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Long Reads17 May 26
The Ring Beyond the Ring: How Japan's Tourism Surge is Reshaping Sumo
Long Reads17 May 26
Israeli Strike on Baalbek Tests Fragile Ceasefire Architecture as Hezbollah Vows Continued Resistance
Letters17 May 26
Israeli Military Faces Mental Health Crisis as Troop Retention Data Stays Classified
MENA17 May 26
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Southern Lebanon as Ceasefire Tensions Resurface
MENA17 May 26
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Multiple Targets in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Hostilities Escalate
Letters17 May 26
Israel Scales Up Southern Lebanon Strikes as Military Casualty Count Surpasses 1,000
Obituaries17 May 26
Israel's Military Leadership Under Scrutiny as ICC Arrest Warrants Reshape Command Accountability
Opinion17 May 26
Israel's Quiet Crisis: The Manpower Problem Tel Aviv Cannot Talk About
Obituaries17 May 26
Israel Votes to Extend Death Penalty to West Bank Palestinians as Iran Warns UAE Over Israel Ties
Long Reads17 May 26
The Island That Could Ignite the Persian Gulf: Abu Musa, Gulf Coercion, and the Logic of Escalation
Science17 May 26
Iranian State Media Amplifies Claims of Israeli Military Manpower Crisis
MENA17 May 26
Iranian Powerlifter Shatters World Records at Asian Championships in India
Culture17 May 26
Iranian Media Frames US Immigration Debate Through Lens of Historical Injustice
Culture17 May 26
The Architecture of Iranian Counter-Narrative: How Tehran Built a Diplomatic Language Against US Presence
Oceania17 May 26
War with Iran Triggers Wave of Global Panic Buying
Arts17 May 26
Iran's Virtual Book Fairs Are Quietly Closing the Cultural Access Gap in Underserved Provinces
Long Reads17 May 26
Iran's Strait of Hormuz Transit System Is a geopolitical lever dressed as infrastructure
Tech17 May 26
Iran's Strait of Hormuz Cable Gambit: How a Chokepoint Became a Leverage Play Against Big Tech
Science17 May 26
Iran Sanctions UN Special Rapporteur Over ICC Accountability Demand, Deputy Foreign Minister Says
Culture17 May 26
Iran's Revolutionary Memory Machine: How the Khamenei Archive Manages the Past — and Controls It
Culture17 May 26
Iran's Parliament Speaker Tells Pakistan's Interior Minister US Presence Brings Insecurity, Not Security
Long Reads17 May 26
Iran's Naval Blockade and the Industrial Supply Shock Reshaping Middle East Geometry
Culture17 May 26
Iran's Military-Grade Soft Power: How Tehran Weaponises Culture on Social Media
MENA17 May 26
Iran's Kharg Island Oil Storage: What Half-Full Tanks Tell Us About Tehran's Export Calculus
MENA17 May 26
Iran Plans Toll System for World’s Most Strategic Oil Chokepoint
Culture17 May 26
Iran Documents Heritage Damage as Diplomatic Flashpoint in Regional Tensions
The Weekly17 May 26
Iran and France Hold Diplomatic Call as Nuclear Talks Enter Critical Phase
Culture17 May 26
Iran's Diplomatic Meme: Tehran's The Apprentice Clip and the Weaponisation of Pop Culture in Foreign Policy
Long Reads17 May 26
Iranian Air Defenses in Ahvaz: Unconfirmed Reports, Verified Ambiguity
Letters17 May 26
Wall Street's AI Bet Gets Sharper: Semiconductors Surge as OpenAI Goes After Your Bank Statement
Long Reads17 May 26
India's Silicon Gambit: Tata, ASML, and the High-Stakes Race to Build the Subcontinent's First Semiconductor Fab
Europe17 May 26
India's Dutch Reckoning: Chips, Clean Energy, and the Limits of Strategic Partnership
Asia17 May 26
India and Cambodia Conclude CINBAX-II 2026, Testing the Limits of Multipolar Military Partnership
Science17 May 26
ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Officials Test the Limits of International Criminal Justice
The Weekly17 May 26
Hezbollah Strikes Israeli Positions in Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Exchanges Escalate
