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UN Forces Step Up Patrols Along Ceasefire Line in Quneitra
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) troops deployed near the villages of Rafid, Suwaysah, and Sida Golan in southern Quneitra province, southern Syria, on Thursday, April 9, in preparation for carrying out monitoring patrols along the ceasefire line with the occupied Syrian Golan. Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Quneitra reported that UNDOF forces operating in Quneitra and the Golan have intensified their security patrols over the past two days across areas and villages adjacent t...
Trump weighs pulling some US troops from Europe amid NATO strains, official says
US President Donald Trump, upset at NATO allies' failure to help secure the Strait of Hormuz and ‌angry that his plans to acquire Greenland have not moved forward, has discussed with advisers the option of removing some US troops from Europe, a senior White House official told Reuters on Thursday. No decision has been made, and the White House has not directed the Pentagon to draw up concrete plans for a troop reduction on the continent, said the official, who requested anonymit...
US plans to automatically register men for military draft eligibility
US plans to automatically register men for military draft eligibility33 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBernd Debusmann JrWhite House reporter Getty ImagesThe US military has relied on an all-volunteer force since 1973. Young American men could be automatically registered for eligibility for the military draft as soon as December, ending decades of self-registration.The new rule, proposed by a government agency, would see men being registered automatically rather than being asked t...
Iran's supreme leader vows ‘new phase’ in Hormuz management, demands war compensation
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei said in a message on Thursday that the management of the Strait of Hormuz will “certainly enter a new phase”, while vowing that Tehran will demand compensation for all war-related damages. The message, released by his office on the 40th day since the killing of his father, former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, described his death as a “heavy and historic blow” for the Iranian nation, and...
House Democrats push to pass measure curbing Trump’s war powers over Iran
Republicans will almost certainly block Democrats’ efforts to pass legislation amid ‘fragile’ two-week US-Iran ceasefireHouse Democrats will attempt Thursday to pass a resolution curtailing Donald Trump’s war powers over Iran – a move Republicans will almost certainly block, but one that signals unease on Capitol Hill about a Middle Eastern conflict on pause with no clear endgame.The vote, scheduled for Thursday morning, will use a procedure called unanimous consent, which is a shortcut that all...
Future scenario and security architecture in Middle East
The 40-day US-Israel war on Iran, punctuated by a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, neither had a just cause nor a crystallised war aim. The fluctuating war objectives included: elimination of Iranian leadership to engender a regime change; halt of Iran's nuclear programme that was claimed to have been obliterated in June 2026; destruction of its missile and drone programmes; total capitulation; capture of Kharg Island; control of Strait of Hormuz; etc. The previous talks with Iran, in June...
Lessons from the Iran war
Even as the US-Israel's Iran war hurtles along – haltingly or otherwise, with intermittent prospects of peace – some lessons have already gained permanence. Wars can often be ended early. They rarely are. Quitting is mistaken for losing. And so conflict persists – driven by hubris, false bravado and misplaced ego. Till Pakistan, acting as the elder, stepped into the ongoing Iran war. The first lesson, therefore, is simple: wars are not your back-alley scuffles or weeke...
Impartial appointments
The IMF's insistence that the head of the accountability watchdog should be a non-controversial person, and one who enjoys the confidence of the opposition too, is spot on. The government's nod under compulsion, however, is a telling tale of its indispensable reliance on the international lender. The point is that it would have been more sensible and politically correct if we had not left behind such issues to be exploited and pin-pointed by donors and extra-territorial forces, by k...
Political recalibrations in South Asia
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal are experiencing dramatic political transitions, each ushering in genuinely new governing orders rather than the familiar 'old wine in new bottles' reshuffles. These shifts carry consequences not only domestically but across the broader South Asian region. Sri Lanka's transition, the earliest of the three, was driven by systemic economic collapse that persisted despite heavy borrowing from China. The election of a reformist government emerging fr...
Acting AG Todd Blanche gives go-ahead to pursue death penalty in MS-13 murder case
Blanche said the top federal prosecutor in California can seek the death penalty for three alleged MS-13 members charged with killing a victim who was cooperating with authorities, according to a memo.
