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Science19 May 26
Drones Target UAE's Barakah Nuclear Plant, Raising Gulf Security Alarm

Long Reads19 May 26
The Broker in the Middle: What Xi's Putin Meeting Tells Us About Beijing's Geopolitical Calculus
Asia19 May 26
Xi Hosts Putin in Beijing as Sino-Russian Axis Solidifies Post-Trump Visit

Long Reads19 May 26
The Wheat War Nobody Planned: How Australia's Breadbasket Became a Casualty of the Iran Conflict

Long Reads19 May 26
The Quiet Architecture of the New US-China Equilibrium

Markets19 May 26
Ukraine Strikes Heart of Russian Oil Industry, Markets Brace for Refinery Disruption

MENA19 May 26
UAE Says Drones Targeting Barakah Nuclear Plant Launched From Iraq; Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Separate UAV Wave

Long Reads19 May 26
The Weekend Ultimatum: Trump, Iran, and the Credibility Trap
Letters19 May 26
Trump’s Iran Ultimatum and the Art of the Delayed Strike

Long Reads19 May 26
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: Inside the 72-Hour Clock That Has the Middle East on Edge
Long Reads19 May 26
The Diplomatic Spiral: Inside Trump's Iran Pause and What Comes Next

Long Reads19 May 26
Trump's War of Words: Military Pressure, Diplomatic Silence, and the Widening Energy Crisis
Long Reads19 May 26
Trump's Weekend Ultimatum: Decoding the Iran Deal Pressure Campaign
Long Reads19 May 26
Trump's Iran Deadline Tests Fragile Ceasefire as Israel Raises Alert to Highest Level
Long Reads19 May 26
Trump's Iran Calculus: Market Risk, Nuclear Dust, and the Diplomacy Window
Defense19 May 26
Trump says US was within an hour of striking Iran — and could still act within days
Long Reads19 May 26
Treasury's New Iran Sanctions: Financial Pressure or Policy Inertia?

MENA19 May 26
Tehran's Telegram Seminary: How Khamenei's Channel Weaponises Daily Quran Recitation for Political Audiences

Culture19 May 26
Tehran Chokes as Dust Storm of Undetermined Origin Blankets the Capital

Culture19 May 26
Tehran Commemorates Second Anniversary of President Raisi's Death

Culture19 May 26
Tehran's AK-47 Kiosks and the Spectacle of Mass Mobilization

Culture19 May 26
Tehran Air Quality Deteriorates as Dust of Unknown Origin Blankets Iran's Capital
Long Reads19 May 26
The Promise Nobody Can Keep: Taiwan, Ukraine, and the Geography of Empty Alliances

Oceania19 May 26
Saudi PIF Opens Newcastle United Funding Door — What the Investor Talks Signal

Science19 May 26
Russia's Two-Seat Su-57 Prototype Completes Maiden Flight
Long Reads19 May 26
Putin Lands in Beijing: The Geometry of an Undivided Partnership
Long Reads19 May 26
Putin in Beijing: What the Xi Meeting Signals About the New Geopolitical Calculus
Long Reads19 May 26
The Geometry of a Visit: What Putin's Beijing Stop Tells Us About Sino-Russian Alignment in 2026

Long Reads19 May 26
Putin's Beijing Gambit: Russia Deepens China Ties as Western Isolation Deepens
Asia19 May 26
Putin Arrives in Beijing as Russia-China Summit Reshapes Diplomatic Calendar
Long Reads19 May 26
Putin Arrives in Beijing for Two-Day Visit as China Reaffirms 'Old Friend' Ties
Long Reads19 May 26
The Perfume and the Pentagon: What Washington's Gift to al-Sharaa Reveals About U.S.-Syria Normalization

Culture19 May 26
Khamenei's Letter to Jamiat: What Tehran's Latest Communication Tells Us About Authority and Messaging

