Diplomacy & International Relations

Ukraine and Russia exchange 185 prisoners of war each in swap

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Ukraine and Russia each exchanged 185 service personnel in the latest prisoner of war swap on Friday, officials in both countries said....

Lebanon sentences activists in absentia for inciting Israeli attacks

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Lebanon’s judiciary has charged two anti-Hezbollah activists in absentia with inciting Israeli attacks against the Iran-backed group and sentenced them to 15...

Marine drone self-detonates in Romanian port after Ukraine says Russia jammed vessel

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) A maritime drone self-detonated on Friday in Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanta near an oil terminal, without causing casualties, as Ukraine...

US forces board sanctioned tanker in Indian Ocean, Pentagon says

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) US forces conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless oil tanker Davina overnight in the Indian Ocean, the US military’s Indo-Pacific Command...

CENTCOM denies Iran’s claim of firing ‘warning missiles’ at US destroyers in Gulf of Oman

(AFP/Al Arabiya) CENTCOM denies fired ‘warning missiles’ at US destroyers in Gulf of Oman Iran’s military said on Friday it had fired “warning missiles”...

Lebanon parliament speaker supports Hezbollah pullback in parallel with Israeli withdrawal

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Lebanon’s parliament speaker and Hezbollah ally Nabih Berri said on Friday he would agree to the withdrawal of the Iran-backed group from...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. (File photo: AP) Lebanese president slams Iran, Hezbollah, and IRGC: It’s not your country, it’s ours

(Al Arabiya) Lebanese President Joseph Aoun delivered one of his sharpest rebukes of Hezbollah, Iran and the IRGC on Friday, telling Tehran, “It’s not...

Assessing The European Terrorist Threat Landscape

(The Soufan Center) Smaller-scale and often lone-actor incidents increasingly dominate the European terrorist threat landscape, notably after the October 7 Hamas attacks and the...

In the face of growing AI cyber threats, do middle powers have agency?

(Isabella Wilkinson - Chatham House) Earlier this week, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on AI and cyber defence. It asks AI...

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