By trading NATO support in securing the Strait of Hormuz for stronger American backing of Ukraine, the West can tackle two urgent issues simultaneously.

The primary Russian combat technique was quickly overcoming shortcomings that only became obvious once they were under fire. For example, Russian troops entered combat in 2022 with an improvised, ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin's regime is testing a “sovereign internet” following the Chinese and Iranian model and is preparing a system of total censorship for cases of public discontent.

After the deadly Iran school strike, AI took the blame. But emerging evidence suggests outdated intelligence and human ...

Explosions have shaken Doha and Dubai amid the widening Middle East conflict, prompting a public safety alert in Qatar after missile intercepts. One person was killed in an Iranian strike in Abu Dhabi ...

Countries that have rejected Trump’s calls to join war in Middle East as he demands ships to be sent to the Strait of Hormuz ...

As the conflict intensifies, Taliban drones challenge Pakistan’s security and response strategy, say experts.

In the three weeks since US and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury, oil has gone from $71 to over $115 a barrel. The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow passage through which a fifth of the world's ...

Fight on toward goals that keep receding, or exit with most objectives unmet. Trump is agitated, his poll numbers falling ...

As media scrutiny intensifies on Trump’s Iran war blunders, an international relations expert explains the extraordinary depths of failure here—and why he may now attempt a domestic information ...

Iran’s top security official and one of its most powerful decision-makers — as well as the head of the Basij, Iran’s feared paramilitary force. Follow for live news updates.

The US and Israel have, for decades, pursued the destruction of Iran as a sovereign state. We are now in the opening days of ...