Morocco’s efforts to secure international backing for its proposed autonomy plan for Western Sahara face a renewed obstacle at the United Nations, where Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted that any future arrangement
Iran’s leadership has retreated into the shadows, with its newly installed supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, reportedly governing through a clandestine web of couriers while recovering from devastating injuries. As the war
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The United States’ ability to defend Taiwan in the event of a near-term conflict with China is being quietly reassessed inside the administration, as extensive weapons use in the ongoing Iran war
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A growing push to regulate artificial intelligence in military applications is running into a fundamental problem: no one can agree on who exactly represents the “AI industry.” A new analysis by the
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On March 8 a single high altitude drone crossed the perimeter of Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana late at night, then disappeared. Some thought it was just another civilian operating a
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The United States may be facing a quiet but consequential strategic vulnerability: a shrinking arsenal of advanced missiles after an intense seven-week military campaign against Iran. According to a recent analysis by
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The International Criminal Court has refused to release former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, ruling that it retains jurisdiction to prosecute him despite his country’s withdrawal from the tribunal. The decision, delivered by
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From the inconspicuous basement of an apartment building in Kyiv, Bohdan Velma prepares for what Ukrainian drone operators hope will soon become routine: shooting down Russian drones from the relative safety of
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The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a high-stakes legal battle against one of the United States’ most prominent magazines, seeking $250 million in damages over allegations that he
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Less than a day after signaling a reopening, Iran has once again tightened its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most strategically vital waterways on the planet. The abrupt
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Behind the scenes at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, mounting concerns are reportedly placing Director Kash Patel in a precarious position, with growing speculation in Washington circles that his tenure could be
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Each morning, Darya follows a familiar routine that reflects both the rhythm and contradictions of life in Tehran. Leaving her home on Yusufabad Street, an upper-middle-class neighborhood where aging villas stand beside
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A secret internal report from the Israel Defense Forces has cast a shadow over the appointment of Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman as the next head of the Mossad, contradicting his repeated claims
More Ukraine has claimed its first battlefield success carried out entirely by unmanned systems, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as a landmark moment in the war with Russia, according to reporting from
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Tripura sustained its status as a “zero-insurgency” State through 2025 and into 2026, with no reported insurgency-related fatalities and no active militant violence. The gains achieved through the September 4, 2024, Memorandum
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In the ruined silence of Al-Fashir, a city in western Sudan that once housed more than a million people, a fragile paper map becomes the only remaining guide to a place that
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