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Culture26 May 26
The Quiet Diplomacy Reshaping the Iran-Iraq Relationship
Science26 May 26
The science of posthumous trials: how Indian courts handle legal disputes involving the dead
Opinion26 May 26
The Pope Calls to Disarm AI — Then Partnered with Anthropic
Europe26 May 26
Poland's Żabka Moment: How a Convenience Chain Became a Cultural Battleground
Long Reads26 May 26
Plutonium, Power, and Secrecy: Inside the Trump Admin's Nuclear Gambit
Long Reads26 May 26
The Plutonium Gambit: How the Trump Administration Is Reshaping the Boundaries of Federal Power
Energy26 May 26
Persian Gulf Producers Are Quietly Building Around Hormuz. Iran Is Watching.
Obituaries26 May 26
Pentagon's Shifting Casualty Figures in Iran Conflict Raise Questions of Accountability
MENA26 May 26
Oman's Sultan and Iran's Pezeshkian Phone Home — Gulf Diplomatic Season Opens Quietly
Energy26 May 26
Oil markets whipsawed as Iran deal optimism meets military escalation
Intelligence26 May 26
Netanyahu Orders Expanded Operations Against Lebanon, Cabinet Sources Say
Long Reads26 May 26
Netanyahu's Lebanon Gambit: Israel Expands Ground Offensive as US Ceasefire Effort Collapses
Intelligence26 May 26
Israel Deepens Lebanon Operations as Ceasefire Framework Collapses
Africa26 May 26
Negev smuggling ring: arrests expose arms and drug pipeline from Jordan and Egypt into southern Israel
Europe26 May 26
NATO's Baltic Buildup Meets America's Drawdown Signal — and the Gap in Between
Long Reads26 May 26
NASA's Lunar City: The Geopolitical Frontier the World Wasn't Ready For
Culture26 May 26
Moscow's Kyiv Embassy Warnings Meet Western Dismissal — and the Gap Tells a Story
Arts26 May 26
Moscow's Aviation Parts Registry: Sanctions Enforcement or Strategic Autonomy
Americas26 May 26
Montreal Protest Features Symbolic Hangings of Trump, Netanyahu as Gaza Crisis Fuels Cross-Border Demonstrations
Americas26 May 26
Mexico Welcomes Iran's World Cup Training Base to Tijuana, Defying US Pressure
Long Reads26 May 26
Mexico Takes Iran to the World Cup: Football, Diplomacy, and the Limits of American Leverage
Long Reads26 May 26
Mexico Steps In: How FIFA's Iran Decision Became a Diplomatic Flashpoint
Americas26 May 26
Mexico Steps In as Iran’s World Cup Base After U.S. Refuses Overnight Stays
Americas26 May 26
Mexico Hosts Iran's World Cup Camp as US Draws the Line on Sports Diplomacy
Arts26 May 26
Melnyk's Reburial Draws Israeli Rebuke, Testing Ukraine's Historical Reckoning
Africa26 May 26
MBS Tells Evangelicals King Salman Blocks Israel Deal — The Holdup at the Top of Riyadh's Power Structure
Long Reads26 May 26
The Leverage Trap: How Washington's Maximum Pressure on Iran Backfired Into Maximum Exposure
Letters26 May 26
Lebanese Resistance Claims Multiple Strikes on Israeli Military Positions Near Zawtar
Long Reads26 May 26
The Last Engine: How the Electric Revolution Is Rewriting the Rules of Luxury Auto
Europe26 May 26
Kyiv's Defiance Meets the Ledger: How Financial Sanctions and Civilian Resolve Intersect in Russia's War on Ukraine
Sport26 May 26
Karl-Anthony Towns Returns Home as Knicks End Decades-Long Finals Drought
Science26 May 26
Khamenei's 2026 Hajj Message: A Calculated Signal in a Fracturing Middle East
