The West, including Israel, refuses to learn from history with regards to the use of air power to achieve regime change. The decision of Israel and the United States to attack Iran on February 28 and force a change of...
There’s a tempting logic to the analogy. The Trump administration orchestrated the dramatic removal of Nicolas Maduro in January — a swift, tactically audacious operation that produced an oil deal, a compliant interim government and a triumphant press conference at...
Since early last year, France has been exploring with Germany and other partners the question of expanding or extending France’s nuclear deterrent to protect NATO partners in Europe. This idea, in more modest versions advanced by France since the 1990s,...
While most European leaders have responded to the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran with condemnations of the Iranian regime and tepid calls for "de-escalation" designed not to offend Washington, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has unequivocally condemned the war on Iran...
When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. A decade later, this former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign intervention In July...
Iraq's participation in the inter-confederation playoffs in Mexico that will decide two berths at this year's World Cup is in doubt because of the travel chaos triggered by the conflict in neighbouring Iran . The Iraqis are scheduled...
TOKYO – The panic sweeping through South Korea’s trading floors this week amid fast-developing fallout from war in the Middle East might not be as isolated as many investors hope. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the hottest stock markets among the...
This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. The Confession You’re Not Hearing Your teen is praying five times a day. Or trying to. Going through the...
Israel pounded parts of Lebanon early Thursday and said it intercepted missiles from Iran, as a widening war launched by the United States and Israel also brought fresh turmoil to Iraq . An air strike in the pre-dawn hours struck...
- - - - Graphic by PYMNTS.com Stablecoins, which unlike volatile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoins are intended to function as a reliable medium of exchange and a store of value within the digital economy, have become a currency of choice of...
The US Senate on Wednesday rejected a resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's authority to continue military strikes on Iran, in a narrow congressional show of support for a conflict launched without explicit approval from lawmakers. The bipartisan measure, introduced...
Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials told The Associated Press . The Kurdish groups are widely...
The Hague Group conference pledges to ensure accountability for international crimes and prevent arms and material support from reaching Israel Read Article HERE Photo supplied by the Hague Group The post Middle East Eye: Forty nations meet in The Hague...
Two fighters from the powerful Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group were killed on Wednesday in a strike near their base in Iraq, as the war in the Middle East raged across multiple fronts. Attacks were also reported in Baghdad and...
Hezbollah will confront "Israeli-American aggression" and will not surrender despite the "imbalance in capabilities", the head of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Naim Qassem said Wednesday night in a televised speech. "We are facing aggression... our choice is to confront it until...
The United States government recently hosted a critical minerals summit aimed at reducing China’s predominant role in the global production of smartphones, weapons systems, lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles (EVs). The meeting, which included representatives from Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Canada,...
Reports indicate that Kurdish Iranian militant groups have launched an offensive against Iranian regime forces in the country’s northwest, allegedly with U.S. backing. Kurds are one of Iran’s largest ethnic minorities and are concentrated along the country’s western frontier with...
Today, the Senate narrowly blocked a war powers resolution, which would have halted ongoing and unauthorized U.S. military hostilities against Iran. The resolution, sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and co-sponsored by 26 other Senators, failed to advance in a...
Quando von der Leyen avverte che «abbiamo altre opzioni», l’immagine ostile che viene in mente è quella di un interrogatore della Gestapo che fa roteare le pinze in mano. Segue nostro Telegram . La presidente della Commissione europea Ursula von...
The fight for supremacy between competing artificial intelligence behemoths has become part of the rapidly escalating U.S. war against Iran. Anthropic, creator of the chatbot Claude, has seen a spike in public interest after its CEO announced that the company...
On March 10, Citizen Lab senior researcher Noura Aljizawi will participate in an OSCE panel titled “From Harm to Justice: Ending Violence Against Women in the Public Sphere in the OSCE Region.” Women who stand at the forefront of efforts...
More than a year has passed since the fall of Bashar al-Assad 's government, yet the file of children who were detained along with their parents or born in prison remains fundamentally unresolved. For more than a decade, Syria's security...
Tehran’s partners and sympathizers have arranged protests across the region against the US-Israeli campaign against Iran, especially the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Some of the demonstrations have turned violent and present a danger to the local US...
- - - - ‘President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C.’ Noam Galai / Shutterstock This article was published this morning in Brazil’s Folha de S.Paulo , the country’s largest newspaper,...
Trump threatened to ‘cut all dealings’ with Madrid, and said ‘Spain has been terrible’ for refusing US requests to use joint bases for attacks on Iran Read Article HERE The copyright holder of this file, Gobierno de España, allows anyone...
