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African countries face an uphill battle in holding digital companies accountable for the use of their platforms in Russia’s war effort. An investigation into the war being waged by Russia in Ukraine has found that Western digital resources are being used to dupe African and other nationals into joining a …

Gulf oil exports are nearing pre-war levels despite intensifying attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, revealing a parallel between the flow of crude and the mounting cost and risk of shipping it, analysts have told AGBI. Oil prices remain elevated, but Gulf exporters prioritise keeping crude flowing and …

The Pentagon’s purges have not waned over the past months, despite the “strange war” that Donald Trump is waging with Iran. Military Minister Pete Hegseth dismissed some generals without warning, others blocked promotion. In parallel, he used the Pentagon’s civil leadership institute to impose Donald Trump’s political and cultural agenda …

Le 4 octobre, les Houthis (Ansar Allah) du Yémen ont coupé une route vitale reliant la ville de Taïz, contrôlée par le gouvernement, à Aden, resserrant ainsi leur encerclement de l’un des centres de population les plus importants du pays, tandis que le président Rashad al-Alimi a ordonné une importante …

Analysis: With US forces leaving Iraq, Baghdad faces a difficult choice between confronting powerful Iran-backed militias and absorbing them into the state A relative pause in fighting between the United States and Iran that ended in early September has brought the region back into a state of geopolitical tension. As …

Turkey is weighing military support for Saudi Arabia as Ankara, Riyadh and Islamabad move to deepen cooperation under the Mecca defence pact. Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are set to hold high-level defence talks in Riyadh on Monday as Ankara signals its readiness to support the kingdom against continued Houthi …

Washington has done well targeting Tehran’s shipping, banking and financial networks. The regime is increasingly being pushed onto costlier land routes. But some countries are leaving one major artery relatively open to Iran: the sky. Turkey is among the worst offenders; Washington needs to rein it in. After Iran reopened …

Two former senior U.S. officials look back at what the ceasefire has produced—and failed to produce—in its first year of implementation, focusing on the underused leverage provided by the July 30 “roadmap” agreement with Hamas. This essay serves as an introduction to a special Washington Institute series analyzing the risks …

Despite a new textbook, an influx of Russian teachers and managers, and an end to the teaching of Ukrainian, the Kremlin is unlikely to have “reprogrammed” locals. In the four-and-a-half years it has controlled southeastern Ukraine, Moscow has established a new education system. Those in charge seek to ensure this …