The US has told several Gulf Arab states and regional allies to be prepared for a short, intense military action against Iran after next week’s midterm elections in the country, according to officials briefed on the matter cited in media reports.

At the same time, Israeli attacks across Gaza continued at a “very high pace” on Thursday (October 29), with drone strikes hitting the centre and north of the territory over the past few hours, according to Al Jazeera . Meanwhile, diplomatic activity is reportedly ramping back up in efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.

These examples show how wars, conflicts, violence, and, at times, diplomacy continue to define global politics, while experiences of women remain either marginal or subsumed in ‘universal experience’.…