Opinion: speculation grows that the regime may seek an external conflict to rally domestic support; yet Tehran’s real choice is not between war and peace, but between deep structural reform and continued rule through repression and coercion

Opinion: leadership is not measured by dramatic, decisive victories, but by whether decisions preserve people, trust and the ability to endure after the moment of success has passed

Opinion: Trump, never bound by political correctness, said aloud what many Israelis think but do not say, and what some pollsters miss; that Netanyahu was the right leader at the right moment

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's claim that Somaliland agreed to host an Israeli military base and resettle Gazans is an unverified charge seen as a disinformation bid to derail Israel-Somaliland ties and preserve Mogadishu’s fading legitimacy