{"id":372401,"date":"2026-08-23T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/world-war-3-or-global-poly-crisis-russia-iran-ukraine-and-the-expanding-conflict-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T01:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T00:00:30","slug":"world-war-3-or-global-poly-crisis-russia-iran-ukraine-and-the-expanding-conflict-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/world-war-3-or-global-poly-crisis-russia-iran-ukraine-and-the-expanding-conflict-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"World War 3 or global poly-crisis? Russia, Iran, Ukraine and the expanding conflict | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/w7D5UccFe7M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"World War 3 or global poly-crisis? Russia, Iran, Ukraine and the expanding conflict | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w7D5UccFe7M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine and the US-Iran conflict are becoming increasingly intertwined. From Iranian drones in Ukraine and Ukrainian support for Gulf states, to North Korea\u2019s role, rising oil prices, the Strait of Hormuz, and shifting global alliances &#8211; the lines between separate conflicts are beginning to blur. Is this the path toward World War 3, or are we already living through a new kind of globalized conflict?<\/p>\n<p>#ww3 #ukrainewar #iranwar #dwgeopolitics<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Two wars, one growing global crisis<br \/>\n00:52 Could the Ukraine and Iran wars lead to World War 3?<br \/>\n01:13 Why Ukraine targeted an Iranian ship<br \/>\n01:36 How Iran and Ukraine became indirect enemies<br \/>\n03:18 The Koreas enter the Ukraine-Iran conflict<br \/>\n03:48 Oil, fertilizer and the Strait of Hormuz<br \/>\n04:35 How Russia benefits from the Iran war<br \/>\n06:04 Zelensky presses Trump on Russia<br \/>\n06:44 Are we already living through a global poly-crisis?<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine and the US-Iran conflict are becoming increasingly intertwined. From Iranian drones in Ukraine and Ukrainian support for Gulf states, to North Korea\u2019s role, rising oil prices, the Strait of Hormuz, and shifting global alliances &#8211; the lines between separate conflicts are beginning to blur. Is this the path toward World War [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":372402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-372401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World War 3 or global poly-crisis? 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