Middle East

It exacerbates regional instability, puts civilians at risk, and accelerates nuclear proliferation The recent massive attack launched by the United States and Israel against Iran marks an alarming turning point for stability in the Middle East and for the already…

The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore…

China has expressed strong concern over military strikes against Iran launched by the United States and Israel, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, calling for an immediate halt to all military actions. On Sunday, China’s Foreign Minister…

There is an old parable: If someone throws a child into a river, you jump in to save the child. But then the same person throws another child into the river, and again, you dive in to rescue. This continues…

The United States under Donald Trump has become a rogue warrior state. One needn’t be a supporter of the misnamed Islamic government of Iran to condemn the Trump-Israeli catastrophic regime change aggression against Iran in violation of the U.S. constitution…

Peace Boat strongly condemns the military attacks initiated against Iran today by Israel and the United States, and calls for their immediate cessation. We urge all parties concerned to exercise the utmost restraint. Carrying out a preemptive military strike against…

Here is Trump’s disturbing speech with an analysis of all the classical psycho-political delusions, hubris, arrogance and the blindness of military power. It can only go wrong now… By Jan Oberg, TFF Director There were only two things that surprised…

A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an international organization based in New York, reveals that 2025 was the deadliest year for the press in more than three decades. Two-thirds of the deaths occurred in Gaza. The figures…

An unprecedented deployment The United States has concentrated between 30 and 40 percent of its operational naval fleet in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, in a maneuver reminiscent of the preparations prior to the invasion…

Iran expressed optimism on Wednesday over the upcoming nuclear talks with the United States, as both sides signaled a willingness to pursue diplomacy amid heightened regional tensions. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi headed to Geneva on the same day…