Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai and the Taiwan CDC have escalated border health monitoring and queried the WHO following the Siberian anti-plague laboratory fatality and northern China grassland surveillance notices. Full breakdown of primary sources, port screening, and regional biosecurity telemetry.
Iran says it hit 10 ships around Hormuz; Washington says it destroyed five tankers; Brent crosses $100 as the six-month war hits global markets.
Iran says new Hormuz shipping maps and a Gulf restricted zone are days away, as Lebanon strikes kill 11, prices climb, and China scrambles for crude.
Record diesel and Hormuz traffic collide with Trump’s vows, Vance’s downplay, Seoul’s deployment study, and Taiwan’s $4.6B. Morning WW3 briefing.
Trump posts a Truth Social map branding the Strait of Hormuz ‘new US territory’ while a tanker is hit and Iran keeps the strait shut.
Hegseth vows an ‘indefinite’ Iran blockade as UAE tankers get hit, Hormuz traffic collapses, and Taiwan runs its toughest Han Kuang yet.
Iran sets Hormuz reopening conditions as 53 merchant ships are rerouted; Houthis train on US and Israeli flags; Taiwan’s 2027 defense budget rises 16%.
Iran releases video of missile strike on US targets, China condemns Japan’s defense white paper