# IwPost

> Latest Updates & Essential Insights.


## Posts

- [Trump is trying to kill clean energy. The market has other plans.](https://iwpost.com/trump-is-trying-to-kill-clean-energy-the-market-has-other-plans/): A year ago, Donald Trump assumed the presidency for a second time and immediately got to work dismantling the climate progress that Joe Biden’s administration had made.
- [Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy](https://iwpost.com/global-power-struggles-over-the-oceans-finite-resources-call-for-creative-diplomacy/): Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways.
- [Tony Blair distances himself from $1bn fee for Trump-led Peace Board membership](https://iwpost.com/tony-blair-distances-himself-from-1bn-fee-for-trump-led-peace-board-membership/): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has distanced himself from a proposal that would require countries to pay a $1 billion fee to obtain permanent membership of a peace board chaired by US President Donald Trump.
- [Syrian President al-Sharaa and SDF Commander Sign Ceasefire on Troop Withdrawal East of the Euphrates](https://iwpost.com/syrian-president-al-sharaa-and-sdf-commander-sign-ceasefire-on-troop-withdrawal-east-of-the-euphrates/): [DAMASCUS] It was officially announced that a ceasefire and full integration agreement has been signed between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in a step described as the broadest and most sensitive since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict.
- [Syrian President al-Sharaa and SDF Commander Sign Historic Ceasefire Agreement for Withdrawal of SDF Forces East of Euphrates](https://iwpost.com/syrian-president-al-sharaa-and-sdf-commander-sign-historic-ceasefire-agreement-for-withdrawal-of-sdf-forces-east-of-euphrates/): [DAMASCUS] It was officially announced that a ceasefire and full integration agreement has been signed between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in a step described as the broadest and most sensitive since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict.
- [These Finnish homes are being heated by a surprising source: Bitcoin](https://iwpost.com/these-finnish-homes-are-being-heated-by-a-surprising-source-bitcoin/): For someone who cares about climate change, Matt Carlsson had what seemed like a dream job: teaching clients how to decarbonize buildings.
- [Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning](https://iwpost.com/metas-layoffs-leave-supernatural-fitness-users-in-mourning/): Tencia Benavidez, a Supernatural user who lives in New Mexico, started her VR workouts during the Covid pandemic.
- [Forecasters warn of tornadoes in US in coming days](https://iwpost.com/forecasters-warn-of-tornadoes-in-us-in-coming-days/): U.S. weather forecasters warned of the threat of tornados in multiple states this weekend following at least five twisters in the state of Missouri on Friday.
- [The American paradox: A nation simultaneously ascending and descending](https://iwpost.com/the-american-paradox-a-nation-simultaneously-ascending-and-descending/): The United States is a paradox that defies the typical categories of power analysis.
- [This tech could keep EVs from stressing the grid — and save everyone money](https://iwpost.com/this-tech-could-keep-evs-from-stressing-the-grid-and-save-everyone-money/): If you’re a typical American, you get home from work and start flipping switches and turning knobs — doing laundry, cooking dinner, watching TV.
- [How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CES](https://iwpost.com/how-yc-backed-bucket-robotics-survived-its-first-ces/): The weather in Las Vegas wasn’t looking good.
- [Daria Egereva fought for Indigenous voices at the UN. Now she’s in a Russian jail.](https://iwpost.com/daria-egereva-fought-for-indigenous-voices-at-the-un-now-shes-in-a-russian-jail/): Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.
- [Cranberry-Cheddar Sausage Bites](https://iwpost.com/cranberry-cheddar-sausage-bites/): Elegant Cranberry-Cheddar Sausage Bites featuring golden sausage, creamy cheddar, and sweet cranberry preserves, styled on white marble.
- [TechCrunch Mobility: ‘Physical AI’ enters the hype machine](https://iwpost.com/techcrunch-mobility-physical-ai-enters-the-hype-machine/): Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility!
- [Trump’s EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game](https://iwpost.com/trumps-epa-is-taking-itself-out-of-the-regulation-game/): In the 55 years since its founding under President Richard Nixon, the Environmental Protection Agency has been a regulatory pendulum, swinging between stringent and lax control of air pollution.
- [Crispy Maple-Glazed Carrots and Brussels Sprouts](https://iwpost.com/crispy-maple-glazed-carrots-and-brussels-sprouts/): Crispy Maple-Glazed Carrots and Brussels Sprouts roasted to golden perfection with a light maple finish.
- [Highlights from the inaugural Eastern Flank Summit](https://iwpost.com/highlights-from-the-inaugural-eastern-flank-summit/): The leaders of the Baltic States, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria met in Helsinki last month for the inaugural Eastern Flank Summit, which produced a joint declaration that can be read here.
- [Trump’s NATO ally tariffs could have far-reaching consequences](https://iwpost.com/trumps-nato-ally-tariffs-could-have-far-reaching-consequences/): President Donald Trump announced that the US will impose additional 10% tariffs on those next month on NATO allies that symbolically dispatched small military units to Greenland ahead of upcoming multilateral drills there with Denmark, before scaling this to 25% on June 1.
- [US Appeals court allows DEI crackdown](https://iwpost.com/us-appeals-court-allows-dei-crackdown/): A U.S. federal appeals court Friday lifted a block on the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, pausing a lower court ruling blocking enforcement of a series of presidential executive orders halting support of DEI initiatives.
- [Prince William and Kate Snub Prince Harry on His Upcoming UK Trip](https://iwpost.com/prince-william-and-kate-snub-prince-harry-on-his-upcoming-uk-trip/): Prince William and Kate Middleton will be nowhere near London when Prince Harry returns to the U.K.
- [Starbucks hit with $50 million fine for spilled drink injury](https://iwpost.com/starbucks-hit-with-50-million-fine-for-spilled-drink-injury/): A California jury Friday imposed a $50 million fine on Starbucks in the case of a delivery driver burned by a scalding cup of hot tea at a company location in Los Angeles.
- [NASA, SpaceX launch crew to space station to retrieve stuck astronauts](https://iwpost.com/nasa-spacex-launch-crew-to-space-station-to-retrieve-stuck-astronauts/): The replacement crew for the International Space Station was launched late Friday, paving the way for the return home of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two NASA astronauts stuck on the space station for nine months.
- [Iran’s regime has survived war, sanctions, and uprising. Environmental crises may bring it down.](https://iwpost.com/irans-regime-has-survived-war-sanctions-and-uprising-environmental-crises-may-bring-it-down/): This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Teen, 18, Killed in Tragic Chairlift Fall at Popular Canadian Ski Resort](https://iwpost.com/teen-18-killed-in-tragic-chairlift-fall-at-popular-canadian-ski-resort/): A winter outing ended in heartbreak after an 18-year-old man died following a fall from a chairlift at Cypress Mountain, one of the most popular ski destinations near Vancouver.
- [Attack on supreme leader would be declaration of war against Iranian nation: President](https://iwpost.com/attack-on-supreme-leader-would-be-declaration-of-war-against-iranian-nation-president/): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that any attack targeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would amount to a declaration of war against Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Maple Glazed Chicken Thighs](https://iwpost.com/maple-glazed-chicken-thighs/): Juicy maple glazed chicken thighs roasted until golden and glossy, finished with fresh thyme for a cozy yet elegant dinner.
- [Argentina Targets IRGC’s Quds Force With Terror Designation and Sanctions](https://iwpost.com/argentina-targets-irgcs-quds-force-with-terror-designation-and-sanctions/): Argentine President Javier Milei has moved to designate the IRGC Quds Force—Iran’s overseas operations arm—as a terrorist organization, tying the step to Argentina’s unresolved trauma from the 1990s Buenos Aires bombings and drawing praise from Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar.
- [Herzog, Netanyahu Meet Honduras President-Elect Asfura in Jerusalem During US Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Visit](https://iwpost.com/herzog-netanyahu-meet-honduras-president-elect-asfura-in-jerusalem-during-us-sen-lindsey-grahams-visit/): President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Sunday in Jerusalem with Honduran President-elect Nasry Asfura, coinciding with US Senator Lindsey Graham’s visit to Israel.
- [Minnesota Governor Deploys National Guard After Trump Threatens Insurrection Act as Protests Continue](https://iwpost.com/minnesota-governor-deploys-national-guard-after-trump-threatens-insurrection-act-as-protests-continue/): Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday he would deploy the Minnesota National Guard after President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to respond to unrest tied to federal immigration enforcement in the state.
- [Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry](https://iwpost.com/red-state-republicans-seek-climate-liability-shield-for-fossil-fuel-industry/): This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Air Fryer Potato Chips](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-potato-chips/): Crispy Air Fryer Potato Chips made with thinly sliced potatoes, lightly seasoned and served fresh with creamy ranch.
- [13-Year-Old Girl Died Sleeping After Her Bed was ‘Set on Fire’](https://iwpost.com/13-year-old-girl-died-sleeping-after-her-bed-was-set-on-fire/): The victim, identified as Layla Allen, was asleep on the top bunk of her bed when flames engulfed her room on April 2.
- [Portugal presidential race wide open with far-right just ahead, rare runoff vote is likely](https://iwpost.com/portugal-presidential-race-wide-open-with-far-right-just-ahead-rare-runoff-vote-is-likely/): Portugal’s presidential election on Sunday is all but guaranteed to require a runoff vote for the first time in 40 years amid growing political fragmentation, and the race for a place in the second round is still wide open, a new opinion poll showed.
- [Malta News Briefing – Sunday 18 January 2026](https://iwpost.com/malta-news-briefing-sunday-18-january-2026/): Aidan won the Malta Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday evening. He will represent Malta at the annual festival in Vienna, Austria, in May.
- [AG Pam Bondi Told AIC Conference Justice Department Is Seeking Death Penalty for Killing of Israeli Embassy Workers ](https://iwpost.com/ag-pam-bondi-told-aic-conference-justice-department-is-seeking-death-penalty-for-killing-of-israeli-embassy-workers/): US Attorney General Pam Bondi told an audience at the Israeli-American Council (IAC) summit in Florida on Friday that the Justice Department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, framing the prosecution as part of a broader Trump administration push against antisemitism.
- [The Oscars: Records, snubs and historic firsts](https://iwpost.com/the-oscars-records-snubs-and-historic-firsts/): Thursday’s Oscar nominations delivered new records, some high‑profile misses and some fresh breakthroughs, including for non‑English performances, women directors and a new casting category.
- [Europe gets ‘green energy.’ These Southern towns get dirty air.](https://iwpost.com/europe-gets-green-energy-these-southern-towns-get-dirty-air-2/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.
- [Easy Lemon Lentil Soup – Bright, Healthy, and Comforting](https://iwpost.com/easy-lemon-lentil-soup-bright-healthy-and-comforting/): This lemon lentil soup is the perfect weeknight lunch or dinner—light, flavorful, and packed with plant-based protein and fiber.
- [Who’s behind AMI Labs, Yann LeCun’s ‘world model’ startup](https://iwpost.com/whos-behind-ami-labs-yann-lecuns-world-model-startup/): Yann LeCun’s new venture, AMI Labs, has drawn intense attention since the AI scientist left Meta to found it.
- [Bridget Jones and Doctor Who Actor Dies at 92](https://iwpost.com/bridget-jones-and-doctor-who-actor-dies-at-92/): Beloved British actor Donald Douglas, best known to modern audiences for his role in Bridget Jones’s Diary, has died aged 92 following a short illness.
- [Trump’s Latest Statements Prompt Anger Among NATO Veterans](https://iwpost.com/trumps-latest-statements-prompt-anger-among-nato-veterans/): Veterans from across Europe hit back at U.S.
- [Yes, climate change can supercharge a winter storm. Here’s how.](https://iwpost.com/yes-climate-change-can-supercharge-a-winter-storm-heres-how/): A massive, frigid storm is developing across the United States, stretching from the Southwest up into the Northeast and putting much of the country in a deep freeze until early next week.
- [Waymo probed by National Transportation Safety Board over illegal school bus behavior](https://iwpost.com/waymo-probed-by-national-transportation-safety-board-over-illegal-school-bus-behavior/): The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has opened an investigation into Waymo after its robotaxis have been spotted illegally passing stopped school buses numerous times in at least two states.
- [Air Fryer Cheesy Tortilla Garlic Bread](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-cheesy-tortilla-garlic-bread/): I honestly don’t know how I’d survive without my air fryer.
- [Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau’s Romance Hits New Level](https://iwpost.com/katy-perry-and-justin-trudeaus-romance-hits-new-level/): Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau’s relationship appears to be getting serious — and fast.
- [The climate contradictions in MAHA’s new food pyramid](https://iwpost.com/the-climate-contradictions-in-mahas-new-food-pyramid/): This month, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [A melting Greenland is easier to exploit — but also more perilous](https://iwpost.com/a-melting-greenland-is-easier-to-exploit-but-also-more-perilous/): World leaders surely breathed a sigh of relief late this week when President Donald Trump said the United States wouldn’t have to “take” Greenland after all, having been granted permission to establish more military bases instead.
- [This startup will send 1,000 people’s ashes to space — affordably — in 2027](https://iwpost.com/this-startup-will-send-1000-peoples-ashes-to-space-affordably-in-2027/): Ryan Mitchell, the founder of a startup called Space Beyond, remembers looking at the night sky while camping at a state park and wondering what he should do next.
- [Crispy Oven-Baked Pasta Chips – Fun & Easy Snack](https://iwpost.com/crispy-oven-baked-pasta-chips-fun-easy-snack/): Looking for a fun twist on pasta? These crispy pasta chips are golden, cheesy, and totally addictive!
- [Melania ‘Snubs’ Ivanka at Documentary Premiere](https://iwpost.com/melania-snubs-ivanka-at-documentary-premiere/): Rumors of tension between Melania Trump and her stepdaughter Ivanka Trump have swirled for years, but a new report suggests the divide may be more real than ever.
- [Which Passports Open the Most Doors: Singapore Reigns](https://iwpost.com/which-passports-open-the-most-doors-singapore-reigns/): The latest Henley Passport Index, updated quarterly, reveals which passports offer the broadest global access without a visa.
- [Europe gets ‘green energy’. These Southern towns get dirty air.](https://iwpost.com/europe-gets-green-energy-these-southern-towns-get-dirty-air/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.
- [Palmer Luckey says the coolest thing about Anduril expanding to Long Beach is the fighter jets](https://iwpost.com/palmer-luckey-says-the-coolest-thing-about-anduril-expanding-to-long-beach-is-the-fighter-jets/): Defense tech company Anduril on Thursday announced its plans to expand its Southern California presence with a major campus in Long Beach, the coastal town where founder Palmer Luckey grew up.
- [Garlic Butter Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells – Creamy, Cheesy & Irresistible 🍝🧄🧈](https://iwpost.com/garlic-butter-chicken-alfredo-stuffed-shells-creamy-cheesy-irresistible-%f0%9f%8d%9d%f0%9f%a7%84%f0%9f%a7%88/): Take your classic Chicken Alfredo to the next level with these Garlic Butter Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells!
- [Prince’s Death Bombshell Exposed a Secret Life Fans Never Saw Coming](https://iwpost.com/princes-death-bombshell-exposed-a-secret-life-fans-never-saw-coming/): Ten years after the sudden death of Prince, a brutal truth revealed in his autopsy still sends shockwaves through the music world — exposing a hidden struggle so devastating it shattered the illusion of an untouchable icon.
- [Oil prices rebound after Trump comments on ‘armada’ moving to Iran spur supply worries](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-rebound-after-trump-comments-on-armada-moving-to-iran-spur-supply-worries/): Oil prices rebounded on Friday after U.S.
- [How permanent is Trump’s assault on climate action?](https://iwpost.com/how-permanent-is-trumps-assault-on-climate-action/): One year ago, with one of the first strokes of his presidential Sharpie, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a “national energy emergency,” making good on a campaign promise to “drill, baby, drill.” It was the first of many such orders, signaling that the championing of fossil fuels would be a cornerstone of the new administration: A subsequent order pledged to revitalize America’s waning coal industry, eliminate subsidies for electric vehicles approved by Congress under former president Joe Biden, and loosen regulations for domestic producers of fossil fuels.
- [Former Sequoia partner’s new startup uses AI to negotiate your calendar for you](https://iwpost.com/former-sequoia-partners-new-startup-uses-ai-to-negotiate-your-calendar-for-you/): Kais Khimji has spent most of his professional career as a venture investor, including six years as a partner at the prominent VC firm Sequoia Capital.
- [Irresistible Banana Oatmeal Bars – Healthy Snacking Made Easy](https://iwpost.com/irresistible-banana-oatmeal-bars-healthy-snacking-made-easy/): Looking for a healthy snack or breakfast treat that’s easy to make and full of flavor? These Banana Oatmeal Bars are the perfect solution!
- [Stats Reveal Just How Badly Meghan Markle’s Netflix Show Bombed](https://iwpost.com/stats-reveal-just-how-badly-meghan-markles-netflix-show-bombed/): If there were any doubts about the future of Meghan Markle’s Netflix ambitions, the numbers appear to have settled them.
- [New trade map takes shape in Davos as world adjusts to Trump tariffs](https://iwpost.com/new-trade-map-takes-shape-in-davos-as-world-adjusts-to-trump-tariffs/): President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs as a foreign policy tool added fresh impetus in Davos this week to efforts to boost global trade beyond the U.S., with frustration palpable among many of Washington’s top trading partners.
- [The Trump EPA ended the ‘green new scam.’ A year later, communities are still paying the price. ](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-epa-ended-the-green-new-scam-a-year-later-communities-are-still-paying-the-price/): The Village of Sauget in St. Clair County, Illinois, was founded in order to be polluted.
- [Microsoft 365 hit by outage, preventing access to emails and files](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-365-hit-by-outage-preventing-access-to-emails-and-files/): An ongoing Microsoft outage is preventing enterprise customers from accessing email inboxes, files, meetings, and other Microsoft cloud services.
- [Dreams Crème Brûlée](https://iwpost.com/dreams-creme-brulee/): If you love crème brûlée and soft, fluffy fried dough, these Dreams Crème Brûlée are about to become your new obsession.
- [‘Beatles’ Legend Slammed for ‘Micromanaging’ His Own Biopic](https://iwpost.com/beatles-legend-slammed-for-micromanaging-his-own-biopic/): Rock legend Ringo Starr is teaming up with Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes on the ambitious four-part biopic project about The Beatles — but behind the scenes, things are reportedly getting a little tense.
- [Putin says who owns Greenland is of no concern to Russia](https://iwpost.com/putin-says-who-owns-greenland-is-of-no-concern-to-russia/): President Vladimir Putin said that Greenland’s ownership was not Russia’s concern and that the United States and Denmark – whose historical treatment of the island he criticised – should sort the matter out between themselves.
- [Greenland is a global model for Indigenous self-governance. Trump’s demands for the island threaten that.](https://iwpost.com/greenland-is-a-global-model-for-indigenous-self-governance-trumps-demands-for-the-island-threaten-that/): Aqqaluk Lynge was 19 years old when an American B-52 bomber carrying four thermonuclear weapons as well as conventional bombs crashed off the northwest coast of Greenland, the island where Lynge was born and raised.
- [Here’s what you should know about the US TikTok deal](https://iwpost.com/heres-what-you-should-know-about-the-us-tiktok-deal/): TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S.
- [Muddy Buddy Rice Krispies (Easy No-Bake Treat)](https://iwpost.com/muddy-buddy-rice-krispies-easy-no-bake-treat/): If you’re craving a dessert that’s sweet, crunchy, and completely irresistible, these Muddy Buddy Rice Krispies are exactly what you need.
- [11-Year-Old Dies on School Bus During Morning Route](https://iwpost.com/11-year-old-dies-on-school-bus-during-morning-route/): A Texas town is in shock after an 11-year-old student suddenly collapsed on a school bus during the morning ride to class. The tragedy happened Tuesday, Jan.
- [Sources: Project SGLang spins out as RadixArk with $400M valuation as inference market explodes](https://iwpost.com/sources-project-sglang-spins-out-as-radixark-with-400m-valuation-as-inference-market-explodes/): A pattern is emerging in the AI infrastructure world: popular open source tools are transforming into venture-backed startups worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
- [Cheesy Baked Tortellini Casserole With Meat Sauce](https://iwpost.com/cheesy-baked-tortellini-casserole-with-meat-sauce/): If you’re searching for a cheap, easy, and family‑friendly dinner, this Cheesy Baked Tortellini Casserole is about to become your new weeknight favorite.
- [Michelle Obama Reveals Shocking Confession About Relationship : Saw ‘No Romantic Potential’ at First](https://iwpost.com/michelle-obama-reveals-shocking-confession-about-relationship-saw-no-romantic-potential-at-first/): Michelle Obama is telling a story many Americans have never heard before.
- [The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land.](https://iwpost.com/the-miccosukee-tribe-blocked-alligator-alcatraz-then-trump-blocked-a-bill-to-return-their-land/): On Thursday, Republicans in the House failed to override President Donald Trump’s first two vetoes in office: a pipeline project that would bring safe drinking water to rural Colorado, and another that would return land to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians in Florida.
- [Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Apple is reportedly developing an AI wearable](https://iwpost.com/not-to-be-outdone-by-openai-apple-is-reportedly-developing-an-ai-wearable/): Apple may be developing its own AI wearable, according to a report published Wednesday by The Information.
- [Easy 10-Minute Air Fryer Garlic Bread (Crispy & Buttery)](https://iwpost.com/easy-10-minute-air-fryer-garlic-bread-crispy-buttery/): This easy air fryer garlic bread is made with thick slices of bread generously slathered in homemade garlic butter, then air fried until golden, crispy on the edges, and irresistibly buttery.
- [Star College Quarterback Sued by University](https://iwpost.com/star-college-quarterback-sued-by-university/): Duke University has launched an unprecedented legal fight against its own star quarterback after he announced he was leaving the program, igniting one of the most explosive contract battles of the NIL era.
- [Greenland turmoil is eclipsing Ukraine at Davos](https://iwpost.com/greenland-turmoil-is-eclipsing-ukraine-at-davos/): As a real war rages on Europe’s eastern edge, the continent’s leaders are distracted by a phony one on its western flank.
- [How Chevron played the long game in Venezuela](https://iwpost.com/how-chevron-played-the-long-game-in-venezuela/): On Saturday, hours after U.S.
- [Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store](https://iwpost.com/apps-for-boycotting-american-products-surge-to-the-top-of-the-danish-app-store/): European consumers are fighting back against the U.S. following Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland, a Danish territory.
- [Homemade Creamy Tomato Soup (Pantry-Friendly)](https://iwpost.com/homemade-creamy-tomato-soup-pantry-friendly/): Made with everyday pantry staples like canned tomatoes and tomato paste, this Homemade Creamy Tomato Soup delivers bold, peak‑season flavor—even in the depths of winter.
- [Man Taking Uber from Disney World Shoots at Driver Over Denny’s](https://iwpost.com/man-taking-uber-from-disney-world-shoots-at-driver-over-dennys/): A bizarre New Year’s night near Walt Disney World took a dangerous turn when an Uber trip allegedly spiraled into gunfire — all over a late-night stop at Denny’s.
- [Mixed Global Response to Trump’s Proposed Board of Peace](https://iwpost.com/mixed-global-response-to-trumps-proposed-board-of-peace/): A proposed U.S.-led “Board of Peace” promoted by President Donald Trump is drawing mixed reactions internationally, with some governments embracing the initiative while others raise legal, political, and governance concerns.
- [Can you build data centers in a desert without draining the water supply? Utah is finding out.](https://iwpost.com/can-you-build-data-centers-in-a-desert-without-draining-the-water-supply-utah-is-finding-out/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah.
- [OpenAI aims to ship its first device in 2026, and it could be earbuds](https://iwpost.com/openai-aims-to-ship-its-first-device-in-2026-and-it-could-be-earbuds/): OpenAI created a lot of hype around hardware last year after it acquired former Apple design head Jony Ive’s startup io.
- [Easy Gluten-Free Miso Soup](https://iwpost.com/easy-gluten-free-miso-soup/): This Easy Gluten-Free Miso Soup is the kind of simple, comforting recipe you’ll want to keep on repeat.
- [‘Kung Fu Hustle’ Star Dies at 77](https://iwpost.com/kung-fu-hustle-star-dies-at-77/): Kung Fu cinema has lost one of its original icons.
- [What are the military assets in the Arctic?](https://iwpost.com/what-are-the-military-assets-in-the-arctic/): U.S. President Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland as he says it is the only way for the United States to secure its defence.
- [The consequences of Trump’s war on climate in 7 charts](https://iwpost.com/the-consequences-of-trumps-war-on-climate-in-7-charts/): In just one year, President Donald Trump has fundamentally changed the arc of federal climate and environmental policy.
- [Snap reaches settlement in social media addiction lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/snap-reaches-settlement-in-social-media-addiction-lawsuit/): Days ahead of a scheduled trial, social media company Snap has settled a lawsuit accusing the platform of causing social media addiction, according to reports from multiple outlets.
- [Philly Cheesesteak Tortellini Pasta](https://iwpost.com/philly-cheesesteak-tortellini-pasta/): What happens when the iconic flavors of a Philly cheesesteak collide with tender, cheese-filled tortellini?
- [NFL Player Confined to Wheelchair Just Two Years After Retirement](https://iwpost.com/nfl-player-confined-to-wheelchair-just-two-years-after-retirement/): A former NFL lineman who once battled giants on the field is now fighting a very different kind of battle — and his wife wants people to see the reality behind life after football.
- [Mobile homes already have huge utility bills. Congress may make it worse.](https://iwpost.com/mobile-homes-already-have-huge-utility-bills-congress-may-make-it-worse/): On Friday morning, the U.S.
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- [How community solar turned a Superfund site into savings in Illinois](https://iwpost.com/how-community-solar-turned-a-superfund-site-into-savings-in-illinois/): This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Spicy Chilli Garlic Fried Rice (Restaurant‑Style)](https://iwpost.com/spicy-chilli-garlic-fried-rice-restaurant-style/): Turn leftover rice into a fiery, flavor‑packed meal with this Chilli Garlic Fried Rice—a beloved Indo‑Chinese classic that delivers bold heat, garlicky punch, and that irresistible wok‑smoky aroma.
- [Maniac with Machete Attacks Teen Over NFL Jersey (Video)](https://iwpost.com/maniac-with-machete-attacks-teen-over-nfl-jersey-video/): A teenage boy’s work shift turned into pure terror when a machete-wielding stranger stormed into a Southern California laundromat and chased him over one shocking reason — the color of his shirt.
- [One-time hot insurance tech Ethos  poised to be first tech IPO of the year](https://iwpost.com/one-time-hot-insurance-tech-ethos-poised-to-be-first-tech-ipo-of-the-year/): Ethos Technologies has priced its initial public offering and the expectation is that it will go public on Thursday, making it one of the first tech IPOs of the year.
- [Trump’s EPA could limit its own ability to use new science to strengthen air pollution rules](https://iwpost.com/trumps-epa-could-limit-its-own-ability-to-use-new-science-to-strengthen-air-pollution-rules/): This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
- [ThinkPeople: Co-Pilot vs. Autopilot: Navigating AI’s Role in Business](https://iwpost.com/thinkpeople-co-pilot-vs-autopilot-navigating-ais-role-in-business/): As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate every corner of our working lives, we are faced with a fundamental choice: do we treat AI as a co-pilot or as an autopilot?
- [UN urges ‘sustainable shelter solutions’ as storms damage 4,000 shelters in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/un-urges-sustainable-shelter-solutions-as-storms-damage-4000-shelters-in-gaza/): The UN on Tuesday said humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip continue despite daily impediments, as recent storms damaged thousands of shelters and new evacuation orders were issued by Israel in parts of Khan Younis, Anadolu reports.
- [In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source](https://iwpost.com/in-bangladesh-thousands-of-volunteers-are-battling-climate-fueled-disease-at-its-source/): This story was produced by Grist and was co-published with The Asian Dispatch.
- [Slow Cooker Cheddar Corn with Bacon – Creamy Southern Comfort](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-cheddar-corn-with-bacon-creamy-southern-comfort/): Turn simple corn into a rich, crowd-pleasing side dish with this Slow Cooker Cheddar Corn with Bacon.
- [Judge and Wife Shot in Their Home Sparking Manhunt](https://iwpost.com/judge-and-wife-shot-in-their-home-sparking-manhunt/): Indiana authorities are racing to find the gunman who opened fire on a state court judge and his wife inside their Lafayette home late Sunday night.
- [One of the first alternative app stores in the EU is shutting down](https://iwpost.com/one-of-the-first-alternative-app-stores-in-the-eu-is-shutting-down/): One of the more prominent alternative app stores that emerged in the EU as a result of the region’s Digital Markets Act is shutting down.
- [States say they need more help replacing lead pipes. Congress may cut the funding instead.](https://iwpost.com/states-say-they-need-more-help-replacing-lead-pipes-congress-may-cut-the-funding-instead/): This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Netflix revises offer to pay all cash for Warner Bros to stave off Paramount](https://iwpost.com/netflix-revises-offer-to-pay-all-cash-for-warner-bros-to-stave-off-paramount/): In an effort to sweeten the pot for Warner Bros.
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- [Boy, 12, Is Mauled by Shark at Tourist Hotspot](https://iwpost.com/boy-12-is-mauled-by-shark-at-tourist-hotspot/): Sydney is in full panic after three shark attacks tore through the city in barely a day, leaving a child fighting for his life, a surfer mauled, and families fleeing beaches that were packed just hours earlier.
- [Meta’s Oversight Board takes up permanent bans in landmark case](https://iwpost.com/metas-oversight-board-takes-up-permanent-bans-in-landmark-case/): Meta’s Oversight Board is tackling a case focused on Meta’s ability to permanently disable user accounts.
- [Korean Bulgogi Meatballs](https://iwpost.com/korean-bulgogi-meatballs/): Korean Bulgogi Meatballs brushed with a glossy honey-soy glaze and served over fluffy white rice, styled simply on a white marble surface.
- [Trump is keeping coal on life support. How long can it last?](https://iwpost.com/trump-is-keeping-coal-on-life-support-how-long-can-it-last/): Heading into President Donald Trump’s second term, coal looked like an industry nearing the end of its life.
- [Everstone combines Wingify, AB Tasty for $100M+ digital experience optimization platform](https://iwpost.com/everstone-combines-wingify-ab-tasty-for-100m-digital-experience-optimization-platform/): Private equity firm Everstone Capital is bringing together India’s Wingify — a company that helps businesses test different versions of their websites to improve sales and customer engagement — and France’s AB Tasty to build an over $100 million a digital experience optimization company with more than $100 million in annual revenue, just a year after it bought a controlling stake in Wingify for $200 million.
- [3-Ingredient Beer Bread](https://iwpost.com/3-ingredient-beer-bread/): If you’ve ever wanted to make homemade bread without the fuss of yeast, kneading, or long rise times, this 3-Ingredient Beer Bread is for you!
- [At Least 6 Dead in Shopping Mall Fire](https://iwpost.com/at-least-6-dead-in-shopping-mall-fire/): A late-night shopping trip turned into a deadly disaster in Pakistan after a massive fire tore through a Karachi mall, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more.
- [Citrusy Cranberry Crumble Bars](https://iwpost.com/citrusy-cranberry-crumble-bars/): Homemade Citrusy Cranberry Crumble Bars layered with a bright cranberry filling and crisp buttery crumble.
- [Malta News Briefing – Tuesday 20 January 2026](https://iwpost.com/malta-news-briefing-tuesday-20-january-2026/): Storm Harry battered Malta on Monday, with massive waves hitting coastal areas and strong winds toppling trees and disrupting transport services.
- [After one year of Trump, is anything left of the American Climate Corps?](https://iwpost.com/after-one-year-of-trump-is-anything-left-of-the-american-climate-corps/): Two long years ago, it appeared that the much-anticipated American Climate Corps was finally happening.
- [Well, there goes the metaverse!](https://iwpost.com/well-there-goes-the-metaverse/): Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting down several VR game studios, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- [Easy Chicken Cobbler with Cheddar Bay Biscuits](https://iwpost.com/easy-chicken-cobbler-with-cheddar-bay-biscuits/): If you love comforting, hearty dinners but don’t have hours to spend in the kitchen, this Chicken Cobbler is your new weeknight hero!
- [Bistro French Fry Seasoning](https://iwpost.com/bistro-french-fry-seasoning/): Bistro French Fry Seasoning brings restaurant-style flavor to homemade fries with a savory, smoky spice blend.
- [Former Child Star Makes ‘Emotional Plea’ After Husband’s Arrest](https://iwpost.com/former-child-star-makes-emotional-plea-after-husbands-arrest/): A Hollywood marriage is under intense scrutiny after a beloved TV actor was arrested on serious charges involving children.
- [Italian fashion designer Valentino dead at 93](https://iwpost.com/italian-fashion-designer-valentino-dead-at-93/): Italian fashion designer Valentino has died, his foundation has said.
- [A major agreement to protect the Amazon is falling apart after 20 years](https://iwpost.com/a-major-agreement-to-protect-the-amazon-is-falling-apart-after-20-years/): Nearly 20 years ago, a Brazilian lobbying group for soy trading and processing companies signed onto a historic conservation deal known as the Amazon soy moratorium.
- [Here are the 55 US AI startups that raised $100M or more in 2025](https://iwpost.com/here-are-the-55-us-ai-startups-that-raised-100m-or-more-in-2025/): The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum.
- [Raspberry Cottage Cheese Mousse](https://iwpost.com/raspberry-cottage-cheese-mousse/): Light and creamy Raspberry Cottage Cheese Mousse topped with fresh raspberries in an elegant glass.
- [Juicy Lebanese Kafta Kebabs (Grilled Beef Skewers)](https://iwpost.com/juicy-lebanese-kafta-kebabs-grilled-beef-skewers/): These grilled beef Kafta Kebabs are a quick and flavorful Middle Eastern favorite.
- [Chevy Chase Devastated After being ‘Snubbed’ on SNL 50th Anniversary](https://iwpost.com/chevy-chase-devastated-after-being-snubbed-on-snl-50th-anniversary/): Chevy Chase isn’t hiding his disappointment over being left out of Saturday Night Live’s massive 50th anniversary celebration — and insiders say the legendary comic is feeling deeply wounded by the snub.
- [Why almost none of the homes burned in LA have been rebuilt since last year’s fires](https://iwpost.com/why-almost-none-of-the-homes-burned-in-la-have-been-rebuilt-since-last-years-fires/): This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Looking ahead to 2026: What’s next for Startup Battlefield 200](https://iwpost.com/looking-ahead-to-2026-whats-next-for-startup-battlefield-200/): TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 is the flagship early-stage startup competition held at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, spotlighting the world’s most promising young companies.
- [Chewy Cranberry Orange Cookies](https://iwpost.com/chewy-cranberry-orange-cookies/): Chewy Cranberry Orange Cookies bring together bright citrus flavor and rich, buttery sweetness in every soft bite.
- [Brie Apple Grilled Cheese](https://iwpost.com/brie-apple-grilled-cheese/): A golden Brie Apple Grilled Cheese made with crisp sourdough, creamy Brie, sweet apples, and fig jam, photographed in natural daylight on white marble.
- [The Ukraine war has given rise to an ‘exorcism economy’ in Russia](https://iwpost.com/the-ukraine-war-has-given-rise-to-an-exorcism-economy-in-russia/): “Please tell me where to go? A 14-year-old teenager has been possessed by a demon … we tried healers, but they couldn’t help … has anyone encountered this?
- [Slow Cooker Dr Pepper Ribs – Juicy, Fall-Off-the-Bone Goodness](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-dr-pepper-ribs-juicy-fall-off-the-bone-goodness/): These Dr Pepper Ribs are tender, flavorful, and perfect for any night of the week.
- [Deadly Virus Explodes Across America](https://iwpost.com/deadly-virus-explodes-across-america/): America is facing a chilling new threat, and insiders say it may be far worse than anyone is ready to admit.
- [OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network](https://iwpost.com/openclaws-ai-assistants-are-now-building-their-own-social-network/): The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new name — again.
- [Flight Attendants Forced to Scoop Human Waste After All Toilets Fail Mid-Flight (Video)](https://iwpost.com/flight-attendants-forced-to-scoop-human-waste-after-all-toilets-fail-mid-flight-video/): Philippine Airlines passengers got more than they bargained for on a recent long-haul flight — and not in a good way.
- [Two-Minute Protein Brownie (Gluten-Free & Single-Serve)](https://iwpost.com/two-minute-protein-brownie-gluten-free-single-serve/): When a chocolate craving hits and you don’t want to wait—or derail your healthy habits—this Two-Minute Protein Brownie is the answer.
- [Saudi and Israeli officials visit Washington to discuss possible strikes on Iran](https://iwpost.com/saudi-and-israeli-officials-visit-washington-to-discuss-possible-strikes-on-iran/): The Trump administration is hosting senior defense and intelligence officials from Israel and Saudi Arabia for talks on Iran this week as U.S.
- [The biomass industry promised these Southern towns prosperity. So why are they still dying?](https://iwpost.com/the-biomass-industry-promised-these-southern-towns-prosperity-so-why-are-they-still-dying/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.
- [Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands](https://iwpost.com/bluesky-issues-its-first-transparency-report-noting-rise-in-user-reports-and-legal-demands/): Bluesky released its first transparency report this week documenting the actions taken by its Trust & Safety team and the results of other initiatives, like age-assurance compliance, monitoring of influence operations, automated labeling, and more.
- [Southwest Flight Aborts Takeoff at 100 MPH to Avoid Collision with Plane That Made Wrong Turn](https://iwpost.com/southwest-flight-aborts-takeoff-at-100-mph-to-avoid-collision-with-plane-that-made-wrong-turn/): A Southwest Airlines flight was forced to abruptly abort its takeoff this week after a dangerous runway mix-up nearly led to a collision with a smaller aircraft.
- [High Protein Chocolate Chia Pudding (Vegan & Gluten-Free)](https://iwpost.com/high-protein-chocolate-chia-pudding-vegan-gluten-free/): Looking for a breakfast that tastes like dessert but fuels your day? This high protein chocolate chia pudding is the ultimate plant-based breakfast or snack.
- [Malta News Briefing – Friday 30 January 2026](https://iwpost.com/malta-news-briefing-friday-30-january-2026/): Malta’s political class remains split over the prospect of joining an international “Board of Peace” spearheaded by US President Donald Trump, amid questions about its purpose and implications.
- [The iPhone just had its best quarter ever](https://iwpost.com/the-iphone-just-had-its-best-quarter-ever/): Apple had a great Q1, though iPhone sales were the real standout.
- [Robert Irwin Terrifies Fans with Shocking ‘Passenger Princess’](https://iwpost.com/robert-irwin-terrifies-fans-with-shocking-passenger-princess/): Robert Irwin gave fans an unexpected scare after opening his car door and discovering he wasn’t alone.
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- [A Nebraska utility says that its coal plant poses no ‘significant’ health threat](https://iwpost.com/a-nebraska-utility-says-that-its-coal-plant-poses-no-significant-health-threat/): This story is made possible through a partnership between Flatwater Free Press and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization.
- [How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short](https://iwpost.com/how-sequoia-backed-ethos-reached-the-public-market-while-rivals-fell-short/): Ethos Technologies, a San Francisco-based provider of software for selling life insurance, debuted on the Nasdaq on Thursday.
- [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘At War Again’](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-at-war-again/): Meghan Markle is reportedly back at the center of marital tension with Prince Harry after sharing a wave of intimate family moments online — reopening what insiders say is a long-simmering battle over privacy and their children.
- [Homemade Vegan Snickers Bars (4 Ingredients!)](https://iwpost.com/homemade-vegan-snickers-bars-4-ingredients/): These Vegan Snickers Bars are a simple, wholesome twist on the classic candy bar we all love.
- [Vatican plans to open bistro at top of St Peter’s](https://iwpost.com/vatican-plans-to-open-bistro-at-top-of-st-peters/): According to Il Messaggero, the Vatican is proceeding discreetly with plans to establish a bistro on the upper terrace of Saint Peter’s Basilica.
- [Why the government is trying to make coal cute](https://iwpost.com/why-the-government-is-trying-to-make-coal-cute/): Can a lump of coal ever be … cute?
- [Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says ](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-wont-stop-buying-ai-chips-from-nvidia-amd-even-after-launching-its-own-nadella-says/): Microsoft this week deployed its first crop of its homegrown AI chips in one of its data centers, with plans to roll out more in the coming months, it says.
- [Prophecy Warning of Global Death ‘So Widespread Even Birds Won’t Escape’ Resurfaces in 2026](https://iwpost.com/prophecy-warning-of-global-death-so-widespread-even-birds-wont-escape-resurfaces-in-2026/): A 120-year-old apocalyptic prophecy written by a controversial religious figure is exploding back into public view — and many say its predictions sound disturbingly close to what the world is facing under President Donald Trump’s second term.
- [Climate news is written in a language most people can’t understand](https://iwpost.com/climate-news-is-written-in-a-language-most-people-cant-understand/): In the summer of 2023, more than 19,000 people were forced to evacuate as wildfires swept through Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
- [Healthy Homemade Chocolate Cereal (4-Ingredient Cocoa Puffs)](https://iwpost.com/healthy-homemade-chocolate-cereal-4-ingredient-cocoa-puffs/): This healthy homemade chocolate cereal is made with just 4 simple ingredients and is completely gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and refined sugar-free.
- [Solar farms can be havens for rare plants. Just ask the threecorner milkvetch.](https://iwpost.com/solar-farms-can-be-havens-for-rare-plants-just-ask-the-threecorner-milkvetch/): The ostensibly barren Mojave Desert is in fact teeming with plants and animals, including a rare species known as the threecorner milkvetch.
- [India is teaching Google how AI in education can scale](https://iwpost.com/india-is-teaching-google-how-ai-in-education-can-scale/): As AI races into classrooms worldwide, Google is finding that the toughest lessons on how the tech can actually scale are emerging not from Silicon Valley, but from India’s schools.
- [Matt Lauer Victim Makes Horrifying Accusation: ‘He’s a Monster’](https://iwpost.com/matt-lauer-victim-makes-horrifying-accusation-hes-a-monster/): Brooke Nevils, the former NBC staffer who accused Matt Lauer of sexual assault, is revealing graphic new details about what she says happened the night that changed her life — including waking up alone in a hotel room, soaked in blood, and too terrified to even name what had happened to her.
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- [Copper hits record high as geopolitical risks, weak dollar boost metals](https://iwpost.com/copper-hits-record-high-as-geopolitical-risks-weak-dollar-boost-metals/): Copper touched a record high on Thursday, as part of a broad metals rally, supported by investors’ appetite for physical assets amid geopolitical risks and a weak dollar.
- [Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026](https://iwpost.com/zuckerberg-teases-agentic-commerce-tools-and-major-ai-rollout-in-2026/): Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start to see new AI models and products from the company in a matter of months.
- [NASA Astronaut was Shown Footage of ‘Dead Aliens’ from Roswell Crash?](https://iwpost.com/nasa-astronaut-was-shown-footage-of-dead-aliens-from-roswell-crash/): A former NASA staffer has made a jaw-dropping claim: one of the astronauts killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster allegedly once saw secret footage of alien bodies recovered from a UFO crash.
- [3-Ingredient Creamy Yogurt Cake – Soft, Healthy & Delicious](https://iwpost.com/3-ingredient-creamy-yogurt-cake-soft-healthy-delicious/): Looking for a simple, healthy, and surprisingly indulgent dessert? This 3-ingredient creamy yogurt cake is just that!
- [The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: Lots of old poles](https://iwpost.com/the-winter-storm-exposed-the-grids-real-weakness-lots-of-old-poles/): In 1843, Congress gave Samuel Morse $30,000 to try to send a telegram from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore.
- [Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better](https://iwpost.com/meta-burned-19-billion-on-vr-last-year-and-2026-wont-be-any-better/): Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees.
- [Plane Carrying 104 People to Winter Olympics Hits Lighting Tower ](https://iwpost.com/plane-carrying-104-people-to-winter-olympics-hits-lighting-tower/): A military transport plane carrying more than 100 elite security personnel en route to the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games clipped a lighting tower at Milan’s Malpensa Airport after making what officials described as a “wrong maneuver” on the tarmac.
- [Easy 3-Ingredient Brown Sugar Cookies – Chewy & Delicious](https://iwpost.com/easy-3-ingredient-brown-sugar-cookies-chewy-delicious/): Craving fresh, homemade cookies but don’t want to fuss with complicated recipes? These chewy 3-ingredient brown sugar cookies are exactly what you need!
- [An ousted energy regulator reflects on Georgia’s new power politics](https://iwpost.com/an-ousted-energy-regulator-reflects-on-georgias-new-power-politics/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station.
- [Spain to grant around half a million undocumented migrants legal status](https://iwpost.com/spain-to-grant-around-half-a-million-undocumented-migrants-legal-status/): Spain’s Socialist-led government presented a draft decree to expedite legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants, in its latest move to integrate migrant workers even as other European countries curb immigration.
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- [King Charles Wants Harry Back: Inside the Cancer-Stricken Monarch’s Secret Push for Peace Talks](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-wants-harry-back-inside-the-cancer-stricken-monarchs-secret-push-for-peace-talks/): King Charles is quietly working behind the scenes to heal one of the most painful rifts in royal history — and bring Prince Harry back into the fold.
- [Trump warns Iran ‘time is running out’ as US military builds up in Gulf](https://iwpost.com/trump-warns-iran-time-is-running-out-as-us-military-builds-up-in-gulf/): Donald Trump has warned Iran that “time is running out” to negotiate a deal on nuclear weapons following the steady build up of US military forces in the Gulf.
- [Trump destroyed offshore wind. The Northeast can’t live without it.](https://iwpost.com/trump-destroyed-offshore-wind-the-northeast-cant-live-without-it/): Since his presidency began last year, Donald Trump has embarked on an all-out campaign to destroy the nation’s nascent offshore wind industry.
- [Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber](https://iwpost.com/waabi-raises-1b-and-expands-into-robotaxis-with-uber/): Autonomous vehicle startup Waabi has raised $1 billion and struck a partnership with Uber to deploy self-driving cars on the ride-hailing platform — the company’s first expansion beyond autonomous trucking.
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- [JonBenét Ramsey and Epstein Rumors Finally Addressed by John Ramsey](https://iwpost.com/jonbenet-ramsey-and-epstein-rumors-finally-addressed-by-john-ramsey/): JonBenét Ramsey’s name is trending again — this time over a viral TikTok conspiracy tying the slain child beauty queen to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
- [Libya signs $20bn oil deals with US and French energy companies](https://iwpost.com/libya-signs-20bn-oil-deals-with-us-and-french-energy-companies/): Libya’s Tripoli-based government signed a 25-year oil development agreement with France’s TotalEnergies and the US’s ConocoPhillips that could more than double the output of its Waha Oil company.
- [Google Photos brings its prompt-based editing feature to India, Australia and Japan](https://iwpost.com/google-photos-brings-its-prompt-based-editing-feature-to-india-australia-and-japan/): Google is bringing AI-powered photo editing to more users around the world, making it easier to fix your photos with simple text commands instead of complicated editing tools.
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- [Classic Brioche Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce](https://iwpost.com/classic-brioche-bread-pudding-with-caramel-sauce/): This Bread Pudding brings a touch of homemade magic to your kitchen, combining soft, buttery brioche with a rich, creamy custard for a dessert that’s both comforting and indulgent.
- [Doomsday Clock Jumps Forward Again — Scientists Warn America Is Now Just 85 Seconds From “Man-Made Midnight”](https://iwpost.com/doomsday-clock-jumps-forward-again-scientists-warn-america-is-now-just-85-seconds-from-man-made-midnight/): In a stark new warning delivered under President Donald Trump’s second term, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight — the closest humanity has ever come to its symbolic point of self-destruction.
- [Amazon agrees to pay consumers $309M in returns policy settlement](https://iwpost.com/amazon-agrees-to-pay-consumers-309m-in-returns-policy-settlement/): Amazon has reached a settlement valued at more than $1 billion to resolve claims that it failed to properly refund customers for their returns.
- [Zelenskyy eyes 2027 for Ukraine’s accession to European Union](https://iwpost.com/zelenskyy-eyes-2027-for-ukraines-accession-to-european-union/): Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he wanted to target 2027 for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
- [Peach Upside Down Mini Cakes](https://iwpost.com/peach-upside-down-mini-cakes/): These peach upside down mini cakes are incredibly moist, tender, and packed with juicy peaches in every bite.
- [Risotto raises $10M seed to use AI to make ticketing systems easier to use](https://iwpost.com/risotto-raises-10m-seed-to-use-ai-to-make-ticketing-systems-easier-to-use/): Help desk automation is a billion-dollar industry, and one of the most likely to be disrupted by tech built upon AI.
- [Shirtless Florida Man Robs Taco Bell with a Rock](https://iwpost.com/shirtless-florida-man-robs-taco-bell-with-a-rock/): A bizarre late-night Taco Bell robbery in Florida has officially landed its perpetrator behind bars.
- [Deadly virus outbreak in India triggers Asia airport screenings](https://iwpost.com/deadly-virus-outbreak-in-india-triggers-asia-airport-screenings/): An outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in India’s West Bengal state has sparked concern in parts of Asia, with some tightening screening measures at airports.
- [The EPA wants to eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can protect their water](https://iwpost.com/the-epa-wants-to-eliminate-one-of-the-few-ways-that-tribes-can-protect-their-water/): Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to revise the Clean Water Act, specifically a section of the law that regulates water quality and limits states’ and tribes’ authority over federal projects, as well as how tribes can gain the authority to conduct those reviews.
- [Northwood Space secures a $100M Series B and a $50M Space Force contract](https://iwpost.com/northwood-space-secures-a-100m-series-b-and-a-50m-space-force-contract/): Space is an increasingly crowded place thanks to the constant influx of new satellites and it’s only to get more cramped as the cost to get to orbit falls.
- [Southern Peach Cobbler Egg Rolls (TikTok Viral Dessert)](https://iwpost.com/southern-peach-cobbler-egg-rolls-tiktok-viral-dessert/): These Southern Peach Cobbler Egg Rolls take everything you love about classic peach cobbler and wrap it up in a crispy, golden shell.
- [Mick Jagger’s Family Launches Desperate Search After Relative Goes Missing](https://iwpost.com/mick-jaggers-family-launches-desperate-search-after-relative-goes-missing/): The family of Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger is reportedly in a state of mounting anxiety after the longtime partner of his granddaughter disappeared in England — and authorities say their concern is intensifying by the day.
- [NATO boss Rutte slaps down calls for European army prompted by Trump fears](https://iwpost.com/nato-boss-rutte-slaps-down-calls-for-european-army-prompted-by-trump-fears/): NATO boss Mark Rutte on Monday dismissed calls by some leading European politicians for a separate European army, prompted by doubts over Donald Trump’s commitment to the continent’s security that were heightened by tensions over Greenland.
- [South Korea’s Edenlux set for U.S. debut of eye-strain wellness device](https://iwpost.com/south-koreas-edenlux-set-for-u-s-debut-of-eye-strain-wellness-device/): People around the world now spend hours a day on their smartphones.
- [Old-Fashioned Homemade Banana Pudding from Scratch](https://iwpost.com/old-fashioned-homemade-banana-pudding-from-scratch/): Nothing beats the creamy, dreamy layers of banana pudding made from scratch!
- [Mayor Narrowly Survives ‘Bazooka’ Assassination Attempt (Video)](https://iwpost.com/mayor-narrowly-survives-bazooka-assassination-attempt-video/): A powerful rocket blast tore through a quiet Sunday morning in the southern Philippines as armed attackers tried to assassinate a town mayor in broad daylight — and came inches from succeeding.
- [Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown ](https://iwpost.com/heres-the-tech-powering-ices-deportation-crackdown/): President Donald Trump said he would make countering immigration one of his flagship policies during his second term in The White House, promising an unprecedented number of deportations.
- [Fresh Strawberry Cobbler – Sweet, Juicy, and Easy to Make](https://iwpost.com/fresh-strawberry-cobbler-sweet-juicy-and-easy-to-make/): Last week, I spotted 2-pound containers of fresh strawberries at my grocery store for a steal.
- [Data centers are facing an image problem. The tech industry is spending millions to rebrand them.](https://iwpost.com/data-centers-are-facing-an-image-problem-the-tech-industry-is-spending-millions-to-rebrand-them/): With community opposition growing, data center backers are going on a full-scale public relations blitz.
- [Harry’s Suffering Brutal Hollywood Reality Check](https://iwpost.com/harrys-suffering-brutal-hollywood-reality-check/): Prince Harry’s long-promised fresh start in California is reportedly losing steam — and insiders say the money that once flowed freely is starting to dry up.
- [SpaceX eyes mid-March for first test of upgraded Starship rocket](https://iwpost.com/spacex-eyes-mid-march-for-first-test-of-upgraded-starship-rocket/): The delayed first test of SpaceX’s upgraded Starship rocket is now slated for mid-March, according to a post from CEO Elon Musk on his social media site X.
- [Irish Potato Farl: A Timeless Taste of Irish Comfort](https://iwpost.com/irish-potato-farl-a-timeless-taste-of-irish-comfort/): Irish Potato Farls are a treasured classic from the heart of Ireland’s home kitchens.
- [Prince Harry’s Stalker Sits Just Feet Behind Him in Court](https://iwpost.com/prince-harrys-stalker-sits-just-feet-behind-him-in-court/): Prince Harry’s long-running fight over privacy and security took an unsettling turn this week after an alleged stalker was reportedly able to sit just rows behind him during a high-profile court hearing in London.
- [Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out](https://iwpost.com/synthesia-hits-4b-valuation-lets-employees-cash-out/): British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from $2.1 billion just a year ago.
- [Old Fashioned Fruitcake Cookies](https://iwpost.com/old-fashioned-fruitcake-cookies/): These Old Fashioned Fruitcake Cookies capture all the nostalgic flavors of classic fruitcake in a chewy, spiced, bite-sized treat.
- [Woman Freaks Out While Being Sentenced for Her Roommate’s Brutal Murder](https://iwpost.com/woman-freaks-out-while-being-sentenced-for-her-roommates-brutal-murder/): A Florida courtroom descended into chaos when Amanda Cook, 41, was abruptly removed after launching into a bizarre, shouting outburst as she was sentenced to life in prison for brutally killing her roommate.
- [This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine](https://iwpost.com/this-founder-cracked-firefighting-now-hes-creating-an-ai-gold-mine/): Sunny Sethi, founder of HEN Technologies, doesn’t sound like someone who’s disrupted an industry that has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s.
- [Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Grilled Cheese: Quick, Flavorful, and Comforting](https://iwpost.com/sun-dried-tomato-pesto-grilled-cheese-quick-flavorful-and-comforting/): As a busy mom, I know how precious time can be—especially when it comes to meal prep.
- [Netflix Star Slams Paycheck as ‘Embarrassing’](https://iwpost.com/netflix-star-slams-paycheck-as-embarrassing/): World-famous climber Alex Honnold is opening up about the surprisingly low payday he received for one of the most dangerous climbs of his life — and even he admits it was a little awkward.
- [TechCrunch Mobility: RIP, Tesla Autopilot, and the NTSB investigates Waymo](https://iwpost.com/techcrunch-mobility-rip-tesla-autopilot-and-the-ntsb-investigates-waymo/): Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
- [Southern Hoe Cakes (Johnny Cakes)](https://iwpost.com/southern-hoe-cakes-johnny-cakes/): Whether you call them Southern hoe cakes, cornbread pancakes, or Johnny cakes, one thing is certain—these golden beauties are completely irresistible.
- [‘A fraudulent scheme’: New Mexico sues Texas oil companies for walking away from leaking wells](https://iwpost.com/a-fraudulent-scheme-new-mexico-sues-texas-oil-companies-for-walking-away-from-leaking-wells/): This story was originally co-published by ProPublica and Capital & Main.
- [Shocking Gas Explosion Rocks NYC Apartment Building (Video)](https://iwpost.com/shocking-gas-explosion-rocks-nyc-apartment-building-video/): A quiet Bronx night turned into a nightmare when a powerful gas explosion ripped through the top floors of a 17-story apartment tower early Saturday.
- [SEC drops lawsuit against Winklevoss twins’ Gemini crypto exchange](https://iwpost.com/sec-drops-lawsuit-against-winklevoss-twins-gemini-crypto-exchange/): The Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its lawsuit against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
- [Hush Puppies: Classic Southern Cornbread Nuggets](https://iwpost.com/hush-puppies-classic-southern-cornbread-nuggets/): Hush puppies are a beloved Southern side dish, perfect for BBQs, summer picnics, or a cozy seafood dinner.
- [Michael Irvin Slams Cocaine Claims After Wild Sideline Meltdown](https://iwpost.com/michael-irvin-slams-cocaine-claims-after-wild-sideline-meltdown/): Michael Irvin is firing back after a viral sideline spectacle during the College Football Playoff national championship sent social media into a frenzy.
- [Former Googlers seek to captivate kids with an AI-powered learning app](https://iwpost.com/former-googlers-seek-to-captivate-kids-with-an-ai-powered-learning-app/): Big Tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software and hardware for kids.
- [Irish Stew with Mashed Potatoes (Classic Comfort Food)](https://iwpost.com/irish-stew-with-mashed-potatoes-classic-comfort-food/): This Irish Stew with Mashed Potatoes is the ultimate comfort food—hearty, filling, and made with simple ingredients that warm you from the inside out.
- [Beloved Beauty Queen Dies at 21 After ‘Tragic Accident’](https://iwpost.com/beloved-beauty-queen-dies-at-21-after-tragic-accident/): Beloved British pageant winner Eleisha Skinner has died at just 21 years old, shocking her community and the pageant world more than three years after she was crowned Miss Faversham.
- [Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification](https://iwpost.com/gmail-is-having-issues-with-spam-and-misclassification/): If your Gmail account doesn’t seem to be working properly today, you’re not alone.
- [Spicy Jalapeño Popper Chicken Soup](https://iwpost.com/spicy-jalapeno-popper-chicken-soup/): Spicy soups and comfort foods hold a special place in many cuisines, offering warmth, bold flavor, and pure satisfaction—especially on chilly days.
- [Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos](https://iwpost.com/tech-ceos-boast-and-bicker-about-ai-at-davos/): There were times at this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference, with on-stage appearances by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and even more industry executives.
- [Jeff Bezos’ Desperate Bid to Save Melania’s Movie ](https://iwpost.com/jeff-bezos-desperate-bid-to-save-melanias-movie/): Jeff Bezos is throwing billionaire muscle behind Melania Trump’s upcoming film as early ticket sales reportedly fail to ignite — sparking whispers that Amazon is in full-blown damage-control mode.
- [This Brooklyn bagel shop is saving money with plug-in batteries](https://iwpost.com/this-brooklyn-bagel-shop-is-saving-money-with-plug-in-batteries/): This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [How PopWheels helped a food cart ditch generators for e-bike batteries](https://iwpost.com/how-popwheels-helped-a-food-cart-ditch-generators-for-e-bike-batteries/): Food carts are a staple of New York City dining, dispensing everything from dosa and doner kebabs to dogs and dim sum in short order.
- [Beloved TV Star and Comedian Dead at 74](https://iwpost.com/beloved-tv-star-and-comedian-dead-at-74/): Pop culture lost a true original.
- [Risk of foreign drones crossing into Finnish airspace is increasing, officials say](https://iwpost.com/risk-of-foreign-drones-crossing-into-finnish-airspace-is-increasing-officials-say/): The risk of drones drifting into Finland as a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine is rising, the head of the country’s military intelligence service told the AFP news agency.
- [Cheesy Broccoli Rice Stuffed Peppers](https://iwpost.com/cheesy-broccoli-rice-stuffed-peppers/): These Cheesy Broccoli Rice Stuffed Peppers are the definition of cozy, feel-good food.
- [Legal AI giant Harvey acquires Hexus as competition heats up in legal tech](https://iwpost.com/legal-ai-giant-harvey-acquires-hexus-as-competition-heats-up-in-legal-tech/): Harvey, the high-flying legal AI startup, has acquired Hexus — a two-year-old startup that builds tools for creating product demos, videos, and guides — as the company continues its aggressive expansion amid fierce competition in the legal tech market.
- [CBS Star Journalists on the Chopping Block in ’60 Minutes’ Bloodbath](https://iwpost.com/cbs-star-journalists-on-the-chopping-block-in-60-minutes-bloodbath/): CBS News is imploding — and the bloodiest battle is unfolding inside 60 Minutes.
- [How Trump’s Greenland threats amount to an implicit rejection of the legal principles of Nuremberg](https://iwpost.com/how-trumps-greenland-threats-amount-to-an-implicit-rejection-of-the-legal-principles-of-nuremberg/): U.S. President Donald Trump has, for the moment, indicated a willingness to abandon his threat to take over Greenland through military force – saying that he prefers negotiation to invasion.
- [Indonesia may exit Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ if Palestine independence unmet: Report](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-may-exit-trumps-board-of-peace-if-palestine-independence-unmet-report/): Indonesia may exit US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” if Palestine’s independence goals are not advanced, according to the state-run news agency Antara.
- [Senator Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized](https://iwpost.com/senator-mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/): Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was hospitalized Monday night after suddenly falling ill, triggering renewed concern over the longtime lawmaker’s health as Congress faces another tense legislative stretch in President Donald Trump’s second term.
- [Inside the challenges faced by journalists covering Iran’s protests](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-challenges-faced-by-journalists-covering-irans-protests/): Iran is enduring one of the darkest periods in its modern history.
- [How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win](https://iwpost.com/how-government-killings-and-kidnappings-in-argentina-drove-mothers-to-resist-and-revolt-%e2%88%92-and-eventually-win/): A series of shootings by federal immigration agents, including two deaths in Minneapolis, have galvanized intense local and national protests against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.
- [Netflix says users can cancel service if HBO Max merger makes it too expensive ](https://iwpost.com/netflix-says-users-can-cancel-service-if-hbo-max-merger-makes-it-too-expensive/): There is concern that subscribers might be negatively affected if Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD’s) streaming and movie studios businesses.
- [Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, shot dead](https://iwpost.com/saif-al-islam-gaddafi-son-of-ex-libyan-leader-shot-dead/): Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the second son of Libya’s former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed at the age of 53 in an attack at his residence in Zintan, western Libya.
- [Trump’s clash with the gun lobby](https://iwpost.com/trumps-clash-with-the-gun-lobby/): This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding](https://iwpost.com/trumps-framing-of-nigeria-insurgency-as-a-war-on-christians-risks-undermining-interfaith-peacebuilding/): Nigeria “must do more to protect Christians,” a senior U.S. State Department official demanded on Jan.
- [Japan’s unprecedented project could test the limits of deep-sea mining](https://iwpost.com/japans-unprecedented-project-could-test-the-limits-of-deep-sea-mining/): The year 2010 was a reckoning for Japan’s economic security.
- [Italy Set to Approve Tougher Security Measures After Violent Turin Protests](https://iwpost.com/italy-set-to-approve-tougher-security-measures-after-violent-turin-protests/): The Italian government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is preparing to introduce a new package of security measures following violent clashes during a protest in Turin last Saturday.
- [US envoy says Hamas misrepresented release of hostage](https://iwpost.com/us-envoy-says-hamas-misrepresented-release-of-hostage/): U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said a Hamas statement issued Friday announcing it had agreed to release an American-Israeli soldier was, in reality, a condition of a "bridge" ceasefire proposal offered by U.S.
- [Israel releases 9 Palestinians from Gaza after months of unlawful detention](https://iwpost.com/israel-releases-9-palestinians-from-gaza-after-months-of-unlawful-detention/): Israel released nine more Palestinians, including a woman, from the Gaza Strip after months of unlawful detention on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy](https://iwpost.com/newborn-dies-after-mother-drinks-raw-milk-during-pregnancy/): A newborn baby has died in New Mexico from a Listeria infection that state health officials say was likely contracted from raw (unpasteurized) milk that the baby’s mother drank during pregnancy.
- [Barack Obama Sends Warning About Nuclear Arms Race with Russia](https://iwpost.com/barack-obama-sends-warning-about-nuclear-arms-race-with-russia/): Former President Barack Obama is sounding the alarm over the looming expiration of a major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, warning that its collapse could trigger a dangerous new arms race between global superpowers.
- [How reproductive violence is being used in conflicts to deny people’s future](https://iwpost.com/how-reproductive-violence-is-being-used-in-conflicts-to-deny-peoples-future/): A recent investigation by the Guardian newspaper and humanitarian NGO Insecurity Insight has exposed how childbirth and reproduction is being weaponised in conflicts worldwide.
- [Russia’s drone pipeline: How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet](https://iwpost.com/russias-drone-pipeline-how-iran-helps-moscow-produce-an-ever-evolving-unmanned-fleet/): With Russian ground troops bogged down in a grinding war of attrition, Moscow is striving to press home its advantage in the skies – through an ever-evolving army of drones, courtesy of Iran.
- [Garlic Bread Grilled Cheese (15-Minute Comfort Food Magic)](https://iwpost.com/garlic-bread-grilled-cheese-15-minute-comfort-food-magic/): After a long day, when you’re tired, hungry, and craving something warm and comforting, there’s nothing better than a meal that feels indulgent but takes almost no effort.
- [Impact of the Panama Papers and Epstein Files on Global Politics](https://iwpost.com/impact-of-the-panama-papers-and-epstein-files-on-global-politics/): In the past decade, two seismic document releases have shaken the foundations of global power: the Panama Papers in 2016 and, most recently, the Epstein Files in 2025–26.
- [Google court filings suggest ChromeOS has an expiration date](https://iwpost.com/google-court-filings-suggest-chromeos-has-an-expiration-date/): Chromebooks debuted 16 years ago with the limited release of Google’s Cr-48, an unassuming compact laptop that was provided free to select users.
- [Trump wants Ukraine to give up the Donbas in return for security guarantees. It could be suicide for Kyiv](https://iwpost.com/trump-wants-ukraine-to-give-up-the-donbas-in-return-for-security-guarantees-it-could-be-suicide-for-kyiv/): There is a major sticking point often overlooked in the ceasefire negotiations between Ukraine and Russia currently being held in Abu Dhabi.
- [Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement](https://iwpost.com/afghan-migrants-stranded-in-pakistan-after-the-us-suspends-refugee-resettlement/): In January 2025, Seema received an email from the International Organization for Migration saying that her flight from Pakistan to the United States, which she and her family were booked on after months of extensive interviewing and background checks by U.S.
- [Senate averts government shutdown, overcomes Democratic opposition](https://iwpost.com/senate-averts-government-shutdown-overcomes-democratic-opposition/): The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Friday evening, averting a partial government shutdown and overcoming Democratic opposition to the measure.
- [Tunisia appeals court raises prison sentence of Ennahda leader Ghannouchi to 20 years](https://iwpost.com/tunisia-appeals-court-raises-prison-sentence-of-ennahda-leader-ghannouchi-to-20-years/): An appeals court in Tunisia has increased the prison sentence of Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the country’s Ennahda Movement and former parliament speaker, to 20 years on charges of “conspiring against state security,” local media said Tuesday.
- [Blood Found in Home of Savannah Guthrie’s Missing Mom](https://iwpost.com/blood-found-in-home-of-savannah-guthries-missing-mom/): Savannah Guthrie’s family is living a nightmare as investigators search for her missing 84-year-old mother — after blood and signs of a violent break-in were discovered inside her Arizona home.
- [Libya plans to boost gas exports to Europe by 2030](https://iwpost.com/libya-plans-to-boost-gas-exports-to-europe-by-2030/): Libya plans to boost its natural gas production in the next five years to have more supply available for export to Europe by early 2030, National Oil Corporation Chairman Massoud Suleman said on Tuesday.
- [The Aztec empire’s collapse shows why ruling through coercion and force fails](https://iwpost.com/the-aztec-empires-collapse-shows-why-ruling-through-coercion-and-force-fails/): When Aztec emissaries arrived in 1520 to Tzintzuntzan, the capital of the Tarascan Kingdom in what is now the Mexican state of Michoacán, they carried a warning from the Aztec emperor, Cuauhtémoc.
- [Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – and even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games](https://iwpost.com/climate-change-threatens-the-winter-olympics-future-and-even-snowmaking-has-limits-for-saving-the-games/): Watching the Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.
- [Senior staff departing OpenAI as firm prioritizes ChatGPT development](https://iwpost.com/senior-staff-departing-openai-as-firm-prioritizes-chatgpt-development/): OpenAI is prioritizing the advancement of ChatGPT over more long-term research, prompting the departure of senior staff as the $500 billion company adapts to stiff competition from rivals such as Google and Anthropic.
- [Why Xi purged China’s top military general](https://iwpost.com/why-xi-purged-chinas-top-military-general/): Zhang Youxia, a top military general and vice-chairman of the body in overall command of China’s military forces, was removed from office on January 23.
- [America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry](https://iwpost.com/america-is-falling-behind-in-the-global-ev-race-thats-going-to-cost-the-us-auto-industry/): At the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, the spotlight quietly shifted.
- [US Flags Cyprus Airspace Risks Amid Escalating Iran Standoff](https://iwpost.com/us-flags-cyprus-airspace-risks-amid-escalating-iran-standoff/): The United States has issued a “notice to airmen” (Notam) for the Nicosia designated flight information region (FIR) covering Cyprus, defence minister Vassilis Palmas confirmed.
- [Pi Day counts on never-ending numerical sequence for March 14 celebrations](https://iwpost.com/pi-day-counts-on-never-ending-numerical-sequence-for-march-14-celebrations/): March 14 is Pi Day, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant of pi, representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
- [Israel’s Shin Bet excludes West Bank settler attacks from terrorism classification](https://iwpost.com/israels-shin-bet-excludes-west-bank-settler-attacks-from-terrorism-classification/): In a serious move that could give official cover to Israeli settler crimes, the Shin Bet security agency has decided to change how it defines attacks carried out by settlers in the West Bank, Israel’s public broadcaster Kan has revealed.
- [Unable to tame hydrogen leaks, NASA delays launch of Artemis II until March](https://iwpost.com/unable-to-tame-hydrogen-leaks-nasa-delays-launch-of-artemis-ii-until-march/): The launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first flight of astronauts to the Moon in more than 53 years, will have to wait another month after a fueling test Monday uncovered hydrogen leaks in the connection between the rocket and its launch platform at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- [Wife Cuts Off Husband’s Manhood and Flushes It](https://iwpost.com/wife-cuts-off-husbands-manhood-and-flushes-it/): A South Korean wife is behind bars after a violent act of revenge that feels ripped straight from a true-crime movie.
- [ICE at the Winter Olympics and the reshaping of intelligence and security in Europe](https://iwpost.com/ice-at-the-winter-olympics-and-the-reshaping-of-intelligence-and-security-in-europe/): A diplomatic row is brewing over US plans to involve agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in its security arrangements for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.
- [US military action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global nuclear cascade](https://iwpost.com/us-military-action-in-iran-risks-igniting-a-regional-and-global-nuclear-cascade/): The United States is seemingly moving toward a potential strike on Iran.
- [Keir Starmer Chairs Meeting Amid Mandelson Controversy](https://iwpost.com/keir-starmer-chairs-meeting-amid-mandelson-controversy/): Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to chair a cabinet meeting today.
- [Streaming service Crunchyroll raises prices weeks after killing its free tier](https://iwpost.com/streaming-service-crunchyroll-raises-prices-weeks-after-killing-its-free-tier/): Crunchyroll is one of the most popular streaming platforms for anime viewers.
- [Drastic water shortages and air pollution are fuelling Iran’s protests](https://iwpost.com/drastic-water-shortages-and-air-pollution-are-fuelling-irans-protests/): This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.
- [Trump’s Greenland threats reveals no-win dilemma at the heart of European security strategy](https://iwpost.com/trumps-greenland-threats-reveals-no-win-dilemma-at-the-heart-of-european-security-strategy/): In the days since a fractious World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzeland, ended, some of Europe’s main players have pushed a narrative of continental togetherness.
- [2 judges rule mass firings of agency employees to be illegal](https://iwpost.com/2-judges-rule-mass-firings-of-agency-employees-to-be-illegal/): Federal judges in two separate cases ruled this week that recent mass firings of employees as part of President Donald Trump’s push to cut the size of the federal workforce were illegal and ordered thousands of probationary employees to be reinstated — at least for now.
- [US Envoy Witkoff, Iranian foreign minister expected to meet in Istanbul for nuclear talks: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-envoy-witkoff-iranian-foreign-minister-expected-to-meet-in-istanbul-for-nuclear-talks-report/): US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are expected to hold talks in Istanbul on Friday as part of renewed diplomatic efforts over Iran’s nuclear program, according to a report by Axios on Monday.
- [Man Burns Down House Trying to Melt Ice with a Blowtorch](https://iwpost.com/man-burns-down-house-trying-to-melt-ice-with-a-blowtorch/): A Milton, Massachusetts homeowner learned the hard way that battling winter with a blowtorch is not exactly a life hack.
- [Israel reopens Gaza’s Rafah border crossing to Egypt, with tight limits](https://iwpost.com/israel-reopens-gazas-rafah-border-crossing-to-egypt-with-tight-limits/): Israel reopened the border between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for a limited number of people on foot, allowing a small number of Palestinians to leave the enclave and some of those who escaped the war to return for the first time.
- [Trump-style unpredictability isn’t just political theatre – it’s a regulatory problem for your brain](https://iwpost.com/trump-style-unpredictability-isnt-just-political-theatre-its-a-regulatory-problem-for-your-brain/): Donald Trump can change the temperature of a room with a sentence. One minute he is certain, the next he is backtracking.
- [Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms](https://iwpost.com/denmarks-generous-child-care-and-parental-leave-policies-erase-80-of-the-motherhood-penalty-for-working-moms/): For many women in the U.S. and around the world, motherhood comes with career costs.
- [Looking back at Catacomb 3D, the game that led to Wolfenstein 3D](https://iwpost.com/looking-back-at-catacomb-3d-the-game-that-led-to-wolfenstein-3d/): If you know anything about the history of id Software, you know how 1992’s Wolfenstein 3D helped establish the company’s leadership in the burgeoning first-person shooter genre, leading directly to subsequent hits like Doom and Quake.
- [Air Fryer Juicy Steak Bites (Easy 19-Minute Recipe)](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-juicy-steak-bites-easy-19-minute-recipe/): If you love your steak tender, juicy, and perfectly caramelized, this Air Fryer Steak Bites recipe is about to become your go-to dinner.
- [Drone incidents at UK military bases doubled last year](https://iwpost.com/drone-incidents-at-uk-military-bases-doubled-last-year/): Britain’s military bases experienced a doubling of drone incidents last year, highlighting the changing nature of warfare and prompting the government to hand more powers to its forces to protect sites from aerial threats.
- [Super Bowl Champ Dies at 72 as Cowboys Fans Mourn a True Throwback Star](https://iwpost.com/super-bowl-champ-dies-at-72-as-cowboys-fans-mourn-a-true-throwback-star/): Former Dallas Cowboys running back Scott Laidlaw, part of the team’s legendary “Dirty Dozen” rookie class, has died at 72, his family confirmed this week.
- [Turmoil at FEMA adds to the revolt against Kristi Noem](https://iwpost.com/turmoil-at-fema-adds-to-the-revolt-against-kristi-noem/): Kristi Noem faces intensifying public scrutiny over her leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.
- [Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is part of long play drawn up by NFL to score with Latin America](https://iwpost.com/bad-bunnys-super-bowl-show-is-part-of-long-play-drawn-up-by-nfl-to-score-with-latin-america/): Donald Trump, it is fair to assume, will be switching channels during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
- [Israeli, US navies conduct joint military drill in Red Sea amid tension with Iran](https://iwpost.com/israeli-us-navies-conduct-joint-military-drill-in-red-sea-amid-tension-with-iran/): The Israeli and US navies conducted a joint military exercise in the Red Sea, the military said on Monday, as tensions continued to grow between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear program, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump vows accountability for those who pursued him in court cases](https://iwpost.com/trump-vows-accountability-for-those-who-pursued-him-in-court-cases/): U.S. President Donald Trump promised to seek accountability for those who pursued legal cases against him when he was out of office, speaking Friday at the Justice Department.
- [Trump’s ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ for polluters faces its latest test in court](https://iwpost.com/trumps-get-out-of-jail-free-card-for-polluters-faces-its-latest-test-in-court/): Last spring, the Environmental Protection Agency made a surprise announcement: President Donald Trump would consider giving some polluters exemptions from a handful of Clean Air Act rules.
- [Crispy Air Fryer Sliced Potatoes (Family-Favorite Side Dish)](https://iwpost.com/crispy-air-fryer-sliced-potatoes-family-favorite-side-dish/): These air fryer sliced potatoes are irresistibly crispy on the outside and soft, fluffy on the inside.
- [Ring brings its ‘Search Party’ feature for finding lost dogs to non-Ring camera owners](https://iwpost.com/ring-brings-its-search-party-feature-for-finding-lost-dogs-to-non-ring-camera-owners/): Ring’s AI-powered “Search Party” feature, which leverages the company’s network of cameras to find lost dogs, is now available to all Ring customers in the U.S.
- [Ex-Prince Andrew Hit with New Pressure as U.S. Investigators Demand Answers](https://iwpost.com/ex-prince-andrew-hit-with-new-pressure-as-u-s-investigators-demand-answers/): Britain’s political rulebook got tossed out the window this weekend as Prime Minister Keir Starmer publicly pressed ex-Prince Andrew to cooperate with the American probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
- [Air Fryer Tortilla Garlic Bread (Easy & Crispy!)](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-tortilla-garlic-bread-easy-crispy/): This Air Fryer Tortilla Garlic Bread is a quick, cheesy, and irresistible snack or side dish!
- [These AI notetaking devices can help you record and transcribe your meetings](https://iwpost.com/these-ai-notetaking-devices-can-help-you-record-and-transcribe-your-meetings/): Digital meeting notetakers like Read AI, Fireflies.ai, Fathom, and Granola help record and transcribe online meetings.
- [Shock as Disneyland Guest ‘Climbs Out of Pirates of the Caribbean Ride’ (Video)](https://iwpost.com/shock-as-disneyland-guest-climbs-out-of-pirates-of-the-caribbean-ride-video/): The magic at Disneyland came to a screeching halt — and then completely unraveled.
- [TikTok says its services are restored after the outage](https://iwpost.com/tiktok-says-its-services-are-restored-after-the-outage/): TikTok, which is under new ownership in the U.S., said Sunday that it has restored service after outages last week that marred user experiences.
- [Air Fryer Salmon Patties (Crispy, Flavorful & Easy)](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-salmon-patties-crispy-flavorful-easy/): These Air Fryer Salmon Patties are a quick and easy meal packed with flavor.
- [‘The Voice Nigeria’ Dies at 26 After Snake Attack](https://iwpost.com/the-voice-nigeria-dies-at-26-after-snake-attack/): A heartbreaking tragedy has rocked Nigeria’s music world after 26-year-old singer Ifunanya Nwangene, a former contestant on season 3 of The Voice Nigeria, died from a snake bite while asleep at her home.
- [AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’?](https://iwpost.com/ai-layoffs-or-ai-washing/): How many of the companies with recent layoffs are truly adapting their workforces to the efficiencies and challenges of artificial intelligence?
- [Air Fryer Crispy Onions – Healthy & Delicious](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-crispy-onions-healthy-delicious/): Skip the deep fryer! These air fryer crispy onions are a healthy, easy way to get golden, caramelized, crunchy onions at home.
- [24-Year-Old Man Sparks Bomb Scare After WWI Shell Found in Rectum](https://iwpost.com/24-year-old-man-sparks-bomb-scare-after-wwi-shell-found-in-rectum/): Doctors in southern France thought they were in for a routine emergency shift this weekend. They were very, very wrong.
- [Visiting Oregon? You may soon have to pay a tax to protect its wildlife.](https://iwpost.com/visiting-oregon-you-may-soon-have-to-pay-a-tax-to-protect-its-wildlife/): This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-conditionally-lifts-ban-on-grok/): Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.
- [Air Fryer Chicken Breast – Juicy, Tender & Flavorful Every Time](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-chicken-breast-juicy-tender-flavorful-every-time/): This foolproof air fryer chicken breast recipe delivers perfectly tender, juicy, and flavorful chicken every single time.
- [Explosion in Iran: Israel denies involvement](https://iwpost.com/explosion-in-iran-israel-denies-involvement/): A significant explosion struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas earlier today, sending shockwaves through the region.
- [TV Legend Demond Wilson Dead at 79](https://iwpost.com/tv-legend-demond-wilson-dead-at-79/): Demond Wilson, the actor who became a television staple through his unforgettable role as Lamont Sanford on the NBC hit sitcom Sanford and Son, has died at the age of 79.
- [Meet the new European unicorns of 2026](https://iwpost.com/meet-the-new-european-unicorns-of-2026/): January was such a long month that it has already brought us five fresh European unicorns: from Belgium to Ukraine, several tech startups raised funding at valuations above the $1 billion threshold.
- [Keto Tortilla Chips (Ultra Crispy & Only 2 Ingredients)](https://iwpost.com/keto-tortilla-chips-ultra-crispy-only-2-ingredients/): These keto tortilla chips are the ultimate low-carb answer to classic nacho chips.
- [Croatia Rules Out Joining Trump’s “Board of Peace” Framework](https://iwpost.com/croatia-rules-out-joining-trumps-board-of-peace-framework/): Croatia will not join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the Balkan country’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Wednesday without giving specific reasons for the decision.
- [Bryan Kohberger Having ‘Diva Meltdowns’ Behind Bars](https://iwpost.com/bryan-kohberger-having-diva-meltdowns-behind-bars/): Bryan Kohberger is reportedly stirring up so much drama behind bars that prison staff are begging to ship him off to another state — but Idaho officials say not so fast.
- [SpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar-powered satellite data centers](https://iwpost.com/spacex-seeks-federal-approval-to-launch-1-million-solar-powered-satellite-data-centers/): SpaceX has filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to launch a constellation of up to 1 million solar-powered satellites that it said will serve as data centers for artificial intelligence.
- [No-Bake Cookie Dough Bars (Easy, Healthy & Irresistible)](https://iwpost.com/no-bake-cookie-dough-bars-easy-healthy-irresistible/): These no-bake cookie dough bars are ridiculously easy to make and dangerously delicious.
- [Trump warns Iran to make nuclear deal or next attack will be ‘far worse’](https://iwpost.com/trump-warns-iran-to-make-nuclear-deal-or-next-attack-will-be-far-worse/): U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next U.S. attack would be far worse.
- [New Hampshire Republicans want to raise taxes on homes with solar](https://iwpost.com/new-hampshire-republicans-want-to-raise-taxes-on-homes-with-solar/): This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [King Charles Breaks ‘Sacred’ Rules in Shocking New Documentary](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-breaks-sacred-rules-in-shocking-new-documentary/): King Charles is stepping into territory no modern monarch has dared touch — and insiders say it’s already rattling the palace.
- [Waymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round](https://iwpost.com/waymo-reportedly-raising-a-16b-funding-round/): Waymo has nearly finalized a new $16 billion funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion, according to the Financial Times.
- [Coconut Milk Chocolate Mousse (3 Ingredients)](https://iwpost.com/coconut-milk-chocolate-mousse-3-ingredients/): This Coconut Milk Chocolate Mousse proves that you don’t need a long ingredient list to create a rich, indulgent dessert.
- [Złoty to Remain Poland’s Currency, Finance Minister Insists](https://iwpost.com/zloty-to-remain-polands-currency-finance-minister-insists/): Polish finance minister Andrzej Domanski was quoted as saying that that keeping the złoty as the national currency gives the economy greater flexibility at a time of global uncertainty, despite ongoing debates over deeper eurozone integration.
- [Writer’s Death Investigation Reopened After Shocking New Discovery](https://iwpost.com/writers-death-investigation-reopened-after-shocking-new-discovery/): Hunter S. Thompson’s 2005 death is back under the microscope after Colorado authorities quietly completed a rare re-examination — all sparked by a stunning revelation from the gonzo legend’s widow.
- [HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills](https://iwpost.com/homeboosts-app-will-show-you-where-to-save-on-your-utility-bills/): A few years ago, Selina Tobaccowala’s daughter started leaving post-it notes around the house, telling everyone to “turn off the lights” and such.
- [No-Bake Chocolate Brownie Bites (3 Ingredients!)](https://iwpost.com/no-bake-chocolate-brownie-bites-3-ingredients/): You are here: Home / Desserts / No-Bake Chocolate Brownie Bites (3 Ingredients!)
- [Malta News Briefing – Saturday 31 January 2026](https://iwpost.com/malta-news-briefing-saturday-31-january-2026/): Nearly half of Maltese businesses experienced a drop in sales during the last festive season, highlighting the pressure many firms continue to face despite stronger annual performance.
- [A peek inside Physical Intelligence, the startup building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains](https://iwpost.com/a-peek-inside-physical-intelligence-the-startup-building-silicon-valleys-buzziest-robot-brains/): From the street, the only indication I’ve found Physical Intelligence’s headquarters in San Francisco is a pi symbol that’s a slightly different color than the rest of the door.
- [Trump Visibly Stunned by ‘Very Dangerous’ Question About Melania at Film Premiere (Video)](https://iwpost.com/trump-visibly-stunned-by-very-dangerous-question-about-melania-at-film-premiere-video/): President Donald Trump was momentarily thrown off script during a rare red-carpet appearance after a reporter asked what he himself labeled a “very dangerous question” about his marriage to wife Melania Trump — an exchange that instantly reignited speculation about the true nature of their union.
- [The Best Sugar-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies](https://iwpost.com/the-best-sugar-free-chocolate-chip-cookies/): If you love cookies but want to skip the sugar, this recipe is your new go-to!
- [Panic buying ahead of the winter storm isn’t preparedness. Here’s who it hurts.](https://iwpost.com/panic-buying-ahead-of-the-winter-storm-isnt-preparedness-heres-who-it-hurts/): Emptying supermarket shelves. Driving from store to store, hunting for milk, bread, and water.
- [How thick is the ice on the Great Lakes? Scientists want your help.](https://iwpost.com/how-thick-is-the-ice-on-the-great-lakes-scientists-want-your-help/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan.
- [a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause](https://iwpost.com/a16z-partner-kofi-ampadu-to-leave-firm-after-txo-program-pause/): Kofi Ampadu, the partner at a16z who led the firm’s Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, has left the firm, according to an email he sent to staff that TechCrunch obtained.
- [Epstein–Clinton Photo Dump Sparks Outrage](https://iwpost.com/epstein-clinton-photo-dump-sparks-outrage/): The latest Epstein document release has detonated another political bombshell — dozens of newly uncovered photos showing Jeffrey Epstein and former president Bill Clinton partying their way through a lavish 2002 Moroccan wedding, surrounded by scantily clad and nude women.
- [Paleo, Keto & Sugar-Free No-Bake Cookies](https://iwpost.com/paleo-keto-sugar-free-no-bake-cookies/): These paleo, keto, and sugar-free no-bake cookies are the ultimate healthy indulgence!
- [Bettel calls for EU engagement with Kremlin, questions Europe’s absence from Ukraine talks](https://iwpost.com/bettel-calls-for-eu-engagement-with-kremlin-questions-europes-absence-from-ukraine-talks/): Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has said the European Union must be prepared to engage directly with the Kremlin if it wants to help bring an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, arguing that Europe currently lacks both representation and influence in ongoing diplomatic efforts.
- [EVs are already making your air cleaner](https://iwpost.com/evs-are-already-making-your-air-cleaner/): The logic behind electric vehicles benefiting public health has long been solid: More EVs means fewer internal combustion engines on the road, and a reduction in harmful tailpipe emissions.
- [COVID-19 cleared the skies but also supercharged methane emissions](https://iwpost.com/covid-19-cleared-the-skies-but-also-supercharged-methane-emissions/): In the spring of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic brought global industry and travel nearly to a halt, satellite sensors recorded a dramatic plunge in nitrogen dioxide, a byproduct of internal combustion engines and heavy industry.
- [Italian police to get new arrest powers](https://iwpost.com/italian-police-to-get-new-arrest-powers/): Italian police will be able to detain suspected troublemakers temporarily before street rallies to prevent them from spreading unrest under a new law-and-order decree adopted on Thursday by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightist government.
- [Melania: how the role of US first lady has changed over the years](https://iwpost.com/melania-how-the-role-of-us-first-lady-has-changed-over-the-years/): The first lady of the US, a title typically held by the wife of the president, has never been a fixed cultural figure.
- [Driven: The 2026 Lamborghini Temerario raises the bar for supercars](https://iwpost.com/driven-the-2026-lamborghini-temerario-raises-the-bar-for-supercars/): While mainstream vehicles usually get comprehensive updates every few years, low-volume exotics tend evolve more gradually.
- [Nancy Guthrie is ‘Safe But Scared’ According to Chilling Ransom Note](https://iwpost.com/nancy-guthrie-is-safe-but-scared-according-to-chilling-ransom-note/): A frightening new twist has rocked the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, after a ransom note claiming to be from her kidnappers declared she is “safe but scared” — and then abruptly ended all communication.
- [Can the US pry Russia away from China?](https://iwpost.com/can-the-us-pry-russia-away-from-china/): Western politicians have repeatedly called on China to limit or cease tacit support for Russia’s bloody war against Ukraine.
- [New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse](https://iwpost.com/new-critique-debunks-claim-that-trees-can-sense-a-solar-eclipse/): Last year, a team of scientists presented evidence that spruce trees in Italy’s Dolomite mountains synchronized their bioelectrical activity in anticipation of a partial solar eclipse—a potentially exciting new insight into the complexities of plant communication.
- [Danone recalls more infant formula in Europe](https://iwpost.com/danone-recalls-more-infant-formula-in-europe/): Danone is withdrawing batches of infant formula in Austria, Germany and France, the company and an Austrian government food agency said, expanding an industry recall sparked by contamination with the toxin cereulide.
- [Bolivia’s ‘capitalism for all’ project sparks backlash for selling-out on natural resources](https://iwpost.com/bolivias-capitalism-for-all-project-sparks-backlash-for-selling-out-on-natural-resources/): Bolivia’s political landscape has changed dramatically since August 2025, when a general election ended the Movement for Socialism (Mas) party’s rule after nearly two decades.
- [Will a ‘Trump slump’ continue to hit US tourism in 2026 − and even keep World Cup fans away?](https://iwpost.com/will-a-trump-slump-continue-to-hit-us-tourism-in-2026-%e2%88%92-and-even-keep-world-cup-fans-away/): With an upcoming FIFA World Cup being staged across the nation, 2026 was supposed to be a bumper year for tourism to the United States, driven in part by hordes of arriving soccer fans.
- [EU says TikTok needs to drop "addictive design"](https://iwpost.com/eu-says-tiktok-needs-to-drop-addictive-design/): Brussels has warned TikTok that its endlessly scrolling feeds may breach Europe’s new content rules, as regulators press ahead with efforts to rein in the social effects of big online platforms.
- [Kim Jong Un Accused of Executing Schoolchildren for Watching ‘Squid Game’](https://iwpost.com/kim-jong-un-accused-of-executing-schoolchildren-for-watching-squid-game/): North Korea is reportedly executing people — including schoolchildren — for watching the hit South Korean Netflix series Squid Game, according to new findings from Amnesty International.
- [Ukraine is being left out in the cold](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-is-being-left-out-in-the-cold/): This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea](https://iwpost.com/why-darren-aronofsky-thought-an-ai-generated-historical-docudrama-was-a-good-idea/): Last week, filmmaker Darren Aronofsky’s AI studio Primordial Soup and Time magazine released the first two episodes of On This Day… 1776.
- [Bitcoin rebounds after brushing $60,000 level](https://iwpost.com/bitcoin-rebounds-after-brushing-60000-level/): Bitcoin bounced from a 16-month low on Friday after testing the key $60,000 level, as a global rout in technology stocks that washed out risky bets across asset classes showed tentative signs of easing.
- [US lawmakers running out of time to fund government](https://iwpost.com/us-lawmakers-running-out-of-time-to-fund-government/): U.S. lawmakers are running out of time to pass a short-term continuing resolution, or CR, that will fund the government past a March 14 deadline.
- [Palestinians returning to Gaza via Rafah crossing report mistreatment, humiliation: UN](https://iwpost.com/palestinians-returning-to-gaza-via-rafah-crossing-report-mistreatment-humiliation-un/): Palestinians returning to the Gaza Strip through the recently reopened Rafah crossing have reported a repeated pattern of mistreatment, abuse and humiliation by Israeli military forces, the UN human rights office said, Anadolu reports.
- [Bad sleep made woman's eyelids so floppy they flipped inside out, got stuck](https://iwpost.com/bad-sleep-made-womans-eyelids-so-floppy-they-flipped-inside-out-got-stuck/): A poor night’s sleep might leave you feeling like your eyelids have filled with lead—and keeping them open is the ultimate dead lift.
- [High-Protein Honey Garlic Shrimp: Sweet, Savory & Packed with Protein](https://iwpost.com/high-protein-honey-garlic-shrimp-sweet-savory-packed-with-protein/): High-Protein Honey Garlic Shrimp is a quick, flavorful, and nutritious dish that will have your taste buds dancing.
- [Shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has put America’s gun lobby at odds with the White House](https://iwpost.com/shooting-of-alex-pretti-in-minneapolis-has-put-americas-gun-lobby-at-odds-with-the-white-house/): Another US citizen has allegedly been killed by immigration agents in Minnesota, raising tensions between state and federal governments.
- [55,000 Ukrainians killed in war against Russia, Zelensky says](https://iwpost.com/55000-ukrainians-killed-in-war-against-russia-zelensky-says/): Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky told French broadcaster France 2 last night that the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed on the battlefield as a result of the country’s war with Russia is estimated at 55,000, with many more missing.
- [Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party](https://iwpost.com/watch-kanzi-the-bonobo-pretend-to-have-a-tea-party/): Little kids hosting make-believe tea parties is a fixture of childhood playtime and long presumed to be exclusively a human ability.
- [Florida Teen Intentionally Lights Friend on Fire in Shocking Video](https://iwpost.com/florida-teen-intentionally-lights-friend-on-fire-in-shocking-video/): A Florida beach hangout turned into a horrifying stunt gone wrong after a 17-year-old allegedly set his friend on fire — and the whole thing was caught on video that later went viral.
- [With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code](https://iwpost.com/with-gpt-5-3-codex-openai-pitches-codex-for-more-than-just-writing-code/): Today, OpenAI announced GPT-5.3-Codex, a new version of its frontier coding model that will be available via the command line, IDE extension, web interface, and the new macOS desktop app.
- [Why the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is so significant – expert Q&A](https://iwpost.com/why-the-shooting-of-alex-pretti-in-minneapolis-is-so-significant-expert-qa/): Federal immigration agents in the city of Minneapolis are accused of having wrestled a 37-year-old intensive care nurse called Alex Pretti to the ground and then shooting him dead.
- [Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in bid to curb birthright citizenship](https://iwpost.com/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-bid-to-curb-birthright-citizenship/): Donald Trump took the fight over his attempt to restrict automatic U.S.
- [Illegal settlers uproot hundreds of olive trees, assault Palestinians across occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/illegal-settlers-uproot-hundreds-of-olive-trees-assault-palestinians-across-occupied-west-bank/): Illegal Israeli settlers carried out coordinated attacks across several areas of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, uprooting hundreds of olive trees, assaulting Palestinian civilians and shepherds, and storming villages under the protection of the Israeli army, Palestinian sources said, Anadolu reports.
- [New START nuclear treaty expires, removing key constraints on Russia and US](https://iwpost.com/new-start-nuclear-treaty-expires-removing-key-constraints-on-russia-and-us/): Russia and the United States are no longer bound by any limits on the size of their strategic nuclear arsenals after their last arms control treaty expired on Thursday with no agreement between them on what should come next.
- [The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)](https://iwpost.com/the-switch-2-is-getting-a-new-virtual-console-kind-of/): In 2018, we lamented as Nintendo officially replaced the Virtual Console—its long-running line of downloadable classic games on the Wii and Wii U—with time-limited access to a set of games through a paid Nintendo Switch Online subscription.
- [The Olympics are ditching PFAS waxes — and the ‘ridiculous’ speed they gave skiers](https://iwpost.com/the-olympics-are-ditching-pfas-waxes-and-the-ridiculous-speed-they-gave-skiers/): Tim Baucom has done this before.
- [NFL Star Shares ‘Great Sadness’ After Heartbreaking Loss](https://iwpost.com/nfl-star-shares-great-sadness-after-heartbreaking-loss/): Former NFL star turned commentator, Greg Olsen has been left shattered after announcing the death of his older brother.
- [Farcical peace talks continue in Abu Dhabi as Ukraine shivers under Russia’s winter onslaught](https://iwpost.com/farcical-peace-talks-continue-in-abu-dhabi-as-ukraine-shivers-under-russias-winter-onslaught/): Russia, Ukraine and the US have met for a second time for trilateral talks to discuss a possible cessation of hostilities.
- [Chavismo has adapted before – but can Venezuela’s leftist ideology become US friendly and survive?](https://iwpost.com/chavismo-has-adapted-before-but-can-venezuelas-leftist-ideology-become-us-friendly-and-survive/): When the Trump administration sent in a team of U.S. special forces on Jan.
- [AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them](https://iwpost.com/ai-companies-want-you-to-stop-chatting-with-bots-and-start-managing-them/): On Thursday, Anthropic and OpenAI shipped products built around the same idea: instead of chatting with a single AI assistant, users should be managing teams of AI agents that divide up work and run in parallel.
- [Europe’s anti-money laundering body set to be fully operational in 2028](https://iwpost.com/europes-anti-money-laundering-body-set-to-be-fully-operational-in-2028/): The European Union’s new agency formed to fight dirty money said it was on track to be fully operational in 2028, as it set out its plan to tackle emerging illicit finance risks including crypto and “novel payment channels”.
- [Wall Street tumbles 10% below its record after Trump escalates trade war](https://iwpost.com/wall-street-tumbles-10-below-its-record-after-trump-escalates-trade-war/): Wall Street's sell-off hit a new low Thursday after U.S.
- [Iran does not want the US to hit them: Trump](https://iwpost.com/iran-does-not-want-the-us-to-hit-them-trump/): United States President Donald Trump speaks to reporters prior to departing the White House in Washington, DC, United States on January 27, 2026.
- ["ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition](https://iwpost.com/ice-out-of-our-faces-act-would-ban-ice-and-cbp-use-of-facial-recognition/): A few Senate Democrats introduced a bill called the ‘‘ICE Out of Our Faces Act,” which would ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from using facial recognition technology.
- [Epstein files: who decides what information is released to the public?](https://iwpost.com/epstein-files-who-decides-what-information-is-released-to-the-public/): One of the hardest tasks of any government in a democracy is balancing the right to know against the need to know.
- [Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order](https://iwpost.com/trumps-greenland-ambitions-could-wreck-20th-century-alliances-that-helped-build-the-modern-world-order/): Make Denmark angry. Make Norway angry. Make NATO’s leaders angry.
- [Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites](https://iwpost.com/neocities-founder-stuck-in-chatbot-hell-after-bing-blocked-1-5-million-sites/): One of the weirdest corners of the Internet is suddenly hard to find on Bing, after the search engine inexplicably started blocking approximately 1.5 million independent websites hosted on Neocities.
- [What are key issues dividing US and Iran in nuclear talks?](https://iwpost.com/what-are-key-issues-dividing-us-and-iran-in-nuclear-talks/): he United States and Iran are due to hold crucial talks in Oman on Friday, with President Donald Trump’s threat of military action looming over a region buffeted by conflict since 2023.
- [Savannah Guthrie Breaks Down in Emotional Plea (Video)](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-breaks-down-in-emotional-plea-video/): Four days after her 84-year-old mother vanished from her Arizona home, Savannah Guthrie delivered an emotional public appeal that underscored the growing urgency of the case.
- [This black hole "burps" with Death Star energy](https://iwpost.com/this-black-hole-burps-with-death-star-energy/): Back in 2022, astronomers were puzzled by a so-called “tidal disruption event” (TDE), dubbed AT2018hyz, that had faded when it was first noticed three years earlier, only to unexpectedly reanimate and burp out extremely bright radio waves.
- [Ukraine: Zelensky upbeat on US deal – but Davos showed the US president to be an unreliable ally](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-zelensky-upbeat-on-us-deal-but-davos-showed-the-us-president-to-be-an-unreliable-ally/): Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said a security agreement with the United States has been finalised following his most recent meeting with Donald Trump.
- [How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism](https://iwpost.com/how-women-are-reinterpreting-the-menstrual-taboos-in-chinese-buddhism/): In many religions and cultures, women who are menstruating or who just gave birth are not allowed to enter sacred sites, such as temples, or participate in religious rituals.
- [Ukraine peace, global security top G7 agenda as diplomats convene in Canada](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-peace-global-security-top-g7-agenda-as-diplomats-convene-in-canada/): Top diplomats from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations gathered Thursday in Charlevoix, Quebec, as host country Canada outlined its top agenda, focusing on achieving a “just and lasting peace in Ukraine” and strengthening security and defense partnerships as the G7 marks 50 years.
- [Global Sumud aid flotilla to set sail again for war-torn Gaza from Barcelona on March 29](https://iwpost.com/global-sumud-aid-flotilla-to-set-sail-again-for-war-torn-gaza-from-barcelona-on-march-29/): The Global Sumud aid flotilla plans to set sail again for war-torn Gaza from Barcelona on March 29 with broader international participation, according to an announcement on Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Tesla slipped behind VW in European EV sales last year](https://iwpost.com/tesla-slipped-behind-vw-in-european-ev-sales-last-year/): Electric vehicle enthusiasts are probably right to feel a little disheartened about the state of the United States’ transition to EVs.
- [Italy probes 80-year-old over alleged Sarajevo ‘sniper tourism’](https://iwpost.com/italy-probes-80-year-old-over-alleged-sarajevo-sniper-tourism/): Milan prosecutors have placed an elderly Italian man under investigation as part of an investigation into alleged “sniper tourism” in Sarajevo in the 1990s, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
- [US foreign policy has taken a radical turn in Trump’s first year back in office](https://iwpost.com/us-foreign-policy-has-taken-a-radical-turn-in-trumps-first-year-back-in-office/): One year into Donald Trump’s second term it is clear that US foreign policy has taken a radical turn from anything seen in the previous 80 years.
- [What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhere](https://iwpost.com/what-olympic-athletes-see-that-viewers-dont-machine-made-snow-makes-ski-racing-faster-and-riskier-and-its-everywhere/): When viewers tune in to the 2026 Winter Olympics, they will see pristine, white slopes, groomed tracks and athletes racing over snow-covered landscapes, thanks in part to a storm that blanketed the mountain venues of the Italian Alps with fresh powder just in time.
- ["Capture it all": ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters](https://iwpost.com/capture-it-all-ice-urged-to-explain-memo-about-collecting-info-on-protesters/): Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)
- [Reality TV Star’s Stepson Arrested for Murdering Child](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-stars-stepson-arrested-for-murdering-child/): Dog the Bounty Hunter’s world has been thrown into chaos after his stepson, Gregory Zecca, was arrested in connection with the shocking shooting death of his own teenage son.
- [Crispy Roasted Cabbage Steaks (Oven or Air Fryer)](https://iwpost.com/crispy-roasted-cabbage-steaks-oven-or-air-fryer/): If you’re looking for a simple, healthy, and irresistibly crispy dish, roasted cabbage steaks are a must-try.
- [Trump admin is "destroying medical research," Senate report finds](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-is-destroying-medical-research-senate-report-finds/): Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration, appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Tuesday.
- [The cold war maps that can help us rethink today’s Arctic conflict](https://iwpost.com/the-cold-war-maps-that-can-help-us-rethink-todays-arctic-conflict/): The late 1940s and early 1950s were a golden age for polar mapmaking in the US.
- [What triumphalist narratives about Brazil’s high court and Bolsonaro imprisonment leave out](https://iwpost.com/what-triumphalist-narratives-about-brazils-high-court-and-bolsonaro-imprisonment-leave-out/): On Jan. 15, 2026, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered that incarcerated ex-President Jair Bolsonaro be given a significant upgrade in his prison accomodations.
- [Homeland Security, rights group to meet in court over migrants at Guantanamo Bay](https://iwpost.com/homeland-security-rights-group-to-meet-in-court-over-migrants-at-guantanamo-bay/): U.S. government lawyers are expected to face off with attorneys for civil and immigration rights groups over the use of a U.S.
- [Israel invents claims to justify targeting medics: Gaza Civil Defence](https://iwpost.com/israel-invents-claims-to-justify-targeting-medics-gaza-civil-defence/): The General Directorate of Civil Defence in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday denied claims by the Israeli army that an ambulance was used to “transport Palestinian fighters”, saying the allegations are completely false.
- [Judge gives Musk bad news, says Trump hasn't intervened to block SEC lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/judge-gives-musk-bad-news-says-trump-hasnt-intervened-to-block-sec-lawsuit/): Donald Trump is so far not stepping in to help Elon Musk end a lawsuit raised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over his 2022 Twitter takeover, a US district judge said this week.
- [Trump 2.0: overhaul of counter-terrorism policy massively expands US list of bad guys](https://iwpost.com/trump-2-0-overhaul-of-counter-terrorism-policy-massively-expands-us-list-of-bad-guys/): It’s only one year into Donald Trump’s second term as US president, and he has already massively transformed US counter-terrorism policy.
- [The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means](https://iwpost.com/the-world-is-in-water-bankruptcy-un-scientists-report-heres-what-that-means/): The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water shortages.
- [Museums incorporate "scent of the afterlife" into Egyptian exhibits](https://iwpost.com/museums-incorporate-scent-of-the-afterlife-into-egyptian-exhibits/): In 2023, scientists identified the compounds in the balms used to mummify the organs of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman, suggesting that the recipes were unusually complex and used ingredients not native to the region.
- [Malta News Briefing – Thursday 5 February 2026](https://iwpost.com/malta-news-briefing-thursday-5-february-2026/): A government motion to appoint Judge Consuelo Scerri Herrera as chief justice failed to secure the required two-thirds majority in parliament on Wednesday, with 39 votes in favour and 34 against.
- [Melania Trump Mocked for ‘Bizarre’ Comments About Barron](https://iwpost.com/melania-trump-mocked-for-bizarre-comments-about-barron/): Melania Trump is catching serious heat online after making what many are calling downright bizarre comments about her 19-year-old son, Barron.
- [Mexico and US look for new deal in long-running battle over 80-year old water treaty](https://iwpost.com/mexico-and-us-look-for-new-deal-in-long-running-battle-over-80-year-old-water-treaty/): Mexico City has experiencing years of low rainfall, leaving it often unable to supply its citizens with water.
- [Trump’s insistence on personal loyalty from ambassadors could crimp US foreign policy](https://iwpost.com/trumps-insistence-on-personal-loyalty-from-ambassadors-could-crimp-us-foreign-policy/): Just before Christmas, President Donald Trump fired more than two dozen career ambassadors.
- [US House takes first step toward creating "commercial" deep space program](https://iwpost.com/us-house-takes-first-step-toward-creating-commercial-deep-space-program/): A US House committee with oversight of NASA unanimously passed a “reauthorization” act for the space agency on Wednesday.
- [Morocco evacuates over 100,000 people from 4 provinces after floods](https://iwpost.com/morocco-evacuates-over-100000-people-from-4-provinces-after-floods/): Morocco evacuated more than 100,000 people from four provinces after flash floods swept several areas, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone](https://iwpost.com/fbi-stymied-by-apples-lockdown-mode-after-seizing-journalists-iphone/): The Federal Bureau of Investigation has so far been unable to access data from a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone because it was protected by Apple’s Lockdown Mode when agents seized the device from the reporter’s home, the US government said in a court filing.
- [Jill Biden’s ex-husband charged with murder](https://iwpost.com/jill-bidens-ex-husband-charged-with-murder/): The ex-husband of former US first lady Jill Biden has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, officials said.
- [Inside the polarizing plan to stash carbon in a California wetland](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-polarizing-plan-to-stash-carbon-in-a-california-wetland/): The Montezuma Wetlands drape across 1,800 acres of Solano County, California, where the Sacramento River empties into San Francisco Bay.
- [New Start’s expiration will make the world less safe – even if it doesn’t spark another nuclear arms race](https://iwpost.com/new-starts-expiration-will-make-the-world-less-safe-even-if-it-doesnt-spark-another-nuclear-arms-race/): The New Start nuclear arms control treaty expires on February 4, opening up the way for a period of great power uncertainty and the possibility of a new arms race.
- [Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes – raising troubling international law questions](https://iwpost.com/lebanons-orchards-have-been-burnt-wildlife-habitat-destroyed-by-israeli-strikes-raising-troubling-international-law-questions/): More than a year after a ceasefire nominally ended active fighting, much of southern Lebanon bears the ecological scars of war.
- [Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-releases-urgent-office-patch-russian-state-hackers-pounce/): Russian-state hackers wasted no time exploiting a critical Microsoft Office vulnerability that allowed them to compromise the devices inside diplomatic, maritime, and transport organizations in more than half a dozen countries, researchers said Wednesday.
- [Kate Middleton Shares Emotional Message on World Cancer Day (Video)](https://iwpost.com/kate-middleton-shares-emotional-message-on-world-cancer-day-video/): The Princess of Wales has released a deeply personal new video for World Cancer Day, offering comfort to anyone facing a diagnosis and reminding them they’re not walking this road by themselves.
- [Should AI chatbots have ads? Anthropic says no.](https://iwpost.com/should-ai-chatbots-have-ads-anthropic-says-no/): On Wednesday, Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot, Claude, will remain free of advertisements, drawing a sharp line between itself and rival OpenAI, which began testing ads in a low-cost tier of ChatGPT last month.
- [Updated – Malta News Briefing – Wednesday 4th Feburary 2026](https://iwpost.com/updated-malta-news-briefing-wednesday-4th-feburary-2026/): PM Defends Storm Fund Eligibility Despite Planning Irregularities: Prime Minister Robert Abela said businesses with planning or permitting irregularities would still be eligible to benefit from a government fund set up to compensate losses caused by Storm Harry.
- [What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future](https://iwpost.com/what-will-a-rebuilt-gaza-look-like-the-competing-visions-for-the-strips-future/): Following a visit to Gaza in January, the UN undersecretary general, Jorge Moreira da Silva, called the level of destruction there “overwhelming”.
- [The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?](https://iwpost.com/the-rise-of-reza-pahlavi-iranian-opposition-leader-or-opportunist/): During the protests that ripped through Iran in January, one person who gained attention was Reza Pahlavi.
- [Report: US bird population is declining](https://iwpost.com/report-us-bird-population-is-declining/): The U.S. bird population is declining at an alarming rate, according to a report published Thursday by an alliance of science and conservation groups.
- [Syrian president meets US envoy in Damascus to discuss regional developments](https://iwpost.com/syrian-president-meets-us-envoy-in-damascus-to-discuss-regional-developments/): Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) receives a US delegation led by US Ambassador to Ankara and Special Representative for Syria Tom Barrack (2nd L) at the People’s Palace in Damascus, Syria on February 4, 2026.
- [An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries](https://iwpost.com/an-epic-border-finlands-poetic-masterpiece-the-kalevala-has-roots-in-2-cultures-and-2-countries/): At the outset of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, a singer bemoans his separation from a beloved friend who grew up beside him.
- [Russian spy satellites have intercepted EU communications satellites](https://iwpost.com/russian-spy-satellites-have-intercepted-eu-communications-satellites/): European security officials believe two Russian space vehicles have intercepted the communications of at least a dozen key satellites over the continent.
- [Rules of War Under Severe Strain, New Study Warns](https://iwpost.com/rules-of-war-under-severe-strain-new-study-warns/): An authoritative survey of 23 armed conflicts over the last 18 months has concluded that international law seeking to limit the effects of war is at breaking point, with more than 100,000 civilians killed, while torture and rape are committed with near impunity.
- [Why Rob Reiner’s Son Really Snapped — The Chilling Shift Before the Brentwood Murders](https://iwpost.com/why-rob-reiners-son-really-snapped-the-chilling-shift-before-the-brentwood-murders/): In the weeks leading up to the horrific Brentwood bedroom slaughter of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, those closest to the family say their son, Nick Reiner, was spiraling in a way no one could ignore.
- [4-Ingredient Keto Pizza Dough (Fathead Dough)](https://iwpost.com/4-ingredient-keto-pizza-dough-fathead-dough/): This easy low-carb pizza dough is better than the real thing—gluten-free, keto-friendly, and ready in minutes!
- [US abandons Syria’s Kurds, risking regional turmoil and an IS resurgence](https://iwpost.com/us-abandons-syrias-kurds-risking-regional-turmoil-and-an-is-resurgence/): Many Kurdish people will be feeling betrayed by the US after the Syrian army, backed by the US and armed by Turkey, launched an offensive against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in early January.
- [Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic](https://iwpost.com/marine-protected-areas-arent-in-the-right-places-to-safeguard-dolphins-and-whales-in-the-south-atlantic/): The ocean is under increasing pressure.
- [Kremlin: Reasons to be optimistic about ceasefire deal](https://iwpost.com/kremlin-reasons-to-be-optimistic-about-ceasefire-deal/): Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that there were reasons for "cautious optimism" regarding a proposed ceasefire deal between Ukraine and Russia, following talks between a U.S.
- [Since dawn, 8 Palestinians including a child killed in Israeli strike on Gaza](https://iwpost.com/since-dawn-8-palestinians-including-a-child-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-gaza/): Palestinians mourn as the bodies of seven people, including children, who lose their lives in an Israeli attack despite the ceasefire, are transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital for funeral procedures, in Gaza City, Gaza, on February 04, 2026.
- [Nvidia's $100 billion OpenAI deal has seemingly vanished](https://iwpost.com/nvidias-100-billion-openai-deal-has-seemingly-vanished/): In September 2025, Nvidia and OpenAI announced a letter of intent for Nvidia to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI’s AI infrastructure.
- [Metsola Pushes for Renewed EU–UK Ties](https://iwpost.com/metsola-pushes-for-renewed-eu-uk-ties/): The EU and U.K.
- [Why it would be a big mistake for the US to go to war with Iran](https://iwpost.com/why-it-would-be-a-big-mistake-for-the-us-to-go-to-war-with-iran/): Reports of a growing US naval presence in the Gulf have prompted speculation that the US could be preparing for another Middle East war, this time with Iran.
- [Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policy](https://iwpost.com/rebirth-of-the-madman-theory-unpredictability-isnt-what-it-was-when-it-comes-to-foreign-policy/): Tariffs are on, until they are not. Military force is an option … and then it’s off the table.
- [Hidden JFK Footage Resurfaces — And It Might Blow the Official Story Apart](https://iwpost.com/hidden-jfk-footage-resurfaces-and-it-might-blow-the-official-story-apart/): A long-lost film of President John F.
- [Godlike Titan threatens humanity in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 trailer](https://iwpost.com/godlike-titan-threatens-humanity-in-monarch-legacy-of-monsters-s2-trailer/): Last month, Apple TV released a teaser for the second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, part of Legendary Entertainment’s MonsterVerse, which brought Godzilla, King Kong, and various other monsters (kaiju) created by Toho Co., Ltd into a shared narrative.
- [Maltese support for EU Membership and European Parliament Remains Strong](https://iwpost.com/maltese-support-for-eu-membership-and-european-parliament-remains-strong/): Maltese citizens remain overwhelmingly positive about European Union membership, a Eurobarometer survey has found.
- [Did the US ever ‘give back’ Greenland to Denmark, as Trump claims?](https://iwpost.com/did-the-us-ever-give-back-greenland-to-denmark-as-trump-claims/): When Nazi Germany began its occupation of Denmark in April 1940, Greenland suddenly found itself cut off from its colonial power and thrust into the centre of North Atlantic wartime strategy.
- [SpaceX's next-gen Super Heavy booster aces four days of "cryoproof" testing](https://iwpost.com/spacexs-next-gen-super-heavy-booster-aces-four-days-of-cryoproof-testing/): The upgraded Super Heavy booster slated to launch SpaceX’s next Starship flight has completed cryogenic proof testing, clearing a hurdle that resulted in the destruction of the company’s previous booster.
- [Utilities in the Southeast may be overestimating the AI boom](https://iwpost.com/utilities-in-the-southeast-may-be-overestimating-the-ai-boom/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station.
- [A whiff of espionage around the Epstein files points to how intelligence and influence interact](https://iwpost.com/a-whiff-of-espionage-around-the-epstein-files-points-to-how-intelligence-and-influence-interact/): For obvious reasons, the secretive world of intelligence agencies and the people who revolve in its orbit remains opaque.
- [Legendary NFL Coach Dead at 81](https://iwpost.com/legendary-nfl-coach-dead-at-81/): Former New York Giants head coach and two-time Super Bowl champion Ray Handley has died at 81, his family confirmed this week.
- [Archive.today CAPTCHA page executes DDoS; Wikipedia considers banning site](https://iwpost.com/archive-today-captcha-page-executes-ddos-wikipedia-considers-banning-site/): Wikipedia editors are discussing whether to blacklist Archive.today because the archive site was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blogger who wrote a post in 2023 about the mysterious website’s anonymous maintainer.
- [Netanyahu revokes citizenship of 2 Palestinians in Israel, orders deportation to Gaza](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-revokes-citizenship-of-2-palestinians-in-israel-orders-deportation-to-gaza/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday signed an order revoking the Israeli citizenship of two Palestinians, with Israel’s public broadcaster saying they will be deported to the Gaza Strip in a first-of-its-kind move, Anadolu reports.
- [China is losing ground in Latin America](https://iwpost.com/china-is-losing-ground-in-latin-america/): Panama’s supreme court invalidated a contract in late January that had allowed Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based firm CK Hutchison, to operate two ports on the Panama canal since 1997.
- [Wikipedia might blacklist Archive.today after site maintainer DDoSed a blog](https://iwpost.com/wikipedia-might-blacklist-archive-today-after-site-maintainer-ddosed-a-blog/): Wikipedia editors are discussing whether to blacklist Archive.today because the archive site was used to direct a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against a blogger who wrote a post in 2023 about the mysterious website’s anonymous maintainer.
- [Upgraded Google safety tools can now find and remove more of your personal info](https://iwpost.com/upgraded-google-safety-tools-can-now-find-and-remove-more-of-your-personal-info/): Do you feel popular? There are people on the Internet who want to know all about you!
- [Meghan’s Meltdown Chaos: Marriage to Harry Is ‘Hanging by a Thread’](https://iwpost.com/meghans-meltdown-chaos-marriage-to-harry-is-hanging-by-a-thread/): Meghan Markle is reportedly spiraling as her life with Prince Harry hits a breaking point — and insiders say the tension is worse than ever.
- [Alphabet selling very rare 100-year bonds to help fund AI investment](https://iwpost.com/alphabet-selling-very-rare-100-year-bonds-to-help-fund-ai-investment/): Alphabet has lined up banks to sell a rare 100-year bond, stepping up a borrowing spree by Big Tech companies racing to fund their vast investments in AI this year.
- [Turkish FM says no immediate threat of US-Iran war as Turkey works to prevent escalation](https://iwpost.com/turkish-fm-says-no-immediate-threat-of-us-iran-war-as-turkey-works-to-prevent-escalation/): Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said there is currently no sign of an imminent war between the United States and Iran, stressing that Turkey is making efforts to prevent any escalation in the region.
- [Pesto alla Trapanese – Sicilian Pesto (Authentic & Easy)](https://iwpost.com/pesto-alla-trapanese-sicilian-pesto-authentic-easy/): Pesto alla Trapanese is a Sicilian-style pesto bursting with fresh tomato flavor, fresh basil, and nuts.
- [After Republican complaints, judicial body pulls climate advice](https://iwpost.com/after-republican-complaints-judicial-body-pulls-climate-advice/): On Friday, a body that advises US judges revised the document it created to help judges grapple with scientific issues.
- [Dignitaries and Performances at Milano Cortina 2026](https://iwpost.com/dignitaries-and-performances-at-milano-cortina-2026/): The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics officially commenced with a dazzling opening ceremony at Milan’s iconic San Siro Stadium on Friday.
- [Disclosure Day Super Bowl trailer: Could it be... aliens?](https://iwpost.com/disclosure-day-super-bowl-trailer-could-it-be-aliens/): Steven Spielberg directed two of the best alien films of all time: E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
- [At Least 14 Dead After Six-Story Buildings Collapse in Crowded City](https://iwpost.com/at-least-14-dead-after-six-story-buildings-collapse-in-crowded-city/): At least 14 people are confirmed dead after two adjoining residential buildings suddenly collapsed in northern Lebanon, triggering frantic rescue efforts and renewed anger over years of neglect.
- [NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution](https://iwpost.com/nih-head-still-angry-about-covid-wants-a-second-scientific-revolution/): At the end of January, Washington, DC, saw an extremely unusual event.
- [Seguro Clinches Portuguese Presidency with Landslide Victory](https://iwpost.com/seguro-clinches-portuguese-presidency-with-landslide-victory/): António José Seguro, representing Portugal’s centre-left Socialist Party, has decisively won the presidential election, securing 66.7% of the vote compared to André Ventura of the far-right Chega party, who garnered 33.3%, according to official results with nearly all ballots counted.
- [Israeli forces kill 9 Palestinians in Gaza in new ceasefire violation](https://iwpost.com/israeli-forces-kill-9-palestinians-in-gaza-in-new-ceasefire-violation/): Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in fresh attacks in various parts of the Gaza Strip on Monday, amid daily violations of a ceasefire agreement in effect since Oct.
- [Trump FCC investigates The View, reportedly says "fake news" will be punished](https://iwpost.com/trump-fcc-investigates-the-view-reportedly-says-fake-news-will-be-punished/): The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly investigating ABC’s The View in what FCC Democrat Anna Gomez called an attempt to intimidate critics of the Trump administration.
- [Google experiments with locking YouTube Music lyrics behind paywall](https://iwpost.com/google-experiments-with-locking-youtube-music-lyrics-behind-paywall/): Google continues to turn the screws on free YouTube users, expanding a test that restricts access to song lyrics on YouTube Music.
- [William and Catherine say they are ‘deeply concerned’ in first statement on Epstein revelations](https://iwpost.com/william-and-catherine-say-they-are-deeply-concerned-in-first-statement-on-epstein-revelations/): The Prince and Princess of Wales have said they are “deeply concerned” by the latest revelations surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, marking their first public statement on the ongoing scandal.
- [Will Smith’s Anger Therapy Reportedly a ‘Total Failure’](https://iwpost.com/will-smiths-anger-therapy-reportedly-a-total-failure/): Will Smith’s long road to redemption still isn’t going the way he hoped.
- [Just look at Ayaneo's absolute unit of a Windows gaming "handheld"](https://iwpost.com/just-look-at-ayaneos-absolute-unit-of-a-windows-gaming-handheld/): In 2023, we marveled at the sheer mass of Lenovo’s Legion Go, a 1.88-pound, 11.8-inch-wide monstrosity of a Windows gaming handheld.
- [Prince Andrew’s Epstein Fallout: Latest Revelations Explained](https://iwpost.com/prince-andrews-epstein-fallout-latest-revelations-explained/): The 65-year-old second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, Prince Andrew, is once again under the spotlight following new revelations from the recently released Epstein files.
- [What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future](https://iwpost.com/what-over-a-century-of-ice-data-can-tell-us-about-the-great-lakes-future/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan.
- [Japan’s ruling party secures historic election victory – but challenges lie ahead](https://iwpost.com/japans-ruling-party-secures-historic-election-victory-but-challenges-lie-ahead/): Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s conservative Liberal Democratic party (LDP) has secured the biggest election victory seen in Japan since the end of the second world war.
- [No humans allowed: This new space-based MMO is designed exclusively for AI agents](https://iwpost.com/no-humans-allowed-this-new-space-based-mmo-is-designed-exclusively-for-ai-agents/): For a couple of weeks now, AI agents (and some humans impersonating AI agents) have been hanging out and doing weird stuff on Moltbook’s Reddit-style social network.
- [‘The Voice’ Star Dies Tragically at 36](https://iwpost.com/the-voice-star-dies-tragically-at-36/): Singer and The Voice standout Dean Franklin has died at just 36 years old, only eight weeks after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
- [Which countries are best-placed to resist state-supported cyber-attacks? A government advisor explains](https://iwpost.com/which-countries-are-best-placed-to-resist-state-supported-cyber-attacks-a-government-advisor-explains/): In April 2007, the Baltic nation of Estonia woke up to one of the world’s first major cyber-attacks on civil society carried out by a state.
- [Power grabs, demolitions, illegal settlements: What lies behind Israeli decisions on occupied West Bank?](https://iwpost.com/power-grabs-demolitions-illegal-settlements-what-lies-behind-israeli-decisions-on-occupied-west-bank/): An analytical paper issued by the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now has explained the details and objectives behind recent decisions by Israel’s Security Cabinet on the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports.
- [Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs](https://iwpost.com/discord-faces-backlash-over-age-checks-after-data-breach-exposed-70000-ids/): Discord is facing backlash after announcing that all users will soon be required to verify ages to access adult content by sharing video selfies or uploading government IDs.
- [Takaichi’s landslide victory: A New Era for Japan](https://iwpost.com/takaichis-landslide-victory-a-new-era-for-japan/): Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reaffirmed her commitment to reducing the sales tax on food, following a landmark election win that paves the way for new stimulus measures.
- [Ive and Newson bring old-school charm to Ferrari's first EV interior](https://iwpost.com/ive-and-newson-bring-old-school-charm-to-ferraris-first-ev-interior/): Ferrari has published images of the interior of its forthcoming electric vehicle, which it designed with LoveFrom, the new firm of former Apple star Jony Ive and another legendary designer, Marc Newson.
- [Creamy Spaghetti Chicken](https://iwpost.com/creamy-spaghetti-chicken/): This Creamy Spaghetti Chicken is the kind of hearty, comforting meal that disappears fast.
- [Report: Imminent Apple hardware updates include MacBook Pro, iPads, and iPhone 17e](https://iwpost.com/report-imminent-apple-hardware-updates-include-macbook-pro-ipads-and-iphone-17e/): Apple’s 2026 has already brought us the AirTag 2 and a new Creator Studio app subscription aimed at independent content creators, but nothing so far for the company’s main product families.
- [UK Labour veteran tells MPs removing Starmer would be a bad idea](https://iwpost.com/uk-labour-veteran-tells-mps-removing-starmer-would-be-a-bad-idea/): Veteran Labour minister Jacqui Smith backed Keir Starmer on Monday, warning MPs and Cabinet colleagues against plotting to remove him as prime minister.
- [Martha Stewart Reveals Prison Horror Stories](https://iwpost.com/martha-stewart-reveals-prison-horror-stories/): Martha Stewart has lived more lives than most celebrities combined — Wall Street stockbroker, domestic goddess, inmate, influencer, and now an unstoppable 84-year-old mogul who’s somehow cooler than ever.
- [US-Iran talks are not a countdown to conflict](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-talks-are-not-a-countdown-to-conflict/): When Iranian and US officials met for talks in the Omani capital of Muscat on February 6, many journalists and analysts were speculating as to whether diplomacy will fail and whether war will inevitably follow.
- [Fifteen years after Egypt’s uprising, how faith and politics reshaped a generation](https://iwpost.com/fifteen-years-after-egypts-uprising-how-faith-and-politics-reshaped-a-generation/): Fifteen years ago, Egyptians from all walks of life took to the street to demand “bread, freedom, social justice.” They were protesting the oppressive 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak.
- [A Project Hail Mary final trailer? Yes please.](https://iwpost.com/a-project-hail-mary-final-trailer-yes-please-2/): Sure, most Americans are glued to their TVs for today’s Super Bowl and/or the Winter Olympics.
- [Egypt reiterates support for Somalia’s unity amid regional tensions](https://iwpost.com/egypt-reiterates-support-for-somalias-unity-amid-regional-tensions/): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued strong warnings regarding developments in Somalia and the security of the Red Sea, following Israel’s reported recognition of a breakaway Somali region and renewed regional competition over access to strategic waterways.
- [Venezuelan Opposition Ally Kidnapped After Prison Release](https://iwpost.com/venezuelan-opposition-ally-kidnapped-after-prison-release/): María Corina Machado is a prominent figure in Venezuela’s opposition. She has reported that one of her closest associates, Juan Pablo Guanipa, was abducted.
- [Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Getting Married After 40 Years](https://iwpost.com/kurt-russell-and-goldie-hawn-getting-married-after-40-years/): Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have spent four decades proving that Hollywood fairytales can actually last — but insiders say the famously commitment-shy couple might finally be ready to seal the deal.
- [Iran says unexploded bombs still present at nuclear facilities struck by US](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-unexploded-bombs-still-present-at-nuclear-facilities-struck-by-us/): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that unexploded bombs are still present at nuclear facilities struck by the United States last year, Anadolu reports.
- [Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years Amid Beijing’s Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai-sentenced-to-20-years-amid-beijings-crackdown/): Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been given a 20-year prison sentence.
- [‘Designing Women’ Actress Dies at 83](https://iwpost.com/designing-women-actress-dies-at-83/): Camilla Carr, the cult-favorite horror actress who stirred national outrage with her infamous AIDS-era storyline on Designing Women, has died at 83.
- [Portugal’s Pivotal Presidential Election: Socialist vs. Far-Right](https://iwpost.com/portugals-pivotal-presidential-election-socialist-vs-far-right/): Portugal is voting in a decisive second round of its presidential election, as centre-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro faces off against far-right populist André Ventura.
- [Israel could collapse before its centennial, retired Israeli general warns](https://iwpost.com/israel-could-collapse-before-its-centennial-retired-israeli-general-warns/): Retired Israeli Maj Gen Itzhak Brik warned Sunday that Israel could collapse before reaching the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2048, citing deep “internal divisions” and growing “international alienation,” Anadolu reports.
- [Overshoot: The world is hitting point of no return on climate](https://iwpost.com/overshoot-the-world-is-hitting-point-of-no-return-on-climate/): This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [A Project Hail Mary final trailer? Yes please](https://iwpost.com/a-project-hail-mary-final-trailer-yes-please/): Sure, most Americans are glued to their TVs for the today’s Super Bowl and/or the Winter Olympics.
- [Starmer’s Chief of Staff Resigns Amid Mandelson Controversy](https://iwpost.com/starmers-chief-of-staff-resigns-amid-mandelson-controversy/): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government is facing turmoil after the resignation of Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.
- [Police Dig into Septic Tank Behind Missing Nancy Guthrie’s Home](https://iwpost.com/police-dig-into-septic-tank-behind-missing-nancy-guthries-home/): The search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie has taken a disturbing turn as investigators were seen lowering equipment into a septic tank behind her Arizona home—an unexpected and chilling development in a disappearance already filled with twists.
- [How to Make Homemade Pasta (No Machine Needed)](https://iwpost.com/how-to-make-homemade-pasta-no-machine-needed/): I’ve been making pasta from scratch for nearly a decade—often with kids underfoot—and I’ve never once used a pasta machine. Honestly? You don’t need one.
- [FBI informant believed Jeffrey Epstein had links to Israeli intelligence, newly released documents show](https://iwpost.com/fbi-informant-believed-jeffrey-epstein-had-links-to-israeli-intelligence-newly-released-documents-show/): An undercover FBI informant “became convinced” that Epstein was an Israeli spy, according to a document that is among millions of pages released last week by the Justice Department, Anadolu reports.
- [World Series Champ Dies Suddenly at 34](https://iwpost.com/world-series-champ-dies-suddenly-at-34/): Terrance Gore, the beloved MLB outfielder known for his extraordinary speed and two World Series rings, has died suddenly at 34.
- [Police Inquiry into Lord Mandelson: Details on Confidential Information](https://iwpost.com/police-inquiry-into-lord-mandelson-details-on-confidential-information/): The Metropolitan Police has begun a criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson. He is a former Labour minister and ex-UK ambassador to the US.
- [The Mandelson scandal and Britain’s recurring failure of judgement](https://iwpost.com/the-mandelson-scandal-and-britains-recurring-failure-of-judgement/): Keir Starmer’s eventual apology to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein is not offered as a matter of genuine conscience, but rather as a matter of political expediency.
- [‘Made in EU’ Shipbuilding Drive Signals Shift Towards Industrial Self-Reliance](https://iwpost.com/made-in-eu-shipbuilding-drive-signals-shift-towards-industrial-self-reliance/): The European Commission is set to propose measures designed to ensure more vessels and other goods and services for the European Union’s shipping sector are made in the bloc, according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
- [Winter Olympics Thrown into Chaos After Police Discover ‘Explosive Device’ on Railway Tracks](https://iwpost.com/winter-olympics-thrown-into-chaos-after-police-discover-explosive-device-on-railway-tracks/): Authorities in Italy are investigating what they believe were coordinated sabotage attacks on the country’s rail system just as the Winter Olympic Games were getting underway, causing major travel chaos for thousands of passengers.
- [Solidarity rally held in Paris for Palestinians, other communities facing repression worldwide](https://iwpost.com/solidarity-rally-held-in-paris-for-palestinians-other-communities-facing-repression-worldwide/): People take part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Paris on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, protesting the war economy and calling for a free Palestine on November 29, 2025.
- [Precious metals, oil slide as global tensions ease; copper down](https://iwpost.com/precious-metals-oil-slide-as-global-tensions-ease-copper-down/): Prices of commodities, from silver and gold to crude oil and copper, dived on Thursday, as global tensions eased after a telephone call between the leaders of China and the United States, which is also set for talks with Iran this week.
- [Beloved TV Star Died Completely Broke After Secret Hollywood Disaster Wiped Out His Fortune](https://iwpost.com/beloved-tv-star-died-completely-broke-after-secret-hollywood-disaster-wiped-out-his-fortune/): In a heartbreaking twist straight out of a movie, TV legend Warren Clarke — the powerhouse actor who helped define Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange — died with absolutely nothing left, despite decades of fame, prime-time success, and unforgettable roles.
- [Bitcoin dip brings key $70,000 level into view](https://iwpost.com/bitcoin-dip-brings-key-70000-level-into-view/): Bitcoin was on the cusp of breaking below the key $70,000 level on Thursday as a slide in the world’s largest cryptocurrency showed no signs of stopping.
- [Inside the historic effort to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-historic-effort-to-keep-the-great-barrier-reef-alive/): This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Vegan Garlic Noodles (5 Ingredients, 15 Minutes)](https://iwpost.com/vegan-garlic-noodles-5-ingredients-15-minutes/): Easy, sweet, salty, and unapologetically garlicky—these Vegan Garlic Noodles are the kind of recipe you make once and then keep coming back to.
- [Israel’s actions destabilizing entire region: Iranian foreign minister](https://iwpost.com/israels-actions-destabilizing-entire-region-iranian-foreign-minister/): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Israel’s actions are “destabilizing” the entire region, calling for Tel Aviv to be held accountable and for sanctions to be imposed over violations it commits in countries across the region, particularly in Palestine, Anadolu reports.
- [Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-spacex-probes-upper-stage-malfunction-starship-testing-resumes/): Welcome to Edition 8.28 of the Rocket Report!
- [NASA stage show explores "outer" outer space with Henson's Fraggles](https://iwpost.com/nasa-stage-show-explores-outer-outer-space-with-hensons-fraggles/): Move over Snoopy, because NASA has a new character helping to promote its deep space exploration plans. His name is Uncle Traveling Matt.
- [Supply chain chaos becomes aviation’s ‘new norm’ as demand hits records](https://iwpost.com/supply-chain-chaos-becomes-aviations-new-norm-as-demand-hits-records/): Years after the pandemic, the aviation industry is still struggling to recover from supply chain disruptions that have been exacerbated by record passenger demand and geopolitical challenges, executives and suppliers say.
- [5 Lane Bryant Employees Killed in Illinois Store Subject of Shocking New Documentary](https://iwpost.com/5-lane-bryant-employees-killed-in-illinois-store-subject-of-shocking-new-documentary/): Nearly two decades after five Lane Bryant employees and customers were executed inside a suburban Chicago clothing shop, the horror still hangs over Tinley Park — and a new documentary hopes to finally break the silence around one of Illinois’ most haunting unsolved crimes.
- [Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Station](https://iwpost.com/lawmakers-ask-what-it-would-take-to-store-the-international-space-station/): Members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee voted to approve a NASA authorization bill this week, advancing legislation chock full of policy guidelines meant to give lawmakers a voice in the space agency’s strategic direction.
- [Lebanon secures $360M to rebuild war-damaged south, premier says](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-secures-360m-to-rebuild-war-damaged-south-premier-says/): A total of $360 million has been secured to help rebuild areas of southern Lebanon damaged during Israel’s latest war, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [Stellantis swallows $26 billion costs as it rethinks its EV strategy](https://iwpost.com/stellantis-swallows-26-billion-costs-as-it-rethinks-its-ev-strategy/): The automotive industry’s big bet on a rapid adoption of electric vehicles—at least here in the United States—continues to unwind.
- [World food prices ease further in January, United Nations’ FAO says](https://iwpost.com/world-food-prices-ease-further-in-january-united-nations-fao-says/): World food prices fell for a fifth straight month in January, led by declines in dairy, sugar and meat products, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
- [To reuse or not reuse—the eternal debate of New Glenn's second stage reignites](https://iwpost.com/to-reuse-or-not-reuse-the-eternal-debate-of-new-glenns-second-stage-reignites/): Engineers at Blue Origin have been grappling with a seemingly eternal debate that involves the New Glenn rocket and the economics of flying it.
- [Actress Sparks Mental Health Fears After Claiming Princess Diana ‘Haunts’ Her](https://iwpost.com/actress-sparks-mental-health-fears-after-claiming-princess-diana-haunts-her/): Kristen Stewart has set off a new wave of concern after confessing she still feels “haunted” by Princess Diana — a revelation that insiders say has crossed from emotional attachment into something far more unsettling.
- [Under Trump, EPA’s enforcement of environmental laws collapses, report finds](https://iwpost.com/under-trump-epas-enforcement-of-environmental-laws-collapses-report-finds/): Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, a far bigger drop than in the same period of his first term, according to a new report from a watchdog group.
- [US calls for new multilateral arms control agreement following new START expiry](https://iwpost.com/us-calls-for-new-multilateral-arms-control-agreement-following-new-start-expiry/): The United States on Friday called for a new arms control agreement after the treaty that set caps on Russian and U.S.
- [US lawmaker calls for halt to weapons transfers to Israel amid Gaza violence](https://iwpost.com/us-lawmaker-calls-for-halt-to-weapons-transfers-to-israel-amid-gaza-violence/): Rep. Delia Ramirez said on Friday that there is no ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and accused the US of enabling continued violence through its military support for Israel, Anadolu reports.
- [Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars](https://iwpost.com/waymo-leverages-genie-3-to-create-a-world-model-for-self-driving-cars/): Google-spinoff Waymo is in the midst of expanding its self-driving car fleet into new regions.
- [Pandora to switch from silver to platinum over price surge](https://iwpost.com/pandora-to-switch-from-silver-to-platinum-over-price-surge/): Jeweller Pandora has said it will switch from using silver in some of its ranges to platinum following a dramatic increase in prices.
- [Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine](https://iwpost.com/why-700-could-be-a-death-sentence-for-the-steam-machine/): After writing two November stories analyzing price expectations for Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine, I really didn’t think we’d be offering more informed speculation before the official price was revealed.
- [Woman Attacks Elderly Woman Over Seat on MTA Bus](https://iwpost.com/woman-attacks-elderly-woman-over-seat-on-mta-bus/): What started as an ordinary evening commute on a Brooklyn bus exploded into chaos when a woman allegedly assaulted a 72-year-old passenger during a baffling meltdown over a seat, according to police and law enforcement sources.
- [Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets](https://iwpost.com/malicious-packages-for-dydx-cryptocurrency-exchange-empties-user-wallets/): Open source packages published on the npm and PyPI repositories were laced with code that stole wallet credentials from dYdX developers and backend systems and, in some cases, backdoored devices, researchers said.
- [Trump wants Ukraine to give up the Donbas in return for security guarantees. It could be fatal for Kyiv](https://iwpost.com/trump-wants-ukraine-to-give-up-the-donbas-in-return-for-security-guarantees-it-could-be-fatal-for-kyiv/): There is a major sticking point often overlooked in the ceasefire negotiations between Ukraine and Russia currently being held in Abu Dhabi.
- [Israel’s Netanyahu attacks former premier Ehud Barak, says ‘Epstein did not work for Israel’](https://iwpost.com/israels-netanyahu-attacks-former-premier-ehud-barak-says-epstein-did-not-work-for-israel/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the renewed focus on the Epstein files to attack his predecessor Ehud Barak, saying that Jeffrey Epstein “did not work for Israel”, Anadolu reports.
- [Russian general hospitalized after ‘several shots’ in Moscow](https://iwpost.com/russian-general-hospitalized-after-several-shots-in-moscow/): A Russian general was shot at an apartment building in Moscow on Friday and taken to a hospital, Russian officials said.
- [Crispy Air Fryer Chicken & Mozzarella Wraps](https://iwpost.com/crispy-air-fryer-chicken-mozzarella-wraps/): If midweek dinners have you frazzled, these Crispy Air Fryer Chicken & Mozzarella Wraps are the ultimate lifesaver.
- [Lawyer sets new standard for abuse of AI; judge tosses case](https://iwpost.com/lawyer-sets-new-standard-for-abuse-of-ai-judge-tosses-case/): Frustrated by fake citations and flowery prose packed with “out-of-left-field” references to ancient libraries and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, a New York federal judge took the rare step of terminating a case this week due to a lawyer’s repeated misuse of AI when drafting filings.
- [Farcical peace talks in Abu Dhabi resolve nothing as Ukraine shivers under Russia’s winter onslaught](https://iwpost.com/farcical-peace-talks-in-abu-dhabi-resolve-nothing-as-ukraine-shivers-under-russias-winter-onslaught/): Russia, Ukraine and the US met for a second time this week for trilateral talks to discuss a possible cessation of hostilities.
- [Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler](https://iwpost.com/sixteen-claude-ai-agents-working-together-created-a-new-c-compiler/): Amid a push toward AI agents, with both Anthropic and OpenAI shipping multi-agent tools this week, Anthropic is more than ready to show off some of its more daring AI coding experiments.
- [Mom Horrifically Injured After Giant Chunk of Ice Explodes Through Her Windshield on Busy Highway](https://iwpost.com/mom-horrifically-injured-after-giant-chunk-of-ice-explodes-through-her-windshield-on-busy-highway/): A Pennsylvania mom is recovering from terrifying injuries after a massive slab of ice flew off a tractor-trailer and blasted straight through her windshield while she was driving with her 7-year-old daughter.
- [Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired government workers](https://iwpost.com/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-reinstate-thousands-of-fired-government-workers/): A California federal judge on Thursday ordered six U.S.
- [Spain’s youth minister floats countrywide ban on X](https://iwpost.com/spains-youth-minister-floats-countrywide-ban-on-x/): Spain’s youth minister has intensified Madrid’s clash with Big Tech after suggesting the country may need to curb — or even ban — access to Elon Musk’s social media platform X due to the “flagrant violations of fundamental rights” taking place there.
- [Billie Eilish, stolen land, and the climate cost of America’s dispossession](https://iwpost.com/billie-eilish-stolen-land-and-the-climate-cost-of-americas-dispossession/): When Billie Eilish told Grammy audiences that “no one is illegal on stolen land,” she ignited a small firestorm that went beyond celebrity discourse, revealing deep fault lines in how America confronts its own history.
- [Penisgate erupts at Olympics; scandal exposes risks of bulking your bulge](https://iwpost.com/penisgate-erupts-at-olympics-scandal-exposes-risks-of-bulking-your-bulge/): As the 2026 Olympic Winter Games begin today, news articles are swelling with juicy claims that male ski jumpers have injected their penises with fillers to gain a flight advantage.
- [China’s panda diplomacy is becoming a liability for Beijing](https://iwpost.com/chinas-panda-diplomacy-is-becoming-a-liability-for-beijing/): Japan said goodbye to its last two giant pandas on January 27, as twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei were returned from their host country to China.
- [Israeli army hits 3-story building in Gaza despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-hits-3-story-building-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire/): Despite a ceasefire, the Israeli army targeted a residential area in eastern Gaza City, on Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself](https://iwpost.com/tiny-45-base-long-rna-can-make-copies-of-itself/): There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth.
- [Europol Operation Blocks €1.2 Billion in Fake Banknotes, With China-Linked Shipments Under Scrutiny](https://iwpost.com/europol-operation-blocks-e1-2-billion-in-fake-banknotes-with-china-linked-shipments-under-scrutiny/): Law enforcement authorities from 18 countries have stopped an estimated EUR 1.2 billion in counterfeit banknotes and coins from entering circulation during Operation DECOY III, a Europol-coordinated action led by Austria, Portugal, and Spain.
- [$1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show](https://iwpost.com/1-8-million-mst3k-kickstarter-brings-in-almost-everyone-from-the-old-show/): Longtime fans of the cult TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 know that the series’ one constant is change (well, that and bad movies).
- [Workers halt production at Belgian arms factory over Israeli officer visit](https://iwpost.com/workers-halt-production-at-belgian-arms-factory-over-israeli-officer-visit/): Some workers at Belgium’s major weapons manufacturer FN Herstal staged a spontaneous strike to protest the presence of an Israeli army officer who was part of a visiting delegation of defense attaches, Anadolu reports.
- [Legendary World Series-Winning Pitcher Dies at 97](https://iwpost.com/legendary-world-series-winning-pitcher-dies-at-97/): Elroy Face, the beloved relief pitcher who helped lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to their unforgettable 1960 World Series victory, has died. He was 97.
- [Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt](https://iwpost.com/astronomers-are-filling-in-the-blanks-of-the-kuiper-belt/): Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lies an expansive ring of ancient relics, dynamical enigmas, and possibly a hidden planet—or two.
- [German government pushes Syrians to return to their homeland](https://iwpost.com/german-government-pushes-syrians-to-return-to-their-homeland/): Last year, 5,976 Syrians applied for voluntary repatriation to Syria, which was funded by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), submitting all the necessary documents.
- [The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices](https://iwpost.com/the-first-android-17-beta-is-now-available-on-pixel-devices/): You might have noticed some reporting a few days ago that Android 17 was rolling out in beta form, but that didn’t happen.
- [European Parliament Ends Long-Running Citizens’ Prize as Part of Spending Review](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-ends-long-running-citizens-prize-as-part-of-spending-review/): The leadership of the European Parliament has opted to discontinue an award programme granted to EU citizens, as part of a wider drive to rationalise expenditure.
- [Israel bans established NGOs, installs ‘compliant’ politically convenient alternatives](https://iwpost.com/israel-bans-established-ngos-installs-compliant-politically-convenient-alternatives/): Israel is replacing dozens of established humanitarian organisations in Gaza with a new cohort of approved unknown groups that are more politically aligned and less likely to challenge Israeli conduct, an investigation by The New Humanitarian, has found.
- [’90s Singer Hospitalized After Sending ‘Disturbing’ Video to Fan](https://iwpost.com/90s-singer-hospitalized-after-sending-disturbing-video-to-fan/): Alt-rock singer Evan Dando has been hospitalized for mental health treatment following explosive allegations that he sent explicit, unsolicited videos to a female fan.
- [Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage](https://iwpost.com/ring-cancels-flock-deal-after-dystopian-super-bowl-ad-prompts-mass-outrage/): Amazon and Flock Safety have ended a partnership that would’ve given law enforcement access to a vast web of Ring cameras.
- [Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers](https://iwpost.com/aided-by-ai-california-beach-town-broadens-hunt-for-bike-lane-blockers/): This spring, a Southern California beach town will become the first city in the country where municipal parking enforcement vehicles will use an AI system looking for potential bike lane violations.
- [Second US aircraft carrier to head to Middle East amid Iran tensions](https://iwpost.com/second-us-aircraft-carrier-to-head-to-middle-east-amid-iran-tensions/): The U.S. is sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East amid tensions with Iran, U.S. media outlets reported late on Thursday.
- [Government dealt a blow: Highest court deems Palestine Action ban unlawful](https://iwpost.com/government-dealt-a-blow-highest-court-deems-palestine-action-ban-unlawful/): In a moment that exposed the flimsy nature of the government narrative, Keir Starmer’s government suffered a resounding blow from the UK Supreme Court after it struck down the decision to ban the activist group Pal Action and ruled it unlawful.
- [WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as "unethical"](https://iwpost.com/who-slams-us-funded-newborn-vaccine-trial-as-unethical/): The World Health Organization on Friday released a formal statement blasting a US-funded vaccine trial as “unethical,” because it would withhold an established, safe, and potentially lifesaving vaccine against hepatitis B from some newborns in Guinea-Bissau, Africa.
- [Poison at play: Unsafe lead levels found in half of New Orleans playgrounds](https://iwpost.com/poison-at-play-unsafe-lead-levels-found-in-half-of-new-orleans-playgrounds/): This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.
- [Meghan Markle’s New Movie is ‘Struggling’](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markles-new-movie-is-struggling/): Meghan Markle may have received applause at Sundance — but behind the scenes, her latest project is reportedly facing a much colder reception.
- [MEPs call for urgent EU action to eradicate poverty by 2035](https://iwpost.com/meps-call-for-urgent-eu-action-to-eradicate-poverty-by-2035/): The European Parliament has urged the European Commission to recognise poverty as a violation of human dignity and to act swiftly to eliminate it across the EU by 2035 at the latest.
- [Verizon imposes new roadblock on users trying to unlock paid-off phones](https://iwpost.com/verizon-imposes-new-roadblock-on-users-trying-to-unlock-paid-off-phones/): Verizon this week imposed a new roadblock for people who want to pay off device installment plans early in order to get their phones unlocked.
- [Mango & Dragon Fruit Chia Pudding: A Tropical, Nutrient-Packed Delight](https://iwpost.com/mango-dragon-fruit-chia-pudding-a-tropical-nutrient-packed-delight/): Bright, refreshing, and naturally sweet, this Mango and Dragon Fruit Chia Pudding is the perfect way to bring a tropical twist to your day.
- [Lawsuit before the Constitutional Court in Germany against arms exports to Israel fails](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-before-the-constitutional-court-in-germany-against-arms-exports-to-israel-fails/): The Federal Constitutional Court, the highest Court in Germany, has spoken. That sentence is the centre of gravity. It signals judicial restraint.
- [After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name](https://iwpost.com/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/): On Monday, a pull request executed by an AI agent to the popular Python charting library matplotlib turned into a 45-comment debate about whether AI-generated code belongs in open source projects.
- [NATO will become more European-led, NATO Chief Rutte says](https://iwpost.com/nato-will-become-more-european-led-nato-chief-rutte-says/): The NATO alliance will become more European-led, with a continuing strong presence of the United States, as European allies significantly increase military spending, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday.
- [Llamas Praised for Helping to Stop Fleeing Robber](https://iwpost.com/llamas-praised-for-helping-to-stop-fleeing-robber/): Move over police dogs — these crime-fighting llamas just stole the spotlight.
- [Bangladesh Nationalist party secures victory in first election since Sheikh Hasina’s ousting](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-nationalist-party-secures-victory-in-first-election-since-sheikh-hasinas-ousting/): The Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) has won a landslide majority in the country’s first election since an uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina in 2024.
- [What if riders don't close a robotaxi door after a ride? Try DoorDash.](https://iwpost.com/what-if-riders-dont-close-a-robotaxi-door-after-a-ride-try-doordash/): Autonomous vehicles have a lot of potential.
- [Trump insists Iran talks must continue, but military action is not off the table](https://iwpost.com/trump-insists-iran-talks-must-continue-but-military-action-is-not-off-the-table/): Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington on February 11 appears not to have achieved what many observers saw as its central purpose: to persuade Donald Trump to harden his demands on Iran to the point that negotiations between the countries fail.
- [Rocket Report: Say cheerio to Orbex; China is getting good at booster landings](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-say-cheerio-to-orbex-china-is-getting-good-at-booster-landings/): Welcome to Edition 8.29 of the Rocket Report! We have a stuffed report this week with news from across the launch spectrum.
- [Violence in north-east Syria may amount to war crimes, warn MEPs](https://iwpost.com/violence-in-north-east-syria-may-amount-to-war-crimes-warn-meps/): The European Parliament has strongly condemned all violence against civilians in north-east Syria, calling on all parties to respect the existing ceasefire and prevent further escalation.
- [France’s censorship of voices calling out international complicity with genocide](https://iwpost.com/frances-censorship-of-voices-calling-out-international-complicity-with-genocide/): UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has once again been targeted, this time by French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot, for her speech at the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha on Saturday, in which she denounced the entire complicit system that supported Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
- [Meghan Markle Torched for Sharing ‘Unhygienic’ Video](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-torched-for-sharing-unhygienic-video/): Meghan Markle is catching heat online after sharing a promotional video for her lifestyle brand As Ever — and it’s not the tea that has people talking.
- [EPA kills foundation of greenhouse gas regulations](https://iwpost.com/epa-kills-foundation-of-greenhouse-gas-regulations/): In a widely expected move, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is revoking an analysis of greenhouse gases that laid the foundation for regulating their emissions by cars, power plants, and industrial sources.
- [EU reconsidering funds for Serbia as justice laws ‘eroding trust’](https://iwpost.com/eu-reconsidering-funds-for-serbia-as-justice-laws-eroding-trust/): The European Union could withhold funds from a 1.6 billion euro allocation of loans and grants to Serbia, after Belgrade passed laws that are “eroding trust” in its commitment to the rule of law, the bloc’s enlargement commissioner said.
- [ULA's Vulcan rocket suffers another booster problem on the way to orbit](https://iwpost.com/ulas-vulcan-rocket-suffers-another-booster-problem-on-the-way-to-orbit/): Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.
- [Five reasons Trump’s plan for Ukrainian elections and a peace referendum will only prolong the war](https://iwpost.com/five-reasons-trumps-plan-for-ukrainian-elections-and-a-peace-referendum-will-only-prolong-the-war/): In a surprise announcement on February 10, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that his administration was preparing to hold presidential elections before the middle of May.
- [Saudi, Pakistan defense chiefs reaffirm strategic partnership in bilateral talks](https://iwpost.com/saudi-pakistan-defense-chiefs-reaffirm-strategic-partnership-in-bilateral-talks/): Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman on Thursday held talks in Riyadh with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defense Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir, reaffirming strong relations between the two countries and their strategic defense partnership, Anadolu reports.
- [Meghan’s Next Power Move? Duchess Pushing Brooklyn Beckham Toward Oprah Tell-All](https://iwpost.com/meghans-next-power-move-duchess-pushing-brooklyn-beckham-toward-oprah-tell-all/): Meghan Markle is back in familiar territory — and critics say she may be trying to replay an old script.
- [Spider-Noir teaser comes in colorized "True Hue" and black and white](https://iwpost.com/spider-noir-teaser-comes-in-colorized-true-hue-and-black-and-white/): Nicolas Cage has carved out a quirky niche for himself in recent years with such films as Color Out of Space (2019), Pig (2021), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), Dream Scenario (2023), and Longlegs (2024), among others.
- [North Korea’s Kim positioning daughter as successor](https://iwpost.com/north-koreas-kim-positioning-daughter-as-successor/): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be taking steps to consolidate his daughter’s position as successor, and there are signs she is providing input on policy matters, South Korean lawmakers said on Thursday, citing a spy agency briefing.
- [The US is starving Cuba of fuel – here’s what a deal between them could look like](https://iwpost.com/the-us-is-starving-cuba-of-fuel-heres-what-a-deal-between-them-could-look-like/): Cuba has reached a breaking point that even its crisis-hardened leadership cannot ignore.
- [Trump official overruled FDA scientists to reject Moderna's flu shot](https://iwpost.com/trump-official-overruled-fda-scientists-to-reject-modernas-flu-shot/): Vinay Prasad, the Trump administration’s top vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, single-handedly decided to refuse to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, overruling agency scientists, according to reports from Stat News and The Wall Street Journal.
- [Mediterranean Chicken Gyros with Creamy Feta Tzatziki](https://iwpost.com/mediterranean-chicken-gyros-with-creamy-feta-tzatziki/): Bring the vibrant flavors of Greece straight to your kitchen with these Mediterranean Chicken Gyros.
- [Why forcing Ukraine into an election could misfire for Trump](https://iwpost.com/why-forcing-ukraine-into-an-election-could-misfire-for-trump/): This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [When Amazon badly needed a ride, Europe's Ariane 6 rocket delivered](https://iwpost.com/when-amazon-badly-needed-a-ride-europes-ariane-6-rocket-delivered/): The heavy version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket launched for the first time Thursday, hauling 32 spacecraft to low-Earth orbit for Amazon’s satellite broadband constellation.
- [US sent thousands of Starlink terminals to Iran after January protest crackdown: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-sent-thousands-of-starlink-terminals-to-iran-after-january-protest-crackdown-report/): The US covertly smuggled 6,000 Starlink satellite internet terminals into Iran following nationwide protests in January, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing officials, Anadolu reports.
- [Sweden to send fighter jets to patrol around Greenland as part of NATO’s Arctic Sentry](https://iwpost.com/sweden-to-send-fighter-jets-to-patrol-around-greenland-as-part-of-natos-arctic-sentry/): Sweden will patrol around Iceland and Greenland with Gripen fighter jets as part of NATO’s Arctic Sentry mission, it said on Thursday.
- [The Olympics just saw its first ‘forever chemical’ disqualifications](https://iwpost.com/the-olympics-just-saw-its-first-forever-chemical-disqualifications/): Heading into the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics, skiers and snowboarders were already adjusting to a ban on fluorinated waxes long prized for making their equipment faster.
- [Michelle Obama Debuts Shocking New Piercings](https://iwpost.com/michelle-obama-debuts-shocking-new-piercings/): Michelle Obama is entering her sparkle era — and she’s not asking anyone for permission.
- [OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips](https://iwpost.com/openai-sidesteps-nvidia-with-unusually-fast-coding-model-on-plate-sized-chips/): On Thursday, OpenAI released its first production AI model to run on non-Nvidia hardware, deploying the new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark coding model on chips from Cerebras.
- [Epstein files: why the Trump administration is taking a big gamble by releasing millions of documents](https://iwpost.com/epstein-files-why-the-trump-administration-is-taking-a-big-gamble-by-releasing-millions-of-documents/): The death of Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 was never going to be the end of his menacing presence in the American political orbit.
- [ULA's Vulcan launcher still has a solid rocket booster problem](https://iwpost.com/ulas-vulcan-launcher-still-has-a-solid-rocket-booster-problem/): Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.
- [UK Finance Minister Urges EU to Admit Britain to ‘Made in Europe’ Framework](https://iwpost.com/uk-finance-minister-urges-eu-to-admit-britain-to-made-in-europe-framework/): Britain should be part of any “Made in Europe” club giving preference to European goods, the U.K.’s finance chief has said.
- [Ukraine: if elections are held this spring, who might be the next president?](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-if-elections-are-held-this-spring-who-might-be-the-next-president/): Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is under intense pressure from the US to take his country to the polls as early as this spring.
- [Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead](https://iwpost.com/bringing-the-functionally-extinct-american-chestnut-back-from-the-dead/): Very few people alive today have seen the Appalachian forests as they existed a century ago.
- [Lebanese army closes ‘illegal’ crossings with Syria](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-army-closes-illegal-crossings-with-syria/): The Lebanese army said Thursday that it had closed several “illegal” crossings with Syria in the northern Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon, as part of efforts to combat smuggling, Anadolu reports.
- [Mystery Deepens in Nancy Guthrie Case as Forensics Tent Rises Outside $1 Million Arizona Home](https://iwpost.com/mystery-deepens-in-nancy-guthrie-case-as-forensics-tent-rises-outside-1-million-arizona-home/): The investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has taken a dramatic turn.
- [RFK Jr. food pyramid site links to Grok, which says you shouldn’t trust RFK Jr.](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-food-pyramid-site-links-to-grok-which-says-you-shouldnt-trust-rfk-jr/): It’s been about a month since Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Exiled Iranians and Venezuelans may well support regime change – but diasporas don’t always reflect the politics back home](https://iwpost.com/exiled-iranians-and-venezuelans-may-well-support-regime-change-but-diasporas-dont-always-reflect-the-politics-back-home/): As protest and military action raised the prospect of regime change in Iran and Venezuela, the voices of both countries’ diasporas were heard loud and clear through the media of their host nations.
- [The Netherlands is in the grip of a winter flu epidemic](https://iwpost.com/the-netherlands-is-in-the-grip-of-a-winter-flu-epidemic/): The Netherlands is officially in the grip of a flu epidemic, as the number of people who visited their family doctor with flu-like symptoms rises for two weeks in a row.
- [Yes, Rocket Lab is blowing up engines. No, it's not a big deal, CEO says.](https://iwpost.com/yes-rocket-lab-is-blowing-up-engines-no-its-not-a-big-deal-ceo-says/): A little more than two months ago, a Rocket Lab employee called the Stennis Space Center Fire Department from the nearby A3 test stand.
- [We let Chrome's Auto Browse agent surf the web for us—here's what happened](https://iwpost.com/we-let-chromes-auto-browse-agent-surf-the-web-for-us-heres-what-happened/): We are now a few years into the AI revolution, and talk has shifted from who has the best chatbot to whose AI agent can do the most things on your behalf.
- [US surveillance aircraft operate near Iranian border amid tensions](https://iwpost.com/us-surveillance-aircraft-operate-near-iranian-border-amid-tensions/): Two US military aircraft have operated near Iranian airspace after taking off from bases in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, according to flight tracking data cited by Russian outlet Novosti.
- [Train and airport strikes in Italy to disrupt thousands of travellers this month](https://iwpost.com/train-and-airport-strikes-in-italy-to-disrupt-thousands-of-travellers-this-month/): Travellers to Italy should prepare for disruption to flights and rail services this month.
- [FBI Tracking Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnapper’s Outfit and Gun](https://iwpost.com/fbi-tracking-nancy-guthries-kidnappers-outfit-and-gun/): The search for missing Tucson mother Nancy Guthrie has entered a new, urgent phase, with FBI agents zeroing in on the kidnapper’s clothing and gear after investigators were forced back to square one when the wrong man was detained and later released.
- [Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78](https://iwpost.com/byte-magazine-artist-robert-tinney-who-illustrated-the-birth-of-pcs-dies-at-78/): On February 1, Robert Tinney, the illustrator whose airbrushed cover paintings defined the look and feel of pioneering computer magazine Byte for over a decade, died at age 78 in Baker, Louisiana, according to a memorial posted on his official website.
- [Once-hobbled Lumma Stealer is back with lures that are hard to resist](https://iwpost.com/once-hobbled-lumma-stealer-is-back-with-lures-that-are-hard-to-resist/): Last May, law enforcement authorities around the world scored a key win when they hobbled the infrastructure of Lumma, an infostealer that infected nearly 395,000 Windows computers over just a two-month span leading up to the international operation.
- [EU needs market reform, simpler regulations — von der Leyen](https://iwpost.com/eu-needs-market-reform-simpler-regulations-von-der-leyen/): The European Union must simplify its capital market and regulations in order to reduce fragmentation and boost the bloc’s competitiveness, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday.
- [Best Easy Vanilla Bread Pudding Recipe](https://iwpost.com/best-easy-vanilla-bread-pudding-recipe/): If you love bread, why not turn it into dessert?
- [Trump says he insisted on further Iran talks during meeting with Netanyahu](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-he-insisted-on-further-iran-talks-during-meeting-with-netanyahu/): US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that there was no concrete result from his closed-door meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but said he insisted on further talks with Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump orders the military to make agreements with coal power plants](https://iwpost.com/trump-orders-the-military-to-make-agreements-with-coal-power-plants/): On Wednesday, a fossil-fuel lobbying group called the Washington Coal Club awarded President Trump a trophy that named him the “Undisputed Champion of Clean, Beautiful Coal.” Trump took advantage of the opportunity to take his latest shot at reviving the fortunes of the US’s most polluting source of electricity: an executive order that would make the military buy it.
- [Fisherman Fleeing Elephant Attack is Killed by Crocodiles](https://iwpost.com/fisherman-fleeing-elephant-attack-is-killed-by-crocodiles/): A fisherman in eastern Zambia was killed in a shocking chain of events after trying to flee from a herd of rampaging elephants — only to be attacked moments later by a crocodile.
- [SpaceX takes down Dragon crew arm, giving Starship a leg up in Florida](https://iwpost.com/spacex-takes-down-dragon-crew-arm-giving-starship-a-leg-up-in-florida/): Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is accustomed to getting makeovers.
- [Kurt Cobain’s death may not have been suicide after all](https://iwpost.com/kurt-cobains-death-may-not-have-been-suicide-after-all/): The untimely demise of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is once again making headlines.
- [Gwich’in fight to protect caribou from Alaska oil development](https://iwpost.com/gwichin-fight-to-protect-caribou-from-alaska-oil-development/): The Bureau of Land Management opened nominations last week for the first-ever oil and gas lease auction in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, setting the stage for development that three Gwich’in governments are now suing to stop.
- [El Paso airport closed after military used new anti-drone laser to zap party balloon](https://iwpost.com/el-paso-airport-closed-after-military-used-new-anti-drone-laser-to-zap-party-balloon/): On Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration closed airspace up to 18,000 feet above the El Paso International Airport in Texas, saying the restrictions would be in place for 10 days.
- [Lufthansa pilots, crew to strike on Thursday](https://iwpost.com/lufthansa-pilots-crew-to-strike-on-thursday/): Employees of German flagship carrier Lufthansa have been called to go on a 24-hour strike on Thursday, the VC (Vereinigung Cockpit) union representing pilots and the UFO union of flight attendants both announced.
- [HGTV Star Slammed After Shocking Footage is Leaked (Video)](https://iwpost.com/hgtv-star-slammed-after-shocking-footage-is-leaked-video/): HGTV personality Nicole Curtis is facing major backlash after shocking footage surfaced of her casually dropping the N-word during filming — all while she’s trying to hype the return of her home-renovation series Rehab Addict.
- [Trump’s religious liberty commissioner removed after Zionism dispute](https://iwpost.com/trumps-religious-liberty-commissioner-removed-after-zionism-dispute/): Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California, was removed Wednesday from President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission following a contentious hearing on antisemitism for what she claimed were efforts to “force” commissioners to affirm Zionism, Anadolu reports.
- [Democracy dies in broad daylight: the Trump administration’s frontal assault on the free press](https://iwpost.com/democracy-dies-in-broad-daylight-the-trump-administrations-frontal-assault-on-the-free-press/): When the billionaire owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, bought the Washington Post from the Graham family in 2013, he promised a “golden era to come”.
- [OpenAI researcher quits over fears that ChatGPT ads could manipulate users](https://iwpost.com/openai-researcher-quits-over-fears-that-chatgpt-ads-could-manipulate-users/): On Wednesday, former OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig published a guest essay in The New York Times announcing that she resigned from the company on Monday, the same day OpenAI began testing advertisements inside ChatGPT.
- [Smart home PSA: Apple's "new architecture" for Home app becomes mandatory today](https://iwpost.com/smart-home-psa-apples-new-architecture-for-home-app-becomes-mandatory-today/): In 2022, Apple announced it was adopting a “new Home architecture” for its smart home ecosystem to improve its performance and reliability and make it possible to support different kinds of accessories.
- [EU unveils strategy to shield bloc from malicious drones](https://iwpost.com/eu-unveils-strategy-to-shield-bloc-from-malicious-drones/): The European Union is setting up a strategy to efficiently detect malicious drones entering the bloc, with the Commission presenting an action plan on Tuesday in response to multiple incidents affecting critical infrastructure.
- [The rise of ‘Merzoni’: How an alliance between Germany’s and Italy’s leaders is reshaping Europe](https://iwpost.com/the-rise-of-merzoni-how-an-alliance-between-germanys-and-italys-leaders-is-reshaping-europe/): “Merzoni” isn’t a neologism that easily trips off the tongue, and it hasn’t fully taken hold in the world of European politics.
- [What's next after the Trump administration revokes key finding on climate change?](https://iwpost.com/whats-next-after-the-trump-administration-revokes-key-finding-on-climate-change/): Following three of the warmest years on record, as scientists reckon with climate tipping points and states and cities grapple with the escalating cost of extreme weather and more intense wildfires, the Trump administration this week is expected to formally eliminate the US government’s role in controlling greenhouse gas pollution.
- [NFL Player Shot in the Leg After Argument with Grammy Winner](https://iwpost.com/nfl-player-shot-in-the-leg-after-argument-with-grammy-winner/): What was supposed to be a star-studded Super Bowl weekend in San Francisco spiraled into chaos when 49ers defensive end Keion White was suddenly gunned down inside a nightclub — during an explosive confrontation that reportedly involved rapper Lil Baby.
- [Kuwait should go beyond oil in Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/kuwait-should-go-beyond-oil-in-indonesia/): Kuwait should go beyond oil in Indonesia.
- [What the troubling use of the term ‘ghettos’ reveals about Denmark’s attitude towards immigration](https://iwpost.com/what-the-troubling-use-of-the-term-ghettos-reveals-about-denmarks-attitude-towards-immigration/): Few countries talk about “ghettos” the way Denmark does.
- [Feds end "10-day" closure of El Paso airspace after less than 10 hours](https://iwpost.com/feds-end-10-day-closure-of-el-paso-airspace-after-less-than-10-hours/): The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights into and out of El Paso International Airport on Tuesday night at 11:30 pm local time (1:30 am EST Wednesday) and said the restrictions would remain in place for 10 days.
- [EU Parliament reaches deal on US trade pact ](https://iwpost.com/eu-parliament-reaches-deal-on-us-trade-pact/): The European Parliament’s top trade lawmakers on Tuesday agreed a common position on the EU-U.S.
- [Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?](https://iwpost.com/why-would-elon-musk-pivot-from-mars-to-the-moon-all-of-a-sudden/): As more than 120 million people tuned in to the Super Bowl for kickoff on Sunday evening, SpaceX founder Elon Musk turned instead to his social network.
- [Cops Probe Actor’s Mysterious Medical Emergency Sparking Shocking Family Meltdown](https://iwpost.com/cops-probe-actors-mysterious-medical-emergency-sparking-shocking-family-meltdown/): Family tensions have exploded behind the scenes as actor Quinton Aaron — best known for starring alongside Sandra Bullock in the 2009 hit The Blind Side — recovers from a terrifying medical crisis that left him hospitalized and unable to walk.
- [Classic Apple Crumble – The Ultimate Comfort Dessert](https://iwpost.com/classic-apple-crumble-the-ultimate-comfort-dessert/): I didn’t try apple crumble until college. At home, apples almost always went into a traditional double-crust pie. Delicious, yes—but a bit fussy.
- [Hamas urges guarantor states to press Israel to halt ceasefire violations](https://iwpost.com/hamas-urges-guarantor-states-to-press-israel-to-halt-ceasefire-violations/): Hamas has called on countries acting as guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire to compel Israel to stop what it described as repeated violations of the agreement.
- [The Kia PV5 electric van combines futuristic looks and thoughtful design](https://iwpost.com/the-kia-pv5-electric-van-combines-futuristic-looks-and-thoughtful-design/): Vans are something most of us don’t think about much, since we rarely interact with them directly in our day-to-day lives.
- [Windows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here's what you need to do](https://iwpost.com/windows-original-secure-boot-certificates-expire-in-june-heres-what-you-need-to-do/): Windows 8 is remembered most for its oddball touchscreen-focused full-screen Start menu, but it also introduced a number of under-the-hood enhancements to Windows.
- [Yet another co-founder departs Elon Musk's xAI](https://iwpost.com/yet-another-co-founder-departs-elon-musks-xai/): xAI co-founder Tony Wu abruptly announced his resignation from the company late Monday night, the latest in a string of senior executives to leave the Grok-maker in recent months.
- [Jerry Springer Security Guard Reveals Shocking Backstage Secrets](https://iwpost.com/jerry-springer-security-guard-reveals-shocking-backstage-secrets/): Steve Wilkos is spilling the explosive truth about the chaos that made The Jerry Springer Show a cultural firestorm — and the injuries he secretly racked up while trying to break up the madness.
- [National Commission: The occupation’s annexation plan ends the Oslo Accords](https://iwpost.com/national-commission-the-occupations-annexation-plan-ends-the-oslo-accords/): The National Commission for Palestinian Popular Action on Tuesday issued a press statement condemning the Israeli occupation’s plan to annex the West Bank including Jerusalem.
- [FDA refuses to review Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine](https://iwpost.com/fda-refuses-to-review-modernas-mrna-flu-vaccine/): The Food and Drug Administration has refused to review Moderna’s application for an mRNA flu vaccine, the company revealed Tuesday.
- [Zero grip, maximum fun: A practical guide to getting into amateur ice racing](https://iwpost.com/zero-grip-maximum-fun-a-practical-guide-to-getting-into-amateur-ice-racing/): In Formula One, grip is everything.
- [Six EU countries to join forces in accelerating reforms](https://iwpost.com/six-eu-countries-to-join-forces-in-accelerating-reforms/): US President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland acted as an “epiphany moment” for Europe’s six largest economies, prompting them to join forces to accelerate long-stalled financial market reforms, Spain’s Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo has said.
- [Explosive New Details About Matt Lauer Revealed in Shocking Memoir](https://iwpost.com/explosive-new-details-about-matt-lauer-revealed-in-shocking-memoir/): Brooke Nevils is telling her story in full — and the revelations are as raw as they are devastating.
- [OpenClaw security fears lead Meta, other AI firms to restrict its use](https://iwpost.com/openclaw-security-fears-lead-meta-other-ai-firms-to-restrict-its-use/): Last month, Jason Grad issued a late-night warning to the 20 employees at his tech startup. “You’ve likely seen Clawdbot trending on X/LinkedIn.
- [Russia tested NATO’s airspace 18 times in 2025 alone – a 200% surge that signals a dangerous shift](https://iwpost.com/russia-tested-natos-airspace-18-times-in-2025-alone-a-200-surge-that-signals-a-dangerous-shift/): Russian aircraft, drones and missiles have violated NATO airspace dozens of times since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
- [Inside the DHS forum where ICE agents trash talk one another](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-dhs-forum-where-ice-agents-trash-talk-one-another/): Every day, people log into an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers to share their thoughts on the news of the day and complain about their colleagues in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- [Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested](https://iwpost.com/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrested/): Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the Duke of York and brother of King Charles III, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, according to Thames Valley Police.
- [Russia urges dialogue on Iran nuclear issue, dismisses threats](https://iwpost.com/russia-urges-dialogue-on-iran-nuclear-issue-dismisses-threats/): Russia has called for resolving the Iranian nuclear issue through dialogue, warning that threats and pressure tactics will not advance negotiations.
- [X-rays reveal kingfisher feather structure in unprecedented detail](https://iwpost.com/x-rays-reveal-kingfisher-feather-structure-in-unprecedented-detail/): In Qing dynasty China, artisans augmented decorative pieces by incorporating iridescent kingfisher feathers—a technique known as tian-tsui.
- [‘Back to the Future’ Star, 87, Slammed Over 32-Year Age Gap with Fifth Wife](https://iwpost.com/back-to-the-future-star-87-slammed-over-32-year-age-gap-with-fifth-wife/): Hollywood legend Christopher Lloyd is facing a storm of online backlash after posting what he thought was a sweet Valentine’s Day tribute to his fifth wife — and the internet did not hold back.
- [Bulgaria to hold snap election in April as Radev enters race](https://iwpost.com/bulgaria-to-hold-snap-election-in-april-as-radev-enters-race/): Bulgaria will hold a snap general election on 19 April, in what could mark a turning point after years of political instability.
- [Google's Pixel 10a arrives on March 5 for $499 with specs and design of yesteryear](https://iwpost.com/googles-pixel-10a-arrives-on-march-5-for-499-with-specs-and-design-of-yesteryear/): It’s that time of year—a new budget Pixel phone is about to hit virtual shelves. The Pixel 10a will be available on March 5, and pre-orders go live today.
- [What’s behind your eye-popping power bill? We broke it down, region by region.](https://iwpost.com/whats-behind-your-eye-popping-power-bill-we-broke-it-down-region-by-region/): It’s no secret that U.S.
- [FDA reverses surprise rejection of Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine](https://iwpost.com/fda-reverses-surprise-rejection-of-modernas-mrna-flu-vaccine/): The Food and Drug Administration has reversed its shocking refusal to consider Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine for approval.
- [High-flying Meloni bets big on a referendum](https://iwpost.com/high-flying-meloni-bets-big-on-a-referendum/): Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is taking a calculated political risk by putting judicial reform to a referendum on 22–23 March, a move that could either strengthen her dominance or dent her reputation for invincibility.
- [Israel prepares for possible US green light to strike Iran’s ballistic missile system: Public broadcaster](https://iwpost.com/israel-prepares-for-possible-us-green-light-to-strike-irans-ballistic-missile-system-public-broadcaster/): Missiles produced by Iran’s armed forces for the defense industry are displayed, while a paramotor show featuring the Iranian flag takes place, during celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, as hundreds of citizens gather at Tehran’s Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2026.
- [Hugh Hefner’s Secret Stash of Naked Photos of ‘Underage Girls’ Goes Missing as Widow Launches Probe](https://iwpost.com/hugh-hefners-secret-stash-of-naked-photos-of-underage-girls-goes-missing-as-widow-launches-probe/): A new controversy is swirling around the legacy of Hugh Hefner — and this time, it involves thousands of alleged private scrapbooks filled with explicit images that his widow says have mysteriously disappeared.
- [Lawsuit: EPA revoking greenhouse gas finding risks “thousands of avoidable deaths”](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-epa-revoking-greenhouse-gas-finding-risks-thousands-of-avoidable-deaths/): In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency was accused of abandoning its mission to protect public health after repealing an “endangerment finding” that has served as the basis for federal climate change regulations for 17 years.
- [Roasted Potato Salad with Fresh Herbs & Pistachios](https://iwpost.com/roasted-potato-salad-with-fresh-herbs-pistachios/): This Roasted Potato Salad is bursting with flavor, texture, and color!
- [Chevy Bolt, BMW i3, or something else? At $10K, you have lots of EV options](https://iwpost.com/chevy-bolt-bmw-i3-or-something-else-at-10k-you-have-lots-of-ev-options/): 2026 is looking like a pretty good year for affordable electric vehicles.
- [ECB President Lagarde plans to quit before Macron’s term ends, FT reports](https://iwpost.com/ecb-president-lagarde-plans-to-quit-before-macrons-term-ends-ft-reports/): European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is reportedly weighing the possibility of stepping down before her non-renewable term expires in October 2027, according to the Financial Times, which cited anonymous sources familiar with her thinking.
- [China has turned the page on its aggressive ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy – except when it comes to Japan](https://iwpost.com/china-has-turned-the-page-on-its-aggressive-wolf-warrior-diplomacy-except-when-it-comes-to-japan/): At the recent Munich Security Conference, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, delivered a rebuke of what he said were dangerous trends of militarism in Japan.
- [UN agency says Gaza rubble removal could take 7 years as 90% live in dangerous conditions](https://iwpost.com/un-agency-says-gaza-rubble-removal-could-take-7-years-as-90-live-in-dangerous-conditions/): The UN Development Program (UNDP) said on Tuesday that clearing Gaza’s rubble at the current pace could take seven years, as most residents continue to live in extremely hazardous conditions, Anadolu reports.
- [Verizon acknowledges "pain" of new unlock policy, suggests change is coming](https://iwpost.com/verizon-acknowledges-pain-of-new-unlock-policy-suggests-change-is-coming/): Following our report last week that Verizon is forcing people to wait 35 days for phone unlocks after paying off device installment plans, Verizon is apparently trying to eliminate the inconvenient delay.
- [NFL Star Attacked in Shocking 4:30AM Hotel Lobby Brawl — Suspects Still on the Run](https://iwpost.com/nfl-star-attacked-in-shocking-430am-hotel-lobby-brawl-suspects-still-on-the-run/): An NFL offseason getaway turned into a nightmare for Cleveland Browns safety Ronnie Hickman.
- [Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass](https://iwpost.com/microsofts-new-10000-year-data-storage-medium-glass/): Archival storage poses lots of challenges.
- [‘Difficult’ Ukraine peace talks end after Zelenskiy says Russia stalling](https://iwpost.com/difficult-ukraine-peace-talks-end-after-zelenskiy-says-russia-stalling/): The second day of peace talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials in Geneva ended abruptly on Wednesday morning after just two hours of discussions, according to Time.
- [Why big oil is not interested in Venezuela](https://iwpost.com/why-big-oil-is-not-interested-in-venezuela/): After the US captured Venezuela’s president at the start of 2026, Donald Trump promised to “unleash” the country’s oil supply.
- [Record scratch—Google's Lyria 3 AI music model is coming to Gemini today](https://iwpost.com/record-scratch-googles-lyria-3-ai-music-model-is-coming-to-gemini-today/): The American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow called music “the universal language of mankind.” Is that still true when the so-called music is being generated by a probabilistic robot instead of a human?
- [Israel’s not-so-subtle annexation plans in the West Bank](https://iwpost.com/israels-not-so-subtle-annexation-plans-in-the-west-bank/): Israel’s latest moves in the occupied West Bank are not being framed in dramatic language inside the country.
- [EP Socialists demand clarification after Commission takes part in Board of Peace](https://iwpost.com/ep-socialists-demand-clarification-after-commission-takes-part-in-board-of-peace/): The Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament has demanded urgent clarification from the European Commission over its participation in the first meeting of the so-called “Board of Peace” in Washington, warning that the initiative risks undermining the European Union’s commitment to international law.
- [ICE arrest shines light on undocumented Irish population in Trump’s America](https://iwpost.com/ice-arrest-shines-light-on-undocumented-irish-population-in-trumps-america/): The case of Seamus Culleton – who was detained by US immigration agents in Boston in September 2025 – is proving a diplomatic headache for the Irish government ahead of a visit to the White House on St Patrick’s Day.
- [Savannah Guthrie’s Family Considering Legal Action After ‘Prime Suspect’ Bombshell](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthries-family-considering-legal-action-after-prime-suspect-bombshell/): The mystery surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has taken yet another dramatic turn — and now, legal fallout may be brewing.
- [Hallucinogen DMT an effective antidepressant in small clinical trial](https://iwpost.com/hallucinogen-dmt-an-effective-antidepressant-in-small-clinical-trial/): Over the last few years, evidence has piled up that psychedelic drugs can provide relatively rapid relief from the symptoms of clinical depression.
- [Here's the fun, action-packed trailer for Mandolorian and Grogu](https://iwpost.com/heres-the-fun-action-packed-trailer-for-mandolorian-and-grogu/): At long last, we have the official full trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, a feature film spinoff from Disney’s megahit Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
- [EU Opens Formal DSA Probe into Shein Over Addictive Design and Illegal Product Sales](https://iwpost.com/eu-opens-formal-dsa-probe-into-shein-over-addictive-design-and-illegal-product-sales/): The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against Shein under the Digital Services Act (DSA), citing concerns over addictive platform design, recommender system transparency and the sale of illegal products, including items that could constitute child sexual abuse material.
- [The Rise and Fall of Turkey’s Democrat Party: The Cold War and Illiberalism, 1945–60: 73](https://iwpost.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-turkeys-democrat-party-the-cold-war-and-illiberalism-1945-60-73/): Turkish politics was fundamentally altered by the rule of the Democrat Party (DP) between 1950-1960.
- [Inside Robert Duvall’s Sad Last Days Revealed](https://iwpost.com/inside-robert-duvalls-sad-last-days-revealed/): Hollywood has lost a titan — and the final chapter of Robert Duvall’s life is sending shockwaves through the industry.
- [There's a lot of big talk about sovereign launch—who is doing something about it?](https://iwpost.com/theres-a-lot-of-big-talk-about-sovereign-launch-who-is-doing-something-about-it/): No one will supplant American and Chinese dominance in the space launch arena anytime soon, but several longtime US allies now see sovereign access to space as a national security imperative.
- [RAM shortage hits Valve's four-year-old Steam Deck, now available "intermittently"](https://iwpost.com/ram-shortage-hits-valves-four-year-old-steam-deck-now-available-intermittently/): Earlier this month, Valve announced it was delaying the release of its new Steam Machine desktop and Steam Frame VR headset due to memory and storage shortages that have been cascading across the PC industry since late 2025.
- [Despite court order, a critical FEMA program remains frozen](https://iwpost.com/despite-court-order-a-critical-fema-program-remains-frozen/): When it comes to adapting to the consequences of climate change, the federal government has relied heavily on one flagship program: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or BRIC.
- [Cucumber Mozzarella Salad (Fresh, Easy & Perfect for Summer)](https://iwpost.com/cucumber-mozzarella-salad-fresh-easy-perfect-for-summer/): If there’s one salad that always feels like summer in a bowl, it’s this Cucumber Mozzarella Salad.
- [US official says Iran talks made ‘progress,’ but ‘there are still a lot of details to discuss’](https://iwpost.com/us-official-says-iran-talks-made-progress-but-there-are-still-a-lot-of-details-to-discuss/): Talks between the US and Iran “made progress,” but additional details need to be addressed, a US official said Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under?](https://iwpost.com/what-happens-to-a-car-when-the-company-behind-its-software-goes-under/): Imagine turning the key or pressing the start button of your car—and nothing happens.
- [Anderson Cooper ‘Forced Out’ at CBS News?](https://iwpost.com/anderson-cooper-forced-out-at-cbs-news/): CBS may be facing its biggest newsroom shakeup in decades — and Anderson Cooper is at the center of the storm.
- [GameHub will give Mac owners another imperfect way to play Windows games](https://iwpost.com/gamehub-will-give-mac-owners-another-imperfect-way-to-play-windows-games/): For a while now, Mac owners have been able to use tools like CrossOver and Game Porting Toolkit to get many Windows games running on their operating system of choice.
