Global Week in Review: Escalation Across Two Continents

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered his military to triple long-range drone strikes on Russia to 1,000 per day, a dramatic escalation as Moscow's gasoline production plummeted to 70% of domestic needs after repeated refinery hits. In the Middle East, the six-month-old Iran war entered a new phase as the U.S. launched what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called the "single greatest financial offensive ever," while Iran and Oman resumed negotiations over reopening...