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"Not Our War": 'Allies' Shun Trump Coalition; Iran Security Chief Allegedly Killed As Oil Infrastructure Attacks Escalate
17.03.2026, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Not Our War": 'Allies' Shun Trump Coalition; Iran Security Chief Allegedly Killed As Oil Infrastructure Attacks Escalate Summary: Israel claims major decapitation strike: Says Ali Larijani and Basij chief Gholamreza Soleimani were killed, but Iran disputes. Iran rejects ceasefire, vows escalation: Leadership says it’s not "the right time for peace"...
Iran "Starts New Phase Of Oil War" After Energy Production Hit
17.03.2026, 12:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran "Starts New Phase Of Oil War" After Energy Production Hit Crude oil futures rose in overnight trading, with Brent nearly reaching $105 per barrel and WTI climbing as high as $98.42 per barrel, as Iran intensified drone strikes on energy infrastructure across the Gulf. "Further ominous developments today. For the first time, Iran successfully targeted...
Israel Dominates Claude AI Usage Around The World
17.03.2026, 09:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Dominates Claude AI Usage Around The World New data from Anthropic reveals where its Claude AI chatbot is gaining the most traction worldwide. While Israel tops the overall ranking, the United States leads among countries with at least 10,000 Claude conversations, scoring 3.69x on the index. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Tasmin...
"I Am Extremely Disappointed In Donald Trump" – AfD Co-Leader Warns Of WWIII
17.03.2026, 07:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I Am Extremely Disappointed In Donald Trump" – AfD Co-Leader Warns Of WWIII Via Remix News, The co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Tino Chrupalla, is actively voicing his disapproval of the American and Israeli war against Iran. He has gone so far as to warn that the war could lead to a third world war and indicates that Trump has broken...
Key Events This Week: Central Banks Galore, PPI, And The War In Iran
16.03.2026, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Central Banks Galore, PPI, And The War In Iran After Friday's revelation that it was the first consecutive monthly Friday 13th for 11 years, DB's Jim Reid writes that today's nearly-as-impressive revelation is that this week sees the Fed, ECB, BoJ and BoE all meet in a single calendar week for the first time since December 2021...
Allies Balk As Trump Pushes Joint Military Action To Reopen Hormuz - Iran Says No Ceasefire On Table
16.03.2026, 13:05 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Allies Balk As Trump Pushes Joint Military Action To Reopen Hormuz - Iran Says No Ceasefire On Table Summary: Trump declares 'victory' while simultaneously urging coalition help: President Trump claimed the US has "essentially defeated Iran" and vowed "we will finish the job," while pressing NATO allies and other countries to join a naval coalition...
Where The Super Rich Reside
16.03.2026, 09:16 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Where The Super Rich Reside According to the Forbes World's Billionaires List of 2026, many of the world's richest people are citizens of the United States. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz shows in the following chart, the country counted 989 billionaires per the list's last release Tuesday. This is far ahead of the second-ranked country, China...
Echoes Of Iraq: Mainstream Media 'Deja Vu' Over Framing Of The War On Iran
16.03.2026, 04:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Echoes Of Iraq: Mainstream Media 'Deja Vu' Over Framing Of The War On Iran Via Middle East Eye “Why we should go to war” ran the headline of a Guardian article in February 2003 by the commentator Julie Burchill. In it, she explained to the Guardian’s liberal readers why a pro-war attitude in the run-up to former British Prime Minister Tony...
The Most Expensive Science Lesson in European History
14.03.2026, 15:31 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Most Expensive Science Lesson in European History Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan and triggered a massive tsunami that slammed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of the plant’s six reactors melted down, and it became the worst nuclear...
US Says (New) Ayatollah Wounded, Disfigured - While Other Iranian Leaders Defiantly March In Tehran As Bombs Fall
13.03.2026, 13:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Says (New) Ayatollah Wounded, Disfigured - While Other Iranian Leaders Defiantly March In Tehran As Bombs Fall Summary: Trump and the Pentagon claim the US and Israel are "totally destroying" Iran as the war enters day 14, with Trump warning Tehran to "watch what happens" and "I am killing them" and "what a great honor it is to" Iran’s new Supreme...
