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Geopolitics05 May 26
Trump Pulls the Plug on Iran Strike Operation, Reversing Course After Tehran's Warnings
Geopolitics05 May 26
Trump's Term Jokes and the Pulitzer's Uncomfortable Timing
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's 'Too Complicated' Iran Doctrine Is Not Wisdom — It's Calculation
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's Two-Front Assault on Reality
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's Ukraine Calculus: The Rhetoric Shifts Before the Policy Does
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's Unwritten Rules Are Being Tested. The West Should Stop Pretending That's Normal.
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's White Flag Ultimatum and the Case for Controlled Exhaustion
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's White Flag Ultimatum Isn't Diplomatic Pressure — It's a Pressure Cooker With No Release Valve
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's White-Flag Ultimatum Is a Negotiation Tactic, Not a Strategy
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's Hormuz Gambit
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's Numbers Problem
Opinion05 May 26
Trump's 'Skirmish' Doctrine and the Slow Strangling of Iran
Opinion05 May 26
Turkey's Yıldırımhan ICBM: Strategic Maturity or Alliance Fracture?
Americas05 May 26
When Two Central Banks Sound the Alarm on Food Inflation
Geopolitics05 May 26
UAE Activates Air Defences Amid Reports of Iranian Threat Activity
Geopolitics05 May 26
UAE Air Defenses Intercept Attacks as Regional Tensions Spike Over Persian Gulf
Geopolitics05 May 26
UAE Intercepts Iranian Missiles and Drones for Second Consecutive Day Amid Fragile Regional Ceasefire
Investigations05 May 26
UAE Intercepts Iranian Strike in Escalation That Tests Gulf Diplomacy
Investigations05 May 26
UAE Intercepts Iranian Strike as US Intel Confirms Tehran's Nuclear Program Intact
Geopolitics05 May 26
UAE Reports Incoming Missiles From Iran; Tehran Denies Involvement, Warns Abu Dhabi
Sport05 May 26
UK Government Confirms Preliminary Talks About Hosting Olympics in the 2040s
Opinion05 May 26
Ukraine's Cheboksary Strike and the End of Russia's Strategic Depth
Investigations05 May 26
Ukraine Courts Bahrain for Drone Cooperation as Gulf Diplomacy Intensifies
Business05 May 26
Ukraine Drone Barrage Enters Third Day, Knocks Out Russia's Second-Largest Refinery
Investigations05 May 26
Ukraine's Drone Offensive Targets Russian Energy Infrastructure: What We Know
Opinion05 May 26
The Geometry of Safety: Why Ukraine's EU Membership Is a Security Question First
Investigations05 May 26
Ukraine Hits Research Hub Deep in Russia — What We Know
Business05 May 26
Ukraine hits Russia's largest private refinery and a key drone-navigation plant in coordinated deep strikes
Opinion05 May 26
Ukraine's Pension Enforcement Tightens as Wartime Budgets Pinch
Investigations05 May 26
Ukraine Strikes Russian Navigation-Equipment Plant in Cheboksary — What the Record Shows
Business05 May 26
Ukraine Strikes Russia's Third-Largest Oil Refinery in Deepest Strike Yet
Investigations05 May 26
Ukraine Strikes Russian Defense Plant 2,000km from Front Line in Deepest-Ever Incursion
Geopolitics05 May 26
Ukraine Strikes Russian Military-Electronics Plant in Cheboksary
Business05 May 26
Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Infrastructure in Leningrad Region
Opinion05 May 26
Ukrainian Drone Battery Downs Russian Aircraft Near Kremenchuk as Strikes Continue Across Central Ukraine
Investigations05 May 26
Ukrainian drones reach 2,000km into Russia for first time as Cheboksary missile plant hit
Investigations05 May 26
Ukrainian Strike Hits Cheboksary Defense Plant: An OSINT Investigation
Opinion05 May 26
The Unitary Executive Goes Global
Geopolitics05 May 26
