1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (308+ words) This is the second such disclosure in roughly a month. Earlier arrests targeted members of a network linked to Iran and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Taken together, these announcements suggest Emirati counterintelligence is either uncovering a widening web, or…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (361+ words) That contradiction is the story. The president justified a dramatic military escalation with an imminent-threat argument. His own intelligence chief, under oath, said the threat wasn't imminent. And rather than address the discrepancy, Trump pivoted to denying Israeli influence " answering…...

2+ day, 32+ min ago  (495+ words) US naval forces boarded an Iranian-flagged container ship near the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, escalating tensions in the region and pushing fragile diplomatic efforts to the edge of collapse. The operation casts serious doubt on talks scheduled for…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (541+ words) Amnesties in Myanmar have a rhythm. They arrive with Independence Day in January and the water festival in April, calibrated less to judicial review than to political stagecraft. This one carried extra weight because it was Min Aung Hlaing's first…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (712+ words) Palestinian schoolchildren in the occupied West Bank village of Umm al-Khair held lessons on rocks beside a barbed wire fence this week, turning a settler-built barrier into the backdrop of what organizers called the "Umm al-Khair Freedom School." The protest…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (933+ words) The Democratic Republic of Congo government and M23 rebels have reportedly signed a tentative agreement in Switzerland to ease humanitarian aid deliveries, release prisoners within 10 days, and establish a ceasefire monitoring mechanism, according to a joint statement reported by Al Jazeera....

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (759+ words) Israeli forces have reportedly killed 91 healthcare workers and wounded more than 200 others in Lebanon since the current war with Hezbollah began in early March, according to Lebanese health ministry figures, in a pattern of strikes that emergency responders now describe…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (391+ words) Sinpo is significant. The coastal city hosts North Korea's submarine yards and has been the launch site for tests involving sea-based platforms in years past. Without more technical detail on trajectory or range, attribution to a specific system remains speculative....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (700+ words) By the end of 2025, the UN refugee agency had registered 22, 370 refugees and asylum seekers in Morocco from 67 different countries, up from roughly 18, 900 the previous year. Sudanese nationals were the largest share of new arrivals, with 5, 290 registered as of December 2025. The…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (709+ words) Initial assessments have reportedly pointed to non-state actors, with speculation about possible Hezbollah involvement, though Hezbollah has denied any connection. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the killing and called for an investigation. The patrol had been trying to open a…...