On April 24, 2026, a day before Iran conveyed its new proposal to the U.S. regarding lifting the U.S. blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a guarantee of freedom of passage in the Strait, Majlis Deputy Speaker Ali Nikzad said in a speech to residents …

A prerequisite of serious talks is that the country’s leadership consolidates majority national support for such a process. When President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called for negotiations with Israel several weeks ago, their primary objective was to derail the Israeli onslaught against Lebanon. To an extent they …

For Lukashenko, abandoning Western internet services and embracing Russian equivalents would mean tying himself even closer to Moscow. It’s a running joke that Belarusians are a season ahead of their Russian counterparts when it comes to the TV series that is political repression in their respective countries. However, the Kremlin’s …