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Long Reads22 Apr 26
The Strait at the Center of the Storm: Hormuz, the Ceasefire, and the Architecture of Coercion
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Trump Sets Sunday Deadline for Iran Nuclear Deal as Regional Tensions Mount
Letters22 Apr 26
White House Draws Ceasefire Line as Iran Seizes Vessels, Demands Uranium Transfer
Arts22 Apr 26
"The Holy Babble!" and the Chapel of Trumpist Civil Religion
Markets22 Apr 26
Iran War's Oil Shock Tests Market's Diplomatic Optimism
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Iran and Afghanistan Hold Diplomatic Call as Regional Architecture Shifts
Obituaries22 Apr 26
The SP After Shashi Singh: Grassroots Politics and the Limits of Legacy in Uttar Pradesh
Culture22 Apr 26
Two Women From Nashik's Pre-Military Training Centre Just Broke Into the NDA. That Matters More Than It Sounds.
Europe22 Apr 26
Hormuz Ceasefire Cracks as Tehran Vows Pre-Designated Strikes and US Rearms
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Murphy Escalates Push for Iran War Powers Vote as US Eyes Seventh Month of Regional Engagement
Energy22 Apr 26
Fuel Shock: How the Iran Conflict Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Energy
Tech22 Apr 26
Wounded Hezbollah Operative Captured After Fleeing Bint Jbeil
Tech22 Apr 26
Iran IRGC Fast Boats Mass Near Strait of Hormuz Amid Escalating Regional Tensions
Defense22 Apr 26
Thirty Nations, One Waterway: London Takes Command of the Hormuz Question
Americas22 Apr 26
Haitian Migrants in Tapachula Are Choosing Mexico Over the US — and Signaling a Broader Shift
Obituaries22 Apr 26
French UNIFIL Peacekeeper Dies From Wounds Sustained in Lebanon Attack, Macron Confirms
Markets22 Apr 26
Iran's Oil Sanctions Gap: What Bloomberg's Shipping Data Reveals About Enforcement Fatigue
Culture22 Apr 26
Iran and Vatican Find Rare Diplomatic Unity in Cairo Over Religious Insults
Americas22 Apr 26
Venezuela's National Mobilization Tests Regional Alliances and Domestic Cohesion
Opinion22 Apr 26
What Tehran's State Media Surveys Really Measure
Americas22 Apr 26
BYD's Brazilian reckoning: what the labor controversy reveals about Chinese investment overseas
Culture22 Apr 26
Gaza Medical Director: Over 20,000 Patients Need Evacuation as System Collapses Under War
Africa22 Apr 26
USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Group Signals Intensifying US Pressure on Iran as Regional Tensions Climb
Energy22 Apr 26
Hormuz in the Crosshairs: How the US Naval Blockade Is Reshaping Gulf Oil Trade
Markets22 Apr 26
Hormuz Closure Puts Global Food Supply Chain on a Knife's Edge
Investigations22 Apr 26
Inside the Discord That Hunts Unreleased AI Models: How 'Mythos' Got Found Before Anthropic Finished Locking Its Doors
Africa22 Apr 26
Somalia Bans Israeli Shipping Through Bab al-Mandeb, Escalating Red Sea Tensions
Obituaries22 Apr 26
Ukraine's Military Confronts an Invisible Casualty: Substance Abuse in the Ranks
Africa22 Apr 26
Pope Leo Condemns Conditions at Equatorial Guinea's Notorious Bata Prison During Africa Tour
Culture22 Apr 26
The ceasefire Trump couldn't sell: how the Iran pause became a media management exercise
Africa22 Apr 26
US Carrier Deployment Signals Readiness for Iran Operations as Strike Group Nears Arabian Sea
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Iran lambasts EU's 'double standards' over silence on Minab school attack
Letters22 Apr 26
Three days, a deadline, and no answer from Tehran
