Dimitra Staikou On August 11, 2026, the World Bank expressed serious dissatisfaction with how Pakistani authorities were managing funds linked to housing reconstruction for flood victims in Balochistan. According to Pakistan’s Dawn, the dispute emerged after funding for resilient housing was capped and resources redirected toward infrastructure projects. …

Hadi Elis Al Mayadeen should correct what appears to be a significant misidentification in its recent reporting concerning the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Iranian Kurdish political organizations. The article, “PKK Digs Trenches Along Iran Border After Redeployment,” appears to conflate the PKK with Komala, an Iranian Kurdish …

Berk Kutay Gokmen and Yasin Gungor US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that no talks with Iran were underway or planned, adding the Strait of Hormuz remained open under Washington’s naval blockade. “There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” …

Zein Khalil and Mohammad Sio The Israeli government broke a commitment over the controversial E1 illegal settlement project in occupied East Jerusalem by issuing a tender for 1,234 illegal settlement units without notifying petitioners who had challenged the project in court, three Israeli rights groups said Tuesday. In …

US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of War Hegseth are ‘way out of their league,’ says Iran’s parliament speaker Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf has blasted US officials for “squeezing Iran” with the aim of wresting concessions that he says were “never part” of a framework …

US intelligence officials had doubts about the credibility of an alleged Iranian assassination threat against President Donald Trump that was relayed by Israel and contributed to an extraordinary security operation during his departure from Türkiye last month, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Citing current and former US officials …

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized U.S. Secretary of State and Republican Marco Rubio, calling him a “frustrated Latin American.” In a speech at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, the Brazilian president attributed part of the problems …

At the end of July, Donald Trump announced that a “monumental” U.S.-backed agreement had been reached on Gaza, asserting that Hamas would be gradually disarmed in parallel with an Israeli military withdrawal. Three days later, another Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip was reported, killing 18 people. Suspicions …

Israeli newspaper Maariv said the explosive blast that killed two Israeli soldiers in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, signals a troubling shift for “Israel”, describing it as evidence that Hezbollah is “changing the rules of the game,” an assessment the paper said has rattled the Israeli military. Maariv said …