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Opinion26 May 26
Strategy's Quiet Pivot Away From Its Own Narrative
Opinion26 May 26
Strikes and Talks at the Same Time: Washington's Iran Strategy Is the Message
Opinion26 May 26
The Strikes That Make Diplomacy Impossible
Opinion26 May 26
Stubb's 'Pure Mathematics' and the Problem With Measuring Everything
Opinion26 May 26
Su-57 Fighters Turn Ukraine's East Into a Sustained Cruise Missile Target Zone
Opinion26 May 26
The Sukhoi Delivery and the Limits of the Sanctions Doctrine
Geopolitics26 May 26
Tanker Struck 60 Nautical Miles East of Muscat, Crew Safe — UKMTO Classifies Incident as 'Attack'
Geopolitics26 May 26
Tanker Explosion Off Oman Coast Tests Gulf Maritime Calm as Watchdogs Confer
Geopolitics26 May 26
Tanker Struck Off Oman Coast in Suspected Iranian Strike
Opinion26 May 26
Tehran's Hormuz Theater Is Working Exactly as Intended
Opinion26 May 26
Tehran's Subsidy Chess: What Iran's Welfare Announcements Actually Signal
Opinion26 May 26
Tehran's Tight Spot: Oil Prices, Sanctions, and the Arithmetic of Duress
Opinion26 May 26
The Alliance America Shrank
Opinion26 May 26
The Heat Is No Longer Someone Else's Crisis
Opinion26 May 26
The Price of Platform Indifference
Sport26 May 26
Tottenham's Relegation Nightmare Exposes the Gap Between Data and Football Reality
Opinion26 May 26
When tragedies become content: the algorithmic economy of outrage
Geopolitics26 May 26
Trump Administration Proposes Mandatory NDAs for Federal Workers Amid Broader Transparency Crackdown
Geopolitics26 May 26
Trump Convenes Crisis Cabinet at Camp David as Iran Nuclear Talks Approach Deadline
Geopolitics26 May 26
Trump Demands Iran Surrender Enriched Uranium or Destroy It Under Supervision as Part of Wider Deal Push
Opinion26 May 26
Trump's Iran 'Ceasefire' Is a Masterclass in Diplomatic Gaslighting
Geopolitics26 May 26
Trump Signals Iran Talks 'Proceeding Nicely' as Strait of Hormuz Opening Takes Shape
Opinion26 May 26
Trump's Iran Ultimatum Is a Diplomatic Contradiction Wrapped in Cruise Missiles
Geopolitics26 May 26
Trump Gives Iran Ultimatum on Enriched Uranium: Surrender Stockpile or Face Destruction
Investigations26 May 26
Trump's NATO Drawdown: What We Know and What Remains Unverified
Geopolitics26 May 26
Trump and Netanyahu Speak by Phone as Gaza Ceasefire Talks Persist
Opinion26 May 26
Trump's Repeat-Election-Fraud Mantra Reveals a Party That Forgot How to Win Without a Crisis
Geopolitics26 May 26
Trump Clears Walter Reed Checkup as Iranian State Media Revives 'Serious Illness' Narrative
Opinion26 May 26
Two Videos, Two Standards
Business26 May 26
Britain's Crypto Sanctions Escalation Targets Russia's Shadow Financial Networks
Geopolitics26 May 26
Ukraine Designates 500 Targets Inside Belarus, Drone Commander Warns Lukashenko to Stay Out
Opinion26 May 26
The 500-Target List: What Kyiv's Targeting of Belarus Reveals About the Fiction of Minsk's Neutrality
Investigations26 May 26
Ukraine's Long Reach: Inside the Drone Campaign Targeting Russia's Rear Lines
Opinion26 May 26
The uranium ultimatum exposes the limits of maximum pressure
Investigations26 May 26
US-Armenia Minerals Deal Puts Yerevan at the Centre of Great-Power Competition
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Drawdown Plan Strips NATO of Strategic Assets
Opinion26 May 26
The ceasefire framing masks a US escalation strategy that risks a spiral neither side can control
Opinion26 May 26
Escalation and Diplomacy: Washington's Contradictory Signals on Iran
Geopolitics26 May 26
US and Iran Edge Toward Hormuz De-escalation as 60-Day Truce Takes Shape
Opinion26 May 26
The calculus behind America's Iranian strikes just changed the entire negotiating picture
Opinion26 May 26
The Air Bridge That Speaks: Why Two KC-46A Tankers Over Israel Are a Message Worth Reading
Opinion26 May 26
The US Wants to Broker Peace in Ukraine. Russia Wants Surrender.
