Belarus Prisoners for potash: Washington tests Belarus engagement as EU holds the line The deal and its immediate contours By Elena Kowalski / 13 Dec 2025
Ukraine Berlin talks test whether Washington's deal-making can meet Europe's sovereignty guardrails U.S. envoy Witkoff and Kushner meet Zelenskyy and European leaders this weekend in a high-stakes attempt to align a joint peace framework By Elena Kowalski / 13 Dec 2025
Thailand Fighting persists after Trump ceasefire claim as Thailand rejects truce Cambodia reports Thai naval strike on Koh Kong and F-16 raids; evacuations widen as verification gap stalls diplomacy By Chen Wei-Lin / 13 Dec 2025
Iran Iran detains Nobel laureate Mohammadi at memorial service Security forces arrest peace prize winner alongside rights defenders as regime criminalizes collective mourning By Layla Hassan / 13 Dec 2025
Opinion UN force for Gaza gets mandate but not the tools to succeed Resolution 2803 authorizes stabilization troops with enforcement powers for disarmament, yet implementation challenges remain By Layla Hassan / 12 Dec 2025
Ukraine Ukraine claims Caspian strike on sanctioned vessels in Iran-Russia supply corridor Kyiv says special forces hit two ships near Russia's Kalmykia coast, expanding energy and logistics pressure beyond the Black Sea theater By Elena Kowalski / 12 Dec 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo Rwanda accuses Burundi as M23 advances on Uvira and dual diplomacy collapses Kagame alleges 20,000 Burundian troops in eastern Congo, while rebels seize last government hub and displace over 200,000 civilians By Amara Okonkwo / 12 Dec 2025
Iran Tehran races to rebuild missile arsenal as mass-salvo doctrine takes shape Iranian factories accelerate production after June strikes, while IRGC drills signal shift toward overwhelming Israel's defenses with sheer volume By Layla Hassan / 12 Dec 2025
Russia Rutte's five-year warning: NATO's Russia threat meets Europe's readiness gap Secretary General places military confrontation timeline within allied intelligence estimates, as hybrid attacks test Article 5 thresholds across the continent By Elena Kowalski / 12 Dec 2025
Haiti Haiti's Gang Suppression Force doubles pledges—but financing gap threatens deployment timeline New country commitments broaden coalition to 5,500 troops, yet voluntary funding model risks repeating past mission failures By Diego Martinez / 11 Dec 2025
Thailand Thailand claims 102 Cambodian soldiers killed as half a million flee border war Fresh casualty figures and massive displacement deepen verification crisis as U.S. signals intervention while Bangkok insists on bilateral talks By Chen Wei-Lin / 11 Dec 2025
Russia Grozny, 1994: The winter siege that forged Russia's modern war machine How the disastrous First Chechen War became the laboratory for Putin's rise, urban siege doctrine, and a generation of conflicts from Syria to Ukraine By Elena Kowalski / 11 Dec 2025
