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Ukrainian intelligence officials are warning of North Korean plans to deploy as many as 30,000 troops to reinforce Russian forces engaged in Ukraine conflict, in what marks an alarming development and further cements Pyongyang’s deepening military alliance with Russia. Troop Deployments and Timing This report draws its data from analysis by both Ukrainian and South...

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, made an impassioned plea at a United Nations Security Council briefing for it to abandon its inaction towards Gaza as it continues its spiral into humanitarian tragedy. Declaring that “Gaza is in crisis beyond comprehension”, he demanded urgent action be taken immediately to avoid further loss of life...

Vienna, Austria on June 30, 2025. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), issued this warning during a press briefing in Vienna and expressed growing international alarm over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and cooperation with inspectors. Grossi’s comments coincided with an apparent decrease in IAEA monitor access at Iranian nuclear facilities, according...

France has put forward a proposal to secure humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza in light of rising fears over civilian casualties at distribution points. On June 29, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot expressed Paris’s readiness – along with European cooperation – to guarantee food distribution safety for an embattled territory, such as Gaza (reuters.com/+2/ arabnews.pk +2).Barrot...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels announced on Saturday that they had launched a long-range ballistic missile into southern Israel as an act of solidarity with Palestinians amid ongoing hostilities in Gaza. A military spokesperson claimed the missile had hit its intended target, although Israeli authorities have not confirmed this claim. Houthis spokesperson Yahya Saree addressed a press...

Diplomatic Dialogue Off the TableIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated in a televised interview on Thursday that Iran does not plan to initiate talks with the US next week regarding nuclear issues, contradicting recent remarks made by President Donald Trump calling for negotiations (reuters.com +9)He indicated that reports regarding new negotiations should not be taken...

Washington D.C. on June 26, 2025. Former US President Donald Trump issued a strong defense of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid the ongoing corruption trial that has gripped Israeli politics, calling the accusations against the longtime leader “a political witch hunt”. Trump made headlines just the previous day for harshly criticizing Israel during a...

U.S. intelligence assessments released recently reveal that recent American airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities only had limited effects, raising further doubts over military options for curbing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. According to a report compiled and shared with senior congressional leaders this week by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), key components of...

As tensions between the United States and Iran near war, the world is watching closely to see whether Iran escalates further or chooses peace. After taking bold and controversial military steps against Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure, former U.S. President Donald Trump claimed they have successfully asserted American dominance while discouraging further aggression by Iran....

Israel’s Permanent Representative to the UN made an unprecedented statement during an emergency session of the UN Security Council that suggested all people “should thank former President Donald Trump” for taking “bold and necessary” U.S. military action against Iran’s nuclear sites. Just days after coordinated American airstrikes struck Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and...