Long Reads17 May 26
Hezbollah Releases Combat Footage from Southern Lebanon as Cross-Border Strikes Intensify
Arts17 May 26
Hezbollah Claims 19 Operations Against IDF Positions in Single-Day Surge
Asia17 May 26
How global bond indexes became the new arena for Asian financial power
Europe17 May 26
Germany's Pistorius Walks the Line Between Warning and Reassurance
Long Reads17 May 26
Gaza's Shadow Diplomacy: How the Iran-Qatar Channel Became the Middle East's Back-Channel
Long Reads17 May 26
The Gates Exit: What the Foundation's Microsoft Divestment Signals About Institutional Tech Positioning
Sport17 May 26
The Best Two Words in Sports: Game 7 Returns to a Changed NBA Landscape
Long Reads17 May 26
The Frozen Front: Why the Ukraine War May Outlast Every Peace Plan
Long Reads17 May 26
Five Conditions and a Silence: What Tehran Heard From Washington
Culture17 May 26
FBI Director Kash Patel Sues The Atlantic, Escalating Tensions With the Press
Sport17 May 26
F1's New Madrid Circuit Gets a Name and a Signature Corner, La Monumental Is Here
Europe17 May 26
EU Foreign Policy Chief Admits Limited Leverage as Iran Tensions Escalate
Long Reads17 May 26
Ebola Returns: The WHO's Quiet Declaration and the World's Unfinished Pandemic Response
Long Reads17 May 26
Ebola Returns: Inside the Outbreak That Forced the World's Hand
Long Reads17 May 26
WHO's Highest Alert: Inside the Ebola Outbreak That Has Congo and Uganda on Edge
Long Reads17 May 26
Silent Spread: Inside the Ebola Emergency Redefining Africa's Health Future
Opinion17 May 26
The Dumbocrats Gambit: How Trump's Language Games Backfire With Everyone Except His Base
Long Reads17 May 26
The Drone War Revolution: How Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Are Rewriting the Rules of Naval Conflict
Long Reads17 May 26
The Drone's Eye: How Open-Source Footage Rewrote the Rules of Conflict Reporting
Long Reads17 May 26
The Dissenter: How One Israeli-American Historian Became a Symbol of Zionism's Crisis
Americas17 May 26
Cuba's Drone Build-Up Puts Washington on Notice
Americas17 May 26
Cuba's Drone Acquisition Tests Washington's Cuba Policy Calculus
Americas17 May 26
Cuba at the Crossroads: Washington's Pressure Campaign and a Population on the Edge
Long Reads17 May 26
The Containment Gap: WHO's Emergency Declaration and the Persistent Fragility of Africa's Outbreak Response Architecture
Long Reads17 May 26
Conor McGregor Returns: The Economics and Stakes of UFC's Most Anticipated Comeback in Five Years
Investigations17 May 26
The CLARITY Act's Promise of Regulatory Certainty: What the Bill Actually Delivers
Asia17 May 26
China's Scientific Ascent Meets the American Welcome — A Study in Contradiction
Culture17 May 26
China Crosses 14.4 Billion Yuan Box Office Mark as Beef Imports Normalize
Asia17 May 26
China's Quiet Acquisition of a German Industrial Icon Exposes Europe's Investment Defense Gap
Asia17 May 26
China Pledges $17 Billion Annual US Farm Purchases Through 2028 in Bilateral Trade Deal
Long Reads17 May 26
Ceasefire Under Fire: How Israel's Lebanon Strikes Expose the Limits of Social Media Strategy
Long Reads17 May 26
The Cartoons Trump Does Not Bring Home
Culture17 May 26
The Unglamorous Truth of Covering Cannes: What Two Decades of Festival Journalism Looks Like
Culture17 May 26
The economics of prestige: what Cannes costs and who pays
Culture17 May 26
Cannes Confronts Its Contradictions as the World's Most Prestigious Film Festival Returns
Culture17 May 26
Cannes 2026 Opens Against a Backdrop of Geopolitical Whiplash
MENA17 May 26
Nearly 200 Former Canadian Diplomats Call on Government to Impose Sanctions on Israel
The Weekly17 May 26
Bulgaria's Dara Wins Eurovision 2026: A First for Sofia, A Fracture for the West?