Opinion26 May 26
The Joke That Isn't: What Violent Real Estate Humor Reveals About Online Radicalization
Oceania26 May 26
Jardine Matheson Bids $2.4 Billion for Australia’s Largest Radiology Network
Long Reads26 May 26
Israeli Strikes Kill 31 in Southern Lebanon as Ground Operations Expand North of Litani River
Science26 May 26
Israeli Mayor Warns of Imminent Escalation as Hezbollah Drone Strikes Spike on Lebanese Border
Long Reads26 May 26
Israeli Ground Expansion in Southern Lebanon: What the Nabatieh Operations Signal
Science26 May 26
Israeli Forces Reportedly Kill Al-Qassam Brigades Chief of Staff in Northern Gaza
Letters26 May 26
Israeli Drone Strike Hits Medical Center in Southern Lebanon, One Paramedic Killed
MENA26 May 26
Israeli Airstrikes Kill at Least 13 in Gaza, Hospital Sources Say
Defense26 May 26
Israeli Forces Strike Nabatieh as Cabinet Ministers Push for Escalation Against Lebanon
MENA26 May 26
Israel Says It Killed a Senior Hamas Commander as Strikes Pound Western Gaza
Long Reads26 May 26
Israel Crosses the Line: What the Nabatieh Incursion Reveals About Lebanon Ceasefire's Structural Collapse
Long Reads26 May 26
The Bekaa Strikes: How Israel's Lebanon Operations Fade From Headlines
Defense26 May 26
Israel Conducts Largest Strikes on Lebanon Since Ceasefire, Killing 31
MENA26 May 26
Israeli Airstrikes Pound Lebanon as Hezbollah Drone Footage Emerges, Casualties Reported
Defense26 May 26
Israeli Military Expands Strikes and Ground Operations Across Southern Lebanon
The Weekly26 May 26
Israel Deepens Lebanon Operation, Cabinet Authorises Security Belt Fortification
Science26 May 26
Israel Issues Record 49 Evacuation Warnings to Lebanese Villages in Single-Day Surge
Long Reads26 May 26
The Hundred-Dollar Question: Iran Talks Collapse and the Limits of Dollar Diplomacy
Culture26 May 26
Iran's Rural Maternal Health Expansion Covers 375,000 Mothers Under Free Insurance Scheme
Africa26 May 26
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Claim 'Weapon of God' Breakthrough Amid Escalating Regional Standoff
Americas26 May 26
Iran to Bypass US Base During World Cup, Setting Up Diplomatic Flashpoint
Defense26 May 26
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy Coordinates Passage of 25 Ships Through Strait of Hormuz
Culture26 May 26
The Iranrah Corridor: How Transit Infrastructure Became Tehran's Diplomatic Instrument
MENA26 May 26
Iran Restores Internet Access as Diplomatic Pressure Mounts Over Ceasefire Allegations
Long Reads26 May 26
The Brief Opening: Inside Iran's Fractured Internet and the Nuclear Deal That Couldn't Come Fast Enough
MENA26 May 26
Iran's Internet Opens as Peace-Deal Probability Rises: Three Signals Washington is Reading
Long Reads26 May 26
Eighty-Eight Days of Silence: Iran’s Internet Blackout and the Power Struggle Beneath It
Long Reads26 May 26
Eighty-Eight Days Offline: Iran's Internet Blackout and the Fragile Architecture of US-Iran Détente
Letters26 May 26
Iran's Internet Blackout Ends — 2,093 Hours of Near-Total Isolation, and What Comes Next
Energy26 May 26
Iran's Hormuz Leverage: How Tehran Wired a Negotiated Reopening Into Its Diplomatic Hand
MENA26 May 26
Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Fees, Not Tolls
Long Reads26 May 26
