As artificial intelligence reshapes global competition, control of the energy that powers it has become a strategic prize, with Iran – locked in a naval standoff – at the centre of that contest

Financial futures indicate little damage from the Iran war. Reality begs to differ.

<article data-history-node-id="438847" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iranian-monarchist-leader-reza-pahlavi-hit-paint-berlin" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iranian-monarchist-leader-reza-pahlavi-hit-paint-berlin" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iranian monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi hit with paint in Berlin</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iranian monarchist leader Reza Pahlavi was hit with red paint during a visit to Berlin.</p> <p>The exiled son of the former ruler of Iran was leaving a press conference in the German capital when a demonstrator threw the bucket of paint at him:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Footage shows Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, being hit by a bucket of orange paint outside his press conference in Berlin. <a href="https://t.co/aPs6x62CHl">pic.twitter.com/aPs6x62CHl</a></p> — The New Region (@thenewregion) <a href="https://twitter.com/thenewregion/status/2047283523879342402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

PI Council member Andrés Arauz faces a renewed judicial attack — part of a deepening assault on democracy in Ecuador.

Another dark day for DOJ.

INDICTMENT as to Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. (1) Count(s) 1-6, 7-10, 11. (Forfeiture Allegations) (MLF) (Entered: 04/21/2026)

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Before his death in 2023, Dan Becker wrote 75 books about a bridge.

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

This year, Illinois again picked Wexford Health Services for prison health care despite longstanding claims of neglect. A judge has since extended court monitoring of prisons.

A Dutch court has upheld the substance of a decision denying asylum to U.S. transgender woman Veronica Clifford-Carlos, the court said in a statement on Monday.

Perhaps no Florida health care scam has so concisely illustrated the burning need to rethink our broken health care system.

In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.

US immigration officers detained more than 130 people over the weekend in Charlotte.

<article data-history-node-id="431619" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-al-jazeera-cameraperson-and-child-occupied-west" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-shoot-al-jazeera-cameraperson-and-child-occupied-west" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces shoot Al Jazeera cameraperson and child in the occupied West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="372" data-start="202">Israeli forces have opened fire on journalists in the occupied West Bank, shooting Al Jazeera cameraperson Fadi Yassin while he covered a Palestinian protest in Tulkarem.</p> <p data-end="542" data-start="374">Yassin was hit in the foot and taken to hospital for treatment, Al Jazeera reported. A child was also shot during the same Israeli assault, according to medical staff who spoke to our team.</p> <p data-end="804" data-start="544">The Al Jazeera crew had been reporting near the Nur Shams refugee camp, where residents gathered to demand access to their homes after yet another series of Israeli raids. As the crowd protested, Israeli troops fired live rounds, injuring Yassin and the child.</p> <p data-end="916" data-start="806">Israeli forces have also detained four Palestinians in the area, widening their latest sweep through Tulkarem.</p> </div> </div> </article>