“Don’t bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words / then labor heavily so that they may seem light,” Wisława Szymborska writes in “Under One Small Star.” Szymborska kep…
Syrian security forces have seized a shipment of advanced missiles and weapons at the Iraqi-Syrian border after intercepting an alleged smuggling operation. Aut
The Caterpillars have been here for a long time. In August 1950 the area that came to be known as the Gaza Strip was cut off from the rest of Palestine by a ditch carved into the …
From my desk at the bookstore where I work, I can see most of fiction and all of our new releases, the poetry section by the front door, the edge of world history. I watch people …
In his search for an original aesthetic capable of capturing the epic masterpiece of antiquity, the filmmaker opts for grandeur, with a prestigious cast and vast resources, but fa…
Strikes have hit closer to Tehran for the first time since the latest wave of attacks started. The US military has continued strikes against Iran, hitting targets further to the c…
The US vice president says Epstein ‘seemed’ to be connected to elements of the ‘Israeli deep state’.
The United States has launched fresh strikes on Iranian missile and coastal defense sites after reinstating a naval blockade. Iran responded by warning it could disrupt more regio…
Beyond the limits of the theoretical physics we currently understand, many of the most popular ideas have one thing in common: at their core, they’re mathematical extensions of wh…
India has barred its country's seafarers from working aboard vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz amid growing safety concerns owing to the escalating US-Iran conflict.…
Seven Iranian soldiers killed in US strike on Bampour barracks, army saysHandful of vessels transit Strait of Hormuz after US reimposes Iran blockadeJordan intercepts three ballis…
The first complete quantum computer built by a Dutch company has been delivered to a customer, but that customer is a German state institute, and the company behind it says the Ne…