- [Password managers' promise that they can't see your vaults isn't always true](https://iwpost.com/password-managers-promise-that-they-cant-see-your-vaults-isnt-always-true/): Over the past 15 years, password managers have grown from a niche security tool used by the technology savvy into an indispensable security tool for the masses, with an estimated 94 million US adults—or roughly 36 percent of them—having adopted them.
- [Iran-US nuclear talks may fail due to both nations’ red lines – but that doesn’t make them futile](https://iwpost.com/iran-us-nuclear-talks-may-fail-due-to-both-nations-red-lines-but-that-doesnt-make-them-futile/): The latest rounds of nuclear talks between the U.S.
- [Over 80 UN members condemn Israeli acts to expand ‘unlawful presence’ in occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/over-80-un-members-condemn-israeli-acts-to-expand-unlawful-presence-in-occupied-west-bank/): More than 80 UN member states and several organizations on Tuesday condemned “unilateral” Israeli decisions aimed at expanding Israel’s “unlawful presence” in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports.
- [Most VMware users still "actively reducing their VMware footprint," survey finds](https://iwpost.com/most-vmware-users-still-actively-reducing-their-vmware-footprint-survey-finds/): More than two years after Broadcom took over VMware, the virtualization company’s customers are still grappling with higher prices, uncertainty, and the challenges of reducing vendor lock-in.
- [Donny Osmond Sued After Fan Says Concert Prop Caused ‘Life-Altering’ Eye Injury](https://iwpost.com/donny-osmond-sued-after-fan-says-concert-prop-caused-life-altering-eye-injury/): Donny Osmond is facing a lawsuit from a fan who claims she suffered a serious eye injury after being struck by a prop during one of his Las Vegas residency performances.
- [For thousands of years, solar eclipses have been associated with the fate of rulers](https://iwpost.com/for-thousands-of-years-solar-eclipses-have-been-associated-with-the-fate-of-rulers/): The Moon crossed the Sun’s path on February 17, causing what is known as an annular solar eclipse.
- [Warner Bros. rejects Paramount again but asks for "best and final offer"](https://iwpost.com/warner-bros-rejects-paramount-again-but-asks-for-best-and-final-offer/): Warner Bros. Discovery is giving Paramount one more week to make its best and final offer, leaving the door open for a deal that could upend its merger agreement with Netflix.
- [Scientists hunting mammoth fossils found whales 400 km inland](https://iwpost.com/scientists-hunting-mammoth-fossils-found-whales-400-km-inland/): In a recent study, University of Alaska Fairbanks paleontologist Matthew Wooller and his colleagues radiocarbon-dated what they thought were pieces of two mammoth vertebrae, only to get a whale of a surprise and a whole new mystery.
- [In World War II’s dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world order](https://iwpost.com/in-world-war-iis-dog-eat-dog-struggle-for-resources-a-greenland-mine-launched-a-new-world-order/): On April 9, 1940, Nazi tanks stormed into Denmark. A month later, they blitzed into Belgium, Holland and France.
- [Continuing genocide, with full international approval](https://iwpost.com/continuing-genocide-with-full-international-approval/): The international community has truly illustrated its fragmented approach to both international law, order and human rights.
- [Surfing Legend, 66, Strangled and Stabbed to Death in Costa Rica](https://iwpost.com/surfing-legend-66-strangled-and-stabbed-to-death-in-costa-rica/): A California surf legend who once chased monster waves for a living has been killed in a nightmare attack that has rocked an otherwise tranquil Costa Rican beach town.
- [PFB accuse British Museum of historical erasure](https://iwpost.com/pfb-accuse-british-museum-of-historical-erasure/): The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) on Monday wrote to the Board of Trustees of the British Museum expressing their profound concern of the Palestinian community in the UK and its absolute rejection of the museum’s recent measures to remove the name “Palestine” from historical materials and galleries related to the country’s heritage.
- [‘Creepy’ Michael Jordan Under Fire for ‘Inappropriately’ Touching Young Boy](https://iwpost.com/creepy-michael-jordan-under-fire-for-inappropriately-touching-young-boy/): NBA legend Michael Jordan is at the center of a growing online firestorm after a jaw-dropping moment at the Daytona 500 left viewers stunned — and social media in meltdown mode.
- [Ginger Garlic Chicken Noodle Soup](https://iwpost.com/ginger-garlic-chicken-noodle-soup/): If comfort food had a flavor upgrade, this would be it.
- [It just got harder for shareholders to push companies on climate](https://iwpost.com/it-just-got-harder-for-shareholders-to-push-companies-on-climate/): Five years ago, climate activists stunned corporate America by winning three seats on Exxon Mobil’s board.
- [A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later](https://iwpost.com/a-fluid-can-store-solar-energy-and-then-release-it-as-heat-months-later/): Heating accounts for nearly half of the global energy demand, and two-thirds of that is met by burning fossil fuels like natural gas, oil, and coal.
- [UN chief condemns Israel’s plan to register West Bank land as state property](https://iwpost.com/un-chief-condemns-israels-plan-to-register-west-bank-land-as-state-property/): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press briefing outlining his priorities for 2026 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States, on January 29, 2026.
- [Best Buy worker used manager’s code to get 99% off MacBooks, cops say](https://iwpost.com/best-buy-worker-used-managers-code-to-get-99-off-macbooks-cops-say/): A Best Buy employee in Florida was charged with fraud after allegedly using his manager’s code to heavily discount nearly 150 items that he and his accomplices purchased and pawned.
- [Meghan Markle Called ‘Cringe’ for Antics at NBA All-Star Game (Video)](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-called-cringe-for-antics-at-nba-all-star-game-video/): The Duchess of Sussex, 44, attended the NBA All-Star Game with Prince Harry, 41, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.
- [Get ready for new Macs and iPads: Apple announces "Special Experience" on March 4](https://iwpost.com/get-ready-for-new-macs-and-ipads-apple-announces-special-experience-on-march-4/): It may be more tempting to take that aging Mac you’ve been coddling and put it out to pasture soon.
- [ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”](https://iwpost.com/bytedance-backpedals-after-seedance-2-0-turned-hollywood-icons-into-ai-clip-art/): ByteDance says that it’s rushing to add safeguards to block Seedance 2.0 from generating iconic characters and deepfaking celebrities, after substantial Hollywood backlash after launching the latest version of its AI video tool.
- [In his Munich speech, Marco Rubio balanced loyalty to Trump with reassurances to Europe](https://iwpost.com/in-his-munich-speech-marco-rubio-balanced-loyalty-to-trump-with-reassurances-to-europe/): When the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, delivered a speech at Europe’s biggest security conference in the German city of Munich on February 14, leaders from across the continent were relieved by its content.
- [Israel bars Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque imam amid escalation](https://iwpost.com/israel-bars-jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-imam-amid-escalation/): Israeli authorities have barred the imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem from entering the site for one week, days before the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Anadolu reports.
- [EP blocks AI features on MEPs tablets – reports](https://iwpost.com/ep-blocks-ai-features-on-meps-tablets-reports/): The European Parliament has switched off artificial intelligence features on the tablets issued to MEPs, citing security and privacy concerns, according to Euractiv.com.
- [Mom Kills Preteen Daughter Before Taking Her Own Life in Las Vegas Hotel ](https://iwpost.com/mom-kills-preteen-daughter-before-taking-her-own-life-in-las-vegas-hotel/): What was supposed to be a high-energy cheer weekend in Las Vegas ended in heartbreak.
- [Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables](https://iwpost.com/michigan-antitrust-lawsuit-says-oil-companies-hobbled-evs-and-renewables/): Michigan is taking on major oil and gas companies in court, joining nearly a dozen other states that have brought climate-related lawsuits against ExxonMobil and its industry peers.
- [Atrocities take place in democratic nations as well as autocratic ones – our database has logged them all](https://iwpost.com/atrocities-take-place-in-democratic-nations-as-well-as-autocratic-ones-our-database-has-logged-them-all/): Thousands of people were killed by Iranian security forces in days of protests in January 2026.
- [Sideways on the ice, in a supercar: Stability control is getting very good](https://iwpost.com/sideways-on-the-ice-in-a-supercar-stability-control-is-getting-very-good/): McLaren provided flights from Washington, DC, to Ivalo, Finland, and accommodation so Ars could drive its car on a frozen lake.
- [How to negotiate from a position of strength when there is perceived weakness](https://iwpost.com/how-to-negotiate-from-a-position-of-strength-when-there-is-perceived-weakness/): Iran once again finds itself around the negotiating table with the Unted States.
- [Healthy Banana Strawberry Bread with Yogurt](https://iwpost.com/healthy-banana-strawberry-bread-with-yogurt/): Looking for a delicious and healthy twist on classic banana bread? This Banana Strawberry Bread with yogurt is the perfect choice!
- [Gaza Civil Defense launches campaign to recover bodies from rubble](https://iwpost.com/gaza-civil-defense-launches-campaign-to-recover-bodies-from-rubble/): Palestinian civil defense crews in Gaza launched a campaign Sunday to recover the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel’s genocidal war and still trapped under the rubble of their homes in northern Gaza, Anadolu reports.
- [Savannah Guthrie ‘Dismisses’ Arizona Sheriff From Search for ‘Abducted’ Mom](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-dismisses-arizona-sheriff-from-search-for-abducted-mom/): The search for Nancy Guthrie is spiraling into something far bigger than a missing persons case.
- [Native families were promised free solar. Trump took it away.](https://iwpost.com/native-families-were-promised-free-solar-trump-took-it-away/): This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder and was published in partnership with Reveal and Mother Jones.
- [Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy](https://iwpost.com/ancient-mars-was-warm-and-wet-not-cold-and-icy/): A recent study showed that Mars was warm and wet billions of years ago. The finding contrasts with another theory that this era was mainly cold and icy.
- [Peace with Israel ‘not possible’ under constant violations of Palestinian rights, says foreign minister](https://iwpost.com/peace-with-israel-not-possible-under-constant-violations-of-palestinian-rights-says-foreign-minister/): Palestine’s foreign minister on Sunday said peace with Israel is “not possible” while Palestinian rights continue to be violated, stressing international law must be upheld and unilateral measures halted.
- [Why Queen Elizabeth is Being Blamed for Andrew’s Bad Behavior](https://iwpost.com/why-queen-elizabeth-is-being-blamed-for-andrews-bad-behavior/): For decades, Prince Andrew carried himself with the quiet confidence of someone who had always known exactly who he was — and exactly where he stood.
- [Space Station returns to a full crew complement after a month](https://iwpost.com/space-station-returns-to-a-full-crew-complement-after-a-month/): A Crew Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Valentine’s Day, and astronauts popped open the hatches at 5:14 pm ET (22:14 UTC) on Saturday evening.
- [Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations](https://iwpost.com/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/): On Friday afternoon, Ars Technica published an article containing fabricated quotations generated by an AI tool and attributed to a source who did not say them.
- [Israeli Knesset member storms Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/israeli-knesset-member-storms-al-aqsa-mosque-compound-in-east-jerusalem/): An Israeli Knesset member forced his way into the courtyard of the Al-Asqa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, a few days before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to Israeli media.
- [‘Second Chance at Love’ Ends with 3 Dead](https://iwpost.com/second-chance-at-love-ends-with-3-dead/): What was supposed to be a second chance at love ended in unimaginable tragedy.
- [White Bean & Pesto Bake (Easy Dump-and-Bake Casserole)](https://iwpost.com/white-bean-pesto-bake-easy-dump-and-bake-casserole/): Looking for a wholesome, comforting dinner that practically makes itself? This White Bean & Pesto Bake is the ultimate dump-and-bake casserole.
- [Over 50,000 Israeli soldiers hold foreign citizenship: Report](https://iwpost.com/over-50000-israeli-soldiers-hold-foreign-citizenship-report/): More than 50,000 Israeli military personnel hold at least one additional foreign nationality, according to figures published Saturday by daily Yedioth Ahronoth based on official army data, Anadolu reports.
- [Beloved Football Player Dies Just Days Before 19th Birthday](https://iwpost.com/beloved-football-player-dies-just-days-before-19th-birthday/): The University of Northern Iowa community is reeling after the sudden death of freshman football player Parker Sutherland.
- [EuroPal and the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign address unfinished business](https://iwpost.com/europal-and-the-scottish-palestine-solidarity-campaign-address-unfinished-business/): In September 2025, the Scottish Parliament made history by endorsing a comprehensive package of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel – the first national parliament to do so.
- [Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say](https://iwpost.com/platforms-bend-over-backward-to-help-dhs-censor-ice-critics-advocates-say/): Pressure is mounting on tech companies to shield users from unlawful government requests that advocates say are making it harder to reliably share information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) online.
- [Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold](https://iwpost.com/offshore-wind-showed-up-big-during-the-east-coasts-brutal-cold/): This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Girl, 7, Mauled by Dog While Playing in the Street](https://iwpost.com/girl-7-mauled-by-dog-while-playing-in-the-street/): A quiet neighborhood turned into a scene of chaos when a 7-year-old girl was brutally mauled by a dog named “Menace” — as desperate neighbors hurled bricks in a frantic attempt to stop the attack.
- [Why is Bezos trolling Musk on X with turtle pics? Because he has a new Moon plan.](https://iwpost.com/why-is-bezos-trolling-musk-on-x-with-turtle-pics-because-he-has-a-new-moon-plan/): The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, does not often post on the social media site owned by his rival Elon Musk.
- [NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test](https://iwpost.com/nasa-has-a-new-problem-to-fix-before-the-next-artemis-ii-countdown-test/): NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Saturday the agency is looking at ways to prevent the fueling problems plaguing the Space Launch System rocket before the Artemis III mission.
- [Heineken to cut up to 6,000 jobs as beer demand falters](https://iwpost.com/heineken-to-cut-up-to-6000-jobs-as-beer-demand-falters/): Heinekenon Wednesday said it would cut up to 6,000 jobs from its global workforce and set lower expectations for profit growth in 2026 than a year earlier, as the Dutch brewer and its peers face weak demand.
- [Objective fallacy: Eulogies on the passing of the law based international order](https://iwpost.com/objective-fallacy-eulogies-on-the-passing-of-the-law-based-international-order/): The eulogies are starting to wear thin.
- [A Valentine's Day homage to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon](https://iwpost.com/a-valentines-day-homage-to-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon/): It’s Valentine’s Day, and while there are plenty of classic and current rom-coms out there for those wishing to immerse themselves in warm and fuzzy feelings, we’re opting to celebrate in a different way: honoring Ang Lee’s 2000 masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a wuxia tragic fairy tale featuring one of the most beautifully heartbreaking love stories in film at its center.
- [Melania Trump Dragged After Speech Goes Viral (Video)](https://iwpost.com/melania-trump-dragged-after-speech-goes-viral-video/): Melania Trump is back in the social media spotlight — and this time, critics are zeroing in on her voice.
- [Creamy Roasted Garlic Tomato Soup](https://iwpost.com/creamy-roasted-garlic-tomato-soup/): Nothing says comfort like a creamy roasted garlic tomato soup, perfect for chilly days.
- [Violent aftermath of Mexico’s ‘El Mencho’ killing follows pattern of other high-profile cartel hits](https://iwpost.com/violent-aftermath-of-mexicos-el-mencho-killing-follows-pattern-of-other-high-profile-cartel-hits/): The death of a major cartel boss in Mexico has unleashed a violent backlash in which members of the criminal group have paralyzed some cities through blockades and attacks on property and security forces.
- [Displaced in Gaza During Ramadan](https://iwpost.com/displaced-in-gaza-during-ramadan/)
- [Two-Time WNBA Champion Dies Suddenly at 43](https://iwpost.com/two-time-wnba-champion-dies-suddenly-at-43/): The basketball world is in shock.
- [Panasonic, the former plasma king, will no longer make its own TVs](https://iwpost.com/panasonic-the-former-plasma-king-will-no-longer-make-its-own-tvs/): Panasonic, once revered for its plasma TVs, is giving up on making its own TV sets.
- [Bill Maher’s Assassination Fears Revealed](https://iwpost.com/bill-mahers-assassination-fears-revealed/): Bill Maher is used to poking the bear. But now, the longtime political comic says the climate has gotten so toxic that he’s afraid the bear might shoot back.
- [Mango Tiramisu (Eggless & Dairy-Free)](https://iwpost.com/mango-tiramisu-eggless-dairy-free/): This easy mango tiramisu is a refreshing no-bake dessert made with layers of creamy dairy-free mascarpone, tangy mango balsamic-soaked cookies, fresh mango chunks, and smooth mango curd topping.
- [Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise](https://iwpost.com/data-center-builders-thought-farmers-would-willingly-sell-land-learn-otherwise/): It seems that tech giants eyeing rural zones for data center development have underestimated how attached American farmers have grown to their lands in the decades they’ve been nurturing them.
- [Gulf bloc urges Iraq to withdraw UN map, coordinates over ‘infringement’ of Kuwait’s sovereignty](https://iwpost.com/gulf-bloc-urges-iraq-to-withdraw-un-map-coordinates-over-infringement-of-kuwaits-sovereignty/): The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called on Iraq on Monday to withdraw a map and geographic coordinates Baghdad submitted to the United Nations, which Kuwait says infringes on its territory, Anadolu reports.
- [Gunman Tries to Storm Catholic School Mass on Ash Wednesday](https://iwpost.com/gunman-tries-to-storm-catholic-school-mass-on-ash-wednesday/): A quiet Ash Wednesday morning turned into a heart-stopping scene outside St.
- [Pentagon buyer: We're happy with our launch industry, but payloads are lagging](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-buyer-were-happy-with-our-launch-industry-but-payloads-are-lagging/): DALLAS—The Space Force officer tasked with overseeing more than $24 billion in research and development spending says the Pentagon is more interested in supporting startups building new space sensors and payloads than adding yet another rocket company to its portfolio.
- [The 2026 Mazda CX-5, driven: It got bigger; plus, radical tech upgrade](https://iwpost.com/the-2026-mazda-cx-5-driven-it-got-bigger-plus-radical-tech-upgrade/): Mazda provided flights from Washington, DC, to San Diego and accommodation so Ars could drive the CX-5. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [Mexico may pay a steep price for the killing of Jalisco cartel leader El Mencho](https://iwpost.com/mexico-may-pay-a-steep-price-for-the-killing-of-jalisco-cartel-leader-el-mencho/): The leader of the Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, died in custody on February 22, shortly after he was captured by the Mexican authorities.
- [KKK-style Israeli lynching in occupied West Bank leaves American teenager dead](https://iwpost.com/kkk-style-israeli-lynching-in-occupied-west-bank-leaves-american-teenager-dead/): Details have emerged of the killing of a 19-year-old American from Philadelphia who was shot dead by an armed Israeli settler during a raid on the Palestinian village of Mukhmas in the illegally occupied West Bank.
- [New Microsoft gaming chief has "no tolerance for bad AI"](https://iwpost.com/new-microsoft-gaming-chief-has-no-tolerance-for-bad-ai/): Last week’s surprise departure of Phil Spencer from Microsoft led to the promotion of Asha Sharma, who comes to head Microsoft’s gaming division after two years as president of the company’s CoreAI Product group.
- [Prince William Breaks Silence: ‘Not in a Calm Place’ Amid Epstein Bombshells](https://iwpost.com/prince-william-breaks-silence-not-in-a-calm-place-amid-epstein-bombshells/): The royal family’s latest scandal just took another emotional turn.
- [AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data](https://iwpost.com/ais-can-generate-near-verbatim-copies-of-novels-from-training-data/): The world’s top AI models can be prompted to generate near-verbatim copies of bestselling novels, raising fresh questions about the industry’s claim that its systems do not store copyrighted works.
- [The first cars bold enough to drive themselves](https://iwpost.com/the-first-cars-bold-enough-to-drive-themselves/): No one knows exactly when the vehicles we drive will finally wrest the steering wheel from us.
- [Hamas: Netanyahu’s remarks on new regional axis a direct threat to Arab interests](https://iwpost.com/hamas-netanyahus-remarks-on-new-regional-axis-a-direct-threat-to-arab-interests/): Hazem Qassem, spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said that remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about forming a new regional axis including Arab states amount to “blatant disregard” for Arab countries and pose a direct threat to their interests.
- [Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman ‘Back Together’](https://iwpost.com/tom-cruise-and-nicole-kidman-back-together/): More than 25 years after their explosive divorce stunned Hollywood, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are reportedly back in contact — and insiders say it took bloodshed, heartbreak and personal collapse to bring them there.
- [Iceland Weighs August Referendum to Revive EU Membership Talks Amid Security Concerns](https://iwpost.com/iceland-weighs-august-referendum-to-revive-eu-membership-talks-amid-security-concerns/): Iceland could hold a referendum as early as August on restarting EU accession talks, accelerating a pledge to vote by 2027.
- [Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires](https://iwpost.com/scientists-have-found-another-alarming-pattern-in-wildfires/): This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken — Takeout Flavor at Home](https://iwpost.com/easy-sweet-and-sour-chicken-takeout-flavor-at-home/): Craving Chinese takeout but want something lighter, faster, and healthier? This Easy Sweet and Sour Chicken is the perfect solution!
- [Tunisia’s Ennahda leader Ghannouchi calls for democracy, rule of law in prison message](https://iwpost.com/tunisias-ennahda-leader-ghannouchi-calls-for-democracy-rule-of-law-in-prison-message/): Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement and former parliament speaker, said Sunday that the North African country’s political future should be grounded in democracy, the rule of law and peaceful transfer of power, Anadolu reports.
- [College Football Phenom Kills Cellmate After being Jailed for Disturbing Crime](https://iwpost.com/college-football-phenom-kills-cellmate-after-being-jailed-for-disturbing-crime/): Once hailed as the next great NFL running back, Lawrence Phillips had the kind of talent that scouts dream about. Explosive speed. Raw power.
- [Iran signed nearly $590M secret missile deal with Russia in Dec. to rebuild air defense system: Report](https://iwpost.com/iran-signed-nearly-590m-secret-missile-deal-with-russia-in-dec-to-rebuild-air-defense-system-report/): Iran signed a secret missile agreement worth approximately €500 million (approximately $589 million) with Russia in order to rebuild its air defense system, the Financial Times claimed in a report published on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [Missing 21-Year-Old Artist Killed Outside Trump’s Mar-a-Lago](https://iwpost.com/missing-21-year-old-artist-killed-outside-trumps-mar-a-lago/): A 21-year-old North Carolina artist who had just been reported missing by his family is now at the center of a shocking security breach at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
- [Germany plans to give spies vast new powers in rollback of postwar restraints](https://iwpost.com/germany-plans-to-give-spies-vast-new-powers-in-rollback-of-postwar-restraints/): Germany is preparing to significantly strengthen its foreign intelligence service amid growing concern that the United States could scale back intelligence sharing with Europe, according to a report by Politico.
- [Netanyahu says Indian prime minister to visit Israel Wednesday, address Knesset](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-indian-prime-minister-to-visit-israel-wednesday-address-knesset/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, will visit Israel on Wednesday and deliver a speech before the Knesset, Anadolu reports.
- [Bono vs. Trump? U2 Could be Banned From Touring U.S. After Group’s ICE Blast’](https://iwpost.com/bono-vs-trump-u2-could-be-banned-from-touring-u-s-after-groups-ice-blast/): It’s Bono versus President Donald Trump — and this time, the battle is playing out in song.
- [US military ready for Iran strike from Saturday, reports claim](https://iwpost.com/us-military-ready-for-iran-strike-from-saturday-reports-claim/): Senior US officials have reportedly indicated that the military could be prepared to launch strikes against Iran within days, as President Donald Trump weighs his options.
- [PERI PERI CHICKEN AND RICE](https://iwpost.com/peri-peri-chicken-and-rice/): Turn up the heat with this bold and flavorful Peri Peri Chicken and Rice.
- [Study shows how rocket launches pollute the atmosphere](https://iwpost.com/study-shows-how-rocket-launches-pollute-the-atmosphere/): New research published Thursday bolsters growing concerns that a handful of companies and countries are using the global atmospheric commons as a dumping ground for potentially toxic and climate-altering industrial waste byproducts from loosely regulated commercial space flights.
- [Jordan, Venezuela agree on roadmap for economic cooperation](https://iwpost.com/jordan-venezuela-agree-on-roadmap-for-economic-cooperation/): Jordan and Venezuela have agreed to develop a roadmap identifying available and promising areas of economic cooperation, while also reviewing regional and international issues of mutual interest, Anadolu reports.
- [Olympic Bobsleigh Star Rushed to Hospital After Horrifying High-Speed Crash](https://iwpost.com/olympic-bobsleigh-star-rushed-to-hospital-after-horrifying-high-speed-crash/): A terrifying crash brought the Winter Olympics to a standstill Saturday after Austrian bobsleigh pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was stretchered off the track during the four-man final.
- [Macron Urges Political Extremes to ‘Put Their Houses in Order’ After Activist’s Death](https://iwpost.com/macron-urges-political-extremes-to-put-their-houses-in-order-after-activists-death/): French President Emmanuel Macron has called on political extremes to “put their houses in order” following the death of a far-right activist during clashes in Lyon over the weekend.
- [‘A different set of rules’: Thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations](https://iwpost.com/a-different-set-of-rules-thermal-drone-footage-shows-musks-ai-power-plant-flouting-clean-air-regulations/): This story was originally published by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action, and produced in partnership with The Guardian.
- [Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-deletes-blog-telling-users-to-train-ai-on-pirated-harry-potter-books/): Following backlash in a Hacker News thread, Microsoft deleted a blog post that critics said encouraged developers to pirate Harry Potter books to train AI models that could then be used to create AI slop.
- [Child among 3 Palestinians injured by illegal Israeli settlers’ assaults in West Bank](https://iwpost.com/child-among-3-palestinians-injured-by-illegal-israeli-settlers-assaults-in-west-bank/): Three Palestinians, including a child, were wounded Saturday by illegal Israeli settlers in two separate attacks in the occupied West Bank, local officials and medics said.
- [Police search at Royal Lodge continues as Andrew released under investigation](https://iwpost.com/police-search-at-royal-lodge-continues-as-andrew-released-under-investigation/): Police have released Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after arresting him earlier on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
- [Kurt Cobain’s Cause of Death Questioned After Autopsy is Revealed for First Time](https://iwpost.com/kurt-cobains-cause-of-death-questioned-after-autopsy-is-revealed-for-first-time/): More than three decades after his shocking death, new claims are once again putting the spotlight on Kurt Cobain — and fueling fresh debate about what really happened inside his Seattle home in April 1994.
- [An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services](https://iwpost.com/an-ai-coding-bot-took-down-amazon-web-services/): Amazon’s cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own AI tools, leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant’s push to roll out these coding assistants.
- [NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs](https://iwpost.com/nasa-says-it-needs-to-haul-the-artemis-ii-rocket-back-to-the-hangar-for-repairs/): A day after NASA officials expressed optimism that they could be ready to launch the Artemis II mission around the Moon next month, the space agency’s administrator announced Saturday that a new problem will require the removal of the rocket from its launch pad in Florida.
- [Putin Prepares New Call-Ups as Russia Struggles to Replace Battlefield Losses](https://iwpost.com/putin-prepares-new-call-ups-as-russia-struggles-to-replace-battlefield-losses/): New analysis suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin may be preparing further involuntary reserve call-ups as Moscow seeks to offset mounting battlefield losses in Ukraine.
- [Supreme Court blocks Trump's emergency tariffs, billions in refunds may be owed](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-blocks-trumps-emergency-tariffs-billions-in-refunds-may-be-owed/): The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Donald Trump was not authorized to implement emergency tariffs to ostensibly block illegal drug flows and offset trade deficits.
- [OIC slams US ambassador’s remarks on Israeli Mideast expansion as threat to regional stability](https://iwpost.com/oic-slams-us-ambassadors-remarks-on-israeli-mideast-expansion-as-threat-to-regional-stability/): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday condemned remarks by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, warning that his comments about Israeli expansion in the Middle East threaten regional security and stability, Anadolu reports.
- [‘Furious’ Prince William Vows to Ban Fergie for Good](https://iwpost.com/furious-prince-william-vows-to-ban-fergie-for-good/): Prince William is reportedly drawing a ruthless line in the sand — and this time, insiders say Sarah Ferguson could be shut out of royal life forever.
- [Nintendo brings GBA-era Pokémon to the Switch, but not Switch Online subscribers](https://iwpost.com/nintendo-brings-gba-era-pokemon-to-the-switch-but-not-switch-online-subscribers/): For my money, the 2004 Game Boy Advance re-releases of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are still the best versions of the original Pokémon games.
- [ECB President dismisses reports about stepping down](https://iwpost.com/ecb-president-dismisses-reports-about-stepping-down/): European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has reassured colleagues that she remains fully committed to her role and would personally inform them of any decision to step down, according to four sources cited by Reuters.
- [Have we leapt into commercial genetic testing without understanding it?](https://iwpost.com/have-we-leapt-into-commercial-genetic-testing-without-understanding-it/): Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the world a better, fairer, more equitable place.
- [Christmas Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing](https://iwpost.com/christmas-salad-with-honey-mustard-dressing/): This Christmas Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing is the ultimate festive side dish — vibrant, fresh, and perfectly balanced.
- [Don’t be like Europe: EU slammed for overregulating AI](https://iwpost.com/dont-be-like-europe-eu-slammed-for-overregulating-ai/): “Don’t be like Europe.” That was the blunt refrain echoing through the 2026 global artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi, where speakers and industry figures criticised the European Union’s regulatory approach to AI.
- [As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?](https://iwpost.com/as-war-in-ukraine-enters-a-5th-year-will-the-putin-consensus-among-russians-hold/): Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict.
- [Yemeni political bloc warns unlawful escalation in Aden threatens chances for political resolution](https://iwpost.com/yemeni-political-bloc-warns-unlawful-escalation-in-aden-threatens-chances-for-political-resolution/): A Yemeni political bloc warned that any escalation outside the framework of the law in the interim capital Aden in the south of the country threatens prospects for the political solutions needed to end the crisis, according to Yemen’s official Saba News Agency.
- [Dinosaur eggshells can reveal the age of other fossils](https://iwpost.com/dinosaur-eggshells-can-reveal-the-age-of-other-fossils/): When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not possible to tell how many millions of years ago their bones were buried.
- [‘American Idol’ Contestant Charged with Murder of Wife](https://iwpost.com/american-idol-contestant-charged-with-murder-of-wife/): A former American Idol hopeful who once melted hearts on national TV by praising his wife is now at the center of a shocking murder case in Ohio.
- [It's outright war for the Iron Throne in House of the Dragon S3 teaser](https://iwpost.com/its-outright-war-for-the-iron-throne-in-house-of-the-dragon-s3-teaser/): With HBO’s critically acclaimed A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms gearing up for its season finale on Sunday, it’s time to check in on that other Game of Thrones spinoff: the far darker House of the Dragon, which now has a suitably ominous teaser for its upcoming third season.
- [Trump orders government release of UFO records](https://iwpost.com/trump-orders-government-release-of-ufo-records/): US President Donald Trump has directed federal agencies, including the Pentagon, to begin identifying and releasing government records related to unidentified flying objects (UFOs), unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and possible extraterrestrial life, saying public interest in the subject is “tremendous”.
- ["Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans](https://iwpost.com/million-year-old-fossil-skulls-from-china-are-far-older-and-not-denisovans/): Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest known Homo erectus fossils in eastern Asia.
- [UN chief condemns Israeli killing of Palestinian-American citizen in West Bank](https://iwpost.com/un-chief-condemns-israeli-killing-of-palestinian-american-citizen-in-west-bank/): The UN chief condemned the killing of a 19-year-old dual Palestinian-American citizen in the occupied West Bank, his spokesman said Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I deal with friends and family who won’t stop polluting?](https://iwpost.com/ask-a-climate-therapist-how-do-i-deal-with-friends-and-family-who-wont-stop-polluting/): How do I deal with the frustration and anger that comes with having family members and friends who continue to fly and pursue other behaviors that worsen the climate crisis?
- [Conan O’Brien Reveals Rob Reiner and Wife’s Final Moments Before They Were Stabbed to Death](https://iwpost.com/conan-obrien-reveals-rob-reiner-and-wifes-final-moments-before-they-were-stabbed-to-death/): It’s a goodbye that still haunts him.
- [Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK](https://iwpost.com/fury-over-discords-age-checks-explodes-after-shady-persona-test-in-uk/): Shortly after Discord announced that all users will soon be defaulted to teen experiences until their ages are verified, the messaging platform faced immediate backlash.
- [Indonesia and Morocco Commit Troops for Gaza Stabilisation Force](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-and-morocco-commit-troops-for-gaza-stabilisation-force/): Indonesia and Morocco have pledged to send personnel to the newly proposed International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Gaza, according to US Army General Jasper Jeffers, who heads the initiative under the so-called Board of Peace convened by US President Donald Trump.
- [Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-gaming-chief-phil-spencer-steps-down-after-38-years-with-company/): Microsoft Executive Vice President for Gaming Phil Spencer announced he will retire after 38 years at Microsoft and 12 years leading the company’s video game efforts.
- [Spain’s Sánchez defies Washington as domestic popularity surges](https://iwpost.com/spains-sanchez-defies-washington-as-domestic-popularity-surges/): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is walking a fine line between rising popularity at home and growing tension abroad, as his refusal to align with key US positions cements his image as one of Europe’s more defiant leaders.
- [Lawyers ask police to investigate Elbit Systems UK for alleged war crimes complicity](https://iwpost.com/lawyers-ask-police-to-investigate-elbit-systems-uk-for-alleged-war-crimes-complicity/): A London-based law firms urged the Metropolitan Police to investigate the potential complicity of Elbit Systems UK directors in atrocities in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.
- [After fueling test, optimism grows for March launch of Artemis II to the Moon](https://iwpost.com/after-fueling-test-optimism-grows-for-march-launch-of-artemis-ii-to-the-moon/): A second fueling test on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket ended Thursday night, giving senior managers enough confidence to move forward with plans to launch four astronauts around the Moon as soon as March 6.
- [Andrew had ‘Secret Plan’ to Team Up With Harry Before Stunning Arrest](https://iwpost.com/andrew-had-secret-plan-to-team-up-with-harry-before-stunning-arrest/): Just when it seemed like the royal drama couldn’t get any messier, insiders claim disgraced ex-royal Prince Andrew was quietly plotting a comeback — and it involved an unlikely ally: Prince Harry.
- [Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind](https://iwpost.com/metas-flagship-metaverse-service-leaves-vr-behind/): Meta announced today that it will divorce its Horizon Worlds social and gaming service—once promoted as the company’s first major step into the metaverse—from its Quest VR headset platform and digital store.
- [Climber convicted of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend on Austria’s highest peak to seek help](https://iwpost.com/climber-convicted-of-manslaughter-after-leaving-girlfriend-on-austrias-highest-peak-to-seek-help/): An Austrian court has convicted amateur mountaineer Thomas P, 37, of gross negligence manslaughter for leaving his girlfriend behind on Austria’s highest mountain, the Grossglockner, during a failed climb in January 2025.
- [Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links](https://iwpost.com/wikipedia-blacklists-archive-today-starts-removing-695000-archive-links/): The English-language edition of Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today after the controversial archive site was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blog.
- [The BEST Cauliflower Pizza Crust (Gluten-Free & Sliceable!)](https://iwpost.com/the-best-cauliflower-pizza-crust-gluten-free-sliceable/): You are here: Home / All RECIPES / The BEST Cauliflower Pizza Crust (Gluten-Free & Sliceable!)
- [Trump has given Iran a ten-day ultimatum – but chances of an agreement look slim](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-given-iran-a-ten-day-ultimatum-but-chances-of-an-agreement-look-slim/): Donald Trump delivered an ultimatum to Iran at the first board of peace meeting in Washington on February 19.
- [Millions of Syrian children out of school as funding gaps threaten recovery: UNICEF envoy](https://iwpost.com/millions-of-syrian-children-out-of-school-as-funding-gaps-threaten-recovery-unicef-envoy/): Syrian children continue to face poverty, displacement, and education disruption despite a fragile recovery following political changes, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador said Friday after a visit to the country, Anadolu reports.
- [Andrew in ‘Shock’ Over Birthday Arrest – Planned Lonely 66th with Queen’s Corgis](https://iwpost.com/andrew-in-shock-over-birthday-arrest-planned-lonely-66th-with-queens-corgis/): He was reportedly planning a quiet, lonely birthday with a pack of dogs.
- [Why Final Fantasy is now targeting PC as its "lead platform"](https://iwpost.com/why-final-fantasy-is-now-targeting-pc-as-its-lead-platform/): For a long time now, PC gamers have been used to the Final Fantasy series treating their platform as somewhat secondary to the game’s core console versions.
- [Jeffrey Epstein’s estate agrees to pay up to $35m to settle survivors’ lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/jeffrey-epsteins-estate-agrees-to-pay-up-to-35m-to-settle-survivors-lawsuit/): Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has agreed to pay up to $35 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing two of his longtime advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking of young women and girls, according to a court filing in Manhattan.
- [Tesla slashes Cybertruck prices as it tries to move (unpainted) metal](https://iwpost.com/tesla-slashes-cybertruck-prices-as-it-tries-to-move-unpainted-metal/): Last night, Tesla made some hefty cuts to Cybertruck pricing in an effort to stimulate some sales.
- [Report reveals Israeli-installed security system at Epstein-linked property](https://iwpost.com/report-reveals-israeli-installed-security-system-at-epstein-linked-property/): A report by the Washington-based investigative outlet DropSite News has claimed that a security system installed at a Manhattan apartment linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein was overseen by Israeli authorities.
- [F1: Preseason tests show how different 2026 will be](https://iwpost.com/f1-preseason-tests-show-how-different-2026-will-be/): It’s just two weeks until F1 gets underway in Australia, and teams are currently in Bahrain, midway through their third and final preseason test.
- [Cross-party MEPs warn EU risks sidelining environmental voices](https://iwpost.com/cross-party-meps-warn-eu-risks-sidelining-environmental-voices/): A cross-party group of MEPs has urged the European Commission to stop excluding environmental organisations from policymaking, following complaints that key green groups were denied access to officials and consultation meetings.
- [Congressman Accused of Shocking Texts to Staffer Before Her Tragic Death](https://iwpost.com/congressman-accused-of-shocking-texts-to-staffer-before-her-tragic-death/): A political firestorm is erupting in Texas after the husband of a congressional staffer who died last year publicly accused his wife’s former boss, Rep.
- [From chickens to humans, animals think "bouba" sounds round](https://iwpost.com/from-chickens-to-humans-animals-think-bouba-sounds-round/): Does “bouba” sound round to you? How about “maluma”?
- [Diablo II’s new Warlock is a great excuse to revisit a classic game](https://iwpost.com/diablo-iis-new-warlock-is-a-great-excuse-to-revisit-a-classic-game/): Diablo II is one of those storied classic PC games that’s pretty much always fun to come back to—so much so that some players have put thousands of hours into the game over more than two decades.
- [EU countries back tool to regulate carbon price spikes ahead of tax on cars and buildings](https://iwpost.com/eu-countries-back-tool-to-regulate-carbon-price-spikes-ahead-of-tax-on-cars-and-buildings/): European Union member states have agreed to extend the bloc’s mechanism to control carbon price spikes beyond 2030, aiming to prevent excessive costs when the new carbon tax on cars, vans and buildings takes effect in 2028.
- [The cowboy who got rich selling veggie burgers](https://iwpost.com/the-cowboy-who-got-rich-selling-veggie-burgers/): This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Source NM.
- [Gaza administration committee opens applications to form new police force](https://iwpost.com/gaza-administration-committee-opens-applications-to-form-new-police-force/): The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) announced Thursday that it has opened applications to establish a new Palestinian police force in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.
- [Andrew Windsor Watched Girl, 6, Being Subjected to Electric Shock Torture by Ghislaine Maxwell](https://iwpost.com/andrew-windsor-watched-girl-6-being-subjected-to-electric-shock-torture-by-ghislaine-maxwell/): A chilling new storm is exploding around Andrew Windsor — and this time, the allegations surfacing from the latest Epstein document dump are among the most disturbing yet.
- [NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes](https://iwpost.com/nasa-chief-classifies-starliner-flight-as-type-a-mishap-says-agency-made-mistakes/): NASA on Thursday announced it has formally classified the 2024 crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft as a “Type A” mishap, an acknowledgement that the test flight was a serious failure.
- [Denmark’s king visits Greenland, showing unity in the face of Trump threats](https://iwpost.com/denmarks-king-visits-greenland-showing-unity-in-the-face-of-trump-threats/): Denmark’s King Frederik X arrived in Greenland on Wednesday for a three-day visit widely viewed as a symbolic show of support for the autonomous Danish territory, according to Agence France-Presse.
- [Lawsuit: ChatGPT told student he was "meant for greatness"—then came psychosis](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-chatgpt-told-student-he-was-meant-for-greatness-then-came-psychosis/): This case, which was first reported by ALM, marks the 11th such known lawsuit to be filed against OpenAI that involves mental health breakdowns allegedly caused by the chatbot.
- [Trump says Iran deal clarity coming ‘in 10 days,’ warns of further action](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-iran-deal-clarity-coming-in-10-days-warns-of-further-action/): US President Donald Trump said Thursday it would soon become clear whether a deal with Iran is possible, warning that Washington may be forced to escalate if negotiations fall short, Anadolu reports.
- [Kurt Cobain’s Autopsy Revealed for the First Time Fueling Fresh ‘Murder’ Buzz](https://iwpost.com/kurt-cobains-autopsy-revealed-for-the-first-time-fueling-fresh-murder-buzz/): More than three decades after Kurt Cobain was found dead inside his Seattle home, explosive new claims are reigniting one of rock’s most controversial debates.
- [Shirazi Salad – Fresh, Vibrant, and Perfectly Chopped](https://iwpost.com/shirazi-salad-fresh-vibrant-and-perfectly-chopped/): This Shirazi Salad, inspired by my friend Yasmin from Iran, is one of my all-time favorite salads.
- [Rubik’s WOWCube adds complexity, possibility by reinventing the puzzle cube](https://iwpost.com/rubiks-wowcube-adds-complexity-possibility-by-reinventing-the-puzzle-cube/): There’s something special about the gadget that “just works.” Technology can open opportunity for those devices but also complicate and weigh down products that have done just fine without things like sensors and software.
- [Von der Leyen’s industry revival plan faces internal resistance – reports](https://iwpost.com/von-der-leyens-industry-revival-plan-faces-internal-resistance-reports/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is facing internal resistance to her flagship Industrial Accelerator Act, a key pillar of the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal, according to Politico.
- [Newly hatched chickens form the same sound association we do](https://iwpost.com/newly-hatched-chickens-form-the-same-sound-association-we-do/): Does “bouba” sound round to you? How about “maluma”?
- [Trump’s diplomatic blitz exposes a misunderstanding of peacemaking](https://iwpost.com/trumps-diplomatic-blitz-exposes-a-misunderstanding-of-peacemaking/): The inaugural meeting of Donald Trump’s board of peace in Washington on February 19 caps a busy week for US diplomacy – though, not necessarily for the country’s professional diplomats.
- [Last nuclear weapons limits expired – pushing world toward new arms race](https://iwpost.com/last-nuclear-weapons-limits-expired-pushing-world-toward-new-arms-race/): For the first time in more than half a century, there are no binding restraints on the buildup of the largest nuclear forces on Earth.
- [Indonesian president pledges 8,000 ‘or more’ troops to Gaza peacekeeping force](https://iwpost.com/indonesian-president-pledges-8000-or-more-troops-to-gaza-peacekeeping-force/): Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Thursday pledged 8,000 “or more” troops to the International Stabilization Force in Gaza at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington, Anadolu reports.
- [Mexico is losing its battle with the cartels after years of flawed strategy](https://iwpost.com/mexico-is-losing-its-battle-with-the-cartels-after-years-of-flawed-strategy/): Crime is deeply entrenched in Mexico.
- [Andrew and Fergie ‘Locked into Shameless Cashgrab War’](https://iwpost.com/andrew-and-fergie-locked-into-shameless-cashgrab-war/): It’s getting messy behind palace gates.
- [Whoops: US military laser strike takes down CBP drone near Mexican border](https://iwpost.com/whoops-us-military-laser-strike-takes-down-cbp-drone-near-mexican-border/): The US military mistakenly shot down a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone near the Mexican border in a strike that reportedly used a laser-based anti-drone system.
- [Deaths surge on Mediterranean migration corridor to historic high — UN](https://iwpost.com/deaths-surge-on-mediterranean-migration-corridor-to-historic-high-un/): The start of this year has been the deadliest on record for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, according to a report from the International Organization for Migration.
- [Twenty-year sentence for Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai is a further blow for journalists feeling the heat of Beijing’s crackdown on press freedom](https://iwpost.com/twenty-year-sentence-for-hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-is-a-further-blow-for-journalists-feeling-the-heat-of-beijings-crackdown-on-press-freedom/): The sentencing of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison on February 8 on charges of sedition and collusion with foreign forces prompted international outrage.
- [How strong is New York's "illegal gambling" case against Valve's loot boxes?](https://iwpost.com/how-strong-is-new-yorks-illegal-gambling-case-against-valves-loot-boxes/): For years now, Valve fans have been making jokes about the company’s slow transition from game maker to glorified digital hat and knife paint marketplace.
- [Homemade Cinnamon Rolls (Soft + Fluffy!)](https://iwpost.com/homemade-cinnamon-rolls-soft-fluffy/): There are few things in life better than a warm, gooey cinnamon roll fresh from the oven.
- [Golden Greek Feta Roast Potatoes](https://iwpost.com/golden-greek-feta-roast-potatoes/): Golden Greek Feta Roast Potatoes bring together everything we love about Mediterranean cooking—simple ingredients, bold flavor, and irresistible texture.
- [Subjecting Geography to Power Does Not Make History a Coward](https://iwpost.com/subjecting-geography-to-power-does-not-make-history-a-coward/): What is unfolding today between Iraq and Kuwait reopens a wound that never fully healed.
- [Netflix cedes Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount: “No longer financially attractive”](https://iwpost.com/netflix-cedes-warner-bros-discovery-to-paramount-no-longer-financially-attractive/): Netflix backed out of its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD’s) streaming and movie studios businesses on Thursday night.
- [Rían, Lily most popular baby names in Ireland last year](https://iwpost.com/rian-lily-most-popular-baby-names-in-ireland-last-year/): Rían was the most popular name in Ireland for boys, while Lily was the most popular girls’ name last year, according to statistics from the Irish CSO.
- [Trump Wanted Tom Brady for Ivanka — Jared Kushner He was ‘Not Even Close’ to First Pick](https://iwpost.com/trump-wanted-tom-brady-for-ivanka-jared-kushner-he-was-not-even-close-to-first-pick/): Talk about an awkward family dinner.
- [Rocket Report: Vulcan "many months" from flying; Falcon 9 extends reuse milestone](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-vulcan-many-months-from-flying-falcon-9-extends-reuse-milestone/): Welcome to Edition 8.31 of the Rocket Report!
- [15 state attorneys general sue RFK Jr. over "anti-science" vaccine policy](https://iwpost.com/15-state-attorneys-general-sue-rfk-jr-over-anti-science-vaccine-policy/): Scientists have long warned that a warming world is likely to hasten the spread of infectious diseases, making vaccination even more critical to safeguard public health.
- [Euro zone consumers cut some inflation expectations, ECB survey shows](https://iwpost.com/euro-zone-consumers-cut-some-inflation-expectations-ecb-survey-shows/): Euro zone consumers trimmed back some of their inflation expectations last month, even as bets on income growth rose, the European Central Bank’s monthly Consumer Expectations Survey showed on Friday.
- [The culture war is coming for your electricity](https://iwpost.com/the-culture-war-is-coming-for-your-electricity/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah.
- [Vance rules out prolonged war in region if US strikes Iran](https://iwpost.com/vance-rules-out-prolonged-war-in-region-if-us-strikes-iran/): United States Vice President JD Vance gives a speech in Toledo, Ohio, United States, on January 22, 2026.
- [A non-public document reveals that science may not be prioritized on next Mars mission](https://iwpost.com/a-non-public-document-reveals-that-science-may-not-be-prioritized-on-next-mars-mission/): The US space agency has released a “pre-solicitation” for what is expected to be a hotly contested contract to develop a spacecraft to orbit Mars and relay communications from the red planet back to Earth.
- [Abduction Survivor Elizabeth Smart Begs Others Not to ‘Give Up’ on Nancy Guthrie](https://iwpost.com/abduction-survivor-elizabeth-smart-begs-others-not-to-give-up-on-nancy-guthrie/): Nearly 24 years after surviving one of the most shocking kidnappings in modern American history, Elizabeth Smart is speaking out — and her message is crystal clear: don’t lose hope.
- [New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises](https://iwpost.com/new-airsnitch-attack-bypasses-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/): It’s hard to overstate the role that Wi-Fi plays in virtually every facet of life.
- [From Washington to London: Metsola outlines a tougher, more independent EU stance](https://iwpost.com/from-washington-to-london-metsola-outlines-a-tougher-more-independent-eu-stance/): Roberta Metsola has cautioned that attempts by the United States to influence political outcomes in Europe would be viewed as unacceptable, underscoring growing sensitivities around foreign interference as election cycles intensify across the continent.
- [The physics of squeaking sneakers](https://iwpost.com/the-physics-of-squeaking-sneakers/): We’re all familiar with the high-pitched squeak of basketball shoes on the court during games, or tires squealing on pavement.
- [Ukraine: after four years of war, exhaustion on both sides is the main hope for peace](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-after-four-years-of-war-exhaustion-on-both-sides-is-the-main-hope-for-peace/): As Ukrainian officials meet with US negotiators in Geneva with the possibility of full three-way talks involving Moscow, Kyiv and Washington in early March, there’s a glimmer of hope that an end to the conflict may be in sight.
- [Over 300 Palestinian structures demolished by Israel in West Bank this year: Rights group](https://iwpost.com/over-300-palestinian-structures-demolished-by-israel-in-west-bank-this-year-rights-group/): Israel demolished 312 Palestinian residential and agricultural structures during the first six weeks of 2026, a Palestinian rights group said Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Perplexity announces "Computer," an AI agent that assigns work to other AI agents](https://iwpost.com/perplexity-announces-computer-an-ai-agent-that-assigns-work-to-other-ai-agents/): Perplexity has introduced “Computer,” a new tool that allows users to assign tasks and see them carried out by a system that coordinates multiple agents running various models.
- [Indian state of Kerala to be renamed Keralam](https://iwpost.com/indian-state-of-kerala-to-be-renamed-keralam/): The Indian state of Kerala, known as “God’s own country” for its golden beaches and lush tea plantations, is to be given a new name.
- [Former Prince Andrew Reportedly ‘On The Run’](https://iwpost.com/former-prince-andrew-reportedly-on-the-run/): Andrew Windsor is once again at the center of an international firestorm — and now insiders are whispering about a potential escape plan.
- [Neanderthals seemed to have a thing for modern human women](https://iwpost.com/neanderthals-seemed-to-have-a-thing-for-modern-human-women/): By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded out of Africa, resulting in a substantial amount of Neanderthal DNA scattered throughout our genome.
- [Anthropic v the US military: what this public feud says about the use of AI in warfare](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-v-the-us-military-what-this-public-feud-says-about-the-use-of-ai-in-warfare/): The very public feud between the US Department of Defense (also known these days as the Department of War) and its AI technology supplier Anthropic is unusual for pitting state might against corporate power.
- [xAI spent $7M building wall that barely muffles annoying power plant noise](https://iwpost.com/xai-spent-7m-building-wall-that-barely-muffles-annoying-power-plant-noise/): For miles around xAI’s makeshift power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, neighbors have endured months of constant roaring, erupting pops, and bursts of high-pitched whining from 27 temporary gas turbines installed without consulting the community.
- [Cyprus sets wide-ranging EU agenda as ministers outline priorities to European Parliament](https://iwpost.com/cyprus-sets-wide-ranging-eu-agenda-as-ministers-outline-priorities-to-european-parliament/): Ministers from Cyprus have presented an extensive policy programme to European Parliament committees, setting out priorities for the country’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which runs until the end of June 2026.
- [Four years of bitter conflict in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/four-years-of-bitter-conflict-in-ukraine/): This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [Ford is recalling 4.3 million trucks and SUVs to fix a towing software bug](https://iwpost.com/ford-is-recalling-4-3-million-trucks-and-suvs-to-fix-a-towing-software-bug/): Last year, Ford set a new industry record: It issued 152 safety recalls, almost twice the previous high set by General Motors back in 2014.
- [8-Year-Old Cheerleader Dies After Collapsing at Practice — Parents Claim Warning Signs Were Ignored](https://iwpost.com/8-year-old-cheerleader-dies-after-collapsing-at-practice-parents-claim-warning-signs-were-ignored/): An eight-year-old Nebraska cheerleader is dead after suffering a massive brain bleed just weeks after collapsing during practice — and now her grieving parents are taking legal action, claiming critical warning signs were missed.
- [The Best Garlic Bread You’ll Ever Eat](https://iwpost.com/the-best-garlic-bread-youll-ever-eat/): If there’s one side dish that instantly upgrades any pasta night, it’s homemade garlic bread.
- [Marry Me White Bean Spinach Skillet](https://iwpost.com/marry-me-white-bean-spinach-skillet/): Creamy Marry Me White Bean Spinach Skillet made with cannellini beans, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, and Parmesan sauce.
- [Google reveals Nano Banana 2 AI image model, coming to Gemini today](https://iwpost.com/google-reveals-nano-banana-2-ai-image-model-coming-to-gemini-today/): The last year has been big for Google’s AI efforts.
- [Binance bets on Greek labour, security for EU growth, co-CEO Teng says](https://iwpost.com/binance-bets-on-greek-labour-security-for-eu-growth-co-ceo-teng-says/): Binance co-CEO Richard Teng on Thursday said Greece’s labour force and security profile gave it the edge over larger financial centres when the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange was selecting a regulatory home in Europe.
- [La Jefa: the wife of slain drug kingpin El Mencho and the women at the heart of the cartels](https://iwpost.com/la-jefa-the-wife-of-slain-drug-kingpin-el-mencho-and-the-women-at-the-heart-of-the-cartels/): The death of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), on February 22 was immediately framed as the fall of a narco kingpin.
- [New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes](https://iwpost.com/new-york-sues-valve-for-enabling-illegal-gambling-with-loot-boxes/): While many randomized video game loot boxes have drawn attention and regulation from various government bodies in recent years, the New York suit calls out Valve’s system specifically for “enabl[ing] users to sell the virtual items they have won, either through its own virtual marketplace, the Steam Community Market, or through third-party marketplaces.” The vast majority of Valve’s in-game loot boxes contain skins that can only be resold for a few cents, the suit notes, while the rarest skins can be worth thousands of dollars through marketplaces on and off of Steam.
- [Trump tariff ruling shows top courts serve as last line of defence against strongman rule](https://iwpost.com/trump-tariff-ruling-shows-top-courts-serve-as-last-line-of-defence-against-strongman-rule/): The US Supreme Court told Donald Trump on February 20 that the tariffs he has used to try and bend the world to his will are unlawful.
- [International airlines suspend flights to Tel Aviv amid regional tensions](https://iwpost.com/international-airlines-suspend-flights-to-tel-aviv-amid-regional-tensions/): Civil aviation is facing increasing disruption as international airlines rapidly adjust or suspend flights to Tel Aviv.
- [1 Dead After School Bus Packed with 30 Students Slams Head-On into SUV](https://iwpost.com/1-dead-after-school-bus-packed-with-30-students-slams-head-on-into-suv/): What was supposed to be a routine field trip turned into a nightmare on an Oregon highway.
- [Meta could end up owning 10% of AMD in new chip deal](https://iwpost.com/meta-could-end-up-owning-10-of-amd-in-new-chip-deal/): Meta has struck a multi-billion dollar chip deal with AMD that could lead to the Facebook owner taking a 10 percent stake in the group, sending shares in the US chipmaker surging on Tuesday.
- [Denmark to go to polls on 24 March](https://iwpost.com/denmark-to-go-to-polls-on-24-march/): Denmark will hold a parliamentary election on March 24, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Thursday, seeking to capitalise on a surge in support for her defiant stance against U.S.
- [Lamborghini cancels electric Lanzador as supercar buyers reject EVs](https://iwpost.com/lamborghini-cancels-electric-lanzador-as-supercar-buyers-reject-evs/): For the last few years, Lamborghini has been in a quandary: What to do about an electric vehicle?
- [Ski resorts are increasingly reliant on snowmaking. But at what cost?](https://iwpost.com/ski-resorts-are-increasingly-reliant-on-snowmaking-but-at-what-cost/): This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [WBD says Paramount’s new higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix's](https://iwpost.com/wbd-says-paramounts-new-higher-offer-could-be-superior-to-netflixs-2/): Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today.
- [Gibraltar must follow EU rules](https://iwpost.com/gibraltar-must-follow-eu-rules/): Gibraltar will remain British but must follow EU rules under its new Brexit deal, the full legal text of the agreement has revealed.
- [Rebel English Academy](https://iwpost.com/rebel-english-academy/): ‘He didn’t believe in peaceful resistance but he was not a happy murderer either,’ Salim Ahmed Salim aka Sir Baghi, an English teacher and revolutionary socialist activist, is confronted with a tough choice.
- [Beloved Child Star Dies at 80 After Tragic Life Off-Screen](https://iwpost.com/beloved-child-star-dies-at-80-after-tragic-life-off-screen/): Lauren Chapin, the former child actress who captured America’s heart as little Kathy “Kitten” Anderson on the classic sitcom Father Knows Best, has died at 80.
- [RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs](https://iwpost.com/ram-now-represents-35-percent-of-bill-of-materials-for-hp-pcs/): In an illustration of the severity of the current memory shortage, HP Inc.
- [2026 Lexus RZ 550e review: Likable, but it needs improvement](https://iwpost.com/2026-lexus-rz-550e-review-likable-but-it-needs-improvement/): Sometimes you drive a car you just don’t gel with.
- [Property deals by Russian nationals near RAF Akrotiri raise suspicions](https://iwpost.com/property-deals-by-russian-nationals-near-raf-akrotiri-raise-suspicions/): British intelligence is increasingly apprehensive that Russian nationals linked to the Kremlin are acquiring properties near the RAF base at Akrotiri as part of a covert “hybrid warfare” strategy.
- [Judge doesn't trust DOJ with search of devices seized from Wash. Post reporter](https://iwpost.com/judge-doesnt-trust-doj-with-search-of-devices-seized-from-wash-post-reporter/): A federal court will conduct a search of devices seized from a Washington Post reporter after a magistrate judge decided yesterday that the Department of Justice cannot be trusted to perform the search on its own.
- [Trump demands deportation of 2 female Muslim members of Congress](https://iwpost.com/trump-demands-deportation-of-2-female-muslim-members-of-congress/): US President Donald Trump demanded the rapid deportation of two female Muslim members of Congress on Wednesday after Reps.
- [Founding Wu-Tang Clan Member Dies at 52](https://iwpost.com/founding-wu-tang-clan-member-dies-at-52/): The Wu-Tang family is grieving.
- [The Galaxy S26 is faster, more expensive, and even more chock-full of AI](https://iwpost.com/the-galaxy-s26-is-faster-more-expensive-and-even-more-chock-full-of-ai/): There used to be countless companies making flagship Android phones, but a combination of factors has narrowed the field over time.
- [Ita Airways to Allow Pets Up to 30 kg in Cabin on Domestic Flights](https://iwpost.com/ita-airways-to-allow-pets-up-to-30-kg-in-cabin-on-domestic-flights/): ITA Airways will introduce a new service allowing pets weighing up to 30 kilograms to travel in the aircraft cabin on domestic flights, marking a significant expansion of its pet-friendly offering.
- [Mom’s Slow Cooker Beef Stew](https://iwpost.com/moms-slow-cooker-beef-stew/): There’s nothing more comforting than a big bowl of slow cooker beef stew simmered low and slow until perfectly tender.
- [Musk has no proof OpenAI stole xAI trade secrets, judge rules, tossing lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/musk-has-no-proof-openai-stole-xai-trade-secrets-judge-rules-tossing-lawsuit/): Elon Musk appears to be grasping at straws in a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of poaching eight xAI employees in an allegedly unlawful bid to access xAI trade secrets connected to its data centers and chatbot, Grok.
- [Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.](https://iwpost.com/could-a-vaccine-prevent-dementia-shingles-shot-data-only-getting-stronger/): While lifesaving vaccines face a relentless onslaught from the Trump administration—with fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Journalist deaths reach new high in 2025 — CPJ](https://iwpost.com/journalist-deaths-reach-new-high-in-2025-cpj/): Altogether 129 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Wednesday in an annual report.
- [The three big challenges facing Ukraine when the war ends](https://iwpost.com/the-three-big-challenges-facing-ukraine-when-the-war-ends/): Russia’s war in Ukraine is now in its fifth year and, despite the growing impatience of Donald Trump, a breakthrough in peace talks looks a long way off.
- [Israeli occupation forces close entrances to Bethlehem, raid Al-Dawha](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupation-forces-close-entrances-to-bethlehem-raid-al-dawha/): Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday evening closed several entrances to Bethlehem Governorate and shut down the “Container” military checkpoint, before raiding the town of Al-Dawha west of the city, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
- [Barry Manilow, 82, Sparks Fear After Rushing Back to Work After Cancer Surgery](https://iwpost.com/barry-manilow-82-sparks-fear-after-rushing-back-to-work-after-cancer-surgery/): Music icon may be telling fans he’s “doing great,” but behind the scenes, some of his closest friends are reportedly urging him to pump the brakes.
- [Trump's MAHA influencer pick for surgeon general goes before Senate](https://iwpost.com/trumps-maha-influencer-pick-for-surgeon-general-goes-before-senate/): Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, will appear before the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday and is likely to face scrutiny over her qualifications for becoming the country’s top doctor.
- [ECB approves Vujcic as new vice-president](https://iwpost.com/ecb-approves-vujcic-as-new-vice-president/): The European Central Bank on Wednesday approved the appointment of Boris Vujcic as its new Vice-President for an eight-year term starting in June.
- [Pete Hegseth tells Anthropic to fall in line with DoD desires, or else](https://iwpost.com/pete-hegseth-tells-anthropic-to-fall-in-line-with-dod-desires-or-else/): US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has threatened to cut Anthropic from his department’s supply chain unless it agrees to sign off on its technology being used in all lawful military applications by Friday.
- [During Ramadan, Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian homes, cars in occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/during-ramadan-israeli-settlers-set-fire-to-palestinian-homes-cars-in-occupied-west-bank/): Israeli settlers set fire, on Tuesday evening, to Palestinian homes and vehicles in the village of Susya, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, in a continued wave of attacks during Ramadan.
- [50 mpg in a Nissan crossover? Testing the new E-Power hybrid system.](https://iwpost.com/50-mpg-in-a-nissan-crossover-testing-the-new-e-power-hybrid-system/): While Toyota and Honda’s showrooms are littered with electrified offerings, Nissan hasn’t had much to counter.
- [EU Commission urges MEPs to vote through EU-US deal despite fresh tariffs](https://iwpost.com/eu-commission-urges-meps-to-vote-through-eu-us-deal-despite-fresh-tariffs/): EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič has urged MEPs to press ahead with ratifying the EU US trade deal despite fresh tariffs from Washington and legal uncertainty following a US court ruling.
- [Jeffrey Epstein Involved in Trafficking Narcotics Too?](https://iwpost.com/jeffrey-epstein-involved-in-trafficking-narcotics-too/): Title: Secret DEA Files Drag Epstein Into Shocking $50M Drug Probe — What Was He Really Hiding?
- [In a replay of 2019, Apple says a single desktop Mac will be manufactured in the US](https://iwpost.com/in-a-replay-of-2019-apple-says-a-single-desktop-mac-will-be-manufactured-in-the-us/): Apple plans to start manufacturing the Mac mini in the United States later this year, the company announced today, as part of its $600 billion commitment to expand its domestic manufacturing operation.
- [A hotter, wetter South is becoming a breeding ground for mold](https://iwpost.com/a-hotter-wetter-south-is-becoming-a-breeding-ground-for-mold/): This story was produced by Grist and co-published by North Carolina Health News.
- [UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough](https://iwpost.com/uk-fines-reddit-for-not-checking-user-ages-aggressively-enough/): A UK regulator today fined Reddit £14.5 million ($19.6 million) for not verifying the ages of users.
- [German drone deal faces scrutiny over Thiel stake](https://iwpost.com/german-drone-deal-faces-scrutiny-over-thiel-stake/): A multibillion euro German military drone contract is facing political scrutiny over billionaire investor Peter Thiel’s stake in a Berlin defence tech firm, according to a report by investigative portal Politico.
- [Lebanon warned about potential Hezbollah intervention alongside Iran if US attacks: Official](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-warned-about-potential-hezbollah-intervention-alongside-iran-if-us-attacks-official/): A group gather in the Dahieh district, known as Hezbollah’s stronghold, carrying Hezbollah and Iranian flags, posters of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to protest a possible U.S.
- [Savannah Guthrie ‘Warned’ Against Offering Reward for Mom](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-warned-against-offering-reward-for-mom/): Savannah Guthrie is pulling out all the stops to bring her mother home.
- [DJI sues the FCC for “carelessly” restricting its drones](https://iwpost.com/dji-sues-the-fcc-for-carelessly-restricting-its-drones/): DJI, the most popular consumer drone maker, is suing over the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s import ban against new, foreign-made drones, which has been in effect since December 23, 2025.
- [New Dutch PM Jetten faces uphill task as minority government installed](https://iwpost.com/new-dutch-pm-jetten-faces-uphill-task-as-minority-government-installed/): Rob Jetten became the youngest prime minister in Dutch history on Monday when his minority government was formally confirmed in power by King Willem-Alexander.
- [Lines from the frontline: the poet soldiers defending Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/lines-from-the-frontline-the-poet-soldiers-defending-ukraine/): Poetry in Ukraine is playing a vital role in processing trauma and bolstering resistance amid the ongoing war launched by Russia.
- [Spicy Lentils and Spinach – A Healthy, Comforting Vegetarian Meal](https://iwpost.com/spicy-lentils-and-spinach-a-healthy-comforting-vegetarian-meal/): Spicy lentils and spinach is a perfect choice for a nutritious, budget-friendly, and satisfying meal.
- [Boozy chimps fail urine test, confirm hotly debated theory](https://iwpost.com/boozy-chimps-fail-urine-test-confirm-hotly-debated-theory/): The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a new paper published in the journal Biology Letters.
- [Following 35% growth, solar has passed hydro on US grid](https://iwpost.com/following-35-growth-solar-has-passed-hydro-on-us-grid/): On Tuesday, the US Energy Information Administration released full-year data on how the country generated electricity in 2025.
- [Ukraine war: after four surprising years, where does it go next? Experts give their view](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-after-four-surprising-years-where-does-it-go-next-experts-give-their-view/): Four years ago, on February 24 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that his forces had begun a full-scale invasion of Ukraine – the reasons for which we have explored here.
- [Trump and the State of the Union address](https://iwpost.com/trump-and-the-state-of-the-union-address/): The stage is set for US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.
- [Lebanese army says Israeli fire targets new border post in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-army-says-israeli-fire-targets-new-border-post-in-southern-lebanon/): The Lebanese army said Tuesday that Israeli fire targeted a newly established monitoring post along the southern border, in a new violation of a November 2024 ceasefire, Anadolu reports.
- [WBD says Paramount’s new, higher offer could be “superior” to Netflix's](https://iwpost.com/wbd-says-paramounts-new-higher-offer-could-be-superior-to-netflixs/): Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today.
- [Iceland may fast-track vote on joining EU](https://iwpost.com/iceland-may-fast-track-vote-on-joining-eu/): Iceland‘s government is considering holding a referendum on EU relations as early as August, according to two sources cited by news publication Politico.
- [Bryan Kohberger ‘Twisted Fantasy’ Spiraled into Mass Murder?](https://iwpost.com/bryan-kohberger-twisted-fantasy-spiraled-into-mass-murder/): Nearly three years after the shocking murders that rocked a quiet college town, disturbing new details are shedding light on what may have been going through Bryan Kohberger’s mind the night four University of Idaho students were brutally killed.
- [Trump’s plan for strikes on Iran carries major risks – and the US military knows it](https://iwpost.com/trumps-plan-for-strikes-on-iran-carries-major-risks-and-the-us-military-knows-it/): As the US continues to assemble military assets in the Middle East and Europe ahead of a possible strike against Iran, Donald Trump is running up against two problems that have plagued American presidents before him.
- [Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year-old game](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-quixotic-team-trying-to-build-an-entire-world-in-a-20-year-old-game/): Despite being regarded as one of the greatest role-playing games of all time, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind disappointed some fans upon its release in 2002 because it didn’t match the colossal scope of its predecessor, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.
- [Canada plans to assist Cuba while Washington squeezes the island](https://iwpost.com/canada-plans-to-assist-cuba-while-washington-squeezes-the-island/): Canada said it plans to provide assistance to Cuba while the island grapples with fuel shortages after Washington moved to choke off Cuba’s oil supplies.
- [PLO official says Hamas not a terrorist organisation and rejects calls for disarmament](https://iwpost.com/plo-official-says-hamas-not-a-terrorist-organisation-and-rejects-calls-for-disarmament/): Azzam al-Ahmad, Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has said that Hamas is not a terrorist organisation and rejected calls for its disarmament, revealing plans for dialogue on the movement’s possible inclusion in the PLO.
- [Epstein’s Secret Storage Units May Contain Never-Before-Seen Evidence](https://iwpost.com/epsteins-secret-storage-units-may-contain-never-before-seen-evidence/): Just when you thought there were no more twists left in the Jeffrey Epstein saga, newly surfaced documents are raising fresh questions — and hinting at evidence that may still be hidden from public view.
- [US pulling non-essential staff from embassy in Beirut amid Iran tensions](https://iwpost.com/us-pulling-non-essential-staff-from-embassy-in-beirut-amid-iran-tensions/): The State Department is pulling out non-essential government personnel and their eligible family members from the U.S.
- [To power Utah’s data center boom, companies are turning to fossil fuels](https://iwpost.com/to-power-utahs-data-center-boom-companies-are-turning-to-fossil-fuels/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah.
- [Iran in the face of the armed diplomacy of imperialism](https://iwpost.com/iran-in-the-face-of-the-armed-diplomacy-of-imperialism/): The ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran, mediated by Oman and recently held in Geneva, have been presented by Western diplomacy as a technical effort to contain nuclear risks.
- [Review: Knight of the Seven Kingdoms brings back that Westeros magic](https://iwpost.com/review-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-brings-back-that-westeros-magic/): HBO has another critically acclaimed hit with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George R.R.
- [Pentagon strong-armed AI firms before Iran strikes](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-strong-armed-ai-firms-before-iran-strikes/): In the lead-up to the weekend’s US and Israeli attacks on Iran, the US Department of Defense was locked in tense negotiations with artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic over exactly how the Pentagon could use the firm’s technology.
- [Middle East evacuations on the table if nuclear sites targeted, says UN atomic watchdog head](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-evacuations-on-the-table-if-nuclear-sites-targeted-says-un-atomic-watchdog-head/): The mass evacuation of cities across the Middle East may be necessary if civil nuclear power stations are attacked leading to radiological release, Rafael Grossi, the director general of the IAEA UN nuclear inspectorate, warned on Monday at the opening of the quarterly board meeting of the IAEA.
- [Arab Media Split as Gulf States Condemn Iran While Iran-Aligned Actors Denounce US-Israel Strikes](https://iwpost.com/arab-media-split-as-gulf-states-condemn-iran-while-iran-aligned-actors-denounce-us-israel-strikes/): As Iranian missiles and drones crossed multiple airspaces and the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against the Iranian regime, official media across the Arab world moved into crisis mode.
- [Apple's new iPhone 17e has an A19 chip, MagSafe, and 256GB of storage for $599](https://iwpost.com/apples-new-iphone-17e-has-an-a19-chip-magsafe-and-256gb-of-storage-for-599/): Apple’s biggest iPhone announcements usually happen in September, but for the second year in a row, the company is also introducing a new iPhone in March.
- [Prince William was ‘Ready for War’ Over Kate’s Topless Photo Scandal](https://iwpost.com/prince-william-was-ready-for-war-over-kates-topless-photo-scandal/): Prince William reportedly drew a hard line after topless photos of Kate Middleton were secretly taken and published during the couple’s private 2012 getaway in France.
- [Post-Khamenei turmoil puts China’s energy security at risk](https://iwpost.com/post-khamenei-turmoil-puts-chinas-energy-security-at-risk/): Beijing is now placing energy security at the top of its strategic agenda following the February 28 confirmation of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death.
- [Research roundup: Six cool science stories we almost missed](https://iwpost.com/research-roundup-six-cool-science-stories-we-almost-missed/): It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month.
- [Democratic Leaders Avoid Criticizing Trump’s Iran War. Now Voters Will Have a Say.](https://iwpost.com/democratic-leaders-avoid-criticizing-trumps-iran-war-now-voters-will-have-a-say/): If Democratic voters wanted party leaders to give a strong, unanimous condemnation of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, they would probably be disappointed.
- [Oil surges 8% as Iran conflict disrupts Middle Eastern flows](https://iwpost.com/oil-surges-8-as-iran-conflict-disrupts-middle-eastern-flows/): Oil surged 9% on Monday after retaliatory Iranian attacks disrupted shipping in the crucial Strait of Hormuz following the weekend’s bombing by Israel and the United States that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
- [Pete Hegseth roasted for claiming ‘We didn’t start’ war on Iran](https://iwpost.com/pete-hegseth-roasted-for-claiming-we-didnt-start-war-on-iran/): US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Dan Caine hold a press conference March 2, 2026.
- [The attacks on Iran are by no means a victory “for civilisation”.](https://iwpost.com/the-attacks-on-iran-are-by-no-means-a-victory-for-civilisation/): The Iranian dictator is dead, his repressive regime is being bombed into submission, and now the world can look forward to peace and stability.
- [Clueless cops post seized crypto wallet password. $5M quickly stolen.](https://iwpost.com/clueless-cops-post-seized-crypto-wallet-password-5m-quickly-stolen/): Soon after South Korean police posted a press release boasting about seizing $5.6 million worth of cryptocurrency from 124 wealthy tax evaders, cops realized that they had mistakenly posted images that made it possible for a thief to quickly steal most of the seized assets.
- [ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools](https://iwpost.com/propublica-sues-education-department-for-withholding-records-about-discrimination-in-schools/): ProPublica has sued the U.S.
- [Qatar Shoots Down 2 Iranian Warplanes, Joining Arab Nations Against Iran](https://iwpost.com/qatar-shoots-down-2-iranian-warplanes-joining-arab-nations-against-iran/): As the Middle Eastern War, which began as a joint operation between the US and Israel with the goal of taking down the Iranian regime, enters its third day, Gulf nations are being pulled into the conflict as Iran attacks oil infrastructure, army bases, hotels, and airports across the region.
- [Why did Kuwait shoot down 3 US F-15s?](https://iwpost.com/why-did-kuwait-shoot-down-3-us-f-15s/): Three US F-15E fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait on Sunday, March 1, by Kuwaiti air defense systems. No deaths were reported.
- [$599 M4 iPad Air is a lot like the old one, but with a substantial RAM boost](https://iwpost.com/599-m4-ipad-air-is-a-lot-like-the-old-one-but-with-a-substantial-ram-boost/): As expected, Apple has announced a mild update for the iPad family’s middle child today.
- [Man Who Once Held a Gun to Paula Deen’s Head is Found Dead](https://iwpost.com/man-who-once-held-a-gun-to-paula-deens-head-is-found-dead/): A man tied to one of the most disturbing moments in Paula Deen’s past has been found dead in New York City, nearly four decades after he terrified the future TV star during a violent bank robbery.
- [The oil price surge is just one symptom of a supply chain network that is not fit for this age of global tensions](https://iwpost.com/the-oil-price-surge-is-just-one-symptom-of-a-supply-chain-network-that-is-not-fit-for-this-age-of-global-tensions/): The escalating conflict between Iran, the US and Israel has taken a critical turn.
- [Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing plays into Shiite Islam’s reverence for martyrs, but not for all Iranians](https://iwpost.com/ayatollah-ali-khameneis-killing-plays-into-shiite-islams-reverence-for-martyrs-but-not-for-all-iranians/): The day Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, the Iranian government called for 40 days of public mourning in line with Shiite tradition.
- [Friendly fire losses in Kuwait and combat deaths mark escalating risks in U.S.-led operation against Iran](https://iwpost.com/friendly-fire-losses-in-kuwait-and-combat-deaths-mark-escalating-risks-in-u-s-led-operation-against-iran/): Three U.S. Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses during active combat operations, as the United States also confirmed combat fatalities and serious injuries elsewhere in the theatre — highlighting the mounting risks facing coalition forces in the widening conflict with Iran.
- [Trump’s strike on Iran hits China where it hurts](https://iwpost.com/trumps-strike-on-iran-hits-china-where-it-hurts/): TOKYO — As Donald Trump’s military adventurism hits Iran, Chinese leader Xi Jinping could be excused for wondering if the US president is trolling him.
- [Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US](https://iwpost.com/charter-gets-fcc-permission-to-buy-cox-and-become-largest-isp-in-the-us/): Charter Communications, operator of the Spectrum cable brand, has obtained Federal Communications Commission permission to buy Cox and surpass Comcast as the country’s largest home Internet service provider.
- [Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers](https://iwpost.com/trumps-orwellian-board-of-peace-consists-entirely-of-human-rights-abusers/): At the inaugural meeting of his self-styled Board of Peace earlier this month, Donald Trump declared peace in the Middle East while simultaneously threatening to plunge the region into devastating conflict by again attacking Iran.
- [What Emergency Managers Say They Need More Than Ever](https://iwpost.com/what-emergency-managers-say-they-need-more-than-ever/): Local emergency managers, the behind-the-scenes coordinators who mobilize help during disasters, have raised the same point time and again: We need adequate resources to protect people in harm’s way — before the harm arrives.
- [Failure of US-Iran talks was all too predictable — but turning to military strikes creates dangerous unknowns](https://iwpost.com/failure-of-us-iran-talks-was-all-too-predictable-but-turning-to-military-strikes-creates-dangerous-unknowns/): Three rounds of nuclear talks between the U.S.
- [China watching as US missile stocks drain over Iran](https://iwpost.com/china-watching-as-us-missile-stocks-drain-over-iran/): The Wall Street Journal has reported the US military is racing to neutralize Iranian strike capabilities before critical missile interceptors are exhausted, a logistical crisis fueled by a stark cost-exchange imbalance in the Middle East.
- [Netherlands halts repatriation of nationals from Middle East over security concerns](https://iwpost.com/netherlands-halts-repatriation-of-nationals-from-middle-east-over-security-concerns/): The Netherlands has temporarily suspended the repatriation of its citizens from countries in the Middle East, citing security risks, authorities said Monday, Anadolu reports.
- [Fourth US Service Member Confirmed Killed in Operation Epic Fury](https://iwpost.com/fourth-us-service-member-confirmed-killed-in-operation-epic-fury/): The number of US military fatalities linked to Operation Epic Fury has increased to four after a service member who was critically wounded during Iran’s initial attacks later died, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Monday.
- [Iowa county adopts strict zoning rules for data centers, but residents still worry](https://iwpost.com/iowa-county-adopts-strict-zoning-rules-for-data-centers-but-residents-still-worry/): PALO, Iowa—There are two restaurants in Palo, not counting the chicken wings and pizza sold at the only gas station in town.
- [Iran conflict disrupts global shipping as tankers are stranded, damaged](https://iwpost.com/iran-conflict-disrupts-global-shipping-as-tankers-are-stranded-damaged/): Insurance companies are cancelling war risk coverage for vessels in the Gulf as the widening Iran conflict disrupted shipping, leaving at least four tankers damaged, a seafarer killed and 150 ships stranded around the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Roasted Maple Brussels & Squash](https://iwpost.com/roasted-maple-brussels-squash-2/): Golden roasted Brussels sprouts and butternut squash tossed with crispy bacon, feta, and maple glaze.
- [Trump’s approach to Iran is a departure from containment policy of his predecessors](https://iwpost.com/trumps-approach-to-iran-is-a-departure-from-containment-policy-of-his-predecessors/): The joint US-Israeli combat operation against Iran, and the killing of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is a watershed moment in the US-Iran relationship.
- [Trump FCC's equal-time crackdown doesn't apply equally—or at all—to talk radio](https://iwpost.com/trump-fccs-equal-time-crackdown-doesnt-apply-equally-or-at-all-to-talk-radio/): In the Trump FCC’s latest series of attacks on TV broadcasters, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has been threatening to enforce the equal-time rule on daytime and late-night talk shows.
- [When a supreme leader is assassinated, the Global South trembles](https://iwpost.com/when-a-supreme-leader-is-assassinated-the-global-south-trembles/): The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint United States–Israeli strikes has torn a hole not only through Iran’s leadership, but through the fragile architecture of the international order itself.
- [EU policymakers expect no immediate oil security impact from Iran conflict](https://iwpost.com/eu-policymakers-expect-no-immediate-oil-security-impact-from-iran-conflict/): The European Commission does not expect the widening conflict in the Middle East to have any immediate impact on the European Union’s security of oil supply, it said in an email seen by Reuters on Monday.
- [A regional network is racing to save the Midwest’s native seeds](https://iwpost.com/a-regional-network-is-racing-to-save-the-midwests-native-seeds/): This story is a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region.
- [Hollywood Icon ‘Poisoned’ by Showbiz Bosses and Her Grandmother?](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-icon-poisoned-by-showbiz-bosses-and-her-grandmother/): Liza Minnelli is pulling back the curtain on one of Hollywood’s most tragic legends — and her revelations are nothing short of explosive.
- [AMD will bring its "Ryzen AI" processors to standard desktop PCs for the first time](https://iwpost.com/amd-will-bring-its-ryzen-ai-processors-to-standard-desktop-pcs-for-the-first-time/): AMD has been selling “Ryzen AI”-branded laptop processors for around a year and a half at this point.
- [Maersk pauses sailings through Suez Canal, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, citing escalating conflict](https://iwpost.com/maersk-pauses-sailings-through-suez-canal-bab-el-mandeb-strait-citing-escalating-conflict/): Danish container shipping group Maersk b will pause sailings through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal and reroute ships around the Cape of Good Hope, it said on Sunday, following U.S.
- [Trump says US destroyed, sank 9 Iranian naval ships, vows to sink ‘the rest’](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-us-destroyed-sank-9-iranian-naval-ships-vows-to-sink-the-rest/): U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commences Operation Epic Fury, at the direction of the President of the United States in Tampa, Florida, United States on February 28, 2026.
- [White Pesto Spinach Lasagna](https://iwpost.com/white-pesto-spinach-lasagna/): If there’s one dish I always make when hosting, it’s lasagna. Not just one — two.
- [Slow Cooker Cowboy Casserole](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-cowboy-casserole/): Slow Cooker Cowboy Casserole — rich, hearty, and perfectly slow-simmered for an easy comforting dinner.
- [Jim Carrey’s New Look Sparks Concern from Fans](https://iwpost.com/jim-carreys-new-look-sparks-concern-from-fans/): Jim Carrey had fans doing a double take after stepping out at the César Film Awards in Paris — and social media wasted no time lighting up with speculation about his dramatically “different” appearance.
- [Dubai gold flows curbed as flights halted due to US-Israeli strikes on Iran](https://iwpost.com/dubai-gold-flows-curbed-as-flights-halted-due-to-us-israeli-strikes-on-iran/): Physical gold flows to and from Dubai’s bullion trading hub will be severely curbed in coming days as airlines cancel flights due to U.S.
- [Iran launches retaliatory strikes across Middle East, dozens dead](https://iwpost.com/iran-launches-retaliatory-strikes-across-middle-east-dozens-dead/): Iran launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes over the weekend against eight countries across the Middle East, killing dozens and wounding hundreds, as a second day of explosions shook the region following joint US-Israeli military operations against Tehran, Anadolu reports.
- [Oil prices set for swings next week as US-Israel strikes raise supply uncertainty](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-set-for-swings-next-week-as-us-israel-strikes-raise-supply-uncertainty/): Oil markets currently closed for the weekend are set to see price swings next week as the impact from the U.S.
- [Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could follow](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-if-the-iran-conflict-shuts-worlds-most-important-oil-chokepoint-global-economic-chaos-could-follow/): The reported sinking of several Iranian warships by US missiles in the Gulf of Oman serves as a reminder of the maritime aspect of the conflict which began February 28 with a barrage of Israeli and American missiles targeting Iran.
- [Failure of US-Iran talks was all-too predictable – but Trump could still have stuck with diplomacy over strikes](https://iwpost.com/failure-of-us-iran-talks-was-all-too-predictable-but-trump-could-still-have-stuck-with-diplomacy-over-strikes/): Three rounds of nuclear talks between the U.S.
- [Olympic Trailblazer Bobby Douglas Dies at 83](https://iwpost.com/olympic-trailblazer-bobby-douglas-dies-at-83/): The wrestling community is reeling after the death of American icon Bobby Douglas, an Olympic pioneer and coaching giant who passed away on February 24 at the age of 83.
- [Shipping firm Maersk suspends vessel crossings in Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/shipping-firm-maersk-suspends-vessel-crossings-in-strait-of-hormuz/): Danish shipping company Maersk on Sunday announced that it is suspending vessel crossings in the Strait of Hormuz after reports that it had been closed following US and Israeli attacks on Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Does Trump’s new ‘surcharge’ make EU worse off than under trade deal?](https://iwpost.com/does-trumps-new-surcharge-make-eu-worse-off-than-under-trade-deal/): The EU has demanded that the United States stick to the terms of a trade deal they agreed last year after the U.S.
- [Prince Harry and Meghan May Lose Titles After Andrew’s Arrest](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-and-meghan-may-lose-titles-after-andrews-arrest/): Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could be facing a dramatic royal reckoning as King Charles reportedly considers major changes to the monarchy in the wake of Prince Andrew’s arrest tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
- [The strange animals that control their body heat](https://iwpost.com/the-strange-animals-that-control-their-body-heat/): Many people may have been appalled by this offer, but Blagden was delighted by the opportunity for self-experimentation.
- [More strikes aimed at Iran after Khamenei’s death, Waves of blasts heard over Dubai, Doha for second day](https://iwpost.com/more-strikes-aimed-at-iran-after-khameneis-death-waves-of-blasts-heard-over-dubai-doha-for-second-day/): Israel said on Sunday it launched another wave of attacks on Iran, as Iranians grappled with uncertainty after the killing of their supreme leader in U.S.
- [Supreme leader’s daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter killed: Iranian media](https://iwpost.com/supreme-leaders-daughter-son-in-law-granddaughter-killed-iranian-media/): Thick plumes of smoke rise over the residential areas of the Iranian capital following airstrikes amid ongoing U.S.–Israel attacks as multiple explosions are heard across the city in Tehran, Iran on March 01, 2026.
- [The Trump administration’s favorite nuclear startup has ties to Russia and Epstein](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administrations-favorite-nuclear-startup-has-ties-to-russia-and-epstein/): This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Flights Halted Across Middle East, Thousands Left Stranded in Widening Crisis](https://iwpost.com/flights-halted-across-middle-east-thousands-left-stranded-in-widening-crisis/): The attack on Iran by the United States and Israel disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond Saturday as countries around the region closed their airspace and key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia were directly hit by strikes.
- [Keith Urban’s Angry Kids ‘Cut Him Off’ Over Rumors He’s Dating Younger Women](https://iwpost.com/keith-urbans-angry-kids-cut-him-off-over-rumors-hes-dating-younger-women/): Is there trouble brewing behind the scenes of one of Hollywood’s most famous families?
- [Slow Cooked Beef Brisket – Tender, Soul-Warming Comfort Food](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooked-beef-brisket-tender-soul-warming-comfort-food/): There are days when the kitchen feels chaotic — kids running wild, flour in the air, the dog investigating everything — and somehow dinner still needs to happen.
- [Roasted Maple Brussels & Squash](https://iwpost.com/roasted-maple-brussels-squash/): Golden roasted Brussels sprouts and butternut squash tossed with crispy bacon, feta, and maple glaze.
- [Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is ‘dead’](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-is-dead/): US President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is “dead,” Anadolu reports.
- [Apple says it has "a big week ahead." Here's what we expect to see.](https://iwpost.com/apple-says-it-has-a-big-week-ahead-heres-what-we-expect-to-see/): Excepting the AirTag 2, so far it’s been a quiet year for Apple hardware.
- [US allows some embassy staff to leave Israel, citing safety risks](https://iwpost.com/us-allows-some-embassy-staff-to-leave-israel-citing-safety-risks/): The U.S. will permit non-emergency government personnel and family members to leave Israel over safety risks, the U.S.
- [Block lays off 40% of workforce as it goes all-in on AI tools](https://iwpost.com/block-lays-off-40-of-workforce-as-it-goes-all-in-on-ai-tools/): Block, the fintech group headed by Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, will cut its workforce by “nearly half” in one of the clearest signs of the sweeping changes AI tools are having on employment.
- [Royal Family’s Other Biggest Scandals Exposed](https://iwpost.com/royal-familys-other-biggest-scandals-exposed/): The British royal family has survived abdications, leaked love calls, toe-sucking photos, and Vegas party scandals.
- [Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space](https://iwpost.com/google-quantum-proofs-https-by-squeezing-15kb-of-data-into-700-byte-space/): Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet.
- [UPDATED: Israel, US launch attacks on Iran](https://iwpost.com/updated-israel-us-launch-attacks-on-iran/): Israel said it launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran on Saturday, pushing the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation and further dimming hopes for a diplomatic solution to Tehran’s long-running nuclear dispute with the West.
- [UN nuclear watchdog urges restraint in Middle East to avoid any nuclear safety risks](https://iwpost.com/un-nuclear-watchdog-urges-restraint-in-middle-east-to-avoid-any-nuclear-safety-risks/): The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday called for restraint to avoid any nuclear safety risks in the Middle East as tensions escalate after the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump moves to ban Anthropic from the US government](https://iwpost.com/trump-moves-to-ban-anthropic-from-the-us-government/): US President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was instructing every federal agency to “immediately cease” use of Anthropic’s AI tools.
- [Cher’s Son Arrested on Assault and Trespassing at Prep School](https://iwpost.com/chers-son-arrested-on-assault-and-trespassing-at-prep-school/): Things reportedly got heated at one of New England’s most elite boarding schools — and the unexpected name at the center of it all is turning heads.
- [What are Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities?](https://iwpost.com/what-are-irans-ballistic-missile-capabilities/): A ballistic missile is a rocket-propelled weapon that is guided during its ascent but follows a free-fall trajectory for most of its flight.
- [US-Israeli attack on Iran risks plunging the world into turmoil](https://iwpost.com/us-israeli-attack-on-iran-risks-plunging-the-world-into-turmoil/): Israel and the US have launched airstrikes on Iranian cities as American president, Donald Trump, calls for the people to ‘rise up’ and overthrown the Islamic Republic.
- [Iran will respond to US-Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are](https://iwpost.com/iran-will-respond-to-us-israeli-strikes-as-existential-threats-to-the-regime-because-they-are/): After U.S. and Israeli missiles struck Iran’s nuclear sites in June 2025, Tehran responded with a limited attack on the American airbase in Qatar.
- [In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT](https://iwpost.com/in-puzzling-outbreak-officials-look-to-cold-beer-gross-ice-and-chatgpt/): Health officials in Illinois turned to an AI chatbot to try to solve a puzzling outbreak linked to a county fair.
- [Colombian leader says Trump ‘made a mistake’ by striking Iran](https://iwpost.com/colombian-leader-says-trump-made-a-mistake-by-striking-iran/): Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday said that US President Donald Trump “made a mistake” when he launched joint attacks on Iran alongside Israel that have prompted sweeping Iranian retaliation, Anadolu reports.
- [How to downgrade from macOS 26 Tahoe on a new Mac](https://iwpost.com/how-to-downgrade-from-macos-26-tahoe-on-a-new-mac/): An Ars Technica colleague recently bought a new M4 MacBook Air.
- [Neil Sedaka, singer-songwriter of 1960-70s fame, dies at 86](https://iwpost.com/neil-sedaka-singer-songwriter-of-1960-70s-fame-dies-at-86/): Neil Sedaka, the hit rock ‘n’ roll singer and songwriter who achieved fame in the 1960s and 1970s with hits like “Laughter in the Rain” and “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do,” died on Friday.
- [Iran has been attacked by US and Israel when peace was within reach](https://iwpost.com/iran-has-been-attacked-by-us-and-israel-when-peace-was-within-reach/): US and Iranian negotiators met in Geneva earlier this week in what mediators described as the most serious and constructive talks in years.
- [Savannah Guthrie Set to Make Dramatic Return to ‘Today’](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-set-to-make-dramatic-return-to-today/): Savannah Guthrie is preparing to step back into the spotlight — and she’s reportedly doing it with one clear mission: not letting tragedy define her story.
- [NASA shakes up its Artemis program to speed up lunar return](https://iwpost.com/nasa-shakes-up-its-artemis-program-to-speed-up-lunar-return/): NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced sweeping changes to the Artemis program on Friday morning, including an increased cadence of missions and cancellation of an expensive rocket stage.
- [Baked Chicken Ricotta Meatballs with Spinach Alfredo Sauce](https://iwpost.com/baked-chicken-ricotta-meatballs-with-spinach-alfredo-sauce/): If you’re looking for the ultimate comfort food dinner, these Chicken Ricotta Meatballs in Creamy Spinach Alfredo Sauce are exactly what you need.
- [Honey Garlic Oven-Roasted Pork Chops](https://iwpost.com/honey-garlic-oven-roasted-pork-chops/): Honey Garlic Oven-Roasted Pork Chops are the kind of comforting dinner that feels both effortless and special.
- [And the award for the most improved EV goes to... the 2026 Toyota bZ](https://iwpost.com/and-the-award-for-the-most-improved-ev-goes-to-the-2026-toyota-bz/): The world’s largest automaker has had a somewhat difficult relationship with battery-electric vehicles.
- [Trump Announces US Attacks on Iran as Israel Unveils Operation ‘Lion’s Roar’](https://iwpost.com/trump-announces-us-attacks-on-iran-as-israel-unveils-operation-lions-roar/): The United States has begun what President Donald Trump described as “major combat operations” inside Iran, marking a significant escalation in regional tensions and signalling a shift from deterrence to direct military engagement.
- [The Colorado River is nearing collapse. It’s Trump’s problem now.](https://iwpost.com/the-colorado-river-is-nearing-collapse-its-trumps-problem-now/): The Colorado River currently supports 40 million people and $1.4 trillion in annual economic activity in seven U.S.
- [Netanyahu says joint Israel-US operation to reshape Iran’s future](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-joint-israel-us-operation-to-reshape-irans-future/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel and the US have begun a joint operation against Iran to eliminate what he described as an “existential threat” posed by the Iranian regime, Anadolu reports.
- [Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77](https://iwpost.com/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/): Dan Simmons, the author of more than three dozen books, including the famed Hyperion Cantos, has died from a stroke. He was 77.
- [Two Dead and Dozens Injured After Tram Jumps Tracks and Crashes into Building](https://iwpost.com/two-dead-and-dozens-injured-after-tram-jumps-tracks-and-crashes-into-building/): A terrifying scene unfolded in the heart of Milan when a packed tram derailed at high speed and crashed into a building, killing two people and injuring dozens more.
- [The AI apocalypse is nigh in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die](https://iwpost.com/the-ai-apocalypse-is-nigh-in-good-luck-have-fun-dont-die/): We haven’t had a new film from Gore Verbinski for nine years.
- [New research: Nighttime road traffic noise stresses the heart and blood vessels  ](https://iwpost.com/new-research-nighttime-road-traffic-noise-stresses-the-heart-and-blood-vessels/): A new study published in the journal Cardiovascular Research shows that a single night of road traffic noise, at levels that are typical of those living in a city, causes stress to the heart and blood vessels.
- [Photons that aren't actually there influence superconductivity](https://iwpost.com/photons-that-arent-actually-there-influence-superconductivity/): Despite the headline, this isn’t really a story about superconductivity—at least not the superconductivity that people care about, the stuff that doesn’t require exotic refrigeration to work.
- [Israel issues precautionary directives to hospitals amid rising regional tensions: Media](https://iwpost.com/israel-issues-precautionary-directives-to-hospitals-amid-rising-regional-tensions-media/): The Israeli government has issued directives to hospitals to prepare for the possible reduction of patient numbers in various departments as a precautionary measure, media reports said Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 2.5kB of data into 64-byte space](https://iwpost.com/google-quantum-proofs-https-by-squeezing-2-5kb-of-data-into-64-byte-space/): Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet.
- [SOCAR gets EU green light for major Italian petrol bid](https://iwpost.com/socar-gets-eu-green-light-for-major-italian-petrol-bid/): A major energy deal between an Italian firm and the state oil company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has been confirmed by the European Commission.
- [WATCH Whataburger Employees Use Fry Basket and Trash Can to Fight Off Attacker (Video)](https://iwpost.com/watch-whataburger-employees-use-fry-basket-and-trash-can-to-fight-off-attacker-video/): A late-night fast-food stop in Texas turned into total chaos after police say a drunk man stormed into a Whataburger and started swinging at the manager — only to get beaten back with whatever employees could grab.
- [The Air Force's new ICBM is nearly ready to fly, but there’s nowhere to put it](https://iwpost.com/the-air-forces-new-icbm-is-nearly-ready-to-fly-but-theres-nowhere-to-put-it/): DENVER—The US Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile is on track for its first test flight next year, military officials reaffirmed this week.
- [Under a Paramount-WBD merger, two struggling media giants would unite](https://iwpost.com/under-a-paramount-wbd-merger-two-struggling-media-giants-would-unite/): Netflix has dropped out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making Paramount Skydance the expected owner of WBD.
- [Malaysia police launch probe into alleged plot to topple government](https://iwpost.com/malaysia-police-launch-probe-into-alleged-plot-to-topple-government/): Malaysia’s top police official said on Friday authorities were investigating an alleged conspiracy to “topple the government and sabotage national stability”.
- [Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change](https://iwpost.com/cubas-speedboat-shootout-recalls-long-history-of-exile-groups-engaged-in-covert-ops-aimed-at-regime-change/): A boat carrying 10 heavily armed men entered Cuban territorial waters on Feb.
- [OIC holds emergency meeting over Israel’s West Bank annexation plans](https://iwpost.com/oic-holds-emergency-meeting-over-israels-west-bank-annexation-plans/): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened an emergency meeting Thursday at the level of foreign ministers to discuss Israel’s recent approval of a plan to claim large areas of the occupied West Bank as “state property,” which critics say amounts to de facto annexation, and its ongoing violations in Palestinian territories, Anadolu reports.
- [Space Command chief throws cold water on the question of UAPs in space](https://iwpost.com/space-command-chief-throws-cold-water-on-the-question-of-uaps-in-space/): DENVER—Last month, President Donald Trump took to social media with an announcement that he would direct the Pentagon and other federal agencies to “begin the process” of disclosing government files related to alien life and UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena).
- [U.S. Military Joins Drug War in Ecuador: “It Wasn’t Going to Be Just Boat Strikes Forever”](https://iwpost.com/u-s-military-joins-drug-war-in-ecuador-it-wasnt-going-to-be-just-boat-strikes-forever/): The United States opened a new front in its world wars, launching joint military operations against what the Trump administration calls “designated terrorist organizations” in Ecuador on Tuesday.
- [5 Investigations Sparking Change This Month](https://iwpost.com/5-investigations-sparking-change-this-month/): You know what we do here at ProPublica: investigative reporting that sparks change and holds power to account.
- [Christina Applegate Shares Shocking Secrets](https://iwpost.com/christina-applegate-shares-shocking-secrets/): Christina Applegate is dropping a jaw-dropping Hollywood confession that sounds like it was ripped straight out of a late-’80s celebrity fever dream.
- [The US is using repurposed Iranian drone technology to attack Iran – a military expert explains why](https://iwpost.com/the-us-is-using-repurposed-iranian-drone-technology-to-attack-iran-a-military-expert-explains-why/): Amid the biggest concentration of American military power in the Middle East in decades, the significance – and irony – of one aspect of the US war on Iran has gone largely unnoticed.
- [Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory](https://iwpost.com/front-lines-of-humor-dark-humor-voices-ukrainians-hopes-for-victory/): In 1991, a simple line appeared in Broom, a Lithuanian satire and humor journal. “A shortest joke: Communism,” it said.
- [Lawsuit: Google Gemini sent man on violent missions, set suicide "countdown"](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-google-gemini-sent-man-on-violent-missions-set-suicide-countdown/): A man killed himself after the Google Gemini chatbot pushed him to kill innocent strangers and then started a countdown for the man to take his own life, a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against Google by the man’s father alleged.
- [Spanish PM insists he won’t bow to U.S. commercial pressure](https://iwpost.com/spanish-pm-insists-he-wont-bow-to-u-s-commercial-pressure/): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats would not cow Madrid into supporting the American-Israeli war in Iran.
- [Unlike US, Iran ‘prepared itself for a long war’: security chief](https://iwpost.com/unlike-us-iran-prepared-itself-for-a-long-war-security-chief/): As US President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of bombings on Monday in what is rapidly spiraling into a regional conflagration, Iran’s security chief said the country is ready for a long war – but questioned whether the US is prepared for the same.
- [US Declares Iranian Regime ‘Utterly Crushed’; IDF Says It Struck Iran With 5,000 Munitions](https://iwpost.com/us-declares-iranian-regime-utterly-crushed-idf-says-it-struck-iran-with-5000-munitions/): The White House declared the Iranian regime had been “utterly crushed” as US officials outlined the scope of ongoing military operations against Iran and Israeli authorities reported thousands of strikes carried out since the campaign began.
- [Google Pixel 10a review: The sidegrade](https://iwpost.com/google-pixel-10a-review-the-sidegrade/): Google’s budget Pixels have long been a top recommendation for anyone who needs a phone with a good camera and doesn’t want to pay flagship prices.
- [Iran war to speed Asia’s clean energy shift](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-to-speed-asias-clean-energy-shift/): Conflict may entrench fossil fuel infrastructure today while simultaneously locking in Asia’s structural advantage in renewables tomorrow.
- [Ex-South Park writer launches website urging Trump’s son Barron to join US military](https://iwpost.com/ex-south-park-writer-launches-website-urging-trumps-son-barron-to-join-us-military/): A former writer for the animated television series South Park has launched a satirical website calling for Barron Trump, the youngest son of US President Donald Trump, to enlist in the US military as fighting continues between the US, Israel and Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Will James Talarico Really Fight for Justice in Texas?](https://iwpost.com/will-james-talarico-really-fight-for-justice-in-texas/): Texas state Rep.
- [Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Top Aide’s Role in DHS Contracts](https://iwpost.com/kristi-noem-misled-congress-about-top-aides-role-in-dhs-contracts/): Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem misled Congress on Tuesday about the powers of her controversial top aide Corey Lewandowski, according to records reviewed by ProPublica and four current and former DHS officials.
- [Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts?](https://iwpost.com/are-consumers-doomed-to-pay-more-for-electricity-due-to-data-center-buildouts/): Big Tech is set to agree to build its own power plants for data centers and shield consumers from rising electricity costs, but companies face daunting logistical obstacles to delivering on the pledge championed by President Donald Trump.
- [Centre-right MEPs want less Chinese control on European ports](https://iwpost.com/centre-right-meps-want-less-chinese-control-on-european-ports/): The European People’s Party Group has called for stronger action to address the growing presence of Chinese state-controlled investors in Europe’s ports, warning that the European Union’s new Ports Strategy must go further to protect critical infrastructure.
- [Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes](https://iwpost.com/far-from-random-chinas-global-port-network-is-clustering-near-the-worlds-riskiest-trade-routes/): In late February 2026, the Panamanian government took control of two ports in the Panama Canal that had been operated by a Hong Kong conglomerate for two decades.
- [How Khameini’s successor is to be chosen and who he might be](https://iwpost.com/how-khameinis-successor-is-to-be-chosen-and-who-he-might-be/): UPDATE: Although opposition channel IranIntl reported that the Assembly of Experts had elected Mojtaba Khamenei to be the next Supreme Leader, we have as yet found no confirmation that his selection has been formalized.
- [Arizona’s water is drying up. That’s not stopping the data center rush.](https://iwpost.com/arizonas-water-is-drying-up-thats-not-stopping-the-data-center-rush/): It’s no secret that Arizona is worried about its water.
- [Prince William’s Quiet Power Play: He’s Already Acting Like King](https://iwpost.com/prince-williams-quiet-power-play-hes-already-acting-like-king/): Prince William is reportedly making it clear that he has no plans to simply wait around for the crown.
- [Israel Reinforces the Border and Hits Beirut as Hezbollah Joins the Iran War](https://iwpost.com/israel-reinforces-the-border-and-hits-beirut-as-hezbollah-joins-the-iran-war/): Israel’s widening military campaign against Hezbollah is transforming the Israel-Lebanon arena into the most immediate second front of the US-Israel war with Iran, as airstrikes deepen across Lebanon and additional Israeli forces move toward the border.
- [The $599 MacBook Neo is Apple's long-awaited colorful, lower-cost MacBook](https://iwpost.com/the-599-macbook-neo-is-apples-long-awaited-colorful-lower-cost-macbook/): Most of Apple’s announcements this week have been fairly straightforward internal updates to existing products, give or take some big architectural changes to its high-end processors.
- [Why Iran isn’t attacking America’s bases in Turkey](https://iwpost.com/why-iran-isnt-attacking-americas-bases-in-turkey/): American soldiers stand in front of A-10 Thunderbolt at Incirlik Air Base in Adana, Turkey in a file photo.
- [LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy](https://iwpost.com/llms-can-unmask-pseudonymous-users-at-scale-with-surprising-accuracy/): Burner accounts on social media sites can increasingly be analyzed to identify the pseudonymous users who post to them using AI in research that has far-reaching consequences for privacy on the Internet, researchers said.
- [COSCO Shipping suspends bookings for Middle East routes amid conflict](https://iwpost.com/cosco-shipping-suspends-bookings-for-middle-east-routes-amid-conflict/): Chinese shipping and logistics conglomerate COSCO ​Shipping’s container liner unit ‌said on Wednesday it had suspended all new bookings ​for routes to ​and from ports in the ⁠Middle East region, ​including those in the ​United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
- [Modi’s silence on Iran lost India’s voice in the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/modis-silence-on-iran-lost-indias-voice-in-the-middle-east/): The US-Israel attack on Iran has redrawn the Middle East’s map, and India has already managed to lose.
- [Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim over 680 Israeli casualties](https://iwpost.com/irans-revolutionary-guards-claim-over-680-israeli-casualties/): The Iranian Revolutionary Guards say that Israeli forces have suffered more than 680 deaths and injuries by the fourth day of the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the United States, and Israel.
- [The U.S. and Israel Killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. What Comes Next?](https://iwpost.com/the-u-s-and-israel-killed-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-what-comes-next/): On Saturday morning, the United States and Israel carried out intensive airstrikes against Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who had ruled the Islamic Republic since 1989.
- [Albuquerque’s Mayor Said Arrests Were “Not the Solution” to Homelessness. Yet Jail Bookings Have Skyrocketed.](https://iwpost.com/albuquerques-mayor-said-arrests-were-not-the-solution-to-homelessness-yet-jail-bookings-have-skyrocketed/): Criminalizing Homelessness: An analysis found that under Mayor Tim Keller, Albuquerque, New Mexico has increasingly criminalized conduct associated with homelessness.
- [As Moon interest heats up, two companies unveil plans for a lunar "harvester"](https://iwpost.com/as-moon-interest-heats-up-two-companies-unveil-plans-for-a-lunar-harvester/): The Moon has received a lot of attention in recent months, particularly the surface of Earth’s cold and dusty companion.
- [Khamenei’s killing is neocolonialism’s final gambit](https://iwpost.com/khameneis-killing-is-neocolonialisms-final-gambit/): In 1953, the US and the UK staged a coup in Iran that deposed Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, the first democratically elected leader of a major Muslim country.
- [Iconic British Rocker Dies at 84](https://iwpost.com/iconic-british-rocker-dies-at-84/): Another piece of early Beatles history has been lost.
- [In a First, Qatar Arrests 10 in IRGC-Linked Spy and Sabotage Cells](https://iwpost.com/in-a-first-qatar-arrests-10-in-irgc-linked-spy-and-sabotage-cells/): Qatari authorities said Wednesday they dismantled two networks linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), arresting 10 people accused of espionage and sabotage inside the Gulf state.
- [This is why our electricity bills are so high right now](https://iwpost.com/this-is-why-our-electricity-bills-are-so-high-right-now/): COLUMBUS, Ohio—Protestors stood in the snow outside the offices of Ohio’s utility regulator in January to say they were fed up with rising electricity rates.
- [Britain to bar study visas for four nations, halt Afghan work visas](https://iwpost.com/britain-to-bar-study-visas-for-four-nations-halt-afghan-work-visas/): Britain said on Tuesday it would block study visas ‌for nationals from four countries and halt work visas for Afghans, using what it called an “emergency brake” to curb rising asylum claims from people entering through legal routes.
- [Iran regime change a fantasy without US boots on the ground](https://iwpost.com/iran-regime-change-a-fantasy-without-us-boots-on-the-ground/): After raining thousands of bombs on Iran, the United States and Israel are outsourcing the task of overthrowing the government to civilians who are unarmed and otherwise ill-equipped to take on the heavily armed oppressive forces they would face.
- [M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon](https://iwpost.com/m5-pro-and-m5-max-are-surprisingly-big-departures-from-older-apple-silicon/): As part of today’s MacBook Pro update, Apple has also unveiled the M5 Pro and M5 Max, the newest members of the M5 chip family.
- [Homemade Healthy Peanut Butter Cups (low carb, vegan, gluten free)](https://iwpost.com/homemade-healthy-peanut-butter-cups-low-carb-vegan-gluten-free/): If you love peanut butter cups but want a healthier option, these Homemade Healthy Peanut Butter Cups are about to become your new favorite treat.
- [Creamy Bacon Mushroom Pasta](https://iwpost.com/creamy-bacon-mushroom-pasta/): Creamy Bacon Mushroom Pasta with crispy bacon, sautéed mushrooms, and a rich Parmesan cream sauce.
- [Texas Progressives Say Democratic Establishment Is Blowing It In the Rio Grande Valley](https://iwpost.com/texas-progressives-say-democratic-establishment-is-blowing-it-in-the-rio-grande-valley/): Just four years ago, a progressive primary challenger with endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep.
- [A Secret Survey From Inside a Women’s Prison Tells Stories of Domestic Abuse Untold in Court](https://iwpost.com/a-secret-survey-from-inside-a-womens-prison-tells-stories-of-domestic-abuse-untold-in-court/): Last summer, I traveled to McLoud, Oklahoma, home to the state’s largest women’s prison.
- [CIA station among targets as suspected Iranian drones strike US embassy in Riyadh: Report](https://iwpost.com/cia-station-among-targets-as-suspected-iranian-drones-strike-us-embassy-in-riyadh-report/): General view of the USA embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 21, 2005.
- [There are plenty of great choices if you want to spend less than $15K on an EV](https://iwpost.com/there-are-plenty-of-great-choices-if-you-want-to-spend-less-than-15k-on-an-ev/): Last time we looked at the used electric vehicle market, it was to see what the options are if you’re spending $10,000 or less.
- [MEPs Weigh Platform for Iranian Opposition Amid Political Uncertainty](https://iwpost.com/meps-weigh-platform-for-iranian-opposition-amid-political-uncertainty/): The European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has compiled a draft list of eight Iranian opposition figures it intends to invite to address an upcoming meeting, according to Euractiv’s Rapporteur newsletter.
- [Hormuz doesn’t need to close to cripple Asia’s economies](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-doesnt-need-to-close-to-cripple-asias-economies/): If the Strait of Hormuz remains threatened and constrained by the war on Iran, Asia will face its most serious test of energy security since the 1973 oil embargo.
- [Lebanon Becomes the 2nd Front as Israel Widens Strikes on Hezbollah](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-becomes-the-2nd-front-as-israel-widens-strikes-on-hezbollah/): Smoke and dust rose over parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs early Wednesday as Israel widened strikes on Hezbollah and reinforced forces along the border, turning the Israel-Lebanon arena into the most immediate second front of the US-Israel war with Iran.
- [‘Dallas’ Star Dies at 62](https://iwpost.com/dallas-star-dies-at-62/): Annabel Schofield, the actress and model best known to many fans for her memorable run on Dallas, has died after battling cancer. She was 62.
- [FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger "a lot cleaner" than defunct Netflix deal](https://iwpost.com/fcc-chair-calls-paramount-wbd-merger-a-lot-cleaner-than-defunct-netflix-deal/): Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has a notable supporter in Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr.
- [EU’s burial in a Belgian castle](https://iwpost.com/eus-burial-in-a-belgian-castle/): EU elite retreated to a Belgian castle on February 12 to formalize what other powers had long priced in: Europe is losing.
- [Why do leaders go to war when it could damage their own people too?](https://iwpost.com/why-do-leaders-go-to-war-when-it-could-damage-their-own-people-too/): Why do people start wars even though it hurts their country too – and they might lose?
- [No fooling: NASA targets April 1 for Artemis II launch to the Moon](https://iwpost.com/no-fooling-nasa-targets-april-1-for-artemis-ii-launch-to-the-moon/): NASA has fixed the problem that forced the removal of the rocket for the Artemis II mission from its launch pad last month, but it will be a couple of weeks before officials are ready to move the vehicle back into the starting blocks at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- [UK Weighs Naval Protection as France Bolsters Cyprus Defences](https://iwpost.com/uk-weighs-naval-protection-as-france-bolsters-cyprus-defences/): Britain has yet to decide whether it will deploy a warship to protect its Royal Air Force base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, following a drone strike that hit the facility earlier this week.
- [CNN Could Be Next Up for a Right-Wing Reboot Thanks to the Ellisons](https://iwpost.com/cnn-could-be-next-up-for-a-right-wing-reboot-thanks-to-the-ellisons/): Sean Bell is a writer and journalist based in Edinburgh.
- [Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms](https://iwpost.com/trump-officials-attended-a-summit-of-election-deniers-who-want-the-president-to-take-over-the-midterms/): Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent figures who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed the president to declare a national emergency to take over this year’s midterms.
- [Breaking: Khamenei son reportedly named Iran’s new supreme leader](https://iwpost.com/breaking-khamenei-son-reportedly-named-irans-new-supreme-leader/): Opposition channel IranIntl reports that the Assembly of Experts has elected Mojtaba Khamenei to be the next Supreme Leader.
- [Drone strike causes fire near US Consulate in Dubai](https://iwpost.com/drone-strike-causes-fire-near-us-consulate-in-dubai/): A drone strike caused a limited fire in the vicinity of the US Consulate in Dubai on Tuesday evening, local authorities said, Anadolu reports.
- [Buffer Zones and Collapse Fears: Israeli and Lebanese Analysts Assess a War With No Clear Endgame](https://iwpost.com/buffer-zones-and-collapse-fears-israeli-and-lebanese-analysts-assess-a-war-with-no-clear-endgame/): As Israeli ground forces advance into southern Lebanon and Hezbollah expands its fire across northern Israel, the conflict is unfolding in real time, with the past 36 hours bringing new uncertainty for civilians on both sides.
- [Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal](https://iwpost.com/downdetector-speedtest-sold-to-it-service-provider-accenture-in-1-2b-deal/): IT consultant and services provider Accenture has agreed to buy Speedtest and Downdetector owner Ookla from Ziff Davis for $1.2 billion in cash.
- [China set to suffer from turmoil in the Middle East, but it stands to benefit long term](https://iwpost.com/china-set-to-suffer-from-turmoil-in-the-middle-east-but-it-stands-to-benefit-long-term/): China has responded to the joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran with strong diplomatic condemnation.
- [Iconic TV Journalist Alleges Boss Sexually Harassed Her](https://iwpost.com/iconic-tv-journalist-alleges-boss-sexually-harassed-her/): Joan Lunden is pulling back the curtain on a painful chapter from her early TV career — and the details are disturbing.
- [Iran betting Gulf pain will force Trump to seek a deal](https://iwpost.com/iran-betting-gulf-pain-will-force-trump-to-seek-a-deal/): Washington’s allies in the Persian Gulf have found themselves in a position they have long sought to avoid: on the front line and bearing the brunt of a widening Middle East conflict.
- [Iran’s missile capability is significantly degraded](https://iwpost.com/irans-missile-capability-is-significantly-degraded/): Most of Iran’s air defenses have been neutralized in key areas.
- [What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes](https://iwpost.com/what-we-can-learn-from-scientific-analysis-of-renaissance-recipes/): Forget “eye of newt and toe of frog/wool of bat and tongue of dog.” People in the 16th century were more akin to DIY scientists than Macbeth’s three witches when it came to concocting home remedies for everything from hair loss and toothache, to kidney stones and fungal infections.
- [World’s money launderers are shifting to crypto](https://iwpost.com/worlds-money-launderers-are-shifting-to-crypto/): Western governments are being urged to clamp down on cryptocurrency as new research suggests $350 billion has been laundered by criminals and hostile states using the technology in the past two decades.
- [Rubio Admits That America Is Fighting Israel’s War](https://iwpost.com/rubio-admits-that-america-is-fighting-israels-war/): Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted that the U.S. was forced into the war with Iran by Israel while speaking with reporters on Monday.
- [Applications Open for 2026 ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program](https://iwpost.com/applications-open-for-2026-propublica-investigative-editor-training-program/): For the fourth year, ProPublica will invite up to 10 news editors from media companies across the country to participate in a yearlong investigative editing training program, led by the newsroom’s award-winning staff.
- [Who – or what – will replace Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei](https://iwpost.com/who-or-what-will-replace-irans-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei/): Leadership transitions in dictatorships can signal upheaval – for better or worse – and in Iran that moment has now arrived.
- [US Troops were told Iran war is for ‘Armageddon,’ return of Jesus](https://iwpost.com/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for-armageddon-return-of-jesus/): This article was originally published on Jonathan Larsen’s Substack.
- [New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices](https://iwpost.com/new-macbook-airs-come-with-m5-double-the-storage-and-higher-starting-prices/): Most of Apple’s laptop lineup is getting refreshed today—the high-end MacBook Pros are getting M5 Pro and M5 Max chip refreshes, and the MacBook Air is getting upgraded with an M5.
- [NATO not involved in Middle East escalation, Iran poses threat beyond region: Alliance chief](https://iwpost.com/nato-not-involved-in-middle-east-escalation-iran-poses-threat-beyond-region-alliance-chief/): NATO is not involved in the latest escalation in the Middle East, but Iran’s growing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities pose a threat not only to the region but also to Europe, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [IRGC Threatens To ‘Set Ships Ablaze’ if They Enter the Strait of Hormuz; Oil Could Surpass $100 a Barrel](https://iwpost.com/irgc-threatens-to-set-ships-ablaze-if-they-enter-the-strait-of-hormuz-oil-could-surpass-100-a-barrel/): Iran’s military announced that the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most essential oil export routes, will be closed and that any ships that approach it will be set on fire.
- [Khamenei killing plays into Shiite Islam’s reverence for martyrs](https://iwpost.com/khamenei-killing-plays-into-shiite-islams-reverence-for-martyrs/): The day Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, the Iranian government called for 40 days of public mourning in line with Shiite tradition.
- [Apple intros M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and its first new monitors in years](https://iwpost.com/apple-intros-m5-pro-and-max-macbook-pros-and-its-first-new-monitors-in-years/): Apple updated its low-end MacBook Pro with the Apple M5 back in October, but the higher-end 14-inch and 16-inch Pros stuck with the M4 Pro and M4 Max chips.
- [Focal Maritime Services awarded certification to transport live animals by airfreight](https://iwpost.com/focal-maritime-services-awarded-certification-to-transport-live-animals-by-airfreight/): Focal Maritime Services has been officially certified to provide specialised airfreight services for live animals.
- [Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflict](https://iwpost.com/welcome-to-the-gray-zone-%e2%88%92-home-to-nefarious-international-acts-that-fall-short-of-outright-conflict/): Hostile acts don’t always arrive with a clear signature.
- [Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.](https://iwpost.com/enbridge-paid-police-to-protect-one-pipeline-now-it-wants-to-do-it-again-in-wisconsin/): The Canadian oil pipeline giant Enbridge will pay Wisconsin law enforcement for riot suits, training and hours spent policing protests, according to an agreement approved by two counties last week.
- [Gunfire Breaks Out at ‘Star-Packed’ Grand Opening](https://iwpost.com/gunfire-breaks-out-at-star-packed-grand-opening/): A flashy celebrity-backed burger launch in Southern California turned into a nightmare Sunday afternoon when gunshots rang out — leaving one person dead and several others wounded.
- [Superintelligence is already here and now](https://iwpost.com/superintelligence-is-already-here-and-now/): People argue back and forth about when artificial superintelligence will arrive. The truth is that it’s already here.
- [Medical journal The Lancet blasts RFK Jr.’s health work as a failure](https://iwpost.com/medical-journal-the-lancet-blasts-rfk-jr-s-health-work-as-a-failure/): The medical journal The Lancet did not pull any punches in a scathing editorial on Robert F.
- [Trump’s Iran Attack Was Illegal, Former U.S. Military Officials Allege](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-attack-was-illegal-former-u-s-military-officials-allege/): President Donald Trump’s order to launch a coordinated U.S.-Israeli strike against Iran ran afoul of international and domestic law, according to military and legal experts including the former legal chief at U.S.
- [Nike Wants Factory Workers to Earn a Decent Living. In Indonesia, It’s Moved Into Areas Where Workers Don’t.](https://iwpost.com/nike-wants-factory-workers-to-earn-a-decent-living-in-indonesia-its-moved-into-areas-where-workers-dont/): Living Wage: Nike says people who make its products should earn enough to live on with some discretionary money left over — or their employers should have a plan to get them there.
- [Avivi Says Iran Miscalculated as War Shifts Toward Regime Change](https://iwpost.com/avivi-says-iran-miscalculated-as-war-shifts-toward-regime-change/): Felice Friedson’s latest interview with Brig. Gen. Amir Avivi reads like a battlefield briefing with a political endgame baked in.
- [Trump railed against ‘endless wars’ – so why is he risking one?](https://iwpost.com/trump-railed-against-endless-wars-so-why-is-he-risking-one/): Not known for adhering to any particular lasting strategy, Trump sees each day in the White House as an episode in a reality show in which he seeks an advantage over his rivals, if not to vanquish them.
- [Ukraine to complete preparation in days to start EU accession talks, Zelenskiy says](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-to-complete-preparation-in-days-to-start-eu-accession-talks-zelenskiy-says/): Ukraine ​will complete the technical work needed to open negotiations on all topics for its European Union ‌accession process within days, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
- [Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims demolition of US air base in Bahrain](https://iwpost.com/irans-revolutionary-guard-claims-demolition-of-us-air-base-in-bahrain/): Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the U.S.
- [Crockpot Thai Yellow Curry Chicken](https://iwpost.com/crockpot-thai-yellow-curry-chicken/): If you’re looking for a dinner that feels bold and flavorful but requires minimal effort, this Crockpot Thai Yellow Curry Chicken is it.
- [Creamy Pesto Goat Cheese Rigatoni](https://iwpost.com/creamy-pesto-goat-cheese-rigatoni/): Creamy Pesto Goat Cheese Rigatoni with tender pasta, vibrant basil pesto, and soft crumbles of goat cheese.
- [AMD Ryzen AI 400 chips will bring newer CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs to AM5 desktops](https://iwpost.com/amd-ryzen-ai-400-chips-will-bring-newer-cpus-gpus-and-npus-to-am5-desktops/): AMD has been selling “Ryzen AI”-branded laptop processors for around a year and a half at this point.
- [Horror at Epstein’s Ranch? Officials to Reopen Probe Over Chilling Claims Girls’ Bodies Were Buried on Property](https://iwpost.com/horror-at-epsteins-ranch-officials-to-reopen-probe-over-chilling-claims-girls-bodies-were-buried-on-property/): Jeffrey Epstein’s nightmare in New Mexico may be far from over.
- [China’s undersea Great Wall targets US sub supremacy](https://iwpost.com/chinas-undersea-great-wall-targets-us-sub-supremacy/): Beneath the waves of the Pacific, China is quietly building a layered undersea warfare system designed not just to contest US submarines, but to secure its nuclear deterrent and reshape the region’s strategic balance.
- [Deadly Protests Erupt Across Pakistan After Killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader](https://iwpost.com/deadly-protests-erupt-across-pakistan-after-killing-of-irans-supreme-leader/): [ISLAMABAD] At least 23 people across Pakistan have been killed in protests triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- [US Warns ‘Hardest Hits Yet to Come’ as Embassy and Bases Targeted](https://iwpost.com/us-warns-hardest-hits-yet-to-come-as-embassy-and-bases-targeted/): The United States has warned that its military campaign against Iran will intensify, even as American diplomatic and military sites across the Middle East come under attack and Israel expands parallel operations against Iranian and Hezbollah targets.
- [Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding](https://iwpost.com/former-nasa-chief-turned-ula-lobbyist-seeks-law-to-limit-spacex-funding/): A former NASA administrator says he is “encouraged” that the US Congress is considering legislation to prevent NASA from spending more than 50 percent of its launch funding on any single provider.
- [Stop illegal Chinese worker exploitation in Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/stop-illegal-chinese-worker-exploitation-in-indonesia/): Workers wearing masks at PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel plant in Sulawesi.
- [The Regime Change President Who Won’t (or Can’t) Actually Change Any Regimes](https://iwpost.com/the-regime-change-president-who-wont-or-cant-actually-change-any-regimes/): Whoops, he did it again.
- [Emergency Managers: Help ProPublica Prepare to Report on the Next Disaster](https://iwpost.com/emergency-managers-help-propublica-prepare-to-report-on-the-next-disaster/): We know disasters are a matter of where and when, not if. And just like you, our reporting team at ProPublica wants to be prepared well in advance.
- [US offensive on Iran burned through an estimated $779M on first day](https://iwpost.com/us-offensive-on-iran-burned-through-an-estimated-779m-on-first-day/): US forces spent an estimated $779 million, or about 0.1% of the entire 2026 US defense budget, during the opening 24 hours of its offensive against Iran, according to estimates and data compiled by Anadolu, Anadolu reports.
- [It's almost a station wagon: The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, driven](https://iwpost.com/its-almost-a-station-wagon-the-2026-subaru-trailseeker-driven/): A new pair of EV siblings joins the Subaru lineup this year, each using a shared skateboard chassis developed in partnership with Toyota.
- [Iran’s targeting of airport, ports and hotels in reaction to US strikes has forced Gulf nations onto front lines of a war they want no part in](https://iwpost.com/irans-targeting-of-airport-ports-and-hotels-in-reaction-to-us-strikes-has-forced-gulf-nations-onto-front-lines-of-a-war-they-want-no-part-in/): Washington’s allies in the Persian Gulf have found themselves in a position they have long sought to avoid: on the front line and bearing the brunt of a widening Middle East conflict.
- [Why thinning a forest could get you more drinking water](https://iwpost.com/why-thinning-a-forest-could-get-you-more-drinking-water/): You might appreciate snowpack as something to sled, ski, or snowboard on.
- [Savannah Guthrie Returns to ‘Today’ After Mom’s Shocking Disappearance](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-returns-to-today-after-moms-shocking-disappearance/): Savannah Guthrie made an emotional return to the Today show studio on March 5 — her first time back since her mother, Nancy, was taken, according to a network statement.
- [Why are vertebrate eyes so different from those of other animals?](https://iwpost.com/why-are-vertebrate-eyes-so-different-from-those-of-other-animals/): After losing its original eyes, one of our distant ancestors may have done what evolution does best: tinkered with what was available, reshaping a single central visual organ into two new eyes.
- [Trump’s War to Nowhere](https://iwpost.com/trumps-war-to-nowhere/): The Israel–U.S. military campaign in Iran has killed more than 1,000 people since the assault began on February 28.
- [ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases](https://iwpost.com/propublica-wins-lawsuit-over-access-to-court-records-in-u-s-navy-cases/): The Navy is no longer allowed to shroud its criminal trials in secrecy and must provide public access to hearings and records, a federal judge ruled last month.
- [Iran war could ultimately weaken US and benefit China](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-could-ultimately-weaken-us-and-benefit-china/): The widening conflict between the United States and Iran is already reshaping the Middle East’s geopolitical landscape.
- [Tech industry is in tariff hell, even if refunds are automated](https://iwpost.com/tech-industry-is-in-tariff-hell-even-if-refunds-are-automated/): It’s been two weeks since the Supreme Court blocked Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, but an estimated 300,000 US businesses still have no idea if or when they will receive refunds.
- [Women’s Africa Cup of Nations postponed](https://iwpost.com/womens-africa-cup-of-nations-postponed/): The ​Confederation of African Football (CAF) released a statement on its website on Thursday announcing that the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) would not kick off in Morocco on March 17 as planned.
- [Iran war rocks Indian Ocean, torpedoing India’s strategic autonomy](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-rocks-indian-ocean-torpedoing-indias-strategic-autonomy/): The US-Iran war has reached the Indian Ocean.
- [Israeli raids surge across West Bank amid regional war with Iran](https://iwpost.com/israeli-raids-surge-across-west-bank-amid-regional-war-with-iran/): Israeli forces have intensified raids and arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank in recent days, as the region remains focused on the wider conflict involving Israel, the United States and Iran.
- [President Trump Fires Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-fires-department-of-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem/): President Donald Trump dismissed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and announced that Sen.
- [Congress extends ISS and tells NASA to get moving on private space stations](https://iwpost.com/congress-extends-iss-and-tells-nasa-to-get-moving-on-private-space-stations/): Two months ago, a key staffer for Sen.
- [Trump-Xi Taiwan talks could defuse the tinderbox](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-taiwan-talks-could-defuse-the-tinderbox/): On February 16, a fortnight before the outbreak of the Iran war, US President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged having a “good conversation” with Chinese President Xi Jinping about a forthcoming US arms package for Taiwan.
- [Rosie O’Donnell Sparks Backlash After Shocking Trump U-Turn with Pro-War Post](https://iwpost.com/rosie-odonnell-sparks-backlash-after-shocking-trump-u-turn-with-pro-war-post/): Rosie O’Donnell is back in the political firestorm — and this time, the backlash is coming from all directions.
- [Trump gets data center companies to pledge to pay for power generation](https://iwpost.com/trump-gets-data-center-companies-to-pledge-to-pay-for-power-generation/): On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that a large collection of tech companies had signed on to what it’s calling the Ratepayer Protection Pledge.
- [European Parliament Keeps US Trade Deal on Hold Amid Tariff Uncertainty](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-keeps-us-trade-deal-on-hold-amid-tariff-uncertainty/): The European Parliament has decided to keep the EU’s trade agreement with the United States on hold, following Washington’s threat to suspend trade with Spain and signals that it may raise global tariffs from 10% to 15%.
- [Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online](https://iwpost.com/congress-is-considering-abolishing-your-right-to-be-anonymous-online/): Taylor Lorenz is a technology reporter based in Los Angeles.
- [Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-moves-to-allow-intelligence-agencies-easier-access-to-law-enforcement-files/): Changing the Rules: The Trump administration is sharing law enforcement files on criminal gangs more freely with intelligence agencies.
- [What Americans think of Trump’s war on Iran](https://iwpost.com/what-americans-think-of-trumps-war-on-iran/): The American people are bitterly divided over the conflict in Iran.
- [OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 with more knowledge-work capability](https://iwpost.com/openai-introduces-gpt-5-4-with-more-knowledge-work-capability/): In keeping with its recently accelerated release cadence, OpenAI has shipped GPT-5.4 (including GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro).
- [Israel unleashes its Gaza-tested AI killing machine on Iran](https://iwpost.com/israel-unleashes-its-gaza-tested-ai-killing-machine-on-iran/): After Israel’s unprecedented use of artificial intelligence to select bombing targets in Gaza, experts are now sounding the alarm regarding what one analyst on Thursday called a lack of human supervision over Israeli AI targeting in Iran.
- [Israel’s Smotrich threatens to bombard Lebanese capital to resemble Gaza’s Khan Younis](https://iwpost.com/israels-smotrich-threatens-to-bombard-lebanese-capital-to-resemble-gazas-khan-younis/): Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened on Thursday to intensify bombardment of Beirut’s southern suburbs until they resemble the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Anadolu reports.
- [IDF: Hezbollah Fire Array Chief Zeid Ali Jumaa Killed](https://iwpost.com/idf-hezbollah-fire-array-chief-zeid-ali-jumaa-killed/): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen.
- [Amazon appears to be down, with over 20,000 reported problems](https://iwpost.com/amazon-appears-to-be-down-with-over-20000-reported-problems/): Based on over 20,000 reports, Amazon appears to be experiencing an outage.
- [Iran says US will regret sinking frigate](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-us-will-regret-sinking-frigate/): Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denounced the US torpedo strike that sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka, calling it an “atrocity” and warning that Washington will regret its actions.
- [What the conflict in Iran means for Putin and Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/what-the-conflict-in-iran-means-for-putin-and-ukraine/): As the war in the Middle East spreads and intensifies, the one in Ukraine continues.
- [MLB Legend Dead at 86 After Fall Leaves Devastating Brain Bleed](https://iwpost.com/mlb-legend-dead-at-86-after-fall-leaves-devastating-brain-bleed/): For nearly 40 years, Bruce Froemming was one of the most recognizable faces on a Major League Baseball field — the steady, no-nonsense umpire who seemed to be everywhere when history happened.
- [Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next](https://iwpost.com/sources-briefed-on-iran-war-say-u-s-has-no-plans-for-what-comes-next/): The Trump administration’s war on Iran is reckless and ill-planned, four government officials briefed on the attacks told The Intercept.
- [Democrats Demand Answers for Federal Prison Staffing Shortage After Corrections Officers Flee for ICE Jobs](https://iwpost.com/democrats-demand-answers-for-federal-prison-staffing-shortage-after-corrections-officers-flee-for-ice-jobs/): Four House Democrats demanded the top Federal Bureau of Prisons official explain how he plans to address the agency’s “persistent, unsafe conditions” and “pervasive shortage of critical staff,” driven in part by corrections officers fleeing the bureau for more lucrative jobs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- [If AI is a weapon, time to regulate it as one?](https://iwpost.com/if-ai-is-a-weapon-time-to-regulate-it-as-one/): If you haven’t heard about the fight between the AI company Anthropic and the US Department of War, you should read about it, because it could be critical for our future — as a nation, but also as a species.
- [RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies are "unreviewable," DOJ lawyer tells judge](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-policies-are-unreviewable-doj-lawyer-tells-judge/): A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal judge Wednesday that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Iran conflict: air campaigns rarely work as intended – they often make matters worse](https://iwpost.com/iran-conflict-air-campaigns-rarely-work-as-intended-they-often-make-matters-worse/): The US and Israel have launched a coordinated air campaign in recent days to destroy Iran’s missile capabilities and navy, curb its ability to develop nuclear weapons and eliminate its leadership.
- [Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom](https://iwpost.com/workers-report-watching-ray-ban-meta-shot-footage-of-people-using-the-bathroom/): Meta’s approach to user privacy is under renewed scrutiny following a Swedish report that employees of a Meta subcontractor have watched footage captured by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses showing sensitive user content.
- [Oil prices surge 3% as Middle East conflict enters sixth day](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-surge-3-as-middle-east-conflict-enters-sixth-day/): Oil prices surged over 3% in Asian trade on Thursday as the Middle East conflict entered its sixth day with no signs of easing, raising concerns about potential supply disruptions from a region that supplies a significant portion of the world’s crude.
- [Terrorizing Latinos with ‘death card,’ ICE brings Vietnam War home](https://iwpost.com/terrorizing-latinos-with-death-card-ice-brings-vietnam-war-home/): Originally published by TomDispatch, this article is republished with permission.
- [Bernie Sanders blasts Israeli premier as ‘extremist,’ criticizes US role in Iran war](https://iwpost.com/bernie-sanders-blasts-israeli-premier-as-extremist-criticizes-us-role-in-iran-war/): Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gives a speech in Washington DC, United States on November 5, 2025.
- [80% of Iran’s Air Defense Systems, 60% of Its Missile Launchers Have Been Destroyed, IDF Chief Says](https://iwpost.com/80-of-irans-air-defense-systems-60-of-its-missile-launchers-have-been-destroyed-idf-chief-says/): Israel has destroyed roughly 80% of Iran’s air defense systems and more than 60% of its ballistic missile launchers during the opening phase of Operation Roaring Lion, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.
- [MS exec: Microsoft's next console will play "Xbox and PC games"](https://iwpost.com/ms-exec-microsofts-next-console-will-play-xbox-and-pc-games/): Last summer, we here at Ars made the argument that the company’s next Xbox console should give up the walled garden approach and just run Windows already.
- [Chicken Bowls with Tomato Cucumber Salad and Calabrian Chile Sauce](https://iwpost.com/chicken-bowls-with-tomato-cucumber-salad-and-calabrian-chile-sauce/): If you love fresh, colorful meals packed with flavor and texture, this Chicken Bowl is the perfect recipe.
- [Bakery-Style Homemade Bagels](https://iwpost.com/bakery-style-homemade-bagels/): Bakery-Style Homemade Bagels are golden, chewy, and beautifully crisp on the outside, yet soft and tender inside.
- [Military Leaders See Iran War as “God’s Divine Plan” — a Chilling Turn for Trump’s Fascism](https://iwpost.com/military-leaders-see-iran-war-as-gods-divine-plan-a-chilling-turn-for-trumps-fascism/): The United States is waging a religious war. This is, at least, how dozens of fanatical U.S.
- [Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees](https://iwpost.com/explore-financial-disclosures-from-president-trump-and-1500-of-his-appointees/): Based on minimum reported asset values.
- [Anthropic endangers US national security](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-endangers-us-national-security/): US Special Operations forces captured Nicolás Maduro in a pre-dawn raid in Caracas on January 3rd.
- [Trump’s Assassination Fears Explode Over Shocking Emails](https://iwpost.com/trumps-assassination-fears-explode-over-shocking-emails/): Federal prosecutors say a Florida man is facing serious charges after allegedly sending disturbing threats to assassinate President Donald Trump — and investigators claim the suspect later admitted he had been trying to get arrested for months.
- [Will the Iran war go global?](https://iwpost.com/will-the-iran-war-go-global/): This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [The Boys S5 trailer tees up a bloody final season](https://iwpost.com/the-boys-s5-trailer-tees-up-a-bloody-final-season/): Prime Video has dropped the full trailer for the fifth and final season of The Boys, teeing up the final confrontation between Antony Starr’s Homelander and Karl Urban’s Butcher—one seeking the original V compound that will make him immortal, the other seeking to commit Supe-genocide with the release of a Supe-specific virus that will kill them all.
- [Iranian drones strike airport terminal in Azerbaijan](https://iwpost.com/iranian-drones-strike-airport-terminal-in-azerbaijan/): At least two people were injured after three Iranian drones targeted the passenger terminal at Nakhchivan International Airport on Thursday, according to Azerbaijan authorities.
- [For Putin, Trump’s Iran war is a mixed bag, both bad and good news](https://iwpost.com/for-putin-trumps-iran-war-is-a-mixed-bag-both-bad-and-good-news/): As the war in the Middle East spreads and intensifies, the one in Ukraine continues.
- [Lanterns teaser swaps superhero hijinks for gritty realism](https://iwpost.com/lanterns-teaser-swaps-superhero-hijinks-for-gritty-realism/): James Gunn and Peter Safran injected a much-needed shot of levity into the DC Universe when they took over the franchise and launched their “Gods and Monsters” chapter.
- [How dangerous has the conflict in Iran become? Expert Q&A](https://iwpost.com/how-dangerous-has-the-conflict-in-iran-become-expert-qa/): The conflict in the Middle East is now in its sixth day and is showing no sign of letting up.
- [Note to Iran War planners: air campaigns often make matters worse](https://iwpost.com/note-to-iran-war-planners-air-campaigns-often-make-matters-worse/): Smoke rises after an airstrike in central Tehran on March 3.
- [Gavin Newsom, frontrunner for presidential nomination, likens Israel to ‘apartheid state’](https://iwpost.com/gavin-newsom-frontrunner-for-presidential-nomination-likens-israel-to-apartheid-state/): California Governor Gavin Newsom has likened Israel to an “apartheid state,” warning that the country’s current leadership is pushing the United States towards reconsidering its long-standing military support for its ally.
- [Yemen’s Information Minister Warns of a New Nuclear Threat Model](https://iwpost.com/yemens-information-minister-warns-of-a-new-nuclear-threat-model/): In a blunt warning shot of an opinion piece, the Republic of Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani argues that the world’s Iran debate keeps dodging the question that matters most: if Tehran had a nuclear weapon today, would it use it—or pass it to one of its regional proxies?
- [Musk testifies tweet that led to $44 billion lawsuit "may not have been my wisest"](https://iwpost.com/musk-testifies-tweet-that-led-to-44-billion-lawsuit-may-not-have-been-my-wisest/): Elon Musk has acknowledged that the tweet at the center of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit over his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter “may not have been my wisest” as the world’s richest man defends himself from allegations of market manipulation in court.
- [Meteorologists warn that global temperatures could climb to record levels in 2026](https://iwpost.com/meteorologists-warn-that-global-temperatures-could-climb-to-record-levels-in-2026/): Meteorologists warn that global temperatures could climb to record levels this year as the likelihood of an El Niño event increases.
- [Prepping for a disaster? You’ll probably want to pack a little treat.](https://iwpost.com/prepping-for-a-disaster-youll-probably-want-to-pack-a-little-treat/): This story is part of the Grist series Doom/Mood exploring what the rise of doomerism means for our personal lives and the prospect of climate action more broadly.
- [‘Dallas’ Star Dies at 62 After Cancer Fight](https://iwpost.com/dallas-star-dies-at-62-after-cancer-fight/): Annabel Schofield — the Welsh-born actress who popped up on Dallas and became unforgettable to ’80s TV viewers thanks to a wildly iconic jeans commercial — has died at 62.
- [Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”](https://iwpost.com/federal-agents-are-intimidating-legal-observers-at-their-homes-they-know-where-you-live/): Former Minnesota state Sen.
- [Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate](https://iwpost.com/documents-reveal-a-web-of-financial-ties-between-trump-officials-and-the-industries-they-help-regulate/): Thousands of companies are jockeying for billions of dollars in Defense Department contracts to build a shield designed to intercept and destroy missiles launched against the United States.
- [What Americans think of the war in Iran](https://iwpost.com/what-americans-think-of-the-war-in-iran/): The American people are bitterly divided over the conflict in Iran.
- [Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer](https://iwpost.com/researchers-are-combining-drones-and-ai-to-make-removing-land-mines-faster-and-safer/): At least 57 nations have live antipersonnel land mines in their territories.
- [CIA Kurd play could trigger balkanization of Iran](https://iwpost.com/cia-kurd-play-could-trigger-balkanization-of-iran/): A Kurd rebel fighter in Iraq in a file photo.
- [macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 update will "upgrade" your M5's CPU to new "super" cores](https://iwpost.com/macos-tahoe-26-3-1-update-will-upgrade-your-m5s-cpu-to-new-super-cores/): As part of Apple’s flurry of Mac announcements earlier this week, the company announced the new M5 Pro and M5 Max processors.
- [MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple build quality at a substantially lower price](https://iwpost.com/macbook-neo-hands-on-apple-build-quality-at-a-substantially-lower-price/): NEW YORK CITY—Whether you’re talking about the iBook, MacBook, or MacBook Air, Apple’s most basic laptops have started at or within $100 of the $1,000 price point for over 20 years.
- [Macron asks Netanyahu to ‘refrain from a ground offensive’ in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/macron-asks-netanyahu-to-refrain-from-a-ground-offensive-in-lebanon/): Emmanuel Macron said he asked Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from launching a ground offensive in Lebanon during a phone call between the two leaders.
- [Iran war: short-term pain, long-term gain for China](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-short-term-pain-long-term-gain-for-china/): China has responded to the joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran with strong diplomatic condemnation.
- [White House denies reports Trump approved arming Kurdish groups against Iran](https://iwpost.com/white-house-denies-reports-trump-approved-arming-kurdish-groups-against-iran/): The White House has denied reports that US President Donald Trump approved a plan to arm Kurdish groups in the region with the aim of triggering an uprising inside Iran.
- [Iran Says It Will Strike Dimona Nuclear Site if Israel and US Pursue Regime Change ](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-it-will-strike-dimona-nuclear-site-if-israel-and-us-pursue-regime-change/): Iran has threatened to strike Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona if US and Israeli forces pursue regime change in Tehran, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.
- [How the Iran war could create a ‘fertiliser shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming](https://iwpost.com/how-the-iran-war-could-create-a-fertiliser-shock-an-often-ignored-global-risk-to-food-prices-and-farming/): Tehran is moving to restrict – or effectively close – the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, as part of the latest escalation in the war involving Iran.
- [The US Senate empowers NASA to fully engage in lunar space race](https://iwpost.com/the-us-senate-empowers-nasa-to-fully-engage-in-lunar-space-race/): During a brief hearing on Wednesday morning, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation spent only a few minutes “marking up” new legislation that provides guidance to NASA for its various initiatives, including the Artemis program to land humans on the Moon.
- [US sub that sank Iranian frigate rattled China too](https://iwpost.com/us-sub-that-sank-iranian-frigate-rattled-china-too/): A rare wartime submarine kill in the Indian Ocean this month — when a US nuclear attack submarine sank an Iranian frigate off Sri Lanka — highlights the growing strategic importance of the region’s sea lanes and the vulnerabilities of China’s Middle Eastern energy lifelines.
- [Worker Hangs From Flaming Truck Before Falling in Terrifying Video](https://iwpost.com/worker-hangs-from-flaming-truck-before-falling-in-terrifying-video/): A routine workday turned into a nightmare in Baton Rouge when a utility worker was caught in a terrifying accident that left him dangling high above the street from a burning bucket truck before falling to the ground in a scene that shocked onlookers and quickly spread online.
- [Dem Candidate for Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Seat Donated to Far-Right Republicans — Including Laura Loomer](https://iwpost.com/dem-candidate-for-rep-eric-swalwells-seat-donated-to-far-right-republicans-including-laura-loomer/): A new Democratic candidate in California’s 14th Congressional District primary raised eyebrows when she announced she raised $2 million in the first two weeks of her campaign.
- [Senate Leaders Warn Defense Department About Procuring Generic Drugs Overseas](https://iwpost.com/senate-leaders-warn-defense-department-about-procuring-generic-drugs-overseas/): Senate leaders are urging the Department of Defense to prioritize the purchase of generic drugs manufactured in the United States, warning that the country’s overreliance on foreign factories poses an “existential risk” to the military.
- [Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans](https://iwpost.com/re-creating-the-complex-cuisine-of-prehistoric-europeans/): Archaeologists are keen to learn more about the specific diets and culinary practices of ancient populations around the globe.
- [Swedish fighter jets patrol Iceland in show of force over Arctic](https://iwpost.com/swedish-fighter-jets-patrol-iceland-in-show-of-force-over-arctic/): For the first time, Swedish fighter jets are patrolling Iceland’s airspace as part of NATO’s “Arctic Sentry” mission, signalling the alliance’s commitment to protecting the Arctic amid rising tensions with Russia.
- [Iran is putting pressure on the US-UK ‘special relationship’ – but it has survived worse over the years](https://iwpost.com/iran-is-putting-pressure-on-the-us-uk-special-relationship-but-it-has-survived-worse-over-the-years/): The so-called “special relationship” between the UK and the US appears to be at its lowest ebb for decades.
- [Iran war make a China attack on Taiwan more likely?](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-make-a-china-attack-on-taiwan-more-likely/): China could decide to invade Taiwan if America gets bogged down in Iran.
- [‘This Will Lead to Civil War,’ Some Christians Warn After Israeli Strike on Lebanese Town](https://iwpost.com/this-will-lead-to-civil-war-some-christians-warn-after-israeli-strike-on-lebanese-town/): Among the ruins of a hotel room, hardly any objects remain intact. The mattress has disintegrated, its springs transformed into sharp, jagged weapons.
- [After a rocky six years, Sony cancels future single-player PC game releases](https://iwpost.com/after-a-rocky-six-years-sony-cancels-future-single-player-pc-game-releases/): Sony no longer plans to bring current and future single-player games to personal computers, according to Bloomberg.
- [Trump’s Venezuela playbook the wrong script for Iran](https://iwpost.com/trumps-venezuela-playbook-the-wrong-script-for-iran/): There’s a tempting logic to the analogy.
- [Qatar’s emir orders heightened military readiness to protect country’s airspace amid regional escalation](https://iwpost.com/qatars-emir-orders-heightened-military-readiness-to-protect-countrys-airspace-amid-regional-escalation/): Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Wednesday ordered an increase in military readiness to protect the country’s airspace amid escalating regional tensions, Anadolu reports.
- [Google and Epic announce settlement to end app store antitrust case](https://iwpost.com/google-and-epic-announce-settlement-to-end-app-store-antitrust-case/): Google is in the midst of rewriting the rules for mobile applications, spurred by ongoing legal cases and an apparent desire to clamp down on perceived security weaknesses.
- [Oil prices rise 1% as Iran crisis disrupts Middle East supply](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-rise-1-as-iran-crisis-disrupts-middle-east-supply/): Oil prices rose 1% on Wednesday ​as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran disrupted Middle East supplies, but the pace of gains slowed from ‌past sessions after President Donald Trump raised the possibility of the U.S.
- [House Iran War Powers Resolution Could Lose Support to Competing Bill by Pro-Israel Democrat](https://iwpost.com/house-iran-war-powers-resolution-could-lose-support-to-competing-bill-by-pro-israel-democrat/): The U.S. Senate declined an opportunity to rein in President Donald Trump’s unauthorized war on Iran in a vote Wednesday as the conflict’s toll mounted.
- [Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories](https://iwpost.com/seized-art-eavesdropping-guards-parents-describe-a-clampdown-at-dilley-detention-center-as-kids-shared-their-stories/): When guards appeared earlier this month outside the room Christian Hinojosa shared with her son and other women and children at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas, she guessed what they might be after.
- [What would Winston Churchill make of war with Iran?](https://iwpost.com/what-would-winston-churchill-make-of-war-with-iran/): When Donald Trump criticised Keir Starmer for failing to sufficiently support American and Israeli operations against Iran, he did so with a historical flourish.
- [Supremes need phony emergency doctrine, Trump tariffs case shows](https://iwpost.com/supremes-need-phony-emergency-doctrine-trump-tariffs-case-shows/): Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts authored the opinion of the court holding that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act didn't give President Donald Trump the power to impose tariffs.
- [Plane Crashes into Two Homes in Arizona Neighborhood](https://iwpost.com/plane-crashes-into-two-homes-in-arizona-neighborhood/): A terrifying morning unfolded in a Phoenix neighborhood when a small plane crashed into two homes just after takeoff, leaving residents shaken, three people injured, and federal investigators scrambling to piece together what went wrong.
- [Large genome model: Open source AI trained on trillions of bases](https://iwpost.com/large-genome-model-open-source-ai-trained-on-trillions-of-bases/): Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes.
- [Slow Cooker Korean BBQ Chicken](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-korean-bbq-chicken/): Slow Cooker Korean BBQ Chicken is a simple and flavorful dish that delivers bold sweet and savory flavors with very little effort.
- [Rotisserie Chicken Mushroom Soup](https://iwpost.com/rotisserie-chicken-mushroom-soup/): Rotisserie Chicken Mushroom Soup is the ultimate cozy comfort meal that feels both homemade and elevated.
- [The US is unlikely to curtail China’s critical minerals dominance](https://iwpost.com/the-us-is-unlikely-to-curtail-chinas-critical-minerals-dominance/): The United States government recently hosted a critical minerals summit aimed at reducing China’s predominant role in the global production of smartphones, weapons systems, lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles (EVs).
- [Did Iran’s Islamic Regime Hold Its Leadership Council Meeting in a Hospital?](https://iwpost.com/did-irans-islamic-regime-hold-its-leadership-council-meeting-in-a-hospital/): After images surfaced showing a meeting of Iran’s interim leadership council following the killing of the country’s leader, Ali Khamenei, some Iranian social media users began trying to identify where the session had taken place.
- [TerraPower gets OK to start construction of its first nuclear plant](https://iwpost.com/terrapower-gets-ok-to-start-construction-of-its-first-nuclear-plant/): On Wednesday, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it had issued its first construction approval in nearly a decade.
- [One in three EU women face violence, most cases unreported, survey finds](https://iwpost.com/one-in-three-eu-women-face-violence-most-cases-unreported-survey-finds/): Physical and sexual violence affects roughly a third of women in the European Union ​during their lifetime but most incidents go unreported, a survey revealed.
- [How prepared are the US and its allies for a protracted conflict in Iran?](https://iwpost.com/how-prepared-are-the-us-and-its-allies-for-a-protracted-conflict-in-iran/): If Israel and the US hoped their attack on Iran would force the country to capitulate quickly, they were wrong.
- [Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-%e2%88%92-degraded-weakened-but-not-yet-disarmed-%e2%88%92-destabilizes-lebanon-once-again/): The fragile peace in Lebanon was already showing serious strains in the first months of 2026 – and then came the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran.
- [Iran’s Health Ministry says death toll from US-Israeli attacks has risen to 926](https://iwpost.com/irans-health-ministry-says-death-toll-from-us-israeli-attacks-has-risen-to-926/): At least 926 people have been killed in joint attacks by the US and Israel on Iran since Feb.
- [Much of Iran’s navy has been neutralized](https://iwpost.com/much-of-irans-navy-has-been-neutralized/): The split second a US sub strikes Iran’s IRIS Dena.
- [Woodstock Icon Dies at 84](https://iwpost.com/woodstock-icon-dies-at-84/): Country Joe McDonald — the folk-rock firebrand who turned Vietnam-era outrage into singalong protest and became a Woodstock icon — has died. He was 84.
- [The anti-American axis myth](https://iwpost.com/the-anti-american-axis-myth/): Every few years, Washington’s foreign policy establishment rediscovers its favorite bogeyman: a grand, coordinated coalition of adversaries hell-bent on dismantling the American-led world order.
- [104 killed in US attack on Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, Iran’s army says](https://iwpost.com/104-killed-in-us-attack-on-iranian-warship-off-sri-lanka-irans-army-says/): Iran’s army said Sunday that 104 crew members of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena were killed and 32 others injured in a US attack last week, Anadolu reports.
- [Americans in Israel Describe Fear, Pride, and Exhaustion as War With Iran Unfolds](https://iwpost.com/americans-in-israel-describe-fear-pride-and-exhaustion-as-war-with-iran-unfolds/): Yehiel Levin is a retired US Army veteran from Santa Monica, California.
- [Celeb Brunch Turns into a Panic as Debris Crashes Down](https://iwpost.com/celeb-brunch-turns-into-a-panic-as-debris-crashes-down/): A laid-back weekend brunch at Los Angeles’ famously celeb-friendly Chateau Marmont reportedly turned into a full-on “duck and cover” moment when parts of the roof started coming down near diners during high winds.
- [Columbia Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings](https://iwpost.com/columbia-flouted-its-own-policies-and-let-ice-into-university-buildings/): After Elmina “Ellie” Aghayeva, a neuroscience student, was taken by U.S.
- [Col. Richard Kemp to TML: ‘Hezbollah Exists for This Very Moment’](https://iwpost.com/col-richard-kemp-to-tml-hezbollah-exists-for-this-very-moment/): As Israel deepens its ground operation in Lebanon following renewed Hezbollah missile attacks, retired British Army Col.
- [Trump says Iran’s next supreme leader would need US approval](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-irans-next-supreme-leader-would-need-us-approval/): US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran’s next supreme leader would not remain in power without approval from Washington, Anadolu reports.
- [US, Israel bomb major Iran oil depots as US gasoline prices rise](https://iwpost.com/us-israel-bomb-major-iran-oil-depots-as-us-gasoline-prices-rise/): In what was described as a “major escalation” of an attack already denounced as an illegal war of choice, the US-Israeli military coalition bombed major oil depots and other fossil fuel infrastructure in and around Tehran on Saturday, unleashing huge fireballs, turning streets to fire, and sending plumes of black smoke into the night sky.
- [The fight for the heart of the US Environmental Protection Agency](https://iwpost.com/the-fight-for-the-heart-of-the-us-environmental-protection-agency/): This story was originally published by bioGraphic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Beloved Ex-NHL Star and Broadcaster Dies at 63](https://iwpost.com/beloved-ex-nhl-star-and-broadcaster-dies-at-63/): Chicago is mourning one of its most beloved hockey figures.
- [OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us](https://iwpost.com/openai-on-surveillance-and-autonomous-killings-youre-going-to-have-to-trust-us/): OpenAI claims it has accomplished what Anthropic couldn’t: securing a Pentagon contract that won’t cross professed red lines against dragnet domestic spying and the use of artificial intelligence to order lethal military strikes.
- [Iranian Officer Says Regime’s Fall May Be Near](https://iwpost.com/iranian-officer-says-regimes-fall-may-be-near/): Omid Habibinia’s report reads like a dispatch from a system starting to come apart at the seams.
- [Jessica Jones joins the fray in Daredevil: Born Again trailer](https://iwpost.com/jessica-jones-joins-the-fray-in-daredevil-born-again-trailer/): One of our favorite TV shows last year was Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s revival of the hugely popular series in the Netflix Defenders universe.
- [US-Israeli bases are ‘legitimate targets’: Iranian official](https://iwpost.com/us-israeli-bases-are-legitimate-targets-iranian-official/): An Iranian official declared Saturday that all American and Israeli bases in the region are considered “legitimate targets” for Iran and emphasized that the country has “no red lines” in “defending its national interests,” Anadolu reports.
- [Tiny, long-armed dinosaur leads to rethink of dinosaur miniaturization](https://iwpost.com/tiny-long-armed-dinosaur-leads-to-rethink-of-dinosaur-miniaturization/): Alvarezsaurids were mostly small-bodied theropods that paleontologists originally misinterpreted as early flightless birds, only to later recognize them as an ant-eating lineage of non-avian dinosaurs.
- [6 Dead After Using Wet Wipes Sparking Urgent Health Warning](https://iwpost.com/6-dead-after-using-wet-wipes-sparking-urgent-health-warning/): Health officials are sounding the alarm after contaminated skin cleansing wipes were linked to a growing outbreak of dangerous infections that have already been connected to multiple deaths.
- [President Trump Honors 6 US Soldiers Killed by Iranian Drone in Kuwait](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-honors-6-us-soldiers-killed-by-iranian-drone-in-kuwait/): President Donald Trump will attend a dignified transfer Saturday at Dover Air Force Base honoring six US Army Reserve soldiers killed in an Iranian drone attack during the opening days of the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran.
- [Iranian regime ‘are toast,’ US Defence Secretary says at Pentagon briefing](https://iwpost.com/iranian-regime-are-toast-us-defence-secretary-says-at-pentagon-briefing/): The conflict involving Iran and Israel entered its fifth day on Wednesday, with tensions escalating across the region and new military developments emerging.
- [Beyond hope and hype: five certainties in the AI storm](https://iwpost.com/beyond-hope-and-hype-five-certainties-in-the-ai-storm/): The just-published Anthropic paper by Massenkoff and McCrory is a genuinely careful, well-intentioned and much-needed piece of work.
- [UAE says it detected 229 missiles, 1,305 drones since Feb. 28](https://iwpost.com/uae-says-it-detected-229-missiles-1305-drones-since-feb-28/): The United Arab Emirates said Saturday that it detected 229 missiles and 1,305 drones since the start of “Iranian” attacks on Feb. 28, Anadolu reports.
- [Rocket Report: SpaceX launch prices are going up; Russia fixes broken launch pad](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-spacex-launch-prices-are-going-up-russia-fixes-broken-launch-pad/): Welcome to Edition 8.32 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week is NASA’s shake-up of the Artemis program.
- [EU Rallies Around Spain After Trump Threatens Trade Embargo](https://iwpost.com/eu-rallies-around-spain-after-trump-threatens-trade-embargo/): European leaders have moved quickly to support Spain after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a trade embargo on the country, escalating tensions between Washington and the European Union.
- [Iran weathers US firestorm, raising prospect of a long war](https://iwpost.com/iran-weathers-us-firestorm-raising-prospect-of-a-long-war/): US President Donald Trump targeted Iran, expecting a short, decisive military operation reminiscent of the US recent raids on Venezuela.
- [Iranian Military Officer Tells TML: ‘The Fall of the Regime Is Inevitable’](https://iwpost.com/iranian-military-officer-tells-tml-the-fall-of-the-regime-is-inevitable/): Members of the IRGC, the Basij, and other repressive forces still deployed in the streets have become fatigued and desperate, the officer said.
- [AI startup sues ex-CEO, saying he took 41GB of email and lied on résumé](https://iwpost.com/ai-startup-sues-ex-ceo-saying-he-took-41gb-of-email-and-lied-on-resume/): Hayden AI, a San Francisco startup that makes spatial analytics tools for cities worldwide, has sued its co-founder and former CEO, alleging that he stole a large quantity of proprietary information in the days leading up to his ouster from the company in September 2024.
- [Actress and Singing Icon’s Book Tour Is Reportedly Flopping](https://iwpost.com/actress-and-singing-icons-book-tour-is-reportedly-flopping/): Liza Minnelli is a living legend who once sold out venues in minutes — but insiders now claim her big memoir rollout is turning into an uncomfortable spectacle… because the seats aren’t filling up.
- [Tennessee Wants to Let Schools Ban Immigrant Kids, Threatening to “End Public Education as We Know It” ](https://iwpost.com/tennessee-wants-to-let-schools-ban-immigrant-kids-threatening-to-end-public-education-as-we-know-it/): Tennessee Republicans are pushing forward with a bill that could force undocumented children out of public education and turn school administrators into immigration informants against their own students, making Tennessee the frontier of an effort led by the Heritage Foundation to fundamentally injure the right to public education.
- [With Gateway likely gone, where will lunar landers rendezvous with Orion?](https://iwpost.com/with-gateway-likely-gone-where-will-lunar-landers-rendezvous-with-orion/): Last week, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled a major shakeup in the Artemis Program, intended to put the nation on a better path back to the Moon.
- [Turkey says NATO defences destroyed Iran missile, risking war expansion](https://iwpost.com/turkey-says-nato-defences-destroyed-iran-missile-risking-war-expansion/): Turkey said NATO air defence systems intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile headed towards its airspace on Wednesday, marking the first time the country has been directly drawn into the widening Middle East conflict.
- [Thousands march in London demanding end to US, Israeli attacks against Iran](https://iwpost.com/thousands-march-in-london-demanding-end-to-us-israeli-attacks-against-iran/): Thousands of anti-war demonstrators on Saturday marched through central London, calling for an immediate halt to US and Israeli military operations against Iran and an end to arms sales to Israel, Anadolu reports.
- [Hunting for elusive "ghost elephants"](https://iwpost.com/hunting-for-elusive-ghost-elephants/): Deep in the Angolan Highlands lurks a rumored new species of elephant.
- [TML Learns Houthis Ordered Medical Staff To Sign War Readiness Pledges Weeks Before Escalation](https://iwpost.com/tml-learns-houthis-ordered-medical-staff-to-sign-war-readiness-pledges-weeks-before-escalation/): [SANAA] In Sanaa, the Houthis’ war posture isn’t just playing out in speeches and street rallies; it’s showing up on hospital paperwork.
- [Arming a Kurdish insurgency would be a risky endeavor – for both the US and Iran’s minority Kurds](https://iwpost.com/arming-a-kurdish-insurgency-would-be-a-risky-endeavor-for-both-the-us-and-irans-minority-kurds/): With the Iranian regime weakened by relentless American and Israeli missiles, Washington is eyeing a familiar U.S.
- [David Bowie’s Daughter ‘Desperately’ Backtracks on Abuse Allegations](https://iwpost.com/david-bowies-daughter-desperately-backtracks-on-abuse-allegations/): Alexandria “Lexi” Jones is in damage-control mode after her explosive social media account of being forcibly taken to teen treatment programs reportedly set off a major backlash within her family—sparking fresh tension with relatives who felt her posts dragged David Bowie and Iman into a public storm they never signed up for.
- [Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage](https://iwpost.com/apples-512gb-mac-studio-vanishes-a-quiet-acknowledgment-of-the-ram-shortage/): If the only thing you had to go off was Apple’s string of product announcements this week, you’d have little reason to believe that there is a historic AI-driven memory and storage supply crunch going on.
- [China to build ‘birth-friendly society’, refine social security system](https://iwpost.com/china-to-build-birth-friendly-society-refine-social-security-system/): China has announced plans to build a “childbirth-friendly society” over the next five years as it attempts to tackle its declining birth rate and rapidly ageing population.
- [Trump’s Iran War Is Dividing Republicans. Pro-Palestine Groups Want Democrats to Exploit the Rifts.](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-war-is-dividing-republicans-pro-palestine-groups-want-democrats-to-exploit-the-rifts/): Midterm elections have kicked off against the backdrop of the U.S.
- [Boots-on-the-ground talk as Trump says Iran to ‘be hit very hard’](https://iwpost.com/boots-on-the-ground-talk-as-trump-says-iran-to-be-hit-very-hard/): Trump celebrarting US Army's 250th anniversary at Fort Bragg in 2025.
- [Apple users in the US can no longer download ByteDance's Chinese apps](https://iwpost.com/apple-users-in-the-us-can-no-longer-download-bytedances-chinese-apps/): While TikTok operates in the United States under new ownership, Apple has deployed technical restrictions to block iOS users in the United States from downloading other apps made by the video platform’s Chinese parent organization ByteDance.
- [Erdogan warns Iran attacks threaten regional, global stability](https://iwpost.com/erdogan-warns-iran-attacks-threaten-regional-global-stability/): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech in Ankara, Turkiye on February 23, 2026.
- [IRGC Attacks Camps as Prospects Rise for a Kurdish Push Against Iran’s Regime](https://iwpost.com/irgc-attacks-camps-as-prospects-rise-for-a-kurdish-push-against-irans-regime/): As Iranian Kurdish opposition forces step up their activity and a coalition of the main Kurdish parties—most of them armed—takes shape, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has in recent days repeatedly attacked the bases of Kurdish groups opposed to the Islamic Republic.
- [Americans trust Fauci over RFK Jr. and career scientists over Trump officials](https://iwpost.com/americans-trust-fauci-over-rfk-jr-and-career-scientists-over-trump-officials/): Anti-vaccine activist and current Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [International crackdown dismantles sprawling drug network spanning Europe, Asia and Australia](https://iwpost.com/international-crackdown-dismantles-sprawling-drug-network-spanning-europe-asia-and-australia/): An international law-enforcement operation has dismantled key parts of a sprawling drug trafficking and money-laundering network operating across Europe, Asia and Australia, after investigators unlocked crucial data from two mobile phones seized in Sweden.
- [How Vermont’s pioneering clean heat plan fell apart](https://iwpost.com/how-vermonts-pioneering-clean-heat-plan-fell-apart/): This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Women’s Basketball Ref Left Motionless on the Court After Wild Brawl (Video)](https://iwpost.com/womens-basketball-ref-left-motionless-on-the-court-after-wild-brawl-video/): A Sun Belt women’s basketball tournament game took a scary turn when a fight broke out late in the matchup — and one referee ended up down on the floor, not moving.
- [From Iran to Ukraine, everyone's trying to hack security cameras](https://iwpost.com/from-iran-to-ukraine-everyones-trying-to-hack-security-cameras/): For decades, satellites, drones, and human spotters have all been part of war’s surveillance and reconnaissance tool kit.
- [Mini Italian Meatball Subs](https://iwpost.com/mini-italian-meatball-subs/): If you’re looking for a fun, crowd-pleasing meal that’s easy to prepare and even easier to serve, these Mini Italian Meatball Subs are the perfect choice.
- [Federal Agents Are Intimidating Legal Observers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live”](https://iwpost.com/federal-agents-are-intimidating-legal-observers-at-their-homes-they-know-where-you-live-2/): Former Minnesota state Sen.
- [China’s missile reach forces Japan back to Iwo Jima](https://iwpost.com/chinas-missile-reach-forces-japan-back-to-iwo-jima/): Japan is considering a significant expansion of its military presence on remote Iwo Jima as growing Chinese naval activity beyond the First Island Chain raises concerns about the vulnerability of Pacific bases such as Okinawa.
- [Israeli Air Force Strikes Hezbollah Sites in Beirut’s Dahieh After Evacuation Warnings](https://iwpost.com/israeli-air-force-strikes-hezbollah-sites-in-beiruts-dahieh-after-evacuation-warnings/): The Israeli Air Force launched a new round of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight on Thursday, hitting infrastructure belonging to the Iran-backed group after the military issued evacuation warnings for the area, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
- [A unicorn-like Spinosaurus found in the Sahara](https://iwpost.com/a-unicorn-like-spinosaurus-found-in-the-sahara/): The Spinosaurus is a sail-backed, crocodile-snouted dinosaur that Hollywood depicted as a giant terrestrial predator capable of taking down a T.
- [Rome boosts air defence to maximum amid Iran crisis as Meloni rules out any current US request for base use](https://iwpost.com/rome-boosts-air-defence-to-maximum-amid-iran-crisis-as-meloni-rules-out-any-current-us-request-for-base-use/): Italy has raised its air-defence protection to the highest level as tensions escalate across the Middle East, while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Rome has so far received no request from the United States to use military bases in Italy for strikes against Iran.
- [US approves $151.8M weapons sale to Israel, waiving congressional review](https://iwpost.com/us-approves-151-8m-weapons-sale-to-israel-waiving-congressional-review/): The Trump administration approved a possible $151.8 million weapons sale to Israel on Friday, invoking “emergency” authority to waive the congressional review requirements as Washington and Israel continue to attack Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Claims Russia helping Iran target US assets are credible](https://iwpost.com/claims-russia-helping-iran-target-us-assets-are-credible/): The Washington Post, AP and others have reported that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target US forces, including the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East.
- [Musk fails to block California data disclosure law he fears will ruin xAI](https://iwpost.com/musk-fails-to-block-california-data-disclosure-law-he-fears-will-ruin-xai/): Elon Musk’s xAI has lost its bid for a preliminary injunction that would have temporarily blocked California from enforcing a law that requires AI firms to publicly share information about their training data.
- [Singer Quits the Beach Boys After 61 Years](https://iwpost.com/singer-quits-the-beach-boys-after-61-years/): It’s the kind of change fans never think will actually happen: Bruce Johnston is done touring with The Beach Boys after 61 years on the road.
- [Nida Allam Concedes to Valerie Foushee With Razor-Thin Loss for Progressives in Key Midterm Primary](https://iwpost.com/nida-allam-concedes-to-valerie-foushee-with-razor-thin-loss-for-progressives-in-key-midterm-primary/): Progressive insurgents lost a close North Carolina primary this week, when Rep.
- [Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target](https://iwpost.com/asteroid-defense-mission-shifted-the-orbit-of-more-than-its-target/): On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into a binary asteroid system.
- [Meat Alternatives Split the Market: Veggie Burgers Stay, Lab-Grown Steaks Stall](https://iwpost.com/meat-alternatives-split-the-market-veggie-burgers-stay-lab-grown-steaks-stall/): “Veggie burgers” and “vegan sausages” can remain on European supermarket shelves, EU negotiators agreed Thursday.
- [Iran drives $104B surge in sanctions-busting crypto flows](https://iwpost.com/iran-drives-104b-surge-in-sanctions-busting-crypto-flows/): Sanctions evasion has traditionally been viewed as a game of financial shell companies and hidden bank accounts.
- [‘Are We There Yet?’ and Real Iran Questions](https://iwpost.com/are-we-there-yet-and-real-iran-questions/): Unlike the classic kids’ backseat whine—“Are we there yet?”—those two questions are neither frivolous nor childish.
- [U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing Firefighter Pants That Contain PFAS, Following ProPublica’s Reporting](https://iwpost.com/u-s-forest-service-stops-issuing-firefighter-pants-that-contain-pfas-following-propublicas-reporting/): Following a ProPublica article revealing that the U.S.
- [Feds take notice of iOS vulnerabilities exploited under mysterious circumstances](https://iwpost.com/feds-take-notice-of-ios-vulnerabilities-exploited-under-mysterious-circumstances/): The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has ordered federal agencies to patch three critical iOS vulnerabilities that were exploited over a 10-month span in hacking campaigns conducted by three distinct groups.
- [China quietly eclipsing a weakened Russia in Central Asia](https://iwpost.com/china-quietly-eclipsing-a-weakened-russia-in-central-asia/): For much of the post–Cold War period, Central Asia operated as a “managed condominium”—a geopolitical arrangement where Russia supplied the hard-security umbrella and China functioned as the dominant economic partner.
- [US group urge Iran to grant ICC jurisdiction over apparent war crimes](https://iwpost.com/us-group-urge-iran-to-grant-icc-jurisdiction-over-apparent-war-crimes/): The American organisation Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) has called on Iran to file a declaration granting the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over crimes committed on its territory since the war began on 28th February 2026.
- [Google's new command-line tool can plug OpenClaw into your Workspace data](https://iwpost.com/googles-new-command-line-tool-can-plug-openclaw-into-your-workspace-data-2/): The command line is hot again. For some people, command lines were never not hot, of course, but it’s becoming more common now in the age of AI.
- [Kosovo president dissolves parliament, calls snap election after failed presidential vote](https://iwpost.com/kosovo-president-dissolves-parliament-calls-snap-election-after-failed-presidential-vote/): Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani on Friday dissolved parliament and called snap elections after lawmakers failed to elect ​a new head of state within a constitutional deadline.
- [Missiles in the Gulf could dim the lights in Dhaka](https://iwpost.com/missiles-in-the-gulf-could-dim-the-lights-in-dhaka/): The escalating conflict in Iran and the Gulf region has exposed a structural reality: geography remains the ultimate arbiter of market stability.
- [King Charles ‘Devastated’ Legal Battle… Not Involving Andrew](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-devastated-legal-battle-not-involving-andrew/): King Charles has another headache on his hands — and this time, it’s coming from a courtroom, not a tabloid scandal.
- [Iran War Reaches India’s Shores](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-reaches-indias-shores/): [NEW DELHI] Iran’s deputy foreign minister arrived at the Raisina Dialogue on Friday morning not to reassure, but to warn.
- [Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases](https://iwpost.com/satellite-firm-pauses-imagery-after-revealing-irans-attacks-on-us-bases/): Planet Labs, one of the world’s leading commercial satellite imaging companies, said Friday it is placing a hold on releasing imagery of some parts of the Middle East as a regional war enters its second week.
- [ICE Poses a Real Threat to Our Elections](https://iwpost.com/ice-poses-a-real-threat-to-our-elections/): Domenic Powell is a lawyer and policy consultant based in Philadelphia who has worked on immigration, technology, and regulatory issues with the American Civil Liberties Union, the House Judiciary Committee, and at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
- [Trump’s Latest Deportation Tactic: Targeting Immigrants With Minor Family Court Cases](https://iwpost.com/trumps-latest-deportation-tactic-targeting-immigrants-with-minor-family-court-cases/): Should a person be deported because once, a decade and a half ago, they left their toddlers home alone for a half hour to buy them pajamas at Walmart?
- [That torpedo that sank Iran ship: old tech, hard to defend against](https://iwpost.com/that-torpedo-that-sank-iran-ship-old-tech-hard-to-defend-against/): A US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 87 people.
- [Ding-dong! The Exploration Upper Stage is dead](https://iwpost.com/ding-dong-the-exploration-upper-stage-is-dead/): The death of NASA’s Exploration Upper Stage today represents the inverse of that sentiment.
- [Syria opens Mediterranean-Aleppo air corridor that could help ease regional snarl](https://iwpost.com/syria-opens-mediterranean-aleppo-air-corridor-that-could-help-ease-regional-snarl/): Syria has opened a newly reactivated air corridor from the northern city of Aleppo toward the Mediterranean Sea for use by ​foreign airlines as well as its national carrier, the head of ‌the country’s Civil Aviation Authority told Reuters on Thursday, as air traffic gradually resumes through Aleppo International Airport.
- [Taiwan ramps up space-defense drive amid Beijing threats](https://iwpost.com/taiwan-ramps-up-space-defense-drive-amid-beijing-threats/): To develop surveillance and defense systems that could be deployed in the Taiwan Strait, the Taiwanese government is working with dozens of international space‑technology startups while nurturing local firms.
- [UN experts warn against ‘irreversible’ altering of Jerusalem’s demographic composition](https://iwpost.com/un-experts-warn-against-irreversible-altering-of-jerusalems-demographic-composition/): UN human rights experts warned Friday that “irreparable harm” is being inflicted on Jerusalem as violence escalates across the region and the war in Gaza spills into the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports.
- [Fishing crews in the Atlantic keep accidentally dredging up chemical weapons](https://iwpost.com/fishing-crews-in-the-atlantic-keep-accidentally-dredging-up-chemical-weapons/): Until 1970, the US dumped an estimated 17,000 tons of unspent chemical weapons from World War I and II off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean—and that disposal decision continues to haunt commercial fishing operations.
- [How people in the Gulf are reacting to the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/how-people-in-the-gulf-are-reacting-to-the-iran-war/): Iran immediately responded to US-Israeli strikes on February 28 by launching coordinated missile and drone attacks against US military installations in the Gulf region.
- [Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads](https://iwpost.com/venezuelas-fragile-environment-faces-rising-risks-as-us-pushes-for-oil-and-critical-minerals-and-illegal-gold-mining-spreads/): Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a vast delta of jungle wetlands teeming with wildlife.
- [Muted Iran war stance fits concerned onlooker China’s priorities](https://iwpost.com/muted-iran-war-stance-fits-concerned-onlooker-chinas-priorities/): China has perfected the role of concerned onlooker as the Middle East conflict spreads across the region.
- [Man, 22, Kills 3 Strangers Including 86-Year-Old: Told Cops  “Had to Be Done”](https://iwpost.com/man-22-kills-3-strangers-including-86-year-old-told-cops-had-to-be-done/): A 22-year-old man is accused of going on a terrifying, supposedly random killing spree in remote Utah — and then telling police the murders “had to be done,” according to charging documents.
- [Syria Deploys Reinforcements to Lebanon and Iraq Borders as Regional War Expands](https://iwpost.com/syria-deploys-reinforcements-to-lebanon-and-iraq-borders-as-regional-war-expands/): [DAMASCUS] Syrian authorities have deployed significant military reinforcements to border sectors with Lebanon and Iraq in recent days, a move Damascus says is meant to secure the frontiers and maintain internal stability.
- [Google's new command line tool can plug OpenClaw into your Workspace data](https://iwpost.com/googles-new-command-line-tool-can-plug-openclaw-into-your-workspace-data/): The command line is hot again. For some people, command lines were never not hot, of course, but it’s becoming more common now in the age of AI.
- [12 members of money laundering scheme exploiting Ukrainian women arrested in Spain](https://iwpost.com/12-members-of-money-laundering-scheme-exploiting-ukrainian-women-arrested-in-spain/): An international operation in Spain targeting a money laundering scheme resulted in the arrest of 12 suspects.
- [Dems Need to Wise Up: ICE Is a Threat to Our Elections](https://iwpost.com/dems-need-to-wise-up-ice-is-a-threat-to-our-elections/): Domenic Powell is a lawyer and policy consultant based in Philadelphia who has worked on immigration, technology, and regulatory issues with the American Civil Liberties Union, the House Judiciary Committee, and at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
- [New York Attorney General is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings](https://iwpost.com/new-york-attorney-general-is-investigating-columbia-for-allowing-predatory-doctor-to-see-patients-despite-warnings/): The New York State attorney general’s office has begun investigating how Columbia University let a predatory doctor continue to see patients despite decades of warnings.
- [Does Iran war make a China attack on Taiwan more likely?](https://iwpost.com/does-iran-war-make-a-china-attack-on-taiwan-more-likely/): China could decide to invade Taiwan if America gets bogged down in Iran.
- [How moss helped convict grave robbers of a Chicago cemetery](https://iwpost.com/how-moss-helped-convict-grave-robbers-of-a-chicago-cemetery/): Back in 2009, residents were scandalized when employees at Burr Oak Cemetery in the Chicago suburb of Alsip were accused of exhuming old graves in order to resell the burial plots, unceremoniously dumping older remains in another area on the grounds.
- [30-Minute Vegetarian Meatballs: Easy, Healthy, and Freezer-Friendly](https://iwpost.com/30-minute-vegetarian-meatballs-easy-healthy-and-freezer-friendly/): If you’re looking for a quick, nutritious, and versatile plant-based dinner idea, these 30-Minute Vegetarian Meatballs are a perfect choice.
- [Cherry Crumble Bars](https://iwpost.com/cherry-crumble-bars/): Cherry Crumble Bars with tender shortbread crust and vibrant cherry filling, baked until golden and served on white marble.
- [Standing between missiles and diplomacy: The Gulf’s difficult path to prevent a regional war](https://iwpost.com/standing-between-missiles-and-diplomacy-the-gulfs-difficult-path-to-prevent-a-regional-war/): The Arab Gulf states today find themselves in one of the most uncomfortable strategic positions in modern Middle Eastern politics.
- [Iran’s divided media landscape makes getting information during wartime even harder](https://iwpost.com/irans-divided-media-landscape-makes-getting-information-during-wartime-even-harder/): From brutal crackdowns on nationwide protests in January, to Israel and the United States’ recent strikes, Iran has been in the international spotlight for weeks.
- [China’s muted response over war in Iran reflects Beijing’s delicate calculus as a concerned onlooker](https://iwpost.com/chinas-muted-response-over-war-in-iran-reflects-beijings-delicate-calculus-as-a-concerned-onlooker/): China has perfected the role of concerned onlooker as the Middle East conflict spreads across the region.
- [US allies paying the price for Washington’s war](https://iwpost.com/us-allies-paying-the-price-for-washingtons-war/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Climate change sucks, but at least it won't kill your EV battery](https://iwpost.com/climate-change-sucks-but-at-least-it-wont-kill-your-ev-battery/): If you’ve spent more than five minutes driving an electric vehicle, chances are good you’re a convert.
- [Iran-backed militias intensify attacks against US, Israel and allies](https://iwpost.com/iran-backed-militias-intensify-attacks-against-us-israel-and-allies/): Iran-backed militias around the Middle East are intensifying attacks against Israel, the US and their allies, in retaliation for the ongoing joint US-Israeli offensive against Tehran as the war draws in new armed actors, threatening wider chaos and violence.
- [Israel Orders Massive Evacuations Across Southern Lebanon and Beirut Suburbs](https://iwpost.com/israel-orders-massive-evacuations-across-southern-lebanon-and-beirut-suburbs/): In Dahieh, rifles are used to maintain order. A burst of gunfire sends a clear message to residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs: Flee!
- [After complaints, Google will make it easier to disable gen AI search in Photos](https://iwpost.com/after-complaints-google-will-make-it-easier-to-disable-gen-ai-search-in-photos/): Google has spent the past few years in a constant state of AI escalation, rolling out new versions of its Gemini models and integrating that technology into every feature possible.
- [Indonesia’s BrahMos missile buy targets China’s sea lanes](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-brahmos-missile-buy-targets-chinas-sea-lanes/): Indonesia’s planned purchase of India’s BrahMos missile could transform its vast archipelago into a maritime barrier, reshaping regional deterrence from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean.
- [How many people have been killed in the US-Israel war on Iran?](https://iwpost.com/how-many-people-have-been-killed-in-the-us-israel-war-on-iran/): Scores of people have been killed across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, with Gulf states that host U.S.
- [FDA contradicts Trump admin, declines to approve generic drug for autism](https://iwpost.com/fda-contradicts-trump-admin-declines-to-approve-generic-drug-for-autism/): In September, the Trump administration took what it called “bold actions” on autism that included touting the generic drug leucovorin as a promising treatment.
- [Bezos’ Wife Nicknamed ‘Monica’ Over Huge Crush on Bill Clinton](https://iwpost.com/bezos-wife-nicknamed-monica-over-huge-crush-on-bill-clinton/): Lauren Sánchez is catching fresh heat from an unexpected place: a former friend who says the TV personality was so captivated by Bill Clinton years ago that people in her circle started calling her “Monica” — a reference to Monica Lewinsky.
- [No clear Iran endgame as Trump’s position shifts by the hour](https://iwpost.com/no-clear-iran-endgame-as-trumps-position-shifts-by-the-hour/): Earlier, however, his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said the war was just beginning.
- [Displacement in Southern Lebanon Grows as Israel Orders Evacuation South of Litani River](https://iwpost.com/displacement-in-southern-lebanon-grows-as-israel-orders-evacuation-south-of-litani-river/): [SIDON, Lebanon] Sidon, the largest city in southern Lebanon, is filling with civilians displaced from villages south of the Litani River after new Israeli evacuation orders pushed residents north, raising fears that the river could again become the main military line in the Israel-Lebanon conflict.
- [Reentry of NASA satellite will exceed the agency's own risk guidelines](https://iwpost.com/reentry-of-nasa-satellite-will-exceed-the-agencys-own-risk-guidelines/): A NASA satellite that spent more than a decade coursing through the Van Allen radiation belts encircling Earth is about to fall back into the atmosphere.
- [It’s a War With Iran, Not an “Intervention”](https://iwpost.com/its-a-war-with-iran-not-an-intervention/): Wars have been distinctly out of fashion as of late, especially since the quagmires of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- [European and NATO forces reinforce Mediterranean and Gulf as Iran war escalates](https://iwpost.com/european-and-nato-forces-reinforce-mediterranean-and-gulf-as-iran-war-escalates/): European powers and NATO allies are expanding their military deployments across the Mediterranean, the Gulf and parts of the eastern flank as the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran continues to destabilise the region and threaten critical shipping routes.
