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Long Reads17 May
Trump's Truth Social Ultimatum: What the Iran Invasion Threat Means for a Fractured Nuclear Order

Geopolitics17 May
Russia's Shahed Barrage Strikes Dnipro High-Rise as Drone War Intensifies

Opinion17 May
Israel Strikes Deep Into Lebanon as Ceasefire Architecture Collapses

Sport17 May
Cunningham and Mitchell Meet in a Winner-Takes-All Game 7 in Detroit

Opinion17 May
Baalbek Under Fire: Israel Strikes Lebanon's Heritage Heart as Cross-Border Exchange Intensifies

Long Reads17 May
Beijing's $51 Billion Farm Basket: The Dollar, the Sow, and the Geopolitics of Grain

Long Reads17 May
Dnipro Burning: Inside Russia's Escalating Shahed Campaign Against Ukrainian Cities

Business17 May
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraq as US Air Refueling Activity Intensifies

Geopolitics17 May
IRGC Commander Praises Reported Martyrdom of Hamas Commander as Iran Tightens Gaza Solidarity Narrative

Opinion17 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum Is Not Diplomacy — It's Hostage-Taking

Investigations17 May
Israel Strikes Baalbek: What We Know About the Assassination of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad Figure

Long Reads17 May
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraqi Airspace — A Sign of Widening Gulf Vulnerability

Geopolitics17 May
Trump's Truth Social Invasion Cartography Raises Stakes With Iran

Opinion17 May
Austin Shows What America Has Decided to Tolerate

Oceania17 May
NSW Police Make 993 Arrests in Four-Day Domestic Violence Sweep

Americas17 May
Cuba Rejects Drone Threat Allegations as 'Fabrication' at United Nations

Africa17 May
Satellite Data Shows Sudanese Airstrikes Along Darfur-Libya Corridor Amid RSF Build-Up

Asia17 May
China Pledges $17 Billion Annual US Farm Purchases Through 2028 in Bilateral Trade Deal

Europe17 May
Sacred Ground: The Dynamiting of Spirit Mountain and the Anatomy of Border Necessity

MENA17 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Multiple Targets in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Hostilities Escalate
Investigations17 May
Israeli Airstrike on Baalbek Tests Fragile Lebanon Ceasefire Architecture

Culture17 May
Why Come and See Endures as War Cinema's Most Unflinching Reckoning

Geopolitics17 May
Trump Posts Graphic Depicting Multi-Direction Invasion of Iran on Truth Social

Investigations17 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Limits of Coercive Diplomacy

Long Reads17 May
The Architecture of Coercive Diplomacy: Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Logic of Strategic Ambiguity

Long Reads17 May
The Sumo Solution: How Japan's Traditional Wrestling Balances Global Tourism and Cultural Preservation

Opinion17 May
Trump's Truth Social Spree Is the New Oval Office — and the World Is Adjusting

Investigations17 May
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraq: What the Record Shows

Opinion17 May
Russia's Drone Barrage on Dnipro Is Not a Tactical Strike. It's a Policy Choice.

Long Reads17 May
Israeli Strike on Baalbek Tests Fragile Ceasefire Architecture as Hezbollah Vows Continued Resistance
Long Reads17 May
The Truce and the Timeline: How Trump Rewrote the Trade War on Truth Social
Geopolitics17 May
Israeli Strike on Baalbek Signals End of Fragile Lebanon Ceasefire Architecture

Opinion17 May
Israel's Baalbek Raids and the Logic of Escalation

Long Reads17 May
Beyond the Dohyo: How Japan's Sumo Boom Is Exposing a Cultural-Access Crisis for the World's New Tourist Class
Investigations17 May
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Baalbek and Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Escalation Accelerates

Sport17 May
Phillies Flip the Script: How Philadelphia Turned a Perilous Start Into a Playoff Push

Opinion17 May
Reza Pahlavi's Animal Metaphors Say More About His Politics Than Iran's Future
Opinion17 May
America's Shelter-in-Place Normalization Problem

Geopolitics17 May
Speaker Johnson's National Mall Prayer Event Renders the 250th Anniversary of US Independence Uncomfortably Theological

Geopolitics17 May
Hezbollah and Israel Trade Blows as Ceasefire Collapses Into Sustained Hostility

Long Reads17 May
Two Navy Growlers Down: What the Mountain Home Mid-Air Collision Tells Us About Military Aviation Risk

Geopolitics17 May
Trump Tells Iran 'Clock Is Ticking' as Nuclear Talks Stall
Long Reads17 May
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraq: Anatomy of a Gulf Border Incident

Investigations17 May
Drone Strike at UAE Nuclear Site: What We Know About the Barakah Incident

Business17 May
Trump Reviews Iran War Options at Virginia Golf Club as Combat Pause Strains

Geopolitics17 May
CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd Halt Cuba Routes in Sweeping U.S.-Driven Suspension

Opinion17 May
The Tariff Theatre: How Washington's Trade Policy Became a Communications Strategy
Opinion17 May
Baghdad's Sovereignty Gambit: Iraq's Fine Line Between Regional Powers

Opinion17 May
The Drone America Can't Afford to Keep Losing

Geopolitics17 May
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraqi Airspace, Raising Gulf Security Questions
Investigations17 May
Trump's Republican Purge: Endorsement Revocations Expose Fractures in GOP Loyalty Architecture

