The Secret Intelligence Trail Behind Tehran’s Precision Strikes A shadow war inside the wider war The question now emerging from the Iran conflict is no longer simply how far Tehran can strike. It is whether Moscow may have helped Iran decide where to strike. As the United States and Iran continue their escalating confrontation across […] Read more
Oceans Hit Record June Temperatures as Emerging El Niño Raises Fears of Global Climate Shock PARIS / WASHINGTON / GENEVA / SYDNEY – The warning did not come with sirens. No explosions. No collapsing buildings. No smoke on the horizon. Just numbers. But the numbers are terrifying. The world’s oceans, Earth’s great climate regulator and […] Read more
Twenty-Four Years After One of Football’s Greatest Shocks, France Writes a Different Ending EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY — Some ghosts never truly disappear. For France, the memory has lingered for nearly a quarter of a century. The year was 2002. The reigning world champions arrived in Asia carrying the weight of expectation and the confidence […] Read more
BEIRUT — In the high-stakes theater of global geopolitics, the most dangerous moments are often found in the quiet intervals between explosions. As of Monday morning, the world finds itself in one such pause. Following over 100 days of conflict that pushed the global economy to the brink of collapse, Washington and Tehran have announced […] Read more
From Nuclear Sites to Command Centers, a Campaign That Redefined the Rules of Conflict The night skies above Iran lit up with flashes of fire long before dawn. In a matter of hours, explosions echoed across military bases, missile facilities, command centers, and nuclear-related sites. Senior commanders disappeared from the chain of command. Air-defense networks […] Read more
The race toward artificial intelligence supremacy has entered a new and unsettling phase. In a warning that is already sending shockwaves through the technology world, AI powerhouse Anthropic has called for an unprecedented global slowdown in the development of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems. The company argues that humanity may be approaching a […] Read more
In a twist so improbable that veteran military strategists struggle to find a historical parallel, the American pilot whose F-15E Strike Eagle was brought down deep over Iran had already survived another shootdown only weeks earlier—this time by allied forces in a tragic friendly-fire incident. According to sources familiar with both events, the pilot was […] Read more
For 90 days, the world held its breath. From the burning waters of the Gulf to the underground bunkers of Tehran, the war between the United States and Iran reshaped the Middle East in ways few imagined possible. Missiles streaked across the night sky. Oil markets convulsed. Cyberattacks struck critical infrastructure. Diplomats disappeared behind closed […] Read more
Indian politics has found an unlikely new symbol — the cockroach. What began as an online joke has rapidly evolved into one of the country’s most talked-about political phenomena, drawing millions of followers, widespread media coverage, and reactions from senior politicians across the political spectrum. At the center of the movement is the “Cockroach Janta […] Read more
The heavy iron gates of Zhongnanhai didn’t just open last week; they parted like the curtain of a high-stakes theater where the world’s two most powerful men stepped into the spotlight. Outside, hundreds of flag-waving children and goose-stepping soldiers put on a masterclass in authoritarian pageantry. Inside the secluded Chinese Communist Party compound, however, the […] Read more
