(By Khalid Masood) The Iran–Israel conflict, culminating in a nine-day war ending on 22 June 2025, marks a pivotal chapter in their decades-long enmity. Rooted in ideological clashes and geopolitical ambitions, this shadow war—fought through proxies, covert operations, and direct strikes—erupted into open warfare, exposing the military and economic toll on both nations. From the…
(By Khalid Masood) In a world riven by geopolitical strife, US President Donald Trump has carved a singular path, his brash, unorthodox diplomacy shaking the foundations of conflicts from Ukraine’s battlefields to the volatile Middle East. On 21 June 2025, Pakistan announced its bold nomination of Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, lauding his…
(By Ayesha Mohsin) India, once heralded as a beacon of democracy and a rising global power, stands today as a regional pariah, its coercive diplomacy poisoning relations with every neighbour and strangling the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). From the smouldering Line of Control with Pakistan to the simmering border disputes with China,…
(Quratulain Khalid) On 21 June 2025, the United States, at Israel’s urging, unleashed a barrage of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and Tomahawk missiles on Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, igniting a firestorm of regional fury. Iran, bloodied but unbowed, denounced the “criminal aggression,” while its ally, Yemen’s Houthi movement, issued a chilling…
(By Khalid Masood) On 21 June 2025, President Donald Trump, in a brazen act of executive overreach, ordered US B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and Tomahawk missiles to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—without congressional approval, plunging the United States into Israel’s escalating war against Iran. Hailed by Trump as a “spectacular military success”…
(By Khalid Masood) On 22 June 2025, the skies over Iran roared with the ominous hum of US B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, unleashing a barrage of Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs and Tomahawk missiles on three of the nation’s nuclear facilities—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Orchestrated at Israel’s behest, this unprecedented direct US intervention marks a…
(By Khalid Masood) In the treacherous world of global diplomacy, gratitude is often the first casualty. Principles are bartered, friendships sacrificed, and history rewritten in the pursuit of short-term gain. But few betrayals cut as deep as the one unfolding today between India and Iran—a tragic tale of trust misplaced and loyalty unrepaid. The question…
(By Khalid Masood) As missiles streak across the skies of the Middle East in June 2025, with Israel and Iran locked in a perilous exchange of strikes, a million-dollar question echoes across the Muslim world: Where is the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)? The 57-member body, founded to safeguard Muslim interests, has issued only perfunctory…
(By Khalid Masood) The Middle East, a crucible of conflict and ambition, stands at the precipice of a new conflagration. As Israel and Iran exchange missile and drone strikes in June 2025, the spectre of U.S. military intervention looms large, threatening to engulf the region. U.S. President Donald Trump’s refusal to rule out providing Israel…
(By Khalid Masood) In a seismic shift that reverberates through the heart of the Middle East, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has entrusted the full spectrum of his authority to the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This is no mere bureaucratic reshuffle; it is a bold, unyielding declaration of Iran’s…
