With Israel poised to attack Iran, having already blindsided friends and foes alike with its blitz against Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, all the talk is of an inexorable slide towards a new, pan-Middle Eastern war. Yet brakes remain to halt a regional fall into a wider conflagration...

The Gaza battle appears to be nearing its end with signs of agreements emerging, Hamas and Israel being closer in distance and Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah announcing that there will be no retaliatory war for the deaths of around 500 Hezbollah leaders. This is in addition to the remains of...

In a country already on edge, the  assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump  has enraged his supporters, paused the Democratic campaign and raised fears of further political violence in the run-up to November’s election. Trump’s Republican allies painted him as a...

After nine months of low-scale conflict, Israel and the  Iran-backed Lebanese movement Hezbollah  are on the brink of a full-scale war. Despite efforts by the United States and the international community to pursue diplomatic solutions, tensions remain high. If war erupts,...