From Label to Leverage: What the EU’s IRGC Terror Designation Can and Cannot Achieve. When the European Union formally designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist...
Horn of Africa’s Lawless Seas: Piracy, Smuggling and the New Scramble for Strategic Ports. In the waters stretching from the Red Sea to the western Indian...
U.S. Approves Potential $9 Billion Patriot PAC-3 Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia. The U.S. State Department’s approval of a potential $9 billion sale of Patriot interceptor...
Trump Shifts Focus to Iran’s Nuclear Program as Intelligence Warns Missiles Could Hit Israeli Cities. President Donald Trump’s abrupt rhetorical shift on Iran reflects a paradox...
Turkey Signals Conditional Restoration of Trade With Israel, Catching Jerusalem Off Guard. Jerusalem’s surprise at Turkey’s talk of restoring trade is less about the content of...
Ramzan Kadyrov Rejects Ukraine Peace Talks, Urges Russia to Fight War to the End. Ramzan Kadyrov’s rejection of negotiations on Ukraine is less a statement of...
A former chief technology officer of the CIA has issued a blunt warning to the architects of artificial intelligence: do not repeat the original sin of...
The UN was built to prevent global collapse. Now it is warning it may collapse financially itself. The United Nations is facing what its own leader...
A phrase meant to explain identity has now collided with a national immigration crackdown. A Somali American woman who gained sudden national recognition for a vivid...
This wasn’t a routine patrol. It was a message—Britain’s undersea lifelines are not open for testing. The Royal Navy forced a Russian cargo vessel to leave...
Washington is no longer just deterring Tehran. It is openly preparing to strike first. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued the clearest signal yet...
Masks Off, Cameras On—or Shutdown: Politics Return as Minneapolis Shootings Ignite DHS Showdown in Congress. One shooting became two. Two deaths became a shutdown threat. Now...
Germany isn’t at war—but it’s acting like a target. And that distinction now matters less than ever. Germany has taken a decisive step toward hardening its...
Washington is warning. Baghdad is pushing back. Iraq’s next prime minister could decide far more than its next government. Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has...
As Washington shakes alliances, Beijing opens its doors—and Britain walks in. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Beijing this week for the first visit by...
Carriers move, threats fly, and diplomacy narrows—Washington and Tehran are back on a collision course. President Donald Trump has placed Iran back at the center of...
Peace now hinges on a single word: Donetsk. And no one wants to say it out loud. The battle over Donetsk has emerged as the central...
Irro’s Cabinet Signals Governance Shift as Somaliland Moves From Recognition Campaign to Statecraft. Inside the Somaliland Presidential Palace in Hargeisa, the 52nd session of the Council...
From the UN Chair to Chaos at Home: How Somalia Humiliated Itself on the World Stage. Somalia chaired the UN Security Council — and collapsed politically...
Inside the PLA Corruption Shock: When Loyalty Matters More Than Rank in Beijing. China’s army isn’t fighting a war abroad — it’s fighting one inside its...