U.S. strikes Iran for a third consecutive night as Iranian cruise missiles hit two UAE oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member and pushing crude above $80.
By James Blackwood
July 10, 2026
7 min read
Geopolitics
A collapsing US-Iran ceasefire, China's first-ever Pacific submarine missile launch with minimal warning, and a fractured NATO summit in Ankara converge in one of the most operationally dense weeks of 2026.
A fragile US-Iran ceasefire frays at the Strait of Hormuz while the Ankara NATO summit signals a structural shift in transatlantic defense responsibility, and a Trump-Xi call leaves Taiwan's status deliberately unresolved.