Stop Calling It Analysis: The Iran War Has Turned Oil Into a Logistics Problem
September 29, 2026
Oil prices can fall even while the Iran war continues. That does not mean the supply chain has normalized. Anyone promising a quick return to
Author: Sherafgan Khan
Sherafgan Khan
Sherafgan Khan is the primary author and editor of sherafy.com, with particular interests in artificial intelligence, geopolitics, emerging technology, and the harder questions hiding underneath fast-moving stories. His work tends to follow evidence across disciplines rather than stay inside traditional subject boundaries, with an emphasis on primary sources, technical context, and explaining what the simplified version of a story leaves out.
Why Signal Hill Is Switching to District Elections Without a Voting-Rights Ruling
September 28, 2026
Signal Hill is moving from at-large to district City Council elections after a California Voting Rights Act demand letter. The letter is public and makes
Does Freezing Salt Water Remove the Salt? Yes. So Why Don’t We Desalinate Seawater That Way?
September 28, 2026
Yes, freezing salt water can separate much of the salt from the ice. The problem is what comes next: trapped brine, ice separation, washing, melting
Red Sea vs. Cape of Good Hope: When Is Rerouting Actually Cheaper?
September 28, 2026
The Cape route is longer, but it avoids Suez tolls and some Red Sea costs. A transparent voyage model shows how to calculate the war-risk
How Do the Houthis Identify Ships in the Red Sea?
September 28, 2026
Ship tracking is only part of the story. Public records show how vessel identity, company links and prior port calls enter Red Sea risk assessments,
How Can a Ballistic Missile Hit a Moving Ship?
September 28, 2026
A ship moves after a missile launches. A successful anti-ship strike therefore requires information about the vessel and some way to reduce the resulting uncertainty.
Who Blew Up Nord Stream? What the Evidence Now Shows About Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia
September 28, 2026
The strongest publicly disclosed evidence in the Nord Stream sabotage case now points to a Ukrainian military-linked team using the yacht *Andromeda*. German prosecutors allege
Did UN Resolution 2803 Give Trump Control of Gaza? What Norman Finkelstein’s Claim Actually Means
September 28, 2026
Norman Finkelstein says UN Resolution 2803 effectively gave Donald Trump control of Gaza and swept aside decades of international law. The resolution did not transfer
Foreign Nationals Are Banned From Funding U.S. Elections. So Why Can They Fund American Nonprofits?
September 28, 2026
U.S. law prohibits foreign nationals from financing American elections, but it does not impose a general ban on foreign donations to U.S. nonprofits. That creates
The Hugging Face Hack Left Nearly 1 Million URLs Behind. Here’s What OpenAI’s Agents Actually Did
September 28, 2026
Researchers recovered almost one million public URLs associated with the July 2026 OpenAI agent attack on Hugging Face. The new evidence shows how hundreds of