US Central Command Confirms Naval Blockade Operations Against Iran in Arabian Sea
Geopolitics05 May 26
US Clears $373.6 Million JDAM-ER Sale to Ukraine as Long-Range Strike Capacity Becomes Central to Kyiv's Strategy
Geopolitics05 May 26
US Clears $373.6M JDAM-ER Sale to Ukraine, Deepening Precision-Munition Pipeline
Geopolitics05 May 26
US Clears $373.6 Million JDAM-ER Package for Ukraine in Precision-Guided Munitions Push
Geopolitics05 May 26
US Creates "Security Zone" in Strait of Hormuz, Drawing Iranian Rebuke
Geopolitics05 May 26
U.S. Destroyers Breach Iranian Hormuz Blockade in Escalation That Risks Regional Wider Conflict
Business05 May 26
U.S. Destroyers Transit Strait of Hormuz Under Fire as Iran Cements Its Chokepoint Narrative
Investigations05 May 26
US Embassy in Baghdad Issues Highest-Level Warning for American Citizens to Depart Iraq
Geopolitics05 May 26
US Ends Operation Epic Fury, Launches Project Freedom Escort Mission in Gulf Waters
Geopolitics05 May 26
U.S. Officials Warn of Increased Likelihood of Combat Operations Against Iran
Investigations05 May 26
US Forces Sink Iranian Boats as Tehran Strikes UAE Oil Facility, Threatening Strait of Hormuz
Business05 May 26
US Navy Destroyers Targeted in Strait of Hormuz as Iranian Forces Deploy Small Boats, Drones and Missiles
Business05 May 26
US Navy Destroys Iranian Vessels as Tanker Standoff Tests Strait of Hormuz Openness
Business05 May 26
US Navy Destroys Six Iranian Boats in Strait of Hormuz Escalation
Geopolitics05 May 26
U.S. Notified Iran Before Strait of Hormuz Escort Operation, Senior Official Confirms
Investigations05 May 26
US Clears $373.6 Million JDAM-ER Sale to Ukraine: What the Deal Means and What Remains Unclear
Geopolitics05 May 26
US Strikes in Strait of Hormuz Kill Five, Iran Denies Commercial Vessels Were Present
Opinion05 May 26
US-British Treasury Rift Exposes Deeper Fractures Over Iran War Strategy
Opinion05 May 26
US-UK Treasury Rift Exposes Transatlantic Divide Over Iran War Costs
Opinion05 May 26
The Verification Gap: How Casualty Reporting in Gaza Exposes the Limits of Conflict Journalism
Opinion05 May 26
Verifying Truth in a War Zone: What the Gaza Telegram Reports Don't Tell You
Business05 May 26
Wadephul's Jerusalem balancing act: Berlin reaffirms Israel security pledge while condemning West Bank settler violence
Opinion05 May 26
Washington's Monstrous Week: The Shooting That Wasn't
Opinion05 May 26
The summit that wasn't: Washington runs out of moves on Lebanon
Opinion05 May 26
How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Unraveling
Sport05 May 26
Wembanyama's Record Night Overshadowed as Timberwolves Steal Game 1 in San Antonio
Opinion05 May 26
West Bengal's Electoral Earthquake and What It Tells Us About Regional Politics in India
Opinion05 May 26
When Deterrence Fails Twice: Washington's Iran Moment
Geopolitics05 May 26
Reports of Shots Fired Near White House; Security Perimeter Established
Investigations05 May 26
Zelensky Courts Gulf Allies: Ukraine's Drone Diplomacy Reaches Bahrain
Opinion05 May 26
Bitcoin's $80K Rally Cannot Save Crypto From Dollar Reality
Long Reads05 May 26
GameStop's $55.5 Billion eBay Gambit Exposes the Limits of Meme-Stock Revolution
Culture05 May 26
Kumar Mangalam Birla's Vodafone Idea Chairmanship Signals a More Interventionist Aditya Birla Group
Tech05 May 26
Ripple CEO Warns Crypto Legislation Faces Narrow Window as AI Pivot Reshapes Industry
Long Reads05 May 26
The New Bitcoin: How the Original Hedge Broke Its Covenant With Macro
Tech05 May 26
Bullish Bets $4.2 Billion on the Tokenized Securities Future
Business05 May 26
Bitcoin's Inflation Paradox: How BTC Redefined the Macro Playbook
Opinion05 May 26
Bitcoin's $80K Recovery Is Corporate Theater, Not a Market
Letters05 May 26
Senate Showdown: Banking Lobby Races Clock on Stablecoin Yield Fight
Science05 May 26
