‘Deal or Total Surrender’: Trump Issues Yet Another Stark Ultimatum to Iran, Claims US Already Owns the Strait of Hormuz

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n what has become the geopolitical equivalent of a broken record stuck on the loudest setting, US President Donald Trump has once again issued a dramatic ultimatum to Iran: take a deal with Washington, or face “total surrender. ”Posting at characteristic length on Truth Social, Trump accused Tehran of classic double-dealing, privately angling for talks while publicly insisting nothing of the sort is happening.Continue Reading

MIDDLE EAST ON TENTERHOOKS: GAZA BURNS AS DIPLOMACY STRUGGLES TO HOLD THE LINE AT HORMUZ

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In Gaza City, Israeli military strikes continued to exact a heavy toll. Palestinians rushed to extinguish a burning vehicle after a strike on Sunday, August 2, as smoke rose above streets already scarred by months of conflict. Elsewhere, residents picked through shattered apartments, salvaging whatever possessions remained after overnight bombardment.Continue Reading

INDIA RISES, REELS AND CELEBRATES AS A RESTLESS WORLD EDGES CLOSER TO WAR

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India entered the first evening of August with dramatically contrasting images: a new international airport opening its doors in Andhra Pradesh, floodwaters continuing to ravage Assam, two Indian women standing victorious with Commonwealth Games gold medals, an old Himalayan trade route reopening after six years, and political tremors spreading through DelhiContinue Reading

WAR, MIGRATION, HUNGER AND DISASTER OPEN AUGUST IN TURMOIL

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GLOBAL DESK, AUGUST 1: The world entered August under extraordinary strain, as a massive migration crisis exploded on the frontier between Africa and Europe, wars burned across the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine, and earthquakes, wildfires and deadly accidents brought fresh devastation across continents. The most dramatic scenes unfolded atContinue Reading

BADAKHSHAN BURNS: Taliban Faces Deep Fractures, Mutiny and a War for Afghanistan's Mineral Wealth

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: Afghanistan’s mineral-rich northeastern province of Badakhshan is rapidly descending into one of the gravest security crises since the Taliban seized power in 2021. What was once considered a distant mountain stronghold has become the epicentre of a deadly convergence of armed resistance, internal Taliban mutiny, ethnic tensions, and an escalating battle for control of vast mineral wealth.Continue Reading

THE WORLD SHAKES, WARS REIGNITE, FLOODS RISE, AND INDIA'S EXAM SCANDAL REACHES THE COURTS

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As darkness falls across another turbulent day, the world seems determined to remind humanity that peace is becoming an increasingly rare luxury. From the Pacific Ring of Fire to the battlefields of the Middle East, from Europe’s burning forests to India’s flooded villages and restless campuses, July 29 unfolded as a day of devastation, confrontation and reckoning.Continue Reading

"KILLS CHILDREN AS A HOBBY": GOLAN'S REMARK REIGNITES GLOBAL SCRUTINY OF GAZA WAR

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply condemned a headline quoting opposition leader Yair Golan as saying that “Israel kills children as a hobby,” calling it “an absolute lie” that inflicted “terrible damage to our just struggle and to our heroic fighters.”

The controversy stems from remarks Golan, a former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) deputy chief of staff and leader of The Democrats party, made during a May 2025 radio interview criticising the Israeli government’s conduct of the war in Gaza.Continue Reading