US summits with Putin and European leaders offered a glimmer of hope for peace, but Russia seemed to cloud it.

Iran’s navy has launched its first military drill since the 12-day war with Israel. Missile boats, submarines, and drones ...

In many ways, the US-Israel partnership has not shed its Cold-War origins and advanced into the twenty-first century.

Assad’s regime in Syria gone, Iran’s carefully constructed “Ring of Fire” around Israel has all but collapsed. The question now: does Tehran try ...

US president Donald Trump has suggested Ukraine should “fight back” to win against Russia in his latest fiery tirade on Truth ...

The family of a well-known Iranian blogger and social activist accused the country's judiciary on Thursday of mistreating him ...

Iran launched its first military exercise since the end of its 12-day war with Israel, state television reported on Thursday (August 21, 2025), with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea ...

Audiences think they are receiving unvarnished fact when they are actually consuming stories shaped by fear, access and ...

Lebanon has come under heavy U.S. pressure to disarm Hamas' ally Hezbollah after the Iran-backed Lebanese movement was dealt a massive blow during its war with Israel last year.

The top priority should be to stop the fighting, he argued, with the broader disagreements fueling the battles to be resolved later. Ukrainians seem to understand this, but the trick is getting Russia ...

Despite Russia’s role in supporting the Assad regime, the new Syrian government sees value in maintaining elements of the decades-long partnership with Moscow ...

The US president, Donald Trump, claims to have “solved six wars in six months”. To work out if there was any substance to his claims, The Conversation international affairs editors Sam Phelps and ...