How FPV Drones Are Quietly Rewriting the Rules of Armored Warfare
Opinion05 May 26
Crypto's AI Reckoning: Why Coinbase's Layoffs Are a Structural Shift, Not a Cycle
Tech05 May 26
Coinbase Restructures Around AI-Native Teams as Crypto Sector Signals Deeper Workforce Shift
Long Reads05 May 26
Pennsylvania Sues Character.AI After Chatbot Allegedly Posed as Licensed Psychiatrist
Tech05 May 26
Pennsylvania Sues Character.AI Over Chatbot Allegedly Impersonating Licensed Psychiatrist
Opinion05 May 26
The Dollar's Quiet Victory: Ripple's $13T Claim Meets $14.5 Trillion in Offshore Deposits
Letters05 May 26
Gurgaon's 180 Square Yard Rule Leaves Families in Property Limbo
Africa05 May 26
Sudan Warns UAE and Ethiopia Against Further Khartoum Airport Strikes
Africa05 May 26
Sudan Army Accuses UAE and Ethiopia of Direct Role in Khartoum Airport Strike
Culture05 May 26
The Cow Dung Escape: Beijing's Reach Meets Its Limits in Myanmar's Scam Compounds
Arts05 May 26
Lords of the Fallen II: CI Games and the Art of Armored Identity
Opinion05 May 26
The AI Vetting Order Is a Transaction, Not a Policy
Culture05 May 26
Ben Affleck's Paparazzi Confession Reveals a Machine Built to Manufacture Misery
Long Reads05 May 26
The Rhetoric of 'Smart' Mass Deportation
Opinion05 May 26
The Language of Power Has Become Unmoored From Consequence
Science05 May 26
Physicists Report Novel Observation in Strange Antimatter Structure
Sport05 May 26
Duece Jones-Drew Puts UCLA in the Headlights — But Family Legacy Is a Complicated inheritance
Culture05 May 26
Capcom's Long Game: Why Leon Kennedy May Outlast Us All
Culture05 May 26
Ferrari crash on Moscow's Zubovsky Boulevard exposes fault lines in elite traffic culture
Letters05 May 26
PayPal's Quiet Reinvention and the Limits of the Tech Pivot
Opinion05 May 26
Corporate Bitcoin Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules of Monetary Sovereignty
Long Reads05 May 26
The Quiet Exit: CK Hutchison's VodafoneThree Sale and the Logic of Capital Recycling
Opinion05 May 26
The Bitcoin-Corporate Complex Is Quietly Rewriting the Dollar's Rules
Africa05 May 26
Mali's Gold Wealth and the Security Crisis Converging at a Dangerous Moment
Asia05 May 26
Kaspersky Flags Supply Chain Backdoor in Daemon Tools; Thousands of Infection Attempts Detected
Culture05 May 26
The RAG Era Is Over. What's Next for Agentic AI's Memory Problem
Opinion05 May 26
The Missile Alert That Exposed the Gulf's Fragile Conveniences
Sport05 May 26
The NFL's Schedule-Build Strategy: How Partial Information Becomes Full Engagement
Long Reads05 May 26
Cerebras IPO and the Bet on AI Infrastructure
Opinion05 May 26
Prediction markets are turning geopolitical noise into false signal
Opinion05 May 26
GameStop's eBay Gambit Is the Wrong Kind of Bold
Opinion05 May 26
Bitcoin's $80K Moment Is Not What It Seems
Arts04 May 26
Bronze Bagrov: Crimea's Unlikely Monument to a Cult-Antihero
Americas04 May 26
Day 1,531: Russian Strike Hits Merefa as Zelensky Charts Diplomatic Course in Yerevan
Asia04 May 26
US Navy Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship Off Oman Amid Blockade Tensions
Defense04 May 26
UAE Intercepts Iranian Missile and Drone Salvo in Rare daylight air defense operation
Obituaries04 May 26
Two Dead, Two Injured in Leipzig Vehicle Incident as Investigation Widens
Obituaries04 May 26
Trump's Iran Quagmire: Two Months of Failed Objectives and Mounting Costs
MENA04 May 26
Trump Declares Iran's Highly Enriched Uranium a Non-Negotiable Red Line
Science04 May 26
Trump's Iran Calculus Falters as War Scenarios and Regime-Determination Questions Reshape Gulf Diplomacy
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's Ceasefire Diplomacy Meets Iran's Nuclear Clock
Africa04 May 26
Russia's Red Sea Foothold: How Port Sudan Became a Focal Point for Kremlin Intelligence Operations
Culture04 May 26
Orchestra Diplomacy: How Iran Uses Culture to Redraw the Gulf Narrative
