Israel Steps Up Strikes, Offensive Against Southern Lebanon, Anticipates Ground Combat

Brasília Makes Friends With Beijing Authored by Jake Scott via FEE, On a Sunday night in late July, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and China's Xi Jinping spoke for more than an hour. It was cordial and faintly triumphant, with the two governments announcing their intention to accelerate a long-stalled China-Mercosur trade agreement. Alongside this, there are plans to deepen cooperation on satellites and critical-minerals processing, and waive short-stay visa requirements. Image Credit: Custom image by FEE This marks a serious change for Brazil. For years, it was Brasília that had...

Zelensky To Remove Ukraine's Reforming Young Defense Minister In Ongoing Shake-Up: Report Ukraine's 35-year old defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, has only been in the top military spot for six months, but amid a new Zelensky-initiated major cabinet reshuffling, the FT reports that the military's top spot has been targeted as the next leadership change. The report has been issued just on the heels of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko's surprise removal, upon which Zelensky in a statement suggested a broader government overhaul is underway. "Ukraine is changing its political strategy," he made clear. The Ukrainian leader...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presented Donald Trump with plans for an all-out attack on Iran at the President’s request. Trump was convinced by his advisers to allow negotiations to continue.  On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine informed President Trump of battle […]