Tiananmen Square shuddered as advanced Chinese military hardware rolled past the leaders of the Axis of Aggressors — Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un. Wednesday’s parade, attended by about two dozen foreign leaders, was intended to celebrate the 80th …

Palestinian families across Gaza City confront an agonising decision as Israeli forces intensify military operations, declaring the area a “dangerous combat zone.” With nowhere safe to go and lacking resources to flee, residents describe feeling trapped between violence and survival in overcrowded displacement camps. Ahmed Mohammed Fayad packs belongings from …

Egypt is bolstering its military presence in the Sinai Peninsula as Israel pushes ahead with a new military operation to conquer Gaza City, which Cairo fears will displace even more Palestinians in the devastated and immiserated coastal enclave. Egypt has reportedly deployed up to 40,000 troops in the northern Sinai …