Pope Leo calls Trump a warmongering fool as Vatican-US rift deepens over Iran.

Sixty-five years after Bay of Pigs, Trump’s Cuba threats risk the same strategic disaster.

Ukraine’s drone warfare expertise becomes diplomatic currency with Gulf states and NATO allies.

Europe needs US on Ukraine; US needs Europe on Iran. A grand bargain is possible.

US blockade logic backfires: trust erodes, China gains, and global order fragments.

Egypt’s backchannel role in the Iran ceasefire restores its diplomatic relevance—driven by economic survival.

Turkey bets on Iran war to become energy hub, arms exporter, and Istanbul as Dubai’s rival.

Lebanon must disarm Hezbollah to extend the truce; Israel retains full self-defense rights.

The ceasefire plan in Gaza has hit a roadblock in the shape of Hamas’s continuing…

Battlefield blows against Hezbollah open a rare diplomatic window for Israeli-Lebanese peace.