Eleven children on average have been killed or injured every 24 hours in Lebanon following Israel’s expansion of strikes in the country, totaling 77 child deaths or injuries in the last seven days, according to UNICEF. Israeli strikes have occurred in multiple towns and villages throughout Southern Lebanon following Israeli
R.S.F. Brigadier General al-Fateh Abdullah Idris, also known as Abu Lulu, was reportedly released from prison and returned to the battlefield despite his internationally sanctioned actions that constituted the filmed execution of unarmed civilians. Nine separate sources told Reuters that they personally saw Abu Lulu back on the battlefield in
On May 14th, Russia announced that it will be establishing a “full-fledged partnership” with the Taliban, the Islamist extremist militant group that is serving as the de facto government of Afghanistan. Russian officials such as Sergei Shoigu, who serves as Secretary of the Russian Security Council, are encouraging other actors
On April 27th, Deputy Defence Minister of Iran, Reza Talaei-Nik, met with Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov in Kyrgyzstan, who reinforced the Russian position that the Iran war should be resolved solely through diplomatic means and expressed his confidence in Moscow-Tehran support. Talaei-Nik then traveled to Belarus, a close Russian
On April 21st, 2026, at a security forum in Senegal, the foreign ministers of Niger and Mali accused their neighboring countries in the Sahel of sponsoring terrorism while expressing a willingness to cooperate with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), an African regional economic bloc, on certain matters
Last week, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to secure alternative gas supplies following the disruption in supply from Qatar due to Iranian strikes in the Gulf. Iranian attacks on critical gas infrastructure have caused a global scramble to seek alternative contracts amid rising liquefied
