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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads to Washington promising candid talks with President Trump as the Iran war hits Japan’s economy, exposing the cost of alliance loyalty under energy shock.

The Security Council met under the shadow of renewed violence along the Israel-Lebanon border, with U.N. officials warning that recent escalation has erased months of progress, displaced hundreds of thousands, and pushed the region closer to a wider war.

Iran may not be trying to win this war outright. It may be trying to outlast it. After taking heavy blows, Tehran appears to be betting that endurance, missile pressure and energy disruption can achieve what battlefield superiority cannot.

The race for the next UN Secretary-General has begun, but speeches and vision statements rarely decide the outcome. Behind the scenes, Security Council veto power, regional politics and quiet diplomatic arithmetic are already shaping the contest.