- [Lack of grand, compelling narrative behind Iran war poll numbers](https://iwpost.com/lack-of-grand-compelling-narrative-behind-iran-war-poll-numbers/): It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the US war in Iran.
- [France ‘cannot approve’ US-Israeli strikes on Iran: Foreign minister](https://iwpost.com/france-cannot-approve-us-israeli-strikes-on-iran-foreign-minister/): France “cannot approve” strikes by US and Israeli forces on Iran as they are being carried out outside international law and without clearly defined objectives, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Reentry of NASA satellite will exceed the agency's risk guidelines](https://iwpost.com/reentry-of-nasa-satellite-will-exceed-the-agencys-risk-guidelines/): A NASA satellite that spent more than a decade coursing through the Van Allen radiation belts encircling Earth is about to fall back into the atmosphere.
- [The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.](https://iwpost.com/the-u-s-built-a-blueprint-to-avoid-civilian-war-casualties-trump-officials-scrapped-it/): Civilian Harm: In the opening days of the war with Iran, missile strikes have already killed civilians, including scores of schoolchildren.
- [Vietnamese Noodles with Lemongrass Chicken (Bún Gà Nướng)](https://iwpost.com/vietnamese-noodles-with-lemongrass-chicken-bun-ga-nuong/): Vietnamese Noodles with Lemongrass Chicken, also known as Bún Gà Nướng, is a vibrant and flavorful dish made with tender marinated chicken, fresh vegetables, aromatic herbs, and soft vermicelli noodles.
- [Trump: US Navy sank unarmed Iran ship because it was ‘more fun’](https://iwpost.com/trump-us-navy-sank-unarmed-iran-ship-because-it-was-more-fun/): President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, even though the ship posed no threat, because it was “more fun” than capturing the vessel.
- [Palestinian Authority Sidelined as Regional War Reshapes Political Landscape](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-authority-sidelined-as-regional-war-reshapes-political-landscape/): As the regional confrontation between Israel, the United States, and Iran unfolds, the Palestinian question has not disappeared.
- [Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network](https://iwpost.com/meta-acquires-moltbook-the-ai-agent-social-network/): Meta has acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-esque simulated social network made up of AI agents that went viral a few weeks ago.
- [Doctor Who Ruled Epstein’s Death a ‘Suicide’ Finally Explains Controversial Decision](https://iwpost.com/doctor-who-ruled-epsteins-death-a-suicide-finally-explains-controversial-decision/): Nearly seven years after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell, the questions still won’t die.
- [Merkel, Zelenskyy and Wałęsa among first laureates of European Order of Merit](https://iwpost.com/merkel-zelenskyy-and-walesa-among-first-laureates-of-european-order-of-merit/): European Parliament Roberta Metsola has announced the first laureates of the newly established European Order of Merit, a distinction recognising individuals who have made a significant contribution to European integration and the promotion of European values.
- [Will Russia moderate its extreme demands on Ukraine?](https://iwpost.com/will-russia-moderate-its-extreme-demands-on-ukraine/): President Donald Trump telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, March 10.
- [AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?](https://iwpost.com/ai-can-rewrite-open-source-code-but-can-it-rewrite-the-license-too/): Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer program without copying that program’s copyright-protected code directly.
- [Why it’s unlikely that Saudi Arabia wanted the US to bomb Iran](https://iwpost.com/why-its-unlikely-that-saudi-arabia-wanted-the-us-to-bomb-iran/): A report in the Washington Post the day after the Iran war began suggested that Saudi Arabia and Israel had both lobbied Donald Trump to attack Iran.
- [Trump vows ‘death, fire, fury’ as Iran civilian Infrastructure hit](https://iwpost.com/trump-vows-death-fire-fury-as-iran-civilian-infrastructure-hit/): Rescue workers respond to a US-Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Tehran on March 10, 2026.
- [Indonesia’s cautious response to the U.S.–Israel war on Iran](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-cautious-response-to-the-u-s-israel-war-on-iran/): After days of silence, Indonesia has finally issued a statement on the war between the United States, Israel and Iran.
- [Gemini burrows deeper into Google Workspace with revamped document creation and editing](https://iwpost.com/gemini-burrows-deeper-into-google-workspace-with-revamped-document-creation-and-editing/): Google didn’t waste time integrating Gemini into its popular Workspace apps, but those AI features are now getting an overhaul.
- [Islamophobic Think Tank Helped Write Indictment Against ICE Protesters](https://iwpost.com/islamophobic-think-tank-helped-write-indictment-against-ice-protesters/): A researcher at a far-right think tank helped Justice Department prosecutors craft their indictment for terror charges against an alleged “north Texas antifa cell,” the researcher testified Monday.
- [Bedouin Lawyer Hanan Alsanah Eyes Politics To Advance Arab-Jewish Partnership, Women’s Leadership](https://iwpost.com/bedouin-lawyer-hanan-alsanah-eyes-politics-to-advance-arab-jewish-partnership-womens-leadership/): Bedouin feminist human rights lawyer Hanan Alsanah says decades of activism—from grassroots education programs in the Negev to emergency relief work after the October 7 attacks—have shaped her belief that women’s leadership and Arab-Jewish partnership are essential for advancing peace and social justice in Israel.
- [US deploys strategic bombers to Europe as Iran strike campaign intensifies](https://iwpost.com/us-deploys-strategic-bombers-to-europe-as-iran-strike-campaign-intensifies/): Nearly a dozen U.S.
- [From Suez to Hormuz: parallels in imperial overreach](https://iwpost.com/from-suez-to-hormuz-parallels-in-imperial-overreach/): Seventy years after the 1956 Suez Crisis humbled Britain and France, the world is witnessing a strikingly similar drama at another strategic maritime chokepoint: the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns](https://iwpost.com/ig-nobels-ceremony-moves-to-europe-over-security-concerns/): Every year, we have a blast covering a fresh crop of winners of the Ig Nobel prizes.
- [The feds pulled $1.5B from tribal clean energy. Tribes are finding another way.](https://iwpost.com/the-feds-pulled-1-5b-from-tribal-clean-energy-tribes-are-finding-another-way/): Across tribal nations, hosting a convening with dinner and a tour of an ambitious new project is a familiar scene.
- [Anne Burrell’s Tragic Final Hours Revealed](https://iwpost.com/anne-burrells-tragic-final-hours-revealed/): New details are emerging about the heartbreaking final hours of Food Network favorite Anne Burrell.
- [Mining the ocean floor: 5 deep-sea sources of critical minerals essential to technology, and the fragile marine life at risk](https://iwpost.com/mining-the-ocean-floor-5-deep-sea-sources-of-critical-minerals-essential-to-technology-and-the-fragile-marine-life-at-risk/): You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements.
- [US, China chart clashing courses to make more babies](https://iwpost.com/us-china-chart-clashing-courses-to-make-more-babies/): Within a single week in early March 2026, Beijing unveiled a sweeping five-year plan to build a “childbirth-friendly society,” committing 180 billion yuan (US$25.8 billion) to free prenatal care, IVF coverage, childcare subsidies and housing support for families.
- [These new winter tires have studs that retract as it warms up](https://iwpost.com/these-new-winter-tires-have-studs-that-retract-as-it-warms-up/): Nokian provided flights from Austin, Texas, to Ivalo, Finland, and accommodation so Ars could visit its test facility.
- [Trump on Cuba: May or may not be a “friendly takeover”](https://iwpost.com/trump-on-cuba-may-or-may-not-be-a-friendly-takeover/): U.S. President Donald Trump said Cuba is in “deep ​trouble” on a humanitarian basis and ‌that U.S.
- [Beijing’s blockchain push about trade, trust and control](https://iwpost.com/beijings-blockchain-push-about-trade-trust-and-control/): For years, much of the Western discussion around blockchain has been framed through the lens of crypto markets, speculative tokens and decentralized finance.
- [Governance in the rubble – why Hamas still holds Gaza](https://iwpost.com/governance-in-the-rubble-why-hamas-still-holds-gaza/): A recent Reuters investigation citing internal Israeli military assessments offers an unexpected snapshot of post-war Gaza administration – one that complicates the official narrative of Hamas’ dismantlement.
- [Saudi-Based Aramco Warns of ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ From Strait of Hormuz Disruption as France Plans Escort Missions](https://iwpost.com/saudi-based-aramco-warns-of-catastrophic-consequences-from-strait-of-hormuz-disruption-as-france-plans-escort-missions/): Saudi Arabia’s Aramco warned that continued disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz during the war with Iran could have severe consequences for global energy markets and the broader economy, Reuters reported.
- [2026 Australian Grand Prix: Formula 1 debuts a new style of racing](https://iwpost.com/2026-australian-grand-prix-formula-1-debuts-a-new-style-of-racing/): Formula 1’s 2026 season got underway this past weekend in Melbourne, Australia.
- [With World's Eyes on Iran, Israel Locks Down the West Bank](https://iwpost.com/with-worlds-eyes-on-iran-israel-locks-down-the-west-bank/): RAMALLAH — Traffic was at a standstill outside of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, as sunset neared and hungry residents were forced to trickle through an Israeli checkpoint to get home and break their fasts.
- [Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB](https://iwpost.com/credit-bureaus-are-leaving-more-mistakes-on-frustrated-consumers-reports-under-trumps-cfpb/): Rebecca Sheppard specializes in untangling other people’s financial messes.
- [The juvenile bravado of Hegseth’s Iran kill talk](https://iwpost.com/the-juvenile-bravado-of-hegseths-iran-kill-talk/): Mattis’ professional tone was a stark contrast to Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks following the first days of the joint US-Israeli combat operations in Iran.
- [Flexible feline spines shed light on "falling cat" problem](https://iwpost.com/flexible-feline-spines-shed-light-on-falling-cat-problem/): Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet?
- [Nancy Guthrie ‘Injured But Not Killed’ in Chilling Abduction?](https://iwpost.com/nancy-guthrie-injured-but-not-killed-in-chilling-abduction/): Nancy Guthrie has been missing for more than a month after a frightening disappearance that left behind more questions than answers.
- [Shipper MSC introduces emergency fuel surcharges](https://iwpost.com/shipper-msc-introduces-emergency-fuel-surcharges/): Shipping company MSC announced emergency fuel ​surcharges on all cargo ‌from the Mediterranean and Black Sea to the Indian sub-continent, ​Red Sea and ​East Africa.
- [Iran war could push a flagging US economy over the edge](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-could-push-a-flagging-us-economy-over-the-edge/): The “fog of war” refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant possibility of fatal error.
- [An unlikely set of clues helps reconstruct ancient Chinese disasters](https://iwpost.com/an-unlikely-set-of-clues-helps-reconstruct-ancient-chinese-disasters/): Warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean may have brought devastating floods to the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, according to a recent study in which its authors link three wildly different lines of evidence to tell the story.
- [After Iran, Israel Will Still Be Stuck With the Gaza Problem and Under More Pressure To Solve It](https://iwpost.com/after-iran-israel-will-still-be-stuck-with-the-gaza-problem-and-under-more-pressure-to-solve-it/): As the American-Israeli military campaign pounds Iran, Israel’s smaller adversary in Gaza is relatively quiet—for now—but will remain a thorn in Israel’s side, waiting for the war to end.
- [US bunker-buster hits on Iran drive China deeper underground](https://iwpost.com/us-bunker-buster-hits-on-iran-drive-china-deeper-underground/): After US bunker-buster strikes exposed the vulnerability of Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, China is moving to bury its own critical assets deeper underground.
- [Over 36,000 Americans returned from Middle East since Feb. 28: State Department](https://iwpost.com/over-36000-americans-returned-from-middle-east-since-feb-28-state-department/): More than 36,000 American citizens have safely returned to the US from the Middle East since Feb.
- [US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial](https://iwpost.com/us-blindsides-states-with-surprise-settlement-in-live-nation-ticketmaster-trial/): The Trump administration agreed to stop pursuing a breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster as part of a settlement that blindsided state attorneys general in the middle of a trial.
- [Islamophobic Think Tank Helped Prosectors Write Terror Indictment Against ICE Protesters](https://iwpost.com/islamophobic-think-tank-helped-prosectors-write-terror-indictment-against-ice-protesters/): A researcher at a far-right think tank helped Justice Department prosecutors craft their indictment for terror charges against an alleged “north Texas antifa cell,” the researcher testified Monday.
- [Oil soars 25%, gold drops as Iran war jolts global commodity markets](https://iwpost.com/oil-soars-25-gold-drops-as-iran-war-jolts-global-commodity-markets/): Oil prices surged around 25% on Monday to their highest since mid-2022, with Brent on track ‌for a record one-day gain, while gold fell 2% as an escalating Iran war squeezed world energy supplies, boosted the dollar and dampened hopes of interest-rate cuts.
- [Golden Corral Diner Brutally Attacked by Workers After Payment Mix-Up](https://iwpost.com/golden-corral-diner-brutally-attacked-by-workers-after-payment-mix-up/): A night out at a buffet allegedly spiraled into chaos — and now a Nevada man says he’s dealing with life-changing injuries.
- [A CIA-armed Kurd insurgency in Iran would be risky and reckless](https://iwpost.com/a-cia-armed-kurd-insurgency-in-iran-would-be-risky-and-reckless/): With the Iranian regime weakened by relentless American and Israeli missiles, Washington is eyeing a familiar US ally in the Middle East to help push the Islamic Republic over the edge: the Kurds.
- [Testing Apple's 2026 16-inch MacBook Pro, M5 Max, and its new "performance" cores](https://iwpost.com/testing-apples-2026-16-inch-macbook-pro-m5-max-and-its-new-performance-cores/): Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max make deceptively large changes to how Apple’s high-end laptop and desktop chips are built.
- [12-Minute Couscous Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato and Feta](https://iwpost.com/12-minute-couscous-salad-with-sun-dried-tomato-and-feta/): This 12-minute Couscous Salad with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Feta is the perfect quick meal when you want something fresh, satisfying, and full of flavor.
- [Rubio Says US Will Not Tolerate “Hostage Diplomacy” as Officials Mark Wrongful Detainee Day ](https://iwpost.com/rubio-says-us-will-not-tolerate-hostage-diplomacy-as-officials-mark-wrongful-detainee-day/): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States will continue pressing for the release of Americans held abroad while warning governments that use detainees as leverage that Washington will hold them accountable.
- [Nvidia halts H200 production as China backs Huawei AI chips](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-halts-h200-production-as-china-backs-huawei-ai-chips/): Nvidia has reportedly halted production of its H200 artificial-intelligence (AI) chips intended for China amid rising political tensions between the United States and China and Beijing’s policy of supporting domestic chips.
- [After falling far behind the rest of industry, Blue Origin creates new stock option plan](https://iwpost.com/after-falling-far-behind-the-rest-of-industry-blue-origin-creates-new-stock-option-plan/): Editor’s note: On Monday afternoon, Blue Origin chief executive Dave Limp sent employees an email announcing a “new stock option” plan that would allow all employees to participate in and eventually convert vested options.
- [Italy weighs fuel-tax cuts as firms warn of energy price surge from Middle East war](https://iwpost.com/italy-weighs-fuel-tax-cuts-as-firms-warn-of-energy-price-surge-from-middle-east-war/): Italy is considering cutting fuel excise duties using higher-than-expected value-added tax revenues triggered by rising ​pump prices, the prime minister said, as businesses ‌warned the conflict in the Middle East could sharply raise energy costs.
- [​​Native Students Receive Excessive Discipline in This New Mexico School District, Report Finds](https://iwpost.com/native-students-receive-excessive-discipline-in-this-new-mexico-school-district-report-finds/): One of the largest school districts in New Mexico subjects Navajo students to pervasive discrimination and a climate of fear, according to a report released last week by the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission.
- [Pressing challenges facing Egypt as a result of the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/pressing-challenges-facing-egypt-as-a-result-of-the-iran-war/): Public concern in Egypt is rising over the continuation of the Israeli-American war on Iran, amid fears of economic repercussions and difficult financial burdens that could weigh heavily on Egyptians, who have already endured considerable hardship after more than ten years under the rule of the current president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
- [What international law says about the Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities](https://iwpost.com/what-international-law-says-about-the-israeli-strikes-on-iranian-oil-facilities/): Israeli strikes targeted oil facilities near the Iranian capital of Tehran over the weekend.
- [Iran conflict hardens North Korea’s nuclear posture](https://iwpost.com/iran-conflict-hardens-north-koreas-nuclear-posture/): Pariah states need friends, too.
- [Quad Cortex mini amp modeler: All the power, half the size](https://iwpost.com/quad-cortex-mini-amp-modeler-all-the-power-half-the-size/): At this January’s massive NAMM music tech show in Los Angeles, six products won “best of show” awards.
- [Yoko Ono Made Shocking Claim About John Lennon Days After His Death](https://iwpost.com/yoko-ono-made-shocking-claim-about-john-lennon-days-after-his-death/): Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono spent years on opposite sides of Beatles history.
- [Israel’s aims likely the key determinant of Iran war’s duration](https://iwpost.com/israels-aims-likely-the-key-determinant-of-iran-wars-duration/): Since the joint US-Israel war with Iran resumed on February 28, nine months after the previous attacks, many have asked whether President Donald Trump has a strategy for what he wants to achieve and for when he will declare another ceasefire.
- [16 Lightly Injured by Hezbollah Missile in Central Israel](https://iwpost.com/16-lightly-injured-by-hezbollah-missile-in-central-israel/): Hezbollah launched missiles toward central Israel on Monday afternoon, injuring civilians and damaging buildings and infrastructure in several locations, according to Israeli emergency services, police, and hospital officials.
- [Quad Cortex mini: Insane amp modeling power for the discerning guitarist](https://iwpost.com/quad-cortex-mini-insane-amp-modeling-power-for-the-discerning-guitarist/): At this January’s massive NAMM music tech show in Los Angeles, six products won “best of show” awards.
- [EU Environment Chief Urges Nations to Use Nature as a Strategic Defence Tool](https://iwpost.com/eu-environment-chief-urges-nations-to-use-nature-as-a-strategic-defence-tool/): Countries should consider restoring natural ecosystems along their land borders as part of a broader national security strategy, according to the European Union’s environment chief.
- [The Middle East conflict has swiftly exposed economic vulnerability in the region](https://iwpost.com/the-middle-east-conflict-has-swiftly-exposed-economic-vulnerability-in-the-region/): At the end of 2025, the Gulf states received high praise for their economic resilience.
- [U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School](https://iwpost.com/u-s-military-refuses-to-endorse-trump-claim-that-iran-bombed-girls-school/): President Donald Trump claimed that Iran, not the U.S., struck an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab, the attack with the highest civilian death toll in Trump’s second Iran war.
- [He Promised His Dying Mother He’d Protect the Family’s Health. In This Georgia Town, It Isn’t Easy.](https://iwpost.com/he-promised-his-dying-mother-hed-protect-the-familys-health-in-this-georgia-town-it-isnt-easy/): Clifford Thomas and his family lost four relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic, including his beloved mother, Beverly.
- [Nintendo sues to prevent Trump from dodging full tariff refunds](https://iwpost.com/nintendo-sues-to-prevent-trump-from-dodging-full-tariff-refunds/): Last Friday, Nintendo joined thousands of companies suing the Trump administration to secure full refunds, plus interest, for billions in unlawful tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
- [End Iran war before Trump-Xi summit or encourage a hedgehog world](https://iwpost.com/end-iran-war-before-trump-xi-summit-or-encourage-a-hedgehog-world/): Iran might have little incentive to concede to US demands until after the March 31 summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
- [“Unprovoked act of aggression,” Russia claims Israel attacked its cultural center in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/unprovoked-act-of-aggression-russia-claims-israel-attacked-its-cultural-center-in-lebanon/): Russia’s international humanitarian cooperation agency said on Monday that Israel attacked the partner Russian House in the Lebanese city of Nabatieh, calling it an “unprovoked act of aggression,” Anadolu reports.
- [Don't worry, Valve still plans to launch the Steam Machine "this year"](https://iwpost.com/dont-worry-valve-still-plans-to-launch-the-steam-machine-this-year/): Valve quickly reconfirmed that it plans to ship the Steam Machine and other recently announced hardware products “this year,” after an official blog post late last week set off some worried speculation about possible delays.
- [Bahrain’s state oil company declares force majeure on its shipments after Iran attack](https://iwpost.com/bahrains-state-oil-company-declares-force-majeure-on-its-shipments-after-iran-attack/): Bahrain’s state oil company declared force majeure on Monday for its shipments after an Iranian attack set its refinery ablaze.
- [Russia wanted a new world order – just not this one](https://iwpost.com/russia-wanted-a-new-world-order-just-not-this-one/): Four years ago, Vladimir Putin escalated his war against Ukraine to an all-out assault.
- [‘I Shielded the Baby With My Body’: Paramedic Protects Newborn During Iran Missile Alert](https://iwpost.com/i-shielded-the-baby-with-my-body-paramedic-protects-newborn-during-iran-missile-alert/): “I shielded the baby with my body.” That is how Magen David Adom paramedic Elad Pas describes the moment an ambulance birth on a highway in southern Israel coincided with a missile alert.
- [The future of geothermal energy may depend on fossil fuel workers](https://iwpost.com/the-future-of-geothermal-energy-may-depend-on-fossil-fuel-workers/): Mike Fleming was always interested in geothermal energy — how it works, how sustainable it is, and how efficiently it can heat homes and businesses.
- [Beloved ’80s Actress Dies at 65](https://iwpost.com/beloved-80s-actress-dies-at-65/): Jennifer Runyon, the actress best known for her memorable roles in ghostbusters and the ’80s sitcom charles in charge, has died. She was 65.
- [Social media can draw attention to atrocities – a key factor in reducing risk of recurrence](https://iwpost.com/social-media-can-draw-attention-to-atrocities-a-key-factor-in-reducing-risk-of-recurrence/): Social media is often blamed for stoking violence.
- [Chevrolet killed it then brought it back, now we drive it: The 2027 Bolt](https://iwpost.com/chevrolet-killed-it-then-brought-it-back-now-we-drive-it-the-2027-bolt/): Chevrolet provided flights from Washington, DC, to Los Angeles and accommodation so Ars could drive the Bolt. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.](https://iwpost.com/israel-destroyed-gazas-roads-and-transit-now-we-walk-everywhere/): Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi is a 20-year-old Palestinian writer, poet, and editor from Gaza studying English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza.
- [Asia in the crosshairs as oil barrels toward $120](https://iwpost.com/asia-in-the-crosshairs-as-oil-barrels-toward-120/): Oil surged to over US$119 a barrel on Monday, levels not seen since 2022, before falling back to around $100 in a whipsaw trading session driven by uncertainties around the escalating US-Israeli war with Iran.
- [“It doesn't feel safe”—Many international game developers plan to skip GDC in US](https://iwpost.com/it-doesnt-feel-safe-many-international-game-developers-plan-to-skip-gdc-in-us/): This week, tens of thousands of game developers and producers will once again gather in San Francisco, as they have since 1988, for the weeklong Game Developers Conference.
- [US Orders Non-Essential Staff to Leave Saudi Arabia Amid Rising Security Threats](https://iwpost.com/us-orders-non-essential-staff-to-leave-saudi-arabia-amid-rising-security-threats/): The United States has ordered all non-emergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia, citing growing safety concerns amid a series of missile and drone incidents in the Kingdom.
- [Why China won’t hit back over Indonesia’s US trade deal](https://iwpost.com/why-china-wont-hit-back-over-indonesias-us-trade-deal/): When Beijing’s foreign ministry issued its now-familiar line that the recent Indonesia‑US trade agreement “should not harm any third party,” some analysts urgently warned of possible economic retaliation.
- [Putin congratulates Mojtaba Khamenei on becoming Iran’s new supreme leader](https://iwpost.com/putin-congratulates-mojtaba-khamenei-on-becoming-irans-new-supreme-leader/): Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to Mojtaba Khamenei on his appointment as Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Kremlin said Monday, Anadolu reports.
- [Iran Strikes Kuwait Airport Fuel Tanks and Bahrain Desalination Plant, 4 Dead in the Gulf](https://iwpost.com/iran-strikes-kuwait-airport-fuel-tanks-and-bahrain-desalination-plant-4-dead-in-the-gulf/): Iran struck fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport and a desalination plant in Bahrain on Sunday, killing four people across the Gulf as Tehran continued attacks on regional infrastructure into a second week of war.
- [US-Israel bombing aims to depopulate Iran’s capital](https://iwpost.com/us-israel-bombing-aims-to-depopulate-irans-capital/): An airstrike on Tehran's oil storage facilities.
- [40 Church Members Stranded in Jerusalem Amid Iran War](https://iwpost.com/40-church-members-stranded-in-jerusalem-amid-iran-war/): They came to Jerusalem expecting a faith-filled journey through ancient streets and sacred sites.
- [Far-right eyes breakthrough in French municipal elections](https://iwpost.com/far-right-eyes-breakthrough-in-french-municipal-elections/): France’s far-right National Rally is under pressure to secure a strong showing in municipal elections starting Sunday, widely seen as a key test of the party’s prospects ahead of next year’s presidential race.
- [Attack on Iran a defining moment for the global order](https://iwpost.com/attack-on-iran-a-defining-moment-for-the-global-order/): At certain moments in history, the true significance of events lies not in the events themselves but in the rules that emerge afterward.
- [US service member dies from injuries sustained in Iran’s attack on Saudi Arabia, death toll rises to 7](https://iwpost.com/us-service-member-dies-from-injuries-sustained-in-irans-attack-on-saudi-arabia-death-toll-rises-to-7/): A US service member has succumbed to injuries sustained during an Iranian attack on US troops in Saudi Arabia on March 1, bringing the death toll of US service members to seven, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [Israeli Navy Killed 5 Senior Quds Force IRGC Commanders in Beirut Hotel](https://iwpost.com/israeli-navy-killed-5-senior-quds-force-irgc-commanders-in-beirut-hotel/): An Israeli Navy strike in Beirut overnight killed five senior commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who were operating from a hotel room in the Lebanese capital, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday.
- [Middle East conflict shows the real meaning of Trump’s ‘America first’ foreign policy](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-conflict-shows-the-real-meaning-of-trumps-america-first-foreign-policy/): Now well into its second week, the US-Israeli war against Iran has gone beyond the “combat operation” the US president, Donald Trump, announced when it began on February 28.
- [MEPs urge faster EU enlargement as strategic response to geopolitical challenges](https://iwpost.com/meps-urge-faster-eu-enlargement-as-strategic-response-to-geopolitical-challenges/): The European Parliament has called for a swift and strategic push on EU enlargement, arguing that expanding the bloc is vital for Europe’s security and stability.
- [Team Mirai pushing to bring ‘digital democracy’ to Japan](https://iwpost.com/team-mirai-pushing-to-bring-digital-democracy-to-japan/): The top story to emerge from Japan’s Lower House election on Febuary 8 was the overwhelming victory of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the implosion of the old left-wing opposition.
- [Live Nation director boasted of gouging ticket buyers, "robbing them blind"](https://iwpost.com/live-nation-director-boasted-of-gouging-ticket-buyers-robbing-them-blind/): Newly unsealed documents show that a Live Nation regional director boasted of gouging ticket buyers and “robbing them blind” with fees for ancillary services such as slight upgrades to parking.
- [Bus Driver and Students Rushed to Hospital After Terrifying Crash](https://iwpost.com/bus-driver-and-students-rushed-to-hospital-after-terrifying-crash/): A frightening morning crash involving a school bus and two other vehicles sent a bus driver and four students to the hospital in DeKalb County, Georgia, authorities said.
- [NASA OKs April manned Artemis II moon launch – but problems loom](https://iwpost.com/nasa-oks-april-manned-artemis-ii-moon-launch-but-problems-loom/): NASA is preparing for an imminent launch of Artemis II, a manned lunar flyby flight – the first in 50 years.
- [The who, what, and why of the attack that has shut down Stryker's Windows network](https://iwpost.com/the-who-what-and-why-of-the-attack-that-has-shut-down-strykers-windows-network-2/): Within hours of the US and Israel launching airstrikes on Iran two weeks ago, security professionals warned organizations around the world to be on heightened watch for destructive retaliatory hacks.
- [Iran’s cultural heritage in the crossfire – expert explains what has been damaged and what could be lost](https://iwpost.com/irans-cultural-heritage-in-the-crossfire-expert-explains-what-has-been-damaged-and-what-could-be-lost/): Following joint attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran on February 28, the country has come under repeated strikes.
- [Friends of Zion Launch Nationwide Israeli Billboard Campaign Thanking God and Trump](https://iwpost.com/friends-of-zion-launch-nationwide-israeli-billboard-campaign-thanking-god-and-trump/): A nationwide billboard campaign thanking US President Donald Trump has been launched across Israel by the Friends of Zion movement, with signs appearing along major highways and central intersections in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
- [US strike likely hit a school in Iran due to outdated intelligence – NYT](https://iwpost.com/us-strike-likely-hit-a-school-in-iran-due-to-outdated-intelligence-nyt/): The US military accidentally struck an Iranian elementary school on February 28, killing at least 168 children and 14 teachers, likely due to outdated intelligence on a nearby naval base, according to sources briefed on a preliminary investigation.
- [Hegseth pressed on use of AI targeting in bombing of Iran school](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-pressed-on-use-of-ai-targeting-in-bombing-of-iran-school/): A protester holds a photograph of a young girl killed in the bombing of a primary school in Minab, Iran, during a solidarity rally in Belgrade, Serbia, March 10, 2026.
- [Is Israel becoming a strategic liability for the US?](https://iwpost.com/is-israel-becoming-a-strategic-liability-for-the-us/): Indicators are mounting that the world is heading toward an era of multipolarity, signaling the twilight of the age of singular American hegemony and a redistribution of global power among multiple actors.
- [The who, what, and why of the attack that has shut down Stryker's Windows network"](https://iwpost.com/the-who-what-and-why-of-the-attack-that-has-shut-down-strykers-windows-network/): Within hours of the US and Israel launching airstrikes on Iran two weeks ago, security professionals warned organizations around the world to be on heightened watch for destructive retaliatory hacks.
- [AIPAC Is Staying Out of Illinois Senate Race — But Its Donors Back Juliana Stratton](https://iwpost.com/aipac-is-staying-out-of-illinois-senate-race-but-its-donors-back-juliana-stratton/): The leading pro-Israel lobbying group has kept quiet on the race for an open Senate seat in Illinois while pouring its largest investments this cycle into the state’s high-profile House primaries, leaving observers to wonder whether it would really sit out the Senate contest.
- [Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say](https://iwpost.com/election-records-handed-over-to-the-fbi-in-maricopa-county-arizona-could-be-fatally-flawed-experts-say/): This week, when 2020 voting information from Maricopa County, Arizona, was handed over to the FBI, it might have seemed like a replay of the agency’s late January raid in Fulton County, Georgia.
- [Iran war: the search for an ‘off ramp’](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-the-search-for-an-off-ramp/): This is the text from The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [25-Year-Old Mountain Biker Dies Weeks After Rattlesnake Bite on California Trail](https://iwpost.com/25-year-old-mountain-biker-dies-weeks-after-rattlesnake-bite-on-california-trail/): A young mountain biker has died weeks after being bitten by a rattlesnake while riding on a popular Southern California trail.
- [HP has new incentive to stop blocking third-party ink in its printers](https://iwpost.com/hp-has-new-incentive-to-stop-blocking-third-party-ink-in-its-printers/): Members of the International Imaging Technology Council (Int’l ITC) are calling out HP for issuing firmware updates that brick third-party ink and toner functionality in its printers.
- [Drones hit Dubai airport and Creek Harbour](https://iwpost.com/drones-hit-dubai-airport-and-creek-harbour/): Authorities in Dubai have confirmed that two drones fell in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport (DXB) on Wednesday, leaving four people injured.
- [Iran’s ruling structure explained](https://iwpost.com/irans-ruling-structure-explained/): Iran’s new ruler is already a marked man.
- [Iran war brings history’s largest oil supply disruption, says IEA](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-brings-historys-largest-oil-supply-disruption-says-iea/): The US-Israel war with Iran has sparked an energy supply crunch.
- [Active Shooter, Vehicle Ramming Reported at Synagogue in Michigan; Suspect Reported Dead](https://iwpost.com/active-shooter-vehicle-ramming-reported-at-synagogue-in-michigan-suspect-reported-dead/): Law enforcement authorities responded to reports of a vehicle ramming and active shooter incident at Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, which involved a large security operation, shelter-in-place orders, and the evacuation of nearby facilities.
- [Iran and Ukraine are changing the EU and testing its unity](https://iwpost.com/iran-and-ukraine-are-changing-the-eu-and-testing-its-unity/): As the US-Israel war against Iran is well into its second week, with no sign of ending, it is having ever wider global ripple effects.
- [Lucid announces midsize EV platform, says profitability lies with SUVs](https://iwpost.com/lucid-announces-midsize-ev-platform-says-profitability-lies-with-suvs/): Lucid’s entry into the highly competitive, high-volume midsize SUV market will be key to achieving profitability, the company told investors today.
- [Long way round: Cape route filling the Hormuz gap](https://iwpost.com/long-way-round-cape-route-filling-the-hormuz-gap/): Events in the Middle East during February and March 2026 again disrupted the flows of shipping trade to the eastern and western spheres of the international system.
- [In humiliation for US, Iran sending oil to China through Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/in-humiliation-for-us-iran-sending-oil-to-china-through-hormuz/): In what appears to be a significant setback for the White House’s pressure campaign against Tehran, Iran has continued exporting large volumes of crude oil to China through the Strait of Hormuz despite the US-Israeli attack and repeated warnings that the vital waterway could become unusable.
- [Amid Crowded Skies, FAA Kills Rule Aimed at Regulating Space Junk](https://iwpost.com/amid-crowded-skies-faa-kills-rule-aimed-at-regulating-space-junk/): The Trump administration is backing off a rule aimed at stopping commercial space companies from leaving rocket bodies in Earth’s orbit, a practice that experts say could threaten public safety and telecommunications.
- [Turkey’s Erdogan says Iran war must stop before whole region dragged in](https://iwpost.com/turkeys-erdogan-says-iran-war-must-stop-before-whole-region-dragged-in/): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned that the war involving Iran risks setting the entire Middle East “on fire” if it is not halted, urging that diplomacy be given a chance to resolve the conflict.
- [Valve compares its loot boxes to Labubus in lawsuit defense](https://iwpost.com/valve-compares-its-loot-boxes-to-labubus-in-lawsuit-defense/): Last month, the New York Attorney General (NYAG) brought a lawsuit against Valve accusing the company of promoting “illegal gambling” through its randomized in-game loot boxes.
- [The secret superpower of Brazil’s vast savanna](https://iwpost.com/the-secret-superpower-of-brazils-vast-savanna/): You’ve heard of the Amazon rainforest, but have you heard of its neighbor, the cerrado?
- [NFL Icon Ruthlessly Fired by NBC After 17 Seasons](https://iwpost.com/nfl-icon-ruthlessly-fired-by-nbc-after-17-seasons/): Tony Dungy is officially done at NBC, and the longtime Football Night in America fixture is making it clear he didn’t see this ending coming.
- [Oil price escalation could help China grasp more green global leadership](https://iwpost.com/oil-price-escalation-could-help-china-grasp-more-green-global-leadership/): With crude oil prices incredibly volatile as the war in Iran continues, some countries are already warning they may run out of oil.
- [China’s all-nuke sub push may trigger an undersea arms race](https://iwpost.com/chinas-all-nuke-sub-push-may-trigger-an-undersea-arms-race/): China’s shift toward an all-nuclear submarine fleet could extend its strategic reach from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean while spurring a broader regional buildup of nuclear-powered undersea forces.
- [Iranian Women Footballers Caught Between Defiance and the Regime](https://iwpost.com/iranian-women-footballers-caught-between-defiance-and-the-regime/): A silent anthem became a cry for help.
- [Santa Fe Chicken Salad](https://iwpost.com/santa-fe-chicken-salad/): If you love bold, vibrant flavors, this Santa Fe Chicken Salad will quickly become one of your favorite recipes.
- [Kurdish gains in Syria could disappear without international support − just as they did in Iraq decades ago](https://iwpost.com/kurdish-gains-in-syria-could-disappear-without-international-support-%e2%88%92-just-as-they-did-in-iraq-decades-ago/): Days into the United States and Israel’s war against Iran, Trump officials and Kurdish leaders began openly musing about whether Iran’s Kurdish minority should seize on the dire situation facing the Islamic Republic and engage in armed operations against the state.
- [Facing heavy losses, Honda cancels its three US-made electric vehicles](https://iwpost.com/facing-heavy-losses-honda-cancels-its-three-us-made-electric-vehicles/): Last year, Honda gave Ars a tour of some of its manufacturing facilities in Ohio.
- [Iran war costing US untold billions, with no end in sight](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-costing-us-untold-billions-with-no-end-in-sight/): WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have not formally authorized a war in Iran, though they may soon be expected to approve emergency funding for the endeavor without any projection from the Trump administration as to how long it may last or the full cost, not just in dollars but in American troop and civilian lives.
- [FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war](https://iwpost.com/fbi-warns-iran-aspired-to-attack-california-with-drones-in-retaliation-for-war/): The has FBI alerted California police departments that Iran might retaliate against U.S.
- [Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump](https://iwpost.com/veterans-who-depend-on-mental-health-care-keep-losing-their-therapists-under-trump/): Mental Health Staff Losses: Hundreds of mental health professionals left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office.
- [The Geography of Hope: Why Palestine is the Middle East’s Only Way Out](https://iwpost.com/the-geography-of-hope-why-palestine-is-the-middle-easts-only-way-out/): Let us imagine a liberated Palestine. Let us consider how justice for the Palestinian people would reshape not only the region but, indeed, the entire globe.
- [Remembering the 30-year-old computer game that introduced me to Star Wars](https://iwpost.com/remembering-the-30-year-old-computer-game-that-introduced-me-to-star-wars/): We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, from modern to ancient and all points in between.
- [War in Iran squeezing China’s oil lifeline](https://iwpost.com/war-in-iran-squeezing-chinas-oil-lifeline/): China’s energy security may be put to its first true test in 2026 with the seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in January and joint US-Israeli military action against Iran beginning in late February.
- [Iran and Hezbollah Launch 200 Missiles on Northern Israel and Jerusalem Area](https://iwpost.com/iran-and-hezbollah-launch-200-missiles-on-northern-israel-and-jerusalem-area/): Iran and Hezbollah launched missile attacks on Israel from multiple fronts between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, firing a barrage toward northern communities before additional missiles from Iran triggered sirens across Jerusalem on Thursday morning.
- ["Use a gun" or "beat the crap out of him": AI chatbot urged violence, study finds](https://iwpost.com/use-a-gun-or-beat-the-crap-out-of-him-ai-chatbot-urged-violence-study-finds/): An advocacy group said its study of 10 artificial intelligence chatbots found that most of them gave at least some help to users planning violent attacks and that nearly all failed to discourage users from violence.
- [Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie ‘Terrified’ They’re Next on Chopping Block](https://iwpost.com/princesses-beatrice-and-eugenie-terrified-theyre-next-on-chopping-block/): Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are reportedly living on edge — and insiders say the York sisters feel like they’re trapped in a royal pressure cooker with no escape.
- [Hungarian Opposition Claims Kremlin-Backed Smear Campaign Ahead of Election](https://iwpost.com/hungarian-opposition-claims-kremlin-backed-smear-campaign-ahead-of-election/): Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar has accused the Kremlin of backing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s election campaign with a series of disinformation videos expected to surface on Thursday.
- [Natural fortress: How geography protects Iran’s regime](https://iwpost.com/natural-fortress-how-geography-protects-irans-regime/): Iran’s strategic outlook is undeniably linked to its physical topography.
- [Windows 11's Steam Deck-ish, streamlined Xbox gaming UI comes to all PCs in April](https://iwpost.com/windows-11s-steam-deck-ish-streamlined-xbox-gaming-ui-comes-to-all-pcs-in-april/): When Asus and Microsoft launched the ROG Xbox Ally X last summer, it came with a bespoke controller-driven full-screen interface running on top of Windows 11.
- [Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain for its opposition to Iran war](https://iwpost.com/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-trade-with-spain-for-its-opposition-to-iran-war/): President Donald Trump threatened to cut off trade with Spain on Wednesday, accusing Madrid of failing to cooperate with NATO after it barred the US from using jointly operated bases on its territory for strikes against Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Explain it like I'm 5: Why is everyone on speakerphone in public?](https://iwpost.com/explain-it-like-im-5-why-is-everyone-on-speakerphone-in-public/): The key to working at a place like Ars Technica is solid news judgment.
- [America and Israel share an enemy — not a strategy](https://iwpost.com/america-and-israel-share-an-enemy-not-a-strategy/): Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu don't always see eye to eye.
- [Oil Shock and War Pressure Renew the Case for Energy Alternatives](https://iwpost.com/oil-shock-and-war-pressure-renew-the-case-for-energy-alternatives/): What happens in the Strait of Hormuz does not stay in the Strait of Hormuz.
- [British Airways cancels Abu Dhabi service ‘until later this year’](https://iwpost.com/british-airways-cancels-abu-dhabi-service-until-later-this-year/): British Airways said it had cancelled all flights to and from Amman, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai and Tel Aviv “until later this month”, while services to and from Abu Dhabi have been suspended “until later this year”.
- [FCC chair blasts Amazon after it criticizes SpaceX megaconstellation](https://iwpost.com/fcc-chair-blasts-amazon-after-it-criticizes-spacex-megaconstellation/): It is fairly common for satellite companies to verbally spar over constellations, battling over territory such as preferred orbits and the electromagnetic spectrum for data transmission.
- [Epstein had ‘Secret Baby’ with ‘Perfect’ Blonde Woman](https://iwpost.com/epstein-had-secret-baby-with-perfect-blonde-woman/): Jeffrey Epstein is at the center of another jaw-dropping allegation — this time involving a “secret” child.
- [A Putin peace gambit to end two wars at once](https://iwpost.com/a-putin-peace-gambit-to-end-two-wars-at-once/): Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin may be starting to see eye-to-eye on how to end wars.
- [Trump’s AI-Powered World Wars](https://iwpost.com/trumps-ai-powered-world-wars/): In the last few days, President Donald Trump has said that the U.S-Israel war on Iran will end soon, after oil prices jumped and the growing regional conflict continued to shake markets.
- [Report Confirms Columbia Ignored Decades of Doctor’s Sexual Abuse](https://iwpost.com/report-confirms-columbia-ignored-decades-of-doctors-sexual-abuse/): Decades after patients first warned Columbia University that one of its doctors sexually abused them, some university administrators have finally faced consequences.
- [Report: RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda curbed as GOP realizes it's unpopular](https://iwpost.com/report-rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-agenda-curbed-as-gop-realizes-its-unpopular/): Health Secretary Robert F.
- [These are shaky times for oil markets. An expert explains what a prolonged war will mean for prices](https://iwpost.com/these-are-shaky-times-for-oil-markets-an-expert-explains-what-a-prolonged-war-will-mean-for-prices/): The US-Israel strikes on Iran have launched one of the most dramatic conflicts in the Middle East in living memory.
- [ECB will do “everything necessary” to keep inflation under control – Lagarde](https://iwpost.com/ecb-will-do-everything-necessary-to-keep-inflation-under-control-lagarde/): European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that the bank would do “everything necessary” to keep inflation under control as the Middle East war drives up oil prices.
- [Shadow tankers: the only ships still moving through Hormuz Strait](https://iwpost.com/shadow-tankers-the-only-ships-still-moving-through-hormuz-strait/): The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Since the beginning of the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran on Feb.
- [US Embassy in Baghdad says leaving Iraq ‘best option’ for Americans](https://iwpost.com/us-embassy-in-baghdad-says-leaving-iraq-best-option-for-americans/): The US Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that “for many” US citizens in Iraq, leaving the country is “the best option” if they can safely do so, Anadolu reports.
- [Israeli Envoy Casts Hormuz, Oil, and Iran War as One Strategic Fight](https://iwpost.com/israeli-envoy-casts-hormuz-oil-and-iran-war-as-one-strategic-fight/): In this hard-charging interview-driven piece, Felice Friedson sits down with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter at a moment when the Strait of Hormuz, global oil markets, and the Iran war have collided into one high-stakes geopolitical drama.
- [Google Play Games for PC is getting more premium titles and cross-buy with Android](https://iwpost.com/google-play-games-for-pc-is-getting-more-premium-titles-and-cross-buy-with-android/): Google has been tinkering with porting its Play Games platform to Windows for several years, but it started getting serious about it last year.
- [Trump says the Iran war will end ‘very soon’ – but it is not clear how](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-the-iran-war-will-end-very-soon-but-it-is-not-clear-how/): Donald Trump has said he thinks the war with Iran will be over soon.
- [Understanding who profits will be key to resolving the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/understanding-who-profits-will-be-key-to-resolving-the-iran-war/): When US and Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Iran, the shock waves were felt far beyond the region.
- [14,000 routers are infected by malware that's highly resistant to takedowns](https://iwpost.com/14000-routers-are-infected-by-malware-thats-highly-resistant-to-takedowns/): Researchers say they have uncovered a takedown-resistant botnet of 14,000 routers and other network devices—primarily made by Asus—that have been conscripted into a proxy network that anonymously carries traffic used for cybercrime.
- [Michelle Obama Admits She and Barack are ‘Navigating a New Phase’ of Marriage](https://iwpost.com/michelle-obama-admits-she-and-barack-are-navigating-a-new-phase-of-marriage/): After months of internet whispers and divorce speculation, Michelle Obama is setting the record straight — and she’s doing it in her most honest, relatable way yet.
- [Athletics: Farrugia and Bezzina take the honours in fourth leg of Road Running Series](https://iwpost.com/athletics-farrugia-and-bezzina-take-the-honours-in-fourth-leg-of-road-running-series/): Gabriel Farrugia continued his march towards his first-ever Road Running League title dominating from start to finish the 10k Beat Your PB Race hosted by Corsa and held in Ta’ Xbiex.
- [Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Fired Missile at Elementary School in Iran](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-report-u-s-military-fired-missile-at-elementary-school-in-iran/): A U.S. military investigation determined in its preliminary findings that the United States conducted an attack on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, according to two U.S.
- [Iran war on same disastrous path as Iraq war](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-on-same-disastrous-path-as-iraq-war/): The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and hanged.
- [Binance sues WSJ, panicked by gov’t probes into sanctioned crypto transfers](https://iwpost.com/binance-sues-wsj-panicked-by-govt-probes-into-sanctioned-crypto-transfers/): Binance is hoping that suing The Wall Street Journal for defamation might help shake off a fresh round of government probes into how the cryptocurrency exchange failed to detect $1.7 billion in transfers to a network that was funding Iran-backed terror groups.
- [Dahiyeh: the Beirut suburb at the heart of an Israeli military doctrine](https://iwpost.com/dahiyeh-the-beirut-suburb-at-the-heart-of-an-israeli-military-doctrine/): Over the ten days of the renewed conflict in the Middle East, Beirut’s southern district of Dahiyeh has been targeted by Israel, which is looking to deal a knockout blow to Hezbollah.
- [Damascus Accuses Hezbollah of Shelling Near Serghaya in New Border Escalation](https://iwpost.com/damascus-accuses-hezbollah-of-shelling-near-serghaya-in-new-border-escalation/): [DAMASCUS] Artillery shells fell on Syrian territory near the town of Serghaya, west of Damascus, early Tuesday, with the Syrian Arab Army confirming in an official statement that the shells were fired from Lebanese territory.
- [Juicy Beef Steak Fajitas (Easy Grilled Mexican Favorite)](https://iwpost.com/juicy-beef-steak-fajitas-easy-grilled-mexican-favorite/): These Beef Steak Fajitas are not your average taco night recipe.
- [From Marx to mosque: how Iran reshaped global extremism](https://iwpost.com/from-marx-to-mosque-how-iran-reshaped-global-extremism/): The Iranian Revolution of 1979 reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East, replacing Iran’s Western-backed leader with an Islamic Republic.
- [Iran will not take part in FIFA 2026 World Cup co-hosted by US, says sports minister](https://iwpost.com/iran-will-not-take-part-in-fifa-2026-world-cup-co-hosted-by-us-says-sports-minister/): Iran will not take part in the 2026 FIFA World Cup after the co-host US carried out airstrikes on the country that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s sports minister said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Intel shores up its desktop CPU lineup with boosted Core Ultra 200S Plus chips](https://iwpost.com/intel-shores-up-its-desktop-cpu-lineup-with-boosted-core-ultra-200s-plus-chips/): Intel’s Core Ultra 200S desktop chips, codenamed “Arrow Lake,” first launched in late 2024, and they were the most significant updates to Intel’s desktop CPU lineup in years.
- [Spain permanently withdraws ambassador as rift with Israel deepens](https://iwpost.com/spain-permanently-withdraws-ambassador-as-rift-with-israel-deepens/): Spain has permanently withdrawn its ambassador to Israel, deepening a diplomatic standoff between the two countries over Madrid’s opposition to US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
- [US energy chief’s deleted Hormuz X post called market manipulation](https://iwpost.com/us-energy-chiefs-deleted-hormuz-x-post-called-market-manipulation/): US Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
- [NIH director launches "Scientific Freedom" lectures with non-scientist](https://iwpost.com/nih-director-launches-scientific-freedom-lectures-with-non-scientist/): On Tuesday, word spread that the National Institutes of Health was launching a series of what it’s calling “Scientific Freedom Lectures,” with the first scheduled for March 20.
- [The planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away?](https://iwpost.com/the-planet-is-overheating-why-is-the-news-looking-away/): Scientists are pretty sure that Earth is hotter than at any time in the last 125,000 years, but the news media is moving on, trying to keep on top of a fire hose of pressing news — from the daily chaos of the Trump administration to the breaking developments in the war on Iran.
- [Pam Bondi Hiding in ‘Secret’ Military Housing After Cartel Threats and Epstein Files Backlash](https://iwpost.com/pam-bondi-hiding-in-secret-military-housing-after-cartel-threats-and-epstein-files-backlash/): Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly moved out of her Washington, D.C., apartment and into heavily guarded military housing as threats against her ramp up — and the outrage over the Epstein files refuses to die down.
- [Trump's EPA says it's cracking down, but the data tells a different story](https://iwpost.com/trumps-epa-says-its-cracking-down-but-the-data-tells-a-different-story/): For over a decade, Hino Motors Ltd.
- [DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases](https://iwpost.com/dhs-seeks-access-to-massive-employment-salary-and-family-database-legally-restricted-to-use-in-child-support-cases/): The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement arm is requesting unfettered access to what is considered to be the most comprehensive government database of people in the United States and their most private information, including sensitive details about individual children, according to six current and former federal officials.
- [Trump’s Iran war and the dollar damage done](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-war-and-the-dollar-damage-done/): TOKYO — Whether US President Donald Trump cries “uncle” on the Iran war tomorrow or it drags on, the economic damage is already done on several fronts.
- [US Destroys 16 Iranian Minelayers in Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/us-destroys-16-iranian-minelayers-in-strait-of-hormuz/): The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Tuesday that its forces destroyed 16 Iranian minelaying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz after reports that Tehran was attempting to deploy naval mines in the vital maritime corridor.
- [Italy will not enter a war, Meloni tells Senate](https://iwpost.com/italy-will-not-enter-a-war-meloni-tells-senate/): Italy will not enter a war, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told the Senate on Wednesday, as tensions around Iran continue to escalate.
- [Palestinian community in Chile condemns killing of Lebanese priest in Israeli strike](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-community-in-chile-condemns-killing-of-lebanese-priest-in-israeli-strike/): The Palestinian community in Chile has condemned the killing of Maronite Catholic priest Father Pierre al-Ra’i during Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon.
- [Quantum computing meets the Möbius molecule](https://iwpost.com/quantum-computing-meets-the-mobius-molecule/): Last week, IBM trumpeted its contributions to a rather unusual paper: the production of a molecule with a half-Möbius topology, assisted by an algorithm run in part on a quantum computer.
- [Does Iran’s new supreme leader actually matter?](https://iwpost.com/does-irans-new-supreme-leader-actually-matter/): Iran’s announcement of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s replacement after his death by US-Israeli bombing came at an unexpectedly rapid pace.
- [NASA and SpaceX disagree about manual controls for lunar lander](https://iwpost.com/nasa-and-spacex-disagree-about-manual-controls-for-lunar-lander/): NASA’s inspector general released a new report on Tuesday that examines the space agency’s management of the Human Landing System development contracts signed with SpaceX and Blue Origin.
- [Princess Eugenie Mocked After Quitting Anti-Slavery Charity](https://iwpost.com/princess-eugenie-mocked-after-quitting-anti-slavery-charity/): Princess Eugenie is officially out as patron of Anti-Slavery International — and the timing is already setting off a brutal wave of online commentary.
- [Air strikes reported across the Middle East, Iran clamps down on dissent](https://iwpost.com/air-strikes-reported-across-the-middle-east-iran-clamps-down-on-dissent/): The United States and Israel exchanged air strikes with Iranian military targets across the Middle East, as Tehran warned that its security forces had their “fingers on the trigger” to confront any resurgence of anti-government protests.
- [US had blueprint to cut civilian war casualties – Trump killed it](https://iwpost.com/us-had-blueprint-to-cut-civilian-war-casualties-trump-killed-it/): Originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, this article is republished with permission.
- [EXCLUSIVE – Ambassador Yechiel Leiter to TML: ‘If a Nuclear Iran Took the Strait of Hormuz, Who Would Control the World’s Oil?’](https://iwpost.com/exclusive-ambassador-yechiel-leiter-to-tml-if-a-nuclear-iran-took-the-strait-of-hormuz-who-would-control-the-worlds-oil/): As fears mounted Tuesday over the security of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter warned that the confrontation with Iran is about far more than Israel alone.
- [Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm "radical left, woke"](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-sues-us-over-blacklisting-white-house-calls-firm-radical-left-woke/): Anthropic sued the Trump administration yesterday in an attempt to reverse the government’s decision to blacklist its technology.
- [Trump warns of consequences at levels ‘never seen before’ if Iran does not remove mines from Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/trump-warns-of-consequences-at-levels-never-seen-before-if-iran-does-not-remove-mines-from-strait-of-hormuz/): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened Iran with unprecedented military consequences if it had placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz and failed to remove them, Anadolu reports.
- [Israeli prime minister’s office refutes reports suggesting Netanyahu assassinated](https://iwpost.com/israeli-prime-ministers-office-refutes-reports-suggesting-netanyahu-assassinated/): Protesters gather in front of the Federal Ministry of the Interior in Berlin to demonstrate against the presence of the Israeli state aircraft “Wings of Zion” at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Germany on March 2, 2026.
- [STMicroelectronics plans robots, retraining to avoid closures](https://iwpost.com/stmicroelectronics-plans-robots-retraining-to-avoid-closures/): STMicroelectronics unveiled ​plans to retrain workers and deploy robots in its ‌older chip manufacturing plants, avoiding closures as the European semiconductor giant navigates industry challenges.
- [Base effect: US power projection and the danger of dispersion](https://iwpost.com/base-effect-us-power-projection-and-the-danger-of-dispersion/): Before the US and Israeli attacks against Iran and Iran’s retaliation, you’d be excused if you didn’t know that the US has a plethora of military bases in the Middle East – that have now been targeted by Tehran – and around the world.
- [Israeli Attacks on Checkpoints Have Spread Fear Among the Basij and the IRGC](https://iwpost.com/israeli-attacks-on-checkpoints-have-spread-fear-among-the-basij-and-the-irgc/): As Israeli attacks on Basij and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) checkpoints in Tehran have intensified, an audio file has emerged that appears to feature a Basij commander speaking on a messaging platform used by his forces in one district of Tehran.
- [Enrica Bonaccorti, Beloved Italian TV Presenter, Dies at 76](https://iwpost.com/enrica-bonaccorti-beloved-italian-tv-presenter-dies-at-76/): Enrica Bonaccorti, one of Italy’s most recognizable and cherished television personalities, has died at the age of 76.
- [BYD's latest EVs can get close to full charge in just 12 minutes](https://iwpost.com/byds-latest-evs-can-get-close-to-full-charge-in-just-12-minutes/): China’s BYD will aim to take on Porsche and BMW in the European luxury car market with a premium electric vehicle that can be charged in just five minutes.
- [Referee Has Seizure and Collapses During Live Wrestling Match (Video)](https://iwpost.com/referee-has-seizure-and-collapses-during-live-wrestling-match-video/): A scary moment at an Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) taping is getting major backlash after a referee appeared to suffer a seizure in the ring — while the action continued around him.
- [Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins (Moist, Bright & Bakery-Style)](https://iwpost.com/lemon-poppy-seed-muffins-moist-bright-bakery-style/): Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins are soft, moist, and bursting with fresh citrus flavor.
- [Israel warns US it is running low on missile interceptors: Report](https://iwpost.com/israel-warns-us-it-is-running-low-on-missile-interceptors-report/): Israel has warned the US that it is running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors as the conflict with Iran continues, according to a report by US news website Semafor that was published Saturday, citing unidentified US officials, Anadolu reports.
- [Aliens announce their presence in latest Disclosure Day trailer](https://iwpost.com/aliens-announce-their-presence-in-latest-disclosure-day-trailer/): There are different marketing strategies when it comes to movie trailers.
- [US opens unfair trade practices probe of 60 countries over forced labor](https://iwpost.com/us-opens-unfair-trade-practices-probe-of-60-countries-over-forced-labor/): The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said late on Thursday it had begun Section 301 unfair trade practices probes ​of 60 economies in relation to what it called failures to ‌take action on forced labor.
- [When Missiles Strike, Israel’s Medics Run Toward the Danger](https://iwpost.com/when-missiles-strike-israels-medics-run-toward-the-danger/): “People in Israel go to shelters when the sirens sound.
- [Measles vaccinations rose 291% among New Mexico adults during outbreak](https://iwpost.com/measles-vaccinations-rose-291-among-new-mexico-adults-during-outbreak/): In January 2025, a measles outbreak erupted on the western edge of Texas and soon spilled over to New Mexico and other states.
- [This DHS Official Oversees the Security of Federal Elections. He Wants to Ban Voting Machines.](https://iwpost.com/this-dhs-official-oversees-the-security-of-federal-elections-he-wants-to-ban-voting-machines/): In his top post at the Department of Homeland Security, David Harvilicz sets policy on protecting the nation’s elections infrastructure, including voting machines.
- [Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae](https://iwpost.com/magnetars-drag-spacetime-to-power-superluminous-supernovae/): Some of the most extreme explosions in the universe are Type I superluminous supernovae.
- [Former NFL Star Dies Suddenly at 33](https://iwpost.com/former-nfl-star-dies-suddenly-at-33/): Former college football standout and professional linebacker Cameron Ontko has died at just 33 years old.
- [Romania Scrambles Jets After Suspicious Drone Activity](https://iwpost.com/romania-scrambles-jets-after-suspicious-drone-activity/): Romania scrambled fighter jets on ​Friday to monitor ‌drones possibly breaching its national airspace, the defence ​ministry said, ​adding that it was possible ⁠that drone fragments ​fell on Romanian ​territory near border with Ukraine.
- [War, oil and power: Could the Iran conflict shake the petrodollar order?  ](https://iwpost.com/war-oil-and-power-could-the-iran-conflict-shake-the-petrodollar-order/): As war spreads across the Persian Gulf, the first tremors are felt in oil markets.
- [M5 MacBook Air review: Still the best MacBook for almost everybody](https://iwpost.com/m5-macbook-air-review-still-the-best-macbook-for-almost-everybody/): The M5 Pro and M5 Max in the new MacBook Pros are interesting not because they deliver a solid speed increase for Apple’s fastest laptop processors but because they also include substantial under-the-hood changes.
- [Why Trump emphasizes US Kharg attack preserved Iran oil lifeline](https://iwpost.com/why-trump-emphasizes-us-kharg-attack-preserved-iran-oil-lifeline/): As the US and Israel’s assault on Iran grinds on, the Trump administration has issued increasingly bellicose claims that American and Israeli forces are delivering ferocious blows to the Iranian regime.
- [President Trump and Iranian Leaders Reject Ceasefire Talks](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-and-iranian-leaders-reject-ceasefire-talks/): President Donald Trump has declined proposals from Middle Eastern allies to begin diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the war with Iran that began two weeks ago with a large-scale US-Israeli air assault, several sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.
- [Subscribers to Amazon Prime Video with ads lose 4K support on April 10](https://iwpost.com/subscribers-to-amazon-prime-video-with-ads-lose-4k-support-on-april-10/): Starting on April 10, Amazon Prime subscribers will pay $5 per month for ad-free Prime Video without ads, up from the current $3 per month on top of their Prime subscription, Amazon announced today.
- [Israel’s Deadly Blockade Traps 7 U.S. Doctors in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/israels-deadly-blockade-traps-7-u-s-doctors-in-gaza/): The Israeli government is blocking medical workers from entering or leaving Gaza, twice canceling the departure of seven U.S.-based physicians on a medical mission there, according to a group of doctors in Gaza who spoke to The Intercept.
- [Goldman Sachs hikes average Brent oil forecast to over $100 a barrel for March](https://iwpost.com/goldman-sachs-hikes-average-brent-oil-forecast-to-over-100-a-barrel-for-march/): Goldman Sachs ​expects Brent oil to average over $100 a barrel ‌in March, and $85 in April, it said on Friday, as energy prices remain volatile due to the Iran war and damage ​to Middle East energy infrastructure and disruptions in ​the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Mining rush for critical minerals threatens Amazon land reform settlements](https://iwpost.com/mining-rush-for-critical-minerals-threatens-amazon-land-reform-settlements/): This is an original story produced by Mongabay and is republished through the Indigenous News Alliance.
- [Another AT&T FirstNet user gets shocking $6,200 bill, at $2 per megabyte](https://iwpost.com/another-att-firstnet-user-gets-shocking-6200-bill-at-2-per-megabyte/): If you’re an AT&T FirstNet customer and suddenly get hit with a $6,200 charge, the good news is that it’s probably a mistake and can be corrected.
- [Meghan Markle Slammed as a ‘Sell Out’ After Event](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-slammed-as-a-sell-out-after-event/): Meghan Markle is making waves in royal-watching circles again — this time over a luxury “Girls’ Weekend” event in Australia that’s already drawing plenty of buzz (and backlash).
- [New party Team Mirai pushes to bring ‘digital democracy’ to Japan](https://iwpost.com/new-party-team-mirai-pushes-to-bring-digital-democracy-to-japan/): The top story to emerge from Japan’s Lower House election on Febuary 8 was the overwhelming victory of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the implosion of the old left-wing opposition.
- [Lebanon says 26 paramedics killed, 51 injured in Israeli attacks since March 2](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-says-26-paramedics-killed-51-injured-in-israeli-attacks-since-march-2/): At least 26 paramedics have been killed and 51 others injured in ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [Adobe settles DOJ cancellation fee lawsuit, will pay $75 million penalty](https://iwpost.com/adobe-settles-doj-cancellation-fee-lawsuit-will-pay-75-million-penalty/): Canceling a software subscription is supposed to be easy—that’s what US law dictates.
- [Talk of US Anti-Missile System Relocation Fuels Anxiety in South Korea](https://iwpost.com/talk-of-us-anti-missile-system-relocation-fuels-anxiety-in-south-korea/): The US is relocating parts of a missile defence system installed in South Korea to the Middle East, according to officials cited by the Washington Post and South Korean news outlets.
- [In the Room Where Death Row Prisoners Say Final Goodbyes, He Learned He Would Live](https://iwpost.com/in-the-room-where-death-row-prisoners-say-final-goodbyes-he-learned-he-would-live/): On the day after Alabama Gov.
- [They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.](https://iwpost.com/they-didnt-want-to-have-c-sections-a-judge-would-decide-how-they-gave-birth/): Unequal Rights: Pregnant women in some states have fewer rights than other mentally competent adults to refuse medical treatment, including surgery.
- [Europe’s not at war with Iran — but it will still pay the price](https://iwpost.com/europes-not-at-war-with-iran-but-it-will-still-pay-the-price/): By any conventional measure, Europe is not a party to the US–Israeli war on Iran.
- [Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company](https://iwpost.com/google-fiber-will-be-sold-to-private-equity-firm-and-merge-with-cable-company/): Google Fiber, now officially called GFiber, is being sold to private equity firm Stonepeak and will be combined with cable-and-fiber firm Astound Broadband to create a larger Internet service provider.
- [William Shatner Sparks Fresh Health Panic After Surgery Weeks Before 95th Birthday](https://iwpost.com/william-shatner-sparks-fresh-health-panic-after-surgery-weeks-before-95th-birthday/): William Shatner has fans talking again — and not just because the Star Trek legend is about to turn 95.
- [Iran war challenges nuclear latency strategy of Japan, South Korea](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-challenges-nuclear-latency-strategy-of-japan-south-korea/): The Iran war has delivered a verdict on nuclear latency – the strategy of possessing the capability to develop a nuclear weapons program while stopping short of crossing the weaponization threshold.
- [Staff complain that xAI is flailing because of constant upheaval](https://iwpost.com/staff-complain-that-xai-is-flailing-because-of-constant-upheaval/): Elon Musk has ordered another round of job cuts at xAI after growing frustrated with the poor performance of its coding product, forcing out several more cofounders and parachuting in “fixers” from SpaceX and Tesla to audit the startup.
- [Biggest global oil supply disruptions in history](https://iwpost.com/biggest-global-oil-supply-disruptions-in-history/): The International Energy Agency said the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered the largest disruption to global oil markets in history, with supply expected to fall by about 8 million barrels per day in March, or around 8%.
- [Israel Strikes Missile Complex, Regime Headquarters Across Iran](https://iwpost.com/israel-strikes-missile-complex-regime-headquarters-across-iran/): Israel’s military carried out a broad wave of airstrikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps infrastructure across Iran over the past 24 hours, targeting sites in several cities including Tehran as the Islamic Republic marked International Quds Day (“Jerusalem Day), Ynet reported.
- [Pulpit to Pentagon: the evangelicals who see Iran war as God’s plan](https://iwpost.com/pulpit-to-pentagon-the-evangelicals-who-see-iran-war-as-gods-plan/): As the American and Israeli war with Iran unfolds, some American Christians are speaking of the conflict in biblical terms, mapping end-time prophecies on to current events in the Middle East.
- [Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games](https://iwpost.com/figuring-out-why-ais-get-flummoxed-by-some-games/): With its Alpha series of game-playing AIs, Google’s DeepMind group seemed to have found a way for its AIs to tackle any game, mastering games like chess and Go by repeatedly playing itself during training.
- [Garlic Butter Pan-Seared Pork Chops](https://iwpost.com/garlic-butter-pan-seared-pork-chops/): If you’re looking for a quick and satisfying dinner, these Garlic Butter Pan-Seared Pork Chops are a perfect choice.
- [US offers up to $10M reward for information on Iranian leaders](https://iwpost.com/us-offers-up-to-10m-reward-for-information-on-iranian-leaders/): The US State Department on Friday announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of Iran’s key leaders, including Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Anadolu reports.
- [Why Dems Keep Saying Trump Has “No Plan” Instead of Calling to End the War With Iran](https://iwpost.com/why-dems-keep-saying-trump-has-no-plan-instead-of-calling-to-end-the-war-with-iran/): Adam Johnson is co-host of the Citations Needed podcast and author of “How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza,” out April 21 and available for preorder now.
- [Iran may be where the US-led world order ends](https://iwpost.com/iran-may-be-where-the-us-led-world-order-ends/): In his monumental work “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, historian Edward Gibbon argued that empires rarely collapse suddenly.
- [Slay the Spire 2 is a bit too familiar for its own good](https://iwpost.com/slay-the-spire-2-is-a-bit-too-familiar-for-its-own-good/): Do you remember the joyful satisfaction you felt when you really started to understand Slay the Spire?
- [Euro zone industry starts 2026 on weak note, even before energy hit](https://iwpost.com/euro-zone-industry-starts-2026-on-weak-note-even-before-energy-hit/): Euro zone industrial production unexpectedly fell in January, data from Eurostat showed on Friday, casting doubt on the ​sector’s long-predicted recovery, especially as the recent surge in ‌energy costs will also weigh on demand.
- [Prince Andrew Watched “Electric Shock Torture” of Young Girl at Royal Cottage](https://iwpost.com/prince-andrew-watched-electric-shock-torture-of-young-girl-at-royal-cottage/): Prince Andrew is back in the headlines after newly surfaced Epstein-related records revived a disturbing allegation: that the disgraced royal was present while a young girl was abused at Frogmore Cottage, a historic home tied to generations of the British monarchy.
- [US warned of China rare earth curbs if Section 301 tariffs expand](https://iwpost.com/us-warned-of-china-rare-earth-curbs-if-section-301-tariffs-expand/): Beijing could resume restrictions on rare-earth exports and halt purchases of United States soybeans if Washington insists on “making trouble” by proceeding with new tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act, according to Chinese commentators and policy observers.
- [At Least 4 US Service Members Killed After KC-135 Refueling Aircraft Crashes in Western Iraq](https://iwpost.com/at-least-4-us-service-members-killed-after-kc-135-refueling-aircraft-crashes-in-western-iraq/): At least four US service members were killed after a KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq on March 12 during Operation Epic Fury, US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported, adding that the incident was not caused by hostile fire or friendly fire.
- [NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there's a reason why](https://iwpost.com/nasa-officials-sidestepped-questions-on-artemis-ii-risks-theres-a-reason-why/): When talking about risk during a press conference on Thursday, the NASA officials in charge of the upcoming Artemis II Moon mission hedged their answers.
- [‘No decision’ about Japan navy to Hormuz as Takaichi wins budget](https://iwpost.com/no-decision-about-japan-navy-to-hormuz-as-takaichi-wins-budget/): Japan’s House of Representatives on Friday passed the FY2026 budget, setting the stage for a fight in the upper house — where the government lacks a majority — as opposition parties seek to delay the budget’s passage (they can’t block it indefinitely) and deal a political blow to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
- [Flying to the Moon for the first time in 54 years is risky—but how risky?](https://iwpost.com/flying-to-the-moon-for-the-first-time-in-54-years-is-risky-but-how-risky/): When talking about risk during a press conference on Thursday, the NASA officials in charge of the upcoming Artemis II Moon mission hedged their answers.
- [EU leaders push visa crackdown on Russian war veterans](https://iwpost.com/eu-leaders-push-visa-crackdown-on-russian-war-veterans/): Germany’s Friedrich Merz and Poland’s Donald Tusk are among a group of EU leaders urging Brussels to tighten visa rules for Russian nationals with combat experiencein Ukraine.
- [Iran and the Arabian Peninsula depend on desalination plants to survive – why water has become a target](https://iwpost.com/iran-and-the-arabian-peninsula-depend-on-desalination-plants-to-survive-why-water-has-become-a-target/): The Gulf region has been defined by oil for decades.
- [B-2 stealth bombers used in operation against Iran: US Central Command](https://iwpost.com/b-2-stealth-bombers-used-in-operation-against-iran-us-central-command/): US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Friday B-2 stealth bombers carried out a mission targeting Iranian capabilities as part of an ongoing operation that began late last month, Anadolu reports.
- [Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges for Wearing All Black](https://iwpost.com/anti-ice-protesters-convicted-on-terrorism-charges-for-wearing-all-black/): A federal jury handed prosecutors a mixed victory in the trial of nine protesters for their roles during or after a chaotic demonstration outside a U.S.
- [Woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae get trapped in her deviated septum](https://iwpost.com/woman-sneezes-out-maggots-after-fly-larvae-get-trapped-in-her-deviated-septum/): A 58-year-old woman in Greece appears to hold the record for growing a parasitic sheep bot fly in her nose the longest, almost creating a snot rocket that could literally fly.
- [US dispatched Marines to Mideast, feeding Iran invasion warnings](https://iwpost.com/us-dispatched-marines-to-mideast-feeding-iran-invasion-warnings/): In what has been described as a potential “major escalation” of the Trump administration’s war with Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly approved a request from US Central Command to move more warships and thousands of Marines to the Middle East following Iran’s attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Shi’ite Cells in the Gulf Are Cooperating With Iran, Leaking Data and Coordinates](https://iwpost.com/shiite-cells-in-the-gulf-are-cooperating-with-iran-leaking-data-and-coordinates/): Iran’s recent drone and missile strikes on infrastructure in Gulf states have raised concerns that covert networks inside those countries may be assisting Tehran’s operations.
- [Candace Owens Slammed for Sharing Shocking Photos of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination (Video)](https://iwpost.com/candace-owens-slammed-for-sharing-shocking-photos-of-charlie-kirks-assassination-video/): Candace Owens is getting dragged online after dropping what she claims is newly obtained video and photos tied to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — more than six months after he was shot on a Utah college campus.
- [Why the next escalation in the Iran conflict could be between the US and Turkey](https://iwpost.com/why-the-next-escalation-in-the-iran-conflict-could-be-between-the-us-and-turkey/): In the two weeks since the US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, Donald Trump’s war aims have fluctuated between crippling Iranian military capabilities and toppling the regime that has ruled there since 1979.
- [Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories](https://iwpost.com/supply-chain-attack-using-invisible-code-hits-github-and-other-repositories/): Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to detect such threats.
- [ICC opens probe into alleged crimes against humanity by Belarus](https://iwpost.com/icc-opens-probe-into-alleged-crimes-against-humanity-by-belarus/): Prosecutors at the International Criminal ​Court said on Thursday they had opened an ‌investigation into whether the government of Belarus committed crimes that led to deportations of its opponents.
- [Diego Garcia-Chagos Islands deal is delayed](https://iwpost.com/diego-garcia-chagos-islands-deal-is-delayed/): More than a year ago, the UK agreed to grant Mauritius sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, which Britain has governed as the British Indian Ocean Territory since 1965.
- [Doubling the voltage: What 800 V architecture really changes in EVs](https://iwpost.com/doubling-the-voltage-what-800-v-architecture-really-changes-in-evs/): For more than a decade, most electric vehicles have quietly shared the same electrical backbone: a battery pack operating at roughly 400 V.
- [Kharg Island: Iran’s energy lifeline that has so far escaped attack](https://iwpost.com/kharg-island-irans-energy-lifeline-that-has-so-far-escaped-attack/): As the US and Israel’s assault on Iran grinds on, the Trump administration has issued increasingly bellicose claims that American and Israeli forces are delivering ferocious blows to the Iranian regime.
- [Lebanon to pay ‘heavy price,’ warns Israel](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-to-pay-heavy-price-warns-israel/): Israel threatened Friday to make Lebanon’s government “pay a heavy price” through strikes on state infrastructure and the possible seizure of additional territory, Anadolu reports.
- [I Wrote a Movie Review. Cops Took It From A Protester’s Home to Make the Case That He’s a Terrorist.](https://iwpost.com/i-wrote-a-movie-review-cops-took-it-from-a-protesters-home-to-make-the-case-that-hes-a-terrorist/): Sophie Lewis is an author and independent scholar based in Philadelphia.
- [Danantara at one: promise, peril and vexing questions](https://iwpost.com/danantara-at-one-promise-peril-and-vexing-questions/): This month’s celebration marking the first anniversary of the Daya Anagata Nusantara Investment Management Agency, better known as Danantara, became a stage for Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to showcase a set of numbers that, at first glance, appeared revolutionary.
- [Middle East War Drives Spike in Air Cargo Costs as Shipping Routes Close](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-war-drives-spike-in-air-cargo-costs-as-shipping-routes-close/): Air freight rates have risen by as much as 70% on some routes since the start ​of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, data shows, as the conflict limits flights, blocks some ocean shipments and pushes up jet fuel costs.
- [Hegseth, Caine Say US–Israel Strikes Have Devastated Iran’s Military](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-caine-say-us-israel-strikes-have-devastated-irans-military/): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the United States and Israel have inflicted unprecedented damage on Iran’s military capabilities during the first weeks of the conflict, declaring that the Iranian regime’s forces are rapidly collapsing as American and Israeli strikes intensify.
- [Microsoft is working to eliminate PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-is-working-to-eliminate-pc-gamings-compiling-shaders-wait-times/): Modern gamers are used to loading up a new game for the first time and being forced to wait multiple minutes while a “compiling shaders” step whirs away, optimizing advanced 3D effects for their specific hardware.
- [How the humble hornwort could supercharge agriculture](https://iwpost.com/how-the-humble-hornwort-could-supercharge-agriculture/): You are here because of a single, all-important enzyme.
- [‘Downton Abbey’ Star Dies at 81](https://iwpost.com/downton-abbey-star-dies-at-81/): Jane Lapotaire, the veteran British actress beloved by TV audiences for her roles in The Crown and Downton Abbey — and revered by theatre fans for a powerhouse stage career — has died.
- [Nevada Regulators Fine Peptide Providers at Anti-Aging Festival Where Two Women Became Critically Ill](https://iwpost.com/nevada-regulators-fine-peptide-providers-at-anti-aging-festival-where-two-women-became-critically-ill/): Nevada regulators have fined three people who played a role in offering peptide injections last year at a Las Vegas anti-aging conference where two women became critically ill following treatment.
- [Russia’s relentless interference since start of Ukraine war has failed to break Moldova](https://iwpost.com/russias-relentless-interference-since-start-of-ukraine-war-has-failed-to-break-moldova/): When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the prospects for Moldova did not look good.
- [Japan should help US in Iran while it’s still dangerous](https://iwpost.com/japan-should-help-us-in-iran-while-its-still-dangerous/): Don’t expect any fireworks when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets US President Donald Trump in Washington on March 19.
- [Rocket Report: Pentagon needs more missile interceptors; Artemis II clears review](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-pentagon-needs-more-missile-interceptors-artemis-ii-clears-review/): Welcome to Edition 8.33 of the Rocket Report!
- [In its hunt for critical minerals, the US is misconstruing what is and is not America’s](https://iwpost.com/in-its-hunt-for-critical-minerals-the-us-is-misconstruing-what-is-and-is-not-americas/): Americans have a reputation for being bad at world geography, and the current U.S.
- [What if Iran’s next target is the Gulf’s water supply?](https://iwpost.com/what-if-irans-next-target-is-the-gulfs-water-supply/): For years, Gulf security has been discussed through the familiar vocabulary of oil, shipping lanes and missile defense.
- [European Parliament condemns rights abuses in Russia, Niger and Georgia](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-condemns-rights-abuses-in-russia-niger-and-georgia/): The European Parliament on Thursday adopted three resolutions addressing human rights concerns in Russia, Niger and Georgia, calling for sanctions, political accountability and the restoration of democratic norms.
- [Humanitarian aid to Gaza drops sharply amid crossing restrictions](https://iwpost.com/humanitarian-aid-to-gaza-drops-sharply-amid-crossing-restrictions/): Humanitarian and food aid entering the Gaza Strip has sharply declined due to continued Israeli restrictions on border crossings, deepening the humanitarian crisis facing more than 2.4 million Palestinians in the enclave.
- [Rivian reveals pricing and trim details for its R2 SUV](https://iwpost.com/rivian-reveals-pricing-and-trim-details-for-its-r2-suv/): Between the antics particular to a certain car company and the industrial chaos that was set off by COVID (then compounded by the invasion of Ukraine) it’s easy to have become cynical about things like timelines.
- [Ghosts of 1997 and 2008 stir as Iran spooks markets](https://iwpost.com/ghosts-of-1997-and-2008-stir-as-iran-spooks-markets/): TOKYO — Asia is seeing ghosts again. One apparition amid tight credit markets dates to the 2007-2008 global financial crisis.
- [Iranian Missile Hits Galilee Village of Zarzir, Injuring 60 and Damaging Nearly 300 Homes](https://iwpost.com/iranian-missile-hits-galilee-village-of-zarzir-injuring-60-and-damaging-nearly-300-homes/): An Iranian ballistic missile struck the Galilee village of Zarzir overnight, injuring about 60 residents and damaging nearly 300 homes after multiple launch alerts were sent to northern Israel, according to Ynet.
- [Greek Marinated Chicken Kabobs](https://iwpost.com/greek-marinated-chicken-kabobs/): If you’re looking for a fresh, flavorful, and healthy dinner, these Greek Marinated Chicken Kabobs are a perfect choice.
- [Oregon Voters Overwhelmingly Said Yes to Limiting Money in Politics. Then Politicians Had Their Say.](https://iwpost.com/oregon-voters-overwhelmingly-said-yes-to-limiting-money-in-politics-then-politicians-had-their-say/): Back in 2019, it looked like Oregon lawmakers might finally commit to ending the state’s outlier status on campaign finance.
- [Apple's MacBook Neo makes repairs easier and cheaper than other MacBooks](https://iwpost.com/apples-macbook-neo-makes-repairs-easier-and-cheaper-than-other-macbooks/): Apple’s MacBook Neo is the company’s first serious effort to break into the sub-$1,000 laptop business, challenging midrange Windows laptops and Chromebooks with its $599 starting price and its focus on build quality rather than high-end performance.
- [McDonald’s Customer Finds Worm in Filet-O-Fish](https://iwpost.com/mcdonalds-customer-finds-worm-in-filet-o-fish/): A McDonald’s customer says they got more than tartar sauce with their Filet-O-Fish: a worm.
- [While America fights, China builds](https://iwpost.com/while-america-fights-china-builds/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Oil heads for weekly gains despite US sanctions waiver on Russian oil](https://iwpost.com/oil-heads-for-weekly-gains-despite-us-sanctions-waiver-on-russian-oil/): Oil prices headed for ​weekly gains as of Friday, despite the U.S.
- [Ali Khamenei’s killing continues long US tradition of letting others pull the trigger](https://iwpost.com/ali-khameneis-killing-continues-long-us-tradition-of-letting-others-pull-the-trigger/): The US and Israel assassinated Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a joint operation in late February.
- [Centuries before the Inca, Peru's wealthy imported parrots from afar](https://iwpost.com/centuries-before-the-inca-perus-wealthy-imported-parrots-from-afar/): Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated trade network—one it used to import live parrots across the Andes from the Amazon rainforest.
- [Upside, downside for China’s tariff-free Africa deal](https://iwpost.com/upside-downside-for-chinas-tariff-free-africa-deal/): China’s President Xi Jinping announced in February 2026 that from May 1 China would be granting zero-tariff treatment to 53 African countries.
- [Friends of Al-Aqsa urge leaders of Muslim-dominant countries to impose diplomatic and economic sanctions on Israel](https://iwpost.com/friends-of-al-aqsa-urge-leaders-of-muslim-dominant-countries-to-impose-diplomatic-and-economic-sanctions-on-israel/): Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) have today welcomed the recent joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Turkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar condemning Israel’s closure of Masjid Al-Aqsa.
- [Netanyahu Says Iran Has Been Weakened by War, but Regime Change Depends on Its People](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-iran-has-been-weakened-by-war-but-regime-change-depends-on-its-people/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel and the United States have made major gains in the war against Iran, damaging Tehran’s nuclear and missile capabilities and weakening its regional position, but he said the fall of the regime is far from assured and ultimately depends on the Iranian people themselves.
- [Trump's DOJ is not falling for Sam Bankman-Fried's MAGA makeover on X](https://iwpost.com/trumps-doj-is-not-falling-for-sam-bankman-frieds-maga-makeover-on-x/): Ever since Donald Trump took office and declared himself a “pro-crypto president,” FTX’s disgraced founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been working to convince the administration that he’s a Republican now.
- [Wearing All Black at Protests Makes You Guilty of Terrorism, Prosecutors Tell Jury](https://iwpost.com/wearing-all-black-at-protests-makes-you-guilty-of-terrorism-prosecutors-tell-jury/): Federal agents raiding the home of two alleged antifa “operatives” seized a telling piece of evidence, a defense attorney said during closing arguments in a landmark trial Wednesday.
- [Trump’s War on Iran Could Cost Trillions](https://iwpost.com/trumps-war-on-iran-could-cost-trillions/): The Trump administration is drastically undercounting the price tag of the U.S.
- [How World ID wants to put a unique human identity on every AI agent](https://iwpost.com/how-world-id-wants-to-put-a-unique-human-identity-on-every-ai-agent/): Over the last few months, tools like OpenClaw have shown what tech-savvy AI users can do by setting a virtual cadre of automated agents on a task.
- [Greece wants durable solution to ensure free shipping in Hormuz Strait](https://iwpost.com/greece-wants-durable-solution-to-ensure-free-shipping-in-hormuz-strait/): Greece does not back any separate deals that would allow ​ships to enter and exit the Strait ‌of Hormuz but wants a durable solution to safeguard peace in the region, its Foreign Minister George ​Gerapetritis said on Tuesday.
- [Hungary’s Viktor Orbán reignites his hostility towards Ukraine as he prepares for April elections](https://iwpost.com/hungarys-viktor-orban-reignites-his-hostility-towards-ukraine-as-he-prepares-for-april-elections/): Relations between Hungary and Ukraine have deteriorated significantly over the past month.
- [Trump’s coalition of the unwilling: a long time in the making](https://iwpost.com/trumps-coalition-of-the-unwilling-a-long-time-in-the-making/): There is a certain historical irony unfolding in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Trump Administration Officials Reportedly Dismiss Tucker Carlson’s Fear of CIA Investigation, Federal Charges](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-officials-reportedly-dismiss-tucker-carlsons-fear-of-cia-investigation-federal-charges/): Trump administration officials have dismissed claims by conservative influencer Tucker Carlson that he is under CIA investigation or could face federal charges, describing the allegations as unfounded.
- [Apple can delist apps "with or without cause," judge says in loss for Musi app](https://iwpost.com/apple-can-delist-apps-with-or-without-cause-judge-says-in-loss-for-musi-app/): Musi, a free music streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple’s App Store.
- [Oil’s monopoly kaput, China to be top supplier of energy security](https://iwpost.com/oils-monopoly-kaput-china-to-be-top-supplier-of-energy-security/): The world cannot possibly absorb more exports from China, screamed the pundits.
- [Saudi Arabia says ballistic missile, 24 drones intercepted amid escalation](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-says-ballistic-missile-24-drones-intercepted-amid-escalation/): Missiles launched from Iran in retaliation for Israeli attacks are seen in the night sky over the city of Hebron in the West Bank on March 06, 2026.
- [Arizona indicts prediction market Kalshi for running illegal gambling operation](https://iwpost.com/arizona-indicts-prediction-market-kalshi-for-running-illegal-gambling-operation/): Arizona’s attorney general filed criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi, accusing it of operating a gambling business without a license and offering illegal wagers on elections.
- [Pope Leo asks media to show suffering of war, not amplify ‘propaganda’](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-asks-media-to-show-suffering-of-war-not-amplify-propaganda/): Pope Leo urged journalists on Monday to highlight the suffering caused by war, cautioning against ​news reports that risk sliding into propaganda by ‌glorifying conflicts or serving as “a megaphone” to amplify the voices of those in power.
- [Trump Wants to Put You in a Massive, Secret Government Database](https://iwpost.com/trump-wants-to-put-you-in-a-massive-secret-government-database/): Lauren Harper is Freedom of the Press Foundation’s first Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy.
- [What you need to know about Mexico’s drug cartels amid escalating violence](https://iwpost.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-mexicos-drug-cartels-amid-escalating-violence/): The recent killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) who was commonly referred to by his alias “El Mencho”, has once again brought global attention to drug-related violence in Mexico.
- [Iconic Singer, 86, Announces Farewell Tour](https://iwpost.com/iconic-singer-86-announces-farewell-tour/): Folk legend Judy Collins is officially taking her final bow on the touring circuit.
- [Polymarket death threat raises stakes of Iran war reporting](https://iwpost.com/polymarket-death-threat-raises-stakes-of-iran-war-reporting/): An Israeli journalist said he’s received death threats from gamblers demanding he change an accurate report about an Iranian missile strike in order to help them win a bet on the prediction app Polymarket.
- [Trump's plan to shut down weather and climate center triggers lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/trumps-plan-to-shut-down-weather-and-climate-center-triggers-lawsuit/): On Monday, a consortium that oversees the US’s premier atmospheric research center announced it was suing the Trump administration over plans to shut it down.
- [How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility](https://iwpost.com/how-ann-arbor-michigan-is-creating-its-own-clean-energy-utility/): When Krystal Steward started knocking on her neighbors’ doors in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2021, to discuss energy efficiency and sustainability upgrades, she was met with a lot of blank stares.
- [US Counterterrorism Chief Joe Kent Resigns, Claims Israel Pressured President Trump Into Iran War](https://iwpost.com/us-counterterrorism-chief-joe-kent-resigns-claims-israel-pressured-president-trump-into-iran-war/): US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent announced Tuesday that he is resigning over his opposition to the war in Iran, claiming the conflict was initiated under pressure from Israel and disputing the administration’s assessment of the threat posed by Tehran.
- [Europe erodes Western alliance by refusing Trump minesweepers ask](https://iwpost.com/europe-erodes-western-alliance-by-refusing-trump-minesweepers-ask/): Along with refusing to help the United States escort oil tankers and other shipping through the Straits of Hormuz, the Europeans have also turned down President Trump’s request for minesweepers.
- [Gamers react with overwhelming disgust to DLSS 5's generative AI glow-ups](https://iwpost.com/gamers-react-with-overwhelming-disgust-to-dlss-5s-generative-ai-glow-ups/): Since deep-learning super-sampling (DLSS) launch on 2018’s RTX 2080 cards, gamers have been generally bullish on the technology as a way to effectively use machine learning upscaling techniques to increase resolutions or juice frame rates in games.
- [Bolt to start monitoring how customers ride scooters](https://iwpost.com/bolt-to-start-monitoring-how-customers-ride-scooters/): Bolt is set to introduce several new changes, including monitoring driving behavior and a discount for customers wearing a helmet.
- [Going nuclear? Why a growing number of Washington’s allies are eyeing an alternative to US umbrella](https://iwpost.com/going-nuclear-why-a-growing-number-of-washingtons-allies-are-eyeing-an-alternative-to-us-umbrella/): Canadians are openly discussing the merits and risks of pursuing a nuclear weapon. Europeans are similarly considering a nuclear deterrent for the bloc.
- [Easy Blueberry Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bake (High-Protein & Meal Prep Friendly)](https://iwpost.com/easy-blueberry-cottage-cheese-breakfast-bake-high-protein-meal-prep-friendly/): If you’re looking for a healthy breakfast that actually tastes amazing, this Blueberry Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bake is about to become your new favorite morning recipe.
- [Why We Have to Fight Back Against ICE Protesters’ Terror Convictions](https://iwpost.com/why-we-have-to-fight-back-against-ice-protesters-terror-convictions/): It started on President Donald Trump’s very first day in office in 2017.
- [Iran war’s next escalation could pit US versus Turkey](https://iwpost.com/iran-wars-next-escalation-could-pit-us-versus-turkey/): In the two weeks since the US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, Donald Trump’s war aims have fluctuated between crippling Iranian military capabilities and toppling the regime that has ruled there since 1979.
- [Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock](https://iwpost.com/blocking-fertilisers-the-hormuz-strait-and-agricultural-shock/): The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely a matter of oil and gas, the usual prized duo that feature in the nervous chatter of global markets.
- [Firefighting drones head to Aspen—can they suppress a blaze before humans arrive?](https://iwpost.com/firefighting-drones-head-to-aspen-can-they-suppress-a-blaze-before-humans-arrive/): A Bay Area startup that manufactures drones to tackle wildfires has just signed its first customer, the Aspen Fire Protection District.
- [Jane Fonda Mocks ‘Reclusive’ Barbra Streisand’s Emotional Oscars Tribute (Video)](https://iwpost.com/jane-fonda-mocks-reclusive-barbra-streisands-emotional-oscars-tribute-video/): Jane Fonda isn’t hiding her feelings about who got the microphone at the 2026 Oscars.
- [Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.](https://iwpost.com/oil-regulators-found-hundreds-of-wells-violating-oklahoma-rules-then-they-ignored-their-findings/): Five years ago, Oklahoma oil regulators took on a project with an impressive name: the Source of Truth.
- [How Is AI Shaping the Battlefield and Narrative War in the Israel-Iran-US Conflict?](https://iwpost.com/how-is-ai-shaping-the-battlefield-and-narrative-war-in-the-israel-iran-us-conflict/): As the regional war involving Israel, Iran, and the United States has expanded, artificial intelligence has emerged as one of the conflict’s clearest new frontiers.
- [EU has adapted to US unpredictability, foreign policy chief says](https://iwpost.com/eu-has-adapted-to-us-unpredictability-foreign-policy-chief-says/): The European Union has started taking the unpredictability ​of the United States into ‌account one year after President Donald Trump returned to the White ​House, EU foreign policy ​chief Kaja Kallas said on ⁠Tuesday.
- [Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-shows-how-ai-speeds-up-military-kill-chains/): The US-Israel war on Iran has been described as “the first AI war”.
- [Is Israel already running low on missile interceptors?](https://iwpost.com/is-israel-already-running-low-on-missile-interceptors/): As the US–Israeli war with Iran enters its third week, reports are emerging that Israel is potentially running out of air defense interceptors due to Iran’s retaliatory attacks.
- [OpenAI’s own mental health experts unanimously opposed “naughty” ChatGPT launch](https://iwpost.com/openais-own-mental-health-experts-unanimously-opposed-naughty-chatgpt-launch/): OpenAI cannot escape the doom cloud swirling around its rollout of a text-based “adult mode” in ChatGPT.
- [International law overreached – and now world is paying the price](https://iwpost.com/international-law-overreached-and-now-world-is-paying-the-price/): Recent contributions frame a central challenge: international law has overreached, and the backlash is no longer theoretical.
- [Trump and his FCC chair demand more positive news coverage of Iran war](https://iwpost.com/trump-and-his-fcc-chair-demand-more-positive-news-coverage-of-iran-war/): President Trump and the Federal Communications Commission chairman are demanding more positive media coverage of the Iran war.
- [Trump: “The End Is Near” for Cuba](https://iwpost.com/trump-the-end-is-near-for-cuba/): President Donald Trump says Cuba is on the brink of collapse and the U.S. may be “taking” the island nation.
- [China’s AR-2000 helicopter drone hints at new naval playbook](https://iwpost.com/chinas-ar-2000-helicopter-drone-hints-at-new-naval-playbook/): This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China’s military has tested a new shipborne uncrewed helicopter that analysts say could expand the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) operational reach in contested waters such as the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.
- [Iran’s IRGC warns US-linked industries in region to evacuate ahead of attacks](https://iwpost.com/irans-irgc-warns-us-linked-industries-in-region-to-evacuate-ahead-of-attacks/): Missile trails and interceptions by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system light up the sky over Tel Aviv following Iran’s retaliatory missile attack targeting Israel on March 10, 2026.
- [Trump Intervention Reshapes Israeli Media Reform](https://iwpost.com/trump-intervention-reshapes-israeli-media-reform/): Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi made the remark during a meeting of the Knesset committee handling the government’s media reform, confirming that one of the bill’s most closely watched provisions had been taken out.
- [New "vibe coded" AI translation tool splits the video game preservation community](https://iwpost.com/new-vibe-coded-ai-translation-tool-splits-the-video-game-preservation-community/): Since Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe coding” just over a year ago, we’ve seen a rapid increase in both the capabilities and popularity of using AI models to throw together quick programming projects with less human time and effort than ever before.
- [Former College Football QB Dead at 28](https://iwpost.com/former-college-football-qb-dead-at-28/): Former Syracuse quarterback Rex Culpepper has died at 28 after suffering injuries in a dirt bike accident in Georgia over the weekend.
- [Gulf crisis to strengthen, not weaken, China’s industrial edge](https://iwpost.com/gulf-crisis-to-strengthen-not-weaken-chinas-industrial-edge/): Geopolitical crises rarely produce only short-term economic shocks.
- [National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info](https://iwpost.com/national-academies-of-sciences-says-no-to-demands-it-remove-climate-info/): Judges are frequently confronted with cases that hinge upon scientific information that their educational backgrounds may leave them ill-equipped to manage.
- [Oil rises as Middle East attacks continue](https://iwpost.com/oil-rises-as-middle-east-attacks-continue/): Oil prices ‌rose on Monday as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continued to disrupt oil production and shipping in the Middle East, despite U.S.
- [Senate Dem Leaders Are Trying to Sink Graham Platner. Voters Aren’t Convinced.](https://iwpost.com/senate-dem-leaders-are-trying-to-sink-graham-platner-voters-arent-convinced/): Maine oysterman-turned-politician Graham Platner has been drawing consistently packed crowds across the rural state for months as he aims to take on longtime incumbent Republican Susan Collins in this year’s Senate race.
- [Iran’s Hormuz blockade anchored in successful securitization](https://iwpost.com/irans-hormuz-blockade-anchored-in-successful-securitization/): Iran has long threatened to cut off access to the Strait of Hormuz, a concern featured in nearly every strategic risk-mapping and war-gaming scenario involving Iran and maritime disruptions since the 1970s.
- [Elon Musk's xAI sued for turning three girls' real photos into AI CSAM](https://iwpost.com/elon-musks-xai-sued-for-turning-three-girls-real-photos-into-ai-csam/): A tip from an anonymous Discord user led cops to find what may be the first confirmed Grok-generated child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) that Elon Musk’s xAI can’t easily dismiss as nonexistent.
- [No time for losers: Why the war meant to save Israel may destroy it](https://iwpost.com/no-time-for-losers-why-the-war-meant-to-save-israel-may-destroy-it/): When Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched their military aggression against Iran on 28th February, they appeared convinced that the war would be swift.
- [Hezbollah Rocket Hits Nahariya Residential Area, Injuring 6 as Northern Front Escalates](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-rocket-hits-nahariya-residential-area-injuring-6-as-northern-front-escalates/): A Hezbollah rocket struck a residential area in Nahariya on Monday evening, wounding at least six people and igniting a fire between two homes in the northern coastal city, as cross-border attacks from Lebanon again hit communities near Israel’s northern frontier.
- [‘Baywatch’ Star Arrested After Shocking Incident](https://iwpost.com/baywatch-star-arrested-after-shocking-incident/): Actress Alexandra Paul, best known for her role on Baywatch and her appearance in John Carpenter’s 1983 horror film Christine, was arrested in Wisconsin over the weekend following a protest at a controversial dog breeding facility.
- [Nvidia chip curbs turn Singapore into AI hub for China](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-chip-curbs-turn-singapore-into-ai-hub-for-china/): The United States’ export controls aimed at restricting China’s access to Nvidia’s advanced artificial intelligence chips are unlikely to stop Chinese firms from upgrading their AI models, according to some data‑center experts.
- [RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine changes to CDC vaccine guidance blocked by judge](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-changes-to-cdc-vaccine-guidance-blocked-by-judge/): A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked most of the damage that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Oscars 2026 winners list: ‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ sweep](https://iwpost.com/oscars-2026-winners-list-sinners-and-one-battle-after-another-sweep/): The full list of Oscar winners at Sunday’s 98th Academy Awards.
- [In war-torn Iran, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threats](https://iwpost.com/in-war-torn-iran-air-pollution-from-burning-oil-depots-and-bombed-buildings-unleashes-invisible-health-threats/): The waves of U.S.
- [With US distracted in Iran N. Korea’s opportunistic, not suicidal](https://iwpost.com/with-us-distracted-in-iran-n-koreas-opportunistic-not-suicidal/): North Korea over the weekend fired a barrage of long-range missiles and rockets into the sea off its east coast.
- [National Academies of Sciences resisting pressure to pull climate info](https://iwpost.com/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/): Judges are frequently confronted with cases that hinge upon scientific information that their educational backgrounds may leave them ill-equipped to manage.
- [From the strait of Hormuz to Malacca, global trade relies almost entirely on these five narrow waterways](https://iwpost.com/from-the-strait-of-hormuz-to-malacca-global-trade-relies-almost-entirely-on-these-five-narrow-waterways/): The conflict in Iran has disrupted energy and commodity markets.
- [Japan’s Takaichi faces Iran war test at Trump summit Thursday](https://iwpost.com/japans-takaichi-faces-iran-war-test-at-trump-summit-thursday/): Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit to the United States for a summit with President Donald Trump on March 19 was never going to be easy.
- [EU weighs naval response as Hormuz crisis rattles energy markets](https://iwpost.com/eu-weighs-naval-response-as-hormuz-crisis-rattles-energy-markets/): Foreign ministers from the European Union are expected to discuss reinforcing the bloc’s Aspides naval mission when they meet in Brussels on Monday, as pressure mounts from Donald Trump to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Trump advisers express regret over Iran war planning: Axios report](https://iwpost.com/trump-advisers-express-regret-over-iran-war-planning-axios-report/): US President Donald Trump speaks during a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, United States, on March 02, 2026.
- [Where Is Mojtaba Khamenei?](https://iwpost.com/where-is-mojtaba-khamenei/): More than two weeks have passed since the killing of Ali Khamenei, and no information has yet emerged about funeral or burial arrangements.
- [Healthy Sticky Chicken Bowls (High-Protein & Easy Weeknight Dinner)](https://iwpost.com/healthy-sticky-chicken-bowls-high-protein-easy-weeknight-dinner/): When busy weeknights call for something quick, nourishing, and satisfying, these Healthy Sticky Chicken Bowls are the perfect solution.
- [F1 in China: I've never seen so many people in those grandstands](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-china-ive-never-seen-so-many-people-in-those-grandstands/): Formula 1 raced in China this past weekend, just a week after the sport kicked off its 2026 season in Australia.
- [Is the world heating up faster than we thought?](https://iwpost.com/is-the-world-heating-up-faster-than-we-thought/): For years, scientists have been keeping a wary eye on the massive system of currents that carry water and nutrients across the ocean from Greenland to Antarctica.
- [Whoopi Faces Backlash Over Shocking Comments on Roman Polanski](https://iwpost.com/whoopi-faces-backlash-over-shocking-comments-on-roman-polanski/): Whoopi Goldberg is catching heat again after an old clip from The View started circulating online — and critics say it shows her downplaying the allegations against director Roman Polanski.
- [The Gulf’s expat El Dorado faces a costly recovery after the war](https://iwpost.com/the-gulfs-expat-el-dorado-faces-a-costly-recovery-after-the-war/): To this visitor, the desert cities of the Gulf such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha have long felt like the closest equivalent on Earth to colonies on the Moon.
- [No accountability: Bills would ban liability lawsuits for climate change](https://iwpost.com/no-accountability-bills-would-ban-liability-lawsuits-for-climate-change/): Republican lawmakers in multiple states and Congress are advancing proposals to shield polluters from climate accountability and prevent any type of liability for climate change harms—even as these harms and their associated costs continue to mount.
- [Middle East war disrupts pharma air routes, risks cancer drugs supply](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-war-disrupts-pharma-air-routes-risks-cancer-drugs-supply/): War in the Middle East is disrupting the flow of critical medicines to the Gulf, imperilling supply routes for cancer drugs and other treatments that require refrigeration and forcing companies to reroute flights ​and find overland access into the region, industry executives said.
- [Dem in Maine House Primary Funneled PAC Money to Republicans](https://iwpost.com/dem-in-maine-house-primary-funneled-pac-money-to-republicans/): A Democratic candidate for a key House race in Maine oversaw a political action committee that donated thousands of dollars to Republican candidates across the country, Federal Election Commission records show.
- [The Trump Administration’s “Disturbing” New Legal Strategy to Prosecute Border Crossers Is Taxing Courts and Testing the Law](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administrations-disturbing-new-legal-strategy-to-prosecute-border-crossers-is-taxing-courts-and-testing-the-law/): Jose Omar Flores-Penaloza was willing to admit that he had entered the United States illegally. He was ready to be deported, according to his attorneys.
- [Hormuz standoff to decide who defines the new world order](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-standoff-to-decide-who-defines-the-new-world-order/): The time for strategic patience in the Strait of Hormuz has expired.
- [Israel Built a Fortified Rehabilitation Hospital in Just One Week](https://iwpost.com/israel-built-a-fortified-rehabilitation-hospital-in-just-one-week/): Sara Nisri accompanied her husband, Meir, from Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center in Ra’anana to a new facility in Rishon LeZion—about 20 miles away—while missiles and rockets were falling.
- [Emerging legislation would shield polluters from liability for climate change](https://iwpost.com/emerging-legislation-would-shield-polluters-from-liability-for-climate-change/): Republican lawmakers in multiple states and Congress are advancing proposals to shield polluters from climate accountability and prevent any type of liability for climate change harms—even as these harms and their associated costs continue to mount.
- [Gaza Interior Ministry condemns killing of nine police officers in Israeli strike](https://iwpost.com/gaza-interior-ministry-condemns-killing-of-nine-police-officers-in-israeli-strike/): The Ministry of Interior and National Security has strongly condemned the killing of nine Palestinian police officers in an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in the Central Governorate of the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening.
- [No space, no power, no support – what life is really like for Indian IT workers serving global firms](https://iwpost.com/no-space-no-power-no-support-what-life-is-really-like-for-indian-it-workers-serving-global-firms/): IT workers in India keep a lot of the world’s technology ticking over.
- [What Trump’s Hormuz coalition call really means for China](https://iwpost.com/what-trumps-hormuz-coalition-call-really-means-for-china/): Donald Trump is trying to build a coalition against Iran's Hormuz blockade.
- [Tusk warns of real risk of Poland leaving the EU](https://iwpost.com/tusk-warns-of-real-risk-of-poland-leaving-the-eu/): Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that a potential Polish exit from the European Union is now a “real threat,” accusing nationalist President Karol Nawrocki and right-wing opposition parties of steering the country toward leaving the bloc.
- [Driver Laughs in Court After Killing 8-Year-Old Boy (Video)](https://iwpost.com/driver-laughs-in-court-after-killing-8-year-old-boy-video/): A Florida courtroom erupted in shock when a woman accused of killing an 8-year-old boy in a hit-and-run crash appeared to laugh during her first court appearance.
- [Europe’s hollow Iran war outrage](https://iwpost.com/europes-hollow-iran-war-outrage/): Watching European capitals scramble to calibrate their response to the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, one is reminded of a recurring scene in a very bad play — one that has run, with minor variations, since Suez.
- [Regional War With Iran Ripples Across Arab States as Jordan Intercepts Missiles and Egypt Feels Economic Shock](https://iwpost.com/regional-war-with-iran-ripples-across-arab-states-as-jordan-intercepts-missiles-and-egypt-feels-economic-shock/): As missiles, drones, and economic shocks ripple outward from the war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, Arab states beyond the main battlefield are confronting its consequences in sharply different ways.
- [Vietnam: How much Assembly dissent will To Lam allow?](https://iwpost.com/vietnam-how-much-assembly-dissent-will-to-lam-allow/): On March 15, 2026, nearly 73.5 million Vietnamese voters headed to the polls to elect 500 deputies to the 16th National Assembly and members of People’s Councils at all levels.
- [Israel plans at least 3 more weeks of war with Iran, says military spokesperson](https://iwpost.com/israel-plans-at-least-3-more-weeks-of-war-with-iran-says-military-spokesperson/): The Israeli military said that it is planning for “at least three more weeks” of its war with Iran, with “thousands of targets ahead,” according to CNN on Sunday.
- [TV Star’s Tour Bus Burns to the Ground](https://iwpost.com/tv-stars-tour-bus-burns-to-the-ground/): Comedian and TV Star Bert Kreischer had a terrifying scare over the weekend after his tour bus suddenly went up in flames.
- [Iran’s Moment of Destiny](https://iwpost.com/irans-moment-of-destiny/): The war between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran has entered a new phase, and for millions of Iranians, it may mark the beginning of something even larger.
- [Germany rules out joining international military mission to protect Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/germany-rules-out-joining-international-military-mission-to-protect-strait-of-hormuz/): German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Sunday that his country will not participate in an international military mission to protect merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
- [Prince William’s Brutal 6-Word ‘Warning’ to Sarah Ferguson Revealed](https://iwpost.com/prince-williams-brutal-6-word-warning-to-sarah-ferguson-revealed/): Prince William is reportedly sending a blunt message to Sarah Ferguson as the royal family faces renewed scrutiny tied to the scandal surrounding Prince Andrew and his connections to Jeffrey Epstein.
- [Roasted Mediterranean Eggplant Salad (Fresh & Flavorful)](https://iwpost.com/roasted-mediterranean-eggplant-salad-fresh-flavorful/): This Roasted Mediterranean Eggplant Salad is a vibrant and flavorful dish made with tender roasted eggplant, juicy cherry tomatoes, thinly sliced red onion, fresh herbs, and creamy feta cheese, all tossed in a bright lemon garlic dressing.
- [EU bets on small nuclear reactors despite cost and safety concerns](https://iwpost.com/eu-bets-on-small-nuclear-reactors-despite-cost-and-safety-concerns/): The European Union is turning to small modular reactors (SMRs) as part of its strategy to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and ensure stable electricity supplies when renewables fall short.
- [IDF Says US-Israel War With Iran May Continue At Least 3 More Weeks](https://iwpost.com/idf-says-us-israel-war-with-iran-may-continue-at-least-3-more-weeks/): Israeli military officials say the joint US-Israel war against Iran could continue for several more weeks as both countries pursue additional strikes aimed at weakening the Iranian regime.
- [Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling?](https://iwpost.com/species-slowdown-is-natures-ability-to-self-repair-stalling/): This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Three Norwegian brothers arrested over US embassy blast in Oslo](https://iwpost.com/three-norwegian-brothers-arrested-over-us-embassy-blast-in-oslo/): Three Norwegian brothers have been arrested in connection with a suspected “terrorist bombing” outside the US embassy in Oslo over the weekend.
- [Disgraced Actor Going Broke as Legal Nightmare Drains Fortune](https://iwpost.com/disgraced-actor-going-broke-as-legal-nightmare-drains-fortune/): Timothy Busfield is insisting he’ll clear his name — but the fight is reportedly getting expensive fast.
- [What the War Cannot Undo: India, Israel, and the Gulf Are Already Integrated](https://iwpost.com/what-the-war-cannot-undo-india-israel-and-the-gulf-are-already-integrated/): [MUMBAI] The war reshaping the Middle East has raised a pressing question in diplomatic and business circles: Will it derail the emerging economic architecture linking India, Israel, and the Gulf?
- [Japan says bar for sending warships to Strait of Hormuz ‘extremely high’](https://iwpost.com/japan-says-bar-for-sending-warships-to-strait-of-hormuz-extremely-high/): Japan on Sunday said that the threshold for Tokyo to send its warships to help protect the Strait of Hormuz is “extremely high,” Anadolu reports.
- [US wants to ‘divide Europe’, EU’s Kallas tells FT](https://iwpost.com/us-wants-to-divide-europe-eus-kallas-tells-ft/): European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the U.S.
- [Crypto Spends Big in Illinois House Races to Say Consumer Rights Supporters Are Corrupt](https://iwpost.com/crypto-spends-big-in-illinois-house-races-to-say-consumer-rights-supporters-are-corrupt/): The cryptocurrency industry has a new line of attack against candidates who have voted for consumer protections on digital coins: calling them corrupt.
- [An engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: A history of the Honda Prelude](https://iwpost.com/an-engineering-thesis-disguised-as-a-coupe-a-history-of-the-honda-prelude/): The Honda Prelude was never simply a car. It was an engineering thesis disguised as a coupe: compact, disciplined, and unapologetically technical.
- [2 Wounded by Iran Strikes in Israel, Saudis Shoot Down 6 Iranian Missiles, Kuwait Destroys 5 Drones](https://iwpost.com/2-wounded-by-iran-strikes-in-israel-saudis-shoot-down-6-iranian-missiles-kuwait-destroys-5-drones/): Iran continued launching missiles and drones toward Israel and Gulf states on Sunday, with two elderly civilians injured in central Israel while regional air defenses intercepted dozens of projectiles across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
- [Chaos at PGA Event as Gunman Kills Two and Flees Across Course](https://iwpost.com/chaos-at-pga-event-as-gunman-kills-two-and-flees-across-course/): Saturday at The Players Championship didn’t start with birdies — it started with a manhunt.
- [As Gulf States Are Hit, Has Diplomacy With Iran Worked?](https://iwpost.com/as-gulf-states-are-hit-has-diplomacy-with-iran-worked/): For years, Gulf states relied on diplomacy and open channels with Tehran to manage regional tensions.
- [Seth Moulton Saw Trans Rights as a Political Liability. It Could Doom His Senate Campaign.](https://iwpost.com/seth-moulton-saw-trans-rights-as-a-political-liability-it-could-doom-his-senate-campaign/): Days after Donald Trump won his second election to the White House, Democrats flocked to the New York Times to blame their stunning electoral defeat on alleged capitulations to minority groups — and cement themselves as the future leaders of the party.
- [China weathering Iran war with minimal damage](https://iwpost.com/china-weathering-iran-war-with-minimal-damage/): Various observers are emphasizing that the US-Israeli war against Iran is either hurting or helping China.
- [RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept's expert panels](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-has-destroyed-over-a-quarter-of-health-depts-expert-panels/): In his role as health secretary, Robert F.
- [Woman Viciously Attacked by Otter While Cheering on Friends at Marathon (Video)](https://iwpost.com/woman-viciously-attacked-by-otter-while-cheering-on-friends-at-marathon-video/): What started as a fun day cheering on friends quickly turned into a bizarre and painful nightmare for a North Carolina woman — after an otter suddenly launched out of the bushes and attacked her.
- [Oil prices fall over $2 as Iraqi and Kurdish authorities agree to export deal](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-fall-over-2-as-iraqi-and-kurdish-authorities-agree-to-export-deal/): Oil prices fell more than $2 per barrel on Wednesday to ‌pare some of Tuesday’s sharp gains after the Iraqi government and Kurdish authorities reached a deal to resume oil exports via Turkey’s Ceyhan port, providing modest relief to concerns about supplies from the Middle East.
- [OpenClaw AI goes viral in China, raising cybersecurity fears](https://iwpost.com/openclaw-ai-goes-viral-in-china-raising-cybersecurity-fears/): OpenClaw, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) agent formerly known as Moltbot and Clawdbot, has gone viral in China in recent weeks, partly boosted by promotional campaigns from Tencent and Alibaba.
- [Will the world fill the climate leadership void left by the US?](https://iwpost.com/will-the-world-fill-the-climate-leadership-void-left-by-the-us/): The Trump administration pulled the rug out from underneath US federal climate policy in February, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overturned the landmark 2009 “endangerment finding”.
- [Who are Iran’s new leaders? A look at 6 the US placed a bounty on – 2 of whom are already dead](https://iwpost.com/who-are-irans-new-leaders-a-look-at-6-the-us-placed-a-bounty-on-2-of-whom-are-already-dead/): The Trump administration announced a US$10 million reward on March 15, 2026, for information leading to the capture of several senior Iranian figures.
- [RFK Jr.’s war on scientific expertise destroyed 27% of agency's advisor panels](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-s-war-on-scientific-expertise-destroyed-27-of-agencys-advisor-panels/): In his role as health secretary, Robert F.
- [US intel doubts China will invade Taiwan in 2027](https://iwpost.com/us-intel-doubts-china-will-invade-taiwan-in-2027/): China may be preparing to take Taiwan, but not through a near-term invasion, as new US intelligence suggests it is prioritizing coercion, pressure and political absorption over outright war.
- [4 Injured, 1 Seriously, in Direct Rocket Strike on Kiryat Shmona Building](https://iwpost.com/4-injured-1-seriously-in-direct-rocket-strike-on-kiryat-shmona-building/): A direct rocket strike on a residential building in Kiryat Shmona on Thursday evening wounded four people, including one man in serious condition, after Hezbollah fired a barrage of several rockets in the area.
- [Hundreds of millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild](https://iwpost.com/hundreds-of-millions-of-iphones-can-be-hacked-with-a-new-tool-found-in-the-wild/): iPhone hacking techniques have sometimes been described almost like rare and elusive animals: Hackers have used them so stealthily and carefully against such a small number of hand-picked targets that they’re only rarely seen in the wild.
- [Cyprus records fall in asylum applications according to Eurostat](https://iwpost.com/cyprus-records-fall-in-asylum-applications-according-to-eurostat/): Eurostat data published this week showed a decrease in asylum applications in Cyprus, with 130 first-time claims and 95 repeat applications in December 2025.
- [Pentagon Claims It Needs Additional $200 Billion to Pay for War on Iran](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-claims-it-needs-additional-200-billion-to-pay-for-war-on-iran/): The Pentagon wants $200 billion in supplemental funds to pay for its war on Iran, a defense official told The Intercept.
- [Why Iran is attacking Gulf energy infrastructure](https://iwpost.com/why-iran-is-attacking-gulf-energy-infrastructure/): Iran targeted energy facilities across the Middle East on March 18, including the world’s largest liquefied natural gas hub in Qatar, in retaliation for Israeli strikes on an Iranian gas field hours earlier.
- [Hired guns hijacking Myanmar’s narrative in the Western press](https://iwpost.com/hired-guns-hijacking-myanmars-narrative-in-the-western-press/): In the fifth year of Myanmar’s civil war, a curious pattern has emerged in the opinion pages of Western publications.
- [Reality TV Star Found Dead in Drainage Ditch](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-star-found-dead-in-drainage-ditch/): A British reality TV name just turned into a sudden death mystery abroad.
- [Targeting of energy facilities turned Iran war into worst-case scenario for Gulf states](https://iwpost.com/targeting-of-energy-facilities-turned-iran-war-into-worst-case-scenario-for-gulf-states/): The U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran took a dangerous turn on March 18, 2026, with tit-for-tat strikes on critical energy infrastructure that amount to the most serious regional escalation since the conflict began.
- [Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all](https://iwpost.com/meta-decides-not-to-kill-horizon-worlds-vr-after-all/): The dream of the metaverse may have died for now, but Meta has decided it’s not completely giving up on the VR experience in Horizon Worlds, the virtual worlds service that it originally envisioned as the first step toward said metaverse.
- [The AI boom has plunged a small Pennsylvania town into chaos](https://iwpost.com/the-ai-boom-has-plunged-a-small-pennsylvania-town-into-chaos/): This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Spotlight PA.
- [​The A-10 is reborn in the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/the-a-10-is-reborn-in-the-iran-war/): Despite years of effort by the Air Force to get rid of the A-10 fleet, the A-10 is playing a major role in the Iran war.
- [KLM extends suspension of Dubai, Riyadh, Dammam flights until May 17](https://iwpost.com/klm-extends-suspension-of-dubai-riyadh-dammam-flights-until-may-17/): A KLM Airlines plane takes off at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on September 15, 2022.
- [Why Iran has been attacking Gulf energy infrastructure](https://iwpost.com/why-iran-has-been-attacking-gulf-energy-infrastructure/): Iran targeted energy facilities across the Middle East on March 18, including the world’s largest liquefied natural gas hub in Qatar, in retaliation for Israeli strikes on an Iranian gas field hours earlier.
- [Counter-Strike 2's new reload system could upend the entire game](https://iwpost.com/counter-strike-2s-new-reload-system-could-upend-the-entire-game/): For decades now, Counter-Strike players have gotten used to tapping the reload button whenever they have a spare, safe moment.
- [US weighs military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase](https://iwpost.com/us-weighs-military-reinforcements-as-iran-war-enters-possible-new-phase/): President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the U.S.
- [Pentagon wants over $200 billion to fund Trump’s Iran war](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-wants-over-200-billion-to-fund-trumps-iran-war/): US Sailors handle ordnance on the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R.
- [Israel Ranks 8th in World Happiness Report Despite War, Young Israelis Place 3rd Globally](https://iwpost.com/israel-ranks-8th-in-world-happiness-report-despite-war-young-israelis-place-3rd-globally/): According to the World Happiness Report released Thursday, Israel ranked 8th, maintaining a place among the global top 10 despite ongoing war, instability and national strain, according to findings highlighted by Bar-Ilan University researcher Anat Fanti.
- [U.S. Warmongering Hits Historic Level as Trump Attacks 3 Continents in 3 Days](https://iwpost.com/u-s-warmongering-hits-historic-level-as-trump-attacks-3-continents-in-3-days/): The United States made war on three continents over three days earlier this month, conducting attacks in Africa, Asia, and South America.
- [How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues](https://iwpost.com/how-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-vaccine-agenda-risks-a-resurgence-of-deadly-childhood-plagues/): Sowing Doubt, Risking Supply: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [3d strike for Microsoft defending against Chinese, Russian hackers](https://iwpost.com/3d-strike-for-microsoft-defending-against-chinese-russian-hackers/): This story was originally published by ProPublica.
- [Extreme Makeover Star Named Attacker from Hospital Bed Before Death](https://iwpost.com/extreme-makeover-star-named-attacker-from-hospital-bed-before-death/): A new report claims Eduardo Xol, the former Extreme Makeover: Home Edition personality who was brutally stabbed in his Palm Springs home, identified the man police say killed him — while he was fighting for his life in the hospital.
- [TCL’s German QLED ban puts pressure on TV brands to be more honest about QDs](https://iwpost.com/tcls-german-qled-ban-puts-pressure-on-tv-brands-to-be-more-honest-about-qds/): Germany recently banned TCL from marketing some of its TVs as QLED (quantum dot light-emitting diode), with a Munich court ruling that the TVs lack the quantum dot (QD) structure and performance associated with QLED TVs.
- [Oil jumps above $115/bbl after attacks on Mideast energy assets multiply](https://iwpost.com/oil-jumps-above-115-bbl-after-attacks-on-mideast-energy-assets-multiply/): Oil prices jumped on Thursday, with ​benchmark Brent rising to its highest in more than a week to more than $115 a barrel, after Iran ‌attacked energy facilities across the Middle East following Israel’s strike on its South Pars gas field, a major escalation in the war.
- [US Embassy in Riyadh urges Americans to leave Saudi Arabia ‘if you can do so safely’](https://iwpost.com/us-embassy-in-riyadh-urges-americans-to-leave-saudi-arabia-if-you-can-do-so-safely/): The US Embassy in Riyadh urged American citizens on Thursday to consider leaving Saudi Arabia “if you can do so safely,” citing ongoing escalation in the region, Anadolu reports.
- [Iran war’s terrifying logic means no one can back down](https://iwpost.com/iran-wars-terrifying-logic-means-no-one-can-back-down/): The primary danger in the escalating Iran war is no longer the risk of expansion but a complete collapse of restraint.
- [Evangelical Leader Mike Evans: Why President Trump Targeted Kharg Island](https://iwpost.com/evangelical-leader-mike-evans-why-president-trump-targeted-kharg-island/): America’s attack on Kharg Island is a warning by US President Donald Trump to the Iranian regime that “I have the key to the bank, and I can blow the bank up, and it’s over,” according to Dr.
- [Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer](https://iwpost.com/peter-faces-a-new-life-cycle-in-spider-man-brand-new-day-trailer/): We’ve got an official trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the follow-up to 2021’s No Way Home that is purportedly intended to launch a fresh trilogy of films with Tom Holland in the title role.
- [Air Force Academy Prepares Ideological Overhaul, With Erika Kirk Bringing “Bold Christian Faith”](https://iwpost.com/air-force-academy-prepares-ideological-overhaul-with-erika-kirk-bringing-bold-christian-faith/): Records from the United States Air Force Academy’s oversight board show leaders dismantling diversity programs and reviewing curriculum as the board embraces what critics call a concerning ideological turn toward Christian nationalism and prepares to seat conservative activist Erika Kirk.
- [A station wagon is entering one of the hardest 24-hour races in the world](https://iwpost.com/a-station-wagon-is-entering-one-of-the-hardest-24-hour-races-in-the-world/): It is a strange quirk of fate that the station wagon has morphed from mass-market family transport into something far more esoteric (at least here in the US, a market that once embraced the form factor like no other).
- [Italy Says Iranian Missiles Unlikely to Reach Sicily, Bases Safe](https://iwpost.com/italy-says-iranian-missiles-unlikely-to-reach-sicily-bases-safe/): Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said there is no immediate threat of Iranian attacks on U.S.
- [Japan trades its shield for a sword sharpened for China](https://iwpost.com/japan-trades-its-shield-for-a-sword-sharpened-for-china/): In the early hours of a quiet morning in March 2026, a tightly guarded military convoy moved through Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan.
- [College Track Star, 22, Killed in Tragic Accident](https://iwpost.com/college-track-star-22-killed-in-tragic-accident/): A promising college athlete’s life was cut short in a terrifying wrong-way collision that turned deadly in seconds.
- [No-Bake Chickpea Protein Bars](https://iwpost.com/no-bake-chickpea-protein-bars/): If you’re looking for a healthy, protein-packed snack made with real ingredients, these No-Bake Chickpea Protein Bars are a fantastic option.
- [A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid](https://iwpost.com/a-private-space-company-has-a-radical-new-plan-to-bag-an-asteroid/): It may sound fanciful, but a Los Angeles-based company says it has conceived of a plan to fly out to a smallish, near-Earth asteroid, throw a large bag around it, and bring the body back to a “safe” gathering point near our planet.
- [World’s first quantum battery is well within reach](https://iwpost.com/worlds-first-quantum-battery-is-well-within-reach/): A prototype quantum battery.
- [UAE warns targeting Iranian energy facilities is “dangerous escalation”](https://iwpost.com/uae-warns-targeting-iranian-energy-facilities-is-dangerous-escalation/): The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday warned that targeting energy facilities linked to Iran’s South Pars gas field represents a “dangerous escalation” that threatens global energy security and regional stability, Anadolu reports.
- [‘After the Cluster Has Opened, It’s Too Late’: Israeli Expert Says of Iran’s Cluster Warheads](https://iwpost.com/after-the-cluster-has-opened-its-too-late-israeli-expert-says-of-irans-cluster-warheads/): “After the cluster has opened, it’s too late,” Dr. Uzi Rubin, one of Israel’s leading missile defense experts, told The Media Line.
- [Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar](https://iwpost.com/never-mind-band-aids-neanderthals-had-antiseptic-birch-tar/): Neanderthals may have used birch tar as more than just glue; it could have helped them ward off infection and even insect bites.
- [Netherlands Supports European Rules to Safely Reuse Returned Medication](https://iwpost.com/netherlands-supports-european-rules-to-safely-reuse-returned-medication/): The Netherlands has signalled support for forthcoming European legislation that would allow patients to return unused medication to pharmacies for safe redistribution, in a move aimed at reducing waste, lowering costs and addressing drug shortages.
- [Indonesia’s closing window for a demographic dividend](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-closing-window-for-a-demographic-dividend/): Indonesia is often seen as one of Asia’s great demographic opportunities.
- [Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running](https://iwpost.com/coal-plant-forced-to-stay-open-due-to-emergency-order-isnt-even-running/): In the US, the economics of coal power generation are marginal at best, and a large number of coal plants have shut down as cheaper renewables and natural gas have surged.
- [Sheriff Running Savannah Guthrie’s Mom Search Claps Back After Being Blasted as ‘an Embarrassment’](https://iwpost.com/sheriff-running-savannah-guthries-mom-search-claps-back-after-being-blasted-as-an-embarrassment/): Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos isn’t ducking the heat — he’s leaning into it.
- [The Korean Peninsula’s role between two cold wars was pivotal](https://iwpost.com/the-korean-peninsulas-role-between-two-cold-wars-was-pivotal/): Between the end of the Cold War in 1989 and dawn of the New Cold War in the early 2020s, the Korean Peninsula served as the ultimate testing ground for a peaceful international order that ultimately failed to materialize.
- [Musk’s tactic of blaming users for Grok sex images may be foiled by EU law](https://iwpost.com/musks-tactic-of-blaming-users-for-grok-sex-images-may-be-foiled-by-eu-law/): The European Union may soon ban nudify apps after Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok emerged as a prime example of the dangers of an AI platform failing to block outputs that sexualized images of real people, including children.
- [Joe Kent resignation shines light on right-wing ties, conspiracy theories and antisemitism](https://iwpost.com/joe-kent-resignation-shines-light-on-right-wing-ties-conspiracy-theories-and-antisemitism/): Joe Kent, director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), resigned from his post Tuesday, citing President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran as the reason.
- [Israel plans to occupy 1st line of villages in southern Lebanon: Israeli media](https://iwpost.com/israel-plans-to-occupy-1st-line-of-villages-in-southern-lebanon-israeli-media/): Israel plans to occupy the first line of villages in southern Lebanon to prevent rocket fire, Israeli media reported on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [War in Lebanon Could Be a Game Changer for Christians](https://iwpost.com/war-in-lebanon-could-be-a-game-changer-for-christians/): Amid the thunder of Israeli strikes and Hezbollah rockets, Lebanon’s ancient Christian communities cling to fragile neutrality—yet whispers grow that this war could shatter Hezbollah’s grip forever, handing Maronites, Greek Orthodox, Armenians, and other Christian sects a historic chance at revival.
- [Iran’s nuclear materials and equipment by no means ‘obliterated’](https://iwpost.com/irans-nuclear-materials-and-equipment-by-no-means-obliterated/): Before launching his war on Iran, President Donald Trump said his most important goal was that Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon.” Yet it is not clear what, if anything, his administration has planned for dealing with Iran’s stock of enriched uranium that could be used to make nuclear bombs – or its remaining deeply buried nuclear facilities, and the nuclear equipment that might be in them or hidden elsewhere.
- [Kagi Translate's AI answers the question "What would horny Margaret Thatcher say?"](https://iwpost.com/kagi-translates-ai-answers-the-question-what-would-horny-margaret-thatcher-say/): If you’ve been using the Internet for any length of time, you’ve probably used a tool like Google Translate to convert webpages or snippets of text to and from languages ranging from Uzbek to Esperanto.
- [Transportation Lobbyists Have Donated Thousands to Sean Duffy’s Son-in-Law as He Runs for Congress](https://iwpost.com/transportation-lobbyists-have-donated-thousands-to-sean-duffys-son-in-law-as-he-runs-for-congress/): The $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, under construction between Manhattan and New Jersey, will improve passenger rail service, an important issue for New York City commuters.
- [SAS to cancel 1,000 flights in April after jet fuel price doubles in 10 days](https://iwpost.com/sas-to-cancel-1000-flights-in-april-after-jet-fuel-price-doubles-in-10-days/): Scandinavian airline SAS has said that it will cancel at least a thousand flights in April after the conflict in the Middle East sent fuel prices surging.
- [Iran war to spike US grocery costs, threaten global food crisis](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-to-spike-us-grocery-costs-threaten-global-food-crisis/): President Donald Trump’s war against Iran has already been raising gas prices for US drivers, and could soon raise the cost of food both in the US and all over the world.
- [Cloudflare appeals Piracy Shield fine, hopes to kill Italy's site-blocking law](https://iwpost.com/cloudflare-appeals-piracy-shield-fine-hopes-to-kill-italys-site-blocking-law/): Cloudflare said it has appealed a fine issued by Italy over the company's refusal to block access to websites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service.
- [Melania Trump Warns of “Immediate Consequences” After Barron Photo is Leaked](https://iwpost.com/melania-trump-warns-of-immediate-consequences-after-barron-photo-is-leaked/): According to the report, Barron, 19, was spotted walking through the club’s dining area alongside his father, President Donald Trump, around the holiday season.
- [Iranians Mock Martial Law by Lighting Fires in the Streets](https://iwpost.com/iranians-mock-martial-law-by-lighting-fires-in-the-streets/): On the evening of Tuesday, March 17, large numbers of people across Iran’s cities and villages took to the streets to celebrate Chaharshanbe Suri, the ancient Persian fire festival, with dancing and jubilation.
- [Is your state becoming uninsurable? We have the latest data.](https://iwpost.com/is-your-state-becoming-uninsurable-we-have-the-latest-data/): This coverage is made possible through partnerships between Grist and WABE in Georgia, Blue Ridge Public Radio in North Carolina, Flatwater Free Press in Nebraska, Interlochen Public Radio in Michigan, and WBEZ in Chicago.
- [China’s Belt and Road caught in the Afghan-Pakistan crossfire](https://iwpost.com/chinas-belt-and-road-caught-in-the-afghan-pakistan-crossfire/): Escalating clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan are quickly turning the Durand Line dispute into a wider regional security crisis.
- [Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway](https://iwpost.com/federal-cyber-experts-called-microsofts-cloud-a-pile-of-shit-approved-it-anyway/): In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft’s biggest cloud computing offerings.
- [An Open Letter to the Inspectors General Community](https://iwpost.com/an-open-letter-to-the-inspectors-general-community/): Last year, in a highly unusual move, President Donald Trump fired more than 18 inspectors general without specific justifications, as the law requires, and replaced several of them with political loyalists.
- [Iranian gas supply to Iraq stops after South Pars gas facilities attack](https://iwpost.com/iranian-gas-supply-to-iraq-stops-after-south-pars-gas-facilities-attack/): Iraq’s Electricity Ministry said Wednesday that Iranian gas flows have stopped following developments in the region, significantly reducing power generation and taking about 3,100 megawatts offline, Anadolu reports.
- [AFCON: Senegal stripped of title, Morocco crowned champions](https://iwpost.com/afcon-senegal-stripped-of-title-morocco-crowned-champions/): Senegal were sensationally stripped of their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title and tournament hosts Morocco crowned champions instead, two months after African football’s showpiece event concluded with a chaotic final in Rabat.
- [Trump and Netanyahu may have jointly started the war in Iran, but ending it together will be difficult](https://iwpost.com/trump-and-netanyahu-may-have-jointly-started-the-war-in-iran-but-ending-it-together-will-be-difficult/): Donald Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on March 15 that his relationship with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is “extraordinary”.
- [What does a war win look like for US, Israel and Iran?](https://iwpost.com/what-does-a-war-win-look-like-for-us-israel-and-iran/): As the Middle East war enters its third week, there is no sign from either Iran or the United States and Israel that they will stop the fighting any time soon.
- [A large meteor is visible from much of Ohio and parts of neighboring states](https://iwpost.com/a-large-meteor-is-visible-from-much-of-ohio-and-parts-of-neighboring-states/): According to various eyewitness reports, the meteor’s bright streak through the morning sky was visible across a wide area.
- [Ali Larijani’s Rise and Fall Tracks the Hardening of Iran’s Regime](https://iwpost.com/ali-larijanis-rise-and-fall-tracks-the-hardening-of-irans-regime/): The Media Line tells the story of Ali Larijani as both biography and bill of indictment: a polished regime insider with philosophical training, a long résumé in Tehran’s power structure, and a direct hand in one of the bloodiest crackdowns in the Islamic Republic’s recent history.
- [NBC’s Emotional Plan for Savannah Guthrie’s Return as Search for Missing Mom Drags On](https://iwpost.com/nbcs-emotional-plan-for-savannah-guthries-return-as-search-for-missing-mom-drags-on/): Behind the scenes, network bosses are said to be mapping out a carefully staged, hope-forward welcome for their longtime co-host as the search for her mother, Nancy Guthrie, remains unresolved.
- [Users hate it, but age-check tech is coming. Here's how it works.](https://iwpost.com/users-hate-it-but-age-check-tech-is-coming-heres-how-it-works/): Last month, Discord quickly backpedaled after it announced that an age-verification system would roll out globally.
- [Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates](https://iwpost.com/airlines-cancel-more-flights-as-middle-east-conflict-escalates/): Global air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of thousands of passengers.
- [Japan deploys upgraded Type-12 missiles, spiking China tensions](https://iwpost.com/japan-deploys-upgraded-type-12-missiles-spiking-china-tensions/): Japan’s quiet deployment of upgraded Type-12 missiles marks a decisive shift from defensive posturing to operational counterstrike capability, with implications for the balance of power in the East China Sea and around Taiwan.
- [Creamy Pumpkin Pasta (Easy 30-Minute Fall Dinner)](https://iwpost.com/creamy-pumpkin-pasta-easy-30-minute-fall-dinner/): This Creamy Pumpkin Pasta is a cozy, comforting recipe that’s perfect for fall.
- [Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.](https://iwpost.com/federal-cyber-experts-thought-microsofts-cloud-was-a-pile-of-shit-they-approved-it-anyway/): “Cloud First”: To move federal agencies to the cloud, the government created a program known as FedRAMP, whose job was to ensure the security of new technology.
- [Here's BMW's first all-electric 3 series, the 2027 i3](https://iwpost.com/heres-bmws-first-all-electric-3-series-the-2027-i3/): BMW provided flights from Washington, DC, to Malaga, Spain, and accommodation so Ars could drive the iX3 and be briefed on the i3.
- [Iran war showing how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-showing-how-ai-speeds-up-military-kill-chains/): “Sixty seconds – that’s all it took,” claimed a former Israeli Mossad agent of the strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28 2026, the first day of the US-Israel war on Iran.
- [Iran’s political system ‘strong’ despite killing of officials: Foreign minister](https://iwpost.com/irans-political-system-strong-despite-killing-of-officials-foreign-minister/): Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the country’s political system remains strong, despite the killing of senior officials in US-Israeli attacks, insisting that such actions will not weaken the structure of the state.
- [Who was Ali Larijani: Former IRGC Commander, Ayatollah’s Adviser, Architect of Brutal Crackdown That Killed Thousands](https://iwpost.com/who-was-ali-larijani-former-irgc-commander-ayatollahs-adviser-architect-of-brutal-crackdown-that-killed-thousands/): Ali Larijani, a senior Iranian official and adviser to the Supreme Leader, played a central role in suppressing widespread anti-regime protests in January 2026.
- [After three months, Samsung is ending sales of the $2,899 Galaxy Z TriFold](https://iwpost.com/after-three-months-samsung-is-ending-sales-of-the-2899-galaxy-z-trifold/): Samsung has been selling foldable phones for years, but they all fold in half.
- [Greece will ‘support Cyprus’ choices’ over Nato accession](https://iwpost.com/greece-will-support-cyprus-choices-over-nato-accession/): Greece will back whatever decision Cyprus makes on joining NATO, Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Tuesday.
- [90’s TV Icon Dies at 74 After Sudden Heart Attack](https://iwpost.com/90s-tv-icon-dies-at-74-after-sudden-heart-attack/): Kiki Shepard, the beloved co-host of the legendary Showtime at the Apollo, has died at 74 following a sudden and unexpected heart attack.
- [AI transforming our understanding of the universe](https://iwpost.com/ai-transforming-our-understanding-of-the-universe/): Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C.
- [Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers](https://iwpost.com/researchers-disclose-vulnerabilities-in-ip-kvms-from-four-manufacturers/): Researchers are warning about the risks posed by a low-cost device that can give insiders and hackers unusually broad powers in compromising networks.
- [Illinois Results: Daniel Biss Beats Kat Abughazaleh in Blow to Left and AIPAC Alike](https://iwpost.com/illinois-results-daniel-biss-beats-kat-abughazaleh-in-blow-to-left-and-aipac-alike/): Democratic voters in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District chose Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss as their nominee to replace retiring Rep.
- [Paul Atreides faces the cost of his holy war in Dune: Part 3 teaser](https://iwpost.com/paul-atreides-faces-the-cost-of-his-holy-war-in-dune-part-3-teaser/): Warner Bros. just dropped a broody and haunting extended teaser for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 3, the highly anticipated third film in the director’s acclaimed franchise—the last in his planned trilogy.
- [Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s Trump-defying prime minister, seeks third term](https://iwpost.com/mette-frederiksen-denmarks-trump-defying-prime-minister-seeks-third-term/): Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has staked her leadership on defying U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland.
- [Asia’s silence on Trump’s Hormuz call isn’t inaction](https://iwpost.com/asias-silence-on-trumps-hormuz-call-isnt-inaction/): Ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Lebanon’s death toll in Israeli attacks since March 2 surpasses 900: Health Ministry](https://iwpost.com/lebanons-death-toll-in-israeli-attacks-since-march-2-surpasses-900-health-ministry/): More than 900 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Lebanon since March 2, according to the country’s Health Ministry on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Cluster Bomb Barrage Hits Israel; Tel Aviv Train Station in Flames, 2 Dead](https://iwpost.com/cluster-bomb-barrage-hits-israel-tel-aviv-train-station-in-flames-2-dead/): Two people in their 70s were killed in Ramat Gan late Tuesday night when an Iranian missile strike hit central Israel, as air raid sirens sounded across multiple regions and emergency services responded to several impact sites.
- [FDA links raw cheese to outbreak; Makers "100% disagree," refuse recall](https://iwpost.com/fda-links-raw-cheese-to-outbreak-makers-100-disagree-refuse-recall/): The Food and Drug Administration has linked cheddar cheese made from raw (unpasteurized) milk to a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
- [Why sweeping mines in the Strait of Hormuz wouldn’t be easy](https://iwpost.com/why-sweeping-mines-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-wouldnt-be-easy/): If the Iranians are successful in mining the Strait of Hormuz, the consequences for the world economy – very much including the price of fertilizer and diesel for US farmers – will be horrific.
- [Sarah Ferguson ‘Secretly’ Living with Major Celebrity](https://iwpost.com/sarah-ferguson-secretly-living-with-major-celebrity/): Sarah Ferguson’s alleged American reset is starting to sound less like a comeback — and more like a full-blown escape plan.
- [Construction Worker, 61, Suffers Fatal Blow to Head in Road Work Accident](https://iwpost.com/construction-worker-61-suffers-fatal-blow-to-head-in-road-work-accident/): What started as a routine workday on a Florida road project ended in a gruesome, split-second tragedy that left a 61-year-old construction worker dead after a violent equipment malfunction sent a heavy metal tool crashing into his head with catastrophic force.
- [Are Energy Targets the Next Front in Israel’s War?](https://iwpost.com/are-energy-targets-the-next-front-in-israels-war/): Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field, along with damage caused by fallen shrapnel at the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa, has raised fears that energy infrastructure may be becoming a more active front in the war.
- [Mining the deep ocean](https://iwpost.com/mining-the-deep-ocean/): More than 13,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a more-than-70-ton machine trundled like a tank on its caterpillar tracks for a tenth of a mile—sucking up potato-sized nodules of rock packed with copper, manganese, cobalt, and nickel.
- [UPDATED: Trump, Iran threaten power, energy targets as war escalates](https://iwpost.com/updated-trump-iran-threaten-power-energy-targets-as-war-escalates/): U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their war, targeting energy and fuel facilities in the Gulf, which could again roil global energy ​and financial markets and deepen a regional crisis.
- [Iran denies responsibility for missile attacks on Diego Garcia](https://iwpost.com/iran-denies-responsibility-for-missile-attacks-on-diego-garcia/): An infographic titled ‘Diego Garcia Base’ created in Ankara, Turkiye on March 21, 2026.
- [Inside Hollywood’s Most Secretive Marriage](https://iwpost.com/inside-hollywoods-most-secretive-marriage/): For more than a decade, Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig have treated fame like weather: unavoidable, occasionally violent, and best endured indoors.
- [Hezbollah Rocket Strike Near Northern Border Kills Man, Ignites Vehicle](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-rocket-strike-near-northern-border-kills-man-ignites-vehicle/): A man was killed in northern Israel near kibbutz Misgav Am after a Hezbollah anti-tank missile struck his vehicle and set it ablaze, the Israel Defense Forces said, as authorities confirmed casualties and damage.
- [Islamic Republic Executes 3 Uprising Protesters on Eve of Iranian New Year](https://iwpost.com/islamic-republic-executes-3-uprising-protesters-on-eve-of-iranian-new-year/): Saleh Mohammadi, 19, Saeed Davoudi, 22, and Mehdi Ghasemi, believed to be in his early 20s, were executed on charges of “participation in the murder” of police officers in the city of Qom during clashes on Jan.
- [Barron Trump Desperate to ‘Impress His Family’](https://iwpost.com/barron-trump-desperate-to-impress-his-family/): Barron Trump just hit a major milestone — and insiders say he’s not celebrating quietly.
- [UN nuclear watchdog says no damage detected at Israeli nuclear center after Iran strike](https://iwpost.com/un-nuclear-watchdog-says-no-damage-detected-at-israeli-nuclear-center-after-iran-strike/): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi delivers a speech during a press conference following the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, on September 8, 2025.
- [Feds say no need to recall Tesla's one-pedal driving despite petition](https://iwpost.com/feds-say-no-need-to-recall-teslas-one-pedal-driving-despite-petition/): One-pedal driving is not causing Tesla electric vehicles to suddenly accelerate when parked, according to federal regulators.
- [US Weighs Seizing Iran’s Kharg Island to Reopen Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/us-weighs-seizing-irans-kharg-island-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz/): The administration of President Donald Trump is weighing military options targeting Kharg Island as part of a broader effort to pressure Iran into reopening the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, according to multiple sources familiar with internal deliberations.
- [The US is looking at a year of chaotic weather](https://iwpost.com/the-us-is-looking-at-a-year-of-chaotic-weather/): Despite being declared the third-hottest year on record, 2025 was a relatively quiet year for climate disasters in the US.
- [Umberto Bossi, firebrand founder of Italy’s Northern League party, dies at 84](https://iwpost.com/umberto-bossi-firebrand-founder-of-italys-northern-league-party-dies-at-84/): Umberto Bossi, a gravel-voiced populist leader who pushed for independence for northern Italy and shook up national politics, died on Thursday at a hospital in Varese, in the north of the country, family and party sources told Reuters.
- [Iranian Missile Strike on Dimona Injures More Than 30 as Tehran Cites Retaliation for US-Israel Strikes](https://iwpost.com/iranian-missile-strike-on-dimona-injures-more-than-30-as-tehran-cites-retaliation-for-us-israel-strikes/): An Iranian missile strike on Dimona injured 34 people Saturday evening, as Tehran said the attack was carried out in response to US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear infrastructure.
- [Jeff Bezos just announced plans for a third megaconstellation—this one for data centers](https://iwpost.com/jeff-bezos-just-announced-plans-for-a-third-megaconstellation-this-one-for-data-centers/): A little more than a month ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk put down a marker of his intent to saturate low-Earth orbit with up to 1 million satellites.
- [Horror Movie Legend Dies Suddenly at 54](https://iwpost.com/horror-movie-legend-dies-suddenly-at-54/): Jamie Blanks, the Australian filmmaker who helped define late-’90s slasher horror with Urban Legend and later directed Valentine, has died. He was 54.
- [Chocolate Chip & Toffee Shortbread Cookies](https://iwpost.com/chocolate-chip-toffee-shortbread-cookies/): If you’re looking for a cookie that feels both comforting and a little indulgent, these chocolate chip and toffee shortbread cookies are exactly what you need.
- [Bahrain, Egypt call for int’l cooperation to protect Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/bahrain-egypt-call-for-intl-cooperation-to-protect-strait-of-hormuz/): Bahrain and Egypt on Saturday called for international cooperation to protect the Strait of Hormuz, stressing the importance of “stopping Iran’s threats to disrupt freedom of navigation” in the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
- [Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn't change](https://iwpost.com/monte-verde-site-gets-a-new-date-but-the-big-picture-doesnt-change/): A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought.
- [Long overlooked as crucial to life, fungi start to get their due](https://iwpost.com/long-overlooked-as-crucial-to-life-fungi-start-to-get-their-due/): This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [India could be the biggest casualty of the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/india-could-be-the-biggest-casualty-of-the-iran-war/): India is not a belligerent in the widening conflict between Iran and the US-Israel axis.
- [Which economies will hurt most from the Iran war?](https://iwpost.com/which-economies-will-hurt-most-from-the-iran-war/): Any prolongation of the Iran war risks creating an unprecedented crisis in energy supplies that sooner or later will hit every corner of the global economy.
- [Amazon is reportedly developing an AI-centric smartphone](https://iwpost.com/amazon-is-reportedly-developing-an-ai-centric-smartphone/): Reuters said the phone is codenamed Transformer but couldn’t confirm what it might cost, how much Amazon has invested into development thus far, or how much Amazon expects to make off the device.
- [Iran and the imminent threat mythology](https://iwpost.com/iran-and-the-imminent-threat-mythology/): US claims that Iran was an 'imminent' threat to the American homeland look half-baked.
- [Syrian Jews Share Muslims’ Iftar Joy in Damascus During Ramadan](https://iwpost.com/syrian-jews-share-muslims-iftar-joy-in-damascus-during-ramadan/): [DAMASCUS] The Syrian Mosaic Foundation, a Jewish organization, recently visited Lala Pasha Mosque in Damascus to donate meat for iftar meals during the holy month of Ramadan.
- [Hegseth Makes Troops Prove “Sincerely Held” Faith in Latest Beard Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-makes-troops-prove-sincerely-held-faith-in-latest-beard-crackdown/): The latest edict from beard-obsessed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth adds strict new regulations to his crusade on facial hair, which rights groups have characterized as an attack on troops’ civil liberties.
- [NASA wants to know how the launch industry's chic new rocket fuel explodes](https://iwpost.com/nasa-wants-to-know-how-the-launch-industrys-chic-new-rocket-fuel-explodes/): For more than 60 years, nearly every large rocket used some combination of the same liquid and solid propellants.
- [Forget Trump’s flailing — Iran’s the one without an endgame](https://iwpost.com/forget-trumps-flailing-irans-the-one-without-an-endgame/): Much has been written about President Donald Trump’s alleged lack of clearly defined goals and strategic objectives in the war with Iran.
- [Trump signals he might stop war as Middle East tensions escalate](https://iwpost.com/trump-signals-he-might-stop-war-as-middle-east-tensions-escalate/): US President Donald Trump has indicated he may move to wind down the ongoing conflict with Iran, suggesting Washington is “getting very close” to achieving its military objectives.
- [Chuck Norris Gushed Over ‘Good Health’ in Heartbreaking Final Post](https://iwpost.com/chuck-norris-gushed-over-good-health-in-heartbreaking-final-post/): Chuck Norris spent his last public moments doing what fans loved most: throwing punches, cracking jokes, and reminding everyone he still had it.
- [Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran War and the Antisemitism Smear](https://iwpost.com/tremors-in-maga-joe-kent-the-iran-war-and-the-antisemitism-smear/): Joe Kent, the now former US Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, always seemed a bit off, especially to liberals.
- [We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?](https://iwpost.com/we-keep-finding-the-raw-material-of-dna-in-asteroids-whats-it-telling-us/): On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines.
- [IRGC Spokesman Assassinated After He Denied Netanyahu’s Claim of Iran’s Diminished Missile-Production Capacity](https://iwpost.com/irgc-spokesman-assassinated-after-he-denied-netanyahus-claim-of-irans-diminished-missile-production-capacity/): Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini was killed, Iranian state media reported Friday morning, as Israel confirmed the assassination and identified him as a senior figure responsible for messaging and propaganda.
- [Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars](https://iwpost.com/perseverances-radar-revealed-ancient-subsurface-river-delta-on-mars/): When NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater in 2021, its primary mission was to scour the remnants of a dried-up Martian lakebed for signs of ancient life.
- [Is coffee the new cocoa? Some expect coffee prices to also crash](https://iwpost.com/is-coffee-the-new-cocoa-some-expect-coffee-prices-to-also-crash/): Some coffee industry experts have been drawing comparisons between the ​coffee and cocoa markets, projecting that coffee prices will sink in coming months, just as cocoa prices crashed after the chocolate-making ‌ingredient hit an all-time high in 2024.
- [If India’s the enemy, why does Pakistan want ICBMs?](https://iwpost.com/if-indias-the-enemy-why-does-pakistan-want-icbms/): Warnings from US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard before the US Senate that Pakistan may be moving toward intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capability are raising new concerns about potential threats to the US homeland.
- [Trump FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna and blow way past 39% TV ownership cap](https://iwpost.com/trump-fcc-lets-nexstar-buy-tegna-and-blow-way-past-39-tv-ownership-cap/): The Federal Communications Commission yesterday approved Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna, granting a waiver that lets the broadcast giant go way past the national limit on station ownership.
- [Data Centers Are Military Targets Now](https://iwpost.com/data-centers-are-military-targets-now/): In retaliation for the ongoing U.S.–Israeli war, Iran responded with a novel form of counterattack.
- [Former Prince Andrew to ‘Skip’ King Charles’ Funeral?](https://iwpost.com/former-prince-andrew-to-skip-king-charles-funeral/): The royal family feud just took another ugly turn — and this time, insiders say it’s not something a Christmas walk at Sandringham can fix.
- [The British outpost that quietly holds more US debt than China](https://iwpost.com/the-british-outpost-that-quietly-holds-more-us-debt-than-china/): China, which was the largest holder of US government debt as recently as 2019, has cut its holdings to the lowest level since 2008, driven by changing trade patterns, geopolitical concerns, and domestic economic pressures.
- [Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack](https://iwpost.com/widely-used-trivy-scanner-compromised-in-ongoing-supply-chain-attack/): Hackers have compromised virtually all versions of Aqua Security’s widely used Trivy vulnerability scanner in an ongoing supply chain attack that could have wide-ranging consequences for developers and the organizations that use them.
- [US sues Harvard University over antisemitism allegations, seeks to freeze grants](https://iwpost.com/us-sues-harvard-university-over-antisemitism-allegations-seeks-to-freeze-grants/): The US Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit against Harvard University alleging antisemitism on the Ivy League campus located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Anadolu reports.
- [Expert Warns Haifa Refinery Is ‘Time Bomb’ Despite Limited Damage in Iranian Strike](https://iwpost.com/expert-warns-haifa-refinery-is-time-bomb-despite-limited-damage-in-iranian-strike/): An Iranian missile strike near Israel’s largest oil refinery ended without a hazardous leak, but for Marcelo Sternberg, professor of Climate Change Ecology at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security at Tel Aviv University, the outcome should not be mistaken for reassurance.
- [Ukraine deploys units to intercept targets in Middle East](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-deploys-units-to-intercept-targets-in-middle-east/): Ukraine has deployed military units to protect critical ​and civilian infrastructure against drones in five Middle Eastern ‌countries, Ukraine’s security council secretary Rustem Umerov said after a visit to the region.
- [Japan Is back – but not the version Washington wants](https://iwpost.com/japan-is-back-but-not-the-version-washington-wants/): When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi planned her visit to the Oval Office, she was hoping to showcase something familiar: Japan’s renewed commitment to defense spending, alliance coordination, and economic investment in the United States.
- [Writer denies it, but publisher pulls horror novel after multiple allegations of AI use](https://iwpost.com/writer-denies-it-but-publisher-pulls-horror-novel-after-multiple-allegations-of-ai-use/): Shy Girl, a horror novel by Mia Ballard, was one of those buzzy books that leapt from self-published prominence into full-on trade publication.
- [Save us, AI Walter Cronkite!](https://iwpost.com/save-us-ai-walter-cronkite/): I’ve been writing some pessimistic things about AI recently, so I thought I should try to balance those out with some optimistic takes.
- [Microsoft keeps insisting that it's deeply committed to the quality of Windows 11](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-keeps-insisting-that-its-deeply-committed-to-the-quality-of-windows-11/): If you were eating in a restaurant and the head chef came out from the back multiple times to loudly proclaim that the kitchen was deeply committed to the quality of the food, would you find that reassuring?
- [Joe Kent’s Resignation Could Bolster a Wave of Conscientious Objectors to Trump’s Iran War](https://iwpost.com/joe-kents-resignation-could-bolster-a-wave-of-conscientious-objectors-to-trumps-iran-war/): Joe Kent, a top counterterrorism official in the Trump administration, resigned Tuesday citing his opposition to the ongoing war in Iran.
- [She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.](https://iwpost.com/she-was-in-labor-at-a-florida-hospital-then-she-was-in-zoom-court-for-refusing-a-c-section/): It’s difficult to put yourself in the place of Cherise Doyley, a pregnant mother of three who found herself facing a judge while in labor at the University of Florida Health hospital in downtown Jacksonville.
- [Swiss government approves anti-money laundering plan](https://iwpost.com/swiss-government-approves-anti-money-laundering-plan/): The Swiss government on Friday approved a plan for ​combating money laundering and terrorist ‌financing that it said would strengthen controls while protecting the integrity ​of the country as ​a financial centre.
- [Surfer Mauled by Shark in California: Both Legs Seriously Injured in Horror Attack](https://iwpost.com/surfer-mauled-by-shark-in-california-both-legs-seriously-injured-in-horror-attack/): A day on the water turned into a nightmare on Northern California’s coast.
- [Japan government’s sigh of relief over Takaichi summit performance](https://iwpost.com/japan-governments-sigh-of-relief-over-takaichi-summit-performance/): Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Trump in the Oval Office on March 19, 2026.A Japanese reporter asked Trump why the US didn't alert allies like Japan ahead of the Iran strikes, a decision that the reporter said 'confused' the Japanese.
- [Once again, ULA can't deliver when the US military needs a satellite in orbit](https://iwpost.com/once-again-ula-cant-deliver-when-the-us-military-needs-a-satellite-in-orbit/): For the fourth time in a little more than a year, the US Space Force needs to send up a new satellite to replenish the military’s GPS navigation network.
- [Russia offers to halt sharing intel with Iran if US does the same with Ukraine: Report](https://iwpost.com/russia-offers-to-halt-sharing-intel-with-iran-if-us-does-the-same-with-ukraine-report/): Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends annual special televised question-and-answer session and year-end news conference scheduled to take place at the Gostiny Dvor trade and exhibition centre in Russia, Moscow on December 19, 2025.
- [Spring Brings a Rare Convergence of Eid, Nowruz, and Nisan](https://iwpost.com/spring-brings-a-rare-convergence-of-eid-nowruz-and-nisan/): A rare calendar alignment is bringing together two of the most widely observed celebrations across the Middle East and beyond, as Eid al-Fitr and Nowruz fall within hours of each other in March 2026, creating a unique overlap of religious observance and cultural renewal.
- [Hatch Green Chile Chicken Lasagna (Creamy & Flavorful Twist)](https://iwpost.com/hatch-green-chile-chicken-lasagna-creamy-flavorful-twist/): If you’re looking to shake up your usual lasagna routine, this Hatch Green Chile Chicken Lasagna is the perfect upgrade.
- [You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of](https://iwpost.com/youre-likely-already-infected-with-a-brain-eating-virus-youve-never-heard-of/): There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your brain.
- [Despite Fukushima Trump hands nuclear regulation to Silicon Valley](https://iwpost.com/despite-fukushima-trump-hands-nuclear-regulation-to-silicon-valley/): This article was originally published by ProPublica.
- [Chuck Norris dies at 86](https://iwpost.com/chuck-norris-dies-at-86/): Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86.
- [NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule](https://iwpost.com/nasa-issues-draft-request-for-moving-space-shuttle-discovery-or-orion-capsule/): NASA has taken a step forward to moving an undetermined spacecraft of a various size on an indefinite date to a yet-to-be-decided location.
- [Pentagon Implores Civilian Workers to Join ICE “Volunteer Force”](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-implores-civilian-workers-to-join-ice-volunteer-force/): The Pentagon has put out a call to its civilian employees to volunteer with the Department of Homeland Security as the embattled agency enters its second month without funding and weathers a public relations crisis over its brutal immigration enforcement tactics.
- [The Number of Families Being Held at Dilley Detention Center Has Plummeted](https://iwpost.com/the-number-of-families-being-held-at-dilley-detention-center-has-plummeted/): The number of parents and children booked into the country’s only immigrant family detention center, in Dilley, Texas, plummeted in February by more than 75% compared with a month earlier, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained by ProPublica.
- [Lonely superpower: Trump Iran war and the end of American consent](https://iwpost.com/lonely-superpower-trump-iran-war-and-the-end-of-american-consent/): The United States currently finds itself in a state of strategic paralysis, caught between an administrative push for military confrontation and a wall of resistance that spans from its own halls of power to the capitals of its oldest allies.
- [Key Nancy Guthrie Footage Finally Given to FBI](https://iwpost.com/key-nancy-guthrie-footage-finally-given-to-fbi/): Federal investigators have now obtained long-awaited footage tied to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, as the frantic search drags into its second month.
- [Al-Aqsa Mosque Closed on Eid al-Fitr as Missile Debris Strikes Jerusalem’s Old City](https://iwpost.com/al-aqsa-mosque-closed-on-eid-al-fitr-as-missile-debris-strikes-jerusalems-old-city/): Israeli authorities barred Muslim worshippers from entering Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Eid al-Fitr prayers on Friday, marking a rare and highly contentious closure of one of Islam’s holiest sites during a major religious holiday.
- [RFK may replace entire panel of CDC vaccine advisors again, ally lets slip](https://iwpost.com/rfk-may-replace-entire-panel-of-cdc-vaccine-advisors-again-ally-lets-slip/): A member of an influential federal vaccine advisory panel made a dramatic claim Thursday afternoon that the panel had been disbanded following a temporary block by a federal judge and would be entirely reconstituted—again.
- [On Thin Ice](https://iwpost.com/on-thin-ice/): Upstairs, right outside my toddler’s room, hangs this striking, blue-blue print of an Icelandic glacier ice cave: the Crystal Ice Cave, circa 2015, long since vanished.
- [Israeli action in Lebanon risks repeating history’s mistakes — and torpedoing a historic moment for dialogue](https://iwpost.com/israeli-action-in-lebanon-risks-repeating-historys-mistakes-and-torpedoing-a-historic-moment-for-dialogue/): The current fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began as a side front in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
- [Iran’s new supreme leader says country’s defense stronger than ‘enemies’ assume](https://iwpost.com/irans-new-supreme-leader-says-countrys-defense-stronger-than-enemies-assume/): Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Friday that the country’s front lines are far stronger than its “enemies” assume, accusing them of miscalculating Iran’s internal strength, Anadolu reports.
- [EU membership back on agenda in Norway amid opposition pressure](https://iwpost.com/eu-membership-back-on-agenda-in-norway-amid-opposition-pressure/): Norway should reapply to become a member of the European Union in light of their shared security challenges — namely Russia — the leader of the country’s conservative opposition party told POLITICO.
- [Trump’s Iran war has a Churchill problem](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-war-has-a-churchill-problem/): It was his closing argument for the midterms, the thing voters could feel before they needed to understand. The national average is now $3.70 and climbing.
- [Major SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine, even more third-party hardware](https://iwpost.com/major-steamos-update-adds-support-for-steam-machine-even-more-third-party-hardware/): Valve’s Steam Machine desktop is currently in a state of involuntary limbo, driven by historically awful pricing and availability for memory and storage chips.
- [DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator](https://iwpost.com/doge-goes-nuclear-how-trump-invited-silicon-valley-into-americas-nuclear-power-regulator/): Fast Nuclear Buildout: The Trump administration is rapidly rewriting rules to support the development of nuclear power plants.
- [How active have Iran’s proxy groups been since the start of the war?](https://iwpost.com/how-active-have-irans-proxy-groups-been-since-the-start-of-the-war/): One of the most notable aspects of the war in Iran so far has been the extent of Tehran’s isolation in the region.
- [“Liberate Their Bodies From Their Souls”: The Lies That Sell the Iran War](https://iwpost.com/liberate-their-bodies-from-their-souls-the-lies-that-sell-the-iran-war/): From the White House to Iran’s former crown prince, proponents of the U.S.–Israel war on Iran sell it to the American people — and Iranians themselves — as a crusade for liberation.
- [Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict is rooted in local border dispute – but the risks extend across the region](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-afghanistan-conflict-is-rooted-in-local-border-dispute-but-the-risks-extend-across-the-region/): A weekslong war between Pakistan and Afghanistan was paused on March 18, 2026, to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
- [Seoul harnessing Iran war to end the ‘Korea discount’](https://iwpost.com/seoul-harnessing-iran-war-to-end-the-korea-discount/): TOKYO – South Korea is taking Milton Friedman’s “never let a crisis go to waste” edict to new heights — literally.
- [Cops Storm Courthouse and Arrest Groom Seconds Before Wedding](https://iwpost.com/cops-storm-courthouse-and-arrest-groom-seconds-before-wedding/): A wedding day in Indiana took a wild turn when a groom was arrested at the courthouse just moments before the ceremony was set to begin — all because investigators say he failed to disclose he’s a registered sex offender.
- [IDF Strikes Syrian Regime Targets Amid Violence Against Druze in As-Suwayda ](https://iwpost.com/idf-strikes-syrian-regime-targets-amid-violence-against-druze-in-as-suwayda/): The Israel Defense Forces struck Syrian government targets following reports of violence against the Druze population in southern Syria, hitting a command center and weapons at military bases belonging to the Syrian regime.
- [Rocket Report: Canada makes a major move, US Space Force says actually, let's be hasty](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-canada-makes-a-major-move-us-space-force-says-actually-lets-be-hasty/): Welcome to Edition 8.34 of the Rocket Report!
- [Von der Leyen promises ETS tweaks in ‘days’](https://iwpost.com/von-der-leyen-promises-ets-tweaks-in-days/): The European Commission will make a proposal to boost the bloc’s carbon market reserve within “days” and develop a €30 billion decarbonization fund, in response to pressure from EU leaders to limit the CO2 price’s impact on electricity bills.
- [Argentina 50 years on from start of dictatorship – is it forgetting the disappeared?](https://iwpost.com/argentina-50-years-on-from-start-of-dictatorship-is-it-forgetting-the-disappeared/): Nearly 50 years have passed since Argentina’s former president Isabel Martínez de Perón was overthrown by a civic-military coup on March 24, 1976.
- [Iran FM says end of war must include guarantees against future attacks](https://iwpost.com/iran-fm-says-end-of-war-must-include-guarantees-against-future-attacks/): Iran’s foreign minister told his British counterpart that any end to the ongoing war with the US and Israel must include guarantees to prevent future attacks, according to Iranian state media.
- [Iran’s Hormuz yuan play a direct hit on the petrodollar](https://iwpost.com/irans-hormuz-yuan-play-a-direct-hit-on-the-petrodollar/): The Strait of Hormuz has long been treated as a narrow maritime chokepoint with outsized strategic value.
- [Dogfighting in space won't look like the movies, but this company wants in on it](https://iwpost.com/dogfighting-in-space-wont-look-like-the-movies-but-this-company-wants-in-on-it/): If a battle is fought in space, it will look nothing like those depicted in the Star Wars franchise, with sleek TIE fighters blasting enemy ships with laser cannons and mag-pulses.
- [As Trump Demands Voter Data, This Fiercely Independent Red State Says No](https://iwpost.com/as-trump-demands-voter-data-this-fiercely-independent-red-state-says-no/): States were on notice from the U.S. Department of Justice that if they didn’t fall in line, the federal government would force them into compliance.
- [Japan’s economy edging toward a Takaichi downturn](https://iwpost.com/japans-economy-edging-toward-a-takaichi-downturn/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [War in Iran threatens fresh food-price shock across developing world](https://iwpost.com/war-in-iran-threatens-fresh-food-price-shock-across-developing-world/): Disrupted fertiliser shipments and soaring energy prices from the war in Iran are threatening to unleash a fresh ​food-price surge across vulnerable nations, risking a years-long setback just as many were recovering from successive global shocks.
- [Netanyahu Addresses the Nation After President Trump’s Reprimand Over South Pars Strikes](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-addresses-the-nation-after-president-trumps-reprimand-over-south-pars-strikes/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the Israeli public and foreign press on Thursday night, outlining what he described as joint Israeli and US successes 20 days into the war against Iran.
- [FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms](https://iwpost.com/fbi-started-buying-americans-location-data-again-kash-patel-confirms/): Three years after saying it had stopped buying location data of Americans without a warrant, the FBI acknowledged it has restarted the purchases.
- [‘I Was Bob Barker’s Sex Slave’: ‘Price is Right’ Model Makes Shocking Claims](https://iwpost.com/i-was-bob-barkers-sex-slave-price-is-right-model-makes-shocking-claims/): The legacy of Price Is Right icon Bob Barker is getting dragged back into the gutter — and the allegations are as ugly as they come.
- [The West has long seen Iran’s oil as a prize to be claimed](https://iwpost.com/the-west-has-long-seen-irans-oil-as-a-prize-to-be-claimed/): With the recent outbreak of hostilities in the Persian Gulf, the focus of international attention has returned to one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints: the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Switzerland condemns ‘extremist settler’ violence in West Bank, urges Israel to act](https://iwpost.com/switzerland-condemns-extremist-settler-violence-in-west-bank-urges-israel-to-act/): Relatives mourn for 25-year-old Palestinian Amir Ouda after he was shot and killed by Israeli settlers in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus in West Bank, on March 14, 2026.
- [Millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild](https://iwpost.com/millions-of-iphones-can-be-hacked-with-a-new-tool-found-in-the-wild/): iPhone hacking techniques have sometimes been described almost like rare and elusive animals: Hackers have used them so stealthily and carefully against such a small number of hand-picked targets that they’re only rarely seen in the wild.
- [UPDATED: Oil prices jump 4% after renewed Iranian attacks on UAE](https://iwpost.com/updated-oil-prices-jump-4-after-renewed-iranian-attacks-on-uae/): Oil prices rose by about 4% ​on Tuesday, clawing back some of the previous session’s losses as Iranian attacks on the United Arab ‌Emirates rekindled supply fears while the Strait of Hormuz remains largely shut.
- [Spy chief grilled on Trump claim Iran nuke threat was ‘imminent’](https://iwpost.com/spy-chief-grilled-on-trump-claim-iran-nuke-threat-was-imminent/): US Senator Jon Ossoff on Wednesday cornered Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard over President Donald Trump’s false claims that he launched a war with Iran because it was an “imminent” threat to US national security.
- [Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program](https://iwpost.com/cloud-service-providers-ask-eu-regulator-to-reinstate-vmware-partner-program/): A trade association of cloud service providers (CSPs) filed an antitrust complaint today with the European Union’s European Commission (EC) over Broadcom’s shuttering of VMware’s CSP partner program this year.
- [Lebanese Spicy Potatoes (Batata Harra)](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-spicy-potatoes-batata-harra/): If you’re looking for a bold and flavorful twist on classic roasted potatoes, Lebanese Spicy Potatoes, also known as Batata Harra, are a must-try.
- [Iran war lacks strategy, goals, legitimacy and support – in the US and around the world](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-lacks-strategy-goals-legitimacy-and-support-in-the-us-and-around-the-world/): Approximately one month into the Iran war, public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic is decidedly opposed to this conflict.
- [The Indo-Pacific strategy just sank in Iran](https://iwpost.com/the-indo-pacific-strategy-just-sank-in-iran/): Over the past decade, capitals from Australia to France, India to Japan and South Korea to the UK, have rolled out Indo-Pacific strategies with the confidence of a shared script: that maritime coalitions stabilize the system, secure sea lanes and quietly contain a rising continental power.
- [Woman Killed in Northern Israel Strike; 7 Including Infant, Child, Injured in Bnei Brak Missile Impact](https://iwpost.com/woman-killed-in-northern-israel-strike-7-including-infant-child-injured-in-bnei-brak-missile-impact/): A woman in her 30s was killed in a rocket strike in northern Israel, and seven people, including an infant and a seven-year-old boy, were injured in a separate missile impact in Bnei Brak on Tuesday, as continued fire hit multiple civilian areas across the country.
- [FCC imposes sweeping ban on foreign-made routers, affecting all new models](https://iwpost.com/fcc-imposes-sweeping-ban-on-foreign-made-routers-affecting-all-new-models/): The Federal Communications Commission yesterday announced it will no longer approve consumer-grade routers made outside of the US, citing a President Trump directive on reducing the use of foreign technology for national security reasons.
- [Duggar Family Under Fire for ‘Puppy’ Business](https://iwpost.com/duggar-family-under-fire-for-puppy-business/): Anna Duggar is once again at the center of controversy — but this time, it’s not directly tied to her disgraced husband.
- [How American Kids Have Been Collateral Damage in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/how-american-kids-have-been-collateral-damage-in-trumps-immigration-crackdown/): For much of last year, Trump administration officials insisted that no Americans were caught up in the government’s immigration dragnet.
- [Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump’s post on Iran](https://iwpost.com/traders-placed-massive-bets-minutes-before-trumps-post-on-iran/): Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange.
- [Google wants Android Automotive to control more of your car](https://iwpost.com/google-wants-android-automotive-to-control-more-of-your-car/): Android has been creeping into cars for more than a decade, first with the phone-based Android Auto and later with built-in Android Automotive OS.
- [A look behind the scenes of what could be Google’s biggest test of carbon capture](https://iwpost.com/a-look-behind-the-scenes-of-what-could-be-googles-biggest-test-of-carbon-capture/): This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories.
- [Palantir Will No Longer Profit Off of New Yorkers’ Health Data](https://iwpost.com/palantir-will-no-longer-profit-off-of-new-yorkers-health-data/): A controversial multimillion-dollar deal between New York City’s public hospital system and military contractor Palantir, first reported by The Intercept, is coming to an end, according to recent testimony before the city council.
- [Local election results show the hurdles along the path to power for French far right](https://iwpost.com/local-election-results-show-the-hurdles-along-the-path-to-power-for-french-far-right/): Despite achieving historic scores and taking control of over 60 municipalities in the French local elections, the far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally, RN) will be disappointed by its failure to make a breakthrough in the larger towns and cities.
- [Meloni’s Political Image Dented](https://iwpost.com/melonis-political-image-dented/): Italian voters emphatically rejected a flagship judicial reform championed by ‌Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, dealing a blow to her right-wing coalition ahead of next year’s general elections.
- [Iran’s Hormuz pain is China’s yuan gain](https://iwpost.com/irans-hormuz-pain-is-chinas-yuan-gain/): TOKYO — Say what you want about the Iranian regime, it’s a master troller in ways for which US President Donald Trump surely didn’t foresee.
- [Iran names Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as top security chief](https://iwpost.com/iran-names-mohammad-bagher-zolghadr-as-top-security-chief/): Iran appointed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, succeeding Ali Larijani who was killed in an Israeli-US attack, the presidential office said Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks](https://iwpost.com/claude-code-can-now-take-over-your-computer-to-complete-tasks/): Anthropic is joining the increasingly crowded field of companies with AI agents that can take direct control of your local computer desktop.
- [Iran Replaces Slain Ali Larijani With Hard-Line Security Insider](https://iwpost.com/iran-replaces-slain-ali-larijani-with-hard-line-security-insider/): Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday appointed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, placing a veteran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps figure in one of the country’s most powerful security posts as Iran continues to manage the fallout from war with Israel and the United States.
- [Iran war exposing deeper risks of US financial dominance](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-exposing-deeper-risks-of-us-financial-dominance/): Trump's war on Iran is unsettling marekt faith in the US.
- [Study says roads bring more fire to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires](https://iwpost.com/study-says-roads-bring-more-fire-to-forests-usda-wants-more-roads-to-fight-fires/): When the Trump administration announced plans last year to rescind a rule limiting roadbuilding and timber harvests on millions of acres of national forests and grasslands, officials called the repeal necessary to prevent and manage wildfires.
- [Flight Attendant MIRACLE Survival Stuns Investigators After Deadly LaGuardia Crash](https://iwpost.com/flight-attendant-miracle-survival-stuns-investigators-after-deadly-laguardia-crash/): A devastating runway collision at New York’s LaGuardia Airport turned into a story of both tragedy and sheer survival — after one flight attendant was violently ejected from the aircraft and somehow lived to tell the tale.
- [Australia and EU seal trade deal](https://iwpost.com/australia-and-eu-seal-trade-deal/): Australia and the European Union have signed a long-awaited trade agreement after eight years of negotiations, aiming to boost economic ties and reduce reliance on dominant global suppliers.
- [A million SpaceX satellites will ruin the night sky](https://iwpost.com/a-million-spacex-satellites-will-ruin-the-night-sky/): More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit the Earth.
- [Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines](https://iwpost.com/self-propagating-malware-poisons-open-source-software-and-wipes-iran-based-machines/): A new hacking group has been rampaging the Internet in a persistent campaign that spreads a self-propagating and never-before-seen backdoor—and curiously a data wiper that targets Iranian machines.
- [US Democrats risk flubbing Trump’s flailing on Iran](https://iwpost.com/us-democrats-risk-flubbing-trumps-flailing-on-iran/): Donald Trump is flailing.
- [UN rapporteur says torture in Israeli prisons has become a “central tool”](https://iwpost.com/un-rapporteur-says-torture-in-israeli-prisons-has-become-a-central-tool/): The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, has warned that torture in Israeli prisons has become a “central tool” in what she described as a pattern of grave violations.
- [‘Only a Matter of Time’ Before Saudi Arabia Joins US Campaign Against Iran, WSJ Reports ](https://iwpost.com/only-a-matter-of-time-before-saudi-arabia-joins-us-campaign-against-iran-wsj-reports/): The post ‘Only a Matter of Time’ Before Saudi Arabia Joins US Campaign Against Iran, WSJ Reports appeared first on The Media Line.
- [Republicans in Congress add $250 annual federal EV tax to transport bill](https://iwpost.com/republicans-in-congress-add-250-annual-federal-ev-tax-to-transport-bill/): They might be better than gas-powered cars in most conceivable ways, but electric vehicle sales are having an undeniably hard time right now.
- [He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases. Now He’s Running for Judge.](https://iwpost.com/he-compared-a-black-child-to-a-dog-and-withheld-evidence-in-death-row-cases-now-hes-running-for-judge/): Hugo Holland’s aggressive legal tactics made him one of Louisiana’s most renowned prosecutors and helped turn Caddo Parish, a majority Black community in the northwest corner of the state, into one of the nation’s leaders in death penalty convictions.
- [Euro zone growth nearly stalls as Middle East war fuels inflation surge, PMI shows](https://iwpost.com/euro-zone-growth-nearly-stalls-as-middle-east-war-fuels-inflation-surge-pmi-shows/): Euro zone private sector growth slowed sharply in March as the Middle East war drove input costs to their highest in more than three years and triggered the worst supply chain ​disruptions since mid-2022, a survey showed on Tuesday.
- [412 million barrels will soon flood oil markets — will it matter?](https://iwpost.com/412-million-barrels-will-soon-flood-oil-markets-will-it-matter/): In the second week of the Iran war – with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, cutting off shipping of 20% of the world’s oil supply – the International Energy Agency announced the largest release of strategic oil reserves in history.
- [Long fingernails vs. touchscreens: This nail polish could help](https://iwpost.com/long-fingernails-vs-touchscreens-this-nail-polish-could-help/): The rise of touchscreen technology has been a boon in many respects, but for people with long fingernails, there can be issues with the capacitive variety since fingernails are non-conductive and thus don’t register on the screen as a touch.
- [Chuck Norris’ Secret ‘Love Child’ Revealed — Hidden for 26 Years Until One Letter](https://iwpost.com/chuck-norris-secret-love-child-revealed-hidden-for-26-years-until-one-letter/): Shocking twist in Chuck Norris’ life story just resurfaced — and it reads like something straight out of a Hollywood script.
- [These Steak Fajita Quesadillas are the ultimate quick and satisfying dinner 🌮🔥](https://iwpost.com/these-steak-fajita-quesadillas-are-the-ultimate-quick-and-satisfying-dinner-%f0%9f%8c%ae%f0%9f%94%a5/): Loaded with juicy, seasoned steak, sautéed peppers and onions, and plenty of melted cheese, every bite is packed with bold Tex-Mex flavor.
- [Qatar gas terminal bombing will push prices higher for years](https://iwpost.com/qatar-gas-terminal-bombing-will-push-prices-higher-for-years/): On March 19, Ras Laffan, the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in the world, supplying one-fifth of the world’s super-chilled fuel, was hit by Iranian missiles and drones.
- [Intuit beats FTC in court, ending restrictions on "free" TurboTax ads](https://iwpost.com/intuit-beats-ftc-in-court-ending-restrictions-on-free-turbotax-ads/): An appeals court invalidated the Biden-era Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to punish Intuit for allegedly deceptive ads that pitched TurboTax as free.
- [Syria Launches Historic Plan to Dismantle Remaining Chemical Weapons](https://iwpost.com/syria-launches-historic-plan-to-dismantle-remaining-chemical-weapons/): [DAMASCUS] Syria announced Wednesday in New York an internationally backed plan to dismantle remaining stockpiles of chemical weapons dating from the previous regime, in a move Syrian officials called “historic” and part of broader efforts to prevent these weapons from being used against civilians again.
- [Denmark heads to polls amid divisions over wealth tax and Arctic policy](https://iwpost.com/denmark-heads-to-polls-amid-divisions-over-wealth-tax-and-arctic-policy/): Denmark holds an election on Tuesday, with opinion polls showing a narrow lead for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s centre-left bloc, boosted by her defiant stand against U.S.
- [America’s Iran quagmire and the failure of strategic memory](https://iwpost.com/americas-iran-quagmire-and-the-failure-of-strategic-memory/): There is a particular frustration that comes with being a Cassandra in Washington.
- [How Indonesia’s new trade ties with Washington muted its voice on Iran](https://iwpost.com/how-indonesias-new-trade-ties-with-washington-muted-its-voice-on-iran/): When the United States and Israel struck Tehran in late February, Jakarta’s response was conspicuously muted, echoing the unusually quiet corridors of diplomacy in Pejambon, typically alive with sovereignty-laden rhetoric.
- [US to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to stop developing offshore wind in US](https://iwpost.com/us-to-pay-totalenergies-1-billion-to-stop-developing-offshore-wind-in-us/): On Monday, the Trump administration announced its newest approach to its goal of blocking the development of offshore wind: pay companies to walk away from lease sites they had paid for under the Biden administration.
- [ProPublica Adds Ownership Search to Nursing Home Inspect Database](https://iwpost.com/propublica-adds-ownership-search-to-nursing-home-inspect-database/): The owner of a nursing home can significantly impact the quality of care that home’s residents receive, research has shown.
- [After hackers hit an Iowa company, cars around the country failed to start](https://iwpost.com/after-hackers-hit-an-iowa-company-cars-around-the-country-failed-to-start/): Driving after a DUI conviction can be a dicey experience.
- [Undertaker ‘Crushed to Death’ by Funeral Parlour Machinery](https://iwpost.com/undertaker-crushed-to-death-by-funeral-parlour-machinery/): A routine day inside a quiet funeral parlour turned into a nightmare when a veteran undertaker was fatally crushed by machinery designed to handle the dead, an inquest has heard.
- [Hormuz blockade may herald end of American globalization](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-blockade-may-herald-end-of-american-globalization/): Mahan believed that national greatness was inextricably linked to the sea.
- [Belgium to Deploy Soldiers in Streets for Security Patrols](https://iwpost.com/belgium-to-deploy-soldiers-in-streets-for-security-patrols/): Belgium will begin deploying soldiers on its streets from Monday, Defence Minister Theo Francken announced Thursday during a plenary session of the Chamber of Representatives.
- [US attacks on Cuban medical missions risk damaging healthcare for poor people in developing countries](https://iwpost.com/us-attacks-on-cuban-medical-missions-risk-damaging-healthcare-for-poor-people-in-developing-countries/): There were tearful scenes in the central American nation of Honduras on February 23, as locals said goodbye to the Cuban healthcare professionals who had been treating them for free for around two years.
- [Israelis in Cyprus Report Strong Sense of Safety Despite Rising Crime Concerns](https://iwpost.com/israelis-in-cyprus-report-strong-sense-of-safety-despite-rising-crime-concerns/): [LARNACA] An Israeli longtime resident of Cyprus says the island remains a place where Israelis and Jews generally feel safe, despite some concerns about crime and shifting demographics since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel.
- [A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter](https://iwpost.com/a-mission-nasa-might-kill-is-still-returning-fascinating-science-from-jupiter/): Jupiter’s colossal storms generate lightning flashes at least 100 times more powerful than those on Earth, according to scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
- [Iran war draining US arsenal that keeps North Korea in check](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-draining-us-arsenal-that-keeps-north-korea-in-check/): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.
- [Israeli economy lost over $57B during 2 years of Gaza war: Central bank](https://iwpost.com/israeli-economy-lost-over-57b-during-2-years-of-gaza-war-central-bank/): Israel’s economy suffered losses exceeding $57 billion during two years of conflict in Gaza, according to a report cited by Bloomberg on Monday, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump's MAHA pick for surgeon general flounders amid GOP doubts](https://iwpost.com/trumps-maha-pick-for-surgeon-general-flounders-amid-gop-doubts/): President Trump’s pick for surgeon general, Casey Means, is in jeopardy, as at least four Republican senators have expressed misgivings over her medical qualifications, views on vaccines, and some dubious advice she’s given as a wellness influencer, according to reporting from The Washington Post.
- [Why the damage to Qatar’s gas infrastructure could push costs higher for years to come](https://iwpost.com/why-the-damage-to-qatars-gas-infrastructure-could-push-costs-higher-for-years-to-come/): On March 19, Ras Laffan, the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in the world, supplying one-fifth of the world’s super-chilled fuel, was hit by Iranian missiles and drones.
- [‘Chinese characteristics’ and Xi Jinping’s latest purge of brass](https://iwpost.com/chinese-characteristics-and-xi-jinpings-latest-purge-of-brass/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, the article is republished with permission.
- [Slovenia set for coalition talks after tight election](https://iwpost.com/slovenia-set-for-coalition-talks-after-tight-election/): Slovenia’s political parties looked set for ​urgent coalition talks on Monday after no clear winner emerged from an election that could ‌sway the Alpine country’s domestic and foreign agenda.
- [LG Display starts mass-producing LTPO-like 1 Hz LCD displays for laptops](https://iwpost.com/lg-display-starts-mass-producing-ltpo-like-1-hz-lcd-displays-for-laptops/): LG Display is mass-producing laptop screens that automatically change their refresh rate from 1 Hz to up to 120 Hz, based on what’s on-screen, it announced this week.
- [$40M Assassination Plot Against Trump REVEALED](https://iwpost.com/40m-assassination-plot-against-trump-revealed/): A storm of alarming claims is swirling around President Donald Trump, with insiders warning of a high-stakes global threat environment that has U.S.
- [Iran’s insurgent playbook for outlasting US-Israel firepower](https://iwpost.com/irans-insurgent-playbook-for-outlasting-us-israel-firepower/): Iran knows it is militarily much weaker than the United States. The US accounts for 37% of military spending worldwide, while Iran accounts for less than 1%.