'Societal Time Bomb' – Explosive German Police Study Finds Nearly Half All Muslims Under 40 Has 'Islamist' Attitudes
13.03.2026, 11:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Societal Time Bomb' – Explosive German Police Study Finds Nearly Half All Muslims Under 40 Has 'Islamist' Attitudes Via Remix News, A newly released study by the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), nearly 50 percent of Muslims under the age of 40 in Germany hold “Islamist” views, with these Muslims expressing an attraction to Islamism...
Germany's Industrial Collapse: Degrowth And Ideology At Work
13.03.2026, 08:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Industrial Collapse: Degrowth And Ideology At Work Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Even with some temporal distance and broader perspective, the election result in Baden-Württemberg makes no sense. That the two eco-socialist parties, fused into a kind of political twin planet—Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and the CDU—could claim almost two-thirds...
Volkswagen Plans 50,000 Job Cuts Due To Plunging Profits; Board Members Grab €1.75MM Each In Bonuses
13.03.2026, 07:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Volkswagen Plans 50,000 Job Cuts Due To Plunging Profits; Board Members Grab €1.75MM Each In Bonuses Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, German automaker Volkswagen plans to cut around 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 as profits slump and the company struggles with rising costs, tariffs, and declining margins. The job cuts were announced alongside...
Futures Tumble As Oil Jumps Above $100 On Iran War Chaos
12.03.2026, 13:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Tumble As Oil Jumps Above $100 On Iran War Chaos US futures are sharply lower, as oil briefly surges back over $100 while markets start to accept the view that the Iran war will not end this week, and possibly any time soon. As of 8:15am ET, S&P and Nasdaq futures are down 0.7% and R2K futures slide more than 1%. Futures dropped more than 1%...
US Reportedly Has Just Two Months Of Rare Earths Left
12.03.2026, 11:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Reportedly Has Just Two Months Of Rare Earths Left The U.S. military’s reliance on Chinese rare-earth minerals is emerging as a strategic vulnerability as Washington’s conflict with Iran unfolds and President Donald Trump prepares for a closely watched visit to Beijing later this month. Blocks with symbols and atomic numbers of Rare Earth Elements...
Germany's Commuters Bear The Cost Of The Iran Crisis And Tax State
12.03.2026, 10:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Commuters Bear The Cost Of The Iran Crisis And Tax State Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The excessive fiscal burden on fuels has driven gasoline prices in Germany higher since the start of the Iran crisis. Yet it seems unlikely that German policymakers will ease the burden on commuters or businesses. Apart from a task force, nothing has been planned...
Italy Challenges EU Carbon Market: Hidden Tax Driving Industry Abroad
12.03.2026, 08:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Italy Challenges EU Carbon Market: Hidden Tax Driving Industry Abroad Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Italian weeks in Brussels: Just days after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced a hardline migration policy, openly defying Brussels’ globalist open-border agenda, she delivered a second shock. At the start of the week, Italy’s Industry Minister Adolfo...
China-Based Copper Scam Leaves Cooling Firm With Fake Metal
11.03.2026, 23:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - China-Based Copper Scam Leaves Cooling Firm With Fake Metal Thermal Grizzly CEO Roman “Der8auer” Hartung says his company recently fell victim to large-scale materials fraud while trying to source copper and aluminum for its cooling products, according to PC Gamer. The company needs several tons of metal to machine components such as GPU water...
It's Now A Dual Attrition Race
11.03.2026, 17:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - It's Now A Dual Attrition Race By Michael Every of Rabobank Oil vey Hormuz mir! Oil swung (far less than Monday) yesterday on a tweet from the US Energy Secretary saying the US Navy had escorted an oil tanker through Hormuz: that was deleted, and the Navy then stated it can’t do that because of the risks involved – vessels there are still sitting...
Stocks Drop As Oil Rebounds Over $90 On Escalating War, Ignoring Looming SPR Release
11.03.2026, 13:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Drop As Oil Rebounds Over $90 On Escalating War, Ignoring Looming SPR Release US equity futures remain extremely illiquid, jittery and volatile, and are down 10bps near the morning lows, erasing a 0.5% gain after earlier rebounding on hopes the upcoming SPR release will keep oil lower (it has so far failed to do that). Global equities saw a leg...
