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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Trump’s Armada Tests Iran’s China-Fuelled Missile Rebuild in Post-Protest Standoff. The streets of Tehran may be quiet again, scrubbed clean of blood and broken slogans, but...
Ethiopia–Morocco Defense Axis Takes Shape in Historic First Military Talks ADDIS ABABA / RABAT — Ethiopia and Morocco have convened their first-ever Joint Defense Committee meeting,...
Turkey’s Defense Pivot: Turkey in Advanced Talks to Join Saudi–Pakistan Mutual Defense Pact Amid Horn of Africa Tensions. Turkey’s reported move to join the Saudi–Pakistan Strategic...
RED LINE DRAWN — Russia Warns Western Troops in Ukraine Would Be “Legitimate Targets” as UK and France Plan Post-Ceasefire Force. Russia has issued its bluntest...
ALLIES STRIKE BACK: UK– UK and France Carry Out Joint Airstrike on Suspected ISIS Weapons Facility in Central Syria. The United Kingdom and France have carried...
Somalia’s Dangerous New Alliance: A Pact That Undermines Regional Stability and Vindicates Somaliland’s Path. MOGADISHU — Somalia’s newly approved five-year defense pact with Pakistan signals more...
As Ukraine pushes toward what could be the most consequential phase of peace negotiations since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet European leaders...
No declarations. No end dates. Just American troops fighting wars that faded from public view. While Washington debates future showdowns with China, Iran, and Russia, thousands...
In a significant escalation of regional security operations, the Jordanian military has confirmed its air force’s active participation in a series of precision strikes alongside the...
More than 70 targets. Multiple aircraft types. A blunt message. Washington is signaling that attacks on U.S. forces will be answered—hard. The United States has launched...
A broken train line in Poland. Fires in Estonia. Balloons from Belarus. None of it is random — and all of it is costing Europe more...
U.S. Drone Hunter-Killer Systems Linked to Berbera as Washington Weighs Deeper Somaliland Security Role. As Washington finalizes a $900 billion defense policy bill and accelerates its...
As Chinese warships circle and jets probe Taiwan’s skies, Washington responds with one of its biggest weapons packages in decades. The United States has approved an...