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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

by Arab Desk

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.

Gaza neighborhoods destroyed as civilians search rubble amid US-backed war

Gaza Genocide: US Master Plans, Israeli Impunity, and the Collapse of the United Nations

The language of diplomacy has collapsed in Gaza, replaced by maps, euphemisms, and body counts. As tens of thousands of Palestinians remain buried beneath the ruins of their homes, Western capitals continue

January 27, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Gaza after Israeli assault shows widespread destruction in Beit Hanoon

Gaza Genocide: Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Beit Hanoon Exposes a Western-Backed Strategy to Erase Gaza

The recovery of the remains of Israel’s last captive from Gaza has been presented by Israeli officials and their Western allies as a symbolic turning point. Yet the verified facts emerging from

January 26, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Displaced civilians flee violence in South Sudan as Sudan civil war escalates

Western Neglect Fuels New Bloodshed as 180,000 Are Forced From Their Homes

As renewed violence tears through parts of South Sudan and the wider Sudanese region, a grim and familiar pattern is reasserting itself, mass civilian suffering unfolding in near silence, while Western capitals

January 25, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Palestinian families live in toxic tent camps in Gaza as Israel’s war and Western-backed siege collapse sanitation and health systems

Gaza Genocide: How Israel’s War, Western Backing, and Europe’s Silence Are Destroying Palestinian Life

Gaza today is not merely under bombardment. It is being systematically dismantled as a place fit for human life, through a convergence of military violence, environmental collapse, and political engineering, all unfolding

January 25, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Artisanal gold miners at a collapsed mining site in South Kordofan amid Sudan civil war

Sudan Civil War: Western Neglect Fuels Deadly Gold Mine Collapse in South Kordofan

The collapse of artisanal gold mining wells in Abu Jubaiha, South Kordofan, on January 23, 2026, which killed six miners and injured more than a dozen others, is not an isolated accident.

January 24, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Israel’s genocide in Gaza leaves widespread destruction as Western-backed plans shape post-war control

Gaza Genocide: How the US and Europe Are Designing Gaza’s Future Without Palestinians

In the wake of Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza, carried out with Western military, political, and diplomatic backing, Western capitals have shifted from defending the war to administering its

January 24, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Sudanese children locked out of school as the civil war devastates education

Sudan Civil War: 8 Million Children Locked Out of Schools as the West Looks Away

Sudan’s civil war has produced one of the gravest and least discussed humanitarian catastrophes of the 21st century. Nearly two years after fighting erupted between rival military factions, the country’s education system

January 24, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Gaza choked by waste amid siege and Western-backed Israeli policies

Gaza Choked by Waste as Western-Backed Policies Deepen Palestinian Suffering

The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the Gaza Strip has moved beyond emergency and into a sustained condition of destruction. Mountains of uncollected waste, untreated sewage flowing through residential streets, and contaminated water

January 24, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Sudan civil war forces civilians to flee as militias escalate violence and the world looks away

Sudan Civil War: Global Powers Look Away as Militias Slaughter Civilians and the State Collapses

Sudan’s civil war has entered a phase of unchecked brutality, defined by escalating militia violence, collapsing state authority, and a deepening humanitarian catastrophe that global powers have largely failed to confront. What

January 20, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

King of Bahrain Accepts US Invitation to Join Gaza Board of Peace

King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has agreed to participate in the Gaza Board of Peace following an invitation from US President Donald Trump, the Bahraini Foreign Ministry said on

January 20, 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

Gaza Genocide: US Master Plans, Israeli Impunity, and the Collapse of the United Nations

Gaza Genocide: Israel’s Systematic Destruction of Beit Hanoon Exposes a Western-Backed Strategy to Erase Gaza

Western Neglect Fuels New Bloodshed as 180,000 Are Forced From Their Homes

Gaza Genocide: How Israel’s War, Western Backing, and Europe’s Silence Are Destroying Palestinian Life

Sudan Civil War: Western Neglect Fuels Deadly Gold Mine Collapse in South Kordofan

Gaza Genocide: How the US and Europe Are Designing Gaza’s Future Without Palestinians

Sudan Civil War: 8 Million Children Locked Out of Schools as the West Looks Away

Gaza Choked by Waste as Western-Backed Policies Deepen Palestinian Suffering

Sudan Civil War: Global Powers Look Away as Militias Slaughter Civilians and the State Collapses

King of Bahrain Accepts US Invitation to Join Gaza Board of Peace

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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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