It’s being called a war between good vs evil. The epstein class vs a nation that dares to stand up against US-Israeli imperialism: Iran. The US and Israel launched a full scale war on Iran on Saturday, destroying schools, residential...
There is an old joke. Why does the Italian Navy have glass bottomed boats? Answer: So they can see the previous Italian Navy. It is looking like the joke can be redirected, although it will be some time before Iran...
On January 30, the Department of Justice released its latest tranche of 3.5 million documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein. Years of emails, texts, and images were suddenly in the public domain. Epstein, a serial rapist, masterminded a global human trafficking...
Israel has carried out more than 1,600 strike sorties against Iran in the first four days of the war, targeting Iranian leaders, nuclear facilities, missile launchers, and other military infrastructure, according to the IDF. Iran has responded with repeated ballistic...
Israel has once again entered war to solve its “existential problems once and for all”. History suggests those promises of total victory rarely survive contact with reality Gideon Levy is a Haaretz columnist and a member of the newspaper’s editorial board....
European nations are joining the United States and Israel in their war on Iran. From providing economic and diplomatic support, to supplying military assistance to Washington, Europe is moving from a passive supporter to an active participant in the campaign...
Iran has lashed out at its neighbors with hundreds of missiles and drones. However, a careful analysis of the data shows that Tehran's ballistic missile launches have been dropping since the start of the conflict, largely because of the impact...
BEIRUT, (PIC) The confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah is entering a more intense and expansive phase, shifting from sporadic exchanges of fire to heavy air and missile strikes. The escalation has been accompanied by mass evacuation warnings and the displacement of...
By External Source Mar 4 2026 (IPS) Women and girls have never been closer to equality. And never closer to losing it. In 1995, 189 governments adopted the Beijing Declaration. A global promise for the equal rights of all women and...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Multiple areas across the West Bank and Occupied Jerusalem witnessed a series of attacks carried out by Jewish settlers on Wednesday evening, targeting Palestinian property, water resources, and agricultural lands. The assaults reportedly took place under the protection...
Every Saturday in Amman, a circle of children bursts with colour, sound, and movement. Paints spill across tables, musical instruments jingle in eager hands, and trainers weave gently between them. Laughter, curiosity, and unrestrained joy fill the room, while mothers...
NAZARETH, (PIC) At a moment when the Israeli government is trying to market a narrative of “recovery” after more than two years since the war of genocide on Gaza and the unprecedented financial and military depletion that accompanied it, the drums...
Islamic State (IS) remnants in Syria appear emboldened by recent events. Syrian interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa’s government offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF ) has strategically weakened that longtime adversary, and thousands of IS affiliates escaped...
In the vastness of the ocean lie many unique organisms, genes and molecules. They offer huge potential for new medicines to fight disease but the pipeline for their development is nascent. Most drugs on the market originate from terrestrial sources. But...
A new report has found that President Trump’s illegal and unprovoked war against Iran has now cost American taxpayers upwards of $5 billion and counting. Citing costs associated with Trump’s attack on Iran last June, as well as American-led strikes...
What chance do local governments have in fighting authoritarian austerity, especially when they are left to rely on feckless legislators at the state and federal levels who refuse to push back? Right now, we see austerity budgets appearing across every...
With the demise of diplomacy, the conflict has moved from the realm of strategic calculus and realism into one of psychological conditioning. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday defended his handling of the US-Israeli war against Iran after President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack over the British leader's initial refusal to allow the Americans to use UK air...
Safety engineers, hardware designers and reliability specialists in safety-critical industries like automotive, aerospace, medical device and industrial automation use FMEDA (Failure Modes, Effects and Diagnostic Analysis). ISO 26262 compliance for ADAS, braking systems and ECUs require FMEDA in the automotive...
An Iranian drone reportedly hit and caused damage to the United States’ CIA station in the Middle East on Monday. Two drones struck the United States Embassy compound in Riyadh on Monday, in what officials describe as...
An elected leader who tries to seize absolute power through a military coup commits the most serious political transgression that can take place in a democracy. In December 2024, Yoon Suk Yeol attempted just such a coup to overcome opposition in...
By Sania Farooqui BENGALURU, India, Mar 4 2026 (IPS) The ordinary sounds of Nahid Ali’s home in Khartoum were completely drowned out by the sound of war which began on April 15 2023 . Her baby was just 21 days...
Qatar's prime minister condemned Iran's attacks on Gulf states in a call with Tehran's foreign minister on Wednesday, the first high-level contact since the Islamic republic launched its missile and drone campaign . Qatari premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman...
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