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June 4, 2025 Islamic State attempts suicide bombing in Uganda On June 3, the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP), which is locally known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), conducted an unsuccessful suicide bombing attack on Christians on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. June 4, 2025 Trump must resist WHO’s pandemic power-grab The World Health Organization is still not doing enough to stop another pandemic. Last month, the UN body adopted a new pandemic treaty by consensus at its annual meeting, but the accord merely doubles down on the WHO’s previous failed policies. June 4, 2025 Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO ... June 4, 2025 There Is No Deep State Excerpt If MAGA Republicans understood the nuts and bolts of the CIA, they wouldn’t see conspiracies so easily. It’s become gospel in much of the American right that a liberal “deep state”... June 4, 2025 What Lebanon’s municipal election results mean for Hezbollah Lebanon’s political machine is moving again. In May, the Lebanese concluded country-wide municipal and mayoral elections—their first in nine years—on the heels of Joseph Aoun filling... June 4, 2025 Sharaa ‘Responsible for Every Threat’: Terrorists in Syria Launch Rockets Into Israel Syrian Rockets Hit Israel: The IDF reported that two rockets crossed into Israeli territory from Syria on June 3 for the first time in over a year. The projectiles triggered alarms... June 3, 2025 Only a persistent, resourced U.S. and allied effort can avert Taiwan’s conflict with China Excerpt Last week in Singapore, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, “The threat China poses is real. And it could be imminent.” He also reiterated the U.S. concern that President Xi Jinping... June 3, 2025 ‘Hamas Wants to Control the Food’: Israel Again Accused of Shooting Gazans Near Aid Site as Three Israeli Soldiers Killed in Jabalia Three Israeli Soldiers Killed: A roadside bomb killed three Israeli soldiers and wounded two others on June 2 during IDF operations in northern Gaza. The casualties were named as... June 3, 2025 Russia Accuses Serbia of Betrayal On Thursday, May 29, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) accused Serbia of “an attempt to stab Russia in the back.” It blamed Serbia’s defense companies of supplying weapons to Ukraine and stated that they “have one obvious purpose: to kill and maim Russian servicemen and civilians.” June 3, 2025 Qatar keeps purchasing political influence Much ethical debate has occurred since Qatar floated the idea of gifting President Donald Trump a Boeing 747 to replace America’s aging fleet of presidential planes. The... June 3, 2025 Yemeni president meets with Russian president despite Russia’s ongoing relationship with the Houthis President Rashad al Alimi, the chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 28 to discuss the relationship between their two countries.... June 3, 2025 As Iran Retreats, Islamist Turkey and Qatar Surge in Lebanon Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, a Sunni, entered the stadium of Beirut’s Sports City to watch the classic football game between the two rival teams Nijmeh and Ansar. When the Shia supporters of... June 3, 2025 Sudan Is the War No One Cares About Over 150,000 dead and 11 million displaced are the result of war in Sudan that started months before the Gaza War, in 2023, and shows no sign of abating. Yet despite Sudan’s tragedy, the... June 3, 2025 China Races Ahead in Biotech Trials. Is the U.S. Stuck in Second Place? Fentanyl fears have played a significant role in U.S.-Chinese trade disputes, but soon legal drugs could be a greater threat from China. On May 29, Axios reported that China had surpassed the United States... June 3, 2025 To Save Itself, Hezbollah May Seek Further Integration into the Lebanese State Excerpt Hezbollah’s identity, and indeed its very survival, is inseparably intertwined with its weapons. The group draws its durability and legitimacy from overwhelming Lebanese Shi’ite... June 2, 2025 ‘Brilliant Operation’: Ukraine Hammers Russian Bomber Fleet With Ambitious Drone Operation Ukraine’s Surprise Drone Strike: Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged nearly a third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet on June 1 in its largest drone operation within... June 2, 2025 ‘False Reporting’: GHF Counters Widespread Media Claims of Israeli Attack on Palestinians Seeking Aid in Gaza Aid Group Counters Media