Are negotiations happening? Is peace likely? A close examination of events and facts after Trump made headway and direct talks On Monday morning, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social in all caps that “The United States of America, and the country of Iran, have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations […]
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States has held talks with Iran aimed at the “complete and total resolution of hostilities” in the Middle East, in a move that has eased immediate fears of escalation.
A view of the liquefied natural gas production at the Ras Laffan facility in Qatar. Stringer/picture alliance via Getty Images Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University The U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran took a dangerous turn on March 18, 2026, with tit-for-tat strikes on critical energy infrastructure that amount to the most serious regional escalation since […]
Qatar’s Ministry of Interior says civil defence teams are responding to a fire at the country’s main gas facility after an Iranian attack.
David Smith, University of Sydney No US president in living memory has gone to war with less public support than Donald Trump has for the war in Iran. Even Barack Obama’s much-maligned Libyan intervention began with 60% of Americans in support in 2011.
Shannon Bosch, Edith Cowan University Afghanistan says at least 400 people have been killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night, with potentially hundreds more wounded.
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that countries send their warships alongside US naval forces to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe” has brought no immediate commitments, as oil prices soar due to the US and Israel’s war on Iran.
Natalie Kon-yu, Victoria University; Emily Booth, University of Technology Sydney; Michael Burke, Victoria University, and Tom Clark, Victoria University In 2016 and again in 2024, Donald Trump ran against two supremely qualified presidential candidates, who both lost. Both had decades of service to the government and high-ranking jobs within Democratic administrations. Both were women.
U.S. Marines crossing into Iraq from Kuwait on March 21, 2003. AP Photo/Laurent Rebours Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and hanged. Air dominance: total, within days. Regime collapse: The Iraqi […]
In a harrowing and expansive account published by The Guardian, the humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon has reached a critical tipping point, with over 500,000 people rendered homeless in a single, devastating instant following sweeping Israeli displacement orders.
