New Delhi, India — Dressed in a blue Navy uniform and sleek sunglasses, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in late October, addressed a gathering of the country’s sea warriors.
He listed out the strategic significance of the Indian Ocean —…

New Delhi, India — Dressed in a blue Navy uniform and sleek sunglasses, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in late October, addressed a gathering of the country’s sea warriors.
He listed out the strategic significance of the Indian Ocean —…


Until June 2023, the Israeli government’s Iran portfolio in terms of offensive action — mostly cloak-and-dagger operations, assassinations of key nuclear figures and the aspiration to use long-range weaponry — was in the…

One beneficiary of the chaos in the Persian Gulf appears to be Russia, since the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, just announced that the US has issued a…

Keir Starmer has said the conflict engulfing the Middle East could continue “for some time” as he insisted the best way forward in the longer term was a negotiated settlement with Iran.
The prime minister said the UK was doing “everything we…

A Syrian man was convicted by a Berlin district court Thursday for stabbing a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial in February 2025. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Identified only as 20-year-old Wassim…


A serious strike, sabotage operation, cyberattack, or contamination event affecting these facilities would not just damage commerce. It could trigger a rapid human security crisis by threatening drinking water, electricity, sanitation, and public…