Insurance As A Weapon: How The Strait Of Hormuz Shapes Global Power And Energy Markets
11.03.2026, 12:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Insurance As A Weapon: How The Strait Of Hormuz Shapes Global Power And Energy Markets Submitted by Thomas Kolbe War is raging in Iran. Amid the fog of propaganda, it is increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, to distinguish AI-generated material from actual bomb strikes, and to see behind the carefully woven veil of media spin and national...
The Global Elites Lose Again
11.03.2026, 10:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Global Elites Lose Again Authored by Heather Mac Donald via American Greatness, To the despair of the European establishment, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the most hated political force in Germany, keeps showing robust signs of life, whether in its impressive showing in a state election on Sunday or in a recent courtroom victory. On Sunday...
How Europe's Economic 'Center Of Gravity' Has Shifted Since 1950
11.03.2026, 09:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - How Europe's Economic 'Center Of Gravity' Has Shifted Since 1950 Europe’s economic balance point has been slowly drifting east for decades. This map traces the continent’s GDP-weighted “center of gravity” from 1950 to 2022, showing how Europe’s economic core has shifted from near Cologne toward Munich over time. The visualization, via Visual...
European Taxpayers Warn Against Eurobonds: A Looming Fiscal Trap
11.03.2026, 07:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European Taxpayers Warn Against Eurobonds: A Looming Fiscal Trap Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In public debate, the introduction of joint European bonds, Eurobonds, has so far often been dismissed as a fantasy. That the European Taxpayers’ Association has now issued a clear warning against joint debt issuance should give critics of the Commission pause...
22 Pounds: The Weight Of A Million Dollars
10.03.2026, 03:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 22 Pounds: The Weight Of A Million Dollars Via WatchesOfEspionage.com, Watches as Tools of Money Laundering and Illicit Finance Luxury timepieces are one of the most effective mediums to move illicit funds around the globe and a tool to integrate those ill-gotten gains into the financial system. Transnational criminal networks, terrorists, narcotraffickers...
Key Events This Week: CPI, PCE, ADP, Durable Goods And More
09.03.2026, 15:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: CPI, PCE, ADP, Durable Goods And More With the Fed in their self-imposed blackout period, the economic data will get a chance to do the talking ahead of the March 18th FOMC meeting. Of particular note will be the inflation data, namely Wednesday’s CPI report for February and Friday’s core PCE reading for January, but there...
Why Nuclear Energy Is More Vital Than Ever
09.03.2026, 10:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why Nuclear Energy Is More Vital Than Ever As geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have escalated into direct conflict involving Iran, the global energy market is once again reminded of its precarious dependence on critical chokepoints. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a crawl amid threats and attacks, while QatarEnergy halted LNG...
Former Members Of Alleged Texas Antifa Cell Shed Light On Ideology During Trial
08.03.2026, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Former Members Of Alleged Texas Antifa Cell Shed Light On Ideology During Trial Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, Individuals identified as North Texas Antifa members testified in a landmark domestic terrorism case that social justice and anti-government ideology influenced their involvement with the group. The trial in the...
Stablecoins And The Rebasement Of The Dollar
07.03.2026, 21:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stablecoins And The Rebasement Of The Dollar Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The “fiat is dying” argument has become a catchphrase narrative among digital asset bulls, gold bugs, and cryptocurrency advocates. That narrative’s core is that central banks have printed vast amounts of money. The “money printing” has...
Germany Is Now Officially A Planned Economy
07.03.2026, 13:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany Is Now Officially A Planned Economy Authored by Eduard Braun via Mises Institute, Germany’s push for a social-ecological market economy rests on far-reaching state interventions in energy and industry, including a government-driven hydrogen strategy. In a recent report Germany’s Federal Audit Office explicitly describes the policy as a planned...