- [‘This Wasn’t the Help You Promised’: Iranians React as President Trump Postpones Power Strike](https://iwpost.com/this-wasnt-the-help-you-promised-iranians-react-as-president-trump-postpones-power-strike/): Following President Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s power plants within 48 hours if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened by the Islamic Republic, many Iranians inside the country voiced concern over the potential devastation of the nation’s economic infrastructure.
- [How the words that Iran and America use about each other paved the way for conflict](https://iwpost.com/how-the-words-that-iran-and-america-use-about-each-other-paved-the-way-for-conflict/): The conflict between the US – and its partner Israel – and Iran was nearly half a century in the making.
- [Apple will talk iOS 27, macOS 27, and more at WWDC 2026 on June 8](https://iwpost.com/apple-will-talk-ios-27-macos-27-and-more-at-wwdc-2026-on-june-8/): Apple announced today that it would be holding its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 8 to 12 this year, giving both developers and the general public a first look at “incredible updates for Apple platforms, including AI advancements and exciting new software and developer tools.” The conference will start with an in-person “special event” at the company’s Apple Park headquarters that will also be streamed online via YouTube and Apple’s Developer app, among other places.
- [This $400B Biden climate program is surviving the Trump administration](https://iwpost.com/this-400b-biden-climate-program-is-surviving-the-trump-administration/): In January, the Trump administration announced that it had completed its dismantling of yet another Biden-era climate program.
- [With Iran talks claim, is Trump just calming markets till weekend?](https://iwpost.com/with-iran-talks-claim-is-trump-just-calming-markets-till-weekend/): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during an interview on CBS on March 15, 2026.
- [Trump says Iran negotiations moving forward, hints at joint oversight of Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-iran-negotiations-moving-forward-hints-at-joint-oversight-of-strait-of-hormuz/): Donald Trump said the United States has a “very serious chance” of reaching an agreement with Iran, indicating that ongoing negotiations could lead to the reopening of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz and a sharp decline in global oil prices.
- [Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-reveals-attacks-in-latin-america-are-just-the-beginning/): As the Trump administration continues to bombard Iran, a top Pentagon official revealed that U.S.
- [Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments](https://iwpost.com/nominee-for-ambassador-to-hungary-co-owns-a-nursing-home-thats-suing-the-trump-administration-over-medicare-payments/): Last October, President Donald Trump nominated nursing home owner Benjamin Landa as his next ambassador to Hungary, a key position that would place him in a country with a vigorous conservative movement.
- [Trump’s ‘Venezuela solution’ to Cuba would see the island nation returned to a client state](https://iwpost.com/trumps-venezuela-solution-to-cuba-would-see-the-island-nation-returned-to-a-client-state/): The U.S. and Cuban governments have been at odds since the conclusion of the Cuban Revolution 67 years ago.
- [Prabowo said no $1 billion—but his ministers signalled otherwise on the Board of Peace](https://iwpost.com/prabowo-said-no-1-billion-but-his-ministers-signalled-otherwise-on-the-board-of-peace/): By any reasonable standard, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s latest clarification should have settled the matter.
- [A bit of good news: It's possible to turn around a groundwater crisis](https://iwpost.com/a-bit-of-good-news-its-possible-to-turn-around-a-groundwater-crisis/): Generally, when you hear “water use” and “sustainability,” you expect those words to be followed by some bad news.
- [Even a ‘superpower’ is nowhere near as powerful as it looks](https://iwpost.com/even-a-superpower-is-nowhere-near-as-powerful-as-it-looks/): Yet again, the US-Israel war against Iran is showing that even a so-called superpower is nowhere near as powerful as it looks.
- [2 Injured, Including Seriously Wounded Bus Driver, in Hezbollah Strike on Kiryat Shmona  ](https://iwpost.com/2-injured-including-seriously-wounded-bus-driver-in-hezbollah-strike-on-kiryat-shmona/): A man in his 50s was seriously wounded, and an elderly man around 80 years old was lightly injured by shrapnel at two impact sites in Kiryat Shmona on Monday, according to Magen David Adom teams at the scene.
- [AI is beginning to change the business of law](https://iwpost.com/ai-is-beginning-to-change-the-business-of-law/): In spring 2024, two days after undergoing complex cardiac surgery in the Midlands, a man in his mid-70s unexpectedly deteriorated and died.
- [Former Mister Universe, 57, Fighting for His Life](https://iwpost.com/former-mister-universe-57-fighting-for-his-life/): Former Mister Universe Luis Antonio Vidal Butler is clinging to life after a terrifying medical emergency at his home — just hours after sharing a workout with fans.
- [Five takeaways from local French elections](https://iwpost.com/five-takeaways-from-local-french-elections/): France held the runoff of mayoral elections on Sunday, and although the results of local contests do not always offer a reliable preview of national elections, the vote provided a snapshot of the political mood on the ground.
- [Overconfidence is how the US humbly loses wars](https://iwpost.com/overconfidence-is-how-the-us-humbly-loses-wars/): Wars are rarely lost first on the battlefield.
- [A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it](https://iwpost.com/a-unique-nasa-satellite-is-falling-out-of-orbit-this-team-is-trying-to-rescue-it/): BROOMFIELD, Colorado—One of NASA’s oldest astronomy missions, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, has been out of action for more than a month as scientists await the arrival of a pioneering robotic rescue mission.
- [Chile Relleno Soup with Chicken (Creamy, Cheesy & Comforting)](https://iwpost.com/chile-relleno-soup-with-chicken-creamy-cheesy-comforting/): If you love the bold, cheesy flavors of classic chile relleno, this Chile Relleno Soup is about to become your new favorite comfort dish.
- [Democrats Might Save Mike Johnson’s Push to Give Trump Domestic Spying Power](https://iwpost.com/democrats-might-save-mike-johnsons-push-to-give-trump-domestic-spying-power/): Thanks to opposition from inside his own party, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was forced to delay a vote on President Donald Trump’s request to extend a major domestic spying law — but Democrats could ride to the rescue.
- [Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-detained-the-parents-of-more-than-11000-u-s-citizen-kids/): More Moms Deported: An exclusive data analysis found Trump has deported moms of U.S. citizens at four times the rate of his predecessor.
- [The Iran war has lessons to teach us about nuclear weapons – but we risk learning the wrong ones](https://iwpost.com/the-iran-war-has-lessons-to-teach-us-about-nuclear-weapons-but-we-risk-learning-the-wrong-ones/): Nuclear “non-proliferation” – preventing the spread of nuclear weapons beyond states that already have them – has been held up as the rationale for the US-Israeli war on Iran.
- [Lebanese PM: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard directing Hezbollah operations in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-pm-irans-revolutionary-guard-directing-hezbollah-operations-in-lebanon/): Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, said on Sunday that members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are directing Hezbollah’s operations in the ongoing conflict with Israel.
- [Web of sensors: How US spots and kills Iran’s missiles and drones](https://iwpost.com/web-of-sensors-how-us-spots-and-kills-irans-missiles-and-drones/): The global price of oil continues to skyrocket as Iran’s missiles and drones hit vital infrastructure in Arab Gulf states.
- [2 Pilots Killed After Air Canada Express Jet Collides With Firefighting Vehicle at LaGuardia; Dozens of Passengers Injured](https://iwpost.com/2-pilots-killed-after-air-canada-express-jet-collides-with-firefighting-vehicle-at-laguardia-dozens-of-passengers-injured/): A late-night collision Sunday between a passenger jet and an emergency response truck at LaGuardia Airport left two crew members dead and dozens injured, prompting the airport’s closure and the launch of a federal investigation.
- [Poste Italiane Launches €10.8 Billion Takeover Bid for TIM](https://iwpost.com/poste-italiane-launches-e10-8-billion-takeover-bid-for-tim/): State-controlled postal and financial services giant Poste Italiane announced on Sunday a €10.8 billion cash and share bid to take over Italian telecommunications group TIM.
- [Simon Cowell, 66, Urged to Stop ‘Embarrassing Himself’ by Fiancée](https://iwpost.com/simon-cowell-66-urged-to-stop-embarrassing-himself-by-fiancee/): Simon Cowell’s inner circle is reportedly sounding the alarm — and this time, it’s coming from inside his own home.
- [Great AI divide: markets in America, systems in China](https://iwpost.com/great-ai-divide-markets-in-america-systems-in-china/): The United States and China are forging divergent paths in artificial intelligence—paths that will shape economies, societies and the nature of power itself for generations to come.
- [US should practice what it preaches on Vietnam religious freedom](https://iwpost.com/us-should-practice-what-it-preaches-on-vietnam-religious-freedom/): The response followed a well-established pattern – USCIRF has recommended that Vietnam be designated a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) every year since 2001, and Hanoi has pushed back each time.
- [Iran’s strike near Dimona raises old questions about Israel’s nuclear secrets](https://iwpost.com/irans-strike-near-dimona-raises-old-questions-about-israels-nuclear-secrets/): Iran’s missile strike near Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility on Saturday night was more than a dramatic escalation in the shadow war between the two nations.
- [Western Galilee Mayor Tells TML: ‘Children Are Living in Fear Again’ as 40% of Residents Lack Access to Shelters](https://iwpost.com/western-galilee-mayor-tells-tml-children-are-living-in-fear-again-as-40-of-residents-lack-access-to-shelters/): Moshe Davidovich, head of the Mateh Asher Regional Council situated along Israel’s northwestern border with Lebanon in the Western Galilee, describes a reality that he says has become all too familiar for residents of the region: a return to daily alarms, persistent uncertainty, and the psychological toll of living under constant threat.
- [‘Cult- Favorite’ TV Star Dies at 51](https://iwpost.com/cult-favorite-tv-star-dies-at-51/): Carrie Anne Fleming, a familiar face to horror TV fans and a steady presence in cult-favorite shows like Supernatural and iZombie, has died at 51 after a private fight with breast cancer.
- [A Regime That Executes Its Future Must Be Dismantled](https://iwpost.com/a-regime-that-executes-its-future-must-be-dismantled/): On Thursday, March 19, in the city of Qom, against the backdrop of war and repression, the Islamic Republic of Iran publicly hanged 19-year-old national wrestling champion Saleh Mohammadi.
- [Iran says Strait of Hormuz ‘open,’ but ships fear passage](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-open-but-ships-fear-passage/): Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday said that the Strait of Hormuz is open, but ships fear passage over a US-Israeli offensive against Tehran, Anadolu reports.
- [EU rights report rejected as political divisions deepen in Parliament](https://iwpost.com/eu-rights-report-rejected-as-political-divisions-deepen-in-parliament/): A key report on the implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights has been rejected in the European Parliament’s constitutional affairs committee, prompting sharp criticism from the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group, which described the outcome as a political setback for fundamental rights.
- [Mail Carrier Caught Shoving 4-Year-Old Boy to the Ground (Video)](https://iwpost.com/mail-carrier-caught-shoving-4-year-old-boy-to-the-ground-video/): A routine delivery turned into a disturbing scene in suburban New York when a U.S.
- [Sophisticated drones attacked Louisiana’s Barksdale bomber base](https://iwpost.com/sophisticated-drones-attacked-louisianas-barksdale-bomber-base/): Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, in Bossier Parish not far from Shreveport, was attacked by drone swarms during the week of March 9.
- [California bets on an obscure tool to replace clean air authority Trump revoked](https://iwpost.com/california-bets-on-an-obscure-tool-to-replace-clean-air-authority-trump-revoked/): When a package arrives at your door, it has likely traveled through a chain of ports, railyards and warehouses throughout the state.
- [Security Council Members Cite Signs of Stability in Syria, Signal Shift Toward Pragmatic Engagement](https://iwpost.com/security-council-members-cite-signs-of-stability-in-syria-signal-shift-toward-pragmatic-engagement/): Several members of the United Nations Security Council expressed their appreciation for the measures the government of Syria has taken in recent months to combat terrorism and enhance internal stability.
- [EPP backs ‘EU Inc.’ as step towards a simpler, more competitive business environment](https://iwpost.com/epp-backs-eu-inc-as-step-towards-a-simpler-more-competitive-business-environment/): The centre-right EPP Group welcomed the European Commission’s proposal to introduce a new EU-wide company framework, describing it as a decisive step towards removing barriers that continue to hinder businesses across the bloc.
- [More Than 1 Million People in Lebanon Have Been Displaced. These Are Their Stories.](https://iwpost.com/more-than-1-million-people-in-lebanon-have-been-displaced-these-are-their-stories/): BEIRUT — It is morning outside Mohammed Al-Amin Mosque in downtown Beirut, and beneath the gigantic crescent moon statue, a woman in a white hijab and dirtied floral dress is calling for her children.
- [Chocolate Chip Banana Bread](https://iwpost.com/chocolate-chip-banana-bread/): If there’s one recipe every home baker should have, it’s a good banana bread—and this chocolate chip version is one you’ll come back to again and again.
- [Iran warns regional energy infrastructure will be ‘legitimate targets’ if own facilities hit](https://iwpost.com/iran-warns-regional-energy-infrastructure-will-be-legitimate-targets-if-own-facilities-hit/): Iran warned Sunday that energy and critical infrastructure across the region would become “legitimate targets” if its own facilities are attacked, Anadolu reports.
- [There can (still) be only one: Highlander is 40](https://iwpost.com/there-can-still-be-only-one-highlander-is-40/): The 1980s brought us so many terrific films, including director Russell Mulcahy’s sword-and-sorcery fantasy action film Highlander, starring Christopher Lambert as an immortal Scotsman who must battle others like him to the death until just one remains.
- [Italian-Style Brown Rice Salad](https://iwpost.com/italian-style-brown-rice-salad/): Inspired by classic Italian summer dishes, this Brown Rice Salad is fresh, colorful, and incredibly satisfying.
- [You've got $20,000 to spend on an EV: Here are some options](https://iwpost.com/youve-got-20000-to-spend-on-an-ev-here-are-some-options/): With a new war in the Middle East driving up gas prices, American drivers are once again remembering that electric vehicles are much cheaper to operate and therefore worth considering.
- [European Parliament Approves First EU-Wide Anti-Corruption Rules](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-approves-first-eu-wide-anti-corruption-rules/): In a landmark move on Thursday, the European Parliament approved new EU-wide rules establishing a harmonised criminal law framework to combat corruption across the Union.
- [God on their side: how the US, Israel and Iran are all using religion to garner support](https://iwpost.com/god-on-their-side-how-the-us-israel-and-iran-are-all-using-religion-to-garner-support/): America’s secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, sports an array of tattoos with Christian messaging, including one which reads “Deus Vult”, God wills it, and is associated with the medieval crusades.
- [Quagmire fears surge as Trump weighs ‘final blow’ Iran options](https://iwpost.com/quagmire-fears-surge-as-trump-weighs-final-blow-iran-options/): The Trump administration is reportedly considering several options for a massive escalation of its unlawful war on Iran, heightening fears that US troops – possibly as early as Friday or the weekend – could be hurled into a deadly quagmire with no clear objective, legal rationale or exit strategy.
- [Israel Says It Killed IRGC Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri, Cites Role in Strait of Hormuz Blockade](https://iwpost.com/israel-says-it-killed-irgc-navy-commander-alireza-tangsiri-cites-role-in-strait-of-hormuz-blockade/): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday it killed the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy, Alireza Tangsiri, in a precise strike in Bandar Abbas, describing the operation as part of ongoing efforts to target Iranian military leadership involved in regional attacks and maritime disruption.
- [Iran was already running out of water. Then came the ‘war on infrastructure.’](https://iwpost.com/iran-was-already-running-out-of-water-then-came-the-war-on-infrastructure/): Last week, following attacks on critical energy and water facilities escalating, the Israeli-U.S. war in Iran entered a new stage.
- [Pentagon Wants It to Be Illegal for Reporters to Ask “Unauthorized” Questions](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-wants-it-to-be-illegal-for-reporters-to-ask-unauthorized-questions/): A judge last week struck down the Pentagon’s restrictions on journalists seeking “unauthorized” information, siding with the New York Times in its lawsuit against the government.
- [“This Is What It Means to Be Minnesotan”: Why My Neighbors Continue to Stand Up Against ICE](https://iwpost.com/this-is-what-it-means-to-be-minnesotan-why-my-neighbors-continue-to-stand-up-against-ice/): Kristin Heiberg, who writes software user guides, patrols her neighborhood every day and attends protests and vigils.
- [Intel Core Ultra 270K and 250K Plus review: Conditionally great CPUs](https://iwpost.com/intel-core-ultra-270k-and-250k-plus-review-conditionally-great-cpus/): Many of our graphics card reviews early last year and in the early 2020s focused on the difficulties of reviewing and recommending graphics cards when the manufacturer-suggested price points effectively didn’t exist.
- [Torture, genocide and erasure](https://iwpost.com/torture-genocide-and-erasure/): “This is not incidental violence.
- [Crude realities: a knife to the world’s energy jugular](https://iwpost.com/crude-realities-a-knife-to-the-worlds-energy-jugular/): The furnaces at Vaikunth Dham, the largest crematorium in India’s Maharashtra state, have gone quiet.
- [Damaged church floor may have revealed the grave of the fourth musketeer](https://iwpost.com/damaged-church-floor-may-have-revealed-the-grave-of-the-fourth-musketeer/): Recent repairs to a centuries-old tile floor at a church in the Netherlands may have revealed the skeleton of the French Musketeer d’Artagnan.
- [Iran has been threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz for years – it’s a key part of Tehran’s defence strategy](https://iwpost.com/iran-has-been-threatening-to-close-the-strait-of-hormuz-for-years-its-a-key-part-of-tehrans-defence-strategy/): In a 1974 interview with the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the US journalist Mike Wallace briefly referred to the dispute over the naming of what has been generally called “Sinus Persicus” (Persian Gulf) since ancient times – and what Wallace called “the Gulf”.
- [Cyprus Seeks to Reassure Tourists Amid Regional Tensions](https://iwpost.com/cyprus-seeks-to-reassure-tourists-amid-regional-tensions/): Cyprus is pushing back against security concerns linked to the Middle East conflict as it looks to safeguard its crucial summer tourism season.
- [Teen Smashes Vehicle Through Family’s Bedroom, Killing Mother and Son](https://iwpost.com/teen-smashes-vehicle-through-familys-bedroom-killing-mother-and-son/): What should have been a quiet night turned into a devastating tragedy for one Texas family.
- [Why the Iran war is crashing gold prices](https://iwpost.com/why-the-iran-war-is-crashing-gold-prices/): Gold has long enjoyed a reputation as a financial “safe haven” during stormy times.
- [Ceasefire Talk, Hormuz Pressure, and Daily Strikes: The US-Israel–Iran War Enters a More Dangerous Political Phase](https://iwpost.com/ceasefire-talk-hormuz-pressure-and-daily-strikes-the-us-israel-iran-war-enters-a-more-dangerous-political-phase/): At print time, the Israel-US-Iran war is no longer defined mainly by its opening airstrikes or its first rounds of retaliation.
- [Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029, far sooner than previously thought](https://iwpost.com/google-bumps-up-q-day-deadline-to-2029-far-sooner-than-previously-thought/): Google is dramatically shortening its readiness deadline for the arrival of Q Day, the point at which existing quantum computers can break public-key cryptography algorithms that secure decades’ worth of secrets belonging to militaries, banks, governments, and nearly every individual on earth.
- [How Does TrackAIPAC Actually Track AIPAC?](https://iwpost.com/how-does-trackaipac-actually-track-aipac/): The social media outfit TrackAIPAC’s signature anti-endorsement cards have become a fixture of the 2026 midterms.
- [An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.](https://iwpost.com/an-ob-gyn-was-repeatedly-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-the-state-medical-board-let-him-keep-practicing/): Complaints Roll In: Four female patients complained to Washington’s medical commission about Dr.
- [Antibiotic resistance among germs swells during droughts, study suggests](https://iwpost.com/antibiotic-resistance-among-germs-swells-during-droughts-study-suggests/): For as long as we’ve known that soil bacteria manufacture molecular weapons to fight each other, we’ve been swiping their battle plans.
- [Iran is what happens when leaders ignore their spies](https://iwpost.com/iran-is-what-happens-when-leaders-ignore-their-spies/): Intelligence agencies are often blamed when the use of military force has an unexpected or negative outcome.
- [Rafah crossing partially reopens for Gaza patients](https://iwpost.com/rafah-crossing-partially-reopens-for-gaza-patients/): Authorities in Gaza have announced the partial reopening of the Rafah crossing, allowing a limited number of medical patients to leave the enclave after days of closure.
- [China urges all parties to pursue “meaningful and sincere” peace talks on Iran conflict](https://iwpost.com/china-urges-all-parties-to-pursue-meaningful-and-sincere-peace-talks-on-iran-conflict/): China’s Foreign Ministry has called on all sides involved in the US-Israel war on Iran to work toward constructive dialogue.
- [Google's TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x](https://iwpost.com/googles-turboquant-ai-compression-algorithm-can-reduce-llm-memory-usage-by-6x/): Even if you don’t know much about the inner workings of generative AI models, you probably know they need a lot of memory.
- [Trump’s 15-point plan signals deep fear of losing the war](https://iwpost.com/trumps-15-point-plan-signals-deep-fear-of-losing-the-war/): The language of power often reveals more than it intends.
- [Woman Awarded $3 Million as LA Jury Finds Meta, Google Liable for Addictive Platform Design](https://iwpost.com/woman-awarded-3-million-as-la-jury-finds-meta-google-liable-for-addictive-platform-design/): A woman won $3 million in damages on Wednesday after a jury found Meta and Google liable for designing social media platforms in ways that encouraged addiction and harmed her mental health.
- [Obama’s Spark BACKLASH with Bold New Business Play](https://iwpost.com/obamas-spark-backlash-with-bold-new-business-play/): Barack and Michelle Obama are making a bold — and eyebrow-raising — move into the booming sports drink market, teaming up with NBA superstar Steph Curry for a new hydration brand that’s already stirring debate.
- [Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-rejects-sonys-attempt-to-kick-music-pirates-off-the-internet/): The Supreme Court today decided that Internet service providers cannot be held liable for their customers’ copyright infringement unless they take specific steps that cause users to violate copyrights.
- [Pope Leo: Life must be defended amid “madness of war”](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-life-must-be-defended-amid-madness-of-war/): Pope Leo XIV has said that in a world marked by the “madness of war,” life must be defended from conception to its natural end.
- [Trump broke the oil market and everyone else will pay the price](https://iwpost.com/trump-broke-the-oil-market-and-everyone-else-will-pay-the-price/): With the end of the post-World War II global order, every great power is now effectively a rogue state.
- [Nintendo is raising prices of Switch 2 game cartridges starting in May](https://iwpost.com/nintendo-is-raising-prices-of-switch-2-game-cartridges-starting-in-may/): The downloadable versions of Nintendo’s first-party Switch games have always cost the same amount to buy, despite the costs of manufacturing and shipping physical releases.
- [Trump prefers peace but ready to ‘unleash hell’ in Iran: White House](https://iwpost.com/trump-prefers-peace-but-ready-to-unleash-hell-in-iran-white-house/): US President Donald Trump favors a peaceful resolution with Iran but is prepared to escalate sharply if Tehran fails to accept the “reality of the current moment,” the White House said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Meta, YouTube must pay $3M to woman who got hooked on apps as a child](https://iwpost.com/meta-youtube-must-pay-3m-to-woman-who-got-hooked-on-apps-as-a-child/): On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay $3 million in damages to a young woman who successfully argued that the companies’ social media apps were designed to addict children.
- [Herzog Explores Amnesty Option for Netanyahu, According to Walla Report](https://iwpost.com/herzog-explores-amnesty-option-for-netanyahu-according-to-walla-report/): President Isaac Herzog has recently brought up, in private talks, the idea of an arrangement that could help bring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial to a close, according to Israel’s Walla news site.
- [EU Moves Closer to Tougher Returns Policy as Parliament Prepares Key Vote](https://iwpost.com/eu-moves-closer-to-tougher-returns-policy-as-parliament-prepares-key-vote/): EU lawmakers are set to vote on Thursday on whether to open negotiations with EU governments on a major overhaul of the bloc’s rules governing the return of migrants without the legal right to remain in the European Union.
- [Allegiant Passenger Dies After being Pushed by Crew Member Getting Onto Plane](https://iwpost.com/allegiant-passenger-dies-after-being-pushed-by-crew-member-getting-onto-plane/): What should have been a simple boarding process turned into a nightmare no family should ever witness.
- [Walkway Over Dangerous Train Crossing Is Dead After Norfolk Southern Backtracks on Funds, Mayor Says](https://iwpost.com/walkway-over-dangerous-train-crossing-is-dead-after-norfolk-southern-backtracks-on-funds-mayor-says/): The mayor of Hammond, Indiana, says train company Norfolk Southern is reneging on a promise to partly finance the construction of a pedestrian overpass at a dangerous rail crossing that was the subject of a ProPublica investigation.
- [Reddit will require "fishy" accounts to verify they are run by a human](https://iwpost.com/reddit-will-require-fishy-accounts-to-verify-they-are-run-by-a-human/): Reddit will require accounts that exhibit “automated or otherwise fishy behavior” to verify that a human runs them, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in a Reddit post today.
- [Saudi angle as new clues suggest why Trump took secret documents](https://iwpost.com/saudi-angle-as-new-clues-suggest-why-trump-took-secret-documents/): Democrats on the US House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday demanded that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice “stop the cover-up” of former special counsel Jack Smith’s full investigation into Trump’s retention of classified documents following his first term, after new material sent to the panel revealed that some documents were stolen to advance the president’s business interests.
- [Baked Salmon with Lemon Butter Cream Sauce](https://iwpost.com/baked-salmon-with-lemon-butter-cream-sauce/): Elegant yet incredibly easy, this Baked Salmon with Lemon Butter Cream Sauce is a dish that feels restaurant-worthy but comes together effortlessly at home.
- [Here is NASA's plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars](https://iwpost.com/here-is-nasas-plan-for-nuking-gateway-and-sending-it-to-mars/): NASA’s announcement Tuesday that it will “pause” work on a lunar space station and focus on building a surface base on the Moon was no big surprise to anyone paying attention to the Trump administration’s space policy.
- [How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Phone at the Airport](https://iwpost.com/how-to-keep-ice-agents-out-of-your-phone-at-the-airport/): With Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed to more than a dozen airports across the U.S.
- [Doubts swirl around US plans for seized $15bn Prince Group crypto](https://iwpost.com/doubts-swirl-around-us-plans-for-seized-15bn-prince-group-crypto/): The US Justice Department last October announced the largest asset seizure in American history: a cache of bitcoin then valued at $15 billion tied to the Cambodia-based Prince Group that prosecutors alleged oversaw an empire of human trafficking and industrial-scale scamming.
- [Gulf countries, Jordan condemn Iranian attacks, affirm right to self-defense](https://iwpost.com/gulf-countries-jordan-condemn-iranian-attacks-affirm-right-to-self-defense/): The Gulf countries and Jordan on Wednesday strongly denounced Iranian attacks as a “flagrant violation” of their sovereignty and territorial integrity, affirming their full right to self-defense, Anadolu reports.
- [Democrats Flip Florida Seat in Blow to Trump in His Backyard](https://iwpost.com/democrats-flip-florida-seat-in-blow-to-trump-in-his-backyard/): Democrats have won a special election in Florida, flipping a state legislative seat in a district that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, in a symbolic setback for the Republican Party.
- [Kuwait: Network Linked to Hezbollah Arrested for Plotting Assassinations of State Figures](https://iwpost.com/kuwait-network-linked-to-hezbollah-arrested-for-plotting-assassinations-of-state-figures/): The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday the arrest of a network linked to the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
- [BRINC's new police drone uses Starlink, carries Narcan, chases vehicles at 60mph](https://iwpost.com/brincs-new-police-drone-uses-starlink-carries-narcan-chases-vehicles-at-60mph/): Drone startup BRINC announced Tuesday a significant upgrade for its law enforcement drones.
- [Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable](https://iwpost.com/minnesota-kicks-off-legal-battle-with-trump-administration-to-hold-ice-shooters-accountable/): They asked nicely at first.
- [JFK Jr’s Secret Drug Use and Dangerous Thrill-Seeking Behavior Exposed](https://iwpost.com/jfk-jrs-secret-drug-use-and-dangerous-thrill-seeking-behavior-exposed/): A shocking new biography is pulling back the curtain on one of America’s most beloved political heirs — and what it reveals is far from the polished public image many remember.
- [​A-10 can protect US nuclear and other bases against drone threats](https://iwpost.com/a-10-can-protect-us-nuclear-and-other-bases-against-drone-threats/): American military bases, especially those situated in the United States, lack air defenses.
- [We got an audience with the "Lunar Viceroy" to talk how NASA will build a Moon base](https://iwpost.com/we-got-an-audience-with-the-lunar-viceroy-to-talk-how-nasa-will-build-a-moon-base/): At the end of a long day on Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman looked down at a table littered with microphones and jokingly referred to the space agency’s new Moon base manager, Carlos Garcia-Galan, as the “Lunar Viceroy.” It was a bit of humor, but it also seemed to represent affection from Isaacman for a long-time NASA employee so willingly taking on a major new challenge.
- [Cocoa farmers cut down trees for short-term gain, but keeping them is important – here’s why](https://iwpost.com/cocoa-farmers-cut-down-trees-for-short-term-gain-but-keeping-them-is-important-heres-why/): The price of most chocolate bars has gone up worldwide in the past year, after cocoa bean prices rose dramatically in 2024.
- [Iran given 15-point ceasefire plan, Pakistani officials say](https://iwpost.com/iran-given-15-point-ceasefire-plan-pakistani-officials-say/): Iran has reportedly received a 15-point U.S. proposal aimed at securing a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict, according to two Pakistani officials.
- [The frantic, high-tech fight to stop climate-fueled dengue fever](https://iwpost.com/the-frantic-high-tech-fight-to-stop-climate-fueled-dengue-fever/): This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Salud con lupa.
- [Trump fed a daily propaganda reel of Iran ‘stuff blowing up’: NBC](https://iwpost.com/trump-fed-a-daily-propaganda-reel-of-iran-stuff-blowing-up-nbc/): A Wednesday report from NBC News is raising concerns that President Donald Trump may be getting a rose-colored view of the war he started with Iran.
- [Trump staffs science and technology panel with non-scientists](https://iwpost.com/trump-staffs-science-and-technology-panel-with-non-scientists/): PCAST, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, is generally not a high-profile group.
- [How to Keep ICE Agents Out of Your Devices at Airports](https://iwpost.com/how-to-keep-ice-agents-out-of-your-devices-at-airports/): With Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed to more than a dozen airports across the U.S.
- [Knesset committee approves bill legalising death penalty for Palestinian convicts](https://iwpost.com/knesset-committee-approves-bill-legalising-death-penalty-for-palestinian-convicts/): The Israeli Knesset’s National Security Committee approved a bill late Tuesday introducing the legalization of the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of taking part in operations that kill Israelis.
- [Discovery off Israel’s Coast Reveals Earliest Known 2,600-Year-Old Shipment of Raw Iron](https://iwpost.com/discovery-off-israels-coast-reveals-earliest-known-2600-year-old-shipment-of-raw-iron/): Researchers from the University of Haifa said Wednesday that an underwater excavation off Israel’s northern Mediterranean coast uncovered what they described as the earliest known cargo of raw iron transported by ship, dating back around 2,600 years, Xinhua reported.
- [Donald Trump’s ‘new’ 15-point plan is the biggest sign yet that Washington fears it is losing this war](https://iwpost.com/donald-trumps-new-15-point-plan-is-the-biggest-sign-yet-that-washington-fears-it-is-losing-this-war/): The language of power often reveals more than it intends.
- [In war-torn cities, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threats](https://iwpost.com/in-war-torn-cities-air-pollution-from-burning-oil-depots-and-bombed-buildings-unleashes-invisible-health-threats/): The waves of U.S.
- [When missiles aren’t enough, America still calls its Marines](https://iwpost.com/when-missiles-arent-enough-america-still-calls-its-marines/): Not many years ago, Marine Corps strategists and the Commandant declared that long-range precision weapons and ubiquitous satellite surveillance had made amphibious operations too risky, if not obsolete.
- [Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update](https://iwpost.com/apple-begins-age-checks-in-the-uk-with-latest-ios-update/): Millions of iPhone owners in the UK will be asked to verify they are over 18 in order to access several Apple services, following pressure from the UK government on smartphone makers to do more to protect children online.
- [Oil Giants Push EU to Reconsider Arctic Drilling Ban](https://iwpost.com/oil-giants-push-eu-to-reconsider-arctic-drilling-ban/): Oil and gas companies, including Norway’s Equinor and industry groups backed by Shell, TotalEnergies and ConocoPhillips, are urging the EU to reconsider its position on restricting Arctic drilling.
- [Michelle Duggar Explodes at Cameraman as Family Scandal Spirals (Video)](https://iwpost.com/michelle-duggar-explodes-at-cameraman-as-family-scandal-spirals-video/): Michelle Duggar is under intense pressure — and now, that pressure appears to be spilling out in public.
- [New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending](https://iwpost.com/new-portland-trail-blazers-owner-played-key-role-at-company-oregon-accused-of-predatory-lending/): Regulatory Trouble: A company created by Tom Dundon agreed to a legal settlement in 2020 after Oregon and other states accused it of making car loans that borrowers couldn’t afford.
- [How far can Iran’s ballistic missiles really reach?](https://iwpost.com/how-far-can-irans-ballistic-missiles-really-reach/): Iran fired two ballistic missiles on March 20, 2026, at the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, which hosts a strategically important joint US-UK military base, according to US, UK and Israeli officials.
- [How chemists turned bourbon waste into supercapacitors](https://iwpost.com/how-chemists-turned-bourbon-waste-into-supercapacitors/): Bourbon is a multi-billion-dollar market, but the American barrel-aged whiskey also produces a lot of wasted grain at distilleries.
- [Garuda Indonesia trapped in a relentless financial tailspin](https://iwpost.com/garuda-indonesia-trapped-in-a-relentless-financial-tailspin/): The scene inside Garuda Indonesia’s hangars at the end of 2025 was one of stark contradiction.
- [US Offers Iran 15-Point Ceasefire Plan as Fighting Rages On, Pakistani Officials Report](https://iwpost.com/us-offers-iran-15-point-ceasefire-plan-as-fighting-rages-on-pakistani-officials-report/): A US ceasefire proposal has been delivered to Iran through Pakistan, outlining a 15-point framework aimed at ending the war, Pakistani officials told the Associated Press on Wednesday, as ongoing attacks and troop deployments signaled no immediate slowdown in hostilities.
- [Israeli court says Palestinian minor likely died of starvation in custody](https://iwpost.com/israeli-court-says-palestinian-minor-likely-died-of-starvation-in-custody/): An Israeli court has concluded that a Palestinian minor who died in custody most likely succumbed to starvation, despite the formal closure of the investigation into his death.
- [So long, farewell: Saying goodbye to Audi's best car, the 2026 RS6 Avant](https://iwpost.com/so-long-farewell-saying-goodbye-to-audis-best-car-the-2026-rs6-avant/): By the time you read this, the Audi RS6 Avant is dead.
- [Combining small changes to sleep, diet, and exercise could be key to reducing heart attack and stroke risk ](https://iwpost.com/combining-small-changes-to-sleep-diet-and-exercise-could-be-key-to-reducing-heart-attack-and-stroke-risk/): New research shows that small improvements to sleep, diet quality, and physical activity, made in combination, are associated with a significantly reduced risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attacks, and heart failure.
- [China cashes in on Taiwan’s Mideast evacuation fumble](https://iwpost.com/china-cashes-in-on-taiwans-mideast-evacuation-fumble/): Following the US-Israel strikes on Iran on February 28, major airlines canceled numerous flights to and from Middle Eastern countries, leaving many travelers stranded.
- [Electronic Frontier Foundation to swap leaders as AI, ICE fights escalate](https://iwpost.com/electronic-frontier-foundation-to-swap-leaders-as-ai-ice-fights-escalate/): Back in 2022 when Cindy Cohn, the executive director of a US digital rights nonprofit called the Electronic Frontier Foundation, started writing her memoir, Privacy’s Defender, she worried that people would think she was an “old fuddy duddy” still sounding alarms about government spying online.
- [Eric Dane’s Final Confession Leaving Family ‘Horrified’](https://iwpost.com/eric-danes-final-confession-leaving-family-horrified/): Eric Dane isn’t going quietly—and his final words are about to shake Hollywood all over again.
- [Iran’s US radar strike exposes China’s South China Sea gap](https://iwpost.com/irans-us-radar-strike-exposes-chinas-south-china-sea-gap/): Iran reportedly struck and destroyed the US AN/TPY-2 radar deployed in Jordan during its ongoing war with the United States and Israel.
- [Afghan Taliban Releases American Academic Dennis Coyle as US Pressure Over Detentions Grows](https://iwpost.com/afghan-taliban-releases-american-academic-dennis-coyle-as-us-pressure-over-detentions-grows/): The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday announced the release of American academic Dennis Coyle, describing the move as a goodwill gesture linked to the Eid holiday, even as analysts view it as part of a broader strategic calculation amid mounting pressure from Washington.
- [OpenAI announces plans to shut down its Sora video generator](https://iwpost.com/openai-announces-plans-to-shut-down-its-sora-video-generator/): OpenAI is preparing to shut down Sora, the video generation app that drew widespread attention when it launched in late 2024.
- [Russia launches 948 drones at Ukraine in largest attack over 24-hour period](https://iwpost.com/russia-launches-948-drones-at-ukraine-in-largest-attack-over-24-hour-period/): Russia has carried out its largest aerial assault on Ukraine since the start of the war, launching a record 948 drones over a 24-hour period, according to Ukrainian officials.
- [How Pakistan became the Iran war’s indispensable mediator](https://iwpost.com/how-pakistan-became-the-iran-wars-indispensable-mediator/): When Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir addressed Pakistan’s parliamentary security committee in March 2025, he asked a question that had been hanging over the country for years.
- [Leaders of Elite Paratrooper Unit Ordered to Middle East as Trump Weighs Iran Ground War](https://iwpost.com/leaders-of-elite-paratrooper-unit-ordered-to-middle-east-as-trump-weighs-iran-ground-war/): Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier, the chief of the 82nd Airborne Division, and his headquarters staff have been ordered to the Middle East as the War Department awaits a White House decision about the deployment of the unit to the Middle East for possible ground operations in Iran, two government sources tell The Intercept.
- [US aircraft carrier that left Middle East because of fire has other issues: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-aircraft-carrier-that-left-middle-east-because-of-fire-has-other-issues-report/): The USS Gerald R.
- ["The last straw"—RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally angrily quits CDC panel after spat](https://iwpost.com/the-last-straw-rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-ally-angrily-quits-cdc-panel-after-spat/): One of the federal vaccine advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Pappadeaux Crab and Spinach Dip](https://iwpost.com/pappadeaux-crab-and-spinach-dip/): Made with tender lump crab meat, flavorful spinach, and a rich blend of melted cheeses, this dip is smooth, savory, and packed with bold Southern-inspired flavor.
- [China steps into Iran breach as investments face fire](https://iwpost.com/china-steps-into-iran-breach-as-investments-face-fire/): Tehran has promised to ensure safe passage for vessels from all countries except those at war with it in the Strait of Hormuz, after Beijing intervened in the US-Iran conflict.
- [Mozilla dev's "Stack Overflow for agents" targets a key weakness in coding AI](https://iwpost.com/mozilla-devs-stack-overflow-for-agents-targets-a-key-weakness-in-coding-ai/): Mozilla developer Peter Wilson has taken to the Mozilla.ai blog to announce cq, which he describes as “Stack Overflow for agents.” The nascent project hints at something genuinely useful, but it will have to address security, data poisoning, and accuracy to achieve significant adoption.
- [Oil prices jump as IEA warns of ‘very severe’ crisis](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-jump-as-iea-warns-of-very-severe-crisis/): Oil markets moved sharply higher on Monday as the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned the unfolding Middle East crisis is “very severe,” with disruption risks exceeding those seen during the oil shocks of the 1970s.
- [7 ‘Stolen’ Dogs Find Their Way Back Home (Video)](https://iwpost.com/7-stolen-dogs-find-their-way-back-home-video/): What started as a suspected theft turned into a real-life survival story that’s now melting hearts around the world.
- [‘Operation Hidden Hand’: Iran-Russia military axis comes into view](https://iwpost.com/operation-hidden-hand-iran-russia-military-axis-comes-into-view/): Emerging reports of Russian intelligence support to Iran in its war with the US and Israel are raising critical questions about the scope, credibility and strategic implications of deepening Russia–Iran military cooperation.
- [Could Washington Strike a Deal With Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf?](https://iwpost.com/could-washington-strike-a-deal-with-iranian-parliament-speaker-ghalibaf/): As President Donald Trump spoke of talks with a “senior Iranian official”—whom several media outlets identified as parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf—concern spread among many Iranians that the Islamic Republic might ultimately remain in power.
- [How far can Iran’s ballistic missiles reach? A defense expert explains how the missiles work, and what Iran can and can’t hit](https://iwpost.com/how-far-can-irans-ballistic-missiles-reach-a-defense-expert-explains-how-the-missiles-work-and-what-iran-can-and-cant-hit/): Iran fired two ballistic missiles on March 20, 2026, at the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, which hosts a strategically important joint U.S.-U.K.
- [Final analysis of 2025 Iberian blackout: Policies left Spain at risk](https://iwpost.com/final-analysis-of-2025-iberian-blackout-policies-left-spain-at-risk/): Roughly a year ago, Spain and Portugal went dark when the electrical grid of the entire Iberian Peninsula failed.
- [U.S. Oil Blockade Could Condemn Cubans to Die Without a Deal](https://iwpost.com/u-s-oil-blockade-could-condemn-cubans-to-die-without-a-deal/): Lee Schlenker is a research associate with the Global South program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft .
- [Should holders of US debt take Iran’s military threat literally?](https://iwpost.com/should-holders-of-us-debt-take-irans-military-threat-literally/): It’s tempting to see as a clear escalation Iran Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’’s declaration on Sunday that all those holding US Treasury bonds are now legitimate targets of violent reprisals.
- [Trump says US talking to ‘right people’ in Iran, Tehran sought deal ‘so badly’](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-us-talking-to-right-people-in-iran-tehran-sought-deal-so-badly/): US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington is in contact with the “right” Iranian interlocutors and that Tehran is eager to reach a deal to end the ongoing war, Anadolu reports.
- [Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features](https://iwpost.com/newly-purchased-vizio-tvs-now-require-walmart-accounts-to-use-smart-features/): Prospective Vizio TV buyers should know there’s a good chance the set won’t work properly without a Walmart account.
- [Cuban military is prepares for potential US military attack](https://iwpost.com/cuban-military-is-prepares-for-potential-us-military-attack/): The Cuban deputy foreign minister issued a blunt warning to the U.S. on Sunday: His island’s military is “prepared” for any U.S.
- [US Considering Redirecting Weapons from Ukraine to Middle East](https://iwpost.com/us-considering-redirecting-weapons-from-ukraine-to-middle-east/): The Pentagon is considering redirecting weapons initially intended for Ukraine to the Middle East, as the conflict with Iran puts pressure on US munitions supplies, according to a report by the The Washington Post citing sources familiar with the discussions.
- [Rocket Report: Russia reopens gateway to ISS; Cape Canaveral hosts missile test](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-russia-reopens-gateway-to-iss-cape-canaveral-hosts-missile-test/): Welcome to Edition 8.35 of the Rocket Report!
- [Iran agrees to allow 20 more Pakistani-flagged ships to transit Strait of Hormuz, Islamabad confirms](https://iwpost.com/iran-agrees-to-allow-20-more-pakistani-flagged-ships-to-transit-strait-of-hormuz-islamabad-confirms/): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar attends the 51st Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is convened under the theme, “The OIC in a Transforming World” at Lutfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center in Istanbul, Turkiye, on June 21, 2025.
- [AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition crams 208MB of cache into a single chip](https://iwpost.com/amds-ryzen-9-9950x3d2-dual-edition-crams-208mb-of-cache-into-a-single-chip/): For about four years now, AMD has offered special “X3D” variants of its high-end desktop processors with an extra 64MB of L3 cache attached, an addition that disproportionately benefits games.
- [Hollywood Star Having Meltdown Over Movie Flops](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-star-having-meltdown-over-movie-flops/): Chris Pratt built his career on blockbuster dominance — but now whispers out of Hollywood suggest the action star may be hitting a rough patch that’s shaking his confidence.
- [12 US Troops Injured, 2 Seriously, After Iranian Missiles and Drones Attack Military Base in Saudi Arabia](https://iwpost.com/12-us-troops-injured-2-seriously-after-iranian-missiles-and-drones-attack-military-base-in-saudi-arabia/): An Iranian missile and drone attack struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, injuring 12 US troops, including two seriously, in one of the most significant breaches of American air defenses during the monthlong war with Iran, officials said Friday.
- [Trump Extends Iran Deadline as Fighting Continues and Talks Show “Progress”](https://iwpost.com/trump-extends-iran-deadline-as-fighting-continues-and-talks-show-progress/): Donald Trump has extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 10 days to 6 April, saying negotiations are “going very well” despite ongoing military exchanges across the Middle East.
- [Senators want US energy information agency to monitor data center electricity usage](https://iwpost.com/senators-want-us-energy-information-agency-to-monitor-data-center-electricity-usage/): Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican Senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually use.
- [Birutė Galdikas: The last of the ‘angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter](https://iwpost.com/birute-galdikas-the-last-of-the-angels-in-primatologys-most-extraordinary-chapter/): Primatologist Birutė Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity’s closest living relatives more than half a century ago is coming quietly to a close.
- [US boots on the ground looming darkly over Iran](https://iwpost.com/us-boots-on-the-ground-looming-darkly-over-iran/): Wars often begin with confidence in distance — through precision strikes, remote control and minimal personnel exposure.
- [California’s fossil fuel phaseout has left it vulnerable to the Iran oil shock](https://iwpost.com/californias-fossil-fuel-phaseout-has-left-it-vulnerable-to-the-iran-oil-shock/): California has managed a remarkable feat over the past 20 years.
- [Apple pulls the plug on its high-priced, oft-neglected Mac Pro desktop](https://iwpost.com/apple-pulls-the-plug-on-its-high-priced-oft-neglected-mac-pro-desktop/): After more than a decade of flirting with the idea, Apple has finally discontinued the Mac Pro tower.
- [Europe’s elites confront a future without US protection](https://iwpost.com/europes-elites-confront-a-future-without-us-protection/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Turkish intelligence chief warns Israel-US war on Iran risks global crisis](https://iwpost.com/turkish-intelligence-chief-warns-israel-us-war-on-iran-risks-global-crisis/): The head of Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization warned Saturday that the ongoing war involving Israel, the US, and Iran risks escalating into a wider global crisis if it continues, Anadolu reports.
- [EU Lawmakers Break Deadlock on Digital Euro](https://iwpost.com/eu-lawmakers-break-deadlock-on-digital-euro/): After months of political deadlock in the European Parliament, EU lawmakers have cleared a key hurdle in negotiations on the digital euro, bringing the project closer to approval.
- [OPINION – Wave the Flag for American Patriotism](https://iwpost.com/opinion-wave-the-flag-for-american-patriotism/): Never in recent history has the US been involved in a war so vital to American interests.
- [Causality optional? Testing the "indefinite causal order" superposition](https://iwpost.com/causality-optional-testing-the-indefinite-causal-order-superposition/): Over a decade ago, when I was first starting to pretend I could write about quantum mechanics, I covered a truly bizarre experiment.
- [Tiger Woods’ Mug Shot Released After DUI Arrest](https://iwpost.com/tiger-woods-mug-shot-released-after-dui-arrest/): Tiger Woods is back in the headlines — and not for golf.
- [Ghost of Suez haunts Trump’s Iran war](https://iwpost.com/ghost-of-suez-haunts-trumps-iran-war/): There is a particular kind of strategic catastrophe that announces itself dressed in the garb of bold necessity.
- [Explanation for why we don't see two-foot-long dragonflies anymore fails](https://iwpost.com/explanation-for-why-we-dont-see-two-foot-long-dragonflies-anymore-fails/): Three-hundred million years ago, the skies of the late Palaeozoic era were buzzing with giant insects.
- [Philippines first nation to declare energy emergency amid Iran war](https://iwpost.com/philippines-first-nation-to-declare-energy-emergency-amid-iran-war/): In an unprecedented move underscoring the global reach of Middle East tensions, the Philippines has formally declared a national energy emergency.
- [EU Moves Closer to Sweeping Ban on ‘Forever Chemicals’](https://iwpost.com/eu-moves-closer-to-sweeping-ban-on-forever-chemicals/): The European Chemicals Agency has moved closer to backing one of Europe’s most sweeping chemical restrictions by supporting a broad curtailment of PFAS, often referred to as “forever chemicals.” The proposal reflects a shift from managing risks to gradually phasing out their use, while aiming to avoid sudden disruption to industries that depend on them.
- [How new fishing tech can reduce bycatch of turtles and other creatures](https://iwpost.com/how-new-fishing-tech-can-reduce-bycatch-of-turtles-and-other-creatures/): Our oceans are full of sophisticated, perfect traps: Nets, hooks, fishing lines.
- [ICE at Airports Trains Us to Accept Being Terrorized in Our Daily Lives](https://iwpost.com/ice-at-airports-trains-us-to-accept-being-terrorized-in-our-daily-lives/): Mathew Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican writer and author based in Brooklyn.
- [Why US hasn’t dared try to take the Hormuz Strait](https://iwpost.com/why-us-hasnt-dared-try-to-take-the-hormuz-strait/): Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran in late February, Iran has retaliated by targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, effectively shutting down the narrow channel of water.
- [No Kings, no exceptions: How Trump’s Iran war exposes the death of American democracy](https://iwpost.com/no-kings-no-exceptions-how-trumps-iran-war-exposes-the-death-of-american-democracy/): On 28th February 2026, the United States went to war. No congressional debate. No public deliberation. No formal declaration.
- [Pakistan Says US-Iran Backchannel Talks Continue Despite Tehran Rejecting 15-Point Plan  ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-says-us-iran-backchannel-talks-continue-despite-tehran-rejecting-15-point-plan/): [ISLAMABAD] As Iran publicly rejected a US 15-point ceasefire proposal on Wednesday, hardening its stance and issuing a sweeping counteroffer, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, on Thursday asserted that indirect engagement between Washington and Tehran remains firmly underway.
- [No one is happy with NASA's new idea for private space stations](https://iwpost.com/no-one-is-happy-with-nasas-new-idea-for-private-space-stations/): Most elements of a major NASA event this week that laid out spaceflight plans for the coming decade were well received: a Moon base, a focus on less talk and more action, and working with industry to streamline regulations so increased innovation can propel the United States further into space.
- [Beauty Queen’s Teeth Pop Out Mid-Pageant (Video)](https://iwpost.com/beauty-queens-teeth-pop-out-mid-pageant-video/): A Miss Thailand contestant is going viral after a jaw-dropping pageant blunder turned into an instant queen-making moment.
- [Trump mulls 10,000 more Mideast troops as escalation fears grow](https://iwpost.com/trump-mulls-10000-more-mideast-troops-as-escalation-fears-grow/): A US Marine Expeditionary Unit, of the type deployed this week to the Persian Gulf, in a training exercise in a file photo.
- [Spain’s parliament approves €5 billion package to curb impact of war in Iran](https://iwpost.com/spains-parliament-approves-e5-billion-package-to-curb-impact-of-war-in-iran/): Spain’s parliament has approved a €5 billion package aimed at cushioning the economic fallout from the Iran conflict, with a strong focus on cutting energy costs for households and key industries.
- [Hegseth, Trump had no authority to order Anthropic to be blacklisted, judge says](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-trump-had-no-authority-to-order-anthropic-to-be-blacklisted-judge-says/): “Classic First Amendment retaliation.” That’s how US District Judge Rita Lin described the Department of War’s effort to blacklist Anthropic and designate it a supply-chain risk.
- [India’s calculated silence on the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/indias-calculated-silence-on-the-iran-war/): The escalating confrontation in the Gulf is entering uncertain territory, with risks extending well beyond the region.
- [IDF Officer Aviaad Volansky Killed by Anti-Tank Fire in Southern Lebanon  ](https://iwpost.com/idf-officer-aviaad-volansky-killed-by-anti-tank-fire-in-southern-lebanon/): An Israeli soldier was killed Thursday during fighting in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah fighters fired anti-tank missiles at an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unit, the military said, as operations continue across the border.
- [AV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec](https://iwpost.com/av1s-open-royalty-free-promise-in-question-as-dolby-sues-snapchat-over-codec/): AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) was invented by a group of technology companies to be an open, royalty-free alternative to other video codecs, like HEVC/H.265.
- [Sunrise Movement Pushes Anti-War Candidates, Endorsing Melat Kiros in Denver](https://iwpost.com/sunrise-movement-pushes-anti-war-candidates-endorsing-melat-kiros-in-denver/): The youth-led Sunrise Movement is seizing on the U.S.–Israel war in Iran to boost challengers to sitting Democrats, joining a coalition of progressive groups arguing that lawmakers who take money from defense contractors and AIPAC cannot meaningfully oppose the war.
- [Iran holds the keys to victory in the war with USA and Israel](https://iwpost.com/iran-holds-the-keys-to-victory-in-the-war-with-usa-and-israel/): As of March 25-26, 2026, Iran has rejected U.S.
- [German Far-right Scales Back Public Ties to Trump as War Backlash Grows](https://iwpost.com/german-far-right-scales-back-public-ties-to-trump-as-war-backlash-grows/): Leaders of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany are quietly scaling back their public alignment with Donald Trump as criticism of the Iran war intensifies and key regional elections approach.
- [Outbreak linked to raw cheese grows; 9 cases total, one with kidney failure](https://iwpost.com/outbreak-linked-to-raw-cheese-grows-9-cases-total-one-with-kidney-failure/): Two more illnesses have been identified in an E. coli outbreak linked to unpasteurized cheese and milk, the Food and Drug Administration reported Thursday.
- [Meghan Markle Roasted After ‘Luxury Retreat’ Revealed](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-roasted-after-luxury-retreat-revealed/): Meghan Markle is getting brutally mocked after the “gala” setup for her high-priced Australian wellness retreat was revealed — and critics say the so-called luxury event looks more like a forgettable hotel seminar than an elite evening fit for a duchess.
- [With new plugins feature, OpenAI officially takes Codex beyond coding](https://iwpost.com/with-new-plugins-feature-openai-officially-takes-codex-beyond-coding/): OpenAI has added plugin support to its agentic coding app Codex in an apparent attempt to match similar features offered by competitors Anthropic (in Claude Code) and Google (in Gemini’s command line interface).
- [China targets US trade barriers amid Section 301 probes](https://iwpost.com/china-targets-us-trade-barriers-amid-section-301-probes/): China has launched two trade-barrier investigations into US practices and measures that Beijng suspects disrupt global production and supply chains and restrict Chinese exports, particularly in green technology sectors.
- [IAF Strike Deals ‘Significant Blow’ to Iran’s Missile and Naval Mine Production](https://iwpost.com/iaf-strike-deals-significant-blow-to-irans-missile-and-naval-mine-production/): Israel’s air force struck Iran’s “most central” missile and naval mine production facility in the city of Yazd overnight on Thursday, targeting weapons used for maritime attacks, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson said.
- [Why hasn’t the US military used force to secure the Strait of Hormuz?](https://iwpost.com/why-hasnt-the-us-military-used-force-to-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz/): Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran in late February, Iran has retaliated by targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, effectively shutting down the narrow channel of water.
- [DNC Resolution to Reject AIPAC Funding Puts Democratic Leaders in the Hot Seat](https://iwpost.com/dnc-resolution-to-reject-aipac-funding-puts-democratic-leaders-in-the-hot-seat/): A Democratic National Committee member is proposing a symbolic resolution for consideration at a DNC meeting next month to reject the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s massive spending on Congressional races.
- [Playing Wolfenstein 3D with one hand in 2026](https://iwpost.com/playing-wolfenstein-3d-with-one-hand-in-2026/): We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, from modern to ancient and all points in between.
- [WHO: Israeli attacks cripple health services in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/who-israeli-attacks-cripple-health-services-in-lebanon/): Israel’s ongoing attacks in Lebanon cripple health services in Lebanon, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Lebanon Emergency Situation Report said, Anadolu reports.
- [Transactional diplomacy and strategic ambiguity on Taiwan](https://iwpost.com/transactional-diplomacy-and-strategic-ambiguity-on-taiwan/): An earlier version of this article was published by Pacific Forum.
- [Judge irate as defendant joins by Zoom while driving—then lies about it](https://iwpost.com/judge-irate-as-defendant-joins-by-zoom-while-driving-then-lies-about-it/): A local judge in Woodhaven, Michigan, lost it this week when a defendant showed up to her court hearing late, on Zoom, and… while driving a car.
- [3 Killed in Hawaii Tour Helicopter Crash (Video)](https://iwpost.com/3-killed-in-hawaii-tour-helicopter-crash-video/): A sightseeing trip off one of Hawaii’s most breathtaking coastlines turned into a nightmare when a tour helicopter plunged into the ocean near Kauai, leaving three people dead and two others injured.
- [NASA Sets Artemis II Moon Mission Launch Window for April 1](https://iwpost.com/nasa-sets-artemis-ii-moon-mission-launch-window-for-april-1/): NASA has officially announced April 1, 2026, as the latest possible launch date for its Artemis II mission, marking a key milestone in the agency’s return to the Moon.
- [UAE Seeks Global Coalition for ‘Hormuz Security Force’](https://iwpost.com/uae-seeks-global-coalition-for-hormuz-security-force/): The United Arab Emirates has informed the US it is prepared to join a naval task force to safeguard the Strait of Hormuz and is urging other countries to participate in a proposed “Hormuz Security Force,” two sources familiar with the matter told The Financial Times, as efforts intensify to counter Iran’s attacks and blockade on shipping.
- [​A major disaster for Russia in shipyard attack](https://iwpost.com/a-major-disaster-for-russia-in-shipyard-attack/): On March 25, during a massive drone attack in the Leningrad region, the Ukrainian General Staff announced that its “joint forces” had damaged the Vyborg Shipbuilding installation.
- [Sony is raising PlayStation 5 prices again, this time by between $100 and $150](https://iwpost.com/sony-is-raising-playstation-5-prices-again-this-time-by-between-100-and-150/): Memory and storage shortages and price hikes that started hitting PC components late last year have steadily rippled outward across all kinds of consumer tech—some products have disappeared, gone out of stock, or been delayed, and others have undergone multiple rounds of price hikes.
- [To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code](https://iwpost.com/to-keep-climate-science-alive-researchers-are-speaking-in-code/): At the Department of Agriculture’s research division, everyone knows there’s one word they should never say, according to Ethan Roberts.
- [The Regime Survives, Trump Has to Deal, and Iranians Are the Biggest Losers](https://iwpost.com/the-regime-survives-trump-has-to-deal-and-iranians-are-the-biggest-losers/): The U.S.–Israel war on Iran was supposed to end quickly in either an “unconditional surrender” or regime change.
- [Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault](https://iwpost.com/utah-bans-polygraph-tests-for-those-reporting-sexual-assault/): For years, Utah allowed government officials to do something other states banned: ask a person who reports a sexual assault to take a polygraph test.
- [War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder story](https://iwpost.com/war-in-the-middle-east-made-the-case-for-renewables-whats-happening-in-each-country-tells-a-harder-story/): The oil-dependent world is in crisis.
- [Iran war restores King Dollar’s crown, for now](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-restores-king-dollars-crown-for-now/): TOKYO — News of currency troubles in Thailand has a way of raising blood pressure amongst even the most battle-tested Asian investors.
- [Israeli gov’t ‘sending army into multi-front war without strategy,’ says opposition leader](https://iwpost.com/israeli-govt-sending-army-into-multi-front-war-without-strategy-says-opposition-leader/): Israeli opposition Yair Lapid has warned that the Israeli government “is sending the army into a multi-front war without a strategy, without sufficient resources, and with too few soldiers,” according to local media, Anadolu reports.
- [DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email was hacked](https://iwpost.com/doj-confirms-fbi-director-kash-patels-personal-email-was-hacked/): Iran-linked hackers successfully broke into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, the Department of Justice confirmed to Reuters on Friday.
- [Strait of Hormuz Closure Drives Oil Bets Toward $150 a Barrel](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-closure-drives-oil-bets-toward-150-a-barrel/): Traders are increasingly betting that Brent crude could surge to $150 a barrel by the end of April as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to restrict oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Ex-Prince Andrew’s Epstein Scandal ‘Worse Than Anyone Knows’](https://iwpost.com/ex-prince-andrews-epstein-scandal-worse-than-anyone-knows/): Once a globe-trotting royal known for luxury and privilege, Andrew’s fall from grace has become one of the most dramatic implosions in modern royal history.
- [How a diplomatic snub evokes the complicated US-Brazil relationship in the second Trump era](https://iwpost.com/how-a-diplomatic-snub-evokes-the-complicated-us-brazil-relationship-in-the-second-trump-era/): Darren Beattie, the recently appointed U.S.
- [Both Gulf Countries Took Iranian Fire. One Called for War. The Other Called Tehran](https://iwpost.com/both-gulf-countries-took-iranian-fire-one-called-for-war-the-other-called-tehran/): Iranian drones struck Oman’s Salalah port. Iranian missiles hit the UAE’s Fujairah terminal.
- [Rivian and VW Group complete winter testing of new zonal architecture](https://iwpost.com/rivian-and-vw-group-complete-winter-testing-of-new-zonal-architecture/): RV Tech, a joint venture between Volkswagen Group and Rivian, has completed a successful winter test program, it said this morning.
- [Russia arms Iran, cementing a drone-powered anti-US axis](https://iwpost.com/russia-arms-iran-cementing-a-drone-powered-anti-us-axis/): In a striking role reversal, Russia appears to be preparing to supply its embattled partner Iran with one-way attack drones, just as Iran previously supplied Russia to sustain its fight in Ukraine.
- [What’s behind Pakistan’s war with Afghanistan’s Taliban government?](https://iwpost.com/whats-behind-pakistans-war-with-afghanistans-taliban-government/): Pakistan has been at war with Afghanistan’s Taliban regime for just under one month.
- [Rocket Report: Russian megaconstellation takes off; Isar preps for second launch](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-russian-megaconstellation-takes-off-isar-preps-for-second-launch/): Welcome to Edition 8.35 of the Rocket Report!
- [Russia survived without SWIFT, but that doesn’t mean it won](https://iwpost.com/russia-survived-without-swift-but-that-doesnt-mean-it-won/): When Russian banks were cut off from SWIFT in 2022, the goal was clear: deliver a fast financial shock. It didn’t quite work that way.
- [Lebanon Labels Israeli Campaign an ‘Invasion’ as Crisis Deepens](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-labels-israeli-campaign-an-invasion-as-crisis-deepens/): Lebanon’s Culture Minister Ghassan Salamé has described Israel’s military campaign in southern Lebanon as an “invasion”, saying entire villages have been destroyed and more than one million people displaced.
- [Protesting the Smash-and-Grab Presidency With Nikhil Pal Singh](https://iwpost.com/protesting-the-smash-and-grab-presidency-with-nikhil-pal-singh/): Donald Trump’s second term has been broadly defined by an overwhelming sense of chaos. Every week the U.S.
- [The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish](https://iwpost.com/the-horrors-that-could-lie-ahead-if-vaccines-vanish/): ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
- [Iran bans its sports delegations from competing in “hostile” countries](https://iwpost.com/iran-bans-its-sports-delegations-from-competing-in-hostile-countries/): Players of Iran celebrate after the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers Group A game between Iran and Uzbekistan at Azadi Stadium on March 25, 2025 in Tehran, Iran.
- [The debut of Gemini 3.1 Flash Live could make it harder to know if you're talking to a robot](https://iwpost.com/the-debut-of-gemini-3-1-flash-live-could-make-it-harder-to-know-if-youre-talking-to-a-robot/): Text generated by artificial intelligence often has a particular vibe that gives it away as machine-generated, but it has become harder to pick out those idiosyncrasies as the tech has improved.
- [China’s clean energy offer to Indonesia just got harder to refuse](https://iwpost.com/chinas-clean-energy-offer-to-indonesia-just-got-harder-to-refuse/): China’s ambassador to ASEAN recently suggested that the current global energy shock triggered by war in the Middle East should be seen not only as a crisis, but as an opportunity to deepen cooperation on the transition to clean energy.
- [Drone Strike Damages Kuwait’s Main Commercial Port as IRGC Steps Up Attacks on Gulf Targets](https://iwpost.com/drone-strike-damages-kuwaits-main-commercial-port-as-irgc-steps-up-attacks-on-gulf-targets/): Kuwait’s central maritime hub, the Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City, was hit by Iranian drones early Friday.
- [MSNBC Host Slams Barron Trump as ‘More Spoiled Than a Princess’](https://iwpost.com/msnbc-host-slams-barron-trump-as-more-spoiled-than-a-princess/): A fiery moment on cable news is setting off backlash after MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell unloaded on President Donald Trump’s family—zeroing in on Barron Trump in a way critics are calling over the line.
- [Study: Sycophantic AI can undermine human judgment](https://iwpost.com/study-sycophantic-ai-can-undermine-human-judgment/): We all need a little validation now and then from friends or family, but sometimes too much validation can backfire—and the same is true of AI chatbots.
- [Will the energy crisis hit global economy harder than Covid?](https://iwpost.com/will-the-energy-crisis-hit-global-economy-harder-than-covid/): Despite reports of negotiations between the US and the Iranian regime, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to most oil tankers, with only a small number of vessels being allowed to pass.
- [IOC to Restrict Women’s Olympic Category to Biological Females from 2028](https://iwpost.com/ioc-to-restrict-womens-olympic-category-to-biological-females-from-2028/): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that participation in the women’s category at Olympic events will be limited to biological females starting from 2028.
- [Netflix raises prices for every subscription tier by up to 12.5 percent](https://iwpost.com/netflix-raises-prices-for-every-subscription-tier-by-up-to-12-5-percent/): Netflix isn’t preparing for a multibillion acquisition anymore, but it’s still raising prices.
- [Trump delays Iran power plant strike threat until April 6](https://iwpost.com/trump-delays-iran-power-plant-strike-threat-until-april-6/): President Donald Trump on Thursday further delayed any potential US strikes on Iranian power plants to April 6, after nearly a week of critics calling him a “maniacal tyrant” for threatening to commit even more war crimes while attacking Iran with Israel.
- [Israeli army expands ground offensive in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-expands-ground-offensive-in-southern-lebanon/): The Israeli army said Thursday it has expanded its ongoing ground offensive in southern Lebanon, as Israel continued deadly airstrikes on the country amid escalating regional tensions, Anadolu reports.
- [War-Stricken Economy Fuels Prospect of Renewed Protests as Citizens Say They Have Reached a ‘Breaking Point’](https://iwpost.com/war-stricken-economy-fuels-prospect-of-renewed-protests-as-citizens-say-they-have-reached-a-breaking-point/): More than 40% of the population now lives below the absolute poverty line, with that figure exceeding 50% in the capital.
- [As RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ways turn toxic to GOP, CDC director is hard to find](https://iwpost.com/as-rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-ways-turn-toxic-to-gop-cdc-director-is-hard-to-find/): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t had a director since August, and now it’s without even a temporary one after the Trump administration blew through a federal deadline on Wednesday to nominate someone for the permanent role.
- [EU Divisions Deepen as Hungary Row Intensifies and Trade Deal Nears Final Vote](https://iwpost.com/eu-divisions-deepen-as-hungary-row-intensifies-and-trade-deal-nears-final-vote/): Former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has warned that European Council President António Costa may need to consider excluding Hungary from sensitive EU discussions if it fails to adequately address allegations that it leaked details of EU meetings to Russia.
- [Kangaroo ‘Wearing Pants’ Escapes Petting Zoo](https://iwpost.com/kangaroo-wearing-pants-escapes-petting-zoo/): A kangaroo in pants? That’s not a joke — and now it’s a full-blown manhunt.
- [China’s ocean-floor push blurs the line between mining and war](https://iwpost.com/chinas-ocean-floor-push-blurs-the-line-between-mining-and-war/): China is rapidly expanding its deep-sea research and mapping efforts across key global waters, raising concerns that these activities may support future undersea conflict.
- [Internet Yiff Machine: We hacked 93GB of "anonymous" crime tips](https://iwpost.com/internet-yiff-machine-we-hacked-93gb-of-anonymous-crime-tips/): Its software does what it says on the tin: It accepts tips from the general public and then manages conversations between law enforcement and the tipper.
- [Spotify seeks $300M from Anna's Archive, which ignores all court proceedings](https://iwpost.com/spotify-seeks-300m-from-annas-archive-which-ignores-all-court-proceedings/): Spotify and major record labels are seeking a $322 million default judgment from Anna’s Archive, which hasn’t responded to court proceedings over its scraping of millions of music files from Spotify’s streaming service.
- [Hormuz freedom of navigation: Trump broke it so US should fix it](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-freedom-of-navigation-trump-broke-it-so-us-should-fix-it/): As a result of military action by the US and Israel against Iran since February 28, the Strait of Hormuz – a vital choke-point between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman — has been effectively closed to most nations’ shipping.
- [Trump’s Iran Endgame: Deal, Delay, or a Different Phase of War?](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-endgame-deal-delay-or-a-different-phase-of-war/): Over recent days, President Donald Trump has publicly shifted between threatening overwhelming force against Iran and suggesting Tehran wants a deal.
- [Oil price drops further as Iran says ‘non-hostile vessels’ can pass Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/oil-price-drops-further-as-iran-says-non-hostile-vessels-can-pass-hormuz/): Oil prices fell sharply after US President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the conflict were making progress, while Iran signalled that “non-hostile” vessels could be allowed passage through the Strait of Hormuz under certain conditions.
- [This Sheriff Says His Department Eliminated Racial Bias. Data Shows Otherwise.](https://iwpost.com/this-sheriff-says-his-department-eliminated-racial-bias-data-shows-otherwise/): Racial Profiling Lawsuit: The sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, Jerry Sheridan, contends that his department has eliminated the racial bias that plagued it under his former boss, Joe Arpaio.
- [Iran was always going to close the Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/iran-was-always-going-to-close-the-strait-of-hormuz/): This is the text from The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [Yemen’s Houthis say to intervene militarily if needed amid Iran-US war](https://iwpost.com/yemens-houthis-say-to-intervene-militarily-if-needed-amid-iran-us-war/): The leader of Yemen’s Houthi group said Thursday that his movement “is not neutral” in the ongoing war between Iran, the US and Israel, warning that his group will intervene militarily if regional developments dictate it, Anadolu reports.
- [Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal](https://iwpost.com/elon-musk-loses-big-in-court-x-boycott-perfectly-legal/): On Thursday, Elon Musk lost his lawsuit alleging that advertisers violated antitrust law by colluding on an ad boycott after he took over Twitter, gutted content moderation teams, and disbanded the Trust and Safety Council.
- [The Iran war seen through Asia’s eyes](https://iwpost.com/the-iran-war-seen-through-asias-eyes/): Such has been the intensity of events in the Persian Gulf, and the relentlessness of the media coverage, that the Iran war can feel older than it is.
- [Ex-College Football Star Facing 40 Years in Prison for Shocking Crimes](https://iwpost.com/ex-college-football-star-facing-40-years-in-prison-for-shocking-crimes/): A former Ohio State football player is now staring down decades in prison after admitting to a shocking bank robbery spree.
- [Texas saw a $50B future in clean energy. Then the political winds shifted.](https://iwpost.com/texas-saw-a-50b-future-in-clean-energy-then-the-political-winds-shifted/): This story was produced by Grist and co-published with The Texas Observer.
- [Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah is raising sectarian tensions in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israels-campaign-against-hezbollah-is-raising-sectarian-tensions-in-lebanon/): Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, instructed the military on March 29 to expand its operations in southern Lebanon.
- [From youth bulges to graying societies: The demographic dynamics that are upending the world](https://iwpost.com/from-youth-bulges-to-graying-societies-the-demographic-dynamics-that-are-upending-the-world/): Government-shaking protests in Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal and Sri Lanka – to name a few – have all in recent years been linked to what demographers call a “youth bulge.” Meanwhile, the economic slowdown in China and ballooning public debt in the United States are in part due to the two powers’ aging populations.
- [The postwar Japan constitution: a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card](https://iwpost.com/the-postwar-japan-constitution-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card/): Before Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met President Donald Trump in Washington a couple of weeks ago, the Japanese fretted that Trump would ask Japan to send the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) to the Persian Gulf – even just a few ships or aircraft.
- [Costco sued for seeking refunds on tariffs customers paid](https://iwpost.com/costco-sued-for-seeking-refunds-on-tariffs-customers-paid/): A proposed class action has accused Costco of unjust enrichment after the retail giant allegedly made customers pay for tariffs, then planned to pocket the full refund after they were deemed unlawful.
- [UPDATED: Italy blocks base use, Spain closes airspace, France denies transit over Iran war](https://iwpost.com/updated-italy-blocks-base-use-spain-closes-airspace-france-denies-transit-over-iran-war/): Italy, Spain and France have moved to restrict military activity linked to the war in Iran, underscoring divisions among European allies as the conflict continues.
- [Tiger Woods’ DUI Arrest Gets Even Darker](https://iwpost.com/tiger-woods-dui-arrest-gets-even-darker/): Tiger Woods’ latest legal drama just took an even more troubling turn.
- [The US, Israel and Iran all claim that God’s on their side in war](https://iwpost.com/the-us-israel-and-iran-all-claim-that-gods-on-their-side-in-war/): America’s secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, sports an array of tattoos with Christian messaging, including one that reads “Deus Vult” – God wills it – and is associated with the medieval crusades.
- [Syria Detains Former Political Security Chief Muhammad Mansoura Amid Push To Investigate Assad-Era Abuses](https://iwpost.com/syria-detains-former-political-security-chief-muhammad-mansoura-amid-push-to-investigate-assad-era-abuses/): [DAMASCUS] Syria’s Internal Security Forces have detained former Maj. Gen.
- [After more than 53 years, humans may finally return to the Moon this week](https://iwpost.com/after-more-than-53-years-humans-may-finally-return-to-the-moon-this-week/): KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—The two-day countdown for the launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission began Monday evening, with clocks timed for the first of six opportunities in early April to send a crew of four astronauts around the far side of the Moon.
- [Trump Wanted to Replicate His Venezuela “Success” in Iran. What Has It Even Looked Like?](https://iwpost.com/trump-wanted-to-replicate-his-venezuela-success-in-iran-what-has-it-even-looked-like/): “What we did in Venezuela, I think, is the perfect, the perfect scenario,” U.S.
- [Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration](https://iwpost.com/trumps-justice-department-dropped-23000-criminal-investigations-in-shift-to-immigration/): A Striking Departure: The number of declinations marks a striking departure not only from the Biden administration but also the first Trump term, according to the ProPublica analysis.
- [How ‘ocean peacebuilding’ can help calm global conflicts](https://iwpost.com/how-ocean-peacebuilding-can-help-calm-global-conflicts/): Conflict and turmoil are seemingly rife in the ocean. Choked shipping lanes. Sabotaged seabed cables and pipelines. Migrants risking dangerous sea passages.
- [What China’s spy chief was really seeking in Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/what-chinas-spy-chief-was-really-seeking-in-indonesia/): Chinese State Security Minister Chen Yixin and Indonesian President Prabowo in a recent meeting in Jakarta.
- [Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran war, defence minister says](https://iwpost.com/spain-closes-airspace-to-us-planes-involved-in-iran-war-defence-minister-says/): Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of the use of jointly operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday, Reuters reported.
- [GM idles electric truck factory, lays off 1,300 workers for a month](https://iwpost.com/gm-idles-electric-truck-factory-lays-off-1300-workers-for-a-month/): After getting a little overoptimistic about the speed and nature of electric vehicle adoption here in the US, automakers are now scaling back their production plans.
- [Friedrich Merz: Most Syrians to Leave Germany Within Three Years](https://iwpost.com/friedrich-merz-most-syrians-to-leave-germany-within-three-years/): Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that he and the Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa hope that 80% of the Syrians in Germany will return home in the next three years.
- [Weapons, women and the rise of hybrid insurgency in Balochistan](https://iwpost.com/weapons-women-and-the-rise-of-hybrid-insurgency-in-balochistan/): A carefully staged photograph circulated widely in early 2026: a young Baloch couple in combat fatigues, rifles slung across their shoulders, smiling at the camera before what the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) described as their joint suicide mission.
- [Reality TV Stars Suffer Terrifying Road Rage Attack in Hollywood](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-stars-suffer-terrifying-road-rage-attack-in-hollywood/): Reality TV stars Pol Atteu and Patrik Simpson are speaking out after a terrifying road rage encounter in Hollywood that they say left them genuinely fearing for their lives.
- [‘One Bullet Will Not Be Enough’: Shooting Down Drones With a Standard Rifle](https://iwpost.com/one-bullet-will-not-be-enough-shooting-down-drones-with-a-standard-rifle/): Drone warfare is here to stay, and at Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), the answer taking shape is not a separate anti-drone gun but a standard rifle upgraded at its most decisive point: the trigger.
- [Zelensky may be defying Trump with strikes on Russian oil](https://iwpost.com/zelensky-may-be-defying-trump-with-strikes-on-russian-oil/): This handout satellite image taken on March 23, 2026 by Planet Labs PBC shows smoke rising from the Russian oil terminal at Primorsk, the chief Russian loading port in the Baltic Sea, following a drone attack claimed by Ukraine.
- [Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran war](https://iwpost.com/spain-closes-airspace-to-us-planes-involved-in-iran-war/): Spain has closed its airspace to U.S.
- [What Would We All Say If Iran Razed MIT Because of Military-Related Research?](https://iwpost.com/what-would-we-all-say-if-iran-razed-mit-because-of-military-related-research/): Over the weekend, the U.S.
- [Danantara’s ‘impact investing’ is really just state capitalism](https://iwpost.com/danantaras-impact-investing-is-really-just-state-capitalism/): Indonesia is calling it “impact investing.” In fact, it is not.
- [US raises concerns with Israel over restrictions at Jerusalem holy sites during Holy Week](https://iwpost.com/us-raises-concerns-with-israel-over-restrictions-at-jerusalem-holy-sites-during-holy-week/): Christians attend the service at Monastery of Saint Saviour to celebrate the feast of ‘Palm Sunday’, one of the most important holidays of the Christian world, known as the memory of Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem in East Jerusalem on March 29, 2026.
- [Super Micro bust signals tighter US curbs on Nvidia’s AI chips](https://iwpost.com/super-micro-bust-signals-tighter-us-curbs-on-nvidias-ai-chips/): The United States Department of Justice’s recent moves to prosecute executives of a server supplier and individual agents and to accuse them of smuggling Nvidia’s high-end chips to China via Thailand may signal a trend toward tighter export control enforcement, according to industry observers.
- [Easter Treats Get Pricier in Italy as Chocolate Eggs See Sharp Increases](https://iwpost.com/easter-treats-get-pricier-in-italy-as-chocolate-eggs-see-sharp-increases/): Traditional Easter products in Italy are becoming noticeably more expensive this year, with chocolate eggs recording significant price increases while the classic “colomba” cake remains relatively stable.
- [Knesset Passes Death Penalty Law for Terrorists With Netanyahu’s Support; Lapid Calls It ‘Distorted PR Maneuver’](https://iwpost.com/knesset-passes-death-penalty-law-for-terrorists-with-netanyahus-support-lapid-calls-it-distorted-pr-maneuver/): Israel’s parliament on Monday approved a law imposing the death penalty on terrorists who intentionally cause a person’s death in an act of terrorism, passing the measure in a 62-48 vote in the Knesset plenum amid political divisions and international pressure.
- [Warren Beatty’s Secretive Life at 89 Still Has Hollywood Talking](https://iwpost.com/warren-beattys-secretive-life-at-89-still-has-hollywood-talking/): Warren Beatty has spent decades as one of Hollywood’s most magnetic and mysterious stars, but even as he celebrates his 89th birthday, his name is still stirring up headlines for more than just his legendary film career.
- [Two Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals](https://iwpost.com/two-thirds-of-people-arrested-by-ice-in-minnesota-surge-had-no-criminal-records-new-data-reveals/): The majority of immigration arrests made by federal agents during President Donald Trump’s enforcement surge in Minnesota last winter were of people with no criminal background, according to The Intercept’s analysis of newly revealed government data.
- [How sea mines threaten global trade, and how navies detect them](https://iwpost.com/how-sea-mines-threaten-global-trade-and-how-navies-detect-them/): U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that Iranian forces have deployed a small number of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical choke point for global shipping, according to reports.
- [After 16 years and $8 billion, the military's new GPS software still doesn't work](https://iwpost.com/after-16-years-and-8-billion-the-militarys-new-gps-software-still-doesnt-work/): Last year, just before the Fourth of July holiday, the US Space Force officially took ownership of a new operating system for the GPS navigation network, raising hopes that one of the military’s most troubled space programs might finally bear fruit.
- [Israel’s nuclear bomb is the threat that dare not speak its name](https://iwpost.com/israels-nuclear-bomb-is-the-threat-that-dare-not-speak-its-name/): The skies over Tehran and Natanz may still carry the lingering haze of joint US-Israeli bombing operations.
- [Iran’s president says decision to end war ‘must guarantee people’s security, interests’](https://iwpost.com/irans-president-says-decision-to-end-war-must-guarantee-peoples-security-interests/): Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that any decision to end the war with the US and Israel must “guarantee the security and interests of the Iranian people,” Anadolu reports.
- [MEPs travel to China for first visit in eight years to focus on digital economy](https://iwpost.com/meps-travel-to-china-for-first-visit-in-eight-years-to-focus-on-digital-economy/): A nine-member delegation, led by the chair of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee Anna Cavazzini, will visit Beijing and Shanghai from 31 March to 2 April.
- [Easy Baked Ziti with Ground Beef & Ricotta (Ultimate Comfort Food)](https://iwpost.com/easy-baked-ziti-with-ground-beef-ricotta-ultimate-comfort-food/): Growing up, baked ziti always felt like one of those dishes you only got at a restaurant… or at a friend’s house where everything somehow tasted better.
- [Water utility announces it's ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago](https://iwpost.com/water-utility-announces-its-ditching-fluoride-then-reveals-it-did-so-years-ago/): Residents of Birmingham, Alabama, were abruptly informed earlier this month that their water utility had decided to stop adding fluoride to city water.
- [Letting Russian tanker through, Trump declares ‘Cuba is finished’](https://iwpost.com/letting-russian-tanker-through-trump-declares-cuba-is-finished/): Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin.
- [Yemen in the Eye of the Regional Storm: Implications of the ‘Tel Aviv Strike’ and the Fate of a Fragile Domestic Front](https://iwpost.com/yemen-in-the-eye-of-the-regional-storm-implications-of-the-tel-aviv-strike-and-the-fate-of-a-fragile-domestic-front/): [SANAA] In a sudden escalation reshaping regional rules of engagement, Yemen’s Houthis launched their first direct ballistic missile strikes toward Tel Aviv since the ceasefire last October in the early hours of Saturday, March 28, 2026.
- [Despite massive casualties in Ukraine, Russia is unlikely to run out of soldiers anytime soon – here’s why](https://iwpost.com/despite-massive-casualties-in-ukraine-russia-is-unlikely-to-run-out-of-soldiers-anytime-soon-heres-why/): Russia has begun a spring offensive in Ukraine, launching a major assault on the “fortress belt” of heavily defended cities in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.
- [Judge halts Nexstar/Tegna merger after FCC let firms exceed TV ownership limit](https://iwpost.com/judge-halts-nexstar-tegna-merger-after-fcc-let-firms-exceed-tv-ownership-limit/): Although the Trump administration approved Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion purchase of Tegna, a US judge has ordered the two companies to stop integrating their assets and operations.
- [New Epstein Bombshell: Hackers Threaten to Unleash Full Unredacted Records](https://iwpost.com/new-epstein-bombshell-hackers-threaten-to-unleash-full-unredacted-records/): Prince Andrew is once again being dragged into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and this time the fear swirling around it is even darker.
- [​The Rockets’ red glare, Mighty Mouse and counter-drone warfare](https://iwpost.com/the-rockets-red-glare-mighty-mouse-and-counter-drone-warfare/): Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
- [Guns-for-cannabis network hit: Europol high-value target arrested in international action](https://iwpost.com/guns-for-cannabis-network-hit-europol-high-value-target-arrested-in-international-action/): A Europol high-value target has been arrested and key members of his criminal network targeted during a coordinated action on 23 March across Spain, Bulgaria and Greece.
- [Trump’s Secret Wars on the World Keep Expanding](https://iwpost.com/trumps-secret-wars-on-the-world-keep-expanding/): President Donald Trump talks endlessly of “peace.” He ran for office promising to keep the United States out of conflicts, claims to be a “peacemaker,” has campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize, and founded a so-called Board of Peace.
- [Authors' lucky break in court may help class action over Meta torrenting](https://iwpost.com/authors-lucky-break-in-court-may-help-class-action-over-meta-torrenting/): Looks like Meta is hoping the recent Supreme Court ruling that found Internet service providers aren’t liable for piracy on their networks will help the social media giant dodge liability claims over its torrenting of AI training data.
- [Chopping down areas of tropical rainforest is causing rising temperatures linked to thousands of deaths](https://iwpost.com/chopping-down-areas-of-tropical-rainforest-is-causing-rising-temperatures-linked-to-thousands-of-deaths/): Tropical forests are hot, steamy places. But when large numbers of trees are cut down, they get even hotter.
- [Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash](https://iwpost.com/your-widely-recyclable-starbucks-cup-is-still-trash/): That’s according to an announcement made in February by Starbucks, the waste hauler WM (formerly known as Waste Management), and three recycling groups called The Recycling Partnership, GreenBlue, and Closed Loop Partners.
- [Worst-case, a dreaded term could apply to the 2026 energy shock](https://iwpost.com/worst-case-a-dreaded-term-could-apply-to-the-2026-energy-shock/): In the war between Iran, the United States and Israel, economics has become as much of a weapon as are missiles, bombs and drones.
- [Israeli forces demolish two Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/israeli-forces-demolish-two-palestinian-homes-in-east-jerusalem/): Israeli forces demolished two Palestinian homes in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Iranian Opposition Groups Stage Show of Strength Over the Weekend  ](https://iwpost.com/iranian-opposition-groups-stage-show-of-strength-over-the-weekend/): Over the past weekend, various factions opposing the Islamic Republic demonstrated their presence and influence through a series of gatherings outside Iran.
- [F1 in Japan: Oh no, what have they done to all the fast corners?](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-japan-oh-no-what-have-they-done-to-all-the-fast-corners/): Following this past weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, Formula 1 goes into a five-week hiatus now that war in the Gulf has made it impossible to hold races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
- [Lamborghini Miura: Born Incomparable](https://iwpost.com/lamborghini-miura-born-incomparable/): In 2026, the Automobili Lamborghini Museum celebrates a landmark 60th anniversary of the Lamborghini Miura with the exhibition “Born Incomparable”, which runs from March 18, 2026 to January 2027.
- [Is the US dollar really winning the Iran war?](https://iwpost.com/is-the-us-dollar-really-winning-the-iran-war/): Nearly a month after coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran, the human toll continues to rise.
- [What happened to Amelia Earhart? New book takes on the case.](https://iwpost.com/what-happened-to-amelia-earhart-new-book-takes-on-the-case/): Famed aviator Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappeared in 1937 during an attempt to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.
- [Tiger Woods’ Secret Reason for Driving Himself Exposed After DUI](https://iwpost.com/tiger-woods-secret-reason-for-driving-himself-exposed-after-dui/): Tiger Woods is back in the headlines—but this time, it’s not for anything happening on the golf course.
- [A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing.](https://iwpost.com/a-nursing-home-owner-got-a-trump-pardon-the-families-of-his-patients-got-nothing/): Another Trump Pardon: Nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz was convicted of a $39 million fraud, but President Donald Trump pardoned him just three months into a three-year prison term.
- [Birutė Galdikas: The last of ‘Leakey’s Angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter](https://iwpost.com/birute-galdikas-the-last-of-leakeys-angels-in-primatologys-most-extraordinary-chapter/): Primatologist Birutė Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity’s closest living relatives more than half a century ago is coming quietly to a close.
- [Pakistan’s peace play more about desperation than diplomacy](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-peace-play-more-about-desperation-than-diplomacy/): Has Pakistan genuinely become important on the global stage, or is it being strategically projected as such?
- [Trump convenes "God Squad" to override Endangered Species Act, up oil production](https://iwpost.com/trump-convenes-god-squad-to-override-endangered-species-act-up-oil-production/): The Trump administration is turning to the nuclear option on endangered-species protections in the name of national security.
- [The Race Between Detection and Shelter in Israel’s Missile Warning Network](https://iwpost.com/the-race-between-detection-and-shelter-in-israels-missile-warning-network/): Gabriel Colodro’s latest report for The Media Line takes readers behind one of the most familiar sounds in Israeli life: the siren.
- [Working from home is linked to higher fertility, new study finds](https://iwpost.com/working-from-home-is-linked-to-higher-fertility-new-study-finds/): Do people have more children if they work from home? The simple answer is yes. A recent study finds that working from home is linked to higher fertility.
- [Red Ribbon Campaign issue call to action against Israel’s planned executions](https://iwpost.com/red-ribbon-campaign-issue-call-to-action-against-israels-planned-executions/): The Red Ribbon Campaign has today issued an urgent statement calling on the free people of the world to join their planned activities on 16, 17, and 18 April 2026 against Isreal’s plans to execute scores of Palestinian detainees.
- [China won’t supplant Australia in the Pacific anytime soon](https://iwpost.com/china-wont-supplant-australia-in-the-pacific-anytime-soon/): Last year, Australia was reminded of China’s willingness to exercise its growing naval power in the region.
- [Beloved NFL Star Dies at 65](https://iwpost.com/beloved-nfl-star-dies-at-65/): The NFL world is reeling after the sudden loss of one of Minnesota’s most iconic defenders.
- [Iran threatens US campuses in Middle East](https://iwpost.com/iran-threatens-us-campuses-in-middle-east/): Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned it may retaliate against American university campuses in the Middle East, claiming that recent U.S.
- [Bangladesh’s missing billions as trade misinvoicing bleeds it dry](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-missing-billions-as-trade-misinvoicing-bleeds-it-dry/): During the tenure of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s external accounts reflected a dual reality.
- [Travel Turmoil: Many Americans’ Holiday Plans Canceled, Others Find Path Home](https://iwpost.com/travel-turmoil-many-americans-holiday-plans-canceled-others-find-path-home/): A Californian could not celebrate her daughter’s bat mitzvah in Israel, a New York Israeli is not going to share Passover with her parents in Jerusalem, and a Texan made it home to be with family for the holiday.
- [Iran war exposing the real cost of Trump’s anti-EV crusade](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-exposing-the-real-cost-of-trumps-anti-ev-crusade/): “Without fuel they were nothing. They’d built a house of straw.
- [Pakistan would be ‘honored’ to host US, Iran talks in ‘coming days’: Top diplomat Dar](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-would-be-honored-to-host-us-iran-talks-in-coming-days-top-diplomat-dar/): Pakistan’s foreign minister on Sunday said that Islamabad would be “honoured” to host talks between the US and Iran to end the ongoing Mideast conflict, Anadolu reports.
- [Matcha Lavender Sugar Cookies – Soft, Elegant & Unique!](https://iwpost.com/matcha-lavender-sugar-cookies-soft-elegant-unique/): You are here: Home / Desserts / Matcha Lavender Sugar Cookies – Soft, Elegant & Unique!
- [Actor Found Dead in Jail Cell at 54](https://iwpost.com/actor-found-dead-in-jail-cell-at-54/): A once-familiar face from British television has died behind bars in a case that’s raising new questions and drawing renewed attention to his troubling past.
- [Iranian Missile Hits Beersheba, Injures 11; Chemical Plant Hit, No Risk to Public](https://iwpost.com/iranian-missile-hits-beersheba-injures-11-chemical-plant-hit-no-risk-to-public/): An Iranian missile struck an open area in Beersheba, injuring at least 11 people from shockwaves and debris, according to emergency services.
- [European countries losing out on LNG cargoes – reports](https://iwpost.com/european-countries-losing-out-on-lng-cargoes-reports/): Europe is losing out on liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes as Asian buyers outbid European utilities in an increasingly tight global market, with several shipments reportedly being diverted mid-voyage.
- [Egypt begins energy-saving measures amid surging oil prices](https://iwpost.com/egypt-begins-energy-saving-measures-amid-surging-oil-prices/): Egypt has enforced a package of energy-saving measures for a one-month period amid a global rise in oil prices in the wake of the US-Israeli offensive on Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Chinese private equity circling Trump’s school voucher gold rush](https://iwpost.com/chinese-private-equity-circling-trumps-school-voucher-gold-rush/): In September 2023, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stunned school choice advocates when he kicked out four private schools from the state’s school voucher program.
- [Netanyahu Announces Lebanon Buffer Zone Expansion, Declares Broader Campaign Against Iran](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-announces-lebanon-buffer-zone-expansion-declares-broader-campaign-against-iran/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel will expand its security zone in Lebanon as part of a broader multi-front military campaign against Iran and its proxies following a security assessment at IDF Northern Command.
- [Legendary Actress Dies After Battle with Alzheimer’s](https://iwpost.com/legendary-actress-dies-after-battle-with-alzheimers/): The film and theater world is saying goodbye to one of its most quietly powerful stars.
- [London house prices fall for sixth consecutive month](https://iwpost.com/london-house-prices-fall-for-sixth-consecutive-month/): London house prices have fallen for a sixth consecutive month, marking the sharpest annual decline in nearly two years and signalling a sustained slowdown in the capital’s property market, official data shows.
- [Victory options narrowing as Trump prepares Iran ground assault](https://iwpost.com/victory-options-narrowing-as-trump-prepares-iran-ground-assault/): President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to launch some kind of ground assault on Iran in the coming weeks, but one prominent military strategy expert believes he’s heading straight for defeat.
- [‘We’re harvesting the sun’: A huge solar project grows in California](https://iwpost.com/were-harvesting-the-sun-a-huge-solar-project-grows-in-california/): This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Talks without balance: Why Tehran and Trump remain locked in escalation](https://iwpost.com/talks-without-balance-why-tehran-and-trump-remain-locked-in-escalation/): Negotiation is being spoken of constantly, yet a meaningful settlement has rarely been farther away.
- [Trump Engraves His Name on US Currency](https://iwpost.com/trump-engraves-his-name-on-us-currency/): The US Treasury Department said Thursday that newly printed American banknotes will carry President Donald Trump’s signature, marking a striking break with long-standing US currency practice and injecting the sitting president’s personal mark into one of the country’s most recognizable national symbols.
- [Frederiksen’s Social Democrats Win Amid Historic Low Vote Share](https://iwpost.com/frederiksens-social-democrats-win-amid-historic-low-vote-share/): Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats emerged as the largest party in Tuesday’s Danish general election, winning 21.9% of the vote—their weakest result since 1903.
- [Pop Star’s Stalker Dies in Horrific Train Accident](https://iwpost.com/pop-stars-stalker-dies-in-horrific-train-accident/): A man who once terrified pop superstar Billie Eilish with repeated visits to her home has died in a shocking and tragic accident on Long Island.
- [Houthis open new front against Israel as US Marines deploy to Middle East](https://iwpost.com/houthis-open-new-front-against-israel-as-us-marines-deploy-to-middle-east/): The risk of an expanded Iran war ​grew as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, as additional U.S.
- [Rothman: Law Restores Pre-2006 Status Quo; Tur-Paz: Women Will Lose Out](https://iwpost.com/rothman-law-restores-pre-2006-status-quo-tur-paz-women-will-lose-out/): The Knesset has passed a law allowing state-run rabbinical and Sharia courts to arbitrate certain civil disputes when all parties agree, reigniting a long-running fight over the role of religious courts beyond marriage and divorce.
- [Pints meet prop bets: Polymarket’s “Situation Room” pop-up bar in DC](https://iwpost.com/pints-meet-prop-bets-polymarkets-situation-room-pop-up-bar-in-dc/): Polymarket’s temporary makeover of a K Street bar as “The Situation Room” yielded a few notable differences from other Washington watering holes: more laptops open, more overheard conversations about cryptocurrency, and more screens—most of which were not showing sports.
- [Israel says its forces cross from Syria’s Golan Heights into southern Lebanon for ‘targeted operation’](https://iwpost.com/israel-says-its-forces-cross-from-syrias-golan-heights-into-southern-lebanon-for-targeted-operation/): The Israeli army said Sunday its Alpinist Unit crossed for the first time from the Syrian Golan Heights into southern Lebanon to carry out what it described as a “targeted operation” along the border, Anadolu reports.
- [Chinese capital circling Trump’s school voucher gold rush](https://iwpost.com/chinese-capital-circling-trumps-school-voucher-gold-rush/): In September 2023, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stunned school choice advocates when he kicked out four private schools from the state’s school voucher program.
- [Trump is Hooked on ‘War Porn’ According to Critics](https://iwpost.com/trump-is-hooked-on-war-porn-according-to-critics/): Donald Trump is once again at the center of controversy—this time over how he’s reportedly consuming updates on the ongoing conflict with Iran.
- [Italy’s PM Meloni plans closer cooperation with Algeria to boost gas deliveries](https://iwpost.com/italys-pm-meloni-plans-closer-cooperation-with-algeria-to-boost-gas-deliveries/): Italy, which produces over 40% of its electricity from natural gas according to the International Energy Agency, has been seeking alternative suppliers to replace lost LNG imports from Qatar.
- [Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas: Easy, Flavor-Packed Dinner](https://iwpost.com/sheet-pan-chicken-fajitas-easy-flavor-packed-dinner/): There’s nothing quite like the aroma of sizzling peppers, onions, and seasoned chicken roasting together in the oven.
- [AI turning US street cameras into a mass surveillance state](https://iwpost.com/ai-turning-us-street-cameras-into-a-mass-surveillance-state/): For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States. Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance.
- [Exclusive: Islamic Regime Issues Directive To Counter Potential US Ground Military Operations](https://iwpost.com/exclusive-islamic-regime-issues-directive-to-counter-potential-us-ground-military-operations/): The state-affiliated Tehran Times, citing “an Iranian security analyst,” reported that in the event of a US ground attack, Iran would seize the coastlines of the UAE and Bahrain.
- [China turning Cold War jets into budget Taiwan strike drones](https://iwpost.com/china-turning-cold-war-jets-into-budget-taiwan-strike-drones/): China’s conversion of obsolete fighter jets into attack drones points to a shift toward mass attrition warfare in a Taiwan contingency — one that tests the limits of sustainability as much as firepower.
- [3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanese city of Jezzine](https://iwpost.com/3-journalists-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-on-southern-lebanese-city-of-jezzine/): Burned press equipment and belongings are seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the Jezzine district of southern Lebanon, where three journalists, including Ali Shuaib of Al Manar TV, Fatima Fetuni of Al Mayadeen and photojournalist Mohammed Fetuni, were killed after their vehicle was targeted, on March 28, 2026.
- [Iran Rejects Claims of Negotiations as War Messaging Continues](https://iwpost.com/iran-rejects-claims-of-negotiations-as-war-messaging-continues/): Iran has dismissed U.S.
- [JFK Bombshell: Insider Claims President was Murdered in Secret Government Plot](https://iwpost.com/jfk-bombshell-insider-claims-president-was-murdered-in-secret-government-plot/): More than six decades after the assassination of President John F.
- [Massive ‘No Kings’ Protests Claim Unity, No Leader; Fox Report Says Coordinated Money Machine at Helm](https://iwpost.com/massive-no-kings-protests-claim-unity-no-leader-fox-report-says-coordinated-money-machine-at-helm/): Thousands of protests tied to the “No Kings” movement are taking place nationwide on Saturday, March 28, 2026, including a central demonstration in St.
- [New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs](https://iwpost.com/new-rowhammer-attacks-give-complete-control-of-machines-running-nvidia-gpus/): The cost of high-performance GPUs driven, typically $8,000 or more, means they are frequently shared among dozens of users in cloud environments.
- [Solar was poised to help Puerto Ricans survive blackouts — until Trump axed nearly $1B in funding](https://iwpost.com/solar-was-poised-to-help-puerto-ricans-survive-blackouts-until-trump-axed-nearly-1b-in-funding/): María Pérez lost power for about three months after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017.
- [Iran’s Fractured Opposition Tries to Seize the Moment](https://iwpost.com/irans-fractured-opposition-tries-to-seize-the-moment/): As pressure mounts on the Islamic Republic and talk of a possible US ground confrontation grows louder, Iranian opposition groups outside the country are scrambling to prove they matter.
- [Takeaways from Trump’s speech on Iran](https://iwpost.com/takeaways-from-trumps-speech-on-iran/): President Donald Trump staunchly defended his handling of the month-old U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in a prime-time address on Wednesday, saying the U.S.
- [Forget Trump – Netanyahu’s Iran endgame is what really matters](https://iwpost.com/forget-trump-netanyahus-iran-endgame-is-what-really-matters/): The war between the United States, Israel and Iran is now into its second month.
- [Vice Mayor Found Shot Dead at Florida Home](https://iwpost.com/vice-mayor-found-shot-dead-at-florida-home/): South Florida woke up to heartbreaking news on Wednesday after Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen was found dead inside her home in what police are investigating as a domestic violence incident.
- [Why Benjamin Netanyahu needs the Iran conflict to continue](https://iwpost.com/why-benjamin-netanyahu-needs-the-iran-conflict-to-continue/): Before Donald Trump delivered his prime-time address to the American people on April 1, many commentators predicted he would claim victory and signal that the US air campaign against Iran would be wound down – even without a deal with Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Why is NASA bothering to go back to the Moon if we've already been there?](https://iwpost.com/why-is-nasa-bothering-to-go-back-to-the-moon-if-weve-already-been-there/): KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—The first time NASA launched humans toward the Moon, in December 1968, the United States was a deeply fractured nation.
- [Bernie Sanders Backs Claire Valdez in NYC House Race Dividing Left and Progressives](https://iwpost.com/bernie-sanders-backs-claire-valdez-in-nyc-house-race-dividing-left-and-progressives/): Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed socialist New York State Assembly Member Claire Valdez on Thursday in a Democratic primary shaping up as a test of how factions of New York City’s progressive wing will work together under Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- [What Iran’s Amazon data center attacks reveal about modern war](https://iwpost.com/what-irans-amazon-data-center-attacks-reveal-about-modern-war/): Before dawn on March 1, 2026, Iranian Shahed drones struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates.
- [Pakistan’s mirage of mediation](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-mirage-of-mediation/): Diplomacy occasionally produces documents that clarify reality; more often, it produces documents that elegantly conceal its absence.
- [LIGO data hints at supernovae so powerful they leave nothing behind](https://iwpost.com/ligo-data-hints-at-supernovae-so-powerful-they-leave-nothing-behind/): Many of the early exoplanet discoveries were exciting on their own, confirming that there really were strange new worlds out in the Universe.
- [Libya’s Haftar acquires combat drones despite UN embargo](https://iwpost.com/libyas-haftar-acquires-combat-drones-despite-un-embargo/): Eastern Libya’s military leader, Khalifa Haftar, has acquired what appear to be Chinese and Turkish combat drones, Reuters reporting has found, despite a long-standing U.N.
- [Why We Went Looking for National Defense Areas Along the U.S. Southern Border](https://iwpost.com/why-we-went-looking-for-national-defense-areas-along-the-u-s-southern-border/): Our reporting started, like much of our work, in a spreadsheet.
- [Passover in Wartime: The Workers Keeping Israel Fed](https://iwpost.com/passover-in-wartime-the-workers-keeping-israel-fed/): The post Passover in Wartime: The Workers Keeping Israel Fed appeared first on The Media Line.
- [Cheddar Bay Biscuit Chicken Pot Pie (Creamy, Cozy & Easy)](https://iwpost.com/cheddar-bay-biscuit-chicken-pot-pie-creamy-cozy-easy/): If comfort food is what you’re craving, this Cheddar Bay Biscuit Chicken Pot Pie is exactly the kind of dinner that hits the spot.
- [Philippine energy crisis exposes a reactive state](https://iwpost.com/philippine-energy-crisis-exposes-a-reactive-state/): The Philippines has become the first nation to declare an energy emergency, underscoring the severity of its current crisis.
- [Trump defunding of NPR and PBS blocked by judge, but damage is already done](https://iwpost.com/trump-defunding-of-npr-and-pbs-blocked-by-judge-but-damage-is-already-done/): A federal judge ruled that President Trump’s executive order defunding NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment and issued a permanent injunction stating that executive branch agencies cannot enforce it.
- [Beloved ‘Murphy Brown’ Star Dead at 75](https://iwpost.com/beloved-murphy-brown-star-dead-at-75/): Hollywood and the theater world have lost a vibrant talent.
- [Japan’s relief rally masks deeper economic risks](https://iwpost.com/japans-relief-rally-masks-deeper-economic-risks/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [SpaceX finally files for IPO, targets $1.75 trillion valuation](https://iwpost.com/spacex-finally-files-for-ipo-targets-1-75-trillion-valuation/): Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has confidentially filed to go public, firing the starting gun on what is expected to be the biggest initial public offering in history.
- [ATTO Takes Combined Transport Directive Issue to European Parliament](https://iwpost.com/atto-takes-combined-transport-directive-issue-to-european-parliament/): ATTO brought the pressing issue of the Combined Transport Directive directly to the European Parliament in Brussels on the 18th of March engaging in a series of high-level discussions ahead of key deliberations on the Directive’s long-awaited revision.
- [Pump, dump and post: Indonesia needs to regulate its finfluencers](https://iwpost.com/pump-dump-and-post-indonesia-needs-to-regulate-its-finfluencers/): Indonesia’s digital financial ecosystem is expanding rapidly, but regulatory scrutiny has struggled to keep pace with the growing influence of social media personalities who provide investment commentary to millions of followers.
- [Amazon’s cloud operation in Bahrain damaged in Iran strike: Report](https://iwpost.com/amazons-cloud-operation-in-bahrain-damaged-in-iran-strike-report/): Amazon’s cloud computing operation in Bahrain was damaged in an Iranian strike, according to a report Wednesday by the Financial Times, which cited someone familiar with the matter.
- [On Passover, We Remember Why Telling the Story Matters](https://iwpost.com/on-passover-we-remember-why-telling-the-story-matters/): To all who celebrate, The Media Line wishes you a warm, meaningful, and peaceful Passover.
- [Musk loves Grok’s “roasts.” Swiss official sues in attempt to neuter them.](https://iwpost.com/musk-loves-groks-roasts-swiss-official-sues-in-attempt-to-neuter-them/): Last month, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter filed a criminal complaint over an offensive Grok post generated by an X user that requested that the chatbot “roast” the government official.
- [“Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/casualty-cover-up-the-pentagon-is-hiding-u-s-losses-under-trump-in-the-middle-east/): Almost 750 U.S. troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found.
- [Iran shows S Korea’s real vulnerability is cars not crude](https://iwpost.com/iran-shows-s-koreas-real-vulnerability-is-cars-not-crude/): The Iran conflict has sent oil prices higher — and has stripped bare a long-ignored vulnerability in South Korea’s energy system.
- [Did Nazis escape on a UFO? Dev who asked the question just built the official White House app.](https://iwpost.com/did-nazis-escape-on-a-ufo-dev-who-asked-the-question-just-built-the-official-white-house-app/): While armchair developers and infosec experts have questioned some of the app’s technical design choices, a former FBI intelligence analyst uncovered an unusual fact: The small business owner behind the White House app has a side hobby as a conspiracy theorist.
- [Hopes dim for swift end to Iran war after Trump speech, oil prices surge anew ](https://iwpost.com/hopes-dim-for-swift-end-to-iran-war-after-trump-speech-oil-prices-surge-anew/): Hopes for a swift end to the Middle East war faded on Thursday after U.S.
- [Two-Day-Old Boy Killed After Getting Circumcised](https://iwpost.com/two-day-old-boy-killed-after-getting-circumcised/): A routine procedure turned into an unimaginable tragedy for one family after a California doctor allegedly made a devastating mistake that cost a newborn his life.
- [Trump says Iran war ending soon, but ‘extremely hard’ hits ahead](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-iran-war-ending-soon-but-extremely-hard-hits-ahead/): “We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or project power outside of their borders.
- [Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed](https://iwpost.com/research-roundup-7-cool-science-stories-we-almost-missed/): It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across.
- [150 Sirens, Shattered Homes, No School: Inside an Israeli City Living on Iran’s Front Line](https://iwpost.com/150-sirens-shattered-homes-no-school-inside-an-israeli-city-living-on-irans-front-line/): In Ramat Gan, the war with Iran is not something people follow through headlines or military briefings.
- [Starmer to host 35-nation talks on Strait of Hormuz – without US](https://iwpost.com/starmer-to-host-35-nation-talks-on-strait-of-hormuz-without-us/): With President Donald Trump lambasting European allies over their reluctance to be dragged into his war against Iran and reportedly mulling leaving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Wednesday that Britain will host talks involving 35 nations – but not the US – on reopening the Strait of Hormuz via diplomacy.
- [Most Americans want Iran war ended quickly, oppose ground troops: Polls](https://iwpost.com/most-americans-want-iran-war-ended-quickly-oppose-ground-troops-polls/): A majority of Americans want the war against Iran brought to a swift close and strongly oppose sending ground troops, according to three major polls, as the US-Israeli offensive enters its second month, Anadolu reports.
- [Artemis II, NASA's boldest mission in generations, launches crew to the Moon](https://iwpost.com/artemis-ii-nasas-boldest-mission-in-generations-launches-crew-to-the-moon/): KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—Three Americans and one Canadian launched into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast on Wednesday, flying the most powerful rocket ridden by humans on the first leg of a nine-day voyage around the Moon.
- [Israel says it will keep control over part of southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israel-says-it-will-keep-control-over-part-of-southern-lebanon/): Israel’s defense minister has announced plans to establish a buffer zone within southern Lebanon, stating that Israel will maintain security control over part of the territory even after the current conflict with Hezbollah ends.
- [Iranian Americans Have Turned Against the War, New Poll Finds](https://iwpost.com/iranian-americans-have-turned-against-the-war-new-poll-finds/): Iranian American support for the U.S.–Israel war on Iran has plummeted, as euphoria over Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death shifts into concern over the conflict’s growing civilian toll, according to a new poll.
- [Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans](https://iwpost.com/heres-what-that-claude-code-source-leak-reveals-about-anthropics-plans/): Yesterday’s surprise leak of the source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code revealed a lot about the vibe-coding scaffolding the company has built around its proprietary Claude model.
- [The Iran vs US-Israel war and the end of the unipolar moment](https://iwpost.com/the-iran-vs-us-israel-war-and-the-end-of-the-unipolar-moment/): As the Middle East war between Iran, the United States, and Israel, enters its 34th day, it has become evident that we are witnessing more than just another chapter in the long and bloody annals of Middle Eastern strife.
- [College Football Star Dies at 24](https://iwpost.com/college-football-star-dies-at-24/): The college football world is reeling after the sudden death of former University of Wisconsin tight end Jack Pugh. He was just 24.
- [Trump risks falling in to the ‘asymmetric resolve’ trap in Iran − just as presidents before him did elsewhere](https://iwpost.com/trump-risks-falling-in-to-the-asymmetric-resolve-trap-in-iran-%e2%88%92-just-as-presidents-before-him-did-elsewhere/): Little has seemingly gone as Washington planned in the war against Iran.
- [Iranian Cluster Munitions Strike Central Israel, Injure 16 Including Children](https://iwpost.com/iranian-cluster-munitions-strike-central-israel-injure-16-including-children/): Sixteen people were wounded in central Israel after Iran launched cluster munitions on April 1, 2026, striking multiple locations and prompting emergency response operations across the region.
- [Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-rolls-out-its-fix-for-pc-gamings-compiling-shaders-wait-times/): PC gamers who are tired of waiting for their games to “compile shaders” during some load times may want to dig into the latest beta version of the Nvidia App.
- [Switzerland proposes wine import restrictions amid protectionism debate](https://iwpost.com/switzerland-proposes-wine-import-restrictions-amid-protectionism-debate/): Switzerland is considering a new plan to restrict wine imports, under a proposal from President Guy Parmelin, a trained winemaker with a family vineyard near Lake Geneva.
- [Iran war pushing India to edge of a currency crisis](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-pushing-india-to-edge-of-a-currency-crisis/): TOKYO — In Asia, no national leader has been more effective in spinning an underperforming economy than India’s Narendra Modi.
- [Poland condemns Israeli death penalty law on Palestinian prisoners](https://iwpost.com/poland-condemns-israeli-death-penalty-law-on-palestinian-prisoners/): Poland strongly criticized on Wednesday an Israeli death penalty law concerning Palestinian prisoners, warning that it raises serious concerns about the use of capital punishment and adherence to international legal standards, Anadolu reports.
- [Official White House app developer also a UFO conspiracy theorist](https://iwpost.com/official-white-house-app-developer-also-a-ufo-conspiracy-theorist/): While armchair developers and infosec experts have questioned some of the app’s technical design choices, a former FBI special agent uncovered an unusual fact: The small business owner behind the White House app has a side hobby as a conspiracy theorist.
- [Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered species protections in the Gulf of Mexico](https://iwpost.com/trumps-god-squad-blocks-endangered-species-protections-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/): The Endangered Species Act is the bedrock law that protects threatened plants and animals in the United States, and in the 50 years since it became law it has prevented thousands of resource-extraction projects — oil drilling, mining, and logging — from moving forward.
- [Trump’ll declare victory in Iran – will it be on April Fools’ Day?](https://iwpost.com/trumpll-declare-victory-in-iran-will-it-be-on-april-fools-day/): Not fake news but real news: US President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver a prime-time television address to the entire nation on April 1 to provide “important updates” regarding the escalating conflict with Iran.
- [Kia shows off small cars in NY: The 2027 EV3 and 2027 Seltos Hybrid](https://iwpost.com/kia-shows-off-small-cars-in-ny-the-2027-ev3-and-2027-seltos-hybrid/): Today marks a refreshing change from the doom and gloom we’ve seen in the EV industry over the last few weeks.
- [Israel’s Blue-Collar Workers Risk Their Lives To Deliver Food During Wartime](https://iwpost.com/israels-blue-collar-workers-risk-their-lives-to-deliver-food-during-wartime/): As Passover approaches—a time usually dedicated to celebrating freedom and abundance—Israel faces a starkly different reality this year.
- [China Raises Alarm Over Japan’s Missile Deployment](https://iwpost.com/china-raises-alarm-over-japans-missile-deployment/): China has expressed deep concern over Japan’s decision to deploy long-range missiles in Kumamoto and Shizuoka, announced as part of efforts to strengthen its ability to strike enemy bases.
- [Garth Brooks’ Facing Crisis Amid Shocking Accusations](https://iwpost.com/garth-brooks-facing-crisis-amid-shocking-accusations/): Garth Brooks is teasing a massive comeback — but insiders say the country legend is heading into a full-blown crisis as shocking legal battles and personal fears threaten to derail everything.
- [Peanut Butter Snowballs (Easy No-Bake Holiday Treat)](https://iwpost.com/peanut-butter-snowballs-easy-no-bake-holiday-treat/): With a creamy peanut butter center and a crisp white chocolate coating, these no-bake bites are rich, smooth, and irresistibly delicious.
- [Javier Milei’s inflation ‘miracle’ in Argentina is a warning to the world, not a blueprint](https://iwpost.com/javier-mileis-inflation-miracle-in-argentina-is-a-warning-to-the-world-not-a-blueprint/): On paper, the numbers look astonishing. The annual rate of inflation in Argentina has plummeted from 211% in 2023 to 31.5% by the end of 2025.
- [A word from Editor Moonshark about Artemis II](https://iwpost.com/a-word-from-editor-moonshark-about-artemis-ii/): Hello! Is Moonshark. Moonshark say, long time since Moonshark have front page article but Moonshark believe is overdue if Moonshark does say so Moonshark self.
- [Indonesia bets on nickel levy to break its China habit](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-bets-on-nickel-levy-to-break-its-china-habit/): Indonesia’s sweeping nickel downstreaming policy, launched in 2020, is entering a more consequential phase.
- [Conversion Therapy Gets Speech Protections — But Trans Kids’ Existence Gets No Protection At All](https://iwpost.com/conversion-therapy-gets-speech-protections-but-trans-kids-existence-gets-no-protection-at-all/): On Tuesday, the Supreme Court marked International Trans Day of Visibility with yet another ruling that puts the lives of trans people at risk.
- [Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does – and doesn’t – change about warfare](https://iwpost.com/why-iran-targeted-amazon-data-centers-and-what-that-does-and-doesnt-change-about-warfare/): Before dawn on March 1, 2026, Iranian Shahed drones struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates.
- [The Lion of Batna: A general who out-marched power](https://iwpost.com/the-lion-of-batna-a-general-who-out-marched-power/): Courage and integrity are rarely mentioned in the same breath when it comes to discussing Arab rulers and what are essential qualities of leadership.
- [Launch day has arrived for NASA's Artemis II mission—here's what to expect](https://iwpost.com/launch-day-has-arrived-for-nasas-artemis-ii-mission-heres-what-to-expect/): KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—Launching to the Moon is an all-day undertaking, something the four astronauts waiting to climb aboard NASA’s Artemis II rocket know well.
- [The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-epa-official-in-charge-of-methane-regulations-helped-write-oil-industry-argument-against-those-rules/): The Trump administration official leading an effort to loosen rules on methane pollution was an unnamed author of key industry arguments against those same rules just four years ago when he was an oil and gas lobbyist.
- [How Taiwan came to dominate the global chip industry](https://iwpost.com/how-taiwan-came-to-dominate-the-global-chip-industry/): One firm, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), produces more than 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductor chips.
- [Nike warns of revenue decline in 2026 amid global disruptions](https://iwpost.com/nike-warns-of-revenue-decline-in-2026-amid-global-disruptions/): Nike has signaled that revenues could fall in 2026, raising concerns about its ongoing corporate turnaround and prompting an 8.9 per cent drop in shares during after-hours trading on Tuesday.
- [Iran war teaching Taiwan hard lessons about US resolve](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-teaching-taiwan-hard-lessons-about-us-resolve/): The United States and Israeli strikes on Iran have become increasingly concerning for the world due to the risks of further escalation and the impact on energy markets.
- [Rubio Reiterates 4 Goals of War](https://iwpost.com/rubio-reiterates-4-goals-of-war/): Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States is pursuing four defined military objectives against Iran—destroying its air force, dismantling its navy, eliminating missile and drone production, and degrading its missile launch capabilities—in remarks during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, as he outlined the rationale for ongoing operations and broader US policy priorities.
- [You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago](https://iwpost.com/you-can-finally-change-the-goofy-gmail-address-you-chose-years-ago/): Someone is celebrating a birthday tomorrow—it’s Gmail.
- [LeAnn Rimes Horrifies Fans with Excruciatingly Painful Therapy (Video)](https://iwpost.com/leann-rimes-horrifies-fans-with-excruciatingly-painful-therapy-video/): LeAnn Rimes has fans doing a double take after sharing a jaw-dropping — and seriously painful-looking — moment from her latest wellness journey.
- [Trump Fed pick Warsh eyes a ‘family fight’ shakeup](https://iwpost.com/trump-fed-pick-warsh-eyes-a-family-fight-shakeup/): Since President Donald Trump named Kevin Warsh as his choice for Federal Reserve chair on January 30, 2026, financial markets have focused on one question: Is he still the inflation hawk he once was, or is he now more comfortable with the lower interest rates that the president has long demanded?
- [Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file](https://iwpost.com/entire-claude-code-cli-source-code-leaks-thanks-to-exposed-map-file/): The entire source code for Anthropic’s Claude Code command line interface application (not the models themselves) has been leaked and disseminated, apparently due to a serious internal error.
- [US journalist abducted in Baghdad](https://iwpost.com/us-journalist-abducted-in-baghdad/): An American freelance reporter has been kidnapped in Baghdad, with officials saying a suspect has links to an Iran-backed militia.
- [Trump underestimated Iran’s resilience, gutting his exit options](https://iwpost.com/trump-underestimated-irans-resilience-gutting-his-exit-options/): For all their claims of military success in their war with Iran, the United States and Israel have yet to clearly define their rationale for starting the conflict, their goals and their exit strategy.
- [UN rights chief urges Israel to repeal death penalty law, warns about war crimes](https://iwpost.com/un-rights-chief-urges-israel-to-repeal-death-penalty-law-warns-about-war-crimes/): The UN human rights chief urged Israel on Tuesday to revoke its death penalty law, warning against legislative steps targeting Palestinians in violation of international law, Anadolu reports.
- [It's a race against time to save Krypto in Supergirl trailer](https://iwpost.com/its-a-race-against-time-to-save-krypto-in-supergirl-trailer/): We haven’t heard much about Warner Bros.’ forthcoming Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock in the title role, since the first teaser dropped back in December.
- [Hezbollah Fires Over 50 Rockets and Drones at Upper Galilee, Injures 3, Including Child](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-fires-over-50-rockets-and-drones-at-upper-galilee-injures-3-including-child/): Hezbollah fired more than 50 rockets and drones toward the Upper Galilee on Tuesday evening, wounding three people and causing localized damage, as earlier attacks from Iran struck central Israel and injured at least nine others.
- [Shared energy stakes call for greater China-India cooperation](https://iwpost.com/shared-energy-stakes-call-for-greater-china-india-cooperation/): Speaking in Beijing on March 26, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of “immeasurably serious consequences” if energy and nuclear facilities are targeted amid the expanding Middle East conflict.
- [Sweaty, glassy-eyed Tiger Woods blames cell phone use for his car crash](https://iwpost.com/sweaty-glassy-eyed-tiger-woods-blames-cell-phone-use-for-his-car-crash/): Celebrities—they’re just like us!
- [Leaked Call Reveals Russia asked Hungary for Help on Sanctions](https://iwpost.com/leaked-call-reveals-russia-asked-hungary-for-help-on-sanctions/): A newly released recording has intensified scrutiny of Hungary’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Péter Szijjártó, who is already facing backlash over reports that he shared sensitive information with Russia during EU meetings.
- [Prince Harry’s Secret Flings Explode in Court?](https://iwpost.com/prince-harrys-secret-flings-explode-in-court/): Prince Harry’s war against the tabloids just took a stunning and deeply awkward turn — because the biggest bombshell didn’t come from journalists… it came from his own messages.
- [Iran war shows dollar’s grip starting to slip on Asia](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-shows-dollars-grip-starting-to-slip-on-asia/): For years, markets have treated geopolitical tension as a one-way trade: buy dollars, sell Asia.
- [NASA is leading the way to the Moon, but the military won't be far behind](https://iwpost.com/nasa-is-leading-the-way-to-the-moon-but-the-military-wont-be-far-behind/): KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida—The US military has always been part of NASA’s human spaceflight program.
- [As US gasoline passes $4, Hegseth says ground war still an option](https://iwpost.com/as-us-gasoline-passes-4-hegseth-says-ground-war-still-an-option/): WASHINGTON — The White House defended skyrocketing gas prices Tuesday as a “short-term disruption” during the ongoing war in Iran, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the administration will not “foreclose any option” in the conflict, including boots on the ground.
- [Iran seeks no ceasefire but complete end to war: Foreign minister​​​​​​​](https://iwpost.com/iran-seeks-no-ceasefire-but-complete-end-to-war-foreign-minister/): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday that Iran is not seeking a ceasefire but a complete end to the war across the region, stressing that any resolution must include guarantees against future attacks and compensation for damages, Anadolu reports.
- [Canadians Pray for Jerusalem as the Parliament Penalizes Quoting the Bible](https://iwpost.com/canadians-pray-for-jerusalem-as-the-parliament-penalizes-quoting-the-bible/): As Canada’s Parliament moved to pass legislation that could penalize the public quoting of certain biblical passages, a very different scene was unfolding in Ottawa.
- [Running local models on Macs gets faster with Ollama's MLX support](https://iwpost.com/running-local-models-on-macs-gets-faster-with-ollamas-mlx-support/): Ollama, a runtime system for operating large language models on a local computer, has introduced support for Apple’s open source MLX framework for machine learning.
- [Céline Dion announces comeback shows](https://iwpost.com/celine-dion-announces-comeback-shows/): Céline Dion has announced her return to the stage, four years after she was diagnosed with an incurable condition that affected her singing voice and her ability to walk.
- [With $4 gasoline, Hegseth says Iran ground war still an option](https://iwpost.com/with-4-gasoline-hegseth-says-iran-ground-war-still-an-option/): WASHINGTON — The White House defended skyrocketing gas prices Tuesday as a “short-term disruption” during the ongoing war in Iran, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the administration will not “foreclose any option” in the conflict, including boots on the ground.
- [Starlink satellite breaks apart into "tens of objects"; SpaceX confirms "anomaly"](https://iwpost.com/starlink-satellite-breaks-apart-into-tens-of-objects-spacex-confirms-anomaly/): SpaceX’s Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been produced by… whatever happened there.
- [Actor Dies at 42 After Battle with Rare Cancer](https://iwpost.com/actor-dies-at-42-after-battle-with-rare-cancer/): The entertainment world is mourning the loss of comedian and actor Alex Duong, who died at the age of 42 following a year-long battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
- [Trump's FCC Chief Says His Censorship Protects the Little Guy. It Really Serves One Powerful Man.](https://iwpost.com/trumps-fcc-chief-says-his-censorship-protects-the-little-guy-it-really-serves-one-powerful-man/): Localism is the idea that powerful entities (in this case, broadcasters) should serve the needs and interests of the communities they service.
- [With the Indo-Pacific concept’s demise, what of Japan, Australia?](https://iwpost.com/with-the-indo-pacific-concepts-demise-what-of-japan-australia/): The Indo-Pacific concept was built on the assumption that maritime power could span oceans, secure access, and shape events at a distance.
- [He-Man gets an origin story in Masters of the Universe trailer](https://iwpost.com/he-man-gets-an-origin-story-in-masters-of-the-universe-trailer/): We’ve got a brand new trailer for Masters of the Universe, the new film adaptation of the 1980s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series.
- [Three UN peacekeepers killed in Lebanon as Israeli strikes pummel south](https://iwpost.com/three-un-peacekeepers-killed-in-lebanon-as-israeli-strikes-pummel-south/): Three United Nations peacekeepers from Indonesia were killed in two separate incidents in southern Lebanon after a bloody weekend in which Lebanese journalists and medics ​were killed in Israeli strikes.
- [Creamy Jalapeño Sauce (Smooth, Tangy & So Easy to Make)](https://iwpost.com/creamy-jalapeno-sauce-smooth-tangy-so-easy-to-make/): If you ask me, a good creamy jalapeño sauce is one of the smartest things you can keep in the fridge.
- [Netanyahu Claims ‘Strategic Reversal’ Against Iran, Says Israel Has Delivered ‘10 Blows’ to Axis of Evil](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-claims-strategic-reversal-against-iran-says-israel-has-delivered-10-blows-to-axis-of-evil/): The post Netanyahu Claims ‘Strategic Reversal’ Against Iran, Says Israel Has Delivered ‘10 Blows’ to Axis of Evil appeared first on The Media Line.
- [FT: Hegseth broker tried to invest in weapons just before Iran war](https://iwpost.com/ft-hegseth-broker-tried-to-invest-in-weapons-just-before-iran-war/): US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Dan Caine hold a press conference March 2, 2026.
- [UN condemns Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians as ‘particularly cruel’](https://iwpost.com/un-condemns-israeli-death-penalty-law-for-palestinians-as-particularly-cruel/): The United Nations on Tuesday strongly opposed a new Israeli law allowing the death penalty for Palestinians, calling it “particularly cruel and discriminatory,” Anadolu reports.
- [Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption](https://iwpost.com/quantum-computers-need-vastly-fewer-resources-than-thought-to-break-vital-encryption/): Building a utility-scale quantum computer that can crack one of the most vital cryptosystems—elliptic curves—doesn’t require nearly the resources anticipated just a year or two ago, two independently written whitepapers have concluded.
- [Iraq Reroutes Oil Exports Through Syria After Gulf Supply Disruptions  ](https://iwpost.com/iraq-reroutes-oil-exports-through-syria-after-gulf-supply-disruptions/): Iraq has announced the start of oil exports through Syrian territory following the disruption of traditional supply routes during the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Artemis II is going so well that we're left to talk about frozen urine](https://iwpost.com/artemis-ii-is-going-so-well-that-were-left-to-talk-about-frozen-urine/): The Orion spacecraft is now much closer to the Moon than Earth on its 10-day journey into deep space and back, and overall everything is going smashingly well.
- [Creamy Spinach Artichoke Chicken (Easy & High-Protein Dinner)](https://iwpost.com/creamy-spinach-artichoke-chicken-easy-high-protein-dinner/): Growing up, I always thought cottage cheese was just something you ate with fruit or crackers. That’s how my grandma served it, so I never questioned it.
- [Multiple Injured After City Bus Crashes into Popular Restaurant](https://iwpost.com/multiple-injured-after-city-bus-crashes-into-popular-restaurant/): A quiet Saturday morning in Washington, D.C.
- [Tech companies are trying to neuter Colorado’s landmark right-to-repair law](https://iwpost.com/tech-companies-are-trying-to-neuter-colorados-landmark-right-to-repair-law/): Right-to-repair efforts are gaining headway in the US. A lot of that movement has been led by state legislation in Colorado.
- [Syrian Petroleum says 500,000 tons of Iraqi fuel to transit monthly to Baniyas](https://iwpost.com/syrian-petroleum-says-500000-tons-of-iraqi-fuel-to-transit-monthly-to-baniyas/): The Syrian Petroleum Company said Saturday that the volume of Iraqi fuel oil flowing to the Baniyas refinery in western Syria is expected to reach about 500,000 metric tons per month, Anadolu reports.
- [President Trump Warns ‘All Hell Will Reign Down’ if Iran Fails To Reopen Strait of Hormuz Within 48 Hours ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-warns-all-hell-will-reign-down-if-iran-fails-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-within-48-hours/): The post President Trump Warns ‘All Hell Will Reign Down’ if Iran Fails To Reopen Strait of Hormuz Within 48 Hours appeared first on The Media Line.
- [Forest Service overhaul sows confusion and concern](https://iwpost.com/forest-service-overhaul-sows-confusion-and-concern/): This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Congress Demands 46 Secret UFO Videos be Released:  ‘You’re Gonna See Some Weird Stuff’](https://iwpost.com/congress-demands-46-secret-ufo-videos-be-released-youre-gonna-see-some-weird-stuff/): Washington is bracing for what could be one of the most explosive UFO disclosures yet.
- [US Embassy in Albania Warns Iran May Target US-Linked Entities and Opposition Figures](https://iwpost.com/us-embassy-in-albania-warns-iran-may-target-us-linked-entities-and-opposition-figures/): Albania warns that US-linked entities, Americans, and members of the Iranian opposition could be targeted by Iran as the Middle Eastern war continues, according to the US embassy and local authorities.
- [US President Donald Trump issues 48-hour ultimatum to Iran over Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/us-president-donald-trump-issues-48-hour-ultimatum-to-iran-over-strait-of-hormuz/): US President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran has 48 hours to meet Washington’s demands to make a deal or reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump, Rubio say war ‘finish line’ is approaching](https://iwpost.com/trump-rubio-say-war-finish-line-is-approaching/): The United States has indicated that its military operations in Iran could conclude within weeks, even as fresh incidents across the Middle East underscore the fragility of the situation.
- [US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare](https://iwpost.com/us-and-iran-a-brief-history-of-how-decades-of-mistrust-and-bad-blood-led-to-open-warfare/): With U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries.
- [Far-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy War](https://iwpost.com/far-right-religious-leaders-advising-trump-see-iran-as-an-end-times-holy-war/): Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement.
- [Bangladesh: ‘Hasina question’ haunts and nettles new PM Rahman](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-hasina-question-haunts-and-nettles-new-pm-rahman/): The letter landed within Dhaka’s already charged political atmosphere.
- [This Ford is the quickest production car at the Nürburgring, ever](https://iwpost.com/this-ford-is-the-quickest-production-car-at-the-nurburgring-ever/): When it comes to automotive bragging rights, a good Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time is right up there with the best of them.
- [Mojtaba Khamenei Effectively Has No Role in Leadership Due to the Severity of His Injuries](https://iwpost.com/mojtaba-khamenei-effectively-has-no-role-in-leadership-due-to-the-severity-of-his-injuries/): More than one month after the devastating attack by Israeli fighter jets on Ali Khamenei’s office and residence (known as the Beit-e Rahbari), which resulted in the death of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, high-ranking officials, and military commanders, the ruling regime in Iran has released no clear news regarding the status of Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been introduced as the new leader.
- [Why does chocolate cost so much this Easter, when cocoa’s price is at a 3‑year low?](https://iwpost.com/why-does-chocolate-cost-so-much-this-easter-when-cocoas-price-is-at-a-3-year-low/): An Easter bunny for $10. A box of 20 hollow Easter eggs for $18. A 100g block of plain dark chocolate for $8.50.
- [Roseanne Barr Sparks Death Fears After Defying Doctors Over ‘Damaged Heart’](https://iwpost.com/roseanne-barr-sparks-death-fears-after-defying-doctors-over-damaged-heart/): Roseanne Barr is setting off alarm bells — and not just on stage.
- [China cranks South China Sea buildup while Iran consumes US](https://iwpost.com/china-cranks-south-china-sea-buildup-while-iran-consumes-us/): China’s renewed land reclamation at Antelope Reef comes as the ongoing US-Israel-Iran War draws significant US military assets into the Middle East, raising questions over whether shifting US force posture is opening strategic space in the South China Sea.
- [Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license](https://iwpost.com/google-announces-gemma-4-open-ai-models-switches-to-apache-2-0-license/): Google’s Gemini AI models have improved by leaps and bounds over the past year, but you can only use Gemini on Google’s terms.
- [The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ‘Deus Vult’](https://iwpost.com/the-us-defence-secretary-pete-hegseths-deus-vult/): ‘Deus vult’ (God wills it) was the rallying cry of medieval crusaders.
- [Salarymen, specialists, startups and the AI future of work](https://iwpost.com/salarymen-specialists-startups-and-the-ai-future-of-work/): In the medium to long term, AI may replace all human jobs (or maybe not). But in the short term, AI doesn’t seem to be doing this yet.
- [OpenClaw gives users yet another reason to be freaked out about security](https://iwpost.com/openclaw-gives-users-yet-another-reason-to-be-freaked-out-about-security/): For more than a month, security practitioners have been warning about the perils of using OpenClaw, the viral AI agentic tool that has taken the development community by storm.
- [Trump’s Holy War Abroad and at Home](https://iwpost.com/trumps-holy-war-abroad-and-at-home/): After more than a month into the U.S.–Israel conflict with Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation directly for the first time on Wednesday about why he dragged the country into an unprovoked illegal war.
- [Iran claims responsibility for downing two US warplanes](https://iwpost.com/iran-claims-responsibility-for-downing-two-us-warplanes/): Iran has claimed responsibility for shooting down two US warplanes.
- [Trump lit the Mideast fire – now he wants the world to put it out](https://iwpost.com/trump-lit-the-mideast-fire-now-he-wants-the-world-to-put-it-out/): There is a peculiar logic at work in the Trump administration’s approach to the Iran war — one that would be almost admirable in its audacity if it were not so catastrophically dangerous.
- [Dancing Through the Crackdown: The Satirical Song Soundtracking Post-Khamenei Iran](https://iwpost.com/dancing-through-the-crackdown-the-satirical-song-soundtracking-post-khamenei-iran/): Just days after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Naz—a London-based artist and TikToker of Iranian descent—appeared in a music video celebrating the dictator’s death.
- [Trump ignores biggest reasons his AI data center buildout is failing](https://iwpost.com/trump-ignores-biggest-reasons-his-ai-data-center-buildout-is-failing/): Donald Trump is facing significant hurdles after declaring, in a series of executive orders last year, that rapid construction of AI data centers was among his top priorities to ensure the US wins the AI race against China.
- [Wild Coyote Attacks 4-Year-Old in Family Driveway (Video)](https://iwpost.com/wild-coyote-attacks-4-year-old-in-family-driveway-video/): A quiet Los Angeles neighborhood turned into a scene of panic after a wild coyote suddenly attacked a 4-year-old boy right in his own driveway — and the terrifying moment was caught on camera.
- [Easy Sausage Pinwheels 🌀🥓 – The Perfect 3-Ingredient Appetizer](https://iwpost.com/easy-sausage-pinwheels-%f0%9f%8c%80%f0%9f%a5%93-the-perfect-3-ingredient-appetizer/): Looking for a quick, crowd-pleasing appetizer that’s big on flavor but low on effort? These Sausage Pinwheels are about to become your go-to recipe!
- [Trump turning China’s yuan into world’s next safe haven](https://iwpost.com/trump-turning-chinas-yuan-into-worlds-next-safe-haven/): TOKYO — As US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and military adventurism chip away at the dollar’s credibility, the privilege may be all China’s.
- ["Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds](https://iwpost.com/cognitive-surrender-leads-ai-users-to-abandon-logical-thinking-research-finds/): When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users.
- [2nd US Air Force combat plane crashes in Persian Gulf region: Report](https://iwpost.com/2nd-us-air-force-combat-plane-crashes-in-persian-gulf-region-report/): U.S. Navy warplane takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during Operation Epic Fury targeting Iran in the Gulf of Oman, on March 01, 2026.
- [Artemis Moon Mission “Ready to Go” – NASA](https://iwpost.com/artemis-moon-mission-ready-to-go-nasa/): The countdown is underway for Artemis II, as NASA prepares to send astronauts on a mission around the Moon.
- [Hormuz blockade driving a Gulf logistics revolution](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-blockade-driving-a-gulf-logistics-revolution/): Two young brothers must step in for their father, fetching wood with a cart. Before leaving, they ask him what to do if the cart breaks down, as it often does.
- [As Artemis II zooms to the Moon, everything seems to be going swimmingly](https://iwpost.com/as-artemis-ii-zooms-to-the-moon-everything-seems-to-be-going-swimmingly/): As the Artemis II lunar mission moved into its third day on Friday, and with the spacecraft’s big engine firing behind it, the four astronauts on board had a little more downtime.
- [Iran Shoots Down F-15 Fighter Jet After Trump Bragged They Had No Capability](https://iwpost.com/iran-shoots-down-f-15-fighter-jet-after-trump-bragged-they-had-no-capability/): Iran shot down a U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet, U.S. officials said on Friday. At about the same time, a second U.S.
- [Saudi Arabia Imposes Fines and Travel Bans for Citizens Visiting Restricted Countries ](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-imposes-fines-and-travel-bans-for-citizens-visiting-restricted-countries/): Saudi Arabia has enacted new rules penalizing citizens who travel to restricted destinations, with fines reaching up to SR30,000 and travel bans of up to two years, following approval by Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif.
- [Liberation Day tariffs celebrated a year out by Trump, few others](https://iwpost.com/liberation-day-tariffs-celebrated-a-year-out-by-trump-few-others/): Trade disrupted, this time not on account of Trump tariffs: Following an incident that caused an estimated 75 shipping containers to fall from the cargo ship Mississippi on September 9, 2025, at the Port of Long Beach, California, US Coast Guard small boat crews established a safety zone surrounding the vessel.
- [Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon](https://iwpost.com/trump-proposes-steep-cut-to-nasa-budget-as-astronauts-head-for-the-moon/): President Donald Trump released a budget blueprint on Friday calling for a 23 percent cut to NASA’s budget, two days after the agency launched four astronauts on the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years.
- [Ukrainian drones strike Russian oil terminal](https://iwpost.com/ukrainian-drones-strike-russian-oil-terminal/): Ukrainian drones have hit Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days, as Kyiv intensifies its campaign against Russian oil export infrastructure.
- [New Breathtaking Images of Earth Taken from Artemis II](https://iwpost.com/new-breathtaking-images-of-earth-taken-from-artemis-ii/): Humanity just got its first breathtaking glimpse of Earth from a moon-bound crew in more than half a century — and even the astronauts themselves were left speechless.
- [Defenses not ‘annihilated,’ Iran reportedly downs two US planes](https://iwpost.com/defenses-not-annihilated-iran-reportedly-downs-two-us-planes/): A US A-10 Warthog, the same type as one that reportedly has been shot down in the Iran war.
- [Elon Musk insists banks working on SpaceX IPO must buy Grok subscriptions](https://iwpost.com/elon-musk-insists-banks-working-on-spacex-ipo-must-buy-grok-subscriptions/): Banks and other firms that want to work on SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) are being required to buy subscriptions to the Grok AI service, The New York Times reported today.
- [US proposed 48-hour ceasefire with Tehran on April 2, reports Iranian media](https://iwpost.com/us-proposed-48-hour-ceasefire-with-tehran-on-april-2-reports-iranian-media/): The US proposed a 48-hour ceasefire with Iran on April 2 through a third country, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Friday, citing an informed source.
- [DHS Launches Massive “Less Lethal” Chemical Weapons Buying Spree](https://iwpost.com/dhs-launches-massive-less-lethal-chemical-weapons-buying-spree/): U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to order a vast arsenal of chemical grenades, sprays, projectiles, and other weapons, according to procurement materials reviewed by The Intercept.
- [AI’s fluency in other languages hides Western worldview](https://iwpost.com/ais-fluency-in-other-languages-hides-western-worldview/): A friend in Indonesia recently told me about a conversation he had with ChatGPT.
- [Cross-Border Tunnels Spotlight Smuggling and Security Tensions Between Syria and Lebanon  ](https://iwpost.com/cross-border-tunnels-spotlight-smuggling-and-security-tensions-between-syria-and-lebanon/): [Damascus] The Syrian government’s announcement regarding the discovery of tunnels extending across the border with Lebanon has highlighted security challenges and the complex border dynamics between the two countries.
- [Netflix must refund customers for years of price hikes, Italian court rules](https://iwpost.com/netflix-must-refund-customers-for-years-of-price-hikes-italian-court-rules/): A Rome court has ruled that the price hikes Netflix imposed on subscribers in Italy in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2024 were unlawful.
- [WTO Talks Collapse Draws Warning from EU Lawmaker Over Global Trade Risks](https://iwpost.com/wto-talks-collapse-draws-warning-from-eu-lawmaker-over-global-trade-risks/): The collapse of a World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Yaoundé has raised concerns about the stability of global trade and confidence in the multilateral system, European lawmaker Jörgen Warborn said on Tuesday.
- [One acre, one vote: The bizarre election that could decide Arizona’s energy future](https://iwpost.com/one-acre-one-vote-the-bizarre-election-that-could-decide-arizonas-energy-future/): In a country characterized by antiquated systems for regulating how electricity is produced and transported to homes and businesses, one utility in Arizona may be the most outdated.
- [$1.5 trillion Pentagon budget would explode US debt by $7 trillion](https://iwpost.com/1-5-trillion-pentagon-budget-would-explode-us-debt-by-7-trillion/): The budget document that President Donald Trump’s White House is set to release Friday calls for $1.5 trillion in military spending for the coming fiscal year, an unprecedented sum that—if approved by Congress—would add nearly $7 trillion to the US national debt over the next decade.
- [EV adoption in America: Who's winning, who's losing?](https://iwpost.com/ev-adoption-in-america-whos-winning-whos-losing/): With the war in the Persian Gulf now more than a month old, the effect on fuel prices is plain to see: On average, they’re up almost a dollar per gallon, or 25 percent, according to AAA.
- [‘Gangster’ Queen Elizabeth Executed Shocking Palace Cover-Ups](https://iwpost.com/gangster-queen-elizabeth-executed-shocking-palace-cover-ups/): A wave of explosive allegations is tearing through the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II — with insiders claiming the monarchy’s polished image may have been built on years of tightly controlled silence, buried warnings, and ruthless damage control.
- [Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest](https://iwpost.com/grandmother-faces-trial-in-alabama-for-wearing-penis-costume-to-no-kings-protest/): In the body camera footage, a police officer parks his black SUV on the grass, a rosary swinging from the rearview mirror.
- [Taiwan opposition leader’s China trip is fraught with risk](https://iwpost.com/taiwan-opposition-leaders-china-trip-is-fraught-with-risk/): Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), plans to visit mainland China from April 7-12.
- [Macron: War will not resolve Iran’s nuclear issue](https://iwpost.com/macron-war-will-not-resolve-irans-nuclear-issue/): French President Emmanuel Macron said that a war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran would not provide a lasting solution to the Iranian nuclear issue, urging a return to diplomacy.
- [Turkey’s Rearrest of Fugitive Revives Mystery of Syrian Defector’s Disappearance](https://iwpost.com/turkeys-rearrest-of-fugitive-revives-mystery-of-syrian-defectors-disappearance/): [DAMASCUS] Turkish authorities have rearrested a fugitive convict tied to one of the earliest and most consequential cross-border abduction cases of the Syrian uprising, reviving questions about how defected Syrian officers were seized on Turkish soil and handed back to Bashar Assad’s security apparatus.
- [OpenAI takes on another "side quest," buys tech-focused talk show TBPN](https://iwpost.com/openai-takes-on-another-side-quest-buys-tech-focused-talk-show-tbpn/): OpenAI has struck a deal to acquire TBPN, a technology-focused talk show popular in Silicon Valley, making an unexpected move into broadcasting after pledging to abandon “side quests” and focus on its core business.
- [Factory input costs soar worldwide as Iran war snarls up supply chains](https://iwpost.com/factory-input-costs-soar-worldwide-as-iran-war-snarls-up-supply-chains/): Factories across the world faced soaring input costs and supply chain disruptions in March due ​to the Iran war as underlying tepid demand threatened to undermine the manufacturing sector’s fragile recovery, surveys showed.
- [RFK Jr. May Reverse a Peptide Ban He Calls “Illegal.” Former FDA Officials Say He Mischaracterized Their Work.](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-may-reverse-a-peptide-ban-he-calls-illegal-former-fda-officials-say-he-mischaracterized-their-work/): Just under three years ago, the Food and Drug Administration deemed 19 peptide drugs too unsafe to be dispensed by compounding pharmacies, which mix components of approved drugs to create bespoke medication for people who have trouble taking commonly available products.
- [Canada has the antidote to Asia’s energy anxiety](https://iwpost.com/canada-has-the-antidote-to-asias-energy-anxiety/): That insight—later dubbed “Amara’s Law”—has since traveled far beyond the realm of technology, offering a useful paradigm through which to understand disruption in all its forms.
- [Renewables dominate 2025's newly installed generating capacity](https://iwpost.com/renewables-dominate-2025s-newly-installed-generating-capacity/): On Wednesday, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released its numbers on what was built in 2025.
- [Meghan Markle ‘Demanded’ Spot at Queen’s Deathbed for Shocking Reason](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-demanded-spot-at-queens-deathbed-for-shocking-reason/): Meghan Markle reportedly pushed hard to be present during one of the most emotional moments in modern royal history—but insiders now claim her motives had less to do with grief and more to do with spotlight.
- [CDU/CSU calls for cannabis rethink 2 years in](https://iwpost.com/cdu-csu-calls-for-cannabis-rethink-2-years-in/): Government ministers from Germany‘s conservative CDU and CSU parties on Wednesday called for changes to the 2024 partial legalization of cannabis introduced by the previous more left-leaning coalition government.
- [NVIDIA’s $2 billion sprinkler remaking the AI supply chain](https://iwpost.com/nvidias-2-billion-sprinkler-remaking-the-ai-supply-chain/): These days, it seems that if NVIDIA needs something to be secured, it writes a US$2 billion check. Synopsys in December. CoreWeave in January.
- [Syrian President: Israel Talks Stalled at the Last Minute; Syria Won’t Enter War Unless Attacked](https://iwpost.com/syrian-president-israel-talks-stalled-at-the-last-minute-syria-wont-enter-war-unless-attacked/): [DAMASCUS] Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said that his country had sought to reach understandings with Israel through dialogue, but those efforts stalled at the last minute.
- [New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian](https://iwpost.com/new-fossil-deposits-show-complex-animal-groups-predating-the-cambrian/): The details of how animal life began are a bit murky.
- [Ham & Cheese Breakfast Casserole – Easy, Protein-Packed & Keto-Friendly](https://iwpost.com/ham-cheese-breakfast-casserole-easy-protein-packed-keto-friendly/): This Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole is the ultimate go-to when you want a warm, satisfying, protein-rich breakfast with minimal effort.
- [Two-Thirds of People Arrested by ICE in Minnesota Surge Had No Criminal Records, New Data Reveals](https://iwpost.com/two-thirds-of-people-arrested-by-ice-in-minnesota-surge-had-no-criminal-records-new-data-reveals-2/): The majority of immigration arrests made by federal agents during President Donald Trump’s enforcement surge in Minnesota last winter were of people with no criminal background, according to The Intercept’s analysis of newly revealed government data.
- [US defense chief asks Army Chief of Staff Gen. George to step down: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-defense-chief-asks-army-chief-of-staff-gen-george-to-step-down-report/): US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers remarks as him and the US Secretaries of State and Defense Marco Rubio host their Australian counterparts for bilateral talks at the State Department in Washington DC, United States on December 8, 2025.
- [Trump falling into Iran’s asymmetric resolve trap](https://iwpost.com/trump-falling-into-irans-asymmetric-resolve-trap/): Little has seemingly gone as Washington planned in the war against Iran.
- [Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones](https://iwpost.com/male-octopuses-guided-through-mating-by-female-hormones/): Octopuses are one of the most alien creatures on Earth.
- [Why parts of Good Friday worship have been controversial](https://iwpost.com/why-parts-of-good-friday-worship-have-been-controversial/): Churches around the world were and are holding services for their three most important days during this Holy Week: Holy Thursday, sometimes called Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
- [Japan’s super Aegis ships: potent deterrence or sitting ducks?](https://iwpost.com/japans-super-aegis-ships-potent-deterrence-or-sitting-ducks/): Japan’s 12,000-ton Aegis ships promise stronger missile defense—but may concentrate risk in ways that echo past naval failures.
- [Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars](https://iwpost.com/google-vids-gets-ai-upgrade-with-veo-and-lyria-models-directable-ai-avatars/): OpenAI might be pulling back on video generation, but Google is forging ahead with a major AI update to its Vids editing product.
- [McDonald’s Meals Turn into $12K Jackpots — Customers Stunned After Finding Ultra-Rare “Gold Ronald” Cards](https://iwpost.com/mcdonalds-meals-turn-into-12k-jackpots-customers-stunned-after-finding-ultra-rare-gold-ronald-cards/): A simple fast food run just turned into a life-changing payday for a handful of lucky diners — and the wild part? There are still more prizes hiding out there.
- [4 injured in Hezbollah rocket barrage during Passover; 2 IDF soldiers wounded in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/4-injured-in-hezbollah-rocket-barrage-during-passover-2-idf-soldiers-wounded-in-lebanon/): As Hezbollah launched 130 rockets into Israel on Wednesday and Thursday, the IDF responded in Lebanon, with two soldiers wounded in combat.
- [The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund Leads Cohort Fighting Trump’s Unconstitutional Media Attacks](https://iwpost.com/the-intercepts-press-freedom-defense-fund-leads-cohort-fighting-trumps-unconstitutional-media-attacks/): By constitutional design, the press is antagonistic to the government.
- [Donald Trump says the US doesn’t get much out of Nato membership – but is that true?](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-says-the-us-doesnt-get-much-out-of-nato-membership-but-is-that-true/): Following the reluctance of many traditional American allies to become involved in the war against Iran, Donald Trump is once again threatening to withdraw the US from Nato.
- [EU-India FTA: true commitment or marriage of convenience?](https://iwpost.com/eu-india-fta-true-commitment-or-marriage-of-convenience/): On March 30, as an 11-member delegation from the European Parliament touched down in New Delhi, the choreography of diplomacy unfolded with familiar optimism.
- [Four astronauts are now inexorably bound for the Moon](https://iwpost.com/four-astronauts-are-now-inexorably-bound-for-the-moon/): The Orion spacecraft successfully fired its main engine for 5 minutes and 50 seconds on Thursday, sending four astronauts on a free-return trajectory around the Moon.
- [Iran publishes lists of regional bridges in possible ‘tit-for-tat’ retaliation after US-Israeli attack](https://iwpost.com/iran-publishes-lists-of-regional-bridges-in-possible-tit-for-tat-retaliation-after-us-israeli-attack/): Iranian media published a list of major bridges across the region on Thursday, hinting at a “tit-for-tat” retaliation following a US-Israeli attack on a key bridge in the northern city of Karaj, Anadolu reports.
- [Britain eyes summer deadline for EU reset deal](https://iwpost.com/britain-eyes-summer-deadline-for-eu-reset-deal/): A deal to re-align key parts of the U.K.
- [Another Fed rate cut still possible but far from guaranteed](https://iwpost.com/another-fed-rate-cut-still-possible-but-far-from-guaranteed/): It’s still possible the Federal Reserve will slash interest rates again this year – but don’t count on it.
- [SpaceX tries to convince FCC that Amazon put satellites into wrong altitude](https://iwpost.com/spacex-tries-to-convince-fcc-that-amazon-put-satellites-into-wrong-altitude/): Starlink operator SpaceX claims that Amazon violated orbital debris requirements by launching satellites into initial altitudes that are too high, increasing the risk of collision with other satellites and spacecraft.
- [Will row over Iran conflict spell the end of Nato?](https://iwpost.com/will-row-over-iran-conflict-spell-the-end-of-nato/): This is the text from The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi](https://iwpost.com/trump-fires-attorney-general-pam-bondi/): Trump's erstwhile Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- [President Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi; Todd Blanche Named Interim Replacement](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-fires-attorney-general-pam-bondi-todd-blanche-named-interim-replacement/): President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke with Fox News Digital, marking a sudden leadership change at the Department of Justice amid reported dissatisfaction with her performance.
- [Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says](https://iwpost.com/perplexitys-incognito-mode-is-a-sham-lawsuit-says/): Perplexity’s AI search engine encourages users to go deeper with their prompts by engaging in chat sessions that a lawsuit has alleged are often shared in their entirety with Google and Meta without users’ knowledge or consent.
- [Beloved Hallmark Star Dead at 85](https://iwpost.com/beloved-hallmark-star-dead-at-85/): The woman who helped bring Christmas magic to life on screen has taken her final bow.
- [Mother of the Last Afghan in Guantánamo Bay Begs Trump to Free Her Son](https://iwpost.com/mother-of-the-last-afghan-in-guantanamo-bay-begs-trump-to-free-her-son/): The mother of the last remaining Afghan detained at Guantánamo Bay is pleading with the Trump administration to free her son, who has been held in detention for nearly two decades without ever being charged with a crime.
- [Iran’s president appeals to Americans − but does his office still hold any real power?](https://iwpost.com/irans-president-appeals-to-americans-%e2%88%92-but-does-his-office-still-hold-any-real-power/): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian penned an open letter to “the people of the United States” on April 1, 2026, in which he implored Americans to “look beyond” misinformation that portrayed Iran as a threat to the world.
- [Extreme weather batters Italy’s Adriatic regions, cutting roads and rail lines](https://iwpost.com/extreme-weather-batters-italys-adriatic-regions-cutting-roads-and-rail-lines/): Italy has been effectively split along its Adriatic side after nearly 72 hours of severe weather battered central and southern regions, triggering floods, landslides and major transport disruption.
- [China imports US oil for Asian fuel markets amid Hormuz crisis](https://iwpost.com/china-imports-us-oil-for-asian-fuel-markets-amid-hormuz-crisis/): China is moving to resume large-scale purchases of United States liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil, as supply disruptions in the Middle East and tightening fuel markets across Asia force Beijing to recalibrate its energy strategy.
- [SpaceX claims Amazon Leo launches could crash into Starlink satellites](https://iwpost.com/spacex-claims-amazon-leo-launches-could-crash-into-starlink-satellites/): Starlink operator SpaceX claims that Amazon violated orbital debris requirements by launching satellites into initial altitudes that are too high, increasing the risk of collision with other satellites and spacecraft.
- [Nato has survived some serious rifts but the Iran war shows how the US has soured on the transatlantic alliance](https://iwpost.com/nato-has-survived-some-serious-rifts-but-the-iran-war-shows-how-the-us-has-soured-on-the-transatlantic-alliance/): The US president took the opportunity of a prime-time speech to the US public on April 1 to repeat his by now-familiar criticism of America’s Nato allies for not joining the war in Iran.
- [Notes on the Knesset’s approval of the death penalty for Palestinians](https://iwpost.com/notes-on-the-knessets-approval-of-the-death-penalty-for-palestinians/): The Israeli parliament (the Knesset) has approved amendments to the penal code that have triggered a broad wave of criticism, as they directly target Palestinians by introducing the death penalty in a legal framework designed to facilitate both its imposition and execution.
- [An ancient oracle warned that invading Persia would backfire](https://iwpost.com/an-ancient-oracle-warned-that-invading-persia-would-backfire/): Invasions of ancient Persia were always daunting tasks. They often led to disaster.
- [Iranian Women Elected to Office in U.S. Reject Trump’s Iran War](https://iwpost.com/iranian-women-elected-to-office-in-u-s-reject-trumps-iran-war/): A group of Iranian American women in elected office and civic life released a letter Tuesday calling for an immediate end to the U.S.–Israeli war on Iran as the deadline for President Donald Trump’s macabre threat to kill “a whole civilization” loomed.
- [Oldest Living ‘Wizard of Oz’ Cast Member Turns 107](https://iwpost.com/oldest-living-wizard-of-oz-cast-member-turns-107/): Hollywood just got a powerful reminder that true legends never fade.
- [Israel isn’t just responding to threats – it’s reshaping the Mideast](https://iwpost.com/israel-isnt-just-responding-to-threats-its-reshaping-the-mideast/): Discussions about Israel’s role in the Middle East still revolve around threats and responses.
- [US advises nationals to reconsider performing this year’s Hajj amid ongoing escalation](https://iwpost.com/us-advises-nationals-to-reconsider-performing-this-years-hajj-amid-ongoing-escalation/): The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia advised Americans on Tuesday to reconsider performing the Hajj pilgrimage this year amid the ongoing regional escalation, Anadolu reports.
- [What the heck is wrong with our AI overlords?](https://iwpost.com/what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-our-ai-overlords/): I don’t—thankfully—have to follow every statement that Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, makes about the world.
- [Iranians Fear Destruction of Power Plants as Trump Threatens ‘Stone Age’ and ‘Hell’ Scenario](https://iwpost.com/iranians-fear-destruction-of-power-plants-as-trump-threatens-stone-age-and-hell-scenario/): Many Iranians are increasingly alarmed at the prospect of widespread destruction of the country’s power plants and critical infrastructure, following threats by US President Donald Trump to escalate military action after a deadline set to expire early Wednesday, Tehran time.
- [American journalist released a week after being kidnapped in Iraq](https://iwpost.com/american-journalist-released-a-week-after-being-kidnapped-in-iraq/): The US journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad street corner last week, has been released, according to an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation.
- [US diverts JASSM-ER missiles to Iran, risking deterrence vs China](https://iwpost.com/us-diverts-jassm-er-missiles-to-iran-risking-deterrence-vs-china/): The US decision to shift its most advanced long-range cruise missiles to the Iran war is exposing a growing strain on its global strike posture as high-end munitions are pulled from other theaters.
- [SCOTUS overturns 5th Circuit ruling that told ISP to kick pirates off Internet](https://iwpost.com/scotus-overturns-5th-circuit-ruling-that-told-isp-to-kick-pirates-off-internet/): The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a 5th Circuit ruling that could have forced Internet service provider Grande Communications to terminate broadband subscribers accused of piracy.
- [Why this NASA climate scientist wants you to stay angry](https://iwpost.com/why-this-nasa-climate-scientist-wants-you-to-stay-angry/): Last month, climate scientist and author Kate Marvel resigned from her position at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, where she had spent more than a decade studying a warming world.
- [Why the war in Iran will make your UK mortgage more expensive](https://iwpost.com/why-the-war-in-iran-will-make-your-uk-mortgage-more-expensive/): The war in Iran is affecting the cost of living around the world.
- [US refugee policy for white South Africans is part of a century-long effort to keep some English-speaking nations white](https://iwpost.com/us-refugee-policy-for-white-south-africans-is-part-of-a-century-long-effort-to-keep-some-english-speaking-nations-white/): Whiteness appears to be an official immigration credential in the eyes of the United States government.
- [Kharg struck as Trump threatens to wipe out Iranian civilization](https://iwpost.com/kharg-struck-as-trump-threatens-to-wipe-out-iranian-civilization/): Just hours ahead of his self-imposed deadline for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to permanently wipe out the “whole civilization” of Iran – remarks seen as a straightforward expression of genocidal intent.
- [Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support](https://iwpost.com/linux-kernel-maintainers-are-following-through-on-removing-intel-486-support/): One point in favor of the sprawling Linux ecosystem is its broad hardware support—the kernel officially supports everything from ’90s-era PC hardware to Arm-based Apple Silicon chips, thanks to decades of combined effort from hardware manufacturers and motivated community members.
- [Woman Found Alive After Four Days Lost in The Forest](https://iwpost.com/woman-found-alive-after-four-days-lost-in-the-forest/): A terrifying hike turned into a four-day fight for survival — and somehow, she lived to tell the story.
- [James Bond Casting Debate Rekindled as Sydney Sweeney Emerges as Contender](https://iwpost.com/james-bond-casting-debate-rekindled-as-sydney-sweeney-emerges-as-contender/): Fresh speculation is gathering pace around Sydney Sweeney potentially taking on the role of James Bond, after a prominent Hollywood director publicly endorsed the idea—reigniting debate over the future direction of the long-running franchise.
- [Power cut off on Iran’s Kharg Island after heavy US strikes: Reports](https://iwpost.com/power-cut-off-on-irans-kharg-island-after-heavy-us-strikes-reports/): Power was cut off on Iran’s Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday following a wave of US strikes targeting more than 50 sites, according to US and Iranian media reports.
- [US Hits Air Defenses on Iran’s Kharg Island](https://iwpost.com/us-hits-air-defenses-on-irans-kharg-island/): The United States carried out strikes on air defense systems on Iran’s Kharg Island on Tuesday, a US official confirmed to Walla.
- [What Memento reveals about human nature, 25 years later](https://iwpost.com/what-memento-reveals-about-human-nature-25-years-later/): Christopher Nolan has cemented his status as one of our most consistently original and thought-provoking directors.
- [Israel’s death penalty law has little to do with criminal justice and everything to do with ethno-nationalism](https://iwpost.com/israels-death-penalty-law-has-little-to-do-with-criminal-justice-and-everything-to-do-with-ethno-nationalism/): In its nearly 80-year history, the state of Israel has carried out only one court-sanctioned execution: Adolf Eichmann, a principal architect of the Nazi holocaust.
- [Once-unthinkable 200 yen coming into market view](https://iwpost.com/once-unthinkable-200-yen-coming-into-market-view/): TOKYO — The Japanese capital is seeing a bull market in deja vu as policymakers man the battle stations against speculators dumping the yen.
- [Spicy Southern Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti Casserole (Ultimate Comfort Food)](https://iwpost.com/spicy-southern-cheesy-chicken-spaghetti-casserole-ultimate-comfort-food/): If there’s one dish that defines pure comfort food, it’s this Spicy Southern Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti Casserole.
- [“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability](https://iwpost.com/economic-civil-war-states-push-laws-to-shield-oil-and-gas-companies-from-accountability/): Across the country, Republican-led state legislatures are passing a slate of laws that effectively shield oil and gas companies from legal claims that they are responsible for the destruction and mounting toll caused by climate change.
- [Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing](https://iwpost.com/teardown-of-unreleased-lg-rollable-shows-why-rollable-phones-arent-a-thing/): LG was once a heavyweight in the smartphone industry, trading blows with hometown rival Samsung.
- [Three killed in shooting near Israeli consulate in Turkiye’s Istanbul](https://iwpost.com/three-killed-in-shooting-near-israeli-consulate-in-turkiyes-istanbul/): At least two attackers were killed ​and one was seriously injured in an extended gun ‌battle between police and assailants directly outside the building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on ​Tuesday, according to media reports and ​Reuters video.
- [The church behind Hegseth’s crusading religious rhetoric](https://iwpost.com/the-church-behind-hegseths-crusading-religious-rhetoric/): Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s conservative evangelical religious beliefs drew attention even before his confirmation hearings in January 2025.
- [‘Deadliest Catch’ Star Died as Cameras Roll After Falling Overboard](https://iwpost.com/deadliest-catch-star-died-as-cameras-roll-after-falling-overboard/): A shocking tragedy has rocked the world of Deadliest Catch after rising deckhand Todd Meadows lost his life in a nightmare accident while filming the hit Discovery series in the brutal waters of the Bering Sea.
- [Hormuz Shock Waves Push Iraq and Its Neighbors Deeper Into Crisis](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-shock-waves-push-iraq-and-its-neighbors-deeper-into-crisis/): In a vivid dispatch from a region being squeezed by war without always being on the battlefield, reporters Gilgamesh Nabeel and Jacob Wirtschafter trace how the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz is hammering Arab economies, with Iraq emerging as one of the clearest examples of a country already worn down by years of instability.
- [Intel is going all-in on advanced chip packaging](https://iwpost.com/intel-is-going-all-in-on-advanced-chip-packaging/): Sixteen miles north of Albuquerque, in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, an Intel chip plant sits on more than 200 acres of land.
- [Friction to fracture: Iran war breaks Indonesia-Iran ties](https://iwpost.com/friction-to-fracture-iran-war-breaks-indonesia-iran-ties/): Iran’s detention of two Indonesian oil tankers, the VLCC Pertamina Pride and the PIS Gamsunoro, marked a nadir in bilateral relations long regarded as strategically aligned.
- [Burhan abolishes senior military posts in Sudan army reshuffle](https://iwpost.com/burhan-abolishes-senior-military-posts-in-sudan-army-reshuffle/): Head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has issued a decree abolishing key senior military positions as part of a broader restructuring of Sudan’s armed forces.
- [Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored](https://iwpost.com/astronauts-set-distance-record-revealing-the-moon-as-a-place-to-be-explored/): After staring at the Moon for almost eight hours Monday, the commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission finally ran out of ways to describe what he was seeing.
- [Artemis II moon crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before](https://iwpost.com/artemis-ii-moon-crew-flies-farther-than-humans-have-ever-gone-before/): The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any ​humans before them, as they cruised through a rare flyby of the shadowed far side of the moon that revealed a lunar surface under cosmic bombardment.
- [BNP reform betrayal brewing in Bangladesh](https://iwpost.com/bnp-reform-betrayal-brewing-in-bangladesh/): The deliberate lapse of major reform ordinances in Bangladesh may be packaged as procedural housekeeping, but what is unfolding under the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government is essentially the dismantling of hard-won reforms meant to prevent the very abuses the country has long struggled to overcome.
- [Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science](https://iwpost.com/trumps-next-budget-once-again-calls-for-massive-cuts-to-science/): On Friday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for 2027.
- [How Iran wins the war on its own terms](https://iwpost.com/how-iran-wins-the-war-on-its-own-terms/): Iran has experienced meaningful attrition in a war it entered already weakened by international sanctions and a five-year drought.
- [Queen Elizabeth ‘Urged’ Prince Harry to Wait Before Marrying Meghan](https://iwpost.com/queen-elizabeth-urged-prince-harry-to-wait-before-marrying-meghan/): Shocking new claims are pulling back the curtain on royal tensions — and it sounds like even the late Queen Elizabeth II had serious doubts before Prince Harry rushed down the aisle with Meghan Markle.
- [Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Warns Hormuz War Is Pushing Millions Into Poverty as Iraq Rebuilds From Conflict](https://iwpost.com/bahrains-foreign-minister-warns-hormuz-war-is-pushing-millions-into-poverty-as-iraq-rebuilds-from-conflict/): [BAGHDAD] From a country whose diplomats are careful by tradition and always conscious of Washington’s preferences, the language was striking.
- [Sports bets on prediction markets ruled to be "swaps," exempt from state laws](https://iwpost.com/sports-bets-on-prediction-markets-ruled-to-be-swaps-exempt-from-state-laws/): A federal appeals court ruled that New Jersey cannot regulate sports bets on prediction markets because the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction.
- [South Korea points to Kim Jong Un’s daughter as next in line](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-points-to-kim-jong-uns-daughter-as-next-in-line/): South Korea’s spy agency now believes North ‌Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter has been positioned as his successor, lawmakers said on Monday, citing a recent public display of her driving a tank that was likely intended to dispel any doubts.
- [Over 7,100 injured in Israel since start of Iran war: Health Ministry](https://iwpost.com/over-7100-injured-in-israel-since-start-of-iran-war-health-ministry/): Israel’s Health Ministry said Monday at least 7,142 people have been injured since the start of the war with Iran, including 107 injuries in the past 24 hours, Anadolu reports.
- [Risks as Sino-Russian ‘Make America Weak Again’ dream coming true](https://iwpost.com/risks-as-sino-russian-make-america-weak-again-dream-coming-true/): If China and Russia were to have a joint slogan for their “strategic partnership,” it could be “MAWA – Make America Weak Again.” And if they had a dream, it would have been that Donald Trump would have been elected president in 2016 – and then re-elected in 2024 – and would act not for his own slogan of Make America Great Again, but for theirs of MAWA.
- [From folding boxes to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability](https://iwpost.com/from-folding-boxes-to-fixing-vacuums-gen-1-robotics-model-hits-99-reliability/): Robotic machine learning company Generalist has announced GEN-1, a new physical AI system that it says “crosses into production-level success rates” on “a broad range of physical skills” that used to require the dexterity and muscle memory of human hands.
- [The Media Just Can’t Help Turning Iran Fighter Jet Rescue Into “Black Hawk Down”](https://iwpost.com/the-media-just-cant-help-turning-iran-fighter-jet-rescue-into-black-hawk-down/): Neither Josh Hartnett nor Ewan McGregor were there, but the way the mainstream media is telling it, they might as well have been.
- [Iranians threaten to close another strait over Trump war](https://iwpost.com/iranians-threaten-to-close-another-strait-over-trump-war/): Pro-government forces walk in the port of the western Yemeni coastal town of Mokha on February 9, 2017, as part of a major offensive to recapture the coastline overlooking the Bab al-Mandab strait.
- [After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel](https://iwpost.com/after-court-loss-rfk-jr-gives-himself-more-power-over-cdc-vaccine-panel/): Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [ECB’s Stournaras says euro zone monetary policy will depend on size of energy disruption](https://iwpost.com/ecbs-stournaras-says-euro-zone-monetary-policy-will-depend-on-size-of-energy-disruption/): European Central Bank policymaker Yannis Stournaras ​said on Monday that ‌the appropriate euro zone monetary policy will depend on the size and ​nature of energy supply ​disruption from the Iran conflict.
- [President Trump Talks American Pride: ‘Operation Was Hard Decision, but We Leave No Man Behind’](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-talks-american-pride-operation-was-hard-decision-but-we-leave-no-man-behind/): President Donald Trump said Monday that US forces struck an underground Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters near Tehran even as American troops were racing to rescue two downed F-15 crew members in Iran, casting the operation as a historic display of military skill, intelligence coordination and national resolve.
- [‘Little House on the Prairie’ Family Member Dead](https://iwpost.com/little-house-on-the-prairie-family-member-dead/): A heartbreaking loss has rocked the extended Little House on the Prairie family — and fans are still trying to process the sudden news.
- [When North Korea can strike America: a dangerous policy gap](https://iwpost.com/when-north-korea-can-strike-america-a-dangerous-policy-gap/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, the article is republished with permission.
- [“The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI Insiders don’t trust CEO](https://iwpost.com/the-problem-is-sam-altman-openai-insiders-dont-trust-ceo/): On the same day that OpenAI released policy recommendations to ensure that AI benefits humanity if superintelligence is ever achieved, The New Yorker dropped a massive investigation into whether CEO Sam Altman can be trusted to actually follow through on OpenAI’s biggest promises.
- [Netanyahu urges Trump against Iran ceasefire: Report](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-urges-trump-against-iran-ceasefire-report/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged US President Donald Trump not to pursue a ceasefire with Iran at this stage, citing concerns over potential risks, according to a report published Monday by Axios.
- [US ban on Chinese fixed spy cameras led to a rising drone threat](https://iwpost.com/us-ban-on-chinese-fixed-spy-cameras-led-to-a-rising-drone-threat/): Chinese spy cameras remain in widespread use in the United States, in Canada and Mexico and worldwide.
- [NASA's Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?](https://iwpost.com/nasas-moon-ship-and-rocket-seem-to-be-working-well-so-what-about-the-landers/): As we have been reporting on Ars, NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission has been going rather well so far.
- [Shipping’s Next Crisis Could Be a Shortage of Crew, Not Cargo](https://iwpost.com/shippings-next-crisis-could-be-a-shortage-of-crew-not-cargo/): Mark O’Neil, chief executive of Columbia Group, has warned that mounting geopolitical and logistical pressures could push the global shipping industry towards a serious shortage of seafarers.
- [The Trump EPA Official in Charge of Methane Regulations Helped Write an Oil Industry Argument Against Those Rules](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-epa-official-in-charge-of-methane-regulations-helped-write-an-oil-industry-argument-against-those-rules/): The Trump administration official leading an effort to loosen rules on methane pollution was an unnamed author of key industry arguments against those same rules just four years ago when he was an oil and gas lobbyist.
- [Data centers are straining the grid. Can they be forced to pay for it?](https://iwpost.com/data-centers-are-straining-the-grid-can-they-be-forced-to-pay-for-it/): Last month, President Trump sat alongside executives of the largest tech companies in the country as they pledged to pay a fair share of the energy costs of their data center buildout.
- [Pakistan shouldn’t put all of its guns in China’s basket](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-shouldnt-put-all-of-its-guns-in-chinas-basket/): There's plenty of room for Pakistan and Turkey to deepen their strategic ties.
- [US Struck IRGC Headquarters During Pilot Rescue Mission ](https://iwpost.com/us-struck-irgc-headquarters-during-pilot-rescue-mission/): US forces carried out strikes on an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) underground headquarters near Tehran while simultaneously conducting a rescue operation for downed airmen, according to US officials, as fighting continued into nightfall in the Middle East.
- [Why will today's lunar flyby only beam back low-resolution video?](https://iwpost.com/why-will-todays-lunar-flyby-only-beam-back-low-resolution-video/): Humanity is about to get its first in-person, up-close look at the Moon in more than half a century.
- [Savannah Guthrie Returns to the ‘Today’ Show (Video)](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-returns-to-the-today-show-video/): Savannah Guthrie made an emotional and highly anticipated return to the Today show on Monday — stepping back into the spotlight for the first time since her mother’s mysterious abduction rocked her world.
- [Easy Al Pastor Marinade (10-Minute Homemade Recipe)](https://iwpost.com/easy-al-pastor-marinade-10-minute-homemade-recipe/): If you’ve ever craved the bold, smoky, slightly sweet flavor of al pastor tacos, this easy homemade Al Pastor Marinade is your new secret weapon.
- [Iran: Trump a ‘supreme war criminal’ if he executes strike threat](https://iwpost.com/iran-trump-a-supreme-war-criminal-if-he-executes-strike-threat/): A man takes pictures of Shahid Beheshti University following a US-Israeli strike in Tehran on April 4, 2026.
- [EU Lawmakers Push Major Overhaul of Vehicle Registration Systems](https://iwpost.com/eu-lawmakers-push-major-overhaul-of-vehicle-registration-systems/): Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism are poised this week to back sweeping reforms to vehicle registration systems across the European Union, aiming to accelerate digitalisation, strengthen cross‑border cooperation and crack down on fraud.
- [When the world moves faster for oil than for lives](https://iwpost.com/when-the-world-moves-faster-for-oil-than-for-lives/): There is a peculiar moral inversion unfolding in the waters of the Persian Gulf.
- [Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices](https://iwpost.com/used-ev-sales-spike-alongside-gas-prices/): Sales of used electric vehicles are surging in the US as models bought during a post-pandemic boom flood back onto the market, offering prospective buyers relief from a sharp rise in petrol prices.
- [China using Iran as proxy lab for future AI warfare with US](https://iwpost.com/china-using-iran-as-proxy-lab-for-future-ai-warfare-with-us/): China’s AI-driven intelligence support to Iran is turning the war into a deniable, data-driven proxy conflict in which battlefield advantage increasingly depends on information rather than force.
- [This Is What the Region Is Bracing For  If US Forces Enter Iran](https://iwpost.com/this-is-what-the-region-is-bracing-for-if-us-forces-enter-iran/): As talk shifts from airstrikes to the possibility of US boots on the ground in Iran, governments across the Middle East are quietly recalculating what comes next—and why even a limited operation could ripple far beyond the battlefield.
- [Memento turns 25](https://iwpost.com/memento-turns-25/): Christopher Nolan has cemented his status as one of our most consistently original and thought-provoking directors.
- [An American Company Drilled for Oil in Kenya — and Left Behind Soaring Cancer Rates](https://iwpost.com/an-american-company-drilled-for-oil-in-kenya-and-left-behind-soaring-cancer-rates/): This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
- [The Federal Government Is Rushing Toward AI. Our Reporting Offers Three Cautionary Tales.](https://iwpost.com/the-federal-government-is-rushing-toward-ai-our-reporting-offers-three-cautionary-tales/): As a cybersecurity reporter at ProPublica, much of my work over the past two years has focused on how the federal government and its IT contractors, like Microsoft, have navigated major technological transitions.
- [China issues e-commerce guidance after EU lawmakers’ visit](https://iwpost.com/china-issues-e-commerce-guidance-after-eu-lawmakers-visit/): China has issued guidance on Monday for its e-commerce sector that seeks to coordinate domestic development with international markets, ​a week after a delegation of European lawmakers visited to discuss related challenges ‌and competition.
- [Iran war giving US Pacific allies a missile defense wake-up call](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-giving-us-pacific-allies-a-missile-defense-wake-up-call/): The Iran war has resulted in the highest level of regional conflict seen since America’s 1991 Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, with more than a dozen countries targeted by Iranian drone or missile barrages.
- [Grace Kelly’s Final Mystery Still Haunts Fans](https://iwpost.com/grace-kellys-final-mystery-still-haunts-fans/): More than four decades after her death, Grace Kelly continues to hold a rare place in pop culture — one that blends old Hollywood glamour with real-life royalty.
- [Bad blood: everything that sparked the US-Iran war](https://iwpost.com/bad-blood-everything-that-sparked-the-us-iran-war/): With US bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across the Persian Gulf and restricting transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it is fair to suggest that the present moment represents a low in relations between the two countries.
- [Israel’s war on Iran and Lebanon costs $15bn: Hebrew newspaper](https://iwpost.com/israels-war-on-iran-and-lebanon-costs-15bn-hebrew-newspaper/): A Hebrew newspaper reported on Sunday that Israel has incurred costs of about $15 billion since the start of its war on Iran and Lebanon, warning that the figure is expected to rise as fighting continues and its economic impact expands.
- [2 Bodies Recovered From Haifa Strike Site, 2 Still Missing; Barrage Hits Central Israel, Multiple Injuries ](https://iwpost.com/2-bodies-recovered-from-haifa-strike-site-2-still-missing-barrage-hits-central-israel-multiple-injuries/): Two people who had been missing following a building collapse caused by a direct strike in Haifa on Monday were found dead Tuesday morning, while two others remain unaccounted for, as additional strikes in central Israel left several people wounded.
- [China overtakes US in R&D, but genesis spark still lags](https://iwpost.com/china-overtakes-us-in-rd-but-genesis-spark-still-lags/): It finally happened.
- [All AI, all the time](https://iwpost.com/all-ai-all-the-time/): But before I do that, here’s a roundup full of short takes and stories about AI.
- [Dolly Parton’s Dark Family Secrets Exposed!](https://iwpost.com/dolly-partons-dark-family-secrets-exposed/): Behind the rhinestones, chart-topping hits, and larger-than-life persona, Dolly Parton has quietly carried a past marked by heartbreak, hardship, and deeply personal struggles that fans rarely see.
- [Rented power, borrowed strength: The illusion of Gulf power in war](https://iwpost.com/rented-power-borrowed-strength-the-illusion-of-gulf-power-in-war/): There is increasing talk of Gulf monarchies entering a war with Iran. This prospect invites not admiration but scrutiny.
- [Pakistan Reverses Sharp Fuel Price Hike After Public Outcry](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-reverses-sharp-fuel-price-hike-after-public-outcry/): [ISLAMABAD] Facing massive public outrage, the Pakistani government abruptly reversed a steep hike in gasoline prices late Friday night.
- [White House pushed satellite firm to withhold images of Iran war](https://iwpost.com/white-house-pushed-satellite-firm-to-withhold-images-of-iran-war/): This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage after airstrikes targeting Iran's Parchin military base outside of Tehran, Iran, March 6, 2026.
- [60 Minutes Legend Blows Lid Off ‘Toxic’ CBS Newsroom in Shocking Tell-All](https://iwpost.com/60-minutes-legend-blows-lid-off-toxic-cbs-newsroom-in-shocking-tell-all/): A longtime face of one of America’s most respected news programs is pulling back the curtain — and what he’s revealing isn’t pretty.
- [Beyond Airstrikes: What US Boots on the Ground in Iran Could Mean for the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/beyond-airstrikes-what-us-boots-on-the-ground-in-iran-could-mean-for-the-middle-east/): The shadow of a wider war is darkening across the Middle East.
- [The bomb and the ayatollah: Islamic just war and the nuclear question in post-Khamenei Iran](https://iwpost.com/the-bomb-and-the-ayatollah-islamic-just-war-and-the-nuclear-question-in-post-khamenei-iran/): The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the opening phase of the US-Israeli war against Iran has generated a striking argument in strategic and theological circles alike: that the killing may have removed not merely a political leader but a normative brake on Iran’s possible march toward nuclear weapons.
- [Ultra Thick Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Cookies](https://iwpost.com/ultra-thick-bakery-style-chocolate-chip-cookies/): If you’ve ever dreamed of those thick, bakery-style chocolate chip cookies with gooey centers and crisp golden edges, this recipe is exactly what you need.
- [Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?](https://iwpost.com/climate-experts-say-spring-is-coming-earlier-how-will-that-affect-agriculture-and-ecosystems/): As a row crop farmer in St. Joseph, Missouri, Joe Lau said he’s noticing more extreme weather these days.
- [Rescue Mission in Iran Included CIA Misdirection, Fox Reports](https://iwpost.com/rescue-mission-in-iran-included-cia-misdirection-fox-reports/): Fox News reported Sunday that the rescue of a downed US airman in Iran involved a deception effort by the Central Intelligence Agency, fresh technical tracking, and urgent White House decisions after fears that the missing crew member’s distress signal might be a trap.
- [Brad Pitt’s Hollywood Comeback is Driving Angelina Jolie Crazy](https://iwpost.com/brad-pitts-hollywood-comeback-is-driving-angelina-jolie-crazy/): Brad Pitt may not have taken home Hollywood’s biggest trophy this year—but behind the scenes, insiders say he’s scoring something even bigger: a jaw-dropping payday and a personal victory lap that’s only intensifying his long-running feud with ex-wife Angelina Jolie.
- [Lebanon’s political elites are using displacement and humanitarian crisis to delay elections again](https://iwpost.com/lebanons-political-elites-are-using-displacement-and-humanitarian-crisis-to-delay-elections-again/): Lebanon was meant to be preparing for key parliamentary elections in May 2026. Then came the return of war.
- [Over 1,460 killed in Lebanon since beginning of Israeli attacks on March 2: Health Ministry](https://iwpost.com/over-1460-killed-in-lebanon-since-beginning-of-israeli-attacks-on-march-2-health-ministry/): More than 1,460 people have been killed in Lebanon since Israeli attacks began on March 2, the country’s Health Ministry said Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [Syria Shuts Border Crossing With Lebanon After Israeli Strike Warning](https://iwpost.com/syria-shuts-border-crossing-with-lebanon-after-israeli-strike-warning/): Syrian authorities said Saturday that they had temporarily closed the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing with Lebanon after Israel warned it could strike the road leading to the nearby Masnaa crossing, a major gateway between the two countries.
- [CBP facility codes sure seem to have leaked via online flashcards](https://iwpost.com/cbp-facility-codes-sure-seem-to-have-leaked-via-online-flashcards/): A user on Quizlet, an online learning platform, created a public flashcard set in February that appears to have exposed highly confidential information about security procedures in US Customs and Border Protection facilities around Kingsville, Texas.
- [King Charles Faces Explosive Trump Visit Showdown](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-faces-explosive-trump-visit-showdown/): King Charles is staring down a high-stakes diplomatic storm as his planned U.S.
- [Israeli strike on civilian vehicle in Gaza Strip kills one, injures three](https://iwpost.com/israeli-strike-on-civilian-vehicle-in-gaza-strip-kills-one-injures-three/): A view of a civilian vehicle caught fire as people gather around it after the Israeli army, violating the ceasefire, targeted it on Salah al-Din Street in central Gaza Strip, Palestine, on April 04, 2026.
- [Easter and Passover Celebrated as Terror Attacks Loom Large](https://iwpost.com/easter-and-passover-celebrated-as-terror-attacks-loom-large/): As explosions and arson attacks rattle synagogues and Jewish organizations from Liège to London and shadowy groups claim responsibility online, Europe’s streets have become an unwitting front in the escalating US-Israel-Iran war.
- [Why Easter is called Easter, and other little‑known facts about the holiday](https://iwpost.com/why-easter-is-called-easter-and-other-little-known-facts-about-the-holiday/): The date of Easter, when the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place, changes from year to year.
- [‘Killer Bee’ Attack Leaves 150 Injured, 50 Hospitalized](https://iwpost.com/killer-bee-attack-leaves-150-injured-50-hospitalized/): Panic erupted during a religious procession in Panama when a massive swarm of “killer bees” suddenly descended on a crowd, leaving more than 150 people injured and dozens rushed to hospitals.
