leader for "working with us" — by which he means doing what he says. This is naked....

Trump openly admitted the US arrested Venezuela’s president & replaced him with someone who'll hand over resources—and now wants to do the same to Cuba.

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How Lindsey Graham got Trump to yes on Iran | Velocity Economics A U.S. senator just admitted on the record that he sold a president on starting a war. Not responded to a crisis. Not authorized defensive action. Sold him. On a golf course. Using Trump's...

Lindsey Graham bragged about manipulating Trump into nearly starting a war with Iran, appealing to his ego & desire for a “Berlin Wall moment"

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US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say | Velocity Economics A U.S. bomb likely killed 150 girls at a school in Iran, and the Pentagon can't decide whether to admit it or blame someone else while they figure out how to spin it. Read that U.S. officials'...

US bombs likely killed 150 girls at an Iranian school, and the Pentagon is crafting a cover story instead of taking responsibility. Rubio & Hegseth are spinning it—they claim it wasn't “deliberate.”

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Democrats Consider Funding for Middle East Conflicts Despite Past Opposition to Wars | Velocity Economics A Democrat senator goes on TV calling Trump's Iran war "dumb," then 24 hours later votes to fund it anyway. That's not a flip-flop. That's the script working exactly as designed. Ruben Gallego said.....

Dem senators like Gallego & Slotkin are already funding Trump's potential Iran war despite previously opposing it—prioritizing the Pentagon's budget over actual national security.

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Trump Disputes Iran's New Ayatollah Selection, Amidst Escalating Conflict | Velocity Economics Trump just announced that Iran's selection of their next Ayatollah is "unacceptable" and that he personally must approve the appointment. Let that sink in. The President of the United States believes....

Trump is demanding to personally pick Iran's new Ayatollah after his assassination attempt backfired, radicalizing the region & spiking gas prices.

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GRUESOME Details of Trump's Iranian APOCALYPSE Come Out and It's WORSE Than You Think! | Velocity Economics A city of 10 million people is being carpet bombed while American senators vote to continue funding it. The video describes "apocalyptic scenes" in Tehran—hospitals, schools, and residential...

#Trump & #Netanyahu are deliberately bombing Tehran, killing kids in schools, funded by US taxpayers & cheered on by his base. There is no strategy beyond destruction.

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Fight over Trump’s Iran war powers comes after a long stretch of Congress yielding to presidents | Velocity Economics Trump gave himself a 15 out of 10 for the Iran war. That's not a typo — he literally said the U.S. is "doing very well on the war front, to put it mildly" after launching bombing campaigns against a.....

Trump literally graded his own Iran bombing campaign a "15/10" while six Americans died—and Congress just lets him get away with it.

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Iran could disrupt the Strait of Hormuz with drones for months | Velocity Economics The war everyone kept insisting wouldn't happen is happening, and now we're watching the math of how long Iran can keep global energy markets in chaos. The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday.....

US/Israel bombed Iran, and now Iran is choking off a vital oil route with drones & sea mines. Expect higher gas prices and supply chain chaos for months.

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US lawmakers set to vote on war powers as Iran conflict widens | Velocity Economics The United States is already at war with Iran — "five days" in, according to the article — and Congress is voting on whether they should have authorized it in the first place. That's not oversight....

Trump started a war with Iran five days ago without Congress's approval, and now they're holding a pointless vote to *pretend* to oversee it.

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Global oil and gas shipping costs surge as Iran vows to close Strait of Hormuz | Velocity Economics Iran just threatened to shut down the highway that carries 20% of the world's oil. Shipping costs through the Strait of Hormuz hit all-time highs — supertankers that move crude to China jumped to...

Iran vowed to close the Strait of Hormuz after the US/Israel killed its leader, spiking oil shipping to $423k/day & LNG 40%. Get ready for higher gas, food, and everything else.

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Trump presses ahead with Iran war despite warnings of political risk for midterms | Velocity Economics The United States just started a war with Iran. Trump's own advisers told him it was a bad idea — unpredictable, impossible to contain, politically risky. He did it anyway because he wanted to...

Trump started a war with Iran not because of any threat, but to boost his domestic image ahead of the midterms.

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“Massive” War Launched by a Man With No Plan. Again. | Velocity Economics Trump just started a war with Iran at 3 AM on Saturday with no fucking plan for what happens next. Not "insufficient planning" or "inadequate preparation" — *no plan*. He bombed a country, announced.....

Trump launched an unprovoked attack on Iran with zero plan for what happens next, repeating the disastrous mistakes of the Iraq War.

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How US-Iran tensions could shape world markets | Velocity Economics Trump just bombed Iran and the market analysts are talking about it like a weather event that might affect commodity prices. Let's be clear about what's happening: the United States launched...

Trump bombed #Iran, escalating tensions and potentially spiking oil prices to $100/barrel while boosting US energy companies & defense contractors. Markets are cool with war if it means profits. #Economics #ForeignRelations #VelocityEconomics

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