In a significant diplomatic rupture within the NATO alliance, the Spanish government has officially prohibited the United States from using military installations on Spanish soil to facilitate the ongoing offensive against Iran. The decision, articulated by Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Monday, 2nd March, underscores a growing European divide regarding the US-Israeli campaign, “Operation […]

The retaliatory spiral between Iran and the Western coalition has moved into a dangerous new phase, as Tehran shifts its sights toward the vital energy arteries of the Middle East. By targeting oil refineries and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in neighbouring states that host US military installations, Iran has effectively weaponised the global energy […]

The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has acted as a kinetic trigger, plunging the entire Middle East into a state of total war. What began as a targeted strike has rapidly metastasised into a regional conflagration. As of Monday, 2 March—the third day of active hostilities—the conflict has spread beyond the borders […]

In a characteristically bold and escalatory intervention, United States President Donald Trump has indicated that he is prepared to deploy American ground forces to Iran if necessary. Speaking to the New York Post on Monday, 2 March, the President asserted that the ongoing military campaign against the Islamic Republic is merely the prelude to a […]

The targeted assassination of Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by United States and Israeli air strikes has presented the West with a formidable question: will his death trigger the collapse of the Iranian regime? Western strategists appear to have wagered on a repetition of the “Libya Model”—the premise that decapitating a regime by removing its central […]

A dangerous new front has opened in the burgeoning Middle Eastern conflict as a US-flagged oil tanker, the Stena Imperative, was struck by unidentified projectiles while docked at a port in Bahrain. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, 2 March, marks the first confirmed direct hit on a vessel flying the […]

The high-profile Swiss academic and prominent Islamic scholar, Tariq Ramadan, has appeared before a French court in Paris to face grave allegations of rape involving three women. The proceedings, which commenced on Monday, 2 March, represent a watershed moment for the French judicial system, marking one of the most significant legal reckonings of the global […]

In a transformative shift for Indo-Canadian relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, have formalised a sweeping ten-year nuclear fuel supply agreement. This diplomatic breakthrough, announced following high-level deliberations in Delhi, signals a strategic “thaw” after years of frostiness, positioning both nations to prioritise energy security and technological synergy over past […]

In a robust diplomatic intervention that has reverberated across global capitals, the People’s Republic of China has formally denounced the military operations conducted by the United States and Israel against Iran. Beijing has framed the recent escalations not merely as a regional conflict, but as a regression into the “law of the jungle,” signalling a […]