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Iran War

The Iran war looms large as BRICS leaders gather in New Delhi

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

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

On this Labor Day, Trump offers no sympathy to working Americans

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On this Labor Day, Trump offers no sympathy to working Americans

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

Norway's seizure of a Russian vessel is a dangerous escalation

Pentagon puts $131 billion price tag on 1970s-era fighter

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

Houthi fighters parade in Sana a amid tensions with USA and Israel in 2024
Middle East

Will Houthis' rapid advance drag US, Saudi Arabia back into Yemen?

The country's internationally-recognized government is losing territory fast as the rebel group hits Riyadh where it hurts

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium
Europe

Britain banned settlement imports. Will Europe finally follow suit?

Milei and Trump
Latin America

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

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

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

Then-State Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks to the crowd gathered during the Ramadan Iftar on April 10, 2023, at the state Capitol in downtown Sacramento, California
Middle East

By shunning the Taliban, the world is hurting normal Afghans

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
Washington Politics

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

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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
Global Crises

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

Can 'America First' survive Trump's war-first presidency?

How Congress gave up its power over war and peace

Massie, Kent join ex-officials lighting up Ron Paul ‘revolution’

No war? 377 US forces injured since July, 36 in last 2 weeks

Asia-Pacific

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

Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar

When US left Afghanistan, China moved in. So how's it going?

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

Middle east

Houthi fighters parade in Sana a amid tensions with USA and Israel in 2024

Will Houthis' rapid advance drag US, Saudi Arabia back into Yemen?

The country's internationally-recognized government is losing territory fast as the rebel group hits Riyadh where it hurts

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How Congress gave up its power over war and peace

Washington Politics

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'

Gtmo

Why 9/11 mastermind KSM still awaiting trial after a quarter century

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

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium

Britain banned settlement imports. Will Europe finally follow suit?

Despite Trump denials, US still sending Ukraine billions in weapons

Norway's seizure of a Russian vessel is a dangerous escalation

Peace in Ukraine remains far off despite Witkoff-Kushner effort

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

US Navy Arabian Sea

US can huff & puff, but without a political fix Iran won't come down

Military force — and even economic pressure — without clearly defined outcomes has been the downfall of US war policy for decades

Media

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

Ukrainian soldiers walk together during training for the 2023 counteroffensive.

The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian 'breakthrough'

Mark Levin Jack Keane Fox News

Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip

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