Middle East

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused President Donald Trump on Monday of dragging the US into war with Iran and announced that Senate Democrats will force another vote on legislation seeking to end US military involvement. Speaking on the Senate floor, Schumer said that the Trump administration …

Dr. Nessrine Mesto-Assaad On January 21, 2025, during his first press conference following the start of his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump announced his support for the largest artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project to date—the Stargate Project—under Executive Order No. 14179. He was …

Rabia İclal Turan ‘I would call it the weakest right now, after reading that piece of garbage,’ Trump says on ‘very simple’ Iranian response to US’ latest proposal US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the ceasefire with Iran is on “massive life support,” calling Tehran’s response …

Global currency markets remained broadly stable on Monday despite escalating geopolitical tensions linked to the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Iran. The limited movement in the US dollar came after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to a United States peace proposal, reinforcing concerns that the …

Sana Kan The continued clashes and drone strikes reported by Ukraine despite a United States brokered ceasefire reveal the deep structural difficulties facing diplomatic efforts to end the Russia Ukraine war. Although both Moscow and Kyiv formally agreed to a temporary ceasefire between May 9 and May 11, …

Hemant Adlakha Just a few days before President Trump was to arrive in Beijing as per Trump’s previous itinerary (March 31-April 2), the mood in China—as reflected on social media and in the media commentaries—was not at all in favor of a visit by Trump to the Chinese …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh There are wars conducted with missiles, drones, and precision-guided munitions, and then there are wars waged more quietly, more insidiously, against memory itself. The tragedy of Gaza today lies not merely in the pulverized skeletons of its streets, the collapse of its hospitals, the obliteration …

Lama Al-Rakad In the age of social media, “behind the scenes” no longer refers merely to smoke-filled rooms, intelligence briefings, or closed political meetings. Today, the real backstage is digital. It is hidden inside algorithms, engagement metrics, media war rooms, and coordinated influence networks that quietly manufacture what …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia immediately agreed to a proposal from US President Donald Trump to extend the ceasefire with Ukraineand carry out a prisoner-of-war exchange. “We immediately agreed to this. Moreover, in my view, it is a justified proposal, motivated by considerations of …