Op-ed

Iran launched missile and drone attacks on U. S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain after President Donald Trump threatened severe consequences for Iran if they did not adhere to an interim peace agreement intended to end ongoing fighting. Following this, Israel attacked Iran-aligned Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, …

Mugdha Joshi An F 18 fighter jet lands aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. NATO naval forces demonstrate their deterrence and defense capabilities amid increasing tensions with Russia. (c) Copyright, dpa (www.dpa.de) 2025 via Reuters The second Trump administration has recentred the military within elite security …

Andreas Urbanski The clock that only the Kremlin can stop A single year now governs German defence planning: 2029. The nation’s top military officer estimates Russia could be ready to launch a major war against NATO territory by then — sooner still if the fighting in Ukraine freezes …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a closed security meeting on Syria and Lebanon following remarks by US President Donald Trump suggesting that Syrian forces could enter Lebanon to confront Hezbollah. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel strongly opposes any Syrian military deployment on Lebanese territory but …

Zainab Bazzi “Countries do not recover from wars when the shelling stops, but when society becomes convinced that its future will be better than its past. This is Lebanon’s major economic task the day after a ceasefire.” With this statement, Jamal Ibrahim Haidar, head of the Economics Department …

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Wednesday that ending the war in Lebanon is as important to Tehran as ending the war in Iran, according to ISNA news agency. Speaking at the 20th Session of the Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) …

Pakistan’s role in facilitating diplomatic talks during the Iran conflict has brought it international attention and praise from global leaders. The engagement, which included Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and military chief Asim Munir, has been described by analysts as one of Islamabad’s most visible diplomatic interventions in recent …

Arthur Michelino In June 2026, reports surfaced that Washington had begun considering a plan to purchase the Chagos Islandsoutright from Mauritius, bypassing London and dealing directly with Port Louis to secure permanent control of Diego Garcia. The plan arrived as an alternative to the British cession of the …

The reported progress toward ending the Lebanon war is a rare diplomatic opening in a region exhausted by escalation. That is why mediation by Pakistan and Qatar deserves recognition. Neither country can impose peace, but together they have created political space where military logic had begun to dominate. …