The Fog Of Oil
06.03.2026, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Fog Of Oil Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, War, oil and gold are making headlines of late for overlapping and independent reasons. Below, we avoid the guesswork, finger-pointing or sensationalism attendant to current headlines concerning Iran and stick to a theme which offers some clarity, namely the interplay of oil and gold...
From 'Model Migrant' To Wife-Chopper: Integration Poster-Boy Accused Of Grisly Murder
06.03.2026, 16:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - From 'Model Migrant' To Wife-Chopper: Integration Poster-Boy Accused Of Grisly Murder Via Remix News, The Eritrean migrant accused of dismembering his partner and the mother of his daughter was once held up as a “model migrant” 10 years ago in a variety of German newspapers. These papers reported that he was an example of how “integration” could...
There Is A Growing Willingness By Europe To Contribute To Regional Security
05.03.2026, 16:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - There Is A Growing Willingness By Europe To Contribute To Regional Security By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank Losing One's Innocence A degree of calm seemed to return to energy and financial markets yesterday, helped by tentative signs – reinforced by US and Israeli statements – that intensified military operations against Iranian...
Macron Declares Attacks On Iran Violate International Law, Spanish MEP Calls For Spain To Leave NATO
05.03.2026, 14:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Macron Declares Attacks On Iran Violate International Law, Spanish MEP Calls For Spain To Leave NATO Via Remix News, French President Emmanuel Macron, while initially supporting the war in line with Germany and the United Kingdom, has since declared the attacks outside of international law while also committing to support Cyprus and increase its own...
Free Speech Victory In Germany After Top Court Issues Landmark Rulings For 'Insults'
05.03.2026, 11:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Free Speech Victory In Germany After Top Court Issues Landmark Rulings For 'Insults' Via REMIX News, The wave of police searches and prosecutions in Germany may be facing a new hurdle after Germany’s top court, the Constitutional Court, issued two landmark rulings strengthening freedom of expression. However, Fatina Keilani, editor in Welt’s freedom...
501 Afghans Sue Germany Over Revoked Resettlement Promises, Demand Entry Into Europe
05.03.2026, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 501 Afghans Sue Germany Over Revoked Resettlement Promises, Demand Entry Into Europe Authored by Thomas Brooke via REMIX, A total of 501 Afghan nationals are currently suing the German government after previously granted commitments to admit them into the country were withdrawn. The cases are directed against Germany’s Federal Office for Migration...
The Global Race To Unlock Nuclear Fusion
04.03.2026, 23:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - The Global Race To Unlock Nuclear Fusion Authored by Felicity Bradstock via oilprice.com, Governments worldwide have been racing to unlock the secret to nuclear fusion energy for several decades, with the aim of producing abundant, clean energy. While several generation milestones have been achieved in recent years, accomplishing commercial-scale production...
Fliegen die Terror-Raketen der Mullahs mit Technik “Made in Germany”?
04.03.2026, 16:00 Uhr. Report24 - https: - Es ist ein beispielloser Angriff des iranischen Mullah-Regimes - und ein gewaltiger Skandal für den Westen. Das Verteidigungsministerium der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate (VAE) hat brisante Fotos von abgeschossenen iranischen Raketenteilen veröffentlicht. Was darauf zu sehen ist, gleicht einer Bankrotterklärung der westlichen Sanktionspolitik: Auf...
Could War In Iran Spark A 2016-Style Migrant Crisis? Hungary's PM Orbán Warns Of Worst-Case Scenario
04.03.2026, 09:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Could War In Iran Spark A 2016-Style Migrant Crisis? Hungary's PM Orbán Warns Of Worst-Case Scenario Via Remix News, The migration crisis for Europe brought on by the war in Syria could repeat itself with Iran, but with Iran’s population dwarfing Syria’s, the crisis could be much worse, warns Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Ahead of Hungary’s...
Ranking The World's Most Powerful Countries By Soft Power In 2026
04.03.2026, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ranking The World's Most Powerful Countries By Soft Power In 2026 The 'hard power' versus 'soft power' framework of international relations has perhaps never been more prescient as President Trump flexes his ability to use military strength to induce an outcome of his liking, having tried (and failed) to achieve it via the more diplomatic arts of soft...
