Regional Conflicts

A provisional Philippines-China resupply arrangement lowered collision risk at Second Thomas Shoal, but legal claims and strategic signaling remain unresolved.

As Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt gather in Islamabad for a two-day ceasefire summit, Pakistan’s unique triangulation between Washington and Tehran offers perhaps the last credible off-ramp before April 6.

One month into Operation Epic Fury, a Houthi missile intercepted near Beer Sheba signals that Tehran’s strategy of asymmetric resistance — cultivated across Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon — may outlast the campaign designed to end it.

Washington demands nuclear dismantlement and proxy cuts; Tehran insists on war reparations and Hormuz sovereignty. Pakistan and Egypt broker the back-channel both governments deny exists.

Frederiksen's snap election gamble produced a hung parliament — leaving Denmark without a governing majority as the Greenland sovereignty standoff with Washington demands strategic clarity.

Iran's Defence Council threatens to mine the entire Persian Gulf if attacked, raising stakes beyond Hormuz as Trump's ultimatum expires and UK-US diplomacy scrambles for an exit ramp.

Ukrainian envoys met Trump's Witkoff and Kushner at the White House as Zelensky demands reversal of the Russian oil sanctions waiver, with a Zaporizhzhia drone strike killing two civilians hours before talks opened.

Trump's 48-hour ultimatum to destroy Iranian power plants drew alarm from Moscow, Gulf capitals, and European chancelleries, deepening the diplomatic crisis in the conflict's fourth week.

France, Germany, and Japan all ruled out naval deployments — then seven allies signed a joint statement on "preparatory planning." Inside the gap between diplomatic words and ships in the water.

Gulf Arab states that once opposed US intervention are now urging Washington to comprehensively degrade Iran's military capacity — even as Iran begins selectively reopening the Strait to neutral-flag tankers.

Two weeks into Operation Epic Fury, Iran has rejected every ceasefire overture — and its conditions reveal a strategic calculus that goes far beyond the current battlefield.

A US-brokered accord and a tantalum deal have brought eastern Congo its most credible peace framework in years — but ceasefire violations, Rwanda's denials, and the geopolitics of critical minerals are testing every commitment.

Ten days after the US-Israeli strike campaign began, Iran has targeted GCC energy infrastructure and disrupted the Strait of Hormuz — while Russia quietly shares satellite intelligence on U.S. military positions.