Iran fired missiles & a drone at the UAE, sparking a fire at Fujairah's oil facility. The U.S. Navy was authorized to counter Iranian threats in the Strait of Hormuz

As Britain faces tensions with Washington over Iran and the lingering Epstein scandal, King Charles visits the US to mark American independence's 250th anniversary, a symbolic but carefully limited diplomatic gesture, experts say

The US is struggling to replenish key weapons systems, including Tomahawks that the duration of the conflict is consuming faster than they can be produced

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released a statement, declaring they would target US companies as retaliation for US and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Fighting intensifies across Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf as Israel strikes Tehran, Hezbollah joins the conflict, Kurdish forces reportedly mobilize near Iran, and regional tensions trigger alarms from Cyprus to Turkey.

What we are witnessing now, visible military exchanges, explicit references to nuclear facilities, and inflexible rhetoric that leaves little space  for negotiation, signal a shift from contained deterrence to open escalation

At a time when the Trump administration is urging European allies to shoulder more of the continent’s defense burden, Greece is moving into a new framework of military cooperation with Washington.

In a world of geo-economic fragmentation, economic coercion, the intensifying US-China competition and the still ongoing Russia war in Ukraine, the EU faces hard choices.

For decades, Europeans existed in a geostrategic state of deep slumber, relying - as many now openly concede - with a certain naïveté on the American military shield.