Long Reads17 May 26
The Brinksmanship calculus: Washington, Jerusalem, and the spectre of renewed strikes on Iran
Science17 May 26
The Bond Strategy: How the White House Learned to Market Power Through Cinema
Long Reads17 May 26
Beijing's $51 Billion Farm Basket: The Dollar, the Sow, and the Geopolitics of Grain
Long Reads17 May 26
Banzuke for the World: How Japan's Tourism Boom Is Rewriting Sumo's Global Future
Long Reads17 May 26
The Automation of Judgment: How AI Agents Are Reshaping High-Skilled Finance
Oceania17 May 26
Australia's Eurovision Fourth Place Hides a Bigger Story: Bulgaria's Historic Breakthrough
Oceania17 May 26
Australia's Eurovision Betting Surge Tests the Boundaries of a Contest Built for Europe
Opinion17 May 26
Austin Shows What America Has Decided to Tolerate
Sport17 May 26
Aaron Rodgers Returns to Steelers on One-Year Deal for 2026 Season
Long Reads17 May 26
The 500-Kilometre Threshold: How Ukraine Learned to Strike Moscow
Long Reads17 May 26
500 Drones Over Russia: Ukraine's New Saturation Doctrine and the Battle for Zelenograd
Long Reads17 May 26
The 45-Second Window: How US-China Tariffs Became a Test of Staying Power
Long Reads17 May 26
The Price of Dissent: Thomas Massie, Trump, and the Republican Funding Crackdown
Asia17 May 26
Rubio's Three-Part China Signal and the Hormuz Question
Culture17 May 26
The Unusual Transparency: Ayatollah Revives Rare Public Discussion on Iran's Supreme Leader Finances
Sport17 May 26
Adam Wharton Ends Long Wait With First Crystal Palace Goal
Culture17 May 26
Hideki Kamiya's Two-Word Reply to a Cosplayer Reveals the Changing Face of Gaming Culture
Long Reads17 May 26
WHO's Ebola Declaration Puts Central Africa's Fragile Health Systems Back Under the Global Microscope
Long Reads17 May 26
WHO Sounds the Alarm: Inside the Decision to Declare Ebola a Global Health Emergency
Long Reads17 May 26
When Everyone Can Broadcast: The Cell Phone, the Algorithm, and the Illusion of Visibility
Letters17 May 26
The Price of Principle: US Energy Policy Caught Between Expired Waivers and Domestic Pressure
Long Reads17 May 26
The Calm That Isn't: How the US-China Technology Truce Masks a Deeper Fracture
Long Reads17 May 26
Two Navy Growlers Down: What the Mountain Home Mid-Air Collision Tells Us About Military Aviation Risk
Long Reads17 May 26
The Truce and the Timeline: How Trump Rewrote the Trade War on Truth Social
Long Reads17 May 26
Trump's 'One Nation Under God' Rally Tests the Limits of Church and State
Long Reads17 May 26
Trump's Beijing Reset: Deals Done, Questions Open
Long Reads17 May 26
The Trade War That Wasn't: Inside the Contradictory Accounts of the Trump-Xi Summit
Long Reads17 May 26
Taiwan's sovereignty declaration exposes the limits of Trump's transactional Asia doctrine
Africa17 May 26
Satellite Data Shows Sudanese Airstrikes Along Darfur-Libya Corridor Amid RSF Build-Up
Science17 May 26
The Stratos Project and the Hidden Energy appetite of America's AI Boom
Long Reads17 May 26
The Silicon Bet: Why the AI Chip Race Is Also a Contest for Human Capital
Culture17 May 26
Raisi's Enduring Blueprint: How Iran's Martyr Foundation Became the 'Science of Revolution'
Long Reads17 May 26
The Return of Conor McGregor: What UFC's Biggest Draw Tells Us About the Business of Combat Sports
Science17 May 26
Iran Marks Dhul-Hijjah 1447 AH: The Science of Lunar Calendar Calculation
Long Reads17 May 26
India Bets on Silicon: Inside the Tata-ASML Semiconductor Gambit
Culture17 May 26
Man Brandishes Knives After Climbing onto St. George's Throne at St. Petersburg's Hermitage
Sport17 May 26
Government Launches Feasibility Study Into Northern England Olympic Bid for 2040s
Oceania17 May 26
The Global Backlash Against American Cultural Hegemony Is Getting Louder
Sport17 May 26
England vs New Zealand Women's ODI: White Ferns Clinch Series-Levelling Victory in Rain-Affected Final Match
Asia17 May 26
Delhi Heat Wave and ISL Title Race Converge as India Faces Dual Pressure Points
Culture17 May 26
Why Come and See Endures as War Cinema's Most Unflinching Reckoning
Long Reads17 May 26
China's Long Game After the Tariff Truce