MENA19 May 26
Israel Conducts Third Strike on Tire District in Single Morning
MENA19 May 26
The Timing Problem: Why Israel's Delayed Strike on Iran May Backfire
Culture19 May 26
Iran's Supreme Leader Responds to Grassroots Activists on Population and Cultural Policy
Culture19 May 26
Iran's Hottest Province: How Systemic Neglect Amplifies Extreme Heat for Sistan and Baluchistan
MENA19 May 26
Iran Khodro Reopens Sales Scheme as Markets Price 39% Chance of Airspace Closure
Culture19 May 26
Iran's Heritage Diplomacy: How Ancient Sites Became a Battleground for Soft Power
Long Reads19 May 26
The Drone Over Estonia and the Invisible Hand Pushing Ukraine's War Into NATO Airspace
Long Reads19 May 26
The Deadline and the Portfolio: Trump, Iran, and the Geometry of Coercive Diplomacy
Long Reads19 May 26
The Limits of Maximum Pressure: Bessent's Iran Sanctions Push and the Domino Theory Redux
Long Reads19 May 26
The Choreography of Beijing's Balancing Act
Long Reads19 May 26
The Geometry of the Beijing Summit: What Xi and Putin's Diplomatic Alignment Reveals
Asia19 May 26
Beijing Rolls Out the Red — and Red — Carpet as Putin Arrives for State Visit
Long Reads19 May 26
How Beijing is managing an economy in multiple transition at once
Asia19 May 26
Beijing Dressed in Flags: Putin's Visit Cements a Partnership the West Cannot Undo
Culture19 May 26
Beijing Confirms US-China AI Governance Dialogue as AMD Chief's Meeting Opens Diplomatic Front

Letters19 May 26
Yemen Condemns Israeli Interception of Gaza-Bound Fleet, Calls for Activists’ Release

Culture19 May 26
Yang Shuang-zi's Taiwan Travelogue Wins the International Booker Prize

Europe19 May 26
WHO Ebola Death Toll Rises to 134 as Missionary Case Reaches Germany

Sport19 May 26
Wembanyama's 41-Point, 24-Rebound Playoff Night Rewrites NBA History

Americas19 May 26
The Weaponization of Conditionality: How the EU and US Are Using Financial Aid as Foreign Policy Leverage

Long Reads19 May 26
The Art of the Ultimatum: How Washington and Tehran Are Talking Past Each Other Toward a Crisis

Americas19 May 26
Vatican Holds First Mass for Cuba Peace in Italy, Testing Diplomatic Middle Ground

MENA19 May 26
Vance's Iran 'Reset' Comes With a Loaded Disclaimer
Energy19 May 26
Vance Rules Out Russian Uranium Route as Iran Talks Advance
Long Reads19 May 26
Vance's Iran Talks Stumble Into the Familiar Ambiguity That Has Defeated Every Negotiator Since 1979
MENA19 May 26
Vance draws red lines on Iran nuclear programme as uranium-for-peace talks surface
Long Reads19 May 26
Deal or War: Vance's Iran Gambit and the Uncertainty at the Negotiating Table
Europe19 May 26
Vance Clarifies Poland Deployment Delay, Rejects 'Withdrawal' Characterization

Americas19 May 26
US Halts Decades-Old Joint Defense Board With Canada, Raising Northern Command Questions
Africa19 May 26
U.S. Embassy Kampala Suspends Visa Services as Ebola Outbreak Strains Uganda's Health Infrastructure
Long Reads19 May 26
The Unraveling of the Permanent Joint Board: How Washington Just Broke 80 Years of North American Defense Architecture

Obituaries19 May 26
Former Ukrainian Sports Coach Sentenced in Systematic Sexual Abuse of Minors Case

Energy19 May 26
Ukraine Confirms Strikes on Russian Oil Refinery and Pumping Station

Long Reads19 May 26
The Art of the Deal, Reimagined: Trump, Xi, and the Fragile Architecture of US-China Relations

Asia19 May 26
Trump Taiwan Odds Reveal the Cost of Strategic Ambiguity
Asia19 May 26
Trump Tells Taiwan Not to Go Independent — But Does the Island Want To?