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Navy Resumed Strait of Hormuz Escort Operations — Then Denied It
Geopolitics26 May 26
U.S. Navy Resumes Strait of Hormuz Escort Operation Under Project Freedom
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Navy Resumes Strait of Hormuz Escort Operations as Gulf Tensions Mount
Business26 May 26
US Navy Revives Project Freedom: Strait of Hormuz Escort Operations Resume
Geopolitics26 May 26
U.S. Navy Resumes Strait of Hormuz Escort Operations Amid Escalating Regional Tensions
Geopolitics26 May 26
U.S. Navy Resumes Strait of Hormuz Escort Operations as Iran Nuclear Talks Founder
Business26 May 26
U.S. Navy Resumes Strait of Hormuz Escorts as Oil Markets Price in Easing Tensions
Business26 May 26
US Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drawdown Accelerates as Exports Surge
Investigations26 May 26
US Strike on Iranian Vessels in Strait of Hormuz: What We Know and What Remains Unclear
Business26 May 26
US Strikes Iran as Doha Talks Test Whether Economic Leverage Can Outlast Military Pressure
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Strikes Iran After Alleged IRGC Mine-Laying as Strait of Hormuz Agreement Emerges
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Strikes Iranian Targets Hours After Tehran Signals Flexibility on Nuclear Programme
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Strikes Iran as Doha Talks Open: The Contested Ceasefire and the Limits of 'Self-Defence'
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Strikes Iran Port Facilities in Self-Defense Claim; Tehran Denounces 'Aggression'
Geopolitics26 May 26
U.S. Strikes Iranian Targets Near Bandar Abbas in Strait of Hormuz Escalation
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Strikes Iranian Targets Near Strait of Hormuz as Diplomats Negotiate in Doha
Geopolitics26 May 26
US Strikes Iranian Targets in Strait of Hormuz After IRGC Mine-Laying Incident
Opinion26 May 26
The Deal That Wasn't: Washington's Iran Strategy Is Now Chaos With a Military Stamp
Sport26 May 26
Stan Wawrinka Bows Out at Roland Garros, Leaving a Legacy Built on Resilience and Grand Slam Steel
Opinion26 May 26
The Weak-Rupee Panic Is a Media Failure Disguised as Economic Analysis
Opinion26 May 26
The Weaponisation of 'Allahu Akbar': How Iran's Supreme Leader Repackages Theocracy as Geopolitical Strategy
Opinion26 May 26
Elon Musk's X Confiscates the Keys to a Door It Opened Itself
Opinion26 May 26
The Yellow Line Expands: What Israel's Lebanon Operations Reveal About the New Rules of Engagement
Geopolitics26 May 26
Zelenskyy Hosts Belarusian Opposition Leader Tsikhanouskaya as Kyiv Expands Diplomatic Track
Opinion26 May 26
The Infrastructure Lock-In Behind the '3.5 Billion User' Crypto Moment
Europe26 May 26
Hyperliquid Overtakes Dogecoin as Coinbase CEO Maps Crypto's Next Financial Fault Lines
Letters26 May 26
Bitcoin's $77K Crossroads: Bulls Eye $82K as Quantum Risk Re-enters the Frame
Asia26 May 26
Binance Returns to the Philippines via Regulatory Sandbox, Complicating OKX's Infrastructure Push
Opinion26 May 26
The Stablecoin Sovereignty Illusion
Opinion26 May 26
Arthur Hayes and the Privacy-Coin Concession
Opinion26 May 26
The Government Eli Lilly Stake Is a Symptom, Not a Cure
Opinion26 May 26
The Quiet War Over Crypto's Soul
Arts26 May 26
Documenting the Visible Cost: A Shrapnel-Shattered KC-135 at RAF Mildenhall
Culture26 May 26
Accountability's New Calculus: Two Systems, Two Verdicts
Obituaries26 May 26
Ryan Montgomery and the Quiet Investigators Tracking Online Radicalization's Toll
Culture26 May 26
Tinubu's Eid Gamble: Reform Promises Collide With Nigeria's Insecurity Reality
Asia26 May 26
Hyperliquid's HIP-4 and the Polymarket Crackdown: Two Responses to the Same Problem
Investigations26 May 26
Three Headlines, Three Gaps: What the Wire Misses
Culture26 May 26
The Strange Diplomacy of Necessity: How Wartime Alliances Rewire National Memory
Arts26 May 26
