US federal agents are acting as “provocateurs” as nationwide rallies against US President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies gain fresh momentum, says an analyst.

FIFA must strip the US of its 2026 World Cup hosting rights over travel bans and domestic unrest, says an analyst, as boycott calls grow.

What began as peaceful economic protests in Iran last month quickly morphed – with foreign support – into a full-scale street war and terrorism, according to Mohammad Ghaderi, a journalist and analyst.

The recent riots in Iran followed a familiar playbook, as legitimate public grievances were swiftly hijacked by the “heavy involvement of foreign forces,” says an analyst.

Unchecked and unilateral US  military actions signal a return to “predatory colonialism” that threatens the foundations of international law and risks plunging global affairs back into a “law of the jungle,” says a UN rapporteur.

Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron are locked in an “arm-wrestling” match as the former pushes with his “bulldozer” diplomacy, says an analyst.

General Soleimani’s legacy reflects the emergence of alternative security logics that rejected dependency on Western security architectures, says a Malaysian analyst.