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06/09/2026

Why is a 33 km wide waterway so hard to secure?

The Strait of Hormuz carries a fifth of the world's oil and gas. But the
tactics used there don't look like traditional naval warfare.

Instead of matching warship for warship, the approach relies on large
numbers of small, fast boats operating together. Analysts call it
asymmetric warfare — low cost, hard to track, and difficult for large
vessels to respond to in narrow waters.

The geography is the whole point. The strait narrows to 33 km, and the
shipping lanes inside it are only about 3 km wide each. There is very
little room to manoeuvre.

Explainer only — this video does not depict or endorse any specific
operation.

04/09/2026

Argentina was ruled by Spain until 1816.
Chile was ruled by Spain until 1818.
Uruguay switched between Spanish and Portuguese rule until 1828.
Bolivia was ruled by Spain until 1825.
Paraguay was ruled by Spain until 1811.
Ecuador was ruled by Spain until 1822.
And Colombia was ruled by Spain until 1819.


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02/09/2026

What if Bangladesh and Egypt joined the Mecca Pact?

Cyprus is a rival of Turkey. And the full text has never been published.

Enormous on a map. Untested everywhere else.

Neither Bangladesh nor Egypt is a member as of September 2026.
Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg, CFR, Times of Israel.

01/09/2026

Seven countries. Seven rulers. Seven independence dates.

🇮🇳 India — Britain, 1858–1947
🇧🇩 Bangladesh — Pakistan, 1947–1971
🇰🇷 South Korea — Japan, 1910–1945
🇫🇮 Finland — Russia, 1809–1917
🇿🇦 South Africa — Britain, 1806–1910
🇻🇳 Vietnam — French Indochina, 1887–1954
🇬🇪 Georgia — Soviet Union, until 1991

Which one surprised you most? Part 2 coming soon — tell us which country
to include.

31/08/2026

Twelve hours. Four countries. One small island.

On Sunday the United States struck two launchers on Larak Island, in the
Strait of Hormuz. A US official says Revolutionary Guard forces were
observed preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the waterway.
It was the first known American strike on Iranian territory since late July.

Iran said it responded in three directions:

→ Jordan — ballistic missiles toward two American bases. Jordan says eight
were intercepted.
→ UAE — drones toward Al Minhad Air Base. The UAE says its air force
engaged a drone entering its waters from Iran.
→ The strait — the Revolutionary Guard says it brought down an American
Reaper drone, and that a supertanker was struck by two naval mines.

A fourth claim came from President Trump, who posted that Kharg Island was
being destroyed. The post carried an AI-generated video. Kharg sits
hundreds of miles from Larak, and no other source has reported it being hit.

Before February 28, a fifth of the world's oil and gas moved through this
strait. This weekend: five visible ships a day.

Figures as of August 31, 2026. Sources: Reuters, CNN, Washington Post.

29/08/2026

Nepal has told the world it does not want rescue teams. It wants engineers.

Four days after a glacier collapsed on the Tibet border, search operations
were suspended again on Saturday — by rain and fog. On Friday they stopped
for a different reason. A new lake had formed across the Nepal–China border,
and it started overflowing.

Two lakes now sit upstream of the flood zone. Nepal says the danger does not
end until both fully drain. A Chinese government expert has warned one may
still be unstable — and that more than 100 glacial lakes in the same area
could pose a threat of their own.

Nepal's request: tunnel rescue capability, engineers to reopen roads and
communication lines where bridges no longer exist, and specialist forensic
and DNA expertise.

Rebuilding estimate: $4–5 billion. For a nation of 30 million.

Nearly 3,000 people remain unaccounted for. And the water upstream has not
finished moving.

Figures as of August 29, 2026. Source: Reuters.

28/08/2026

Thirty-one countries are searching the same Himalayan valley.

Nepal and Tibet share one river valley. On Wednesday morning a wall of
glacial rock and ice collapsed into it — and the flood crossed both
countries in under an hour.

667 tourists unaccounted for in Nepal. 540 of them foreign nationals.
Another 558 across the border in Tibet's Gyirong county.

India, China, the United States, Malaysia, Ukraine, Australia, Britain,
Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain — and
sixteen more.

There is a reason for that spread. This valley is the road between Lhasa
and Kathmandu, at peak season on the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage route.

Figures as of August 27, 2026. Sources: Reuters, Nepal Tourism Board, CCTV.

26/08/2026

Nepal Mountain Collapses During 4.4 Earthquake 🏔️💥

Watch the map to see how the effects can travel from Tibet → Nepal → India.

24/08/2026

🇮🇱🇹🇷 Israel just struck a Syrian airbase about 70 km from Turkey.

The attack has intensified tensions between Israel and Turkey, while Washington is working to prevent a wider confrontation.

But here's the key question:

If Turkish forces in Syria were attacked, would NATO's Article 5 apply?

Watch the map to understand why the answer isn't as simple as it sounds.

23/08/2026

🇪🇺 Can Europe become the world's next global superpower?

The EU already has enormous economic power, a massive single market, and global influence—but political fragmentation and divided defense capabilities remain major obstacles.

Europe has many of the tools of a superpower.

The real question is: can 27 countries act together?

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