President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s far-eastern Kuril Islands for the first time on Aug. 13, prompting protests by Japan, which also claims the territory.
On three elusive films from this year's festival.
Ukraine has damaged Russia’s grain export terminals in an attack on the Novorossiysk port, while Russia has struck grain infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region. Tit-for-tat atta…
On Cronenberg's auto-eroticism three decades on, and how it matches his career-long preoccupation with sex and death.
More than 30 countries have jointly called on Iran to halt executions and release people detained during recent protests, citing concerns over the use of capita
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will establish political and military mechanisms to co-ordinate their defence and security policies under a pact signed last week, the Turkish De…
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…
Three nations to group ministers, hold joint exercises and deepen defence industry cooperation under the pact.
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 Bayeux Tapestry may be back in England, but it is a Norman artwork. For Anglo-Saxon voices, we need to look elsewhere.
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…
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…