Culture17 May
Cubadisco 2026 Opens in Havana: What the Island's Premier Music Festival Reveals About Cuban Cultural Policy

Opinion17 May
Gaza's Escalation Politics and the Audacity of Blame

Culture17 May
The Borovaya Salient: How Russian Military Bloggers Are Rewriting the Information Playbook in Ukraine
Culture17 May
The Silence Around Trump and Iran: What the Wire Didn't Carry

Long Reads17 May
The Last Exit: Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Architecture of a Forced Deal

Culture17 May
Russian Forces Report Advance Near Borovaya as Fighting Intensifies Along Eastern Front
Long Reads17 May
Iranian Air Defenses in Ahvaz: Unconfirmed Reports, Verified Ambiguity

The Weekly17 May
Iran and France Hold Diplomatic Call as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase

Opinion17 May
The Castro surname is gone. The dynasty may not be far behind
Obituaries17 May
Israel's Military Leadership Under Scrutiny as ICC Arrest Warrants Reshape Command Accountability

Letters17 May
CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd Halt Cuba Bookings — Washington's Secondary Sanctions Reach Into Global Shipping Lanes

Americas17 May
Venezuela's Alex Saab gambit: what the prisoner swap reveals about US-Venezuelan relations

Africa17 May
Kenya at the Crossroads: Sanctions Risk and the Geometry of African Sovereignty

Opinion17 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum Is a Negotiation Running Out of Runway

Europe17 May
Poland's Split Eurovision Vote Reflects a Divided Diplomatic Soul

Long Reads17 May
Trump's AI Video and the Regime-Change Pitch: How Washington is Shaping Its Iran Narrative

Science17 May
Yemen's Armed Forces Down US MQ-9 Reaper Drone Over Marib Province

Opinion17 May
Trump's dual discourse: the man who calls Democrats 'dumb' and threatens Iran with equal relish
Opinion17 May
Trump's Taiwan Gambit Reveals the Hollow Center of American Credibility

Opinion17 May
Trump's Iran Ultimatum Collides With the Hormuz Reality
Opinion17 May
The Clock Is Ticking — But Whose?

Opinion17 May
Tehran's Hormuz Calculus: Why Rezaei's Warnings Are a Communication Strategy, Not a War Footing
Opinion17 May
Reza Pahlavi's Deal With the Devil and the Ghost of a Kingdom That Won't Stay Buried

Long Reads17 May
The Cuba Shipping Suspension and the Long Arm of Dollar Hegemony
Opinion17 May
The Mountain Home Collision and the Theater of Military Aviation

Long Reads17 May
The Cuba Shipping Blackout: How Two Carriers Exposed the Brutal Logic of Dollar Hegemony

Sport17 May
Spurs on the Brink: Tottenham Eyes Premier League Safety After West Ham Setback
Investigations17 May
Iran Air Defense Activation Reports In Ahvaz Trigger OSINT Verification Challenge

Business17 May
Cuba Shipping Blackout as Global Carriers Halt Bookings Amid Drone Procurement Reports
Culture17 May
Iran's Diplomatic Meme: Tehran's The Apprentice Clip and the Weaponisation of Pop Culture in Foreign Policy

Opinion17 May
The Spectacle of State Power: What Mountain Home Tells Us About Military Public Relations

Long Reads17 May
WHO's Emergency Declaration on Congo-Uganda Ebola Tests a Fragile Global Health Architecture
Opinion17 May
The Logic of Threshold: What Rezaei's Blockade Ultimatum Actually Tells Us

Long Reads17 May
WHO's Ebola Emergency Declaration and the Architecture of a Global Response
Geopolitics17 May
Iran's Araghchi Dials Paris and Ankara in Same-Day Diplomatic Push

Culture17 May
Iran Takes Its Cultural Heritage Claims to The Hague

Long Reads17 May
The Drone War Revolution: How Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Are Rewriting the Rules of Naval Conflict
Investigations17 May
Unconfirmed Reports Emerge of Air Defense Activation Near Ahvaz, Southwestern Iran

Geopolitics17 May
Four US Navy Pilots Eject Safely After F/A-18 Collision at Idaho Airshow

Geopolitics17 May
Two US Navy EA-18G Growlers Collide Mid-Air at Idaho Air Show, Crew Eject Safely

Opinion17 May
The Numbers Don't Lie — And Neither Does the Pattern
Opinion17 May
Trump's Dual-Track Diplomacy: Tariff Truce and Territorial Ambition at the Same Table

Long Reads17 May
Pope Leo XIV and the AI Reckoning: What the Vatican Tweet Tells Us About Moral Authority in the Machine Age

Long Reads17 May
The Drone Boat Revolution: How Ukraine Redrew the Black Sea Battlefield
Investigations17 May
Ukraine's 600-Drone Strike on Moscow: What We Know and What Remains Unclear

Geopolitics17 May
Two US Navy EA-18G Growlers Collide Mid-Air at Idaho Airshow, Pilots Eject Safely

Sport17 May
Playoff looms as Rahm charges into PGA Championship final round

Sport17 May
More Than a Goal: Premier League Celebrations as Cultural Battleground
Opinion17 May