Iran’s attacks on neutral shipping and potential mining of the Strait of Hormuz violate both the law of the sea and the law of armed conflict—and reveal how difficult those rules are to enforce in practice.
The Strait of Hormuz — a narrow…
By Timour Azhari
RIYADH, March 15 (Reuters) – Iran’s relations with Arab Gulf states will require a “serious review” in light of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, limiting the power of external actors so the region can become prosperous, Tehran’s…
Kosovo, Europe’s youngest country and the second-smallest nation in the Western Balkans with a population of 1.7 million, has fallen short of political and institutional stability for more than a year. Following two parliamentary elections in…
PARIS — Polls have closed in the first round of elections in France that will see voters across the country’s 35,000-plus communes choose new mayors and city councilors for the first time in six years.
The contests, many…
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed to a crawl with most commercial traffic paralyzed, while a handful of Iranian-linked vessels continue to navigate the waterway despite escalating security risks.
An Iranian supertanker was…
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told CBS News on Sunday that his nation “never asked for a ceasefire, and we have never asked even for negotiation.” That followed President Donald Trump telling NBC News on Saturday, “Iran wants to…
Eighty-five percent to 90% of Hezbollah’s pre-2023 rocket arsenal has been destroyed, the IDF reported Sunday.
Before the war, Hezbollah had more than 150,000 rockets, it said.
By the November 2024 ceasefire, 70% to 80% of the rocket arsenal had…
