“Effaced…” by Jawdat Fakhreddine translated by Huda Fakhreddine Effaced, our villages, squares and skies. Nothing remains but smoke, and fires roaming freely. Houses, gardens, fie…
Donald Trump sought to avoid both military escalation and making major concessions to Tehran and tried to prevent negotiations from breaking down, as Iran and Israel engaged in th…
Iran's former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran late February, will be buried after Ashura, due to take place later this month, funeral…
The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Ben Fountain (Rasputin Swims the Potomac)…
More heavy-hitters descending on our bookstores this morning: Andrew Sean Greer’s Villa Coco, Dave Eggers’s Contrapposto, and Leila Slimani’s I’ll Take the Fire are only to …
Dave Eggers’s new novel, Contrapposto, transmits a deep understanding of the impulse to make art—to study, practice, commit to making art on a regular basis, to exhibit and sell y…
Back when the administration of Barack Obama was negotiating a nuclear agreement with Iran, I asked National Security Council officials why they were expending economic leverage p…
The world saw the highest number of state conflicts since the Second World War in 2025, a study said on June 9, warning of a surge in attacks targeting civilians.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up a two-day visit to Pyongyang, his first official trip to North Korea since 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pulled out all the sto…
President Xi Jinping is on a rare visit to North Korea, where he commits to deeper cooperation with Kim Jong Un.
A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, and officials are investigating whether Iranian fire brought it down, two American officials and a third so…
Alan Cumming has officially been confirmed to reprise his role in the sequel to the '90s comedy "masterpiece" Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Back in January 2025, it was …