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Iran War

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality

Is China Trump's only hope for ending the Iran war?

Red scare: Solid GOP districts reeling from war, price backlash

The US kill count in Iran makes the phrase ‘precision strikes’ absurd

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Clock ticking on Democrat effort to kill flawed US-Saudi nuke deal

Venezuela blowback may have a long fuse. It always does.

They aren't in uniform, but these US companies are fighting for Ukraine

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality

Goodnight Baghdad: US troops leave Iraq after 23 years

Ukraine war winter
Europe

2027: The Ukraine winter we prayed wouldn't come

Relentless Russian attacks and energy crisis, matched with depleting resources from abroad, demand that Trump make dramatic changes in approach to war now

Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey
Military Industrial Complex

Palmer Luckey building submarines is not the craziest idea

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf at a sessino of parliament in early 2026
Middle East

Is Iran poised to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty?

A banner shows the Pentagon in the background and the words "The Bunker" in the foreground
Military Industrial Complex

US leaves Iraq: 'Shock and awe' curdles into 'Aw, shucks'

Milorad Dodik
Europe

Bosnia's Trump-aligned kingmaker wins big despite electoral ban

Benjamin Netanyahu
Middle East

What did Netanyahu know before Oct. 7?

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?
QiOSK

Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?

WATCH: Author Daniel Bessner describes how US empire isn't just a pathology of Washington leadership, it's deeply engrained in our culture, too

Record number vote to raise hell over settler violence in West Bank

Trump and 14 Lat Am leaders ignite new drug-terror war at UN

Banning US diesel exports will likely backfire on Americans

In UN speech, Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran if no deal reached

Asia-Pacific

Two Navy ships arrive at port in Okinawa, Japan, after service in Asia and the Middle East

The case for pulling US military back from the first island chain

Donald Trump Lee Jae Myung

Why South Korea won’t send military to Strait of Hormuz

AUKUS

‘The Dragon’ defined: How three capitals reimagined China

Donald Trump Xi Jinping 2026

Trump and Xi meet on a 'rotting' diplomatic foundation

Middle east

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf at a sessino of parliament in early 2026

Is Iran poised to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty?

Opposition to the agreement now goes beyond the country's most hardline elements

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?

Washington Politics

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NatCon 2026 in Israel: Coming home?

Zach Bryan Gaza

Unlike Sheeran, Zach Bryan read the room and wore the right shirt

Trump Oklahoma rally midterms

Red scare: Solid GOP districts reeling from war, price backlash

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden

Do Democrats have bold enough ideas to break from the past?

Africa

Ethiopia

Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region

Gen. Burhan digs in as Trump's visa-for-ceasefire scheme blows up

In Red Sea crisis, Somaliland seizes leverage for US recognition

Somali piracy was under control. Then came the Iran war.

Latin America

Supporters of Flavio Bolsonaro at a rally, with some carrying a large inflatable of Donald Trump

Will Trump's efforts to boost Bolsonaro blow up in his face?

Venezuela blowback may have a long fuse. It always does.

Rubio's LatAm pep rally shows the limits of the Donroe Doctrine

Milei has staked it all on Trump. Will he follow through?

Europe

Ukraine war winter

2027: The Ukraine winter we prayed wouldn't come

Bosnia's Trump-aligned kingmaker wins big despite electoral ban

They aren't in uniform, but these US companies are fighting for Ukraine

A Trump-Zelensky meeting and another exercise in futility

north america

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Military Industrial Complex

Lifestyles of the rich & famous ‘Lords of War’

Lifestyles of the rich & famous ‘Lords of War’

New mockumentary rips the scab off festering reality that billions in US taxpayer dollars go to destroying countries, while keeping a handful of CEOs very wealthy

Media

Ed Sheeran

After Macklemore sacking, Ed Sheeran enters his 'Sun City' moment

Miriam Adelson looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House

Israel's Lobby 2.0: What Walt & Mearsheimer didn't anticipate

Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee

Officials say 'America-hating' media to blame for USS Lincoln outrage

Global Crises

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi

Against the odds, BRICS overcomes sharp divisions in New Delhi

India notched a diplomatic win by simply securing a joint declaration from the bloc amid war in the Middle East