The explosions heard overnight in Caracas were not isolated, but the latest stage in a broader campaign; Trump has moved from threats to action, with strikes on military sites, airports and power systems aimed at crippling the regime, not drug gangs

Opinion: Predictions of humanitarian collapse followed Israel’s new NGO registration rules, but January 1 arrived without famine, chaos or aid disruption, revealing how catastrophe rhetoric replaced evidence and how scrutiny, not war, triggered global outrage

Opinion: Al Jazeera’s recent partnership with Google Cloud to launch an AI-driven newsroom marks a turning point in how global news is curated and distributed, potentially creating a fast pass for media manipulation that endangers counter-terror security policies we know today

Opinion: speculation grows that the regime may seek an external conflict to rally domestic support; yet Tehran’s real choice is not between war and peace, but between deep structural reform and continued rule through repression and coercion