Kosovo, a small majority-Muslim country in the Balkans, has signed up to United States President Donald Trump’s controversial Board of Peace and the planned International Stabilization Force for Gaza, after Israel gave its approval. The proposed force is, in theory, expected to help maintain security, support demilitarisation and train Palestinian police, though its mandate and composition…

Iran’s missiles and drones have downed dozens of US aircraft, damaged or destroyed hundreds of the United States’ buildings at its bases in the Middle East, and drained its inventories of military equipment worth billions of dollars, the Pentagon conceded earlier this week. On Wednesday, Tehran unleashed another unlikely weapon in its war against the…