Who is in charge of Iran’s government after airstrikes killed the supreme leader and some of his defense and security officials? Erika Solomon, our bureau chief for Iran and Iraq, describes what we know.
Their attacks have targeted police stations and intelligence bases in what may be part of a plan to encourage Iranians to rise up against the government, experts say.
House Oversight Republicans release a 53-page report accusing Gov. Tim Walz of ignoring warnings as billions in taxpayer funds were lost to massive welfare fraud in Minnesota.
NYC budget under New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani shows how union contracts drive up costs through premium-free retiree healthcare and early pensions.
Van Hipp makes the case that despite elite opposition and criticism Trump was right to reject the Iran Deal and take decisive military action to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez says he opposes ‘repeating the mistakes of the past’
Sánchez says that Spain will leverage its position as an EU and Nato member state to demand a cessation of hostilities and a return to diplomatic talks.
He says “we must demand a firm resolution from the United States, Iran, and Israel to stop [this conflict] before it is too late.”
Gavin Newsom suffered a ruthless send-up at the hands of former SNL star and late-night host Seth Meyers during the governor’s appearance on Live with Jimmy Kimmel! Tuesday night. Toward the end of Newsom’s interview with Kimmel — which he used to plug his new memori, “Young Man in a Hurry” — Meyers arrived onstage...
More than 50,000 American troops have been deployed as part of the US' Operation Epic Fury that has already eliminated 2,000 targets, according to US Navy Adm. Brad Cooper
My family is in Tehran; I am in Abu Dhabi. Across the region, ordinary people are paying the price for these attacks
Since Saturday, my mind has been torn between the place I live, Abu Dhabi, and Tehran, which has been the focus of my work and research for more than 15 years, and where I still have family. When I saw that Israel and the US had attacked Iran, I started worrying for family, thinking about potential consequences. But I barely had time to consider that before Donald Trump announced that this was about regime change. At that moment, I knew this was going to be big – worse than last June – and that it would lead into a regional schism. Predictably, Iran’s response started shortly after: first against Israel, then against states across the Gulf region, including the United Arab Emirates. It all followed the worst-case escalation scenarios we had been outlining since June, and especially since January, when – in the midst of protests – Donald Trump said “help” was on its way.
I kept on trying to reach family when the internet there was working, which is, at best, for a few minutes a day. Each conversation is short, practical: are you OK? Is your area affected?
Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi is an associate fellow at the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa programme
Ryan Coogler’s artful action-horror offers superb performances, rich storytelling, historical detail – and a jook joint scene that tears the roof off
It’s a symptom of the modern entertainment landscape that movies are now either commercially successful or critically acclaimed, but rarely both. Look over the highest-grossing films of 2025 and it’s a familiar roll call of sequels and spin-offs; look over the critics’ favourites and they are mostly fine movies that not enough people watched – all hoping for a boost from awards season. But Sinners ticked both boxes: it was a smash hit (the seventh highest grossing picture in the US and virtually the only original movie in the top 20), and it was a critical triumph (97% on Rotten Tomatoes, 84% on Metacritic). And most importantly of all, Sinners was a true original, combining action-horror excitement with deep, rich, personal storytelling. There’s nothing more gratifying than seeing a film-maker swing for the fences and actually knock it out of the park; against expectations, 39-year-old Ryan Coogler did just that.
What’s more, Sinners contains what’s surely one of the most transcendently cinematic moments of the year: the scene when blues singer Preacher Boy (Miles Caton) performs his new song I Lied to You for a rowdy Mississippi jook joint, which is powerful enough to pierce “the veil between life and death, the past and the future”. As the song builds, reality breaks down. African tribal musicians, Chinese opera performers, modern-day turntablists, P-Funk-style electric guitarists: all join the swirling revelry. Coogler literally tears the roof off the joint: it catches fire from all this energy and we’re in another realm of space and time. Give the film an Oscar just for this!
“Please, give the people what they want for once,” the talk show host appealed to President Trump. “This is our destiny together, you and me. Think about it.”
A young Arizona mom was mauled to death by three dogs at her mother’s home in Southern California while protecting her 5-year-old son. Emily Panuco, 26, from Parker, Ariz., went to her mom’s home just over the state border in Big River on Feb. 27 to see a litter of puppies when the attack occurred,...
Detainees accused of coming from the US with intent to sow chaos and attack military units on Communist-ruled island
Cuban prosecutors have formally charged six people with crimes of terrorism after a US-flagged speedboat was involved in a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coast guard last week.
The US-based Cuban defendants are accused of packing a boat with weapons and heading toward Cuba in hopes of destabilising the government in Havana.
“A few weeks ago, Sandra Jessen started for FC Köln against Essen,” notes James Vortkamp-Tong. “Is this the first time a player has contained the opposing side’s name in their own?”
It’s not actually the first time Sandra Jessen has played against Essen, as Alicia Butteriss points out. “From what I can tell she first started against Essen, for Bayer Leverkusen, on the last day of the 2018-19 Frauen Bundesliga,” writes Alicia. “It would be remiss of me not to add that she scored both of Köln’s goals when they beat Essen 2-1 near the start of this season.”
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