As the starvation of Gaza gains increasing global attention, Israel has rushed to explain it away as an “unfortunate byproduct of war” or a “logistical failure”, rather than a well-documented deliberate policy of weaponising hunger. Israel’s instrumentalisation of food and water, however, did not start on 8 October 2023, when …

In late July, Turkish defense contractors used the 2025 International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) to showcase the latest additions to the country’s arsenal. Headlining the event were two striking developments: the “Tayfun Block-4” hypersonic ballistic missile and the “Gazap” bunker-busting, non-nuclear thermobaric bomb. Both weapons, now within the Turkish military’s …

A bill, H.R.3883 (Muslim Brotherhood Is a Terrorist Organization Act of 2025), was put forward on June 10, 2025 by US Senator Ted Cruz, “[to] require the Secretary of State to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.” This designation is crucial for both US and international security. …