At the NATO summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025, member countries agreed to significantly raise their defense spending target from the long-standing 2% of GDP to 5% by 2035. This new target is split into 3.5% for core defense needs such as troops, weapons, and military hardware,

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, speaking at the opening of the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (Summer Davos) in Tianjin, emphasized China's ambition to transform into a super-sized consumption powerhouse, building on its robust manufacturing base. He highlighted China's willingness to address global economic challenges

The night the bombs fell on Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, the world saw the United States—under Donald Trump’s orders—cross a line that international law and nuclear diplomacy had drawn decades ago. The official rationale was the same old refrain: Iran’s nuclear program posed an imminent threat.

Summary NATO allies are intensifying pressure on Spain to agree to a new, higher defense spending target—5% of GDP—a key demand championed by U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of an alliance summit next week. While most NATO members are moving toward endorsing this goal, Spain remains a

Summary Danish shipping giant Maersk has announced a temporary suspension of its vessel calls at Israel’s Haifa port, citing heightened risks due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. The company stated that this decision followed a careful analysis of threat risk reports, particularly concerning the safety of

Senior Pentagon officials are now warning that destroying Iran’s deeply buried Fordow uranium enrichment facility may exceed the capabilities of conventional weapons. While the GBU‑57 “bunker‑buster” is the most powerful non-nuclear munition in the U.S. arsenal, assessments show it might only collapse tunnel ceilings or delay

Summary According to Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran was not manufacturing a nuclear bomb at the time when Israel began its attacks. In an interview with the Argentine newspaper La Nación, Grossi clarified that while Iran has enriched uranium to 60%—a level close

Summary Seymour Hersh reports that U.S. and Israeli officials are preparing for heavy American bombing in Iran, potentially starting as early as this weekend. A U.S. official told him the situation would remain “under control” if Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei were to “depart,” though how that would

Colonel Douglas Macgregor, a retired U.S. Army officer and former Pentagon adviser, is not mincing words: the United States is already at war with Iran. In two recent interviews, he laid bare what he sees as a catastrophic military and political miscalculation by the Trump administration—one driven not

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is facing mounting pressure to resign after a leaked phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen triggered a political crisis and fractured her ruling coalition. The Bhumjaithai Party, her largest coalition partner, withdrew in protest over the call, which revealed Paetongtarn urging Hun