Long Reads19 May 26
Trump's Texas Gambit: Why the Paxton Endorsement Is a Party Civil War in Miniature
Long Reads19 May 26
Trump Pauses Iran Strikes After Gulf Leaders Intervened. The Real Story Is Their Newfound Leverage Over Washington.
Culture19 May 26
Trump Pauses Iran Strike Review as NATO Trip Spotlights European Troop Debate
Letters19 May 26
Trump's Palantir Purchase and the Iran Dilemma: What the Disclosures Say About the Second-Term Pattern

Letters19 May 26
Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Logic of Unilateral Strike Authority
Long Reads19 May 26
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: How the Nuclear Talks Became a Standoff
Long Reads19 May 26
Trump's Iran Ultimatum: Deal or Strike — and What It Tells Us About the Architecture of Coercion
Long Reads19 May 26
The Hour Before War: Trump, Personalised Deterrence, and the Gamification of Iran Strike Rhetoric

MENA19 May 26
Trump Signals Iran Strike Within Days as Hormuz Standoff Intensifies
Energy19 May 26
Trump sets Iran deadline as administration signals split on nuclear deal prospects
Europe19 May 26
Trump Ebola Concern Follows American Evacuation to Germany

Long Reads19 May 26
Ten Dead Near Tire: The Civilian Calculus of Israel's Lebanon Strikes
Energy19 May 26
Tehran's Hormuz Calculus: What the Strait Means for Global Oil Markets in 2026

Culture19 May 26
Tehran's Demographic Gambit: Iran's Supreme Leader Links National Power to Population Growth

Arts19 May 26
Tech Titans Want You to Love AI. The Rest of Us Are Left With the Mess

Culture19 May 26
Tamil Cinema's Political Romance: How Suriya's Karuppu Became a Cultural Lightning Rod

Opinion19 May 26
Takeda, Toyotas, and the Price of Japan's Export Machine
Culture19 May 26
A Mandarin Milestone: Taiwan Travelogue and the International Booker's Quiet Revolution
Long Reads19 May 26
Taiwan Parliament Fails to Impeach President Lai as Regional Warning Lights Flash

Oceania19 May 26
Sydney Sweeney and the AI Glamour Problem

Long Reads19 May 26
The Su-57 and the Sanctions Waiver: Reading Russia's Competing Signals

Long Reads19 May 26
The Strike Near Tyre: What the Attack on Lebanon's Italian Hospital Tells Us About the Rules of War
Business19 May 26
Starbucks Korea Scandal Exposes Corporate Blind Spots as Seoul Accelerates Digital Currency Push

Europe19 May 26
Sikorski's data play: how Warsaw is reframing Poland's EU story

Obituaries19 May 26
Shell's French Retreat: The Death of a Retail Fuel Presence and What It Tells Us About European Energy Transition

Long Reads19 May 26
The Geometry of Fiscal Stress: Shakira's Win, Wall Street's Warning, and the Architecture of Sovereign Debt

Sport19 May 26
Back-to-Back MVP SGA Meets Rising Contender Mitchell in Thunder-Spurs WCF Showdown
Long Reads19 May 26
The Senator, the Deadline, and the Deal That Wasn't: Washington Navigates an Iran Moment

Sport19 May 26
Scotland's World Cup squad: Clarke names his card with tournament hopes in the balance

Obituaries19 May 26
San Diego Police Neutralize Threat at Islamic Center in Clairemont

Opinion19 May 26
The San Diego Attack Exposed a Rotted Consensus on Anti-Muslim Violence