When Shrapnel Speaks: What a Damaged KC-135 Tells Us About Military Visibility
Opinion26 May 26
Pope Leo's AI Warning Is Not About AI
Asia26 May 26
India's Wildlife Monitoring Boom and the Privacy Paradox at Its Borders
Asia26 May 26
India's rising presence at Cannes reflects a film industry in structural transition
Culture26 May 26
Crane Drops Dome of Bulgarian Church Featured in The Expendables 2
Culture26 May 26
The BP Board's Unusual Defenestration and What It Tells Us About Corporate Governance in Crisis
Americas26 May 26
Bolivia's President Offers 50% Salary Cut as Protests Converge on La Paz Palace
Long Reads26 May 26
Bolivia's Political Crossroads: Crisis, Concession, and the Limits of Executive Sacrifice
Opinion26 May 26
Bitmine's Contradiction Is the Point
Letters26 May 26
Trump's NDA Gambit Has No Clothes
Africa26 May 26
Africa's digital infrastructure crossroads: sovereignty, connectivity, and the compliance gap
Science25 May 26
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 Hits the Wall: What Went Wrong With MBS's Futuristic Kingdom
Long Reads25 May 26
The Ceasefire That Isn't: Inside the US-Iran Standoff After the Strikes
Long Reads25 May 26
The Oil Has Already Priced the Peace: Inside the US-Iran Deal That Could Remake the Middle East
Obituaries25 May 26
Ukraine Ombudsman Documents 406 Confirmed Cases of Russian Torture Killing Ukrainian POWs
Africa25 May 26
Trump Asks Seven Middle Eastern Nations to Join Abraham Accords
Africa25 May 26
Trump Claims Iran Talks Are Moving Forward. Tehran's State Media Disagrees.
Long Reads25 May 26
Trump's Iran Deal: Maximum Pressure Meets a Maximumist Ask
Africa25 May 26
Saudi Arabia Draws a Red Line on Palestine as Trump Pushes for Abraham Accords Expansion
The Weekly25 May 26
Russia Advises Foreign Nationals to Depart Kyiv Immediately as War Enters New Phase
Long Reads25 May 26
Putin Signs Law Authorising Military Intervention to Retrieve Russians Held by Foreign Courts
MENA25 May 26
Pope Leo XIV's AI Warning and the US-Iran Deal: Ethics, Oil, and a Shifting Middle East
Europe25 May 26
Poland's Polish-Ukrainian Fault Line: When Refugee Tensions Surface in Everyday Life
Americas25 May 26
Mexico's World Cup Gambit: Why Tehran's Footballers Are Heading South of the Border
Long Reads25 May 26
The Library Paradox: Why Japan Is Building More Reading Spaces as Fewer People Read
MENA25 May 26
Iran's Yuan Gambit Tests the Limits of Dollar Scepticism
Europe25 May 26
Iran warns Europe against unilateral action as Samud convoy tensions simmer
Long Reads25 May 26
The Iran Deal Reckoning: How Trump, Tehran, and the Oil Markets Are Rewriting the Nuclear Script
Long Reads25 May 26
Iran's Digital Siege: Three Months Offline and the Fragile Arithmetic of Reconnection
MENA25 May 26
Iran says a US deal is 'not imminent.' The markets think otherwise.
Culture25 May 26
Iranian Archaeologists Unearth Sasanian-Era Treasures in Espahbod Khorshid Cave
Long Reads25 May 26
Day 87: The Hormuz Deal That Wasn't — Inside the US-Iran Diplomatic Whiplash
Asia25 May 26
China's Tiangong Crew Settles In as Moon Ambition Sharpens the US Space Race
Science25 May 26
China's Shenzhou-23 Docks With Tiangong as Year-Long Astronaut Rotation Reshapes Station Operations
Sport25 May 26
Opening-Lap Drama Returns to Montreal as Canadian Grand Prix Delivers Early Lead Change
Arts25 May 26
The 'Chinese Venice' Moment: Flooding in Yangjiang and the Limits of Infrastructure Optimism
Africa25 May 26
WHO Confirms 101 Ebola Cases in DRC as Suspected Count Surpasses 900
Europe25 May 26
Western Embassies Converge on Kyiv as Moscow Signals Escalation
Europe25 May 26
Warsaw's Comote Crisis: How Żabka Repackaged a Polish Classic and Sold It for 14 Złoty
Letters25 May 26
US strikes southern Iran as Trump escalates nuclear pressure campaign
Defense25 May 26
US Strikes Kill IRGC Navy Personnel Near Strait of Hormuz
Defense25 May 26
US Strikes Iranian Targets Near Strait of Hormuz in Self-Defense Action
The Weekly25 May 26
