Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has appealed to Gulf nations' long-term interests even as the short-term costs of the war continue to mount for both sides. His message, delivered more than a month into the Iran-US conflict, urges Gulf governments to look beyond their immediate alliance commitments and consider what is truly in their long-term interest. Tehran is seeking to shift Gulf governments' time horizons...
Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency, has described the record 400 million barrel reserve release authorized on March 11 as merely the opening move in what could become a sustained campaign of emergency energy market interventions. Speaking in Canberra, the IEA chief said the initial release represented just 20 percent of available strategic stocks and that further deployments were actively under...
The future of NATO's burden-sharing mechanism is under scrutiny as leaders prepare to endorse a new five percent of GDP defense spending target. The...
European leaders attending the G7 summit are demanding a more realistic Iran strategy from the US President, moving beyond his seemingly unsubstantiated remarks about...
Prime Minister Mark Carney has declared Canada's intent to significantly fortify its defence capabilities, pledging to achieve NATO's 2% of GDP spending target by...
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against Mexico in its significant lawsuit seeking to hold American gun manufacturers liable for arms trafficking to drug...
Ukraine is reporting a massive strategic victory, asserting that a drone attack deep within Russia has destroyed over 40 military aircraft. This elaborate operation,...
A major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine saw 303 Ukrainian defenders return home, part of a broader exchange involving 1,000 captives on each...
Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones, according to a statement released by...
The Australian government has strongly condemned the sentencing of Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins, who has been jailed for 13 years by a Russian-controlled court...
TEL AVIV, Israel — Hamas has released 21-year-old U.S.-Israeli dual citizen and Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, marking a significant development in ongoing ceasefire negotiations...
In a decisive and high-precision operation, the Indian armed forces executed ‘Operation Sindoor’ in the early hours of May 7, neutralizing nine major terror...