Attacks on ships in Hormuz and strikes across the region expose Tehran’s strategy of gradual escalation and long war, testing US, Israeli and...
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 19, 2026Social media footage posted March 17 shows crowds celebrating Chaharshanbe Suri in Tehran’s Chitgar district fleeing as gunshots ring out. Separate images appear...
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 19, 2026Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets US President Donald Trump this Thursday in Washington. A long-planned visit upended by the Iran war. It’s...
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 19, 2026Ilia II was hospitalised on Tuesday morning in critical condition with “mass bleeding from the stomach,” the director of the Caucasus Medical Centre...
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 19, 2026On the evening of March 17, the last Wednesday of the year before Nowruz, Iranians in various cities celebrated the long-standing tradition of...
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 19, 2026Ukraine’s president said he is ready for a dialogue with the Israeli prime minister on drone interceptors and Kyiv’s expertise in countering Tehran’s...
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 19, 2026The French president rejected US President Trump’s calls for immediate action to reopen the key oil route, but said an international escort mission...
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 18, 2026New Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, flattening buildings and deepening fears of wider war as Israel–Hezbollah clashes intensify. Read More
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 18, 2026As head of the National Counterterrorism Center, Kent was in charge of an agency tasked with analysing and detecting terrorist threats. Read More
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 18, 2026Zelenskyy’s visit comes at a time when the Iran war has revived Russia’s ailing economy through increased oil revenue and scuttled US-brokered talks...
ByTomas Kauer - ModeratorMarch 18, 2026