US-Israel war on Iran reaches 100 days as regional spillover continues
The US-Israel war on Iran has reached its 100th day, with the conflict still spreading across Iran, Lebanon and Gulf states. The latest reporting describes a grinding stalemate rather than a decisive military outcome, despite an earlier promise of a rapid campaign. A Pakistan-brokered ceasefire announced on 8 April has not stopped the violence, and attacks are still being reported on multiple fronts.The supplied rows say the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed to maritime traffic, while peace talks are close to collapse. They also say the war began on 7 February and later expanded beyond Iran, with Gulf states... [Continue Reading]
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Zelensky honours UPA-linked unit as Poland-Ukraine tensions rise
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree giving an elite special forces unit the honorary title "Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army", a move that has sharpened tensions with Poland. The decision has drawn attention because the UPA is associated in Poland with wartime massacres of ethnic Poles and Jews. It comes alongside a separate state ceremony in which the repatriated remains of Andriy Melnyk were reburied with full military honours near Kyiv.According to the decree, signed on 26 May, the title was bestowed on a unit within Ukraine's special forces. The UPA was the armed wing of the... [Continue Reading]
Lebanon described as most active front in Israel's multi-front war
Lebanon has become the most active front in the conflict described in the supplied material as the US-Israel war on Iran. The row says Israeli forces are entrenched in south Lebanon, and that entire neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble. It also says the situation remains central to wider regional tensions involving Israel, Iran and the United States.The supplied material dates the update to 6 June 2026 and presents it as a current analysis rather than a battlefield bulletin. It says the impasse in the wider war has turned Lebanon into the conflict's most active front. It also says US... [Continue Reading]
India protests Pakistan's planned Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections
India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over plans to hold elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on 7 June 2026. The protest was made on Friday, according to an official statement cited in the supplied material. India said the territory is part of its own union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, and rejected any attempt to change the status quo.The statement said India reiterated its position that the entire Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, including Gilgit-Baltistan, are integral and inalienable parts of India. It linked that claim to what it described as the complete, legal and... [Continue Reading]
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India rejects third-party role in Nepal border dispute
India has rejected any role for third parties in its border dispute with Nepal, saying the issue should be handled through bilateral mechanisms. The statement came after Nepal's prime minister raised the boundary question in parliament and referred to China and the United Kingdom as possible parties to help address the long-running disagreement. India said the two countries already have established channels to deal with boundary matters.Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India had seen the remarks made by Nepal's prime minister, as well as a subsequent statement from Nepal's foreign ministry. He said close to 98% of... [Continue Reading]
India rejects EU-Pakistan Kashmir references after Islamabad dialogue
India has rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement issued after the latest EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad. The Ministry of External Affairs said the remarks were unwarranted and that outside parties had no standing to comment on what it described as India's internal matters. The exchange adds another diplomatic dispute over Kashmir, a long-running issue in India's relations with Pakistan and, at times, with other foreign partners.The row followed the Eighth Round of the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, during which EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar jointly... [Continue Reading]
Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]

