Month: September 2026
Houthi strikes on Saudi test Mecca defence pact
The gap between what the Mecca pact promises and what it obliges are now in focus as news reports suggest Pakistan is weighing assistance.
US strikes on Iranian tankers put law in focus
The blockade behind Saturday’s strikes is not one operation but five, with different legal footings. Specialists who have examined them find the core of it lawful and the edges much harder to defend.
Ukraine’s state is under growing strain
Wednesday’s gunfight between rival intelligence agencies follows a corruption inquiry that unseated the president’s chief of staff, a month of street protest and a deepening manpower crisis.