Swiss Government Discusses Revoking Protections, Benefits For Military-Aged Ukrainians

The Middle Corridor Emerges As A Strategic Lifeline For Global Trade Via RFE/RL, Global trade is shifting away from vulnerable maritime chokepoints toward overland routes like the Middle Corridor amid rising geopolitical instability A $3.3 billion World Bank-backed investment push aims to address infrastructure gaps and unlock the corridor’s long-term potential While promising, the route still faces major capacity and coordination constraints before it can rival established northern trade flows While diplomatic efforts struggle to stabilize access to the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions between the United States and Iran, Eurasian trade is increasingly being...

Israeli airstrikes against Lebanon continued throughout Friday, with the casualty toll announced by Lebanon’s Health Ministry soaring to 217 killed and 798 wounded since Monday. Up until today, there had been relatively few reports of Hezbollah successfully inflicting casualties on the Israeli side. A rocket fired on an Israeli Army position along the border Friday […]

Iran Signals Ready To Deescalate After Defense Minister, IRGC Chief Killed In US-Israeli Strikes Update (10:00ET): Will the chaos be contained, after Iran unleashed retaliatory missiles on at least five regional countries, including Israel? Iran is quickly signaling that it's not willing to escalate this further, hoping for a halt in the US-Israeli operation: Iran is attacking U.S. military facilities in the Middle East region and not "Americans in their land," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in his exclusive interview with NBC News. He added that Tehran was interested in de-escalation and ready...