Africa22 Apr 26
Tinubu Taps Fiscal Outsider Taiwo Oyedele to Steady Nigeria's Strained Finances
Africa22 Apr 26
Somalia Blocks Israeli-Linked Ships From Bab el-Mandeb — A Sovereignty Play Wrapped in Regional Rivalry
Arts22 Apr 26
Israeli Telecom Goes All-In on Independence Day Promotions as HOT Dangles Triple-Play Deal
Business22 Apr 26
Saudi Arabia and Turkey Accelerate Cross-Border Rail Link Plans Through Unstable Corridor
Long Reads22 Apr 26
Trump's Hormuz Gambit: The Ceasefire, the Strait, and the Architecture of Coercive Diplomacy
Letters22 Apr 26
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Declares Era of Western Dominance in West Asia Over
Tech22 Apr 26
U.S. Coalition Forces Intercept Iranian Drone Over Erbil as Regional Tensions Spike
Investigations22 Apr 26
Iran's UN Envoy Sets Precondition for Talks: Lift the Blockade, Then We'll Talk
Obituaries22 Apr 26
Trump's Viral Iran Death Sentence Posts Rebuked by Tehran Judiciary
Defense22 Apr 26
France Demands Accountability After Two UNIFIL Peacekeepers Killed in Southern Lebanon Ambush
Europe22 Apr 26
Europe's Energy Shield: Brussels Maps Contingency Plans as Middle East Tensions Complicate Fuel Security
Arts22 Apr 26
Farah Diba's cousin calls Reza Pahlavi both 'traitor and patriot' in rare public intervention
MENA22 Apr 26
Trump extends Iran ceasefire as Tehran stays silent on terms
Obituaries22 Apr 26
The Death of Vallabhbhai: Hunger, Humiliation, and the Price of Waste in Gujarat
Science22 Apr 26
U.S. Allies Seek Dollar Backstops as White House Demands Iran Surrender Enriched Uranium
Defense22 Apr 26
US Central Command Confirms 29 Vessels Turned Back Under Iran Naval Blockade
MENA22 Apr 26
US Urges Citizens to Leave Lebanon as Israel Ceasefire Violations Kill Two
Business22 Apr 26
US Extends Iran, Russia Oil Sanctions Exemptions — A Diplomatic Necessity or Structural Retreat?
Long Reads22 Apr 26
The Arsenal Drain: How the US-Iran Clash Depleted America's Missile Stockpile and What Comes Next
Letters22 Apr 26
US lawmakers unveil PACE Act, Anthropic probes access breach and Cambodia border smuggling crackdown
Science22 Apr 26
400 U.S. Servicemembers Wounded as Iran Demands Siege Lifted Before Negotiations: What We Know
Europe22 Apr 26
Britain Moves to Exclude Smartphones from Classrooms — a Policy Experiment With Global Implications
Obituaries22 Apr 26
Unverified claims of US military operation surface as regional tensions escalate
Energy22 Apr 26
US Officials Privately Acknowledge Iran Has Retained Far More Military Capability Than Publicly Disclosed
Asia22 Apr 26
Trump sets April 25 deadline for Iran ceasefire proposal as Pakistan brokers extension
Defense22 Apr 26
Trump Targets Wall Street Journal Over Iran Editorial, Escalating War of Words With Legacy Media
Opinion22 Apr 26
Trump's Dollar Paradox: Cheerleading Bitcoin While Strangling Iran
Africa22 Apr 26
UAE-Backed Colombian Mercenaries: How Foreign Fighters Entered Sudan's Civil War
Letters22 Apr 26
Iran War Sends UK Inflation Surging as Oil Markets Reprice Conflict Risk
Intelligence22 Apr 26
Trump's Hormuz Economics: What the $500 Million Claim Reveals About the Iran Talks
Energy22 Apr 26
Trump's Hormuz calculus: the gap between control claims and diplomatic leverage
Opinion22 Apr 26
Trump's $500 Million Daily Claim Against Iran Is a Negotiation Tactic, Not Economics
The Weekly22 Apr 26
Trump's Iran Ceasefire Extension: Diplomatic Pause or Strategic Delay Before Strikes Resume?
