(By Khalid Masood) Introduction On August 8, 2025, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shook hands at the White House, signing a U.S.-brokered peace agreement to end the decades-long Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Hosted by President Donald Trump, who hailed the event as “historic,” the deal reopens key transport routes and boosts U.S….
(By Khalid Masood) Introduction On August 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the repositioning of two nuclear submarines to “appropriate regions” near Russia, a provocative response to inflammatory remarks by Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and deputy chairman of its Security Council. For instance, Trump’s decision, publicized on Truth Social, cited Medvedev’s reference to…
(Ayesha Mohsin) On 28 July 2025, President Donald Trump reignited his feud with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, calling him a “nasty person” who has “done a terrible job” during a press interaction about his upcoming U.K. state visit. The unprovoked remarks, made ahead of Trump’s unprecedented second state visit to meet King Charles III from…
(By Khalid Masood) In June 2025, the United Kingdom marked a historic milestone in its intelligence history with the appointment of Blaise Metreweli as the first woman to lead the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Set to assume the role of Chief, codenamed “C,” in October 2025, Metreweli, at 47, succeeds Sir Richard Moore, who steps…
(By Khalid Masood) The Turkish Air Force stands as a linchpin of Türkiye ’s defence, its wings guarding a nation at the crossroads of continents. With 60,000 personnel, 300 fighter jets, and a drone arsenal reshaping modern warfare, the THK is a force to be reckoned with, ranked 8th globally by air power indices in…
(By Khalid Masood) In the summer of 2022, Leicester, a multicultural hub in the English Midlands, erupted in violence between Hindu and Muslim communities, exposing a simmering fault line fueled by disinformation and extremist ideologies. A leaked National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) report, compiled by the National Community Tension Team in 2025, identified Hindutva—a Hindu…
(By Khalid Masood) Three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched on February 24, 2022, the war grinds on, a brutal testament to the collision of imperial ambition and national resilience. With over 100,000 Ukrainian and Russian casualties, 8 million refugees, and Ukraine’s energy grid in tatters, the conflict has reshaped European security and strained…