Reports: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) rejected reports of civilian casualties at the organization’s Safe Distribution Sites after CNN, the BBC,... June 2, 2025 Turkey and Qatar Are Buying Into Syria. The US Should Be Wary of Their Motives With Washington’s blessing, Qatar and Turkey are cementing their role in post-Assad Syria. On May 29, Syria signed a $7 billion memorandum of understanding with the United States, Qatar, and Turkey to... June 2, 2025 At Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, China-Pacific Islands Relations Steam Ahead Excerpt The China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers’ Meeting that place in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China from May28 to 29. All Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that don’t recognize Taiwan... June 2, 2025 ‘Targeted Terror Attack’: Egyptian National Firebombs Pro-Israel Group in Boulder, Co., Advocating for Hostages in Gaza Boulder Attack: A man using a “makeshift flamethrower” and “incendiary device” attacked members of a Boulder, Colorado-based pro-Israel group advocating for the release... June 2, 2025 Israeli Operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: May 26–June 1, 2025 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between May 26 and June 1, 2025. The IDF’s activities were some of the most intense since the onset... June 1, 2025 A reformed Voice of America is worth saving Voice of America requires reform, not dismantlement. The Trump administration fired nearly 600 contractors who worked for the outlet, a decision that came after the government cut federal... June 1, 2025 Hamas likely strikes rival Palestinian armed group amid mounting internal pressure Hamas published a propaganda video on May 30, claiming it had attacked an undercover Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. However, the video shows members of... May 31, 2025 Amid New IAEA Reports, U.S. and E3 to Push Resolution Declaring Iran in Breach of Non-Proliferation Obligations U.S. to Draft Resolution with E3 Partners: The United States, along with allies Britain, France, and Germany — known as the E3 — plans to submit a resolution to the International... May 30, 2025 ‘Stop Suppression and Plundering’: Escalating Iranian Trucker Strikes Garner Support Support From Unions and Celebrities: Anti-government strikes by truckers across Iran have begun to garner support from prominent Iranian celebrities and other domestic labor unions.... May 30, 2025 Lifting Sanctions on Syrian Regime Is a Grave Mistake At a future point, many will ask an obvious question: why did the United States and Europe lift sanctions on Syria? The question will come after the likely fall of the Ahmed... May 30, 2025 Iranian, Russian Defense Companies Collaborating on Drone Production Latest Developments Increased Russian Drone Production With Iranian Help: Iran is assisting Russia extensively with its domestic production of drones, according to a new report by a Washington, DC-based... May 30, 2025 Iran named by Finland as foreign intelligence threat On May 30, the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) officially stated that Iran is actively conducting espionage operations in Finland. Supo noted that Tehran’s objective is to... May 30, 2025 ‘Crusade Against the Jewish State’: Israel Counters Macron’s Call for Hardened Stance on Israel Israel Hits Back at Macron: Israel has countered French President Emmanuel Macron’s accusation that the Jewish state has imposed a “humanitarian blockade” in Gaza that is... May 30, 2025 Why Iran Must Be Denied Any Uranium Enrichment The consensus that recently emerged within the Trump administration rightly identifies the absolute necessity of permanently preventing the Islamic Republic from enriching uranium on... May 30, 2025 German support for Israel is fading The rollercoaster of opprobrium against Israel moves with such speed these days that it’s hard to detect changes in tone, whether positive or negative. One of the yardsticks I use to gauge such changes... May 30, 2025 Patients Suffer When Hospitals Are Unprepared for Cyberattacks ... May 30, 2025 Efforts continue to free kidnapped Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov Over the last week, there have been increasing reports about attempts to free Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023. Tsurkov, who holds Israeli and Russian... May 30, 2025 New Syria sanctions relief (and risks) explained The United States drastically reshaped its policy toward Syria late last week. On 23 May, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License (GL) 25, the Financial... May 30, 2025 Trump Sets Terms as Russia Offers to Talk — Again After months of delay and posturing, Russia has responded to President Donald Trump’s two-week ultimatum for progress on peace talks with Ukraine. The Kremlin has agreed, once again, to meet with counterparts... May 29, 2025 Israel Accepts Witkoff-Proposed Gaza Truce While Hamas Hedges White House Hopes: Israel has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release plan proposed by President Donald Trump and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, the White House said... May 29, 2025 Escalating Science and Tech Rivalry, State Department Announces Plans to Revoke Chinese Student Visas Rising tensions between the United States and China can no longer be siloed from campus. On May 28, the State Department announced its intention to “work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively... May 29, 2025 The Druze chessboard between Syria and Israel On May 29, an Israeli security official told the Saudi-owned Arabic news channel Al Arabiya that Israel “will not fight in support of any group in Syria.” The official added that while Israel... May 29, 2025 We’re training Ukraine’s brave F-16 pilots — here’s what they need to keep fighting After years of delay, Ukraine’s Air Force is flying the F-16 fighter jets it’s received from NATO — and, during a training visit this month, we saw for ourselves how these “Vipers”... May 29, 2025 Israeli Intelligence Reportedly Aiding Lebanese Army in Dismantling Hezbollah LAF Destroying Hezbollah Infrastructure: The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is reportedly using Israeli intelligence to locate and destroy Hezbollah’s weapons stockpiles and military... May 29, 2025 Deaths Reported as Chaos Engulfs WFP Warehouse in Gaza 2 Palestinians Killed at WFP Warehouse: Two people were reportedly killed and several others injured when thousands of Gazans stormed one of the United Nations World Food Programme... May 29, 2025 Our enemies depend on anonymity. To defeat them, we must unmask them President Donald Trump’s tariffs are a critical tool to reorganize a broken global trading system and push back on economic coercion by America’s adversaries. Unfortunately, China has... May 29, 2025 All Minerals are Local: China’s Man in Lima China’s quest to control critical mineral and battery metal supply chains is a global project. But the CCP’s playbook recognizes that all politics is local. To that end, Beijing is cultivating... May 29, 2025 ‘Accelerated Cooperation’ Between U.S. Adversaries: New Report Warns America’s authoritarian adversaries are growing bolder as they expedite and increase their security cooperation. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) released the 2025 Worldwide Threat Assessment (WWTA)... May 29, 2025 Egypt-Israel Military Ties: Washington Must Pay More Attention The Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023 marked a critical test of Israel’s quiet military partnership with Egypt. For more than a decade, Egypt and Israel maintained robust security coordination focused... May 29, 2025 Putin’s love of Stalin should terrify us all Excerpt When Britain released the satirical film the Death of Stalin in 2017, Russia accused the British Government of waging a psychological war by seeking to insult Soviet history, and banned it almost... May 29, 2025 U.S. Support for Iran’s Labor Strikes Is Long Overdue Iran’s workers are uniting in defiance. What began as a call to strike by the Truckers and Drivers Union on May 21 has now grown into a week-long protest spanning more than 40 cities across the country.... May 29, 2025 Syria and Israel Are Finally Talking Syria and Israel are talking — and this time, it is face to face. The two longtime adversaries, who have had little official contact over the decades, are reportedly engaged in dialogue to calm tensions... May 28, 2025 Iran Mulling Proposal For Stopgap Agreement to Pause Nuclear Enrichment Demand for Unfrozen Funds: Iranian negotiators may propose a temporary agreement that pauses Iran’s nuclear enrichment in return for the United States unfreezing Iranian funds.... May 28, 2025 Following Pause in Trade Talks With the U.S., China Reportedly Prepares New Industrial Policy After a decade of accelerated industrialization, China is preparing to go for another round. On May 26, Bloomberg reported that Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping is currently considering relaunching...

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