Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tigray: A Powder Keg in the Horn of Africa glenssen Wed, 02/18/2026 – 10:20 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe & Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Gender & Conflict Future of Conflict Global Issues Visual Explainers My Reading List Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia’s […]
Tehran 17 February 2026 #1 nrafati Tue, 02/17/2026 – 21:08 Tehran Tue, 02/17/2026 – 12:00 17 February 2026 Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned that the U.S. “know[s] what future awaits them if they make a mistake… Even the strongest military force in the world may at times be struck so hard that it cannot get […]
Tehran 17 February 2026 #2 nrafati Tue, 02/17/2026 – 21:09 Tehran Tue, 02/17/2026 – 12:00 17 February 2026 Oman’s foreign minister reported “good progress towards identifying common goals and relevant technical issues” after U.S. and Iranian negotiators convened in Geneva. “Together we made serious efforts to define a number of guiding principles for a final […]
Washington 17 February 2026 #1 nrafati Tue, 02/17/2026 – 21:11 Washington Tue, 02/17/2026 – 12:00 17 February 2026 Oman’s foreign minister reported “good progress towards identifying common goals and relevant technical issues” after U.S. and Iranian negotiators convened in Geneva. “Together we made serious efforts to define a number of guiding principles for a final […]
Tehran 15 February 2026 #1 nrafati Tue, 02/17/2026 – 21:01 Tehran Tue, 02/17/2026 – 12:00 15 February 2026 Addressing talks with Washington, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) maintained that “our missile program stands entirely separate from the nuclear one. It is a domestic matter, basically linked to our national security. As […]
Israel 15 February 2026 #1 nrafati Tue, 02/17/2026 – 21:03 Israel Tue, 02/17/2026 – 12:00 15 February 2026 Prime Minister Netanyahu said that President Trump ” is determined to exhaust the possibilities of achieving a deal which he believes can be achieved… I will not hide from you that I express my skepticism of any […]
Tehran 16 February 2026 #1 nrafati Tue, 02/17/2026 – 21:05 Tehran Tue, 02/17/2026 – 12:00 16 February 2026 Ahead of talks with the U.S. in Switzerland, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi indicated he would meet with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi “for deep technical discussion”, and said he had come to Geneva “with real ideas to […]
Hormuz 16 February 2026 nrafati Tue, 02/17/2026 – 21:07 Strait of Hormuz Tue, 02/17/2026 – 12:00 16 February 2026 A senior IRGC commander warned that “the decision to close the Strait of Hormuz lies with the establishment’s top leaders, and I, as a soldier, say that we are ready to do it whenever the order […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Israel’s decision to resume land registration procedures in a large part of the occupied West Bank, his Spokesman said on Monday.
Calling for sweeping reforms of global institutions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told African leaders on Saturday that the absence of permanent African seats on the Security Council is “indefensible,” declaring: “This is 2026 – not 1946.”