The Weekly17 May 26
China's AI Law and the Dual Logic of Techno-Regulatory Leadership
Opinion17 May 26
America's Shelter-in-Place Normalization Problem
Culture17 May 26
The AI Data Center Backlash Is Not Discrimination — It's Democracy
Long Reads17 May 26
The Man Trump Can't Break: Thomas Massie and the GOP's Fracture Line
Culture17 May 26
Syria Reaches for Islamic Cooperation as Transitional Justice Takes Shape
Energy17 May 26
Starmer Resignation Reports Put Labour Leadership in Doubt as Political Climate Turns
The Weekly17 May 26
Starmer's Moment of Truth: What the Resignation Rumours Tell Us About Labour's Fractured Consensus
Culture17 May 26
Sistan and Baluchistan: Iran's Overlooked Cultural Frontier
Long Reads17 May 26
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraq: Anatomy of a Gulf Border Incident
Long Reads17 May 26
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Three Drones From Iraqi Airspace — A Sign of Widening Gulf Vulnerability
MENA17 May 26
Iranian State Figure Laments War Martyredom at Tehran University as Tensions Simmer
Business17 May 26
Graham's Iran Hawkishness and the Oil Price Trade-Off
Long Reads17 May 26
The Commander-in-Chief's Digital Fever Dream: Trump's Truth Social Iran Posts and the New Language of American…
Long Reads17 May 26
The Architecture of Coercive Diplomacy: Trump's Iran Ultimatum and the Logic of Strategic Ambiguity
Culture17 May 26
Suriya's Karuppu Crosses Rs 66 Crore as South India's Box Office Rebound Tests Old Formulas
Long Reads17 May 26
Kenya's Senate Sounds the Alarm on County Fiscal Governance — and the Stakes Couldn't Be Higher
Long Reads17 May 26
Beyond the Dohyo: How Japan's Sumo Boom Is Exposing a Cultural-Access Crisis for the World's New Tourist Class
Culture17 May 26
Japan's Horse Racing Industry Bets on a Digital Future
Long Reads17 May 26
Fire Devastates Iconic Japanese Temple, Raising Questions About Heritage Protection in an Age of Fiscal Constraint
Long Reads17 May 26
The Invasion Map: What Trump's Truth Social Post Says About US Strategy on Iran
Opinion17 May 26
The Institutional Bitcoin Rush Is Real — and It Changes the Game
Long Reads17 May 26
Fire Consumes Heritage at Historic Japanese Temple as Digital Documentation Outpaces Official Response
Opinion17 May 26
The Robot That Never Tires: What Figure AI's Win Tells Us About the Future of Work
Tech17 May 26
Ukraine's 500-Drone Raid: The New Calculus of Aerial Warfare
The Weekly17 May 26
Sumo on the World Stage: Japan's Ancient Sport Draws a Global Audience
Long Reads17 May 26
The Sumo Solution: How Japan's Traditional Wrestling Balances Global Tourism and Cultural Preservation
Europe17 May 26
Streeting Enters Race as Starmer Faces Mounting Pressure to Name Exit Date
Europe17 May 26
Polymarket Puts 52% Probability on Starmer Exit by End of June
Geopolitics17 May 26
ICC Issues Secret Warrants for Israeli Officials, Then Denies New Warrants Exist
Americas17 May 26
The Price of Conviction: Bill Cassidy and the Republican Accountability Reckoning
Europe17 May 26
Vinícius Strike Seals Real Madrid Win as Mbappé Returns to Starting Xi
Obituaries17 May 26
Three Civilians Killed in Drone Strike on Moscow Outskirts, Regional Sources Confirm
Europe17 May 26
Bulgaria's Dara Wins Eurovision 2026, Defeating Israel and Romania in Vienna
Letters17 May 26
Beirut Strikes, IDF Manpower Gap, and Russia's Drone-Net Countermeasure — Three Signals, One Pattern
Culture17 May 26
US DOJ Readies Criminal Indictment of Raúl Castro, Marking New Threshold in Cuba Policy
Culture17 May 26
Patricia Marín: Trump's Turn Toward Militarism Marks a New Threat to Cuba
Americas17 May 26
Warlike Language Returns to the Caribbean as Cuba Prepares for Siege
Americas17 May 26
Cuba's Drone Acquisition Reshapes Caribbean Deterrence Calculus
Letters17 May 26
CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd Halt Cuba Bookings — Washington's Secondary Sanctions Reach Into Global Shipping Lanes
Sport17 May 26
Cavaliers and Pistons Set for Winner-Take-All Game 7 in Pivotal Eastern Conference Battle
Tech17 May 26