Oceania04 May 26
Counter-alliance Dissent: New Zealand Protest Against US-Iran Policy Reveals Fractures in Five Eyes Consensus
Oceania04 May 26
New Zealand Activists Stage Second Pro-Iran Demonstration in Wellington as Geopolitical Alignment Fractures
Energy04 May 26
Merz Reaffirms Atlantic Ties as Germany Absorbs US Troop Withdrawal and Tariff Pressure
Europe04 May 26
Fatal Car-Ramming in Leipzig Leaves Two Dead as Police Question Suspect
Intelligence04 May 26
Iran Executes Accused Killers of Alleged Mossad Operatives in Mashhad
Letters04 May 26
Iran Dismisses Staging Reports as Media Fabrication, Condemns UAE Over OPEC Exit
Arts04 May 26
Iran and Algeria Deepen Ties Through Exhibition Diplomacy and Regional Realignment
Long Reads04 May 26
Hormuz Flashpoint: Trump Launches 'Project Freedom' as Iran Warns of Ceasefire Violation
MENA04 May 26
Thirteen Operations in Twenty-Four Hours: Hezbollah Tests the Ceasefire's Remnants
Obituaries04 May 26
Handala Hackers Leak Names of 400 US Navy Officers in 'Operation Premature Death'
MENA04 May 26
Democratic Congressman Rips Trump’s Iran Stance as Economic Folly
Investigations04 May 26
The Credibility Gap: Who Actually Fears Trump Abroad — and What That Means for US Leverage
Obituaries04 May 26
The Death of a Political Order: CPM's Kerala Crisis
Letters04 May 26
Zelenskyy Warns of Drone Threat to Moscow's Victory Day Parade as Russia Scales Back Military Display
Opinion04 May 26
The White House Shooting and the Spectacle of Security
Americas04 May 26
Venezuela Brings Essequibo Claim to International Court of Justice in The Hague
Markets04 May 26
US Naval AI Deployment and Hormuz Blockade Strands 1.8 Million Barrels a Day of Iranian Crude
Long Reads04 May 26
US Launches 'Project Freedom' as Iran Cries Ceasefire Violation in Hormuz Standoff
MENA04 May 26
War Beyond the Battlefield: How US-Iran Hostilities Are Reshaping American Consumer Finance
Long Reads04 May 26
US-Iran maritime standoff: 22 crew from seized MV Touska handed to Pakistan as tensions simmer in Gulf
Long Reads04 May 26
America Says It Sank Iran's Warships. Tehran Says No — And Claims the Strait of Hormuz.
Geopolitics04 May 26
US Forces Sink Six Iranian Gunboats in Strait of Hormuz Escalation
Africa04 May 26
US Envoy Returns to Tel Aviv as Trump Peace Plan Faces Credibility Crisis
Defense04 May 26
United Airlines Plane Strikes Light Pole on Newark Approach, Iranian State Channels Report
Long Reads04 May 26
The Loan That Changes Everything: How the €90 Billion Ukraine Facility Could Rewire European Defence Finance
Tech04 May 26
Ukraine Demands Written Terms as Russia Declares Ceasefire Without Proposal to Kyiv
Tech04 May 26
Ukraine Declares Unofficial Ceasefire as Russia Offers No Formal Path to Negotiations
The Weekly04 May 26
Ukraine's Conditional Ceasefire Gambit: A Mirror Response Without a Mirror
Long Reads04 May 26
UAE Intercepts Iranian Missiles in First Major Strike Since Ceasefire Collapse
Tech04 May 26
UAE Digital Infrastructure Hit by Wave of Cyber Attacks Amid Regional Tensions
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's Hormuz Gambit: The Making of a Naval Standoff
Energy04 May 26
Trump Warns Iran of Annihilation as Hormuz Standoff Escalates
Long Reads04 May 26
The Strait of Hormuz Ultimatum: Trump’s All-or-Nothing Gamble with Iran
Intelligence04 May 26
Trump's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Project Freedom and the Limits of Coercion
MENA04 May 26
Trump Rejects Iran Peace Proposal as Military and Diplomatic Signals Diverge
Energy04 May 26
Trump Unveils 'Project Freedom': US Military to Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's Mini-War: How the President's Iran Frame Rewrites the Rules of Engagement
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's Iran War Is Costly and Unpopular. Washington Is Running Out of Good Options.
