Category: Middle East

As Taliban threats push Pakistan toward open conflict, the War Department moves to fix life in the barracks at home, and a military laser downs a CBP drone over Texas, reminding us that instability abroad and coordination failures at home can collide faster than institutions adapt.

President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address focused on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, border enforcement and economic policy. Meanwhile, separate reporting shows Russia assessed capable of sustaining the war in Ukraine through 2026 as global defense spending continues to rise.

Four years into the Ukraine war, the conflict remains defined by attrition and energy pressure as Russian forces sustain offensives and Kyiv relies on Western support; meanwhile, tensions rise in the West Bank after a mosque arson during Ramadan, and scrutiny grows in Washington as a former ICE official calls the agency’s training program “broken.”

Iran student protests resume as Tehran faces domestic unrest, U.S. military signaling intensifies, Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid, and cartel violence in Mexico prompts shelter advisories for Americans.

The United States positions military assets as Trump warns Iran of possible strikes, Israel expands air operations inside Lebanon, Washington advances nuclear cooperation talks with Saudi Arabia, and Ukrainian authorities investigate an explosion in central Lviv.

Iran disputes claims of mass protest killings as UN investigators cite far higher death tolls, the U.S. expands lethal strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, and motorcycle gunmen massacre dozens in Nigeria’s Zamfara State.

Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” is less a serious diplomatic initiative and more a self-serving, redundant, and strategically hollow venture that risks deepening mistrust among allies, duplicating existing institutions, and distracting from the hard, disciplined work real foreign policy demands.

Trump escalates rhetoric over Iran’s protest death toll and signals possible strikes as the rial collapses, orders a review of UFO/UAP files, Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers win an Army drone innovation competition, and reports emerge of an IED strike on a Nigerian Army armored vehicle in Zamfara.

President Donald Trump weighs military options against Iran as renewed scrutiny tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s network expands across U.S. and U.K. politics, intersecting with escalating tensions in the Middle East and ongoing transatlantic investigations.

U.S. naval forces mass near Iran as tensions rise, while fighting intensifies in Tigray and Myanmar and new allegations shake Ukraine’s foreign legion.

European missile stocks for Ukraine run dry as winter strain intensifies; the U.S. weighs new Taiwan arms sales while Iran temporarily closes the Strait of Hormuz during renewed nuclear talks.

U.S. forces intensified strikes against ISIS in Syria as Russia tested a high-altitude communications platform positioned as a Starlink alternative, motorcycle gunmen massacred civilians in Nigeria, and NASA’s Crew-12 restored full staffing aboard the ISS.