- [Fire breaks out on 2 commercial vessels after US-Israeli strike in southern Iran: Media](https://iwpost.com/fire-breaks-out-on-2-commercial-vessels-after-us-israeli-strike-in-southern-iran-media/): U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commences Operation Epic Fury, at the direction of the President of the United States in Tampa, Florida, United States on February 28, 2026.
- [After ceasefire, negotiating a lasting deal with Iran would require overcoming regional rivalries and strategic incoherence](https://iwpost.com/after-ceasefire-negotiating-a-lasting-deal-with-iran-would-require-overcoming-regional-rivalries-and-strategic-incoherence/): President Donald Trump’s rapid and dramatic turn from threatening to kill “an entire civilization” in Iran on the morning of April 7, 2026, to announcing a two-week ceasefire later that day left many observers with a sense of whiplash.
- [CNBC anchor mulls investor ‘upside’ of Trump civilizational threat](https://iwpost.com/cnbc-anchor-mulls-investor-upside-of-trump-civilizational-threat/): CNBC anchor Sara Eisen got dragged on social media this week over her on-air comments asking whether US President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s civilization was good for investors.
- [AI on the couch: Anthropic gives Claude 20 hours of psychiatry](https://iwpost.com/ai-on-the-couch-anthropic-gives-claude-20-hours-of-psychiatry/): The AI company Anthropic released a 244-page “system card” (PDF) this week describing its newest model, Claude Mythos.
- [Hormuz tensions and fragile US-Iran truce dominate EU and Italy agenda](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-tensions-and-fragile-us-iran-truce-dominate-eu-and-italy-agenda/): Efforts to stabilise the Middle East and safeguard global trade routes have intensified, with Giorgia Meloni and EU officials warning of mounting risks to both security and energy markets.
- [The Forever Spoiler: Netanyahu Has Been Blowing Up Diplomacy With Iran for Decades](https://iwpost.com/the-forever-spoiler-netanyahu-has-been-blowing-up-diplomacy-with-iran-for-decades/): The ceasefire announced Tuesday night by President Donald Trump and confirmed by Iranian officials is on life support.
- [“A Slap in the Face”: Trump’s DOJ Plans to Settle Predatory Lending Case Without Compensating Victims](https://iwpost.com/a-slap-in-the-face-trumps-doj-plans-to-settle-predatory-lending-case-without-compensating-victims/): In December 2023, the U.S.
- [Why is Israel continuing to attack Lebanon, despite the ceasefire? Expert Q&A](https://iwpost.com/why-is-israel-continuing-to-attack-lebanon-despite-the-ceasefire-expert-qa/): The ceasefire in the Middle East is on shaky ground.
- [Ugandan chimps split into two factions, then killed rivals](https://iwpost.com/ugandan-chimps-split-into-two-factions-then-killed-rivals/): In the 1970s, the late Jane Goodall observed a community of chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, breaking into two factions; the males in one group ended up killing all the males in the rival group over the next four years, along with one female chimp.
- [Can Pakistan deliver as Washington’s go-to mediator with Iran?](https://iwpost.com/can-pakistan-deliver-as-washingtons-go-to-mediator-with-iran/): An American delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance and including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, arrives in Islamabad Friday for talks with Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s speaker of parliament, who is a former mayor of Tehran and former commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- [In Nebraska, wildfires are turning cattle ranching into a tricky business](https://iwpost.com/in-nebraska-wildfires-are-turning-cattle-ranching-into-a-tricky-business/): This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories.
- [UAE oil giant says Hormuz still closed despite truce, 230 loaded oil vessels waiting to sail](https://iwpost.com/uae-oil-giant-says-hormuz-still-closed-despite-truce-230-loaded-oil-vessels-waiting-to-sail/): A view of the vessels passing through Strait of Hormuz following the two-week temporary ceasefire reached between the United States and Iran on the condition that the strait be reopened, seen in Oman on April 08, 2026.
- [Beyond Oil and Power: How Trump Frames the Iran War as a Spiritual Battle](https://iwpost.com/beyond-oil-and-power-how-trump-frames-the-iran-war-as-a-spiritual-battle/): America and Iran have put a temporary ceasefire in place as they assess next steps in what some scholars describe as a holy war between Iran’s radical, messianic jihadist regime and Western powers.
- [Volkswagen stops building ID.4s in the US, has inventory "into 2027"](https://iwpost.com/volkswagen-stops-building-id-4s-in-the-us-has-inventory-into-2027/): Among the requirements of Volkswagen’s Dieselgate settlement with the Department of Justice back in 2016 was to start building electric vehicles locally at the company’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- [Italy says EU should consider pausing budget rules if Iran crisis persists](https://iwpost.com/italy-says-eu-should-consider-pausing-budget-rules-if-iran-crisis-persists/): European Union authorities should consider a temporary suspension of budget deficit rules if the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran flares ​up again, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told parliament on Thursday.
- [Michael Jackson’s Double Life Shocker — King of Pop ‘Knocked on Doors as Joe’ in Secret Faith Mission](https://iwpost.com/michael-jacksons-double-life-shocker-king-of-pop-knocked-on-doors-as-joe-in-secret-faith-mission/): A bombshell new documentary is peeling back yet another layer of mystery surrounding Michael Jackson — and this time, it paints a picture that’s as bizarre as it is fascinating.
- [Mooted South China Sea oil deal with China draws fire in Manila](https://iwpost.com/mooted-south-china-sea-oil-deal-with-china-draws-fire-in-manila/): MANILA – Legislators, nationalists and other experts in the Philippines on Thursday questioned a proposed oil exploration deal with China in the disputed and mineral-rich South China Sea, which they warned would send mixed messages to a territorial foe.
- [The Democrats Don’t Know Who They’ll Be in 2028. Michigan May Offer an Answer.](https://iwpost.com/the-democrats-dont-know-who-theyll-be-in-2028-michigan-may-offer-an-answer/): Speaking to a modest crowd of voters inside a Canton brewery on Tuesday evening, Mallory McMorrow, a leading candidate for Senate in the swing state of Michigan, made an anti-war appeal as President Donald Trump’s threats to kill “a whole civilization” hung over Iran and the world.
- [What a Chinese crackdown on corruption meant for Beijing’s high-end restaurant market](https://iwpost.com/what-a-chinese-crackdown-on-corruption-meant-for-beijings-high-end-restaurant-market/): Corruption crackdowns are bad for businesses that thrive on their proximity to political power centers.
- [CDC study shows COVID shot benefits; Trump official blocks release](https://iwpost.com/cdc-study-shows-covid-shot-benefits-trump-official-blocks-release/): Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud.](https://iwpost.com/they-needed-treatment-for-drug-addiction-the-company-they-turned-to-may-have-used-them-to-commit-fraud/): A Prosecutor’s Calling: Tim Robinson said God told him to start a drug treatment program in hard-hit Kentucky, which grew to the largest in the state.
- [Vietnam: all the power in To Lam’s grasping hands](https://iwpost.com/vietnam-all-the-power-in-to-lams-grasping-hands/): To Lam is consolidating his power in Vietnam.
- [Tankers passing through Strait of Hormuz will have to pay cryptocurrency toll](https://iwpost.com/tankers-passing-through-strait-of-hormuz-will-have-to-pay-cryptocurrency-toll/): Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, as it seeks to retain control over passage through the key waterway during the two-week ceasefire.
- [From Vietnam to the EU by air: 8 arrested in a migrant smuggling sting across Europe](https://iwpost.com/from-vietnam-to-the-eu-by-air-8-arrested-in-a-migrant-smuggling-sting-across-europe/): On 30 March 2026, a coordinated international French-led operation, which was supported by Europol and involved law enforcement and judicial authorities from Germany and Hungary, led to the dismantling of a Vietnamese migrant smuggling network.
- [China Trains Humanoid Robots With VR-Guided Repetition To Perform Real-World Tasks](https://iwpost.com/china-trains-humanoid-robots-with-vr-guided-repetition-to-perform-real-world-tasks/): China is training humanoid robots to perform everyday tasks using virtual reality-guided instruction and large-scale data collection, as researchers aim to accelerate the machines’ ability to function in real-world environments.
- [Israel’s Lebanon strikes threaten to blow up US-Iran ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israels-lebanon-strikes-threaten-to-blow-up-us-iran-ceasefire/): Just hours after the leaders of the United States, Israel and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire, it was clear that each party had its own version of what had been agreed to.
- [UN: Israeli shell killed Indonesian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/un-israeli-shell-killed-indonesian-peacekeepers-in-southern-lebanon/): The UNIFIL announced that an investigation has concluded that three Indonesian peacekeepers were killed by a shell fired from an Israeli tank.
- [To beat Altman in court, Musk offers to give all damages to OpenAI nonprofit](https://iwpost.com/to-beat-altman-in-court-musk-offers-to-give-all-damages-to-openai-nonprofit/): On Tuesday, Elon Musk amended his lawsuit that accuses OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of abandoning its mission, clarifying that any ill-gotten gains recovered should be returned to the AI firm’s charitable nonprofit arm, not to Musk.
- [Ryan Seacrest’s Brutal Dating ‘Test’ Exposed](https://iwpost.com/ryan-seacrests-brutal-dating-test-exposed/): Ryan Seacrest isn’t just spinning letters on Wheel of Fortune — he’s quietly spinning through potential girlfriends with a strict, no-nonsense checklist that’s raising eyebrows.
- [DOJ Wants to Scrap Watergate-Era Rule That Makes Presidential Records Public](https://iwpost.com/doj-wants-to-scrap-watergate-era-rule-that-makes-presidential-records-public/): Lauren Harper is Freedom of the Press Foundation’s first Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy.
- [China drills for US nuclear attack in a Taiwan war](https://iwpost.com/china-drills-for-us-nuclear-attack-in-a-taiwan-war/): China’s latest nuclear-response drills in the Taiwan Strait suggest a Taiwan conflict could escalate into a limited but dangerously uncontrollable nuclear war in Asia.
- [Motorola suddenly raises budget phone prices up to 50%—you can probably thank AI](https://iwpost.com/motorola-suddenly-raises-budget-phone-prices-up-to-50-you-can-probably-thank-ai/): Motorola announced a new mid-range phone yesterday, the 2026 Moto G Stylus. It’s not exactly a game changer unless you demand a stylus with your smartphone.
- [Trump complains NATO ‘wasn’t there when we needed them’ after talks with alliance leader Rutte](https://iwpost.com/trump-complains-nato-wasnt-there-when-we-needed-them-after-talks-with-alliance-leader-rutte/): President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a closed-door meeting with the alliance’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday for discussions that had been expected to be aimed at soothing Trump’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war.
- [Trump’s Iran misfire yields a loser’s ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-misfire-yields-a-losers-ceasefire/): US President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026.
- [Netanyahu Says Ceasefire Not End of Campaign, Claims Major Strikes on Iranian Missile and Nuclear Programs ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-ceasefire-not-end-of-campaign-claims-major-strikes-on-iranian-missile-and-nuclear-programs/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will continue pursuing its military objectives despite a temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran, describing the pause as part of an ongoing campaign rather than its conclusion.
- [How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk](https://iwpost.com/how-our-digital-devices-are-putting-our-right-to-privacy-at-risk/): We live in a digitally connected world that has brought undeniable personal benefits.
- [GOP Megadonor Leonard Leo Is Bankrolling a Website on the Warpath Against Somalis](https://iwpost.com/gop-megadonor-leonard-leo-is-bankrolling-a-website-on-the-warpath-against-somalis/): As the deadly federal immigration crackdown fueled by a racist obsession with Somali people kicked into high gear in Minnesota, a right-wing local news site in Maine had a clear message: Bring the chaos here.
- [What exactly has Trump won in the Iran war?](https://iwpost.com/what-exactly-has-trump-won-in-the-iran-war/): In Washington, every war eventually produces its “Mission Accomplished” moment — that triumphant declaration, banner unfurled or truth-social post composed, that allows policymakers to declare victory and head for the exits before reality reasserts itself.
- [As US and Iran talk truce, Israel digs in for a ‘forever war’](https://iwpost.com/as-us-and-iran-talk-truce-israel-digs-in-for-a-forever-war/): Even as the U.S.
- [Iran must remove enriched uranium or face renewed fighting, Israeli premier says](https://iwpost.com/iran-must-remove-enriched-uranium-or-face-renewed-fighting-israeli-premier-says/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on December 9, 2024.
- [The Moon is already on Google Maps—did Artemis II really tell us anything new?](https://iwpost.com/the-moon-is-already-on-google-maps-did-artemis-ii-really-tell-us-anything-new/): The data pipeline from NASA’s Artemis II mission opened to full blast a few hours after looping behind the far side of the Moon on Monday night, when the Orion spacecraft established a laser communications link with a receiving station back on Earth.
- [Matthew Perry’s ‘Killer’ Gets 15 Years in Prison](https://iwpost.com/matthew-perrys-killer-gets-15-years-in-prison/): The woman prosecutors dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” is headed to prison for more than a decade after a chilling case that shook Hollywood.
- [Slow Cooker Poor Man’s Stew](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-poor-mans-stew/): Looking for a simple, affordable, and satisfying meal? This Slow Cooker Poor Man’s Stew is exactly what you need.
- [What the US-Iran ceasefire does and doesn’t mean](https://iwpost.com/what-the-us-iran-ceasefire-does-and-doesnt-mean/): The US and Iran have entered a two-week ceasefire.
- [How Pakistan Became the Broker of the US-Iran Ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/how-pakistan-became-the-broker-of-the-us-iran-ceasefire/): [Islamabad] The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire just hours before President Donald Trump’s deadline for striking Tehran was set to expire, opening a diplomatic window after weeks of rising tensions and fears of a wider regional war.
- [Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites](https://iwpost.com/iran-linked-hackers-disrupt-operations-at-us-critical-infrastructure-sites/): Hackers working on behalf of the Iranian government are disrupting operations at multiple US critical infrastructure sites, likely in response to the country’s ongoing war with the US, a half-dozen government agencies are warning.
- [Hapag-Lloyd estimates extra weekly costs from Iran crisis at $50 mln–60 mln](https://iwpost.com/hapag-lloyd-estimates-extra-weekly-costs-from-iran-crisis-at-50-mln-60-mln/): Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben ​Jansen on Wednesday ‌estimated the additional costs from the ​Middle East ​crisis at $50 million to $60 ⁠million a ​week and warned that ​the German company will have to pass ​on some ​of that cost to its ‌customers.
- [​The United States’ new missile gap](https://iwpost.com/the-united-states-new-missile-gap/): In 1958 Senator John F. Kennedy, getting ready for his upcoming presidential campaign, said the United States faced a serious and dangerous missile gap.
- [LinkedIn scanning users' browser extensions sparks controversy and two lawsuits](https://iwpost.com/linkedin-scanning-users-browser-extensions-sparks-controversy-and-two-lawsuits/): LinkedIn is facing two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browsers to determine which extensions they’re running.
- [We Called Out the Pentagon for Undercounting U.S. Casualties in Iran. They Keep Doing It.](https://iwpost.com/we-called-out-the-pentagon-for-undercounting-u-s-casualties-in-iran-they-keep-doing-it/): The Pentagon continues to peddle misleading U.S.
- [Iran ceasefire: trust will be vital but it’s in short supply right now](https://iwpost.com/iran-ceasefire-trust-will-be-vital-but-its-in-short-supply-right-now/): The US and Iran have agreed a two-week ceasefire in a deal brokered by Pakistan, which will see Iran open the Strait of Hormuz to shipping while negotiations continue for a more permanent settlement.
- [Iran blocks Hormuz as Israeli bombing kills hundreds in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/iran-blocks-hormuz-as-israeli-bombing-kills-hundreds-in-lebanon/): Iran said Wednesday that it is blocking shipping through the Strait of Hormuz over Israel’s escalating bombardment of Lebanon, actions that are threatening to unravel the tenuous ceasefire agreed to less than a day ago.
- [Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-makes-sweeping-request-for-medical-records-of-federal-workers/): The Trump administration wants to require health insurance companies to hand over troves of sensitive, detailed, and identifiable medical records from millions of federal workers and retirees, along with their families.
- [Student Died in ‘Fake ICU’ While Doctor Watched Through a Screen](https://iwpost.com/student-died-in-fake-icu-while-doctor-watched-through-a-screen/): The family of Conor James Hylton has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Yale New Haven Health–Bridgeport Hospital, alleging the young man died in an intensive care unit that had no on-site doctors — only remote physicians watching through video screens.
- [Sen. Sanders to introduce resolution to halt US military aid to Israel](https://iwpost.com/sen-sanders-to-introduce-resolution-to-halt-us-military-aid-to-israel/): Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gives a speech in Washington DC, United States on November 5, 2025.
- [Golani Soldier Staff Sgt. Tuval Lipshitz Killed in Lebanon, 5 Wounded, Including One Seriously ](https://iwpost.com/golani-soldier-staff-sgt-tuval-lipshitz-killed-in-lebanon-5-wounded-including-one-seriously/): An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier from the Golani Brigade, Staff Sgt.
- [Russian Hackers Infiltrate Wi-Fi Infrastructure to Monitor Western Targets](https://iwpost.com/russian-hackers-infiltrate-wi-fi-infrastructure-to-monitor-western-targets/): Russia’s elite hacking group Fancy Bear is behind a large-scale campaign to spy on militaries and governments by hacking Wi-Fi routers, security agencies in the United States and Europe have said.
- [Israeli threats to occupy or annex south Lebanon dust off a decades-old playbook](https://iwpost.com/israeli-threats-to-occupy-or-annex-south-lebanon-dust-off-a-decades-old-playbook/): A chorus of hawkish Israeli politicians is urging the country’s military to intensify its weekslong ground and air campaign against Hezbollah and pave the way for a more permanent presence in the country’s south.
- [Meta's Superintelligence Lab unveils its first public model, Muse Spark](https://iwpost.com/metas-superintelligence-lab-unveils-its-first-public-model-muse-spark/): Muse Spark is the first release of Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, formed a little less than a year ago with the grandiose goal of “deliver[ing] on the promise of personal superintelligence for everyone.” The release represents a clean break from Meta’s previous work on the open source Llama model family, which has received a middling reaction both from users and on independent LLM rankings.
- [Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia a new regional power block?](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-turkey-egypt-saudi-arabia-a-new-regional-power-block/): Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced that a two-week ceasefire had been agreed between the US and Iran in the early hours of April 8.
- [How the War Strengthened Iran’s Hand Against the U.S. and Israel](https://iwpost.com/how-the-war-strengthened-irans-hand-against-the-u-s-and-israel/): The war in Iran has entered its first ceasefire — a two-week break from hostilities brokered largely by Pakistan that all sides have agreed to, with negotiations on a permanent end to the war to follow starting in a few days.
- [Iran ceasefire has brought a sudden fall in oil prices – but this pause underscores the volatility in the market](https://iwpost.com/iran-ceasefire-has-brought-a-sudden-fall-in-oil-prices-but-this-pause-underscores-the-volatility-in-the-market/): Before the temporary ceasefire in the Gulf, the world had been experiencing the biggest oil price shock ever, surpassing even the crises of the 1970s.
- [Motorola's budget phones are now up to 50% more expensive as memory shortage drags on](https://iwpost.com/motorolas-budget-phones-are-now-up-to-50-more-expensive-as-memory-shortage-drags-on/): Motorola announced a new mid-range phone yesterday, the 2026 Moto G Stylus. It’s not exactly a game changer unless you demand a stylus with your smartphone.
- [What to expect when you’re expecting the end of the world](https://iwpost.com/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-the-end-of-the-world/): This story is part of the Grist series Doom/Mood exploring what the rise of doomerism means for our personal lives and the prospect of climate action more broadly.
- [Middle East ceasefire may have made Iran stronger](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-ceasefire-may-have-made-iran-stronger/): Ceasefires are often presented as moments of relief – pauses in violence that open the door to diplomacy.
- [US Criticism of EU Intensifies as Trump Allies Intervene in Europe](https://iwpost.com/us-criticism-of-eu-intensifies-as-trump-allies-intervene-in-europe/): Senior figures linked to US President Donald Trump have intensified criticism of the European Union, in a series of interventions that underscore a growing anti-EU stance within the current US administration.
- [Avivi Urges US-Israel Push To Cripple Iran’s Power Grid and War Machine](https://iwpost.com/avivi-urges-us-israel-push-to-cripple-irans-power-grid-and-war-machine/): Felice Friedson reports that Brig. Gen.
- [Steam client files point to "framerate estimator" feature in the works](https://iwpost.com/steam-client-files-point-to-framerate-estimator-feature-in-the-works/): Back in February, Valve gave Steam client beta users the option to share anonymized framerate data and hardware information with the company to “help us learn about game compatibility and improve Steam.” Now, new text buried in a recent Steam client update suggests Valve is preparing to use this data to power a “framerate estimator” tool in the future.
- [Young Couple Found Dead in Each Other’s Arms After Wedding Night Horror](https://iwpost.com/young-couple-found-dead-in-each-others-arms-after-wedding-night-horror/): A night that began with dancing, laughter, and celebration ended in heartbreak that has stunned an entire community.
- [Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia emerge as a new regional power bloc amid Iran war](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-turkey-egypt-and-saudi-arabia-emerge-as-a-new-regional-power-bloc-amid-iran-war/): Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced that a two-week ceasefire had been agreed between the US and Iran in the early hours of April 8.
- [Bombs, poetry and paradise: Why Trump can’t erase Iran](https://iwpost.com/bombs-poetry-and-paradise-why-trump-cant-erase-iran/): The parties to the Iran war have agreed to a ceasefire. Thus, Donald Trump loses, for now, an opportunity to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age.
- [NRW wasted thousands in public money to silence a Palestinian activist, yet they lost twice](https://iwpost.com/nrw-wasted-thousands-in-public-money-to-silence-a-palestinian-activist-yet-they-lost-twice/): The recent court ruling in the case of Ahmad Othman, a Palestinian-German activist in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), shows that the German state’s repression isn’t just brutal – at times it is also remarkably incompetent in its attempt to disregard the laws it claims to uphold.
- [From a vaccine mascot to business leadership, lessons for the US from Brazil’s public health system in building public trust and keeping it](https://iwpost.com/from-a-vaccine-mascot-to-business-leadership-lessons-for-the-us-from-brazils-public-health-system-in-building-public-trust-and-keeping-it/): Public health institutions are under threat by populist governments across the globe.
- [With Orion still flying, NASA is nearing key decisions about Artemis III](https://iwpost.com/with-orion-still-flying-nasa-is-nearing-key-decisions-about-artemis-iii/): NASA’s Artemis II mission has yet to return to Earth—it will do so on Friday evening, splashing down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego—but the agency is already nearing some key decisions on the next Artemis mission.
- [A war Trump couldn’t win and a peace he can’t afford to lose](https://iwpost.com/a-war-trump-couldnt-win-and-a-peace-he-cant-afford-to-lose/): President Donald Trump’s acceptance of a Pakistani proposal for a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran brings a sigh of relief to the international community.
- [Ukraine renews attacks on Russian energy sites](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-renews-attacks-on-russian-energy-sites/): Ukraine has increased attacks on Russian energy facilities in recent weeks as peace talks have failed to make progress.
- [Middle East conflict: this ceasefire may have made Iran stronger](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-conflict-this-ceasefire-may-have-made-iran-stronger/): Ceasefires are often presented as moments of relief – pauses in violence that open the door to diplomacy.
- [Thousands of consumer routers hacked by Russia's military](https://iwpost.com/thousands-of-consumer-routers-hacked-by-russias-military/): The Russian military is once again hacking home and small office routers in widespread operations that send unwitting users to sites that harvest passwords and credential tokens for use in espionage campaigns, researchers said Tuesday.
- [“The Alarm Bell”: Arizona’s Drop in SNAP Participation Signals Potential Nationwide Impact of Trump Legislation](https://iwpost.com/the-alarm-bell-arizonas-drop-in-snap-participation-signals-potential-nationwide-impact-of-trump-legislation/): More than 400,000 Arizonans have lost their SNAP benefits since July — the largest decline in the nation by a wide margin — as an underfunded state agency administered changes called for in President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
- [Deal or no deal, Iran war has birthed a new world order](https://iwpost.com/deal-or-no-deal-iran-war-has-birthed-a-new-world-order/): The US deployed troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Persian Gulf amid speculation it might put boots on the ground in Iran.
- [This Passover, Support Journalism That Gets There First—and Stays With the Story](https://iwpost.com/this-passover-support-journalism-that-gets-there-first-and-stays-with-the-story/): This Passover season offers a fitting lesson in what real journalism demands: speed when the moment requires it, and patience when the truth takes longer to unfold.
- [Finally, Artemis delivers some exceptional, high-quality photos of the Moon](https://iwpost.com/finally-artemis-delivers-some-exceptional-high-quality-photos-of-the-moon/): NASA’s Artemis II mission, carrying four astronauts on an out-of-this-world journey, flew around the Moon on Monday.
- [Country Legend, 87, Suffers Broken Neck — Rushed to Nashville Hospital](https://iwpost.com/country-legend-87-suffers-broken-neck-rushed-to-nashville-hospital/): Country music icon Ray Stevens is on the mend after a frightening accident that sent shockwaves through Nashville and beyond.
- [Iran says it secured ‘massive victory’ and forced US to accept ceasefire proposal](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-it-secured-massive-victory-and-forced-us-to-accept-ceasefire-proposal/): Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Wednesday it had achieved a “massive victory” and forced the United States to accept a 10-point Iranian proposal for a ceasefire, while confirming that a framework for ending the war had been reached and would be discussed further during a two-week truce.
- [EU welcomes US-Iran ceasefire, urges efforts to create lasting agreement](https://iwpost.com/eu-welcomes-us-iran-ceasefire-urges-efforts-to-create-lasting-agreement/): EU leaders on Wednesday welcomed the two-week ceasefire ​agreed by the United States and Iran.
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- [Slopaganda: US, Iran deploy AI slop as weapons of war](https://iwpost.com/slopaganda-us-iran-deploy-ai-slop-as-weapons-of-war/): In early March, a week after the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the White House posted a video of real American attacks mixed with clips from popular movies, television series, video games and anime.
- [Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour](https://iwpost.com/testing-suggests-googles-ai-overviews-tell-millions-of-lies-per-hour/): Looking up information on Google today means confronting AI Overviews, the Gemini-powered search robot that appears at the top of the results page.
- [With Trump Threatening Genocide in Iran, Military Must Disobey His Orders, Former Pentagon Officials Say](https://iwpost.com/with-trump-threatening-genocide-in-iran-military-must-disobey-his-orders-former-pentagon-officials-say/): President Donald Trump threatened to commit genocide in Iran, ahead of warnings of a wave of attacks on civilian infrastructure on Tuesday night.
- [Egypt Cuts Cairo’s Nights Short as Energy Costs Soar](https://iwpost.com/egypt-cuts-cairos-nights-short-as-energy-costs-soar/): Egypt has ordered malls, shops, restaurants, cafes, and other commercial venues to close at 9 p.m.
- [The gift card Israel uses to buy US weapons](https://iwpost.com/the-gift-card-israel-uses-to-buy-us-weapons/): The Trump administration expects US taxpayers to fund not only its own military adventurism but Israel’s as well.
- [Bluesky users are mastering the fine art of blaming everything on "vibe coding"](https://iwpost.com/bluesky-users-are-mastering-the-fine-art-of-blaming-everything-on-vibe-coding/): Social network Bluesky saw some intermittent service disruptions on Monday.
- [‘At your service’: Hungary’s Orban offered help to Putin, Bloomberg reports](https://iwpost.com/at-your-service-hungarys-orban-offered-help-to-putin-bloomberg-reports/): Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered last year to help Russian President Vladimir Putin “in any way”, such as by hosting a summit in Budapest to settle the war in ​Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported, citing the transcript of a phone call.
- [King Charles ‘Trapped’ Taking Desperate Daily Calls From Prince Andrew](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-trapped-taking-desperate-daily-calls-from-prince-andrew/): King Charles is reportedly stuck in a royal nightmare — fielding relentless, near-daily calls from his disgraced brother, Prince Andrew, as insiders claim the monarch fears what could happen if he finally cuts him off for good.
- [Israeli tank fire killed UN peacekeeper in Lebanon, UNIFIL investigation finds](https://iwpost.com/israeli-tank-fire-killed-un-peacekeeper-in-lebanon-unifil-investigation-finds/): A projectile that killed a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon last month was fired by an Israeli military tank, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Tuesday, concluding its investigation into the deadly incident, Anadolu reports.
- [US, Israel and Iran agree to two-week ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/us-israel-and-iran-agree-to-two-week-ceasefire/): Just hours after President Donald Trump issued a genocidal threat against the Iranian people, declaring that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” the US leader announced that he’d agreed to suspend his unconstitutional war for two weeks if Iran ends its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Apple and Lenovo have the least repairable laptops, analysis finds](https://iwpost.com/apple-and-lenovo-have-the-least-repairable-laptops-analysis-finds/): Apple earned the lowest grades in a report on laptop and smartphone repairability released today by the consumer advocacy group Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund.
- [Support Journalism That Sees the Human Story Clearly](https://iwpost.com/support-journalism-that-sees-the-human-story-clearly/): To all who celebrate the seventh day of Passover—and, outside Israel, the eighth day as well—chag sameach.
- [US-China space race shifts into a higher lunar gear](https://iwpost.com/us-china-space-race-shifts-into-a-higher-lunar-gear/): China has pledged to accelerate its lunar exploration program after NASA’s Artemis II mission completed a successful flyby of the moon and began its return journey, marking a renewed phase of strategic competition in deep space.
- [Valve brings native Steam Link app to Apple's Vision Pro](https://iwpost.com/valve-brings-native-steam-link-app-to-apples-vision-pro/): Valve is bringing Steam Link, its local network game-streaming app, to Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset, allowing Vision Pro users to play traditional games from their Steam library wirelessly from a nearby Mac or PC.
- [UPDATED: Donald Trump says ‘a whole civilisation will die’ if Iran ignores demands](https://iwpost.com/updated-donald-trump-says-a-whole-civilisation-will-die-if-iran-ignores-demands/): onald Trump has warned that Iran’s “whole civilisation will die tonight” if Tehran did not comply with his demands, as the world braced to see if the president would deliver on his latest threat to order the mass destruction of Iranian power plants and bridges in the absence of a deal by 8pm EDT (1am BST).
- [America Celebrates Space Success: Artemis II Returns Safely](https://iwpost.com/america-celebrates-space-success-artemis-ii-returns-safely/): NASA’s Artemis II astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a nearly 10-day mission that marked the first human journey to the moon in more than half a century and advanced preparations for future lunar landings.
- [Pro-Iran Explosive Media trolls Trump with AI-generated Lego cartoons](https://iwpost.com/pro-iran-explosive-media-trolls-trump-with-ai-generated-lego-cartoons/): Minutes after President Donald Trump announced that he would not wipe out “a whole civilization” on Tuesday evening, a team of self-described young Iranian activists jumped into action.
- [Iran ceasefire won’t easily ease emerging Asia’s pain](https://iwpost.com/iran-ceasefire-wont-easily-ease-emerging-asias-pain/): TOKYO — Global markets are struggling to discern if the US-Iran ceasefire is real or happy talk.
- [Global Sumud Flotilla ships docked in Barcelona ahead of second voyage to Gaza](https://iwpost.com/global-sumud-flotilla-ships-docked-in-barcelona-ahead-of-second-voyage-to-gaza/): A view of a Palestinian flag as the Global Sumud Flotilla, departs once again after one year, to deliver humanitarian aid, and raise global awareness about Gaza, in Barcelona, Spain, on April 11, 2026.
- [Paris prosecutors drop drug probe against French MEP Rima Hassan](https://iwpost.com/paris-prosecutors-drop-drug-probe-against-french-mep-rima-hassan/): French MEP Rima Hassan has been cleared of wrongdoing following allegations that she was carrying illegal drugs, according to her party France Unbowed and the Paris prosecutor’s office.
- [Oil companies accused of massive accounting fraud in New Mexico](https://iwpost.com/oil-companies-accused-of-massive-accounting-fraud-in-new-mexico/): This story was originally published by Capital and Main and is republished with permission.
- [‘Friends’ Fans Stunned by Lisa Kudrow’s Shocking Confession](https://iwpost.com/friends-fans-stunned-by-lisa-kudrows-shocking-confession/): Lisa Kudrow is pulling back the curtain on what it was really like behind the scenes of one of the biggest sitcoms in TV history—and her comments are raising eyebrows.
- [Savory Breakfast Monkey Bread (Cheesy, Pull-Apart & Perfect for Brunch)](https://iwpost.com/savory-breakfast-monkey-bread-cheesy-pull-apart-perfect-for-brunch/): Turn a classic sweet treat into a hearty morning favorite with this Savory Breakfast Monkey Bread!
- [Ending Israel’s war on peace](https://iwpost.com/ending-israels-war-on-peace/): A two-week ceasefire has partially halted the Israel-US war on Iran.
- [Kuwait Reports Drone Strikes as President Trump Criticizes Iran Over Hormuz Access Despite Ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/kuwait-reports-drone-strikes-as-president-trump-criticizes-iran-over-hormuz-access-despite-ceasefire/): Kuwait’s foreign ministry reported new strikes on its territory despite the ceasefire with Iran, as President Donald Trump criticized a lack of progress in restoring maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
- [What leaked "SteamGPT" files could mean for the PC gaming platform's use of AI](https://iwpost.com/what-leaked-steamgpt-files-could-mean-for-the-pc-gaming-platforms-use-of-ai/): These days, it seems like every tech company and their corporate parent is looking to squeeze AI tools and features into their products, whether they’re wanted or not.
- [4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game](https://iwpost.com/4-ways-the-war-in-iran-has-weakened-the-united-states-in-the-great-power-game/): Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the U.S. war in Iran dragged on.
- [Time to give the Trump-Putin-Orban axis a slap in the face](https://iwpost.com/time-to-give-the-trump-putin-orban-axis-a-slap-in-the-face/): If you want to understand why the general election in Hungary April 12 will be geopolitically significant, and how today’s geopolitics are different from any previous time in the 80 years since World War II, you have only to learn which two governments have been openly supporting the incumbent Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban.
- [Europe on Brink of Aviation Fuel Shortfall](https://iwpost.com/europe-on-brink-of-aviation-fuel-shortfall/): Europe’s airport industry group has warned that the continent could face a systemic jet fuel shortage ​in three weeks unless the Strait of Hormuz opens up, calling for urgent ‌EU-wide action to secure supplies ahead of the peak summer travel season.
- [Oldest octopus fossil found to not be an octopus ](https://iwpost.com/oldest-octopus-fossil-found-to-not-be-an-octopus/): Pohlsepia mazonensis, a visually underwhelming fossil from Illinois, fundamentally broke our understanding of cephalopod evolution.
- [“I Want to Occupy”: Inside the Israeli Movement Pushing to Raze and Settle Southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/i-want-to-occupy-inside-the-israeli-movement-pushing-to-raze-and-settle-southern-lebanon/): Eyal Adom, head of security for an Israeli community on the border with Lebanon, has a clear vision for the land just a few hundred meters away.
- [Who’s Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter?](https://iwpost.com/whos-been-impersonating-this-propublica-reporter/): The call came from a number I didn’t recognize, with a Canadian area code.
- [Japan’s unsustainable pacifist delusion](https://iwpost.com/japans-unsustainable-pacifist-delusion/): Japan’s pacifist constitution is often cited as a constraint on what the nation of 123 million and the world’s fourth-largest economy can and cannot do militarily.
- [Islamabad and the end of easy empire](https://iwpost.com/islamabad-and-the-end-of-easy-empire/): History, when it chooses to humiliate power, does not bother with elegance — it stages spectacle.
- [AI models are terrible at betting on soccer—especially xAI Grok](https://iwpost.com/ai-models-are-terrible-at-betting-on-soccer-especially-xai-grok/): AI models from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic lost money betting on soccer matches over a Premier League season, in a new study suggesting even the most advanced systems struggle to analyze the real world over long periods.
- [Husband Arrested After Wife Vanishes at Sea: Family Drops Chilling Claims](https://iwpost.com/husband-arrested-after-wife-vanishes-at-sea-family-drops-chilling-claims/): A mysterious disappearance in the Bahamas is spiraling into something far more disturbing, as a missing American woman’s family now claims her husband had a history of abuse — and may know more than he’s saying.
- [Inside Israel’s Death Penalty Law: Foghel Lays Out Its Legal and Strategic Logic](https://iwpost.com/inside-israels-death-penalty-law-foghel-lays-out-its-legal-and-strategic-logic/): Israel’s new death penalty law has come under sharp attack since its passage last week, with critics arguing that it is discriminatory in practice, legally vulnerable, and likely to deepen international pressure on the country.
- [Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after historic trip around moon](https://iwpost.com/artemis-ii-astronauts-safely-back-on-earth-after-historic-trip-around-moon/): The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth’s atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the first voyage by humans to the ​vicinity of the moon in over half a century.
- [Too many players, too many grievances for one ceasefire to hold](https://iwpost.com/too-many-players-too-many-grievances-for-one-ceasefire-to-hold/): US President Donald Trump’s rapid and dramatic turn from threatening to kill “an entire civilization” in Iran on the morning of April 7, 2026, to announcing a two-week ceasefire later that day left many observers with a sense of whiplash.
- ["Oobleck" still holds some surprises](https://iwpost.com/oobleck-still-holds-some-surprises/): Mixing corn starch and water in appropriate amounts produces a slurry that is liquid when stirred slowly but hardens when you punch it—a substance colorfully dubbed “oobleck.” (The name derives from a 1949 Dr.
- [China’s Middle East billions still woefully reliant on US gunboats](https://iwpost.com/chinas-middle-east-billions-still-woefully-reliant-on-us-gunboats/): China has staked roughly US$145 billion in investments and construction contracts across the Middle East, while Iranian oil alone accounts for 13–14% of its imports.
- [Microsoft's "commitment to Windows quality" starts with overhaul of beta program](https://iwpost.com/microsofts-commitment-to-windows-quality-starts-with-overhaul-of-beta-program/): Microsoft says it hears the complaints people have about the current state of Windows, and it wants to fix them.
- [Ukraine, Russia move towards potential peace deal](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-russia-move-towards-potential-peace-deal/): Ukraine and Russia are moving towards a potential deal to end the war, Bloomberg News reported, citing the top aide to Ukrainian ​President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
- [Israeli tanks shell Daraa province in southern Syria](https://iwpost.com/israeli-tanks-shell-daraa-province-in-southern-syria/): Israeli forces shelled the area surrounding the town of Jamla in Daraa province, southern Syria, Alikhbaria TV reported on Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [United Against Hate: Why the Black and Jewish Communities in America Must Stand Together](https://iwpost.com/united-against-hate-why-the-black-and-jewish-communities-in-america-must-stand-together/): In the turbulent 1960s, an unbreakable bond was forged on the front lines of the American Civil Rights Movement.
- [Palace Pressuring Media to ‘Overhype’ King Charles’ Good News About Cancer Battle](https://iwpost.com/palace-pressuring-media-to-overhype-king-charles-good-news-about-cancer-battle/): A bombshell claim is shaking royal watchers: insiders now say Buckingham Palace may have nudged the media to paint a far rosier picture of King Charles III’s cancer battle than reality suggests.
- [Indonesia can’t stay silent on China’s UUV incursion](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-cant-stay-silent-on-chinas-uuv-incursion/): Indonesia's recovery of a Chinese underwater system in its Archipelagic Sea Lane II (ALKI II) raises immediate concerns over persistent foreign intelligence collection.
- [Report: US demands Reddit unmask ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury](https://iwpost.com/report-us-demands-reddit-unmask-ice-critic-summons-firm-to-grand-jury/): The Trump administration has stepped up an effort to unmask a Reddit user who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- [The deal to reopen Hormuz is nowhere near done](https://iwpost.com/the-deal-to-reopen-hormuz-is-nowhere-near-done/): Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement by President Donald Trump, linked to Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, prompted immediate optimism shipping would quickly resume.
- [The Artemis II mission has ended. Where does NASA go from here?](https://iwpost.com/the-artemis-ii-mission-has-ended-where-does-nasa-go-from-here/): The Artemis era well and truly began Friday evening when a shiny spacecraft that had traveled 700,000 miles around the Moon, carrying four astronauts, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
- [From Dubai to Milan: Tax Policy Drives New Wave of Elite Migration](https://iwpost.com/from-dubai-to-milan-tax-policy-drives-new-wave-of-elite-migration/): Wealthy British nationals are increasingly reconsidering their ties to Dubai as geopolitical tensions in the Gulf, including recent Iranian threats, raise concerns about long-term stability.
- [Pakistan Defense Minister Deletes Anti-Israel Post from X, Leaves on Facebook, After Diplomatic Backlash](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-defense-minister-deletes-anti-israel-post-from-x-leaves-on-facebook-after-diplomatic-backlash/): Pakistan’s defense minister deleted a sharply worded social media post about Israel on Wednesday after it triggered a diplomatic backlash at a sensitive moment for Islamabad, which has been trying to help facilitate indirect US-Iran contacts linked to a newly announced two-week ceasefire and broader regional tensions involving Lebanon.
- [Four astronauts are back home after a daring ride around the Moon](https://iwpost.com/four-astronauts-are-back-home-after-a-daring-ride-around-the-moon/): Slamming into the atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound, NASA’s Orion spacecraft blazed a trail over the Pacific Ocean on Friday, returning home with four astronauts and safely capping humanity’s first voyage to the Moon in nearly 54 years.
- [A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.](https://iwpost.com/a-redditor-criticized-ice-trump-is-trying-to-unmask-them-by-dragging-the-company-to-a-secret-grand-jury/): Social media giant Reddit has been ordered to appear before a grand jury in Washington, D.C., as part of a federal effort to unmask anonymous online critics of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
- [A Judge Worried a Proposed Settlement Doesn’t Do Enough to Help Victims. The DOJ Is Still Moving Forward.](https://iwpost.com/a-judge-worried-a-proposed-settlement-doesnt-do-enough-to-help-victims-the-doj-is-still-moving-forward/): The Justice Department said Friday that it would move forward on a proposed $68 million settlement with a Texas land developer it had accused of preying on Hispanic residents, despite a judge’s concerns that the agreement did not do enough to help victims.
- [Non-rich Asian states, hit hardest by Iran crisis, ration energy](https://iwpost.com/non-rich-asian-states-hit-hardest-by-iran-crisis-ration-energy/): The war in Iran has led to a global energy crisis.
- [Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 rises to 1,953](https://iwpost.com/death-toll-from-israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-since-march-2-rises-to-1953/): Children try to protect themselves from dust and smoke rising from the rubble where a large-scale destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes targeting the Corniche al-Mazraa area in the capital Beirut, Lebanon, on April 10, 2026.
- [Barron Trump Hit with Assassination Threat](https://iwpost.com/barron-trump-hit-with-assassination-threat/): A disturbing federal case is sending shockwaves through Washington after prosecutors say a Chicago man made chilling threats to assassinate President Donald Trump — and brutally target his son, Barron Trump.
- [Some countries in Asia are rationing energy – why they’ve been hit hardest by the crisis in the Gulf](https://iwpost.com/some-countries-in-asia-are-rationing-energy-why-theyve-been-hit-hardest-by-the-crisis-in-the-gulf/): The war in Iran has led to a global energy crisis.
- [Californians sue over AI tool that records doctor visits](https://iwpost.com/californians-sue-over-ai-tool-that-records-doctor-visits/): Several Californians sued Sutter Health and MemorialCare this week over allegations that an AI transcription tool was used to record them without their consent, in violation of state and federal law.
- [US lawmakers seek to block China’s DUV lithography access](https://iwpost.com/us-lawmakers-seek-to-block-chinas-duv-lithography-access/): A group of bipartisan lawmakers in the United States has introduced legislation to tighten restrictions on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, seeking to block Chinese chipmakers from accessing deep-ultraviolet (DUV) immersion lithography systems, as well as related parts and maintenance services.
- [IMF warns of lasting economic damage from Iran war](https://iwpost.com/imf-warns-of-lasting-economic-damage-from-iran-war/): The IMF is set to cut its global growth outlook, warning that the Middle East conflict will leave lasting economic scars even under the most favourable scenario.
- [Ding Dong Cake](https://iwpost.com/ding-dong-cake/): If you grew up loving classic chocolate snack cakes, this Ding Dong Cake will bring all that nostalgia back—only better.
- [New paper argues history, not mantle plume, powers Yellowstone](https://iwpost.com/new-paper-argues-history-not-mantle-plume-powers-yellowstone/): North America wouldn’t look much like it currently does without a tectonic plate that has largely been lost to the Earth’s geological history.
- [Trump aides caught with pants down as Iran war gooses inflation](https://iwpost.com/trump-aides-caught-with-pants-down-as-iran-war-gooses-inflation/): New data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that inflation soared in March thanks in large part to increased energy costs stemming from President Donald Trump’s war with Iran.
- [Israel Losing Support Among Young Republicans; President Trump Criticizes Conservative Commentators](https://iwpost.com/israel-losing-support-among-young-republicans-president-trump-criticizes-conservative-commentators/): A recent Pew Research Center poll shows support for Israel remains higher than opposition among Republicans but has declined significantly among younger conservatives.
- [Trump Administration Wants to Make It More Difficult to Evade a Military Draft](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-wants-to-make-it-more-difficult-to-evade-a-military-draft/): The Selective Service System, the government agency that keeps a list of draft-eligible American men, will begin automatically registering names later this year, abandoning a decades-old process in which young men self-registered.
- [Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fix to School Threats Law After Kids Were Arrested for Jokes and Misunderstandings](https://iwpost.com/tennessee-lawmakers-pass-fix-to-school-threats-law-after-kids-were-arrested-for-jokes-and-misunderstandings/): Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation this week to fix the state’s controversial threats of mass violence law, which had resulted in children being charged with felonies over jokes and misunderstandings.
- [Cubans living abroad now hold the key to their country’s uncertain future](https://iwpost.com/cubans-living-abroad-now-hold-the-key-to-their-countrys-uncertain-future/): Since the early days of Cuba’s 1950s revolution – which overthrew the US-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and replaced it with a socialist government led by Fidel Castro – the Cuban diaspora have played a large role in determining the island nation’s economic and political landscape.
- [US ceasefire with Iran: What’s next? A former diplomat explains 3 possible scenarios](https://iwpost.com/us-ceasefire-with-iran-whats-next-a-former-diplomat-explains-3-possible-scenarios/): President Donald Trump on April 7, 2026, announced a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, after more than a month of war marked by U.S.
- [F1 moves a step closer to fixing its 2026 hybrid problem](https://iwpost.com/f1-moves-a-step-closer-to-fixing-its-2026-hybrid-problem/): Formula 1 is enjoying something of an unexpected break right now.
- [For South Korea, an alliance in question](https://iwpost.com/for-south-korea-an-alliance-in-question/): South Korea’s decades of sacrifice are colliding with a more transactional United States – and that collision is raising hard questions about reciprocity, reliability and strategic autonomy.
- [Trump says Iran has ‘no cards’ other than Strait of Hormuz ahead of negotiations](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-iran-has-no-cards-other-than-strait-of-hormuz-ahead-of-negotiations/): US President Donald Trump sought to diminish Iran’s negotiating position ahead of critical weekend talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, saying Friday that its only point of leverage is the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
- [Fred Perry Accelerates Retail Expansion and Sustains Profitability in 2026](https://iwpost.com/fred-perry-accelerates-retail-expansion-and-sustains-profitability-in-2026/): British heritage fashion brand Fred Perry is pushing forward with strategic retail growth and maintaining profitability amid a challenging global apparel market.
- [How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up](https://iwpost.com/how-the-trump-administrations-climate-math-doesnt-add-up/): When President Donald Trump talks about climate change, he often recycles one well-known, shaky argument: that doing anything about it will be a financial disaster.
- [Barron Trump Pulled into Firestorm as New Policy Sparks Outrage](https://iwpost.com/barron-trump-pulled-into-firestorm-as-new-policy-sparks-outrage/): Barron Trump is suddenly at the center of a political firestorm — and he didn’t even ask for it.
- [YouTube increases Premium price again, says 90-second unskippable ads are a bug](https://iwpost.com/youtube-increases-premium-price-again-says-90-second-unskippable-ads-are-a-bug/): Over the years, YouTube has evolved from a source of Rickrolls and cat videos to a platform for some of the Internet’s most popular streaming content.
- [Structural strains grip Tokyo and Seoul](https://iwpost.com/structural-strains-grip-tokyo-and-seoul/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Ceasefire With Iran Exposes Gaps Between Israeli Strategy and US Priorities, Analysts Warn](https://iwpost.com/ceasefire-with-iran-exposes-gaps-between-israeli-strategy-and-us-priorities-analysts-warn/): Israelis fear danger, Americans are concerned about exit as a tentative ceasefire takes shape.
- [Three reasons Donald Trump won’t pull the US out of Nato](https://iwpost.com/three-reasons-donald-trump-wont-pull-the-us-out-of-nato/): President Donald Trump met Nato secretary general Mark Rutte on April 8 for what Rutte described as a “very frank, very open” discussion.
- [Here's what to expect from the fiery, 14-minute return of Artemis II](https://iwpost.com/heres-what-to-expect-from-the-fiery-14-minute-return-of-artemis-ii/): Death, taxes, and the gravitationally bound return of the Artemis II mission on Friday evening. These are the only certainties in life.
- [Lebanon will only take part in talks with Israel if ceasefire already in place, official tells BBC](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-will-only-take-part-in-talks-with-israel-if-ceasefire-already-in-place-official-tells-bbc/): Lebanon will only participate in planned talks with Israel next week if a ceasefire is firmly in place beforehand, according to a senior official speaking to the BBC.
- [Putting Fuel on a Ceasefire: Israel Tries to Kill U.S.–Iran Talks](https://iwpost.com/putting-fuel-on-a-ceasefire-israel-tries-to-kill-u-s-iran-talks/): Vice President JD Vance is set to lead renewed negotiations with Iran this weekend to bring an end to the U.S.–Israel war on the country that stretched into a second month.
- [KMT’s ‘imperialist’ rhetoric shifts Taiwan’s democratic fault line](https://iwpost.com/kmts-imperialist-rhetoric-shifts-taiwans-democratic-fault-line/): Words matter in cross-strait politics. Every phrase is weighed, every omission noticed.
- [Al-Aqsa Mosque reopens to worshippers for 1st Friday prayers after weeks-long closure](https://iwpost.com/al-aqsa-mosque-reopens-to-worshippers-for-1st-friday-prayers-after-weeks-long-closure/): Thousands of Palestinian worshippers gathered at Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first Friday prayers after a closure that lasted more than five weeks, Anadolu reports.
- [Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord](https://iwpost.com/dad-stuck-in-support-nightmare-after-teen-lied-about-age-on-discord/): Brady Frey did not realize that his daughter lied about her age when she set up her Discord account.
- [Woman, 33, Cuts Off Boyfriend’s Manhood and Kills Him After ‘Thinking She was Pregnant’](https://iwpost.com/woman-33-cuts-off-boyfriends-manhood-and-kills-him-after-thinking-she-was-pregnant/): A shocking case out of Colorado is leaving even seasoned investigators rattled after a 33-year-old woman allegedly carried out a gruesome, rage-fueled attack on her boyfriend—then calmly tried to treat him as he lay dying.
- [I was in Georgia in the late 1980s: I observed how tradition survived harsh Sovietisation and rapid transformation](https://iwpost.com/i-was-in-georgia-in-the-late-1980s-i-observed-how-tradition-survived-harsh-sovietisation-and-rapid-transformation/): When Soviet president and Communist party secretary Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policies of perestroika (reconstruction) and glasnost (openness) in the mid-1980s, it marked the beginning of cautious reforms of the Soviet Union.
- [US isn’t losing soft power in SE Asia — it’s ceding it to China](https://iwpost.com/us-isnt-losing-soft-power-in-se-asia-its-ceding-it-to-china/): Commentators increasingly warn that the United States is losing its soft power – and the data backs them up.
- [‘A Curse For Humanity’: Pakistan Defense Minister Calls Israel a ‘Cancerous’ State](https://iwpost.com/a-curse-for-humanity-pakistan-defense-minister-calls-israel-a-cancerous-state/): Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif deleted a social media post in which he called Israel a “curse for humanity” and a “cancerous state,” as tensions rose following Israeli strikes on Hezbollah after the Iran ceasefire took effect on Wednesday.
- [Trump-appointed judges refuse to block Trump blacklisting of Anthropic AI tech](https://iwpost.com/trump-appointed-judges-refuse-to-block-trump-blacklisting-of-anthropic-ai-tech/): A federal appeals court refused to halt the Trump administration’s efforts to blacklist Anthropic yesterday, denying the company’s emergency motion for a stay.
- [Trump officials deny threatening Vatican over Pope Leo’s criticisms](https://iwpost.com/trump-officials-deny-threatening-vatican-over-pope-leos-criticisms/): The Trump administration has sought to contain backlash over reports that it pressured the Vatican’s ambassador to Washington in an attempt to align the Holy See more closely with US military policy.
- [The gravity of their experience hasn't quite set in for the Artemis II astronauts](https://iwpost.com/the-gravity-of-their-experience-hasnt-quite-set-in-for-the-artemis-ii-astronauts/): On the home stretch of their nine-day mission, the four astronauts flying aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft are just beginning to reflect on their experience of flying beyond the Moon.
- [Government Ordered to Turn Over Files on ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good](https://iwpost.com/government-ordered-to-turn-over-files-on-ice-agent-who-killed-renee-good/): Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are being forced to turn over critical information on the shooting of Renee Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross in relation to a separate case involving Ross.
- [Hungarian election exposes tensions at the heart of Donald Trump’s plans to boost the far-right in Europe](https://iwpost.com/hungarian-election-exposes-tensions-at-the-heart-of-donald-trumps-plans-to-boost-the-far-right-in-europe/): The world will be watching on April 12 when Hungarians head to the polls in parliamentary elections that will determine the country’s next prime minister.
- [Iran’s supreme leader vows ‘new phase’ in Hormuz management, demands war compensation](https://iwpost.com/irans-supreme-leader-vows-new-phase-in-hormuz-management-demands-war-compensation/): Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei said in a message Thursday that the management of the Strait of Hormuz will “certainly enter a new phase,” while vowing that Tehran will demand compensation for all war-related damages, Anadolu reports.
- [“Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says](https://iwpost.com/negative-views-of-broadcom-driving-thousands-of-vmware-migrations-rival-says/): Amid customer dissatisfaction around Broadcom’s VMware takeover, rivals have been trying to lure customers from the leading virtualization firm.
- [US Ambassador Denies Trump and Vance Interfered in Hungary Election](https://iwpost.com/us-ambassador-denies-trump-and-vance-interfered-in-hungary-election/): Returning to Hungary, Donald Trump’s EU ambassador told AFP that neither the former president nor his vice-president were “meddling” in Hungary’s election, despite publicly endorsing nationalist incumbent Viktor Orbán.
- [Inside Hugh Hefner’s Secret Playboy Mansion Camera Footage](https://iwpost.com/inside-hugh-hefners-secret-playboy-mansion-camera-footage/): As what would have been Hugh Hefner’s 100th birthday passes, explosive claims about what really went on behind closed doors at the infamous Playboy Mansion are roaring back into the spotlight — and they’re more unsettling than ever.
- [Iran ceasefire: too many brokers, too little leverage](https://iwpost.com/iran-ceasefire-too-many-brokers-too-little-leverage/): Pakistan, with China’s help, brokered it. Turkey and Egypt shuttled the proposals. Qatar had been working the phones for weeks.
- [Bad Israeli History Repeats Yet Again](https://iwpost.com/bad-israeli-history-repeats-yet-again/): Israel has a habit of repeating the worst episodes in its history.
- [My Undesirable Friends: Part I – an extraordinary portrait of young Russian journalists fighting to report the truth](https://iwpost.com/my-undesirable-friends-part-i-an-extraordinary-portrait-of-young-russian-journalists-fighting-to-report-the-truth/): Director Julia Loktev’s “undesirable” friends are women, mostly in their 20s or early 30s, who live in Moscow.
- [Clinical trial shows gene editing works for β-Thalassaemia, too](https://iwpost.com/clinical-trial-shows-gene-editing-works-for-%ce%b2-thalassaemia-too/): Almost as soon as researchers started exploring the capabilities of the CRISPR/Cas9 system, they recognized its potential use in targeted gene editing.
- [America’s Soviet moment: Why Trump is looking like Yeltsin](https://iwpost.com/americas-soviet-moment-why-trump-is-looking-like-yeltsin/): Is US President Donald Trump closer to Boris Yeltsin or Vladimir Putin?
- [DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel](https://iwpost.com/dnc-shoots-down-resolutions-calling-out-aipac-and-limiting-arms-to-israel/): In the latest fight to expose the yawning chasm between Democratic Party members and their leaders on Israel, the Democratic National Committee on Thursday shot down symbolic resolutions targeting AIPAC and arms transfers to Israel.
- [For-Profit Hospital Chain Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance to Compensate Injured Patients](https://iwpost.com/for-profit-hospital-chain-never-put-aside-money-for-malpractice-insurance-to-compensate-injured-patients/): Left Out: The failure of a hospital chain that provided its own malpractice insurance threatens to leave injured patients with no recourse.
- [Orion helium leak no threat to Artemis II reentry, but will require redesign](https://iwpost.com/orion-helium-leak-no-threat-to-artemis-ii-reentry-but-will-require-redesign/): Apart from pesky issues with the spacecraft’s toilet and waste disposal system, most of the Artemis II mission has proceeded like clockwork.
- [Zelenskiy, welcoming Iran de-escalation, says Ukraine ready for ceasefire with Russia](https://iwpost.com/zelenskiy-welcoming-iran-de-escalation-says-ukraine-ready-for-ceasefire-with-russia/): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he ​welcomed the ceasefire between the U.S.
- [Cowboy Sliders](https://iwpost.com/cowboy-sliders/): If you’re craving something bold, hearty, and packed with flavor, these Cowboy Sliders are exactly what you need.
- [Can the Middle East ceasefire hold?](https://iwpost.com/can-the-middle-east-ceasefire-hold/): This is the text from The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [With Middle East in flames, Trump eyes ‘next conquest’](https://iwpost.com/with-middle-east-in-flames-trump-eyes-next-conquest/): US President Donald Trump said in a late-night boast that the American military is already looking ahead to its “next conquest” as the Middle East remains embroiled in a deadly military conflict that Trump and his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unleashed six weeks ago.
- [9-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli fire on Gaza school tent](https://iwpost.com/9-year-old-palestinian-girl-killed-by-israeli-fire-on-gaza-school-tent/): A 9-year-old Palestinian girl was killed after being shot by Israeli forces while attending class in a tent set up for education at Abu Ubayda bin Jarrah School in northern Gaza, Anadolu reports.
- [Pakistan Tightens Security in Islamabad Ahead of US-Iran Talks](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-tightens-security-in-islamabad-ahead-of-us-iran-talks/): Pakistan has ramped up security in Islamabad ahead of high-stakes direct talks between the United States and Iran, with the federal capital administration declaring a two-day public holiday on Thursday and Friday.
- [RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel's charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-rewrites-cdc-panels-charter-opening-door-to-anti-vaccine-quacks/): As expected, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has significantly rewritten the charter for a federal vaccine advisory panel.
- [Actress Escorted Off Plane After ‘Bizarre’ First-Class Incident](https://iwpost.com/actress-escorted-off-plane-after-bizarre-first-class-incident/): Things took a chaotic turn for Natasha Lyonne just hours after a glitzy Hollywood premiere — and now she’s speaking out.
- [Google introduces "Skills" in Chrome to make Gemini prompts instantly reusable](https://iwpost.com/google-introduces-skills-in-chrome-to-make-gemini-prompts-instantly-reusable/): Chrome is the most popular browser in the world, and the competition is not even close.
- [Canada’s Carney secures stronger mandate for pushing back against Trump](https://iwpost.com/canadas-carney-secures-stronger-mandate-for-pushing-back-against-trump/): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has strengthened his grip on power, securing a stronger mandate to confront US President Donald Trump after a wave of floor crossings and a pair of special election victories boosted the Liberal Party to a narrow majority government.
- [In Hormuz war of words, US illustrates threat with ‘drug boat’ hit](https://iwpost.com/in-hormuz-war-of-words-us-illustrates-threat-with-drug-boat-hit/): On Monday, US President Donald Trump threatened to expand his administration’s boat-bombing spree to Iranian vessels that “come anywhere close” to the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that the president had ordered over the weekend.
- [OPINION – Regime Change Is the Only Viable Endgame in Iran](https://iwpost.com/opinion-regime-change-is-the-only-viable-endgame-in-iran/): Washington says regime change is not its goal in Iran.
- [NASA chose the right crew to launch a new era of human space exploration](https://iwpost.com/nasa-chose-the-right-crew-to-launch-a-new-era-of-human-space-exploration/): HOUSTON—Their mission is complete. The four people who flew beyond the Moon on NASA’s Artemis II mission are back home in Houston with their families.
- [Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”](https://iwpost.com/facebook-and-instagram-tighten-censorship-rules-for-saying-antifa/): Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta changed its speech rules to add new restrictions around posts including the word “antifa,” according to documents reviewed by The Intercept.
- [Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled](https://iwpost.com/caught-in-the-crackdown-as-arrests-at-anti-ice-protests-piled-up-prosecutions-crumbled/): Protesters Detained: ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 people who were arrested during immigration sweeps and accused of crimes like assaulting or interfering with law enforcement.
- [Could Viktor Orbán be back in 2030? Why Péter Magyar has a fight on his hands after landslide win](https://iwpost.com/could-viktor-orban-be-back-in-2030-why-peter-magyar-has-a-fight-on-his-hands-after-landslide-win/): The mood was jubilant among liberals and pro-Europeans in Hungary and beyond on April 13 as Péter Magyar led the Tisza party to a landslide election victory.
- [West Bank students forced to study outdoors after illegal settlers block road to school](https://iwpost.com/west-bank-students-forced-to-study-outdoors-after-illegal-settlers-block-road-to-school/): Palestinian students in the occupied West Bank were forced to hold classes outdoors after illegal Israeli settlers blocked the main road to school with a fence and barbed wire, Anadolu reports.
- [How debate about gender identity could undermine global efforts to protect victims of violence](https://iwpost.com/how-debate-about-gender-identity-could-undermine-global-efforts-to-protect-victims-of-violence/): Aided by the Trump administration, debate over gender identity has gone from being a touchstone of domestic culture wars to infiltrating the work of international groups – including those designed to protect vulnerable communities.
- [China faces Trump’s Iran offensive in the Hormuz Strait](https://iwpost.com/china-faces-trumps-iran-offensive-in-the-hormuz-strait/): US President Donald Trump’s decision to block ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz presents China with a sticky choice: to accept Trump’s prohibition on trade with Iran, Beijing’s staunch ally, or challenge the closure and turn this Middle East conflict into a duel between nuclear-armed superpowers.
- [Man Dies After Falling Asleep Inside Car in Walmart Parking Lot](https://iwpost.com/man-dies-after-falling-asleep-inside-car-in-walmart-parking-lot/): Authorities say the shocking incident unfolded late Saturday morning, April 11, outside a Walmart Supercenter on West Charleston Boulevard.
- [MEPs close in on position on EU budget negotiations](https://iwpost.com/meps-close-in-on-position-on-eu-budget-negotiations/): The European Parliament is moving closer to finalising its position on the EU’s next long-term budget, setting the stage for a key institutional milestone in shaping the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), with co-rapporteurs signalling broad agreement ahead of a decisive committee vote.
- [EU loan aims to keep Ukraine war going until 2029](https://iwpost.com/eu-loan-aims-to-keep-ukraine-war-going-until-2029/): The European Union will keep funding Ukraine's war effort.
- [Iran War Turns Israel-Turkey Tensions Into a Sharper Strategic Clash](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-turns-israel-turkey-tensions-into-a-sharper-strategic-clash/): In this sharp, high-stakes report, Giorgia Valente traces how the Iran war has turned the already battered Israel-Turkey relationship into something more dangerous: not just another diplomatic quarrel, but a widening strategic clash over deterrence, legitimacy, and who gets to define escalation in the region.
- [Medieval Christian tropes inflaming Islamophobic Iran war debate](https://iwpost.com/medieval-christian-tropes-inflaming-islamophobic-iran-war-debate/): The war with Iran is not just a geopolitical conflict. We see religious rhetoric used to cast strategic interests as a moral or sacred matter.
- [Israel rejects Lebanon ceasefire during Washington talks: Report](https://iwpost.com/israel-rejects-lebanon-ceasefire-during-washington-talks-report/): Israel pre-empted a Tuesday meeting with Lebanon in Washington by rejecting a ceasefire during preliminary talks, according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Anadolu reports.
- [UK sets up Brexit-style crisis team to deal with Iran conflict](https://iwpost.com/uk-sets-up-brexit-style-crisis-team-to-deal-with-iran-conflict/): Keir Starmer is setting up a Brexit-style “Middle East response committee” to reshape how Britain handles the Iran conflict.
- [Humanity isn’t ready for AI’s biological threat](https://iwpost.com/humanity-isnt-ready-for-ais-biological-threat/): Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace.
- [IBM folds to Trump anti-DEI push, admits no misconduct but pays $17M penalty](https://iwpost.com/ibm-folds-to-trump-anti-dei-push-admits-no-misconduct-but-pays-17m-penalty/): IBM agreed to pay $17 million to the US government to resolve the Trump administration’s claim that the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies discriminated against employees and job-seekers.
- [Businessman Busted at Disney in Chilling Plot That Left 7 Dead](https://iwpost.com/businessman-busted-at-disney-in-chilling-plot-that-left-7-dead/): What started as a family trip to Walt Disney World ended in handcuffs for a California fireworks kingpin now accused of being at the center of a deadly underground operation that prosecutors say turned into a ticking time bomb.
- [Slow Cooker Beef Manhattan](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-beef-manhattan/): There are some meals that just feel like home—and Slow Cooker Beef Manhattan is one of them.
- [Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026 Highlights Jewish Family Life Before, During, and After the Holocaust ](https://iwpost.com/holocaust-remembrance-day-2026-highlights-jewish-family-life-before-during-and-after-the-holocaust/): Israel marked Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day on April 13 with a state ceremony at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, focusing this year on the central role of the Jewish family.
- [Iran war threatening to shatter the global economy](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-threatening-to-shatter-the-global-economy/): The world economy survived the shocks of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, which has had limited impact on economic growth.
- [Your tech support company runs scams. Stop—or disguise with more fraud?](https://iwpost.com/your-tech-support-company-runs-scams-stop-or-disguise-with-more-fraud/): Michael Cotter had a problem: “Chargebacks” at his tech support company were too high.
- [NATO Allies Refuse To Join Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Plan](https://iwpost.com/nato-allies-refuse-to-join-trumps-strait-of-hormuz-plan/): The United States’ NATO allies signalled they will not take part in President Donald Trump’s plan to impose a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, deepening strains within an already fragile alliance.
- [What Orban’s loss means for Putin, Trump and right-wing populism](https://iwpost.com/what-orbans-loss-means-for-putin-trump-and-right-wing-populism/): Hungary’s most consequential election in decades has just delivered an important victory for democracy and accountability.
- [6 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza despite ongoing ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/6-palestinians-killed-in-israeli-attacks-across-gaza-despite-ongoing-ceasefire/): Six Palestinians were killed and seven others wounded Monday in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources said, as Israel continued its violations of a ceasefire in effect since last October, Anadolu reports.
- [NZXT agrees to let customers keep their rental PCs in class-action settlement](https://iwpost.com/nzxt-agrees-to-let-customers-keep-their-rental-pcs-in-class-action-settlement/): PC hardware company NZXT and its billing partner, Fragile, have agreed to a $3,450,000 settlement in response to a class-action complaint regarding NZXT’s Flex PC rental program.
- [Iran war as a cage Trump can’t escape](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-as-a-cage-trump-cant-escape/): Six weeks into what the Trump administration has branded “Operation Epic Fury,” it is worth pausing to ask the question that Washington’s war managers seem constitutionally incapable of posing to themselves: what exactly did we think was going to happen next?
- [Sarah Ferguson ‘Betrayed’ by Queen Camilla?](https://iwpost.com/sarah-ferguson-betrayed-by-queen-camilla/): Sarah Ferguson is said to be seething behind palace walls—or rather, far outside of them.
- [Rocket Strike Damages Building in Nahariya, Woman in Her 60s Wounded](https://iwpost.com/rocket-strike-damages-building-in-nahariya-woman-in-her-60s-wounded/): Following a barrage of fire from Lebanon toward the western Galilee, a building in Nahariya was hit on Monday.
- [Google shoehorned Rust into Pixel 10 modem to make legacy code safer](https://iwpost.com/google-shoehorned-rust-into-pixel-10-modem-to-make-legacy-code-safer/): Modern smartphone operating systems have myriad systems in place to improve security, but none of that helps when attackers target the modem.
- [Germany’s far-right AfD adopts ‘radical’ manifesto ahead of key polls](https://iwpost.com/germanys-far-right-afd-adopts-radical-manifesto-ahead-of-key-polls/): Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is leading polls in Saxony-Anhalt ahead of September’s regional elections, raising the prospect of the first far-right state government since World War Two.
- [US Hormuz blockade, tariffs jolt China](https://iwpost.com/us-hormuz-blockade-tariffs-jolt-china/): China has urged the United States and Iran to return to the negotiating table after Washington launched an operation to close the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and threatened to impose 50% tariffs on countries providing weapons to Tehran.
- [Measles takes a plane to Idaho, which has worst vaccination rate in US](https://iwpost.com/measles-takes-a-plane-to-idaho-which-has-worst-vaccination-rate-in-us/): A person with measles passed through the busiest airport in Idaho, shedding one of the world’s most infectious viruses in the state with the country’s lowest measles vaccination rate.
- [State Department Tells Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings](https://iwpost.com/state-department-tells-human-rights-watchdog-to-ignore-trumps-extrajudicial-killings/): The United States is waging a pressure campaign against the leading inter-American human rights watchdog to squash a potential investigation into illegal U.S.
- [Iran’s parliament speaker backs Pope Leo after Trump criticism](https://iwpost.com/irans-parliament-speaker-backs-pope-leo-after-trump-criticism/): Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf praised Pope Leo XIV’s stance against the US-Israeli war on his country, describing his opposition of the conflict “inspires millions” amid rising regional tensions, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump needs A-10s to go after Iranian speedboats and patrol ships](https://iwpost.com/trump-needs-a-10s-to-go-after-iranian-speedboats-and-patrol-ships/): An Iranian speedboat advertised as being able to make 100 knots.
- [EU warned of ‘double whammy’ risk from markets and private credit](https://iwpost.com/eu-warned-of-double-whammy-risk-from-markets-and-private-credit/): The global economy could face a “double whammy” if market volatility coincides with mounting risks in private credit, a top financial stability official warned EU lawmakers.
- [‘I Have Never Seen the 2 Sides This Far Apart’: Iran Analyst Warns Talks Were Doomed as Ceasefire Holds by a Thread](https://iwpost.com/i-have-never-seen-the-2-sides-this-far-apart-iran-analyst-warns-talks-were-doomed-as-ceasefire-holds-by-a-thread/): The collapse of US–Iran talks after a full day of negotiations is reinforcing concerns that the current ceasefire may be less a diplomatic opening than a fragile pause shaped by competing strategic calculations.
- [Sunrise on the Reaping teaser brings us a Second Quarter Quell](https://iwpost.com/sunrise-on-the-reaping-teaser-brings-us-a-second-quarter-quell/): The Hunger Games franchise, based on the bestselling novels by Susan Collins, has grossed over $3.4 billion at the global box office across five films and shows no sign of slowing down any time soon.
- [The most polluting LNG project in the US is being built in Louisiana](https://iwpost.com/the-most-polluting-lng-project-in-the-us-is-being-built-in-louisiana/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.
- [Anna Kepner’s Stepbrother Indicted on Murder and Sexual Abuse Charges](https://iwpost.com/anna-kepners-stepbrother-indicted-on-murder-and-sexual-abuse-charges/): A luxury family vacation turned into a nightmare at sea — and now a shocking indictment is raising even more disturbing questions.
- [NATO allies bash Trump’s Hormuz blockade as oil passes $100 a bbl](https://iwpost.com/nato-allies-bash-trumps-hormuz-blockade-as-oil-passes-100-a-bbl/): Contrary to President Donald Trump’s claim that “other countries will be involved” in imposing a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire talks ended over the weekend without a deal with Iran, North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries on Monday made clear they did not plan to join Trump’s effort as the news of the blockade sent global oil prices skyrocketing once again.
- [Viktor Orbán’s election loss shows the limits of his propaganda machine](https://iwpost.com/viktor-orbans-election-loss-shows-the-limits-of-his-propaganda-machine/): Hungarian voters have overwhelmingly rejected the 16-year rule of authoritarian strongman Viktor Orbán, electing his one-time political ally, Péter Magyar, to replace him.
- [Meta spins up AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to engage with employees](https://iwpost.com/meta-spins-up-ai-version-of-mark-zuckerberg-to-engage-with-employees/): Meta is building an artificial intelligence version of Mark Zuckerberg that can engage with employees in his stead, as part of a broader push to remake the Big Tech company around AI.
- [Trump: With God on his side? ](https://iwpost.com/trump-with-god-on-his-side/): US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image on social media April 12 depicting himself in a Christ-like role, appearing to heal a sick man in a hospital bed.
- [Trump launches sharp attack on Pope Leo XIV](https://iwpost.com/trump-launches-sharp-attack-on-pope-leo-xiv/): President Donald Trump launched a sharp and highly unusual attack on Pope Leo XIV, saying the US-born pontiff was “not doing a very good job” and describing him as “very liberal”, while urging him to “stop catering to the Radical Left”.
- [J Street backs ending US military aid to Israel in sign of widening Democratic shift](https://iwpost.com/j-street-backs-ending-us-military-aid-to-israel-in-sign-of-widening-democratic-shift/): The liberal pro-Israel lobby group J Street has called for the phased end of all US military aid to Israel by 2028, in a striking sign of how far the political ground has shifted in Washington over unconditional support for the occupation state.
- [Slate Auto raises $650 million as production gets closer and closer](https://iwpost.com/slate-auto-raises-650-million-as-production-gets-closer-and-closer/): The electric pickup startup Slate Auto starts the week off well. This morning it announced it has raised $650 million as part of its latest funding round.
- [Top Iran diplomat: Deal ‘inches away,’ Trump team sabotaged talks](https://iwpost.com/top-iran-diplomat-deal-inches-away-trump-team-sabotaged-talks/): US Vice President JD Vance speaks as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff listen during a news conference after a meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran on April 12, 2026 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- [Hamas Keeps Its Guns as Diplomacy Runs in Circles](https://iwpost.com/hamas-keeps-its-guns-as-diplomacy-runs-in-circles/): In this sharp, closely argued report, Giorgia Valente examines how a brief diplomatic effort to tie Gaza’s postwar reconstruction to Hamas disarmament quickly lost momentum as the US-Iran crisis pushed Gaza back to the margins.
- [Epstein Used Kleenex Boxes as Secret Cameras for Chilling Power Plays](https://iwpost.com/epstein-used-kleenex-boxes-as-secret-cameras-for-chilling-power-plays/): Newly surfaced documents are reigniting disturbing questions about how Jeffrey Epstein may have secretly gathered leverage over powerful figures—and how far his alleged surveillance network really stretched.
- [Quantum computers to break our codes faster than expected](https://iwpost.com/quantum-computers-to-break-our-codes-faster-than-expected/): Online data is generally pretty secure.
- [Nigeria probes deadly airstrike after market blast claims civilian lives](https://iwpost.com/nigeria-probes-deadly-airstrike-after-market-blast-claims-civilian-lives/): Nigeria’s military has launched an investigation following reports that dozens of civilians were killed in an airstrike on a busy market near the border of Borno and Yobe states.
- [To teach in the time of ChatGPT is to know pain](https://iwpost.com/to-teach-in-the-time-of-chatgpt-is-to-know-pain/): I’ve been teaching college Earth science courses as a part-time faculty member for a long time now, all while juggling other jobs.
- [Ginger Garlic Salmon Marinade](https://iwpost.com/ginger-garlic-salmon-marinade/): This Ginger Garlic Salmon Marinade is the secret to transforming simple salmon into a restaurant-quality dish at home.
- [China tech companies going gangbusters in the Gulf](https://iwpost.com/china-tech-companies-going-gangbusters-in-the-gulf/): On April 1, Baidu’s Apollo Go opened bookings on its own app in Dubai, the first international deployment of its proprietary autonomous ride-hailing platform.
- [Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections](https://iwpost.com/inside-trumps-effort-to-take-over-the-midterm-elections/): Safeguards Destroyed: In advance of this year’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump has systematically demolished federal guardrails that prevented him from overturning the 2020 election.
- [UK will not join US blockade of Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/uk-will-not-join-us-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz/): The UK will not participate in a US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, according to local media, following US President Donald Trump’s remarks about blockading the critical shipping route, Anadolu reports.
- [To Lam’s Vietnam drifting perceptibly closer to China](https://iwpost.com/to-lams-vietnam-drifting-perceptibly-closer-to-china/): Within days of securing the state presidency, Vietnamese leader To Lam confirmed a state visit to China on April 14–17, his first overseas trip in the new dual role.
- [UK pauses its plan to cede Chagos Islands ](https://iwpost.com/uk-pauses-its-plan-to-cede-chagos-islands/): The UK government has put on hold plans to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after intensive opposition by the United Sttes.
- [Syrian Military Expands Deployments Along Lebanese and Iraqi Borders](https://iwpost.com/syrian-military-expands-deployments-along-lebanese-and-iraqi-borders/): [DAMASCUS] Border areas in Syria with Lebanon and Iraq have recently witnessed the deployment of significant reinforcements from northwestern Syria toward strategic border positions, as part of security measures believed to aim to strengthen field control and enhance readiness along the border strip.
- [NFL Reporter Sparks Firestorm with Shocking New Relationship](https://iwpost.com/nfl-reporter-sparks-firestorm-with-shocking-new-relationship/): An NFL media firestorm is brewing after a set of eyebrow-raising photos surfaced showing a top league insider getting unusually close with one of the game’s biggest coaches.
- [Dueling Hormuz blockades push world to the brink](https://iwpost.com/dueling-hormuz-blockades-push-world-to-the-brink/): US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US Navy would impose a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, announced after failed face-to-face talks in Islamabad, signals a perilous new phase of the Iran war, one that threatens to prolong the oil shock’s impact on the global economy and entrench US forces in a long-term conflict.
- [Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar’s Hungary election landslide](https://iwpost.com/orban-era-swept-away-by-peter-magyars-hungary-election-landslide/): Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power has come to an end, with a system often labelled an “electoral autocracy” collapsing after a decisive defeat by 45-year-old former insider Péter Magyar, who persuaded a majority of Hungarians that change was needed.
- [The US attack on Iran is a wrecking ball aimed at its foundations](https://iwpost.com/the-us-attack-on-iran-is-a-wrecking-ball-aimed-at-its-foundations/): In Washington, the phrase “restoring deterrence” functions as a foreign policy reflex.
- [Trump announces closure of Hormuz Strait as Iran talks falter](https://iwpost.com/trump-announces-closure-of-hormuz-strait-as-iran-talks-falter/): US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as Vice President JD Vance’s negotiating team failed to gain the trust of Iranian counterparts, who have been burned by the United States before and are loath to surrender sovereignty over their nuclear program.
- [US Sets Iran Red Lines After Talks Stall as CENTCOM Prepares Maritime Blockade](https://iwpost.com/us-sets-iran-red-lines-after-talks-stall-as-centcom-prepares-maritime-blockade/): A US official outlined Washington’s “red lines” in talks with Iran following a stalemate in negotiations in Islamabad, as US Central Command (CENTCOM) moves to enforce a maritime blockade of Iranian ports.
- [No Doubt Star, 58, Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/no-doubt-star-58-reveals-parkinsons-diagnosis/): Fans of No Doubt were hit with an emotional bombshell this weekend after guitarist Tom Dumont revealed he’s been quietly battling early-onset Parkinson’s disease for years — and still plans to hit the stage.
- [Ceasefire at Risk as Tensions Escalate in Gulf and Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/ceasefire-at-risk-as-tensions-escalate-in-gulf-and-lebanon/): A tentative two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran is showing signs of strain, amid renewed tensions in the Gulf and escalating violence in Lebanon.
- [Hungarian voters end 16 straight years of Orban’s far-right rule](https://iwpost.com/hungarian-voters-end-16-straight-years-of-orbans-far-right-rule/): Peter Magyar has defeated Viktor Oban.
- [Iran says over 940 schools damaged in US-Israeli attacks](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-over-940-schools-damaged-in-us-israeli-attacks/): Iran said Sunday that 942 schools have been damaged in US-Israeli attacks across the country since Feb. 28, Anadolu reports.
- [Five emerging themes for the Indo-Pacific from Trump’s Iran war](https://iwpost.com/five-emerging-themes-for-the-indo-pacific-from-trumps-iran-war/): “This is not our war.” That phrase, used by some European leaders to explain why they have refused to send forces to join America and Israel in their attacks on Iran, has become notorious in Donald Trump’s White House and has put the future of the transatlantic alliance in fresh danger.
- [Meloni Distances Italy from Trump Amid Political and Economic Pressures](https://iwpost.com/meloni-distances-italy-from-trump-amid-political-and-economic-pressures/): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni publicly distanced herself from US President Donald Trump during a parliamentary address on Thursday, following a referendum defeat widely seen as a rebuke to her leadership.
- [President Trump Announces US Naval Blockade of Strait of Hormuz ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-announces-us-naval-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz/): US President Donald Trump on Truth Social announced a US naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and spoke to Maria Bartiromo of Fox News Sunday about stopping Iran’s nuclear program for good, America’s military accomplishments during the conflict, and his controversial post preceding the truce.
- [Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year](https://iwpost.com/texas-is-giving-data-centers-more-than-1-billion-in-tax-breaks-each-year/): This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune and supported by the Pulitzer Center.
- [Andrew Windsor Given Strict Rules — Banned from Owning a Cat](https://iwpost.com/andrew-windsor-given-strict-rules-banned-from-owning-a-cat/): Once surrounded by royal privilege, Prince Andrew is now living a very different life — and even his choice of pets is no longer entirely up to him.
- [EU Rejects Hormuz Tolls as Shipping Crisis Deepens](https://iwpost.com/eu-rejects-hormuz-tolls-as-shipping-crisis-deepens/): The European Commission has firmly rejected proposals to charge vessels for crossing the Strait of Hormuz, insisting that international law guarantees free navigation through the critical waterway.
- [Varying degrees of silence over colonialism and annexation](https://iwpost.com/varying-degrees-of-silence-over-colonialism-and-annexation/): Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a settlement in Benjamin, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel will expand in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon and Syria, widening its non-existent borders.
- [Sour Cream Beef Noodle Casserole (Creamy, Cheesy & Comforting)](https://iwpost.com/sour-cream-beef-noodle-casserole-creamy-cheesy-comforting/): When it comes to cozy, satisfying meals, nothing beats a classic casserole—and this Sour Cream Beef Noodle Casserole is pure comfort in every bite.
- [Pakistan Expects US-Iran Talks To Resume Soon ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-expects-us-iran-talks-to-resume-soon/): Pakistan expects US-Iran negotiations to pick up again in the near future.
- [Cowboys Hit with Bombshell: NFL Star Busted on Felony Charges](https://iwpost.com/cowboys-hit-with-bombshell-nfl-star-busted-on-felony-charges/): The Dallas Cowboys are dealing with a sudden off-field controversy after safety Markquese Bell was arrested in Texas on serious drug-related charges.
- [UK Tracks Russian Submarines Conducting Covert Cable Surveillance](https://iwpost.com/uk-tracks-russian-submarines-conducting-covert-cable-surveillance/): The UK has detected three Russian submarines conducting a covert operation over critical undersea cables and pipelines in waters north of the country, Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed.
- [Shock from Iran war has Trump's vision for US energy dominance flailing](https://iwpost.com/shock-from-iran-war-has-trumps-vision-for-us-energy-dominance-flailing/): In President Donald Trump’s telling, the United States has fuel enough to hover above the chaos that his attack on Iran has triggered in global energy markets.
- [DOGE Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Help Americans Stranded in Iran War Zone](https://iwpost.com/doge-cuts-left-u-s-unable-to-help-americans-stranded-in-iran-war-zone/): When the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, it put as many as 1 million Americans living in the Middle East at risk.
- [What to Know About the Strait of Hormuz Under the Cease-Fire](https://iwpost.com/what-to-know-about-the-strait-of-hormuz-under-the-cease-fire/): The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the most sensitive maritime corridors in the world, and recent developments following a fragile cease fire between the United States and Iran have only heightened uncertainty around its use.
- [140 heritage sites in Iran damaged in US-Israeli attacks](https://iwpost.com/140-heritage-sites-in-iran-damaged-in-us-israeli-attacks/): About 140 historical sites across 20 provinces were damaged in US-Israeli attacks between Feb.
- [As First Phase of Iran Talks Concludes, Gaps Remain Regarding Strait of Hormuz, Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/as-first-phase-of-iran-talks-concludes-gaps-remain-regarding-strait-of-hormuz-lebanon/): The first round of direct talks between the United States and Iran concluded in Islamabad on Saturday night, marking one of the highest-level engagements between the two countries in decades.
- [Sleeping Kentucky Woman Crushed by Garbage Truck Claw](https://iwpost.com/sleeping-kentucky-woman-crushed-by-garbage-truck-claw/): A routine city cleanup turned into a nightmare straight out of a horror story — and now a grieving family is demanding answers after a homeless woman in Louisville was allegedly picked up, crushed, and discarded by a garbage truck claw.
- [Iran has weakened US in the great power game](https://iwpost.com/iran-has-weakened-us-in-the-great-power-game/): Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the US war in Iran dragged on.
- [Pope Leo heads to Africa on ambitious tour to urge help for continent](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-heads-to-africa-on-ambitious-tour-to-urge-help-for-continent/): Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge global leaders ​to address the needs of the continent where more than a fifth of the world’s Catholics live on his first major overseas trip of ‌2026.
- [Syrian Authorities Say Plot Targeted Rabbi Michael Khoury in Foiled Damascus Bombing](https://iwpost.com/syrian-authorities-say-plot-targeted-rabbi-michael-khoury-in-foiled-damascus-bombing/): [DAMASCUS] A Syrian security source described as an insider told The Media Line that authorities arrested a cell allegedly planning to target a Jewish figure in Damascus.
- [London police arrest 92 at Palestine Action support rally](https://iwpost.com/london-police-arrest-92-at-palestine-action-support-rally/): London police arrested 92 people on Saturday, during a demonstration in Trafalgar Square supporting ‘Palestine Action,’ a group previously designated as a proscribed organization in the UK, Anadolu reports.
- [Orion helium leak no threat to Artemis II reentry but will require redesign](https://iwpost.com/orion-helium-leak-no-threat-to-artemis-ii-reentry-but-will-require-redesign-2/): Apart from pesky issues with the spacecraft’s toilet and waste disposal system, most of the Artemis II mission has proceeded like clockwork.
- [Meghan Markle ‘Cashing In’ on Royal Status – A Slap in the Face to Dead Queen](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-cashing-in-on-royal-status-a-slap-in-the-face-to-dead-queen/): Meghan Markle is once again at the center of a firestorm — and this time, critics are calling her latest business move a “disgusting slap in the face” to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
- [JPMorgan to build Canary Wharf’s tallest tower](https://iwpost.com/jpmorgan-to-build-canary-wharfs-tallest-tower/): JPMorgan Chase has received approval to build a 265-metre office tower at Canary Wharf, set to become the tallest building in the area.
- [Rocket Report: Chinese version of Falcon 9 fails; Artemis depends on rapid heavy lift](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-chinese-version-of-falcon-9-fails-artemis-depends-on-rapid-heavy-lift/): Welcome to Edition 8.36 of the Rocket Report!
- [N Korea building a new war playbook from Iran and Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/n-korea-building-a-new-war-playbook-from-iran-and-ukraine/): North Korea’s latest weapons tests suggest it is rapidly integrating battlefield lessons from Iran and Ukraine into a playbook designed to strain missile defenses and fight through a regional war in Asia.
- [Adobe takes Creative Cloud into Claude Code-esque territory](https://iwpost.com/adobe-takes-creative-cloud-into-claude-code-esque-territory/): Adobe has been putting task-specific AI tools and features into its creative productivity applications like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere at a breakneck pace, but the latest product from the company—a chat-based interface that can handle complex, multi-modal projects across several applications—marks a significant shift in how users can think about its suite of tools.
- [“Doctor Doom” Busted in Chilling Organ Trade Scheme](https://iwpost.com/doctor-doom-busted-in-chilling-organ-trade-scheme/): A jaw-dropping illegal organ trafficking operation has been exposed in India, and the details sound like something straight out of a horror movie.
- [3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590,000 Deposit, the FBI: What Really Happened in This Small Town?](https://iwpost.com/3d-printed-homes-an-abandoned-590000-deposit-the-fbi-what-really-happened-in-this-small-town/): Big Promises: Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis.
- [‘I’m not a politician’: why the clash with Pope Leo could prove dangerous for Donald Trump](https://iwpost.com/im-not-a-politician-why-the-clash-with-pope-leo-could-prove-dangerous-for-donald-trump/): “I am not a politician; I speak of the Gospel.” Pope Leo XIV’s recent remarks, made during his apostolic journey to Africa, immediately suggest that his clash with Donald Trump operates on a different level to the US president’s usual political spats.
- [Seeing women govern encourages support for women in politics – with no apparent backlash among men](https://iwpost.com/seeing-women-govern-encourages-support-for-women-in-politics-with-no-apparent-backlash-among-men/): Quotas designed to bring gender parity to parliaments have an overall positive impact on support for female political leadership – especially after women members of parliament take office.
- [Netherlands migration bills face backlash over “illegal stay” offence clause](https://iwpost.com/netherlands-migration-bills-face-backlash-over-illegal-stay-offence-clause/): The proposed reforms were introduced by former asylum minister Marjolein Faber and form part of two wider bills aimed at tightening migration policy.
- [China’s satellite boost gives Iran a US targeting edge](https://iwpost.com/chinas-satellite-boost-gives-iran-a-us-targeting-edge/): Iran’s reported use of a Chinese-built satellite, combined with alleged Russian intelligence support, signals a shift toward a new model of warfare in which commercially enabled space assets reshape how US forces are tracked and targeted.
- [The race to Shackleton Crater is on—will Jeff Bezos or China get there first?](https://iwpost.com/the-race-to-shackleton-crater-is-on-will-jeff-bezos-or-china-get-there-first/): Later this year, two spacecraft are scheduled for launch on missions to land somewhere near the rim of Shackleton Crater, an impact basin near the Moon’s south pole harboring an immense reservoir of water ice.
- [Orbán’s downfall is a positive for EU-Hungary relations – but the reset will not be smooth](https://iwpost.com/orbans-downfall-is-a-positive-for-eu-hungary-relations-but-the-reset-will-not-be-smooth/): Hungary’s Tisza party won parliamentary elections on April 12, bringing an end to the 16-year tenure of Viktor Orbán as prime minister.
- [Former European officials urge suspension of EU-Israel agreement](https://iwpost.com/former-european-officials-urge-suspension-of-eu-israel-agreement/): More than 350 former European officials, including ministers, ambassadors and senior EU figures, have called for the suspension of the EU’s association agreement with Israel over what they described as serious human rights violations against Palestinians.
- [FCC exempts Netgear from ban on foreign routers, doesn't explain why](https://iwpost.com/fcc-exempts-netgear-from-ban-on-foreign-routers-doesnt-explain-why/): Netgear is the first major vendor of consumer routers to obtain an exemption from the US government’s sweeping ban on foreign-made routers.
- [Taiwan’s opposition courting China as faith in US fades](https://iwpost.com/taiwans-opposition-courting-china-as-faith-in-us-fades/): Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun and Chinese President Xi Jinping had lots to agree about in Beijing.
- [Syria, Saudi Arabia Sign Deals To Develop Aleppo Airport, Launch Flynas Syria Carrier by 2026](https://iwpost.com/syria-saudi-arabia-sign-deals-to-develop-aleppo-airport-launch-flynas-syria-carrier-by-2026/): [DAMASCUS] In a step reflecting the growing pace of economic cooperation between Syria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Syrian General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport signed two strategic agreements with the Saudi side, under the patronage of President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and in the presence of Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, at the People’s Palace in Damascus.
- [Deadly Russian strikes across Ukraine mark worst escalation of the year](https://iwpost.com/deadly-russian-strikes-across-ukraine-mark-worst-escalation-of-the-year/): Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and ‌other cities overnight, killing 16 people, including a 12-year-old child, and wounding scores, in drone and missile strikes, officials said on Thursday.
- [Vulcan woes will "absolutely" be a factor in Pentagon's next rocket competition](https://iwpost.com/vulcan-woes-will-absolutely-be-a-factor-in-pentagons-next-rocket-competition/): The US Space Force is still dealing with the near-term implications of the second grounding of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket in less than two years.
- [Iconic 1960’s Actress Dies at 87](https://iwpost.com/iconic-1960s-actress-dies-at-87/): Hollywood just lost a scene-stealing legend — and fans of classic cinema won’t soon forget her.
- [China carefully navigating Iran’s tighter Hormuz grip](https://iwpost.com/china-carefully-navigating-irans-tighter-hormuz-grip/): The Trump administration claims its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is working, with nine ships complying with orders to turn around.
- [New teaser gives us first look at Godzilla Minus Zero](https://iwpost.com/new-teaser-gives-us-first-look-at-godzilla-minus-zero/): The Godzilla franchise is going strong in 2026, with Apple TV’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (part of Legendary Entertainment’s MonsterVerse) and the pending release of Toho’s Godzilla Minus Zero, the hotly anticipated sequel to 2023’s critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One.
- [US Big Oil earning $30 million per hour from Iran war](https://iwpost.com/us-big-oil-earning-30-million-per-hour-from-iran-war/): America's Big Oil companies are benefiting from the Iran war.
- [Macron to host call with EU leaders on social media ban for minors](https://iwpost.com/macron-to-host-call-with-eu-leaders-on-social-media-ban-for-minors/): French President Emmanuel Macron will host a ​video call with other ‌EU leaders and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ​to push for a ​coordinated approach on banning social ⁠media for minors, Macron’s office .
- [Strait of Hormuz should not be used as political, economic pressure tool: Gulf Cooperation Council chief](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-should-not-be-used-as-political-economic-pressure-tool-gulf-cooperation-council-chief/): The Strait of Hormuz should not be used as a political or economic pressure tool, Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Israel Security Cabinet to Discuss Lebanon Ceasefire as Reports Signal Imminent Deal, Jerusalem Pushes Back](https://iwpost.com/israel-security-cabinet-to-discuss-lebanon-ceasefire-as-reports-signal-imminent-deal-jerusalem-pushes-back/): Israel’s security cabinet will convene Wednesday to discuss a possible ceasefire in Lebanon, a senior Israeli official said, as fighting with Hezbollah enters its sixth week after expanding from the US-Israeli confrontation with Iran.
- [Boston Dynamics’ robot dog now reads gauges and thermometers with Google's AI](https://iwpost.com/boston-dynamics-robot-dog-now-reads-gauges-and-thermometers-with-googles-ai/): Robots such as Boston Dynamics’ four-legged Spot can now accurately read analog thermometers and pressure gauges while roaming around factories and warehouses.
- [The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel](https://iwpost.com/the-dam-breaks-democratic-senators-overwhelmingly-reject-arms-sales-to-israel/): Democratic senators overwhelmingly voted to block bomb and bulldozer sales to Israel on Wednesday, in a reflection of the Jewish state’s plummeting stock among party rank-and-file and growing anger over the war with Iran.
- [Iran war inflicting losses that will never be recovered](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-inflicting-losses-that-will-never-be-recovered/): Every ceasefire is haunted by the same question: will it live up to the promise of peace?
- [Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS](https://iwpost.com/google-releases-new-apps-for-windows-and-macos/): Most people access Google’s search and AI products through a browser, but you’ve got some new options today.
- [Dirty Dancing Star’s Chilling Murder Still Haunts Investigators](https://iwpost.com/dirty-dancing-stars-chilling-murder-still-haunts-investigators/): A veteran New York death investigator says one detail from a brutal Manhattan massacre still won’t leave her mind — and it’s not what you’d expect.
- [Portugal rejects separate European army](https://iwpost.com/portugal-rejects-separate-european-army/): Portugal is against the creation of a separate European army and instead backs strengthening and modernising its armed forces within the ​U.S.-led NATO alliance, the country’s defence minister said, contrasting with neighbouring ‌Spain’s position.
- [Jury finds Live Nation/Ticketmaster is illegal monopoly that overcharged fans](https://iwpost.com/jury-finds-live-nation-ticketmaster-is-illegal-monopoly-that-overcharged-fans/): A federal jury ruled today that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary operate an illegal monopoly that overcharged fans for tickets, handing a win to US states that continued a trial even after the Trump administration dropped out.
- [Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll Fudge](https://iwpost.com/cinnabon-cinnamon-roll-fudge/): If you love the irresistible aroma and flavor of Cinnabon cinnamon rolls, this Cinnamon Roll Fudge is about to become your new favorite treat.
- [Sending combat troops to exercise, Japan leaves WWII ghosts behind](https://iwpost.com/sending-combat-troops-to-exercise-japan-leaves-wwii-ghosts-behind/): U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and U.S.
- [Iran Sentences First Woman to Death Over Protests as Four Face Execution in Tehran Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/iran-sentences-first-woman-to-death-over-protests-as-four-face-execution-in-tehran-crackdown/): Iranian authorities are preparing to carry out the execution of Bita Hemmati, the first woman sentenced to death in connection with the mass protests in Tehran in late December and January, according to a press release by the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
- [Amy Goodman on the Media’s “Access of Evil”](https://iwpost.com/amy-goodman-on-the-medias-access-of-evil/): This week on The Intercept Briefing, Goodman speaks to host Akela Lacy about a new documentary called “Steal This Story, Please!” The documentary follows Goodman’s life, journalism career, and the building of the independent news program “Democracy Now!” which just celebrated its 30th year.
- [White House says next round of talks with Iran ‘very likely’ in Islamabad](https://iwpost.com/white-house-says-next-round-of-talks-with-iran-very-likely-in-islamabad/): White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the next round of negotiations with Iran tied to ceasefire discussions is expected in the Pakistani capital, Anadolu reports.
- [Florida surgeon charged with killing man after removing liver instead of spleen](https://iwpost.com/florida-surgeon-charged-with-killing-man-after-removing-liver-instead-of-spleen/): A Florida grand jury has indicted surgeon Thomas Shaknovsky on charges of second-degree manslaughter for the 2024 death of a patient whose surgical procedure was horrifyingly botched.
- [Trump budget director defends 43% military spending boost](https://iwpost.com/trump-budget-director-defends-43-military-spending-boost/): WASHINGTON — The White House budget director on Wednesday defended the administration’s latest request for Congress, testifying before the House Budget Committee that a 43% increase in defense spending and a 10% cut to domestic programs is the best path forward.
- [EU age verification app ready as Europe moves to curb children’s social media access](https://iwpost.com/eu-age-verification-app-ready-as-europe-moves-to-curb-childrens-social-media-access/): The EU’s age ​verification app for online platforms is ready and will soon be ‌available to use, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, as member states push ahead with plans to limit children’s access to social media.
- [Omaha Is Home to a Massive Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for Lead.](https://iwpost.com/omaha-is-home-to-a-massive-superfund-site-most-kids-living-there-arent-tested-for-lead/): Screening Push: Public health officials in Omaha, Nebraska, say not enough kids who live near the country’s largest residential lead cleanup site are tested for the metal.
- [US blockade of Strait of Hormuz ratchets up tensions with China ahead of Trump visit to Beijing](https://iwpost.com/us-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-ratchets-up-tensions-with-china-ahead-of-trump-visit-to-beijing/): The Trump administration’s decision to carry out a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has raised tensions in the Persian Gulf to new and more perilous levels.
- [Iran’s military forces combine state-of-the-art drones and hackers with out-of-date conventional weapons](https://iwpost.com/irans-military-forces-combine-state-of-the-art-drones-and-hackers-with-out-of-date-conventional-weapons/): Six weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombardment have served to degrade Iran’s nuclear facilities and cripple parts of its military.
- ["TotalRecall Reloaded" tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11's Recall database](https://iwpost.com/totalrecall-reloaded-tool-finds-a-side-entrance-to-windows-11s-recall-database/): Two years ago, Microsoft launched its first wave of “Copilot+” Windows PCs with a handful of exclusive features that could take advantage of the neural processing unit (NPU) hardware being built into newer laptop processors.
- [Reality TV Star Suffers Stroke During Filming](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-star-suffers-stroke-during-filming/): “Dr. Pimple Popper” star Sandra Lee is opening up about a terrifying medical emergency that struck while cameras were rolling — and the aftermath has changed her life in ways she never expected.
- [Hurricane Helene ravaged farmers’ topsoil. They’re still fighting to build it back.](https://iwpost.com/hurricane-helene-ravaged-farmers-topsoil-theyre-still-fighting-to-build-it-back/): This story was produced in partnership with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit news organization.
- [Blockade v blockade fallout may be not just a world energy crisis](https://iwpost.com/blockade-v-blockade-fallout-may-be-not-just-a-world-energy-crisis/): What a lively Sunday April 13 proved to be.
- [Why Is the Strait of Hormuz Under Pressure, What Is Actually Blocked, and Why Is the Red Sea Back in the Conversation?](https://iwpost.com/why-is-the-strait-of-hormuz-under-pressure-what-is-actually-blocked-and-why-is-the-red-sea-back-in-the-conversation/): The Strait of Hormuz is back at the center of global attention because it has become one of the main pressure points in the war that began on February 28, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, saying they were responding to what they described as an escalating threat from Tehran’s nuclear program and regional military posture.
- [Space Force looks at moving "significant number" of launches from ULA to SpaceX](https://iwpost.com/space-force-looks-at-moving-significant-number-of-launches-from-ula-to-spacex/): The US Space Force is still dealing with the near-term implications of the second grounding of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket in less than two years.
- [Why the US and Israel’s alliance endures – even when it strains](https://iwpost.com/why-the-us-and-israels-alliance-endures-even-when-it-strains/): Israel and the US have maintained a close alliance for decades.
- [Pope Leo, attacked again by Trump, flies to Cameroon on Africa tour](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-attacked-again-by-trump-flies-to-cameroon-on-africa-tour/): Pope Leo set off for Cameroon on Wednesday, ‌where he is expected to appeal for peace in the simmering conflict in the country’s English-speaking regions on the second leg of an ambitious 10-day tour of four African countries.
- [Don’t believe claims Southeast Asia scam schemes were shut down](https://iwpost.com/dont-believe-claims-southeast-asia-scam-schemes-were-shut-down/): I was recently in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and approached a group of young men in front of the Indian embassy.
- [Israel’s New Gospel of Perpetual War | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani](https://iwpost.com/israels-new-gospel-of-perpetual-war-palestine-this-week-with-mouin-rabbani/): In this episode, we examine why the first round of Iran-US talks broke down, how Lebanon has moved to the centre of ceasefire negotiations and why Trump appears to be retreating from his earlier endorsement of Iran’s 10-point plan.
- [Good Omens S3 trailer sets up a blessed conclusion](https://iwpost.com/good-omens-s3-trailer-sets-up-a-blessed-conclusion/): In 2024, we learned that the third and final season of Good Omens wouldn’t be a full slate of episodes like the prior two seasons.
- [The U.S. Is Still Routinely Killing Civilians in Boats](https://iwpost.com/the-u-s-is-still-routinely-killing-civilians-in-boats/): The Trump administration is ramping up its boat strike campaign, conducting three strikes in the space of three days. The U.S.
- [Trump’s Memphis Crime Task Force Arrested Over 800 Immigrants, Records Show. Only 2% of the Arrests Were for Violent Crimes.](https://iwpost.com/trumps-memphis-crime-task-force-arrested-over-800-immigrants-records-show-only-2-of-the-arrests-were-for-violent-crimes/): Less Violent Crime: Trump ordered a law enforcement surge in Memphis to end violent crime.
- [The UK is spending more on defence – but is raiding the aid budget the best way to pay for it?](https://iwpost.com/the-uk-is-spending-more-on-defence-but-is-raiding-the-aid-budget-the-best-way-to-pay-for-it/): In March, the UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper made a statement to parliament setting out the government’s international aid priorities.
- [What’s the deal with Alzheimer’s disease and amyloid?](https://iwpost.com/whats-the-deal-with-alzheimers-disease-and-amyloid/): At the end of last month, a scientific journal pulled a research paper on Alzheimer’s disease.
- [Woman Slashes 3-Year-Old Boy at Walmart Before Police Gun Her Down](https://iwpost.com/woman-slashes-3-year-old-boy-at-walmart-before-police-gun-her-down/): Shoppers in Omaha were left stunned Tuesday morning after a terrifying scene unfolded inside a Walmart, where a woman allegedly snatched a toddler and slashed him in the face before police opened fire and killed her.
- [Trump vs Pope: A US-Vatican rift centuries in the making](https://iwpost.com/trump-vs-pope-a-us-vatican-rift-centuries-in-the-making/): Cuba’s deepening crisis has once again pulled the Vatican into a familiar role.
- [‘We’re All Better When We’re All Free’: A Webinar Looks Past War to Iran’s Future](https://iwpost.com/were-all-better-when-were-all-free-a-webinar-looks-past-war-to-irans-future/): “Women’s Voices Redefine the Conversation on Iran’s Future” is my report on a webinar that refused to treat Iran as a chessboard and instead brought it back to human scale: women speaking from exile, activism, faith, and memory about what it means to stand with the Iranian people.
- [“Deaf” wins the 2026 LUX Audience Award](https://iwpost.com/deaf-wins-the-2026-lux-audience-award/): The European Parliament, together with EU citizens and MEPs, has awarded the 2026 LUX Audience Award to Spanish director Eva Libertad for her film Deaf.
- [IONNA Rechargeries are coming to more than 350 Circle K stations](https://iwpost.com/ionna-rechargeries-are-coming-to-more-than-350-circle-k-stations/): Today, the IONNA charging network announced that it’s partnering with Circle K to bring its “Rechargery” experience to more than 350 Circle K locations in the US.
- [Iran war putting China’s economy in a tight spot](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-putting-chinas-economy-in-a-tight-spot/): TOKYO – Amid all the smoke surrounding a Chinese slowdown, economists are getting a view of some serious fire this week.
- [ICRC: Over 11,000 missing in Sudan war](https://iwpost.com/icrc-over-11000-missing-in-sudan-war/): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced that more than 11,000 people have gone missing in Sudan since the outbreak of war three years ago, with thousands of cases still lacking information about the victims’ fate.
- [Google will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking in June](https://iwpost.com/google-will-begin-punishing-sites-for-back-button-hijacking-in-june/): So you thought you’d just read that webpage and then go back to the previous page? A bold assumption.
- [Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest](https://iwpost.com/armed-off-duty-cop-tried-to-incite-violence-at-a-high-school-anti-ice-protest/): A police official in Arizona has been placed on administrative leave after showing up armed to a student-led protest and provoking an altercation that led to the arrest of a teenage girl.
- [New resistance alliance built to win Myanmar’s civil war](https://iwpost.com/new-resistance-alliance-built-to-win-myanmars-civil-war/): Myanmar’s civil war is now 78 years old — the longest-running civil war in modern history.
- [Improved protection for workers against their exposure to chemicals ](https://iwpost.com/improved-protection-for-workers-against-their-exposure-to-chemicals/): On Wednesday, the Employment and Social Affairs Committee adopted its position on new provisions aimed at improving EU standards to protect workers from exposure to dangerous substances.
- [Hezbollah Fires 40 Rockets After First Day of Direct Talks, 61-Year-Old Man Injured in Tamra ](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-fires-40-rockets-after-first-day-of-direct-talks-61-year-old-man-injured-in-tamra/): A Hezbollah rocket barrage targeting northern Israel on Wednesday left a 61-year-old man lightly injured by shrapnel in Tamra, as Israeli forces reported ongoing operations against the group’s infrastructure and fighters in southern Lebanon.
- [Physicists think they've resolved the proton size puzzle](https://iwpost.com/physicists-think-theyve-resolved-the-proton-size-puzzle/): There has been considerable debate among physicists over the last 15 years about conflicting measurements of the charge radius of a hydrogen atom’s proton—some confirming the predictions of our strongest theoretical models, others suggesting it was smaller than expected.
- [Hero Dad Electrocuted While Rescuing Daughter’s Cat](https://iwpost.com/hero-dad-electrocuted-while-rescuing-daughters-cat/): What started as a desperate late-night mission to save a beloved family pet turned into a life-altering nightmare for one California dad.
- [US Navy leaning on AI to sweep Iran’s Hormuz mines](https://iwpost.com/us-navy-leaning-on-ai-to-sweep-irans-hormuz-mines/): US military officials said the Navy has begun the process of clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical choke point for global shipping.
- [UK gov's Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hype](https://iwpost.com/uk-govs-mythos-ai-tests-help-separate-cybersecurity-threat-from-hype/): Last week, Anthropic announced it was restricting the initial release of its Mythos Preview model to “a limited group of critical industry partners,” giving them time to prepare for a model that it said is “strikingly capable at computer security tasks.” Now, the UK government’s AI Security Institute (AISI) has published an initial evaluation of the model’s cyberattack capabilities that adds some independent public verification to those Anthropic reports.
- [US Hormuz blockade may not survive a Chinese standoff](https://iwpost.com/us-hormuz-blockade-may-not-survive-a-chinese-standoff/): A US-sanctioned tanker with links to China, the Rich Starry, has transited the Strait of Hormuz, despite the US blockade of the waterway.
- [Israel needs to stop encouraging settler violence, Palestinian FM says](https://iwpost.com/israel-needs-to-stop-encouraging-settler-violence-palestinian-fm-says/): The Palestinian foreign ministersaid that Israel has a responsibility to protect Palestinians in the West Bank, but instead supports settler violence.
- [Humanitarian access to southern Lebanon severely restricted, markets have collapsed: UN official](https://iwpost.com/humanitarian-access-to-southern-lebanon-severely-restricted-markets-have-collapsed-un-official/): Nearly 63% of planned humanitarian convoys to southern Lebanon have not been completed due to negative or absent responses to deconfliction requests, a senior UN official said Tuesday, warning that aid delivery is severely hampered by escalating violence, Anadolu reports.
- [Apple chooses Amazon satellites for iPhone, years after rejecting Starlink offer](https://iwpost.com/apple-chooses-amazon-satellites-for-iphone-years-after-rejecting-starlink-offer/): Amazon today announced two satellite deals that it hopes will make its Amazon Leo network a more formidable competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink.
- [Ultimate Chicken Soup – Simple, Nourishing & Comforting](https://iwpost.com/ultimate-chicken-soup-simple-nourishing-comforting/): There’s something timeless about a bowl of homemade chicken soup.
- [Allied shipyards key to closing US naval gap with China](https://iwpost.com/allied-shipyards-key-to-closing-us-naval-gap-with-china/): Facing mounting naval competition and a widening industrial gap, a new report argues that the US may need to lean on allies — not just to supplement capacity, but to reshape how it builds and sustains maritime power.
- [Dem Leaders Aren’t Even Bothering to Rally Caucus Against Trump Domestic Spying Powers](https://iwpost.com/dem-leaders-arent-even-bothering-to-rally-caucus-against-trump-domestic-spying-powers/): The House of Representatives is set to vote Wednesday on renewing a spy power that grants the Trump administration warrantless access to thousands of Americans’ communications.
- [Kyiv Chief Rabbi to TML on Holocaust Remembrance: ‘We Must Not Live Inside It’](https://iwpost.com/kyiv-chief-rabbi-to-tml-on-holocaust-remembrance-we-must-not-live-inside-it/): For Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch, the chief rabbi of Kyiv and the city’s senior Chabad emissary, Holocaust remembrance is not limited to ceremonies or sirens, but it is something personal.
- [Two-year-old Surface PCs get $300 price hikes as sub-$1,000 models go away](https://iwpost.com/two-year-old-surface-pcs-get-300-price-hikes-as-sub-1000-models-go-away/): If you’ve been waiting for Microsoft to update its Surface PC lineup—perhaps with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 Elite processors—I’ve got bad news for you.
- [Miracle ‘Baby Jessica’ Arrested 39 Years After Rescue from Texas Well](https://iwpost.com/miracle-baby-jessica-arrested-39-years-after-rescue-from-texas-well/): Jessica McClure Morales — forever etched in America’s memory as “Baby Jessica” — is back in the headlines, but this time for a far more troubling reason.
- [Who should speak for Myanmar? Not Min Aung Hlaing](https://iwpost.com/who-should-speak-for-myanmar-not-min-aung-hlaing/): In the span of 12 days, two councils were formed claiming to lead Myanmar toward peace and unity.
- [Iran executed at least 1,639 people in 2025 in 68% increase on year before, NGOs say](https://iwpost.com/iran-executed-at-least-1639-people-in-2025-in-68-increase-on-year-before-ngos-say/): Rights groups, including Amnesty International, say Iran carries out more executions per capita than any other country, and more in total than any nation except China, where reliable figures are unavailable.
- [Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-why-the-us-and-iran-are-sailing-in-very-different-legal-waters/): The Strait of Hormuz exists in the eye of the beholder.
- [Ukraine’s military robot surge aims to offset drone risks to humans](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-military-robot-surge-aims-to-offset-drone-risks-to-humans/): Ukrainian ground robots and drones have demonstrated how to overcome a Russian military position by themselves while forcing the surrender of Russian soldiers, claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- [Russia’s navy deterred Estonia from boarding its ‘shadow fleet’](https://iwpost.com/russias-navy-deterred-estonia-from-boarding-its-shadow-fleet/): Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends the main naval parade marking Russian Navy Day in St. Petersburg on July 28, 2024.
- [Sony killing features for antenna, set-top box users of Bravia smart TVs in May](https://iwpost.com/sony-killing-features-for-antenna-set-top-box-users-of-bravia-smart-tvs-in-may/): Sony is removing some features from its recent Bravia smart TVs next month, a move that will affect people who use an antenna or a set-top box.
- [Swift Swalwell Fallout Suggests the Democrats Have Finally Learned From Epstein](https://iwpost.com/swift-swalwell-fallout-suggests-the-democrats-have-finally-learned-from-epstein/): Sexual assault allegations leveled against former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., stood out for their lurid detail — and because the fallout was unusually swift.
- [Will voters turn against Donald Trump in the US midterms? What we know so far](https://iwpost.com/will-voters-turn-against-donald-trump-in-the-us-midterms-what-we-know-so-far/): The US is bracing for another cycle of elections, with November’s midterms determining the scope of Donald Trump’s power in the final two years of his presidency.
- [Greece accused of using migrant ‘mercenaries’ in pushback operations on Turkish border](https://iwpost.com/greece-accused-of-using-migrant-mercenaries-in-pushback-operations-on-turkish-border/): Police in Greece have been recruiting migrants to violently force other migrants back across the land border with Türkiye, according to a BBC investigation published on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Israeli Ambassador to US says Israel and Lebanon on ‘Same Side of Equation’ on Hezbollah After Direct Talks](https://iwpost.com/israeli-ambassador-to-us-says-israel-and-lebanon-on-same-side-of-equation-on-hezbollah-after-direct-talks/): Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter said Tuesday that Israel and Lebanon found common ground during their first direct diplomatic talks since 1993, describing the outcome as a shared position against Hezbollah.
- [Italian PM condemns ally Trump over ‘unacceptable’ Pope criticism](https://iwpost.com/italian-pm-condemns-ally-trump-over-unacceptable-pope-criticism/): Giorgia Meloni has described Donald Trump’s comments about Pope Leo XIV as “unacceptable”.
- [Colorado Marijuana Regulators Pledge Crackdown on Intoxicating Hemp](https://iwpost.com/colorado-marijuana-regulators-pledge-crackdown-on-intoxicating-hemp/): Colorado regulators announced on Monday that they plan to crack down on companies that illegally sell cheaper and potentially hazardous hemp products as marijuana.
- [The Islamabad talks were doomed to failure – and Hormuz blockade has thrown another obstacle to any Iran-US deal](https://iwpost.com/the-islamabad-talks-were-doomed-to-failure-and-hormuz-blockade-has-thrown-another-obstacle-to-any-iran-us-deal/): Twenty-one hours of direct negotiations. The highest-level face-to-face engagement between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
- [IMF warns Trump’s Iran war could unleash global recession](https://iwpost.com/imf-warns-trumps-iran-war-could-unleash-global-recession/): The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran could slow global economic growth, stoke inflation, and increase the possibility of a worldwide recession and energy crisis.
- [Americans ask AI for health care. Hospitals think the answer is more chatbots.](https://iwpost.com/americans-ask-ai-for-health-care-hospitals-think-the-answer-is-more-chatbots/): With many Americans turning to Large Language Models for health advice, health systems around the country are eyeing and even rolling out their own branded chatbots in an attempt to harness this already popular tool and steer more people to their services.
- [What Queen Elizabeth Would Have Done About Prince Harry and Prince William](https://iwpost.com/what-queen-elizabeth-would-have-done-about-prince-harry-and-prince-william/): Even from beyond the grave, Queen Elizabeth II’s no-nonsense approach to family drama is casting a long shadow over the royal family’s most bitter feud.
- [New York City unveils its first rest stop for delivery workers](https://iwpost.com/new-york-city-unveils-its-first-rest-stop-for-delivery-workers/): The day’s forecast called for high winds, but around midday in downtown Manhattan, it felt like a perfect spring day.
- [US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz: what it involves and the risks attached](https://iwpost.com/us-naval-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-what-it-involves-and-the-risks-attached/): A US-sanctioned tanker with links to China, the Rich Starry, has transited the Strait of Hormuz, despite the US blockade of the waterway.
- [Third China Shock exposing US’s broken defense economics](https://iwpost.com/third-china-shock-exposing-uss-broken-defense-economics/): In the opening months of 2026, a fierce, 40-day conflagration between Iran, the United States and Israel upended decades of received wisdom regarding military power.
- [North Korea taking its nuclear threat to the high seas](https://iwpost.com/north-korea-taking-its-nuclear-threat-to-the-high-seas/): North Korea’s missile test from its new Choe Hyon destroyer signals a shift toward a more flexible sea-based nuclear deterrent, as the regime compensates for submarine limitations.
- [Israel Retains Right to Self-Defense Under 10-Day Ceasefire With Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israel-retains-right-to-self-defense-under-10-day-ceasefire-with-lebanon/): Israel will retain the right to take all necessary measures in self-defense and will keep ground forces in southern Lebanon during a 10-day ceasefire that took effect at midnight Israel time on April 16, 2026, under a US-mediated framework aimed at advancing negotiations toward a broader security agreement.
- [Bride Attacked by Sister-in-Law in Jaw-Dropping Wedding Day Revenge Plot](https://iwpost.com/bride-attacked-by-sister-in-law-in-jaw-dropping-wedding-day-revenge-plot/): Talk about a nightmare straight out of a movie.
- [Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New Primary Foe Got Over Two-Thirds of Money From Crypto](https://iwpost.com/crypto-critic-maxine-waterss-new-primary-foe-got-over-two-thirds-of-money-from-crypto/): Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is the scourge of cryptocurrencies on Capitol Hill, burnishing her bona fides by supporting tighter oversight from her perch as ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee.
- [Meta's AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive](https://iwpost.com/metas-ai-spending-spree-is-helping-make-its-quest-headsets-more-expensive/): The rising costs of RAM and other computing components are pushing up the price of Meta’s Quest VR headsets, which the company says will increase by $50–$100 (about 12–20 percent) starting on April 19.
- [Airlines cancel flights, ground planes as jet fuel shock hits Europe](https://iwpost.com/airlines-cancel-flights-ground-planes-as-jet-fuel-shock-hits-europe/): The jet fuel crisis caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is forcing major European airlines to cut flights and ground planes amid a looming supply crunch.
- [Democrats shouldn’t follow Republicans into the extremist swamp](https://iwpost.com/democrats-shouldnt-follow-republicans-into-the-extremist-swamp/): The other day on X, leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker got into an argument with a commentator known as Swann Marcus.
- [Great white sharks are overheating](https://iwpost.com/great-white-sharks-are-overheating/): The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall.
- [One-Pan Honey Garlic Kielbasa & Veggies (Easy Weeknight Dinner)](https://iwpost.com/one-pan-honey-garlic-kielbasa-veggies-easy-weeknight-dinner/): If you’re looking for a quick, flavorful, and fuss-free dinner, this One-Pan Honey Garlic Kielbasa & Veggies is exactly what you need!
- [Strategic autonomy or ambiguity? India’s Gulf dilemma](https://iwpost.com/strategic-autonomy-or-ambiguity-indias-gulf-dilemma/): There is a lively and, at times, sharply divided discourse in India today on its foreign policy choices over the Iranian crisis.
- [Board of Peace official says Israel’s border restrictions main obstacle to aid delivery](https://iwpost.com/board-of-peace-official-says-israels-border-restrictions-main-obstacle-to-aid-delivery/): Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process gives a speech in Davos, Switzerland on January 22, 2026.
- [‘From the Depths of Sorrow to the Heights of Freedom,’ Holocaust Survivor Says as Grandson Serves in IDF](https://iwpost.com/from-the-depths-of-sorrow-to-the-heights-of-freedom-holocaust-survivor-says-as-grandson-serves-in-idf/): A Holocaust survivor recounts her family’s escape as her grandson, Captain N, serves as an officer in the IDF’s 214th Artillery Brigade.
- [Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion](https://iwpost.com/artemis-ii-pilot-talks-about-what-it-was-really-like-to-fly-and-land-in-orion/): The crew of Artemis II spoke with the media on Thursday, six days after returning to Earth following their mission around the Moon.
- [Italy urged by IEA chief to rethink nuclear power](https://iwpost.com/italy-urged-by-iea-chief-to-rethink-nuclear-power/): Italy should reconsider its rejection of nuclear energy as it seeks greater energy security and economic stability, the head of ​the International Energy Agency said in an interview published on ‌Friday.
- [King Charles ‘Terrified’ of the One Guest Barred Forever from Royal Estate](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-terrified-of-the-one-guest-barred-forever-from-royal-estate/): King Charles is drawing a hard line at Sandringham — and insiders say it involves a surprising enemy: cats.
- [New Australia defense strategy ignores US elephant in the room](https://iwpost.com/new-australia-defense-strategy-ignores-us-elephant-in-the-room/): Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that.
- [Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore](https://iwpost.com/amazon-wont-release-fire-sticks-that-support-sideloading-anymore/): The writing was on the wall, and now it’s on Amazon’s website.
- [Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction](https://iwpost.com/satellite-and-drone-images-reveal-big-delays-in-us-data-center-construction/): Silicon Valley has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into building ever-larger AI data centers that require as much electricity as hundreds of thousands of US homes—but that massive buildout faces significant construction and power challenges along with growing local resistance.
- [Hormuz standoff sets a tense tone for Trump-Xi meet](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-standoff-sets-a-tense-tone-for-trump-xi-meet/): The Trump administration’s decision to carry out a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has raised tensions in the Persian Gulf to new and more perilous levels.
- [US Envoy Breaks With Netanyahu Doctrine in Antalya: ‘Kinetic Elimination Does Not Work’](https://iwpost.com/us-envoy-breaks-with-netanyahu-doctrine-in-antalya-kinetic-elimination-does-not-work/): [ANTALYA, Turkey] President Donald Trump has told Israel it was wrong.
- [Two arms brokers on trial in UK for missiles and fighter jet deals with Libya and Sudan](https://iwpost.com/two-arms-brokers-on-trial-in-uk-for-missiles-and-fighter-jet-deals-with-libya-and-sudan/): Two arms brokers arranged illegal deals to supply ex-Soviet surface-to-air missile systems to South Sudan and fighter jets to Libya ​during its civil war, British prosecutors told a London court this week.
- [UK premier reiterates commitment to Lebanon’s security](https://iwpost.com/uk-premier-reiterates-commitment-to-lebanons-security/): Reiterating the UK’s commitment to Lebanon’s security, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday said it was important to use the current Israel-Lebanon truce as a gateway to a lasting peace agreement, Anadolu reports.
- [$25,000 buys plenty of used EVs: Here are some options](https://iwpost.com/25000-buys-plenty-of-used-evs-here-are-some-options/): Whether you’re considering an electric vehicle because of gas prices or climate change, there has probably never been a better time to buy a used EV, despite that the Trump administration abolished the used clean vehicle tax credit last year.
- [AI shrinking the margin for nuclear error in South Asia](https://iwpost.com/ai-shrinking-the-margin-for-nuclear-error-in-south-asia/): The recent US-Israel-Iran conflict has confirmed a structural shift in warfare: artificial intelligence is no longer just enhancing military operations — it is compressing the time available to prevent escalation.
- [Umpire Rushed to ICU After Freak Baseball Accident During Game](https://iwpost.com/umpire-rushed-to-icu-after-freak-baseball-accident-during-game/): Baseball fans got more than they bargained for this weekend when a routine game suddenly turned into a nightmare — leaving an umpire fighting for his life after a shocking on-field accident.
- [Why many of Hungary’s religious groups will be celebrating Viktor Orbán’s election loss](https://iwpost.com/why-many-of-hungarys-religious-groups-will-be-celebrating-viktor-orbans-election-loss/): Hungary’s long-serving leader, Viktor Orbán, was dismissed on April 12 by an electorate fed up with his authoritarian rule.
- [Trump picks qualified, normal health leader to head CDC; experts still cautious](https://iwpost.com/trump-picks-qualified-normal-health-leader-to-head-cdc-experts-still-cautious/): President Trump on Thursday announced his third nominee for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Dr.
- [NATO will not collapse and US will defend its allies, Estonian minister says](https://iwpost.com/nato-will-not-collapse-and-us-will-defend-its-allies-estonian-minister-says/): NATO member Estonia has no doubt that the United States would help defend it if Russia attacks, its defence minister told Reuters, while warning ​that Europe is not ready to stand up to Moscow on its ‌own.
- [Recalibrating the India-South Korea strategic partnership](https://iwpost.com/recalibrating-the-india-south-korea-strategic-partnership/): The impending three-day visit of President Lee Jae-myung to India is not routine diplomacy – it is a strategic inflection point for both countries and the wider Indo-Pacific.
- [‘Nothing Can Substitute the Strait of Hormuz’: Traffic Falls to Single Digits as Security Fears Keep Ships Stuck](https://iwpost.com/nothing-can-substitute-the-strait-of-hormuz-traffic-falls-to-single-digits-as-security-fears-keep-ships-stuck/): Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply, and even after the ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump and accepted by Israel, the route is still moving at a fraction of its normal level.
- [US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"](https://iwpost.com/us-sanctioned-currency-exchange-says-15-million-heist-done-by-unfriendly-states/): Grinex, a US-sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange registered in Kyrgyzstan, said it’s halting operations after experiencing a $13 million heist carried out by “western special services” hackers.
- [Iran’s AI memes are reaching people who don’t follow the news – and winning the propaganda war](https://iwpost.com/irans-ai-memes-are-reaching-people-who-dont-follow-the-news-and-winning-the-propaganda-war/): A Lego-style Iranian military commander raps over a gangster beat: “Our inbox is flooded with Americans saying they don’t watch the news.
- [When Anti-War Candidates Become War-Monger Presidents](https://iwpost.com/when-anti-war-candidates-become-war-monger-presidents/): Sen. Bernie Sanders forced a vote on Wednesday to block the sales of bombs and bulldozers to Israel.
- [Global Sumud Flotilla continues journey toward Gaza](https://iwpost.com/global-sumud-flotilla-continues-journey-toward-gaza/): A fleet of dozens of boats prepares to depart from the Port of Barcelona as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla mission to break the blockade on Gaza, in Barcelona, Spain on April 12, 2026.
- [Congressional Dems probe envoy Jared Kushner’s Arab money ties](https://iwpost.com/congressional-dems-probe-envoy-jared-kushners-arab-money-ties/): Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi (right) meets with US envoys Steve Witkoff (center) and Jared Kushner ahead of the indirect US-Iran talks, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026.
- [Russia-friendly exchange says "western special service" behind $15 million cyberattack](https://iwpost.com/russia-friendly-exchange-says-western-special-service-behind-15-million-cyberattack/): Grinex, a US-sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange registered in Kyrgyzstan, said it’s halting operations after experiencing a $13 million heist carried out by “western special services” hackers.
- [EU to restore Syria relations, strengthen trade and security ties](https://iwpost.com/eu-to-restore-syria-relations-strengthen-trade-and-security-ties/): The European Union plans to deepen its engagement with Syria by relaunching formal political ​contacts and paving the way for closer economic and security ties, according to a document seen by Reuters, marking ‌the latest step in a broader policy shift after years of frozen relations.
- [FedEx Killer Trial Leaves Jurors in Tears Over Athena Strand’s Final Moments](https://iwpost.com/fedex-killer-trial-leaves-jurors-in-tears-over-athena-strands-final-moments/): A Texas courtroom was pushed to its breaking point this week as jurors heard the chilling final moments of 7-year-old Athena Strand — and many couldn’t hold back tears.
- [A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.](https://iwpost.com/a-protester-threw-a-snowball-federal-agents-responded-with-tear-gas-and-pepper-balls/): Five days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot activist Renee Good, tensions were running high in the Minneapolis neighborhood where she was killed.
- [Why the ceasefire in Lebanon is unlikely to change much on the ground](https://iwpost.com/why-the-ceasefire-in-lebanon-is-unlikely-to-change-much-on-the-ground/): Following direct talks between Lebanese and Israeli officials, a ten-day ceasefire has been agreed between the two countries.
- [Iran, not US, cancels Hormuz blockade after Israel-Lebanon truce](https://iwpost.com/iran-not-us-cancels-hormuz-blockade-after-israel-lebanon-truce/): Screenshot of a US government video illustrating naval blockade of Iran.
- [Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake"](https://iwpost.com/man-with-ihackedthegovernment-instagram-account-tells-judge-i-made-a-mistake/): A 25-year-old Tennessee man avoided prison time after pleading guilty to accessing government systems with stolen login credentials and boasting of the deed on an Instagram account with the handle, @ihackedthegovernment.
- [Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice](https://iwpost.com/deep-diving-robots-help-crack-the-mystery-of-antarcticas-vanishing-sea-ice/): Something strange has been swirling in the waters around Antarctica.
- [Sharif Leads Regional Talks as Pakistan Positions Itself in Potential US-Iran Negotiations](https://iwpost.com/sharif-leads-regional-talks-as-pakistan-positions-itself-in-potential-us-iran-negotiations/): While President Donald Trump hinted on Tuesday evening that US-Iran talks could soon begin in Pakistan, a significant diplomatic shift is already underway.
- [Israel-Lebanon ceasefire no tidy end to fighting, Hormuz shutdown](https://iwpost.com/israel-lebanon-ceasefire-no-tidy-end-to-fighting-hormuz-shutdown/): After weeks of bombardments in southern Lebanon that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million residents Israel has announced a ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon, prompting Iran to declare the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” – although US President Donald Trump said the US blockade “will remain in full force” until there’s an Iran peace deal.
- [Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic The Dog Stars drops first trailer](https://iwpost.com/ridley-scotts-post-apocalyptic-the-dog-stars-drops-first-trailer/): Post-apocalyptic scenarios are a longtime staple of science fiction, and director Ridley Scott’s latest film, The Dog Stars, falls firmly into that subgenre.
- [Far-right AfD overtakes German conservatives in new poll](https://iwpost.com/far-right-afd-overtakes-german-conservatives-in-new-poll/): The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has edged ahead of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for a second time this week.
- [US mulls releasing $20B in frozen Iranian assets in lieu of its enriched uranium stockpile: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-mulls-releasing-20b-in-frozen-iranian-assets-in-lieu-of-its-enriched-uranium-stockpile-report/): The US is considering releasing $20 billion in frozen Iranian assets in exchange for Iran relinquishing its stockpile of enriched uranium, the Axios news outlet reported on Friday, citing US officials.
- [Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Massacre Leaves Lebanese Families Giving DNA to ID Loved Ones’ Remains](https://iwpost.com/israels-black-wednesday-massacre-leaves-lebanese-families-giving-dna-to-id-loved-ones-remains/): Jaafar Annan has been posted up on the sidewalk outside the emergency room of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, on the southern edge of Beirut, for so long that he’s become a permanent fixture.
- [Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women](https://iwpost.com/texas-medical-board-sanctions-three-doctors-for-delayed-care-that-led-to-the-deaths-of-two-pregnant-women/): The Texas Medical Board has disciplined three doctors ProPublica previously investigated whose patients died after receiving delayed or inappropriate pregnancy care under the state’s strict abortion ban.
- [Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure](https://iwpost.com/mozilla-launches-thunderbolt-ai-client-with-focus-on-self-hosted-infrastructure/): Mozilla is the latest legacy tech brand to make a play for the enterprise AI market.
- [Strait of Hormuz: why even neutral and distant countries like Switzerland can’t escape the fallout](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-why-even-neutral-and-distant-countries-like-switzerland-cant-escape-the-fallout/): There is often a perception that geographical distance reduces vulnerability – an idea that can be particularly appealing in neutral countries with long-standing stable and strong economies.
- [Trump’s coercive tactics in Latin America evoke era of gunboat diplomacy – and the rise of anti-imperialism it helped spur](https://iwpost.com/trumps-coercive-tactics-in-latin-america-evoke-era-of-gunboat-diplomacy-and-the-rise-of-anti-imperialism-it-helped-spur/): In Latin America, as in other parts of the world, the second Trump administration has adopted an increasingly aggressive policy.
- [Manacled Manus: the limits of ‘Singapore washing’ for China AI](https://iwpost.com/manacled-manus-the-limits-of-singapore-washing-for-china-ai/): On March 25, Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao were barred from leaving China after a meeting with the National Development and Reform Commission in Beijing, as the Ministry of Commerce launched a national security review of Meta’s US$2 billion acquisition of their company.
- [Sheriff Posts ‘Nancy Found’ Sending Family’s Supporters into Frenzy](https://iwpost.com/sheriff-posts-nancy-found-sending-familys-supporters-into-frenzy/): A shocking mix-up by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department has ignited outrage online after a vague social media post sent waves of false hope through followers of the high-profile disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
- [Syria Dismantles ISIS Cell Near Aleppo Following Intelligence-Led Raids ](https://iwpost.com/syria-dismantles-isis-cell-near-aleppo-following-intelligence-led-raids/): [DAMASCUS] In a new security development highlighting the persistent challenges Syria faces in combating extremist groups, authorities have announced a successful security operation that led to the dismantling of an Islamic State (ISIS)-affiliated cell in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.
- [Rocket Report: Starship V3 test-fired; ESA's tentative step toward crew launch](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-starship-v3-test-fired-esas-tentative-step-toward-crew-launch/): Welcome to Edition 8.37 of the Rocket Report!
- [Leading Balkan Cartel member arrested in Montenegro](https://iwpost.com/leading-balkan-cartel-member-arrested-in-montenegro/): On 15 April 2026, Europol supported law enforcement authorities in Montenegro in conducting a large-scale operation targeting a significant cell of the Balkan Cartel.
- [China Shock 2.0 jolts global economy as Trump does Xi’s work](https://iwpost.com/china-shock-2-0-jolts-global-economy-as-trump-does-xis-work/): TOKYO — On top of the tariffs, wars and inflation upending the global economy, US chieftains are grappling with a new question: which tech companies might get “BYD-ed” next?
- [Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone](https://iwpost.com/recent-advances-push-big-tech-closer-to-the-q-day-danger-zone/): Sometime around 2010, sophisticated malware known as Flame hijacked the mechanism that Microsoft used to distribute updates to millions of Windows computers around the world.
- [US raises the stakes in the Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/us-raises-the-stakes-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/): This is the text from The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [Morocco raises transport sector support by 25% to face fuel price rises](https://iwpost.com/morocco-raises-transport-sector-support-by-25-to-face-fuel-price-rises/): Morocco announced on Thursday an increase of 25 per cent in direct financial support for workers in the transport sector, aiming to reduce the economic impact of the sharp rise in global fuel prices, in the context of the US-Israeli war on Iran and its wider effects on energy supplies.
- [Disrupted supply chains, divided politics](https://iwpost.com/disrupted-supply-chains-divided-politics/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [As they got close to the Moon, Artemis II astronauts were eager to land](https://iwpost.com/as-they-got-close-to-the-moon-artemis-ii-astronauts-were-eager-to-land/): Within two days of landing on Earth, the Artemis II astronauts were already back in spacesuits, working as if they had just landed in a gravity well and had ventured outside onto the lunar surface for a spacewalk.
- [Tom Cruise confirmed to return as Maverick in Top Gun 3](https://iwpost.com/tom-cruise-confirmed-to-return-as-maverick-in-top-gun-3/): Tom Cruise will return to his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in a third Top Gun movie, Paramount confirmed at CinemaCon this week.
- [Iran War May End ‘Pretty Soon,’ President Trump Says, Signals Possible Islamabad Trip for Talks](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-may-end-pretty-soon-president-trump-says-signals-possible-islamabad-trip-for-talks/): President Trump said the war in Iran could end “pretty soon,” despite a breakdown in negotiations last weekend, and indicated he is open to traveling to Islamabad for talks.
- [Meghan Markle ROASTED for Calling Herself ‘Most Trolled Person in the World’](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-roasted-for-calling-herself-most-trolled-person-in-the-world/): Senator Ted Cruz isn’t buying Meghan Markle’s claim that she’s been the “most trolled person in the world” — and he didn’t hesitate to throw another name into the spotlight instead.
- [Will Russia attack Ukraine’s European drone suppliers?](https://iwpost.com/will-russia-attack-ukraines-european-drone-suppliers/): Former Russian president and incumbent deputy chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warned on X that “the Russian Defense Ministry’s statement must be taken literally: the list of European facilities that make drones and other equipment is a list of potential targets for the Russian armed forces.
- [OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM](https://iwpost.com/openai-starts-offering-a-biology-tuned-llm/): On Thursday, OpenAI announced it had developed a large language model specifically trained on common biology workflows.
- [Don’t hold your breath on a truly European NATO](https://iwpost.com/dont-hold-your-breath-on-a-truly-european-nato/): Every few years, like clockwork, the idea resurfaces from the salons of Brussels and the op-ed pages of Le Monde and Der Spiegel: Europe must build its own defense architecture, a “European pillar” of security, a NATO without Washington.
- [After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars](https://iwpost.com/after-a-saga-of-broken-promises-a-european-rover-finally-has-a-ride-to-mars/): NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
- [EU Parliament President calls for EU–UK reset a decade after Brexit](https://iwpost.com/eu-parliament-president-calls-for-eu-uk-reset-a-decade-after-brexit/): Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, has called for a strategic reset in relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom, arguing that a decade after Brexit, the focus should shift from past divisions to pragmatic cooperation.
- [Netanyahu briefs Cabinet on Lebanon ceasefire ‘without vote’ as ministers fume about Trump announcement](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-briefs-cabinet-on-lebanon-ceasefire-without-vote-as-ministers-fume-about-trump-announcement/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone meeting with members of his security cabinet Thursday to update them on a ceasefire in Lebanon, without holding a vote, according to Israeli media reports, Anadolu reports.
- [Israel Will Keep Occupying Lebanon Despite Ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israel-will-keep-occupying-lebanon-despite-ceasefire/): President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a temporary ceasefire agreement had been reached between Israel and Lebanon.
- [AI boom’s real profits are being made in Asia](https://iwpost.com/ai-booms-real-profits-are-being-made-in-asia/): A 58% jump in TSMC’s quarterly profit, announced on April 16, should change how investors think about the AI economy.
- [Nearly 400 US Troops Wounded, 13 Killed in Iran Conflict, CENTCOM Says](https://iwpost.com/nearly-400-us-troops-wounded-13-killed-in-iran-conflict-centcom-says/): Nearly 400 US troops have been wounded in the conflict with Iran, US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported.
- [Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time](https://iwpost.com/intel-refreshes-non-ultra-core-cpus-with-new-silicon-for-the-first-time/): Intel’s Core Ultra laptop CPUs have been its flagships ever since it retired the older generational branding scheme and the i3/i5/i7/i9 branding a few years back.
- [FBI’s Most Wanted Woman Captured in Florida](https://iwpost.com/fbis-most-wanted-woman-captured-in-florida/): A woman once plastered across the FBI’s infamous Most Wanted list is finally behind bars — and the dramatic takedown happened in broad daylight on a quiet Florida street.
- [Spain and Portugal see surge in tourist bookings amid Middle East travel concerns](https://iwpost.com/spain-and-portugal-see-surge-in-tourist-bookings-amid-middle-east-travel-concerns/): Spain and Portugal are ​experiencing a surge in late spring and summer flight and hotel bookings as millions of travellers steer away from ‌war-affected destinations and hubs in and around the Middle East, industry data show.
- [Hong Kong banks dependent on SWIFT are warned of new US sanctions](https://iwpost.com/hong-kong-banks-dependent-on-swift-are-warned-of-new-us-sanctions/): The United States has threatened to impose sanctions on Chinese banks if they are found to be involved in handling money from Iran’s oil trade payments, marking a sharp escalation in efforts to tighten financial pressure on Tehran.
- [Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon](https://iwpost.com/lucasfilm-drops-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-final-trailer-at-cinemacon/): Lucasfilm released the final trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu last night at CinemaCon, to much applause. And why wouldn’t there be?
- [Iran’s UN envoy calls US maritime blockade ‘clear act of aggression’](https://iwpost.com/irans-un-envoy-calls-us-maritime-blockade-clear-act-of-aggression/): Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said on Thursday that Washington’s maritime blockade against Tehran represents “a clear act of aggression” under international law, while signaling cautious hope that ongoing negotiations could still yield results, Anadolu reports.
- [Trans-Himalayan net zero is a strategic necessity for Asia](https://iwpost.com/trans-himalayan-net-zero-is-a-strategic-necessity-for-asia/): The trans-Himalayan arc, a high-altitude desert landscape spanning from Leh and Lhasa to Gilgit and Thimphu, has long been romanticized as a pristine, stoic wilderness of ice and silence.
- [Diplomatic strain between Washington and Rome deepens amid Iran and NATO row](https://iwpost.com/diplomatic-strain-between-washington-and-rome-deepens-amid-iran-and-nato-row/): United States President Donald Trump has sharply criticised Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying their relationship has deteriorated over Rome’s stance on US policy toward Iran.
- [Syrian Authorities Uncover Smuggling Tunnel on Lebanon Border](https://iwpost.com/syrian-authorities-uncover-smuggling-tunnel-on-lebanon-border/): [DAMASCUS] The Syrian-Lebanese border has seen a new security development after Syrian authorities announced the discovery of a smuggling tunnel linking southern rural Homs with Lebanese territory, again highlighting the longstanding security and political sensitivities along the border.
- [Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media](https://iwpost.com/ad-firms-settle-with-trump-ftc-over-claims-they-boycotted-conservative-media/): The Federal Trade Commission pressured three advertising firms into settlements that will likely result in more ad spending on conservative media platforms.
- [At Least 18 Feared Dead in Fiery Minibus Disaster](https://iwpost.com/at-least-18-feared-dead-in-fiery-minibus-disaster/): A routine ride turned into a nightmare in Zimbabwe after a packed minibus taxi suddenly erupted into flames, leaving a shocking number of passengers dead in a fiery roadside tragedy.
- [Black Forest Cookie Dough Brownie Bombs](https://iwpost.com/black-forest-cookie-dough-brownie-bombs/): If you’re searching for a truly indulgent dessert, these Black Forest Cookie Dough Brownie Bombs are the answer.
- [Don’t Trust the Lebanon Ceasefire When Israel Keeps Killing in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/dont-trust-the-lebanon-ceasefire-when-israel-keeps-killing-in-gaza/): President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a temporary ceasefire agreement had been reached between Israel and Lebanon.
- [What You Should Know About Lead Contamination in Omaha, Nebraska](https://iwpost.com/what-you-should-know-about-lead-contamination-in-omaha-nebraska/): For more than a century, a lead smelter and other factories in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, spewed toxic dust across the city, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning.
- [How Iran cryptocurrency demands explain a key role of money throughout history](https://iwpost.com/how-iran-cryptocurrency-demands-explain-a-key-role-of-money-throughout-history/): When Iran began demanding payment in exchange for safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz, it offered the option to pay in cryptocurrency.
- [A ‘super typhoon’ just devastated the Mariana Islands — months before peak storm season](https://iwpost.com/a-super-typhoon-just-devastated-the-mariana-islands-months-before-peak-storm-season/): The strongest storm of 2026 slammed into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this week, where it flooded homes, ripped roofs off of houses, and lingered for more than two days, forcing families to shelter without electricity, cell service, or running water as they waited for the worst to pass.
- [New Codex features include the ability to use your computer in the background](https://iwpost.com/new-codex-features-include-the-ability-to-use-your-computer-in-the-background/): A new version of OpenAI’s Codex desktop app reaches users today.
- [Cuba: the Bay of Pigs invasion 65 years later](https://iwpost.com/cuba-the-bay-of-pigs-invasion-65-years-later/): WASHINGTON, April 16, 2026 – In the wake of the failed CIA-led Bay of Pigs invasion, President John F.
- [Metsola defends Pope Leo, calls for him to address European Parliament](https://iwpost.com/metsola-defends-pope-leo-calls-for-him-to-address-european-parliament/): European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has become the first senior EU figure to publicly back Pope Leo XIV following criticism from Donald Trump over the Pope’s calls for peace.
- [The V&A catalogue row shows China’s censorship now travels through cultural supply chains](https://iwpost.com/the-va-catalogue-row-shows-chinas-censorship-now-travels-through-cultural-supply-chains/): When people think about censorship, they often imagine an obvious ban: a book prohibited, an exhibition closed, or a speaker silenced.
- [Private Sins, Public Crimes: Policing, Punishment, and Authority in Iran](https://iwpost.com/private-sins-public-crimes-policing-punishment-and-authority-in-iran/): In 1825, Fath Ali Shah, King of Iran, marched on Isfahan with his troops to bring an unruly tribesman to justice.
- [First look: Also's upcoming e-bike disconnects the pedals and wheels](https://iwpost.com/first-look-alsos-upcoming-e-bike-disconnects-the-pedals-and-wheels/): E-bikes have started to blur what was once a basic feature of cycling: you push the pedals, which turns the wheels.
- [The legendary cyberpunk anime ‘Akira’ demands a rewatch](https://iwpost.com/the-legendary-cyberpunk-anime-akira-demands-a-rewatch/): The classic 1988 anime Akira returns to UK, Irish, French and Spanish cinema screens on April 17, with Australia and New Zealand following in early May.
- [Washington, Europe, and the Vatican Collide Over Iran and Israel](https://iwpost.com/washington-europe-and-the-vatican-collide-over-iran-and-israel/): Giorgia Valente’s article argues that the Iran war is no longer just a military contest.
- [What's the deal with spacesuits for the Moon? Will they be ready in time?](https://iwpost.com/whats-the-deal-with-spacesuits-for-the-moon-will-they-be-ready-in-time/): After the successful conclusion of the Artemis II mission earlier this month, focus turned to what comes next in NASA’s roadmap to return humans to the Moon.
- [The US counterterrorism czar without a counterterrorism plan](https://iwpost.com/the-us-counterterrorism-czar-without-a-counterterrorism-plan/): This article was first published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
- [Iran war exposes weakened state of Britain’s armed forces](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-exposes-weakened-state-of-britains-armed-forces/): The Iran war has left Britain’s armed forces exposed, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act on his promises to invest in defence, after years of warnings from military bosses about the UK’s shrinking capabilities.
- [Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world](https://iwpost.com/contrary-to-popular-superstition-aes-128-is-just-fine-in-a-post-quantum-world/): With growing focus on the existential threat quantum computing poses to some of the most crucial and widely used forms of encryption, cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda wants to make one thing absolutely clear: Contrary to popular mythology that refuses to die, AES 128 is perfectly fine in a post-quantum world.
- [The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan](https://iwpost.com/the-counterterrorism-czar-without-a-counterterrorism-plan/): Rising Threats: After the Trump administration’s attack on Iran, experts say, threats of extremist violence are likely to rise in the U.S.
- [Japan’s Takaichi chooses guns over butter — at her peril](https://iwpost.com/japans-takaichi-chooses-guns-over-butter-at-her-peril/): TOKYO – One reason many economists were disappointed with Sanae Takaichi’s selection as Japanese prime minister last October was concern that economic policy isn’t really her thing.
- [Israeli army blows up public school in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-blows-up-public-school-in-southern-lebanon-despite-ceasefire/): The Israeli army destroyed a public school building in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, in a new violation of a temporary ceasefire, Lebanese media reported on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Tim Cook To Exit CEO Role at Apple, Become Chairman as John Ternus Takes Over](https://iwpost.com/tim-cook-to-exit-ceo-role-at-apple-become-chairman-as-john-ternus-takes-over/): Apple announced Monday that Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook will step down after 15 years in the role and transition to executive chairman, with John Ternus set to become CEO on September 1, 2026, as part of a planned leadership change.
- [Anthropic's Mythos AI model sparks fears of turbocharged hacking](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-mythos-ai-model-sparks-fears-of-turbocharged-hacking/): Anthropic’s new Mythos AI model is raising concern among governments and companies that it could outpace current cyber security defenses, turbocharge hacking, and expose weaknesses faster than they can be fixed.
- [Biggest party in Romanian coalition withdraws support for PM, political crisis looms](https://iwpost.com/biggest-party-in-romanian-coalition-withdraws-support-for-pm-political-crisis-looms/): Romania’s ruling Social Democrats voted to withdraw their support for Liberal Prime Minister Ilie ​Bolojan on Monday and called on him to resign, likely triggering months of instability that will jeopardise EU funds ‌and the country’s credit rating.
- [Monica Lewinsky Drops Shocking Bedroom Bombshell](https://iwpost.com/monica-lewinsky-drops-shocking-bedroom-bombshell/): Nearly 30 years after her name became synonymous with one of Washington’s biggest political scandals, Monica Lewinsky is back in the spotlight — and this time, it’s for a candid, eyebrow-raising podcast moment that has people talking all over again.
- [These Middle Eastern News Sites Are Actually U.S. Government Propaganda Operations](https://iwpost.com/these-middle-eastern-news-sites-are-actually-u-s-government-propaganda-operations/): Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News look like typical news websites.
- [In jab at Taiwan, China ramps up military support for Somalia](https://iwpost.com/in-jab-at-taiwan-china-ramps-up-military-support-for-somalia/): China recently pledged to expand military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabaab militants.
- [Rogue Trooper brings the Genetic Infantry to the silver screen](https://iwpost.com/rogue-trooper-brings-the-genetic-infantry-to-the-silver-screen/): For more than 49 years, a comic called 2000 AD has been responsible for giving science-fiction junkies a weekly infusion of “thrill power.” Published in the UK, far from the action in Hollywood, its characters have crossed over from the page to the screen far less frequently than the superheroes belonging to Marvel and DC.
- [Southeast Asia holds the key to unlocking Korean impasse](https://iwpost.com/southeast-asia-holds-the-key-to-unlocking-korean-impasse/): While inter-Korean diplomacy stagnates despite Seoul’s recent initiatives, Southeast Asian nations are stepping in to bridge the gap.
- [Robot runner handily beats humans in half-marathon, setting new record](https://iwpost.com/robot-runner-handily-beats-humans-in-half-marathon-setting-new-record/): Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19.
- [US Air Force says the A-10 Warthog will live on to 2030](https://iwpost.com/us-air-force-says-the-a-10-warthog-will-live-on-to-2030/): The U.S. ​Air Force secretary extended the life of the A-10 “Warthog” attack plane until 2030, ‌sparing the aging but beloved close air support aircraft that has played an important role in Iran from an earlier retirement deadline of 2026.
- [Iran war is turbocharging China’s Africa pivot](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-is-turbocharging-chinas-africa-pivot/): The global geoeconomic volatility wrought by the second Donald Trump US presidency and hostilities in the Middle East make the shift in China’s Africa strategy even more important for China and for Africa.
- [Gaza needs $71.4B over next decade for recovery, reconstruction](https://iwpost.com/gaza-needs-71-4b-over-next-decade-for-recovery-reconstruction/): Palestinians living in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood struggle to maintain daily life under difficult conditions as the ongoing Israeli policy and attacks cause widespread destruction, while cold weather and heavy rainfall flood and damage tents, forcing residents to seek alternative shelter solutions despite limited resources, in Gaza City, Palestine, on March 29, 2026.
- [IDF Chief Calls on Ultra-Orthodox To Share Military Burden in Memorial Day Address](https://iwpost.com/idf-chief-calls-on-ultra-orthodox-to-share-military-burden-in-memorial-day-address/): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen.
- [Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military's most troubled space programs](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-pulls-the-plug-on-one-of-the-militarys-most-troubled-space-programs/): The Pentagon has canceled a ground control system for the US military’s GPS satellite navigation network after the program’s enduring problems “proved insurmountable,” the US Space Force announced in a press release Monday.
- [Massive Fight Breaks Out at Texas Fast Food Chain (Video)](https://iwpost.com/massive-fight-breaks-out-at-texas-fast-food-chain-video/): Things turned chaotic fast at a Whataburger in Texas — and now the wild scene is blowing up all over the internet.
- [Progressive Group Founded by Bernie Sanders Endorses Billionaire for California Governor](https://iwpost.com/progressive-group-founded-by-bernie-sanders-endorses-billionaire-for-california-governor/): Our Revolution, the progressive group founded by Bernie Sanders as an outgrowth of his 2016 presidential campaign, is endorsing its first billionaire as the race for California governor tightens.
- [Here's how F1 is tweaking its hybrid systems to try to save the show](https://iwpost.com/heres-how-f1-is-tweaking-its-hybrid-systems-to-try-to-save-the-show/): After spending the last couple of weeks discussing the problem, Formula 1’s stakeholders have arrived at a number of solutions to the sport’s hybrid energy problem.
- [AI and robots can’t fill bellies – so, capitalism’s end?](https://iwpost.com/ai-and-robots-cant-fill-bellies-so-capitalisms-end/): Upon close examination, the global economic psyche reveals humanity as recently caught between two opposing poles.
- [Shipping traffic remains at virtual standstill through Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/shipping-traffic-remains-at-virtual-standstill-through-hormuz/): Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained at ​a virtual standstill on Monday with just ‌three crossings in the space of 12 hours, according to shipping data.
- [Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer](https://iwpost.com/absurd-study-suggests-eating-fruits-and-vegetables-leads-to-cancer/): Dubious nutrition research and downright terrible diet and health advice are nothing new, but the situation has devolved as of late.
- [Next, an Iran nuclear deal with Chinese characteristics](https://iwpost.com/next-an-iran-nuclear-deal-with-chinese-characteristics/): Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni should take comfort from the fact that the main thrust of Donald Trump’s attack on them contains a clue as to how peace can be restored between Iran and the United States.
- [IRGC Chief Ahmad Vahidi and His Hardline Record](https://iwpost.com/irgc-chief-ahmad-vahidi-and-his-hardline-record/): Ahmad Vahidi, recently elevated to lead Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is emerging as a central figure in Tehran’s decision-making on war and diplomacy, as analysts warn his rise signals a shift toward a more hardline posture.
- [Over 410 US service members wounded in Iran war](https://iwpost.com/over-410-us-service-members-wounded-in-iran-war/): Anti-war demonstrators stage a protest near the White House against the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran, in Washington DC, United States on April 7, 2026.
- [John Ternus will replace Tim Cook as Apple CEO](https://iwpost.com/john-ternus-will-replace-tim-cook-as-apple-ceo/): Apple CEO Tim Cook will step down from the job effective September 1, 2026.
- [TV Star’s Eerie Final Post Revealed Before Sudden Death at 57](https://iwpost.com/tv-stars-eerie-final-post-revealed-before-sudden-death-at-57/): What was supposed to be an exciting new chapter has now taken a heartbreaking turn.
- [How the Lebanon Ceasefire Could Make It Harder to End the War on Iran](https://iwpost.com/how-the-lebanon-ceasefire-could-make-it-harder-to-end-the-war-on-iran/): For the first time in history, the Lebanese ambassador to the United States, Nada Moawad, and Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, sat in the same room at the State Department in Washington, D.C., facing one another as two states ostensibly on equal ground, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other officials presiding over the talks.
- [ECJ limits detention for rejected asylum seekers to 18 months](https://iwpost.com/ecj-limits-detention-for-rejected-asylum-seekers-to-18-months/): The European Court of Justice has ruled that rejected asylum seekers in the Netherlands must be released from detention after a maximum of 18 months, clarifying that this period covers the total time spent in detention while authorities attempt to deport them.
- [Pill and pipeline: US drug supply needs a China reality check](https://iwpost.com/pill-and-pipeline-us-drug-supply-needs-a-china-reality-check/): A quiet vulnerability sits at the heart of American health care.
- [US opens refund portal to start paying back Trump's illegal tariffs](https://iwpost.com/us-opens-refund-portal-to-start-paying-back-trumps-illegal-tariffs/): The US government today opened an online portal for submitting tariff refund requests, two months after the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump illegally imposed the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs.
- [The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East’s last great forests](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administration-wants-to-take-an-ax-to-the-easts-last-great-forests/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist, WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station; and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region.
- [Min Aung Hlaing’s PR pardon a script written in Beijing](https://iwpost.com/min-aung-hlaings-pr-pardon-a-script-written-in-beijing/): On April 17, the first day of the Myanmar New Year, Win Myint walked out of Taungoo Prison.
- [Will the GCC Withdraw From the Arab League? ](https://iwpost.com/will-the-gcc-withdraw-from-the-arab-league/): The participation of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and their continued membership in the Arab League have become a subject of questions and speculation, especially after the Arab League came under fire following the Israeli-American-Iranian conflict and the Iranian attacks on the Gulf states and Jordan.
- [Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent](https://iwpost.com/deezer-says-44-of-new-music-uploads-are-ai-generated-most-streams-are-fraudulent/): Music streaming services like Spotify and YouTube Music have become the primary way people listen to music, which can be a lot more convenient than buying individual albums.
- [Israel’s onslaught against Lebanon may strengthen Hezbollah – just when it’s at its weakest](https://iwpost.com/israels-onslaught-against-lebanon-may-strengthen-hezbollah-just-when-its-at-its-weakest/): As the tentative ceasefire in Lebanon holds, people are returning to their homes in the south to find widespread destruction.
- [Government crises loom in Romania and Slovenia](https://iwpost.com/government-crises-loom-in-romania-and-slovenia/): Political instability is expected to intensify in Romania and Slovenia, with both countries facing potential government crises in the coming weeks.
- [We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries](https://iwpost.com/we-designed-the-turf-for-soccers-biggest-world-cup-ever-heres-how-we-created-the-same-playing-experience-across-3-countries/): With 104 matches in 16 stadiums across Canada, the United States and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be soccer’s biggest event ever.
- [Terminator now: Robots just seized a Russian position in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/terminator-now-robots-just-seized-a-russian-position-in-ukraine/): Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky recently announced that ground robots (also known as unmanned ground vehicles) had captured a Russian position.
- [Poland calls for accountability as Israeli soldiers ‘admit to war crimes’](https://iwpost.com/poland-calls-for-accountability-as-israeli-soldiers-admit-to-war-crimes/): Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Monday called for accountability and disciplinary action over alleged misconduct by Israeli soldiers, saying some had admitted to committing war crimes, Anadolu reports.
- [Meet Bruce, the "beak-jousting" parrot](https://iwpost.com/meet-bruce-the-beak-jousting-parrot/): Bruce the kea—a species of alpine parrot native to New Zealand—lost his upper beak in an accident as a young bird.
- [Hollywood Star ‘Might Not Have a Tomorrow’](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-star-might-not-have-a-tomorrow/): Christina Applegate’s heartbreaking health battle is taking a frightening new turn — and insiders say those closest to her are bracing for the worst.
- [LAPD Deployed Drones  to Spy on No Kings Protest](https://iwpost.com/lapd-deployed-drones-to-spy-on-no-kings-protest/): The Los Angeles Police Department deployed drones intended for public safety uses to surveil a No Kings rally and a protest against the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant campaign, flight data reveals.
- [INS Aridhaman: India’s sea-based nuclear deterrent just got real](https://iwpost.com/ins-aridhaman-indias-sea-based-nuclear-deterrent-just-got-real/): The Indian Navy's INS Aridhaman, its third indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
- [Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family](https://iwpost.com/trump-pardoned-a-nursing-home-owner-who-owed-almost-19-million-to-a-grieving-family/): When Amanda Coulson was a child, she visited her mother at work at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- [40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl](https://iwpost.com/40-years-on-from-the-disaster-why-there-are-foxes-bears-and-bison-again-around-chernobyl/): In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J.
- [A Jewish Delegation’s Syria Visit Opens the Door to Cultural and Academic Ties](https://iwpost.com/a-jewish-delegations-syria-visit-opens-the-door-to-cultural-and-academic-ties/): Felice Friedson and Rizik Alabi report from Damascus on a trip that looked, at first glance, like an academic visit and, at second glance, like something far rarer: a small, cautious test of whether scholarship can reopen doors that politics slammed shut long ago.
- [EU says no jet fuel shortage, signals possible “flexibilities” amid Middle East disruption](https://iwpost.com/eu-says-no-jet-fuel-shortage-signals-possible-flexibilities-amid-middle-east-disruption/): The European Commission has said there is currently no shortage of jet fuel across the European Union, despite ongoing disruption linked to tensions in the Middle East.
- [Consensus shifting on China-style industrial policy](https://iwpost.com/consensus-shifting-on-china-style-industrial-policy/): I’ve long been an industrial policy enthusiast.
- [Clarifying HEVC licensing fees, royalties, and why vendors kill HEVC support](https://iwpost.com/clarifying-hevc-licensing-fees-royalties-and-why-vendors-kill-hevc-support/): You don’t notice good video compression—until it’s not there.
- [‘Friendship to all’ no longer good enough for Bangladesh](https://iwpost.com/friendship-to-all-no-longer-good-enough-for-bangladesh/): Non-alignment once carried enormous moral prestige.
- [Iran top official says Control of Hormuz would neutralize sanctions](https://iwpost.com/iran-top-official-says-control-of-hormuz-would-neutralize-sanctions/): The Iranian First Vice President, Mohammad Reza Aref, added in statements carried by Sputnik News Agency that “the positions of the opposing side in the negotiations are inconsistent,” noting that they shift between de-escalation under pressure and hardline positions.
- [Bulgaria’s former President Radev wins parliamentary election](https://iwpost.com/bulgarias-former-president-radev-wins-parliamentary-election/): Progressive ​Bulgaria, ‌the party of ​Bulgaria’s ​pro-Russian former ⁠President ​Rumen Radev ​was leading in ​Sunday’s ​parliamentary election with ‌44.7% ⁠of votes, after ​91.68% ​of ⁠votes were ​counted, ​official ⁠results showed.
- [Gulf poised to move closer to China after the war](https://iwpost.com/gulf-poised-to-move-closer-to-china-after-the-war/): The Iran war has delivered a profound and systemic shock to the Gulf, fundamentally challenging two assumptions that have underpinned regional stability for the better part of a century.
- [Iran Pulls Back From New Talks as Ceasefire Deadline Nears](https://iwpost.com/iran-pulls-back-from-new-talks-as-ceasefire-deadline-nears/): Talks on a permanent settlement between Iran and the United States over the US-Israeli war with Iran appeared to come under greater strain early Monday, April 20, after the United States seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran signaled that it would not take part in a new round of negotiations that Washington had hoped to open in Islamabad before the current ceasefire expires on Tuesday.
- [Baby America’s hegemony is no match for old worlds](https://iwpost.com/baby-americas-hegemony-is-no-match-for-old-worlds/): When US President Donald Trump said, “A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight,” he hardly knew the profundity of his words.
- [Fried Potatoes and Sausage Skillet (Easy 30-Minute Meal)](https://iwpost.com/fried-potatoes-and-sausage-skillet-easy-30-minute-meal/): If you’re searching for a quick, satisfying, and flavorful skillet meal, this Fried Potatoes and Sausage recipe deserves a spot in your weekly rotation.
- [Stablecoins, RWAs and Hong Kong’s interface moment](https://iwpost.com/stablecoins-rwas-and-hong-kongs-interface-moment/): The loudest reading of stablecoins is still the wrong one. They are not becoming important because cryptocurrency has finally won political respectability.
- [Actress Dead at 57 After Being Found Unconscious in Swimming Pool](https://iwpost.com/actress-dead-at-57-after-being-found-unconscious-in-swimming-pool/): Shock as French film star Nadia Fares has died at 57 after a sudden and terrifying incident in a swimming pool left fans around the world reeling.
- [16 Israeli soldiers killed, 690 wounded since Feb. 28: Army](https://iwpost.com/16-israeli-soldiers-killed-690-wounded-since-feb-28-army/): A total of 16 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 690 wounded since Feb.
- [Turkey, Syria, and Jordan Advance Rail Network Linking Gulf to Europe ](https://iwpost.com/turkey-syria-and-jordan-advance-rail-network-linking-gulf-to-europe/): [DAMASCUS] Turkey, Syria, and Jordan have announced a trilateral agreement to develop a regional rail corridor linking Europe to the Gulf, marking one of the most significant overland connectivity projects proposed in the region in recent years.
- [Iran says it won’t negotiate with ‘erratic’ Trump](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-it-wont-negotiate-with-erratic-trump/): Iran says it has no plans to negotiate with the US after President Donald Trump threatened Sunday that “the whole country is going to get blown up” if Iran refuses to make a deal.
- [After Trip to Syria, Dartmouth Professor Hopes for Intellectual Exchange in Jewish History With Damascus University](https://iwpost.com/after-trip-to-syria-dartmouth-professor-hopes-for-intellectual-exchange-in-jewish-history-with-damascus-university/): It is not often that an academic trip carries the weight of a diplomatic experiment.
- [Legendary Basketball Hall of Famer Dead at 68](https://iwpost.com/legendary-basketball-hall-of-famer-dead-at-68/): The basketball world is mourning the loss of international icon Oscar Schmidt, the larger-than-life scorer dubbed “The Holy Hand,” who has died at 68 after a battle with brain cancer — ending a career that once outshined even the game’s biggest legends.
- [Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure](https://iwpost.com/blue-origins-rocket-reuse-achievement-marred-by-upper-stage-failure/): The third flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn launcher began Sunday with the company’s first successful reflight of an orbital-class booster, but ended with a setback for Jeff Bezos’ flagship rocket, a key element in NASA’s Artemis lunar program.
- [Argentina’s president visits Israel to open embassy in Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/argentinas-president-visits-israel-to-open-embassy-in-jerusalem/): Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Israel on Sunday for an official visit during which he is set to open his country’s embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli media reported, Anadolu reports.
- [Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?](https://iwpost.com/maine-presses-pause-on-large-data-centers-will-other-states-follow-its-lead/): This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by errant satellite deployment](https://iwpost.com/blue-origins-rocket-reuse-achievement-marred-by-errant-satellite-deployment/): The third flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn launcher began Sunday with the company’s first successful reflight of an orbital-class booster, but ended with a setback for Jeff Bezos’ flagship rocket, a key element in NASA’s Artemis lunar program.
- [Nationwide Bible Reading Event Marks 250 Years of Scripture in America](https://iwpost.com/nationwide-bible-reading-event-marks-250-years-of-scripture-in-america/): A weeklong nationwide Bible-reading event at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is bringing together nearly 500 participants to read Scripture from Genesis to Revelation as part of a commemoration marking 250 years of the Bible in America.
- [Russia warns drone plans for Ukraine are pulling Europe deeper into war](https://iwpost.com/russia-warns-drone-plans-for-ukraine-are-pulling-europe-deeper-into-war/): Russia’s defence ministry warned on Wednesday that European ​plans to step up drone supplies to Ukraine are dragging ‌those countries deeper into a war with Russia.
- [Robots ‘Crush’ Human Competitors in Jaw-Dropping Beijing Half-Marathon](https://iwpost.com/robots-crush-human-competitors-in-jaw-dropping-beijing-half-marathon/): In a scene that felt ripped straight out of a sci-fi blockbuster, humanoid robots didn’t just compete with humans in a Beijing half-marathon — they absolutely smoked them.
- [Cartographic digital colonialism across Lebanon and Palestine](https://iwpost.com/cartographic-digital-colonialism-across-lebanon-and-palestine/): Apple and Google Maps have become the primary cartographic imagination of the world. Two billion people navigate through them, trust them, defer to them.
- [I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day looks like](https://iwpost.com/ive-fired-one-of-americas-most-powerful-lasers-heres-what-a-shot-day-looks-like/): If you walk across the open yard in front of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy building at the University of Texas at Austin, you’ll see a 17-story tower and a huge L-shaped building.
- [A Digital Marshall Plan: How Musk, Trump and Pahlavi Can Free the Iranians](https://iwpost.com/a-digital-marshall-plan-how-musk-trump-and-pahlavi-can-free-the-iranians/): History favors bold action, not timid diplomacy.
- [Iran war brings US close to net crude exporter for first time since World War Two](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-brings-us-close-to-net-crude-exporter-for-first-time-since-world-war-two/): The U.S. nearly turned into a net crude exporter last week for the first time since World War Two ​as shipments surged close to a record high to meet demand from Asian and European buyers scrambling to replace Middle East supplies cut by ‌the Iran war.
- [Democrats Are Split Over What It Means to Block Israel Weapons Deals](https://iwpost.com/democrats-are-split-over-what-it-means-to-block-israel-weapons-deals/): Ending U.S. military aid to Israel is now the mainstream position among Democratic leaders.
- [Chick-fil-A Manager Sparks Backlash After ‘Viral’ Prayer Session (Video)](https://iwpost.com/chick-fil-a-manager-sparks-backlash-after-viral-prayer-session-video/): A Texas fast-food stop just turned into a full-on faith moment — and the internet can’t stop arguing about it.
- [Gourmet Cosmic Brownies – The Ultimate Nostalgic Upgrade](https://iwpost.com/gourmet-cosmic-brownies-the-ultimate-nostalgic-upgrade/): If you grew up loving those iconic cosmic brownies, get ready—this homemade version takes everything you remember and makes it even better.
- [A new, forceful Pope Leo steps onto the world stage](https://iwpost.com/a-new-forceful-pope-leo-steps-onto-the-world-stage/): Pope Leo has debuted a new, forceful speaking style on his four-nation Africa tour this week, issuing sharp denunciations of war and ​inequality that have sparked repeated attacks on the pontiff from U.S.
- [Hezbollah denies role in attack that killed French UN soldier in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-denies-role-in-attack-that-killed-french-un-soldier-in-southern-lebanon/): Lebanon’s Hezbollah group on Saturday denied any involvement in an incident that killed a French soldier and injured three others serving with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon, Anadolu reports.
- [IDF Reservist Barak Kalfon Killed, 3 Soldiers Wounded in Southern Lebanon One Day After Ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/idf-reservist-barak-kalfon-killed-3-soldiers-wounded-in-southern-lebanon-one-day-after-ceasefire/): An Israel Defense Forces reservist was killed and three soldiers were injured Friday when an explosive device detonated during a search operation in the southern Lebanon village of Al-Jibbain, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that took effect a day earlier.
- [FIFA president insists on allowing Iran to play in World Cup](https://iwpost.com/fifa-president-insists-on-allowing-iran-to-play-in-world-cup/): FIFA President Gianni Infantino reaffirmed his commitment Wednesday to facilitating Iran’s participation in the World Cup in the U.S.
- [Snorkel Tour Turns Into Nightmare After Passenger Brutally Stabs Captain at Sea](https://iwpost.com/snorkel-tour-turns-into-nightmare-after-passenger-brutally-stabs-captain-at-sea/): A dream snorkeling trip in Hawaii turned into a terrifying fight for survival when a tourist allegedly went on a violent stabbing spree in the middle of the ocean.
- [The Tragedy of Ghazal: Youngest Kurdish Female Peshmerga Dies After IRGC Drone Strike and Medical Neglect](https://iwpost.com/the-tragedy-of-ghazal-youngest-kurdish-female-peshmerga-dies-after-irgc-drone-strike-and-medical-neglect/): Friends and comrades of Ghazal Molan, a 19-year-old Peshmerga from Mahabad opposed to the Islamic Republic, laid her to rest on Thursday afternoon in Sulaymaniyah, in the Kurdistan Region, amid deep sorrow, as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) drone and missile strikes continued across the area.
- [Israel-Lebanon ceasefire won’t end the death and suffering](https://iwpost.com/israel-lebanon-ceasefire-wont-end-the-death-and-suffering/): After weeks of bombardments in southern Lebanon that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million residents, Israel has announced a ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon.
- [France’s Bardella calls Trump’s Middle East policy ‘erratic’](https://iwpost.com/frances-bardella-calls-trumps-middle-east-policy-erratic/): French National Rally leader Jordan Bardella on Saturday described US President Donald Trump’s objectives in the Middle East as “totally erratic”, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump says Iran war should end ‘soon’, both sides may meet at weekend   ](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-iran-war-should-end-soon-both-sides-may-meet-at-weekend/): U.S. President Donald Trump expressed confidence that an agreement could soon be reached to end the Iran war and urged the Tehran-aligned Hezbollah group to hold its fire as a 10-day truce went in to effect ​between Lebanon and Israel.
- [Iran’s low-cost drones democratizing precision warfare](https://iwpost.com/irans-low-cost-drones-democratizing-precision-warfare/): Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have propelled drones into the headlines.
- [Ken Jennings Finally Breaks Silence on ‘Rigged’ Jeopardy! Loss](https://iwpost.com/ken-jennings-finally-breaks-silence-on-rigged-jeopardy-loss/): For years, conspiracy theories have swirled around Ken Jennings’ jaw-dropping loss on Jeopardy!
- [Iran Hesitates on US Talks; Pakistan Maintains Mediation Efforts](https://iwpost.com/iran-hesitates-on-us-talks-pakistan-maintains-mediation-efforts/): Despite Pakistan’s sustained diplomatic efforts, regional tensions seem to be escalating once again.
- [Iran shuts down Strait of Hormuz again, accusing US of ‘piracy’](https://iwpost.com/iran-shuts-down-strait-of-hormuz-again-accusing-us-of-piracy/): The ceasefire between the US and Iran is in grave peril after Iran announced on Saturday that, in response to the continued US blockade, it would once again impose travel restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz after briefly reopening it on Friday.
- [EU needs energy union to compete with US and China, Eurogroup chief says](https://iwpost.com/eu-needs-energy-union-to-compete-with-us-and-china-eurogroup-chief-says/): A European energy union is a prerequisite to other reforms that the European Union is planning to stay competitive against the U.S.
- [A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view](https://iwpost.com/a-more-troubling-picture-of-sea-level-rise-is-coming-into-view/): This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Token inequality: AI haves and AI have-nots](https://iwpost.com/token-inequality-ai-haves-and-ai-have-nots/): Gemini was my preferred model for research a few months ago. So, was Grok.
- [Protesters in Swedish capital condemn Israel’s West Bank annexation plans, strikes on Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/protesters-in-swedish-capital-condemn-israels-west-bank-annexation-plans-strikes-on-lebanon/): Hundreds of people gathered in central Stockholm on Saturday to protest Israel’s reported plans to annex the occupied West Bank and its continued attacks in Lebanon, Anadolu reports.
- [Italian icon Vespa turns 80](https://iwpost.com/italian-icon-vespa-turns-80/): A seemingly routine patent filed in Florence would go on to redefine two-wheeled mobility.
- [ICC confirms all charges as Duterte goes on drug war trial](https://iwpost.com/icc-confirms-all-charges-as-duterte-goes-on-drug-war-trial/): MANILA – The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday confirmed all charges against former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte, who is detained in The Hague for charges related to his brutal drug war that had left thousands dead.
- [IRGC Seizes 2 Ships, Fires on 3rd in Strait of Hormuz as Tensions Escalate ](https://iwpost.com/irgc-seizes-2-ships-fires-on-3rd-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-tensions-escalate/): Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) gunboats fired on three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, seizing two ships and damaging a third, a day after US President Trump extended the ceasefire.
- [Google unveils two new TPUs designed for the "agentic era"](https://iwpost.com/google-unveils-two-new-tpus-designed-for-the-agentic-era/): Most of the companies that have fully committed to building AI models are gobbling up every Nvidia AI accelerator they can get, but Google has taken a different approach.
- [Easy Cheeseburger Sliders (Ready in 30 Minutes)](https://iwpost.com/easy-cheeseburger-sliders-ready-in-30-minutes/): These cheeseburger sliders are the ultimate crowd-pleaser for game day, parties, or quick weeknight dinners.
- [“A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement](https://iwpost.com/a-punch-in-the-gut-after-years-of-waiting-many-opioid-victims-will-be-shut-out-of-purdue-settlement/): Mary Jannotta sliced meat and cheese behind deli counters at Acme and Pathmark supermarkets in the Philadelphia suburbs for decades, developing aches that came with working on her feet.
- [Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-conflict-looks-increasingly-like-a-war-nobody-can-win/): Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like?
- [Myanmar’s scam centers are America’s problem too](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-scam-centers-are-americas-problem-too/): The rise of scam centers across Southeast Asia, particularly in Myanmar and Cambodia, has put a spotlight on existing economic inequalities and how these vulnerabilities are preyed upon to exploit the most vulnerable.
- [Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil-killed-in-israeli-strike-in-southern-lebanon/): Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed on Wednesday evening in an Israeli strike while carrying out her work in the town of Tayri, southern Lebanon.
- [Coyote vs. Acme is finally getting released—with a killer trailer](https://iwpost.com/coyote-vs-acme-is-finally-getting-released-with-a-killer-trailer/): Warner Bros.’ bizarre 2023 decision to shelve its live-action/animated film, Coyote vs. Acme, sparked outrage both in the industry and among fans online.
- [U.S. navy chief resigns amid Pentagon infighting](https://iwpost.com/u-s-navy-chief-resigns-amid-pentagon-infighting/): Navy Secretary John Phelan abruptly left his job on Wednesday in part because a hugely expensive new battleship he championed sparked friction with his superiors — including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- [Fighter Jets Collide Mid-Air After Pilots Start Taking Photos](https://iwpost.com/fighter-jets-collide-mid-air-after-pilots-start-taking-photos/): Mid-air selfie stunt gone horribly wrong?
- [Doomed diplomacy: Iran’s pros wrestle while US rookies play poker](https://iwpost.com/doomed-diplomacy-irans-pros-wrestle-while-us-rookies-play-poker/): Imagine a poker game in which one player has spent decades mastering every bluff, every tell, every hidden card.
- [Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-issues-emergency-update-for-macos-and-linux-asp-net-threat/): Microsoft released an emergency patch for its ASP.NET Core to fix a high-severity vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on devices that use the Web development framework to run Linux or macOS apps.
- [Appeal Filed in Texas Case Challenging Johnson Amendment Limits on Churches’ Political Speech ](https://iwpost.com/appeal-filed-in-texas-case-challenging-johnson-amendment-limits-on-churches-political-speech/): A legal challenge to limits on political activity by churches is moving to a federal appeals court after plaintiffs in NRB v.
- [You want your Moon landings in HD? So does NASA—here's how it's happening.](https://iwpost.com/you-want-your-moon-landings-in-hd-so-does-nasa-heres-how-its-happening/): During most of the Artemis II mission, the crew of four astronauts beamed back low-definition video, both from inside the spacecraft and from exterior views of the Moon.
- [US stuck using $1 million missiles against Iran’s $20,000 drones](https://iwpost.com/us-stuck-using-1-million-missiles-against-irans-20000-drones/): It may sound hard to believe, but the almost trillion-dollar US military is struggling to fight cheap drones in its war with Iran.
- [Cyprus urges EU to prepare joint response plan if member state is attacked](https://iwpost.com/cyprus-urges-eu-to-prepare-joint-response-plan-if-member-state-is-attacked/): President Nikos Christodoulides called on European Union leaders to begin preparing a coordinated response framework if a member state is attacked, stressing the need for greater readiness and clarity in how the bloc would act collectively.
- [Canada contributes $5M to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria](https://iwpost.com/canada-contributes-5m-to-eliminate-chemical-weapons-stockpiles-in-syria/): Canada on Wednesday announced $5 million in funding for international efforts aimed at identifying and eliminating chemical weapons remaining in Syria, Anadolu reports.
- [RFK Jr. won't back CDC director on vaccines as agency scraps positive data](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-wont-back-cdc-director-on-vaccines-as-agency-scraps-positive-data/): While the Trump administration has reportedly tried to rein in Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Taiwan’s KMT offers US an off-ramp from war with China](https://iwpost.com/taiwans-kmt-offers-us-an-off-ramp-from-war-with-china/): Cheng Li-wun and Xi Jinping were fully engaged during KMT leader's recent visit to Beijing.
- [Concerned for King Charles Sparked After Monarch’s ‘Unsteady’ Appearance](https://iwpost.com/concerned-for-king-charles-sparked-after-monarchs-unsteady-appearance/): Royal watchers are sounding the alarm after King Charles III sparked fresh health fears with a frail-looking appearance in a newly released tribute video honoring his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
- [Pakistan Takes a Leap into Human Spaceflight with Landmark China Collaboration ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-takes-a-leap-into-human-spaceflight-with-landmark-china-collaboration/): Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) on Wednesday announced a landmark advancement in the country’s Manned Space Mission Program.
- [Our newsroom AI policy](https://iwpost.com/our-newsroom-ai-policy/): Earlier this year, we committed to publishing a reader-facing explanation of how Ars Technica uses, and doesn’t use, generative AI.
- [Belgians advised to have enough supplies to last 72 hours](https://iwpost.com/belgians-advised-to-have-enough-supplies-to-last-72-hours/): Belgium’s National Crisis Centre has launched a nationwide campaign urging citizens to be ready to cope independently for up to 72 hours in the event of an emergency.
- [Why US, Israel and Iran are headed for a frozen conflict](https://iwpost.com/why-us-israel-and-iran-are-headed-for-a-frozen-conflict/): With a shaky ceasefire in place between the US, Israel and Iran – and little progress on talks to resolve the complex issues at the heart of the war – where is this conflict going?
- [Tesla reports Q1 2026 earnings: Still profitable](https://iwpost.com/tesla-reports-q1-2026-earnings-still-profitable/): Tesla published its quarterly financials ahead of an investor call this afternoon.
- [Lessons for new Apple CEO Ternus in Steve Jobs’s wilderness years](https://iwpost.com/lessons-for-new-apple-ceo-ternus-in-steve-jobss-wilderness-years/): Apple has named John Ternus, its head of hardware engineering, as its next CEO.
- [White House says Trump does not view Iran’s seizure of ships as ceasefire violation](https://iwpost.com/white-house-says-trump-does-not-view-irans-seizure-of-ships-as-ceasefire-violation/): US President Donald Trump does not consider Iran’s seizure of ships in the Strait of Hormuz as a ceasefire violation, the White House said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Crypto scam lures ships into Strait of Hormuz, falsely promising safe passage](https://iwpost.com/crypto-scam-lures-ships-into-strait-of-hormuz-falsely-promising-safe-passage/): Crypto scammers are targeting the thousands of ships stranded near the Strait of Hormuz—and at least one ship that faced Iranian gunfire may have been tricked into believing it had paid Iran for safe passage.
- [President Trump Signs Order to Accelerate Ibogaine Research for Veterans With PTSD](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-signs-order-to-accelerate-ibogaine-research-for-veterans-with-ptsd/): President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 18, 2026, directing federal agencies to accelerate research into ibogaine as a potential treatment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other conditions, citing the need to expand access to emerging therapies.
- [UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today’s under-18s](https://iwpost.com/uk-lawmakers-approve-lifetime-smoking-ban-for-todays-under-18s/): Children in Britain who are 17 or younger, ‌and anyone born in the future, will never be able to legally buy cigarettes after lawmakers approved new stricter restrictions on smoking.
- [Jack Nicholson’s Lives in Regret of Losing ‘Love of His Life’ Amid 89th Birthday](https://iwpost.com/jack-nicholsons-lives-in-regret-of-losing-love-of-his-life-amid-89th-birthday/): Hollywood bombshell: Jack Nicholson is turning 89 — and insiders say the legendary ladies’ man is still haunted by the one woman he couldn’t keep.
- [The Short and Ridiculous Trial of a Protester Arrested in an Inflatable Penis Costume](https://iwpost.com/the-short-and-ridiculous-trial-of-a-protester-arrested-in-an-inflatable-penis-costume/): The trial of Renea Gamble had been underway for almost two hours when Marcus McDowell, the city attorney of Fairhope, Alabama, called a surprise witness.
- [Lawsuit: Nintendo is getting tariff refunds—its customers should get them instead](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-nintendo-is-getting-tariff-refunds-its-customers-should-get-them-instead/): Two gamers who want tariff refunds sued Nintendo of America yesterday, alleging that the company intends to pocket refunds received from the government instead of giving money back to consumers who paid higher prices.
- [Fed chair nominee vows he’ll be independent of Trump](https://iwpost.com/fed-chair-nominee-vows-hell-be-independent-of-trump/): WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, vowed in congressional testimony that the central bank will remain “strictly independent” if he’s confirmed to the top spot, even as the president has broadcast his demand for the new Fed chair to lower interest rates.
- [A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?](https://iwpost.com/a-deadly-bacteria-is-creeping-up-the-atlantic-coast-how-worried-should-you-be/): This story was produced by Grist and co-published with States Newsroom.