Opinion22 Apr 26
Trump's Iran Ceasefire Extension: Diplomatic Flexibility or Strategic Uncertainty?
Long Reads22 Apr 26
Trump, Iran, and the Islamabad Gambit: What the Second Round of Talks Actually Means
Business22 Apr 26
Trump Says Iran Talks Possible Friday. Tehran Says No.
MENA22 Apr 26
Trump Signals Iran Talks Could Begin as Early as Friday, Oil Markets Brace for Diplomatic Volatility
Asia22 Apr 26
Trump extends Iran ceasefire as Asia's oil appetite deepens sanctions rifts
Letters22 Apr 26
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire, Ties Deal to Beijing Trip
Energy22 Apr 26
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire as Hormuz Standoff Deepens Oil Market Anxiety
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire Indefinitely as Peace Talks Stall
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire Indefinitely as Talks Stall
Asia22 Apr 26
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire at Pakistan's Request, Keep Blockade
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire as Tehran Calls Port Blockade an 'Act of War'
Sport22 Apr 26
Trump's FIFA Gambit: The Iran-Italy World Cup Swap and What It Tells Us About American Leverage
Americas22 Apr 26
Gunman Opens Fire at Teotihuacan's Moon Pyramid, Witness Says
Arts22 Apr 26
The Transient Monument: Sand Portraiture and the Politics of Commemorative Art
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Trump's $500 Million-a-Day Claim Against Iran: Anatomy of a Blockade Assertion
Long Reads22 Apr 26
The Ceasefire Contradiction: Trump, Tehran, and the Illusion of Leverage in the Gulf
Asia22 Apr 26
Trump's China Gambit: Iran Ceasefire Clouds a May Diplomatic Gambit
Energy22 Apr 26
Trump Claims US "Totally Controls" the Strait of Hormuz — and Argues Iran Has No Incentive to Close It
Business22 Apr 26
Trump's 'Destroyed' Iran Nukes Claim Collides With Markets Betting on a Deal
Africa22 Apr 26
South Africa and Lesotho Revive ID-Only Border Crossing as Thousands Await Amnesty
Asia22 Apr 26
Tehran Calls Ceasefire Extension 'Meaningless' as Trump Claims Iran Nuclear Sites Are Rubble
Obituaries22 Apr 26
Tehran Denies Defense Ministry Link to Executed Mossad Operative
The Weekly22 Apr 26
Six Months to Clear the Strait: Pentagon's Sobering Assessment on Hormuz Demining
Economy22 Apr 26
The Price of Swagger: What the IRGC's Anniversary Statements Reveal About Iran's Economic Bind
The Weekly22 Apr 26
Pakistan's Ceasefire Diplomacy Forces Trump to Extend Iran Truce — For Now
Obituaries22 Apr 26
Sand and Memory: How a Pakistani Artist Honored a 'Martyred Leader' in Beach Tribute
Defense22 Apr 26
Pentagon Drops Mandatory Flu Vaccine for Troops in Hegseth-Reviewed Policy Shift
Defense22 Apr 26
Pentagon Scraps Mandatory Flu Vaccine for US Military in Hegseth Directive
Defense22 Apr 26
Six Months to Clear: Pentagon Warns of Long Demining Road for Strait of Hormuz
The Weekly22 Apr 26
The Aid Equation: PEPFAR's Departure, Iran's Ceasefire, and a New Transactional Order
Long Reads22 Apr 26
The Blueprint: How the 2026 National Defense Strategy Locked In a Decade of Controlled Wars Before the Iran Ceasefire…
Long Reads22 Apr 26
The Oil Ceiling: How Two Months of War With Iran Breached the West's Energy Floor
Energy22 Apr 26
Oil Markets Shrug as Iran War Escalates Costs for Ordinary Americans
