With the outbreak of this year’s war, Iraq’s balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile state One week after the United States and Israel killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and ignited a regional war, drones started flying over Basra in southern Iraq. They were targeting Iraq’s ...
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Yemen’s Houthis claim attacks on Red Sea tankers as US launches 12th night of strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis liveYemen’s Houthis claim attacks on Red Sea tankers as US launches 12th night of strikes on Iran – Middle East crisis live
US military says it is degrading Tehran’s ability to threaten ships in strait of Hormuz; Houthis say tankers violated their blockade; US signs nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia Before the US launched its 12th night of strikes against Iran, the Islamic republic’s foreign minister warned: “Our defense doctrine is clear: ...
Why many Black Americans were rooting for Argentina to lose the World Cup | Etan ThomasWhy many Black Americans were rooting for Argentina to lose the World Cup | Etan Thomas
Many Black Americans were not cheering Spain’s complicated history. They were rooting against the racism, politics and silence associated with Argentina There are moments in sports when you realize people aren’t just watching the score any more. They’re watching values. They’re watching who speaks. They’re watching who stays silent. And ...
Who is Jimothy? Seven things you need to know about the internet’s favourite raccoonWho is Jimothy? Seven things you need to know about the internet’s favourite raccoon
From neighbourhood scavenger to baseball mascot and Daily Show guest, the Seattle animal has become social media’s newest cult hero Pygmy hippo Moo Deng is washed up and humiliated, having flunked all three of her football World Cup predictions. Punch the Japanese macaque orphaned in Ikea is so February . ...
He won office in Louisiana after a murder exoneration. Maga wouldn’t let the election standHe won office in Louisiana after a murder exoneration. Maga wouldn’t let the election stand
Calvin Duncan studied law in prison to free himself and won his court clerk race in a landslide. Three hours in, the role was abolished in an act of ‘white supremacy’ The grand old criminal courthouse in New Orleans, encased by towering neoclassical columns, is a building that has altered ...
Mamdani urges US government to arrest Netanyahu if Israeli PM visits USMamdani urges US government to arrest Netanyahu if Israeli PM visits US
New York mayor admits he does not have authority to arrest Netanyahu, adding Israeli PM is ‘architect of a horrific genocide’ Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, acknowledged on Tuesday he does not have the authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged US federal authorities to do so if ...
Middle East crisis live: US renews strikes on Iran as Trump threatens to attack nuclear site ‘very heavily’Middle East crisis live: US renews strikes on Iran as Trump threatens to attack nuclear site ‘very heavily’
US military completes 11th night of strikes as attacks overshadow diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage interim ceasefire deal Houthis threaten attacks on shipping tankers if they use Saudi ports on Red Sea What is Pickaxe Mountain, Iran’s underground nuclear facility? The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan Online news website reported that ...
‘The door slid open and my jaw dropped’: the astonishing sculptures only ever seen by 20 people‘The door slid open and my jaw dropped’: the astonishing sculptures only ever seen by 20 people
Ray Exworth spent his life filling Cornish sheds with breathtaking sculptures – but wouldn’t let anyone in to view them. Now, after his death, his secret body of work has been revealed Ray Exworth spent six decades creating one of Britain’s most extraordinary bodies of sculpture – and almost nobody ...
The children who loved a killerThe children who loved a killer
The Carr family took in Steven Judy, hoping to ‘save’ a troubled teen. They didn’t know he would become one of the most hated men in America Childhood returns to Traci Carr in fragments. Night-time. She is five. She wakes to shadows on the wall, her room strange in the ...
A moment that changed me: I painted a man’s portrait – and he hated itA moment that changed me: I painted a man’s portrait – and he hated it
I thought this commission would be straightforward. But my sitter’s response made me question my own attitude to my looks and body image In September 2024, I was asked to paint the portrait of an 86-year-old man. He had apparently always wanted a formal portrait of himself, and a binge ...