Iran's Hormuz Gamble: How Tehran Rebranded Toll Politics as Environmental Stewardship
Africa26 May 26
Iran-Egypt Presidential Call Signals Diplomatic Thaw Across Regional Divides
Defense26 May 26
Iran Denounces US Ceasefire Violations as Nuclear Talks Resume in Oman
Culture26 May 26
Iran's Charm Offensive in Dushanbe: Energy Diplomacy and the Persian Cultural Card in Central Asia
Long Reads26 May 26
Iran's Ceasefire Ultimatum
Asia26 May 26
Iran's Araqchi Offers Condolences After China Coal Mine Explosion Kills 82
Asia26 May 26
Indonesia bans Polymarket as Jakarta tightens grip on digital platforms
MENA26 May 26
India-US Minerals Deal Deepens as US-Iran Talks Stall Over Strike Fallout
Obituaries26 May 26
India Rejects China-Pakistan Joint Statement on Kashmir as Diplomatic Tensions Simmer
Asia26 May 26
IKEA and Japan's Cramped Quarters: How Demography Is Reshaping the Furniture Market
Long Reads26 May 26
Hormuz on a Knife-Edge: US Strikes and Back-Channel Talks Converge on the World's Most Vital Oil Chokepoint
Long Reads26 May 26
The Drone Gap: How Hezbollah's FPV Arsenal Is Forcing Israel to Rethink Its Lebanon Invasion
Defense26 May 26
Hezbollah Drone Strike on Northern Israel Settlements Tests IDF Air Defense Doctrine
Science26 May 26
Hezbollah Drone Footage Spotlights Shifting Drone Warfare Calculus on Israel's Northern Border
Tech26 May 26
Hezbollah Drone Swarm Tactics: Ababil Operations Target Israeli Forces in Lebanon
Culture26 May 26
Health as Hostage: How Ceasefire Medicine Became a Diplomatic Bargaining Chip
Culture26 May 26
The Governor's Reckoning: A Bollywood Film Drags India's 1990s Financial Crisis Back Into the Light
Africa26 May 26
How Ghana's MTN Fee Suspension Flips the Script on Dollar Financial Architecture
Sport26 May 26
Coco Gauff survives car accident en route to Roland Garros, then floors Qinwen Zheng in French Open opener
Long Reads26 May 26
Ferrari Goes Electric: What the Luce Tells Us About the Future of High-Performance Luxury
Tech26 May 26
Ferrari's Electric Bet: Jony Ive, the Luce, and the High-Stakes Gamble for Luxury's Green Future
Opinion26 May 26
Fandom, Hydrogen and the Limits of Asia's Soft-Power Play
Long Reads26 May 26
The ECB's Hawkish Turn: Inside the Case for a June Rate Hike
Long Reads26 May 26
Drone Diplomacy: Hezbollah's FPV Footage and the Battle for Narrative on Israel's Northern Border
Tech26 May 26
Drone Against Tank: How Lebanon's Ababil Force Reshapes the Israel Combat Calculus
Long Reads26 May 26
The Dollar, the Drone, and the Diplomatic Off-Ramp: Washington's Mounting Calculus on Iran
Europe26 May 26
Czech Republic Detains Russian Orthodox Cleric as Diplomatic Tensions Rise
Opinion26 May 26
Crypto's Quantum Problem Was Always Going to Be Political
Long Reads26 May 26
The Contradiction at the Heart of the US-Iran Escalation
Obituaries26 May 26
Clarence B. Jones, Draftsman of a Nation's Conscience, Dies at 95
Long Reads26 May 26
China Calls for Truce as US-Iran Military Confrontation Reshapes Middle Eastern Order
Letters26 May 26
The 9% Problem: Why the World Might Be Underestimating China on AI
Long Reads26 May 26
Children Beneath the Rubble: Israel's Southern Lebanon Campaign Enters Its Most Deadly Phase
Letters26 May 26
