A new regional pact highlights Iran’s isolation. When the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey got together last week to forge a new defense agreement, they emphasized th…
Phoebe Bridgers’s new record is heavy with post-pandemic disappointment. One of the coronavirus pandemic’s many terrible legacies is the slow smothering of ambition in popular cul…
The designation of “foreign agent” is used by the Russian government to label individuals and organizations that receive foreign support or are (more nebulously) deemed to be unde…
Our quintet of quality reviews this week includes Lauren LeBlanc on Téa Obreht’s Sunrise, Jane Hu on Chang-Rae Lee’s A Tender Age, Stephanie Burt on Marlon James’s The Disappearer…
Ukraine is claiming that North Korea is preparing to send tens of thousands more troops to Russia, where they'll gain valuable battlefield experience. President Zelenskyy urged So…
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksel…
Israel, which hosted the contest in 2019, will no longer be allowed to do so – but can still compete, protesters say.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to the Kuril Islands, traveling to the island of Iturup, the Kremlin’s press service reported.
The UK government says it is "disrupting and deterring shadow fleet vessels" in accordance with the law.
Bruno Foucher has served in CAR since 2023 France has opened disciplinary proceedings against its top diplomat in the Central African Republic (CAR) over accusations of misconduct…
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi criticized Washington for persistent miscalculations stemming from intelligence failures.
'Behind the scene' (5/6). Runway shows sometimes become the stage for particularly spectacular set designs. In September 2022, at the request of designer Nicolas Di Felice, then w…