By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
The BBC is the first international broadcaster to report from the Strait of Hormuz, revealing how Iranians at the heart of the crisis are living through a fragile ceasefire.
Gulf countries are likely to accelerate the push to diversify their security partnerships after the United States-Israel war on Iran, analysts say, as the region grapples with the lasting impact of the conflict.
A Guinean appeals court has reduced former Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana's prison sentence for corruption-related offences, paving the way for his release after more than four years in detention as the country's military-led government presses ahead with its anti-graft campaign.
M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)
IDF Brig.-Gen. Shai Taib, head of the military's Planning and Personnel Administration Division, warned the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Thursday that Israel’s regular combat force could face severe strain without urgent manpower legislation.
An Israeli drone strike targeted the Ghandour Hospital in the southern Lebanese town of Nabitiyeh, according to Lebanon’s state news agency on Thursday.
Canada’s lead negotiator told Reuters on Thursday that Canada is set to co-announce the creation of a global defence bank with ten European countries at the Nato summit next week.
An Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza has injured seven Palestinians on Thursday, Wafa news reports.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, has announced the launch of a real-time virtual simulation of the emirate.
A bomb blast at a cafe in Damascus on Thursday killed six people and wounded 22, according to Syrian authorities, making it the deadliest bombing since a suicide attack on a church last year.
Russians will head to the polls in September to elect a new State Duma and regional officials in a vote that the ruling United Russia party is expected to dominate but which could offer insight into how four years of war in Ukraine have reshaped the country’s political landscape.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has rejected US President Donald Trump’s demand for loyalty from other NATO members, insisting that no member state should impose its will on the others.
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has issued a formal apology over the forced adoption of babies born to unmarried British mothers in the decades after World War II, describing the scheme as a “stain on our history”.
Claims against Israel Defense Forces battalion include deliberate targeting and destruction of residential buildings in 2023 and 2024 without military justification
If you were to only listen to the BBC and read the Daily Telegraph, you might believe that Britain was facing an imminent invasion that only a full switch to a war economy could prevent.
The United Nations World Food Programme warned on Thursday that conflict in Nigeria’s north, together with shrinking humanitarian assistance, is driving a food crisis to levels not seen in nearly a decade.
An explosion ripped through a cafe in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Thursday, killing at least five people and injuring 16, according to the Syrian Ministry of Health. Authorities believe that the blast was caused by a bomb.
An explosion ripped through a cafe in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Thursday, killing at least nine people and injuring 20, according to the Syrian Ministry of Health. Authorities believe that the blast was caused by a bomb.
Australia’s biggest gas producers are poised to cash in on an expected $18 billion revenue surge over the next year due to the fallout from the Iran war, intensifying calls for the government to levy a 25 per cent tax on their exports.
The European Union will sanction Russian military producers involved in the deadly attack on Kyiv Thursday morning, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced on X.
More than 90 percent of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed, and Israeli forces are in control of 80 percent of the besieged territory, authorities in the enclave say, as the world marks 1,000 days since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began.
Tanzania has deployed military personnel and police in Dar es Salaam and other major cities ahead of planned protests over last year’s contested election.
Just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of an impending "massive" escalation by Moscow, the skies over the Ukrainian capital erupted in a flurry of inbound drone and missile activity.
Europe reacted with anger after Russia unleashed one of the most intense missile and drone attacks on Kyiv so far this year, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens.
One of the latest ideas circulating around Gaza’s post-war transition is the creation of Hamas-free camps - or, in the more cautious language of planners, “temporary communities” - inside the Israeli-controlled Green Zone, where civilians could receive shelter, services, and protection under a future Palestinian civ…
Two unidentified drones attacked the Russian Embassy in Sweden overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, with one dropping a container of red paint and another falling near the building with a fake explosive device attached, diplomats have said.
Iran’s joint military command warned Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” again ratcheting up tensions over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies.