US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Trump uses tariffs as a foreign policy tool by imposing secondary tariffs on Indian goods due to India's purchase of Russian oil.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Trump uses tariffs as a foreign policy tool by imposing secondary tariffs on Indian goods due to India's purchase of Russian oil.

The Samoud Alliance issued a statement demanding the classification of the National Congress Party and the Sudanese Islamist Movement as terrorist organizations, describing the Muslim Brotherhood as a tool of far-right external and regional forces using violence and takfir to abort Sudanese revolutions.

The Samoud Alliance issued a statement demanding the classification of the National Congress Party and the Sudanese Islamist Movement as terrorist organizations, describing the Muslim Brotherhood as a tool of far-right external and regional forces using violence and takfir to abort Sudanese revolutions.

The Lebanese Cabinet met on August 5, 2025, to consider confining weapons to the state via its military and security forces, with a plan to disarm Hezbollah to be prepared and submitted by the end of the month. Disarming militias is difficult due to their social and ideological ties, including Palestinian militias in camps.

The Lebanese Cabinet met on August 5, 2025, to consider confining weapons to the state via its military and security forces, with a plan to disarm Hezbollah to be prepared and submitted by the end of the month. Disarming militias is difficult due to their social and ideological ties, including Palestinian militias in camps.

The political path between Najaf and Baghdad has been cut off since the Supreme Shiite authority, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, refused to receive any Iraqi official. The path between Najaf and Tehran is unstable with unannounced tensions. The divergence in vision between Najaf and Tehran-Baghdad has reached a strategic level concerning the future of the Iraqi political system.

The political path between Najaf and Baghdad has been cut off since the Supreme Shiite authority, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, refused to receive any Iraqi official. The path between Najaf and Tehran is unstable with unannounced tensions. The divergence in vision between Najaf and Tehran-Baghdad has reached a strategic level concerning the future of the Iraqi political system.

US President Donald Trump intends to exclude people residing in the United States without legal residence permits from the population census, which may affect the influence and funding of states with large numbers of undocumented immigrants.

US President Donald Trump intends to exclude people residing in the United States without legal residence permits from the population census, which may affect the influence and funding of states with large numbers of undocumented immigrants.