The war between Iran, Israel, and the United States isbecoming more intense, with no clear end in sight. After a recent speech by Donald Trump, Iran launched fresh missile attacks on Israel, showing that tensions are still very high.
Iran has officially rejected Pakistan’s claim of acting as a mediator between it and the United States to end the West Asia conflict, asserting it has not participated in any such diplomatic initiative even as the crisis enters its second month.
Pakistan is positioning itself as the lead mediator trying to broker an end to the US’s and Israel’s war against Iran, reported The Financial Times, as the ongoing conflict in West Asia entered its fourth week.
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the historic probe into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government, has died. He was 81.
The Middle East has spiraled into a multi-front war following a week of unprecedented military escalation between the United States, Israel, and Iran. After a joint operation targeted Iran’s Supreme Leader, the conflict has expanded into direct confrontations, with Israeli jets pounding Tehran and Beirut while Iran launches retaliatory missile swarms at US bases in the UAE and Kuwait. With over 27,000 flights canceled and death tolls rising across Lebanon and Iran, the crisis has paralyzed global travel and pushed the region toward a total security collapse.
The global “order of cooperation” has been supplanted by “might makes right”, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday (February 26, 2026), blaming Russia for overturning territorial principles in its invasion of Ukraine, and the United States for weakening the United Nations and multilateralism.