- [The Strait of Hormuz shows how everything is now about leverage](https://iwpost.com/the-strait-of-hormuz-shows-how-everything-is-now-about-leverage/): Iran’s military might was never going to be a match for the US and Israel.
- [Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from the Pro plan](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-tested-removing-claude-code-from-the-pro-plan/): Anthropic caused a stir among developers with what appeared to be a surprise change to its pricing plan: The company signaled that Claude Code, the popular agentic development tool, would no longer be available to subscribers on the $20-per-month Pro plan.
- [Is Trump heading to a Pyrrhic victory in Iran?](https://iwpost.com/is-trump-heading-to-a-pyrrhic-victory-in-iran/): President Donald Trump has claimed victory in the war in Iran even before the conflict is over.
- [Trump extends ceasefire but continues blockade of Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-extends-ceasefire-but-continues-blockade-of-iran/): President Donald Trump extended a two-week ceasefire for his and Israel’s war on Iran, but the US leader also said that a naval blockade of the Mideast nation will continue, and fears of fresh attacks remain high.
- [How the Iran war oil and gas supply shock compares with past disruptions](https://iwpost.com/how-the-iran-war-oil-and-gas-supply-shock-compares-with-past-disruptions/): The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have caused the biggest oil supply disruption on record by daily output lost, though at least one earlier shock had a greater cumulative impact, according to Reuters calculations based on International Energy Agency and U.S.
- [Trump says US-Iran talks ‘possible’ within 36-72 hours: Report](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-us-iran-talks-possible-within-36-72-hours-report/): The United States President Donald Trump holds a Press Conference in the James S.
- [Israel Marks 78th Independence Day With Population at 10.244 Million ](https://iwpost.com/israel-marks-78th-independence-day-with-population-at-10-244-million/): Israel’s population stands at 10.244 million on its 78th Independence Day, according to figures released Sunday by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
- [Physicists think they've solved the muon mystery](https://iwpost.com/physicists-think-theyve-solved-the-muon-mystery/): Physicists have spent the last 20 years pondering an apparent discrepancy between experimental results and theoretical predictions for the magnetic properties of the muon, the electron’s heavier cousin—a mismatch that hinted at a possible fifth force.
- [Cottage Cheese Waffles (High-Protein & Easy)](https://iwpost.com/cottage-cheese-waffles-high-protein-easy/): These cottage cheese waffles are crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, and packed with over 20g of protein per serving—all without using protein powder.
- [Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up”](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-erases-wounded-u-s-troops-from-iran-war-casualty-list-definition-of-a-cover-up/): Amid a fragile ceasefire in the U.S.
- [Middle East conflict: how the US and Iran could step back from the brink](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-conflict-how-the-us-and-iran-could-step-back-from-the-brink/): Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face a renewal of American bombardment was due to expire this week, but was extended at the last moment, this time with no defined time limit.
- [Barron Trump Brutally Mocked After Chelsea Clinton’s Major Accomplishment](https://iwpost.com/barron-trump-brutally-mocked-after-chelsea-clintons-major-accomplishment/): Chelsea Clinton should’ve had a moment all to herself — but the internet had other plans.
- [Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation campaign over nuclear disaster](https://iwpost.com/chernobyl-at-40-secret-stasi-files-reveal-extent-of-soviet-misinformation-campaign-over-nuclear-disaster/): On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting a safety test.
- [Petroyuan will mature in bursts of crisis](https://iwpost.com/petroyuan-will-mature-in-bursts-of-crisis/): The petroyuan — oil and energy trades settled in Chinese yuan rather than US dollars — is not emerging exclusively because countries want to ideologically hammer the dollar, although that it is inevitably part of it.
- [Indian med student rakes in thousands with AI-generated MAGA hottie](https://iwpost.com/indian-med-student-rakes-in-thousands-with-ai-generated-maga-hottie/): Like many medical school students, Sam was broke.
- [Iran war fuel hike adds $100 to long-haul flight cost, study says](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-fuel-hike-adds-100-to-long-haul-flight-cost-study-says/): Disruption to global oil supplies from the Iran war has added more than $100 to the price of long-haul flights from Europe, a cost ​likely to trigger higher ticket prices, campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) said.
- [Our favorite gear at Sea Otter Classic wasn't the bikes—it was the accessories](https://iwpost.com/our-favorite-gear-at-sea-otter-classic-wasnt-the-bikes-it-was-the-accessories/): MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif.—Bicycles are a strange technology.
- [OpenAI is burning billions — and an IPO won’t stave off bankruptcy](https://iwpost.com/openai-is-burning-billions-and-an-ipo-wont-stave-off-bankruptcy/): OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is gearing up to launch its initial public offering (IPO) this year.
- [Syrian President al-Sharaa Says He Loves Basketball but Was Distracted by War](https://iwpost.com/syrian-president-al-sharaa-says-he-loves-basketball-but-was-distracted-by-war/): Photojournalist Omar Albam told TML: “I am very happy to see the stands of this hall filled with fans.
- [Israeli army claims Hezbollah targeted its positions in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-claims-hezbollah-targeted-its-positions-in-southern-lebanon/): The Israeli army claimed Tuesday that Hezbollah fired several rockets at its positions in southern Lebanon, describing the incident as a violation of a ceasefire agreement, Anadolu reports.
- [Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop](https://iwpost.com/framework-laptop-13-pro-is-a-major-overhaul-for-the-modular-upgradeable-laptop/): Framework has been selling and shipping its modular, repairable, upgradable Laptop 13 for five years now, and in that time, it has released six distinct versions of its system board, each using fresh versions of Intel and AMD processors (seven versions, if you count this RISC-V one).
- [They Said a 3D Printer Would Bring Housing to This Town. It Was Yet Another Broken Promise.](https://iwpost.com/they-said-a-3d-printer-would-bring-housing-to-this-town-it-was-yet-another-broken-promise/): I wasn’t looking for a revelation on a country road in southeastern Illinois.
- [Japan is becoming the hinge of Indo-Pacific deterrence](https://iwpost.com/japan-is-becoming-the-hinge-of-indo-pacific-deterrence/): China’s latest move at Scarborough Shoal may appear routine.
- [Europe’s response to the Iran war energy crunch](https://iwpost.com/europes-response-to-the-iran-war-energy-crunch/): The European Commission will publish a package of measures on Wednesday seeking to offset surging energy prices, as countries grapple with the biggest shock to energy markets in history from the Iran war.
- [Queen’s Final Regret Exposed on What Would’ve Been Her 100th Birthday](https://iwpost.com/queens-final-regret-exposed-on-what-wouldve-been-her-100th-birthday/): Queen Elizabeth II would have celebrated her 100th birthday on April 21, 2026 — but behind the historic milestone lies a deeply emotional chapter that still haunts royal watchers.
- [Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees' mouse, keyboard use](https://iwpost.com/report-meta-will-train-ai-agents-by-tracking-employees-mouse-keyboard-use/): Meta will begin tracking the mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes of its US employees to generate high-quality training data for future AI agents, Reuters reports.
- [Trump’s Iran war: three goals, three failures, one debacle](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-war-three-goals-three-failures-one-debacle/): US airstrikes haven't accomplished the regime change in Iran that Trump has claimed.
- [Torch Ceremony Opens Israel’s 78th Independence Day as Netanyahu, Milei and Hostage Families Take Center Stage](https://iwpost.com/torch-ceremony-opens-israels-78th-independence-day-as-netanyahu-milei-and-hostage-families-take-center-stage/): Israel opened its 78th Independence Day on Tuesday night with a state torch-lighting ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, formally transitioning from Memorial Day and launching national celebrations with 12 torch lighters representing key sectors of society.
- [Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot "not responsible."](https://iwpost.com/florida-probes-chatgpt-role-in-mass-shooting-openai-says-bot-not-responsible/): OpenAI now faces a criminal probe after ChatGPT advised a gunman ahead of a mass shooting at a university in Florida, where two people were killed and six were wounded last year.
- [Gold rises as oil weakens after US extends ceasefire with Iran](https://iwpost.com/gold-rises-as-oil-weakens-after-us-extends-ceasefire-with-iran/): Gold prices firmed on Wednesday as lower oil prices, following a ‌U.S.
- [F/A-XX fighter tests future of US carrier power against China](https://iwpost.com/f-a-xx-fighter-tests-future-of-us-carrier-power-against-china/): The US Navy’s F/A-XX fighter bid underscores a deeper contest with China not just over next-generation carrier aircraft, but over which side can sustain carrier aviation as a credible instrument of power, deterrence and influence in the Indo-Pacific.
- [UN says attacks in Gaza surge 46% in weekly spike since ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/un-says-attacks-in-gaza-surge-46-in-weekly-spike-since-ceasefire/): The UN said Tuesday that violence in the Gaza Strip surged to its highest since a ceasefire on Oct.
- [Silo S3 teaser hints at the wasteland's origins](https://iwpost.com/silo-s3-teaser-hints-at-the-wastelands-origins/): The critically acclaimed second season of Apple TV’s dystopian sci-fi drama Silo ended on one heck of a cliffhanger, with at least one major character’s fate unclear.
- [Hollywood Actor Reveals Secret Addiction That Nearly Destroyed His Marriage](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-actor-reveals-secret-addiction-that-nearly-destroyed-his-marriage/): Hollywood tough guy Terry Crews is pulling back the curtain on a deeply personal struggle — and it’s a lot darker than fans ever imagined.
- [Supreme Court arguments make it clear that FCC fines are "nonbinding"](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-arguments-make-it-clear-that-fcc-fines-are-nonbinding/): Supreme Court justices today expressed skepticism of AT&T and Verizon’s claim that the Federal Communications Commission’s procedure for imposing fines violated their right to a jury trial.
- [Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics](https://iwpost.com/large-hadron-collider-results-hint-at-undiscovered-physics/): Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing in on signs of undiscovered physics.
- [President Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire After Tehran Declines Islamabad Talks](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-extends-iran-ceasefire-after-tehran-declines-islamabad-talks/): President Donald Trump announced an extension of the ceasefire with Iran after an Iranian delegation did not appear for scheduled talks in Islamabad.
- [Iran crisis costs France up to 6 billion euros, says minister](https://iwpost.com/iran-crisis-costs-france-up-to-6-billion-euros-says-minister/): The economic fallout ​from the crisis in Iran has cost France between 4 ‌billion euros ($4.70 billion) and 6 billion euros, Finance Minister Roland Lescure said on Tuesday, as the government prepares new support measures alongside a freeze on some ​spending.
- [Mozilla: Anthropic's Mythos found 271 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 150](https://iwpost.com/mozilla-anthropics-mythos-found-271-security-vulnerabilities-in-firefox-150/): Earlier this month, Anthropic said its Mythos Preview model was so good at finding cybersecurity vulnerabilities that the company was limiting its initial release to “a limited group of critical industry partners.” Since then, debate has raged over whether the model presages an era of turbocharged AI-aided hacking or if Anthropic is just building hype for what is a relatively normal step up on the ladder of advancing AI capabilities.
- [US, China forge rival fusion chains as Europe weighs role](https://iwpost.com/us-china-forge-rival-fusion-chains-as-europe-weighs-role/): China and the United States are extending their rivalry beyond artificial intelligence and space into fusion energy, widely seen as a virtually limitless, carbon-free power source.
- [U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working for the CIA, Sources Say](https://iwpost.com/u-s-personnel-who-died-in-mexico-were-working-for-the-cia-sources-say/): Two U.S. officials who died in Mexico on Sunday worked for the Central Intelligence Agency, two sources told The Intercept.
- [Lebanon needs €500M to address humanitarian crisis caused by Israeli war, prime minister says](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-needs-e500m-to-address-humanitarian-crisis-caused-by-israeli-war-prime-minister-says/): Lebanon needs €500, over $588, million over the next six months to address a worsening humanitarian crisis caused by the Israeli war, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Pentagon wants $54B for drones, more than most nations’ military budgets](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-wants-54b-for-drones-more-than-most-nations-military-budgets/): The US military’s massive $1.5 trillion budget request for the next fiscal year includes what Pentagon officials described as the largest investment in drone warfare and counter-drone technology in US history.
- [Why the US military is stuck using $1 million missiles against Iran’s $20,000 drones](https://iwpost.com/why-the-us-military-is-stuck-using-1-million-missiles-against-irans-20000-drones/): It may sound hard to believe, but the almost trillion-dollar U.S. military is struggling to fight cheap drones in its war with Iran.
- [China’s drone-laid mines aim to trap US in a Taiwan war](https://iwpost.com/chinas-drone-laid-mines-aim-to-trap-us-in-a-taiwan-war/): China’s minelaying drones point to a new way of enforcing a Taiwan blockade, using stealthy, autonomous systems to disrupt maritime access and deny entry to contested waters.
- [Report Finds Corruption in Italy Growing More Hidden and Systemic](https://iwpost.com/report-finds-corruption-in-italy-growing-more-hidden-and-systemic/): Corruption in Italy has become “more insidious and evasive,” spreading into “every part of public life,” according to the anti-corruption agency ANAC in its annual report.
- [Nancy Guthrie Case Takes Shocking Turn as FBI DNA Delay Sparks Outrage and Raises New Questions](https://iwpost.com/nancy-guthrie-case-takes-shocking-turn-as-fbi-dna-delay-sparks-outrage-and-raises-new-questions/): Nearly three months after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson, Arizona home, the case has taken a dramatic twist that’s leaving investigators under pressure — and raising serious concerns about how crucial evidence was handled from the start.
- [How Israel’s Songs Carry the Weight of Remembrance](https://iwpost.com/how-israels-songs-carry-the-weight-of-remembrance/): Gabriel Colodro’s feature turns Israel’s Memorial Day into something more intimate than ceremony: a study of how songs carry grief when ordinary language runs out.
- [Framework's CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a "MacBook Pro for Linux users"](https://iwpost.com/frameworks-ceo-on-the-ram-crisis-and-creating-a-macbook-pro-for-linux-users/): We’ve seen enough product announcements from Framework at this point that today’s updates feel more or less routine.
- [Slow Cooker Brisket (Tender, Juicy & Effortless)](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-brisket-tender-juicy-effortless/): This Slow Cooker Brisket is the definition of comfort food done right.
- [How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement](https://iwpost.com/how-deep-red-utah-helped-launch-a-portable-plug-in-solar-movement/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah.
- [Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics](https://iwpost.com/our-large-hadron-collider-results-hint-at-undiscovered-physics/): Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing in on signs of undiscovered physics.
- [Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-removes-call-of-duty-from-game-pass-lowers-subscription-pricing/): Microsoft announced Tuesday that subscribers to its Game Pass service will see significant price reductions starting today.
- [How US presidents shift controversial actions abroad to get around limits at home](https://iwpost.com/how-us-presidents-shift-controversial-actions-abroad-to-get-around-limits-at-home/): When Donald Trump deported a group of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador in 2025, it was the fulfilment of a long-held wish.
- [Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared trying to migrate in 2025](https://iwpost.com/nearly-8000-people-died-or-disappeared-trying-to-migrate-in-2025/): Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes last year, with sea routes to ​Europe the most deadly and many victims lost ‌in “invisible shipwrecks”, a U.N.
- [Iran war leaves Asian nations weighing their nuclear options](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-leaves-asian-nations-weighing-their-nuclear-options/): This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here.
- [Former senior Israeli officials say Netanyahu government ‘hijacked’ country, failed in Iran war](https://iwpost.com/former-senior-israeli-officials-say-netanyahu-government-hijacked-country-failed-in-iran-war/): Three former Israeli senior officials sharply criticized the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, saying it has “hijacked” the country and failed in its war against Iran.
- [CATL's new LFP battery can charge from 10 to 98% in less than 7 minutes](https://iwpost.com/catls-new-lfp-battery-can-charge-from-10-to-98-in-less-than-7-minutes/): As prophesied by more than a few analysts along the years, China’s full-hearted embrace of electric vehicles has paid dividends.
- [‘He Was Always Smiling’: Sister of Fallen Soldier Shachar Fridman on Israel’s Memorial Day ](https://iwpost.com/he-was-always-smiling-sister-of-fallen-soldier-shachar-fridman-on-israels-memorial-day/): “Be a good friend. Be a good son. Be a good citizen. Love everyone,” Sahar Fridman Sierra described brother’s message: “See the people that nobody sees.
- [The Osmonds Legend Dies at 76](https://iwpost.com/the-osmonds-legend-dies-at-76/): Heartbreak is hitting the music world as Alan Osmond — the steady, driving force behind the legendary family band — has died at 76 after a long and grueling battle with multiple sclerosis.
- [ICE Is Looking For Parking in New York City — For a 150-Vehicle Deportation Fleet](https://iwpost.com/ice-is-looking-for-parking-in-new-york-city-for-a-150-vehicle-deportation-fleet/): U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on the hunt for parking in Lower Manhattan — but they’re not just circling the block waiting for a spot to open up.
- [Who is calling the shots in Iran?](https://iwpost.com/who-is-calling-the-shots-in-iran/): Following the last round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, Iran’s foreign minister and negotiator Abbas Araghchi declared in a post on X on April 17 that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open”.
- [NATO’s internal cohesion is being threatened (again) – but in pushing for support on Iran, Trump may risk eroding US influence on the alliance](https://iwpost.com/natos-internal-cohesion-is-being-threatened-again-but-in-pushing-for-support-on-iran-trump-may-risk-eroding-us-influence-on-the-alliance/): Soon after the Israeli-U.S. war in Iran began on Feb. 28, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump called upon NATO allies to help support the effort.
- [Autopilot Steers Plane Towards Mountain as Pilots Distracted](https://iwpost.com/autopilot-steers-plane-towards-mountain-as-pilots-distracted/): A routine flight turned into a near-disaster when a passenger jet carrying 94 people suddenly veered toward mountainous terrain—all because of a critical oversight in the cockpit.
- [China’s rising threat looms over Japan-Australia frigate deal](https://iwpost.com/chinas-rising-threat-looms-over-japan-australia-frigate-deal/): Japan’s decision to supply advanced frigates to Australia marks a major step in defense cooperation between the two countries as questions over US commitment in the Pacific coincide with China’s expanding naval reach.
- [Artemis II broke Fred Haise's distance record, but he is happy to pass it on](https://iwpost.com/artemis-ii-broke-fred-haises-distance-record-but-he-is-happy-to-pass-it-on/): With the circumlunar flight of Artemis II, and the prospect of landing astronauts on the lunar surface within a few years, humanity is preempting an era where the imprint of visiting the Moon would be erased from living memory.
- [Netanyahu’s Risky Bet on Strongmen Is Coming Due](https://iwpost.com/netanyahus-risky-bet-on-strongmen-is-coming-due/): “And a new Pharaoh arose who did not know Joseph.” This is the introductory sentence in the first chapter of Exodus, where the children of Israel were enslaved.
- [Global hunger crisis to worsen in 2026 as war, drought and aid cuts bite, United Nations report warns](https://iwpost.com/global-hunger-crisis-to-worsen-in-2026-as-war-drought-and-aid-cuts-bite-united-nations-report-warns/): Conflict, drought and shrinking aid will keep global hunger at ​critical levels in 2026, with food insecurity expected to worsen in some of the world’s most ‌fragile countries, according to the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises.
- [AI boom is hiding Korea’s next crisis](https://iwpost.com/ai-boom-is-hiding-koreas-next-crisis/): South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has an economic problem.
- [Indonesia reiterates call for UN probe after peacekeeper dies in Lebanon attack, condemns Israel](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-reiterates-call-for-un-probe-after-peacekeeper-dies-in-lebanon-attack-condemns-israel/): Indonesia on Saturday condemned the killing of another Indonesian peacekeeper in Lebanon in ongoing hostilities, reiterating its call for a UN probe into the killings, Anadolu reports.
- [Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"](https://iwpost.com/palantir-employees-are-talking-about-companys-descent-into-fascism/): It took just a few months of President Donald Trump’s second term for Palantir employees to question their company’s commitments to civil liberties.
- [US chasing AGI myth while China builds the AI future](https://iwpost.com/us-chasing-agi-myth-while-china-builds-the-ai-future/): The United States is increasingly organizing its artificial intelligence strategy around a concept it cannot clearly define, cannot reliably measure and may never achieve in the singular, decisive form imagined.
- [In rare chickenpox case, itchy blisters mushroom into large, rubbery nodules](https://iwpost.com/in-rare-chickenpox-case-itchy-blisters-mushroom-into-large-rubbery-nodules/): Those who suffered through chickenpox as kids likely remember the agony of its itchy rash.
- [David Hasselhoff’s Tragic Final Days Exposed](https://iwpost.com/david-hasselhoffs-tragic-final-days-exposed/): Hollywood icon David Hasselhoff is raising serious health concerns after a rare public appearance showed the once-unstoppable star struggling just to stay on his feet.
- [EP President Metsola to EU leaders: “Europe cannot face a new era with an old budget”](https://iwpost.com/ep-president-metsola-to-eu-leaders-europe-cannot-face-a-new-era-with-an-old-budget/): At the Informal Meeting of Heads of State and Government in Nicosia (Cyprus),President Metsola addressed three main topics: the situation in the Middle East, the ‘One Europe One Market’ Roadmap and the Multiannual Financial Framework.
- [Iran war is accelerating SE Asia’s drift from America](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-is-accelerating-se-asias-drift-from-america/): Southeast Asia is watching the US-Israel conflict with Iran — and quietly drawing conclusions.
- [Prime Minister Netanyahu, Return to a Strategy of Regime Change](https://iwpost.com/prime-minister-netanyahu-return-to-a-strategy-of-regime-change/): From the outset of the war between the United States and Israel and the announcement of a ceasefire, approximately six weeks elapsed.
- [Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.](https://iwpost.com/why-are-top-university-websites-serving-porn-it-comes-down-to-shoddy-housekeeping/): Websites for some of the world’s most prestigious universities are serving explicit porn and malicious content after scammers exploited the shoddy record-keeping of the site administrators, a researcher found recently.
- [Iran condemns ‘illegal’ US seizure of vessel allegedly carrying dialysis supplies](https://iwpost.com/iran-condemns-illegal-us-seizure-of-vessel-allegedly-carrying-dialysis-supplies/): Iran’s mission to the United Nations on Friday condemned the reported seizure of a commercial vessel by the US in the Sea of Oman, Anadolu reports.
- [Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining](https://iwpost.com/palantir-is-helping-trumps-irs-conduct-massive-scale-data-mining/): military contractor Palantir is helping the IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept.
- [Claude Mythos crosses an AI point of no return](https://iwpost.com/claude-mythos-crosses-an-ai-point-of-no-return/): The limit of what artificial intelligence can achieve, known as frontier AI, has crossed another threshold.
- [Cornbread Cake with Whipped Honey Buttercream Frosting](https://iwpost.com/cornbread-cake-with-whipped-honey-buttercream-frosting/): This Cornbread Cake is rich, buttery, sweet, and completely unforgettable.
- [This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built](https://iwpost.com/this-is-whos-developing-golden-domes-orbital-interceptors-if-theyre-ever-built/): The US Space Force released a list Friday of a dozen companies working on Space-Based Interceptors for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome initiative, a multilayer defense system to shield US territory from drones and ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile attacks.
- [Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-email-floats-suspending-spain-from-nato/): An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes ​failed to support U.S.
- [Amazon Delivery Steals Family’s Elderly Cat – Euthanized Before Owners Can Say Goodbye](https://iwpost.com/amazon-delivery-steals-familys-elderly-cat-euthanized-before-owners-can-say-goodbye/): A quiet evening in Kansas City, Missouri turned into a nightmare no pet owner ever wants to live through.
- [Trump feeds America’s enduring appetite for destruction](https://iwpost.com/trump-feeds-americas-enduring-appetite-for-destruction/): Donald Trump still has the capacity to shock.
- [Evangelical Leader Hosts Jerusalem Event for President Trump, Launches Israel Billboard Campaign ](https://iwpost.com/evangelical-leader-hosts-jerusalem-event-for-president-trump-launches-israel-billboard-campaign/): The event, held in Jerusalem and broadcast globally, drew hundreds of attendees, including Amir Ohana, members of the diplomatic corps, ambassadors, representatives of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, business leaders, and public figures such as Yoseph Haddad and Nate Buzolic.
- [FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features](https://iwpost.com/fcc-router-ban-includes-portable-hotspots-but-not-phones-with-hotspot-features/): The Federal Communications Commission clarified this week that its sweeping ban on foreign-made consumer routers also affects portable hotspot devices.
- [Preparation, not pacifism, defines Japan’s defense policy](https://iwpost.com/preparation-not-pacifism-defines-japans-defense-policy/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission.
- [Israel approves Jewish religious school project in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah](https://iwpost.com/israel-approves-jewish-religious-school-project-in-east-jerusalems-sheikh-jarrah/): Israeli authorities have approved a plan to build a Jewish religious school on a large plot of land in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, a move condemned by the Palestinian Foreign Ministry as a violation of international law and an attempt to impose new realities on the ground, Anadolu reports.
- [Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic](https://iwpost.com/google-will-invest-as-much-as-40-billion-in-anthropic/): Google will invest at least $10 billion in Anthropic, and that amount could rise to $40 billion if Anthropic meets certain performance targets, Bloomberg reports.
- [EU Institutions agree Roadmap to achieve “One Europe, one Market” by end of 2027](https://iwpost.com/eu-institutions-agree-roadmap-to-achieve-one-europe-one-market-by-end-of-2027/): The Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, and the European Commission have signed a Joint Declaration committing to the “One Europe, One Market” roadmap, aimed at strengthening the EU’s internal market and economic competitiveness.
- [“We Knew They Were Paying Informants”: SPLC Donors Reject Trump DOJ Fraud Claims](https://iwpost.com/we-knew-they-were-paying-informants-splc-donors-reject-trump-doj-fraud-claims/): More than a dozen donors to the Southern Poverty Law Center feel that a recent Department of Justice indictment accusing the group of defrauding contributors by paying informants is farcical, the donors told The Intercept.
- [Orbán’s election loss frees up €90 billion for Kyiv but raises thorny question of EU membership for Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/orbans-election-loss-frees-up-e90-billion-for-kyiv-but-raises-thorny-question-of-eu-membership-for-ukraine/): Friends in need: EU leaders including Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European commission, and president of the European Council Antonio Costa meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Cyprus, April 23 2026.
- [Trump administration investigation of Fed chair Powell scrapped](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-investigation-of-fed-chair-powell-scrapped/): WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice dropped its investigation Friday of the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell over building renovation costs, a move that could open the door for new Fed leadership next month — and signaled a victory for North Carolina Sen.
- [Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine](https://iwpost.com/europe-not-us-first-to-authorize-modernas-combo-mrna-flu-covid-vaccine/): Moderna’s mRNA-based combination vaccine against both flu and COVID-19 has gotten the green light in Europe—but it continues to be shelved in the US, where it was developed.
- [Plot to Kill Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens EXPOSED](https://iwpost.com/plot-to-kill-tucker-carlson-and-candace-owens-exposed/): A bombshell new investigation is sending shockwaves through political media circles, claiming outspoken conservative figures Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens may have been targets in a chilling assassination plot following the shocking killing of Charlie Kirk.
- [October 7 Bereaved Father Criticizes Court Hesitation on Inquiry: ‘That’s the Easy Way Out’](https://iwpost.com/october-7-bereaved-father-criticizes-court-hesitation-on-inquiry-thats-the-easy-way-out/): On Thursday, Israel’s High Court of Justice confronted a question that has been building for more than two years: whether the government may continue delaying a full investigation into the failures surrounding October 7, 2023, or whether the court must intervene and order one.
- [US sounds alarm on China’s AI distillation as DeepSeek V4 debuts](https://iwpost.com/us-sounds-alarm-on-chinas-ai-distillation-as-deepseek-v4-debuts/): Washington has vowed to curb what it sees as the unauthorized extraction of intellectual property from United States-developed artificial intelligence models, sharpening its stance just as China’s DeepSeek unveiled its latest system.
- [FCC says ban on foreign-made routers includes portable Wi-Fi hotspots](https://iwpost.com/fcc-says-ban-on-foreign-made-routers-includes-portable-wi-fi-hotspots/): The Federal Communications Commission clarified this week that its sweeping ban on foreign-made consumer routers also affects portable hotspot devices.
- [Polish PM questions US loyalty in case of Russian attack](https://iwpost.com/polish-pm-questions-us-loyalty-in-case-of-russian-attack/): Europe’s “biggest, most important question” is whether the United States is ready to be a loyal NATO partner in case of ​a Russian attack, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the ‌Financial Times.
- [AI is a double-edged sword for Indigenous land protection, UN experts warn](https://iwpost.com/ai-is-a-double-edged-sword-for-indigenous-land-protection-un-experts-warn/): This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance.
- [Hegseth calls Iran war Trump’s ‘gift to the world’](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-calls-iran-war-trumps-gift-to-the-world/): US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday once again suggested the international community should show gratitude for President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, which has led to a global oil supply shock and created the potential for food shortages in the coming months.
- [Israeli warplanes strike southern Lebanon despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israeli-warplanes-strike-southern-lebanon-despite-ceasefire/): Israeli warplanes carried out three airstrikes on Friday on the town of Deir Aames in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, despite an ongoing ceasefire agreement, Anadolu reports.
- [Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs](https://iwpost.com/meet-the-19-meter-cretaceous-kraken-that-swam-with-mosasaurs/): Some 80 million years ago, the late Cretaceous oceans were patrolled by 17-meter mosasaurs, long-necked plesiosaurs, and massive, predatory sharks.
- [Kash Patel Got Arrested for Public Urination After a Night of Drinking](https://iwpost.com/kash-patel-got-arrested-for-public-urination-after-a-night-of-drinking/): FBI Director Kash Patel was twice arrested in incidents involving alcohol, once for public intoxication and once for public urination after leaving a bar, he admitted in a 2005 letter about disclosures on his Florida Bar application.
- [Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash](https://iwpost.com/unfounded-health-concerns-are-powering-a-solar-backlash/): Health Fears: Some critics say large solar farms are a public health threat.
- [The Russian resistance no one is talking about](https://iwpost.com/the-russian-resistance-no-one-is-talking-about/): You could be forgiven for thinking everyone in Russia either supports the war in Ukraine or is too scared to do anything about it.
- [Meloni and Trump’s cooling relationship marks the failure of an EU-MAGA middle ground](https://iwpost.com/meloni-and-trumps-cooling-relationship-marks-the-failure-of-an-eu-maga-middle-ground/): As recently as October 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump was heaping praise on Giorgia Meloni, telling the Italian prime minister how “beautiful” she was.
- [Plane Narrowly Dodges Cars After Emergency Landing on Busy Street (Video)](https://iwpost.com/plane-narrowly-dodges-cars-after-emergency-landing-on-busy-street-video/): Morning commuters in Mesa, Arizona got the scare of their lives when a small plane suddenly dropped out of the sky and landed прямо on a busy city street — somehow threading the needle between cars, power lines, and disaster.
- [US soldier pinched for profiting off Maduro abduction bets](https://iwpost.com/us-soldier-pinched-for-profiting-off-maduro-abduction-bets/): US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
- [Gaza To Hold First Municipal Elections in 20 Years Alongside West Bank Vote ](https://iwpost.com/gaza-to-hold-first-municipal-elections-in-20-years-alongside-west-bank-vote/): Deir al-Balah in central Gaza will be the location of the first municipal elections in the Strip in 20 years, held on Saturday.
- [As electric aspirations fade, Porsche sells its stake in Bugatti](https://iwpost.com/as-electric-aspirations-fade-porsche-sells-its-stake-in-bugatti/): A new chapter in the Bugatti story begins today.
- [EU to prepare blueprint for mutual assistance pact, amid NATO doubts](https://iwpost.com/eu-to-prepare-blueprint-for-mutual-assistance-pact-amid-nato-doubts/): EU leaders have asked ​officials to prepare a blueprint for how the bloc’s previously obscure mutual assistance clause would work, host Cyprus said at a ‌summit on Friday, amid doubts over the U.S.
- [Why Italy’s Giorgia Meloni broke with Donald Trump](https://iwpost.com/why-italys-giorgia-meloni-broke-with-donald-trump/): The Italian prime minister and leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, Giorgia Meloni, has made fostering ties with foreign leaders a central part of her political strategy.
- [US Navy’s audacious drone swarm bet against China](https://iwpost.com/us-navys-audacious-drone-swarm-bet-against-china/): As the US Navy moves to deploy thousands of unmanned surface vessels in the Indo-Pacific, questions are mounting over whether these drone swarms can deliver meaningful combat and deterrent effects against China.
- [Rocket Report: Artemis III rocket getting ready; SpaceX is now an AI company](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-artemis-iii-rocket-getting-ready-spacex-is-now-an-ai-company/): Welcome to Edition 8.38 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week concerned the third launch of the New Glenn rocket.
- [“Me Too” Comes Back To Congress](https://iwpost.com/me-too-comes-back-to-congress/): It’s primary season, this time against a backdrop of heightened concerns and awareness of powerful figures skirting accountability for sexual abuse and misconduct.
- [Israel appoints envoy to Christian world after soldier destroy Jesus status in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israel-appoints-envoy-to-christian-world-after-soldier-destroy-jesus-status-in-southern-lebanon/): Israel has appointed a special envoy to the Christian world, in a move seen as an effort to improve its international image following after an Israeli soldier destroyed a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon.
- [Apple stops weirdly storing data that let cops spy on Signal chats](https://iwpost.com/apple-stops-weirdly-storing-data-that-let-cops-spy-on-signal-chats/): Apple fixed a security bug that made it possible for cops to access content from deleted Signal messages.
- [Porsche, under pressure to cut costs, divests from iconic Italian sportscar maker Bugatti](https://iwpost.com/porsche-under-pressure-to-cut-costs-divests-from-iconic-italian-sportscar-maker-bugatti/): Porsche has agreed to sell its stakes ​in sportscar makers Bugatti and Rimac to a consortium led by a U.S.
- [Ukraine defies Trump as rift over war strategy deepens](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-defies-trump-as-rift-over-war-strategy-deepens/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [President Trump Announces 3-Week Ceasefire Extension; Points To Hezbollah as Core Issue ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-announces-3-week-ceasefire-extension-points-to-hezbollah-as-core-issue/): President Donald Trump said Thursday that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon would be extended by three weeks following a meeting at the White House.
- [Michael Jackson Called ‘Worse Than Jeffrey Epstein’ ](https://iwpost.com/michael-jackson-called-worse-than-jeffrey-epstein/): The controversy surrounding Michael Jackson just roared back to life—and this time, it’s louder than ever.
- [US Space Command: Russia is now operationalizing co-orbital ASAT weapons](https://iwpost.com/us-space-command-russia-is-now-operationalizing-co-orbital-asat-weapons/): After several tests of unusual “nesting doll” satellites in low-Earth orbit, Russia is now fielding operational anti-satellite weapons with valuable US government satellites in their crosshairs, the four-star general leading US Space Command said this week.
- [Why Japan should help pay for Indonesia’s coal exit](https://iwpost.com/why-japan-should-help-pay-for-indonesias-coal-exit/): In the global race to decarbonize, Indonesia sits at a crossroads.
- [In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe](https://iwpost.com/in-a-first-a-ransomware-family-is-confirmed-to-be-quantum-safe/): A relatively new ransomware family is using a novel approach to hype the strength of the encryption used to scramble files—making, or at least claiming, that it is protected against attacks by quantum computers.
- [Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire as Trump seeks ‘best deal’ with Iran ](https://iwpost.com/israel-lebanon-extend-ceasefire-as-trump-seeks-best-deal-with-iran/): Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire for three weeks at a meeting at the White House brokered by President Donald Trump, ​who said he was prepared to wait for “the best deal” to end his conflict with Iran.
- [Trump should just finish the job on Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-should-just-finish-the-job-on-iran/): If US President Donald Trump had followed this advice, he would not have paused the hostilities against Iran when he did.
- [ChatGPT Confessed to a Crime It Couldn’t Possibly Have Committed](https://iwpost.com/chatgpt-confessed-to-a-crime-it-couldnt-possibly-have-committed/): You might spend your Saturday mornings sipping coffee, attending a kids’ soccer game, or just recovering from a tough week at work.
- [Air defenses activated in Tehran: Iranian media](https://iwpost.com/air-defenses-activated-in-tehran-iranian-media/): Daily life continues as anti-US and anti-Israel protests are held in the evenings in Tehran, Iran on April 22, 2026.
- [Protester Throws Red Liquid on Pahlavi in Berlin ](https://iwpost.com/protester-throws-red-liquid-on-pahlavi-in-berlin/): A protester threw red liquid at exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi outside Germany’s federal press conference building in Berlin in what appeared to be a demonstration against US and Israeli military action against Iran.
- [We still don't have a more precise value for "Big G"](https://iwpost.com/we-still-dont-have-a-more-precise-value-for-big-g/): The gravitational constant, affectionally known as “Big G,” is one of the most fundamental constants of our universe.
- [Global shipping order may never recover from Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/global-shipping-order-may-never-recover-from-hormuz/): With the United States and Iran escalating confrontations along the Strait of Hormuz — including the seizure of ships — the waterway has become “pivotal to negotiations” between the two countries.
- [‘I Dream of Jeannie’ Star Mourns Co-Star After Sudden Death](https://iwpost.com/i-dream-of-jeannie-star-mourns-co-star-after-sudden-death/): Hollywood is reeling after a sudden and heartbreaking loss — and one legendary star is speaking out.
- [Carbon nanotube wiring gets closer to competing with copper](https://iwpost.com/carbon-nanotube-wiring-gets-closer-to-competing-with-copper/): Shortly after their discovery, carbon nanotubes seemed to be a material wonder.
- [EU moves to start drafting Montenegro accession treaty ](https://iwpost.com/eu-moves-to-start-drafting-montenegro-accession-treaty/): European Union countries decided to start work on drafting an ​accession treaty for Montenegro on Wednesday, ‌marking a new phase in the country’s path toward joining the bloc.
- [Sulfur squeeze: Gulf chaos is coming for Asia’s food prices](https://iwpost.com/sulfur-squeeze-gulf-chaos-is-coming-for-asias-food-prices/): Fertilizer input stress is beginning to rebuild upstream as shipping disruptions continue to constrain flows through critical energy and chemical corridors.
- [US accuses China of “industrial-scale” AI theft. China says it’s “slander.”](https://iwpost.com/us-accuses-china-of-industrial-scale-ai-theft-china-says-its-slander/): The US is preparing to crack down on China’s allegedly “industrial-scale theft of American artificial intelligence labs’ intellectual property,” the Financial Times reported Thursday.
- [Strait of Hormuz: Iran’s ‘nuclear deterrent’](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-irans-nuclear-deterrent/): This is the text from The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [Spy drones are compromising America’s nuclear triad](https://iwpost.com/spy-drones-are-compromising-americas-nuclear-triad/): On March 8 a single high altitude drone crossed the perimeter of Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana late at night, then disappeared.
- [Trump Says ‘Clock Is Ticking’ for Iran as Talks Stall, Israel Signals Readiness for Renewed War](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-clock-is-ticking-for-iran-as-talks-stall-israel-signals-readiness-for-renewed-war/): President Donald Trump said Thursday that “The clock is ticking for Iran” as peace talks remain stalled and fighting continues over the Strait of Hormuz.
- [The mandate to speak: Before the world goes dark](https://iwpost.com/the-mandate-to-speak-before-the-world-goes-dark/): In 2017, twenty-seven psychiatrists and mental health professionals broke their profession’s long standing ‘Goldwater rule’ against diagnosing public figures from afar.
- [Visitors to this private space station won't be wearing shorts and T-shirts](https://iwpost.com/visitors-to-this-private-space-station-wont-be-wearing-shorts-and-t-shirts/): After more than 25 years of US astronauts wearing off-the-rack clothes while living in Earth orbit, a company working to launch the world’s first commercial space station has adopted a more custom approach to its crew attire.
- [Pope Leo heading back to Rome after outspoken Africa tour](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-heading-back-to-rome-after-outspoken-africa-tour/): Pope Leo returns to Rome on Thursday after wrapping up ‌an ambitious four-nation Africa tour in which he forcefully decried the direction of global leadership, denouncing despotism and war, and drew the ire of U.S.
- [Kash Patel Is Using MAGA’s Favorite Tool to Muzzle the Free Press](https://iwpost.com/kash-patel-is-using-magas-favorite-tool-to-muzzle-the-free-press/): Smarting from the humiliation of a report published at The Atlantic about his time in office, FBI Director Kash Patel did what conservatives have done over and over in the age of Trump: He sued for defamation.
- [Merz rearming Germany to free Europe from big power intimidation](https://iwpost.com/merz-rearming-germany-to-free-europe-from-big-power-intimidation/): Germany has announced a massive rearmament plan that includes development of new and sophisticated offensive weaponry and an increase in military manpower to levels not seen in Western Europe since the Cold War.
- [‘The Godfather II’ Oscar-Winner Dies at 93](https://iwpost.com/the-godfather-ii-oscar-winner-dies-at-93/): Hollywood just lost one of its quiet legends — and the man who helped shape some of the most iconic films ever made is gone.
- [Why are the Mac mini and Mac Studio gradually becoming impossible to buy?](https://iwpost.com/why-are-the-mac-mini-and-mac-studio-gradually-becoming-impossible-to-buy/): It’s a good time to be in the market for a MacBook, between the affordability of the MacBook Neo, the power of the M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros, and the all-around appeal of the M5 MacBook Air.
- [US and Iran could find common cause in shredding UNCLOS](https://iwpost.com/us-and-iran-could-find-common-cause-in-shredding-unclos/): For the past 46 years, Washington treated the Strait of Hormuz as a defensive line to be shored up in the service of unimpeded global commerce.
- [Indigenous land defenders are being killed, and AI is scraping their knowledge](https://iwpost.com/indigenous-land-defenders-are-being-killed-and-ai-is-scraping-their-knowledge/): This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance.
- [The Media Line Speaks to Women in Iran About Sexual Abuse Rise and Crimes](https://iwpost.com/the-media-line-speaks-to-women-in-iran-about-sexual-abuse-rise-and-crimes/): The Islamic Republic has intensified executions of opponents, with at least 15 individuals publicly executed.
- [RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-s-rejection-of-germ-theory-debunked-in-senate-hearing/): In a Congressional hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) directly confronted anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [ICC confirms trial against former Philippine President Duterte](https://iwpost.com/icc-confirms-trial-against-former-philippine-president-duterte/): Judges at the International Criminal Court on ​Thursday confirmed all three counts of murder as ‌crimes against humanity against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and committed him to trial.
- [Pakistan is the hole in America’s Great Game strategy](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-is-the-hole-in-americas-great-game-strategy/): Pakistan’s instability is no longer a localized security concern-it is emerging as a structural constraint on US strategy in Asia.
- [Trump Has Already Spent at Least $4.7 Billion Attacking Latin America](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-already-spent-at-least-4-7-billion-attacking-latin-america/): The Pentagon won’t disclose the price tag of its wars in the Western Hemisphere, but a new analysis by Brown University’s Costs of War Project, provided exclusively to The Intercept, offers the first window onto the ballooning costs.
- [Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch.](https://iwpost.com/are-you-waiting-for-opioid-settlement-money-from-purdue-mallinckrodt-or-endo-get-in-touch/): ProPublica and The Philadelphia Inquirer are looking into how individual opioid victims have been compensated for addiction and other harm as a result of the tens of billions of pills distributed throughout the United States during the prescription-opioid crisis.
- [Has the Strait of Hormuz emerged as Iran’s most powerful form of deterrence?](https://iwpost.com/has-the-strait-of-hormuz-emerged-as-irans-most-powerful-form-of-deterrence/): One of the US and Israel’s justifications for launching the war on Iran was to ensure the regime in Tehran could never possess nuclear weapons, the ultimate deterrent against external attack.
- [Trump orders Navy to shoot any boat laying mines in Strait of Hormuz amid ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/trump-orders-navy-to-shoot-any-boat-laying-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz-amid-ceasefire/): US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he ordered the US Navy to “shoot and kill” any small vessel caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz as a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran continues, Anadolu reports.
- [Eight months early and under budget, the Roman Telescope is ready to launch](https://iwpost.com/eight-months-early-and-under-budget-the-roman-telescope-is-ready-to-launch/): GREENBELT, Md.—On Tuesday, NASA invited the press to look at the fully assembled Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is now ready to join the ranks of the great observatories in orbit, ahead of its September launch.
- [Bangladesh’s fuel crunch is largely the government’s fault](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-fuel-crunch-is-largely-the-governments-fault/): Bangladesh’s current fuel crisis is being described by parts of the government as a problem of panic buying or syndicates. Those factors exist.
- [Texas Student Spends Entire School Day Trapped on Bus in Shocking Oversight](https://iwpost.com/texas-student-spends-entire-school-day-trapped-on-bus-in-shocking-oversight/): A routine school morning turned into a full-day nightmare after a Texas student was accidentally left behind on a bus—and stayed there for hours without anyone noticing.
- [Tabloid reports linking 10 missing and dead scientists spur FBI probe](https://iwpost.com/tabloid-reports-linking-10-missing-and-dead-scientists-spur-fbi-probe/): The US is investigating a possible conspiracy after at least 10 scientists connected to US nuclear secrets and rocket technology went missing or died under shadowy circumstances over the past few years.
- [Ukraine Summons Israeli Ambassador Over Alleged Stolen Grain; Israel Rejects Claims](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-summons-israeli-ambassador-over-alleged-stolen-grain-israel-rejects-claims/): Ukraine’s foreign ministry said it had summoned Israeli Ambassador Michael Brodsky after allegations that grain shipped by Russia from occupied Ukrainian territory had been accepted at Israeli ports, according to Reuters.
- [Lufthansa Unveils ‘Economy Basic’ With Europe’s Smallest Cabin Bag Allowance](https://iwpost.com/lufthansa-unveils-economy-basic-with-europes-smallest-cabin-bag-allowance/): fthansa is introducing a new “Economy Basic” fare that offers Europe’s smallest free cabin‑bag allowance as the airline seeks to compete more aggressively with low‑cost carriers.
- [BBQ Ranch Chicken Casserole](https://iwpost.com/bbq-ranch-chicken-casserole/): If you’re looking for a dinner that’s quick, comforting, and packed with flavor, this BBQ Ranch Chicken Casserole is exactly what you need.
- [Start with the sensors, then design the rest: How Zoox built its robotaxi](https://iwpost.com/start-with-the-sensors-then-design-the-rest-how-zoox-built-its-robotaxi/): These days, the hype is all about AI and robots, but almost a decade ago, the tech du jour was self-driving.
- [Elvis’ Biggest Tragedy: He Planned to Marry and Start Over Then Died Hours Later](https://iwpost.com/elvis-biggest-tragedy-he-planned-to-marry-and-start-over-then-died-hours-later/): In a heartbreaking twist that still haunts fans decades later, Elvis Presley was reportedly just hours away from a brand-new chapter in life before tragedy struck.
- [The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administration-aims-to-penalize-disabled-adults-who-live-with-their-families/): Even a glance at Shy’tyra Burton’s life reveals her need for the sort of federal government assistance that helps disabled Americans stay in their homes.
- [Thailand’s forever war greets Anutin with a vengeance](https://iwpost.com/thailands-forever-war-greets-anutin-with-a-vengeance/): BANGKOK – As the United States struggles to find an early exit from the prospect of yet another forever war in the Middle East, recent weeks have seen its treaty ally, Thailand, again wrestling with its own forever war, an apparently intractable conflict along its southern border with no end in sight.
- [China kills Meta’s acquisition of Manus as US-China AI rivalry deepens](https://iwpost.com/china-kills-metas-acquisition-of-manus-as-us-china-ai-rivalry-deepens/): China has blocked US tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the AI company Manus that was founded by Chinese tech entrepreneurs.
- [King Charles in US for state visit amid differences over Iran war](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-in-us-for-state-visit-amid-differences-over-iran-war/): Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday ​for a four-day trip, welcomed by self-proclaimed royal fan Donald Trump even as the U.S.
- [Libya, Greece discuss maritime border demarcation, irregular migration](https://iwpost.com/libya-greece-discuss-maritime-border-demarcation-irregular-migration/): The Libyan foreign minister in the Tripoli-based government, Taher Al-Baour, held talks Monday with his Greek counterpart, Giorgos Gerapetritis, to disuss maritime border demarcation and bilateral relations, Anadolu reports.
- [With new patch design, the Crew-13 astronauts clearly aren't superstitious](https://iwpost.com/with-new-patch-design-the-crew-13-astronauts-clearly-arent-superstitious/): NASA has assigned its first crew to launch on a mission “13” since Apollo 13 “had a problem” on the way to the Moon 56 years ago.
- [ASML as the last polite monopolist](https://iwpost.com/asml-as-the-last-polite-monopolist/): Some seemingly regular events are so massive in their implications across various domains that they deserve their own write-up.
- [NGO Monitor Accuses Doctors Without Borders of Promoting Anti-Israel ‘Genocide’ Claims](https://iwpost.com/ngo-monitor-accuses-doctors-without-borders-of-promoting-anti-israel-genocide-claims/): NGO Monitor on Monday released a 35-page report in Jerusalem alleging that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders has become a leading source of anti-Israel misinformation, particularly in promoting claims of “genocide” related to Gaza.
- [EU tells Google to open up AI on Android; Google says that's "unwarranted intervention"](https://iwpost.com/eu-tells-google-to-open-up-ai-on-android-google-says-thats-unwarranted-intervention/): In January, the European Commission began an initial investigation, known as a specification proceeding, into how Google has implemented AI in the Android operating system.
- [Rising Country Star Dead at 24](https://iwpost.com/rising-country-star-dead-at-24/): A young country singer who once turned heads on national TV is gone in a flash of tragedy.
- [Legal questions US lawyers can’t answer about the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/legal-questions-us-lawyers-cant-answer-about-the-iran-war/): There is a recurring temptation in American foreign policy to treat legal argument as a substitute for strategic thought.
- [OpenAI ends its exclusive partnership with Microsoft](https://iwpost.com/openai-ends-its-exclusive-partnership-with-microsoft/): Since Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, the exclusive partnership between the two firms has been one of the strongest and most consequential in the AI industry.
- [China defends firms as US sanctions Hengli over Iran oil](https://iwpost.com/china-defends-firms-as-us-sanctions-hengli-over-iran-oil/): China has vowed to safeguard domestic enterprises after the United States imposed sanctions on a Dalian-based oil refiner and several Hong Kong-registered shipping firms over alleged involvement in the Iranian oil trade and shipments.
- [Iran’s War Abroad: The Messages, Money, and Use of Children](https://iwpost.com/irans-war-abroad-the-messages-money-and-use-of-children/): As the war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel grinds on, Ashkan Rostami—an Italian Persian geopolitical analyst focused on Iran, Israel, and regional dynamics in the Middle East, and a member of the Institute for a New Middle East—said one important part of the story was unfolding far from the battlefield.
- [Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027](https://iwpost.com/put-it-in-pencil-nasas-artemis-iii-mission-will-launch-no-earlier-than-late-2027/): NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told lawmakers on Monday that SpaceX and Blue Origin, the agency’s two lunar lander contractors, say they could have their spacecraft ready for the next Artemis mission in Earth orbit in late 2027, somewhat later than NASA’s previous schedule.
- [Israeli defense minister threatens Lebanon with ‘fire that will burn entire country’](https://iwpost.com/israeli-defense-minister-threatens-lebanon-with-fire-that-will-burn-entire-country/): Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday threatened Lebanon with “fire that will burn the entire country,” two days after Prime Minister ordered military escalation against Beirut, Anadolu reports.
- [Musk and Altman face off in trial that will determine OpenAI's future](https://iwpost.com/musk-and-altman-face-off-in-trial-that-will-determine-openais-future/): A hotly anticipated trial starts this week, where Elon Musk will attempt to prove that OpenAI, under Sam Altman, has abandoned its mission to remain a nonprofit in order to ensure that artificial intelligence serves humanity, and not just billionaires.
- [King Charles Snubs Son Over Prince Harry’s Latest Outburst Against Trump](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-snubs-son-over-prince-harrys-latest-outburst-against-trump/): Prince Harry just lit another royal firestorm — and insiders say it’s the real reason there’s zero chance of a father-son reunion on American soil.
- [How Trump’s America Produces Normie Assassins](https://iwpost.com/how-trumps-america-produces-normie-assassins/): As more and more information is published about the suspect in the latest possible assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, commentators are in a typical scramble to assign an ideology or clear politics to the 31-year-old man.
- [With spring initiative, European loan, score is Advantage Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/with-spring-initiative-european-loan-score-is-advantage-ukraine/): In Ukraine, spring brings hope for new crops after the long cold winter and every year since the Russian invasion in 2022 it has brought new questions about which side might seize the initiative as confrontation on the battlefield is renewed.
- [Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials](https://iwpost.com/open-source-package-with-1-million-monthly-downloads-stole-user-credentials/): Open source software with more than 1 million monthly downloads was compromised after a threat actor exploited a vulnerability in the developers’ account workflow that gave access to its signing keys and other sensitive information.
- [Netanyahu Cancels Mount Meron Lag b’Omer Mass Event Amid Hezbollah Fire](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-cancels-mount-meron-lag-bomer-mass-event-amid-hezbollah-fire/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled the 2026 Lag b’Omer mass celebration at Mount Meron due to severe security threats and ongoing Hezbollah rocket fire from Lebanon, limiting the event to a symbolic ceremony with highly restricted attendance.
- [Trump uses assassination try to justify expanding spying powers](https://iwpost.com/trump-uses-assassination-try-to-justify-expanding-spying-powers/): An exchange of gunfire between an armed suspect and law enforcement outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday came days ahead of a deadline for extending far-reaching government surveillance powers, and President Donald Trump wasted no time in claiming that the attempted attack on the event proved that the FBI must be permitted to spy on Americans without obtaining warrants.
- ["Super ZSNES" is a stab at a modern SNES emulator from the original developers](https://iwpost.com/super-zsnes-is-a-stab-at-a-modern-snes-emulator-from-the-original-developers/): Aficionados of game console emulator history will almost certainly be familiar with ZSNES, an MS-DOS-based (and, later, Windows-based) emulator for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that originally launched back in 1997.
- [Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying](https://iwpost.com/nearly-two-decades-after-landmark-indigenous-rights-declaration-countries-still-arent-complying/): This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance.
- [Some Connecticut Towing Companies Are Ignoring New Law Aimed at Helping Low-Income Residents](https://iwpost.com/some-connecticut-towing-companies-are-ignoring-new-law-aimed-at-helping-low-income-residents/): Connecticut legislators overhauled the state’s towing law last year to make it more fair for low-income residents who couldn’t afford the fees to get their cars back.
- [Trump meets national security team to discuss Iran’s proposal: White House](https://iwpost.com/trump-meets-national-security-team-to-discuss-irans-proposal-white-house/): United States President Donald Trump (L), US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (C) and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine (R) speak outside the Oval Office of the White House before boarding Marine One en route to Dover, Delaware, on March 18, 2026, in Washington DC, United States.
- [Dad of Two Killed by Bull Rampaging Through Festival](https://iwpost.com/dad-of-two-killed-by-bull-rampaging-through-festival/): Santiago Barrero San Roman was taking part in the annual San Marcos festivities in the town of Beas de Segura when the terrifying attack unfolded Friday evening.
- [National Science Board eviscerated; Trump admin fires all 22 members](https://iwpost.com/national-science-board-eviscerated-trump-admin-fires-all-22-members/): All 22 members of the National Science Board were terminated by the Trump administration via a terse email on Friday.
- [EU leaders back US president after attack](https://iwpost.com/eu-leaders-back-us-president-after-attack/): Brussels was jolted into action this weekend after a gunman opened fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, where US President Donald Trump was attending.
- [Key Lime Pound Cake 🍋✨](https://iwpost.com/key-lime-pound-cake-%f0%9f%8d%8b%e2%9c%a8/): There’s something truly irresistible about a Key Lime Pound Cake.
- [Meet the Four Democrats Who’ll Decide If Trump Gets His Domestic Spying Law](https://iwpost.com/meet-the-four-democrats-wholl-decide-if-trump-gets-his-domestic-spying-law/): A messy fight over whether the U.S.
- [Could the Strait of Malacca be the next global flashpoint?](https://iwpost.com/could-the-strait-of-malacca-be-the-next-global-flashpoint/): While recent global attention has focused on the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively held closed since late February in a move that has disrupted world energy supplies, a quieter but also important development has been taking shape in south-east Asia.
- [Donkeys are a symbol of endurance for Palestinians – they are also a target of settler violence and care](https://iwpost.com/donkeys-are-a-symbol-of-endurance-for-palestinians-they-are-also-a-target-of-settler-violence-and-care/): Donkeys tend to symbolize humility and redemption; in Jewish tradition, the Messiah will arrive on a white donkey.
- [India turns to Russian missiles to counter China-backed Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/india-turns-to-russian-missiles-to-counter-china-backed-pakistan/): India’s planned purchase of Russian ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles aims to counter Pakistan’s China-backed air network but exposes deeper integration and escalation challenges.
- [Drone Attacks From Lebanon and Israeli Strikes Continue Despite Ceasefire; Aoun Calls Hezbollah ‘Traitors’ ](https://iwpost.com/drone-attacks-from-lebanon-and-israeli-strikes-continue-despite-ceasefire-aoun-calls-hezbollah-traitors/): Military conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has continued despite a declared ceasefire, as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun rebuked Hezbollah for not cooperating with the agreed-upon pause in fighting.
- [Next El Niño could be tipping point for a hotter climate](https://iwpost.com/next-el-nino-could-be-tipping-point-for-a-hotter-climate/): The Pacific Ocean is a giant climate cauldron, with a powerful heat engine that affects storms, fisheries, and rainfall patterns half a world away, and scientists are watching closely to see if it’s about to boil over.
- [Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern](https://iwpost.com/meet-the-mayor-of-a-tiny-texas-town-who-wants-to-limit-how-cities-can-govern/): Small-Government Advocate: Art Martinez de Vara is a South Texas lawyer and historian who has helped push a theory of limited government across the state.
- [Trump’s ‘madness’ masks calculated quest for a bipolar world](https://iwpost.com/trumps-madness-masks-calculated-quest-for-a-bipolar-world/): Since Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20, 2025, his foreign policy has often appeared chaotic and mercurial.
- [Hormuz Is the War’s Invoice—and Washington Can’t Pay It](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-is-the-wars-invoice-and-washington-cant-pay-it/): Closing the Strait of Hormuz is not a side detail. It is the main pressure point.
- [Meet the players who lost big money on Peter Molyneux’s failed Legacy](https://iwpost.com/meet-the-players-who-lost-big-money-on-peter-molyneuxs-failed-legacy/): This week, players are being asked to pay $25 for early access to Masters of Albion, a god game throwback that legendary designer Peter Molyneux (Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Black and White) says will be the last game he ever works on.
- [European anti-fraud office opens investigation into Peter Mandelson](https://iwpost.com/european-anti-fraud-office-opens-investigation-into-peter-mandelson/): The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) said it ​had opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson, ‌Britain’s former ambassador to the U.S.
- [Katie Couric Breaks Silence on Matt Lauer Bombshell](https://iwpost.com/katie-couric-breaks-silence-on-matt-lauer-bombshell/): Katie Couric is finally weighing in on one of the most explosive scandals to ever rock morning television — and she’s making it crystal clear where she stands.
- [Indonesia-US overflight debate misses the strategic point](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-us-overflight-debate-misses-the-strategic-point/): When Indonesians hear the phrase military overflight, the image that often comes to mind is simple: foreign military aircraft freely crossing the skies without permission.
- [Assad Brothers Summoned in Absentia as Syria Opens Landmark Trial of Former Security Chief](https://iwpost.com/assad-brothers-summoned-in-absentia-as-syria-opens-landmark-trial-of-former-security-chief/): [Damascus] Damascus on Sunday opened the public trial of a senior security official from Syria’s former regime, in what is widely seen as the beginning of a transitional justice process after years of conflict.
- [China’s sovereign debt to debut in SE Asia’s largest economy](https://iwpost.com/chinas-sovereign-debt-to-debut-in-se-asias-largest-economy/): A landmark agreement allowing China to issue sovereign bonds in Indonesia’s domestic market on a reciprocal basis signals a deliberate push for regional financial integration.
- [Sheikh Jarrah: How ceasefires enable Israel’s quiet annexation](https://iwpost.com/sheikh-jarrah-how-ceasefires-enable-israels-quiet-annexation/): On 20 April 2026 the Jerusalem District Planning Committee approved an 11-storey ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious school known as Or Somayach, or the Glassman Yeshiva, in the heart of Sheikh Jarrah.
- [Only one way to stop accelerating nuclear arms race](https://iwpost.com/only-one-way-to-stop-accelerating-nuclear-arms-race/): This week in New York, diplomats from almost every nation will convene for a four-week review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the most comprehensive nuclear arms agreement in the world.
- [David Hasselhoff Shocks Fans as Frail-Looking Star Spotted with Walker in LA](https://iwpost.com/david-hasselhoff-shocks-fans-as-frail-looking-star-spotted-with-walker-in-la/): David Hasselhoff has fans doing a double take — and not in a good way.
- [Israeli Soldier Killed in Hezbollah Drone Attack in Southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israeli-soldier-killed-in-hezbollah-drone-attack-in-southern-lebanon/): Sgt. Idan Fooks, a 19-year-old Israeli soldier from Petah Tikva, was killed Sunday in southern Lebanon when a Hezbollah explosive drone struck troops during an operation inside an Israeli-declared security zone, the Israel Defense Forces said.
- [Bangladesh risks new inflation surge by printing money](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-risks-new-inflation-surge-by-printing-money/): Bangladesh, South Asia’s second-largest economy and one of the world’s fastest-growing garment exporters, has spent much of the past two years trying to tame inflation after a prolonged cost-of-living squeeze.
- [Over 2,500 killed in Lebanon in Israeli attacks since March 2](https://iwpost.com/over-2500-killed-in-lebanon-in-israeli-attacks-since-march-2/): Healthcare workers and Lebanese citizens attend the funeral ceremony for volunteer medic Mehdi Abu Zabad, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Sidon, Lebanon on April 16, 2026.
- [Elections Reach Gaza for First Time in 22 Years, With Hamas on the Sidelines](https://iwpost.com/elections-reach-gaza-for-first-time-in-22-years-with-hamas-on-the-sidelines/): Palestinians voted Saturday in municipal elections in the West Bank and, for the first time in more than two decades, in the Gaza Strip, where voting was held only in the city of Deir al-Balah.
- [MLB Pitcher’s Pregnancy Joy Turns into a Nightmare](https://iwpost.com/mlb-pitchers-pregnancy-joy-turns-into-a-nightmare/): What should have been one of the happiest chapters of their lives quickly spiraled into a terrifying ordeal for Kody Funderburk and his wife Alicia.
- [Strange New Worlds S4 teaser strikes a more serious tone](https://iwpost.com/strange-new-worlds-s4-teaser-strikes-a-more-serious-tone/): Paramount+ unveiled a new teaser for the upcoming fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at CCXP in Mexico City over the weekend.
- [Oil gains on lack of progress on US-Iran talks, Hormuz shipping still disrupted](https://iwpost.com/oil-gains-on-lack-of-progress-on-us-iran-talks-hormuz-shipping-still-disrupted/): Oil prices extended their gains on Thursday in ‌the wake of stalled peace talks between Iran and the United States, and as both nations maintained restrictions on the flow of trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Sugar-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (Soft, Chewy & Irresistible)](https://iwpost.com/sugar-free-chocolate-chip-cookies-soft-chewy-irresistible/): Looking for a treat that tastes indulgent but skips the sugar?
- [How New Mexico is ‘building a forest’ by solving a seedling shortage](https://iwpost.com/how-new-mexico-is-building-a-forest-by-solving-a-seedling-shortage/): This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [‘Together’: Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid Unite Parties in Major Israeli Election Move](https://iwpost.com/together-naftali-bennett-and-yair-lapid-unite-parties-in-major-israeli-election-move/): Former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced Sunday that their parties would run together in the upcoming Israeli election under a new joint list led by Bennett, marking one of the most significant political realignments in recent years.
- [War…Netanyahu’s perfect definition of himself. So who will define him by peace?](https://iwpost.com/warnetanyahus-perfect-definition-of-himself-so-who-will-define-him-by-peace/): When speaking about Israel today, it is easy to borrow the irony of British writer and historian Max Hastings, who has witnessed and chronicled many wars.
- [Prime Video drops full trailer for Spider-Noir](https://iwpost.com/prime-video-drops-full-trailer-for-spider-noir/): If your spider-sense is tingling, perhaps it’s because Prime Video released the official full trailer for its upcoming live action series, Spider-Noir, at CCXPMX26 in Mexico City over the weekend.
- [EU Commission stepping up coordination to avoid jet fuel shortage ](https://iwpost.com/eu-commission-stepping-up-coordination-to-avoid-jet-fuel-shortage/): The European Union (EU) on Wednesday announced a set of policy agendas aimed at easing the energy crisis triggered by the war in the Middle East.
- [Karoline Leavitt Made ‘Chilling’ Warning Hours Before Gunfire Erupted at White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Video)](https://iwpost.com/karoline-leavitt-made-chilling-warning-hours-before-gunfire-erupted-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-video/): A jaw-dropping clip of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is exploding online after her now-viral comment — made just hours before chaos erupted in Washington — took on a far more sinister tone than anyone expected.
- [Herzog Declines Netanyahu Pardon, Pushes Plea Deal Talks](https://iwpost.com/herzog-declines-netanyahu-pardon-pushes-plea-deal-talks/): Israeli President Isaac Herzog signaled Sunday that he would not grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon at this stage, saying efforts to reach a plea deal should be exhausted before he considers clemency in the prime minister’s long-running corruption trial.
- [CIA Ran MK-ULTRA Experiments on Prisoners of War in U.S. Custody, Declassified Docs Confirm](https://iwpost.com/cia-ran-mk-ultra-experiments-on-prisoners-of-war-in-u-s-custody-declassified-docs-confirm/): Korean prisoners of war in the 1950s were subjected to early MK-ULTRA experiments while in American custody, according to recently declassified CIA documents which confirm these experiments for the first time.
- [Microsoft bets big on AI in Australia with $18 billion investment](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-bets-big-on-ai-in-australia-with-18-billion-investment/): Microsoft ( said on Thursday that it will invest A$25 billion ($17.9 billion) in Australia by ‌the end of 2029 to boost computing and artificial intelligence capacity, betting on growing demand for the technology in the country.
- [Syria holds public trial for Assad’s cousin over crimes against civilians](https://iwpost.com/syria-holds-public-trial-for-assads-cousin-over-crimes-against-civilians/): Atef Najib, a cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad and former political security chief in Syria’s Daraa city, appeared on Sunday before the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus, Al-Ikhbariya television reported, Anadolu reports.
- [New robotic control software avoids jamming their joints](https://iwpost.com/new-robotic-control-software-avoids-jamming-their-joints/): Switching from one smartphone to another is mostly a smooth procedure.
- [Scientist’s Chilling Warning Before Death Ignites Explosive Cover-Up Fears: ‘I DIDN’T KILL MYSELF’](https://iwpost.com/scientists-chilling-warning-before-death-ignites-explosive-cover-up-fears-i-didnt-kill-myself/): A dead scientist. A haunting warning. And a trail of secrets that some believe reaches all the way into America’s most classified UFO programs.
- [Gunfire Erupts at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Trump Evacuated](https://iwpost.com/gunfire-erupts-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-president-trump-evacuated/): Gunfire disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, triggering panic inside one of Washington’s most high-profile annual gatherings and prompting the Secret Service to evacuate President Donald Trump, senior officials, and hundreds of attendees.
- [Mass rescue operation by Libyan authorities: over 400 migrants saved from 10 boats](https://iwpost.com/mass-rescue-operation-by-libyan-authorities-over-400-migrants-saved-from-10-boats/): Libya’s eastern-based coast guard of the Libyan National Army rescued at ​least 404 migrants on board 10 ‌boats after they had “faced harsh conditions at sea,” the Tobruk Red Crescent said.
- [Geocultural forces reshaping China’s economic map](https://iwpost.com/geocultural-forces-reshaping-chinas-economic-map/): On April 1, the National Bureau of Statistics of China released the latest GDP rankings for the country’s various provinces and municipalities.
- [Over 2,490 killed in Lebanon in Israeli attacks since March 2](https://iwpost.com/over-2490-killed-in-lebanon-in-israeli-attacks-since-march-2/): Lebanon said Saturday that five people were killed and six others wounded over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll from Israeli attacks to 2,496 killed and 7,725 injured since March 2, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump’s war: the kind of military misadventure that ends empires](https://iwpost.com/trumps-war-the-kind-of-military-misadventure-that-ends-empires/): When an imperial power like Athens then, or America now, is in decline, its leaders often react emotionally by mounting seemingly bold military strikes in hopes of regaining the imperial grandeur that’s slipping through their fingers.
- [Leader of Russia’s Communists warns parliament of risk of revolution due to faltering economy](https://iwpost.com/leader-of-russias-communists-warns-parliament-of-risk-of-revolution-due-to-faltering-economy/): The veteran leader of Russia’s Communist Party has warned parliament that the ​country’s faltering economy risks stoking a 1917-style revolution and that the government needs to take urgent measures to correct ‌its course.
- [Taliban Claims No Security Threat, Urges Citizens Abroad To Return](https://iwpost.com/taliban-claims-no-security-threat-urges-citizens-abroad-to-return/): The Taliban on Saturday called on Afghan nationals staying at a US-managed transit facility in Qatar to return to Afghanistan, saying the country is secure and that citizens no longer face safety risks.
- [‘Roadkill’ Found Inside Louisiana Restaurant](https://iwpost.com/roadkill-found-inside-louisiana-restaurant/): A small-town restaurant in Louisiana is at the center of a stomach-turning controversy after police discovered what they described as roadkill stored right alongside food meant for customers.
- [Trump administration attempt to gut Endangered Species Act hits roadblock](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-attempt-to-gut-endangered-species-act-hits-roadblock/): The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have spent the last year trying to defang the Endangered Species Act, the country’s bedrock conservation law.
- [EU loan throws Ukraine a lifeline but more help needed for war](https://iwpost.com/eu-loan-throws-ukraine-a-lifeline-but-more-help-needed-for-war/): The approval of a 90-billion-euro European Union loan throws Ukraine a lifeline, averting deep cuts to public services, but Kyiv may need more money to meet its military needs this year, economists and officials said.
- [Crunchy Lentil Crackers (High-Protein, Gluten-Free & Easy)](https://iwpost.com/crunchy-lentil-crackers-high-protein-gluten-free-easy/): These lentil crackers are ultra crunchy, nutritious, and incredibly easy to make!
- [Iran shared with Pakistan ‘workable framework’ to permanently end US war: Foreign minister](https://iwpost.com/iran-shared-with-pakistan-workable-framework-to-permanently-end-us-war-foreign-minister/): Iran has shared a “workable framework” with Pakistan aimed at permanently ending the US war, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [Six things I'll remember when I think about Tim Cook's version of Apple](https://iwpost.com/six-things-ill-remember-when-i-think-about-tim-cooks-version-of-apple/): Apple CEO Tim Cook announced this week that he’s stepping down from his position in September and handing the reins to John Ternus, currently the company’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering and a 25-year employee.
- [Japanese parties pressure PM Takaichi on Hormuz energy crisis](https://iwpost.com/japanese-parties-pressure-pm-takaichi-on-hormuz-energy-crisis/): Her Liberal Democratic Party officials present Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae with proposals for managing the Hormuz crisis.
- [Syrian Officials Announce Arrest of Amjad al-Yusuf for Alleged War Crimes](https://iwpost.com/syrian-officials-announce-arrest-of-amjad-al-yusuf-for-alleged-war-crimes/): [DAMASCUS] The Syrian Ministry of Interior announced Friday the arrest of a man named Amjad Youssef, who was allegedly involved in serious violations that he documented in videos during the years of the Syrian war, including incidents linked to mass killings in a suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus, in 2013.
- [Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway's primary modules are corroded](https://iwpost.com/well-this-is-embarrassing-the-lunar-gateways-primary-modules-are-corroded/): For a decade, NASA promoted the idea of building a space station around the Moon known as the Lunar Gateway.
- [Pope Warns of Satanic Surge: Vatican Scrambles to Train ‘Army of Exorcists’](https://iwpost.com/pope-warns-of-satanic-surge-vatican-scrambles-to-train-army-of-exorcists/): A chilling claim out of Rome is turning heads — insiders say Pope Leo XIV has been urged to ramp up a global force of trained exorcists as top clerics warn of a disturbing rise in alleged demonic activity.
- [Iran diplomat leaves Islamabad, Trump cancels US delegation trip](https://iwpost.com/iran-diplomat-leaves-islamabad-trump-cancels-us-delegation-trip/): Iranian officials said repeatedly in recent days that they had no intention of engaging in direct talks with the Trump administration this weekend as long as the US naval blockade remained in effect.
- [Gold set for weekly drop as higher oil prices stoke inflation fears](https://iwpost.com/gold-set-for-weekly-drop-as-higher-oil-prices-stoke-inflation-fears/): Gold prices fell on Friday and were on ‌track for a weekly drop, as elevated oil prices fuelled fears of inflation and higher-for-longer interest rates amid stalled U.S.-Iran peace talks.
- [Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf](https://iwpost.com/man-faces-5-years-in-prison-for-using-ai-to-fake-sighting-of-runaway-wolf/): A 40-year-old man was arrested after using artificial intelligence to generate a fake image of a runaway wolf that South Korean authorities said obstructed an urgent investigation, the BBC reported.
- [Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns](https://iwpost.com/nearly-half-of-us-children-are-breathing-dangerous-levels-of-air-pollution-report-warns/): This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [American journalist Tucker Carlson feels ‘betrayed,’ criticizes Trump on Iran war: Report](https://iwpost.com/american-journalist-tucker-carlson-feels-betrayed-criticizes-trump-on-iran-war-report/): Political commentator and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he feels “betrayed,” criticizing US President Donald Trump’s Iran war, Anadolu reports.
- [Netanyahu Says Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Was Treated Successfully After Radiation Therapy  ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-early-stage-prostate-cancer-was-treated-successfully-after-radiation-therapy/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday on X that he was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and underwent treatment in Jerusalem, adding that the condition was fully treated and that he is now healthy.
- [Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time](https://iwpost.com/report-samsung-execs-worried-company-could-lose-money-on-smartphones-for-the-first-time/): Selling smartphones used to be easy—everyone wanted one, and every new phone was a lot better than the one that came before.
- [Greece to be overtaken by Italy as euro zone’s most indebted country in 2026](https://iwpost.com/greece-to-be-overtaken-by-italy-as-euro-zones-most-indebted-country-in-2026/): Greece will no longer be the euro zone’s most indebted country by the ​end of this year, with its public debt set ‌to fall below Italy’s, according to sources and data from Italy’s new budget plan.
- [Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges](https://iwpost.com/soldier-won-410k-in-polymarket-bets-on-timing-of-maduro-capture-us-alleges/): A US Army soldier was arrested for insider trading after being accused of making prediction-market wagers on the timing of the military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
- [Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-open-sources-the-earliest-dos-source-code-discovered-to-date/): Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs.
- [ICE Watchers Worry Democrats Are Trying to Co-Opt Their Movements For Votes](https://iwpost.com/ice-watchers-worry-democrats-are-trying-to-co-opt-their-movements-for-votes/): A seventeen-second video shows a dark-haired man rapping his pale knuckles gently below the tinted windows of a silver minivan.
- [Why We Are Suing the Department of Education](https://iwpost.com/why-we-are-suing-the-department-of-education/): Every Tuesday, almost like clockwork, the U.S.
- [Indonesia should think twice about China’s bauxite rush](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-should-think-twice-about-chinas-bauxite-rush/): Indonesia has seen this movie before.
- [Tunisia’s Ennahda says its leader Rached Ghannouchi hospitalized after health deteriorates in prison](https://iwpost.com/tunisias-ennahda-says-its-leader-rached-ghannouchi-hospitalized-after-health-deteriorates-in-prison/): Tunisia’s Ennahda movement said Thursday that its leader Rached Ghannouchi suffered a sharp deterioration in his health while in detention and was transferred to a hospital, Anadolu reports.
- [Unilever to hike prices as Iran war drives up costs](https://iwpost.com/unilever-to-hike-prices-as-iran-war-drives-up-costs/): Unilever said on Thursday it would raise prices to soften the hit from higher-than-expected costs driven by the Iran war, even ‌as it reported first-quarter underlying sales growth ahead of analysts’ forecasts.
- [Florida Republicans reject plan to weaken childhood vaccine requirements](https://iwpost.com/florida-republicans-reject-plan-to-weaken-childhood-vaccine-requirements/): Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ plans to upend childhood vaccination requirements continues to be thwarted by his fellow Republicans.
- [Is Trump losing the support of his Maga base?](https://iwpost.com/is-trump-losing-the-support-of-his-maga-base/): In an interview with NBC News in January 2026, Donald Trump said: “Maga is me. Maga loves everything I do.” Until recently, this statement was true.
- [Reality TV Star’s Cousin Guns Down Grandmother After Chore Fight](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-stars-cousin-guns-down-grandmother-after-chore-fight/): A horrifying, almost unthinkable crime is now colliding with the world of reality TV — and you don’t have to watch Summer House to be stunned by this one.
- [Iran ceasefire owes to rapidfire depletion of key US weapons](https://iwpost.com/iran-ceasefire-owes-to-rapidfire-depletion-of-key-us-weapons/): The fragile US-Iran ceasefire announced on April 7, 2026, after 40 days of war came at an opportune time for the United States.
- [Syrian Pilot Confessions Reveal Centralized Bombing Orders During War](https://iwpost.com/syrian-pilot-confessions-reveal-centralized-bombing-orders-during-war/): [DAMASCUS] Recently released video recordings broadcast by the Syrian Ministry of Interior have revealed confessions from a number of former pilots in the Syrian regime’s air force.
- [Why a recent supply-chain attack singled out security firms Checkmarx and Bitwarden](https://iwpost.com/why-a-recent-supply-chain-attack-singled-out-security-firms-checkmarx-and-bitwarden/): It has been a bad six weeks for security firm Checkmarx.
- [European police bust Albanian investment and call centre scam](https://iwpost.com/european-police-bust-albanian-investment-and-call-centre-scam/): A criminal gang suspected of running ‌an investment fraud scheme via call centres in Albania has been dismantled, the pan-European police body Europol ​said on Wednesday.
- [Mike Johnson Used Crypto Catnip to Get Freedom Caucus Support for Domestic Spy Law](https://iwpost.com/mike-johnson-used-crypto-catnip-to-get-freedom-caucus-support-for-domestic-spy-law/): Far-right Republicans in the House, including many members of the Freedom Caucus, revealed the price of their support for a controversial surveillance law this week: a ban on the unrelated and hypothetical possibility that the U.S.
- [Will UAE’s exit spell the end of OPEC?](https://iwpost.com/will-uaes-exit-spell-the-end-of-opec/): The decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave the oil producers’ cartel OPEC after 59 years is more than a symbolic break.
- [Check your gravity with NASA's Artemis II zero-g indicator](https://iwpost.com/check-your-gravity-with-nasas-artemis-ii-zero-g-indicator/): Rise, the fan-created, flown-to-the-moon plush toy that served as the Artemis II crew’s zero-g indicator and mascot, is now available as a NASA-approved collectible.
- [European natural gas prices surge more than 8% amid Hormuz closure tensions](https://iwpost.com/european-natural-gas-prices-surge-more-than-8-amid-hormuz-closure-tensions/): European natural gas prices rose sharply Wednesday as tensions between the US and Iran persisted and markets saw no concrete progress toward fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
- [A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound](https://iwpost.com/a-falcon-9-rocket-will-hit-the-moon-this-summer-at-seven-times-the-speed-of-sound/): Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer, likely on the near side of the Moon.
- [Microbes Coordinate Activity To Reduce Competition, Israeli Researchers Discover](https://iwpost.com/microbes-coordinate-activity-to-reduce-competition-israeli-researchers-discover/): Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have found that microbes living in communities actively adjust their behavior in response to one another, reducing competition and enabling coexistence, according to a study published in Nature Microbiology.
- [Italy Warns of Major Flight Disruption as May 11 Strikes Loom](https://iwpost.com/italy-warns-of-major-flight-disruption-as-may-11-strikes-loom/): Travellers heading to Italy next month are being warned to expect widespread disruption as airport and air‑traffic control staff prepare for coordinated strikes that could halt flights for hours.
- [SNL Writer’s Sister Found Dead After Alleged Digital Cover-Up Tried to Erase Her](https://iwpost.com/snl-writers-sister-found-dead-after-alleged-digital-cover-up-tried-to-erase-her/): What started as a desperate search has spiraled into a chilling mystery with disturbing new details — and a family demanding answers.
- [Professional school grads from diverse classes get higher salaries](https://iwpost.com/professional-school-grads-from-diverse-classes-get-higher-salaries/): Even before the Trump administration went to war against DEI and attempts to address historical discrimination, diversity efforts in the US were controversial.
- [Quick Spinach and Mushroom Crustless Quiche](https://iwpost.com/quick-spinach-and-mushroom-crustless-quiche/): Looking for a simple, satisfying dish that brings everyone to the table? This Quick Spinach and Mushroom Crustless Quiche is the answer!
- [Iran war caused shortage of tungsten, most of which is from China](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-caused-shortage-of-tungsten-most-of-which-is-from-china/): The US and Israel’s conflict with Iran has drained munitions at an astonishing rate. This is placing pressure on the supply of a crucial metal: tungsten.
- [Hegseth Brags of a Deadlier War Machine as U.S. Unleashes “Devastating Civilian Harm Globally”](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-brags-of-a-deadlier-war-machine-as-u-s-unleashes-devastating-civilian-harm-globally/): President Donald Trump has imperiled civilians across the globe in an unprecedented fashion, outpacing his record of civilian harm during his first term in just the first 15 months of his second, according to experts.
- [Motorola reveals 2026 Razr lineup with modest upgrades and higher prices](https://iwpost.com/motorola-reveals-2026-razr-lineup-with-modest-upgrades-and-higher-prices/): Motorola is crazy about foldables.
- [The pendulum swings: The slow death of Europe’s pro-Israel consensus](https://iwpost.com/the-pendulum-swings-the-slow-death-of-europes-pro-israel-consensus/): The European Union is the “chief of all cowards,” Amnesty International declared in a searing statement issued on April 21.
- [US mandates what it calls ‘enhanced’ security checks for immigration applicants](https://iwpost.com/us-mandates-what-it-calls-enhanced-security-checks-for-immigration-applicants/): President Donald Trump’s administration has mandated what it calls “enhanced” security checks for immigration applicants, according to internal guidance sent ​to the employees of the U.S.
- [North Korean oppression is a security strategy, not a side issue](https://iwpost.com/north-korean-oppression-is-a-security-strategy-not-a-side-issue/): At a US House Armed Services Committee hearing on April 22, 2026, that had been convened to discuss US foreign policy amid the Iran war, General Xavier Brunson, commander of US Forces Korea, was asked how the relationship between China and Russia was affecting stability on the Korean Peninsula.
- [IDF Chief Zamir Says No Ceasefire in Southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/idf-chief-zamir-says-no-ceasefire-in-southern-lebanon/): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said during a visit to southern Lebanon that the military had met the objectives set by Israel’s political leadership, including preventing direct fire on northern communities, while instructing forces to continue operations against threats.
- [Drone strikes on data centers spook Big Tech, halting Middle East projects](https://iwpost.com/drone-strikes-on-data-centers-spook-big-tech-halting-middle-east-projects/): A data center developer has paused all Middle East project investments after one of its facilities was damaged by an Iranian missile or drone attack.
- [Trump Sparks Outrage After ‘Disrespecting’ the King and Queen During Visit (Video)](https://iwpost.com/trump-sparks-outrage-after-disrespecting-the-king-and-queen-during-visit-video/): During a high-profile White House visit from King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Trump appeared to break royal protocol in a way that quickly set social media on fire.
- [Seoul pivots southward again, restructuring for strategic autonomy](https://iwpost.com/seoul-pivots-southward-again-restructuring-for-strategic-autonomy/): The international order is being shaken by wave after wave of crises.
- [OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"](https://iwpost.com/openai-codex-system-prompt-includes-explicit-directive-to-never-talk-about-goblins/): The explicit operational warning was made public last week as part of the latest open source code for Codex CLI that OpenAI posted on GitHub.
- [EU Steps Up Support for Ukraine, Warns of Prolonged Energy Strain From Middle East Conflict](https://iwpost.com/eu-steps-up-support-for-ukraine-warns-of-prolonged-energy-strain-from-middle-east-conflict/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday the European Union will press ahead with financial and military support for Ukraine while bracing for extended economic fallout from the Middle East crisis, particularly on energy prices and fertiliser supplies.
- [India’s Hormuz restraint is running out of time](https://iwpost.com/indias-hormuz-restraint-is-running-out-of-time/): India’s response to the unfolding crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has, so far, been restrained.
- [ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight](https://iwpost.com/abc-can-beat-trump-fccs-license-threat-if-owner-disney-is-willing-to-fight/): Disney will have the law on its side in its fight against the unusual broadcast license review ordered yesterday by the Federal Communications Commission, legal experts say.
- [UN experts warn Gaza reconstruction cannot succeed without ending occupation](https://iwpost.com/un-experts-warn-gaza-reconstruction-cannot-succeed-without-ending-occupation/): UN experts said Wednesday that reconstruction in the Gaza Strip cannot succeed without ending Israel’s occupation and ensuring rebuilding efforts are rooted in human rights and Palestinian self-determination, Anadolu reports.
- [‘A Generalized Aversion Toward Anything Perceived as Jewish’ Reported in Italy After Milan Liberation March Clash and Rome Shooting](https://iwpost.com/a-generalized-aversion-toward-anything-perceived-as-jewish-reported-in-italy-after-milan-liberation-march-clash-and-rome-shooting/): On April 25 in Milan, the annual march marking Italy’s liberation from Nazi-fascism unfolded along familiar lines: partisan songs, flags, and a civic ritual rooted in the memory of resistance.
- [One night a year, humans command this march of frogs and salamanders](https://iwpost.com/one-night-a-year-humans-command-this-march-of-frogs-and-salamanders/): On a Tuesday night in April, beneath a sky mottled with clouds, a slick stretch of road in Cumberland, Maine, erupted in sound.
- [Takaichi on a mission to remake Japan’s place in Asia](https://iwpost.com/takaichi-on-a-mission-to-remake-japans-place-in-asia/): Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is visiting Vietnam from May 1-3 and Australia from May 3-5, with energy security, critical minerals and China’s maritime posture expected on the agenda.
- [Howdy's dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers](https://iwpost.com/howdys-dated-3-month-ad-free-streaming-service-said-to-have-1m-subscribers/): Six months after its launch, research firm Antenna estimates that the Howdy streaming service has more than 1 million subscribers.
- [UAE’s departure from Opec tells a story about the limited future of oil production](https://iwpost.com/uaes-departure-from-opec-tells-a-story-about-the-limited-future-of-oil-production/): The decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave the oil producers’ cartel Opec after 59 years is more than a symbolic break.
- [End of an Era: SWISS airlines to Scrap Inflight Duty-Free Shopping](https://iwpost.com/end-of-an-era-swiss-airlines-to-scrap-inflight-duty-free-shopping/): Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will end duty-free sales on board its flights, marking the close of a long-standing retail practice in commercial aviation as the carrier adjusts to changing passenger habits and cost pressures.
- [At Least Two Dead After Plane Crashes into Building](https://iwpost.com/at-least-two-dead-after-plane-crashes-into-building/): A routine landing turned into a nightmare in seconds when a small plane suddenly dropped out of the sky and slammed straight into an airport hangar — killing two people instantly and leaving at least 11 others burned and fighting for recovery.
- [Asia’s oil shock nightmare has only just begun](https://iwpost.com/asias-oil-shock-nightmare-has-only-just-begun/): This is the International Monetary Fund’s characterization.
- [Nvidia fixes the 8GB RAM problem with one of its GPUs—if you can pay for it](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-fixes-the-8gb-ram-problem-with-one-of-its-gpus-if-you-can-pay-for-it/): Whether you’re a gamer trying to play recent AAA titles at high resolutions and maxed-out settings or an AI enthusiast trying to run models locally, we’ve reached the point where a GPU with 8GB of video memory is a pretty limiting bottleneck.
- [Marco Rubio Is Rebranding the State Department as Explicitly Christian](https://iwpost.com/marco-rubio-is-rebranding-the-state-department-as-explicitly-christian/): The State Department has shifted its public image in favor of explicit Christian messaging and iconography and away from secular and multicultural causes, an analysis by The Intercept of the department’s Instagram posts has found.
- [FIFA Could Make Billions From the World Cup. Host Cities Will Get Little in Return.](https://iwpost.com/fifa-could-make-billions-from-the-world-cup-host-cities-will-get-little-in-return/): Lopsided Contracts: Experts say World Cup contracts lock host cities out of prospective revenues more than ever, leaving FIFA with a larger share of the revenue.
- [2 Injured in Golders Green London Stabbing Attack; Suspect Targeted Jews, Patrol Group Says](https://iwpost.com/2-injured-in-golders-green-london-stabbing-attack-suspect-targeted-jews-patrol-group-says/): Two people were injured after being stabbed Wednesday in Golders Green, a north London suburb with a large Jewish population, as authorities detained a suspect following reports he targeted Jews in the area.
- [Attempt to repeal Colorado's right-to-repair law fails](https://iwpost.com/attempt-to-repeal-colorados-right-to-repair-law-fails/): A controversial bill in Colorado that would have undone some repair protections in the state has failed.
- [Gaza: six months of ceasefire have left the territory in rubble and little vision for the future of its people](https://iwpost.com/gaza-six-months-of-ceasefire-have-left-the-territory-in-rubble-and-little-vision-for-the-future-of-its-people/): Municipal elections in the occupied West Bank and in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah on April 25 have been quickly framed by Fatah, the dominant faction within the Palestinian Authority (PA), as a sweeping victory.
- [Trump’s Golden Dome exposed as false sense of security](https://iwpost.com/trumps-golden-dome-exposed-as-false-sense-of-security/): As missile threats grow more numerous, diverse and technologically sophisticated, a recent US Senate hearing has exposed mounting concerns that the US’s homeland missile defenses are increasingly misaligned with the realities of modern warfare.
- [EP backs Daniel Attard’s proposals for sustainable tourism in Europe](https://iwpost.com/ep-backs-daniel-attards-proposals-for-sustainable-tourism-in-europe/): The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed proposals for Europe’s first sustainable tourism strategy, with Maltese MEP Daniel Attard saying the sector’s future must balance economic growth with the needs of residents, workers and local communities.
- [Sam Altman is “the face of evil” for not reporting school shooter, says lawyer](https://iwpost.com/sam-altman-is-the-face-of-evil-for-not-reporting-school-shooter-says-lawyer/): OpenAI could have prevented one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada’s history, a string of seven lawsuits filed Wednesday in a California court alleged.
- [Disgraced Actor Sentenced to Life in Prison](https://iwpost.com/disgraced-actor-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/): A former Hollywood actor once celebrated for his role in Dances with Wolves is now headed to prison for life after a shocking fall from grace that prosecutors say involved years of manipulation, abuse, and control.
- [UAE’s OPEC exit signals new global oil order](https://iwpost.com/uaes-opec-exit-signals-new-global-oil-order/): The reported decision by the United Arab Emirates to leave OPEC and OPEC+ is more than a dispute over oil production.
- [Neanderthal brains measure up to ours—literally](https://iwpost.com/neanderthal-brains-measure-up-to-ours-literally/): If you look at a Neanderthal skull and a Homo sapiens skull, they’re visibly different: Neanderthal skulls are lower and longer, whereas ours tend to be rounder.
- [Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders](https://iwpost.com/fear-and-opportunity-immigration-scams-surged-as-trumps-sweeps-lured-desperate-people-to-eager-defrauders/): As an asylum-seeker living in the U.S., Jasmir Urbina worried as she watched violence break out amid the military-style immigration sweeps across the country.
- [Most Swiss back initiative to cap population](https://iwpost.com/most-swiss-back-initiative-to-cap-population/): A slim majority of Swiss are backing an upcoming referendum proposal to limit Switzerland’s population to 10 million, and support for ​it is growing, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
- [King Dollar still reigns supreme in liquidity-starved Gulf](https://iwpost.com/king-dollar-still-reigns-supreme-in-liquidity-starved-gulf/): There is a certain irony in seeing some of the world’s richest countries quietly ask the United States for financial relief.
- [Facing the Middle East with Felice Friedson, Episode 20: Sounding the Alarm on Iranian Regime’s Hidden Executions](https://iwpost.com/facing-the-middle-east-with-felice-friedson-episode-20-sounding-the-alarm-on-iranian-regimes-hidden-executions/): Facing the Middle East opens with my framing of the US-Israel war against Iran as a conflict over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, missile program, and support for proxy forces, while also warning of the human cost across the region.
- [A billion miles in less than a decade: GM's Super Cruise reaches a milestone](https://iwpost.com/a-billion-miles-in-less-than-a-decade-gms-super-cruise-reaches-a-milestone/): When Super Cruise debuted in the Cadillac CT6 in 2017, it showed there was a responsible way to give drivers a hands-free assistance system.
- [Savory Bacon and Cheese Quiche](https://iwpost.com/savory-bacon-and-cheese-quiche/): Few dishes feel as cozy and satisfying as a homemade quiche, and this Savory Bacon and Cheese Quiche is the perfect example.
- [Orban’s departure shuts China’s back door into the EU](https://iwpost.com/orbans-departure-shuts-chinas-back-door-into-the-eu/): The recent electoral defeat of Viktor Orban has drawn widespread attention, with most commentary focused on its implications for Europe and the Russia-Ukraine war.
- [The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health of world’s poor](https://iwpost.com/the-race-to-mine-critical-minerals-for-ai-and-clean-energy-is-creating-sacrifice-zones-that-harm-water-and-health-of-worlds-poor/): There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies – everything from AI to wind turbines, as well as cellphones, electric vehicles and defense systems – depend on critical minerals.
- [Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee](https://iwpost.com/electrical-current-might-be-the-key-to-a-better-cup-of-coffee/): University of Oregon chemist Christopher Hendon loves his coffee—so much so that studying all the factors that go into creating the perfect cuppa constitutes a significant area of research for him.
- [Sweden warns of potential jet fuel shortage](https://iwpost.com/sweden-warns-of-potential-jet-fuel-shortage/): Sweden is ‌issuing an early warning of a potential shortage ​of jet fuel ​stemming from the war ⁠in the Middle ​East, Energy Minister Ebba ​Busch said on Tuesday.
- [JD Vance Assassination Fears Erupt After Attempt on Donald Trump](https://iwpost.com/jd-vance-assassination-fears-erupt-after-attempt-on-donald-trump/): Washington is on edge—and the fallout is already hitting the campaign trail.
- [Strait of Malacca could be next Hormuz-like flashpoint](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-malacca-could-be-next-hormuz-like-flashpoint/): While recent global attention has focused on the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively held closed since late February in a move that has disrupted world energy supplies, a quieter but also important development has been taking shape in south-east Asia.
- [The IDF Destroys Largest Network of Hezbollah Tunnels Built With ‘Direct Guidance’ From Iran](https://iwpost.com/the-idf-destroys-largest-network-of-hezbollah-tunnels-built-with-direct-guidance-from-iran/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it destroyed two Hezbollah tunnels in the southern Lebanon town of Qanater on Tuesday, targeting what it described as a significant underground network used to support attacks against Israel.
- [Drone pilot makes US rescind no-fly zones around unmarked, moving ICE vehicles](https://iwpost.com/drone-pilot-makes-us-rescind-no-fly-zones-around-unmarked-moving-ice-vehicles/): In January 2026, during the height of protests against immigration raids in Minneapolis, federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good.
- [Inmates Have Died in the Care of Armor Health Companies. Jails Keep Contracting With Them Anyway.](https://iwpost.com/inmates-have-died-in-the-care-of-armor-health-companies-jails-keep-contracting-with-them-anyway/): Struggling to Breathe: Before he died in the medical ward of a jail, Brian Tracey had spent nine days struggling to get enough oxygen and passing out.
- [Charles’s speech cites ‘checks and balances’ on executive power](https://iwpost.com/charless-speech-cites-checks-and-balances-on-executive-power/): WASHINGTON — King Charles III did not name President Donald Trump Tuesday when he acknowledged before a joint session of Congress the transatlantic tension between the United States and the United Kingdom, but he stressed that “America’s words carry weight and meaning” as he reflected on decades of diplomatic ties.
- [Anti-Trump Instagram pic of seashells now enough to indict ex-FBI directors](https://iwpost.com/anti-trump-instagram-pic-of-seashells-now-enough-to-indict-ex-fbi-directors/): In my misspent youth, I once worked a summer job as a waiter at Shoney’s. It is an experience that I do not recommend.
- [Eni says market underestimating Iran war’s impact on energy prices](https://iwpost.com/eni-says-market-underestimating-iran-wars-impact-on-energy-prices/): The Iran war will have a bigger and more lasting impact on oil and gas prices than is ​being priced in, Eni’s finance chief Francesco Gattei said as the group raised its estimate for 2026 Brent ‌crude prices to $83 per barrel, from $70.
- [UAE’s OPEC exit has been long in the works – and may mark the beginning of a Gulf realignment](https://iwpost.com/uaes-opec-exit-has-been-long-in-the-works-and-may-mark-the-beginning-of-a-gulf-realignment/): The United Arab Emirates’ decision to withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will leave the oil cartel weakened at a crucial time.
- [Former NFL Player Dies at 35](https://iwpost.com/former-nfl-player-dies-at-35/): Shock in the NFL world as former defensive lineman Josh Mauro has died suddenly at just 35, leaving fans and former teammates reeling over the heartbreaking loss.
- [China’s science surge is not a problem — America’s retreat is](https://iwpost.com/chinas-science-surge-is-not-a-problem-americas-retreat-is/): China’s rapid rise in science has hit a milestone.
- [Pakistan Tests Fateh-II Missile Used in 2025 Conflict With India](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-tests-fateh-ii-missile-used-in-2025-conflict-with-india/): Pakistan conducted a successful training launch of the indigenously developed Fateh-II missile system on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone for the Army Rocket Forces Command.
- [FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Kimmel joke offends Trump and first lady](https://iwpost.com/fcc-orders-review-of-abc-licenses-after-kimmel-joke-offends-trump-and-first-lady/): There are no TV station licenses for any company up for renewal until 2028, and the legal process for revoking licenses is so difficult that it’s been described as nearly impossible.
- [Who Decided to Indict Kilmar Abrego Garcia Over a Years-Old Traffic Stop?](https://iwpost.com/who-decided-to-indict-kilmar-abrego-garcia-over-a-years-old-traffic-stop/): More than a year after Kilmar Abrego Garcia won at the U.S.
- [Three ways South Korea can buy alliance insurance](https://iwpost.com/three-ways-south-korea-can-buy-alliance-insurance/): The case for South Korea hedging its relationship with the United States may have become harder to dismiss.
- [Flesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three days](https://iwpost.com/flesh-eating-bacteria-devour-mans-arm-and-leg-in-just-three-days/): A 74-year-old man went to an emergency department in Florida with rapidly rotting limbs after jumping into the waters off Florida’s Gulf Coast.
- [MEPs Back Bigger EU Spending Plan but Funding Question Still Open](https://iwpost.com/meps-back-bigger-eu-spending-plan-but-funding-question-still-open/): The European Parliament has thrown its weight behind demands for a bigger long-term EU budget, approving its position for negotiations on the bloc’s next seven-year financial framework for 2028 to 2034.
- [He’s the only lead tester in this contaminated neighborhood. He graduates next month.](https://iwpost.com/hes-the-only-lead-tester-in-this-contaminated-neighborhood-he-graduates-next-month/): This story was produced by Grist and co-published with NJ Spotlight News.
- [Humanoid robots start sorting luggage in Tokyo airport test amid labor shortage](https://iwpost.com/humanoid-robots-start-sorting-luggage-in-tokyo-airport-test-amid-labor-shortage/): Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport—part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers have surged in recent years.
- [Under Trump, record numbers say personal finances getting worse](https://iwpost.com/under-trump-record-numbers-say-personal-finances-getting-worse/): Just over a year after President Donald Trump promised the US was entering a “golden age,” Americans are expressing unprecedented pessimism about the state of the economy.
- [Israeli Study Finds Plants Absorb Nutrients From Airborne Dust, Challenging Root-Only Theory](https://iwpost.com/israeli-study-finds-plants-absorb-nutrients-from-airborne-dust-challenging-root-only-theory/): Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have found that plants can absorb essential nutrients directly from atmospheric dust through their leaves, challenging the long-held understanding that plant nutrition depends solely on root uptake from soil, the university said Tuesday.
- [Man ‘Accidentally’ Shoots His Girlfriend on Metro Bus](https://iwpost.com/man-accidentally-shoots-his-girlfriend-on-metro-bus/): A routine bus ride in Houston turned into a terrifying scene when a man accidentally fired his gun — hitting his own girlfriend in the leg.
- [EU enlargement is often deeply political – as Ukraine and Montenegro show](https://iwpost.com/eu-enlargement-is-often-deeply-political-as-ukraine-and-montenegro-show/): The EU formally unblocked a €90 billion (£78 billion) loan for Ukraine on April 23 after Hungary and Slovakia dropped their opposition.
- [GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage](https://iwpost.com/github-will-start-charging-copilot-users-based-on-their-actual-ai-usage/): GitHub has announced that it will be shifting to a usage-based billing model for its GitHub Copilot AI service starting on June 1.
- [Record Tourism Prompts Greece to Impose Strict  Rules on Remote Beaches](https://iwpost.com/record-tourism-prompts-greece-to-impose-strict-rules-on-remote-beaches/): Greece has introduced strict new rules to protect some of its most fragile coastlines as the country struggles with the environmental pressures of record tourism.
- [He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say.](https://iwpost.com/he-died-in-a-florida-jail-the-company-in-charge-should-have-sent-him-to-the-hospital-experts-say/): Struggling to Breathe: Before he died in the medical ward of a jail, Brian Tracey had spent nine days struggling to get enough oxygen and passing out.
- [Hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush is going global](https://iwpost.com/hidden-chinese-history-of-australias-gold-rush-is-going-global/): Taiwanese pop music superstar Jay Chou, known in Mandarin as Zhou Jielun (周杰倫), has put Australia’s Sovereign Hill on the map.
- [We Need to Kick Prediction Market Betting Out of Journalism While We Still Can](https://iwpost.com/we-need-to-kick-prediction-market-betting-out-of-journalism-while-we-still-can/): Jonathan Reiss is a co-founder of the Media and Democracy Project.
- [The great American data center divide](https://iwpost.com/the-great-american-data-center-divide/): In Tazewell County, Illinois, Michael Deppert depends on a natural pool of water beneath the sandy soils of his farm to irrigate the pumpkins, corn and soybeans growing in his fields.
- [Council elections take place for some Palestinians – but continuing mass displacement makes Gaza poll farcical](https://iwpost.com/council-elections-take-place-for-some-palestinians-but-continuing-mass-displacement-makes-gaza-poll-farcical/): There was an election, of sorts, in Gaza at the weekend.
- [Singapore’s AI neutrality is cracking under US-China pressure](https://iwpost.com/singapores-ai-neutrality-is-cracking-under-us-china-pressure/): A rear view of the large Merlion statue at Merlion Park, Singapore.
- [How the UN maintains Gaza as an exception to the detriment of the Palestinian people](https://iwpost.com/how-the-un-maintains-gaza-as-an-exception-to-the-detriment-of-the-palestinian-people/): Palestinians living in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood struggle to maintain daily life under difficult conditions as the ongoing Israeli policy and attacks cause widespread destruction, while cold weather and heavy rainfall flood and damage tents, forcing residents to seek alternative shelter solutions despite limited resources, in Gaza City, Palestine, on March 29, 2026.
- [Never Apologize](https://iwpost.com/never-apologize/): Another writer once told me that she never, ever apologizes. How unenlightened and abrasive, I thought at the time.
- [Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science](https://iwpost.com/event-with-links-to-oil-industry-teaches-judges-healthy-skepticism-of-climate-science/): For many months, conservative lawmakers and political operatives have been targeting the scientists and lawyers behind the Climate Judiciary Project, a program meant to educate the courts about climate science, alleging that their effort constitutes a conspiracy to influence federal judges and persuade them to rule against the oil industry.
- [Japan-Australia frigate deal about far more than 11 warships](https://iwpost.com/japan-australia-frigate-deal-about-far-more-than-11-warships/): The signing of the “Mogami Memorandum” aboard the JS Kumano frigate docked in Melbourne on April 18, 2026, marks a pivotal geopolitical moment, one that signals a tectonic shift in the Indo-Pacific security architecture.
- [Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?](https://iwpost.com/infrasound-waves-stop-kitchen-fires-but-can-they-replace-sprinklers/): In a makeshift demonstration kitchen in Concord, California, cooking oil splatters in and around a frying pan, which catches fire on an unattended gas stove.
- [Will the Bennett-Lapid Alliance Reshape the US-Israel Relationship?](https://iwpost.com/will-the-bennett-lapid-alliance-reshape-the-us-israel-relationship/): Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Former Prime Minister Yair Lapid will run together in Israel’s next election, a move that reshapes the opposition camp and places Bennett at its center, at least for now.
- [90210 Star Reveals Shocking Secrets from Hit Show](https://iwpost.com/90210-star-reveals-shocking-secrets-from-hit-show/): It’s the kind of behind-the-scenes drama fans of Beverly Hills, 90210 never saw coming.
- [Donroe Doctrine is becoming everything China feared](https://iwpost.com/donroe-doctrine-is-becoming-everything-china-feared/): This comes on the heels of a targeted lawfare campaign by American and Panamanian officials to dispossess Chinese logistics infrastructure at the Balboa and Cristobal terminals, and within a broader maritime context that has seen the US blockade the Strait of Hormuz, enter a defense partnership with Indonesia and put out aggressive statements about Peru’s Port of Chancay.
- [Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal](https://iwpost.com/scorpions-go-terminator-mode-and-reinforce-their-weapons-with-metal/): Scorpions are armed with dual front pincers (technically known as chelae or pedipalp appendages) and a venom-injecting telson, or stinger, on the posterior of their tail.
- [Old and new Gulf faultlines exposed by Iran war](https://iwpost.com/old-and-new-gulf-faultlines-exposed-by-iran-war/): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on April 28 that it will leave the global oil producers’ cartel OPEC.
- [The Alliance Breaker: How Trump Is Torching the West’s Friendships](https://iwpost.com/the-alliance-breaker-how-trump-is-torching-the-wests-friendships/): Something remarkable is happening in the corridors of Western power. America’s closest allies are no longer whispering their frustrations behind closed doors.
- [Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers](https://iwpost.com/amazon-stuck-with-months-of-repairs-after-drone-strikes-on-data-centers/): Amazon’s cloud customers will need to wait several more months before the US tech company can repair war-damaged data centers and restore normal operations in the Middle East.
- [FBI Redirected a Quarter of Staff to Target Immigrants Under Trump's Deportation Push](https://iwpost.com/fbi-redirected-a-quarter-of-staff-to-target-immigrants-under-trumps-deportation-push/): The Federal Bureau of Investigation multiplied the number of employees assigned to immigration by a factor of 23 in the first nine months of the second Trump administration, The Intercept has found.
- [“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations](https://iwpost.com/a-huge-setback-new-epa-directive-could-weaken-hundreds-of-chemical-regulations/): For decades, a small program in the Environmental Protection Agency conducted the painstaking scientific work of assessing the toxicity of chemicals.
- [Don’t mistake Suu Kyi’s house arrest for Myanmar’s freedom](https://iwpost.com/dont-mistake-suu-kyis-house-arrest-for-myanmars-freedom/): News that Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest has stirred deep emotions among Myanmar’s people and many abroad.
- [World Press Freedom Day Tests Whether the Public Still Has a Right To Know](https://iwpost.com/world-press-freedom-day-tests-whether-the-public-still-has-a-right-to-know/): World Press Freedom Day, marked every year on May 3, serves as an annual test of whether governments, institutions, armed groups, technology platforms, and the public still accept a basic democratic principle: people have a right to know what is being done in their name.
- [Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines](https://iwpost.com/minnesota-passes-ban-on-fake-ai-nudes-app-makers-risk-500k-fines/): This week, Minnesota became the first state to pass a law banning nudification apps that make it easy to “undress” or sexualize images of real people.
- [UAE exit weakens OPEC+ power over oil market but group to stay together](https://iwpost.com/uae-exit-weakens-opec-power-over-oil-market-but-group-to-stay-together/): OPEC and its allies will lose some of their power over the oil market when the United Arab Emirates leaves the group on May 1, but the rest of the producer alliance is likely to stick together ​and continue to coordinate on oil supply policy, OPEC+ delegates and analysts said on Tuesday.
- [Employee Dies After Chairlift Basket Plummets into ‘Rugged Terrain’ at Ski Resort](https://iwpost.com/employee-dies-after-chairlift-basket-plummets-into-rugged-terrain-at-ski-resort/): A routine morning at an Oregon ski resort turned into a nightmare when a maintenance basket suddenly plunged from a chairlift, killing one worker and leaving another fighting for their life.
- [A Tang spring that survived an emperor’s flight](https://iwpost.com/a-tang-spring-that-survived-an-emperors-flight/): A visitor standing before The Court Lady Guoguo’s Spring Outing does not first see history. They see movement. There is no palace. No riverbank.
- [Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races](https://iwpost.com/senators-ban-themselves-from-prediction-markets-after-candidates-bet-on-own-races/): US senators voted unanimously to ban themselves from making bets on prediction markets yesterday, about a week after Kalshi said it caught three congressional candidates betting on their own campaigns.
- [Graham Platner Handed Centrist Dems a Bruising Defeat in Maine](https://iwpost.com/graham-platner-handed-centrist-dems-a-bruising-defeat-in-maine/): The Democratic Party’s centrist wing is doing a 180 on Maine senatorial hopeful Graham Platner after Gov.
- [Pressure builds on Putin to escalate Ukraine war](https://iwpost.com/pressure-builds-on-putin-to-escalate-ukraine-war/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Israeli army demolishes Christian monastery, nuns’ school in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-demolishes-christian-monastery-nuns-school-in-southern-lebanon/): The Israeli army demolished a monastery and a school run by the Sisters of the Holy Savior in the southern Lebanese town of Yaroun, the state National News Agency reported on Friday.
- [The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS](https://iwpost.com/the-rampocalypse-has-bought-microsoft-valuable-time-in-the-fight-against-steamos/): Valve and its SteamOS operating system have already done what a bunch of companies (including Apple) have been trying to do for decades: make a dent in Windows’ dominance in PC gaming.
- [Metsola Warns Europe Cannot Face New Era with Old Finances](https://iwpost.com/metsola-warns-europe-cannot-face-new-era-with-old-finances/): The European Parliament has declared itself ready to enter negotiations on the European Union’s next long-term budget, with President Roberta Metsola warning that Europe cannot meet today’s challenges with an outdated financial framework.
- [UAE’s OPEC exit hands Asia a petroyuan moment](https://iwpost.com/uaes-opec-exit-hands-asia-a-petroyuan-moment/): On May 1, 2026, the United Arab Emirates formally departed from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ending nearly six decades of membership.
- [Pakistan Orders Probe Into Cambridge Exam Leak Affecting 25,000 Students](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-orders-probe-into-cambridge-exam-leak-affecting-25000-students/): A federal inquiry has been launched in Pakistan into a reported leak of an A-level mathematics exam paper, prompting scrutiny of the Cambridge International Education system and concerns over exam security.
- [Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors](https://iwpost.com/study-ai-models-that-consider-users-feeling-are-more-likely-to-make-errors/): In human-to-human communication, the desire to be empathetic or polite often conflicts with the need to be truthful—hence terms like “being brutally honest” for situations where you value the truth over sparing someone’s feelings.
- [King Charles ‘Like a Schoolgirl’ Standing Beside Martha Stewart](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-like-a-schoolgirl-standing-beside-martha-stewart/): Even a king can get a little starstruck—and that’s exactly what it looked like when King Charles III came face-to-face with America’s domestic diva, Martha Stewart.
- [To keep global trade alive, don’t write off friendshoring](https://iwpost.com/to-keep-global-trade-alive-dont-write-off-friendshoring/): The world economy is at a crossroads.
- [Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive](https://iwpost.com/man-dies-covered-in-necrotic-lesions-after-amoebas-eat-him-alive/): Over the course of six months, black lesions and deep ulcers formed over the body of a 78-year-old man, puzzling doctors. His face was covered in dark scabs.
- [Some 287 nominated for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Trump likely among them](https://iwpost.com/some-287-nominated-for-2026-nobel-peace-prize-trump-likely-among-them/): Some 287 candidates will be considered for ​the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize,, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Thursday, with U.S.
- [Brouhaha over Iran war costs to US taxpayers](https://iwpost.com/brouhaha-over-iran-war-costs-to-us-taxpayers/): Acting Pentagon comptroller Jules W. Hurst III.
- [Texas Chili (Bowl of Red)](https://iwpost.com/texas-chili-bowl-of-red/): If you’re looking for a chili recipe that’s rich, bold, and unapologetically hearty, this Texas Chili—also known as the legendary “Bowl of Red”—belongs at the top of your must-make list.
- [Musk Warns of Killer AI — While He and the Rest of Silicon Valley Cash In on AI That Kills](https://iwpost.com/musk-warns-of-killer-ai-while-he-and-the-rest-of-silicon-valley-cash-in-on-ai-that-kills/): The bitter courtroom brawl between Elon Musk and Sam Altman captivating the tech industry this week revolves in no small part around fears that artificial intelligence technologies both men are building could spiral out of control and exterminate humanity.
- [Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Italy, Spain amid split on Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-he-is-not-happy-with-italy-spain-amid-split-on-iran/): President Donald Trump voiced displeasure with Italy and Spain Friday as the rift between the NATO allies grows amid the stalled US-Israeli war on Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day](https://iwpost.com/ubuntu-infrastructure-has-been-down-for-more-than-a-day/): Servers operated by Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical were knocked offline on Thursday morning and have remained down ever since, a situation that’s preventing the OS provider from communicating normally following the botched disclosure of a major vulnerability.
- [Two months in, the Iran war has changed the global energy system forever](https://iwpost.com/two-months-in-the-iran-war-has-changed-the-global-energy-system-forever/): For almost half a century, the vast majority of climate experts have agreed on a solution to global warming: stop burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas.
- [The Iran war has brought many old Gulf faultlines to the fore – and is creating new ones](https://iwpost.com/the-iran-war-has-brought-many-old-gulf-faultlines-to-the-fore-and-is-creating-new-ones/): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on April 28 that it will leave the global oil producers’ cartel Opec.
- [61% of Americans see Trump’s Iran war as ‘mistake’: new poll](https://iwpost.com/61-of-americans-see-trumps-iran-war-as-mistake-new-poll/): More than 6 in 10 Americans now say President Donald Trump’s war in Iran was a “mistake,” according to a poll out Friday from the Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos.
- [Rachel Goldberg-Polin Memoir on Son Hersh’s Captivity, Murder, and Family’s Loss Tops NYT Bestseller List](https://iwpost.com/rachel-goldberg-polin-memoir-on-son-hershs-captivity-murder-and-familys-loss-tops-nyt-bestseller-list/): Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s memoir, When We See You Again, reached No.
- [Minnesota set to be first state to ban nudification apps](https://iwpost.com/minnesota-set-to-be-first-state-to-ban-nudification-apps/): This week, Minnesota became the first state to pass a law banning nudification apps that make it easy to “undress” or sexualize images of real people.
- [EU kickstarts Mercosur pact to counter US trade hit](https://iwpost.com/eu-kickstarts-mercosur-pact-to-counter-us-trade-hit/): The European Union and South American bloc Mercosur will implement on Friday a contentious free trade agreement that ​the EU in particular hopes will benefit exporters and calm critics, even if it cannot fully offset the blow from U.S.
- [Singer’s Murder Case Explodes as Prosecutors Say He Bought ‘Burn Cage’ to Destroy Evidence](https://iwpost.com/singers-murder-case-explodes-as-prosecutors-say-he-bought-burn-cage-to-destroy-evidence/): New details in the case against David Anthony Burke—the singer known as D4vd—are leaving people stunned, as prosecutors lay out what they claim was a chilling and calculated attempt to cover up the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
- [Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill](https://iwpost.com/cheers-welcome-to-the-nepalese-village-where-everybody-knows-how-to-distill/): Imagine a place where every home has paraphernalia for distilling spirits, where there is a toast for nearly any occasion, and where your taxes – paid in grain, not cash – are deposited straight into a communal still.
- [Pakistan’s Hangor subs tighten China link, test India at sea](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-hangor-subs-tighten-china-link-test-india-at-sea/): Pakistan is betting on Hangor-class submarines to sharpen its undersea edge as its deterrent increasingly rests on deepening military integration with China rather than any single platform.
- [Is your Purosangue SUV not sharp enough? Ferrari has you covered.](https://iwpost.com/is-your-purosangue-suv-not-sharp-enough-ferrari-has-you-covered/): Did you know that SUVs now account for 6 in 10 new vehicles sold in Europe?
- [Another Assassination Attempt, More Fertilizer for Conspiracy Theories](https://iwpost.com/another-assassination-attempt-more-fertilizer-for-conspiracy-theories/): The White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend became the site of the third failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump.
- [Israeli occupiers attack Palestinian man, burn vehicles in West Bank](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupiers-attack-palestinian-man-burn-vehicles-in-west-bank/): Israeli occupiers attacked a Palestinian man on Friday in the West Bank city of Hebron, local sources said.
- [Women sue the men who used their Instagram feed to create AI porn influencers](https://iwpost.com/women-sue-the-men-who-used-their-instagram-feed-to-create-ai-porn-influencers/): A little over a year ago, MG was leading the relatively normal life of a twentysomething in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- [EU Commission reshuffles top jobs](https://iwpost.com/eu-commission-reshuffles-top-jobs/): long-stalled reshuffle of senior roles within the European Commission is taking place, thanks to an internal workaround that allows a key official to move from her current post.
- [8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections](https://iwpost.com/8-things-you-should-know-about-trumps-effort-to-take-over-the-midterm-elections/): When President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held — but just barely.
- [Bennett and Eisenkot Lead Netanyahu in Israeli Prime Minister Suitability Poll](https://iwpost.com/bennett-and-eisenkot-lead-netanyahu-in-israeli-prime-minister-suitability-poll/): Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot both ranked ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a new suitability-for-prime-minister poll published Friday, as Israel’s opposition parties continue testing new alignments ahead of a future election.
- [There's a lot of hype about Chinese EVs—is any of it true?](https://iwpost.com/theres-a-lot-of-hype-about-chinese-evs-is-any-of-it-true/): The Beijing Auto Show is currently taking place in China, offering those of us behind the Trump tariff curtain a peek at what’s increasingly being dubbed the world’s most advanced car market.
- [Shocking Brady Bunch Secret Finally Spills After Decades](https://iwpost.com/shocking-brady-bunch-secret-finally-spills-after-decades/): More than 50 years after The Brady Bunch made them household names, two of its biggest stars are finally admitting what fans always suspected — things nearly turned romantic behind the scenes.
- [War in the Gulf and on US free speech](https://iwpost.com/war-in-the-gulf-and-on-us-free-speech/): Brent crude oil surged to US$126 (£94) a barrel after US president Donald Trump announced that he was willing to prolong the blockade of Iranian ports for “months if needed”.
- [Asian currencies wilting in the Iran war’s heat](https://iwpost.com/asian-currencies-wilting-in-the-iran-wars-heat/): TOKYO – India and Indonesia aren’t often at the center of the global financial zeitgeist.
- [Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn](https://iwpost.com/blue-origin-certainly-has-ambitious-launch-targets-for-new-glenn/): Earlier this week, Blue Origin posted a job opportunity for a “senior manager” to oversee tank fabrication for “Quattro,” and the description contained some intriguing information.
- [Facebook, Instagram charged with breaching rules, must do more to protect kids below 13, EU says](https://iwpost.com/facebook-instagram-charged-with-breaching-rules-must-do-more-to-protect-kids-below-13-eu-says/): Meta Platform’ Facebook and Instagram were charged on Wednesday with breaching landmark EU ​tech rules and must do more to prevent children ‌under 13 from accessing both social networks, EU regulators said on Wednesday.
- [Democratic Leaders Wanted to Control the Maine Senate Race. Their Pick Just Dropped Out.](https://iwpost.com/democratic-leaders-wanted-to-control-the-maine-senate-race-their-pick-just-dropped-out/): The Democratic Party’s pick for Maine senator suspended her candidacy on Thursday. Democratic Gov.
- [India’s softer tone on Bangladesh hits a hard note in Assam](https://iwpost.com/indias-softer-tone-on-bangladesh-hits-a-hard-note-in-assam/): Dhaka on Thursday (April 30) issued a sharp diplomatic protest by summoning India’s acting High Commissioner, Pawan Badhe, following controversial remarks by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that Bangladesh says undermine bilateral ties.
- [Instead of indirectly insulting Yemen, Prabowo should be building relations with it](https://iwpost.com/instead-of-indirectly-insulting-yemen-prabowo-should-be-building-relations-with-it/): At a high-profile industrial groundbreaking event in Central Java, President Prabowo Subianto responded sharply to critics who describe Indonesia as being in decline.
- [Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids](https://iwpost.com/researchers-try-to-cut-the-genetic-code-from-20-to-19-amino-acids/): The genetic code is central to life. With minor variations, everything uses the same sets of three DNA bases to encode the same 20 amino acids.
- [Iran war shows US economic coercion isn’t what it was](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-shows-us-economic-coercion-isnt-what-it-was/): Two months after the United States, along with Israel, launched a war against Iran, that conflict appears far from a lasting resolution.
- [Syrian, Iraqi Forces Dismantle Cross-Border Captagon Network](https://iwpost.com/syrian-iraqi-forces-dismantle-cross-border-captagon-network/): [DAMASCUS] In a joint security operation described as a high-profile example of intelligence cooperation, Syrian and Iraqi authorities announced the dismantling of an international network that specialized in drug trafficking and the seizure of a large quantity of Captagon pills.
- [Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex](https://iwpost.com/meta-cuts-contractors-who-reported-seeing-ray-ban-meta-users-have-sex/): In February, numerous workers from a company that Meta contracted to perform data annotation for Ray-Ban Meta reported viewing sensitive, embarrassing, and seemingly private footage recorded by the smart glasses.
- [Trump says the US is reviewing a potential reduction of its troops in Germany](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-the-us-is-reviewing-a-potential-reduction-of-its-troops-in-germany/): President Donald Trump, who has criticized Germany and other NATO allies for not ​sending their navies to help open the Strait of Hormuz, said his administration is looking at reducing the number of ‌U.S.
- [Secret Epstein ‘Suicide Note’ to be Exposed in Court Fight?](https://iwpost.com/secret-epstein-suicide-note-to-be-exposed-in-court-fight/): A secret “suicide note” allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein could soon be dragged into the light—and it’s already stirring up fresh controversy in one of America’s most talked-about scandals.
- [Taiwan’s Cheng will face a tough crowd on US visit](https://iwpost.com/taiwans-cheng-will-face-a-tough-crowd-on-us-visit/): Fresh from consultations with Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping in April, Cheng Li-wun, the Chairwoman of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT), plans to visit the US in June.
- [Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial](https://iwpost.com/elon-musks-7-biggest-stumbles-on-the-stand-at-openai-trial/): Elon Musk seems tired and cranky.
- [Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall](https://iwpost.com/trump-bulldozed-a-1000-year-old-archeological-site-to-make-room-for-a-second-border-wall/): A rare archaeological site in the Sonoran Desert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s border wall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.
- [China’s Manus AI case sets red lines to bar ‘Singapore washing’](https://iwpost.com/chinas-manus-ai-case-sets-red-lines-to-bar-singapore-washing/): Beijing is seeking to clarify its decision to block Meta’s proposed acquisition of Manus, a Chinese agentic artificial intelligence (AI) startup, stressing that it will continue to support domestic companies’ overseas expansion, provided the expansion is not structured as so-called Singapore washing.
- [US could attack Iran again during negotiations, Iranian president warns](https://iwpost.com/us-could-attack-iran-again-during-negotiations-iranian-president-warns/): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned Thursday that the US could attack Tehran again during negotiations, saying that trust in Washington has been “completely destroyed,” Anadolu reports.
- [3 Fractures Rock Gulf Alliance as UAE Quits OPEC During Iran War](https://iwpost.com/3-fractures-rock-gulf-alliance-as-uae-quits-opec-during-iran-war/): [ISTANBUL] The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it would withdraw from OPEC and OPEC+, ending nearly six decades in the oil producers’ cartel.
- [Brent oil rises 7% on report US considering military options to break Iran deadlock](https://iwpost.com/brent-oil-rises-7-on-report-us-considering-military-options-to-break-iran-deadlock/): Brent oil prices rose as much as 7% on Thursday on a report the U.S.
- [Connecticut Senate Approves More Towing Reforms, Expanding on Landmark 2025 Legislation](https://iwpost.com/connecticut-senate-approves-more-towing-reforms-expanding-on-landmark-2025-legislation/): Connecticut lawmakers on Wednesday approved more reforms aimed at reining in towing companies in the state, following reporting by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica that exposed problems in state law.
- [Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine's sights](https://iwpost.com/russia-cloaks-launch-schedule-after-spaceport-falls-in-ukraines-sights/): If you believe official Russian reports, the country’s northern spaceport has come under attack from drones on multiple occasions in the last few months.
- [Corned Beef Hash](https://iwpost.com/corned-beef-hash/): There’s something incredibly comforting about a hot skillet of homemade Corned Beef Hash.
- [Trump prods GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling](https://iwpost.com/trump-prods-gop-states-to-gerrymander-after-voting-rights-ruling/): There's a lot of history here.
- [High School Girls Start Massive Fight During Softball Game](https://iwpost.com/high-school-girls-start-massive-fight-during-softball-game/): What was supposed to be a feel-good Friday night game in Fresno quickly spiraled into chaos when a girls’ high school softball matchup ended with fists flying, ponytails whipping, and players piling into a shocking on-field melee.
- [US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold](https://iwpost.com/us-falls-below-ukraine-in-press-freedom-as-global-autocracy-takes-hold/): From watching too much Nordic noir, I have learned the key lessons to Scandinavian safety: Stay out of the deep woods, avoid all “rustic villagers,” flee every solstice or equinox ritual, and run screaming from any creature (human or otherwise) wearing antlers in the wrong anatomical location.
- [Post-WW2 US wars killed 4 million civilians, cost $6 trillion](https://iwpost.com/post-ww2-us-wars-killed-4-million-civilians-cost-6-trillion/): US President Donald Trump’s war in Iran has passed the two-month mark with little to show for it besides thousands of dead civilians, gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon, and tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds spent.
- [Trump says administration will release ‘a lot of things’ on UFOs](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-administration-will-release-a-lot-of-things-on-ufos/): President Donald Trump said his administration will release “a lot of things” about unidentified flying objects to the American public in the near future.
- [Ron Wyden Is Pissing Off the NSA’s Biggest Backers. Tom Cotton Warns There Will Be “Consequences.”](https://iwpost.com/ron-wyden-is-pissing-off-the-nsas-biggest-backers-tom-cotton-warns-there-will-be-consequences/): Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., keeps getting under the skin of the NSA’s biggest supporters with his warnings about intelligence agency abuses — and the latest dispute resulted in a high-profile dustup on the Senate floor on Thursday.
- [What alternatives do Gulf states have to the Strait of Hormuz?](https://iwpost.com/what-alternatives-do-gulf-states-have-to-the-strait-of-hormuz/): Two months into the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz is still mostly shut.
- [Sgt. Liam Ben Hamo, 19, Killed in Southern Lebanon Combat, Another Soldier Wounded](https://iwpost.com/sgt-liam-ben-hamo-19-killed-in-southern-lebanon-combat-another-soldier-wounded/): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday that Sgt.
- [The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed](https://iwpost.com/the-most-severe-linux-threat-to-surface-in-years-catches-the-world-flat-footed/): Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe compromises inside data centers and on personal devices.
- [Megawatt ambition is darkening Bangladesh’s power future](https://iwpost.com/megawatt-ambition-is-darkening-bangladeshs-power-future/): On the banks of the Padma River, the twin domes of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant rise as a US$12.65 billion monument to Bangladesh’s soaring developmental aspirations.
- [India is credible – but does it have the will to lead on Hormuz?](https://iwpost.com/india-is-credible-but-does-it-have-the-will-to-lead-on-hormuz/): As the US-Iran conflict enters a volatile new phase, Indian analysts are sharply divided over the direction of New Delhi’s foreign policy.
- [UN says Israel blocks durable shelter materials from entering Gaza](https://iwpost.com/un-says-israel-blocks-durable-shelter-materials-from-entering-gaza/): The UN on Thursday said aid agencies are still unable to bring in materials needed to build durable shelters in Gaza, as Israel’s restrictions continue amid worsening humanitarian conditions in the enclave, Anadolu reports.
- [Israel conducts farthest-ever strike in long history of attacks on Gaza humanitarian aid flotillas](https://iwpost.com/israel-conducts-farthest-ever-strike-in-long-history-of-attacks-on-gaza-humanitarian-aid-flotillas/): Israeli naval forces intercepted ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla late Wednesday carrying humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip more than 500 nautical miles away or 926 km, making this interception the furthest away in a long history of maritime assaults aimed at breaking Israel’s illegal blockade, Anadolu reports.
- [The SEC tried to silence activist investors. Now they’re fighting back.](https://iwpost.com/the-sec-tried-to-silence-activist-investors-now-theyre-fighting-back/): Since President Donald Trump took office, the Securities and Exchange Commission has made it harder for small and activist investors to raise concerns through the government filing system known as EDGAR.
- [Beijing bans drone sales even as rest of world buys Chinese drones](https://iwpost.com/beijing-bans-drone-sales-even-as-rest-of-world-buys-chinese-drones/): China’s new clampdown on drone sales and even the storage of drone components within the capital of Beijing stands out in a country that effectively built the global market for affordable commercial drones.
- [Trump uses assassination attempt to justify his assault on first amendment rights to free speech](https://iwpost.com/trump-uses-assassination-attempt-to-justify-his-assault-on-first-amendment-rights-to-free-speech/): The Trump administration has called on TV network ABC to “take a stand” after a joke from its late night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel offended the US president and first lady.
- [US war in Iran has cost $25 billion so far](https://iwpost.com/us-war-in-iran-has-cost-25-billion-so-far/): The United States’ war in Iran has ​cost $25 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday, providing the first official estimate of the military’s ‌price tag for the conflict.
- [Steve Irwin’s Widow Dating Again Nearly 20 Years After His Tragic Death](https://iwpost.com/steve-irwins-widow-dating-again-nearly-20-years-after-his-tragic-death/): After years of loyalty to one of the most beloved love stories in pop culture, Terri Irwin is finally stepping into a new chapter — and it’s one that’s turning heads.
- [The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declined](https://iwpost.com/the-us-has-long-used-economic-coercion-to-achieve-foreign-policy-goals-the-war-in-iran-shows-how-that-power-has-declined/): Two months after the United States, along with Israel, launched a war against Iran, that conflict appears far from a lasting resolution.
- [Russia’s May 9 victory parade could be occasion for Ukraine truce](https://iwpost.com/russias-may-9-victory-parade-could-be-occasion-for-ukraine-truce/): Trump and Putin.
- [RFK Jr. appeals ruling that wiped out his vaccine advisory panel](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-appeals-ruling-that-wiped-out-his-vaccine-advisory-panel/): After some uncertainty—and a little drama—the Trump administration is appealing a ruling by a judge last month that temporarily halted anti-vaccine changes Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Hezbollah Drone Hits IDF Vehicle in Northern Israel, Wounding 12 Soldiers](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-drone-hits-idf-vehicle-in-northern-israel-wounding-12-soldiers/): Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers (IDF) were moderately wounded, and 10 others sustained light injuries after a Hezbollah drone struck a military vehicle in the community of Shlomi in the Western Galilee, the IDF spokesperson reported.
- [Financial strain, lockdowns and fear of infection during disease outbreaks magnify violence against women and girls − new research](https://iwpost.com/financial-strain-lockdowns-and-fear-of-infection-during-disease-outbreaks-magnify-violence-against-women-and-girls-%e2%88%92-new-research/): When the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, another crisis quietly grew behind closed doors.
- [Asia fracturing into energy security haves and have-nots](https://iwpost.com/asia-fracturing-into-energy-security-haves-and-have-nots/): The US-Iran war is exposing a hard truth: Asia is a tiered system of energy access, where wealth determines resilience.
- [How Trumpism Reshaped the Politics of Protest](https://iwpost.com/how-trumpism-reshaped-the-politics-of-protest/): For a long time, scholars of social movements assumed that political coalitions form when different groups discover they have aligned interests.
- [President Trump Announces ‘Shabbat 250’ Initiative as Part of Jewish American Heritage Month](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-announces-shabbat-250-initiative-as-part-of-jewish-american-heritage-month/): President Donald Trump has proclaimed a national “Shabbat 250” initiative as part of Jewish American Heritage Month, calling on Jewish Americans to observe a National Shabbat from sundown Friday, May 15, to nightfall Saturday, May 16, 2026, in recognition of faith, freedom, and the 250th anniversary of American independence.
- [How do you design a $30,000 electric pickup? Inside Ford's skunkworks.](https://iwpost.com/how-do-you-design-a-30000-electric-pickup-inside-fords-skunkworks/): LONG BEACH, Calif.—2026 is a strange time for electric vehicles in the US.
- [Chinese companies suing governments the world over](https://iwpost.com/chinese-companies-suing-governments-the-world-over/): The Chinese-owned firm that operates the Port of Darwin isn’t happy about the federal government’s push to return it to an Australian owner.
- [DHS abuses 1930s customs law in attempt to get data on Canadian from Google](https://iwpost.com/dhs-abuses-1930s-customs-law-in-attempt-to-get-data-on-canadian-from-google/): The Department of Homeland Security tried to obtain a Canadian man’s location information, activity logs, and other identifying information from Google after he criticized the Trump administration online following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis early this year.
- [Where Iranians are going under fire – a real-time picture of displacement](https://iwpost.com/where-iranians-are-going-under-fire-a-real-time-picture-of-displacement/): Since US and Israeli strikes began on the last day of February, millions of Iranians have been living under attack, an internet blackout and tight restrictions on journalists and humanitarian agencies.
- [Foreign aid’s hidden benefit: Recipients are more likely to pay the generosity forward](https://iwpost.com/foreign-aids-hidden-benefit-recipients-are-more-likely-to-pay-the-generosity-forward/): Foreign aid may not improve how recipients view donor countries – but it can set off a chain of goodwill that spreads far beyond the original act of giving.
- [STMicro targets more than $3 billion in space chip revenue as demand grows](https://iwpost.com/stmicro-targets-more-than-3-billion-in-space-chip-revenue-as-demand-grows/): STMicroelectronics is ‌targeting well above $3 billion in cumulative revenue for its semiconductor space business from 2026 to 2028, it said on Monday, helped by surging demand for chips used in low-Earth orbit ​satellite networks.
- [Maker of AI Targeting System for Drones Faces Protests for Shipments to Israeli Military](https://iwpost.com/maker-of-ai-targeting-system-for-drones-faces-protests-for-shipments-to-israeli-military/): A company in Portland, Oregon, that specializes in AI targeting for drones has made significant shipments of materials to military contractors in Israel, according to cargo data reviewed by The Intercept.
- [Thailand shouldn’t walk away from maritime dialogue with Cambodia](https://iwpost.com/thailand-shouldnt-walk-away-from-maritime-dialogue-with-cambodia/): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul have border issues.
- [Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website](https://iwpost.com/why-reddit-blocked-my-daily-visit-to-its-mobile-website/): I’ve recently developed a daily habit—perhaps one I should cut back on—of visiting several subreddits to keep up on things like audio production and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- [Reality TV Star Abruptly Quits Show During Filming](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-star-abruptly-quits-show-during-filming/): Whitney Leavitt just pulled off a real-life plot twist — and fans didn’t see it coming.
- [‘Wars Without Witnesses’: Press Freedom Groups Warn of Increasing Dangers to Reporters in Conflict Zones](https://iwpost.com/wars-without-witnesses-press-freedom-groups-warn-of-increasing-dangers-to-reporters-in-conflict-zones/): For Katrine Dige Houmøller, a Danish freelance journalist based in Lebanon, the crisis facing war reporters can be measured in one piece of equipment: the press vest.
- [Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.](https://iwpost.com/prosecutors-had-a-drugs-for-votes-scheme-locked-up-under-trump-they-were-told-not-to-pursue-charges/): Not a Typical Drug Scheme: Prosecutors in Puerto Rico found that a prison gang was giving inmates drugs in exchange for their votes for a gubernatorial candidate, Jenniffer González-Colón.
- [India-Bangladesh weigh political fix for diplomatic rift](https://iwpost.com/india-bangladesh-weigh-political-fix-for-diplomatic-rift/): Diplomacy, like commerce, runs on signals. When relations sour, the choreography of repair matters almost as much as the substance.
- [Italy opens probe into activists’ detention after Gaza aid flotilla interception](https://iwpost.com/italy-opens-probe-into-activists-detention-after-gaza-aid-flotilla-interception/): People carrying Palestinian flags and banners, gather to protest the detention of Global Sumud Flotilla activists Thiago de Avila and Saif Abu Keshek, who were seized in international waters on the night of April 29-30 by the Israeli Navy and are currently being held in Israel, on May 4, 2026 in Milan, Italy.
- [MIT's virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool](https://iwpost.com/mits-virtual-violin-offers-luthiers-a-new-design-tool/): Violin makers, aka luthiers, traditionally learn from hands-on experience how to craft parts and select materials to shape an instrument’s final sound.
- [Britain explores legal options to prosecute suspect in McCann disappearance](https://iwpost.com/britain-explores-legal-options-to-prosecute-suspect-in-mccann-disappearance/): British police are seeking to bring a German suspect to trial in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, as investigators step up efforts ahead of the 20th anniversary of her case next year.
- [With USAID gone, Indo-Pacific allies face the fallout](https://iwpost.com/with-usaid-gone-indo-pacific-allies-face-the-fallout/): For more than 60 years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was the backbone of American development diplomacy. Today, it is gone.
- [Mac mini starting price goes up to $799, may be hard to get for "months"](https://iwpost.com/mac-mini-starting-price-goes-up-to-799-may-be-hard-to-get-for-months/): Apple’s Mac mini and Mac Studio desktops have been increasingly difficult to buy over the course of the year—multiple configurations are listed on Apple’s site as “currently unavailable,” which almost never happens, and others will take weeks or months to ship if you order them today.
- [The internet has a Strait of Hormuz problem](https://iwpost.com/the-internet-has-a-strait-of-hormuz-problem/): The next attack on the global economy may not arrive with a missile strike or a cyberattack on a server farm.
- [Murdered Children’s Faces Approved To Appear on Memorial Mural](https://iwpost.com/murdered-childrens-faces-approved-to-appear-on-memorial-mural/): A mural in honor of children killed in regional violence and unrest in Iran will be unveiled in Israel, presenting the victims through a symbolic depiction of a children’s football match, according to project details released by its organizers and artist Hooman Khalili.
- [Football Player-Turned-Actor Dead at 81](https://iwpost.com/football-player-turned-actor-dead-at-81/): Veteran actor and former football player Beau Starr has died at the age of 81, closing the curtain on a decades-long career that spanned the gridiron and the silver screen.
- [F1 in Miami: That's what it looks like when an upgrade works](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-miami-thats-what-it-looks-like-when-an-upgrade-works/): After an unanticipated five-week break in the season, Formula One resumed action this past weekend in Miami.
- [Lawmakers Demand Answers About Growing Number of Unfixed Mistakes on Credit Reports](https://iwpost.com/lawmakers-demand-answers-about-growing-number-of-unfixed-mistakes-on-credit-reports/): Four U.S. senators sent letters grilling the nation’s major credit bureaus on Thursday after a ProPublica investigation showed two of the bureaus were fixing fewer consumers’ credit reports.
- [French Salted Butter Cookies – Delicate, Buttery & Irresistibly Elegant](https://iwpost.com/french-salted-butter-cookies-delicate-buttery-irresistibly-elegant/): There’s something magical about the aroma of butter cookies baking in the oven.
- [Indonesian president’s ties to personal aide go viral](https://iwpost.com/indonesian-presidents-ties-to-personal-aide-go-viral/): Out came the cake, while the president applauded.
- [Israeli army ‘on high alert’ for possible resumption of Iran war](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-on-high-alert-for-possible-resumption-of-iran-war/): The Israeli army said Monday evening it is on high alert for a possible resumption of war with Iran amid rising escalation between Tehran and Washington in the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
- [GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it](https://iwpost.com/gamestop-offers-56-billion-for-ebay-struggles-to-explain-how-itll-pay-for-it/): GameStop yesterday made an unsolicited offer to buy eBay for $55.5 billion.
- [Trump team denies Iran hit US warship entering Hormuz Strait](https://iwpost.com/trump-team-denies-iran-hit-us-warship-entering-hormuz-strait/): The Trump administration has denied reports from Iranian media on Monday that a US Navy warship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
- [President Trump Warns Iran Will Be ‘Blown Off the Face of the Earth’ if US Vessels Attacked ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-warns-iran-will-be-blown-off-the-face-of-the-earth-if-us-vessels-attacked/): President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it targets US vessels, as tensions persisted in the Strait of Hormuz alongside reports of strikes on UAE oil infrastructure.
- [Canadian election databases use "canary traps"—and they work](https://iwpost.com/canadian-election-databases-use-canary-traps-and-they-work/): In a world awash in high-tech security tools like passkeys, quantum-safe algorithms, and public-key cryptography, it can be refreshing to get back to the simple things… like a good old-fashioned canary trap.
- [UK set to enter talks to join the European Union’s $105.9 billion Ukraine loan](https://iwpost.com/uk-set-to-enter-talks-to-join-the-european-unions-105-9-billion-ukraine-loan/): Britain is set to enter talks to join the European Union’s 78 billion ‌pound loan ($106 billion) to Ukraine, the government said, in a further sign of deepening European defence ties under rising U.S.
- [Dolly Parton Reveals Health Battle After Body ‘Went Haywire’](https://iwpost.com/dolly-parton-reveals-health-battle-after-body-went-haywire/): Country legend Dolly Parton is finally opening up about the mysterious health issues that had fans worried — and it’s more serious than she first let on.
- ["Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original](https://iwpost.com/notepad-for-mac-release-is-disavowed-by-the-creator-of-the-original/): As its name implies, the venerable Notepad++ text editor began as a more capable version of the classic Windows Notepad, with features such as line numbering and syntax highlighting.
- [Have any lessons been learned from US failures in the Iran war?](https://iwpost.com/have-any-lessons-been-learned-from-us-failures-in-the-iran-war/): While the US military has had many achievements in the Iran conflict, it’s been far from cost free.
- [ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting](https://iwpost.com/propublica-and-the-connecticut-mirror-win-pulitzer-prize-for-local-reporting/): ProPublica and Local Reporting Network partner The Connecticut Mirror won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for what judges described as “an impressive series exposing how the state’s unique towing laws favored unscrupulous companies that overcharged residents, prompting swift and meaningful consumer protections.” It is the ninth Pulitzer for ProPublica.
- [1 in 5 amputees in Gaza is a child, UN warns amid prosthetic care crisis](https://iwpost.com/1-in-5-amputees-in-gaza-is-a-child-un-warns-amid-prosthetic-care-crisis/): 12 years old Palestinian Mohammed al-Mubayyid, who lost a leg in an Israeli attack on Gaza’s Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, is seen on a wheelchair in Gaza Strip on December 03, 2025.
- [Unofficial vibe-coded "Notepad++ for Mac" draws objections from original author](https://iwpost.com/unofficial-vibe-coded-notepad-for-mac-draws-objections-from-original-author/): As its name implies, the venerable Notepad++ text editor began as a more capable version of the classic Windows Notepad, with features such as line numbering and syntax highlighting.
- [NATO’s Rutte says Europeans have ‘gotten message’ from Trump](https://iwpost.com/natos-rutte-says-europeans-have-gotten-message-from-trump/): European nations have “gotten the message” from ​U.S.
- [China invokes rules to blunt US sanctions on ‘teapot’ refiners](https://iwpost.com/china-invokes-rules-to-blunt-us-sanctions-on-teapot-refiners/): China has invoked a five-year-old legal instrument for the first time to block the enforcement of United States sanctions on five mainland “teapot” oil refiners, including the newly sanctioned Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, which was accused of buying Iranian crude despite US restrictions.
- [University of Michigan Apologizes After Commencement Speech Praises Pro-Palestinian Activists](https://iwpost.com/university-of-michigan-apologizes-after-commencement-speech-praises-pro-palestinian-activists/): The University of Michigan apologized after Professor Derek Peterson, the outgoing Faculty Senate chair, praised pro-Palestinian student activists during Saturday’s spring commencement ceremony in Ann Arbor, prompting criticism from university leaders, Jewish groups, and candidates for the school’s Board of Regents.
- [Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags](https://iwpost.com/influential-study-touting-chatgpt-in-education-retracted-over-red-flags/): A study that claimed OpenAI’s ChatGPT can positively impact student learning has been retracted nearly one year after publication.
- [Hurricane Helene shattered lives — and the systems that keep people sober](https://iwpost.com/hurricane-helene-shattered-lives-and-the-systems-that-keep-people-sober/): This story was published in partnership with The Assembly.
- [Yankees Legend Dead at 87 After Health Battle](https://iwpost.com/yankees-legend-dead-at-87-after-health-battle/): The unmistakable voice that defined generations of baseball fans has gone silent.
- [After the oil shortage, the prospect of an oil surplus](https://iwpost.com/after-the-oil-shortage-the-prospect-of-an-oil-surplus/): It is a pleasing paradox, a bright light at the end of a dark Middle Eastern tunnel.
- [AMD is adding HDMI 2.1 support for Linux. That's good news for the Steam Machine.](https://iwpost.com/amd-is-adding-hdmi-2-1-support-for-linux-thats-good-news-for-the-steam-machine/): Last year, we noted how the long-standing vagaries of HDMI licensing and open source AMD driver development combined to prevent the upcoming Steam Machine from receiving official support for the HDMI 2.1 display standard.
- [Merz plays down US military withdrawal plans](https://iwpost.com/merz-plays-down-us-military-withdrawal-plans/): German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has insisted he will maintain close ties with Washington despite plans by Donald Trump to withdraw thousands of US troops.
- [Trump’s Hormuz ‘protection’ seeks ‘pretext for escalation’: Iran](https://iwpost.com/trumps-hormuz-protection-seeks-pretext-for-escalation-iran/): Iranian officials warned Sunday that US President Donald Trump’s newly announced plan to help “guide” stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz is an attempted provocation aimed at justifying additional military action against the Middle Eastern country.
- [US directs ships to transit Strait of Hormuz through Oman’s territorial waters](https://iwpost.com/us-directs-ships-to-transit-strait-of-hormuz-through-omans-territorial-waters/): The US Navy on Monday directed vessels seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz to route through Oman’s territorial waters south of the Traffic Separation Scheme, warning that the main shipping lane remained extremely hazardous due to sea mines that had not been fully surveyed or cleared, Anadolu reports.
- [Norwegian Professor Draws Outrage Over October 7 Remarks](https://iwpost.com/norwegian-professor-draws-outrage-over-october-7-remarks/): A professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has drawn condemnation after saying during an April 21 public lecture in Trondheim that the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack on Israel was “the most beautiful thing that has happened in our century,” according to Norwegian and Israeli media reports.
- [Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial](https://iwpost.com/musks-world-war-iii-threat-in-twitter-lawsuit-haunts-him-at-openai-trial/): Just days before the trial started, Elon Musk tried to settle his lawsuit, which alleges that under Sam Altman’s direction, OpenAI abandoned its mission to serve as a nonprofit making AI to benefit humanity.
- [Trump’s Killing Spree Isn’t Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into the U.S.](https://iwpost.com/trumps-killing-spree-isnt-stopping-the-flow-of-drugs-into-the-u-s/): The Pentagon claims that attacks on civilian boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have severely curtailed the import of illegal drugs to the United States.
- [Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-cites-national-security-in-stalling-165-wind-farms/): The Trump administration has brought US onshore wind development to a halt citing national security concerns, representing a major escalation in the president’s crusade against renewable energy.
- [EP Opens Submissions for Sixth Edition of Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism](https://iwpost.com/ep-opens-submissions-for-sixth-edition-of-daphne-caruana-galizia-prize-for-journalism/): The European Parliament on 4 May opened submissions for the sixth edition of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism, an annual award recognising outstanding reporting that upholds the European Union’s core values.
- [Gulf state cooperation has long been shaped by the threat of Iran − but shows of unity belie division](https://iwpost.com/gulf-state-cooperation-has-long-been-shaped-by-the-threat-of-iran-%e2%88%92-but-shows-of-unity-belie-division/): Arab Gulf countries, battered economically and physically by the war with Iran, were keen to put on a united front at a key regional meeting on April 28, 2026.
- [Thailand seizes on Hormuz fears to push land bridge dream](https://iwpost.com/thailand-seizes-on-hormuz-fears-to-push-land-bridge-dream/): BANGKOK – While Asia suffers from Strait of Hormuz blockades, Bangkok is offering Beijing, Singapore and others a planned multi-billion dollar “land bridge” across Thailand’s thin peninsula, to link shipping between the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand instead of south through the equatorial Strait of Malacca.
- [Passenger Attacks Flight Attendant, Tries to Storm Cockpit During Landing](https://iwpost.com/passenger-attacks-flight-attendant-tries-to-storm-cockpit-during-landing/): A routine flight turned into a full-blown nightmare when a “crazed” passenger allegedly attacked a flight attendant and tried to force his way into the cockpit just moments before landing in New Jersey.
- [Toyota built a $10 billion private utopia—what’s going on in there?](https://iwpost.com/toyota-built-a-10-billion-private-utopia-whats-going-on-in-there/): Toyota provided flights from Albany, New York, to Tokyo and accommodation so Ars could visit Woven City. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X.](https://iwpost.com/i-reached-out-to-the-white-house-counterterrorism-czar-for-comment-he-lashed-out-on-x/): Counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka is one of the most controversial figures in the Trump administration, a gate crasher in the buttoned-up world of national security.
- [Tanker Hit by Unknown Projectiles Off UAE Coast as UK Agency Urges Caution](https://iwpost.com/tanker-hit-by-unknown-projectiles-off-uae-coast-as-uk-agency-urges-caution/): Unknown projectiles hit a tanker about 78 nautical miles north of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, a UK maritime trade organization said on Monday, as authorities urged caution in the region.
- [Europe’s consummate systemic rival: Ursula von der Leyen](https://iwpost.com/europes-consummate-systemic-rival-ursula-von-der-leyen/): The most consequential threat to Europe in the past decade has not arrived from Moscow, Beijing or Washington.
- [Iran executes three men accused of links to Mossad and killing security officer](https://iwpost.com/iran-executes-three-men-accused-of-links-to-mossad-and-killing-security-officer/): Iranian authorities said three men have been executed after being convicted of collaborating with the Israeli spy agency, Mossad and, in one case, killing a member of the security forces during protests.
- [Cracker Barrel Pancake Recipe (Fluffy, Buttery & Better Than the Restaurant)](https://iwpost.com/cracker-barrel-pancake-recipe-fluffy-buttery-better-than-the-restaurant/): This Cracker Barrel Pancake Recipe gives you everything you love about the original: golden edges, soft fluffy centers, rich buttermilk flavor, and that homemade comfort-food feel—all with just a handful of simple ingredients.
- [West Asia’s old security order is dead and gone](https://iwpost.com/west-asias-old-security-order-is-dead-and-gone/): West Asia is not returning to the old regional order. Too many assumptions have failed, and too many actors have discovered the limits of their power.
- [Iconic Singer Dead at 79](https://iwpost.com/iconic-singer-dead-at-79/): The music world just lost one of its most unforgettable voices.
- [Pakistan Arrests Journalist and YouTuber in Lahore Over Alleged al-Qaida Links](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-arrests-journalist-and-youtuber-in-lahore-over-alleged-al-qaida-links/): Pakistani counterterrorism authorities arrested investigative journalist and YouTuber Muhammad Saad bin Riaz in Lahore during a joint intelligence operation, alleging that he had links to al-Qaida.
- [Global fragmentation is rewiring Asia’s economic future](https://iwpost.com/global-fragmentation-is-rewiring-asias-economic-future/): Asia became prosperous in an era of predictable globalization.
- [Iranian supertanker carrying $220M of oil evades US blockade, says tracker](https://iwpost.com/iranian-supertanker-carrying-220m-of-oil-evades-us-blockade-says-tracker/): An Iranian supertanker carrying nearly $220 million worth of oil has evaded US blockade efforts, TankerTrackers reported Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [Shurat HaDin Files Complaints Alleging Qatari Influence on ICC Prosecutor in Israel Warrants Case](https://iwpost.com/shurat-hadin-files-complaints-alleging-qatari-influence-on-icc-prosecutor-in-israel-warrants-case/): Shurat HaDin–Israel Law Center said it has filed criminal complaints with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and Israel’s attorney general, alleging attempts to improperly influence ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan in connection with arrest warrants against Israeli officials.
- [Prince Harry ‘More Miserable Than Ever’ According to Insiders](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-more-miserable-than-ever-according-to-insiders/): Harry, who walked away from royal life with Meghan Markle in 2020, has spent years trying to build a new world far from palace walls.
- [Iran sets one-month deadline for US to end naval blockade, wars in Iran, Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/iran-sets-one-month-deadline-for-us-to-end-naval-blockade-wars-in-iran-lebanon/): A view shows a large billboard displayed at Vanak Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 12, 2026.
- [California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water?](https://iwpost.com/california-will-soon-have-more-than-300-data-centers-where-will-they-get-their-water/): This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Florence Officials Condemn Threats Against Jews and Israeli Consul](https://iwpost.com/florence-officials-condemn-threats-against-jews-and-israeli-consul/): Italian officials from across the political spectrum condemned antisemitic and threatening graffiti found Sunday on walls in central Florence, after vandals targeted Jews and Marco Carrai, Israel’s honorary consul in Tuscany, with slogans invoking violence and death.
- [Secret Service Tackles ‘Unruly Man’ at Trump Golf Club (Video)](https://iwpost.com/secret-service-tackles-unruly-man-at-trump-golf-club-video/): Tensions are still running high around President Donald Trump — and a wild scene at his Florida golf resort just proved it.
- [Apple… The digital Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/apple-the-digital-strait-of-hormuz/): I return to my favourite writer, John Thornhill, and borrow from him that rare glint of insight.
- [New School Rejects Student Senate Vote To Defund Hillel Chapter](https://iwpost.com/new-school-rejects-student-senate-vote-to-defund-hillel-chapter/): The New School said Saturday that its University Student Senate had no authority to defund or cut ties with the university’s Hillel chapter, after student leaders voted Friday in New York City to declare the Jewish campus organization “not in good standing” over Israel-related programs and trips.
- [Jane Fonda Reveals Shocking Bombshell About Robert Redford](https://iwpost.com/jane-fonda-reveals-shocking-bombshell-about-robert-redford/): Hollywood icon Jane Fonda just dropped a jaw-dropping behind-the-scenes story about her longtime co-star and close friend Robert Redford—and it’s not what you’d expect from one of the most handsome leading men in movie history.
- [Iran strikes damaged 16 US military sites in Middle East, report claims](https://iwpost.com/iran-strikes-damaged-16-us-military-sites-in-middle-east-report-claims/): Iran and its allies struck no fewer than 16 US military sites in eight countries across the Middle East in the latest military conflict, leaving some of them “virtually unusable,” CNN reported on Friday citing sources.
- [Thai Police Raid Daycare With 89 Israeli Children, Arrest Iranian and Thai Operators](https://iwpost.com/thai-police-raid-daycare-with-89-israeli-children-arrest-iranian-and-thai-operators/): Thai authorities raided an unauthorized daycare on Koh Phangan on Friday, arresting several individuals and filing multiple charges after finding 89 Israeli children enrolled at a facility licensed for far fewer, Bangkok Post reported.
- [Nancy Guthrie’s Son-in-Law’s ‘Creepy’ School Video Resurfaces](https://iwpost.com/nancy-guthries-son-in-laws-creepy-school-video-resurfaces/): Three months after beloved 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished without a trace, the internet is once again buzzing — and this time, it’s all about her son-in-law.
- [UAE restores normal air traffic after war-related disruption](https://iwpost.com/uae-restores-normal-air-traffic-after-war-related-disruption/): The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority announced Saturday that air traffic has returned to normal air navigation and temporary precautionary measures imposed during the US-Israeli war on Iran have been lifted, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [White House Seeks May 11 Netanyahu and Aoun Meeting; Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets](https://iwpost.com/white-house-seeks-may-11-netanyahu-and-aoun-meeting-israel-strikes-hezbollah-targets/): US President Donald Trump is seeking to host a May 11 meeting at the White House between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, according to a report by the Lebanese network Al-Mayadeen citing a diplomatic source.
- [Umpire ‘Drops’ After Brutal Hit To The Face (Video)](https://iwpost.com/umpire-drops-after-brutal-hit-to-the-face-video/): It was supposed to be just another heated SEC showdown—but it turned into a terrifying scene that left fans holding their breath.
- [Rocket Report: Falcon Heavy is back; Russia's Soyuz-5 finally debuts](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-falcon-heavy-is-back-russias-soyuz-5-finally-debuts/): Welcome to Edition 8.39 of the Rocket Report!
- [Family Urges Immediate Release of Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi After ‘Catastrophic’ Health Decline](https://iwpost.com/family-urges-immediate-release-of-nobel-laureate-narges-mohammadi-after-catastrophic-health-decline/): Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been transferred from prison in Iran to a hospital following what her family’s foundation described as a “catastrophic deterioration in her health condition,” after months in custody without access to specialized medical care.
- [Stockholm protesters rally against Israeli strikes on Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran](https://iwpost.com/stockholm-protesters-rally-against-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-lebanon-and-iran/): Activists gathered in the Swedish capital on Saturday to protest Israel’s ongoing military offensives in the Gaza Strip, Iran and Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Women sue the men who used their Instagram feeds to create AI porn influencers](https://iwpost.com/women-sue-the-men-who-used-their-instagram-feeds-to-create-ai-porn-influencers/): A little over a year ago, MG was leading the relatively normal life of a twentysomething in Scottsdale, Arizona.
- [The ramifications of record-shattering heat on the West’s ecosystems](https://iwpost.com/the-ramifications-of-record-shattering-heat-on-the-wests-ecosystems/): This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Myanmar’s political makeover unmasked by revolutionary reality](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-political-makeover-unmasked-by-revolutionary-reality/): After five years of conflict and a tightly controlled election, Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, shed his uniform, named himself president and spoke of peace and reconciliation.
- [Apple may take "several months" to catch up to Mac mini and Studio demand](https://iwpost.com/apple-may-take-several-months-to-catch-up-to-mac-mini-and-studio-demand/): Apple’s Mac mini and Mac Studio desktops have been increasingly difficult to buy over the course of the year—multiple configurations are listed on Apple’s site as “currently unavailable,” which almost never happens, and others will take weeks or months to ship if you order them today.
- [Domino’s Delivery Driver Attacks Man Who Didn’t Tip](https://iwpost.com/dominos-delivery-driver-attacks-man-who-didnt-tip/): A routine pizza delivery took a terrifying turn in Missouri when a Domino’s driver allegedly snapped over a missing tip and used his car to settle the score.
- [Aid Groups Seek Hormuz Humanitarian Corridor as Supply Routes Strain](https://iwpost.com/aid-groups-seek-hormuz-humanitarian-corridor-as-supply-routes-strain/): Humanitarian organizations are calling for a protected aid corridor through the Strait of Hormuz after the Iran war and related shipping disruption drove up fuel costs, slowed deliveries, and threatened food and medical assistance to vulnerable countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
- [Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it's running out of time and cash](https://iwpost.com/virgin-galactic-reveals-new-ship-but-its-running-out-of-time-and-cash/): On Thursday, the publicly traded spaceflight company Virgin Galactic shared on social media a new photo of its next-generation spaceship being towed outside of its factory in Mesa, Arizona.
- [Applebee’s Chicken Wonton Tacos (Copycat Recipe)](https://iwpost.com/applebees-chicken-wonton-tacos-copycat-recipe/): If you’ve ever ordered Applebee’s Chicken Wonton Tacos and immediately wished you had ordered two more… you’re not alone.
- [China should borrow Britain’s tobacco-ban logic, not its law](https://iwpost.com/china-should-borrow-britains-tobacco-ban-logic-not-its-law/): Britain’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill, passed by Parliament in April and awaiting Royal Assent, would permanently bar the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009.
- [Over two-thirds of Germans think government lacks strategy on Iran war: Poll](https://iwpost.com/over-two-thirds-of-germans-think-government-lacks-strategy-on-iran-war-poll/): More than two-thirds of Germans think that their government lacks a clear strategy on how it should act in the Iran war, according to a survey published by the Internationale Politik news magazine on Saturday.
- [Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed](https://iwpost.com/research-roundup-6-cool-science-stories-we-almost-missed/): It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across.
- [RIP social media. What comes next is messy.](https://iwpost.com/rip-social-media-what-comes-next-is-messy/): Last fall, we featured an extensive interview with Petter Törnberg of the University of Amsterdam, who studies the underlying mechanisms of social media that give rise to its worst aspects: the partisan echo chambers, the concentration of influence among a small group of elite users (attention inequality), and the amplification of the most extreme divisive voices.
- [Trump administration claiming a ‘win’ against Iran – here’s a report card](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-claiming-a-win-against-iran-heres-a-report-card/): Two months into the war in Iran, the reasons the US gave for launching this conflict – and Washington’s minimum criteria for claiming success – now appear unintelligible.
- [Google unveils screenless Fitbit Air and Google Health app to replace Fitbit](https://iwpost.com/google-unveils-screenless-fitbit-air-and-google-health-app-to-replace-fitbit/): Wearables have really come full circle. The early Fitbits didn’t have screens, but the move to smartwatches put a screen on everyone’s wrist.
- [Drone threat hangs over Moscow as tensions escalate before May 9 parade](https://iwpost.com/drone-threat-hangs-over-moscow-as-tensions-escalate-before-may-9-parade/): Russia said on Thursday that air defences had destroyed 32 drones heading towards Moscow since the start of the day, as the country prepared for its May 9 Victory Day commemorations under heightened security concerns.
- [Khalilur Rahman is the master of Bangladesh’s strategic ambiguity](https://iwpost.com/khalilur-rahman-is-the-master-of-bangladeshs-strategic-ambiguity/): There are political operators who rise through ideology, and there are bureaucrats who rise through obedience.
- [What has Guterres supported in Gaza?](https://iwpost.com/what-has-guterres-supported-in-gaza/): In March this year, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had stated that the UN is “cooperating actively with structures created by the Board of Peace.” By the time Guterres made his statement, US Board of Peace High Representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov had already warned, in February this year, that Hamas bears the burden of Israel’s full resumption of genocide in Gaza if it fails to disarm.
- [Berlin and the Quiet Closing of a Door](https://iwpost.com/berlin-and-the-quiet-closing-of-a-door/): In September 2025, Israeli chef Eyal Shani opened a restaurant in Berlin. By April 2026, it was gone.
- [Teen Girl Falls to Her Death on Waterfall Swing After Warning Her Safety Rope Wasn’t Tight](https://iwpost.com/teen-girl-falls-to-her-death-on-waterfall-swing-after-warning-her-safety-rope-wasnt-tight/): A horrifying amusement accident in China has gone viral after a 16-year-old girl reportedly warned workers that her safety rope felt loose just moments before plunging into a gorge below.
- [Is your Porsche Taycan too slow at the Nürburgring? You need this Manthey Kit.](https://iwpost.com/is-your-porsche-taycan-too-slow-at-the-nurburgring-you-need-this-manthey-kit/): Porsche is known for building cars that really are extremely good right out of the box.
- [Designed to hurt Asia, Trump’s tariffs did the opposite](https://iwpost.com/designed-to-hurt-asia-trumps-tariffs-did-the-opposite/): When the Trump administration announced sweeping tariffs on Asian economies on April 2, 2025, the political framing was simple.
- [FDA vaccine studies censored by Trump admin after finding benefits of shots](https://iwpost.com/fda-vaccine-studies-censored-by-trump-admin-after-finding-benefits-of-shots/): Despite Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Severe storms batter Italy with heavy rain, hail and flood warnings](https://iwpost.com/severe-storms-batter-italy-with-heavy-rain-hail-and-flood-warnings/): Italy remained in the grip of severe weather on Thursday as heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail swept across several northern and central regions, prompting flood warnings and civil protection alerts.
- [At Least 79 Kids Have Been Harmed by Tear Gas or Pepper Spray During Trump’s Immigration Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/at-least-79-kids-have-been-harmed-by-tear-gas-or-pepper-spray-during-trumps-immigration-crackdown/): Harming Children: Kids were in cars, at home and walking to school when tear gas or pepper spray left them wheezing, coughing and struggling to breathe.
- [Hormuz crisis heats up Asia’s Arctic scramble](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-crisis-heats-up-asias-arctic-scramble/): The Strait of Hormuz crisis will be remembered for many things, but its most consequential legacy may be one that has barely entered the public debate.
- [Hezbollah Drone in Southern Lebanon Seriously Wounds One IDF Soldier, Injures 3 Others Lightly](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-drone-in-southern-lebanon-seriously-wounds-one-idf-soldier-injures-3-others-lightly/): An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier was seriously wounded, and three other soldiers were lightly injured after an explosive drone struck troops in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the military said.
- [The animated version of the iconic "Hello, world" image reveals striking new details](https://iwpost.com/the-animated-version-of-the-iconic-hello-world-image-reveals-striking-new-details/): The astronauts flying aboard the Artemis II mission to the Moon last month took a lot of pictures, and a few dozen of the best ones were released during and shortly afterward the flight.
- [Crunch time for Japan-Russia as energy and security collide](https://iwpost.com/crunch-time-for-japan-russia-as-energy-and-security-collide/): An oil tanker from the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas extraction project arrived at Taiyo Oil’s refinery at Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on May 5, signaling that Japan’s efforts to diversify away from the Persian Gulf have gone as far as to include some improvement in relations with Russia.
- [Elderly American Tourist Dies While Snorkeling at Cruise Line’s Private Island](https://iwpost.com/elderly-american-tourist-dies-while-snorkeling-at-cruise-lines-private-island/): What was supposed to be a relaxing tropical getaway turned tragic after an 83-year-old American cruise passenger died during a snorkeling excursion in the Bahamas.
- [Football is not ‘the beautiful game’ when it collaborates with genocide](https://iwpost.com/football-is-not-the-beautiful-game-when-it-collaborates-with-genocide/): FIFA President Gianni Infantino played an infantile game at the 76th FIFA congress when he encouraged the Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub and Israel’s FA Vice President Basim Sheikh Suliman to shake hands.
- [Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good](https://iwpost.com/spooked-by-mythos-trump-suddenly-realized-ai-safety-testing-might-be-good/): This week, the Trump administration backpedaled and signed agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI to run government safety checks on the firms’ frontier AI models before and after their release.
- [Two drones from Russia crash in Latvia, damage oil storage facility](https://iwpost.com/two-drones-from-russia-crash-in-latvia-damage-oil-storage-facility/): Two drones ​entered NATO member Latvia from Russian territory and crashed, the Latvian ‌army said on Thursday morning.
- [Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall](https://iwpost.com/trump-bulldozed-a-1000-year-old-archaeological-site-to-make-room-for-a-second-border-wall/): A rare archaeological site in the Sonoran Desert was bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in building the latest sections of Donald Trump’s border wall, according to multiple sources briefed on the incident.
- [TSMC taps wind power as AI chip demand soars, Taiwan feels energy crunch](https://iwpost.com/tsmc-taps-wind-power-as-ai-chip-demand-soars-taiwan-feels-energy-crunch/): Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC is raking in record profits during the AI boom—but it is also racing to help Taiwan develop wind power and other energy alternatives to fossil fuels amid a global energy crisis.
- [Family of Journalist Austin Tice Kidnapped in Syria Says He Could Be Alive in Iran ](https://iwpost.com/family-of-journalist-austin-tice-kidnapped-in-syria-says-he-could-be-alive-in-iran/): The family of missing American journalist Austin Tice believes he is alive and may have been transferred to Iran after the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in 2024, according to statements by his sister Naomi Tice.
- [China has played key role in Iran war and will continue to do so](https://iwpost.com/china-has-played-key-role-in-iran-war-and-will-continue-to-do-so/): An Iranian walks next to an anti-US mural in a street in Tehran on May 4.
- [Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-raises-claude-code-usage-limits-credits-new-deal-with-spacex/): SAN FRANCISCO—At its Code with Claude developer conference on Wednesday, Anthropic announced a deal with SpaceX to utilize the entire compute capacity of the latter’s data center in Memphis, Tennessee.
- [Sweden announces new spy agency in rethink prompted by war in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/sweden-announces-new-spy-agency-in-rethink-prompted-by-war-in-ukraine/): Sweden has announced plans to establish a new foreign intelligence agency as part of a broader security overhaul driven by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- [Melania Trump Brutally Trolled After ‘Struggling’ to Read (Video)](https://iwpost.com/melania-trump-brutally-trolled-after-struggling-to-read-video/): Melania Trump is once again finding herself at the center of online backlash — this time after stumbling through part of a public speech while introducing husband Donald Trump at a White House event honoring military mothers ahead of Mother’s Day.
- [Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill 16, wound 21, damage school despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israeli-strikes-in-lebanon-kill-16-wound-21-damage-school-despite-ceasefire/): Israeli drone and air strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon killed 16 people and wounded 21 others, including paramedics, and damaged a school, Lebanese officials said on Wednesday, in the latest apparent violation of a ceasefire, Anadolu reports.
- [Nearly $1 billion in oil shorts bet just before Iran peace report](https://iwpost.com/nearly-1-billion-in-oil-shorts-bet-just-before-iran-peace-report/): Observers are once again raising concerns about insider trading on Wednesday after a trader took a colossal crude oil short position just over an hour before a US-Iran peace deal was reported to be on the horizon, causing prices to fall.
- [SpaceX is starting to move on from the world's most successful rocket](https://iwpost.com/spacex-is-starting-to-move-on-from-the-worlds-most-successful-rocket/): It is far too soon to mention retirement, but astute observers of the space industry have noticed SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket is not launching as often as it used to.
- [Lawyer on EEOC’s New York Times Lawsuit Has History Battling Discrimination Against Men](https://iwpost.com/lawyer-on-eeocs-new-york-times-lawsuit-has-history-battling-discrimination-against-men/): The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a key achievement of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and the federal agency tasked with protecting American workers from employment discrimination, sued the New York Times on behalf of a white man claiming the company discriminated against him based on his race and sex.
- [Yeshiva University President Says Faith Must Have ‘a Seat at the Table’ as AI Takes Shape](https://iwpost.com/yeshiva-university-president-says-faith-must-have-a-seat-at-the-table-as-ai-takes-shape/): Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman does not talk like a university president under siege.
- [US declares war in Iran ‘over’ to avoid row with Congress over whether it was legal](https://iwpost.com/us-declares-war-in-iran-over-to-avoid-row-with-congress-over-whether-it-was-legal/): Operation Epic Fury is over.
- [Court strikes down FCC anti-discrimination rule opposed by Internet providers](https://iwpost.com/court-strikes-down-fcc-anti-discrimination-rule-opposed-by-internet-providers/): An appeals court today struck down federal rules that prohibit discrimination in access to broadband services, delivering a victory to telecom and cable lobby groups.
- [MEPs back wider EU vehicle checks, reject shorter inspection intervals](https://iwpost.com/meps-back-wider-eu-vehicle-checks-reject-shorter-inspection-intervals/): EU lawmakers have backed plans to broaden where and how vehicles are tested for roadworthiness across the bloc, while pushing back against proposals to increase the frequency of mandatory inspections.
- [Victory in Iran is nothing short of finishing it off](https://iwpost.com/victory-in-iran-is-nothing-short-of-finishing-it-off/): In the part of the world that includes Iran, if you have to explain that you won you have in fact lost.
- [Cheesy Chicken Crescent Bake – Creamy, Cozy & Irresistible](https://iwpost.com/cheesy-chicken-crescent-bake-creamy-cozy-irresistible/): If you’re looking for the ultimate comfort food, this Cheesy Chicken Crescent Bake is exactly what you need.
- [Google DeepMind partners with EVE Online for AI model testing](https://iwpost.com/google-deepmind-partners-with-eve-online-for-ai-model-testing/): The research partnership comes as the management behind EVE Online developer CCP Games announced that they have spent $120 million to buy themselves out from their former owners at South Korean publisher Pearl Abyss (Crimson Desert).
- [Rural North Carolina fights back against PFAS contamination](https://iwpost.com/rural-north-carolina-fights-back-against-pfas-contamination/): For more than half a century, residents of Sampson County, North Carolina have watched their local landfill grow to nearly 1,300 acres, becoming the largest in the state.
- [Dad Fatally Shoots Carjacker Trying to Steal Car with His Children Inside](https://iwpost.com/dad-fatally-shoots-carjacker-trying-to-steal-car-with-his-children-inside/): A terrifying attempted carjacking in Texas ended with a father fatally shooting a suspect who allegedly tried to steal his car while his family — including several young children — was still sitting inside.
- [China has played a key role in the Iran war – and will continue to do so](https://iwpost.com/china-has-played-a-key-role-in-the-iran-war-and-will-continue-to-do-so/): Donald Trump has paused “Project Freedom”, the US operation aimed at restoring commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Korea and Taiwan: When an AI boom lifts a nation](https://iwpost.com/korea-and-taiwan-when-an-ai-boom-lifts-a-nation/): I have had the rare privilege of conducting on-the-ground equity research in both Korea and Taiwan at different stages of my career.
- [Palestine Coalition issue formal complaint against the Metropolitan Police Commissioner over his accusations of antisemitism](https://iwpost.com/palestine-coalition-issue-formal-complaint-against-the-metropolitan-police-commissioner-over-his-accusations-of-antisemitism/): The Palestine Coalition has today commenced a formal complaint with the London Mayor’s Office over comments by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley.
- [‘Deeply Shocking’: Arrest of Pakistani Journalist Spurs Dispute Over al-Qaida Allegations](https://iwpost.com/deeply-shocking-arrest-of-pakistani-journalist-spurs-dispute-over-al-qaida-allegations/): [ISLAMABAD] Pakistani journalist and YouTuber Muhammad Saad bin Riaz has been sent to jail on judicial remand in Lahore after counterterrorism authorities accused him of promoting al-Qaida and possessing banned material, allegations his family, colleagues, and some analysts strongly dispute.
- [Report: SpaceX IPO gives Musk unchecked power and forbids investor lawsuits](https://iwpost.com/report-spacex-ipo-gives-musk-unchecked-power-and-forbids-investor-lawsuits/): SpaceX’s plan to go public will reportedly give CEO Elon Musk “virtually unchecked executive authority” and limit the rights of shareholders to sue the company.
- [Cruise ship infections rise with the WHO now confirming eight cases](https://iwpost.com/cruise-ship-infections-rise-with-the-who-now-confirming-eight-cases/): The World Health Organization has confirmed an eighth hantavirus case linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, as health authorities continue to investigate an outbreak that has already resulted in three deaths.
- [Portland AI Company Ships Targeting Tech to Israeli Drone Maker](https://iwpost.com/portland-ai-company-ships-targeting-tech-to-israeli-drone-maker/): A company in Portland, Oregon, that specializes in AI targeting for drones has made significant shipments of materials to military contractors in Israel, according to cargo data reviewed by The Intercept.
- [Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods](https://iwpost.com/texas-lawmakers-repeatedly-failed-to-pass-legislation-that-could-have-protected-residents-from-deadly-floods/): Decades of Inaction: Texas lawmakers have for years rejected legislation that could have protected residents in the state’s flood-prone areas.
- [China’s J-35AE for Pakistan risks nuclear escalation with India](https://iwpost.com/chinas-j-35ae-for-pakistan-risks-nuclear-escalation-with-india/): China may be preparing to supply Pakistan with a stealth fighter that could give Islamabad a new edge in striking deep into India—and unsettle an already fragile nuclear balance.
- [Here's what has to happen if NASA wants to land on the Moon every month](https://iwpost.com/heres-what-has-to-happen-if-nasa-wants-to-land-on-the-moon-every-month/): NASA’s goal of reaching the Moon’s surface as many as 21 times over the next two and a half years will require an overhaul of the agency’s approach to buying lunar landers and success in rectifying the myriad problems that have, so far, caused three of the last four US landing attempts to falter.
- [Rubio is right about Iran’s economic nuke — that’s the problem](https://iwpost.com/rubio-is-right-about-irans-economic-nuke-thats-the-problem/): A German naval vessel named the Fulda is in the Mediterranean, ready to do the one thing without which the Strait of Hormuz cannot physically reopen: find and clear the mines Iran planted and has since lost track of, the ones the US Pentagon told Congress could take six months to remove.
- [Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!](https://iwpost.com/ars-asks-share-your-shell-and-show-us-your-tricked-out-terminals/): I spend more time today than ever before interacting with terminal windows, which is something I don’t think Past Me would have believed in the early ’90s.
- [‘Putin only cares about parades’: fury as Russia rains missiles on Ukraine during 24-hour truce](https://iwpost.com/putin-only-cares-about-parades-fury-as-russia-rains-missiles-on-ukraine-during-24-hour-truce/): Kyiv has accused Russia of escalating attacks overnight, launching more than 100 drones and three missiles at multiple Ukrainian cities despite a unilateral 24-hour ceasefire announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- [Terrifying Video Shows Drunk Driver Chasing Child on Dirt Bike Through Neighborhood](https://iwpost.com/terrifying-video-shows-drunk-driver-chasing-child-on-dirt-bike-through-neighborhood/): A quiet Washington neighborhood was turned into a scene of pure panic after a shocking video captured the moment an alleged drunk driver veered onto a sidewalk and appeared to chase down a child riding a dirt bike.
- [India’s energy risk surges as sea routes turn strategic](https://iwpost.com/indias-energy-risk-surges-as-sea-routes-turn-strategic/): When Indonesia recently signaled that it may monetize transit through the Strait of Malacca, it heralded a fundamental shift in how maritime geography is being used or misused.
- [President Trump’s Project Freedom Pause Leaves Gulf Crisis on a Knife Edge](https://iwpost.com/president-trumps-project-freedom-pause-leaves-gulf-crisis-on-a-knife-edge/): Giorgia Valente reports on a Gulf crisis that has moved from maritime pressure to direct attacks on the United Arab Emirates, with Iranian missiles and drones targeting Emirati territory and maritime assets on May 4 and 5.
- [UAE president receives solidarity calls after attacks from Iran](https://iwpost.com/uae-president-receives-solidarity-calls-after-attacks-from-iran/): United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed received calls of solidarity from regional and international leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the Gulf state reported a second day of attacks from Iran, according to the state news agency WAM on Wednesday.
- [Musk's Europe gamble: Will others follow the Dutch and approve FSD?](https://iwpost.com/musks-europe-gamble-will-others-follow-the-dutch-and-approve-fsd/): Following last year’s Tesla shareholder vote, CEO Elon Musk’s near-incomprehensible wealth is now inextricably linked in part to the number of active “FSD” subscriptions his electric car company can sign up.
- [She Opposed His Plan for a Blockchain City. Now He’s Bankrolling Her Primary Opponent.](https://iwpost.com/she-opposed-his-plan-for-a-blockchain-city-now-hes-bankrolling-her-primary-opponent/): Five years ago, a Nevada state senator helped kill a crypto tycoon’s vision of a blockchain city in the Reno desert.
- [Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth](https://iwpost.com/babies-are-bleeding-to-death-as-parents-reject-a-vitamin-shot-given-at-birth/): An Essential Shot: Vitamin K shots, which help the blood to clot, are one of three key interventions for newborns, along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.
- [The Epstein Files: the AI podcast that sounds like journalism but isn’t](https://iwpost.com/the-epstein-files-the-ai-podcast-that-sounds-like-journalism-but-isnt/): Podcasting has become one of our most intimate cultural forms.
- [Philippines first to lose a grip on Iran war-stoked inflation](https://iwpost.com/philippines-first-to-lose-a-grip-on-iran-war-stoked-inflation/): TOKYO — The Philippines’ shock inflation spike in April is a serious warning sign — an economic canary in the coal mine that shouldn’t be ignored.
- [Charlize Theron is a bewitching Circe in Odyssey trailer](https://iwpost.com/charlize-theron-is-a-bewitching-circe-in-odyssey-trailer/): Over the last year, Christopher Nolan and Universal Pictures have been trickling out sneak peeks and teasers for Nolan’s forthcoming film version of The Odyssey, adapting Homer’s classic poem.
- [CMA CGM container ship hit in Strait of Hormuz, injuring crew](https://iwpost.com/cma-cgm-container-ship-hit-in-strait-of-hormuz-injuring-crew/): French shipping giant CMA CGM reported that its vessel San Antonio was attacked while passing through the Strait of Hormuz, leaving several crew members injured and the ship damaged.
- [How China quietly erased Taiwan from coffee’s world stage](https://iwpost.com/how-china-quietly-erased-taiwan-from-coffees-world-stage/): When Bala stepped onto the podium in San Diego in April, holding the trophy for the 2026 World Latte Art Championship, the backdrop behind him said “Luckin Coffee” — the Chinese chain that was an official sponsor of the event.
- [President Trump Suspends Strait of Hormuz Operation as Iran Claims US ‘Retreat’](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-suspends-strait-of-hormuz-operation-as-iran-claims-us-retreat/): Operation “Project Freedom” governing the transit of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, will be “paused for a short period of time” President Trump announced on Truth Social.
- [Trump SEC lets Musk settle $150 million Twitter lawsuit for $1.5 million](https://iwpost.com/trump-sec-lets-musk-settle-150-million-twitter-lawsuit-for-1-5-million/): The Trump administration is letting Elon Musk pay a $1.5 million fine to settle a lawsuit that originally sought at least $150 million.
- [3 People Killed, 2 Injured After Plane Crashes into Residential Building Minutes After Takeoff](https://iwpost.com/3-people-killed-2-injured-after-plane-crashes-into-residential-building-minutes-after-takeoff/): A routine takeoff turned into a deadly disaster in Brazil when a small plane slammed into a residential building just minutes after leaving the runway.
- [AI chiefs in a big ‘jobocalypse’ messaging swerve](https://iwpost.com/ai-chiefs-in-a-big-jobocalypse-messaging-swerve/): In fact, this shift represents more evolution than revolution.
- [Israeli army chief, air force commanders acknowledge October 2023 failure](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-chief-air-force-commanders-acknowledge-october-2023-failure/): Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and the outgoing and new air force commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the military failed during the Oct. 7, 2023 events.
- [Character.AI sued over chatbot that claims to be a real doctor with a license](https://iwpost.com/character-ai-sued-over-chatbot-that-claims-to-be-a-real-doctor-with-a-license/): Pennsylvania has sued the maker of Character.AI, alleging that it violated state law by presenting an AI chatbot character as a licensed doctor.
- [EU Split on Market Supervision Risks Delaying Competitiveness Push](https://iwpost.com/eu-split-on-market-supervision-risks-delaying-competitiveness-push/): Divisions among EU member states over the supervision of capital markets are threatening to slow progress on the bloc’s wider competitiveness agenda.
- [Hegseth Clings to Phony Ceasefire to Help Trump Evade War Powers Pressure](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-clings-to-phony-ceasefire-to-help-trump-evade-war-powers-pressure/): The Trump administration is tying itself in knots, clinging to a ceasefire with Iran that now remains in name only.
- [Trump’s leaky Hormuz blockade needs Malacca control to work](https://iwpost.com/trumps-leaky-hormuz-blockade-needs-malacca-control-to-work/): Iranian oil is slipping US blockade and moving through the Strait of Malacca.
- [Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean](https://iwpost.com/silicon-valley-bets-200m-on-ai-data-centers-floating-in-the-ocean/): Silicon Valley investors such as Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel have bet hundreds of millions of dollars on deploying AI data centers powered by waves in the middle of the world’s oceans—a move that coincides with tech companies facing mounting challenges in building AI data center projects on land.
- [US fast-tracks new ship-killer missile to point at China](https://iwpost.com/us-fast-tracks-new-ship-killer-missile-to-point-at-china/): The US Army’s fast-tracked anti-ship missile could fill a key Pacific gap, but its deterrent value will hinge on production capacity, launcher survivability and China’s continued preference for coercion over invasion in Taiwan.
- [Nearly 60% of Israelis Say Ending the War Is Not in Line With Security Interests](https://iwpost.com/nearly-60-of-israelis-say-ending-the-war-is-not-in-line-with-security-interests/): A majority of Israelis believe ending the war with Iran under current conditions would not achieve the country’s security goals, according to a survey released May 05, 2026 by the Israel Democracy Institute.
- [Meta to expand teen safeguards to 27 EU countries, Facebook safeguards in June](https://iwpost.com/meta-to-expand-teen-safeguards-to-27-eu-countries-facebook-safeguards-in-june/): Meta Platforms will expand technology safeguards for ​teen accounts to 27 European Union countries and ‌to Facebook in the United States, the U.S.
- [OpenAI president forced to read his personal diary entries to jury](https://iwpost.com/openai-president-forced-to-read-his-personal-diary-entries-to-jury/): Greg Brockman never wanted to discuss his personal journal in public.
