Ukraine launched its largest drone attack of the war on Moscow Thursday, damaging the Russian capital’s main oil refinery and showering its neighborhoods in “black rain.” The attack’s value is both symbolic and economic, bringing the reality of war home to ordinary Russians through widespread disruption and heaping pressure on ...
Pakistan’s diplomatic chops on displayPakistan’s diplomatic chops on display
The Iran conflict produced an unexpected winner: Pakistan. The country, once cast as a diplomatic pariah by the West, took on a lead role mediating between the US and Iran to produce a deal. “Pakistan’s star turn is the diplomatic equivalent of Cabo Verde winning the World Cup,” a Wall ...
US warns Israel against disrupting deal with IranUS warns Israel against disrupting deal with Iran
Vice President JD Vance warned Israel against disrupting the US-Iran peace deal Thursday, rebuking the US ally’s “freakout,” as it telegraphed further military action in Lebanon. President Donald Trump is the “only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic” to Israel, Vance said, calling for the Israelis ...
JD Vance tells Iran deal critics in Israel: Trump is your only ally left in the worldJD Vance tells Iran deal critics in Israel: Trump is your only ally left in the world
In a sharp rebuke to critics of Trump’s deal with Iran, the vice-president referenced the billions in defence aid Israel recieves from the US News: Iran announces plans to bring in maritime fees for strait of Hormuz Analysis: Iran peace deal makes clear how far US has been forced to ...
Iran announces plans to bring in maritime fees for strait of HormuzIran announces plans to bring in maritime fees for strait of Hormuz
As US lifts its blockade, Tehran says fees to cover cost of managing waterway will come into effect at end of 60-day negotiation period Iran has announced plans to introduce a system of maritime fees in the strait of Hormuz in two months, after the 60-day period of negotiation that ...
A New Fossil Discovery Just Rewrote 150 Years of Evolutionary TheoryA New Fossil Discovery Just Rewrote 150 Years of Evolutionary Theory
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Ancient fossils have revealed that the earliest animals to walk on land more than 300 million years ago did not experience a metamorphosis similar to modern ...
Iranian star Parastoo Ahmadi reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijabIranian star Parastoo Ahmadi reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijab
Musicians and production team understood to be facing same punishment after livestream of patriotic song The Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight members of a production team, including musicians, have been reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for performing in a concert livestreamed on Ahmadi’s YouTube channel in 2024. According to ...
The billionaire hidden behind the curtain inside Trump’s PentagonThe billionaire hidden behind the curtain inside Trump’s Pentagon
Media-shy financier Stephen Feinberg has quietly amassed extraordinary influence over US military spending The only available video over the last 15 months of the official who really wields power in Donald Trump’s Pentagon is a cartoon animation. Released in May on X by the US government, it shows a silver ...
The researcher who says the ‘midlife crisis’ is overblown – it’s actually an opportunityThe researcher who says the ‘midlife crisis’ is overblown – it’s actually an opportunity
‘Personality is just your behaviour, thoughts and feelings, and you can change those things’ psychologist Margie Lachman says For years, midlife has been associated with one word: crisis. Margie Lachman wants us to see opportunity instead. Lachman, a lifespan developmental psychologist, has been studying what goes on between the ages ...
Showdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rushShowdown in the desert: the small town fending off a new California gold rush
A prospecting company’s search for gold has the town of Lone Pine and Indigenous leaders on edge, as the Trump administration greenlights new projects across the American west Lone Pine, population 1,882, lies along a stretch of California highway framed by the vast Inyo mountains and a sweeping desert landscape ...