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Operation Economic Fury: How Washington's Dual-Track Iran Strategy Survived the Ceasefire
Tech22 Apr 26
Meta quietly turns its own workforce into AI training data
Americas22 Apr 26
Meta's keystroke surveillance betrays a deeper anxiety about AI training data
Intelligence22 Apr 26
Middle East Risk Reprices Markets as UK Council Launches Acquisition Inquiry
Business22 Apr 26
Kevin Warsh tells Senate he was never pressured by Trump on rates, but a market bet says otherwise
Culture22 Apr 26
Khamenei portrait and carrier deadline: art and ultimatum in the shadow of Iran-US standoff
MENA22 Apr 26
Lebanon Requests Ceasefire Extension as Washington Diplomacy Ramps Up
Opinion22 Apr 26
The Ghost That Will Not Sleep: Lebanon's Generational Echo of War
The Weekly22 Apr 26
Lebanon seeks one-month truce extension as Washington hosts new ceasefire talks
Investigations22 Apr 26
Israeli Strike on Al-Akhbar Journalists in Lebanon: What the Sources Show
MENA22 Apr 26
Israeli Strike Kills Two Near Tayri, Besieges Journalists in Southern Lebanon
Business22 Apr 26
Japan Opens the Arms Vault: How the Iran Conflict Catalyzed a Historic Defense Policy Reversal
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
IRGC Navy Seizes Two Container Ships in Strait of Hormuz Escalation
Long Reads22 Apr 26
Iran's IRGC Seizes Two Container Ships in the Strait of Hormuz
The Weekly22 Apr 26
Islamabad's Quiet Diplomacy: How Pakistan Is Carving a Mediation Lane Between Washington and Tehran
Investigations22 Apr 26
Ceasefire Under Pressure: Inside the Israel-Lebanon Border Escalation
Investigations22 Apr 26
Israeli Airstrike Kills Al-Akhbar Journalist in South Lebanon
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Israeli Drone Strike, Siege of Journalists in Tayri, Southern Lebanon
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Israeli drones over Beirut as unexploded bomb found in southern suburbs
Europe22 Apr 26
Israeli Espionage Case Exposes Anatomy of Iran War Supply-Chain Fragility
MENA22 Apr 26
Israeli Foreign Minister Calls Lebanon a 'Failed State' Ahead of Direct Negotiations
Defense22 Apr 26
Iran Seizes Two Vessels in Strait of Hormuz as Trump Predicts Financial Collapse
Letters22 Apr 26
The Fuel Shock Now, the Energy Transition Later: How Iran's War Is Reshaping Two Markets at Once
MENA22 Apr 26
Iran War Pushes UK Fuel Costs Higher as Energy Supply Shock Tests Alliance Cohesion
Tech22 Apr 26
Iranian State Media Ridicules Trump Over Vietnam War Comments as Contradictions Pile Up
Science22 Apr 26
IRGC Anniversary: Tehran Projects Unity as Regional Pressure Mounts
The Weekly22 Apr 26
IRGC Gunboat Fires on Container Ship Off Oman Coast in Escalation Warning
MENA22 Apr 26
Qalibaf's Ceasefire Conditions: Iran Links Naval Pressure to Economic Warfare
Energy22 Apr 26
Iran Sanctions Crack: 34 Tankers Bypass US Blockade as Vance Islamabad Trip Collapses
Investigations22 Apr 26
Iran Seizes Container Ship in Gulf of Oman; Western Governments Respond with Condemnation
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Iran Seizes Two Commercial Vessels in Strait of Hormuz, Escalating Regional Tensions
Energy22 Apr 26
Iran Seizes Vessels and Deploys Mines in Hormuz as Pentagon Warns of Six-Month Clearing Operation
Business22 Apr 26
Iran Seizes Two Vessels, Fires on Third in Strait of Hormuz Escalation
