Domestic Affairs
President Donald Trump's July 14, 2025 announcement of a major weapons package for Ukraine, combined with his threat of punitive tariffs against Russia, represents one of the most significant policy reversals of his presidency. This dramatic shift from his previous stance on Ukraine aid signals a fundamental transformation
Global Affairs
The early morning hours of July 14, 2025, marked another devastating escalation in Russia's ongoing aerial terror campaign against Ukraine, as Russian forces launched a massive coordinated strike involving 136 drones and multiple missiles across Ukraine's western regions. This attack represents a significant intensification of Moscow&
Global Affairs
Executive Summary On Monday, June 23, 2025, Iran launched a coordinated missile attack against U.S. military installations in Qatar and Iraq, marking a significant escalation in Middle Eastern tensions following the United States' unprecedented strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend [1][2][3]. The Iranian Revolutionary
Global Affairs
In a dramatic escalation of Middle Eastern tensions, President Donald Trump announced on the evening of June 21, 2025, that the United States had conducted precision airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities. This marked the first direct U.S. military action against Iran in history and represented a significant shift
Global Affairs
In a significant escalation of insurgent tactics, Al-Shabaab militants destroyed the strategic Barire River bridge in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region on Monday, June 17, 2025, demonstrating the terrorist group's continued ability to disrupt military operations and undermine infrastructure development in the Horn of Africa[1]. This
Global Affairs
Russia has dramatically intensified its military operations across multiple fronts in Ukraine, marking June 2025 as a period of unprecedented territorial expansion and aerial warfare escalation. The simultaneous advances into the strategically vital Dnipropetrovsk region and the intensification of operations in Sumy Oblast represent Moscow's most ambitious territorial
Global Affairs
In the early hours of June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, its most significant military action against Iran in decades, targeting nuclear facilities and eliminating key Iranian military leadership. This unprecedented strike placed the Trump administration in a precarious position, caught between supporting a longstanding ally and salvaging
Global Affairs
The geopolitical landscape of Africa has witnessed dramatic shifts in recent days, marked by Russia's formal restructuring of its military presence in Mali and Al-Shabaab's aggressive territorial expansion in Somalia. These developments signal broader transformations in both foreign military engagement strategies and regional security dynamics that
Global Affairs
In the early hours of Friday, June 13, 2025, Israel launched its most significant military operation against Iran in decades. Codenamed "Operation Rising Lion," this massive assault targeted Iran's nuclear infrastructure, military installations, and senior leadership, fundamentally altering the strategic landscape of the Middle East. The
Global Affairs
The early hours of June 1, 2025, witnessed a daring Ukrainian operation targeting the Kerch Bridge, a 19-kilometer structure connecting Russia to Crimea. This third assault on the bridge since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 marked a new frontier in asymmetric warfare, leveraging covert underwater sabotage to cripple a
Global Affairs
Introduction On June 1, 2025, the central Sahel region was once again thrust into the international spotlight when Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an Al Qaeda-affiliated group, launched a devastating assault on a Malian military base near Boulkessi, close to the Burkina Faso border. The attack resulted in
Global Affairs
The dawn of June 1, 2025, marked a paradigm shift in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict as Ukrainian drones penetrated over 4,300 kilometers into Russian territory to strike the Belaya airbase in Siberia—a facility housing nuclear-capable Tu-95MS "Bear" and Tu-22M3 "Backfire" strategic bombers. This audacious attack,