US Strikes Iranian Targets in Southern Iran, CENTCOM Confirms Self-Defense Rationale
Tech25 May 26
U.S. Strike Kills Four IRGC Personnel Near Strait of Hormuz Amid Escalating Tensions
MENA25 May 26
US Conducts Self-Defense Strikes in Southern Iran as Ceasefire Collapse Looms
Long Reads25 May 26
Oil Below $100, Gold Up, and 34%: What the Markets Are Pricing Into a US-Iran Nuclear Deal
Long Reads25 May 26
How a US-Iran Deal Is Reshaping the World's Most Strategic Waterway
Long Reads25 May 26
Inside the US-Iran Deal: Hormuz Reopened, Ceasefire Declared, Questions Remain
Long Reads25 May 26
The Bluff and the Bazaar: What Trump's Iran Deal Actually Is
Science25 May 26
US Envoy Tells Lebanon to Be Grateful for Israeli Produce as Border Tensions Escalate
The Weekly25 May 26
Unitree's Street-Level Moment: China Puts Humanoid Robots in Motion
Europe25 May 26
From Emigration Gateway to Destination: Ukraine's Displaced Find a New Home in Poland
Defense25 May 26
Two Drones Launched from Lebanon Strike Military Base and Settlement in Western Galilee
Asia25 May 26
Trump's Thai Gambit: Iran's Unusual Diplomatic Riposte and the Fraying Edge of 'Maximum Pressure'
Long Reads25 May 26
Trump's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Deal Diplomacy or Domestic Political Theater?
MENA25 May 26
Trump and Netanyahu Align on Uranium Demand as US-Iran Agreement Faces Backlash
Letters25 May 26
Trump's Iran Deal Is Alive — and Already Running Into the Same Walls It Always Does
Long Reads25 May 26
Trump Says Deal With Iran Is 'largely negotiated' — But What Does a 'Complete Opposite' of the JCPOA Actually Look Like?
Long Reads25 May 26
The Trump-Iran Deal Announcement: What Was Said, What Remains Unclear, and What Comes Next
The Weekly25 May 26
Trump's Iran Deal Carries a Catch: Normalize With Israel or Miss Out
Africa25 May 26
Trump Invites Iran to Join the Abraham Accords — A Gamble on Regional Realignment
Long Reads25 May 26
Trump's Hormuz Gambit: The Naval Blockade, the Nuclear Demands, and the One-Fifth of Global Oil Hanging in the Balance
Long Reads25 May 26
Trump's Dual-Track Gambit: Abraham Accords Pressure and the Iran Negotiation Converge
Long Reads25 May 26
The Trump Doctrine Meets Persian Gulf Diplomacy: How an Iran Deal Became the Gateway to Abraham Accords 2.0
Long Reads25 May 26
The Art of the Ambiguous Threat: How Trump Rewrote the Rules of American Statecraft
Long Reads25 May 26
Trump's Abraham Accords Ultimatum: A Diplomatic Sledgehammer or Strategic Masterstroke?
Asia25 May 26
Tehran's Taj Jibe: How Iran's Hyderabad Consulate Took a Diplomatic Shot at Rubio
Obituaries25 May 26
Supreme Court Orders CBI Probe Into Twisha Sharma Death
Long Reads25 May 26
How the Strait of Hormuz Became the Pivot Point for a New Geopolitical Order
Long Reads25 May 26
The Strait at the Centre of the Storm: Hormuz, the US Vessel Incident, and the Fragility of Gulf Energy Chokepoints
Long Reads25 May 26
The Strait at the Centre of the World: How a Diplomacy Gambit Reset Global Oil Markets
Sport25 May 26
Spurs Defense Swarms Thunder in Dominant Game 4 Win, Even Series at 2-2
Africa25 May 26
Somaliland's Jerusalem Gambit Splits the Arab and Islamic World
Obituaries25 May 26
Sergeant Nehoray Leizer, 19, Killed in Southern Lebanon
Europe25 May 26
Seoul and The Hague Deepen Chip Alliance as ASML Straddle Becomes Political Flashpoint
Long Reads25 May 26
Senegal's Political Pivot: Faye's Gamble on a Central Bank Technocrat
Africa25 May 26
Russia's African Corps Aites Militant Camp in Kayes, Mali
Defense25 May 26
Russia Warns US of Imminent ‘Systemic Strikes' on Kyiv, Requests Embassy Evacuation
Energy25 May 26
Russia Orders Evacuation of U.S. Diplomats From Kyiv as Systematic Strikes Resume
Arts25 May 26
Russia Launches Largest Attack on Kyiv Since Full-Scale Invasion
Long Reads25 May 26
Rubio's Iran Ultimatum and India's Strategic Refusal: What the 'Another Way' Line Tells Us
The Weekly25 May 26
Rubio's Iran Gambit: Can a 60-Day Ceasefire Hold the World's Most Strategic Waterway?
