The Israeli election's sleeper story: The revival of the modern ultra-Orthodox
A new modern Haredi party could provide the last few seats for the opposition to form a government and topple Netanyahu's hard-right rule
U.S.-Iran Talks May Continue, but the Cease-Fire Is Over
Regional powers push Washington and Tehran to pause strikes to allow for negotiations.
Cameras caught four college students threatening a 14-year-old as she fought back.
A Kazakhstani court has convicted four defendants in a high-profile case over the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, sentencing two of them to 13 years in prison each, a third to eight years, and …
AI Fiction Is Easy to Detect Because It's Stupid and Bad, Research Finds
ChatGPT uses too many dream sequences and Gemini won’t stop describing characters.
Senators Urge Colleagues to Block NDAA Until Pro-Israel Provisions Are Debated
A provision to greatly expand the US’s military coordination with Israel was quietly added to the bill this year.
Measured bodies and moving men
In apartheid South Africa,Drummagazine showed Black readers what it meant to be modern. But not everyone got to be modern in the same way.
Rüstung oder Rente: Mit diesem Haushalt verspielt die Regierung Vertrauen
Die Priorität der Bundesregierung liegt bei Waffen, Sozialausgaben werden gekürzt. Perfide wird es dort, wo Kürzungen als Fortschritt verkauft werden.
The week around the world in 20 pictures
The US’s 250th anniversary, the funeral of Ali Khamenei, another brutal heatwave in Europe and the World Cup – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Vorstoß Spahns: Höcke nicht zum Märtyrer machen
Höcke verbieten, wenn man es schon nicht mit der ganzen AfD tun kann? Das Risiko ist das gleiche: dass man so extrem rechte Märtyrer schafft.
Trump Could Move U.S. Bases to Israel. Here’s Why They’d Become Netanyahu’s Newest Human Shields
Proposals to move U.S. troops from the Gulf to Israel would empower Israeli aggression and keep the U.S. entangled in pointless war, writes former defense intel analyst Harrison Mann.
Maine Senate Candidates Claim They’re Just Like Platner — But Entirely Different
Candidates are desperately trying to appeal to Graham Platner’s base. But they’re keeping Platner himself at arm’s length.
PL Rafael: Projekt verbietet „Provision“ für Wettverluste und macht Influencer verantwortlich
Der Gesetzentwurf 3.613/26 will Influencern verbieten, von Wettverlusten zu profitieren und die Offenlegung von Wetten zur Verantwortung zu ziehen
ICE is threatening to deport witnesses of its latest shooting
Advocates are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security release bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant who was killed by ICE officers in Houston …
OPCW Restores Syria’s Rights After Chemical Weapons Progress
The Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, adopted a decision during its 112th
The oceans are full of heat, and it’s coming ashore
It’s barely the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere, and heatwaves are once again breaking temperature records.
Srebrenica and the Hierarchy of Horror
Between Legal Classification and the Agony of Human Suffering
Egypt deepens Horn of Africa maritime alignment with Somalia MoU
The agreement comes amidst a rise in geopolitical maneuvering on the Red Sea