Energy22 Apr 26
Iran Seizes Two Vessels in Strait of Hormuz as Regional Tensions Escalate
Asia22 Apr 26
Iran-Sri Lanka Call Spotlights Global South Diplomatic Realignment
Intelligence22 Apr 26
Iran's Hidden Capabilities: How US Intelligence Contradicts the Public Narrative
Letters22 Apr 26
Iran Seizes Waterway Leverage: IRGC Fires on Container Ships in Strait of Hormuz Escalation
Energy22 Apr 26
Iran Guard Fires on Ships in Hormuz as Trump Warns Reopening Would Doom Nuclear Deal
Defense22 Apr 26
Iran and Italy Hold Diplomatic Call as Hormuz Tensions Mount
Europe22 Apr 26
Iran and Italy Hold Diplomatic Phone Talks as European Engagement Strategy Takes Shape
Markets22 Apr 26
Iran's pension machine keeps running even as Western sanctions tighten
Long Reads22 Apr 26
How the Iran Ceasefire Gamble Put Condoms on a Price Collision Course
MENA22 Apr 26
Iran's Ceasefire Gambit: Tehran Holds Back on US Talks as UK Welcomes Extension
Business22 Apr 26
Iran conflict pushes world's largest condom maker toward 30% price hike
Culture22 Apr 26
Iran's Cultural Heritage Under Reconstruction as Domestic Priorities Shift
Defense22 Apr 26
Iran's Foreign Ministry Draws a Defensive Line After Pakistani Request
Defense22 Apr 26
Iran's Parliament Speaker Links Ceasefire Terms to Lifting Maritime Blockade
Americas22 Apr 26
Iranian Health Officials Flag Online Platform Classification as Policy Conflict
Tech22 Apr 26
Hezbollah Says Israeli Drone Strike Breached Ceasefire; Group Launches Retaliatory Attacks
Geopolitics22 Apr 26
Hezbollah Conducts Wave of Drone Strikes Against IDF Positions in Southern Lebanon
Markets22 Apr 26
Hormuz Closure Forces Global Oil Trade Into Historic Rerouting
Defense22 Apr 26
IDF Strike Targets Village Near Journalists in Southern Lebanon; Hezbollah Cites Ceasefire Violation
Asia22 Apr 26
India's Rate Pause: The Iran Variable in a Central Bank's Calculus
Obituaries22 Apr 26
Two French Peacekeepers Killed in Lebanon: France Reckons With Its UNIFIL Losses
Investigations22 Apr 26
Hezbollah's Bayyada Strike: How FPV Drone Warfare is Rewriting Southern Lebanon's Rules of Engagement
Investigations22 Apr 26
Hezbollah Drone Strike, Journalist Missing: Cross-Border Exchange Deepens on Israel-Lebanon Border
MENA22 Apr 26
Hezbollah Fires on Israeli Forces in Maroun al-Ras as Ceasefire Frays Along Lebanon Border
The Weekly22 Apr 26
Hezbollah Claims Four Cross-Border Operations as Rescue Teams Search for Missing Lebanese Journalist
Africa22 Apr 26
Phone Data Points to Colombian Mercenaries and UAE Role in Sudan's RSF, Research Group Says
Europe22 Apr 26
ECB Chief Warns Europe Faces Food Rationing Risk as Hormuz Closure Bites
Obituaries22 Apr 26
Eight Thousand Names We Will Never Speak: The IOM's 2025 Migration Death Toll and the Politics of Forgetting
Long Reads22 Apr 26
Eight Women and a Deal: How Trump Bent the Iran Negotiations Around a Death Row Moment
Culture22 Apr 26
China's Urban Governance Turn: From Viral Challenge Response to Youth Policy Architecture
MENA22 Apr 26
Ceasefire Expires, Talks Collapsed: What the Collapse of the Iran-US Negotiations Actually Reveals
Long Reads22 Apr 26
The Ceasefire and the Ultimatum: Inside Washington's Tightrope Over Iran
Investigations22 Apr 26
Ceasefire Under Strain: Examining Reports of Israeli Strikes on Lebanese Journalists and Red Cross Vehicles