- [Boy Dies After Being Sucked into Jacuzzi Filter at Hotel During Family Vacation ](https://iwpost.com/boy-dies-after-being-sucked-into-jacuzzi-filter-at-hotel-during-family-vacation/): A family getaway turned into a nightmare in Italy after a 12-year-old boy died following a horrific accident inside a hotel spa.
- [Broiled Salmon Fillets](https://iwpost.com/broiled-salmon-fillets/): If you’re looking for a healthy, elegant dinner that feels restaurant-worthy but comes together with minimal effort, these Broiled Salmon Fillets are exactly what you need.
- [The method in Iran’s madness? Closure of Strait of Hormuz echoes a centuries-old Danish play − and is a tragedy for the world order](https://iwpost.com/the-method-in-irans-madness-closure-of-strait-of-hormuz-echoes-a-centuries-old-danish-play-%e2%88%92-and-is-a-tragedy-for-the-world-order/): More than two months into the war in Iran, navigation through the Strait of Hormuz – the key waterway through which more than a third of the international trade in oil and gas passes – remains perilous and uncertain.
- [Hegseth claims ceasefire holds despite attacks on Iranian vessels](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-claims-ceasefire-holds-despite-attacks-on-iranian-vessels/): This picture was made on April 19, before the ceasefire, when the US Navy fired on an Iranian ship that was trying to get past the American blockade.
- [Iran denies attacking UAE, warns of ‘decisive response’ if strikes launched from its territory](https://iwpost.com/iran-denies-attacking-uae-warns-of-decisive-response-if-strikes-launched-from-its-territory/): Iran’s armed forces denied carrying out any missile or drone attacks against the United Arab Emirates in recent days, Iranian state media IRIB reported Tuesday.
- [Mamdani Condemns NYC Expo Promoting Property Sales in Israeli West Bank Settlements](https://iwpost.com/mamdani-condemns-nyc-expo-promoting-property-sales-in-israeli-west-bank-settlements/): A roving real-estate expo for land sales in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories is set to hold an event at a New York synagogue on Tuesday, drawing a rebuke from Mayor Zohran Mamdani over the potential for land sales that violate international law.
- [OpenAI president explains to jury why his diary entries sound greedy](https://iwpost.com/openai-president-explains-to-jury-why-his-diary-entries-sound-greedy/): Greg Brockman never wanted to discuss his personal journal in public.
- [Trump-Xi summit at best may codify new US-China coexistence rules](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-at-best-may-codify-new-us-china-coexistence-rules/): Next week, when President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping, the choreography will be in quintessential familiar style.
- [Does Syria’s Rise in the Press Freedom Index Reflect Reality?](https://iwpost.com/does-syrias-rise-in-the-press-freedom-index-reflect-reality/): Syria climbed 36 places in the 2026 Reporters Without Borders ranking, but deep constraints on independent journalism remain.
- [Trump takes fresh potshots at Pope Leo as Rubio prepares for Vatican meeting](https://iwpost.com/trump-takes-fresh-potshots-at-pope-leo-as-rubio-prepares-for-vatican-meeting/): U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio expects a “frank” meeting with Pope Leo during a visit to the Vatican this week, the ​U.S.
- [Shutting Iran’s oil wells may be straightforward – but the consequences are not](https://iwpost.com/shutting-irans-oil-wells-may-be-straightforward-but-the-consequences-are-not/): The Strait of Hormuz – the narrow waterway through which between 20% and 25% of the world’s seaborne oil normally passes – has been effectively closed for just over two months.
- [Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack](https://iwpost.com/widely-used-daemon-tools-disk-app-backdoored-in-monthlong-supply-chain-attack/): Daemon Tools, a widely used app for mounting disk images, has been backdoored in a monthlong compromise that has pushed malicious updates from the servers of its developer, researchers said Tuesday.
- [Cities are rehearsing for deadly heat. Will it help when disaster comes?](https://iwpost.com/cities-are-rehearsing-for-deadly-heat-will-it-help-when-disaster-comes/): On a sunny Friday afternoon in October 2023, some 70 children filed into a cool, dark tunnel in the south of Paris to help the city rehearse for its increasingly hot future.
- [Trump, invite Xi to make Chinese cars in the US, with conditions](https://iwpost.com/trump-invite-xi-to-make-chinese-cars-in-the-us-with-conditions/): A Polestar 4 at the Polestar factory in Hangzhou Bay, China. Models sold in North America will be built in South Korea.
- [Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls](https://iwpost.com/google-home-gets-upgraded-gemini-voice-assistant-and-new-camera-controls/): Google launched its big AI-fueled redesign of Google Home late last year, and it has been adding features here and there ever since.
- [Deputy Sheriff Fired After Shocking Brawl with Umpire at Son’s Baseball Game (Video)](https://iwpost.com/deputy-sheriff-fired-after-shocking-brawl-with-umpire-at-sons-baseball-game-video/): What should have been a fun, family-friendly youth baseball tournament ended in chaos after a sheriff’s deputy-turned-coach allegedly got into a shocking on-field brawl with an umpire—right in front of kids and parents.
- [Clavicular and the Right-Wing Project to Radicalize Young Men](https://iwpost.com/clavicular-and-the-right-wing-project-to-radicalize-young-men/): Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement.
- [A New Look for ProPublica](https://iwpost.com/a-new-look-for-propublica/): You may have noticed things look a little different when visiting ProPublica’s website recently or encountering our work on other platforms, such as Apple News or Instagram.
- [Europe’s dilemma – to use China’s turbines to meet its renewable targets or not](https://iwpost.com/europes-dilemma-to-use-chinas-turbines-to-meet-its-renewable-targets-or-not/): Europe’s wind turbines have become part of a wider struggle over energy security, industrial power and the west’s dependence on China.
- [Crypto exchange Coinbase to cut about 14% of workforce](https://iwpost.com/crypto-exchange-coinbase-to-cut-about-14-of-workforce/): Coinbase said on Tuesday it ​will cut about 700 ‌jobs, or about 14% of its global workforce, ​as part of a ​restructuring plan aimed at ⁠reducing costs and repositioning ​the business for the ​AI era.
- [MEPs advance overhaul of social security coordination system](https://iwpost.com/meps-advance-overhaul-of-social-security-coordination-system/): The European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee has endorsed a provisional agreement with EU member states on updated rules coordinating social security systems across the bloc.
- [DNA identifies four more crew members of doomed Franklin expedition](https://iwpost.com/dna-identifies-four-more-crew-members-of-doomed-franklin-expedition/): Archaeologists continue to use DNA analysis to identify the recovered remains of the doomed crew members of Captain Sir John S.
- [Tennessee GOP Moves to Decimate Black Voting Power After Supreme Court’s Blessing of Jim Crow](https://iwpost.com/tennessee-gop-moves-to-decimate-black-voting-power-after-supreme-courts-blessing-of-jim-crow/): The ink had barely dried on the Supreme Court’s ruling to gut the Voting Rights Act when Republican lawmakers raced to deliver on the barely veiled promises of the court’s decision: the decimation of Black political power and a revival of Jim Crow-era racist voter suppression.
- [US says 58 commercial vessels redirected under naval blockade of Iran](https://iwpost.com/us-says-58-commercial-vessels-redirected-under-naval-blockade-of-iran/): The United States said Saturday that 58 commercial vessels attempting to enter or leave Iranian ports have been redirected under a US naval blockade targeting Iranian maritime traffic, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Chrome's 4GB AI model isn't new, but you're not wrong for being confused](https://iwpost.com/chromes-4gb-ai-model-isnt-new-but-youre-not-wrong-for-being-confused/): All of Google’s products have been getting more AI features, including Chrome, which now offers split-screen Gemini chatbot support, the ability to automate web browsing, and more.
- [Fragile US-Iran ceasefire shaken by exchange of strikes in Gulf](https://iwpost.com/fragile-us-iran-ceasefire-shaken-by-exchange-of-strikes-in-gulf/): The United States launched what it described as “self-defense” strikes against Iranian military targets after three US Navy destroyers came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, sharply escalating tensions in one of the world’s most strategically important waterways.
- [Trump Drops Massive UFO Document Dump That Has America Buzzing](https://iwpost.com/trump-drops-massive-ufo-document-dump-that-has-america-buzzing/): The truth may finally be out there — and Washington just cracked the vault wide open.
- [Post-pax world needs a post-Cartesian mind](https://iwpost.com/post-pax-world-needs-a-post-cartesian-mind/): Ravi Kant’s recent Asia Times essay argues that the next world order will not be built like the old ones. Pax Britannica rested on sea lanes and finance.
- [Explosion Reports Near Hormuz Add New Uncertainty to US-Iran Ceasefire Effort](https://iwpost.com/explosion-reports-near-hormuz-add-new-uncertainty-to-us-iran-ceasefire-effort/): As of Thursday night, the US-Iran conflict is moving through a fragile and dangerous phase: Tehran is reviewing a US ceasefire proposal, Washington is trying to preserve pressure without collapsing diplomacy, Gulf Arab states are split between cooperation and caution, Europe is aligning with Washington on preventing a nuclear-armed Iran, Israel is watching the Iran issue while striking Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Iranian media are reporting unexplained explosion-like sounds near the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Elon Musk faces criminal probe in France after ignoring summons in X case](https://iwpost.com/elon-musk-faces-criminal-probe-in-france-after-ignoring-summons-in-x-case/): French prosecutors yesterday opened a criminal investigation into Elon Musk and X, escalating a probe into sexual images of minors and other alleged illegal content on Musk’s social network.
- [Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking](https://iwpost.com/dodging-foia-could-now-mean-arrest-and-strip-search-depending-on-whos-asking/): Lauren Harper is Freedom of the Press Foundation’s first Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy.
- [The new Wild West of AI kids’ toys](https://iwpost.com/the-new-wild-west-of-ai-kids-toys/): The main antagonist of Toy Story 5, in theaters this summer, is a green, frog-shaped kids’ tablet named Lilypad, a genius new villain for the beloved Pixar franchise.
- [Nuclear holocaust threat just another day in Trump World](https://iwpost.com/nuclear-holocaust-threat-just-another-day-in-trump-world/): Donald Trump has made several veiled nuclear attack threats against Iran.
- [Moscow on high alert Saturday as drone war overshadows Victory Day truce](https://iwpost.com/moscow-on-high-alert-saturday-as-drone-war-overshadows-victory-day-truce/): Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of violating a unilateral ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Putin to coincide with World War II Victory Day commemorations, as fighting, drone strikes and sweeping security measures continued into the weekend.
- [Tunisia court sentences former Ennahda leader’s office director to 14 years in prison](https://iwpost.com/tunisia-court-sentences-former-ennahda-leaders-office-director-to-14-years-in-prison/): A Tunisian court sentenced Faouzi Kamoun, the former office director of Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi, to 14 years in prison after convicting him on “money laundering” charges, according to media reports.
- [Court rules Trump's 10% tariff is just as illegal as the tariff it replaced](https://iwpost.com/court-rules-trumps-10-tariff-is-just-as-illegal-as-the-tariff-it-replaced/): The day after the Supreme Court struck down a set of Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, the president quickly imposed another, using a never-before-invoked provision of a decades-old trade law to order a global 10 percent tariff on most imports.
- [Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls – Soft, Buttery & Irresistible](https://iwpost.com/copycat-texas-roadhouse-rolls-soft-buttery-irresistible/): If you’ve ever found yourself filling up on those famous rolls before your meal even arrives, you’re not alone!
- [How Pakistan became the world’s most useful middle power](https://iwpost.com/how-pakistan-became-the-worlds-most-useful-middle-power/): As geopolitical competition intensifies across multiple regions, countries capable of maintaining working relationships with rival powers are becoming increasingly valuable.
- [OPINION – Don’t Fall Into the Iranian Trap](https://iwpost.com/opinion-dont-fall-into-the-iranian-trap/): The American administration must ensure that it does not fall into a trap that Iran is seemingly setting.
- [Glamorous TV Evangelical ‘Mysteriously’ Dead at 65](https://iwpost.com/glamorous-tv-evangelical-mysteriously-dead-at-65/): Joni Lamb, the glamorous and controversial co-founder of the massive Christian broadcaster Daystar Television Network, has died at 65 after quietly battling what the network described as a series of “serious health matters” behind closed doors.
- [The unprecedented and deadly cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, explained](https://iwpost.com/the-unprecedented-and-deadly-cruise-ship-hantavirus-outbreak-explained/): An unprecedented outbreak of hantavirus has rocked a luxury cruise ship off the coast of West Africa, triggering a tsunami of news stories and a flood of post-pandemic anxiety.
- [Europeans celebrate unity, values and democracy on Europe Day 2026 ](https://iwpost.com/europeans-celebrate-unity-values-and-democracy-on-europe-day-2026/): On 9 May, Europeans will celebrate Europe Day.
- [When the world’s greatest power can’t win](https://iwpost.com/when-the-worlds-greatest-power-cant-win/): For three decades after the Cold War, Washington operated under a dangerous assumption: that military supremacy could indefinitely compensate for diplomatic exhaustion.
- [Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market](https://iwpost.com/sony-says-efficient-ai-tools-will-lead-to-even-more-games-flooding-the-market/): Anyone following the modern game industry knows that easy-to-use game engines and the accelerating shift to digital distribution have helped enable a massive increase in the quantity of commercial games released each year, both on console storefronts and especially on Steam.
- [Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court](https://iwpost.com/big-finance-might-be-dooming-the-splc-even-before-its-day-in-court/): Rainey Reitman is the author of “Transaction Denied: Big Finance’s Power to Punish Speech,” and the co-founder and board president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
- [Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.](https://iwpost.com/kids-are-being-harmed-by-tear-gas-pepper-spray-under-trump-there-could-be-long-term-consequences/): Harming Children: Kids were in cars, at home and walking to school when tear gas or pepper spray left them wheezing, coughing and struggling to breathe.
- [US, EU and China profoundly split on AI intimacy](https://iwpost.com/us-eu-and-china-profoundly-split-on-ai-intimacy/): Globally, hundreds of millions of users now interact regularly with AI companions. The World Health Organization has declared loneliness a global health threat.
- [Israel continues to bar Red Cross representatives from meeting Palestinian detainees](https://iwpost.com/israel-continues-to-bar-red-cross-representatives-from-meeting-palestinian-detainees/): Israel has decided to continue preventing representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from meeting Palestinian detainees, despite allowing visits to prisons for the first time since October 2023, Haaretz daily reported Friday.
- [‘They Trifled With Us’: President Trump Downplays Clash in Strait of Hormuz, Says Deal Could Happen ‘Any Day’ ](https://iwpost.com/they-trifled-with-us-president-trump-downplays-clash-in-strait-of-hormuz-says-deal-could-happen-any-day/): President Trump downplayed a military clash between US and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday and said a ceasefire agreement with Tehran could happen “any day,” despite renewed exchanges of fire that included US strikes and Iranian missile and drone launches.
- [ABC refuses to capitulate to Trump admin, fights FCC probe into The View](https://iwpost.com/abc-refuses-to-capitulate-to-trump-admin-fights-fcc-probe-into-the-view/): ABC is fighting back against the Trump administration’s attempt to police broadcast television content, saying in a filing that the Federal Communications Commission is violating the First Amendment.
- [UK’s Labour Party suffers heavy early losses as Reform gains in elections](https://iwpost.com/uks-labour-party-suffers-heavy-early-losses-as-reform-gains-in-elections/): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer suffered heavy early losses in elections on Friday, showing the depth of voter anger with his government and raising fresh doubts about his future just ​two years after a landslide general election victory.
- [TV Star Reveals Shocking 45 Pound Weight Loss During Brutal Cancer Battle](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-reveals-shocking-45-pound-weight-loss-during-brutal-cancer-battle/): Dave Coulier is opening up about the heartbreaking toll his cancer battle has taken on his body — and fans are stunned by his dramatic transformation.
- [War rains on Putin’s parade, but at least he gets a 3-day truce](https://iwpost.com/war-rains-on-putins-parade-but-at-least-he-gets-a-3-day-truce/): Russia’s inability to conquer Ukraine is spurring unusually harsh public complaints over both the lack of military progress and the growing economic costs of the war, a pair of failures being blamed on President Vladimir Putin’s leadership.
- [Manufacturing qubits that can move](https://iwpost.com/manufacturing-qubits-that-can-move/): To get quantum computing to work, we will ultimately need lots of high-quality qubits, which we can tie together into groups of error-corrected logical qubits.
- [Even in Japan, robots are far from being full‑fledged caregivers](https://iwpost.com/even-in-japan-robots-are-far-from-being-full-fledged-caregivers/): The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move.
- [Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary](https://iwpost.com/trump-reportedly-plans-to-fire-fda-commissioner-marty-makary/): President Trump has signed off on a plan to fire Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, though insiders caution that the plan is not final and could change, according to several media reports.
- [Emirates unveils UAE flag livery on Airbus A380](https://iwpost.com/emirates-unveils-uae-flag-livery-on-airbus-a380/): Emirates has unveiled a new special livery featuring the UAE flag across the fuselage of one of its iconic Airbus A380 aircraft, in a tribute to national unity and pride.
- [Hezbollah Drones Wound 4 IDF Soldiers, One Seriously](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-drones-wound-4-idf-soldiers-one-seriously/): Four Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were wounded Friday, including one seriously and three moderately, in separate attacks involving explosive drones launched by Hezbollah.
- [Puerto Rico Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Alleged Drugs-for-Votes Scheme After ProPublica Report](https://iwpost.com/puerto-rico-lawmakers-call-for-investigation-into-alleged-drugs-for-votes-scheme-after-propublica-report/): Federal and local lawmakers in Puerto Rico, as well as civil rights and advocacy organizations, have called for investigations after ProPublica reported how a federal probe into a drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico prisons got quashed after the 2024 elections.
- [A China move now on Taiwan would be an enormous gamble](https://iwpost.com/a-china-move-now-on-taiwan-would-be-an-enormous-gamble/): That’s become an article of faith among those opposing the US fight with Iran.
- [US opposes Israeli annexation of West Bank, diplomat tells UN](https://iwpost.com/us-opposes-israeli-annexation-of-west-bank-diplomat-tells-un/): A US diplomat reaffirmed Friday that the US opposes Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank and remains committed to pursuing peace and stability in the region, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Course correction: Google to link more sources in AI Overviews](https://iwpost.com/course-correction-google-to-link-more-sources-in-ai-overviews/): The top of a Google search page is prime real estate, but it has primarily been the domain of AI Overviews for the past two years.
- [Man Dies After School Bus Crashes with Oncoming Truck](https://iwpost.com/man-dies-after-school-bus-crashes-with-oncoming-truck/): A routine afternoon turned into a nightmare in Florida after a devastating crash involving a school bus and a pickup truck left a 76-year-old man dead — while horrified bystanders listened to his desperate cries for help from inside the wreckage.
- [How Venezuela has – and hasn’t – changed since Maduro’s capture](https://iwpost.com/how-venezuela-has-and-hasnt-changed-since-maduros-capture/): Four months have passed since US forces captured Venezuela’s sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, and ousted him from power.
- [The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think](https://iwpost.com/the-solution-to-urban-heat-is-much-much-simpler-than-you-think/): Johnny Appleseed was ahead of his time.
- [EU-Japan joining hands to break China’s supply chain grip](https://iwpost.com/eu-japan-joining-hands-to-break-chinas-supply-chain-grip/): This sharpening convergence was on full display in early May, when the EU and Japan convened the 7th High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) in Brussels.
- [Chaos erupts as cyberattack disrupts learning platform Canvas amid finals](https://iwpost.com/chaos-erupts-as-cyberattack-disrupts-learning-platform-canvas-amid-finals/): Chaos erupted at schools and colleges throughout the US on Thursday as a cyberattack disrupted online learning platform Canvas just as students were due to take final exams.
- [Airbnb, Expedia flag demand hit as Middle East conflict drags on](https://iwpost.com/airbnb-expedia-flag-demand-hit-as-middle-east-conflict-drags-on/): Airbnb and Expedia joined a growing list of travel companies warning that the Middle East conflict is weighing ​on demand, as hostilities in the region enter their third month.
- [Trump claiming Iran war ‘win’ – here’s the reality](https://iwpost.com/trump-claiming-iran-war-win-heres-the-reality/): Two months into the war in Iran, the reasons the US gave for launching this conflict – and Washington’s minimum criteria for claiming success – now appear unintelligible.
- [The Unfinished Iran War: Are There Any Winners?](https://iwpost.com/the-unfinished-iran-war-are-there-any-winners/): New reports of explosions late Thursday and early Friday near Iran’s Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, and other parts of Hormozgan province put new pressure on a fragile US-Iran diplomatic track that had yet to produce even a temporary settlement.
- [Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology](https://iwpost.com/engineers-at-nasas-jet-propulsion-lab-make-a-breakthrough-in-rotor-technology/): A little more than three years since NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are designing next-generation Martian rotorcraft to carry heavier payloads longer distances through the planet’s low-density atmosphere.
- [Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back](https://iwpost.com/amid-hantavirus-panic-the-ivermectin-super-fans-are-back/): Within days of reports of a rare Andes hantavirus outbreak, political figures and prominent Covid-era ivermectin advocates once again began promoting the drug as a potential treatment — even as infectious disease experts say there is no clinical evidence supporting its use against hantaviruses.
- [Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.](https://iwpost.com/trump-exempted-some-of-the-nations-biggest-polluters-from-air-quality-rules-all-it-took-was-an-email/): Taken for Granted: The Trump administration has granted more than 180 polluting facilities nationwide a two-year pause on compliance with Clean Air Act rules.
- [No promised US manufacturing boom as Trump tariffs ruled illegal](https://iwpost.com/no-promised-us-manufacturing-boom-as-trump-tariffs-ruled-illegal/): President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order on the Administration’s tariff plans at a “Make America Wealthy Again” event, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the White House Rose Garden.
- [How climate change makes your allergies worse](https://iwpost.com/how-climate-change-makes-your-allergies-worse/): It’s not in your head.
- [Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly to hold inaugural plenary session in Eswatini](https://iwpost.com/africa-eu-parliamentary-assembly-to-hold-inaugural-plenary-session-in-eswatini/): The inaugural plenary session of the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly will take place in Eswatini from 12 to 14 May, bringing together African and European parliamentarians to discuss cooperation on security, youth policy and critical raw materials.
- [Israeli fundraising platform ‘rebranding as American’ to dodge boycotts over genocide](https://iwpost.com/israeli-fundraising-platform-rebranding-as-american-to-dodge-boycotts-over-genocide/): Israeli companies are pretending to be American to escape the shame of the Israel brand, Paul Biggar, founder of Tech for Palestine, has uncovered.
- [Medspa Owner Charged with Murder After ‘IV Cocktail’ Causes Patient to Suffer Fatal Cardiac Arrest](https://iwpost.com/medspa-owner-charged-with-murder-after-iv-cocktail-causes-patient-to-suffer-fatal-cardiac-arrest/): A Texas medspa owner and a doctor are now facing serious criminal charges after a woman allegedly died from a dangerously administered IV treatment that investigators say was given far too quickly.
- [Easy One-Bowl Carrot Oatmeal Muffins](https://iwpost.com/easy-one-bowl-carrot-oatmeal-muffins/): Healthy, moist, and perfect for busy mornings!
- [Everyone’s a loser in Strait of Hormuz game that simulates global crisis](https://iwpost.com/everyones-a-loser-in-strait-of-hormuz-game-that-simulates-global-crisis/): It’s no fun living through the global energy shock and growing economic crisis that has ensued since the conflict choked off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Rupiah rout stoking fears of a 1997 repeat in Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/rupiah-rout-stoking-fears-of-a-1997-repeat-in-indonesia/): TOKYO – Indonesian officials are working overtime to dismiss any suggestion that Jakarta is catching a whiff of 1997 in the air.
- [ISIS Disrupts Damascus Calm, Says It Assassinated Shiite Figure](https://iwpost.com/isis-disrupts-damascus-calm-says-it-assassinated-shiite-figure/): [Damascus] In a major security escalation that shook the Syrian capital and its outskirts, the Islamic State (ISIS) officially claimed responsibility for the assassination of prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Farhan Hassan al-Mansour, preacher and imam of the Sayyidah Zaynab shrine.
- [Italy leans on Libya to plug energy gap caused by Iran war](https://iwpost.com/italy-leans-on-libya-to-plug-energy-gap-caused-by-iran-war/): A delegation of Italian lawmakers has traveled to Libya to explore potentially ramping up energy trade with the war-torn country to fill the gap caused by the war in the Persian Gulf.
- [Hasan Piker Is the Democrats’ New Man on the Trail, Whether They Like It or Not](https://iwpost.com/hasan-piker-is-the-democrats-new-man-on-the-trail-whether-they-like-it-or-not/): Devin Thomas O’Shea is the author of “The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St.
- [Japan’s ammonia push risks locking Indonesia into coal](https://iwpost.com/japans-ammonia-push-risks-locking-indonesia-into-coal/): In the uneasy politics of energy transition, few ideas are as seductive — or as risky — as compromise.
- [Escalation risks rise as political centers weaken](https://iwpost.com/escalation-risks-rise-as-political-centers-weaken/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Families’ committee accuses Palestinian Authority forces of torture in al-Junaid prison](https://iwpost.com/families-committee-accuses-palestinian-authority-forces-of-torture-in-al-junaid-prison/): A committee representing families of detainees in the occupied West Bank has accused Palestinian Authority security forces of carrying out systematic torture and abuse against political prisoners held in al-Junaid Prison.
- [Iconic Singer in Coma After Emergency Surgery](https://iwpost.com/iconic-singer-in-coma-after-emergency-surgery/): Fans around the world are rallying behind legendary singer Bonnie Tyler after shocking reports claimed the 74-year-old music icon has been placed in an induced coma following emergency bowel surgery in Portugal.
- [Oil prices jump on renewed US-Iran hostilities](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-jump-on-renewed-us-iran-hostilities/): Oil prices rose about 1% on Friday ​after renewed fighting broke out between the U.S.
- [What Iran’s absence from the Venice Biennale reveals about art and politics](https://iwpost.com/what-irans-absence-from-the-venice-biennale-reveals-about-art-and-politics/): Just days before the opening of the 2026 Venice Biennale, organisers announced that Iran would no longer participate.
- [Why the world needs a China Shock 2.0](https://iwpost.com/why-the-world-needs-a-china-shock-2-0/): The global economic discourse in this spring of 2026 is dominated by a single, apprehensive phrase: China Shock 2.0.
- [Education Minister Kisch Threatens Funding Cuts for Israeli Universities Promoting Political Agendas ](https://iwpost.com/education-minister-kisch-threatens-funding-cuts-for-israeli-universities-promoting-political-agendas/): Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch called on university presidents to commit to keeping political activity off campuses and warned that institutions refusing to comply could face legislation imposing financial sanctions.
- [Google's Gemma 4 AI models get 3x speed boost by predicting future tokens](https://iwpost.com/googles-gemma-4-ai-models-get-3x-speed-boost-by-predicting-future-tokens/): Google launched its Gemma 4 open models this spring, promising a new level of power and performance for local AI.
- [China, Vietnam share a propaganda playbook for digital control](https://iwpost.com/china-vietnam-share-a-propaganda-playbook-for-digital-control/): For years, many Western observers believed the internet would inevitably weaken authoritarian regimes.
- [Iran war has become a lesson in how power really works](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-has-become-a-lesson-in-how-power-really-works/): For months, the Iran war was framed through the language of military success.
- [Anthropic's Claude Managed Agents can now "dream," sort of](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-claude-managed-agents-can-now-dream-sort-of/): SAN FRANCISCO—At its Code with Claude developers’ conference, Anthropic has introduced what it calls “dreaming” to Claude Managed Agents.
- [UK voters cast ballots in elections expected to deal blow to Starmer](https://iwpost.com/uk-voters-cast-ballots-in-elections-expected-to-deal-blow-to-starmer/): Millions of British voters cast their ballots on Thursday in local and regional elections that are expected to deal a huge blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour ​Party and renew questions over his ability to govern.
- [US, Japan missile drills put Philippines in China’s line of fire](https://iwpost.com/us-japan-missile-drills-put-philippines-in-chinas-line-of-fire/): As US and Japanese missiles roar across Philippine skies, the Southeast Asian nation is becoming a forward-deployed missile hub in the intensifying US-China rivalry in the Pacific.
- [Lebanon-Israel talks to resume in Washington next week: State Department](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-israel-talks-to-resume-in-washington-next-week-state-department/): Lebanese and Israeli officials will hold another round of talks in Washington as an extended ceasefire approaches its expiry on May 17, according to a State Department official.
- [Ted Danson Faces ‘Death Fears’ After Secret Health Scare at 78](https://iwpost.com/ted-danson-faces-death-fears-after-secret-health-scare-at-78/): Ted Danson is opening up about a frightening health scare that reportedly left the beloved TV legend shaken and finally confronting a reality he spent years pushing aside — getting older.
- [Lemkin Family Presses Pennsylvania Over Genocide Institute’s Use of Name](https://iwpost.com/lemkin-family-presses-pennsylvania-over-genocide-institutes-use-of-name/): Relatives of Raphael Lemkin, the Polish Jewish legal scholar who coined the term “genocide,” and the European Jewish Association are pressing Pennsylvania officials to investigate the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention over its use of Lemkin’s name and its accusations that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
- [Former NASA chief takes helm of national security space firm](https://iwpost.com/former-nasa-chief-takes-helm-of-national-security-space-firm/): Before he became NASA administrator in 2018, Jim Bridenstine was a naval aviator who then served as a US representative from Oklahoma for three terms, sitting on the Committee on Armed Services.
- [How Pakistan became the primary mediator between the US and Iran](https://iwpost.com/how-pakistan-became-the-primary-mediator-between-the-us-and-iran/): Pakistan has emerged as a central diplomatic broker in the conflict between the US and Iran.
- [In the post-pax world, networks – not nations – hold the power](https://iwpost.com/in-the-post-pax-world-networks-not-nations-hold-the-power/): Throughout history, the empire rose and fell. But the two common factors contributing to the decline always remain: overstretching and economic stress.
- [DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says](https://iwpost.com/dhs-cant-create-vast-dna-database-to-track-ice-critics-lawsuit-says/): Four protesters are suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from seizing DNA samples from Americans arrested while peacefully protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.
- [EU reaches tentative deal on simpler AI rules](https://iwpost.com/eu-reaches-tentative-deal-on-simpler-ai-rules/): European Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement early Thursday on changes to parts of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act as part of the bloc’s digital omnibus package.
- [Trump-Xi summit set to weigh Iran oil, Taiwan and US exports](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-set-to-weigh-iran-oil-taiwan-and-us-exports/): A long-awaited summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to take place in Beijing May 14 and 15, with both sides preparing to address a crowded agenda spanning Iranian oil, Taiwan, trade, human rights and technology controls.
- [Maine Dems to Vote on Condemning DCCC Interference in House Primary](https://iwpost.com/maine-dems-to-vote-on-condemning-dccc-interference-in-house-primary/): Locals in Maine are bridling at the decision by a powerful Washington Democratic group to throw its weight behind one candidate in the contested primary race for the House seat in the state’s 2nd Congressional District.
- [Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"](https://iwpost.com/mozilla-says-271-vulnerabilities-found-by-mythos-have-almost-no-false-positives/): The disbelief was palpable when Mozilla’s CTO last month declared that AI-assisted vulnerability detection meant “zero-days are numbered” and “defenders finally have a chance to win, decisively.” After all, it looked like part of an all-too-familiar pattern: Cherry-pick a handful of impressive AI-achieved results, leave out any of the fine print that might paint a more nuanced picture, and let the hype train roll on.
- [Iran war has shown the limits of US power](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-has-shown-the-limits-of-us-power/): In his 1873 book On War, the great Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz wrote that: “War is the realm of uncertainty.” He would have been at home in Washington this week where Clausewitz’s “fog of war” appears to have descended on the White House, at times obscuring reality.
- [Russia’s pared-down Victory Day parade tells a story: Away from the pomp, war in Ukraine is not going to Putin’s plan](https://iwpost.com/russias-pared-down-victory-day-parade-tells-a-story-away-from-the-pomp-war-in-ukraine-is-not-going-to-putins-plan/): Victory Day in Russia, which marks the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union, has long held particular importance in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
- [UN warns foot, mouth disease increasing in occupied West Bank amid Israeli restrictions](https://iwpost.com/un-warns-foot-mouth-disease-increasing-in-occupied-west-bank-amid-israeli-restrictions/): Cases of foot and mouth disease are on the rise in the occupied West Bank amid increasing Israeli restrictions on movement, jeopardizing public health in nomadic communities, the UN said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [How controlled burns can help save taxpayers billions](https://iwpost.com/how-controlled-burns-can-help-save-taxpayers-billions/): For decades, the U.S.
- [Coach Suffers Horrifying Injury After Freak Shot Put Accident During Track Meet](https://iwpost.com/coach-suffers-horrifying-injury-after-freak-shot-put-accident-during-track-meet/): Blake Crutsinger, an assistant football and track coach at Ponder High School, suffered a skull fracture and brain swelling after being hit by the approximately 12-pound metal shot put during a regional competition on Saturday, May 2.
- [Drones and ancient revolutions in military affairs](https://iwpost.com/drones-and-ancient-revolutions-in-military-affairs/): When we look at the military landscape today we cannot help but be impressed by the significance of drones on the battlefield.
- [Argentina Investigates Possible Source of Hantavirus Outbreak Aboard Cruise Ship](https://iwpost.com/argentina-investigates-possible-source-of-hantavirus-outbreak-aboard-cruise-ship/): Argentine health experts are investigating whether the country was the source of a hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius after multiple passengers became ill during a month-long Atlantic voyage, including several confirmed cases of the potentially fatal Andes virus strain.
- [Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI founders to start AI unit inside Tesla](https://iwpost.com/elon-musk-tried-to-hire-openai-founders-to-start-ai-unit-inside-tesla/): Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI’s founding team, including Sam Altman, to lead a new AI lab within Tesla in 2018, as the AI start-up’s leaders grappled over who should control the company and its direction.
- [What is the hantavirus?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-the-hantavirus/): Three people have died in an outbreak of hantavirus aboard a luxury cruise ship, with another five confirmed or suspected cases reported, but the World Health Organization has said the wider threat to public health remains low.
- [4-Ingredient Date Cake – Naturally Sweet & Guilt-Free](https://iwpost.com/4-ingredient-date-cake-naturally-sweet-guilt-free/): If you’re craving a dessert that’s rich, naturally sweet, and incredibly simple, this 4-Ingredient Date Cake is about to become your new favorite.
- [Hard and psychological power shown in South China Sea exercise](https://iwpost.com/hard-and-psychological-power-shown-in-south-china-sea-exercise/): US Army Maj. Gen.
- [India-Vietnam BrahMos missile deal a hot shot at China](https://iwpost.com/india-vietnam-brahmos-missile-deal-a-hot-shot-at-china/): Vietnam’s interest in acquiring India’s BrahMos missile has the potential to transform a routine arms deal into a high-stakes procurement impacting power, deterrence and strategic influence across the Indo-Pacific.
- [Catholic Deacon Mauled to Death by Bear Left Touching Final Voicemail for Dad](https://iwpost.com/catholic-deacon-mauled-to-death-by-bear-left-touching-final-voicemail-for-dad/): A young Catholic deacon who was killed in a horrifying suspected bear attack at Montana’s Glacier National Park left behind one final, heartbreaking message for his father just moments before tragedy struck.
- [Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools](https://iwpost.com/amazon-employees-are-tokenmaxxing-due-to-pressure-to-use-ai-tools/): Amazon employees are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks in a bid to show managers they are using the technology more frequently.
- [Trump Justice Department subpoenas news outlets over war coverage](https://iwpost.com/trump-justice-department-subpoenas-news-outlets-over-war-coverage/): The US Justice Department has reportedly subpoenaed The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets at the urging of President Donald Trump, who has complained incessantly about coverage of his Iran war.
- [October 7 Report Examines Sexual Violence Through Testimony, Images, and Law](https://iwpost.com/october-7-report-examines-sexual-violence-through-testimony-images-and-law/): In my explainer, I examine how the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children tried to document one of the most difficult and painful questions surrounding the Hamas-led October 7 attack: how to investigate sexual violence when many victims were murdered, crime scenes were chaotic, and much of the conventional forensic record was never collected or could not be preserved.
- [Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built](https://iwpost.com/once-again-spacex-has-set-a-new-record-for-the-tallest-rocket-ever-built/): For the third time in three years, SpaceX has stacked a new version of its enormous Starship rocket on a launch pad in South Texas, just a few miles north of the US-Mexico border.
- [Electrolux plans 1,700 layoffs, plant closure in Italy](https://iwpost.com/electrolux-plans-1700-layoffs-plant-closure-in-italy/): Electrolux plans to lay off 1,700 people in Italy, more than 40% of its workforce in the country, and close one ​of its plants there, Italian trade unions said on Monday.
- [7 Examples of Gaza Media Coverage That Prove Pro-Israel Bias](https://iwpost.com/7-examples-of-gaza-media-coverage-that-prove-pro-israel-bias/): Ask anyone who has followed news about Gaza with even a smidgen of critical thinking, and they will tell you: Media organizations are biased against Palestinians — and systematically favor Israel.
- [Gwadar’s moment has finally arrived for Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/gwadars-moment-has-finally-arrived-for-pakistan/): In April 2026, Gwadar Port processed around 11,000 standard shipping containers. For context, the same port handled roughly 8,300 containers throughout 2025.
- [Hebrew newspaper: Microsoft temporarily moves management of its Israeli branch to France](https://iwpost.com/hebrew-newspaper-microsoft-temporarily-moves-management-of-its-israeli-branch-to-france/): The Israeli business daily Globes revealed that Microsoft has temporarily moved the management of its Israeli branch to France following an internal investigation into allegations that it provided services to Israeli security agencies and monitored data related to Palestinians.
- [F1 set for another engine tweak in 2027, and what's this about V8s?](https://iwpost.com/f1-set-for-another-engine-tweak-in-2027-and-whats-this-about-v8s/): Formula 1’s on-track racing might look a bit different in 2026 than it did in 2006 or 1986, but it’s reassuring to know that the sport’s off-track action remains as engrossing as ever.
- [London Metal Exchange must recognize Indonesia’s aluminum boom](https://iwpost.com/london-metal-exchange-must-recognize-indonesias-aluminum-boom/): There are a multitude of reasons why the London Metal Exchange should approve China’s Tsingshan Holding Group’s request to register aluminum produced in Indonesia.
- [Legendary ‘One Life to Live’ Star Dead at 82](https://iwpost.com/legendary-one-life-to-live-star-dead-at-82/): Jennifer Harmon, the veteran Broadway actress who terrified daytime TV fans as scheming villain Cathy Craig Lord on One Life to Live, has died at 82.
- [Samsung made a “mockery” of Dua Lipa by putting her picture on TV boxes, lawsuit says](https://iwpost.com/samsung-made-a-mockery-of-dua-lipa-by-putting-her-picture-on-tv-boxes-lawsuit-says/): About a year ago, I was in my parents’ living room, where a new TV sat in its box, waiting to be set up.
- [Stable weather drives higher number of migrants reaching Crete](https://iwpost.com/stable-weather-drives-higher-number-of-migrants-reaching-crete/): More than 600 migrants have arrived on Crete and Gavdos in recent days, as boats carrying them were either found adrift by the Greek Coast Guard or managed to reach beaches on the two islands and disembark passengers.
- [Arab Israeli Advocate Yoseph Haddad Eyes Knesset Run With Fleur Hassan-Nahoum](https://iwpost.com/arab-israeli-advocate-yoseph-haddad-eyes-knesset-run-with-fleur-hassan-nahoum/): Arab Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad is working to establish a new political party ahead of Israel’s next general election and is in talks about partnering with former Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday, citing sources close to Haddad.
- [Starlink shuts down its GPS-style cheat code. Researchers may unlock it anyway.](https://iwpost.com/starlink-shuts-down-its-gps-style-cheat-code-researchers-may-unlock-it-anyway/): Starlink is unceremoniously shutting down a GPS-style feature that most of the Internet satellite provider’s customers probably never realized existed.
- [Trump-Xi summit to show that everything now is leverage](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-to-show-that-everything-now-is-leverage/): Trump’s world is not rules-based globalization or full Cold War fragmentation — it’s perpetual leverage economics.
- [Italy evacuates 72 Palestinian students from Gaza under university program](https://iwpost.com/italy-evacuates-72-palestinian-students-from-gaza-under-university-program/): Italy has evacuated 72 Palestinian university students from Gaza under a program aimed at allowing them to continue their studies at universities in Italy and San Marino, Anadolu reports.
- [Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months](https://iwpost.com/data-center-guzzled-30-million-gallons-of-water-and-nobody-noticed-for-months/): A curious case in Georgia serves as a warning for many parts of the US hastily approving data center developments without first updating their water systems to better monitor for severe upticks in usage.
- [UK’s Keir Starmer says Britain must reclaim leading role in Europe in major post-polls address](https://iwpost.com/uks-keir-starmer-says-britain-must-reclaim-leading-role-in-europe-in-major-post-polls-address/): Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Monday to prove the “doubters” in his own party and among the electorate as a whole wrong as he tries to fight off demands to step down after devastating local election results for his Labour Party.
- [A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential”](https://iwpost.com/a-trump-u-s-attorneys-professional-misconduct-must-be-kept-private-and-confidential/): An ethics watchdog found that a Trump administration-appointed former U.S.
- [Japan’s highest-grossing live‑action film is a lavish kabuki epic](https://iwpost.com/japans-highest-grossing-live-action-film-is-a-lavish-kabuki-epic/): Kokuho is a colourful, lengthy epic, spanning five decades and running almost three hours, set in the world of kabuki – Japan’s most popular traditional performing art.
- [Kai Trump has Emotional Breakdown Over Scary New ‘Chapter’ (Video)](https://iwpost.com/kai-trump-has-emotional-breakdown-over-scary-new-chapter-video/): Kai Trump is feeling all the emotions as her high school days come to an end — and the president’s granddaughter couldn’t hold back the tears while opening up about the “scary” next chapter in her life.
- [Who Decides Who Is Jewish? Israeli Conversion Bill Reopens Law of Return Debate](https://iwpost.com/who-decides-who-is-jewish-israeli-conversion-bill-reopens-law-of-return-debate/): A proposed amendment to Israel’s Law of Return has pushed one of the country’s oldest arguments back to the center of public debate: Who gets to decide which conversions count for citizenship in the Jewish state?
- [Audi has a new Q9 flagship coming soon: Here's its interior](https://iwpost.com/audi-has-a-new-q9-flagship-coming-soon-heres-its-interior/): Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see the new Q9 (and drive something you can read about later).
- [New Trump sanctions on Chinese firms: leverage on Xi or overkill?](https://iwpost.com/new-trump-sanctions-on-chinese-firms-leverage-on-xi-or-overkill/): The United States has sanctioned a new group of mainland China- and Hong Kong-linked companies and individuals accused of helping Iran secure drone materials and missile-related components, raising fresh tensions days before US President Donald Trump’s state visit to China.
- [Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks](https://iwpost.com/linux-bitten-by-second-severe-vulnerability-in-as-many-weeks/): Linux users have been bitten by yet another vulnerability that gives containers and untrusted users the ability to gain root access, marking the second time in as many weeks that a severe threat has caught defenders off guard.
- [European Union rejects proposal for Gerhard Schröder to mediate Russia-Ukraine conflict](https://iwpost.com/european-union-rejects-proposal-for-gerhard-schroder-to-mediate-russia-ukraine-conflict/): Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is unfit to represent Europe in any peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas said Monday.
- [Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-will-be-no-nixon-in-china-moment-that-they-are-talking-is-enough-for-now/): Meetings between Chinese and American leaders are not exactly routine, but few are historically groundbreaking.
- [Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Phyllis Bennis on Israeli Genocide and Palestinians｜Vanishing Dream](https://iwpost.com/podcast-by-jasim-al-azzawi-with-phyllis-bennis-on-israeli-genocide-and-palestinians%ef%bd%9cvanishing-dream/): Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- [Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC](https://iwpost.com/israeli-real-estate-expo-advertising-west-bank-settlements-returns-to-nyc/): A controversial real estate expo that advertises properties for sale in the occupied Palestinian territories is returning to New York City on Monday, less than a week after a previous event drew dueling protests on the Upper East Side.
- [After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029](https://iwpost.com/after-banning-foreign-routers-fcc-says-existing-ones-can-get-updates-until-2029/): The Federal Communications Commission is relenting a bit on its restrictive router rules, saying it will allow foreign-made routers to receive software and firmware updates until at least January 1, 2029.
- [Ultra-Moist Chai Cake with Chai Milk Soak & Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting](https://iwpost.com/ultra-moist-chai-cake-with-chai-milk-soak-brown-butter-cream-cheese-frosting/): This chai cake is the ultimate fall dessert—soft, fluffy, and infused with warm spices, then soaked in a sweet chai milk mixture for an incredibly tender texture.
- [Maybe overkill, new sanctions show Trump hope for Xi help on Iran](https://iwpost.com/maybe-overkill-new-sanctions-show-trump-hope-for-xi-help-on-iran/): The United States has sanctioned a new group of mainland China- and Hong Kong-linked companies and individuals accused of helping Iran secure drone materials and missile-related components, raising fresh tensions days before US President Donald Trump’s state visit to China.
- [EU Approves Sanctions on Israeli Settlers and Hamas Leaders After Hungary Drops Veto](https://iwpost.com/eu-approves-sanctions-on-israeli-settlers-and-hamas-leaders-after-hungary-drops-veto/): European Union foreign ministers approved sanctions Monday against certain Israeli settlers and groups associated with violence in the West Bank and senior Hamas figures after Hungary’s new government lifted a previous veto that had blocked the measures for months.
- [Michael Jackson’s Secret Family Making Chilling New Claims](https://iwpost.com/michael-jacksons-secret-family-making-chilling-new-claims/): More than 15 years after Michael Jackson’s death, a family once known as the singer’s “second family” is making shocking new allegations that are once again throwing the King of Pop’s legacy into turmoil.
- [Passengers from hantavirus ship arrive in US; 3 people in biocontainment](https://iwpost.com/passengers-from-hantavirus-ship-arrive-in-us-3-people-in-biocontainment/): The cruise ship rocked by an unprecedented Andes hantavirus outbreak arrived in the Canary Islands off the coast of Tenerife Island over the weekend and is being evacuated.
- [France says no to rushing EU budget negotiations before elections](https://iwpost.com/france-says-no-to-rushing-eu-budget-negotiations-before-elections/): France has signalled that it is unwilling to rush negotiations on the European Union’s next long-term budget simply to secure an agreement before the politically sensitive year of 2027, when several key member states, including France, are expected to head to the polls.
- [New Orleans wants to fix its Mardi Gras mess. So why is the trash pile still growing?](https://iwpost.com/new-orleans-wants-to-fix-its-mardi-gras-mess-so-why-is-the-trash-pile-still-growing/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.
- [Trump’s coming kowtow to Chinese dictator he admires and envies](https://iwpost.com/trumps-coming-kowtow-to-chinese-dictator-he-admires-and-envies/): When American and Chinese presidents meet, it is usually the upstart China that is desperate to be treated as an equal by the world’s pre-eminent superpower.
- [iOS, macOS, and iPadOS 26.5 updates arrive with encrypted RCS messaging and more](https://iwpost.com/ios-macos-and-ipados-26-5-updates-arrive-with-encrypted-rcs-messaging-and-more/): Apple has released version 26.5 of all of its operating systems today: iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and version 26.5 of the HomePod software (whew).
- [View from Tokyo: Has Iran war changed confidence in the US?](https://iwpost.com/view-from-tokyo-has-iran-war-changed-confidence-in-the-us/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission.
- [EU agrees on sanctions targeting Israeli occupiers in West Bank](https://iwpost.com/eu-agrees-on-sanctions-targeting-israeli-occupiers-in-west-bank/): European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday on a new round of sanctions targeting Israeli occupiers and organizations accused of supporting illegal settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.
- [The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining – it’s processing expertise](https://iwpost.com/the-missing-link-in-americas-critical-minerals-push-isnt-mining-its-processing-expertise/): The United States is spending billions of dollars to secure access to critical minerals – minerals and metals that are essential to modern technology, from electric vehicles to smartphones and military systems.
- [Syria Strips Bashar Assad of Civil Rights, Seizes Assets and Properties](https://iwpost.com/syria-strips-bashar-assad-of-civil-rights-seizes-assets-and-properties/): [DAMASCUS] Syria is seeing major new judicial moves as authorities pursue prosecutions against several prominent figures from the former regime, in what observers describe as an early step toward transitional justice and accountability for abuses committed during the country’s yearslong conflict.
- [Pirates are already playing Forza Horizon 6 days before its launch](https://iwpost.com/pirates-are-already-playing-forza-horizon-6-days-before-its-launch/): Playable copies of Microsoft’s Forza Horizon 6 have appeared on game piracy sites more than a week before the game’s official launch, the apparent result of a mistake in uploading the game’s files to Steam over the weekend.
- [Italy prepares hantavirus guidance as global health authorities monitor cruise ship outbreak](https://iwpost.com/italy-prepares-hantavirus-guidance-as-global-health-authorities-monitor-cruise-ship-outbreak/): Italy’s Health Ministry is preparing a circular letter on hantavirus for regional authorities and healthcare professionals following renewed international concern over the rare but potentially deadly disease, Italian news agency ANSA reported Monday.
- [A U.S. Senate Candidate Says Foreign Truckers Are Making America’s Roads Unsafe. His Own Truckers Have Caused Harm.](https://iwpost.com/a-u-s-senate-candidate-says-foreign-truckers-are-making-americas-roads-unsafe-his-own-truckers-have-caused-harm/): A Georgia congressman running for one of the country’s most competitive U.S.
- [Iran offer was ‘reasonable,’ official says after Trump rejection](https://iwpost.com/iran-offer-was-reasonable-official-says-after-trump-rejection/): Esmail Baghaei.
- [Explosive Secrets from ‘Planet of the Apes’ Exposed Amid Film’s 60th Anniversary](https://iwpost.com/explosive-secrets-from-planet-of-the-apes-exposed-amid-films-60th-anniversary/): Before it became one of Hollywood’s biggest sci-fi franchises, Planet of the Apes was viewed as a bizarre gamble about talking monkeys ruling the Earth — and behind the scenes, the making of the cult classic was reportedly just as wild as the movie itself.
- [Of AI pejorations and perjurations](https://iwpost.com/of-ai-pejorations-and-perjurations/): The finest backhanded compliment I receive, and the one I receive most often, is: “Good piece; I actually understood this one.” A title like the one above is, on that evidence, an act of commercial self-harm.
- [Sony's failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits](https://iwpost.com/sonys-failed-war-against-internet-piracy-may-doom-other-copyright-lawsuits/): Sony and other major record labels recently suffered a thorough defeat at the Supreme Court in their attempt to make Internet service providers pay huge financial penalties for their customers’ copyright infringement.
- [Oil rises after Trump rejects Iran’s response to US peace proposal](https://iwpost.com/oil-rises-after-trump-rejects-irans-response-to-us-peace-proposal/): Oil prices rallied on Monday, a day after President Donald Trump said Iran’s response ‌to a U.S.
- [The false promise of a US-Iran quick fix](https://iwpost.com/the-false-promise-of-a-us-iran-quick-fix/): US bombings have failed to achieve the earlier set objective of regime change in Iran.
- [Iran says Trump’s rejection of its proposal ‘does not matter’](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-trumps-rejection-of-its-proposal-does-not-matter/): An informed Iranian source said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump’s reaction to Tehran’s response to Washington’s proposal to end the war “does not matter”, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.
- [‘This Is the Modern Eichmann Trial’: Israeli Lawmakers Advance Special Trial Framework for October 7 Defendants](https://iwpost.com/this-is-the-modern-eichmann-trial-israeli-lawmakers-advance-special-trial-framework-for-october-7-defendants/): Israeli lawmakers are advancing a bill to create a special judicial framework for prosecuting defendants accused of involvement in the October 7 massacre, arguing that Israel’s existing anti-terror laws were not designed for an attack of that scale, complexity, and historical weight.
- [Despite Court Order, NYPD Failed to Properly Monitor Stop-and-Frisks by Aggressive Unit](https://iwpost.com/despite-court-order-nypd-failed-to-properly-monitor-stop-and-frisks-by-aggressive-unit/): More than a decade ago, a federal court found that the New York City Police Department had been unconstitutionally stopping and frisking Black and Hispanic residents.
- [India’s defense push is now industrial statecraft](https://iwpost.com/indias-defense-push-is-now-industrial-statecraft/): In recent days, India has announced a slew of defense launches, demonstrating the emergence of a new strategic doctrine in which manufacturing capability, technological self-reliance and national security are becoming intertwined.
- [Savannah Guthrie’s Husband Shares Heartbreaking Mother’s Day Tribute](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthries-husband-shares-heartbreaking-mothers-day-tribute/): Savannah Guthrie’s family is spending Mother’s Day in heartbreak as the Today star continues searching for answers in the mysterious disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie.
- [After Bibi: the comforting myth that a man is the problem](https://iwpost.com/after-bibi-the-comforting-myth-that-a-man-is-the-problem/): There is a familiar parlor game underway in Washington and Tel Aviv, played with renewed enthusiasm now that Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have once again merged their parties under the banner Beyachad, and the polls are showing — as they have for months — that Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition can no longer assemble a Knesset majority.
- [Fernández Tells Herzog She Wants Costa Rican Embassy in Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/fernandez-tells-herzog-she-wants-costa-rican-embassy-in-jerusalem/): Costa Rican President Laura Fernández Delgado told Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday that she wants to upgrade Costa Rica’s diplomatic mission in Jerusalem into an embassy, according to Herzog’s office, in a move that would reverse a 2006 decision to relocate the country’s embassy in Israel to Tel Aviv.
- [War with Iran ‘not over,’ says Israeli prime minister](https://iwpost.com/war-with-iran-not-over-says-israeli-prime-minister/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the war with Iran “is not over,” Anadolu reports.
- [Melania Trump Becoming a Political ‘Liability’ for White House?](https://iwpost.com/melania-trump-becoming-a-political-liability-for-white-house/): Melania Trump is once again at the center of controversy after longtime Trump biographer Michael Wolff claimed the first lady may be turning into a political “liability” for the White House.
- [Strawberry Iced Oatmeal Cookies](https://iwpost.com/strawberry-iced-oatmeal-cookies/): These Strawberry Iced Oatmeal Cookies are a fresh, fruity twist on a nostalgic classic.
- [Lebanon Says Peace With Israel Is Possible if Demands Are Met](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-says-peace-with-israel-is-possible-if-demands-are-met/): Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Sunday that Lebanon is prepared to consider a peace agreement with Israel if Beirut’s conditions are met, but he said the government’s immediate priority is securing an end to the fighting and a timetable for Israeli forces to withdraw from Lebanese territory.
- [Israeli army chief says more recruits needed ‘immediately’](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-chief-says-more-recruits-needed-immediately/): Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the army needs more soldiers immediately,” amid the escalating crisis surrounding the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredim, and the continuation of military operations on several fronts, Anadolu reports.
- [‘Gone With the Wind’ Star Suffered Hell Behind Hollywood Glamour](https://iwpost.com/gone-with-the-wind-star-suffered-hell-behind-hollywood-glamour/): To the world, Vivien Leigh was the breathtaking Hollywood queen who lit up the screen in Gone with the Wind — but behind the glamorous smile was a tortured woman battling mental illness, loneliness and devastating health problems that nearly destroyed her life.
- [Why Is Palestine Action’s Map and Manual Still Online?](https://iwpost.com/why-is-palestine-actions-map-and-manual-still-online/): A public map of companies linked, directly or indirectly, to Israel’s defense industry has turned Palestine Action’s campaign into something more difficult to classify than a protest drive.
- [This summer, the American water crisis becomes real](https://iwpost.com/this-summer-the-american-water-crisis-becomes-real/): This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Hantavirus: American CDC says risk to public ‘very low’](https://iwpost.com/hantavirus-american-cdc-says-risk-to-public-very-low/): The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) said it was closely monitoring American passengers aboard the MV Hondius but added that the hantavirus outbreak posed a “very low” risk to the wider public.
- [Israeli forces raided Palestinian women prisoners’ section 10 times in 2 months, group says](https://iwpost.com/israeli-forces-raided-palestinian-women-prisoners-section-10-times-in-2-months-group-says/): Israeli prison forces carried out at least 10 raids on sections holding Palestinian women prisoners at Damon Prison in March and April, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [Bannu Checkpoint Attack Kills at Least 15 Pakistani Security Personnel Near Afghan Border](https://iwpost.com/bannu-checkpoint-attack-kills-at-least-15-pakistani-security-personnel-near-afghan-border/): [Islamabad] Attackers rammed an explosives-packed vehicle into a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Bannu, near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, late Saturday, killing at least 15 security personnel and triggering an ambush on rescue teams and law enforcement officers who arrived after the blast.
- [Oil prices rise as investors weigh Middle East peace prospects](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-rise-as-investors-weigh-middle-east-peace-prospects/): Oil prices rose over $1 on Thursday, rebounding from the previous day’s sharp losses, as investors weighed ‌the prospects of a Middle East peace deal succeeding.
- [Meghan Markle Undergoes ‘Humility Training’ to Battle Her Diva Ways](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-undergoes-humility-training-to-battle-her-diva-ways/): Meghan Markle was reportedly put through what insiders are calling “humility training” before her now heavily scrutinized trip to Australia with Prince Harry — all in an effort to shake off years of “diva duchess” rumors that continue to haunt the couple.
- [Huge landslide created a 500-meter-high tsunami in a major tourist area](https://iwpost.com/huge-landslide-created-a-500-meter-high-tsunami-in-a-major-tourist-area/): At 5:26 am local time on August 10, 2025, a massive wedge of rock with a volume of at least 63.5 million cubic meters detached from a mountain above Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord.
- [Do you take after your dad’s RNA?](https://iwpost.com/do-you-take-after-your-dads-rna/): On a bright afternoon in Jiangsu, China, Xin Yin is playing personal trainer to some mice.
- [France moves aircraft carrier to Red Sea with eye on Hormuz mission](https://iwpost.com/france-moves-aircraft-carrier-to-red-sea-with-eye-on-hormuz-mission/): France deployed its carrier strike ​group to the Red Sea as part of planning for a potential mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, urging Washington ‌and Tehran to consider the proposal given the global economic impact of their competing blockades.
- [Protesters rally in Stockholm against Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/protesters-rally-in-stockholm-against-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-and-lebanon/): Demonstrators gathered at Observatorielunden Park in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday, to protest ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [The Iran War Leaves Every Player With a Bill to Pay](https://iwpost.com/the-iran-war-leaves-every-player-with-a-bill-to-pay/): Giorgia Valente’s analysis argues that the Iran war has produced no clean winners, only a more dangerous regional equation in which military power, maritime pressure, domestic politics, and great-power rivalry are now tangled together.
- [NFL Stars Devastated After Family Tragedy](https://iwpost.com/nfl-stars-devastated-after-family-tragedy/): A routine grocery store trip turned into a nightmare for the family of Atlanta Falcons brothers AJ and Avieon Terrell after their beloved aunt was tragically killed in a violent parking lot crash that witnesses say looked “like a missile” slammed through the lot.
- [Record number of candidates fuels fears of political fragmentation in Cyprus](https://iwpost.com/record-number-of-candidates-fuels-fears-of-political-fragmentation-in-cyprus/): A record number of candidates submitted bids for Cyprus’s May 24 parliamentary election this week in a ​race which could shape one of the most fragmented ‌legislatures in the island’s history and weaken the influence of three parties supporting incumbent president Nikos Christodoulides.
- [Pop Tart Cookie Bars](https://iwpost.com/pop-tart-cookie-bars/): These Pop Tart Cookie Bars are a fun and irresistible twist on the classic toaster pastry!
- [Hezbollah Drones Wound 3 Israeli Soldiers as IDF Strikes Scores of Targets in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-drones-wound-3-israeli-soldiers-as-idf-strikes-scores-of-targets-in-lebanon/): A reserve Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier was seriously wounded, and an officer and another reserve soldier were moderately injured Saturday after explosive drones detonated in the Shlomi area near the Lebanese border, as Hezbollah continued launching drones toward Israeli forces and the Israeli military carried out strikes across Lebanon.
- [One Palestinian killed, several injured in Israeli strike in northern Gaza despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/one-palestinian-killed-several-injured-in-israeli-strike-in-northern-gaza-despite-ceasefire/): One Palestinian man was killed and several other Palestinians injured on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle west of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, part of Israel’s continued violations of a ceasefire agreement in force since last October.
- [Ted Turner: The Visionary Who Rewired the Media World](https://iwpost.com/ted-turner-the-visionary-who-rewired-the-media-world/): Media mogul Ted Turner, who pioneered the modern 24-hour news culture when he launched the CNN channel, has died at the age of 87.
- [Simon Cowell Makes Heartbreaking Confession](https://iwpost.com/simon-cowell-makes-heartbreaking-confession/): Simon Cowell is finally admitting what millions of viewers were thinking during Susan Boyle’s unforgettable Britain’s Got Talent audition — the judges looked “awful” and “horrible” for the way they reacted to her before she even sang.
- [Rocket Report: Alpha Block 2 coming this summer; Falcon sets booster landing mark](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-alpha-block-2-coming-this-summer-falcon-sets-booster-landing-mark/): Welcome to Edition 8.40 of the Rocket Report!
- [The Supreme Court Ends Multiracial Democracy as We Know It ](https://iwpost.com/the-supreme-court-ends-multiracial-democracy-as-we-know-it/): The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to the Voting Rights Act, triggering a new wave of redistricting fights in the midst of midterm primary elections.
- [Bahrain Arrests 41 Suspects Accused of Links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards](https://iwpost.com/bahrain-arrests-41-suspects-accused-of-links-to-irans-revolutionary-guards/): Bahrain announced Saturday that authorities arrested 41 people accused of belonging to a network tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, saying the group was involved in activities linked to espionage and support for Iranian operations.
- [The US military just released a bunch of UAP files, but there's no there there](https://iwpost.com/the-us-military-just-released-a-bunch-of-uap-files-but-theres-no-there-there/): There have been supposed alien sightings for centuries.
- [Alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein unsealed by federal judge](https://iwpost.com/alleged-suicide-note-written-by-jeffrey-epstein-unsealed-by-federal-judge/): A federal judge unsealed an alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein, the first time the document has been made public.
- [Lebanese premier, Syrian president make ‘significant progress’ on issues in Damascus meeting](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-premier-syrian-president-make-significant-progress-on-issues-in-damascus-meeting/): Lebanese Premier Nawaf Salam said he made “significant progress” on shared issues as he met Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus on Saturday and discussed bilateral, regional and international developments, Anadolu reports.
- [The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year](https://iwpost.com/the-nintendo-switch-2-is-getting-more-expensive-later-this-year/): When we reviewed the Switch 2 just after its launch last year, we warned that interested customers might want to buy in early, as the launch price could go up.
- [Time to scrap constitutional constraints on Japan’s military](https://iwpost.com/time-to-scrap-constitutional-constraints-on-japans-military/): Despite constitutional constraints on its armed forces, Japan has continued to move closer toward military normalization this year.
- [‘Creepy’ Prince William and Kate Wax Figures Spark Bizarre Security Alert](https://iwpost.com/creepy-prince-william-and-kate-wax-figures-spark-bizarre-security-alert/): Prince William and Princess Catherine’s newly updated wax figures are causing way more drama than anyone expected.
- [Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse?](https://iwpost.com/which-macs-are-suffering-from-shortages-and-where-are-things-getting-worse/): The Apple Macintosh is more than 40 years old, but it’s still going strong, and its recent success was significant enough that Apple CEO Tim Cook called it out during the company’s earnings call last week.
- [In coal country, black lung surges as federal protections stall](https://iwpost.com/in-coal-country-black-lung-surges-as-federal-protections-stall/): This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Iran weaponizes petroyuan in war reparations push](https://iwpost.com/iran-weaponizes-petroyuan-in-war-reparations-push/): After weeks of blockades by Iran and the United States in the Strait of Hormuz, it’s clear the narrow waterway is now pivotal to the outcome of the conflict.
- [Israeli Ministers To Vote on Bill Rejecting Non-Orthodox Conversions for Citizenship Eligibility](https://iwpost.com/israeli-ministers-to-vote-on-bill-rejecting-non-orthodox-conversions-for-citizenship-eligibility/): Israeli ministers are scheduled to vote Sunday on legislation that would recognize only Orthodox conversions for the purpose of obtaining Israeli citizenship, in a move that would reverse a 2021 Supreme Court ruling recognizing non-Orthodox conversions under the Law of Return.
- [A Unique Oregon Law Allows It to Block Healthcare Deals. In Five Years, the State Hasn’t Done So Once.](https://iwpost.com/a-unique-oregon-law-allows-it-to-block-healthcare-deals-in-five-years-the-state-hasnt-done-so-once/): Dana Gibbon was 18 weeks pregnant with her first baby when her OB-GYN told her at an appointment that she wouldn’t be her doctor anymore.
- [The Anatomy of a Fracture: The Structural Forces Behind the UAE’s OPEC Exit](https://iwpost.com/the-anatomy-of-a-fracture-the-structural-forces-behind-the-uaes-opec-exit/): The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was primarily established by five oil-exporting nations as a defiant response to the dominance of the global energy giants.
- [Trump-Xi summit: no grand bargain, only managed instability](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-no-grand-bargain-only-managed-instability/): When Donald Trump meets Xi Jinping in Beijing, neither side is likely to get what it wants.
- [Desperate Trump taps "Tim Apple," Jensen Huang, Elon Musk to attend Xi summit](https://iwpost.com/desperate-trump-taps-tim-apple-jensen-huang-elon-musk-to-attend-xi-summit/): Donald Trump has very little leverage heading into two days of meetings with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing this week, experts say.
- [Libya aims to restart Ras Lanuf oil refinery within a year, NOC says](https://iwpost.com/libya-aims-to-restart-ras-lanuf-oil-refinery-within-a-year-noc-says/): Libya aims to restart its 220,000 barrel-per-day Ras ​Lanuf oil refinery within six to 12 months ‌to supply the domestic market, National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Masoud Suleman told reporters in London.
- [A new US military wargame series began by simulating a nuclear weapon in orbit](https://iwpost.com/a-new-us-military-wargame-series-began-by-simulating-a-nuclear-weapon-in-orbit/): US Space Command is inviting commercial companies to participate in a new series of classified wargames.
- [Iran’s cyberwar reaches the families of American troops](https://iwpost.com/irans-cyberwar-reaches-the-families-of-american-troops/): US troops check their mobile devices in a file photo.
- [Sharon Stone’s Famous Brother Dead at 74](https://iwpost.com/sharon-stones-famous-brother-dead-at-74/): Sharon Stone is mourning another heartbreaking loss in her family.
- [NASA provides some details about Artemis III, but hard decisions remain](https://iwpost.com/nasa-provides-some-details-about-artemis-iii-but-hard-decisions-remain/): NASA announced Wednesday that it will fly the Artemis III mission in low-Earth orbit and that it continues to target 2027 for this stepping-stone flight that will help land humans on the Moon.
- [Final stretch begins for Montenegro on road to European Union entry](https://iwpost.com/final-stretch-begins-for-montenegro-on-road-to-european-union-entry/): Montenegro’s EU bid moved a step closer to the finish line on Wednesday as EU officials began working on the accession treaty that would bring the Western Balkan country into the bloc.
- [Asking the wrong question about Qatar](https://iwpost.com/asking-the-wrong-question-about-qatar/): The recurring Washington argument over Qatar — is it friend or foe, ally or adversary, partner or problem?
- [3 Republican senators join Democrats in bid to advance Iran war powers resolution](https://iwpost.com/3-republican-senators-join-democrats-in-bid-to-advance-iran-war-powers-resolution/): A United States flag waves in front of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States, on September 24, 2025.
- [Coalition Files Bill To Dissolve Knesset Amid Growing Rift Over Hareidi Draft Law ](https://iwpost.com/coalition-files-bill-to-dissolve-knesset-amid-growing-rift-over-hareidi-draft-law/): Coalition chairman Ofir Katz of Likud submitted a bill Wednesday night to dissolve Israel’s 25th Knesset together with all coalition faction leaders, as political parties moved toward early elections amid growing disputes over ultra-Orthodox conscription legislation.
- [AI invades Princeton, where 30% of students cheat—but peers won't snitch](https://iwpost.com/ai-invades-princeton-where-30-of-students-cheat-but-peers-wont-snitch/): Pity poor Princeton.
- [Trump-Xi summit: a new arms control era can begin in Beijing](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-a-new-arms-control-era-can-begin-in-beijing/): US President Donald Trump is meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, with the arms control architecture, global and bilateral alike, in collapse.
- [Foiled plot tried to sneak 49 lbs of cocaine into Australia via Xerox printers](https://iwpost.com/foiled-plot-tried-to-sneak-49-lbs-of-cocaine-into-australia-via-xerox-printers/): According to a press release from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force (ABF) today, three men have been sentenced for trying to use five printers to smuggle 22.4 kg (49.4 pounds) of cocaine into Australia.
- [Russia’s Lavrov says ‘nothing is happening’ with US-Russia relations](https://iwpost.com/russias-lavrov-says-nothing-is-happening-with-us-russia-relations/): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ​said on Wednesday that many positive things ‌were being said about the enormous potential of U.S.-Russia relations, but that in reality “nothing is happening”.
- [Don’t use GDP to judge China’s strength – look at this instead](https://iwpost.com/dont-use-gdp-to-judge-chinas-strength-look-at-this-instead/): When President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing on May 14 for his summit with Xi Jinping, China will be ready with a figure – 5%.
- [Emmanuel Macron Slapped by Wife Over ‘Text from Iranian Actress’](https://iwpost.com/emmanuel-macron-slapped-by-wife-over-text-from-iranian-actress/): French President Emmanuel Macron is facing explosive new claims after a bombshell book alleged his wife, Brigitte Macron, slapped him on camera because she discovered allegedly “flirty” text messages between him and Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani.
- [Netanyahu’s Ultra-Ortodox Bloc Cracks; Bennett and Lapid Launch ‘Together’ With One Clear Leader](https://iwpost.com/netanyahus-ultra-ortodox-bloc-cracks-bennett-and-lapid-launch-together-with-one-clear-leader/): The launch of “Beyachad,” the Together party, was planned as a campaign event.
- [Protein in Homo erectus teeth suggests Denisovans gave us some of their DNA](https://iwpost.com/protein-in-homo-erectus-teeth-suggests-denisovans-gave-us-some-of-their-dna/): Humanity’s ancestry has grown far clearer thanks to our ability to obtain ancient DNA.
- [Hormuz blockade and the fracturing of Asia’s growth narrative](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-blockade-and-the-fracturing-of-asias-growth-narrative/): The closure of the Strait of Hormuz on March 4, 2026, was not merely a localized military maneuver; it was the moment the “Asian Century” hit a wall of physical reality.
- [Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America](https://iwpost.com/why-trumps-call-to-pull-5000-us-troops-from-germany-will-hurt-america/): President Donald Trump announced on May 1, 2026, that the United States will withdraw 5,000 U.S.
- [The assault on a French nun and the forgotten story of Palestinian Christians](https://iwpost.com/the-assault-on-a-french-nun-and-the-forgotten-story-of-palestinian-christians/): The video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers, and society that has been conditioned to see the ‘other’ as subhuman.
- [Solar drone with jumbo jet wingspan broke a flight record—then it crashed](https://iwpost.com/solar-drone-with-jumbo-jet-wingspan-broke-a-flight-record-then-it-crashed/): A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May.
- [Probe says sunken Russian cargo ship off Spain was transporting nuclear reactors to North Korea](https://iwpost.com/probe-says-sunken-russian-cargo-ship-off-spain-was-transporting-nuclear-reactors-to-north-korea/): Spanish investigators have discovered that the Russian cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean in 2024 — originally believed to be part of a weapons retrieval mission to Syria — was secretly carrying nuclear reactor components bound for North Korea.
- [Soybeans on Beijing agenda but US farmers should temper optimism](https://iwpost.com/soybeans-on-beijing-agenda-but-us-farmers-should-temper-optimism/): In 2017, President Donald J.
- [Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages](https://iwpost.com/immigrants-detained-in-chicago-military-style-raid-seek-millions-in-damages/): On the night of the military-style raid at a Chicago apartment complex, a loud boom woke the Nigerian man who lived in Unit 215.
- [FCC angers small carriers by helping AT&T and Starlink buy EchoStar spectrum](https://iwpost.com/fcc-angers-small-carriers-by-helping-att-and-starlink-buy-echostar-spectrum/): The Federal Communications Commission yesterday approved EchoStar’s sales of spectrum licenses to AT&T and Starlink operator SpaceX.
- [Trump-XI summit: US president says he will discuss arms sales to Taiwan – breaking decades of US policy](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-us-president-says-he-will-discuss-arms-sales-to-taiwan-breaking-decades-of-us-policy/): Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are likely to discuss many issues as they meet this week in Beijing.
- [Baloch insurgency: Suicide bombs and uptick in violence threaten Pakistan, regional security](https://iwpost.com/baloch-insurgency-suicide-bombs-and-uptick-in-violence-threaten-pakistan-regional-security/): In the space of 10 days in late April 2026, insurgents in Pakistan purportedly carried out 27 attacks in the country’s southwest province of Balochistan, killing at least 42 military personal.
- [Trump’s Shocking Revenge Plot Against Rod Stewart Revealed](https://iwpost.com/trumps-shocking-revenge-plot-against-rod-stewart-revealed/): Rod Stewart just took another very public swipe at Donald Trump — and this time he did it right in front of King Charles.
- [Break with US policy: Trump to discuss Taiwan arms sales with Xi](https://iwpost.com/break-with-us-policy-trump-to-discuss-taiwan-arms-sales-with-xi/): Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are likely to discuss many issues as they meet this week in Beijing.
- [Trump-Xi Beijing Summit Tests Leverage on Trade, Taiwan, Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-beijing-summit-tests-leverage-on-trade-taiwan-iran/): US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit and scheduled talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, with trade, rare earths, Taiwan, artificial intelligence, and the Iran war expected to dominate the agenda.
- [The physics of how Olympic weightlifters exploit barbell's "whip"](https://iwpost.com/the-physics-of-how-olympic-weightlifters-exploit-barbells-whip/): Olympic weightlifting consists of three basic movements performed on a barbell: the snatch, the clean, and the jerk (with the latter two executed in combination).
- [Britain to strengthen ties with the EU in new legislation](https://iwpost.com/britain-to-strengthen-ties-with-the-eu-in-new-legislation/): Britain will introduce legislation to strengthen its ties with the European Union, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer prioritises mending economic relations ​with the bloc as he tries to stay in power following growing ‌calls for him to quit.
- [Wall Street is betting big on clean energy tech](https://iwpost.com/wall-street-is-betting-big-on-clean-energy-tech/): When the NASDAQ opens on Wednesday morning, the exchange will include a new ticker symbol: FRVO.
- [US news reports of gloomy Iran war intel assessments anger Trump](https://iwpost.com/us-news-reports-of-gloomy-iran-war-intel-assessments-anger-trump/): “Most alarming to some senior officials is evidence that Iran has restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz, which could threaten American warships and oil tankers transiting the narrow waterway,” the newspaper added.
- [Palestinian teen killed by Israeli fire during occupier attack in West Bank](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-teen-killed-by-israeli-fire-during-occupier-attack-in-west-bank/): A Palestinian teenager was killed Wednesday by Israeli fire during an attack by occupiers on the towns of Sinjil and Jiljilya in the central West Bank, according to health authorities and local sources, Anadolu reports.
- [Windows Update is getting better at saving your PC from buggy drivers](https://iwpost.com/windows-update-is-getting-better-at-saving-your-pc-from-buggy-drivers/): Hardware driver updates can be a blessing and a curse.
- [Miami Beach Official Hired Billboard Truck to Call Pro-Palestine Activists “Jew Hater,” Lawsuit Alleges](https://iwpost.com/miami-beach-official-hired-billboard-truck-to-call-pro-palestine-activists-jew-hater-lawsuit-alleges/): A city official in Miami Beach, Florida paid thousands of dollars to hire billboard trucks with text attacking specific members of an anti-Zionist Jewish group, according to a new filing in federal court.
- [Why the Caspian Sea has become so important in both the Ukraine and Iran wars](https://iwpost.com/why-the-caspian-sea-has-become-so-important-in-both-the-ukraine-and-iran-wars/): The recent attack by Ukraine of a Russian missile-carrying corvette stationed in the Caspian Sea more than 1,500km away from Kyiv has put the spotlight on this large, often overlooked body of inland salt water.
- [We tested the new World Cup ball – this is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and swerve](https://iwpost.com/we-tested-the-new-world-cup-ball-this-is-what-you-need-to-know-about-how-it-will-fly-dip-and-swerve/): Every four years, the men’s World Cup delivers some certainties.
- [The US has always been obsessed with controlling Cuba](https://iwpost.com/the-us-has-always-been-obsessed-with-controlling-cuba/): For months, US President Donald Trump has been fixated on Cuba. He’s issued threats and imposed additional sanctions on the island.
- [Blue Origin may need external funding to hit ambitious launch targets](https://iwpost.com/blue-origin-may-need-external-funding-to-hit-ambitious-launch-targets/): Blue Origin is weighing its first external fundraising as part of a push by Jeff Bezos’ rocket venture to hit ambitious launch targets and tap investor appetite boosted by SpaceX’s upcoming initial public offering.
- [EU Commission considers overhaul of regional policy department in spending shake-up](https://iwpost.com/eu-commission-considers-overhaul-of-regional-policy-department-in-spending-shake-up/): The European Commission is considering a major restructuring of one of its oldest departments as President Ursula von der Leyen seeks more direct control over EU spending.
- [The $50 Billion Roadmap: Can Abu Dhabi Engineer Regional Stability Through Syria’s Reconstruction?](https://iwpost.com/the-50-billion-roadmap-can-abu-dhabi-engineer-regional-stability-through-syrias-reconstruction/): [DAMASCUS] Damascus and Abu Dhabi on Monday, May 11, launched a comprehensive economic road map valued at more than $50 billion in what officials described as a major turning point in Syria’s recovery efforts and a new phase of Arab-led development in the Eastern Mediterranean.
- [‘Survivor’ Host Endures Heartbreaking Family Tragedy](https://iwpost.com/survivor-host-endures-heartbreaking-family-tragedy/): Heartbreak has hit the family of longtime Survivor host Jeff Probst after his brother, Scott Probst, died at the age of 58.
- [Rivian adds a new onboard AI assistant to its latest software update](https://iwpost.com/rivian-adds-a-new-onboard-ai-assistant-to-its-latest-software-update/): Rivian has quickly built a reputation as one of the auto industry’s leaders when it comes to vehicle software.
- [Daredevil: Born Again S2 gives us a darker, grittier canvas](https://iwpost.com/daredevil-born-again-s2-gives-us-a-darker-grittier-canvas/): We loved the first season of Daredevil: Born Again, Marvel’s hotly anticipated revival of the popular series in the Netflix Defenders universe, and its sophomore outing did not disappoint.
- [Europe is rearming itself without addressing the political consequences](https://iwpost.com/europe-is-rearming-itself-without-addressing-the-political-consequences/): Compounding the alarm triggered by Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the erratic unpredictability of the second Trump administration has made the need for European security autonomy obvious.
- [Trump has actually started to decouple US from China](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-actually-started-to-decouple-us-from-china/): Donald Trump is headed to China with a whole bunch of top US CEOs in tow to talk about trade.
- [“Steadfastness 2” aid convoy gathers in Libya on route to Gaza](https://iwpost.com/steadfastness-2-aid-convoy-gathers-in-libya-on-route-to-gaza/): The “Steadfastness 2” land convoy, organised in support of the Gaza Strip, has deployed in Libya and is currently stationed in the Judaym Forest area west of Tripoli after entering Libyan territory two days ago.
- [Could this be the moment that drug manufacturing takes off in orbit?](https://iwpost.com/could-this-be-the-moment-that-drug-manufacturing-takes-off-in-orbit/): NASA has enabled scientists to study the impact of microgravity on drug development for decades, beginning with the Space Shuttle.
- [Inquiry finds Russian cargo ship carried suspected nuclear reactor components for Pyongyang](https://iwpost.com/inquiry-finds-russian-cargo-ship-carried-suspected-nuclear-reactor-components-for-pyongyang/): Spanish investigators have discovered that the Russian cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean in 2024 — originally believed to be part of a weapons retrieval mission to Syria — was secretly carrying nuclear reactor components bound for North Korea.
- [A Noncitizen Says She Was Told She Could Vote. Then Customs Detained Her at the Airport and Threatened to Deport Her.](https://iwpost.com/a-noncitizen-says-she-was-told-she-could-vote-then-customs-detained-her-at-the-airport-and-threatened-to-deport-her/): Estelle, who’s long held permanent resident status in the U.S., is a veteran at navigating the reentry process when she returns from visiting relatives in her native France.
- [Trump-Xi meet as petroyuan rises on Iran war’s tide](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-meet-as-petroyuan-rises-on-iran-wars-tide/): The US-Israel war on Iran has acted not as a mere diversion but as a brutal accelerator of history, fundamentally rupturing the Middle East’s security architecture and accelerating the very realignment it sought to prevent.
- [Saudi Arabia Secretly Struck Iran After Iranian Attacks, Reuters Reports ](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-secretly-struck-iran-after-iranian-attacks-reuters-reports/): Saudi Arabia carried out covert airstrikes inside Iran at the end of March in response to attacks launched against the kingdom during the recent regional war, Reuters reported, citing two Western and two Iranian sources.
- [South Asia can’t afford a US-China blowup — or a Trump-Xi deal](https://iwpost.com/south-asia-cant-afford-a-us-china-blowup-or-a-trump-xi-deal/): As US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping convene in Beijing this week (May 14–15, 2026), the world’s two largest economies are attempting—once again—to stabilize a relationship strained to breaking point by punitive tariffs and an emerging technological iron curtain.
- [Holocaust Survivor Albrecht Weinberg Dies at 101 in Germany](https://iwpost.com/holocaust-survivor-albrecht-weinberg-dies-at-101-in-germany/): Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who endured Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora, Bergen-Belsen, and three death marches before becoming a public witness to Nazi atrocities, died Tuesday in Leer, Germany, authorities in his home region said.
- [MSCI stock deletions put Indonesia’s reform credibility on trial](https://iwpost.com/msci-stock-deletions-put-indonesias-reform-credibility-on-trial/): When a private index provider understands a country’s governance gaps better than its own regulators do, something structurally significant has already occurred.
- [French Authorities Open Terror Investigation Into Tunisian Man Suspected of Planning Paris Attack](https://iwpost.com/french-authorities-open-terror-investigation-into-tunisian-man-suspected-of-planning-paris-attack/): French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a judicial investigation into a 27-year-old Tunisian man suspected of preparing a jihadist-inspired attack in Paris, after his arrest during a traffic stop near the capital on May 7.
- [7th Grader Dragged Under Train After Backpack Gets Caught](https://iwpost.com/7th-grader-dragged-under-train-after-backpack-gets-caught/): A terrifying accident at a busy train station left a 12-year-old boy fighting for his life after his school backpack reportedly became trapped on a moving train — dragging him underneath the massive passenger car in front of horrified classmates.
- [Android is getting a big AI overhaul in 2026](https://iwpost.com/android-is-getting-a-big-ai-overhaul-in-2026/): Google’s I/O conference is next week, and we expect to hear a lot about the company’s AI endeavors.
- [Saudi Arabia launched covert attacks on Iran as regional war widened](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-launched-covert-attacks-on-iran-as-regional-war-widened/): Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter and two Iranian officials said.
- [Trump and Xi: a path to US-China rivalry without war](https://iwpost.com/trump-and-xi-a-path-to-us-china-rivalry-without-war/): US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing this week may ease tensions at the margins of the US-China rivalry.
- [Iran sets 5 conditions for new talks with US: Report](https://iwpost.com/iran-sets-5-conditions-for-new-talks-with-us-report/): Iran will not enter a second round of negotiations with the United States unless five trust-building conditions are met, Fars News Agency reported Tuesday, citing an informed source, Anadolu reports.
- [Google's Android-powered laptops are called Googlebooks, and they're coming this year](https://iwpost.com/googles-android-powered-laptops-are-called-googlebooks-and-theyre-coming-this-year/): Google took its first swing at laptops with Chromebooks way back in 2011.
- [We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s the Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media](https://iwpost.com/we-analyzed-thousands-of-news-articles-heres-the-proof-of-pro-israel-bias-in-mainstream-media/): Ask anyone who has followed news about Gaza with even a smidgen of critical thinking, and they will tell you: Media organizations are biased against Palestinians — and systematically favor Israel.
- [Asia is quietly and quickly buying up America](https://iwpost.com/asia-is-quietly-and-quickly-buying-up-america/): For 50 years, the direction of cross-border capital between Asia and the United States was largely one-way, with American firms acquiring Asian assets, US capital funding Asian growth and US consumers absorbing Asian production.
- [Microsoft will lean on your CPU to speed up Windows 11's apps and animations](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-will-lean-on-your-cpu-to-speed-up-windows-11s-apps-and-animations/): Microsoft has heard your complaints about Windows 11, and it wants to make things better.
- [Italy to face nationwide general strike on May 18](https://iwpost.com/italy-to-face-nationwide-general-strike-on-may-18/): Italy is set to face a nationwide general strike on May 18 involving multiple sectors, with disruptions and possible closures expected across parts of the country.
- [Duterte’s enforcer dodges ICC arrest in latest Philippine twist](https://iwpost.com/dutertes-enforcer-dodges-icc-arrest-in-latest-philippine-twist/): MANILA – Detained ex-Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte’s chief drug war enforcer – Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa – has locked himself inside the country’s upper chamber, where on Tuesday he appealed for the government to intercede on his behalf.
- [US Senator Graham Calls for Review of Pakistan’s Mediator Role After Report It Sheltered Iranian Aircraft ](https://iwpost.com/us-senator-graham-calls-for-review-of-pakistans-mediator-role-after-report-it-sheltered-iranian-aircraft/): US Sen. Lindsey Graham called for a reassessment of Pakistan’s role as a mediator in talks involving the United States and Iran following a CBS report that Iranian aircraft were secretly moved to Pakistani air bases during the conflict with Iran.
- [NBA Star Arrested and Rushed to Hospital After Shocking Incident](https://iwpost.com/nba-star-arrested-and-rushed-to-hospital-after-shocking-incident/): Former NBA slam dunk champion Desmond Mason has been arrested in Oklahoma after authorities accused him of stealing a valuable piece of basketball memorabilia worth more than $40,000.
- [“Will I be OK?” Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says](https://iwpost.com/will-i-be-ok-teen-died-after-chatgpt-pushed-deadly-mix-of-drugs-lawsuit-says/): OpenAI is facing down another wrongful-death lawsuit after ChatGPT told a 19-year-old, Sam Nelson, to take a lethal mix of Kratom and Xanax.
- [Trump’s visit to Beijing: a great opportunity for China?](https://iwpost.com/trumps-visit-to-beijing-a-great-opportunity-for-china/): I have been arguing since 2014 that China is planned to establish its own version of the Monroe Doctrine.
- [FBI Quietly Closed a Probe Into Mahmoud Khalil While He Was in ICE Detention](https://iwpost.com/fbi-quietly-closed-a-probe-into-mahmoud-khalil-while-he-was-in-ice-detention/): A recently released FBI file shines new light on the days immediately leading up to the arrest of then-Columbia University student and Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil.
- [Help Us Report on Teacher Misconduct in California](https://iwpost.com/help-us-report-on-teacher-misconduct-in-california/): KQED has teamed up with ProPublica to report on how California handles cases of alleged teacher misconduct.
- [UK to deploy drones, fighter jets, warship for future Hormuz security mission](https://iwpost.com/uk-to-deploy-drones-fighter-jets-warship-for-future-hormuz-security-mission/): The United Kingdom will deploy drones, Typhoon fighter jets and the Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon as part of a future multinational mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home](https://iwpost.com/the-newest-ai-boom-pitch-host-a-mini-data-center-at-your-home/): Data centers may be coming to your neighborhood as side installations associated with new homes—and in exchange would offer subsidized electricity and Internet access along with backup batteries to homeowners.
- [Shipping industry fears fuel shortages as Iran war squeezes bunker fuel supply](https://iwpost.com/shipping-industry-fears-fuel-shortages-as-iran-war-squeezes-bunker-fuel-supply/): Ship operators rely on a sludgelike substance known as bunker fuel to keep vessels running.
- [Trump-Xi summit to weigh US energy sales amid Hormuz crisis](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-to-weigh-us-energy-sales-amid-hormuz-crisis/): Energy partnership will be one of the key items on the agenda when United States President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday, with Washington seeking Beijing’s commitment to resume regular purchases of American oil and gas.
- [London: A Playground for the Islamic Republic’s Networks Abroad](https://iwpost.com/london-a-playground-for-the-islamic-republics-networks-abroad/): In recent months, the Islamic Republic appears to have shifted its methods for deploying proxy actors to carry out intimidation, espionage, sabotage, violent attacks, and, in some cases, alleged terrorist activities against its opponents as well as Jewish targets in Britain.
- [FDA chief resigns after Trump admin forced approval of fruity e-cigs](https://iwpost.com/fda-chief-resigns-after-trump-admin-forced-approval-of-fruity-e-cigs/): Marty Makary on Tuesday resigned from his role as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, days after news broke on Friday that the White House had signed off on plans to fire him.
- [US visas shouldn’t turn migrants into pawns against China](https://iwpost.com/us-visas-shouldnt-turn-migrants-into-pawns-against-china/): The latest warning from Washington that China could face visa restrictions over deportation cooperation points to a broader pattern: migration policy is increasingly being pulled into the orbit of geopolitical rivalry.
- [NBA Star Dies at 29](https://iwpost.com/nba-star-dies-at-29/): The sports world is in shock after former Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke died suddenly on Monday at just 29 years old.
- [Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired](https://iwpost.com/twin-brothers-wipe-96-govt-databases-minutes-after-being-fired/): In the US, fired and laid-off workers often have their digital credentials deactivated before they learn about the loss of their jobs; indeed, the inability to log in to a corporate system may be the first an employee knows of the situation.
- [How Keir Starmer could be replaced as UK prime minister](https://iwpost.com/how-keir-starmer-could-be-replaced-as-uk-prime-minister/): U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a battle for his job after his Labour Party suffered a calamitous set of results in local elections last week that if repeated at a general election would see it comprehensively ejected from power.
- [How climate change could help hantavirus find more hosts](https://iwpost.com/how-climate-change-could-help-hantavirus-find-more-hosts/): The cruise ship departed Ushuaia, Argentina, in April with plans to ferry 147 passengers and crew members to some of the most remote places on earth, including Antarctica.
- [Fearful, diminished and isolated: what this year’s Victory Day parade in Moscow tells us about Russia’s war against Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/fearful-diminished-and-isolated-what-this-years-victory-day-parade-in-moscow-tells-us-about-russias-war-against-ukraine/): The military parade through Moscow’s Red Square on May 9, “Victory Day”, is the pinnacle of Russia’s annual celebrations marking the end of the second world war.
- [Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-asks-for-more-money-as-iran-war-costs-skyrocket/): Despite a ceasefire that has been in effect for more than a month, the cost of the U.S.
- [He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway.](https://iwpost.com/he-was-fired-for-sexually-harassing-students-california-allowed-him-to-keep-teaching-anyway/): Massages in Class: A California teacher was deemed “unfit to teach” after students reported him for touching them in ways that made them uncomfortable, including massaging their shoulders.
- [eBay rejects GameStop's $56B offer: "Your proposal is neither credible nor attractive"](https://iwpost.com/ebay-rejects-gamestops-56b-offer-your-proposal-is-neither-credible-nor-attractive/): eBay’s board of directors today rejected GameStop’s $55.5 billion offer to buy the company.
- [Gingerbread Cake – Soft, Spiced & Perfect for the Holidays](https://iwpost.com/gingerbread-cake-soft-spiced-perfect-for-the-holidays/): Nothing says cozy holiday baking quite like a warm slice of Gingerbread Cake.
- [Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-will-be-no-nixon-in-china-moment/): Meetings between Chinese and American leaders are not exactly routine, but few are historically groundbreaking.
- [Kuwait summons Iranian ambassador to protest alleged ‘IRGC members’ infiltration on Bubiyan Island](https://iwpost.com/kuwait-summons-iranian-ambassador-to-protest-alleged-irgc-members-infiltration-on-bubiyan-island/): Kuwait summoned the Iranian ambassador on Tuesday to protest the alleged infiltration of members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to Bubiyan Island, where they clashed with Kuwaiti forces, Anadolu reports.
- [NGO Monitor Challenges Kristof NY Times Column on Alleged Sexual Abuse of Palestinians](https://iwpost.com/ngo-monitor-challenges-kristof-ny-times-column-on-alleged-sexual-abuse-of-palestinians/): NGO Monitor on Tuesday sharply criticized New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s opinion piece “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” accusing him of relying on activist organizations it says have anti-Israel agendas and, in the case of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, alleged links to Hamas.
- [Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months](https://iwpost.com/data-center-guzzled-30-million-gallons-of-water-and-nobody-noticed-for-months-2/): A curious case in Georgia serves as a warning for many parts of the US hastily approving data center developments without first updating their water systems to better monitor for severe upticks in usage.
- [EU energy ministers to mull domestic gas drilling amid security concerns](https://iwpost.com/eu-energy-ministers-to-mull-domestic-gas-drilling-amid-security-concerns/): European Union energy ministers are expected to discuss domestic natural gas drilling during an informal meeting in Cyprus on 13 May, against a backdrop of rising oil and gas prices and concerns over supply shortages, according to a document seen by Euronews.
- [The US is betting on AI to catch insider trading in prediction markets](https://iwpost.com/the-us-is-betting-on-ai-to-catch-insider-trading-in-prediction-markets/): For most of the past year, it looked like prediction markets had kicked off a new golden age of fraud.
- [What’s really driving Europe’s pro-Russian supporters?](https://iwpost.com/whats-really-driving-europes-pro-russian-supporters/): A new study across 18 European countries indicates more pro-Kremlin sentiment toward the Russia-Ukraine war is not rare.
- [Latvian Prime Minister Silina resigns over handling of Ukraine drone incidents](https://iwpost.com/latvian-prime-minister-silina-resigns-over-handling-of-ukraine-drone-incidents/): Latvia’s centre-right ​Prime Minister Evika Silina said ‌she would resign on Thursday, triggering the collapse of her coalition government ​just months before an ​election is due in October.
- [A “Scheme” Against Dobbs: SCOTUS Dissent Hints at Next Phase of Abortion Rights Fight](https://iwpost.com/a-scheme-against-dobbs-scotus-dissent-hints-at-next-phase-of-abortion-rights-fight/): Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito found themselves in the minority on Thursday, when the court ruled that telehealth access to the abortion drug mifepristone could continue, leaving the dissenting conservatives to foreshadow a future showdown over abortion rights.
- [Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths](https://iwpost.com/ebola-outbreak-with-uncommon-strain-erupts-in-congo-and-uganda-65-deaths/): The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the Northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- [Indonesia blindly drifting into a US vs China storm](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-blindly-drifting-into-a-us-vs-china-storm/): Earlier this month, Indonesia and Japan signed a defense cooperation agreement that could eventually allow Jakarta to acquire lethal weaponry from Tokyo.
- [President Trump Threatens Renewed Strikes on Iran After Talks With Xi in Beijing ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-threatens-renewed-strikes-on-iran-after-talks-with-xi-in-beijing/): President Donald Trump threatened to revive military action against Iran after concluding talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, while warning that the United States was losing patience with stalled negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
- [Three's a party: US, China, and now Russia are on the prowl in GEO](https://iwpost.com/threes-a-party-us-china-and-now-russia-are-on-the-prowl-in-geo/): The world’s leading space powers desperately want to know what the others are up to high above the equator.
- [Bride Hauled Off in Handcuffs After Allegedly Beating Her Own Mother at Reception](https://iwpost.com/bride-hauled-off-in-handcuffs-after-allegedly-beating-her-own-mother-at-reception/): What was supposed to be the happiest day of her life ended with flashing lights, handcuffs and a jail cell.
- [Mario Draghi awarded 2026 Charlemagne Prize for services to European unity](https://iwpost.com/mario-draghi-awarded-2026-charlemagne-prize-for-services-to-european-unity/): Former European Central Bank president and former Italian prime minister Mario Draghi has been awarded the 2026 International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen, one of Europe’s most prestigious honours recognising contributions to European unity.
- [Europe shouldn’t buy Myanmar junta’s Suu Kyi ploy](https://iwpost.com/europe-shouldnt-buy-myanmar-juntas-suu-kyi-ploy/): Myanmar’s military is trying to sell former State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi’s transfer from prison to a “designated residence” as a gesture of mercy.
- [Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app](https://iwpost.com/weather-monitoring-firm-hangs-dark-cloud-over-customers-heads-by-forcing-new-app/): Weather-monitoring company AcuRite is forcing device owners to use a new companion app on May 30, frustrating some long-time customers.
- [CDC Didn’t Tell New York About Resident on Hantavirus-Plagued Cruise](https://iwpost.com/cdc-didnt-tell-new-york-about-resident-on-hantavirus-plagued-cruise/): A Manhattan resident who was on the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak traveled freely after leaving the ship, and the U.S.
- [Review: Good Omens finale sticks the landing](https://iwpost.com/review-good-omens-finale-sticks-the-landing/): It’s been a three-year wait, but Prime Video finally released the series finale for Good Omens: a 90-minute single episode that sought to wrap everything up in a neat little bow.
- [Ready or not, AI government is already here](https://iwpost.com/ready-or-not-ai-government-is-already-here/): In April, the General Services Administration announced plans to automate 1 million work hours annually after cutting nearly 40% of its staff since October 2024, with similar reductions being seen across the government workforce.
- [How Yemenis’ Pockets Became a Lifeline for Financing Cross-Border Wars](https://iwpost.com/how-yemenis-pockets-became-a-lifeline-for-financing-cross-border-wars/): Saeed, 42, a government employee in Sanaa, has gone years without receiving a regular salary.
- [Russian parliament approves law allowing Putin to invade other countries](https://iwpost.com/russian-parliament-approves-law-allowing-putin-to-invade-other-countries/): Russia’s lawmakers have passed a law formally authorising the Kremlin to deploy troops abroad to “protect Russian citizens,” giving Russian President Vladimir Putin the authority in practice to invade foreign countries.
- [UN marks Nakba anniversary amid warnings over Gaza crisis](https://iwpost.com/un-marks-nakba-anniversary-amid-warnings-over-gaza-crisis/): The UN commemorated the anniversary of the Nakba on Friday, with senior officials warning that the suffering and displacement experienced by Palestinians since 1948 continue amid the Gaza conflict, Anadolu reports.
- [US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10](https://iwpost.com/us-hantavirus-case-was-false-positive-outbreak-cases-drop-from-11-to-10/): In a press briefing Friday, officials for the World Health Organization announced that the case count of the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius in the South Atlantic has shrunk from 11 cases to 10 after a previously reported US case was found to be a false positive.
- [Barron Trump’s Secret Family Drama Exposed After Birthday Snub](https://iwpost.com/barron-trumps-secret-family-drama-exposed-after-birthday-snub/): Barron Trump has spent years staying out of the spotlight while the rest of his famous family dominates headlines — but now, new details about the ultra-private first son’s personal relationships are finally coming to light.
- [How low will Indonesia’s falling rupiah go?](https://iwpost.com/how-low-will-indonesias-falling-rupiah-go/): Indonesia’s psychological and economic guardrails officially cracked in mid-May when the rupiah plunged to 17,513 against the US dollar, the weakest level in the currency’s history.
- [Cheesy Beef & Sausage Sliders – Easy, Melty & Crowd-Pleasing](https://iwpost.com/cheesy-beef-sausage-sliders-easy-melty-crowd-pleasing/): If you’re looking for a quick, hearty, and ultra-satisfying recipe, these Cheesy Beef & Sausage Sliders are exactly what you need.
- [Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-getting-messy-as-judge-delays-approval/): After several authors and class members raised objections to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement over its widespread book piracy to train AI, a federal judge has delayed final approvals of the settlement.
- [Bangladesh barrage bet holds no water for India’s diplomacy](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-barrage-bet-holds-no-water-for-indias-diplomacy/): May 15 occupies a charged place in Bangladesh’s political memory.
- [Catherine praised by Italians as visit draws to a close](https://iwpost.com/catherine-praised-by-italians-as-visit-draws-to-a-close/): The Princess of Wales’s trip to Italy has been a reminder of how much the royals need her star quality.
- [National Shabbat Observance and Washington Prayer Gathering Planned Ahead of America’s 250th Anniversary ](https://iwpost.com/national-shabbat-observance-and-washington-prayer-gathering-planned-ahead-of-americas-250th-anniversary/): Jewish Americans across the United States are being encouraged to observe a national Sabbath beginning Friday evening, May 15, beginning a weekend of religious observances and public gatherings ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary.
- [Russia pressures university students to become wartime drone pilots](https://iwpost.com/russia-pressures-university-students-to-become-wartime-drone-pilots/): Russian universities are promising free tuition and up to $70,000 to students who are willing to serve as drone pilots in the Russian military for a year—all while claiming students can avoid the risk of frontline combat duty in Ukraine.
- [Internal Pentagon Report Reveals Hegseth Is Willfully Putting Civilians in Danger](https://iwpost.com/internal-pentagon-report-reveals-hegseth-is-willfully-putting-civilians-in-danger/): The Pentagon’s top watchdog says cuts to civilian harm mitigation and response efforts have been so severe under War Secretary Pete Hegseth that the United States cannot adequately protect civilians in conflict zones.
- [At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.](https://iwpost.com/at-17-he-was-tear-gassed-at-selma-at-78-hes-watching-kids-tear-gassed-during-trumps-deportation-campaign/): Charles Mauldin remembers that his lungs felt like they were imploding when he breathed in tear gas more than 60 years ago.
- [Rearming Japan: Ambition, constraints, and limits](https://iwpost.com/rearming-japan-ambition-constraints-and-limits/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission.
- [US says Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended by 45 days after Washington talks](https://iwpost.com/us-says-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-extended-by-45-days-after-washington-talks/): The United States announced Friday that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by 45 days following what Washington described as “highly productive” talks between the two sides, Anadolu reports.
- [Solar power production undercut by coal pollution](https://iwpost.com/solar-power-production-undercut-by-coal-pollution/): Coal is by far the most polluting fuel that we use.
- [Beloved Teacher Dies in School in Front of Horrified Students](https://iwpost.com/beloved-teacher-dies-in-school-in-front-of-horrified-students/): A beloved teacher at a school in England tragically died after suddenly collapsing in front of stunned students as they were taking exams Thursday morning.
- [Vietnam’s power bill hides a market economy lie](https://iwpost.com/vietnams-power-bill-hides-a-market-economy-lie/): The proposal to gradually pass nearly 45 trillion dong (about US$1.8 billion) in accumulated losses from Vietnam Electricity (EVN) into future electricity prices reveals a deeper contradiction at the center of Hanoi’s economic strategy.
- [US plans to indict Cuba’s Raul Castro](https://iwpost.com/us-plans-to-indict-cubas-raul-castro/): The United States plans to indict Cuba’s Raul Castro, a U.S. Department of ​Justice official said late on Thursday.
- [Nebraska wonders which is riskier: The fires it starts, or the fires it fights](https://iwpost.com/nebraska-wonders-which-is-riskier-the-fires-it-starts-or-the-fires-it-fights/): This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories.
- [Send the arXiv AI-generated slop, get a yearlong vacation from submissions](https://iwpost.com/send-the-arxiv-ai-generated-slop-get-a-yearlong-vacation-from-submissions/): AI-generated slop has shown up everywhere, including in the peer-reviewed literature.
- [Energy crisis set to worsen as Trump weighs renewed Iran assault](https://iwpost.com/energy-crisis-set-to-worsen-as-trump-weighs-renewed-iran-assault/): Even though oil prices surged at the start of the war, which led Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz to commercial ships, that increase was temporarily mitigated by crude surpluses that allowed countries to add more petroleum to the market.
- [Toronto Report Says Jews Were Targets in 82% of Religious Hate Crimes in 2025 ](https://iwpost.com/toronto-report-says-jews-were-targets-in-82-of-religious-hate-crimes-in-2025/): The Abraham Global Peace Initiative said it was alarmed by new Toronto police data showing that Jews accounted for 82% of all religiously motivated hate crime targets in the city in 2025, while warning that antisemitic incidents have continued rising sharply in 2026.
- [In a Private Meeting, Colorado Marijuana Regulators Acknowledge the Extent of Illegal Hemp Sales](https://iwpost.com/in-a-private-meeting-colorado-marijuana-regulators-acknowledge-the-extent-of-illegal-hemp-sales/): A top regulator for Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division acknowledged in a private meeting with industry representatives that the amount of chemically converted hemp being illegally sold as marijuana is far greater than the agency has publicly disclosed.
- [Donald Trump left Beijing empty-handed – but avoided something worse](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-left-beijing-empty-handed-but-avoided-something-worse/): When Britain sent its first formal diplomatic mission to China in 1793, one of the participants from London, Peter Auber, remarked that the group had been “received with the utmost politeness, treated with the utmost hospitality, watched with the utmost vigilance and dismissed with the utmost civility”.
- [Trump-Xi summit: Cautious progress on trade, ties and some ‘win-wins’](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-cautious-progress-on-trade-ties-and-some-win-wins/): President Donald Trump departed China on May 15, 2026, after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that was scrutinized from every angle for clues on where the relationship is heading.
- [Bill to keep online games playable clears key hurdle in California](https://iwpost.com/bill-to-keep-online-games-playable-clears-key-hurdle-in-california/): A bill focused on maintaining long-term playable access to online games has passed out of the California Assembly’s appropriations committee, setting up a floor vote by the full legislative body.
- [Trump expected to drop IRS suit in exchange for MAGA slush fund](https://iwpost.com/trump-expected-to-drop-irs-suit-in-exchange-for-maga-slush-fund/): The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday accused US President Donald Trump of “orchestrating a $1,700,000,000 fraud on the American taxpayer to line the pockets of his MAGA political allies” amid new reporting on the terms Trump is seeking in talks to settle his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.
- [Trump leaves Beijing with few wins but warm words for Xi](https://iwpost.com/trump-leaves-beijing-with-few-wins-but-warm-words-for-xi/): U.S. President Donald Trump left China on Friday with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end the Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host, Xi ​Jinping.
- [Palestinian National Popular Action Committee issues statement to mark 78th anniversary of the Nakba](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-national-popular-action-committee-issues-statement-to-mark-78th-anniversary-of-the-nakba/): On the seventy-eighth anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the Palestinian National Coordinating Body for Popular Action issued a statement affirming that the Nakba is not merely a painful memory, but an ongoing crime and a continuing settler-colonial project.
- [Rocket Report: Cowboy up for data centers in LEO; Russia's new ICBM actually works](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-cowboy-up-for-data-centers-in-leo-russias-new-icbm-actually-works/): Welcome to Edition 8.41 of the Rocket Report! The stories of the world’s two most powerful rockets are now intertwined.
- [Mother Shot and Killed in Front of Her 7-Month-Old Baby Outside Grocery Store](https://iwpost.com/mother-shot-and-killed-in-front-of-her-7-month-old-baby-outside-grocery-store/): A young Georgia mother who dreamed of becoming a nurse was gunned down outside a grocery store while her 7-month-old baby sat nearby in the car — and police say the suspected shooter was her ex-boyfriend, who then turned the gun on himself.
- [“We Will Find You and We Will Kill You”](https://iwpost.com/we-will-find-you-and-we-will-kill-you/): IN 16 pages, the Trump administration’s new official counterterrorism strategy outlines in broad terms who it views as terrorist threats and priority targets, ranging from anti-fascist activists to ISIS and so-called narco-terrorists.
- [More than just a critical blow to Keir Starmer and Labour, local votes signal a dis-United Kingdom](https://iwpost.com/more-than-just-a-critical-blow-to-keir-starmer-and-labour-local-votes-signal-a-dis-united-kingdom/): Local elections in Britain on May 7, 2026 – in which the ruling Labour Party suffered deep losses – revealed tectonic shifts.
- [Trump’s Beijing trip delivers optics, not breakthroughs](https://iwpost.com/trumps-beijing-trip-delivers-optics-not-breakthroughs/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [IDF Soldier Sgt. Negev Dagan Killed by Hezbollah Mortar Fire in Southern Lebanon ](https://iwpost.com/idf-soldier-sgt-negev-dagan-killed-by-hezbollah-mortar-fire-in-southern-lebanon/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Friday that Staff Sgt.
- [Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?](https://iwpost.com/why-have-immigration-agents-detained-this-american-citizen-three-times/): When immigration agents pulled U.S. citizen Leonardo Garcia Venegas from his car this month and shackled him, he wasn’t surprised. He wasn’t scared.
- [The perfect commuter bike? Velotric's Discover 3 makes its case.](https://iwpost.com/the-perfect-commuter-bike-velotrics-discover-3-makes-its-case/): Commuter bikes don’t come with the same constraints many other bikes do.
- [EU activates crisis mechanism to monitor hantavirus outbreak](https://iwpost.com/eu-activates-crisis-mechanism-to-monitor-hantavirus-outbreak/): The Cyprus Presidency has activated the EU’s Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR) arrangements as part of efforts to monitor the hantavirus outbreak that has prompted increased vigilance among member states.
- [Xi-Trump summit: reset for US-Chinese relations but tension over Taiwan remains](https://iwpost.com/xi-trump-summit-reset-for-us-chinese-relations-but-tension-over-taiwan-remains/): The initial top line emerging from the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing was that while the two leaders had talked trade, technology and the US war in Iran, the most potentially hazardous issue was Taiwan.
- [Salesman Trump leaves China with very little in his bag](https://iwpost.com/salesman-trump-leaves-china-with-very-little-in-his-bag/): Few things enrage Donald Trump more than being upstaged, particularly when he is on the biggest stage of both his stints as US president — in Beijing.
- [Cisco announces record revenue and 4,000 layoffs in the same day](https://iwpost.com/cisco-announces-record-revenue-and-4000-layoffs-in-the-same-day/): Following a quarter in which his company delivered record revenue, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins announced that the company’s latest round of layoffs begins today.
- [US lawmaker reintroduces resolution recognizing Palestinian Nakba](https://iwpost.com/us-lawmaker-reintroduces-resolution-recognizing-palestinian-nakba/): US Rep. Rashida Tlaib reintroduced a resolution Thursday recognizing the 78th anniversary of the Nakba and reaffirming the right of return for Palestinian refugees, Anadolu reports.
- [Whoopi Forced into On-Air Apology to Elon Musk](https://iwpost.com/whoopi-forced-into-on-air-apology-to-elon-musk/): Whoopi Goldberg stunned viewers by issuing an on-air apology to Elon Musk after accusing the billionaire of being “okay with apartheid” during a fiery segment on The View — all while ABC is locked in a growing battle with the Trump administration over free speech and political bias claims.
- [“It’s Overwhelming But It’s Amazing”: Richard Glossip Released From Jail After Three Decades](https://iwpost.com/its-overwhelming-but-its-amazing-richard-glossip-released-from-jail-after-three-decades-2/): Three decades after he was arrested for a capital crime he swore he didn’t commit — and more than a year after the U.S.
- [Putin’s Peace Language Collides With Ukraine’s Battlefield Reality](https://iwpost.com/putins-peace-language-collides-with-ukraines-battlefield-reality/): Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent suggestion that the war in Ukraine may be nearing an end has reopened a central question for Kyiv and its partners: Is Moscow preparing for a genuine diplomatic opening, or is it using the language of peace to pressure Ukraine and divide Western support while the war continues?
- [Vaporware or not? Aptera assembles its first five validation models.](https://iwpost.com/vaporware-or-not-aptera-assembles-its-first-five-validation-models/): Among the many advantages the Chinese auto industry appears to have over foreign competitors is its ability to quickly turn a new idea into a car that customers can buy.
- [US scraps deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland](https://iwpost.com/us-scraps-deployment-of-4000-troops-to-poland/): The Pentagon has canceled plans to temporarily deploy 4,000 U.S.-based troops ​to Poland, two U.S.
- [Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections](https://iwpost.com/zero-day-exploit-completely-defeats-default-windows-11-bitlocker-protections/): A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker protections and gain complete access to an encrypted drive within seconds.
- [Old-Fashioned Gingerbread Cake](https://iwpost.com/old-fashioned-gingerbread-cake/): Moist, warmly spiced, and rich with molasses—this classic gingerbread cake is the ultimate cozy holiday dessert.
- [The misread storytelling behind Xi Jinping’s speeches](https://iwpost.com/the-misread-storytelling-behind-xi-jinpings-speeches/): For many in the West, China still feels hard to fully understand.
- [Judge probes whether Musk settlement with Trump admin is tainted by corruption](https://iwpost.com/judge-probes-whether-musk-settlement-with-trump-admin-is-tainted-by-corruption/): A federal judge reportedly said she will not rubber-stamp a settlement between Elon Musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the deal raises red flags and needs scrutiny over whether Musk is getting special treatment from the Trump administration.
- [European Parliament reaches deal on support rules for adults needing assistance across EU](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-reaches-deal-on-support-rules-for-adults-needing-assistance-across-eu/): The European Parliament and EU government negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on new rules aimed at improving support and legal protection for adults requiring assistance in cross-border cases within the European Union.
- [Antisemitism watchdog rips ‘blood libel’ smear vs New York Times](https://iwpost.com/antisemitism-watchdog-rips-blood-libel-smear-vs-new-york-times/): Palestinians held at the notorious Sde Teiman prison in the Negev Desert are seen shackled and blindfolded in this undated photo.
- [Israel begins illegal settlement construction atop historic Hebron municipality building in West Bank](https://iwpost.com/israel-begins-illegal-settlement-construction-atop-historic-hebron-municipality-building-in-west-bank/): Israel began illegal settlement construction works atop the historic Hebron municipality building in the southern West Bank, municipal authorities said Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Texas Mural Honors Druze and Iranian Children Killed by Iran and Its Proxies](https://iwpost.com/texas-mural-honors-druze-and-iranian-children-killed-by-iran-and-its-proxies/): A large-scale mural honoring Druze and Iranian children killed by the Islamic regime of Iran and its regional proxies was unveiled Thursday in Webster, Texas, as Iranian-American artist Hooman Khalili sought to draw international attention to the victims ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
- [Demi Moore’s Shockingly Thin Cannes Appearance Sparks Health Fears as Doctors Sound the Alarm](https://iwpost.com/demi-moores-shockingly-thin-cannes-appearance-sparks-health-fears-as-doctors-sound-the-alarm/): Demi Moore’s ultra-thin appearance at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival is sparking serious concern, with health experts warning the Hollywood icon may be pushing her body to dangerous extremes.
- [Over a year later, AMD is bringing improved FSR 4 upscaling to its older GPUs](https://iwpost.com/over-a-year-later-amd-is-bringing-improved-fsr-4-upscaling-to-its-older-gpus/): When AMD announced version 4 of its FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) graphics upscaling technology early last year, it came with strings attached: The improved hardware-backed image quality would be available only on Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs based on the RDNA4 architecture, not on any older Radeon GPUs.
- [“It’s Overwhelming But It’s Amazing” -- Richard Glossip Released From Jail After Three Decades](https://iwpost.com/its-overwhelming-but-its-amazing-richard-glossip-released-from-jail-after-three-decades/): Three decades after he was arrested for a capital crime he swore he didn’t commit — and more than a year after the U.S.
- [How Trump plans to keep pushing his tariffs despite court losses](https://iwpost.com/how-trump-plans-to-keep-pushing-his-tariffs-despite-court-losses/): President Donald Trump just can’t quit tariffs.
- [Energy supplier abandons Lake Tahoe residents to serve data centers](https://iwpost.com/energy-supplier-abandons-lake-tahoe-residents-to-serve-data-centers/): The tourist and ski resort town of Lake Tahoe must scramble to find a new energy supplier by May 2027—the result of a Nevada utility company saying it needs the power capacity in part for new data centers.
- [Microsoft eyeing startup deals for life after OpenAI](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-eyeing-startup-deals-for-life-after-openai/): Microsoft is shopping ​for artificial-intelligence startups as the software company prepares for a future independent of its once-vital partner OpenAI, five people familiar with the matter said.
- [US DOJ said dropping fraud charges after Adani hired Trump lawyer](https://iwpost.com/us-doj-said-dropping-fraud-charges-after-adani-hired-trump-lawyer/): Donald Trump and Gautam Adani.
- [Fired hacker twins forget to end Teams recording, capture own crimes](https://iwpost.com/fired-hacker-twins-forget-to-end-teams-recording-capture-own-crimes/): Perhaps you remember Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, the 34-year-old twin brothers we profiled earlier this week.
- [How severe has the economic impact of the Iran war been for the Gulf states?](https://iwpost.com/how-severe-has-the-economic-impact-of-the-iran-war-been-for-the-gulf-states/): The US and Israel’s war on Iran has cast a long shadow over the Gulf.
- [Trump-Xi summit puts US exports, Iran at center of reset bid](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-puts-us-exports-iran-at-center-of-reset-bid/): US President Donald Trump’s Beijing summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping has produced a package of Chinese commitments on US soybeans, energy and aircraft, giving both governments a basis to steady relations after years of trade and security tensions.
- [Tourists Flee Disney’s Childhood Home in Horror](https://iwpost.com/tourists-flee-disneys-childhood-home-in-horror/): The house where Walt Disney once dreamed up a future filled with magic is now surrounded by scenes visitors say look more like a disaster zone.
- [DOJ Escalates War on Trans Youth Healthcare With Criminal Subpoenas](https://iwpost.com/doj-escalates-war-on-trans-youth-healthcare-with-criminal-subpoenas/): In an escalation of its efforts to criminalize and eradicate trans healthcare, Donald Trump’s administration has sent its first known criminal subpoenas to hospitals that have provided gender-affirming care for young trans people.
- [Israeli attacks kill 200 children in Lebanon since March 2: UNICEF](https://iwpost.com/israeli-attacks-kill-200-children-in-lebanon-since-march-2-unicef/): At least 200 children have been killed in Lebanon as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks on the country since March 2, UNICEF said Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Cell phone users can't stop incriminating themselves](https://iwpost.com/cell-phone-users-cant-stop-incriminating-themselves/): “What kind of doctor was dr. pepper,” Utah real estate agent Kouri Richins once asked a search engine. (Sadly, there was no actual Dr. Pepper.)
- [Nuclear energy set for comeback in Italy under new government framework](https://iwpost.com/nuclear-energy-set-for-comeback-in-italy-under-new-government-framework/): The Italian government is set to approve a framework for the resumption of nuclear power this summer, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told parliament.
- [As tick bites surge, conspiracy theories follow](https://iwpost.com/as-tick-bites-surge-conspiracy-theories-follow/): “Tell you what,” Drew Maciel told his Instagram followers in April, “I’m sick of finding dead moose.” He zoomed in on a dead bull moose lying prone on the ground, running the camera over clusters of ticks nestled within every crevice of the corpse.
- [Counterterrorism Czar’s Blueprint Targets Leftists, Ignores Far-Right Violence and Heaps Praise on Trump](https://iwpost.com/counterterrorism-czars-blueprint-targets-leftists-ignores-far-right-violence-and-heaps-praise-on-trump/): For a year, White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka promoted the national strategy he was drafting, saying he was pouring his “life’s work” into a “massive” blueprint that would overhaul the U.S.
- [Antiwar activists to Congress:  Pressure Trump for China peace](https://iwpost.com/antiwar-activists-to-congress-pressure-trump-for-china-peace/): As US President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a coalition of anti-war groups was calling on Congress to pressure the administration to “prioritize peace, cooperation, and stability” at a time when the US-China relationship is increasingly hostile.
- [Why Putin will have been watching the Trump-Xi summit nervously](https://iwpost.com/why-putin-will-have-been-watching-the-trump-xi-summit-nervously-2/): The opening headlines from the summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing signal an openness on the Chinese side towards stabilising relations with the US.
- [Your doctor’s AI notetaker may be making things up, Ontario audit finds](https://iwpost.com/your-doctors-ai-notetaker-may-be-making-things-up-ontario-audit-finds/): In recent years, many overworked doctors have turned to so-called AI medical scribes to help automatically summarize patient conversations, diagnoses, and care decisions into structured notes for health record logging.
- [Why Putin will have been watching the Trump‑Xi summit nervously](https://iwpost.com/why-putin-will-have-been-watching-the-trump-xi-summit-nervously/): The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 12.
- [Motorola Razr Fold review: Fits neatly in your pocket but not your budget](https://iwpost.com/motorola-razr-fold-review-fits-neatly-in-your-pocket-but-not-your-budget/): Motorola was early to foldable phones, announcing its first Razr-branded foldable in 2019.
- [What to know about the corruption probe involving Zelenskyy’s ex-chief of staff](https://iwpost.com/what-to-know-about-the-corruption-probe-involving-zelenskyys-ex-chief-of-staff/): Ukraine’s anti-corruption authorities have named former presidential chief of staff Andrii Yermak as a suspect in a major graft investigation involving alleged money laundering.
- [Scott Wiener Opposes a California Billionaire Tax. So Do His Tech CEO Backers.](https://iwpost.com/scott-wiener-opposes-a-california-billionaire-tax-so-do-his-tech-ceo-backers/): The leading progressive candidate to replace longtime Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in Congress is opposing a pair of wealth taxes on the ballot in his state and district: a one-time statewide tax on California billionaires and a local San Francisco tax on the city’s wealthiest businesses and corporations.
- [Trump-XI summit: in a high-stakes meeting the two leaders can’t afford to misread each other](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-in-a-high-stakes-meeting-the-two-leaders-cant-afford-to-misread-each-other/): The summit between Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and US president, Donald Trump, reportedly covered a lot of ground.
- [Nancy Guthrie’s Furious Friend Fears Public is ‘Moving On’](https://iwpost.com/nancy-guthries-furious-friend-fears-public-is-moving-on/): The desperate search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother has now dragged on for more than 100 days — and one of Nancy Guthrie’s closest friends says she’s terrified the case is slowly fading from the public’s mind.
- [USS Doris Miller delay exposes latest cracks in US carrier power](https://iwpost.com/uss-doris-miller-delay-exposes-latest-cracks-in-us-carrier-power/): The USS Doris Miller aircraft carrier’s latest construction delay is more than a shipbuilding setback — it is a warning sign for the future of US global carrier power.
- [Forecasters predict wildfires, floods, severe heatwaves from incoming El Niño](https://iwpost.com/forecasters-predict-wildfires-floods-severe-heatwaves-from-incoming-el-nino/): Scientists said this week that a developing El Niño is likely to amplify heatwaves, droughts and floods this year, but warned that the long-term warming caused by burning fossil fuels remains the main driver of climate extremes.
- [2 Palestinians killed, 4 injured from Israeli fire in Gaza despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/2-palestinians-killed-4-injured-from-israeli-fire-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire/): People carry the bodies of two Palestinians Beha Barut and Abdel Karim Nassar, who lost their lives in an Israeli drone strike, laid to rest in Sheikh Radwan Cemetery following funeral prayers at the Great White Mosque in the al-Shati Refugee Camp, in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine, on May 17, 2026.
- [British Steel crisis derails China’s tariff-bypass strategy](https://iwpost.com/british-steel-crisis-derails-chinas-tariff-bypass-strategy/): A Chinese steelmaker’s attempt to use British Steel as a foothold in Western markets has turned into a political dispute, after the UK government introduced a bill that could nationalize the eastern England-based company.
- [Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees](https://iwpost.com/elon-musk-took-too-long-to-sue-openai-jury-unanimously-agrees/): Elon Musk took too long to file his lawsuit that accused OpenAI of stealing a charity, a nine-person jury unanimously decided Monday.
- [Iran Activates Air Defenses Over Qeshm Island Near Strait of Hormuz After Alleged Drone Sighting ](https://iwpost.com/iran-activates-air-defenses-over-qeshm-island-near-strait-of-hormuz-after-alleged-drone-sighting/): Iran activated air defense systems Monday night on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz after drones were allegedly detected over the area, Iranian media reported.
- [UAE reports strike near Abu Dhabi nuclear power plant](https://iwpost.com/uae-reports-strike-near-abu-dhabi-nuclear-power-plant/): The United Arab Emirates said a drone strike had triggered a fire near its nuclear power station on Sunday, calling the incident a “dangerous escalation”.
- [Ebola strain spreading in Congo and Uganda has no approved vaccine](https://iwpost.com/ebola-strain-spreading-in-congo-and-uganda-has-no-approved-vaccine/): As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S.
- [Australian Aboriginals cared for a dingo's grave for decades](https://iwpost.com/australian-aboriginals-cared-for-a-dingos-grave-for-decades/): A thousand years ago, the ancestors of today’s Barkindji people carefully buried a dingo (or garli, in the Barkindji language) in a mound of shells.
- [Actor’s 75 Year Marriage Bombshell Has Fans Stunned](https://iwpost.com/actors-75-year-marriage-bombshell-has-fans-stunned/): Boy Meets World legend William Daniels and his longtime wife Bonnie Bartlett are finally clearing the air about one of the most surprising chapters in their decades-long love story.
- [Wall Street guru struck speechless by Trump insider stock trades](https://iwpost.com/wall-street-guru-struck-speechless-by-trump-insider-stock-trades/): One of Wall Street’s most recognizable gurus, Jim Cramer, became notably tongue-tied on Monday after President Donald Trump’s recent stock-trading spree entered into a televised conversation with his colleagues on CNBC.
- [More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates](https://iwpost.com/more-than-100000-american-kids-have-had-a-parent-detained-in-immigration-sweeps-report-estimates/): Far more American children have likely been separated from their parents during immigration sweeps than previously understood, according to a report by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Brookings.
- [One Mars spacecraft, two senators, and a cloud of questions](https://iwpost.com/one-mars-spacecraft-two-senators-and-a-cloud-of-questions/): NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and potentially controversial procurement.
- [On the fog of Beijing](https://iwpost.com/on-the-fog-of-beijing/): One of the difficulties in analysing summit meetings between leaders such as Xi Jinping and Donald Trump is that the events are a blend of public theatre and private discussion.
- [Nationwide Strike Disrupts Trains and Public Transport Across Italy](https://iwpost.com/nationwide-strike-disrupts-trains-and-public-transport-across-italy/): A 24-hour general strike called by the USB trade union is disrupting transport and public services across Italy on Monday, affecting rail services, local transit systems, schools and health services.
- [Spain summons Israeli envoy over Gaza flotilla interception, calls it ‘new violation of int’ law’](https://iwpost.com/spain-summons-israeli-envoy-over-gaza-flotilla-interception-calls-it-new-violation-of-int-law/): Spain on Monday summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires and lodged what Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares described as a “formal and forceful protest” over Israel’s interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla, calling it “a new violation of international law,” Anadolu reports.
- [ISIS Seeks a ‘New Phase of Fighting’ in Syria](https://iwpost.com/isis-seeks-a-new-phase-of-fighting-in-syria/): [DAMASCUS] Syria witnessed a notable escalation in the rhetoric of the Islamic State group (ISIS) over the past week after the organization released a new propaganda message urging its members and foreign fighters inside Syria to “continue fighting” against the Syrian state and refrain from surrendering or leaving the country.
- [Ebola outbreak: WHO declares emergency, US restricts travel, American infected](https://iwpost.com/ebola-outbreak-who-declares-emergency-us-restricts-travel-american-infected/): The Ebola outbreak first reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday has seemingly escalated quickly into a large, uncontrolled multinational outbreak.
- [Legal fail: Don’t use AI to sue Facebook users for calling you a bad date](https://iwpost.com/legal-fail-dont-use-ai-to-sue-facebook-users-for-calling-you-a-bad-date/): An attempt to pressure Meta into removing a critical post from a Chicago Facebook group called “Are We Dating the Same Guy” may end in sanctions for lawyers whose takedown arguments appeared to rely on fake AI citations to support doxing claims.
- [‘Star Wars’ Actor Dead at 64](https://iwpost.com/star-wars-actor-dead-at-64/): Hollywood and the voice acting world are mourning the heartbreaking loss of legendary performer Tom Kane, who has died at the age of 64 following complications from a devastating stroke he suffered in 2020.
- [Bond markets overpowering the AI trade](https://iwpost.com/bond-markets-overpowering-the-ai-trade/): Global investors are still trading as though the AI boom mattered more than the bond market. They may be about to discover the opposite is true.
- [Belarus holds nuclear weapons drills](https://iwpost.com/belarus-holds-nuclear-weapons-drills/): Belarus, which hosts Russian nuclear weapons, said on ​Monday its armed forces had begun training on how ‌to deploy them in the field.
- [Utah’s fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America’s biggest data center gets built](https://iwpost.com/utahs-fragile-desert-could-feel-like-the-sahara-if-americas-biggest-data-center-gets-built/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah.
- [1,000-year-old burial reveals close bonds between people and dingoes](https://iwpost.com/1000-year-old-burial-reveals-close-bonds-between-people-and-dingoes/): A thousand years ago, the ancestors of today’s Barkindji people carefully buried a dingo (or garli, in the Barkindji language) in a mound of shells.
- [IEA chief: Only weeks of oil inventories left thanks to Iran war](https://iwpost.com/iea-chief-only-weeks-of-oil-inventories-left-thanks-to-iran-war/): With no end in sight to the Strait of Hormuz crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, the head of the International Energy Agency warned Monday that global energy supplies are running dangerously low.
- [Iran Submits Revised 14-Point Ceasefire Plan; US May Waive Oil Sanctions ](https://iwpost.com/iran-submits-revised-14-point-ceasefire-plan-us-may-waive-oil-sanctions/): Iran has sent a revised 14-point proposal for ending the war with the United States to mediator Pakistan, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday, as tensions escalated between Washington and Tehran and both the US and Israel prepared for the possible renewal of military operations.
- [Tiny Footprints, a Blue Blanket: What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died of Vitamin K Deficiency](https://iwpost.com/tiny-footprints-a-blue-blanket-what-i-cant-forget-about-the-babies-who-died-of-vitamin-k-deficiency/): I recently wrote about babies dying from a rare but fatal condition called vitamin K deficiency bleeding.
- [Xi warned Trump against the ‘Thucydides Trap’ – here’s what ancient Greece can tell us about US-China relations](https://iwpost.com/xi-warned-trump-against-the-thucydides-trap-heres-what-ancient-greece-can-tell-us-about-us-china-relations/): In his opening remarks at his summit with Donald Trump on May 15, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, invoked the fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides to issue a veiled warning to the US president.
- [Irish president’s sister among Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel: Reports](https://iwpost.com/irish-presidents-sister-among-gaza-flotilla-activists-detained-by-israel-reports/): Irish President Catherine Connolly’s sister is among the Gaza-bound Global Sumud flotilla activists detained by Israeli forces, according to media reports Monday.
- [Five years later, Windows 11 brings back much-missed taskbar options (and more)](https://iwpost.com/five-years-later-windows-11-brings-back-much-missed-taskbar-options-and-more/): When Windows 11 launched in 2021, we mostly liked its refreshed look—the rounded corners and menus with just a hint of translucency were a nice change from the flat colors and hard corners of the Windows 8/10 era.
- [What do we know about the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda?](https://iwpost.com/what-do-we-know-about-the-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-and-uganda/): The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an ‌Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda to be a public health emergency of international concern.
- [Why Iran has already won the war](https://iwpost.com/why-iran-has-already-won-the-war/): There is a moment in every great geopolitical confrontation when the outcome becomes structurally inevitable — long before anyone is willing to announce it.
- [BMW sends off the 6th-gen M3 CS with a manual gearbox, rear-wheel drive](https://iwpost.com/bmw-sends-off-the-6th-gen-m3-cs-with-a-manual-gearbox-rear-wheel-drive/): The march of time, and what counts for progress in the automotive industry, has not been particularly kind to the driving enthusiast.
- [Michael Jackson’s Friend Drops Chilling Bombshell That Could Rewrite His Tragic Story](https://iwpost.com/michael-jacksons-friend-drops-chilling-bombshell-that-could-rewrite-his-tragic-story/): Michael Jackson’s tragic childhood is back under the spotlight after one of the late singer’s close friends made explosive new claims about the King of Pop’s past.
- [Trump’s ‘cordial’ Beijing trip has not changed superpower rivalry](https://iwpost.com/trumps-cordial-beijing-trip-has-not-changed-superpower-rivalry/): Donald Trump’s appraisal of his recent state visit to China was, typically, positive and self-regarding.
- [Why the Iran war is breaking the US-European strategic alliance](https://iwpost.com/why-the-iran-war-is-breaking-the-us-european-strategic-alliance/): Days after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Feb.
- [Pineapple Bread (Moist, Tropical & Absolutely Irresistible)](https://iwpost.com/pineapple-bread-moist-tropical-absolutely-irresistible/): There’s something truly special about baking with pineapple.
- [Cuban drone crisis: US fears Russia-China Caribbean threat](https://iwpost.com/cuban-drone-crisis-us-fears-russia-china-caribbean-threat/): As the US confronts growing fears that Russian, Chinese and Iranian-backed drone and intelligence activities are turning Cuba into a new strategic pressure point near US territory, the island is reemerging as a focal point of great-power rivalry in the Western Hemisphere.
- [Tel Aviv University Study Finds Why Exercise Alone Often Fails To Cut Weight](https://iwpost.com/tel-aviv-university-study-finds-why-exercise-alone-often-fails-to-cut-weight/): A new Tel Aviv University-led study has found that exercise alone may fail to produce major weight loss because the body compensates for added physical activity by lowering energy use elsewhere, including through changes in organ size and resting metabolism.
- [The US space enterprise is desperately waiting for Starship—will it finally deliver?](https://iwpost.com/the-us-space-enterprise-is-desperately-waiting-for-starship-will-it-finally-deliver/): These days, one would be forgiven for forgetting that SpaceX is, at its core, a rocket company.
- [Who’s Spending in Your Congressional Election? We Tracked the Front Groups Fueling the 2026 Midterms.](https://iwpost.com/whos-spending-in-your-congressional-election-we-tracked-the-front-groups-fueling-the-2026-midterms/): The bitter Michigan Senate primary was heating up earlier this month when a mystery group bought $5 million in TV ads boosting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s preferred candidate in the Democratic race, Haley Stevens.
- [Italy Minister Says Sicily Airports Could Become Mediterranean Hub](https://iwpost.com/italy-minister-says-sicily-airports-could-become-mediterranean-hub/): The privatization process for SAC, the company that manages the airports of Catania and Comiso, has reached a critical stage, with the outcome of expressions of interest expected in early June, Italian officials said Monday.
- [Oily Sludge Is Flooding Their Dream Home. Oklahoma Regulators Say They Can’t Help.](https://iwpost.com/oily-sludge-is-flooding-their-dream-home-oklahoma-regulators-say-they-cant-help/): It was their dream home, a newly built, 2,500-square-foot modern farmhouse with a playroom that Mitch and Kara Meredith had saved for 12 years to buy for their growing family.
- [Jerusalem Governorate warns of Israeli plan to seize Palestinian properties near Al-Aqsa Mosque](https://iwpost.com/jerusalem-governorate-warns-of-israeli-plan-to-seize-palestinian-properties-near-al-aqsa-mosque/): The Jerusalem Governorate called for urgent international intervention after Israeli authorities approved a plan to seize Palestinian properties in the Bab al-Silsila area near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
- [Trump-Xi summit reset cause for concern in Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-reset-cause-for-concern-in-indonesia/): The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing was supposed to signal a new phase of calmer US-China relations.
- [‘War of the Worlds’ Star Dies at 96](https://iwpost.com/war-of-the-worlds-star-dies-at-96/): Hollywood is saying goodbye to one of sci-fi’s most unforgettable stars.
- [Myanmar’s resource curse fueling its forever war](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-resource-curse-fueling-its-forever-war/): Myanmar’s war is often described as a clash of ideologies, ethnic identities and competing visions of the state. That is true, but incomplete.
- [Netanyahu Meets With Security Cabinet Ahead of Turkish Flotilla’s Arrival](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-meets-with-security-cabinet-ahead-of-turkish-flotillas-arrival/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a preliminary security consultation Sunday ahead of the expected arrival of a Turkish flotilla carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists seeking to reach the Gaza Strip and challenge Israel’s naval blockade.
- [Two tragedies, one grieving nation: Italy confronts deaths in Maldives and Modena horror](https://iwpost.com/two-tragedies-one-grieving-nation-italy-confronts-deaths-in-maldives-and-modena-horror/): Italy is confronting a period of national grief after two separate tragedies — a deadly cave-diving disaster in the Maldives and a car-ramming incident in Modena — left the country mourning lives lost and others fighting for survival.
- [Like Suez for the Brits, Hormuz spells doom for US empire](https://iwpost.com/like-suez-for-the-brits-hormuz-spells-doom-for-us-empire/): Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever.
- [‘Clock is ticking’ for Iran, warns US President Trump](https://iwpost.com/clock-is-ticking-for-iran-warns-us-president-trump/): U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, United States, on May 12, 2026.
- [Students Accidentally Served REAL Dirt at School Charity Dinner](https://iwpost.com/students-accidentally-served-real-dirt-at-school-charity-dinner/): A Maine high school fundraiser meant to help fight hunger turned into a bizarre dinner disaster after students accidentally served potting soil to guests — and a few teens even took bites before realizing they were literally eating dirt.
- [President Trump Warns Iran ‘Time Is of the Essence’ After Netanyahu Call](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-warns-iran-time-is-of-the-essence-after-netanyahu-call/): US President Donald Trump issued a new warning to Iran on Sunday after speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as tensions surrounding Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz, and regional security continued to escalate.
- [Qatar warns against using Strait of Hormuz as ‘bargaining chip’](https://iwpost.com/qatar-warns-against-using-strait-of-hormuz-as-bargaining-chip/): Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani warned against using the Strait of Hormuz as a “bargaining chip” during a phone call Sunday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Anadolu reports.
- [Stalemate in Gaza Could Lead to Confrontation or a Continued Fragile Status Quo](https://iwpost.com/stalemate-in-gaza-could-lead-to-confrontation-or-a-continued-fragile-status-quo/): A fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel hangs in the balance in Gaza, after Israel killed Hamas’ top military leader on Friday.
- [Inside Olivia Newton-John’s Final Days: ‘She’s Ready’](https://iwpost.com/inside-olivia-newton-johns-final-days-shes-ready/): Olivia Newton-John’s heartbreaking final years have been revealed in an emotional new biography that claims the beloved Grease icon quietly accepted her fate after decades of battling cancer.
- [Chevron wants a school district tax break for a data center power plant](https://iwpost.com/chevron-wants-a-school-district-tax-break-for-a-data-center-power-plant/): This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Pecan Pie Cake](https://iwpost.com/pecan-pie-cake/): If you love the rich, caramelized flavor of pecan pie but want something easier and quicker to make, this Pecan Pie Cake is about to become your new favorite dessert.
- [Iran: China’s quiet hedging strategy in the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/iran-chinas-quiet-hedging-strategy-in-the-middle-east/): China’s growing engagement with Iran increasingly reveals that Tehran is no longer merely a regional issue confined to Middle Eastern politics.
- [IAEA Director Grossi Calls Strikes on UAE Nuclear Power Plant ‘Unacceptable’ ](https://iwpost.com/iaea-director-grossi-calls-strikes-on-uae-nuclear-power-plant-unacceptable/): In a statement posted on X, “The IAEA has been informed by the UAE that radiation levels at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant ( NPP) remain normal and no injuries were reported after a drone strike this morning caused a fire in an electrical generator located outside the inner site perimeter of the NPP,” the agency said.
- [Prince Harry’s ‘Secret Alliance’ with King Charles Revealed](https://iwpost.com/prince-harrys-secret-alliance-with-king-charles-revealed/): Prince Harry may be thousands of miles away in California, but insiders believe the runaway royal is quietly inching his way back into the heart of the monarchy — with King Charles allegedly helping behind the scenes.
- [A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease](https://iwpost.com/a-revolutionary-cancer-treatment-could-transform-autoimmune-disease/): At age 49, Jan Janisch-Hanzlik’s multiple sclerosis was destroying her freedom to live the life she wanted. She gave up her active nursing job for a desk role.
- [European Parliament announces winners of 2026 Charlemagne Youth Prize](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-announces-winners-of-2026-charlemagne-youth-prize/): Projects from Estonia, France and Spain were awarded the 2026 European Charlemagne Youth Prize during a ceremony held on Tuesday in Aachen.
- [Qatari, Saudi Arabia discuss efforts to ease tension in Middle East](https://iwpost.com/qatari-saudi-arabia-discuss-efforts-to-ease-tension-in-middle-east/): Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the situation in the Middle East, including those related to the US-Iran war, Anadolu reports.
- [Pakistan High Court Upholds Rizwan Habib’s Death Sentence in Murder of American Ex-Wife](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-high-court-upholds-rizwan-habibs-death-sentence-in-murder-of-american-ex-wife/): A division bench of the Lahore High Court at Rawalpindi dismissed the appeal and upheld the death sentence of Rizwan Habib, who was convicted of the brutal murder of his former wife, US citizen Wajiha Swati, in a case involving a property dispute over assets worth around Rs1 billion that took place in Rawalpindi.
- [The perfect commuter bike? Velotric's Discover M makes its case.](https://iwpost.com/the-perfect-commuter-bike-velotrics-discover-m-makes-its-case/): Commuter bikes don’t come with the same constraints many other bikes do.
- [Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom](https://iwpost.com/pennsylvanians-use-town-hall-meeting-to-rail-against-data-center-boom/): The latest example of burgeoning opposition to rapid data-center development in Pennsylvania came at a town hall meeting overflowing with frustration about how the state is managing the surge.
- [Man Rams Crowd with Car Before Going on Stabbing Rampage](https://iwpost.com/man-rams-crowd-with-car-before-going-on-stabbing-rampage/): Chaos erupted in the heart of an Italian shopping district after a speeding car plowed into a crowd of pedestrians before the driver allegedly jumped out and stabbed a bystander who tried to stop him, according to local reports.
- [China ramps up missile buildup for a Taiwan war](https://iwpost.com/china-ramps-up-missile-buildup-for-a-taiwan-war/): China’s accelerating missile buildup is increasingly turning industrial capacity, stockpile depth, and sustained precision-strike capability into decisive factors in the emerging military balance over Taiwan and the wider Indo-Pacific.
- [Merkel, Wałęsa and Sandu among first European Order of Merit laureates](https://iwpost.com/merkel-walesa-and-sandu-among-first-european-order-of-merit-laureates/): The European Parliament will host the inaugural European Order of Merit ceremony on 19 May in Strasbourg, where the first laureates will be recognised for their contribution to European integration and the promotion and defence of European values.
- [Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how](https://iwpost.com/routine-vaccines-may-cut-dementia-risk-experts-have-startling-hypothesis-on-how/): More and more routine vaccines are being linked to lower risks of dementia.
- [Trump-Xi summit’s cautious progress and subtle win-wins](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summits-cautious-progress-and-subtle-win-wins/): President Donald Trump departed China on May 15, 2026, after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that was scrutinized from every angle for clues on where the relationship is heading.
- [Congressman Jack Bergman Praises Pakistan’s Role in Regional Security and Diplomacy ](https://iwpost.com/congressman-jack-bergman-praises-pakistans-role-in-regional-security-and-diplomacy/): Jack Bergman, a US congressman and retired Marine Corps lieutenant general issued a formal letter of appreciation on May 15 to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.
- [Nakba Day march in London](https://iwpost.com/nakba-day-march-in-london/): Large crowds march through the streets during a demonstration marking the Nakba Day in London, United Kingdom on May 16, 2026.
- [Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included](https://iwpost.com/casimir-force-co-opted-to-generate-free-energy-midichlorians-not-included/): This week, a company called Casimir Inc.
- [China’s Xi hails trade progress in Trump summit, sends Taiwan warning](https://iwpost.com/chinas-xi-hails-trade-progress-in-trump-summit-sends-taiwan-warning/): China’s Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump that trade talks were making progress at the start of a two-day summit on Thursday but warned that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations ​down a dangerous path.
- [Golf Star Hits Elderly Volunteer in Furious Outburst at PGA Championship (Video)](https://iwpost.com/golf-star-hits-elderly-volunteer-in-furious-outburst-at-pga-championship-video/): Jon Rahm’s temper exploded in dramatic fashion at the PGA Championship — and an elderly volunteer ended up paying the price.
- [Honda shows off new hybrids for America as it absorbs $9 billion EV loss](https://iwpost.com/honda-shows-off-new-hybrids-for-america-as-it-absorbs-9-billion-ev-loss/): After US government policies wrecked the country’s electric vehicle market, automakers have been scrambling to adapt.
- [From beef ribs to a ‘heavenly’ walk: Xi-Trump summit symbolism underscored American power and Chinese tradition](https://iwpost.com/from-beef-ribs-to-a-heavenly-walk-xi-trump-summit-symbolism-underscored-american-power-and-chinese-tradition/): Diplomacy often masquerades as theater.
- [International Aid Convoy Departs Libya Bound for Gaza Through Rafah Crossing ](https://iwpost.com/international-aid-convoy-departs-libya-bound-for-gaza-through-rafah-crossing/): An international humanitarian convoy carrying relief supplies and volunteers departed from the Libyan city of Zawiya and is heading toward Egypt’s Rafah crossing in an effort to deliver aid to Gaza.
- [Miles of smiles belie a fraught and fragile Trump-Xi summit](https://iwpost.com/miles-of-smiles-belie-a-fraught-and-fragile-trump-xi-summit/): Diplomacy involves the art of telling lies with a straight face or even a reassuring smile.
- [Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California](https://iwpost.com/bill-to-block-publishers-from-killing-online-games-advances-in-california/): A bill focused on maintaining long-term playable access to online games has passed out of the California Assembly’s appropriations committee, setting up a floor vote by the full legislative body.
- [Gulf tensions deepen as reports emerge of covert UAE attacks on Iran and secret Netanyahu visit](https://iwpost.com/gulf-tensions-deepen-as-reports-emerge-of-covert-uae-attacks-on-iran-and-secret-netanyahu-visit/): The Middle East conflict widened further this week after reports emerged that Gulf states including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had secretly carried out attacks on Iran, raising fears that the war could draw more regional powers directly into the fighting.
- [This California Congressional Hopeful Opposes a Billionaire Tax. So Do His Tech CEO Backers.](https://iwpost.com/this-california-congressional-hopeful-opposes-a-billionaire-tax-so-do-his-tech-ceo-backers/): The leading progressive candidate to replace longtime Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in Congress is opposing a pair of wealth taxes on the ballot in his state and district: a one-time statewide tax on California billionaires and a local San Francisco tax on the city’s wealthiest businesses and corporations.
- [Order, character and time preserved in China’s classical furniture](https://iwpost.com/order-character-and-time-preserved-in-chinas-classical-furniture/): The first time one truly stands before a Ming-style horseshoe-back armchair, a quiet misperception arises. It does not feel like an antique.
- [Southern-Style Honey Butter Cornbread Poppers – Sweet, Savory & Irresistible](https://iwpost.com/southern-style-honey-butter-cornbread-poppers-sweet-savory-irresistible/): These Southern-Style Honey Butter Cornbread Poppers are the perfect bite-sized treat—soft, fluffy, and packed with rich corn flavor, melty cheddar, and a sweet drizzle of honey butter.
- [US officials suspect Iranian hackers breached tank readers at US gas stations: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-officials-suspect-iranian-hackers-breached-tank-readers-at-us-gas-stations-report/): US officials believe Iranian hackers may be responsible for a series of breaches involving systems that track fuel levels in storage tanks at gas stations across several US states, CNN reported Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions](https://iwpost.com/making-cement-from-a-different-type-of-rock-could-clean-up-emissions/): Cement production alone currently accounts for about 8 percent of global CO2 emissions, so considerable effort is going into lowering that number.
- [MMA Star Dead at 30 After Saving 4 Teens from Drowning](https://iwpost.com/mma-star-dead-at-30-after-saving-4-teens-from-drowning/): MMA fighter Medet Zheenaliev has died at just 30 years old after reportedly sacrificing his own life to save four teenage girls from drowning in a terrifying lake accident.
- [Israel Assassinates Hamas Military Chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad in Gaza City ](https://iwpost.com/israel-assassinates-hamas-military-chief-izz-al-din-al-haddad-in-gaza-city/): Israel’s military announced Saturday that it had killed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, identified as the chief of Hamas’ military wing, in what it described as a targeted strike in Gaza City against a senior figure involved in directing combat operations and rebuilding Hamas military capabilities.
- [Zelenskiy says Russia considering plan to attack NATO country from Belarus](https://iwpost.com/zelenskiy-says-russia-considering-plan-to-attack-nato-country-from-belarus/): President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia was seeking to draw Belarus deeper into its war in Ukraine and was weighing plans ​to attack Ukraine’s north or a NATO country from Belarusian ‌territory.
- [Wild blueberry farms across Maine suffer as climate change upends growing seasons](https://iwpost.com/wild-blueberry-farms-across-maine-suffer-as-climate-change-upends-growing-seasons/): This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Volkswagen shows its first electric GTI; there's no chance of US sales](https://iwpost.com/volkswagen-shows-its-first-electric-gti-theres-no-chance-of-us-sales/): When Volkswagen introduced the first Golf GTI in Europe in 1976, it might not have been the first hot hatchback, but it quickly became the gold standard version.
- [How Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk](https://iwpost.com/how-trumps-new-counterterrorism-strategy-puts-you-at-risk/): the Trump administration last week unveiled its “2026 Counterterrorism Strategy,” a 16-page collection of threats, grievances, hyperbole, and lies.
- [OpenAI feels “burned” by Apple’s crappy ChatGPT integration, insiders say](https://iwpost.com/openai-feels-burned-by-apples-crappy-chatgpt-integration-insiders-say/): OpenAI is reportedly exploring legal options after Apple’s ChatGPT integration into its products didn’t live up to the AI firm’s expectations.
- [Rearming Japan: ambition, constraints and limits](https://iwpost.com/rearming-japan-ambition-constraints-and-limits-2/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission.
- [The UK may soon have another female prime minister](https://iwpost.com/the-uk-may-soon-have-another-female-prime-minister/): Angela Rayner has been cleared of wrongdoing in a tax investigation, removing a potential hurdle to any bid to become the next leader of the ruling Labour Party.
- [Nakba is not a memory; it is a system still in motion](https://iwpost.com/nakba-is-not-a-memory-it-is-a-system-still-in-motion/): Every year on 15 May, Palestinians mark the Nakba — the catastrophe of 1948. Yet to describe the Nakba as history is to misunderstand its enduring architecture.
- [4 Wounded, One Critically, in Rosh Hanikra Drone Strike as Israel-Lebanon Talks Resume in Washington ](https://iwpost.com/4-wounded-one-critically-in-rosh-hanikra-drone-strike-as-israel-lebanon-talks-resume-in-washington/): Four Israeli civilians were wounded Thursday when an explosive drone struck a parking lot in the Rosh Hanikra area as a new round of US-mediated negotiations between Israel and Lebanon opened in Washington amid continued fighting in southern Lebanon.
- [Review: Good Omens finale (mostly) sticks the landing](https://iwpost.com/review-good-omens-finale-mostly-sticks-the-landing/): It’s been a three-year wait, but Prime Video finally released the series finale for Good Omens: a 90-minute single episode that sought to wrap everything up in a neat little bow.
- [Kardashian Pays $500K to Free Death Row Inmate](https://iwpost.com/kardashian-pays-500k-to-free-death-row-inmate/): Kim Kardashian is once again stepping into the middle of a shocking true crime case — and this time, it helped free a man who spent nearly three decades on death row.
- [Trump left China empty‑handed – but avoided something worse](https://iwpost.com/trump-left-china-empty-handed-but-avoided-something-worse/): The mission, which aimed to open trade and establish a permanent British embassy in Beijing, involved great pomp – but it led to no tangible return.
- ["Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition" may help you avoid paying for a new PC](https://iwpost.com/ryzen-5800x3d-10th-anniversary-edition-may-help-you-avoid-paying-for-a-new-pc/): It’s not an ideal time to be buying a new PC or doing a major upgrade.
- [Indonesia’s dangerous return to state-controlled trade](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-dangerous-return-to-state-controlled-trade/): structure linked to the sovereign fund Danantara.
- [False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Is About to Kill Him.](https://iwpost.com/false-testimony-sent-tony-carruthers-to-death-row-tennessee-is-about-to-kill-him/): Earley Story will never forget the name Alfredo Shaw.
- [Leaving the V8 in the past: The all-electric Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door](https://iwpost.com/leaving-the-v8-in-the-past-the-all-electric-mercedes-amg-gt-4-door/): At a star-studded event that closed downtown Los Angeles’ Sixth Street Viaduct last night, Mercedes and AMG unveiled the next generation of performance electric vehicles.
- [NEC’s orbital transfer vehicle has cislunar combat potential](https://iwpost.com/necs-orbital-transfer-vehicle-has-cislunar-combat-potential/): Japan’s NEC Corporation has launched a project to develop an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) – a spacecraft designed to transport satellites to their intended orbits after they have separated from the rockets that lift them into space.
- [In Kibbutz Nir Oz, Security Training and Rebuilding After October 7 Go Hand in Hand](https://iwpost.com/in-kibbutz-nir-oz-security-training-and-rebuilding-after-october-7-go-hand-in-hand/): Inside Kibbutz Nir Oz, where the traces of October 7 remain visible across the kibbutz, local security teams gathered for a training exercise aimed at preparing residents for the first critical moments of a future emergency.
- [Vivian Cuts Energy Use By 28.8%, Securing EU Funding](https://iwpost.com/vivian-cuts-energy-use-by-28-8-securing-eu-funding/): Pharmaceutical and medical devices company Vivian has reported a 28.8% reduction in energy consumption over the past year, significantly surpassing the 5% benchmark required to qualify for support under the EU-backed EENergy initiative, which helps small and medium-sized enterprises improve energy efficiency.
- [NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world](https://iwpost.com/nasas-psyche-spacecraft-returns-unfamiliar-views-of-a-familiar-world/): Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars last week as a dress rehearsal for its arrival at the Solar System’s largest metal asteroid in 2029.
- [Reporter Carjacked at Gunpoint While Live on Air (Video)](https://iwpost.com/reporter-carjacked-at-gunpoint-while-live-on-air-video/): A Mexican sports reporter’s live interview turned into a nightmare when a gunman yanked open his car door and carjacked him on camera.
- [Trump-Xi summit didn’t change North Korea’s strategic reality](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-didnt-change-north-koreas-strategic-reality/): The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing may have projected calm at the leader level, but it should not be mistaken for strategic convergence.
- [Creamy Polish Dill Soup (Zupa Koperkowa)](https://iwpost.com/creamy-polish-dill-soup-zupa-koperkowa/): If you’re looking for a cozy, comforting soup that feels both hearty and fresh, this Polish Dill Soup is pure comfort in a bowl.
- [Hormuz closure could trigger global food price crisis within a year, UN agency warns](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-closure-could-trigger-global-food-price-crisis-within-a-year-un-agency-warns/): The closure of the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six to 12 months, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned on Wednesday, calling the disruption “the beginning of a systemic agrifood shock,” Anadolu reports.
- [Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time](https://iwpost.com/famously-secret-about-its-finances-spacex-opens-its-books-for-the-first-time/): After nearly a quarter of a century operating as a private company, with its financial accounts a closely guarded secret, SpaceX on Wednesday afternoon released a detailed accounting of its business in a nearly 400-page S-1 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
- [Truce holds a year after brief Indo-Pak war, conflict continues](https://iwpost.com/truce-holds-a-year-after-brief-indo-pak-war-conflict-continues/): A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between the two nuclear powers.
- [Italy, Libya, Turkey and Qatar strengthen migration security framework](https://iwpost.com/italy-libya-turkey-and-qatar-strengthen-migration-security-framework/): Italy hosted a new round of talks with Libya, Turkey and Qatar focused on migration and security coordination in the central Mediterranean, highlighting the growing role of a four-country mechanism aimed at addressing migration flows through Libya and strengthening regional cooperation.
- [Barney Frank, Influential Liberal Congressman and Architect of Dodd-Frank Reforms, Dies at 86](https://iwpost.com/barney-frank-influential-liberal-congressman-and-architect-of-dodd-frank-reforms-dies-at-86/): Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman who became one of the country’s most influential liberal lawmakers, died at 86 after entering hospice care in April due to congestive heart failure.
- [Trump admin didn't want Ebola-exposed Americans, sent them to Berlin, Prague](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-didnt-want-ebola-exposed-americans-sent-them-to-berlin-prague/): An American infected with Ebola is being treated in Berlin, while another exposed to the deadly virus is being sent to Prague after the White House reportedly resisted allowing citizens to return to the US for care and monitoring.
- [Ahmadinejad Is Still Bad for Iranians — and Still Great for Israel](https://iwpost.com/ahmadinejad-is-still-bad-for-iranians-and-still-great-for-israel/): The bombshell New York Times report that the U.S.
- [This Gun Shop Stayed Open Despite Repeated Violations. Then a Cop Was Killed With One of Its Guns.](https://iwpost.com/this-gun-shop-stayed-open-despite-repeated-violations-then-a-cop-was-killed-with-one-of-its-guns/): Launched as a new kind of gun retailer in 2012, the Range USA chain was built to look and feel different from the smaller, unwelcoming shops and gun ranges often associated with the industry.
- [While leaders meet in Beijing, families rewrite regional funding](https://iwpost.com/while-leaders-meet-in-beijing-families-rewrite-regional-funding/): When the leaders of the United States and China met in Beijing on May 14 and 15, 2026, the global press coverage was predictable. Tariffs: Taiwan. Iran. Boeing.
- [Masters of the Universe final trailer brings the '80s nostalgia](https://iwpost.com/masters-of-the-universe-final-trailer-brings-the-80s-nostalgia/): No doubt buoyed by all the positive advance reviews on social media, Amazon MGM Studios has released one last trailer for Masters of the Universe, and it comes in strong with the 1980s nostalgia, chock-full of Easter eggs to delight Ars readers of a certain age.
- [Radio Station Announces King Charles Has Died](https://iwpost.com/radio-station-announces-king-charles-has-died/): A British radio station has been forced to apologize after a shocking on-air mistake left listeners believing King Charles was dead.
- [EU advances negotiations on migrant returns deal](https://iwpost.com/eu-advances-negotiations-on-migrant-returns-deal/): The EU is closing in on a plan designed to increase the number of failed asylum seekers leaving the bloc.
- [The Iran war is destroying oil demand. Could it also spark a shift to clean energy?](https://iwpost.com/the-iran-war-is-destroying-oil-demand-could-it-also-spark-a-shift-to-clean-energy/): With the average price of gasoline in the United States above $4.50 a gallon — about a 40 percent rise since the Iran war began in late February — Americans have been climbing into their cars less often, and stepping onto trains and buses instead.
- [Xi and Putin tout ‘new type’ of world order in Beijing](https://iwpost.com/xi-and-putin-tout-new-type-of-world-order-in-beijing/): Less than a week after hosting Donald Trump, China’s leader Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to Beijing.
- [Chickens without eggs? De-extinction company creates artificial egg.](https://iwpost.com/chickens-without-eggs-de-extinction-company-creates-artificial-egg/): On Tuesday, biotech startup Colossal announced its newest development on the road to its announced goal: reversing the extinction of species, in this case avian species.
- [Debunking The Founding Myths of Israel | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani](https://iwpost.com/debunking-the-founding-myths-of-israel-palestine-this-week-with-mouin-rabbani/): In this week’s episode, we take on some of the most persistent myths used to justify Zionism, erase Palestinian dispossession and rewrite the history of the Nakba.
- [Republican Jewish Coalition Welcomes Captain Ed Gallrein’s Primary Victory Over US Congressman Thomas Massie](https://iwpost.com/republican-jewish-coalition-welcomes-captain-ed-gallreins-primary-victory-over-us-congressman-thomas-massie/): The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Tuesday congratulated Captain Ed Gallrein on winning the Republican primary in Kentucky’s 4th congressional district, defeating Rep.
- [Xi and Putin tout ‘new type’ of world order in Beijing – but is their alliance really that strong?](https://iwpost.com/xi-and-putin-tout-new-type-of-world-order-in-beijing-but-is-their-alliance-really-that-strong/): Less than a week after hosting Donald Trump, China’s leader Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to Beijing.
- [Man jailed for posting Trump meme wins $835,000 settlement](https://iwpost.com/man-jailed-for-posting-trump-meme-wins-835000-settlement/): Larry Bushart, a retired Tennessee cop who was jailed for 37 days for posting a Trump meme on Facebook, won an $835,000 settlement Wednesday after suing the county and sheriff that he said jailed him in order to censor him.
- [Thomas Massie Loses His Seat in a Win for Trump — and AIPAC](https://iwpost.com/thomas-massie-loses-his-seat-in-a-win-for-trump-and-aipac/): Republican Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Kentucky primary on Tuesday, handing a victory to the president in a race seen as a referendum on Donald Trump.
- [Tell Us About Your Experience With Kentucky’s Addiction Recovery Care](https://iwpost.com/tell-us-about-your-experience-with-kentuckys-addiction-recovery-care/): As reporters at the Lexington Herald-Leader, we first started hearing troubling stories in 2023 from former clients and staff of Addiction Recovery Care, once Kentucky’s largest residential addiction treatment service provider.
- [Italian health ministry takes precautionary measures over Ebola outbreak](https://iwpost.com/italian-health-ministry-takes-precautionary-measures-over-ebola-outbreak/): The Italian health ministry issued a circular detailing preventive measures linked to the outbreak of the Bundibugyo virus, a strain of Ebola, in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
- [Russia's plan to advertise on rockets and spacecraft takes off](https://iwpost.com/russias-plan-to-advertise-on-rockets-and-spacecraft-takes-off/): It’s difficult to know the true state of the Russian economy, both because the country’s financial reporting is sparse and because official figures are unreliable.
- [Cher Shares Shocking Secrets Amid 80th Birthday](https://iwpost.com/cher-shares-shocking-secrets-amid-80th-birthday/): Cher has never been shy, and as the legendary superstar turns 80, she is proving once again why she remains one of Hollywood’s most fascinating women.
- [The Internet can't stop watching Figure AI's humanoid robots handling packages](https://iwpost.com/the-internet-cant-stop-watching-figure-ais-humanoid-robots-handling-packages/): The robotics startup Figure AI has been livestreaming humanoid robots placing thousands of packages onto a conveyor belt for nearly a week—a spectacle that included a robot competing against a human intern at one point.
- [Israel says Gaza aid flotilla attempt over; 430 activists transferred to its territory](https://iwpost.com/israel-says-gaza-aid-flotilla-attempt-over-430-activists-transferred-to-its-territory/): Israel’s Foreign Ministry said late on Tuesday that the latest international flotilla heading to Gaza to deliver aid “has come to an end”, and that 430 activists aboard its ships were being transferred to Israel.
- [Report Says Ahmadinejad Was Considered for Role After Iran Leadership Strike](https://iwpost.com/report-says-ahmadinejad-was-considered-for-role-after-iran-leadership-strike/): An Israeli-developed wartime plan envisioned former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becoming Iran’s leader after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior officials during the opening phase of the US-Israel war against Tehran, according to a New York Times report cited by Israeli media.
- [Slovakia: MEPs demand action to protect EU values and the EU budget](https://iwpost.com/slovakia-meps-demand-action-to-protect-eu-values-and-the-eu-budget/): In a resolution adopted on Wednesday with 347 votes for, 165 against and 25 abstentions, MEPs say they are deeply concerned about the deterioration of respect for democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights in Slovakia.
- [The End of the Voting Rights Act Isn’t Just a “Black Problem”](https://iwpost.com/the-end-of-the-voting-rights-act-isnt-just-a-black-problem/): Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement.
- [Ken Paxton Wanted to Crack Down on Forum Shopping. Now Lawyers Say He’s Improperly Seeking Out Favorable Courts.](https://iwpost.com/ken-paxton-wanted-to-crack-down-on-forum-shopping-now-lawyers-say-hes-improperly-seeking-out-favorable-courts/): Pushing Boundaries: Texas’ attorney general has sued big businesses in counties with weak links to the cases, despite lawmakers’ efforts to crack down on the practice, called forum shopping.
- [In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo](https://iwpost.com/in-stunning-display-of-stupid-secret-cisa-credentials-found-in-public-github-repo/): Security researcher Brian Krebs brings us the news that America’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has had a large store of plaintext passwords, SSH private keys, tokens, and “other sensitive CISA assets” exposed in a public GitHub repo since at least November 2025.
- [Moose-proof and megacasting: Ars drives the new Volvo EX60](https://iwpost.com/moose-proof-and-megacasting-ars-drives-the-new-volvo-ex60/): BARCELONA, Spain—Volvo unveiled its new all-electric EX60 in January with a slew of distinctions.
- [Teen’s Chilling Suicide Note Revealed After Mosque Massacre](https://iwpost.com/teens-chilling-suicide-note-revealed-after-mosque-massacre/): A horrifying mosque attack in San Diego has taken an even darker turn after police reportedly uncovered a hate-filled suicide note left behind by one of the teenage gunmen.
- [New Turkish ICBM signals nuclear deterrence ambitions beyond NATO](https://iwpost.com/new-turkish-icbm-signals-nuclear-deterrence-ambitions-beyond-nato/): Turkey’s flashy unveiling of the Yildirimhan intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) revealed less about the missile itself than about the country’s accelerating drive toward strategic autonomy in an increasingly unstable Middle East.
- [US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during crises](https://iwpost.com/us-plans-to-shrink-forces-available-to-nato-during-crises/): The Trump administration is planning ​to tell NATO allies this week that it will shrink the pool of military capabilities that the U.S.
- [‘A Big Stain’ on Netanyahu’s Record Shapes Israel’s Coming Vote](https://iwpost.com/a-big-stain-on-netanyahus-record-shapes-israels-coming-vote/): Israel’s next election is shaping up as the country’s first full political reckoning over October 7, 2023: the failures that preceded the massacre, the wars that followed, and the unresolved argument over who can be trusted to lead the country through what comes next.
- [Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more](https://iwpost.com/googles-synthid-ai-watermarking-tech-is-being-adopted-by-openai-nvidia-and-more/): In a few short years, we’ve gone from easily identifying AI content that featured superfluous fingers to images and videos that look shockingly realistic.
- [MSCI’s Indonesia purge exposes a deeper market crisis](https://iwpost.com/mscis-indonesia-purge-exposes-a-deeper-market-crisis/): The May 2026 rebalancing by Morgan Stanley Capital International may go down as one of the most consequential shocks in the modern history of Indonesia’s stock market.
- [Israel targets farmers with phosphorus shells in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israel-targets-farmers-with-phosphorus-shells-in-southern-lebanon/): The Israeli army targeted farmers in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district with phosphorus shells on Tuesday, while detaining three civilians and wounding another person, according to Lebanese media reports.
- [Pakistan’s Saudi deployment reveals a new Gulf security reality](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-saudi-deployment-reveals-a-new-gulf-security-reality/): The reported deployment of Pakistani troops, fighter aircraft and air defencs systems to Saudi Arabia under a confidential mutual defense agreement may prove to be one of the most significant yet understated developments in Middle Eastern security politics in recent years.
- [No Bake Energy Balls (Easy Protein Snack Recipe)](https://iwpost.com/no-bake-energy-balls-easy-protein-snack-recipe/): If you’re looking for the perfect grab-and-go snack, these No Bake Energy Balls are about to become your new obsession.
- [Trump says he was hour from resuming Iran strikes before postponing offensive Monday](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-he-was-hour-from-resuming-iran-strikes-before-postponing-offensive-monday/): US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would have resumed strikes on Iran within an hour had he not postponed them earlier in the week at the request of regional allies, as Tehran revealed details of a new proposal to end the war launched by Washington and Israel in February, Anadolu reports.
- [Pennsylvania Results: Chris Rabb to Join the Squad in Congress as Bob Brooks Tries to Flip Key Seat ](https://iwpost.com/pennsylvania-results-chris-rabb-to-join-the-squad-in-congress-as-bob-brooks-tries-to-flip-key-seat/): Chris Rabb won by nearly 15 points in a hotly contested four-way primary on Tuesday night, marking a triumph for progressives who sought to add the Pennsylvania state representative to their ranks in Congress.
- [Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription](https://iwpost.com/plexs-200-lifetime-pass-price-hike-tries-forcing-users-to-another-subscription/): As of July 1, at 12:01 am UTC—or June 30 at 8:01 pm ET—people seeking access to Plex’s media server features through a one-time purchase will have to pay $750.
- [US to screen for Ebola at airports as European medics deploy to region](https://iwpost.com/us-to-screen-for-ebola-at-airports-as-european-medics-deploy-to-region/): The United States has announced new measures to prevent the spread of Ebola as health authorities monitor a growing outbreak in parts of Africa.
- [Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-says-its-giant-sea-wall-will-stop-flooding/): Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometers long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels.
- ["I'll buy 10 of those"—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites](https://iwpost.com/ill-buy-10-of-those-nasa-science-chief-yearns-for-mass-produced-satellites/): There are more opportunities to access space than ever, thanks to a bevy of commercial rockets, some with reusable boosters, led by SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9.
- [5 Tourists Dead and 13 Rescued After Plunging into Icy Lake](https://iwpost.com/5-tourists-dead-and-13-rescued-after-plunging-into-icy-lake/): Five tourists are dead after a terrifying hovercraft disaster on one of the world’s most dangerous lakes sent passengers plunging into freezing water in Siberia.
- [Cuba Drone Claims Raise Risk of US Confrontation Near Florida](https://iwpost.com/cuba-drone-claims-raise-risk-of-us-confrontation-near-florida/): Tensions between Washington and Havana appear to be rising as several pressures converge: President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric, Cuba’s worsening economic crisis, US pressure on Havana’s foreign ties, and new allegations—reported by Axios and not independently verified by Reuters—that Cuba acquired military drones from Russia and Iran.
- [Goats win, tigers lose, but stalemate is optimal performance](https://iwpost.com/goats-win-tigers-lose-but-stalemate-is-optimal-performance/): Somewhere in the foothills of Nepal, old men still gather around a wooden board carved into a five-by-five grid, moving carved tigers and goats across its intersections with quiet concentration.
- [Spider-Noir final trailer gives us a classic villain](https://iwpost.com/spider-noir-final-trailer-gives-us-a-classic-villain/): Prime Video has released one last trailer for its upcoming live action series, Spider-Noir, starring Nicolas Cage, and once again it’s been released in two formats: one in black and white (below) and another in color (above), which the showrunners are calling “True Hue.” Seriously, the more footage we see of this series, the more eager we are to find out if the series lives up to its marketing.
- [US lawmakers press CENTCOM chief on deadly Iran school strike](https://iwpost.com/us-lawmakers-press-centcom-chief-on-deadly-iran-school-strike/): The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee pressed the CENTCOM chief on Tuesday for answers about a strike that killed more than 150 girls at an Iranian school on Feb.
- [Merkel says EU should use political influence to secure peace in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/merkel-says-eu-should-use-political-influence-to-secure-peace-in-ukraine/): Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised the European Union for not doing enough diplomatically to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine, arguing that Europe is failing to fully use its political influence in efforts to secure peace.
- [Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards](https://iwpost.com/ebola-outbreak-rages-after-trump-gutted-global-health-safeguards/): The World Health Organization’s chief said on Tuesday that he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda that has resulted in a spike in deaths — to at least 130 — and more than 500 suspected cases.
- [With a Chance at Freedom, They Faced an Unexpected Obstacle: Their Own Lawyers](https://iwpost.com/with-a-chance-at-freedom-they-faced-an-unexpected-obstacle-their-own-lawyers/): Unexpected Obstacle: Philadelphia lawyers appointed to help people challenge their convictions can instead urge judges to rule against them, and often do so without speaking to their clients.
- [Korea’s being positioned as logistics base for US-China conflict](https://iwpost.com/koreas-being-positioned-as-logistics-base-for-us-china-conflict/): For many South Korean viewers, the most memorable image from the 2017 Trump-Xi meeting was a small gesture in the Forbidden City.
- [FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants "data in near real time"](https://iwpost.com/fbi-seeks-us-wide-access-to-license-plate-cameras-wants-data-in-near-real-time/): The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced plans to buy nationwide access to a network of license plate readers, saying it will award contracts to one or more vendors that can offer “near real time” information from cameras across the US.
- [Barron Trump Kept from His Older Siblings Because of Mom Melania?](https://iwpost.com/barron-trump-kept-from-his-older-siblings-because-of-mom-melania/): Barron Trump may carry one of the most famous last names in America, but he has never lived like the rest of the Trump kids.
- [Trump brags his ballroom to be topped by ‘greatest drone empire’](https://iwpost.com/trump-brags-his-ballroom-to-be-topped-by-greatest-drone-empire/): President Donald Trump smiles for a portrait, next to ballroom construction, which he posted on Truth Social on April 2, 2026.
- [Iran-Backed Kata’ib Hezbollah Commander Charged in Toronto Consulate, Synagogue Attacks](https://iwpost.com/iran-backed-kataib-hezbollah-commander-charged-in-toronto-consulate-synagogue-attacks/): US federal prosecutors have charged Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah commander Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi with terrorism-related offenses, alleging he directed the March 10, 2026, shooting at the US consulate in Toronto and a subsequent attack on a synagogue in the city.
- [Two AI-based science assistants succeed with drug-retargeting tasks](https://iwpost.com/two-ai-based-science-assistants-succeed-with-drug-retargeting-tasks/): On Tuesday, Nature released two papers describing AI systems intended to help scientists develop and test hypotheses.
- [No ‘tailor-made’ deal for UK if it wants to rejoin bloc, say former EU Brexit officials](https://iwpost.com/no-tailor-made-deal-for-uk-if-it-wants-to-rejoin-bloc-say-former-eu-brexit-officials/): Former EU officials involved in the Brexit negotiations have warned that Britain would not be able to rejoin the European Union on the favourable terms it previously enjoyed, as debate over closer ties with Europe resurfaces within the UK’s Labour Party.
- [Trump gutted USAID. Hunger and violence followed.](https://iwpost.com/trump-gutted-usaid-hunger-and-violence-followed/): For decades, the U.S.
- [Xavier Becerra Pushed to Inflate a Black Man’s IQ to Execute Him as California AG](https://iwpost.com/xavier-becerra-pushed-to-inflate-a-black-mans-iq-to-execute-him-as-california-ag/): When leading California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra was state attorney general, his office pushed the state Supreme Court to artificially inflate a Black man’s IQ in order to execute him.
- [We’re Investigating Alaska Internet Companies. We Need Your Help.](https://iwpost.com/were-investigating-alaska-internet-companies-we-need-your-help/): We’re investigating Alaska internet companies this year, and we need your help.
- [Is the Gulf losing its grip on the oil world?](https://iwpost.com/is-the-gulf-losing-its-grip-on-the-oil-world/): One of the most striking features of the Iran war has been the resilience of the global oil market.
- [Syrian soldier killed, others injured in car bombing in Damascus](https://iwpost.com/syrian-soldier-killed-others-injured-in-car-bombing-in-damascus/): A Syrian soldier was killed and several others were injured Tuesday in an explosion near a Defense Ministry building in Damascus, according to the SANA news agency, Anadolu reports.
- [The era of 1,000 Hz gaming monitors has arrived, but why?](https://iwpost.com/the-era-of-1000-hz-gaming-monitors-has-arrived-but-why/): Almost exactly two years ago, we were gawking at prototypes of 1,000 Hz monitors and wondering who really needed a display that could support such ludicrously smooth frame rates.
- [Electrical utility megamerger is all about the data centers](https://iwpost.com/electrical-utility-megamerger-is-all-about-the-data-centers/): A proposed merger of the largest utility in the country by market value, NextEra Energy, with the sixth-largest, Dominion, would create a megacompany at a time when data centers and rapid increases in electricity demand are reshaping the industry.
- [Maldives investigates if Italian divers went too deep in fatal cave dive](https://iwpost.com/maldives-investigates-if-italian-divers-went-too-deep-in-fatal-cave-dive/): Maldivian authorities are investigating whether Italian divers who died in a deepwater cave accident may have descended further than intended, following the discovery of five fatalities in a submerged cave system near the capital Malé.
- [From indemnity to indispensability: China’s 125-year reversal](https://iwpost.com/from-indemnity-to-indispensability-chinas-125-year-reversal/): When eight foreign flags flew over Beijing in August 1900, no one in the Forbidden City could have imagined that the city would, 125 years later, host the president of the United States as a guest of honor and the president of Russia just days afterward.
- [Iran Demands Reparations, Lebanon Ceasefire; Nuclear Issue Still Major Obstacle to Agreement ](https://iwpost.com/iran-demands-reparations-lebanon-ceasefire-nuclear-issue-still-major-obstacle-to-agreement/): Iran has proposed terms for ending the conflict that include a rapid withdrawal of US forces from the region, reparations, an end to the war in Lebanon, and the lifting of sanctions, according to Iranian media reports and statements by senior officials.
- [Sarah Ferguson’s Shocking Hookup Revealed](https://iwpost.com/sarah-fergusons-shocking-hookup-revealed/): A former British glamour model is making explosive new claims about a wild night with Sarah Ferguson that allegedly spiraled from champagne and dancing into a bizarre late-night hotel hangout just after the royal’s split from Andrew Windsor.
- [In addition to space stations, Vast says it will now build high-power satellites](https://iwpost.com/in-addition-to-space-stations-vast-says-it-will-now-build-high-power-satellites/): As part of its plan to develop a private space station, Vast Space built and then launched a small demonstration spacecraft in early November.
- [Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters](https://iwpost.com/trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-is-a-handout-to-his-hardcore-supporters/): In yet another staggeringly corrupt and unprecedented move, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department on Monday announced a $1.776 billion slush fund, drawn from public coffers, to funnel payouts to Trump loyalists.
- [This Convicted Felon Gets $1 Million a Year to Sell Obsolete Internet Service. You Pay for It.](https://iwpost.com/this-convicted-felon-gets-1-million-a-year-to-sell-obsolete-internet-service-you-pay-for-it/): Internet Gold Rush: Alaskan companies are getting billions of dollars in public telecom subsidies, yet the state ranks last in internet speed.
- [America’s Taiwan gap utterly exposed at Trump-Xi summit](https://iwpost.com/americas-taiwan-gap-utterly-exposed-at-trump-xi-summit/): The most revealing line of last week’s Trump-Xi summit was not delivered at the Great Hall of the People.
- [Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Jamil K. Mroue: Netanyahu’s Pipe Dream of Disarming Hezbollah](https://iwpost.com/podcast-by-jasim-al-azzawi-with-jamil-k-mroue-netanyahus-pipe-dream-of-disarming-hezbollah/): WATCH: Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Mark Pfeifle: Trump Goes to China as Dealmaker or Supplicant?
- [Iran demands Big Tech pay fees for undersea Internet cables in Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/iran-demands-big-tech-pay-fees-for-undersea-internet-cables-in-strait-of-hormuz/): Iran claims it will charge US tech companies fees for using undersea Internet cables that run beneath the contested Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes.
- [Taiwan says China’s military actions are greatest source of regional instability](https://iwpost.com/taiwan-says-chinas-military-actions-are-greatest-source-of-regional-instability/): hina is the biggest source of regional tension and instability due to its ongoing military activity, Taiwanese Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Tuesday, as Beijing announced it had deployed a naval carrier group into the Western Pacific for training exercises.
- [Gwangju massacre deniers still seek comfort in North plot](https://iwpost.com/gwangju-massacre-deniers-still-seek-comfort-in-north-plot/): Originally published May 18, 2021, this article is republished five years later to the day with just a bit of updating.
- [Italian Sausage Breakfast Casserole](https://iwpost.com/italian-sausage-breakfast-casserole/): If you’re looking for the ultimate cozy breakfast to feed your family, this Italian Sausage Breakfast Casserole is exactly what you need.
- [Federal Jury Dismisses Elon Musk’s $150 Billion Lawsuit Against OpenAI as Untimely](https://iwpost.com/federal-jury-dismisses-elon-musks-150-billion-lawsuit-against-openai-as-untimely/): A federal jury in Oakland, California, ruled unanimously that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk waited too long to file his $150 billion lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, leading a judge to dismiss the case as untimely.
- [Guy Gardner makes a cameo in new Lanterns teaser](https://iwpost.com/guy-gardner-makes-a-cameo-in-new-lanterns-teaser/): Lanterns, the new DC Universe series coming to HBO Max, dropped a surprising teaser in March that swapped the usual superhero hijinks for gritty realism more in the vein of True Detectives and Slow Horses.
- [Nancy Guthrie Sheriff Makes Shocking Admission](https://iwpost.com/nancy-guthrie-sheriff-makes-shocking-admission/): The desperate search for Nancy Guthrie has taken another troubling turn.
- [EU Divided Over ‘Trump-Proofing’ Trade Deal With Washington](https://iwpost.com/eu-divided-over-trump-proofing-trade-deal-with-washington/): European Union negotiators are racing to finalise a transatlantic trade agreement with the United States, but divisions within the bloc over how to safeguard the pact from future policy shifts by US President Donald Trump remain a major obstacle.
- [ProPublica Selects 11 Journalists for Investigative Editor Training](https://iwpost.com/propublica-selects-11-journalists-for-investigative-editor-training/): Eleven journalists from across the country join the ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program, which seeks to expand the ranks of editors in newsrooms across the country whose work is aimed at accountability and impact.
- [The 3-body problem of the dollar-yen exchange rate (hint: China)](https://iwpost.com/the-3-body-problem-of-the-dollar-yen-exchange-rate-hint-china/): In August 2024, currency markets briefly remembered how they were supposed to work. The Bank of Japan had begun raising interest rates.
- [Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor](https://iwpost.com/pompeii-victim-idd-as-a-likely-doctor/): Archaeologists used a combination of advanced CT scans and 3D digital reconstruction to identify one of the Pompeii victims who died in 79 CE during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius as most likely having been a Roman doctor, according to an announcement by the Pompeii Archaeological Park.
- [The Boys is dead. Long live Vought Rising.](https://iwpost.com/the-boys-is-dead-long-live-vought-rising/): Well, that was fast.
- [Experts warn of scale and spread of deadly Ebola virus](https://iwpost.com/experts-warn-of-scale-and-spread-of-deadly-ebola-virus/): Global health authorities have warned that the number of deadly Ebola virus infections reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) most recent outbreak of the disease represents just a fraction of actual cases, adding that cases have spread to regions far from the outbreak’s origin.
- [The world cannot contain Iran forever outside the global order](https://iwpost.com/the-world-cannot-contain-iran-forever-outside-the-global-order/): For months the world has remained fixated on a single number: 450 kilograms.
- [Shavuot Holiday Mixes Ancient Rituals With All-Night Learning and Cheesecake](https://iwpost.com/shavuot-holiday-mixes-ancient-rituals-with-all-night-learning-and-cheesecake/): Tonight starts the festival of Shavuot, the rare Jewish holiday that manages to begin in a barley field, pass through Mount Sinai, stop in the Book of Ruth, and end at an Israeli cheesecake counter.
- [US scrambles to stop Internet users re-creating dead pilots’ voices](https://iwpost.com/us-scrambles-to-stop-internet-users-re-creating-dead-pilots-voices/): Pilots’ voices from the last seconds of a fatal cargo plane crash have been re-created by Internet sleuths using software and AI tools.
- [Rahman’s first foreign trip will shape Bangladesh’s new direction](https://iwpost.com/rahmans-first-foreign-trip-will-shape-bangladeshs-new-direction/): Three months into his premiership, Tarique Rahman still hasn’t left Bangladesh on an official foreign visit. That restraint is itself a diplomatic act.
- [Trump FCC asks public to comment on whether ABC's The View is a news show](https://iwpost.com/trump-fcc-asks-public-to-comment-on-whether-abcs-the-view-is-a-news-show/): The FCC Media Bureau today issued a public notice seeking opinions on whether The View qualifies for the bona fide news exemption to the equal-time rule, which requires equal time for opposing political candidates on non-news programming.
- [How Xi Jinping is rewriting the rules of global power](https://iwpost.com/how-xi-jinping-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-global-power/): There is an old Chinese proverb that says the skilled hunter does not chase the rabbit — he positions himself where the rabbit must eventually run.
- [EU Lawmakers Approve Expanded Protection Measures for Crime Victims](https://iwpost.com/eu-lawmakers-approve-expanded-protection-measures-for-crime-victims/): The European Parliament has approved new European Union rules aimed at strengthening support, protection measures and rights for victims of crime during criminal proceedings.
- [First-generation Chromecast users stressed by devices suddenly failing](https://iwpost.com/first-generation-chromecast-users-stressed-by-devices-suddenly-failing/): Google’s first Chromecast was a hit. With 10 million units sold in 2014, it excelled as an easy solution for streaming TV and movies from the Internet to a TV.
- [Candace Owens and Hunter Biden Spark Fury with ‘Staged Trump Assassination’ Theories](https://iwpost.com/candace-owens-and-hunter-biden-spark-fury-with-staged-trump-assassination-theories/): Candace Owens and Hunter Biden may come from opposite sides of America’s political battlefield, but the unlikely pair just found one shocking thing they seemed to agree on.
- [US Presses Palestinians To Drop UN General Assembly Vice Presidency Bid – Report](https://iwpost.com/us-presses-palestinians-to-drop-un-general-assembly-vice-presidency-bid-report/): The United States has instructed its diplomatic mission in Jerusalem to press the Palestinian leadership to withdraw its candidacy for a vice presidency of the United Nations General Assembly, according to a State Department cable cited by The Guardian.