Drone Strike Targets UAE Nuclear Plant Perimeter as Air Defenses Intercept Two of Three Aircraft
Europe17 May 26
Sacred Ground: The Dynamiting of Spirit Mountain and the Anatomy of Border Necessity
Sport17 May 26
Playoff looms as Rahm charges into PGA Championship final round
Culture17 May 26
Hugh Jackman’s Latest Lead Role Breaks From His Action Past With a Woolly Mystery
Culture17 May 26
The Sacred Mountain on Screen: How CGTN's Tibet Livestreams Redraw the Boundaries of Cultural Access
Long Reads17 May 26
The Burn Ban Logic: How the White House Stopped Fighting Fire With Fire
Americas17 May 26
Venezuela's Alex Saab gambit: what the prisoner swap reveals about US-Venezuelan relations
Long Reads17 May 26
Venezuela's Alex Saab Extradition Signals a Maduro Regime Under Pressure
Africa17 May 26
Kalonzo Tests the Waters: Kenya's Kingmaker Mulls His Own Crown
Africa17 May 26
Kenya at the Crossroads: Sanctions Risk and the Geometry of African Sovereignty
Americas17 May 26
Cuba Acquires 300-Plus Combat Drones from Russia and Iran, Eyes Guantanamo: Report
Culture17 May 26
Al-Sharaa Reorganizes Syria's Trade Gatekeeper — What the New Import-Export Decree Does and Doesn't Solve
Long Reads17 May 26
WHO Declares Ebola Emergency: What Comes Next for Congo and Uganda
Geopolitics17 May 26
US Navy Growler Collision at Idaho Air Show: What We Know
Americas17 May 26
Trump and Diaz-Canel: What the Polymarket Odds Are Actually Telling Us
Sport17 May 26
Sinner Seals Rome Masters Title with Straight-Sets Win Over Ruud
MENA17 May 26
British Arms Policy and the Antisemitism Question: Two Fronts of the Same Debate
Long Reads17 May 26
Amazon's Tariff Reckoning: How the Jeff Bezos Dream Became a $3.5 Million Problem
Opinion17 May 26
Starmer's Defense Gambit Reveals a Labour Party Running Out of Road
Science17 May 26
Caracas Confirms: Venezuela Hands Alex Saab to American Authorities
Africa17 May 26
WHO Sounds Global Alarm on Ebola Resurgence in Central Africa
Long Reads17 May 26
WHO's Emergency Declaration on Congo-Uganda Ebola Tests a Fragile Global Health Architecture
Science17 May 26
Trump's Age-Reversal Claims Spark Renewed Scientific Skepticism
Africa17 May 26
Gachagua Launches UK Fundraising Tour With Billion-Shilling Target for 2027 Bid
Africa17 May 26
WHO Declares Ebola Emergency as Congo and Uganda Outbreak Tests Global Response Architecture
Long Reads17 May 26
Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom Rally Collapses Under Police Presence and Rival Counter-Protest
Science17 May 26
Unverified Iranian Report Claims California Universities Sold Cadavers to Israeli Military
MENA17 May 26
Bitcoin Slides Below $79K as Macro Uncertainty and Iran Tensions Shake Crypto Markets
Culture17 May 26
Potala Palace Tourism Surge Tests Tensions Over Tibet Heritage Narratives
Culture17 May 26
Labour's EU Rejoin Schism Exposes a Ruling Class Out of Step With Its Own Voters
Oceania17 May 26
NSW Police Make 993 Arrests in Four-Day Domestic Violence Sweep
Culture17 May 26
Israel Approves Military Museum at Former UNRWA Headquarters in Jerusalem
Obituaries17 May 26
Mumbai Mourns a Life Upended by Urban Infrastructure Failure
Long Reads17 May 26
Tourism Boom and Ticket Drought: Japan's Sumo World Confronts a New Reality
Culture17 May 26
ED Widens Arora Probe to Punjab Power Utility Leadership
Opinion17 May 26
The Tariff Theatre: How Washington's Trade Policy Became a Communications Strategy
Culture17 May 26
China's Survey Faux Pas and the Long Shadow of Data Sovereignty
Tech17 May 26
Netanyahu Blames Social Media as Israel-US Tensions Surface Over Iran Phone Call
Culture17 May 26
The Last Sticker: A 56-Year Quest to Complete Football's Most Iconic Collectible
Letters17 May 26
The Cuba Card: Washington Signals, Havana Watches, and the Market Prices the Odds
Oceania17 May 26
Australia's Eurovision near-miss: how prediction markets saw the 2026 contest unfold
Opinion17 May 26
Apple's Privacy Brand Meets the AI Test
Culture17 May 26
Singapore's AI Minister Makes the Case for Keeping Humans in the Loop
Sport17 May 26
The Red Roses' Grand Slam Is Not a Problem. It's a Standard.
Tech17 May 26