Arts19 May 26
Venice on the Volga: Inside Russia's Festival of Floating Painted Boats
Europe19 May 26
Russia's Two-Seat Su-57D Takes Flight, Redrawing Fifth-Generation Calculus
Obituaries19 May 26
Russia's Drone Army Ambition Collides With Manpower Reality

Asia19 May 26
Rubio's New Delhi Visit Puts US-India Strategic Partnership Back in Focus

Europe19 May 26
Romanian F-16s Down Drone Over Estonia in First Baltic Air Policing Intercept of 2026
Long Reads19 May 26
Risk-On Is Dead: How the US-Iran Showdown Is Rewriting the Rules of Markets and Political Loyalty

Culture19 May 26
Riot Games Removes d4vd's Remember Me Following Murder Charges

Culture19 May 26
The Prequel Paradox: How Star Wars' Most Mocked Trilogy Became Its Most Enduring
Europe19 May 26
Postponed Iran Strike Tests Trump's Credibility and Britain's Fragile Recovery

Science19 May 26
Popular Forces Militia Announces Capture of Beit Lahia as Hamas Faces Fragmented Control in Northern Gaza

Tech19 May 26
Polymarket's Private-Market Bet and Meta's AI Workforce Pivot
Americas19 May 26
The Island and the Exchange: Polymarket's Cuba Contracts Expose a Hollow Prediction Market

Opinion19 May 26
The Polish Micro-Niche Engine: How Three X Accounts Are Rewriting the Rules of Platform Influence
Asia19 May 26
Pakistan's Diplomatic Pivot: From Frontline Deployments to Back-Channel Mediation Between Washington and Tehran

Long Reads19 May 26
The Jury Spoke. The Money Moved. What the OpenAI Verdict Tells Us About Silicon Valley's Accountability Gap
Energy19 May 26
Oil Drops as Trump Postpones Iran Strike, Citing Gulf Arab Diplomacy

Long Reads19 May 26
Oil in the Balance: How Washington Quietly Ceded Control of the Russian Crude Market
Long Reads19 May 26
Northern Israel Struck by Lebanon Drone: What the Strike Tells Us About Shifting Frontline Dynamics

Science19 May 26
Netanyahu Trial Session Cancelled Amid Security Concerns, Sources Say
Defense19 May 26
NATO Weighs Naval Escort Operations for Strait of Hormuz Amid Iranian Closure Threats
Energy19 May 26
NATO Discusses Hormuz Strait Deployment as Market Puts 31% Odds on Quick Resolution
Long Reads19 May 26
NATO's Hormuz Dilemma: Alliance Cohesion Meets the Strait's Oil Lifeline
Long Reads19 May 26
NATO's Hormuz Calculus: The Strait, the Standoff, and the Shadow of a New Maritime Front
Long Reads19 May 26
NATO's Hormuz calculus: when an 'assistance mission' becomes a flashpoint
Sport19 May 26
Nashville Lands Super Bowl LXIV: Titans' New Stadium Puts Music City on the Clock
Long Reads19 May 26
The Narrative Battlefield: How Western Media Frames Iran's Conflict — and What Gets Lost
Long Reads19 May 26
Musk v. OpenAI: What the Jury Didn't Decide
The Weekly19 May 26
Musk vs. OpenAI: The Verdict That Sets AI's Commercial Path in Stone
Long Reads19 May 26
Musk's OpenAI Trial: A Jury Said He Filed Too Late. The Bigger Fight Is Just Beginning

Culture19 May 26
MoneyHash's African Bet: The Drive for Continental Payment Infrastructure Autonomy
Obituaries19 May 26
Mohammad Mosaddegh: The Democrat Who Dared to Nationalise Iran's Oil

Sport19 May 26
Former England captain Mike Smith dies aged 92
Arts19 May 26
Maytoni's Tavo Collection and the Quiet Logic of In-House Design

Long Reads19 May 26
Marcos Jr.'s Crossfire: How Manila Is Navigating the Taiwan Strait squeeze

