UK Announces Sanctions on Israeli West Bank Settlements, Says ‘Settler Terrorists’ Are Committing Ethnic Cleansing

Bessent's "Suffocating" Iranian Regime Strategy Materializes In Kharg Island Satellite Imagery Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's description of "suffocating" the Iranian regime through economic and financial pressure, whether via sanctions or the US military blockade of the world's most critical maritime chokepoint, now appears to be showing up in the data. New geospatial intelligence indicates that Iran's main crude export terminal has gone quiet, while a separate report suggests seaborne oil exports have effectively been halted for the past month. The first report comes from Bloomberg, which cited European satellite imagery showing a...

US Navy's New Air-To-Air Missile AIM-424 Malice: Countering China's Growing Airpower By Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. With its revealed range in “excess of 250 nautical miles” (287 miles), the U.S. Navy’s new long-range air-to-air missile (AAM) constitutes a major upgrade in the ability of the United States to arrest China’s quest for superior air power in Asia. On May 7, 2025, Chinese air combat technology gave Pakistan a historic, beyond-visual-range (BVR) victory, when, during a record aerial engagement between 72 Indian Air Force and 42 Pakistan...

Qatar is warning that there will be significant global consequences if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened soon. Iran closed the Strait in response to the war started by the US and Israel. President Donald Trump also imposed a blockade of Iranian ports.  On Monday, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Mohammed Al-Ansari, said reopening the […]