Iran unrest, US defense push, and global flashpoints reshape the week. Here’s your Monday morning brief for January 12, 2026.

The United States wants an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Gaza to oversee reconstruction and economic recovery ...

As the US pushed for an international peacekeeping force in Gaza, Pakistan found itself trapped between pleasing Trump and ...

President Trump’s ex-national security adviser said China wants to “take over the United States of America without firing a ...

President Donald Trump, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, issued stark warnings to both ...

President Trump warns Iran of a possible strike and urges Hamas to disarm after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

The persistence of the slogan “Netanyahu funded Hamas” says less about what actually happened than about how responsibility ...

Arab and Muslim states including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have for the first time issued a joint call for Hamas to disarm and relinquish power in the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to end the ...

Assuming Israel succeeds in breaking Hamas’ political hold on the Gaza Strip, the postwar priorities for Israel and the United States are likely to revolve around reconstruction of the strip and ...