Energy25 May 26
Rubio Signals Hormuz Reopening and Iran Nuclear Talks as Part of Wider Regional Framework
Europe25 May 26
Rubio Cautions Against Reading Too Much Into US-Iran Diplomatic Progress
Science25 May 26
Retail Traders Now Have a Bloomberg Terminal Moment. Sort Of.
Culture25 May 26
Ranveer Singh's Don 3 Exit Ignites Bollywood's Biggest Contract Dispute
Obituaries25 May 26
The Quiet Death of a Retirement Promise
MENA25 May 26
Qatar's $12 billion wager: Doha's humanitarian loan and the architecture of a U.S.-Iran deal
Culture25 May 26
Pope Leo XIV Denounces 'Just War' Doctrine, Drawing Contrast With Trump Administration
Long Reads25 May 26
The Pope's Calculated Gambit: Leo XIV Calls to Disarm AI While Partnering With Its Makers
Asia25 May 26
Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif Flags Iran-US Diplomatic Headway During Beijing Visit
MENA25 May 26
Pakistan Rejects Trump's Normalization Offer, Citing Iran Ceasefire Leverage
Long Reads25 May 26
How Pakistan Found Its Way to the Center of the Iran-US Nuclear Table
Long Reads25 May 26
The Orbital Commons: Who Actually Controls the Skies Above
Long Reads25 May 26
The Oman Channel: Why US-Iran Nuclear Talks Are Harder Than They Look
Long Reads25 May 26
Oil Slips, Nikkei Rallies: How Markets Priced In a US-Iran Diplomatic Opening
Markets25 May 26
Oil Slides to Two-Week Low as US-Iran Peace Deal Signals Ease Sanctions Risk
Markets25 May 26
Oil Slides 5% as Iran-US Hormuz Agreement in Principle Lifts Crypto, Equities
MENA25 May 26
Oil Retreats as Tehran Reframes the Diplomatic Record on Iran Nuclear Talks
Long Reads25 May 26
Oil Retreat, Nikkei Surge: How a US-Iran Deal Window Rewrote Asian Market Logic
Long Reads25 May 26
Oil Prices Fall as US and Iran Near Ceasefire Extension: What a Nuclear Deal Would Mean
Asia25 May 26
Oil Prices Slip as Trump Signals US-Iran Deal Near, Strait of Hormuz in Play
MENA25 May 26
Oil Slides 5% on US-Iran Deal Optimism. The Market Is Already Pricing In a Structural Shift.
Markets25 May 26
Oil Markets React as US-Iran Hormuz Deal Comes Into View
Long Reads25 May 26
Oil, Hormuz, and the Deal That Could Unclog the World's Most Critical Chokepoint
Oceania25 May 26
New Zealand Tightens English Language Bar for Migrant Workers
Investigations25 May 26
New Zealand's English-Language Threshold: Immigration Filter or Economic Signal?
Culture25 May 26
The IPO That Rewrote Entertainment: How Netflix's 2002 Offering Exposed a Bifurcated Capital Market
Long Reads25 May 26
The Nasire Best Case: Security, Mental Health, and the Limits of Presidential Protection
Markets25 May 26
NASA Thermal Data Fuels Conflicting Reports on Kharg Island Incident
Americas25 May 26
Mexico's Tijuana Gambit: Sheinbaum Turns Iran's World Cup Headache into a Diplomatic Win
Americas25 May 26
Mexico Takes Iran's Football Team as US Diplomatic Pressure on Tehran Meets Mexico City Defiance
Americas25 May 26
Mexico's Record Export Surge and the Quiet Rewiring of North American Trade
Americas25 May 26
Mexico Offers Iran a Diplomatic Foothold on America's Doorstep
Americas25 May 26
Mexico Extends Iran World Cup Hosting Offer as US Strike Escalates Regional Tensions
Long Reads25 May 26
How Mexico Became Iran's World Cup Host — and What It Reveals About the Cracks in American Leverage
The Weekly25 May 26
Thomas Massie Vows to Read Epstein Client Names Before Leaving Congress
Letters25 May 26
Markets and Mobilisation: The Week's Predictive Signal
Culture25 May 26