<b>A new investigation argues that a Colombian mercenary network operating through the UAE played a direct operational role in the RSF’s battlefield gains in western Sudan, exposing how foreign-backed drone warfare, covert logistics, and outsourced fighters have intensified one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.</b>

A fragile pause in the U.S.-Iran crisis was shaken after two cargo vessels were fired on in the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring how unstable the region remains.

After a chaotic day of aborted travel plans, backchannel diplomacy, and strategic hesitation, President Trump chose to extend the <b>ceasefire</b> with Iran rather than resume military escalation, exposing both the limits of US pressure and the growing economic and political costs of a prolonged conflict.

A deadly confrontation near a school in al-Mughayyir has intensified concern over the rising wave of settler violence across the occupied West Bank.

The conflict with the <b>United States</b> and <b>Israel</b> has evolved into a full-scale assault on Iran’s economic foundations, triggering mass <b>job losses</b>, paralyzing supply chains, damaging industry, and pushing millions of ordinary Iranians deeper into inflation, insecurity, and financial distress.

An Israeli soldier who smashed a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, along with another who documented the act, has been sentenced to military detention and removed from combat roles.