Starting January 1, Latvia implemented a sweeping set of language policies that have reignited an intense geopolitical and human rights debate across Eastern Europe. Russian-language public broadcasting has...

As China escalated military pressure on Taiwan through its large-scale “Justice Mission-2025” joint exercises, Taipei responded not with rhetoric but with a calculated display of military capability. The...

Iran is experiencing its most significant wave of unrest in years as protests that initially erupted over economic hardship have rapidly expanded into broader calls for political freedom...

As 2025 draws to a close, the Russia–Ukraine war appears closer to a negotiated settlement than at any point since its outbreak in 2022. Under mediation led by...

In a significant escalation of U.S. pressure on Venezuela, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out a covert drone strike on a remote coastal port facility inside Venezuelan...

Iran is facing its most intense wave of street protests in nearly three years as a deepening economic crisis fuels widespread public anger. Demonstrations have broken out across...

China has once again imposed sanctions on U.S. defense companies in response to American arms sales to Taiwan, underscoring the deepening strategic rivalry between Washington and Beijing over...

For decades, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been portrayed as the backbone of Arab unity in the Gulf. As leading members of the Gulf...

A newly released Pentagon report to the U.S. Congress has triggered global alarm after revealing that China has quietly deployed over 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated his troops on what Moscow describes as the “liberation” of Gulaypole, a strategically significant town in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, marking what Russia...

The United States is widely regarded as the world’s pre-eminent military power. With an annual defense budget approaching USD 900 billion, Washington spends more on its armed forces...

Israel’s decision to formally recognize Somaliland as an independent state has triggered intense diplomatic backlash across Africa and the Middle East, exposing the deep geopolitical fault lines surrounding...