US Central Command Denies WSJ Report of Navy Escort Operation in Strait of Hormuz
Asia26 May 26
CENTCOM Denies It, but Open Sources Say Otherwise: Inside the Contradiction Over Strait of Hormuz Escort Missions
Culture26 May 26
The Cassandra Problem: How Endless Intelligence Warnings Become Political Culture
Long Reads26 May 26
The Camp David Accord: How US Force and Statecraft Are Moving in Lockstep on Iran
Long Reads26 May 26
The Camp David Cancellation and the Architecture of Ambiguity: What the Trump Administration's Iran Cabinet Meeting…
The Weekly26 May 26
Brussels Lays Down Marker on Frozen Assets as Russia Escalates Legal Front in EU Courts
Arts26 May 26
Brugnaro's Exit Interview: What Venice's departing mayor leaves behind — and what he takes with him
Long Reads26 May 26
Bitcoin's Quiet Despair: Low Volatility, Quantum Fears, and the Market That Can't Decide
Asia26 May 26
Beijing's Energy Buffer: China's Pre-Summer Coal Stockpile and the Quiet Restructuring of Its Power Sector
The Weekly26 May 26
Beijing's Diplomatic Tightrope: China Positions Itself Between Iranian Nuclear Talks and Russian Escalation in Ukraine
Long Reads26 May 26
Beijing's Airspace Gambit: How China Is Building the Regulatory Backbone for the Post-Peak Aviation Era
Arts26 May 26
Bazaar State: Iran's Guild Economy and the Fight for Market Control in 2026
Long Reads26 May 26
The Ballistic Threshold: How Russia's Strike Architecture Is Rewriting the Rules of Urban Warfare
Science26 May 26
Protesters breach Australian Parliament seeking sanctions against Israel over aid activist abuses
Oceania26 May 26
Australian lithium miners bet on price recovery as Ganfeng partnership moves forward
Oceania26 May 26
Australia Repatriates 19 IS-Linked Women and Children in First Major Repatriation Flight Since 2019
Obituaries26 May 26
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Condoles With China Over Shanxi Mining Accident
Obituaries26 May 26
Andriy Melnyk: Ukraine's Controversial Nationalist Figure Finally Returns Home
Long Reads26 May 26
The Anatomy of a Defensive Strike: Washington, Tehran, and the Architecture of a Breaking Ceasefire
Culture26 May 26
Amirudin Named PKR Election Chief as Senior Party Figure Presses for Prison Reform Answers
Long Reads26 May 26
The Al-Rimal Strike and the Anatomy of an Assassination Attempt in Gaza City
Science26 May 26
US Airstrikes and the Stalled Iran Nuclear Deal: What the Negotiations Reveal
Europe26 May 26
Trump Tells Negotiators to Slow-Walk Iran Talks as US Strikes Targets in Parallel
Obituaries26 May 26
Health Secretary RFK Jr. Corrals Snakes on Dr. Oz's Patio, Prompting Online Frenzy
Long Reads26 May 26
Khamenei's Hajj Message Tests the Limits of Islamic Unity in a Fractured World
Long Reads26 May 26
Iran's Supreme Leader Bets on a New Islamic Civilization — and Wagers the Old Order Is Fading
Long Reads26 May 26
Beijing's Crewed Programme Matures: What Shenzhou-23 Says About China's Orbital Ambitions
Oceania26 May 26
Quad's Pacific Push: Energy, Rare Earths and a Fiji Port Signal Deeper Indo-Pacific Competition
Long Reads26 May 26
The 9% Problem: Why the Market May Be Misreading China’s AI Trajectory
Oceania26 May 26
NATO's Indo-Pacific Door Opens Wider — and Canberra Is Walking Through
Sport26 May 26