Investigations19 May 26
The M-44 Reversal: How the Trump Administration Unbanned Cyanide Bombs
Europe19 May 26
London Stabbing Case Tests European Resolve as Iran Escalates Extraterritorial Operations
Culture19 May 26
La Furia del Libro Returns for 2026 Edition as Latin America's Literary Festivals Gain New Urgency
Long Reads19 May 26
Korea's Cultural Reckoning: How Starbucks Fumbled History and KB Financial Stepped Into the Digital Future

Opinion19 May 26
Khan al-Ahmar is the test case — and Israel appears ready to fail it

Economy19 May 26
Khamenei Frames Iran's 'Third Sacred Defense' as Proof of Great-Power Status
The Weekly19 May 26
Khamenei's Third Sacred Defense: Iran's Long Game for Regional Dominance
Culture19 May 26
Khamenei's Letter to Jamiat Activists Signals Iran's Domestic Political Weather

Africa19 May 26
Kenya's Sh244bn Safaricom Windfall Slips as Global Financial Crosscurrents Bite

Africa19 May 26
Kenya Draws South Africa, Guinea, Eritrea in 2027 AFCON Qualifier Group
Culture19 May 26
Andrej Karpathy Leaves OpenAI for Anthropic: What the Move Tells Us About the AI Talent Wars

Tech19 May 26
Andrej Karpathy Departs OpenAI for Anthropic Pre-Training Team
Long Reads19 May 26
Japan's Second-Hand Export Boom: How a Weakened Yen Turned Used Cars into a Geopolitical Weapon
Asia19 May 26
Japan's Corporate Diplomacy Problem: Antitrust Verdict and Texas Fossil Fuel Standoff Expose Double Standard in Tokyo's…
Asia19 May 26
Japan Anchors Indonesia's South China Sea Fishing Ambitions
Obituaries19 May 26
James Fishback Surges in Florida Governor Race, Pulling Even With Trump-Backed Byron Donalds

Culture19 May 26
Jackson Pollock's Number 7A Sells for $181 Million — What the Auction Record Says About Art Market Gravity
Culture19 May 26
Israel's Culture Minister, the Messiah, and an Unfinished War

Long Reads19 May 26
Inside the Escalation: How the Israel-Hezbollah Border Conflict Reached a New Intensity
Opinion19 May 26
Israel's Abu Dhabi Flight Is Not a PR Stunt — It's a Economic Survival Strategy

Culture19 May 26
Islamic Jihad Rebukes Peace Council Report Over Bias Allegations
Long Reads19 May 26
The Manifesto and the Message: What the Islamic Center Shooting Reveals About America's Reckoning with Hate

Obituaries19 May 26
Isak Andic, Founder of Mango Fashion Empire, Dies at 71 After Montserrat Mountain Fall
Obituaries19 May 26
Isak Andic, Founder of Mango, Dies at 71 — and Leaves Behind an Unresolved Question About How He Fell
Long Reads19 May 26
Irish President's Sister Arrested as Israeli Navy Intercepts Gaza Aid Flotilla
Culture19 May 26
Iran's WHO Gambit: Medical Neutrality or Political Theater?
Long Reads19 May 26
Iran's Warning and the Limits of Diplomatic Time

MENA19 May 26
Energy Reserves Drain and the $180 Scenario: How the Iran Conflict Is Reshaping Global Oil Markets
Science19 May 26
Iran's State Media Frames Raisi's Legacy as a Governance Model Ahead of Election

