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Coverage · June · 2026 · 21,762 articles

Second Day of US-Iran Strikes Erodes the Ceasefire That Was Supposed to Hold

Strait in the spotlight: Iran says Hormuz is closed; US reports no warships hit as the Gulf slides toward open escalation

Suspected Russian-directed killing of Ukrainian soldier in Poltava lays bare the quiet war of intelligence recruitment

The diplomacy Turkey wants is the diplomacy the U.S. and Iran keep refusing

A Somali referee, a denied visa, and the geopolitics of the touchline

Two centuries of stone, hours of flame: a Russian Orthodox church and the politics of heritage loss

Tomahawks and a 33% Ceasefire: Reading the Second Day of US-Iran Fire

European ambassadors seek rare Moscow meeting with Lavrov's deputy as diplomatic channel narrows

Two incidents, one pattern: why IED attacks on Israeli convoys are redrawing the West Bank's strategic map

The price war nobody asked for: inside OpenAI's reported push to undercut Anthropic

Moscow cancels Red Square Russia Day concert as war enters its fifth year

Israel's Bekaa air war is back, and the diplomatic scaffolding around it is thinner than the press is admitting

The Strait of Hormuz Is the New Front Line of an Oil-Priced Confrontation

Welcome to the Jungle and the curious economics of the Bollywood ensemble trailer

Ukraine's drone force marks its day with a $40bn tally — and a question about how to count it

Bekaa under the bombs: what Israel's escalation in eastern Lebanon actually changes

Europe's two-track courtship: German-French bid to reshape the EU's diplomatic service meets a quieter Chinese push into the continent's safety equipment market

Israeli strike on Nuseirat kills Palestinian man as Gaza casualty reporting widens

The Strait of Hormuz is shut, and the press is repeating Iranian script verbatim

A Forty-Eight-Hour War That Wasn't Supposed To Happen: How A 'Fully Negotiated' Iran Deal Collapsed Into Open Strikes

Three Indian sailors dead after US strike on commercial vessel off Oman: what we know and what remains unverified

A World Cup kicks off in Mexico City under the long shadow of protest

Haberman and Swan's second-term book lands on a White House already on edge over Epstein files

The G7's Ukraine gambit: wooing Trump to revive a peace process Moscow has already dismissed

Iran's IRGC marks the anniversary of Hossein Salami's death with a coordinated media offensive

A tanker on fire, a deal in the wings: the strange choreography of US-Iran escalation

The 48-team World Cup kicks off in three host countries — and the political economy of the pitch

US and Iran trade air strikes for a second day, diplomacy on a knife's edge

England turn to Root to steady a Test captaincy in crisis

Patrick Bruel, France's enduring pop fixture, charged with rape as two dozen women come forward

Turkey's BYD Tax Freeze Is a Warning Shot, Not a Trade War

The most expensive World Cup ever is also the most bet-upon — and the political theatre is only just beginning

Western European ambassadors land at Moscow's foreign ministry as Ukraine war enters a new diplomatic phase

Hormuz and the Limits of Coercive Control

Ceasefire, Then Strikes: How the US-Iran 'Deal' Unraveled in 48 Hours

A Sevastopol museum goes up in smoke — and the war comes for the cultural front

European ambassadors summoned to Lavrov's ministry as Russia plays diplomatic double-game

Tehran's ceasefire warning puts Washington on the back foot

Iran claims precision strikes on US air base in Iraq as Fars details pre-attack intelligence operation

A ceasefire in name only: how two days of US-Iran strikes punctured the diplomatic track

Unexploded ordnance and downed drone surface in south Lebanon as the war's residue keeps surfacing

Modi's fourth year, Karnataka's quiet turn, and a forgery case that won't go away

Karl-Anthony Towns' fingertip finish pushes Knicks to 3-1 NBA Finals lead

Southern Lebanon absorbs another day of Israeli strikes — and the wire still calls it a 'border exchange'

Mike Ashley is at it again — and Hugo Boss shareholders should ask what for

Mali's Press Crackdown Sends a Chilling Message: A Newspaper, a Fact, and a Prison Cell

Bekaa after dark: what three Israeli strikes on Mashghara tell us about the next phase of the Lebanon campaign

OG Anunoby's tip-in lifts Knicks past Pacers, puts New York one win from first NBA title in 53 years

Tehran's readout, Washington's silence: parsing the Iranian Foreign Ministry's 11 June line on US strikes

What the NYT satellite analysis actually says — and what it leaves out

Iran's ceasefire warning, the IAEA demand, and the oil tape: a hinge day in the US-Iran escalation

Russian Railways eyes tourist sleeper service to China as cross-border rail demand climbs

England's World Cup warm-up cut short by Florida storm — and the calendar is about to get tighter

India's aviation sector arrives at an inflection point: pilots, platforms, and the climate ceiling

The 2026 World Cup, scaled up: six gripes, one continental bet, and a VAR system under fresh scrutiny

Brinkmanship with a deadline: Trump's 'bomb Iran to hell' warning and the oil that hangs in the balance

A Bollywood star, a ₹2,400-crore fraud, and the limits of celebrity-as-credentials

Spurs blow 29-point lead as Knicks take 3-1 NBA Finals edge

Lockheed warns of Patriot delivery delays as Pentagon confronts interceptor shortfall

A bronze sex doll at Bellevue: how German art is testing the limits of state hospitality

Two Explosions in One Afternoon: What Southern Lebanon's Latest Incidents Tell Us About the Border Calculus

Israeli airstrike hits Nusirat power station in central Gaza

The framing war around a southern Lebanon IED report

The porch, reconsidered: how a 19th-century American form is shaping a new furniture collaboration

When a battlefield spokesperson says 'do not pay attention,' it is worth paying attention

America is the favorite, the longshot, and the bookmakers' headache all at once

Knicks move to brink of NBA title as Barkley lets fly at "dumbest team in history"

A Kharkiv explosives case and the quiet architecture of Russian sabotage on home soil

Salami's posthumous promotion and the politics of Iranian martyrdom

A gold medal for the small-arms lab: how Rostec's TSNIITOCHMASH became the quiet centre of Russia's wartime arms culture

Audio leak puts Ukrainian education ombudsperson under pressure

The Strait Closes: What Hormuz Zero-Traffic Tells Us About the New Geometry of Coercion

Iran reaches US bases in three Arab host states — and the Gulf's air-defence bill comes due

A World Cup Sized to the Global Betting Market: How 2026 Stretched the Tournament to Fit the Wager

When 70% of the Bear Triggers Fire: BoFA's Signal Meets a UK Payments Squeeze and Kyiv's Quiet Reckoning

Gaza health ministry tallies show war's toll climbing past 72,000, as Israeli strikes kill one in Nuseirat

Oil ticks up as US-Iran strikes resume and Tehran calls ceasefire 'virtually meaningless'

Tehran calls ceasefire 'virtually meaningless' as Strait of Hormuz goes dark

Mahomes resets the NFL's quarterback market with a $504.75m reset, the league's first half-billion-dollar player