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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.

Aerial view of Gaza city with smoke and damaged buildings amid Israel-Palestine conflict, 2025

Fragile ceasefire and rising chaos in Gaza and beyond

The Israel-Palestine conflict continues to be a defining humanitarian and geopolitical issue of 2025. The ceasefire brokered in October, while a hopeful attempt at peace, struggles under repeated Israeli strikes and ongoing

October 31, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Devastated Gaza cityscape with rubble and smoke, 2025

Gaza Genocide Day 694: Gaza Ceasefire Amid Ongoing Atrocities and Global Hypocrisy

In what seemed like a turning point, Hamas recently handed over the bodies of two Israeli hostages, marking a short-lived step towards de-escalation. Yet, beneath this fragile Gaza ceasefire lies a deeper

October 30, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Civilians displaced along coastal road in Gaza amid Israeli bombardment

Gaza Genocide Day 693: Gaza on the Brink of Humanitarian Catastrophe Fueled by War-Mongering Powers

GAZA — More than two years of relentless Israeli siege and bombardment have devastated Gaza, leaving over two million Palestinians facing a humanitarian disaster of historic proportions. According to the Integrated Food

October 29, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Gaza humanitarian crisis 2025 displacement and aid

Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe fueled by western complicity

GAZA — In the heart of the Israel Palestine conflict ceasefire and humanitarian crisis, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross,

October 28, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

ICRC convoy moves through damaged Gaza streets during remains recovery under temporary truce

Gaza Genocide Day 691: ICJ rebuke, aid choked, Gaza buried in unexploded bombs

Gaza City — Day 691 of the israel Palesine Conflict. The morning convoy formed up at first light, a dozen white vehicles inching through the gray of northern Gaza, where walls have

October 27, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Watchtower and perimeter wall of Ofer Security Prison near Ramallah, an Israel Prison Service facility central to detainee intake

Inside Israel’s hidden prisoner ledgers after the swap

Ramallah — The central question that animates every new round of negotiations, protests, and court petitions in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is deceptively simple: How many Palestinians are in Israeli custody, and under

October 27, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Gaza residents and municipal crews move through debris as UXO risk rises during the ceasefire line’s enforcement.

Gaza Genocide, Day 690: Gaza’s ‘truce’ becomes a border as aid is throttled and Court orders stall

Gaza City — On Day 690 of the Israel Palestine conflict, a manufactured quiet masks a multiplying peril. Across Gaza’s pulverized neighborhoods, families picking through the wreckage for the dead and the

October 26, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Mothers with young children wait for rations and medical checks in Gaza’s summer heat.

Gaza Genocide Day 689: Gaza’s children are starving while Washington and Brussels look away

Gaza City — Israel Palestine Conflict Day 689 opens with fewer bombs but no relief: a brittle ceasefire has not stopped the emptying of cupboards, the shuttering of clinics, or the funerals

October 25, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Displaced Palestinian mother holds her malnourished son inside a Gaza City school shelter, July 2025.

West Bank on Edge as US Rebukes Annexation Push

Ramallah, West Bank — On Day 688 of the Israel Palestine Conflict, a tentative quiet settled over Jenin’s battered alleys while lawmakers in Jerusalem weighed maps that could follow a Gaza ceasefire.

October 24, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

The Knesset building in Jerusalem on a clear day

West Bank annexation bills jolt Israel’s coalition, anger US

Jerusalem — The Israeli parliament’s decision to advance two measures that would apply Israeli law in the occupied territory has turned a long running argument into a concrete test of governance, diplomacy, and

October 24, 2025

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

Fragile ceasefire and rising chaos in Gaza and beyond

Gaza Genocide Day 694: Gaza Ceasefire Amid Ongoing Atrocities and Global Hypocrisy

Gaza Genocide Day 693: Gaza on the Brink of Humanitarian Catastrophe Fueled by War-Mongering Powers

Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe fueled by western complicity

Gaza Genocide Day 691: ICJ rebuke, aid choked, Gaza buried in unexploded bombs

Inside Israel’s hidden prisoner ledgers after the swap

Gaza Genocide, Day 690: Gaza’s ‘truce’ becomes a border as aid is throttled and Court orders stall

Gaza Genocide Day 689: Gaza’s children are starving while Washington and Brussels look away

West Bank on Edge as US Rebukes Annexation Push

West Bank annexation bills jolt Israel’s coalition, anger US

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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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