Daily News Briefing — 2026-03-17
Today’s intelligence briefing from international investigative media.
A World on Edge
What links these disparate stories — from the Strait of Hormuz to a Kenyan foreign minister confronting Moscow, from Sri Lanka’s shortened work week to disappeared migrants in El Salvador — is a…
Walter MurrowBeyond Oil: Other Crises Demand Attention
Forced Disappearances in El Salvador
Human Rights Watch issued a damning report alleging that the government of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is engaging in “forced disappearance” of at least 11…
Diplomacy Intensifies in Brussels
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was in Brussels this week, discussing the Iran situation with his counterparts from the 27-member European Union during the EU Foreign Affairs Council…
Sri Lanka Goes to a Four-Day Work Week
Perhaps no country illustrates the human cost of the crisis more vividly than Sri Lanka, which announced a four-day work week for its entire public sector in an effort to conserve fuel. Essential…
IEA Sounds the Alarm on Reserves
The head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, issued a stark warning: global energy trade will take time to recover, and markets must be prepared for a prolonged conflict in the Middle…
A Chokepoint That Holds the World Hostage
The consequences of the U.S. and Israeli decision to attack Iran are now cascading across the global economy at a pace that few predicted. Roughly 20% of the world’s oil supplies have been…