Geopolitics & international affairs
The same Ukrainian drone campaign that is disabling Russia’s refineries and creating fuel queues from Moscow to Crimea is also rewriting Washington’s assumptions about who is winning the war. The two developments are not separate. They are cause and effect. July 5, 2026. The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase, and the shift […]
Beijing. Chairman Xi Jinping promoted two lieutenant generals to full general on July 3, filling posts left vacant by the most sweeping anti-corruption purge to fracture the People’s Liberation Army in half a century. Zhang Shuguang, secretary of the Central Military Commission’s Discipline Inspection Commission, and Wang Gang, commander of the PLA Air Force, received […]
This is a follow-up to this morning’s article on Iran’s funeral plans for Khamenei (iran-khamenei-funeral-plans-july-2026). What follows is the next chapter in that story. The funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei began in earnest on Saturday, with millions of mourners pouring into the streets of Tehran on the first day of a six-day […]
Ukraine has carried out drone strikes against oil and military facilities near St Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, expanding the reach of its long-range campaign deeper into Russian territory than ever before. The attack disrupted internet service and flights in the area, according to local officials, as Kyiv continues to demonstrate that no part of Russia […]
This is a follow-up to this morning’s article on Iran’s funeral plans for Khamenei (iran-khamenei-funeral-plans-july-2026). What follows is the next chapter in that story. The funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei began in earnest on Saturday, with millions of mourners pouring into the streets of Tehran on the first day of a six-day […]
Ukraine has carried out drone strikes against oil and military facilities near St Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, expanding the reach of its long-range campaign deeper into Russian territory than ever before. The attack disrupted internet service and flights in the area, according to local officials, as Kyiv continues to demonstrate that no part of Russia […]
President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned 11 people, including nine convicted of violating the Clean Air Act and a former business partner of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The pardons highlight a pattern in which the justice system treats the wealthy and well-connected very differently from everyone else. Trump announced the pardons on his Truth Social […]
President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned 11 people, including nine convicted of violating the Clean Air Act and a former business partner of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The pardons highlight a pattern in which the justice system treats the wealthy and well-connected very differently from everyone else. Trump announced the pardons on his Truth Social […]
After a devastating war and a famine that drew international condemnation, leading Israeli politicians are openly discussing something that was once considered unthinkable: building Jewish settlements in Gaza. The question is no longer whether someone is raising the idea, but whether the political conditions have shifted enough to make it possible. The Al Jazeera report […]
After a devastating war and a famine that drew international condemnation, leading Israeli politicians are openly discussing something that was once considered unthinkable: building Jewish settlements in Gaza. The question is no longer whether someone is raising the idea, but whether the political conditions have shifted enough to make it possible. The Al Jazeera report […]