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's Naval Embargo and the Theatre of Maximum Pressure
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's Ceasefire Contradiction: Why Washington Won't Say Iran Violated the Agreement
The Weekly04 May 26
Trump's Iran Ceasefire Gambit: Inside the White House's 60-Day Diplomatic Reckoning
Culture04 May 26
Trump's Horror at Returning Casualties Reveals the Hidden Human Cost of America's Iranian Footprint
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's 'Friendly Blockade': The Language of Economic Siege on Iran
Long Reads04 May 26
Trump's Eight-Year Horizon: What the Germany Troop Decision Reveals About American Power
Energy04 May 26
Trump Dismisses Iran Peace Proposal as Hormuz Standoff Hardens
MENA04 May 26
Trump Declines to Confirm Iran Ceasefire Violated After Strait of Hormuz Strikes Hit UAE
MENA04 May 26
Trump Declares Naval Escort Mission for Ships Stranded at Strait of Hormuz
Americas04 May 26
Trump's Cuba Decree Tests the Limits of Dollar Leverage on Foreign Banks
Energy04 May 26
Trump Calls on South Korea to Enter the Iran Conflict After Ship Strike
Opinion04 May 26
The Tokenization Cascade: When Wall Street Stopped Pretending
Long Reads04 May 26
The Piracy Doctrine: How Trump Turned a Gulf Blockade Into a Geopolitical Gamble
Intelligence04 May 26
Tehran and Washington Trade Warnings Over Strait of Hormuz as New Maritime Regime Takes Shape
Defense04 May 26
Tehran Redraws the Shipping Lanes: New Rules at Hormuz Signal Escalation
Long Reads04 May 26
Tehran's Hormuz Gambit: How Iran Weaponized a Chokepoint Into a Diplomatic Lever
Long Reads04 May 26
Tehran's Hormuz Gambit: Iran's Diplomatic Gambit and the Limits of Coercive Pressure
Long Reads04 May 26
Tehran's Northern Frontier: What Iran's Diplomatic Pivot to Turkmenistan Reveals
Letters04 May 26
Iranian Parliament Backs Armed Forces as Diplomatic Channel Collapses
Letters04 May 26
Taiwan's Diplomatic Tightrope in Eswatini Tests Washington's Taiwan Strait Playbook
Long Reads04 May 26
The Supreme Court Just Hit Pause on the Mifepristone Case — Here's What That Actually Means
Long Reads04 May 26
The Strait at Stake: Iran's Naval Blockade of the UAE and the Fragility of Gulf Energy Architecture
Long Reads04 May 26
The Strait of Hormuz in the Crosshairs: How a Single Waterway Controls Global Energy Markets
Long Reads04 May 26
The Strait of Hormuz Is a Test of Who Actually Runs the World Economy
Europe04 May 26
Starmer's 'War on Two Fronts' Rhetoric Draws Scrutiny as Iran Denies UAE Attack Plans
Culture04 May 26
Starmer Under Fire Over Remarks Critics Say Conflate Jewish Identity and Israeli State Policy
Sport04 May 26
Sportsbooks Double Down on Monday Night NBA Slate With Aggressive Promo Offers
Opinion04 May 26
The Silence Around America's Battered Bases Is the Real Story
Tech04 May 26
Sierra's Billion-Dollar Bet and the Commission Model: Why Enterprise AI Just Got More Expensive
Long Reads04 May 26
Shots Near the White House: What We Know About the May 4 Security Incident
The Weekly04 May 26
Shooting Reported Near White House as Law Enforcement Responds to Incident
Long Reads04 May 26
Shooting Near Washington Monument Exposes Federal Security Fault Lines
Long Reads04 May 26
Seoul's Strait Choice: South Korea at the Center of the Hormuz Showdown
Letters04 May 26
Security Incident Near White House Triggers Lockdown as Reports of Gunfire Surface
Long Reads04 May 26
Secret Service Shooting Near White House Tests Capital's Security Posture
Arts04 May 26
Scottish Library Exhibition on Russian Relations Opens Amid Geopolitical Tensions
Africa04 May 26
Russian Africa Corps Conducts Joint Patrol With Mali Forces in Diema Settlement
Defense04 May 26
Russia announces May 8-9 ceasefire for Victory Day, warns Kyiv against disruption
The Weekly04 May 26
Russia Announces Victory Day Ceasefire as Ukraine War Enters Fifth Year
Long Reads04 May 26
Russia's Victory Day Ceasefire Offer Is a Loaded Gift, Not a Peace Gesture
Defense04 May 26
Russia announces unilateral ceasefire for Victory Day, warns of strikes on Kyiv if Ukraine disrupts celebrations
Europe04 May 26