Knicks Return to NBA Finals After 27-Year Absence as Conference Finals Reach Decisive Moment
Sport26 May 26
Knicks End 27-Year Finals Drought as Spurs-Thunder Series Reaches Tipping Point
Sport26 May 26
Knicks Complete Sweep, Reach NBA Finals for First Time Since 1999
Sport26 May 26
Knicks Complete Four-Game Sweep of Cavaliers, Reach NBA Finals for First Time Since 1999
Science26 May 26
Khamenei's Hajj Message Draws National Ritual Response as Iran Nuclear Talks Simmer
Long Reads26 May 26
Ferrari's Electric Gamble: The Luce, Jony Ive, and the Fight for the Soul of Supercars
Markets26 May 26
Bitcoin's Successor: Corporate America Quietly Controls Nearly 5% of Ethereum
Obituaries26 May 26
The CBSE at a Crossroads: How India's Exam Board Became the Proxy Battlefield for National Anxieties
Investigations26 May 26
Bitcoin's Quiet Crisis: When Demand Goes Negative and Quantum Enters the Chat
Opinion26 May 26
Pope Francis's AI Disarmament Call Exposes a Geopolitical Reckoning Many Leaders Would Rather Avoid
Science26 May 26
US Strikes Iranian Vessels in Gulf of Oman, Pentagon Says
MENA26 May 26
U.S. Strikes Iranian Targets Near Bandar Abbas in Self-Defence Claim
Obituaries26 May 26
Trump Visit to Walter Reed Draws Iranian State Media Framing on Health
Long Reads26 May 26
Tanker Blasts and the Invisible Fault Line: Shipping Under Pressure in the Gulf of Oman
Culture26 May 26
Iran Official's Water Crisis Assessment Highlights Decades of Policy Failure
Defense26 May 26
Iran Releases Footage of Downed US MQ9 Drone Over Persian Gulf
Defense26 May 26
Gulf States Build Around Hormuz as U.S. Navy Steps Back In
Energy26 May 26
Trump's Truth Social Ultimatum and the Structure of an Iran Surrender Demand
Long Reads26 May 26
The Surrender Ultimatum: Trump, Truth Social, and the Language of Coercive Diplomacy
Sport26 May 26
The Knicks Are Back in the Finals. So Is the Cultural Cachet That Comes With Them.
Sport26 May 26
The Knicks Are Back. Now What?
Sport26 May 26
The Knicks Are Back in the Finals. The Question Is What Happens Next.
Africa26 May 26
Kenya Exam Cheating Case Puts Private School Accountability Under the Microscope
Long Reads26 May 26
The Hormuzgan Trigger: How US Strikes Fractured a fragile Ceasefire and What Comes Next
Sport26 May 26
Chicago Cubs Match Historic Losing Streak as Season Spirals Toward Summer
Culture26 May 26
Yemen's President Calls for Muslim Economic Boycott Over Qur'an Desecration
Long Reads26 May 26
The Japanization of the Global Plate: How Shrinkflation and Demographic Contraction Are Reshaping What the World Eats
Long Reads26 May 26
The Ambiguity of Al-Maghazi: How Civilian Harm Frames Stick to a Single Gaza Strike
Sport26 May 26
Wander Franco Found Criminally Responsible for Sexual Abuse of Minor; Will Not Serve Prison Time
Americas26 May 26
State Department Warns of Bolivia Roadblocks as Political Tensions Resurface
Long Reads26 May 26
Ayatollah Khamenei's Final-Warning Doctrine: 45 Years of Predictions About Israel's End
Americas26 May 26
Cuba Food Crisis Deepens as Washington Escalates Legal Pressure Against Revolutionary Leadership
Culture26 May 26
Former Assassin's Creed Hexe Director Shares Frustrating AI Coding Experience
Opinion26 May 26
The Algorithm Wants You Informed. Your Brain Wants a Break.
