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.
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 three elusive films from this year's festival.
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…
Three nations to group ministers, hold joint exercises and deepen defence industry cooperation under the pact.
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…
The Bayeux Tapestry may be back in England, but it is a Norman artwork. For Anglo-Saxon voices, we need to look elsewhere.
Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one owned by a Palestinian American.
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…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said it marks the first time Russia sought to attack an American citizen in another NATO country.