Culture19 May 26
Iran Seizes 900 Tons of Hoarded Chicken as Food Security Tensions Simmer
Culture19 May 26
Iranian Diplomats Convene on Infrastructure and Foreign Policy Overlap
Long Reads19 May 26
Iran Mobilises Air Defence Over Qeshm as Drone Incursion Tests Regional Tensions
Long Reads19 May 26
Iran's Nuclear Gambit: How Tehran Turned Washington's Strike Threat Into a Diplomatic Opening
Letters19 May 26
Iran's Hormuz Gambit and the Cost of Washington's Iran War
Long Reads19 May 26
Iran's Dual Signal: Overture and Warning From the Strait of Hormuz
Long Reads19 May 26
Iran Demands Accountability for Minab Strike as USCENTCOM Defends Targeting Justification
Long Reads19 May 26
The Iran Deal is Dead. Now What?
Culture19 May 26
Iran Unveils Translations of Contested War Memoir Cell No. 14 Into Three Additional Languages

MENA19 May 26
$25 Billion in Corporate Losses and a 39% Airspace Closure Probability: Iran's Economic War Enters a New Phase
Long Reads19 May 26
India's Russian oil bet: how New Delhi is testing the limits of Western sanctions
Asia19 May 26
India's $10 Billion Great Nicobar Gambit Tests the Limits of Malacca Strait Deterrence

MENA19 May 26
IDF Sexual Assault Complaints Nearly Double in Five Years as Military Grapples With Accountability Crisis
Obituaries19 May 26
IDF Company Deputy Commander Killed in Southern Lebanon as UN Warns Against Treating Ceasefire as Routine
MENA19 May 26
Hezbollah releases footage of anti-tank strike on Israeli Merkava in southern Lebanon
MENA19 May 26
Hezbollah Claims Drone Strikes on Israeli Military Positions Along Lebanon Border
Long Reads19 May 26
The Drone Corridor: How Hezbollah Redefined the Rules of Engagement Along Lebanon's Southern Border
MENA19 May 26
Hezbollah Claims Anti-Tank Ambush in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Strikes Intensify
Long Reads19 May 26
Gulf Shield: Inside the UAE-Israel Defence Partnership Reshaping Middle East Security
Tech19 May 26
Google's IO 2026: Smart Glasses Return as Gemini Accelerates
Culture19 May 26
The Multimodal Threshold: What Google's Gemini Omni Actually Changes

Long Reads19 May 26
Google's Agentic Gambit: How Gemini 3.5 Flash Signals a Cost-Leadership Pivot in AI
Long Reads19 May 26
Google's Agentic Pivot: How Gemini 3.5 Flash Signals a New Phase in the AI Infrastructure Wars
Long Reads19 May 26
Google's Agentic Bet: What Gemini 3.5 Flash Signals About the Next Phase of the AI Race
Long Reads19 May 26
The Agentic Turn: How Google's Gemini Gambit Is Quietly Reshaping the AI Arms Race

Long Reads19 May 26
Google and Blackstone's $5 Billion AI Bet — and What It Tells Us About the Infrastructure Race No One Is Talking About

Opinion19 May 26
Google's AI Agents Want to Watch You Forever
Long Reads19 May 26
Google's Agentic Turn: What Gemini Spark and the AI Assistant Wave Mean for the Internet's Architecture
Opinion19 May 26
Google's Agent Pivot Is a Quiet Power Grab — and No One Is Watching

Culture19 May 26
Giant Provocative Flag Erected Outside New York City Hall Draws Fresh Scrutiny of Public Art Funding

Europe19 May 26
G7 Fracture: UK Defies EU Push to Close Russian Fuel Import Loophole
Culture19 May 26
The Free Speech Fault Lines Running Through American Higher Education
Culture19 May 26
FAO and Damascus Move to Stabilize Raqqa's Water Infrastructure as Agricultural Recovery Gains Momentum

Sport19 May 26
Fantasy Football 2026: How Algorithmic Projections Are Reshaping the Draft Room
Long Reads19 May 26
Ebola Returns to the Headlines: What the Latest Outbreak Tells Us About Global Health Architecture
Tech19 May 26
Ebola Returns to Eastern Congo as Seventeenth Outbreak Since 1976 Strains Regional Health Infrastructure
Africa19 May 26