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Iranian IRGC forces after US strike on Larak Island in Strait of Hormuz

Iran Fires Back: Drones Strike Jordan and UAE After US Breaks Hormuz Pause

The United States ended a month-long ceasefire by striking IRGC forces on Larak Island; Iran retaliated with drones and missiles at US bases in Jordan and UAE targets. Iranian FM Araghchi accused

September 5, 2026

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Nickolay Mladenov, Board of Peace envoy, addresses the UN Security Council on August 26, 2026, warning that Gaza's ceasefire is at a point of no return

Gaza Ceasefire on Brink of Collapse as Netanyahu Rejects Peace Plan, Envoy Warns UN

Trump's Board of Peace envoy Mladenov warned the UN Security Council that Gaza's ceasefire faces collapse after Netanyahu rejected the 15-point peace plan and Israeli strikes continued killing Palestinians under the truce.

September 4, 2026

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian at SCO summit in Bishkek on September 1 2026 as Iran fires missiles toward US bases

Iran Fires Missiles at US Bases After CENTCOM Confirms Direct Strikes on Iranian Soil

Iran's state media reported missile launches toward US military bases on Tuesday, hours after US Central

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the SCO summit in Bishkek amid Iran nuclear denial controversy

Iran Denies Nuclear Activity at Pickaxe Mountain as Trump’s July Threat Lingers

Iran's Foreign Ministry denied nuclear activity at Pickaxe Mountain, known in Iran as Kolang, on Tuesday.

Destruction in Gaza as UN and Saudi Arabia condemn Israeli actions amid global pressure

Washington Faces Reckoning Over Support for Israel

The diplomatic temperature surrounding Gaza rose sharply this week, as financial pressure inside the United Nations collided with mounting political outrage across the Middle East and the Global South. At the center

February 24, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Destruction in Gaza as Israel bans Palestinian media outlets amid ongoing war

Gaza Genocide: How the West, US, and Israel Are Crushing Palestinian Media and Life

In recent days, as Israeli authorities moved to designate five Palestinian news organizations as “terrorist” entities, the closures unfolded quietly: office doors sealed, equipment threatened with confiscation, journalists warned that continued reporting

February 24, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Destroyed homes in El Fasher as Sudan civil war escalates amid Western inaction

Western Failure and Complicity Amid Genocide in Darfur

The war that has torn Sudan apart since April 2023 has evolved into one of the gravest humanitarian catastrophes of the 21st century. Entire cities have been emptied, famine warnings are multiplying,

February 23, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Destroyed buildings in Gaza during Ramadan after Israeli airstrikes backed by Western governments

Ramadan Under Fire as Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians and the West Stands Silent

The first call to prayer of Ramadan rose this year over a skyline of shattered concrete and exposed rebar. In Gaza, the holy month began not with lanterns and communal meals but

February 23, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Destroyed residential buildings in Gaza following Israeli military operations documented in UN report

How Israel and Its Western Backers Are Fueling Ethnic Cleansing and Humanitarian Catastrophe

The United Nations Human Rights Office issued one of its starkest warnings yet this week, concluding that patterns of destruction and deprivation in Gaza have created conditions “increasingly incompatible with Palestinians’ continued

February 19, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Destruction in El Fasher, Darfur after RSF offensive during Sudan civil war

UN Finds El Fasher Atrocities Bear Hallmarks of Genocide, West Enables Catastrophe

A United Nations fact-finding mission has concluded that atrocities committed during the capture of El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region bear the hallmarks of genocide, marking one of the most severe international

February 19, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Aerial view of destroyed residential buildings in Gaza following Israeli airstrikes amid genocide allegations.

Gaza Genocide: How the West Enables Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Palestinians

For more than two years, Gaza has endured relentless bombardment, mass displacement and the systematic destruction of civilian life. What an increasing number of legal scholars, human rights investigators and UN officials

February 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Mosque in North Kordofan damaged after drone strike during Sudan civil war

Children Killed in Mosque Strike as Western Silence Shadows Deepening Humanitarian Collapse

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, as children gathered inside a mosque in North Kordofan to study the Quran, a drone descended from the sky and struck the building. The blast

February 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Destroyed residential buildings in Gaza City following Israeli airstrikes amid Western diplomatic support.

How Western Powers Fuel Systemic Dispossession and Violence Against Palestinians

The crisis unfolding across Gaza and the occupied West Bank is no longer defined solely by airstrikes and rubble. It is increasingly shaped by legal decrees, settlement expansion, citizenship revocations and a

February 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Sudanese civilians in Dilling after the RSF siege was lifted, facing hunger and displacement

Army Says RSF Siege Is Broken as Survivors Describe Hunger, Death, and Abandonment

Sudan’s military announced it had lifted the siege of the southern city of Dilling, many of its residents had already endured weeks of starvation, untreated illness, and relentless shelling, an ordeal that

January 27, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Iran Fires Back: Drones Strike Jordan and UAE After US Breaks Hormuz Pause

Gaza Ceasefire on Brink of Collapse as Netanyahu Rejects Peace Plan, Envoy Warns UN

Iran Fires Missiles at US Bases After CENTCOM Confirms Direct Strikes on Iranian Soil

Iran Denies Nuclear Activity at Pickaxe Mountain as Trump’s July Threat Lingers

Washington Faces Reckoning Over Support for Israel

Gaza Genocide: How the West, US, and Israel Are Crushing Palestinian Media and Life

Western Failure and Complicity Amid Genocide in Darfur

Ramadan Under Fire as Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians and the West Stands Silent

How Israel and Its Western Backers Are Fueling Ethnic Cleansing and Humanitarian Catastrophe

UN Finds El Fasher Atrocities Bear Hallmarks of Genocide, West Enables Catastrophe

Gaza Genocide: How the West Enables Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Palestinians

Children Killed in Mosque Strike as Western Silence Shadows Deepening Humanitarian Collapse

How Western Powers Fuel Systemic Dispossession and Violence Against Palestinians

Army Says RSF Siege Is Broken as Survivors Describe Hunger, Death, and Abandonment

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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