Politics
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$83B in Defense Spending Has Failed to Shield Saudi Arabia From Houthi Attacks, CNN Reports
DID Press: Saudi Arabia continues to face serious security challenges from missile and drone attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi movement despite spending $83 billion on defense in 2025, CNN reported. The figure, cited from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute…
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Taliban Builds Underground Tunnels Near Kandahar After Pakistani Strikes
DID Press: Taliban have begun constructing underground facilities and tunnels near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan following Pakistani strikes, according to a report by Pamir Watch. The tunnels are reportedly intended to shelter Taliban forces in the event of a possible…
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UN Refugee Chief Warns of Difficult Conditions Facing Afghans Returning Home
DID Press: Nearly seven million Afghans have returned to Afghanistan from neighboring countries since late 2023, many of them under difficult circumstances and through forced returns, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said. Barham Salih, the UN High…
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Taliban Suspends BBC Radio Broadcasts in Afghanistan After Report on Pakistani Airstrikes
DID Press: Taliban has suspended BBC radio broadcasts on FM frequencies in Afghanistan following the publication of an investigative report examining Pakistani airstrikes and damage to sites associated with the Taliban, according to informed sources. The sources said the order…
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Hezbollah Reportedly Pays Housing Costs for Families Displaced by Israeli Attacks
DID Press: Lebanese journalist Khalil Nasrallah says Hezbollah is paying accommodation costs for people displaced by Israeli attacks and covering the replacement of household furniture in homes destroyed in the strikes. According to Nasrallah, the assistance is provided regardless of…
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Yemen’s Ansarullah Threatens US Interests if Washington Intervenes
DID Press: A member of Yemen’s Ansarullah political bureau has warned the United States against intervening in what the group describes as aggression against Yemen, saying the movement would respond if Washington became involved. “If the United States intervenes in…
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Arab Monarchs Weakened Muslim World Through Their Alliance With US
DID Press: Mawlawi Habibullah Hassam, former head of Afghanistan’s Islamic Brotherhood Council, has strongly criticized the monarchs of Arab and Islamic countries, describing them as responsible for weakening the Muslim world through their alliance with the United States, hosting US…
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Taliban FM Urges International Support for Farmers Affected by Poppy Ban
DID Press: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, has criticized the international community for failing to provide alternative livelihood support to Afghan farmers affected by the ban on poppy cultivation, saying no effective programme has been implemented to…
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Ansarullah’s Survival Highlights Failure of Saudi Strategy in Yemen
DID Press: Ignis Rex, a Singaporean political activist and supporter of resistance movements, has argued that the continued political and military presence of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, despite years of war and Saudi military pressure, demonstrates Riyadh’s failure to achieve its…
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Israeli Attacks Near Gaza’s Yellow Line Trigger New Wave of Displacement
DID Press: Gaza’s Civil Defence has reported an increase in the forced displacement of Palestinian families and damage to residential homes and displacement tents following Israeli explosions and gunfire in areas surrounding the Yellow Line. The organization warned that continued…
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