A new UN assessment finds that terrorist propaganda has become operational infrastructure, with AI compressing the time governments have to respond. NEW YORK — Terrorist propaganda is increasingly functioning as operational infrastructure rather than simply as a tool for spreading ideology, creating a more complex security challenge for governments already
The capture of Mocha and Houthi advance to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait strengthen the group’s position around one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints, raising new risks for Saudi Arabia, global shipping and the widening confrontation involving Iran and the United States. Iran-aligned Houthi forces have seized Yemen’s strategic
Sudan’s war is becoming more technologically sophisticated and more externally sustained, with foreign fighters, drones, weapons and logistical networks expanding the capabilities of both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A new UN investigation underscores how outside support is changing the character of the conflict,
A month-long pause in direct U.S.-Iran military exchanges has ended, exposing the fragility of efforts to contain a six-month conflict that increasingly resembles a war of attrition. U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on August 30. U.S. Central Command said Iranian
Disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz are accelerating a strategic reassessment across Europe and Asia, with renewables, storage and grids increasingly treated as national resilience infrastructure. Six months into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, the conflict is reshaping energy security far beyond the Middle East. The disruption of the Strait
John Ratcliffe’s meetings with Russian intelligence officials come as Washington navigates the war in Ukraine, NATO security and Moscow’s relationship with Iran. CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a rare visit to Moscow this week, opening a high-level intelligence channel with Russia at a moment of mounting pressure across Ukraine, NATO
Washington is expanding its military footprint around the Panama Canal as part of a wider hemispheric strategy linking critical infrastructure, organized crime and strategic competition. For governments, the question is how far that model spreads—and what it means for sovereignty, military access and regional alignment. The US military in Panama
An explosive maritime drone intercepted beside a strategic Romanian gas project is the latest in a series of incidents forcing NATO to rethink how it protects its borders and critical infrastructure. BUCHAREST — Romania has destroyed an explosive maritime drone near one of Europe’s most strategically important new gas projects,
With the Strait of Hormuz still severely disrupted, the Trump administration is intensifying Iran sanctions and wider economic pressure and warns countries that continue to support Tehran. The next phase could test U.S. relations with China and Gulf partners as much as Iran itself. WASHINGTON / MUSCAT / TEHRAN —
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: The U.S.-Iran truce framework, a 60-day diplomatic window intended to turn a temporary U.S.-Iran cessation of hostilities into a broader settlement has expired without a deal. President Donald Trump has ruled out extending the framework, Iran is warning that it could adopt a more offensive military posture, and Trump
