The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan voiced their “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through” the Strait of Hormuz in a joint statement issued Thursday. The nations provided no details about what they were prepared to offer, after repeated demands from President Trump that … Read more
The fighting between India and Pakistan intensified sharply on Saturday, with both sides targeting air bases and military sites, and each blaming the other for striking first. Pakistan said India had targeted at least three of its air bases with air-to-surface missiles in the early hours of Saturday, including Nur Khan, a key air force … Read more
Israel reverts to its wartime playbook as it manufactures consent for all-out war on Lebanon. In the past couple of weeks, the low-intensity war that Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting across the Lebanon-Israel border for a year has metastasised. Thousands of Lebanese have been forced from their homes as Israeli bombardment has intensified. More … Read more