Observers say the nominations empower the hardline old guard, prioritise loyalty over military innovation.
Mojtaba Khamenei has recently made a series of appointments that have strengthened his authority at the top of Iran's state apparatus, after remaining out of the public eye since …
October 2025 Dear Chillsubs writers, I hope you enjoyed your first back issue! This time we’re sharing our issue from Spring 2024, which features fiction by Munachim Amah, Renée H…
A London weather station recorded its first month without rain since it began keeping records in 1871, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will equip its officers with body camera…
Before he was flown out of Russia, Robert Gilman had been in “a dissociative stupor” for 47 days due to the abuse he has suffered in prison.
After the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, Berlin promised to bring all the Afghan local staff members to Germany. But people are still waiting to leave in …
An International Atomic Energy Agency delegation will visit Syria in the coming days to discuss nuclear material left over from the Assad regime, the Atomic Energy Commission of S…
At last: the new Téa Obreht novel is upon us! It comes to us in a day filled with other bounties: Richard Russo, Claire Carusillo, and Chang-Rae Lee are just a few of the other la…
Nearly five years after returning to power, Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have expanded working relations with regional and European governments, although Russia remains the o…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Aug. 12 during the Palestinian leader’s official visit to Türkiye, the country’s communications dir…
The movie’s title is no joke. “Fast” (opening Aug. 12 at MOMA) is set in the world of low-rent auto racing. Its protagonist, a young woman named Sterling (Madison Pankey), tries t…
Paper Tiger, the "riveting" new crime thriller starring Scarlett Johansson, has dropped its intense first teaser. Written and directed by James Gray, the film sees the Black Widow…