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We now know why Donald Trump falsely claimed Iran struck one of its own schools, following the largest loss of civilian life in the war so far. The Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in southern Iran was ...

Although the dime was unveiled on Dec. 11, 2025, it has still drawn criticism in the context of the war with Iran. “The design of the new dime long predates Operation Epic Fury and only accentuates ...

Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, explains the history of miscalculations that led to ...

Diplomatic dressing can take many forms and during the Nigeria state visit, the Princess of Wales has flexed two takes on the ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities seldom gave seven-figure grants. Now big awards flow to handpicked projects, including an institution with three full-time employees.

Five weeks after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Arizona home, the FBI is pursuing a chilling new lead involving a potential ...

The tech giants are not neutral innovators. They are the gleaming, blood-drenched arsenal of a dying empire, and Palantir Technologies stands tallest ...

Sam Altman’s comments dismissing claims about AI’s water use as “fake” have sparked fresh debate on whether artificial intelligence can truly coexist with climate goals.

Marriage is often a complex reality with women carrying most of the burden to navigate a space where emotional abuse, control, and sometimes physical violence a ...

I graduated in 2023 and I am still looking for a job. Life is becoming harder every day.”The young graduate sitting across from me in a ...

America’s alibi politics,” I argued that the most dangerous lie in Washington was never simply the claim that America might be pulled into war by Israel. The deeper lie was procedural and moral at ...