Germany's Corporate Tax Collapse Signals Economic Crisis
04.03.2026, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Corporate Tax Collapse Signals Economic Crisis By Thomas Kolbe The ten-minute applause of delegates at the CDU party congress still echoed when the Federal Ministry of Finance spoiled the festive mood in Stuttgart. Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil’s (SPD) department reported a nationwide collapse of corporate tax revenue by 79 percent in...
Regime Change Will Not Be Easy: Tehran's Goal Is To Survive By Any Means Necessary
03.03.2026, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Regime Change Will Not Be Easy: Tehran's Goal Is To Survive By Any Means Necessary By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset macro strategist at Rabobank My Circus! My Monkeys! Europe was hit with the first strike to its energy supply chain after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and had to start diversifying its inflows from elsewhere. Now that Middle Eastern LNG...
European Commission Wants Your Free Speech. X Is In The Way
03.03.2026, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European Commission Wants Your Free Speech. X Is In The Way Authored by Adina Portau via RealClearPolitics.ocm, Last week, Elon Musk’s X launched a landmark legal challenge against a $140 million fine issued by the European Commission last December under the Digital Services Act, an EU censorship law. The case was filed at the General Court of...
Key Events This Week: Payrolls, Retail Sales, ISM, Beige Book... And War In Iran
02.03.2026, 15:54 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Payrolls, Retail Sales, ISM, Beige Book... And War In Iran Outside the obvious and huge attention on the Middle East, the key focus this week will be on the US jobs report on Friday, retail sales on the same day, the ISM indices (today and Wednesday), and the Fed’s Beige Book, also due on Wednesday. European releases will include...
Trump's Strategy Is A High Risk-High Reward Gamble
02.03.2026, 15:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump's Strategy Is A High Risk-High Reward Gamble By Rabobank The New Age Of Empires The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday morning, and not a ‘one-and-done’ strike aimed at more negotiations. Rather, it's an operation to destroy Iran’s nuclear program remnants, its ballistic missile production and stockpiles, its navy, and to back *regime...
Germany's Strategic And Economic Vulnerability
02.03.2026, 12:15 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Strategic And Economic Vulnerability Submitted by Thomas Kolbe A year of tariff disputes with the U.S., coupled with tighter climate regulations, has left deep marks on the German economy. The most visible consequence is a 17.8% collapse in German car exports to the United States last year. Overall exports to the U.S. fell 9.4% to €146.2...
Where Food Inflation Is Expected To Hit Hardest In 2026
02.03.2026, 11:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Where Food Inflation Is Expected To Hit Hardest In 2026 Food prices remain one of the most persistent cost pressures for households worldwide. In 2026, grocery bills are projected to rise sharply in some countries, while remaining relatively stable in others. According to new forecasts from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food inflation...
UK, France, Germany Slam Iran For 'Reckless' Retaliation - Are Ready To Assist Israel And US
02.03.2026, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UK, France, Germany Slam Iran For 'Reckless' Retaliation - Are Ready To Assist Israel And US Leaders from Germany, the UK and France are waving their fists over Iran's "reckless" retaliatory strikes in the region, and say they're ready to throw down to stop Tehran from further responses. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement from...
When The Return Flight Is The Only Goal: Merz Ends China Trip
02.03.2026, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - When The Return Flight Is The Only Goal: Merz Ends China Trip Submitted by Thomas Kolbe It took some time for the supposed difference between Annalena Baerbock’s feminist foreign policy and the approach that the diplomatic corps under Chancellor Friedrich Merz would take to become clear. What has changed is less the substance than the performative...
Germany's Pension Time Bomb: $2+ Billion In CRE Losses Expose Cracks In The Fiat Era
01.03.2026, 16:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Germany's Pension Time Bomb: $2+ Billion In CRE Losses Expose Cracks In The Fiat Era Submitted by Thomas Kolbe, A shock for the insured members of the Versorgungswerk Zahnärzte Berlin-Brandenburg (VZB). According to a report this week by Bloomberg, losses at the private pension fund total €1.1 billion. Roughly 50 percent of its invested capital has...