Middle East escalation. Israel vowed to respond to Iran’s launch on Tuesday of about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. Though many of the rockets were intercepted, some escaped Israeli air defenses, causing damage to infrastructure and buildings. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement that the strike was in response to Israel’s assassination […]
Ground operation. The Israeli military announced on Tuesday the launch of “limited, localized and targeted raids” in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border. The...
Just days before Hamas’ attack on Israel last October, Hezbollah was bragging about its military capabilities and threatening to take on Israel directly in...
Ratcheting up. Israel launched rare airstrikes in the center of Beirut early Monday, escalating the conflict with Hezbollah. Days after killing Hezbollah leader Hassan...
Coalescing opposition. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a network of Iran-backed militias, would consider the United Arab Emirates the first target of attack if...
Russia understands that it’s approaching a demographic crisis. Problems such as falling birth rates would be difficult enough for Moscow to solve even if...
Changes. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin is considering revising its rules on when it would use nuclear weapons. He made the comments...
Over the past few days, Israel’s air force has conducted hundreds of airstrikes against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon. Nearly 600 Lebanese residents, including 94...
Floods rocked Central and Eastern Europe last week, inundating Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary and Romania with the worst water levels they’ve...
