As Turkiye’s 45-year Kurdish Insurgency Ends, it Heralds a Political Paradigm Shift
In a move that few could have imagined a decade ago, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun to…
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By the Time France and UK Recognize a Palestinian State, There Won’t Be One
Both the French and UK heads of state have announced that their governments will recognize a Palestinian state by…
Space Force Conducts First ‘Orbital Warfare’ Drill as Militarization of Space Continues
Approximately 700 US Space Force “Guardians,” along with 12,000 US airmen participated in the large-scale Resolute Space 2025 exercise…
International Pressure on Israel Grows as IDF Soldiers Arrested in Belgium in Connection with War Crimes
For decades, members of Israel’s military faced little if any international prosecution for war crimes committed against Palestinians during…
New Intelligence Assessment Suggests Just One of Three Iranian Nuclear Sites Destroyed
According to “five current and former US officials familiar” with the latest intelligence assessment on Iran’s nuclear program, just…
Yemen Renews Attacks on Israel-Linked Shipping, Prompting Threats from US of More Bombing
On Sunday and Wednesday, the controlling authorities in Yemen—known as Ansar Allah, but called the Houthis after the surname…
Consequences of Israel-US Attack on Iran to Reverberate Across East Asia
Story at a glance… Following the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran’s civilian nuclear program, key security paradigms in…
Ukrainian Forces Holding While Losing–Pressed in Three Major Areas
The Gazans must have felt the umbrage as international media spotlights shifted to Tehran and Tel Aviv after the…
Iran Demonstrates it Can Strengthen its Retaliations While Israelis Question Leadership
Story at a glance… Israeli leadership is being questioned over the issues of inadequate protection from Iranian air strikes.…
Iranian Infrastructure and Israeli Confidence Heavily Damaged as Strikes Continue into Monday
As Iran and Israel traded missile strikes back and forth throughout the weekend, each has suffered significant damage—the former…
Israel “Fully Ready” to Launch Strike on Iran Trusting the US Will Be Attacked and Forced to Help
Reports from the Washington Post and others suggest that the US is anticipating an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and…
New S. Korean President Discusses Closer Ties and Peaceful Peninsula with China’s Xi
The newly-elected President of South Korea, Lee Jae-myong, called Beijing today to solicit help in bringing about his policy…
France and UK Mull Recognizing Palestinian State–Israel Has No Problem Saying it Will Never Happen
It was originally planned that at an upcoming conference in New York, heads of state from France and the…
Fed up with Genocide, European Regions Sever Ties to Israel in Largely-Ceremonial Uptick in Rhetoric
The Western World has been slow to react to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. With the siege, bombing, and blockade…
65% of Israelis Agree that God’s Command to Exterminate Amalek Applies to Palestinians, 80% for Ethnic Cleansing
A poll by Penn State University has found that two thirds of Israelis support extermination of the Palestinians in…
Peace Pope Leo XIV Hints Vatican Could Host Russia-Ukraine Talks, While Condemning Gaza War in Inaugural Mass
On Wednesday, WaL explored whether Pope Leo XIV could, more than any other pope before him, have a unique voice in…
Could the First American Pope Reduce His Home Country’s Militarism?
Days after the shock announcement from the Vatican that the first American pope in history had been elected, Chicago’s…
Nuclear Powers Fire on Each Other: India Bombs Deep Inside Pakistan, Loses Jet in the Attack
With a series of missiles and warplanes, India has struck “terrorist targets” inside Pakistan’s Punjab state, and Pakistan-administered Kashmir,…
Turkish Jets Intercept, ‘Warn Off’ Israeli Warplanes Bombing in Syria
Another of what may become many in-theater confrontations between Turkish and Israeli militaries inside Syria took place on Sunday…
Trump’s “Golden Dome” Is a Scam: Just Look at the Pentagon’s Other Future Weapons Programs
Chinese military technology includes hypersonic glide cruise missiles, a working prototype 6th generation warplane, and a reliable indigenously-built, stealth-capable…