Sunday, March 29, 2026

World

US-Israel war on Iran enters second month, spreads regionally

One month after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the conflict has metastasized well beyond Iranian borders — with Houthi missile attacks on Israel, Iranian drone strikes hitting Kuwait International Airport, and US airstrikes in Iraq killing three PMF fighters and two police officers. Yemen's Houthis have now pledged an expanded campaign against Israel, raising fears of an uncontrollable regional spiral. The war began on February 28 with the initial US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

MarketIran x Israel/US conflict ends by May 15?44%

Politics

No Kings protests sweep US amid Iran war backlash

A third wave of 'No Kings' demonstrations has swept all 50 US states, with more than 3,200 events organised against the Trump administration's authoritarian drift and its unpopular war in Iran. Previous waves drew millions of participants, and this round appears similarly scaled. Protests also took place in several cities outside the United States.

MarketTrump out as President by June 30?8%

Economy

Goldman Sachs warns oil could hit record $147 per barrel

Goldman Sachs has revised its oil price outlook sharply upward, flagging the possibility that crude could breach the all-time record of $147 set in 2008 as the Iran war disrupts regional supply routes. Pakistan has moved to secure a deal with Iran allowing 20 ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a sign of how nervous trading partners have become about access to one of the world's most critical energy chokepoints. The $147 figure would mark the highest nominal oil price in recorded history.

MarketWill Crude Oil (CL) hit (HIGH) $130 by end of June?47%

Climate

Cyclone Narelle devastates Exmouth with 250km/h winds

Cyclone Narelle has left the Western Australian tourist town of Exmouth isolated and flooded after battering it with 250km/h winds and dumping a year's worth of rain in a single day. Roofs were torn from buildings, power cut across coastal communities, and Chevron is scrambling to restart gas plants that were knocked offline by the storm. The town remains effectively cut off as of Sunday.

Tech

LiteLLM supply chain hack exposed thousands of AI projects

A supply chain attack on LiteLLM in March 2026 compromised every project depending on the widely-used AI infrastructure library, potentially exposing API keys, prompts, and tool calls across thousands of codebases. The breach trended on Hacker News with 395 points, and a parallel bug bounty launched by OpenAI this week — paying up to $7,500 for reproducible prompt injection findings — underscores how rapidly AI security threats are outpacing defences. Most affected projects had zero runtime security in place at the time of the attack.