‘We Won’t Die for Israel’: Military Members Seek a Way Out as U.S. War Expands
25 March 2026
Good morning!
The U.S. wavers, Europe recalibrates, and the Middle East escalates. Russia and Ukraine push deeper into a shifting war.
East Asia tightens control, South Asia feels the strain, Latin America adapts under pressure, and Africa absorbs the consequences.
US offers ceasefire plan but Iran’s military dismisses talks (apnews.com)
‘We Won’t Die for Israel’: Military Members Seek a Way Out as U.S. War Expands (scheerpost.com)
Veterans warn US landing could be ‘more Gallipoli than Vietnam’ (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Inside the Supply Chain Funneling Irish Alumina to Russian Rockets (occrp.org)
EU Commissioner Admits Ukraine’s 2027 Membership Is Impossible (hungarytoday.hu)
Drones enter Latvia, Estonia from Russia, crash near the border (lrt.lt)
Iran’s power grid on the brink (rudaw.net)
Nine people wounded in Bnei Brak by Iranian cluster bomb munitions (timesofisrael.com)
US-Iran latest: Iranian military rejects Trump’s talk of negotiation as strikes continue (thenationalnews.com)
Ukraine Strikes Key Russian Energy Port 1,000 km Away, Disrupting Baltic Exports (kyivpost.com)
Several dead and dozens injured in ‘perverse’ Russian drone strikes on western Ukraine (novayagazeta.eu)
No Clear Front Line—Replaced by a Multi-Kilometer ‘Gray Zone’ (ukrinform.net)
Amendments to Hong Kong National Security Law Allow Police To Demand Device Passwords in NatSec Probes (chinadigitaltimes.net)
Sony and Honda abandon electric car joint venture (asia.nikkei.com)
China restricts Manus cofounders from leaving country as it reviews Meta deal (rappler.com)
Today voting rights being snatched, next they will take away citizenship: Mamata targets BJP, ECI (thehindu.com)
Millions left waiting as Nepal’s driving licence backlog drags on (kathmandupost.com)
U.S. Detainee Dennis Coyle Released in Kabul After Months of Talks (tolonews.com)
Colombian Military Aircraft Crash in Putumayo Kills 66 (ticotimes.net)
10 Cuban Firms to Use Cryptocurrencies for Payments Abroad (telesurenglish.net)
Nicaragua among the six countries that destroy the “social fabric” in Latin America (confidencial.digital) 🇪🇸
UN records 42,000 unaccompanied Sudanese children as war nears third year - Sudan Tribune (sudantribune.com)
Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana… How the war in the Middle East accelerates Dangote’s expansion (jeuneafrique.com) 🇫🇷
US wants in on Namibian energy resources (namibian.com.na)