Oil prices surged and stock markets broadly fell Monday after US-Iran peace talks broke down and President Donald Trump announced a plan to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz, ratcheting up fears for Middle East energy supplies.
Trump has called the pontiff “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy”, suggesting that cardinals only elected Leo pope in May 2025 because he was American, and a potential bridge to Washington.
Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat Sunday in parliamentary elections to his rival, conservative Peter Magyar, a former government insider and political newcomer who has promised “system change”.
Congratulations from across Europe poured in Monday for Hungarian political newcomer Peter Magyar, who defeated nationalist Viktor Orban in elections seen as a blow to right-wing populism worldwide.
The United States and Iran have announced a suspension of all attacks for two weeks, and Tehran has agreed to allow safe transit of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
As the Middle East war entered its sixth week, the US president warned Tehran that its civilian infrastructure would be destroyed if it did not let ships through the waterway, through which a fifth of global crude and gas passes.
Ongezeko hili kubwa zaidi ya asilimia 33 kwa petroli na dizeli ndani ya mwezi mmoja linatokana na mzozo unaoendelea Mashariki ya Kati, kati ya Marekani, Israel na Iran, ulioonza tangu Februari 28, 2026.
Tehran has threatened to target vital infrastructure across the Gulf, including energy sites.
Wilmar Mejia, a senior official at the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI), was accused of leaking information that benefited a FARC dissident faction, according to reporting by Caracol TV in November that cited seized chats and documents.
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