Author: Barry

Russia’s intensifying summer offensive has created a dire situation for Ukraine, as Russia continues its assaults across multiple fronts that place unparalleled strain on Ukrainian forces and infrastructure. What initially started out as a concentrated push in Donbas has now spread into a broad campaign that poses serious threats to Ukrainian defense lines, energy systems,...

As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepens and international calls for ceasefire increase, more analysts believe that only the U.S. remains capable of exerting real influence over Israel’s military and political decisions. Israel continues its military operations in Gaza despite international condemnation for their deaths and destruction, which have resulted in thousands of Palestinian lives being taken,...

Jerusalem – July 29, 2025 — Faced with mounting international criticism and humanitarian concerns regarding Gaza, an Israeli government minister publicly defended their policies by asserting that they do not block humanitarian assistance but rather actively facilitate it entering this war-ravaged enclave. Yoav Regev, Israeli Minister of Defense and Security Coordination, strongly denied allegations made...

JERUSALEM/GAZA, July 28 2025. An influential Israeli human rights organization recently made an unprecedented and groundbreaking assertion: that Israel’s conduct in Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide. B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR), two prominent human rights organizations that comprised this statement, stated publicly: “the destruction of healthcare infrastructure alone makes Israel’s war...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed cautious optimism this week at an ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Malaysia, saying negotiators were close to reaching a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas after protracted hostilities between them. Rubio stated his U.S. Special Envoy and mediators have made “a lot of progress” and expressed hope that...

At least 122 Palestinians, including 83 children, have lost their lives to hunger since March 2025 according to Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry reports. Malnutrition and starvation caused by an ongoing blockade imposed by Israel have directly contributed to these fatalities; The Washington Post + Anadolu Ajansi + WAFA Agency published reports detailing alarming mortality trends...

Bangkok/Phnom Penh/Washington — July 25, 2025 — As violence escalates along disputed frontier regions between Thailand and Cambodia, analysts increasingly view their disagreement as part of a broader strategic contest between two U.S. allies with nuclear-capable military arsenals against smaller, Chinese-aligned rivals. They caution that structural military and geopolitical asymmetries increase risk of miscalculation leading...

Moscow, July 24 2025 — Russian authorities have begun an intensive search and rescue operation after a passenger plane carrying nearly 50 people went missing early Thursday morning in Russia’s remote Far Eastern region. Antonov An-26 aircraft were on a domestic flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana in Kamchatka Peninsula when they lost contact with air...

Human rights organizations and international legal experts have called for sanctions against Israel for using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, with global voices demanding diplomatic and economic pressure against what has been described as deliberate policies of collective punishment. As the humanitarian situation worsens in this Palestinian enclave, global voices have intensified...

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, raised concerns regarding India’s apparent violations of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) during a meeting at UN headquarters with United Nations General Assembly President Philemon Yang on Monday. At a high-level meeting hosted as part of Pakistan’s efforts to address regional security and governance...