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Iran War

The Houthis could tip the Iran war in Tehran's favor

How Saudi Arabia's anti-Houthi strategy crashed and burned

Trump's govt makes 'treasonous' claim of weapons shortages

How Trump's Iran operation turned into a forever war

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When Saudi Arabia realizes it's backed the wrong horse

With Mideast on fire, oil prices are poised to explode

Ukraine war spreads to Arctic as nuclear tensions escalate

Trump's govt makes 'treasonous' claim of weapons shortages

How Saudi Arabia's anti-Houthi strategy crashed and burned

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Middle East

When Saudi Arabia realizes it's backed the wrong horse

George W. Bush's war helped hand Iraq to Iran. Trump’s war may help hand the Gulf — and above all Riyadh — to China.

t Cairo's Al-Ittihadiya Palace, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi receives Chinese President Xi Jinping
Middle East

China is outfoxing the US in the battle for Mideast influence

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Asia-Pacific

Trump and Xi meet on a 'rotting' diplomatic foundation

Pakistan media
Middle East

Does Mecca Pact demand Pakistan enter Yemen conflict?

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Middle East

Why Trump won't 'blow the sh*t out of' Oman today

Black smoke rises from Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline south of Medina, Hejaz Region, after strikes allegedly carried out by an Iraqi militia
Middle East

With Mideast on fire, oil prices are poised to explode

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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QiOSK

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

Speaking to General Assembly, he also touted both his peacemaking record and an increasingly belligerent US foreign policy

Is all this AI doomsaying distracting us from the real threat?

Trump's 'me' monument to serve as domestic military staging ground

This isn't sci-fi, AI is already killing people

New Russia sanctions amid war risk even higher gas prices

Asia-Pacific

Donald Trump Xi Jinping 2026

Trump and Xi meet on a 'rotting' diplomatic foundation

China missile tests

Chinese missile tests cast long shadow over Pacific Islands

American universities science

Trump's 'golden age of science' is not just another war to be won

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office.

US diplomatic incompetence is tanking hopes for Korean peace

Middle east

MBS Trump White House

When Saudi Arabia realizes it's backed the wrong horse

George W. Bush's war helped hand Iraq to Iran. Trump’s war may help hand the Gulf — and above all Riyadh — to China.

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Is all this AI doomsaying distracting us from the real threat?

Washington Politics

Massie Hegseth

Massie tells RS why he went after Hegseth and not Trump

President George W. Bush and White House staff watch news coverage of Flight 175 striking the South Tower of the World Trade Center at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida

Symposium: What I miss most about pre-9/11 America

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth answering questions from journalists during a press conference at the Pentagon

Hegseth has been a disaster. It's time for Trump to fire him.

A US soldier walks through the street in Baghdad

25 years after 9/11, the US still doesn't know 'why they hate us'

Africa

Somali pirates

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

This Trump-approved trade deal is no tariff, in fact, it's duty free

Trump wants to stabilize Libya. Militants have other plans.

How the Egypt-Ethiopia feud could upend Trump's plans in Africa

Latin America

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa walks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador

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

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

Trump plan to control Venezuelan oil has more holes than Swiss cheese

Did Fidel Castro's decades-long defiance doom Cuba?

Europe

A US marine sits on an amphibious vehicle as he waits in Gnijlane, Kosovo, on July 1, 1999

What NATO leaves behind as it pulls back from Kosovo

Ukraine war spreads to Arctic as nuclear tensions escalate

How to prevent another disastrous war in the 'in-between' states

Unchecked, Joe Wilson's Serbia crusade may blow up in our faces

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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

A drone flying over a destroyed urban area in Gaza, with atmospheric, dramatic lighting

US universities get millions to do military research for Israel

The projects, which often fail to disclose their funding, include efforts to create surveillance robots and improve missile guidance

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