Oceania26 May 26
Ninety Drones Fall Over Sydney Harbour: What Happened at Vivid's Star-Bound Show
Asia26 May 26
Trump Ballroom Funding Push Collides With Xi–Japan Summit Tensions
Sport26 May 26
Knicks Postgame Presser Provides Drama NBA Finals Journey Couldn't
Obituaries26 May 26
The Invisible Hands Behind the AI Boom
Sport26 May 26
Familiar Stage, New Chapter: Colonial Country Club Awaits the PGA Tour's Return
Americas26 May 26
Rubén Blades Deposits Panamanian Soul in the Vault of Letters — A Musical State Visit Without Passports
Americas26 May 26
Montreal Protest Image Draws Outrage as Antisemitic Display Documented
Opinion26 May 26
The Language of Strikes: Why Western Coverage Applauds Some Bombs and Condemns Others
Investigations26 May 26
Next CEO's warning exposes the hollowing out of the UK's entry-level jobs market
Culture26 May 26
AI-Written Short Story Win Splits Literary World Over Authorship and Awards
Africa26 May 26
Kenyan Court Sounds Alarm on AI Fabricated Case Law as Lawyers Cite Non-Existent LGBTQ Precedents
Culture26 May 26
Imtiaz Ali's Partition Gambit: Bollywood's Most Commercial Director Turns to History
Tech26 May 26
China's Triple Play: How Beijing Is Quietly Restructuring the Global Tech Order
Science26 May 26
The Tokenized Credit Surge and the Quiet Restructuring of Capital Markets
Long Reads26 May 26
The Satire Signal: How Social Media Turned Political Meme Culture Into a Force of Democratic Accountability
Long Reads26 May 26
Pope Leo XIV's AI Gambit: Between 'Digital Slavery' Warnings and an Anthropic Partnership
Sport26 May 26
Knicks' Return to NBA Finals Carries More Than a Basketball Story
Africa26 May 26
Jakarta Turns the Tables on Polymarket After Betting on President's Early Exit
Business26 May 26
Jakarta's Twin Crackdowns: Indonesia's Palm Oil Audit and the Polymarket Ban Reveal a State Reasserting Control
Energy26 May 26
Iran Nuclear Talks: What Prediction Markets Reveal About the Stalled Diplomacy
Oceania26 May 26
Adam Walton Stuns Former World No. 1 Medvedev in French Open First Round
Obituaries26 May 26
Sonny Rollins, the saxophone colossus who mastered silence as much as sound, dies at 95
Obituaries26 May 26
Sonny Rollins, architect of modern jazz improvisation, 1927–2026
Culture26 May 26
Britain's Top Spy Warns Russia Is Becoming More Daring as Ukraine War Drags On
Culture26 May 26
Ninety Drones Lost to Sydney Harbour as Radio Frequency Interference Blunted Vivid Light Show
Long Reads26 May 26
The Minerals Trap: Why Western Efforts to Break China’s Battery Dependency Keep Hitting the Same Wall
Sport26 May 26
The Knicks' Unexpected Ascent and What It Reveals About Modern NBA Roster Building
Long Reads26 May 26
The Greta Gambit: How One Media Incident Exposes the Contested Politics of Climate Apology
Asia26 May 26
Ferrari's Electric Pivot: The Luce Lands as Markets Frown
The Weekly26 May 26
Ferrari's Electric Bet: Jony Ive, the China Question, and the Limits of the Supercar Formula
Culture26 May 26
The Deadly Game Novel and What It Tells Us About Fiction That Weaponizes the Reader
Americas26 May 26
Brazil's Generic Ozempic: What the First Semaglutide Pen Approvals Mean for Global Drug Pricing
Arts26 May 26
Bollywood Celebrity Home Aesthetics and the Market for Indian Modernist Art
Asia26 May 26
India locks in $39bn Rafale deal in signal to Beijing and deepening France partnership
Opinion26 May 26
SpaceX's Starlink Has Already Won the In-Flight Internet Race
Asia26 May 26
Quad's Fiji Port: Infrastructure Diplomacy or Containment Theater?
Europe26 May 26
Poland's Morskie Oko Controversy Tests the Limits of Ukrainian Refugee Welcome
Culture26 May 26
The Bun Scramble: How Hong Kong's Most Audacious Food Ritual Endures
Culture26 May 26
Cheung Chau's bun festival endures as Hong Kong grapples with changing cultural landscape
Sport26 May 26