Key Takeaways: President Trump stated on October 14 that the United States continues to share intelligence with Ukraine and is working with both sides to end the war, countering Zelenskyy’s claim of no advance warning before 39 Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv on October 13. Ukrainian officials and …

Key Takeaways: Yemen’s civil war has reignited with Saudi Arabia, backed by Turkish and Pakistani forces, fighting the Iran-linked Houthis, who have forged opportunistic ties with Al-Shabaab, Islamic State in Somalia, Somali pirates, and AQAP for weapons, training, and smuggling routes.Non-state militant and criminal groups worldwide are building a crime-terror …

Key Takeaways: Bahrain has arrested scores of Shiite clerics accused of conspiring with Iran, sparking 125 solidarity demonstrations since May 9, threats from Iranian-backed militants to attack infrastructure unless 41 prisoners are freed, and 251 total arrests since the war began, heightening sectarian tensions. In Iran, ethnic minorities comprising about …