Son of British couple detained in Iran calls on Starmer to press for their release
Joe Bennett says ceasefire presents ‘very opportune moment’ to raise case of his parents, Lindsay and Craig ForemanMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe son of a British couple detained in Tehran on espionage charges has called on Keir Starmer to prioritise their case in the “very opportune moment” of a ceasefire in the Iran conflict.Lindsay and Craig Foreman, from East Sussex, were arrested while on a five-day trip across Iran in January last year and have been held in Evin prison for 15 months....
Israel’s bombing of Lebanon after US-Iran ceasefire prompts condemnation
Strikes that killed more than 200 people spark outrage amid global efforts to salvage truceMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael’s devastating bombardment of Lebanon in the hours after a US-Iranian ceasefire was announced has been widely condemned amid global efforts to salvage the truce.More than 200 people were killed by Israeli bombing including strikes with heavy munitions on densely populated areas, which drew outrage from the International Committee of the Red Cross and other internation...
Court blocks Trump’s bid to revoke protections for Ethiopians
Washington acted unlawfully in seeking to terminate the legal status of immigrants from the African state despite continued unrest there, Judge Brian Murphy has ruled A federal judge has barred the administration of US President Donald Trump from ending the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that has allowed more than 5,000 Ethiopian nationals to live and work in the US since 2022. The US Department of Homeland Security...
Did Israel attack Lebanon to spoil Iran war ceasefire as soon as it began?
Israel claims attacks on densely populated residential areas that killed more than 200 people were aimed at Hezbollah membersMiddle East crisis – live updatesWhat was the point of Israel’s surprise mass strikes on Lebanon that killed more than 200 people and drew widespread international condemnation?Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials have claimed the largest strike against Hezbollah during the month-long war against Iran was carefully aimed at members of the armed group, but...
Trump slams NATO as Rutte visits ‘Daddy’
The president made a blistering statement after meeting with the NATO secretary-general, while the White House said the US could quit US President Donald Trump has once again lashed out at NATO over the inaction of European allies during the war with Iran. The sharp rebuke came after a meeting with Secretary‑General Mark Rutte in Washington on Wednesday. “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON...
What has US achieved in Iran?
Has US achieved its war objectives in Iran?14 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleTom BatemanState department correspondentGetty ImagesIn the weeks since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the battle for the narrative over the war's progress has been taking place at the heart of American military power.From week one, I've been inside the Pentagon press briefings given by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, the former Army National Guard Major and Fox News pundit. From...
UK says Russia ran submarine operation over cables and pipelines
UK says Russia ran submarine operation over cables and pipelines6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleOlivia IrelandMinistry of DefenceThree Russian submarines conducted a "covert" operation of cables and pipelines in waters north of the UK, Defence Secretary John Healey said.A British warship and aircraft were deployed to deter the "malign" activity by Moscow and there was "no evidence" of any damage to UK infrastructure in the Atlantic, he added.Addressi...
‘No GMT+1 Under Benkirane’: PJD Prepares Pledges to Return to Power
Rabat – The Justice and Development Party (PJD) is preparing its pledges to return to government in 2026, with vows suggesting it would abolish the controversial GMT+1 if it wins the 2026 elections. Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of PJD, made his party’s pledges public last week, suggesting the party would abolish daylight saving time and remove the 30-year age limit for applicants to public-sector teacher positions. Benkirane is ambitious that the PJD could secure a “respectable”...
‘There’s no Hezbollah here’: the Lebanese reaction to Israeli strikes that killed hundreds
Beirut residents and officials say thousand-pound-bombs mainly hit civilians in mission dubbed ‘Operation Eternal Darkness’Middle East crisis – live updatesIt took Israel only 10 minutes to carry out one of the worst mass-killings in Lebanon since the end of the country’s civil war in 1990.Omar Rakha heard the war planes but did not feel the explosions; it was only when he woke up face down on the street, bleeding, that he understood what had happened. The building next to his in the Barbour nei...
US Army veteran charged with disclosing classified data to journalist
The arrest is “a message to any would-be leakers,” FBI director Kash Patel has said A US Army veteran who worked with the elite Delta Force commando unit has been charged with providing top secret data to a reporter, the US Department of Justice has said. Courtney Williams of Wagram, North Carolina was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday over “her alleged transmission of classified national defense inf...