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Iran War

Why Saudi Arabia has returned to war in Yemen

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

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality

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

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High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs

Why Saudi Arabia has returned to war in Yemen

Why Trump is likely to join Saudi war against Houthis

Former UK diplomat: My return from Russia became a nightmare

By pursuing a big 'win' in Iran, Trump is destined to lose

As Houthis encircle Taiz, Yemen's Saudi-backed gov't faces disaster
Middle East

As Houthis encircle Taiz, Yemen's Saudi-backed gov't faces disaster

A takeover of the vital city could mark a decisive turning point in the country's civil war

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves ahead of a meeting with Paraguayan President Santiago Pena at Miraflores Palace
Latin America

What happened to all the concern about Venezuelan democracy?

Maryam Rajavi with Elaine Chao and Rudy Giuliani
Middle East

How the UAE and MEK weaponize AI to spread propaganda

French President Emmanuel Macron participates in a press conference alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Europe

Europeans shouldn't throw out the truck with the diesel deal

IMF World Bank spring meetings 2026
Global Crises

IMF-World Bank meetings juggle equal parts relief, dread

President Donal Trump boards a helicopter
Middle East

By pursuing a big 'win' in Iran, Trump is destined to lose

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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QiOSK

Plurality of active-duty service members oppose Iran war: poll

Veteran-led, progressive advocacy group finds that 49% of people currently serving in the military, veterans, and family members oppose military being used in Operation Epic Fury

Voters more worried about Iran war than immigration or crime: polls

Eisenkot aims to out-hawk Netanyahu ahead of elections

Republicans say they don't like the war but not how they'll stop it

Why Trump is likely to join Saudi war against Houthis

Asia-Pacific

Philippines protests

Unrest in Philippines threatens to upend US backed data centers

Diego Garcia airbase

Why the US will never give up Diego Garcia

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

Middle east

As Houthis encircle Taiz, Yemen's Saudi-backed gov't faces disaster

As Houthis encircle Taiz, Yemen's Saudi-backed gov't faces disaster

A takeover of the vital city could mark a decisive turning point in the country's civil war

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?

Washington Politics

Thanks to Trump's war, Dems successfully co-opt 'America First'

Thanks to Trump's war, Dems successfully co-opt 'America First'

Trump rally Ohio

'Major wipeout' of 2006 proportions could force a new GOP reckoning

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NatCon 2026 in Israel: Coming home?

Trump Oklahoma rally midterms

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

Africa

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference

High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs

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

Latin America

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves ahead of a meeting with Paraguayan President Santiago Pena at Miraflores Palace

What happened to all the concern about Venezuelan democracy?

Trump's 'Shield of the Americas' is more fragile than it seems

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

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

Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron participates in a press conference alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Europeans shouldn't throw out the truck with the diesel deal

Former UK diplomat: My return from Russia became a nightmare

2027: The Ukraine winter we prayed wouldn't come

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

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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

Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey

Palmer Luckey building submarines is not the craziest idea

A $7 billion deal is raising eyebrows, as is the Anduril CEO's relationship with Trump. But after so many shipbuilding failures, the DOD could do worse

Media

Zach Bryan Gaza

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

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

Global Crises

IMF World Bank spring meetings 2026

IMF-World Bank meetings juggle equal parts relief, dread

On one hand there's more economic resilience than expected but on the other, everyone appears waiting for the other shoe from the war to drop