Politics

Netanyahu Speaks From a Café While Israel Strikes Iran and Lebanon Simultaneously

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu filmed himself at a local café and posted the video on X while Israeli military operations were actively underway against targets in both Iran...

Trump’s Truth Social War Dispatches: Social Media as a Weapon of Modern Conflict

President Donald Trump's management of the US-Iran war played out in part on social media, with Truth Social...

Iran’s Best Weapon Against America Was America’s Own Inaction

Iran did not need a new weapon to inflict strategic damage on the United States in West Asia....

Trump’s War Has Produced Its First UN Peacekeeping Casualty — and Europe Is Furious

The attack on the UN peacekeeping mission's Ghanaian battalion headquarters in Lebanon has produced one of the sharpest...

Trump’s Board of Peace: Twenty-Five Nations, Zero Palestinian Voices

The arithmetic of representation at Trump's Board of Peace is stark: more than two dozen founding member nations,...

Trump Orders USS Gerald R Ford to Middle East Theater for Iran Nuclear Confrontation

Donald Trump has ordered the USS Gerald R Ford to the Middle East theater for what appears to be shaping up as a nuclear...

Russia-Ukraine-US Peace Initiative: Abu Dhabi Trilateral Summit Charts New Diplomatic Course

The international diplomatic community watches closely as Russia, Ukraine, and the United States prepare for crucial peace negotiations in Abu Dhabi on February 4-5....

Rubio Dismisses Concerns That Venezuela Operation Encourages Russian Ukraine Aggression

Marco Rubio rejected Democratic concerns that President Trump's Venezuela military intervention might encourage further Russian aggression in Ukraine during Senate testimony Wednesday. The Secretary...

Zelenskyy Says Bilateral Security Deal Finalized, Ceasefire Before Final Deal Explored

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed on Sunday that negotiations have produced a finalized security guarantees agreement between Ukraine and the United States. Speaking from Vilnius...

UK Leader Balances Principle and Pragmatism in Alliance Crisis

Keir Starmer demonstrated sophisticated balance between principle and pragmatism during weekend crisis talks, maintaining firm principled opposition to tariffs while preserving pragmatic relationship management....

Standoff Deepens: EU Warns Trump’s Tariff Threat Might Cause Retaliatory Measures

As the standoff deepens, the EU warns Trump's tariff threat might cause unavoidable retaliatory measures. European Union leaders are digging in their heels against...