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Mar 12, 2026 2 min read

Succession to Mojtaba Khamenei Locks IRGC Loyalty and Sidelines Old Clerical Networks

Mojtaba Khamenei's rise cements IRGC loyalty as the real selector and sidelines older clerical networks that relied on opaque consensus.

World Desk
2 min read

Media Blind Spot Leaves Katherine and Bundaberg as Footnotes to Sydney Weather Drama

Bundaberg and Katherine face major floods while national coverage fixates on the south-east. Uninsured loss and repair backlogs tell the…

Op-Ed Desk
1 min read

Northern Australia Flood Scale Shows Federal Disaster Fund Will Break Under Repetition

Repeated 2026 floods strain DRFA and political bandwidth; January payouts precede March extremes across Queensland and NT.

World Desk
2 min read

Record Queensland Rain Exposes Insurance Maps That Still Pretend Old Climate Norms

March 2026 Queensland rainfall totals outpace old flood curves; DRFA aid flows but insurance maps reprice slowly.

Environment Desk
4 min read

Condemnation Resolution Becomes Fundraising and Recruitment Text for Hardliners

UN Resolution 2817 condemns Iran's regional strikes; inside Iran the text feeds hardliners' siege narrative and drains moderates' leverage.

World Desk
3 min read

World Cup Exit Becomes Soft Power Cudgel FIFA Cannot Afford to Ignore

Iran's sports minister says the team cannot go to the US-hosted World Cup; FIFA and sponsors inherit a soft-power crisis…

World Desk
2 min read

Sports Minister Statement Shifts Blame to War While Dodging Federation Governance

Donyamali blames war for Iran's World Cup absence; the frame spares federation governance questions and possible on-field fallout.

World Desk
3 min read

Trump Dismissal of Domestic Iran Threat Signals Messaging War Not Intel Brief

Trump said he is not worried about Iran-backed attacks on U.S. soil while FBI and DHS alerts show a busier…

Politics Desk
2 min read

Public Not Worried Narrative Collides With FBI and DHS Quiet Contingency Spend

FBI and DHS stay on high alert and surge posture while public messaging emphasizes calm on Iran retaliation.

World Desk
2 min read

UN Vote Condemning Iran Exposes Russia Isolated on Ceasefire Language

The Security Council adopted a Gulf-led condemnation of Iran while rejecting Russia's neutral ceasefire draft in a split vote.

World Desk