Energy22 Apr 26
Ceasefire Without Resolution: What the US-Iran Gulf Truce Actually Tells Us
Science22 Apr 26
CENTCOM's Readiness Video and the Fragile Architecture of US-Iran Diplomacy
Markets22 Apr 26
Bitcoin Hits $77,500 as Iran Ceasefire Extension Masks Underlying Tensions
Obituaries22 Apr 26
Amal Khalil, Journalist Who Documented Southern Lebanon, Killed in IAF Airstrike
Long Reads22 Apr 26
The Arsenal Running Dry: How America's Missile Stockpile Became the Hidden Front of the Iran War
Business22 Apr 26
Asia's Oil Bet: Scramble for Iran and Russian Crude amid Ceasefire Friction
Africa21 Apr 26
Taiwan Scraps Eswatini Visit as Diplomatic Pressure from Beijing Intensifies
Africa21 Apr 26
Russian Military Bloggers Report Settlement Liberation in Kharkiv Border Area
Letters21 Apr 26
Russia Declares Luhansk 'Liberated' — Ukraine's General Staff Does Not Confirm
Asia21 Apr 26
Beijing's Energy Gambit: Coal Conversion and Fuel Subsidies in the Shadow of Middle East War
Intelligence21 Apr 26
Afrika Korps Rescues Russian and Ukrainian Hostages in Mali Operation
Arts21 Apr 26
Tons of Self-Tanning Arrived in Voronezh: Inside Russia's National Bodybuilding Moment
Asia21 Apr 26
US Restricts Intelligence Sharing With South Korea After Minister Disclosed Suspected Nuclear Site
Intelligence21 Apr 26
Ukraine Restores Druzhba Pipeline After Russian Strike, Resuming Transit Operations
Science21 Apr 26
Ukraine's Police Face Staffing Crisis as Officers Face Criminal Charges After Deadly Kyiv Attack
Arts21 Apr 26
Library and Museum Staff Join the Front Line of UK's University Pay Wars
Culture21 Apr 26
Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Departs Administration
The Weekly21 Apr 26
Tim Cook Departs: Apple Begins Its Most Consequential Transition in Two Decades
Science21 Apr 26
Stablecoins Go Mainstream in Payments — Even as Quantum Threat Draws Closer
Sport21 Apr 26
The Betting Booth: How Sports Media Normalized the Wager
Africa21 Apr 26
South Africa's Police Chief Charged Over Controversial Health Contract
Asia21 Apr 26
Seoul's Intelligence Disclosure Rattles a Delicate US Alliance
Asia21 Apr 26
Seoul's Balancing Act: Market Highs and Nuclear Revelations in the Same 48 Hours
Science21 Apr 26
Russia Names European Firms in Ukrainian Drone Supply Chain — Diplomats Brace for Fallout
Sport21 Apr 26
The Premier League's Chasm: Leicester's Decade of Decline and What It Means for English Football's Fractured Middle
Africa21 Apr 26
Nigeria Charges Six Including Retired General in Alleged Coup Plot
Markets21 Apr 26
New York's Crackdown on Crypto Prediction Markets Tests the Boundaries of Gambling Law
Europe21 Apr 26
Moscow's Loudest Voice Turns on Rome: The Solovyov-Meloni Row and What It Tells Us About EU-Russia Tensions
Americas21 Apr 26
Mexico's USMCA Diplomacy Runs Headlong Into Tourist Site Security Crisis
Americas21 Apr 26
Lula's Lisbon Visit Exposes a Fracture Line Between Brazil's Left and Europe's Rising Right
Obituaries21 Apr 26
Loss in the North: Returning the Fallen from Russia's Northern Military District
Americas21 Apr 26
Two Signals From Latin America's Sovereignty Offensive
Tech21 Apr 26
JPMorgan's European Gambit: From Wall Street to Defence Contractor
Opinion21 Apr 26
John Ternus Is Apple's First Truly Technical CEO. That Changes Everything.
Long Reads21 Apr 26