- [Bangladesh’s paramilitary problem cannot be rebranded](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-paramilitary-problem-cannot-be-rebranded/): Bangladesh’s rulers have a habit of renaming institutions when they become politically radioactive.
- [70,000 Palestinians attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa amid Israeli restrictions](https://iwpost.com/70000-palestinians-attend-friday-prayers-at-al-aqsa-amid-israeli-restrictions/): More than 70,000 Palestinians performed Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem despite Israeli restrictions imposed since October 2023, according to Islamic authorities.
- [Four Russian satellites are now within striking distance of an ICEYE radarsat](https://iwpost.com/four-russian-satellites-are-now-within-striking-distance-of-an-iceye-radarsat/): At least four Russian military satellites changed their orbits to match that of a Finnish-American radar surveillance satellite in the last week, raising questions about Russia’s intentions amid an ever-expanding standoff high above Earth.
- [MEPs Back European Commemoration Day for Victims of Work-Related Fatalities and Accidents](https://iwpost.com/meps-back-european-commemoration-day-for-victims-of-work-related-fatalities-and-accidents/): In remembrance of victims of accidents at work and of occupational diseases, MEPs are asking for 8 August to be designated the European Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Accidents at Work and for the Protection and Dignity of Workers.
- [Xi Jinping’s praise of ‘Make America Great Again’ a major signal](https://iwpost.com/xi-jinpings-praise-of-make-america-great-again-a-major-signal/): Western mainstream media and podcasters have dismissed the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing.
- [Ebola outbreak now third largest recorded and "spreading rapidly"](https://iwpost.com/ebola-outbreak-now-third-largest-recorded-and-spreading-rapidly/): The Ebola outbreak erupting from the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to escalate wildly, with cases nearing 750, deaths reported at 177, and around 1,400 contacts now being traced, the World Health Organization reported in a press briefing Friday.
- [Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens' Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign Ads](https://iwpost.com/corporate-interests-paid-for-haley-stevens-trip-to-portugal-and-her-campaign-ads/): Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., flashed a smile alongside her mother, Maria Marcotte, as the pair took a selfie from an international terminal of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
- [ULVAC to make rare earth melting furnaces in Japan](https://iwpost.com/ulvac-to-make-rare-earth-melting-furnaces-in-japan/): If you’ve been following the slow-motion strategic panic over critical minerals, you know that Japan, Australia, the US, Canada, Europe and others are busy talking about China’s dominance both of rare earth mining and refining and of the production of rare earth magnets.
- [Buffalo Nicknamed ‘Donald Trump’ Becomes Viral Sensation](https://iwpost.com/buffalo-nicknamed-donald-trump-becomes-viral-sensation/): A buffalo in Bangladesh has suddenly become an internet sensation, and it is all because of the hair.
- [AI users re-create dead pilots’ voices from crash investigation docs](https://iwpost.com/ai-users-re-create-dead-pilots-voices-from-crash-investigation-docs/): Pilots’ voices from the last seconds of a fatal cargo plane crash have been re-created by Internet sleuths using software and AI tools.
- [Money Laundering in Italy Estimated at Up to €35 Billion Annually](https://iwpost.com/money-laundering-in-italy-estimated-at-up-to-e35-billion-annually/): Money laundering in Italy amounts to between €25 billion and €35 billion per year, according to the country’s Guardia di Finanza (GdF) tax police.
- [Why hybrids — not EVs — are winning over US consumers](https://iwpost.com/why-hybrids-not-evs-are-winning-over-us-consumers/): Even as gas prices continued to rise across the United States, sales of electric vehicles fell in April.
- [Greenlanders boo new US consulate, urge Trump envoy to ‘go home’](https://iwpost.com/greenlanders-boo-new-us-consulate-urge-trump-envoy-to-go-home/): Protesters gather outside the new U.S. Consulate in Nuuk, Greenland May 21, 2026, in this frame capture obtained from a social media video.
- [Situation worsening in West Bank, warn Italy, UK, France, Germany](https://iwpost.com/situation-worsening-in-west-bank-warn-italy-uk-france-germany/): Israeli forces demolish a two-story Palestinian house in the village of Ed-Deirat, part of the town of Yatta in the southern West Bank, while taking security measures in the area on May 4, 2026, in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine.
- [Louisiana’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come](https://iwpost.com/louisianas-tough-on-crime-policies-stand-to-cost-taxpayers-millions-more-for-years-to-come/): The day after a shooting last month killed a teenager and injured five people at the Mall of Louisiana, Gov.
- [Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid](https://iwpost.com/soaring-solar-and-a-surge-in-hydro-push-more-coal-off-the-us-grid/): Last year, the first few months of data from the US grid suggested that fears of a data-center-driven surge in demand were becoming a reality.
- [Easy Yogurt Cake](https://iwpost.com/easy-yogurt-cake/): This Easy Yogurt Cake is one of those simple, foolproof recipes you’ll find yourself making again and again.
- [AIPAC, AI, Crypto and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends](https://iwpost.com/aipac-ai-crypto-and-gambling-are-hiding-their-big-election-spends/): Republican Rep.
- [Is the US preparing for military action against Cuba? Expert Q&A](https://iwpost.com/is-the-us-preparing-for-military-action-against-cuba-expert-qa/): A US court filed criminal charges against Cuba’s 94-year-old former leader, Raúl Castro, on May 20.
- [Two-state Israel-Palestine solution is Washington’s empty liturgy](https://iwpost.com/two-state-israel-palestine-solution-is-washingtons-empty-liturgy/): When the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declares, once again, that “the only way” out of the Israeli-Palestinian impasse runs through two states, one is reminded less of a policy proposal than of a Latin Mass.
- [Spain to introduce job-matching plan for migrants granted legal status](https://iwpost.com/spain-to-introduce-job-matching-plan-for-migrants-granted-legal-status/): Spain will introduce a plan to match migrants to jobs under a programme ‌to grant legal status to about 500,000 undocumented workers to help drive economic growth, the country’s top immigration official told Reuters.
- [Shavuot: Wheat Harvest, Sinai, and Cheesecake, Oh My!](https://iwpost.com/shavuot-wheat-harvest-sinai-and-cheesecake-oh-my/): Shavuot is one of Judaism’s three biblical pilgrimage festivals, but it is also the holiday whose meaning changed most dramatically over time.
- [To achieve major goals, NASA seeks to streamline its organization](https://iwpost.com/to-achieve-major-goals-nasa-seeks-to-streamline-its-organization/): NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sent a long email to employees on Friday morning outlining several structural changes that are intended to make the sprawling agency more efficient and allow it to better accomplish major goals, such as returning to the Moon and building a base there.
- [Kai Trump Rallies Behind Mom Vanessa After Stunning Cancer Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/kai-trump-rallies-behind-mom-vanessa-after-stunning-cancer-diagnosis/): Kai Trump is standing firmly by her mom’s side after Vanessa Trump revealed a heartbreaking breast cancer diagnosis.
- [Inflation, instability, and escalation](https://iwpost.com/inflation-instability-and-escalation/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [California Teacher Previously Fired for Sexual Harassment Is No Longer in the Classroom After New Complaints](https://iwpost.com/california-teacher-previously-fired-for-sexual-harassment-is-no-longer-in-the-classroom-after-new-complaints/): A San Francisco Bay Area school district has replaced a middle school math teacher for the remainder of the academic year following an investigation by KQED and ProPublica that showed he had been accused of inappropriately touching students at two previous jobs.
- [UNRWA warns of surge in disease and skin infections across Gaza](https://iwpost.com/unrwa-warns-of-surge-in-disease-and-skin-infections-across-gaza/): Umm Muhammad al-Masri, a Palestinian refugee and mother of five, shelters in the Al-Aqsa University building, and her 10-month-old baby, Ramadan al-Masri, suffers a bacterial skin infection transmitted through blood, in Gaza on August 12, 2025.
- [First vaccines, now mammograms? RFK Jr.’s latest firings have doctors outraged.](https://iwpost.com/first-vaccines-now-mammograms-rfk-jr-s-latest-firings-have-doctors-outraged/): Top medical groups are outraged and alarmed that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Italy busts €300 million streaming piracy ring](https://iwpost.com/italy-busts-e300-million-streaming-piracy-ring/): Italy’s financial police said on Friday they had busted a sophisticated streaming piracy ​network that caused roughly €300 million ($348 million) in ‌damages to rights holders such as Sky, DAZN, Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify.
- [Rice feeds billions of people – but its role in fueling climate change is growing](https://iwpost.com/rice-feeds-billions-of-people-but-its-role-in-fueling-climate-change-is-growing/): Rice feeds more than half the world.
- [A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale](https://iwpost.com/a-hacker-group-is-poisoning-open-source-code-at-an-unprecedented-scale/): A so-called software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate piece of software to hide their own malicious code, was once a relatively rare event but one that haunted the cybersecurity world with its insidious threat of turning any innocent application into a dangerous foothold in a victim’s network.
- [First Trump, now Putin – all roads lead to Xi Jinping](https://iwpost.com/first-trump-now-putin-all-roads-lead-to-xi-jinping/): The red carpet at Beijing Capital International Airport has had something of a workout in recent months.
- [Modi-Meloni Meeting Puts Italy at Center of India’s Europe Strategy](https://iwpost.com/modi-meloni-meeting-puts-italy-at-center-of-indias-europe-strategy/): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation tour from May 15 to 20 moved through the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy, but Rome gave the trip its clearest strategic message.
- [False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Wants to Kill Him Anyway.](https://iwpost.com/false-testimony-sent-tony-carruthers-to-death-row-tennessee-wants-to-kill-him-anyway/): Earley Story will never forget the name Alfredo Shaw.
- [Stunning aerial footage still best thing about Top Gun at 40](https://iwpost.com/stunning-aerial-footage-still-best-thing-about-top-gun-at-40/): When the action film Top Gun hit the big screen in 1986, critical reviews were mixed, but audiences were thrilled.
- [Beloved British Actor Dead At 79](https://iwpost.com/beloved-british-actor-dead-at-79/): Michael Keating, the British actor best known to millions of TV fans for his roles in EastEnders and the cult sci-fi series Blake’s 7, has died. He was 79.
- [US sending 5,000 troops to Poland as it draws down forces in Germany](https://iwpost.com/us-sending-5000-troops-to-poland-as-it-draws-down-forces-in-germany/): President Donald Trump said that the U.S.
- [Board of Peace envoy says there is ‘no recovery’ in Gaza despite ceasefire gains](https://iwpost.com/board-of-peace-envoy-says-there-is-no-recovery-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire-gains/): A senior Board of Peace official said Thursday that there is “no recovery” in Gaza despite some progress under a ceasefire deal, Anadolu reports.
- [Zillow loses thousands of listings in fight over “hidden” homes](https://iwpost.com/zillow-loses-thousands-of-listings-in-fight-over-hidden-homes/): On Wednesday, Zillow abruptly lost access to thousands of property listings in the Chicago area after filing a lawsuit accusing a private listing network owner of colluding with the nation’s largest brokerage to harm consumers by hiding homes.
- [UAE Pipeline Push Aims To Bypass Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/uae-pipeline-push-aims-to-bypass-strait-of-hormuz/): The United Arab Emirates is racing to finish a new crude oil pipeline that would let more of its exports bypass the Strait of Hormuz, with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Chief Executive Officer Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber saying Wednesday that the project is nearly halfway complete and on track for 2027.
- [AT&T sues California in attempt to shut off old phone network](https://iwpost.com/att-sues-california-in-attempt-to-shut-off-old-phone-network/): AT&T sued California yesterday over the state’s refusal to let the carrier stop providing phone service to all potential customers in its wireline network territory.
- [ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence](https://iwpost.com/ice-recruitment-tweets-are-so-racist-that-cops-feared-they-could-incite-neo-nazi-violence/): Colorado law enforcement officials warned their counterparts across the country that social media posts by the Department of Homeland Security recruiting for ICE contained so many white supremacist themes that they could endanger the public, according to internal records obtained by The Intercept.
- [Hubris? What’s that? Who, me? I’m the Donald!](https://iwpost.com/hubris-whats-that-who-me-im-the-donald/): China’s leader Xi Jinping made a publicity splash last week during the visit to Beijing of US President Donald Trump when he referred to a book titled The Thucydides Trap about the ancient Greek historian’s treatise on war.
- [Greens chief Bas Eickhout quits EU Parliament](https://iwpost.com/greens-chief-bas-eickhout-quits-eu-parliament/): The co-chair of the Greens group in the European Parliament, Bas Eickhout, announced he will step down as an MEP with immediate effect after acknowledging he had “relationships” that weren’t appropriate for his position.
- [Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX's Starship V3 rocket](https://iwpost.com/ground-system-issue-scrubs-first-launch-of-spacexs-starship-v3-rocket/): SpaceX got within 40 seconds of launching the first flight of a taller, more powerful version of its Starship rocket Thursday, but a pesky problem with the launch tower kept the vehicle bound to Earth for at least one more day.
- [Woman Arrested After BEHEADING Jesus Statue Outside NY Church](https://iwpost.com/woman-arrested-after-beheading-jesus-statue-outside-ny-church/): A Long Island church community was left stunned after police say a woman allegedly beheaded a statue of Jesus outside a Catholic church just as families were preparing for a sacred weekend celebration.
- [Perfidious empire](https://iwpost.com/perfidious-empire/): Perfidy. There is no other word to describe the assassination of Iran’s leadership while negotiations were ongoing.
- [UN reports nearly 50 illegal Israeli occupier attacks across West Bank in 1 week](https://iwpost.com/un-reports-nearly-50-illegal-israeli-occupier-attacks-across-west-bank-in-1-week/): The UN reported on Thursday at least 49 illegal Israeli occupier attacks across the West Bank in a single week.
- [As Grok flounders, SpaceX bets future on beating Big Tech at AI](https://iwpost.com/as-grok-flounders-spacex-bets-future-on-beating-big-tech-at-ai/): Elon Musk’s SpaceX has highlighted AI as the tentpole of the company’s future, projecting a multi-trillion-dollar market opportunity that rivals the total value of all US economic activity.
- [Putin and Xi: Russian president’s China trip shows for the second time in a week how rapidly the world order is changing](https://iwpost.com/putin-and-xi-russian-presidents-china-trip-shows-for-the-second-time-in-a-week-how-rapidly-the-world-order-is-changing/): Hot on the heels of his summit with US president Donald Trump, China’s Xi Jinping hosted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Beijing on May 19 and 20.
- [Knesset Dissolution Push Moves Israel Closer to Early Elections](https://iwpost.com/knesset-dissolution-push-moves-israel-closer-to-early-elections/): Israel may be heading toward another election, but the Knesset has not yet shut itself down.
- [EU fails to agree on migrant returns law](https://iwpost.com/eu-fails-to-agree-on-migrant-returns-law/): EU negotiators on Thursday failed to back rules to increase deportations from the bloc amid continued disagreement on a start date.
- [Beijing bans Nvidia’s top graphics card to back domestic rivals](https://iwpost.com/beijing-bans-nvidias-top-graphics-card-to-back-domestic-rivals/): Chinese online gamers and hobbyist artificial intelligence (AI) developers have been dealt a setback as Beijing banned the import of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090D V2, a graphics card specifically engineered for the Chinese market to comply with United States export rules, dealing another blow to the country’s technology community already caught in escalating chip-war tensions.
- [IoT gadget maker AcuRite shares reasoning for killing customers’ favorite app](https://iwpost.com/iot-gadget-maker-acurite-shares-reasoning-for-killing-customers-favorite-app/): AcuRite must kill its customers’ favorite companion app due to “obsolete technology,” VP of product development Jeff Bovee tells Ars Technica.
- [DNC Autopsy of 2024 Loss Doesn’t Mention Gaza or Israel at all](https://iwpost.com/dnc-autopsy-of-2024-loss-doesnt-mention-gaza-or-israel-at-all/): An in-depth analysis of the 2024 presidential campaign commissioned by the Democratic National Committee fails to mention the party’s position on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, prompting harsh criticism from Arab American members of the party.
- [Big Fat Pecan Sticky Buns](https://iwpost.com/big-fat-pecan-sticky-buns/): These giant pecan sticky buns are the definition of cozy homemade baking.
- [The Trump Administration Is Facing Scrutiny for How It’s Handing Out Billion-Dollar Border Wall Contracts](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administration-is-facing-scrutiny-for-how-its-handing-out-billion-dollar-border-wall-contracts/): When Tommy Fisher set out to build a section of border wall in South Texas during the first Trump administration, the project quickly became ensnared in controversy.
- [How the world sees Donald Trump: surveys show other countries see US president as ‘unreliable’ and ‘dangerous’](https://iwpost.com/how-the-world-sees-donald-trump-surveys-show-other-countries-see-us-president-as-unreliable-and-dangerous/): Americans are increasingly turning against the war in Iran and the president that launched it.
- [JWST maps the weather on a hot gas giant 700 light-years away](https://iwpost.com/jwst-maps-the-weather-on-a-hot-gas-giant-700-light-years-away/): WASP-94A b is a hot, tidally locked gas giant orbiting close to one of the stars in a binary system roughly 690 light-years away from Earth.
- [Sex and the City Star Resurfaces with ‘Cryptic Message’ After Vanishing for Years](https://iwpost.com/sex-and-the-city-star-resurfaces-with-cryptic-message-after-vanishing-for-years/): Jason Lewis, the former Sex and the City heartthrob who once had fans swooning as Smith Jerrod, has finally resurfaced after more than three years away from the spotlight — and he returned with a mysterious message that immediately got people talking.
- [AI euphoria getting reality check in South Korea, and vice versa](https://iwpost.com/ai-euphoria-getting-reality-check-in-south-korea-and-vice-versa/): TOKYO — Few market visuals are more striking than the South Korean won and the Kospi index suddenly tearing off in opposite directions.
- [USS Nimitz Enters Caribbean as Trump Administration Increases Pressure on Cuba](https://iwpost.com/uss-nimitz-enters-caribbean-as-trump-administration-increases-pressure-on-cuba/): The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and its accompanying strike group have entered the Caribbean Sea as the administration of U.S.
- [As seas rise, where will Louisiana’s fishers go?](https://iwpost.com/as-seas-rise-where-will-louisianas-fishers-go/): A new paper generated a fair amount of consternation and eye-rolling when the authors claimed that New Orleans, the largest city in Louisiana, is at risk of being surrounded by open water by the end of the century.
- [The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairs](https://iwpost.com/the-war-in-iran-again-points-to-the-strategic-shortcomings-of-assassination-as-policy-of-foreign-affairs/): The coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes at the outset of the war in Iran killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with other key regime figures.
- [US intelligence believes Iran quickly rebuilt military industrial base, producing drones: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-intelligence-believes-iran-quickly-rebuilt-military-industrial-base-producing-drones-report/): US intelligence believes that Iran resumed parts of its drone production during the six-week ceasefire with Washington that started in early April, signaling a rapid recovery of some military capabilities damaged by US-Israeli strikes, CNN reported Thursday.
- [‘The Train Left the Station’: Coalition-Backed Dissolution Bill Pushes Israel to Early Elections](https://iwpost.com/the-train-left-the-station-coalition-backed-dissolution-bill-pushes-israel-to-early-elections/): Israel’s governing coalition moved Wednesday to advance legislation that could dissolve the Knesset, turning a long-running dispute over ultra-Orthodox military service into a formal parliamentary process and raising the prospect of elections before the currently scheduled date in October.
- [Zillow loses access to thousands of home listings amid bitter legal feud](https://iwpost.com/zillow-loses-access-to-thousands-of-home-listings-amid-bitter-legal-feud/): On Wednesday, Zillow abruptly lost access to thousands of property listings in the Chicago area after filing a lawsuit accusing a private listing network owner of colluding with the nation’s largest brokerage to harm consumers by hiding homes.
- [From Iran to Ukraine, lasting ceasefires remain elusive](https://iwpost.com/from-iran-to-ukraine-lasting-ceasefires-remain-elusive/): Mediators in both the Iran and Ukraine wars have struggled to achieve meaningful ceasefires.
- [US air losses over Iran may grimly foreshadow China war risks](https://iwpost.com/us-air-losses-over-iran-may-grimly-foreshadow-china-war-risks/): Heavy US aircraft losses in the Middle East are raising fresh doubts about whether US airpower can withstand sustained attrition in a future Pacific war against China.
- [Uh-oh, the International Space Station is leaking again](https://iwpost.com/uh-oh-the-international-space-station-is-leaking-again/): NASA confirmed Thursday that the Russian segment of the International Space Station has begun leaking atmosphere into space again.
- [Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists](https://iwpost.com/far-right-israeli-minister-condemned-for-taunting-handcuffed-gaza-flotilla-activists/): There has been international condemnation of Israel’s treatment of pro-Palestinian activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli naval forces.
- [Soaring ticket prices could help FIFA pull in $15B this World Cup cycle — where does the money come from, where does it go?](https://iwpost.com/soaring-ticket-prices-could-help-fifa-pull-in-15b-this-world-cup-cycle-where-does-the-money-come-from-where-does-it-go/): At soccer’s World Cup, the top scorer gets the “golden boot,” and the best goalkeeper is handed the “golden gloves.” This year’s tournament will also provide organizer FIFA with a golden opportunity to create billions in additional ticket revenues.
- [US government takes $2 billion equity stake in nine quantum computing firms](https://iwpost.com/us-government-takes-2-billion-equity-stake-in-nine-quantum-computing-firms/): The US government will take equity stakes worth a total of $2 billion in a slew of quantum computing companies, including a startup backed by a firm with links to the Trump family and one taken public by a Pentagon official.
- [75-Year-Old Woman Dies After Drive-Thru Dispute with Manager](https://iwpost.com/75-year-old-woman-dies-after-drive-thru-dispute-with-manager/): A 75-year-old Indiana woman is dead after a shocking fight inside a Tim Hortons exploded from a complaint over a drive-thru order into a violent struggle with a young shift manager.
- [China and Russia: the uneasy couple](https://iwpost.com/china-and-russia-the-uneasy-couple/): Russia today wants to intensify its relationship with China and complains that China is not equally warm in return, treating Russia as a junior partner.
- [Pakistan Ties Army Chief’s Urgent Tehran Trip to Iran Accepting Fresh US Proposal](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-ties-army-chiefs-urgent-tehran-trip-to-iran-accepting-fresh-us-proposal/): As quiet backchannel diplomacy intensifies to broker a US-Iran ceasefire, Pakistan is deploying its heaviest political and military weight to Tehran.
- [Sudan: Hemedti strips defected RSF commander of rank, sentences him to death in absentia](https://iwpost.com/sudan-hemedti-strips-defected-rsf-commander-of-rank-sentences-him-to-death-in-absentia/): Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has stripped defected brigadier Ali Rizqallah, known as Al-Safana, of his military rank, referred him to retirement and declared him an outlaw.
- [Hulu set to keep existing as standalone streaming service and app (for now)](https://iwpost.com/hulu-set-to-keep-existing-as-standalone-streaming-service-and-app-for-now/): Disney currently has no plans to shutter Hulu as a standalone streaming service or app, according to a company representative.
- [Top Democrats decry Trump ‘taxpayer shakedown’ and ‘super-pardon’](https://iwpost.com/top-democrats-decry-trump-taxpayer-shakedown-and-super-pardon/): Top Democrats on a pair of panels in the US House of Representatives have demanded that Justice and Treasury department leaders answer for how they settled President Donald Trump’s $10 billion “sham” lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax records.
- [EU can freeze Russian assets held by trusts, court rules](https://iwpost.com/eu-can-freeze-russian-assets-held-by-trusts-court-rules/): The European Union can freeze assets linked to Russians sanctioned over the war in Ukraine, even ​if those assets are held by a trust ‌and there is no direct legal link to the persons involved, the EU’s Court of Justice ruled on Thursday.
- [This Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.](https://iwpost.com/this-sheriffs-office-says-racial-profiling-reforms-are-too-costly-auditors-found-it-misused-163-million/): More than $7,000 in cable TV subscriptions.
- [Trump wants $1B to protect White House ballroom from drones and other threats](https://iwpost.com/trump-wants-1b-to-protect-white-house-ballroom-from-drones-and-other-threats/): President Donald Trump’s latest pitch for using taxpayer dollars to secure his White House ballroom featured a militarized building—including a rooftop hardened against drone strikes and a “drone port” that could potentially house military drones.
- [Netanyahu Reportedly ‘Concerned’ About Proposed Framework To End Iran Conflict](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-reportedly-concerned-about-proposed-framework-to-end-iran-conflict/): President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a tense conversation Tuesday over efforts by Arab and Muslim mediators to advance a proposed framework intended to prevent renewed conflict between the United States and Iran and reopen negotiations with Tehran.
- [Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users](https://iwpost.com/google-publishes-exploit-code-threatening-millions-of-chromium-users/): Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other Chromium-based browsers.
- [Princess Diana’s Brutal Snub of JFK Jr. Left Camelot Heir Reeling](https://iwpost.com/princess-dianas-brutal-snub-of-jfk-jr-left-camelot-heir-reeling/): Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy Jr. seemed like a perfect match for the glossy pages of George magazine.
- [Bond tremors from Washington to London to Tokyo upend Asia](https://iwpost.com/bond-tremors-from-washington-to-london-to-tokyo-upend-asia/): TOKYO — Bond markets are cracking around the globe as geopolitical, technological and demographic trends simultaneously upend everything investors thought they knew about 2026.
- [Russia delivers nuclear munitions in Belarus as part of nuclear drills](https://iwpost.com/russia-delivers-nuclear-munitions-in-belarus-as-part-of-nuclear-drills/): Russia delivered nuclear munitions ‌to field storage facilities in Belarus as part of major nuclear drills, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
- [Maps of a vanished world: The myth of containing Iran](https://iwpost.com/maps-of-a-vanished-world-the-myth-of-containing-iran/): Despite decades of maximum pressure, crippling sanctions, and diplomatic isolation, the geopolitical reality of the Middle East suggests a profound paradox: the more the West and its regional allies speak of “containing” Iran, the more central Tehran becomes to the regional order.
- [Bangladesh’s JF-17 fighter bid rattles India’s eastern flank](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-jf-17-fighter-bid-rattles-indias-eastern-flank/): Bangladesh’s possible purchase of the JF-17 is turning a routine fighter jet buy into a dangerous new flashpoint in the escalating India-China-Pakistan power struggle.
- [Netanyahu threatens to expand offensive in Lebanon as Washington signals support](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-threatens-to-expand-offensive-in-lebanon-as-washington-signals-support/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Monday evening to expand Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon.
- [Brent oil gains 2% as US military strikes on Iran add to uncertainty on potential peace deal](https://iwpost.com/brent-oil-gains-2-as-us-military-strikes-on-iran-add-to-uncertainty-on-potential-peace-deal/): Brent crude futures rose over 2% in Asian trade on Tuesday after the U.S.
- [Meghan Markle Copies Princess Diana with Emotional Speech](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-copies-princess-diana-with-emotional-speech/): Meghan Markle is once again at the center of a royal firestorm.
- [US Launches New Strikes in Southern Iran as Qatar Talks Continue ](https://iwpost.com/us-launches-new-strikes-in-southern-iran-as-qatar-talks-continue/): The United States launched what it described as “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran targeting missile launch sites and boats attempting to lay mines, as Iranian negotiators arrived in Qatar for talks aimed at ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Perilous logic behind Indonesia’s commodity export funnel](https://iwpost.com/perilous-logic-behind-indonesias-commodity-export-funnel/): JAKARTA – When President Prabowo Subianto rose before Indonesia’s plenary parliamentary session on May 20, 2026, few foresaw that he would deliver an address that will inevitably shift the world’s fourth most populous nation’s economic destiny.
- [Russia hits Ukraine with Oreshnik missile in one of war’s biggest attacks on Kyiv](https://iwpost.com/russia-hits-ukraine-with-oreshnik-missile-in-one-of-wars-biggest-attacks-on-kyiv/): Russia carried out one of its largest attacks on Kyiv in recent months on Sunday, firing hundreds of drones and missiles at the Ukrainian capital and surrounding areas, including what officials said was an Oreshnik hypersonic missile launched near the city.
- [Frontier isn’t the finish line in US-China AI rivalry](https://iwpost.com/frontier-isnt-the-finish-line-in-us-china-ai-rivalry/): For the better part of three years, the global conversation about artificial intelligence has been framed as a horse race, with the projected winners having the biggest models, largest data centers and fastest chips.
- [The illusion of a political solution in Ali al-Zaidi and the Green Zone](https://iwpost.com/the-illusion-of-a-political-solution-in-ali-al-zaidi-and-the-green-zone/): There is a familiar analytical noise that rises with every new government in Iraq, a noise that feels like replaying an old recording at a higher volume, nothing more.
- [Does Mojtaba Khamenei’s Leadership Have a Future?](https://iwpost.com/does-mojtaba-khameneis-leadership-have-a-future/): With each passing day, doubts and speculation surrounding the existence of a leadership under Mojtaba Khamenei continue to intensify.
- [15 Killed After Overloaded Truck Flips into Ditch](https://iwpost.com/15-killed-after-overloaded-truck-flips-into-ditch/): At least 15 people were killed in a horrifying highway crash in Bangladesh after an overloaded truck carrying iron rods and hitchhikers overturned into a roadside ditch before dawn.
- [Can the Pentagon beat China if it struggles with Iran?](https://iwpost.com/can-the-pentagon-beat-china-if-it-struggles-with-iran/): The US-China summit ended without any discernible progress on the twin urgent security issues dividing the two superpowers: Iran and Taiwan.
- [Creamy Seafood Pasta Bake](https://iwpost.com/creamy-seafood-pasta-bake/): This Seafood Pasta Bake is the ultimate comfort food for seafood lovers!
- [Zelenskyy rejects Merz proposal for associate EU membership](https://iwpost.com/zelenskyy-rejects-merz-proposal-for-associate-eu-membership/): Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected a German proposal to grant Ukraine “associate member” status in the European Union, arguing it would leave Kyiv without a proper voice in EU decision-making.
- [US, China escalate quantum race with rival investment drives](https://iwpost.com/us-china-escalate-quantum-race-with-rival-investment-drives/): Shares of key Chinese quantum computing companies have surged about 20% over two trading days after Washington announced a US$2 billion funding package for nine US firms, as investors bet that Beijing would respond with its own push to keep pace in the global race for quantum supremacy.
- [Russia’s military satellite moves signal new Ukraine war surge](https://iwpost.com/russias-military-satellite-moves-signal-new-ukraine-war-surge/): ​Between May 14 and 20, Russia repositioned five of six recently launched Cosmos military satellites from an orbital inclination of 97 degrees to 97.8 degrees, putting the Cosmos satellites on the same orbital plane as a satellite known as ICEYE-X36.
- [Sa’ar Criticizes Lebanese Government for ‘Failing To Implement’ Hezbollah Withdrawal ](https://iwpost.com/saar-criticizes-lebanese-government-for-failing-to-implement-hezbollah-withdrawal/): Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, in an X post on Monday, criticized the Lebanese government for failing to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1701, as negotiations continued over a proposed agreement that would end the Iran conflict and include a halt to fighting in Lebanon.
- [Citing Gandalf, Pope Leo says we must "disarm" AI](https://iwpost.com/citing-gandalf-pope-leo-says-we-must-disarm-ai/): With the co-founder of Anthropic at his side today in Rome, Pope Leo XIV released a major new encyclical—his first—called “Magnifica Humanitas” (“Magnificent Humanity”).
- [The rise of China in Middle East politics](https://iwpost.com/the-rise-of-china-in-middle-east-politics/): The Middle East is no longer shaped solely by the influence of Western powers.
- [Lithuania warns mass data leak was work of foreign country](https://iwpost.com/lithuania-warns-mass-data-leak-was-work-of-foreign-country/): Lithuanian authorities have stepped up cybersecurity measures following a major data breach involving more than 600,000 entries from national databases, amid suspicions that a foreign state may be behind the incident.
- [Terrifying Mid-Air Drop Injures 10: People ‘Hit the Roof’](https://iwpost.com/terrifying-mid-air-drop-injures-10-people-hit-the-roof/): A packed passenger jet turned into a scene of chaos after severe turbulence sent people, food, drinks and phones flying through the cabin — leaving 10 people injured.
- [Resource dominance reshaping Trump’s rivalry with China](https://iwpost.com/resource-dominance-reshaping-trumps-rivalry-with-china/): The recent Trump-Xi summit in Beijing revealed how deeply commodities have become embedded in 21st-century geopolitics.
- [In a rare show of global unity, countries adopt landmark climate ruling](https://iwpost.com/in-a-rare-show-of-global-unity-countries-adopt-landmark-climate-ruling/): About six years ago, law students at the University of the South Pacific convinced the government of the small island nation of Vanuatu to take the harms wrought by climate change all the way to the International Court of Justice, the world’s highest legal authority.
- [America no longer abiding by its own Taiwan Relations Act](https://iwpost.com/america-no-longer-abiding-by-its-own-taiwan-relations-act/): America is arguably failing to comply with its own Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), enacted by Congress in 1979.
- [World Happiness Report Finds Many Students Wish Social Media Didn’t Exist](https://iwpost.com/world-happiness-report-finds-many-students-wish-social-media-didnt-exist/): The World Happiness Report said many North American college students wish social media platforms “did not exist,” as researchers linked heavy social media use to declining well-being among young people, particularly teenage girls in English-speaking countries and Western Europe.
- [David Miliband: Europe and US need ‘separate bedrooms’ but not divorce](https://iwpost.com/david-miliband-europe-and-us-need-separate-bedrooms-but-not-divorce/): David Miliband has warned that Europe should strengthen its independence from the United States without completely breaking away from its long-standing alliance with Washington.
- [AI boom, not oil shock, driving real yields structurally higher](https://iwpost.com/ai-boom-not-oil-shock-driving-real-yields-structurally-higher/): AI is driving up the cost of capital.
- [Egypt rejects involvement of non-Red Sea states in regional security arrangements](https://iwpost.com/egypt-rejects-involvement-of-non-red-sea-states-in-regional-security-arrangements/): Egypt announced on Sunday that it rejects the involvement of non-Red Sea countries in security and political arrangements concerning the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
- [’30 Rock’ Star Grizz Chapman Dead at 52](https://iwpost.com/30-rock-star-grizz-chapman-dead-at-52/): 30 Rock fans are mourning a heartbreaking loss after beloved actor Grizz Chapman died at just 52 years old.
- [Australia punts on pushing China out of rare‑earths projects](https://iwpost.com/australia-punts-on-pushing-china-out-of-rare-earths-projects/): It’s been a significant month for Australia’s ambitions to become a critical-minerals superpower, while balancing its relations with China and the United States.
- [US's big bet on quantum computing may not be entirely legal](https://iwpost.com/uss-big-bet-on-quantum-computing-may-not-be-entirely-legal/): Last week, the US government announced $2 billion in investments in quantum computing companies, allocating $100 million each to a range of startups in exchange for equity in the companies.
- [Pope Leo XIV warns of ‘new forms of slavery’ linked to Artificial Intelligence](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-xiv-warns-of-new-forms-of-slavery-linked-to-artificial-intelligence/): In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV cautioned against what he described as a global competition for increasingly powerful algorithms and vast datasets, driven by geopolitical ambitions and commercial interests.
- [Why Vietnam won’t steal the show at Shangri-La Dialogue 2026](https://iwpost.com/why-vietnam-wont-steal-the-show-at-shangri-la-dialogue-2026/): The Shangri-La Dialogue, held every year in Singapore, is one of the Indo-Pacific’s premier signaling platforms.
- [Rubio Congratulates Jordan on 80th Independence Anniversary ](https://iwpost.com/rubio-congratulates-jordan-on-80th-independence-anniversary/): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday congratulated King Abdullah II and the Jordanian people on the 80th anniversary of Jordan’s independence, praising the kingdom’s role in promoting stability and security in the Middle East.
- [I spent years forcing myself to finish The Witcher 3—don't repeat my mistake](https://iwpost.com/i-spent-years-forcing-myself-to-finish-the-witcher-3-dont-repeat-my-mistake/): We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, from modern to ancient and all points in between.
- [The ‘cockroaches’ India’s elite created — and can’t exterminate](https://iwpost.com/the-cockroaches-indias-elite-created-and-cant-exterminate/): When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expected outrage, maybe an apology cycle, and then silence.
- [US official says Washington, Tehran reach preliminary deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz: Reports](https://iwpost.com/us-official-says-washington-tehran-reach-preliminary-deal-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-reports/): The US and Iran have agreed in principle to a deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, in exchange for Tehran’s commitment to dispose of its highly enriched uranium, a US official said, according to a report by The New York Times on Sunday.
- [Italian Local Elections Put Meloni Coalition to New Electoral Test](https://iwpost.com/italian-local-elections-put-meloni-coalition-to-new-electoral-test/): Italy has begun voting in a nationwide round of local elections that is widely seen as a key political test for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing governing coalition, following recent setbacks including a defeat in a justice referendum.
- [Teen Girl Accused of Torching Professional Baseball Team’s Bus While Players Slept Nearby](https://iwpost.com/teen-girl-accused-of-torching-professional-baseball-teams-bus-while-players-slept-nearby/): A professional baseball team’s road trip turned into a nightmare after police say a 15-year-old girl set fire to the team’s charter bus in Canada, leaving the vehicle completely destroyed while players were asleep at a nearby hotel.
- [Corporate Interests Paid for Haley Stevens’s Trip to Portugal — and Her Campaign Ads](https://iwpost.com/corporate-interests-paid-for-haley-stevenss-trip-to-portugal-and-her-campaign-ads/): Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., flashed a smile alongside her mother, Maria Marcotte, as the pair took a selfie from an international terminal of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
- [All non-drone militaries are now obsolete](https://iwpost.com/all-non-drone-militaries-are-now-obsolete/): Drone warfare has been a fascination of mine for a very long time.
- [Pakistan, Qatar Deliver US-Iran Deal Before Hajj, World Cup](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-qatar-deliver-us-iran-deal-before-hajj-world-cup/): [ISTANBUL] A 60-day ceasefire extension and a framework deal between the United States and Iran are nearly complete.
- [Vegan Spring Roll Bowl with Peanut Sauce](https://iwpost.com/vegan-spring-roll-bowl-with-peanut-sauce/): This Vegan Spring Roll Bowl is everything you love about fresh spring rolls — crisp vegetables, chewy rice noodles, fresh herbs, and creamy peanut sauce — transformed into an easy, satisfying bowl meal.
- [How Iran’s drone-making machine keeps flying under fire](https://iwpost.com/how-irans-drone-making-machine-keeps-flying-under-fire/): Iran’s drones may have survived not because US and Israeli strikes failed, but because Iran built a war machine designed from the start to keep fighting after the bombs fell.
- [EU Sees 40% Fall in Irregular Border Crossings](https://iwpost.com/eu-sees-40-fall-in-irregular-border-crossings/): Irregular border crossings into the European Union fell by 40 per cent during the first four months of 2026, according to preliminary figures published by Frontex.
- [Meghan Markle Sparks Kidnap Fears](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-sparks-kidnap-fears/): Meghan Markle’s glamorous new image is raising eyebrows again — but this time, the concern is not just about royal drama or designer labels.
- [Israeli strikes kill 14, wound several in southern Lebanon in latest ceasefire violation](https://iwpost.com/israeli-strikes-kill-14-wound-several-in-southern-lebanon-in-latest-ceasefire-violation/): At least 14 people were killed and several others wounded in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday amid continued violations of an ongoing ceasefire, Anadolu reports.
- [2 Former Israeli Air Force Officers Killed in Light Plane Crash in Jezreel Valley ](https://iwpost.com/2-former-israeli-air-force-officers-killed-in-light-plane-crash-in-jezreel-valley/): Two former Israeli Air Force officers were killed Sunday after a light aircraft crashed in an open area near moshav Tel Adashim in the Jezreel Valley, according to Israeli emergency responders and media reports.
- [AIPAC, AI, Crypto, and Gambling Are Hiding Their Big Election Spends](https://iwpost.com/aipac-ai-crypto-and-gambling-are-hiding-their-big-election-spends-2/): Republican Rep.
- [Europe needs to assume it’s on its own – and plan accordingly](https://iwpost.com/europe-needs-to-assume-its-on-its-own-and-plan-accordingly/): If anyone still needed proof that the United States is an unreliable military partner, Donald Trump’s dizzying changes of mind about American troop deployments to Europe have gold-plated the evidence.
- [How Hate Crimes and Political Assassinations Reflect America’s Polarization Crisis  ](https://iwpost.com/how-hate-crimes-and-political-assassinations-reflect-americas-polarization-crisis/): The deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego has added another case to a widening American debate over political violence, hate crimes, and radicalization in a country already shaken by antisemitic attacks, threats against public officials, the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and repeated attempts to target President Donald Trump.
- [Gunman Opens Fire Near White House While Trump is Inside: Chilling New Details Emerge](https://iwpost.com/gunman-opens-fire-near-white-house-while-trump-is-inside-chilling-new-details-emerge/): A terrifying scene erupted outside the White House Saturday evening after a Maryland man who was reportedly already known to the Secret Service allegedly pulled a gun from a bag and opened fire near a security checkpoint.
- [GOP hawks alarmed as Trump mulls deal to end his Iran war](https://iwpost.com/gop-hawks-alarmed-as-trump-mulls-deal-to-end-his-iran-war/): Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
- [FACTBOX – Iranian, US versions of potential agreement proposals](https://iwpost.com/factbox-iranian-us-versions-of-potential-agreement-proposals/): Both the US and Iran have recently signaled progress on efforts to reach a deal to end their conflict, though their accounts of its terms differ on some issues across respective media narratives, Anadolu reports.
- [The EPA just walked back Hawai‘i’s plan to retire its dinosaur power plants](https://iwpost.com/the-epa-just-walked-back-hawaiis-plan-to-retire-its-dinosaur-power-plants/): This story was originally published by Honolulu Civil Beat.
- [Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court Rules Decriminalization of Attempted Suicide Contrary to Islamic Law ](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-federal-shariat-court-rules-decriminalization-of-attempted-suicide-contrary-to-islamic-law/): Pakistan’s Federal Shariat Court has declared the legislation decriminalizing attempted suicide is contrary to Islamic principles and has struck it down.
- [Mom Plunges 2,000 Feet to Her Death on Birthday](https://iwpost.com/mom-plunges-2000-feet-to-her-death-on-birthday/): A mother-of-two’s dream birthday climb turned into a nightmare when she plunged 2,000 feet down one of Chile’s most feared volcanoes after posting a haunting final message about her “uncertainty” over what was about to happen.
- [EU Commission chief welcomes progress toward US-Iran deal](https://iwpost.com/eu-commission-chief-welcomes-progress-toward-us-iran-deal/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday welcomed progress toward a possible agreement between the US and Iran, stressing the need for a deal that would reduce tensions and prevent further escalation in the region, Anadolu reports.
- [Whatever the mirror test tells us, beluga whales pass it](https://iwpost.com/whatever-the-mirror-test-tells-us-beluga-whales-pass-it/): In hours of underwater video footage from a New York aquarium, a beluga whale named Natasha stretches her neck, pirouettes, nods, and shakes her head in front of a two-way mirror.
- [Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit](https://iwpost.com/judge-sanctioned-private-prison-giant-for-destroying-evidence-in-ice-death-suit/): A judge Issued what appears to be the first-ever sanction against the private prison giant CoreCivic for destroying video evidence in a case alleging wrongful death of a man who died by suicide in U.S.
- [Netanyahu Convenes Security Talks as Emerging US-Iran Deal Raises Israeli Concerns](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-convenes-security-talks-as-emerging-us-iran-deal-raises-israeli-concerns/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene a limited security cabinet meeting Sunday evening to discuss the emerging US-Iran agreement, amid Israeli concerns over provisions in the proposed memorandum of understanding that would halt fighting with Hezbollah and delay detailed nuclear negotiations.
- [AI put "synthetic quotes" in his book. But this author wants to keep using it.](https://iwpost.com/ai-put-synthetic-quotes-in-his-book-but-this-author-wants-to-keep-using-it/): Journalist and author Steven Rosenbaum has more reasons than most to distrust AI.
- [Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Muffins](https://iwpost.com/healthy-chocolate-zucchini-muffins/): These Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Muffins are soft, rich, ultra moist, and packed with deep chocolate flavor — all while being made with wholesome ingredients you can feel good about.
- [Naples Hit by Strong Tremor](https://iwpost.com/naples-hit-by-strong-tremor/): A strong earthquake struck the Naples area shortly after dawn on Thursday, triggering concern among residents across the city and surrounding areas.
- [Mother and Son Killed in Horrific Fire After ‘Loud Argument’](https://iwpost.com/mother-and-son-killed-in-horrific-fire-after-loud-argument/): An elderly Brooklyn woman and the devoted son who spent years caring for her were killed Saturday morning when a terrifying fire tore through their Flatbush apartment, leaving neighbors shaken and searching for answers.
- [Iran says 25 ships passed through Strait of Hormuz in past 24 hours](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-25-ships-passed-through-strait-of-hormuz-in-past-24-hours/): Twenty-five ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours in coordination with Iranian authorities, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy said Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [NASA undertakes major reorganization to reduce bureaucracy and move faster](https://iwpost.com/nasa-undertakes-major-reorganization-to-reduce-bureaucracy-and-move-faster/): NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sent a long email to employees on Friday morning outlining several structural changes that are intended to make the sprawling agency more efficient and allow it to better accomplish major goals, such as returning to the Moon and building a base there.
- [The Steam Controller’s “drop-in” charger almost started a fire for this owner](https://iwpost.com/the-steam-controllers-drop-in-charger-almost-started-a-fire-for-this-owner/): When we reviewed the new Steam Controller last month, we noted how the satisfying click of the magnetic charging puck easily connecting to the back of the controller lets users “save the hassle of fiddling with a power cord.” But one Reddit user’s experience highlights how the exposed contacts on that puck can be a fire hazard if Steam Controller owners aren’t careful.
- [Hezbollah Drone Strike Kills IDF Soldier Noam Hamburger Near Lebanon Border](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-drone-strike-kills-idf-soldier-noam-hamburger-near-lebanon-border/): Staff Sgt. Noam Hamburger, 23, of Atlit, was killed Friday after a Hezbollah drone launched from Lebanon struck Israeli troops operating near the northern border inside Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces said.
- [EU Commission Considers Sweeping Overhaul of Departments Managing Funds](https://iwpost.com/eu-commission-considers-sweeping-overhaul-of-departments-managing-funds/): Every European Commission department that handles EU cash could be in the firing line as part of President Ursula von der Leyen’s restructuring plans, according to five officials familiar with the discussions.
- [Trump abruptly cancels EO signing event after top AI firm CEOs declined to go](https://iwpost.com/trump-abruptly-cancels-eo-signing-event-after-top-ai-firm-ceos-declined-to-go/): President Donald Trump abruptly canceled an event on Thursday just hours before he was scheduled to sign an executive order granting the government the power to test frontier AI models before their public release.
- [Sylvester Stallone Sparks New Health Fears in Anniversary Photo](https://iwpost.com/sylvester-stallone-sparks-new-health-fears-in-anniversary-photo/): Sylvester Stallone has spent decades playing some of the toughest men ever put on screen.
- [Inflation, instability and escalation](https://iwpost.com/inflation-instability-and-escalation-2/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Has the Flotilla finally exposed the West’s moral double standard?](https://iwpost.com/has-the-flotilla-finally-exposed-the-wests-moral-double-standard/): The image that ricocheted across the world was not a missile strike, nor another skyline collapsing into Gaza’s dust. It was far quieter than that.
- [Marketer that claimed it could tap devices for ad targeting will pay $880K settlement](https://iwpost.com/marketer-that-claimed-it-could-tap-devices-for-ad-targeting-will-pay-880k-settlement/): In November 2023, we reported on dubious claims made by marketing firm Cox Media Group (CMG) Local Solutions.
- [German leader Merz pushes associate EU membership model for Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/german-leader-merz-pushes-associate-eu-membership-model-for-ukraine/): German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has suggested making Ukraine an “associate member” of the European Union to bring it closer to the bloc before it completes the process of qualifying for full membership.
- [Blowing up the world](https://iwpost.com/blowing-up-the-world/): The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is not an isolated episode but the latest in a series of blows to the global trade and economic order that was established after the Soviet Union’s fall in the early 1990s.
- [Iran Deal ‘Largely Negotiated’ President Trump Says; Senior Republicans Voice Alarm](https://iwpost.com/iran-deal-largely-negotiated-president-trump-says-senior-republicans-voice-alarm/): President Donald Trump said Saturday that an agreement involving the United States, Iran, and several regional countries had been “largely negotiated.” However, several Republican lawmakers raised concerns about the proposed terms under discussion.
- [Before it comes down, what should be saved from the International Space Station?](https://iwpost.com/before-it-comes-down-what-should-be-saved-from-the-international-space-station/): Humans do not just visit space; they live there, but a major part of that is coming to an end.
- [Tensions in Japan’s supplemental budget debate](https://iwpost.com/tensions-in-japans-supplemental-budget-debate/): The Takaichi government is moving forward with a supplemental budget but faces some choices.
- [Texas AG sues Meta over claims that WhatsApp doesn't provide end-to-end encryption](https://iwpost.com/texas-ag-sues-meta-over-claims-that-whatsapp-doesnt-provide-end-to-end-encryption/): The Texas Attorney General has sued Meta over allegations that the company’s WhatsApp messenger, used by more than 3 billion people, doesn’t provide the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) it has long claimed.
- [Rubio: likelihood of negotiated agreement with Cuba ‘not high’](https://iwpost.com/rubio-likelihood-of-negotiated-agreement-with-cuba-not-high/): U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the chances of a negotiated ​settlement with Cuba were “not high”, as Washington steps up ‌pressure on the island’s communist government.
- [Ivanka Trump Targeted in Chilling Assassination Plot?](https://iwpost.com/ivanka-trump-targeted-in-chilling-assassination-plot/): Ivanka Trump was allegedly marked for death in a terrifying revenge plot tied to an Iran-linked terror suspect, according to authorities and reports.
- [German court classifies Jewish Voice as “extremist”](https://iwpost.com/german-court-classifies-jewish-voice-as-extremist/): The German organisation Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East (JV) may, for the time being, continue to be classified as “extremist” by Germany’s domestic intelligence service.
- [France bans Israeli Cabinet Minister Ben-Gvir over treatment of Gaza flotilla activists](https://iwpost.com/france-bans-israeli-cabinet-minister-ben-gvir-over-treatment-of-gaza-flotilla-activists/): France has banned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering French territory over what Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot described as “unacceptable actions” against activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla, Anadolu reports.
- [Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year](https://iwpost.com/solar-to-overtake-coal-on-texas-grid-for-the-first-time-ever-this-year/): This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Azov’s drones return to Mariupol as Ukraine expands its kill zone](https://iwpost.com/azovs-drones-return-to-mariupol-as-ukraine-expands-its-kill-zone/): Mariupol became one of the defining symbols of Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s resistance.
- [SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight](https://iwpost.com/spacexs-starship-v3-still-a-work-in-progress-mostly-successful-on-first-flight/): SpaceX launched the first test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster Friday, with mostly positive results.
- [Review: The Mandalorian and Grogu is ... fine](https://iwpost.com/review-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-is-fine/): Hopes were arguably high for The Mandalorian and Grogu, director Jon Favreau’s big-screen offshoot of the popular Disney+ series The Mandalorian.
- [Oil prices rise as investors doubt breakthrough in US-Iran peace talks](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-rise-as-investors-doubt-breakthrough-in-us-iran-peace-talks/): Oil prices climbed on Friday but were on track for a ‌weekly loss as investors doubted the prospects of a breakthrough in U.S.-Iran peace talks.
- [Pakistan’s moment in the Sun: Can it really end the Iran war?](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-moment-in-the-sun-can-it-really-end-the-iran-war/): In the gilded conference rooms of Islamabad, where Field Marshal Asim Munir has lately played host to American envoys and Iranian diplomats alike, one can almost hear the echoes of an older diplomatic theater — Oslo, Camp David, even the Geneva of 1985.
- [Meghan Markle Thinks She’s More Powerful Without Prince Harry](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-thinks-shes-more-powerful-without-prince-harry/): Meghan Markle is reportedly ready to step out of Prince Harry’s shadow — and she may believe she is the bigger star of the Sussex brand.
- [Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with CIA analyst Larry Johnson: Who is winning this war?](https://iwpost.com/podcast-by-jasim-al-azzawi-with-cia-analyst-larry-johnson-who-is-winning-this-war/): Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- [China’s shark finning could lead to US seafood sanctions](https://iwpost.com/chinas-shark-finning-could-lead-to-us-seafood-sanctions/): For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in the Indian Ocean isn’t accidental.
- [Aloo Keema Ground Meat with Potatoes](https://iwpost.com/aloo-keema-ground-meat-with-potatoes/): There’s nothing quite like a warm, comforting bowl of Aloo Keema Ground Meat with Potatoes after a long day.
- [New Jersey Launches NJ BASE Innovation Center With SOSA To Attract Global Tech Firms](https://iwpost.com/new-jersey-launches-nj-base-innovation-center-with-sosa-to-attract-global-tech-firms/): Global innovation company SOSA and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority launched a new innovation center in the state to attract international technology companies, connect them with major corporations in New Jersey, and increase foreign direct investment in the region.
- [Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada](https://iwpost.com/alberta-to-hold-referendum-on-whether-to-remain-in-canada/): Alberta will hold a referendum on whether the province should remain in Canada or move ahead with a second binding vote on separation, marking the first significant test of the country’s unity in decades.
- [Two space shuttle-era spacewalkers enter Astronaut Hall of Fame](https://iwpost.com/two-space-shuttle-era-spacewalkers-enter-astronaut-hall-of-fame/): Tom Akers and Joe Tanner are finally in the same class.
- [Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals "believed themselves to be safe"](https://iwpost.com/police-boast-of-hacking-vpn-where-criminals-believed-themselves-to-be-safe/): European law enforcement say they hacked into a VPN (virtual private network) service used for ransomware attacks and other crimes, and identified thousands of users before shutting the VPN down and arresting its administrator.
- [Elderly Couple Found Dead After Tom Selleck Scam](https://iwpost.com/elderly-couple-found-dead-after-tom-selleck-scam/): A California couple’s quiet retirement ended in horror after deputies found them dead inside their home — and now a close friend says the tragedy came after the wife was allegedly drained by a cruel scammer pretending to be Tom Selleck.
- [Israel plans to expand control over Gaza in coming months](https://iwpost.com/israel-plans-to-expand-control-over-gaza-in-coming-months/): An Israeli army soldier walks near a main battle tank deployed at a position along the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on July 29, 2025.
- [IDF Soldier Rotem Yanai Killed in Hezbollah Drone Strike on Northern Israel Military Compound  ](https://iwpost.com/idf-soldier-rotem-yanai-killed-in-hezbollah-drone-strike-on-northern-israel-military-compound/): An Israeli soldier was killed, and two reservists were wounded when an explosive drone struck a military compound in Moshav Shomera, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday, amid continuing Hezbollah drone attacks in northern Israel.
- [Forecasters predict below-average hurricane season, advise against complacency](https://iwpost.com/forecasters-predict-below-average-hurricane-season-advise-against-complacency/): Forecasters are calling for below-average activity this hurricane season, which begins Monday, June 1.
- [The fading mirage of US-guaranteed Gulf security](https://iwpost.com/the-fading-mirage-of-us-guaranteed-gulf-security/): Wars in the Middle East are often decided less by what is destroyed than by what continues functioning afterward — and how quickly those systems begin to fail.
- [Pentagon Reinforces Strategic Assets Near Cuba](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-reinforces-strategic-assets-near-cuba/): The Pentagon has spent months positioning the troops and weapons needed for the U.S.
- [Valve's Steam Deck is back in stock after months, but you won't like it](https://iwpost.com/valves-steam-deck-is-back-in-stock-after-months-but-you-wont-like-it/): Valve’s Steam Deck handheld has been largely unavailable to buy since mid-February, a victim of the RAM and storage shortages that have been driving up prices for most consumer tech since the fall of 2025.
- [Bee Gees Legend ‘Forced’ to Prove He’s Still Alive](https://iwpost.com/bee-gees-legend-forced-to-prove-hes-still-alive/): Barry Gibb is alive and well — despite a cruel death hoax that sent Bee Gees fans into a frenzy online.
- [In Myanmar’s info war, foreign pens mouth junta’s lines](https://iwpost.com/in-myanmars-info-war-foreign-pens-mouth-juntas-lines/): Myanmar’s revolution is now being decided as much in headlines and briefing rooms as in the wartime hills of Sagaing and Karenni.
- [Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad](https://iwpost.com/roku-oss-home-screen-now-features-a-large-permanent-ad/): Roku just unveiled the biggest overhaul to its smart TV operating system (OS) in 10 years.
- [Court Ruling Throws Turkey’s Main Opposition Into Leadership Crisis](https://iwpost.com/court-ruling-throws-turkeys-main-opposition-into-leadership-crisis/): Turkey’s main opposition party lurched deeper into crisis Wednesday after reinstated Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said the party would hold a new congress only once legal conditions were met, days after a court annulled the 2023 vote that brought Özgür Özel to power and threw the country’s largest opposition force into open turmoil.
- [Oil pulls back as traders look for progress on US-Iran talks](https://iwpost.com/oil-pulls-back-as-traders-look-for-progress-on-us-iran-talks/): Oil prices pulled back from recent highs on Wednesday, erasing some of ​the previous day’s 4% gain as traders sought ‌clarity on complex negotiations between Iran and the U.S.
- [From Arash to Epstein: Iran’s loaded billboard propaganda](https://iwpost.com/from-arash-to-epstein-irans-loaded-billboard-propaganda/): Since the US–Israel war against Iran began in late February, images of giant billboards in Tehran have been ubiquitous across traditional and social media.
- [Can Kuwait really be Indonesia’s defence ally?](https://iwpost.com/can-kuwait-really-be-indonesias-defence-ally/): Indonesia’s Defense Ministry says it wants closer military cooperation with Kuwait through training, military education, and strategic dialogue.
- [Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump's plan to make US an AI hub backfires](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-bets-150b-on-taiwan-as-trumps-plan-to-make-us-an-ai-hub-backfires/): “This is where the chips come, packaging comes, this is where the systems are made, this is where AI supercomputers were created,” Huang said.
- [Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” Supercharges Violence in the Americas](https://iwpost.com/trumps-donroe-doctrine-supercharges-violence-in-the-americas-2/): The Trump administration’s aggressive diplomatic and military engagement in the U.S.’s backyard — dubbed the Donroe Doctrine — has led to more violence in the Americas, increased impunity by local security forces, and heightened danger from cartels in the Western Hemisphere, according to a new analysis by a top violence watchdog, shared with The Intercept.
- [Kawasaki Heavy Industries opens physical AI center in Silicon Valley](https://iwpost.com/kawasaki-heavy-industries-opens-physical-ai-center-in-silicon-valley/): Kawasaki Heavy Industries is reaching for AI collaboration in Silicon Valley.
- [Mystery GPS jammer in Iran becomes test for NASA satellites’ capabilities](https://iwpost.com/mystery-gps-jammer-in-iran-becomes-test-for-nasa-satellites-capabilities/): NASA satellites designed to observe cyclone wind speeds and collapsing ice sheets have also proven capable of identifying the approximate locations of GPS jammers.
- [Horrifying Detail Revealed in NASCAR Star’s Death Certificate](https://iwpost.com/horrifying-detail-revealed-in-nascar-stars-death-certificate/): NASCAR fans are still reeling after the shocking death of Kyle Busch, and now new details are painting an even more heartbreaking picture of the racing legend’s final days.
- [Former Greek PM Tsipras makes comeback with new political party](https://iwpost.com/former-greek-pm-tsipras-makes-comeback-with-new-political-party/): Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, the leftist firebrand ​who ran Greece at the height of its debt crisis in 2015, has launched a new political party, promising ‌to fight corruption and seek inclusive economic growth.
- [‘Rebuilding a Country the Size of Syria Means Contracts Worth Billions of Dollars’](https://iwpost.com/rebuilding-a-country-the-size-of-syria-means-contracts-worth-billions-of-dollars/): After more than a decade of war, sanctions, and economic collapse, Syria is drawing renewed attention from regional and international investors looking at reconstruction opportunities in energy, infrastructure, logistics, real estate, and digital services, even as sanctions exposure, weak institutions, damaged infrastructure, and political uncertainty continue to make the country one of the region’s riskiest markets.
- [Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity](https://iwpost.com/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/): Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and log keystrokes and mouse movements in real time.
- [Trump hawking Abraham Accords to a Middle East that’s lost trust](https://iwpost.com/trump-hawking-abraham-accords-to-a-middle-east-thats-lost-trust/): As the US and Iran try to come to terms on a peace deal to end their months-long war, US President Donald Trump this week has introduced a new demand – that other countries in the Middle East sign on to his Abraham Accords, normalizing relations with Israel.
- [Why does Muqtada al‑Sadr expect us to believe him?](https://iwpost.com/why-does-muqtada-al-sadr-expect-us-to-believe-him/): Muqtada al‑Sadr’s latest announcement—that his militia, Saraya al‑Salam, will be “integrated” into the Iraqi security forces—has been received with a mixture of skepticism and déjà vu inside Iraq.
- [California defeats Tesla's attempt to throw out racial discrimination lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/california-defeats-teslas-attempt-to-throw-out-racial-discrimination-lawsuit/): Over four years after a California agency sued Tesla over an alleged pattern of racial discrimination, a judge has dismissed Tesla’s motion to throw out the lawsuit.
- [Trump’s primary challenges to his Republican foes make GOP nervous in run up to midterms](https://iwpost.com/trumps-primary-challenges-to-his-republican-foes-make-gop-nervous-in-run-up-to-midterms/): Two days before registered Republicans voted in the party’s primary election in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District on May 20, Donald Trump called the incumbent representative, Thomas Massie, “the worst Republican congressman in history”.
- [Minister: Israel won’t allow Trump to make a peace deal with Iran](https://iwpost.com/minister-israel-wont-allow-trump-to-make-a-peace-deal-with-iran/): As Israel launched a new bombardment of Lebanon on Tuesday, its far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir suggested that it was trying to derail ongoing peace negotiations between US President Donald Trump and Iran.
- [UK Unveils Fresh Measures Targeting Russian Cryptocurrency Operations](https://iwpost.com/uk-unveils-fresh-measures-targeting-russian-cryptocurrency-operations/): Britain targeted Russia-linked cryptocurrency platforms, banks and financial networks ‌that it said were used to bypass sanctions, freezing their assets and barring UK firms from processing payments and holding correspondent banking ties.
- [Sunrise Movement Backs Saikat Chakrabarti, Progressive Firebrand Behind the Green New Deal](https://iwpost.com/sunrise-movement-backs-saikat-chakrabarti-progressive-firebrand-behind-the-green-new-deal/): The Sunrise Movement is leaning into its roots in climate activism with a congressional endorsement of Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff to Rep.
- [Mina the Hollower is the best old-school action adventure I've played in a while](https://iwpost.com/mina-the-hollower-is-the-best-old-school-action-adventure-ive-played-in-a-while/): Modern Legend of Zelda games like Breath of the Wild are built around Link’s ability to run, climb, and jump with the best of them.
- [TV Legend Behind ‘Full House’ and ‘Mork & Mindy’ Dead at 94](https://iwpost.com/tv-legend-behind-full-house-and-mork-mindy-dead-at-94/): Howard Storm, a veteran television director whose work helped shape some of America’s most beloved sitcoms, has died. He was 94.
- [Trump boosts prediction markets as his family profits](https://iwpost.com/trump-boosts-prediction-markets-as-his-family-profits/): Donald Trump Jr., who has invested in the prediction markets industry.
- [Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Blends Faith, Politics, and Warnings on Iran](https://iwpost.com/jerusalem-prayer-breakfast-blends-faith-politics-and-warnings-on-iran/): The Knesset hosted the 10th Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday morning—a high‑profile gathering of faith leaders, lawmakers, and international guests who prayed for Israel and voiced firm warnings about regional threats.
- [Nike’s recycled World Cup uniforms reveal the limits of ‘circular’ fashion](https://iwpost.com/nikes-recycled-world-cup-uniforms-reveal-the-limits-of-circular-fashion/): In June, athletes from 16 countries will kick off the World Cup wearing other people’s used clothing.
- [Territorial integrity and self-determination still dominate the Falklands discussion – but oil may change that](https://iwpost.com/territorial-integrity-and-self-determination-still-dominate-the-falklands-discussion-but-oil-may-change-that/): The people of the Falkland Islands are deep in “commemoration season”, preparing for Liberation Day on June 14.
- [YouTube to begin automatically labeling AI videos](https://iwpost.com/youtube-to-begin-automatically-labeling-ai-videos/): AI content creation tools like Google’s new Omni model threaten to make reality even harder to discern from AI fantasy, but YouTube is taking an important step toward verifying video origins.
- [EU governments clear US trade deal legislation](https://iwpost.com/eu-governments-clear-us-trade-deal-legislation/): European Union governments cleared legislation on Wednesday to remove import duties on many U.S.
- [Hot Honey Salmon Bites](https://iwpost.com/hot-honey-salmon-bites/): Hot Honey Salmon Bites are crispy, flavorful bite-sized pieces of salmon coated in a sticky sweet-and-spicy hot honey glaze that’s completely irresistible!
- [The challenge of militant Islam](https://iwpost.com/the-challenge-of-militant-islam/): It is not fortuitous that many of the flags of western industrial democracies such as Britain, Sweden and Norway feature a cross.
- [The Hajj ceasefire the Middle East never expected](https://iwpost.com/the-hajj-ceasefire-the-middle-east-never-expected/): As missiles crossed the Gulf and oil traders braced for another regional inferno, an altogether different procession unfolded in Mecca.
- [Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Supercharges Violence in the Americas](https://iwpost.com/trumps-donroe-doctrine-supercharges-violence-in-the-americas/): The Trump administration’s aggressive diplomatic and military engagement in the U.S.’s backyard — dubbed the Donroe Doctrine — has led to more violence in the Americas, increased impunity by local security forces, and heightened danger from cartels in the Western Hemisphere, according to a new analysis by a top violence watchdog, shared with The Intercept.
- [Nvidia kills Windows XP-era Control Panel "after 20 years of dedicated service"](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-kills-windows-xp-era-control-panel-after-20-years-of-dedicated-service/): Shiny new Nvidia apps like the GeForce Experience and the “Nvidia app” have come and gone, but the old Nvidia Control Panel and its rotating green Nvidia logo have existed as an option for managing basic settings since it was originally introduced in 2006.
- [The bogs of war: landscapes play a huge part in conflict – and restoring them can strengthen security](https://iwpost.com/the-bogs-of-war-landscapes-play-a-huge-part-in-conflict-and-restoring-them-can-strengthen-security/): As geopolitical tensions rise and climate-related risks intensify, Europe is rethinking how it handles security on multiple fronts.
- [Myanmar bleeds while ASEAN vacillates](https://iwpost.com/myanmar-bleeds-while-asean-vacillates/): The upcoming ASEAN-Russia summit may test whether ASEAN can keep Myanmar’s military leadership off the high-level regional stage it has so far denied them.
- [Anne Hathaway Reveals ‘Secret Health Battle’](https://iwpost.com/anne-hathaway-reveals-secret-health-battle/): Anne Hathaway has revealed the private health struggle she says quietly followed her through some of the biggest years of her Hollywood career.
- [Rubio-Ivanka Trump Ticket Would Be Nearly Unbeatable, Evangelical Leader Says](https://iwpost.com/rubio-ivanka-trump-ticket-would-be-nearly-unbeatable-evangelical-leader-says/): Maayan Hoffman’s report for The Media Line opens a window into the political imagination of Dr.
- [US law enforcement warns of "anti-tech extremism" as AI hatred grows](https://iwpost.com/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-tech-extremism-as-ai-hatred-grows/): In the wake of attacks on CEOs, a nationwide protest movement targeting data centers, and increasing concerns about AI job replacement, federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are circulating reports with a new domestic target in mind: anti-technology extremists.
- [Washington to scale back military assets in Europe under NATO drawdown plan](https://iwpost.com/washington-to-scale-back-military-assets-in-europe-under-nato-drawdown-plan/): Washington told allies it will gradually scale down the number of strategic bombers, fighter jets, drones, submarines and warships dedicated to NATO as it continues pressing Europe to do more for its own defense.
- [Anyone else tired of the Trump era yet?](https://iwpost.com/anyone-else-tired-of-the-trump-era-yet/): I get a lot of flak from progressives for being a “both sides” kind of commentator.
- [Motorola's 2026 Razrs are almost worth buying just for their stunning looks… almost](https://iwpost.com/motorolas-2026-razrs-are-almost-worth-buying-just-for-their-stunning-looks-almost/): For the last several years, Motorola’s smartphone headliners were the Razr flip phones, but 2026 is different.
- [Trump’s War on ISIS Is Failing, No Matter How Gorka Spins It](https://iwpost.com/trumps-war-on-isis-is-failing-no-matter-how-gorka-spins-it/): White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka was on a mission. He wanted someone dead, and he knew who could make it happen.
- [U.S. Lawmakers Demand Reforms to Immigration Officers’ Use of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray](https://iwpost.com/u-s-lawmakers-demand-reforms-to-immigration-officers-use-of-tear-gas-and-pepper-spray/): Three U.S. senators have called for an overhaul of federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper spray, citing a ProPublica investigation that found at least 79 children were left screaming, coughing or hurt by these chemicals during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
- [Compliance wall: China rewriting world’s agriculture trade rules](https://iwpost.com/compliance-wall-china-rewriting-worlds-agriculture-trade-rules/): Sharp contrasts have emerged across Asia’s agricultural trade landscape, revealing how China’s updated import rules are restructuring supply chains throughout the region.
- [Muslims pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark 1st day of Eid al-Adha](https://iwpost.com/muslims-pray-at-al-aqsa-mosque-to-mark-1st-day-of-eid-al-adha/): The courtyards surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday – the first day of the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday – were packed with Muslim worshipers performing Eid prayers, Anadolu reports.
- [A global brand but local cars is Audi's future, says CEO](https://iwpost.com/a-global-brand-but-local-cars-is-audis-future-says-ceo/): Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see its new Q, as well as drive its new RS5, which you can read about later this week.
- [Israel says it killed Hamas’ new armed wing chief in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/israel-says-it-killed-hamas-new-armed-wing-chief-in-gaza/): Israel said on Wednesday it had killed Hamas’s newly appointed armed wing chief in Gaza, ​days after it killed his predecessor, while intensifying military pressure in Gaza and expanding operations in Lebanon.
- [Iran Condemns US Strikes as Ceasefire Breach](https://iwpost.com/iran-condemns-us-strikes-as-ceasefire-breach/): Iran accused the United States on Tuesday of violating the ceasefire after American forces struck targets in southern Iran, including missile sites and boats near the Strait of Hormuz, even as negotiations continued in Qatar on a possible agreement to end the war and restore commercial traffic through the waterway.
- [Explosion at Paper Mill Leaves Workers Dead and Others Missing (Video)](https://iwpost.com/explosion-at-paper-mill-leaves-workers-dead-and-others-missing-video/): A routine morning at a Washington state paper mill turned deadly Tuesday when a chemical tank suddenly imploded, unleashing a terrifying hazardous materials emergency that left multiple people dead, several injured and others still unaccounted for.
- [Taiwan’s boom a leveraged bet on AI irrational exuberance](https://iwpost.com/taiwans-boom-a-leveraged-bet-on-ai-irrational-exuberance/): Taiwan has just vaulted past India to become the world’s No.
- [Windows' classic 3D Space Cadet pinball is getting a physical re-creation](https://iwpost.com/windows-classic-3d-space-cadet-pinball-is-getting-a-physical-re-creation/): If you owned a Windows computer in the late ’90s or early ’00s, you probably remember 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet, a surprisingly competent virtual table included for free with multiple Microsoft OS releases through Windows XP.
- [Trump’s $1.5 trillion military splurge destined to backfire](https://iwpost.com/trumps-1-5-trillion-military-splurge-destined-to-backfire/): Earlier this month, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood in front of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to defend the Trump administration’s record-breaking US$1.5 trillion military budget proposal for FY2027.
- [FBI agent explains how easy it is to ID people posting AI porn without consent](https://iwpost.com/fbi-agent-explains-how-easy-it-is-to-id-people-posting-ai-porn-without-consent/): The earliest arrests under the Take It Down Act (TIDA) suggest that cops don’t have to work too hard to identify people illegally posting and selling nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes of women online.
- [France, Italy and Spain urge EU to toughen and hasten trade defences](https://iwpost.com/france-italy-and-spain-urge-eu-to-toughen-and-hasten-trade-defences/): France, Italy, Spain and two other EU countries are pushing for the European Union to revamp trade measures to defend itself more effectively against excessively cheap ​imports that threaten to destroy EU industries, with Chinese goods implicitly in mind.
- [Israeli forces bulldoze land during incursion into Syria’s Quneitra countryside](https://iwpost.com/israeli-forces-bulldoze-land-during-incursion-into-syrias-quneitra-countryside/): An Israeli force entered the village of Al-Rafid in the countryside of Syria’s Quneitra province on Tuesday and conducted bulldozing operations west of the village, according to Syria’s state news agency, SANA, Anadolu reports.
- [Russia Warns ISIS-K Recruiting Central Asian Migrants for Regional Terror Networks ](https://iwpost.com/russia-warns-isis-k-recruiting-central-asian-migrants-for-regional-terror-networks/): Russia’s top security official has warned that the Afghanistan-based Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP) is actively recruiting citizens from Central Asian countries and migrant workers in Russia into terrorist networks operating across the region.
- [Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package](https://iwpost.com/millions-of-ai-agents-imperiled-by-critical-vulnerability-in-open-source-package/): Millions of AI agents and tools around the world have been imperiled by a critical vulnerability that can allow hackers to breach the servers running them and make off with sensitive data and credentials to third-party accounts, a security researcher is warning.
- [‘Simpsons’ Prophet Launches 2028 Bid](https://iwpost.com/simpsons-prophet-launches-2028-bid/): The man behind one of the most talked-about TV predictions in modern political history has just made a stunning move of his own.
- [Type 004: China’s nuclear carrier fast-forged to face down the US](https://iwpost.com/type-004-chinas-nuclear-carrier-fast-forged-to-face-down-the-us/): As China rapidly builds its largest and potentially first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Type 004 may mark a decisive shift from regional sea denial toward sustained blue-water power projection across the Indo-Pacific.
- [We're starting to see some PC makers respond to Apple's MacBook Neo](https://iwpost.com/were-starting-to-see-some-pc-makers-respond-to-apples-macbook-neo/): It seems fair to say that Apple’s MacBook Neo took the rest of the PC industry by surprise.
- [UK could join $4.65 billion EU startup fund, EU official tells FT ](https://iwpost.com/uk-could-join-4-65-billion-eu-startup-fund-eu-official-tells-ft/): The UK could join a ​European Union equity ‌investment fund for startups worth 4 ​billion euros ($4.65 ​billion) this year, the ⁠EU Commissioner ​for startups Ekaterina ​Zaharieva told the Financial Times in a report ​published on ​Tuesday.
- [Seoul’s blind spot, Beijing’s red line](https://iwpost.com/seouls-blind-spot-beijings-red-line/): On April 10, 2026, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung sparked controversy by sharing a social media video that compared wartime killings to the Holocaust and alleged that Israeli forces had tortured, and thrown from a rooftop, a Palestinian.
- [NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a "perimeter"](https://iwpost.com/nasa-takes-steps-toward-building-moon-base-including-discussing-a-perimeter/): NASA officials announced contract awards for the initial elements of a lunar base on Tuesday, including two rovers that will provide mobility to astronauts.
- [Israel Intensifies Lebanon Operations While Avoiding Beirut Strikes Amid Iran Talks ](https://iwpost.com/israel-intensifies-lebanon-operations-while-avoiding-beirut-strikes-amid-iran-talks/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel was intensifying military operations in Lebanon by reinforcing the security buffer zone and securing strategic positions as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded operations beyond previously held lines in southern Lebanon following a recent increase in Hezbollah drone attacks.
- [U.S. Casualties in Iran War Rise as Military Strikes Begin Again](https://iwpost.com/u-s-casualties-in-iran-war-rise-as-military-strikes-begin-again/): The number of U.S. casualties in the Iran war ticked higher on Tuesday, hours after American military forces conducted what U.S.
- [Albuquerque Officials Take Steps to Curb Surge in Citations, Jail Stays Related to Homelessness](https://iwpost.com/albuquerque-officials-take-steps-to-curb-surge-in-citations-jail-stays-related-to-homelessness/): Judges, state public defenders and city officials in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are taking steps to curb a cycle of missed court dates and arrest warrants for crimes related to living outside that has led to a county jail population that’s about half homeless.
- [Singapore is winning the AI race nobody is watching](https://iwpost.com/singapore-is-winning-the-ai-race-nobody-is-watching/): It is 2028. A Fortune 500 bank in London is deciding where to deploy its first fully autonomous AI agent for credit decisions.
- [Musk says US military suicide drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules](https://iwpost.com/musk-says-us-military-suicide-drones-used-starlink-in-violation-of-spacex-rules/): SpaceX and the Pentagon have been bickering about the price of using Starshield satellite service during the Iran war, according to a Reuters report published today.
- [Freezer Breakfast Burritos](https://iwpost.com/freezer-breakfast-burritos/): Freezer Breakfast Burritos are the ultimate make-ahead breakfast solution for busy mornings!
- [Iran restores global internet access after months of restrictions](https://iwpost.com/iran-restores-global-internet-access-after-months-of-restrictions/): Iran has restored international internet access following months of restrictions imposed after nationwide protests in January and later intensified during the war with the US and Israel, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.
- [France Reports Heatwave Fatalities as Britain Breaks May Temperature Record](https://iwpost.com/france-reports-heatwave-fatalities-as-britain-breaks-may-temperature-record/): A spell of unusually high temperatures affected parts of Europe, with France facing heat-related fatalities and Britain recording its hottest day ever for the month of May.
- [Starbucks ‘Sorry’ After Envoking Massacre in New Ad](https://iwpost.com/starbucks-sorry-after-envoking-massacre-in-new-ad/): A Starbucks marketing stunt in South Korea has blown up into a full-blown national scandal after critics said the coffee chain appeared to mock one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history.
- [Pete Hegseth’s desperate crusade for masculine validation](https://iwpost.com/pete-hegseths-desperate-crusade-for-masculine-validation/): Earlier this year, President Donald Trump surveyed his top military brass on the prospect of making war in Iran.
- [Want an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Stuff oxygen’s friends in the mantle.](https://iwpost.com/want-an-oxygen-rich-atmosphere-stuff-oxygens-friends-in-the-mantle/): Planet Earth has some pretty great qualities going for it. (Negative reviews mostly revolve around the staff and clientele.)
- [‘I need Chevron’: The oil company at the center of the California governor’s race](https://iwpost.com/i-need-chevron-the-oil-company-at-the-center-of-the-california-governors-race/): When it comes to California’s climate future, the most important figure in the state’s chaotic governor’s race may not be any of the candidates on the debate stage.
- [The Iran miscalculations that we were warned about](https://iwpost.com/the-iran-miscalculations-that-we-were-warned-about/): There is a particular kind of silence that follows a war’s opening salvos — the silence of think-tank papers being quietly archived, of cable-news predictions being scrubbed from the chyron, of confident assurances that “this time it will be different” colliding with the stubborn evidence that, in fact, it never is.
- [This Eid al-Adha, Help Raise the Bar on Middle East Reporting](https://iwpost.com/this-eid-al-adha-help-raise-the-bar-on-middle-east-reporting/): As Muslims across the Middle East and around the world prepare to mark Eid al-Adha, The Media Line extends warm wishes for a blessed holiday of reflection, sacrifice, generosity, and renewal.
- [3D-printable humanoid legs let robotics experiments run wild](https://iwpost.com/3d-printable-humanoid-legs-let-robotics-experiments-run-wild/): A $2,500 pair of humanoid robot legs built from 3D-printed parts and off-the-shelf components is not going to win marathons just yet.
- [She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.](https://iwpost.com/she-faced-a-life-threatening-miscarriage-under-arkansas-abortion-ban-even-calls-to-the-governors-office-didnt-help/): Treated as a Liability: Emily Waldorf was denied care for a risky miscarriage due to Arkansas’ abortion ban, even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor’s office and got a lawyer.
- [Methanol, pistachios and cement: the other Iranian exports being choked by the war](https://iwpost.com/methanol-pistachios-and-cement-the-other-iranian-exports-being-choked-by-the-war/): The war between Iran, the US and Israel has escalated into a major global crisis, with consequences that are reaching far beyond the Middle East.
- [Train collides with school van in Belgium, killing four](https://iwpost.com/train-collides-with-school-van-in-belgium-killing-four/): A train crashed into a school van at a level-crossing in the Belgian ​town of Buggenhout on Tuesday, killing four people including ​two special needs pupils, authorities said.
- [The 1994 World Cup helped rescue ‘the beautiful game’ from mediocrity. On its return to the US, expect more of that beauty](https://iwpost.com/the-1994-world-cup-helped-rescue-the-beautiful-game-from-mediocrity-on-its-return-to-the-us-expect-more-of-that-beauty/): Ahead of the 1994 World Cup – the first staged in the United States – players were asked to do something they never had before: sign a fair play declaration.
- [Next power move in China’s SE Asia strategy is nuclear](https://iwpost.com/next-power-move-in-chinas-se-asia-strategy-is-nuclear/): China’s expanding nuclear industry is becoming a new instrument of geopolitical influence across Southeast Asia.
- [Review: The Boroughs is a smart, pitch-perfect creature feature](https://iwpost.com/review-the-boroughs-is-a-smart-pitch-perfect-creature-feature/): The Duffer brothers wrapped up their blockbuster series Stranger Things earlier this year and also departed Netflix for a lucrative new production deal with Paramount.
- [Middle East nations ‘will no longer be shield’ for US bases, Iran’s supreme leader says](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-nations-will-no-longer-be-shield-for-us-bases-irans-supreme-leader-says/): A view of a banner featuring Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as the attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran continue on March 14, 2026.
- [Golf Course Worker Found Dead in Pond After Horrifying Lawn Mower Accident](https://iwpost.com/golf-course-worker-found-dead-in-pond-after-horrifying-lawn-mower-accident/): A routine day at an Illinois golf course turned into a nightmare after a 64-year-old employee was found dead in a pond, pinned beneath a lawn mower.
- [Iran: ‘shot down Reaper drone’ after US launched new strikes](https://iwpost.com/iran-shot-down-reaper-drone-after-us-launched-new-strikes/): The Iranian military said early Tuesday that it shot down an American Reaper drone after the Trump administration launched what it characterized as “self-defense strikes” on southern Iran, further complicating efforts to secure a diplomatic resolution to the illegal US-Israeli war.
- [Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car](https://iwpost.com/amazing-interior-controversial-exterior-ferraris-first-electric-car/): Ferrari provided flights from Washington, DC, to Rome and accommodation so Ars could see the Luce. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [US Strikes Iran as Qatar Talks Continue](https://iwpost.com/us-strikes-iran-as-qatar-talks-continue/): US forces struck Iranian missile sites and mine-laying vessels in southern Iran late Monday, even as American and Iranian negotiators continued talks in Qatar over a possible deal to stabilize the seven-week ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and address Tehran’s nuclear program.
- [Sri Lanka Expands Visa-Free Entry Scheme for International Tourists](https://iwpost.com/sri-lanka-expands-visa-free-entry-scheme-for-international-tourists/): Sri Lanka has waived visa fees for tourists from more than 40 countries, a move expected to reduce travel costs for visitors heading to the island nation.
- [The world may or may not be entering ‘Beijing time’](https://iwpost.com/the-world-may-or-may-not-be-entering-beijing-time/): In recent weeks, the back-to-back state visits to Beijing by Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have put China in the global spotlight.
- [Lawmakers Ask DOJ Watchdog to Investigate Alleged Drugs-for-Votes Scheme After ProPublica Report](https://iwpost.com/lawmakers-ask-doj-watchdog-to-investigate-alleged-drugs-for-votes-scheme-after-propublica-report/): Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress and four other members of the House of Representatives have asked the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General to investigate why a federal probe into a prison drugs-for-votes scheme was abandoned after the 2024 elections.
- [Ukraine’s parliament ratified loan agreement with EU](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-parliament-ratified-loan-agreement-with-eu/): Ukraine’s parliament ​ratified ‌on Thursday ​a €90 ​billion ($104 billion) loan ⁠agreement ​with ​the European Union ​with ​298 votes, well ‌ahead ⁠of the 226 ​votes ​required ⁠for ​a ​majority.
- [IRGC Fires on Ships in Strait of Hormuz as Peace Proposal Under Consideration](https://iwpost.com/irgc-fires-on-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-peace-proposal-under-consideration/): Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy fired warning shots at four vessels near the Strait of Hormuz after the ships attempted to pass through the waterway without authorization, according to a post published on an IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel, as discussions continued over a proposed ceasefire extension and nuclear negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
- [After years of stability, F1 reliability can no longer be taken for granted](https://iwpost.com/after-years-of-stability-f1-reliability-can-no-longer-be-taken-for-granted/): First off, apologies for the lack of a Canadian Grand Prix report at the beginning of this week; Ferrari chose last weekend to show us its new electric vehicle, and between that and Memorial Day, one thing led to another, and here we are.
- [Prayers Pour In for Beloved TV Star](https://iwpost.com/prayers-pour-in-for-beloved-tv-star/): John Barrowman has been hit with a heartbreaking family tragedy.
- [The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest](https://iwpost.com/the-race-to-build-ai-data-centers-before-the-people-can-protest/): Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has been making the media rounds defending the 40,000-acre data center project he’s backing in northern Utah.
- [China’s Treasury gambit: A decade in the making](https://iwpost.com/chinas-treasury-gambit-a-decade-in-the-making/): When China reduced its holdings of US Treasury securities in the spring of 2026, mainstream Washington commentators reflexively reached for the word “routine.” They should not have.
- [DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates](https://iwpost.com/doj-sues-states-that-rejected-ice-requests-for-undercover-license-plates/): The Trump administration continues to claim in lawsuits that ICE monitoring sites are doxing agents, without showing evidence that’s happening.
- [Cuba is next — and everyone in Washington knows it](https://iwpost.com/cuba-is-next-and-everyone-in-washington-knows-it/): The hemisphere’s longest-running standoff may finally be reaching its breaking point — but not necessarily in the way anyone expects.
- [Russian Drone Slams Into Apartment Block in Romania, Two Injured](https://iwpost.com/russian-drone-slams-into-apartment-block-in-romania-two-injured/): A drone crashed onto the roof of a 10-storey ​block of flats in the southeastern city of Galati during a Russian overnight attack on neighbouring Ukraine on Friday, causing an ‌explosion and a fire that injured two people, Romanian authorities said.
- [Mayak Eggs (Korean Soy-Marinated Eggs)](https://iwpost.com/mayak-eggs-korean-soy-marinated-eggs/): If you’re looking for an easy Korean side dish that’s packed with flavor, Mayak Eggs are about to become your new obsession.
- [Trump FCC warns all broadcasters to follow orders or be punished like ABC](https://iwpost.com/trump-fcc-warns-all-broadcasters-to-follow-orders-or-be-punished-like-abc/): FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has repeatedly threatened to revoke broadcast licenses from President Trump’s least favorite networks.
- [The deep, dark roots of unending US-Russia rivalry](https://iwpost.com/the-deep-dark-roots-of-unending-us-russia-rivalry/): Washington’s relationship with Russia appears likely to continue its decades-long decline, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying on May 22 that formal diplomatic talks over the Ukraine war are effectively frozen.
- [US Brokers Pentagon Talks Between Israel and Lebanon as Hezbollah Disarmament Remains Central Issue](https://iwpost.com/us-brokers-pentagon-talks-between-israel-and-lebanon-as-hezbollah-disarmament-remains-central-issue/): Israeli and Lebanese military officials are set to hold direct US-mediated security talks at the Pentagon on Friday focused on border security, Hezbollah’s disarmament, and a timeline for an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, as Washington seeks to move operational discussions forward through military channels.
- [House of the Dragon S3 trailer revels in dragons, fire, and blood](https://iwpost.com/house-of-the-dragon-s3-trailer-revels-in-dragons-fire-and-blood/): Some viewers were disappointed that the second season of House of the Dragon ended not with a bang, but a whimper.
- [Whoopi ‘Snaps’ At Joy Behar On The View Over Weight Comment](https://iwpost.com/whoopi-snaps-at-joy-behar-on-the-view-over-weight-comment/): Whoopi Goldberg did not let Joy Behar rewrite her own history.
- [Iceland’s parliament votes to hold referendum on EU accession talks in August](https://iwpost.com/icelands-parliament-votes-to-hold-referendum-on-eu-accession-talks-in-august/): Iceland’s parliament on Thursday voted in favour of holding an August 29 referendum to begin European Union accession talks, supporting the government’s two-step plan that could lead ​to membership in the 27-nation bloc later this decade.
- [ICE Pepper-Sprayed, Beat Detainees for Protesting “Horrific Conditions” In Delaney Hall Jail](https://iwpost.com/ice-pepper-sprayed-beat-detainees-for-protesting-horrific-conditions-in-delaney-hall-jail/): Guards at a New Jersey immigrant detention center are retaliating against detainees for nonviolent protests over poor conditions, including a hunger and labor strike, according to relatives and members of Congress.
- [The cost of Trump-Xi detente will be paid in Myanmar](https://iwpost.com/the-cost-of-trump-xi-detente-will-be-paid-in-myanmar/): As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping embraced the language of “constructive strategic stability” in Beijing, Myanmar’s war was again showing what calm between great powers can mean at China’s frontier.
- [Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Mustafa Barghouti: What ‘s Netanyahu’s Imperial Ambition?](https://iwpost.com/podcast-by-jasim-al-azzawi-with-mustafa-barghouti-what-s-netanyahus-imperial-ambition/): Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- [Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time](https://iwpost.com/proposed-new-us-funding-rules-we-can-cancel-any-grant-at-any-time/): Last August, the Trump administration issued an executive order intended to fundamentally alter how grant funding is handled by the US government.
- [What’s wrong with how US and Uganda plan to stop Ebola spreading](https://iwpost.com/whats-wrong-with-how-us-and-uganda-plan-to-stop-ebola-spreading/): As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to rein in a growing outbreak of a rare Ebola virus, other countries are establishing protocols for keeping their own populations safe.
- [Bank of Japan squeezed by Takaichi, Trump and Iran war inflation](https://iwpost.com/bank-of-japan-squeezed-by-takaichi-trump-and-iran-war-inflation/): Speaking on Wednesday (May 27), Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda cautioned that central banks must prevent this year’s oil‑driven inflation surge from hardening into a lasting global problem.
- [Kenyan court blocks Trump admin from dumping Ebola-exposed Americans there](https://iwpost.com/kenyan-court-blocks-trump-admin-from-dumping-ebola-exposed-americans-there/): The Trump administration is refusing to repatriate Americans exposed to Ebola amid the outbreak still raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- [New Syrian Chemical Weapons Find Could Help Prosecute Perpetrators of War Crimes](https://iwpost.com/new-syrian-chemical-weapons-find-could-help-prosecute-perpetrators-of-war-crimes/): The recent discovery of Assad-era chemical weapons munitions and materials in Syria has implications beyond the identification and destruction of hazardous stockpiles.
- [Iran, US reach deal to extend ceasefire, pending Trump’s approval](https://iwpost.com/iran-us-reach-deal-to-extend-ceasefire-pending-trumps-approval/): The United States and Iran reached ​an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources told Reuters, though U.S.
- [Paul McCartney ‘Desperate’ to Prove He’s More Than a Beatle](https://iwpost.com/paul-mccartney-desperate-to-prove-hes-more-than-a-beatle/): Paul McCartney may be one of the most famous musicians in history, but the 83-year-old legend is making one thing clear: he does not want his new music judged only through the shadow of The Beatles.
- [China’s chip champion rewrites the rules of scaling](https://iwpost.com/chinas-chip-champion-rewrites-the-rules-of-scaling/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is](https://iwpost.com/analysis-of-texas-measles-outbreak-shows-just-how-dangerous-virus-is/): For years, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [The sustained heatwave in India and Pakistan is quite dangerous](https://iwpost.com/the-sustained-heatwave-in-india-and-pakistan-is-quite-dangerous/): India and Pakistan are no strangers to heat. This time of year is the worst, as heat peaks before the monsoon brings cooler conditions from June.
- [Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled](https://iwpost.com/botnet-of-more-than-17-million-devices-dismantled/): Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint operation by the police and the National Cyber Security Center.
- [Pacific Islanders slowly recover from the strongest storm of the year](https://iwpost.com/pacific-islanders-slowly-recover-from-the-strongest-storm-of-the-year/): Katelynn Delos Reyes thought she knew what to expect when Typhoon Sinlaku slammed into Saipan last month.
- [The Los Angeles Left Is at War With Itself Over the Mayor’s Race](https://iwpost.com/the-los-angeles-left-is-at-war-with-itself-over-the-mayors-race/): There are two democratic socialists running for mayor in Los Angeles, but many West Coast leftists are already feeling the crush of defeat.
- [Alaska’s Deteriorating Schools Could Receive More Than $148 Million for Repairs. It’s a Fraction of What They Need.](https://iwpost.com/alaskas-deteriorating-schools-could-receive-more-than-148-million-for-repairs-its-a-fraction-of-what-they-need/): Alaska would more than triple the funding it devotes to school construction and maintenance projects next year under a budget approved this month by the state Legislature.
- [When rights are sold back as concessions](https://iwpost.com/when-rights-are-sold-back-as-concessions/): Wars do not always continue through explosions.
- [Startup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training](https://iwpost.com/startup-offers-free-home-cleaning-if-it-can-record-it-all-for-robot-training/): A tech startup is offering New York City residents free home cleaning with a twist—it will send “professional cleaners” wearing cameras to record everything they do.
- [Nine arrested as Spain targets Mediterranean migrant smuggling operation](https://iwpost.com/nine-arrested-as-spain-targets-mediterranean-migrant-smuggling-operation/): Spanish authorities arrested nine people and dismantled a migrant smuggling network that allegedly transported irregular migrants from Algeria to Spain and onward to other European countries, Europol said.
- [Shangri-La 2026: US heft, Chinese reluctance, Indian reckoning](https://iwpost.com/shangri-la-2026-us-heft-chinese-reluctance-indian-reckoning/): Every year, in a gleaming hotel ballroom in Singapore, the Indo-Pacific strategic order gets set for a public display.
- [Israeli Chef Hails First-Ever Michelin Guide Listing for Kosher Restaurant  ](https://iwpost.com/israeli-chef-hails-first-ever-michelin-guide-listing-for-kosher-restaurant/): Israeli-owned Mutra in North Miami has become the first kosher restaurant to receive a Michelin star, earning one of the culinary industry’s highest honors less than two years after opening its doors.
- [Far removed from today’s global juggernaut, soccer was born in the well-heeled boarding schools of 19th-century England](https://iwpost.com/far-removed-from-todays-global-juggernaut-soccer-was-born-in-the-well-heeled-boarding-schools-of-19th-century-england/): Over the past two centuries, soccer – or football, as it is called in much of the English-speaking world – has become a truly global phenomenon that connects fans on all continents.
- [Severed sea cucumber appendages don't seem to die](https://iwpost.com/severed-sea-cucumber-appendages-dont-seem-to-die/): Organs, arms, appendages, and other complex tissues usually decay rapidly when they’re separated from their host.
- [Not dying yet, the Quad even with Trump has a vital role to play](https://iwpost.com/not-dying-yet-the-quad-even-with-trump-has-a-vital-role-to-play/): Analysts have tried to make sense of US President Donald Trump’s second term with countless, sometimes contradictory, labels.
- [Gayle King’s Ex-Husband Apologizes After She Reveals Shocking Betrayal](https://iwpost.com/gayle-kings-ex-husband-apologizes-after-she-reveals-shocking-betrayal/): Gayle King’s ex-husband is speaking out again after the TV legend reopened one of the most painful chapters of her private life.
- [After Uvalde, Texas Stuffed Schools Full of Cops. They Brutalized Students.](https://iwpost.com/after-uvalde-texas-stuffed-schools-full-of-cops-they-brutalized-students/): If there’s one thing we know about the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, it is this: The police failed to stop it.
- [Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-a-dark-day-for-blue-origin-pentagon-eyes-new-launch-site/): Welcome to Edition 8.43 of the Rocket Report!
- [WHO says 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola](https://iwpost.com/who-says-906-suspected-cases-and-223-suspected-deaths-from-bundibugyo-strain-of-ebola/): The ‌World Health Organization said on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected deaths that were being investigated.
- [More Than $100 Million Was Billed for Medically Questionable Vascular Procedures, Government Watchdog Finds](https://iwpost.com/more-than-100-million-was-billed-for-medically-questionable-vascular-procedures-government-watchdog-finds/): Dozens of doctors are routinely performing risky vascular procedures in medical offices, generating tens of millions of dollars in Medicare payments for potentially unnecessary procedures, according to a federal report released earlier this month.
- [Somali piracy is back – fuelled by political turmoil, aid cuts and the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/somali-piracy-is-back-fuelled-by-political-turmoil-aid-cuts-and-the-iran-war/): On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast.
- [USTR’s Vietnam designation mistakes transition for failure](https://iwpost.com/ustrs-vietnam-designation-mistakes-transition-for-failure/): On April 30, the US Trade Representative designated Vietnam as a Priority Foreign Country for intellectual property, the most severe classification in the annual Special 301 Report and the first time in 13 years any country has been tagged with the label.
- [The ceasefire illusion: Managing genocide under the “Board of Peace”](https://iwpost.com/the-ceasefire-illusion-managing-genocide-under-the-board-of-peace/): For two years, images of dead Palestinian children, flattened neighbourhoods and starving civilians flooded television screens and social media feeds around the world.
- [RSF Accused of Killing 27 Civilians in North Kordofan Villages During Eid al-Adha Holiday](https://iwpost.com/rsf-accused-of-killing-27-civilians-in-north-kordofan-villages-during-eid-al-adha-holiday/): The Sudan Doctors Network accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of killing 27 civilians, including elderly people, during attacks on villages in North Kordofan on Thursday, saying the violence targeted areas where there was no military presence.
- [These researchers would be in Africa fighting ebola—but Trump cut their funding](https://iwpost.com/these-researchers-would-be-in-africa-fighting-ebola-but-trump-cut-their-funding/): As the world struggles to contain the rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri Province, a vital network of research centers has been unable to help on the ground.
- [EU leaders condemn Russia for drone crash in Romania](https://iwpost.com/eu-leaders-condemn-russia-for-drone-crash-in-romania/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa condemned Moscow Friday morning after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in eastern Romania overnight.
- [Rosemary Garlic White Bean Soup](https://iwpost.com/rosemary-garlic-white-bean-soup/): This Rosemary Garlic White Bean Soup is the ultimate cozy comfort food made with simple pantry staples and packed with rich flavor.
- [The leakage and lies keeping Indonesia’s rupiah weak](https://iwpost.com/the-leakage-and-lies-keeping-indonesias-rupiah-weak/): Indonesia embodies one of the strangest paradoxes in emerging-market economics.
- [FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket](https://iwpost.com/fbi-says-google-engineer-used-internal-search-data-to-win-1-2m-on-polymarket/): The US charged a Google software engineer with insider trading after he allegedly made a profit of $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to which public figures would top Google’s rankings for the most searched names in 2025.
- [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Suffer New Marriage Crisis](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-suffer-new-marriage-crisis/): Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are once again at the center of royal drama, and this time the trouble is reportedly coming from inside their own Montecito mansion.
- [US, Iran Reach Ceasefire and Nuclear Talks Agreement Awaiting Trump’s Approval](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-reach-ceasefire-and-nuclear-talks-agreement-awaiting-trumps-approval/): US and Iranian representatives reached preliminary understandings on a proposed 60-day memorandum intended to extend the ceasefire and begin negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, according to CNN, though President Donald Trump has not yet approved the arrangement.
- [Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks](https://iwpost.com/researchers-develop-a-new-process-to-get-lithium-out-of-rocks/): While we make batteries based on many different chemistries, nothing has approached the massive scale at which we can produce lithium batteries.
- [Trump’s push to expand Abraham accords destined to fail](https://iwpost.com/trumps-push-to-expand-abraham-accords-destined-to-fail/): As negotiations to end the Iran war continued on May 25, Donald Trump made a series of phone calls in which he pressed key leaders from the Middle East to join the Abraham Accords.
- [Electricity diplomacy: The new power in the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/electricity-diplomacy-the-new-power-in-the-middle-east/): For decades, Oil and Gas have been the primary instruments of power in the Middle East.
- [Alpine Formula One Team to race under Gucci name in historic deal](https://iwpost.com/alpine-formula-one-team-to-race-under-gucci-name-in-historic-deal/): Italian luxury fashion house Gucci has announced a landmark partnership with Alpine Formula One Team, becoming the first luxury fashion brand to serve as title partner of a team competing in Formula One.
- [US healthcare still stupidly expensive, with pathetic outcomes, study finds](https://iwpost.com/us-healthcare-still-stupidly-expensive-with-pathetic-outcomes-study-finds/): An updated analysis comparing healthcare systems across 20 countries finds once again that the US system is an outstandingly poor performer, summarized as being a “persistent failure” for its high costs, poor health outcomes, and premature deaths.
- [Why Donald Trump’s latest plan for peace is a non-starter](https://iwpost.com/why-donald-trumps-latest-plan-for-peace-is-a-non-starter/): Sooner or later in every armed conflict, someone will trot out the well-worn aphorism that “Truth is the first casualty of war.” And certainly, in the Iran war truth beat a hasty retreat as soon as the US and Israel launched their attacks on Iran and Lebanon on February 28.
- [A credible and safe path to Chinese financial liberalization](https://iwpost.com/a-credible-and-safe-path-to-chinese-financial-liberalization/): China faces a capital account dilemma.
- [The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida](https://iwpost.com/the-most-spectacular-rocket-explosion-since-n1-just-happened-in-florida/): On Thursday evening Blue Origin attempted to test fire its massive New Glenn rocket at its Florida launch site, but something went very wrong after engine ignition.
- [Brad Pitt Sued by ‘High End’ Penis Cream?](https://iwpost.com/brad-pitt-sued-by-high-end-penis-cream/): Brad Pitt has landed in one of the strangest celebrity lawsuits of the year.
- [South Africa Courts Gulf Money While Its Iran Ties Unsettle Investors](https://iwpost.com/south-africa-courts-gulf-money-while-its-iran-ties-unsettle-investors/): [CAPE TOWN] South Africa needs billions of dollars from the Gulf’s oil monarchies to rescue a stalling economy.
- [Kallas warns against ‘trap’ over European negotiator debate with Moscow](https://iwpost.com/kallas-warns-against-trap-over-european-negotiator-debate-with-moscow/): European Union foreign ministers said on Thursday that Russia would not decide who represents Europe in any future negotiations over Ukraine, as the bloc sought to present a united position on possible talks with Moscow.
- [Graham Platner Is Forcing Centrist Dems to Reckon With “Vote Blue No Matter Who”](https://iwpost.com/graham-platner-is-forcing-centrist-dems-to-reckon-with-vote-blue-no-matter-who/): One of the most enduring points of contention between the Democratic Party’s left and right wings is “vote blue no matter who,” a demand almost exclusively made of progressives to shelve principle over party when it comes to elections.
- [Why ‘Singapore washing’ will never be the same](https://iwpost.com/why-singapore-washing-will-never-be-the-same/): In April, China’s National Development and Reform Commission moved to unwind Meta’s planned US$2 billion acquisition of Manus, the AI-agent startup founded in Beijing that had relocated its headquarters to Singapore in mid-2025.
- [LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they're false](https://iwpost.com/llms-believe-false-statements-even-after-explicit-warnings-that-theyre-false/): Imagine a kid who grows up reading history books where every page is stamped “WARNING: THIS BOOK IS LYING.” You’d expect them to come away skeptical, or at least uncertain.
- [Trump administration pledges $100M in aid for Cuba, but only if Catholic or other faith-based groups distribute it](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-pledges-100m-in-aid-for-cuba-but-only-if-catholic-or-other-faith-based-groups-distribute-it/): The United States is prepared to provide US$100 million in humanitarian assistance to Cuba, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on May 13, 2026.
- [Wars may end, but displacement persists: Where is humanitarianism in the US-Iran war?](https://iwpost.com/wars-may-end-but-displacement-persists-where-is-humanitarianism-in-the-us-iran-war/): The eruption of the Middle East war in 2026, which began with strikes led by the US and Israel against Iran under Operation Epic Fury, carries devastating consequences for recovery, development and regional stability.
- [China’s H200 hunger drives Nvidia chip smugglers to Japan route](https://iwpost.com/chinas-h200-hunger-drives-nvidia-chip-smugglers-to-japan-route/): Taiwanese authorities have busted a smuggling ring that used Japan as a waypoint to funnel Super Micro Computer servers loaded with high-end Nvidia artificial intelligence (AI) chips into China, arresting three suspects and seizing roughly 50 servers worth more than US$15 million.
- [2027 Audi RS5 first drive: A performance PHEV with split personalities](https://iwpost.com/2027-audi-rs5-first-drive-a-performance-phev-with-split-personalities/): Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could drive the RS5. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [Washington condemns Iranian strike on Kuwait as ceasefire falters](https://iwpost.com/washington-condemns-iranian-strike-on-kuwait-as-ceasefire-falters/): The United States has accused Iran of carrying out an “egregious ceasefire violation” after Tehran allegedly launched strikes on Kuwait overnight, raising fresh doubts over the durability of a fragile truce between the two countries.
- [Greater Israel: the origins of the settler movement now threatening to annexe the West Bank](https://iwpost.com/greater-israel-the-origins-of-the-settler-movement-now-threatening-to-annexe-the-west-bank/): A big increase in violence on the West Bank has prompted the EU to issue sanctions on several individuals and groups that allegedly organise and finance illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory.
- [Trump’s Complex, Multidimensional Chess Game](https://iwpost.com/trumps-complex-multidimensional-chess-game/): Let’s look at the facts of this very complex, multidimensional chess game that President Donald Trump appears to be playing.
- [Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code](https://iwpost.com/fed-up-with-vibe-coders-dev-sneaks-data-nuking-prompt-injection-into-their-code/): The controversy over vibe coding reached a new high this week after a developer added hidden instructions to his open source Java testing app to sabotage projects performed by AI coding agents.
- [Princess ‘Seriously Ill’ as Royal Family Faces Health Fears and Scandal](https://iwpost.com/princess-seriously-ill-as-royal-family-faces-health-fears-and-scandal/): Norway’s royal family is facing a heartbreaking new health crisis as Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s husband reveals her condition has taken a serious turn.
- [The forgotten story of abolition in revolutionary France – the first emancipation](https://iwpost.com/the-forgotten-story-of-abolition-in-revolutionary-france-the-first-emancipation/): On Aug. 21, 1789, just a month after the storming of the Bastille that launched the French Revolution, France’s new governing body, the National Assembly, approved the first article of its historic Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
- [Starbucks marketing blunder complicates South Korea’s elections](https://iwpost.com/starbucks-marketing-blunder-complicates-south-koreas-elections/): When Shinsegae Group chairman Chung Yong-jin bowed before cameras in Seoul on May 26, 2026, it marked his second public apology in two weeks.
- [Everlane, Shein, and the myth of sustainable fashion](https://iwpost.com/everlane-shein-and-the-myth-of-sustainable-fashion/): As a college sophomore with an internet connection during the Obama era, I was instantly intrigued by the promise of the new direct-to-consumer clothing brand Everlane.
- [Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Funneled Millions of Israeli Government Money to His Longtime Allies’ Companies](https://iwpost.com/ex-trump-campaign-chief-funneled-millions-of-israeli-government-money-to-his-longtime-allies-companies/): A company run by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, hired by the Israeli government to push pro-Israel views on a major conservative media network, has directed $13 million from Israel to several Republican digital strategy firms and allies, according to a previously unreported document filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
- [Apple reportedly trying to distill Google's multi-trillion-parameter Gemini AI to run on iPhone](https://iwpost.com/apple-reportedly-trying-to-distill-googles-multi-trillion-parameter-gemini-ai-to-run-on-iphone/): It’s impossible to totally avoid generative AI when interacting with technology anymore, but Apple has a bit less of it. That’s not entirely by choice, though.
- [South Korea’s Starbucks furor revives an illiberal habit](https://iwpost.com/south-koreas-starbucks-furor-revives-an-illiberal-habit/): South Korea’s latest Starbucks controversy is not only about a badly judged marketing campaign.
- [Funeral held for seven killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/funeral-held-for-seven-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza/)
- [Italy in favour of Ukraine joining EU](https://iwpost.com/italy-in-favour-of-ukraine-joining-eu/): Italy’s government supports Ukraine joining the European Union, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday, while stressing that accession talks for Balkan countries seeking membership should not be pushed aside.
- [Trump’s call to expand Abraham accords is destined to fail](https://iwpost.com/trumps-call-to-expand-abraham-accords-is-destined-to-fail/): As negotiations to end the Iran war continued on May 25, Donald Trump made a series of phone calls in which he pressed key leaders from the Middle East to join the Abraham accords.
- [A mass killing in the Philippines sparks rare scrutiny over counterinsurgency violence – but no wider reckoning](https://iwpost.com/a-mass-killing-in-the-philippines-sparks-rare-scrutiny-over-counterinsurgency-violence-but-no-wider-reckoning/): For nearly 60 years, the Philippine government’s war against the insurgent New People’s Army, or NPA, has rumbled on with little accountability in Manila and scarce scrutiny abroad.
- [Steam Deck sells out in North America within 24 hours of price hike](https://iwpost.com/steam-deck-sells-out-in-north-america-within-24-hours-of-price-hike/): Well, that was fast.
- [Danon Announces ‘No Contact’ With UN Chief’s Office After Israel’s Inclusion on Sexual Violence Blacklist](https://iwpost.com/danon-announces-no-contact-with-un-chiefs-office-after-israels-inclusion-on-sexual-violence-blacklist/): Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, announced that Israel would suspend contact with UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ office after Israel was added to a UN blacklist of countries and entities accused of using sexual violence in conflict zones.
- [White House got $620m rare earths deal for firm tied to Trump Jr.](https://iwpost.com/white-house-got-620m-rare-earths-deal-for-firm-tied-to-trump-jr/): This article was originally published by ProPublica. It is republished with permission.
- [Bad cholesterol slashed 62% by single dose of gene-editing drug in small trial](https://iwpost.com/bad-cholesterol-slashed-62-by-single-dose-of-gene-editing-drug-in-small-trial/): An experimental gene-editing therapy that aims to lower bad cholesterol for the long-term after a single infusion is off to a positive start in an early clinical trial.
- [Former First Lady ‘Frightened’ Watching Joe Biden During 2024 Debate](https://iwpost.com/former-first-lady-frightened-watching-joe-biden-during-2024-debate/): Jill Biden spent nearly two years trying to project confidence after Joe Biden’s disastrous 2024 debate performance.
- [Company Behind California Chemical Leak Was Building F-35 Parts Amid Rush of Orders From U.S. and Israel](https://iwpost.com/company-behind-california-chemical-leak-was-building-f-35-parts-amid-rush-of-orders-from-u-s-and-israel/): The military contractor responsible for a Southern California chemical leak that forced as many as 50,000 people to evacuate their homes over the weekend manufactures parts of F-35 fighter jets likely bound for Israel, The Intercept has learned.
- [The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.](https://iwpost.com/the-white-house-intervened-to-get-a-620-million-deal-for-a-company-tied-to-donald-trump-jr/): When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a small North Carolina startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.
- [Europe beefs up Ebola detection as Congo epidemic surges](https://iwpost.com/europe-beefs-up-ebola-detection-as-congo-epidemic-surges/): Europe is increasing surveillance of potential Ebola symptoms among airline passengers arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo as the deadly virus spreads faster than health workers can contain it.
- [Belgrade bets on Beijing as Budapest pivots to Brussels](https://iwpost.com/belgrade-bets-on-beijing-as-budapest-pivots-to-brussels/): Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s state visit to China on May 25, 2026, sent a major geopolitical and geoeconomic signal at a moment when the international system is becoming increasingly fragmented between competing power blocs.
- [Trump admin to block Ebola-exposed Americans from US, move them to Kenya](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-to-block-ebola-exposed-americans-from-us-move-them-to-kenya/): The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to spread wildly, outpacing the international response efforts sprinting to catch up to the deadly Bundibugyo virus strain.
- [Impulse Space raises $500 million as orbital maneuvering race heats up](https://iwpost.com/impulse-space-raises-500-million-as-orbital-maneuvering-race-heats-up/): Getting around space, as it turns out, is kind of a big deal.
- [What happened to Afghanistan’s female academics?](https://iwpost.com/what-happened-to-afghanistans-female-academics/): Picture this: you have spent decades building a career. You have a master’s degree. You have taught hundreds of students.
- [Japan’s Terra Drone gaining battlefield experience in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/japans-terra-drone-gaining-battlefield-experience-in-ukraine/): Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi set the tone for the debate over Japan’s rearmament with her remark that a Chinese move against Taiwan could threaten Japan’s survival and warrant a military response.
- [Jordan and UAE Connect Stock Exchanges Through New Trading Platform](https://iwpost.com/jordan-and-uae-connect-stock-exchanges-through-new-trading-platform/): Jordan and the United Arab Emirates officially launched an electronic trading link on June 1, 2026, allowing investors to trade directly between the Amman Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange through the Tabadul digital platform.
- [Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders](https://iwpost.com/florida-sues-openai-sam-altman-after-multiple-chatgpt-linked-murders/): On Monday, Florida became the first state to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s allegedly dangerous design.
- [After the Trump DOJ Halted Police Reform, This City Stepped In. Then Officers Shot and Killed Katelyn Hall.](https://iwpost.com/after-the-trump-doj-halted-police-reform-this-city-stepped-in-then-officers-shot-and-killed-katelyn-hall/): City Commitment: Louisville, Kentucky, adopted its own police reform plan last year after the Justice Department walked away from a consent decree that mandated changes.
- [Denmark’s Frederiksen secures third term as prime minister](https://iwpost.com/denmarks-frederiksen-secures-third-term-as-prime-minister/): Denmark’s Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Monday she has agreed to form a centre-left coalition government, maintaining her grip on power amid a crisis in ties with ‌U.S.
- [New Trump vaccine order based on "no credible scientific evidence," doctors say](https://iwpost.com/new-trump-vaccine-order-based-on-no-credible-scientific-evidence-doctors-say/): The American Medical Association came out swinging this weekend at an executive order President Trump signed Friday that reaffirms intentions to model US childhood vaccine recommendations after those of Denmark—a country with universal healthcare, less diversity, and a population about the size of Maryland’s.
- [Young NBA Fan Declared Brain Dead After Tragic Celebration Accident](https://iwpost.com/young-nba-fan-declared-brain-dead-after-tragic-celebration-accident/): What should have been a night of pure joy for San Antonio Spurs fans has turned into a heartbreaking tragedy.
- [Houthis and Al-Shabaab conspiring to choke Red Sea routes](https://iwpost.com/houthis-and-al-shabaab-conspiring-to-choke-red-sea-routes/): In a region crucial to global trade, ideological rivals may now be working together.
- [Israeli court approves appointment of Roman Gofman as next Mossad chief](https://iwpost.com/israeli-court-approves-appointment-of-roman-gofman-as-next-mossad-chief/): Israel’s Supreme Court approved the appointment of Maj. Gen.
- [Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel](https://iwpost.com/dozens-of-red-hat-packages-backdoored-through-its-official-npm-channel/): Official Red Hat NPM accounts have been compromised and used to push a malicious worm that spreads from machine to machine, where it pilfers sensitive credentials in hopes of stealing yet more confidential data, researchers said.
- [Will AI Replace Magic?](https://iwpost.com/will-ai-replace-magic/): Arthur C. Clarke’s famous observation that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” was meant as a compliment to technology.
- [The nightmare of Indonesia’s ’10 New Balis’ tourism dream](https://iwpost.com/the-nightmare-of-indonesias-10-new-balis-tourism-dream/): The idea of replicating Bali’s success across the Indonesian archipelago through the “10 New Balis” initiative was one of the country’s most ambitious economic development visions when it was first launched a decade ago.
- [Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts](https://iwpost.com/hackers-duped-meta-ai-support-chatbot-to-steal-celebrity-instagram-accounts/): Meta’s AI support chatbot proved unusually helpful to hackers looking to steal and resell notable Instagram accounts—the hackers simply asking the bot to change the accounts’ associated email addresses while using VPN to mask their true locations.
- [Israel’s Lebanon campaign: the risks of repeating failed lessons](https://iwpost.com/israels-lebanon-campaign-the-risks-of-repeating-failed-lessons/): Going into the war in Iran, the Israeli government seemingly had two intertwined goals: to bring down the Islamic Republic and rid Israel of its Hezbollah problem.
- [Moderna gets $50 million to develop mRNA Ebola vaccine against Bundibugyo](https://iwpost.com/moderna-gets-50-million-to-develop-mrna-ebola-vaccine-against-bundibugyo/): The global health organization Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced Monday that it will “urgently accelerate development” of three vaccine candidates against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV), pledging a little over $60 million in the effort to extinguish an outbreak currently raging out of control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- [Bride Found Alive Under Rubble After Wedding Helicopter Crash Kills Her Groom](https://iwpost.com/bride-found-alive-under-rubble-after-wedding-helicopter-crash-kills-her-groom/): A dream wedding in Georgia turned into a nightmare just minutes after the bride and groom lifted off in a helicopter meant to whisk them away from the celebration.
- [Despite Trump’s ceasefire talk, Netanyahu says Israeli forces will continue offensive in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/despite-trumps-ceasefire-talk-netanyahu-says-israeli-forces-will-continue-offensive-in-southern-lebanon/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that army troops will continue ongoing offensive in southern Lebanon, despite US President Donald Trump’s talk of a ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah, Anadolu reports.
- [Hezbollah Accepts US-Backed Ceasefire With Israel](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-accepts-us-backed-ceasefire-with-israel/): Hezbollah has agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel, according to an announcement by the Lebanese presidency citing the Lebanese Embassy in Washington.
- [Why cats prefer silver vine to catnip and other May highlights](https://iwpost.com/why-cats-prefer-silver-vine-to-catnip-and-other-may-highlights/): It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across.
- [New York Comptroller’s Trip to Israel Raised Ethical Concerns, State Commission Said](https://iwpost.com/new-york-comptrollers-trip-to-israel-raised-ethical-concerns-state-commission-said/): A New York state oversight board raised ethics concerns about a trip by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to Israel that a local pro-Israel Jewish group sponsored.
- [Trump says troops turned back from Beirut after Netanyahu call](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-troops-turned-back-from-beirut-after-netanyahu-call/): Shortly after reporting emerged Monday that Iran was suspending talks with the United States over Israel’s ramped up assault on Lebanon, President Donald Trump claimed that Israeli forces headed toward Beirut have “turned back” and that Hezbollah has agreed that “all shooting will stop” following separate phone calls with representatives from the two warring sides.
- [AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.](https://iwpost.com/ai-costs-how-much-github-copilot-users-react-to-new-usage-based-pricing-system/): In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service.
- [Shipping Leaders Demand Clear Rules Before Returning to Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/shipping-leaders-demand-clear-rules-before-returning-to-strait-of-hormuz/): Shipping executives gathering in Athens on Monday warned that any future peace agreement between the United States and Iran must include clear, enforceable rules to allow commercial vessels to safely resume operations through the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Battleground Vienna: Austrian intelligence officer convicted of spying for Russia belongs to a long tradition](https://iwpost.com/battleground-vienna-austrian-intelligence-officer-convicted-of-spying-for-russia-belongs-to-a-long-tradition/): Egisto Ott is no James Bond. But the stories the 63-year-old Austrian told a Viennese jury recently would make good plotlines.
- [In Iran war’s shadow, Israel’s renewed Lebanon campaign risks repeating failed lessons – and occupations – of the past](https://iwpost.com/in-iran-wars-shadow-israels-renewed-lebanon-campaign-risks-repeating-failed-lessons-and-occupations-of-the-past/): Going into the war in Iran, the Israeli government seemingly had two intertwined goals: to bring down the Islamic Republic and rid Israel of its Hezbollah problem.
- [Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra looks like its first true MacBook Pro competitor](https://iwpost.com/microsofts-surface-laptop-ultra-looks-like-its-first-true-macbook-pro-competitor/): Dell, Asus, Lenovo, HP, MSI, Acer, and Gigabyte are among the PC makers that are designing systems around Nvidia’s RTX Spark, Nvidia’s new Arm-based chip for Windows PCs.
- [Fans Smash Through Glass Doors at Mall Event for TV Star (Video)](https://iwpost.com/fans-smash-through-glass-doors-at-mall-event-for-tv-star-video/): Chinese actor Zhang Linghe was forced to scrap a major brand appearance on Sunday after a massive crowd of fans turned a shopping center event into chaos.
- [Al-Aqsa: The moment of peril is here. Will the Muslim world act?](https://iwpost.com/al-aqsa-the-moment-of-peril-is-here-will-the-muslim-world-act/): An exclusive investigation by Middle East Eye last week revealed that both US and Israel were coordinating to remove Jordan’s custodianship over Islam’s third holiest site.
- [President Trump Claims Hezbollah Agreed To Stop Attacks as Israel Halts Beirut Strike](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-claims-hezbollah-agreed-to-stop-attacks-as-israel-halts-beirut-strike/): US President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel called off a planned military operation in Beirut following a conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while Hezbollah separately communicated through intermediaries that it was prepared to halt attacks on Israel.
- [The fight to protect pollinators and people from the ‘pesticides that are everywhere’](https://iwpost.com/the-fight-to-protect-pollinators-and-people-from-the-pesticides-that-are-everywhere/): Born and raised in Colorado, Cory Kreft began working on a honey farm at 15 years old.
- [Philly Cops Admit That They’re Tracking “First Amendment Activity” Critical of AI](https://iwpost.com/philly-cops-admit-that-theyre-tracking-first-amendment-activity-critical-of-ai/): Americans speaking out against artificial intelligence data centers on social media are falling under police surveillance, a confidential law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Intercept reveals.
- [When national security becomes market logic](https://iwpost.com/when-national-security-becomes-market-logic/): In recent weeks, Japan halted South Korean equity firm MBK Partners’ acquisition of machine-tool manufacturer Makino Milling Machine on national security grounds.
- [From 15 hours to one minute: How AI/ML is speeding up GM's development](https://iwpost.com/from-15-hours-to-one-minute-how-ai-ml-is-speeding-up-gms-development/): When we met Sterling Anderson in 2024, he was the chief product officer of Aurora, the self-driving startup he cofounded in 2016 after several years at Tesla.
- [SOCAR Installs New Executive Team at Italiana Petroli](https://iwpost.com/socar-installs-new-executive-team-at-italiana-petroli/): Italiana Petroli has named new senior executives following the completion of its acquisition by Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) last month.
- [Gingerbread Rice Krispie Treats](https://iwpost.com/gingerbread-rice-krispie-treats/): These Gingerbread Rice Krispie Treats are soft, gooey, crispy, and full of cozy holiday flavor.
- [ROG Xbox Ally X20 adds OLED screen, control upgrades](https://iwpost.com/rog-xbox-ally-x20-adds-oled-screen-control-upgrades/): When the Steam Deck OLED launched three years ago, we were glad to see that the new, more brilliant screen fixed the biggest flaw of Valve’s original handheld hardware.
- [As Trump attacks anew, Iran says Europe’s ‘appeasing aggressors’](https://iwpost.com/as-trump-attacks-anew-iran-says-europes-appeasing-aggressors/): Esmaeil Baqaei, a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
- [Netanyahu, Katz Order Strikes on Beirut as Iran Warns of ‘Consequences’](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-katz-order-strikes-on-beirut-as-iran-warns-of-consequences/): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Monday that Israel’s expanding military campaign against Hezbollah violates the ceasefire, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to strike Hezbollah targets in and around Beirut.
- [Intel: Our upcoming AI chip will be cheaper, run cooler than Nvidia, AMD options](https://iwpost.com/intel-our-upcoming-ai-chip-will-be-cheaper-run-cooler-than-nvidia-amd-options/): Intel plans to ship an AI chip by the end of this year that uses cheaper memory and cooling technology than rival offerings from Nvidia and AMD, as the US chipmaker seeks to capitalize on a sharp turnaround in its fortunes.
- [‘Royal Family Leech’ Makes Money Demand from King Charles](https://iwpost.com/royal-family-leech-makes-money-demand-from-king-charles/): Sarah Ferguson is once again at the center of a royal firestorm.
- [Ceasefire with US covers Lebanon: Iran](https://iwpost.com/ceasefire-with-us-covers-lebanon-iran/): “For immediate attention: The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
- [Poland criticises ‘insane’ EU climate policy](https://iwpost.com/poland-criticises-insane-eu-climate-policy/): The speed at which the EU is pushing its industry to cut carbon emissions under the Emissions Trading System is “insane,” according to Poland’s deputy climate and environment minister.
- [“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking](https://iwpost.com/no-one-is-watching-how-trump-reversed-bidens-crackdown-on-gun-trafficking/): Less Gun Enforcement: The ATF referred 30% fewer gun-trafficking charges during Trump’s first year than the year prior.
- [Markets are misreading Nvidia’s latest move](https://iwpost.com/markets-are-misreading-nvidias-latest-move/): Investors have spent the last three years asking who will build artificial intelligence (AI).
- [An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years](https://iwpost.com/an-openai-model-solved-a-famous-math-problem-that-stumped-humans-for-80-years/): In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 years.
- [Turkish democracy on trial: how Erdoğan’s rule has undermined justice and weakened his rivals](https://iwpost.com/turkish-democracy-on-trial-how-erdogans-rule-has-undermined-justice-and-weakened-his-rivals/): There has been unrest across Turkey after an appeals court annulled the results of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) 2023 leadership election, deposing the popular winner Özgür Özel.
- [America’s big chance to roll China out of the Solomons](https://iwpost.com/americas-big-chance-to-roll-china-out-of-the-solomons/): Admiral Samuel Paparo commands USINDOPACOM, home to over 300,000 sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines in an area of operations extending from the US west coast to India.
- [Kuwait Reports Missile Attacks as US Hits Iranian Sites](https://iwpost.com/kuwait-reports-missile-attacks-as-us-hits-iranian-sites/): Escalating clashes between the United States, Iran and their regional allies have intensified concerns of a broader Middle East conflict, as Washington confirmed new strikes on Iranian military sites and neighbouring states reported incoming missiles and drones.
- [Explosive Hezbollah Drone Kills Israeli Commando Soldier Adam Tzarfati, Wounds 3 Others ](https://iwpost.com/explosive-hezbollah-drone-kills-israeli-commando-soldier-adam-tzarfati-wounds-3-others/): An explosive drone launched by Hezbollah killed Staff Sgt.
- [Obama White House Instagram Page Hacked in Bizarre Political Takeover](https://iwpost.com/obama-white-house-instagram-page-hacked-in-bizarre-political-takeover/): The official Instagram page for the Obama White House was apparently hijacked Sunday in a bizarre online takeover that left followers doing a double take.
- [Israeli occupiers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque amid Palestinian warning of ‘Judaisation’](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupiers-storm-al-aqsa-mosque-amid-palestinian-warning-of-judaisation/): Israeli occupiers on Sunday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied East Jerusalem under police protection, amid Palestinian warnings of “Judaisation” plans, Anadolu reports.
- [Zia’s ghost still haunts Bangladesh’s fragile power pact](https://iwpost.com/zias-ghost-still-haunts-bangladeshs-fragile-power-pact/): For a country born out of a bloody partition from Pakistan in 1971, political transition in Bangladesh has rarely been a peaceful affair.
- [Trump’s Abraham Accords push tangles Iran peace try](https://iwpost.com/trumps-abraham-accords-push-tangles-iran-peace-try/): President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to end the war with Iran has taken an unexpected turn.
- [Muslim Delegation Makes Israel Day Parade Debut as Mamdani Skips Event and Knesset Boosts Representation ](https://iwpost.com/muslim-delegation-makes-israel-day-parade-debut-as-mamdani-skips-event-and-knesset-boosts-representation/): Among those addressing the crowd were Rep. Dan Goldman, Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Rep.
- [‘Boogie Fever’ Singer Dies at 64](https://iwpost.com/boogie-fever-singer-dies-at-64/): Foster Sylvers, the former child star whose smooth voice helped power one of the biggest R&B family groups of the 1970s, has died at 64 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
- [Could Iran’s new air defence system be a game changer?](https://iwpost.com/could-irans-new-air-defence-system-be-a-game-changer/): The doctrine of absolute air dominance, long regarded as an unassailable pillar of Western military strategy, is facing an unexpected test over the skies of the Persian Gulf.
- [Dynamite Chicken Buns – Crispy, Spicy & Irresistibly Cheesy](https://iwpost.com/dynamite-chicken-buns-crispy-spicy-irresistibly-cheesy/): If you’re searching for the ultimate crowd-pleasing snack, these Dynamite Chicken Buns are exactly what you need.
- [Pezeshkian Submits Resignation as Iran’s President Citing IRGC Power Grab – Report](https://iwpost.com/pezeshkian-submits-resignation-as-irans-president-citing-irgc-power-grab-report/): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has submitted a resignation letter to the Office of the Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, citing his exclusion from key decision-making processes and the growing role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in governing the country, according to a report by Iran International.
- [Commodores Co-Founder Dead at 75 After Sudden Medical Emergency](https://iwpost.com/commodores-co-founder-dead-at-75-after-sudden-medical-emergency/): Ronald LaPread, the original bassist and co-founder of the legendary soul group the Commodores, has died. He was 75.
- [Could Iran’s New Air Defense System Be a Game Changer?](https://iwpost.com/could-irans-new-air-defense-system-be-a-game-changer/): The doctrine of absolute air dominance, long regarded as an unassailable pillar of Western military strategy, is facing an unexpected test over the skies of the Persian Gulf.
- [70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oilfield challenge](https://iwpost.com/70-foot-wastewater-geyser-reflects-new-mexicos-latest-oilfield-challenge/): This story was originally published by Capital & Main and was republished with permission.
- [Turkey’s Blue Homeland Legislation Challenges Israel-Cyprus-Europe Power Project](https://iwpost.com/turkeys-blue-homeland-legislation-challenges-israel-cyprus-europe-power-project/): Proposed Turkish legislation based on the country’s “Blue Homeland” doctrine could complicate plans to connect Israel, Cyprus and mainland Europe through a major subsea electricity link by expanding Ankara’s maritime claims across large sections of the Eastern Mediterranean, according to a report by Globes.
- [Along the river, before the fall: China pre-Renaissance city life](https://iwpost.com/along-the-river-before-the-fall-china-pre-renaissance-city-life/): A boat is about to hit the bridge.
- [Olympic Gymnast, 41, Dies After Tragic Accident](https://iwpost.com/olympic-gymnast-41-dies-after-tragic-accident/): Former Olympic gymnast Gaël Da Silva has died after a tragic car accident, according to multiple reports.
- [Instead of expanding gas, the UAE should help Indonesia build offshore wind](https://iwpost.com/instead-of-expanding-gas-the-uae-should-help-indonesia-build-offshore-wind/): Within months, Mubadala Energy is expected to make a final investment decision on its Tangkulo development in Indonesia’s South Andaman block, where recent discoveries have revealed more than 2 trillion cubic feet of gas-in-place.
- [On its 40th anniversary, we reassess 1986's SpaceCamp](https://iwpost.com/on-its-40th-anniversary-we-reassess-1986s-spacecamp/): Forty years ago, the future seemed just around the corner—and the vehicle that was going to take us there was NASA’s Space Shuttle.
- [A Gay Palestinian Fled to Israel’s “Safe Haven.” Israel Tried to Exploit Him for Intelligence.](https://iwpost.com/a-gay-palestinian-fled-to-israels-safe-haven-israel-tried-to-exploit-him-for-intelligence/): Kareem’s father was furious when he heard the rumors circulating in Ramallah about the sexuality of his 22-year-old son.
- [22 Dead, 36 Injured in Crash Involving Afghan Returnees From Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/22-dead-36-injured-in-crash-involving-afghan-returnees-from-pakistan/): At least 22 people were killed, and 36 others injured after a truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan lost control and plunged into a ravine in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province on Saturday.
- [They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains](https://iwpost.com/they-call-it-stupid-hot-for-a-reason-heat-muddles-animal-brains/): On a blazing hot day in South Africa, female southern pied babblers can’t think straight.
- [India reports first suspected Ebola case](https://iwpost.com/india-reports-first-suspected-ebola-case/): Authorities in India say a woman with a suspected Ebola infection has been placed in quarantine at a hospital in the southern city of Bengaluru.
- [Martin Scorsese Reportedly Fuming Over ‘Family Rumors’](https://iwpost.com/martin-scorsese-reportedly-fuming-over-family-rumors/): Martin Scorsese may be one of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors, but even he is not immune from a family drama playing out in the public eye.
- [Iran’s parliament set to vote on Hormuz Strait management bill](https://iwpost.com/irans-parliament-set-to-vote-on-hormuz-strait-management-bill/): Iran’s parliament is set to vote on a bill that would formalize the country’s management of the Strait of Hormuz, a senior lawmaker said Saturday.
- [Judge Orders Trump Name Removed From Kennedy Center, Blocks Closure for Repairs ](https://iwpost.com/judge-orders-trump-name-removed-from-kennedy-center-blocks-closure-for-repairs/): A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from closing the Kennedy Center for repairs and ordered President Donald Trump’s name removed from both the building and its website, ruling that the facility cannot be formally renamed without congressional approval.
- [Oil surges after Iran targets US airbase in retaliation](https://iwpost.com/oil-surges-after-iran-targets-us-airbase-in-retaliation/): Oil prices jumped more than 3% on Thursday after Iran’s ​Revolutionary Guards said they targeted a U.S. airbase in response ‌to a U.S.
- [Ceasefires by other means](https://iwpost.com/ceasefires-by-other-means/): The week began with the ceasefire in Iran seeming more a negotiation over what the meaning of the war was in the first place, rather than a straightforward attempt at peace.
- [Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals Heartbreaking News](https://iwpost.com/jamie-lee-curtis-reveals-heartbreaking-news/): Jamie Lee Curtis is mourning a devastating family loss.
- [Norway will come under France’s nuclear umbrella](https://iwpost.com/norway-will-come-under-frances-nuclear-umbrella/): Norway will open talks with France on joining its nuclear umbrella, French President Emmanuel Macron and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on ​Wednesday, reflecting growing European concerns about relying on the United States for security.
- [Strawberry Chocolate Cake Recipe](https://iwpost.com/strawberry-chocolate-cake-recipe/): This Strawberry Chocolate Cake is rich, fudgy, fruity, and beautifully layered with fresh strawberry flavor.
- [Palestinian killed, 3 injured in Israeli strike in central Gaza Strip despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-killed-3-injured-in-israeli-strike-in-central-gaza-strip-despite-ceasefire/): A Palestinian was killed and three others, including a child, were injured on Saturday in an Israeli strike targeting civilians near the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
- [Hezbollah Rocket Barrages Hit Northern Israel; Border Schools Close and Nahariya Hospital Moves Underground ](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-rocket-barrages-hit-northern-israel-border-schools-close-and-nahariya-hospital-moves-underground/): Hezbollah launched multiple rocket attacks at northern Israel on Saturday, prompting tighter Home Front Command restrictions, the relocation of key hospital services underground and renewed criticism of the government from opposition leaders.
- [Florence plans major expansion of Airbnb curbs beyond historic centre](https://iwpost.com/florence-plans-major-expansion-of-airbnb-curbs-beyond-historic-centre/): Florence is planning a major expansion of ​restrictions on new short-term tourist rentals, extending a ban beyond its UNESCO-listed historic centre, in a ‌new attempt to ease housing pressure in one of Italy’s most visited cities.
- [President Trump’s Medical Report Revealed](https://iwpost.com/president-trumps-medical-report-revealed/): President Donald Trump’s latest medical report is out, and while the White House doctor says he is in “excellent health,” the details inside the document are already fueling fresh chatter about the 79-year-old commander-in-chief’s condition.
- [President Trump Leaves Iran Ceasefire and Nuclear Proposal Pending After 2-Hour Situation Room Meeting ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-leaves-iran-ceasefire-and-nuclear-proposal-pending-after-2-hour-situation-room-meeting/): President Donald Trump concluded a two-hour Situation Room meeting without approving a proposed memorandum of understanding aimed at extending a ceasefire with Iran and launching new negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, leaving the status of a potential agreement unresolved.
- [A first among major nations, India is industrializing with solar](https://iwpost.com/a-first-among-major-nations-india-is-industrializing-with-solar/): This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- [Iranian negotiator says final draft not yet approved, Tehran can quit US deal over violations](https://iwpost.com/iranian-negotiator-says-final-draft-not-yet-approved-tehran-can-quit-us-deal-over-violations/): Saeed Ajorlou, a member of Iran’s negotiating team’s media committee, said Saturday that Tehran has yet to approve the final draft of a proposed agreement with the United States and could withdraw from the deal if the other side fails to uphold its commitments, Anadolu reports.
- [Russia’s foreign spy chief accuses NATO of preparing for ‘large-scale conflict in the east’](https://iwpost.com/russias-foreign-spy-chief-accuses-nato-of-preparing-for-large-scale-conflict-in-the-east/): Sergei Naryshkin, head ​of Russia’s ‌SVR foreign intelligence service, on ​Thursday accused ​the NATO military ⁠alliance of ​making practical preparations ​for what he called a “large-scale conflict ​in the ​east,” the state RIA ‌news ⁠agency reported.
- [Taiwan’s more relaxed than most of us about Trumpian deal-making](https://iwpost.com/taiwans-more-relaxed-than-most-of-us-about-trumpian-deal-making/): The most common worry expressed around the world concerning the summit meeting in Beijing on May 14-15 was the fear that the future of Taiwan and its 23 million residents might be traded off in a deal between the men leading the world’s two true superpowers, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.
- [Shangri-La Dialogue opens as Asia seeks alternatives to US shield](https://iwpost.com/shangri-la-dialogue-opens-as-asia-seeks-alternatives-to-us-shield/): As Asia’s premier defense forum opens in Singapore on May 29, the annual Shangri-La Dialogue is morphing from a venue of superpower posturing into a high-stakes market for strategic hedging.
- [Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic](https://iwpost.com/heres-why-the-failure-of-blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-is-so-catastrophic/): Thursday night’s detonation of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test produced a spectacular fireball over Florida, sending shards of the rocket flying far and wide, into the sea and across the coastal scrubland nearby.
- [Epstein Spy Network Wants to ‘Silence’ Former Prince Andrew](https://iwpost.com/epstein-spy-network-wants-to-silence-former-prince-andrew/): Andrew Windsor is reportedly terrified he could become the next name in the long, dark shadow of Jeffrey Epstein’s world.
- [Campus Israel Launched as Alternative for Jewish Students Facing Antisemitism](https://iwpost.com/campus-israel-launched-as-alternative-for-jewish-students-facing-antisemitism/): Fleur Hassan-Nahoum speaks with the urgency of someone who sees several crises at once: hostile campuses, regional realignment, war with Iran, the future of Gaza, the stubborn persistence of antisemitism, and the need for stronger women’s leadership.
- [Europe-wide probe dismantles mafia financial network linked to Sicilian boss Messina Denaro](https://iwpost.com/europe-wide-probe-dismantles-mafia-financial-network-linked-to-sicilian-boss-messina-denaro/): Italian anti-mafia prosecutors and financial police have seized assets worth more than €200 million in an international operation targeting a financial network linked to late Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro.
- [Lebanese president, premier meet to discuss military talks with Israel](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-president-premier-meet-to-discuss-military-talks-with-israel/): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met on Saturday to discuss US-hosted military talks with Israel, according to the Lebanese Presidency, Anadolu reports.
- [Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents](https://iwpost.com/grifters-cynics-and-true-believers-the-family-tree-of-vaccine-opponents/): Stanley Plotkin, 93, was instrumental in developing a number of vaccines over the course of his career.
- [Richard Glossip on Life After Decades on Death Row](https://iwpost.com/richard-glossip-on-life-after-decades-on-death-row/): For three decades, Richard Glossip lived on concrete.
- [Silicon shock: the macro of technology inflation](https://iwpost.com/silicon-shock-the-macro-of-technology-inflation/): For a quarter-century, the price of computer software and accessories fell by roughly 5% annually.
- [Environmentalists turn out in force to oppose Trump coal ash rollbacks](https://iwpost.com/environmentalists-turn-out-in-force-to-oppose-trump-coal-ash-rollbacks/): At a virtual public comment hearing hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, a long line of environmental advocates voiced strong opposition to proposed new regulations weakening requirements that utilities must follow in cleaning up toxic coal ash residue at hundreds of sites across the country at which coal was burned to produce electricity.
- [UN Security Council race turns Indo-Pacific vs Eurasia clash](https://iwpost.com/un-security-council-race-turns-indo-pacific-vs-eurasia-clash/): A quiet diplomatic battle is taking shape between the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan over the United Nations Security Council’s sole Asia-Pacific non-permanent seat for the 2027-2028 term.
- [Antisemitic Hate Crimes in New York City Jump 71% Since Last Year ](https://iwpost.com/antisemitic-hate-crimes-in-new-york-city-jump-71-since-last-year/): Antisemitic violence continued to dominate New York City’s hate crime statistics, with the New York Police Department reporting a sharp increase in anti-Jewish offenses both month-over-month and over the longer term.
- [China’s sailless submarine takes warfare to the seabed](https://iwpost.com/chinas-sailless-submarine-takes-warfare-to-the-seabed/): China’s newly revealed sailless submarine may be designed not only to evade detection but also to threaten the undersea infrastructure underpinning Indo-Pacific military and economic power.
- [Used Waymo robotaxi batteries become backup storage for power grids](https://iwpost.com/used-waymo-robotaxi-batteries-become-backup-storage-for-power-grids/): Thousands of electric vehicles in Waymo’s autonomous robotaxi fleet may eventually give up their used batteries for a very different purpose—contributing up to hundreds of megawatt-hours of stationary energy storage to local power grids.
- [In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations](https://iwpost.com/in-this-church-child-sexual-abuse-has-gone-unchecked-for-so-long-that-it-spans-generations/): A National Problem: Old Apostolic Lutheran Church congregations around the U.S. have been forced to deal with child sex abuse.
- [Former Tunisia intel chief accuses Saied’s government of spying on opponents, fabricating cases](https://iwpost.com/former-tunisia-intel-chief-accuses-saieds-government-of-spying-on-opponents-fabricating-cases/): Former Tunisian intelligence chief Kamel Guizani has accused relatives of President Kais Saied and senior officials in Tunisia’s government of spying on opposition leaders and fabricating court cases to imprison them.
- [Kyrgyzstan’s UN upset signals Eurasia’s quiet rise](https://iwpost.com/kyrgyzstans-un-upset-signals-eurasias-quiet-rise/): Kyrgyzstan representatives cheer after winning vote to become a rotational UN Security Council member.
- [Male bowerbirds prefer to dazzle females with bright human-made items](https://iwpost.com/male-bowerbirds-prefer-to-dazzle-females-with-bright-human-made-items/): Male bowerbirds are notorious for their complex mating rituals.
- [All EU members greenlight first step in accession talks, Ukraine PM says](https://iwpost.com/all-eu-members-greenlight-first-step-in-accession-talks-ukraine-pm-says/): All members of the European Union agreed to open talks with Ukraine and ​Moldova on the first cluster of issues in their ‌accession talks, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said early on Thursday.
- [Passengers Injured After Flight Takes Terrifying 3000ft Plunge](https://iwpost.com/passengers-injured-after-flight-takes-terrifying-3000ft-plunge/): A European passenger flight turned terrifying when a smaller jet suddenly dropped thousands of feet after flying into powerful “wake turbulence” reportedly left behind by an Emirates superjumbo jet nearly nine miles away.
- [Iran is losing the war but winning what comes next](https://iwpost.com/iran-is-losing-the-war-but-winning-what-comes-next/): Iran is losing the war against the US and Israel by most visible measures.
- [Israel and Lebanon Renew Truce; Establish Hezbollah-Free ‘Security Zones’ ](https://iwpost.com/israel-and-lebanon-renew-truce-establish-hezbollah-free-security-zones/): Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to renew their ceasefire and move forward with establishing pilot security zones in southern Lebanon, to be placed under the exclusive control of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as part of a US-backed effort to advance broader security arrangements between the two countries.
- [Trump plan to test AI models has a problem—US security teams were gutted by DOGE](https://iwpost.com/trump-plan-to-test-ai-models-has-a-problem-us-security-teams-were-gutted-by-doge/): On Tuesday, Donald Trump finally signed his executive order expanding the government’s efforts to conduct voluntary safety testing of frontier AI models.
- [Can't make sense of Dashlane's vault theft notification? You're not alone.](https://iwpost.com/cant-make-sense-of-dashlanes-vault-theft-notification-youre-not-alone/): There’s a lot that doesn’t add up in a security advisory password manager Dashlane published Monday, warning that attackers managed to obtain 20 encrypted user vaults.
- [29 arrested as law enforcement strikes criminal networks behind illegal streaming](https://iwpost.com/29-arrested-as-law-enforcement-strikes-criminal-networks-behind-illegal-streaming/): Criminal networks making millions from illegal access to premium sports broadcasts, film and television channels have been targeted in a major international operation coordinated by Bulgaria with Europol’s support.
- [Singapore Black Pepper Cauliflower with Spaghetti](https://iwpost.com/singapore-black-pepper-cauliflower-with-spaghetti/): If you’re looking for a bold, flavorful meal inspired by the vibrant street food culture of Singapore, this Singapore Black Pepper Cauliflower with Spaghetti is a must-try.
- [Satellite pix said to show Israel’s overt Gaza territorial goals](https://iwpost.com/satellite-pix-said-to-show-israels-overt-gaza-territorial-goals/): Israel Defense Forces troops are seen in Gaza in 2024.
- [UN warns of mass displacement, health care strain amid escalating Israeli strikes on Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/un-warns-of-mass-displacement-health-care-strain-amid-escalating-israeli-strikes-on-lebanon/): The UN on Wednesday expressed deep alarm about surging displacement and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Lebanon as Israeli military activity across the south reached record levels for the third consecutive day, Anadolu reports.
- [Flesh-eating screwworm infection confirmed in South Texas, USDA says](https://iwpost.com/flesh-eating-screwworm-infection-confirmed-in-south-texas-usda-says/): A case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in South Texas, the US Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday night.
- [Expats’ Iran war reactions show how Gulf states instill loyalty](https://iwpost.com/expats-iran-war-reactions-show-how-gulf-states-instill-loyalty/): When the US and Israel launched their strikes on Iran on February 28 and Iran retaliated by targeting the Gulf Arab states, I was closely monitoring social media accounts from the region.
- [Beyond Sanctions: The Hard Economics of Syria’s Recovery](https://iwpost.com/beyond-sanctions-the-hard-economics-of-syrias-recovery/): [DAMASCUS] When Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump, the issue of US sanctions was not a passing item in a broader discussion of regional developments and Syria’s recovery.
- [Jill Biden ‘Screamed’ at Priest Administering Joe Biden’s Last Rites During Health Scare](https://iwpost.com/jill-biden-screamed-at-priest-administering-joe-bidens-last-rites-during-health-scare/): Jill Biden is opening up about one of the most terrifying moments of her life — the day she thought her husband, Joe Biden, might not survive.
- [Google ordered to put clearer links in AI search and let UK publishers opt out](https://iwpost.com/google-ordered-to-put-clearer-links-in-ai-search-and-let-uk-publishers-opt-out/): UK regulators today ordered Google to put clearer attributions and links to publishers’ content in its AI-generated search features.
- [Spain registers record high sea temperatures for May](https://iwpost.com/spain-registers-record-high-sea-temperatures-for-may/): Spain registered record sea temperatures for the month of May along much ​of its coastline, the country’s port ‌authority said on Tuesday, as the UN forecast a moderate or possibly strong El Nino, ​which could drive up global temperatures ​in coming months.
- [Nvidia GPU crackdown hits China-linked Southeast Asia data centers](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-gpu-crackdown-hits-china-linked-southeast-asia-data-centers/): Washington has moved to close a one-year-old loophole that allowed Chinese technology companies to acquire banned high-end Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) by routing purchases through subsidiaries based in Singapore and Malaysia.
- [Microsoft, Atom Computing, EeroQ update their quantum computing progress](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-atom-computing-eeroq-update-their-quantum-computing-progress/): With dozens of companies, from small startups to tech giants, pursuing quantum computing, there’s a steady flow of results as they try to find a path to utility.
- [Stop Calling It a Ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/stop-calling-it-a-ceasefire/): To any reasonable person, a ceasefire is exactly what it sounds like: It is the total cessation of military attacks to end a war.
- [US House approves measure to restrain Trump action in Iran](https://iwpost.com/us-house-approves-measure-to-restrain-trump-action-in-iran/): United States Capitol.
- [Italian activists from Gaza humanitarian aid flotilla say Israel tortured them](https://iwpost.com/italian-activists-from-gaza-humanitarian-aid-flotilla-say-israel-tortured-them/): Italians who took part in a humanitarian aid flotilla for Gaza said Wednesday that when the Israeli army attacked them last month in the Mediterranean in violation of international law, they abducted some activists, and subjected them to ill-treatment amounting to torture, Anadolu reports.
- [Netanyahu’s Lawyer Michael Rabello Wins State Comptroller Post Amid Voting Controversy ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahus-lawyer-michael-rabello-wins-state-comptroller-post-amid-voting-controversy/): Attorney Michael Rabello, the longtime personal lawyer of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was elected Israel’s next state comptroller on Wednesday following a closely contested and controversial vote in the Knesset.
- [Possible flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says](https://iwpost.com/possible-flesh-eating-screwworm-infection-detected-in-south-texas-usda-says/): A possible case of New World screwworm has been reported in South Texas.
- [European Parliament and Council Seek Compromise on Passenger Rights Package](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-and-council-seek-compromise-on-passenger-rights-package/): Co-legislators from the European Parliament and the Council of the EU paused negotiations on the air passenger rights reform on Wednesday morning without reaching a deal, but agreed to resume talks in the afternoon.
- [A Low-Income Housing Program Is Pouring Billions Into Housing Many People Can’t Afford](https://iwpost.com/a-low-income-housing-program-is-pouring-billions-into-housing-many-people-cant-afford/): On any given night, thousands of people sleep on the streets in Portland, Oregon.
- [Princess Diana’s Heartbreaking Letter to William and Harry Revealed](https://iwpost.com/princess-dianas-heartbreaking-letter-to-william-and-harry-revealed/): Princess Diana once hoped her two sons would grow up learning how to speak to each other in a deeper, more meaningful way.
- [Why bringing down oil’s price is so hard](https://iwpost.com/why-bringing-down-oils-price-is-so-hard/): Between assurances from President Donald Trump that a peace agreement is all but wrapped up and renewed skirmishes, the price of oil rises and falls.
- [Google's new Gemma 4 12B model is designed to run on any laptop with 16GB of RAM](https://iwpost.com/googles-new-gemma-4-12b-model-is-designed-to-run-on-any-laptop-with-16gb-of-ram/): The generative AI boom has driven the cost of memory into the stratosphere, and Google is a key part of that trend.
- [New York backtracked on its climate goals. Here’s why.](https://iwpost.com/new-york-backtracked-on-its-climate-goals-heres-why/): Last week, New York became the first state in the country to weaken a mandatory climate law passed by its own legislature.
- [Oil ‘powder keg’: Trump says Hormuz blockade may last all summer](https://iwpost.com/oil-powder-keg-trump-says-hormuz-blockade-may-last-all-summer/): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to project optimism about reaching a deal to end the illegal war he started against Iran, even while acknowledging the crisis could last for several more months.
- [New social features further Plex’s evolution from media server business](https://iwpost.com/new-social-features-further-plexs-evolution-from-media-server-business/): Plex is adding new social features to the platform.
- [Hotel Guests Warned After Hackers Access Reservation Information Across Netherlands](https://iwpost.com/hotel-guests-warned-after-hackers-access-reservation-information-across-netherlands/): Hotel guests in the Netherlands are being targeted with convincing fake payment requests after criminals obtained reservation details through a data breach affecting at least 100 hotels, according to a hotel services provider.
- [Iran war: ordinary Israelis and Lebanese remain trapped by the false promises of their leaders](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-ordinary-israelis-and-lebanese-remain-trapped-by-the-false-promises-of-their-leaders/): When the United States and Israel began their conflict against Iran, the Islamic Republic retaliated – as it has done in the past – by launching missile strikes against Israel as well as US military basis in the region.
- [Bennett Pitches ‘From Tribes to a People’ Education Reform Ahead of Election ](https://iwpost.com/bennett-pitches-from-tribes-to-a-people-education-reform-ahead-of-election/): Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett unveiled a proposal for a unified national education framework on Tuesday, describing it as a plan to create a shared educational foundation for all children in Israel.
- [Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.](https://iwpost.com/lawmakers-demand-answers-after-the-white-house-initiated-a-620m-loan-to-a-firm-tied-to-donald-trump-jr/): A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president intervened to secure a $620 million Pentagon loan to a startup linked to the president’s eldest son.
- [What awaits Iraq’s militias under Tom Barrack?](https://iwpost.com/what-awaits-iraqs-militias-under-tom-barrack/): It won’t take long to understand what lies ahead for Iraq—and for the Iran‑aligned militias—after President Donald Trump appointed Tom Barrack as his Special Presidential Envoy for Syria and Iraq.
- [Autonomous vehicles were supposed to cut traffic—what if they don't?](https://iwpost.com/autonomous-vehicles-were-supposed-to-cut-traffic-what-if-they-dont/): The age of robotaxis, long the preserve of science fiction, is now a reality, at least in a handful of American cities.
- [Australia is the victim of an AUKUS ‘bait and switch’](https://iwpost.com/australia-is-the-victim-of-an-aukus-bait-and-switch/): From left to right: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and British Defense Secretary John Healey on the sidelines of an AUKUS ministerial meeting at the Pentagon on Dec.
- [Beloved UK Actor Dies Suddenly at 44](https://iwpost.com/beloved-uk-actor-dies-suddenly-at-44/): Owain Rhys Davies, the Welsh actor known to Twin Peaks fans for his role in the cult classic revival Twin Peaks: The Return, has died suddenly at just 44 years old.
- [Gulf expat reactions to Iran war show us how countries like UAE instil loyalty in western migrants](https://iwpost.com/gulf-expat-reactions-to-iran-war-show-us-how-countries-like-uae-instil-loyalty-in-western-migrants/): When the US and Israel launched their strikes on Iran on February 28 and Iran retaliated by targeting the Gulf Arab states, I was closely monitoring social media accounts from the region.
- [How long will it take to rebuild Blue Origin's launch pad? We asked some SpaceX vets.](https://iwpost.com/how-long-will-it-take-to-rebuild-blue-origins-launch-pad-we-asked-some-spacex-vets/): A former NASA engineer named John Muratore sat on console as launch director in early September 2016 as propellant flowed onto a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida.
- [Ukraine hits St. Petersburg site as Putin’s Davos kicks off](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-hits-st-petersburg-site-as-putins-davos-kicks-off/): Ukraine attacked an oil terminal in St.
- [The Shangri-La shockwave and the death of automatic assurance](https://iwpost.com/the-shangri-la-shockwave-and-the-death-of-automatic-assurance/): When US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took the podium at the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, his words signaled a profound structural shift in the global security landscape.
- [New York Jews Wake Up at the Israel Day Parade](https://iwpost.com/new-york-jews-wake-up-at-the-israel-day-parade/): On Saturday, my friend Craig asked our group text if any of us were interested in going to the Israel Day Parade in New York City the next day.
- [Beans use an immune receptor to call in airstrikes on caterpillars](https://iwpost.com/beans-use-an-immune-receptor-to-call-in-airstrikes-on-caterpillars/): For decades, scientists have understood that plants can release volatile organic compounds—essentially airborne chemical signals—to attract the natural enemies of the things that eat them, like caterpillars.
- [Establishment Dems Stave Off the Left in Key California Congressional Primaries](https://iwpost.com/establishment-dems-stave-off-the-left-in-key-california-congressional-primaries/): With many votes still to be counted in California and little certainty in most of Tuesday’s closest-watched primary elections, one early pattern is taking shape: Progressive candidates for Congress across the state are failing to top their more moderate Democratic opponents.
- [Texas State Takeover of Local School Districts Expands, Raising Concerns](https://iwpost.com/texas-state-takeover-of-local-school-districts-expands-raising-concerns/): No state has taken over as many local public school districts as Texas.
- [Indonesia really can’t afford another air pollution crisis](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-really-cant-afford-another-air-pollution-crisis/): An Indonesian woman looks on at a coal plant.
- [Pope Leo names EWTN executive as first woman to lead Vatican communications](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-names-ewtn-executive-as-first-woman-to-lead-vatican-communications/): Pope Leo named an executive with U.S.
- [Creamy Italian Ground Chicken Soup](https://iwpost.com/creamy-italian-ground-chicken-soup/): Creamy Italian Ground Chicken Soup is a cozy, high-protein, one-pot meal made with lean ground chicken, pasta, peas, garlic, Italian seasoning, and a smooth lemon ricotta sauce.
- [The Gaza genocide drops the last fig leaf of Western democracy and tolerance](https://iwpost.com/the-gaza-genocide-drops-the-last-fig-leaf-of-western-democracy-and-tolerance/): For decades, Western democracies presented themselves as the gold standard of exemplary governance and tolerance; the shining “beacons of hope” that the rest of the world was expected to follow.
- [Android phones will soon be able to detect spoofed calls and impersonation scams](https://iwpost.com/android-phones-will-soon-be-able-to-detect-spoofed-calls-and-impersonation-scams/): We’re expecting Android 17 to begin rolling out later this month, but first, Google has a batch of updates for the wider Android device ecosystem.
- [Flight Instructor Killed and Teen Student Screams from Wreckage After Crash](https://iwpost.com/flight-instructor-killed-and-teen-student-screams-from-wreckage-after-crash/): A young flight instructor’s dream career ended in tragedy when his small plane plunged into a residential area in Italy, killing him instantly and leaving his teenage student badly injured and screaming from the wreckage.
- [Why the Shangri-La Dialogue finally really mattered](https://iwpost.com/why-the-shangri-la-dialogue-finally-really-mattered/): Under Singapore’s increasingly sweltering skies, the lobby of the Shangri-La Hotel in late May 2026 offered a revealing snapshot of a world edging toward deeper fragmentation.
- [IDF Says It Killed Hamas Commander Involved in Hersh Goldberg-Polin Kidnapping](https://iwpost.com/idf-says-it-killed-hamas-commander-involved-in-hersh-goldberg-polin-kidnapping/): An Israeli military operation in Gaza has killed a Hamas commander accused of participating in the October 7 abduction of four hostages from a roadside shelter near Re’im Junction, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced.
- [Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center](https://iwpost.com/feds-failing-in-bid-to-take-a-supercomputer-from-a-climate-research-center/): In December, the Trump administration abruptly announced it would shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a Boulder, Colorado-based facility that helps researchers perform studies of weather, climate, atmospheric chemistry, and more.
- [Is Hormuz the US dollar’s Suez?](https://iwpost.com/is-hormuz-the-us-dollars-suez/): The Hormuz crisis has undermined faith in American leadership.
- [Russia launches major attack on Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/russia-launches-major-attack-on-ukraine/): Russia launched a major missile and drone attack on Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv, overnight, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens.
- [Adam Hamawy, Doctor Who Volunteered in Gaza, Poised to Become Pro-Palestine Rep. From New Jersey](https://iwpost.com/adam-hamawy-doctor-who-volunteered-in-gaza-poised-to-become-pro-palestine-rep-from-new-jersey/): A former U.S. Army combat surgeon with backing from Rep.
- [If I had a hammer... it might actually be a rhino tooth](https://iwpost.com/if-i-had-a-hammer-it-might-actually-be-a-rhino-tooth/): One way archaeologists learn how ancient people, including Neanderthals, did things is to attempt to do those things themselves, a process called experimental archaeology.
- [The mirage of Israel-Lebanon rapprochement](https://iwpost.com/the-mirage-of-israel-lebanon-rapprochement/): Those of us who have spent years chronicling the long, tragicomic history of American diplomacy in the Middle East could be forgiven a certain weary déjà vu watching Secretary of State Marco Rubio convene Israeli and Lebanese officials at the State Department in April.
- [Hamas denies refusing to hand over governance in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/hamas-denies-refusing-to-hand-over-governance-in-gaza/): Hamas on Tuesday denied allegations that it is refusing to relinquish control of the Gaza Strip, describing claims by some on the Board of Peace as “misleading lies intended to provide cover for the occupation to continue its aggression,” Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Microsoft plans Linux tools and an RTX Spark desktop for Windows developers](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-plans-linux-tools-and-an-rtx-spark-desktop-for-windows-developers/): Microsoft’s Build developer conference kicked off today, and as with almost everything the company has done in the last few years, Microsoft’s opening keynote focused overwhelmingly on AI and other closely related technologies.
- [Jill Biden’s Brutally ‘Awkward’ Limo Ride with Melania Trump](https://iwpost.com/jill-bidens-brutally-awkward-limo-ride-with-melania-trump/): Jill Biden is pulling back the curtain on what she says was a brutally awkward encounter with Melania Trump just moments before Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term.
- [Desert shield: China hardening nuclear forces for a Taiwan war](https://iwpost.com/desert-shield-china-hardening-nuclear-forces-for-a-taiwan-war/): China’s buildup at its remote Hami nuclear silo field reflects a broader effort to transform a historically vulnerable nuclear force into a resilient deterrent capable of surviving attack, constraining US intervention and reinforcing its position in a Taiwan contingency.
- [Israeli Source Denies President Trump Insulted Netanyahu](https://iwpost.com/israeli-source-denies-president-trump-insulted-netanyahu/): An Israeli source denies that US President Donald Trump used vulgarities and insulted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday over the Lebanon conflict, contrary to an Axios report.
- [Takeover speculation grows around EasyJet](https://iwpost.com/takeover-speculation-grows-around-easyjet/): EasyJet has emerged as a potential takeover target as investors and industry observers increasingly view the low-cost carrier as undervalued despite its strong market position and improving financial performance.
- [Male bowerbirds hope to dazzle females with bright human-made items](https://iwpost.com/male-bowerbirds-hope-to-dazzle-females-with-bright-human-made-items/): Male bowerbirds are notorious for their complex mating rituals.
- [CPEC 2.0: new green hope or new China debt trap for Pakistan?](https://iwpost.com/cpec-2-0-new-green-hope-or-new-china-debt-trap-for-pakistan/): Walk into any mid-sized factory in Lahore, Pakistan, on a summer afternoon, and you’ll hear the same sound: loud, diesel-fueled power generators running because the electricity grid is down.
- [Microsoft's Project Solara is an Android OS designed for agents instead of apps](https://iwpost.com/microsofts-project-solara-is-an-android-os-designed-for-agents-instead-of-apps/): Microsoft has been deeply committed to the growth of generative AI technology in recent years through its now-fragmented partnership with OpenAI.
- [Pentagon bans reporters from public affairs office](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-bans-reporters-from-public-affairs-office/): Hegseth’s aides previously banned photographers because he didn’t like how he looked.
- [Belgium Tightens Visa Rules for Non‑EU Students in Major Migration Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/belgium-tightens-visa-rules-for-non-eu-students-in-major-migration-crackdown/): Belgium is imposing stricter academic requirements on international students from outside the European Union, warning that those who fail to make sufficient progress risk losing their visas under new migration‑reduction measures introduced this week.
- [Rubio says Iran’s supreme leader alive, ‘increasingly engaging’ through intermediaries](https://iwpost.com/rubio-says-irans-supreme-leader-alive-increasingly-engaging-through-intermediaries/): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive and “increasingly engaging at some level,” although he has not appeared publicly after he was injured at the beginning of the war, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Trump’s Yielding on Iran Leaves Netanyahu With Less Room To Strike Hezbollah](https://iwpost.com/trumps-yielding-on-iran-leaves-netanyahu-with-less-room-to-strike-hezbollah/): Israel’s longest-serving prime minister and most controversial political figure finds himself at a major crossroads as the country faces a strategic conundrum.
- [Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says](https://iwpost.com/amazon-owned-ring-should-pay-americans-for-scanning-their-faces-lawsuit-says/): A lawsuit against Amazon is seeking financial damages for millions of Americans whose faces may have been recorded by Ring cameras since the Familiar Faces feature was rolled out late last year.
- [Michael Jackson Drank ‘Two Bottles of Cough Syrup a Night to Sleep’](https://iwpost.com/michael-jackson-drank-two-bottles-of-cough-syrup-a-night-to-sleep/): Michael Jackson’s private struggle to sleep may have been even more disturbing than fans ever knew.
- [A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas – and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems](https://iwpost.com/a-lot-of-recycled-plastic-is-being-burned-overseas-and-causing-widespread-pollution-linked-to-health-problems/): Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings.
- [Why is this Trump official dead set on saving a failing California dam?](https://iwpost.com/why-is-this-trump-official-dead-set-on-saving-a-failing-california-dam/): The Potter Valley Project, which dams Northern California’s Eel River, isn’t doing very much right now.
- [How Pacific islands can gain from Australia-Japan ties](https://iwpost.com/how-pacific-islands-can-gain-from-australia-japan-ties/): In their meeting on May 4 in Canberra, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, agreed to prioritize a range of issues including supply chains, energy, critical minerals, trade and security.
- [Mathematicians warn of AI threats to profession as industry encroaches](https://iwpost.com/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/): Mathematicians warned against rising tech industry influence in a declaration describing the many challenges that AI poses to mathematics research.
- [Growing Drone Threat Raises Concerns Over UK Energy Infrastructure](https://iwpost.com/growing-drone-threat-raises-concerns-over-uk-energy-infrastructure/): Britain is considering tighter restrictions on airspace above critical energy infrastructure amid growing concerns that hostile drones could be used to disrupt the country’s electricity network and potentially trigger widespread power outages.
- [The Pentagon Is Running an AI Propaganda Mill Targeting Latin America](https://iwpost.com/the-pentagon-is-running-an-ai-propaganda-mill-targeting-latin-america/): The United States is feeding Pentagon propaganda to internet users in Latin American countries using a new AI-laden content mill, an investigation by The Intercept has found.
- [The Lockheed-Tanaka bagman](https://iwpost.com/the-lockheed-tanaka-bagman/): ‘In every trouble spot I have cautiously visited, there has always been one watering hole where, as if by secret rite, hacks, spies, aid workers and carpetbaggers converge.
- [Why a Neo Geo port of Doom is functionally impossible](https://iwpost.com/why-a-neo-geo-port-of-doom-is-functionally-impossible/): Here at Ars, we’ve taken pleasure in reporting on versions of Doom that run on everything from wireless earbuds and printers to Windows’ notepad.exe and even inside Doom itself.
- [Toxic Ground: How Oil Field Pollution Is Threatening Oklahoma](https://iwpost.com/toxic-ground-how-oil-field-pollution-is-threatening-oklahoma/): Kara Meredith can tell you the exact day her life turned upside down: Aug.
- [Bahrain Prohibits Citizen Travel to Iraq and Iran Until Further Notice](https://iwpost.com/bahrain-prohibits-citizen-travel-to-iraq-and-iran-until-further-notice/): Bahrain has forbidden its citizens from traveling to Iraq and Iran effective immediately, citing ongoing security concerns linked to recent regional tensions.
- [AUKUS sub shift a front for US access to Australian bases](https://iwpost.com/aukus-sub-shift-a-front-for-us-access-to-australian-bases/): The US decision to transfer three in-service Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines to Australia instead of the previously planned mix of one new Block VII boat and two used Block IV vessels marks a major shift in the AUKUS program, one that raises questions not only about capability and cost but also about the partnership’s deeper strategic purpose.
- [Trump's DOE restarts energy rebate program with dumb conditions](https://iwpost.com/trumps-doe-restarts-energy-rebate-program-with-dumb-conditions/): Federal energy efficiency rebate programs will no longer cover a switch from fossil fuels to electricity for heating, according to long-awaited guidance from the Department of Energy.
- [China Accused of ‘Stealing’ American Children](https://iwpost.com/china-accused-of-stealing-american-children/): A shocking new report is raising alarms over wealthy Chinese nationals allegedly using American women as surrogates to produce U.S.-born children — then taking those babies overseas.
- [Egypt warns of wider regional escalation amid Israeli escalations in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/egypt-warns-of-wider-regional-escalation-amid-israeli-escalations-in-jerusalem-the-west-bank-and-lebanon/): Egypt intensified its diplomatic criticism of Israel for a second consecutive day, issuing a statement condemning settler visits to Al-Aqsa Mosque and expressing concern over developments in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank.
- [Euro zone firms struggle to raise prices despite Iran war shock](https://iwpost.com/euro-zone-firms-struggle-to-raise-prices-despite-iran-war-shock/): Only a third of the euro zone’s largest companies have indicated they are raising prices in response to the Iran war, a Reuters analysis of listed corporate earnings commentary shows, suggesting a weak economy is curbing their pricing power.
- [Gaelic Steak with Whiskey Cream Sauce and Colcannon Potatoes](https://iwpost.com/gaelic-steak-with-whiskey-cream-sauce-and-colcannon-potatoes/): If you’re looking for a meal that combines comfort, elegance, and rich Irish flavors, this Gaelic Steak with Whiskey Cream Sauce and Colcannon Potatoes is the perfect choice.
- [The leak was the message in Trump’s Netanyahu clash](https://iwpost.com/the-leak-was-the-message-in-trumps-netanyahu-clash/): On Monday, after a heated telephone call between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, a decision was made.
- [The Fitbit Air is a good wearable weighed down by a chatty AI "coach"](https://iwpost.com/the-fitbit-air-is-a-good-wearable-weighed-down-by-a-chatty-ai-coach/): Smartwatches can track your health stats, but they also do a lot of other things you might not always want or need.
- [EU considers limiting protection for Ukrainian men of fighting age](https://iwpost.com/eu-considers-limiting-protection-for-ukrainian-men-of-fighting-age/): EU ministers on Thursday broadly supported a proposal to limit access to temporary protection for Ukrainian men ​of military age, Sweden’s migration minister said.
- [Taiwan racing to arm itself as US reliability wanes](https://iwpost.com/taiwan-racing-to-arm-itself-as-us-reliability-wanes/): With the US increasingly distracted by the Iran war and China becoming more assertive, Taiwan is reshaping its defenses for a more uncertain era.
- [Slovenian Presidential Palace raises Palestinian flag after premier removes it from government building](https://iwpost.com/slovenian-presidential-palace-raises-palestinian-flag-after-premier-removes-it-from-government-building/): Slovenia’s Presidential Palace raised a Palestinian flag on Friday, a day after the country’s new government removed it from the facade of the government building following a change of power in Ljubljana, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [UAE Textile Waste Push Tests Whether Circular Fashion Can Move Beyond Good Intentions](https://iwpost.com/uae-textile-waste-push-tests-whether-circular-fashion-can-move-beyond-good-intentions/): The UAE’s launch of Naseej, the National Initiative for Textile Circularity, will test whether a country known for malls, fast fashion, and high consumption can turn textile waste from an environmental afterthought into part of a working circular system.
- [Some ancient microbes frozen with Ötzi the Iceman are still growing](https://iwpost.com/some-ancient-microbes-frozen-with-otzi-the-iceman-are-still-growing/): Ötzi the Iceman, Europe’s most famous mummy, is crawling with microbes, some long dead, some still eking out a living after thousands of years, and some very modern.
- [Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-says-we-must-stop-authoritarian-ai-but-what-about-its-authoritarian-investors/): Anthropic’s high-profile spat with the Pentagon gave it a killer marketing advantage, burnishing its public image as a principled AI company that puts values over profits — unlike more mercenary rivals such as OpenAI or Google.
- [Review: Spider-Noir recaptures the magic of a bygone era](https://iwpost.com/review-spider-noir-recaptures-the-magic-of-a-bygone-era/): My hopes were high for the new Prime Video superhero series Spider-Noir, based on all those amazing trailers. But I also had some trepidation.
- [Coca-Cola CFO flags uneven demand, warns of Middle East risks into 2027](https://iwpost.com/coca-cola-cfo-flags-uneven-demand-warns-of-middle-east-risks-into-2027/): Coca‑Cola is adjusting ways to keep its drinks both affordable and appealing as consumer demand remains uneven across income ​groups, CFO John Murphy said at an industry conference ‌on Thursday.
- [Trauma porn: buying and selling someone else’s scam center hell](https://iwpost.com/trauma-porn-buying-and-selling-someone-elses-scam-center-hell-2/): In January 2026, the Chinese studio Jade Flame released a first-person interactive game on Steam called “Blood Money: Lethal Eden.” For US$8.99, you get to walk through the story of a trafficking victim trapped inside a scam compound in Southeast Asia.
- [Animal Planet Star Dead at 47 After Horror Paramotor Crash](https://iwpost.com/animal-planet-star-dead-at-47-after-horror-paramotor-crash/): Eugene Cussons, the fearless South African conservationist who became known to millions as the host of Animal Planet’s Escape to Chimp Eden, has died after a tragic paramotor crash.
- [S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic](https://iwpost.com/sp-500-rejects-spacex-also-blocking-entry-for-openai-and-anthropic/): SpaceX has requested unusually swift entry into several leading stock market indexes as a condition of its historic stock market debut.
- [An autopsy of American empire](https://iwpost.com/an-autopsy-of-american-empire/): While Washington’s war with Iran drags on, month after month, without any end in sight, the world is witnessing the very real limits of US global power.
- [Hamas delegation arrives in Egypt for talks on advancing Gaza ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/hamas-delegation-arrives-in-egypt-for-talks-on-advancing-gaza-ceasefire/): A senior delegation from the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, arrived Friday evening in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials on completing the implementation of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, and establishing mechanisms for entering the second phase, Anadolu reports.
- [OPINION – Endless War Is Not a Strategy](https://iwpost.com/opinion-endless-war-is-not-a-strategy/): For nearly two years, Israel has been fighting on multiple fronts. Our soldiers continue to risk their lives. Families continue to mourn loved ones.
- [The saga of the International Space Station air leak took a worrying turn Friday](https://iwpost.com/the-saga-of-the-international-space-station-air-leak-took-a-worrying-turn-friday/): Five of the seven crew members on the International Space Station briefly sought refuge inside a SpaceX return capsule Friday morning as two Russian cosmonauts worked on an air leak on the other end of the complex.
- [EU launches major tech push to break US and China dependence](https://iwpost.com/eu-launches-major-tech-push-to-break-us-and-china-dependence/): The European Commission has presented a sweeping tech sovereignty package to boost homegrown technologies and reduce dependency on American and Chinese companies.
- [Trauma porn: buying and selling someone else’s scam-center hell](https://iwpost.com/trauma-porn-buying-and-selling-someone-elses-scam-center-hell/): In January 2026, the Chinese studio Jade Flame released a first-person interactive game on Steam called “Blood Money: Lethal Eden.” For US$8.99, you get to walk through the story of a trafficking victim trapped inside a scam compound in Southeast Asia.
- [How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched](https://iwpost.com/how-a-usb-connected-speaker-can-infect-a-pc-without-ever-being-touched/): Operating system makers take many steps to prevent their wares from accepting commands from remote devices.
- [North Carolina Democrats Propose Changes to Block GOP Power Transfers and Secrecy](https://iwpost.com/north-carolina-democrats-propose-changes-to-block-gop-power-transfers-and-secrecy/): Democratic lawmakers in North Carolina introduced a trio of constitutional amendments this week aimed at protecting traditional powers of the state’s governor and reforming oversight of its court system.
- [JonBenét Ramsey Housekeeper Dead at 82](https://iwpost.com/jonbenet-ramsey-housekeeper-dead-at-82/): A former Ramsey family housekeeper who was once pulled into the never-ending mystery surrounding JonBenét Ramsey’s murder has died.
- [Germany living on yesterday’s success](https://iwpost.com/germany-living-on-yesterdays-success/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Baby botulism outbreak: FDA still doesn't know cause—or how to prevent it](https://iwpost.com/baby-botulism-outbreak-fda-still-doesnt-know-cause-or-how-to-prevent-it/): The Food and Drug Administration this week posted what critics call an “underwhelming” epilogue to the devastating outbreak of botulism in babies, which was linked to spore-contaminated formula made by ByHeart.
- [Socialist group presses defector to relinquish Parliament leadership role](https://iwpost.com/socialist-group-presses-defector-to-relinquish-parliament-leadership-role/): The European Parliament’s Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats wants Pina Picierno, who recently quit their group, to resign from her post as Parliament vice president.
- [‘Thank God You’re All Here’: Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast Draws Foreign Delegations Despite War, Flight Disruptions](https://iwpost.com/thank-god-youre-all-here-jerusalem-prayer-breakfast-draws-foreign-delegations-despite-war-flight-disruptions/): Two weeks before Christian leaders and foreign politicians filled a Knesset auditorium for the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast, Israeli lawmaker Ohad Tal thought the event might have to wait.
- [US territories have a voice in Congress but no vote – here’s why](https://iwpost.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why/): As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, millions of Americans who live outside the 50 states are excluded from full participation in its democracy.
- [US CENTCOM commander visits Middle East, meets regional leaders](https://iwpost.com/us-centcom-commander-visits-middle-east-meets-regional-leaders/): Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), traveled across the Middle East to meet with senior regional leaders, the command said Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Belgian judge orders bank to reimburse phishing victims after couple lose their life savings](https://iwpost.com/belgian-judge-orders-bank-to-reimburse-phishing-victims-after-couple-lose-their-life-savings/): A Belgian court has ordered a bank to immediately reimburse nearly €50,000 to an elderly couple who lost their savings in a phishing scam, in a ruling that could have significant implications for how banks handle fraud victims.
- [Quick Pumpkin Oatmeal](https://iwpost.com/quick-pumpkin-oatmeal/): This Quick Pumpkin Oatmeal is warm, creamy, cozy, and ready in just 5 minutes.
- [Founder of Kentucky Drug Rehab Center Indicted on Fraud and Money Laundering Charges](https://iwpost.com/founder-of-kentucky-drug-rehab-center-indicted-on-fraud-and-money-laundering-charges/): Timmy G. Robinson Jr., founder and owner of what was once Kentucky’s largest drug addiction treatment company, was criminally indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
- [Is DRAM at a permanently higher plateau?](https://iwpost.com/is-dram-at-a-permanently-higher-plateau/): There are titles one should never write. “The End of History” is one. “Permanent Plateau” is another.
- [Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test](https://iwpost.com/small-modular-nuclear-reactor-reaches-criticality-in-first-test/): Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US.
- [CBS in Crisis: ’60 Minutes’ Star Weighing Legal Action After Being Fired](https://iwpost.com/cbs-in-crisis-60-minutes-star-weighing-legal-action-after-being-fired/): CBS is facing a full-blown newsroom crisis after veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley was reportedly fired following a fiery clash with the show’s new leadership — and now the longtime newsman may be preparing to fight back.
- [Azerbaijan Rejects CNN Report on Israeli Operations From Its Territory ](https://iwpost.com/azerbaijan-rejects-cnn-report-on-israeli-operations-from-its-territory/): Azerbaijan on Friday rejected a CNN report alleging that Israeli military and intelligence personnel operated from Azerbaijani territory during the recent war with Iran, calling the claims unfounded and demanding that the network withdraw the story.
- [Your local park is bringing in the green (and by that, we mean money)](https://iwpost.com/your-local-park-is-bringing-in-the-green-and-by-that-we-mean-money/): In an increasingly divided nation, Americans agree on at least two things.
- [Warrantless spying extension stalls in US Senate](https://iwpost.com/warrantless-spying-extension-stalls-in-us-senate/): Privacy advocates celebrated Friday after a Republican-led effort to extend warrantless spying powers failed to advance in the US Senate in the early hours of the morning, with seven GOP lawmakers joining every Democrat except Sen.
- ["We pissed off a lot of people": Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests](https://iwpost.com/we-pissed-off-a-lot-of-people-giant-data-center-plan-cut-50-amid-protests/): One of the world’s biggest data center projects was designed to be nearly three times the size of Manhattan, stretching across multiple Utah sites.
- [IAEA chief says US-Iran talks close to nuclear framework agreement](https://iwpost.com/iaea-chief-says-us-iran-talks-close-to-nuclear-framework-agreement/): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi said Friday that negotiations between the United States and Iran appear close to producing a framework agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program, Anadolu reports.
- [Rights Groups Warn Proposed African ‘Family Values’ Charter Threatens Women and LGBTQ Rights](https://iwpost.com/rights-groups-warn-proposed-african-family-values-charter-threatens-women-and-lgbtq-rights/): A proposed African charter on family values, sovereignty and culture is facing growing criticism from human rights organizations, legal experts and advocacy groups, who say it could undermine protections for women, children and LGBTQ people across the continent.
- [How migration became a key to World Cup success](https://iwpost.com/how-migration-became-a-key-to-world-cup-success/): Few would have predicted Morocco’s success at the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
- [Trump admin tries again to revive dying coal industry](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-tries-again-to-revive-dying-coal-industry/): On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced his administration’s latest attempt to prop up the US coal industry during an incoherent press event that randomly oscillated between energy issues and Trump’s fixation with building and renovating monuments in DC.
- [“Warehousing Human Beings”](https://iwpost.com/warehousing-human-beings/): Hundreds of detained people launched a hunger and labor strike at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, over Memorial Day weekend to protest inhumane conditions at the immigration detention facility run by the for-profit company GEO Group.
- [These Republican Lawmakers Challenged Abortion Bans. Then They Faced Backlash.](https://iwpost.com/these-republican-lawmakers-challenged-abortion-bans-then-they-faced-backlash/): If Eric Murphy loses his primary election on June 9, he believes he already knows one reason why.
- [US-China relations are driving South Korea’s distancing strategy](https://iwpost.com/us-china-relations-are-driving-south-koreas-distancing-strategy/): The US-China Summit of May 14, 2026 in Beijing was an attempt to mitigate great power competition and promote bilateral ties through “constructive strategic stability.” Chinese President Xi Jinping argued against the inevitability of the “Thucydides trap,” which expects an emerging power to go to war against a declining power that it is displacing.
- [Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-blue-origin-explosion-still-making-headlines-impulse-raises-money/): Welcome to Edition 8.44 of the Rocket Report!
- [Jill Biden Says Joe Could Have Beaten Trump in 2024 (Video)](https://iwpost.com/jill-biden-says-joe-could-have-beaten-trump-in-2024-video/): Jill Biden is making waves again — and this time, she is standing firmly behind her husband’s doomed 2024 campaign.
- [Meloni Government Wins Key Vote on Italy’s Return to Nuclear Energy](https://iwpost.com/meloni-government-wins-key-vote-on-italys-return-to-nuclear-energy/): Italy’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved legislation that would pave the way for the country’s return to nuclear power, marking a significant step in the government’s energy strategy.
- [Why is Australia buying used American nuclear submarines?](https://iwpost.com/why-is-australia-buying-used-american-nuclear-submarines/): Following the recent announcement that Australia would acquire three submarines already in US service rather than two used submarines and one new one, AUKUS has again dominated headlines.
- [Steve Jobs in Exile is a fine profile of Jobs' years at NeXT](https://iwpost.com/steve-jobs-in-exile-is-a-fine-profile-of-jobs-years-at-next/): In the late 1990s, I was a precocious Mac nerd who pored over issues of Macworld, stayed up late chatting on IRC, and downloaded pirated software that I didn’t actually need.
- [Egypt Rejects Guardian Report on Sudanese Refugees, Says It Ignored Cairo’s Efforts](https://iwpost.com/egypt-rejects-guardian-report-on-sudanese-refugees-says-it-ignored-cairos-efforts/): Egypt has formally rejected a report published by the British newspaper The Guardian on the situation of Sudanese refugees in the country, arguing that it presented an incomplete picture and failed to acknowledge Egypt’s role in hosting people displaced by the war in Sudan.
- [It doesn't feel very agricultural: The 2026 Subaru Solterra review](https://iwpost.com/it-doesnt-feel-very-agricultural-the-2026-subaru-solterra-review/): After a slow start, Subaru’s electrification journey picked up a bit this year with the debut of a pair of new electric vehicles, the Uncharted and the Trailseeker.
- [House Dems Coming Around on Iran War — But Won’t Vote to Stop Israel’s Destruction of Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/house-dems-coming-around-on-iran-war-but-wont-vote-to-stop-israels-destruction-of-lebanon/): House Democrats voted unanimously on Wednesday against continuing the Iran war without congressional approval — but a day later, Democratic leaders helped defeat a similar measure aimed at Israel’s parallel war in Lebanon.
- [Trump’s tariffs are back – and the timing couldn’t be worse for Asia](https://iwpost.com/trumps-tariffs-are-back-and-the-timing-couldnt-be-worse-for-asia/): TOKYO — Like a horror film villain everyone thought was dead, Donald Trump’s tariffs are suddenly back — and the timing couldn’t be more unsettling for Asia’s embattled economies.
- [Another serious drone incident in Romania](https://iwpost.com/another-serious-drone-incident-in-romania/): A naval drone exploded in the Romanian port city of Constanta on Friday morning.
- [President Trump Says US Could Extract Iran’s Uranium as Ceasefire Negotiations Remain Uncertain ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-says-us-could-extract-irans-uranium-as-ceasefire-negotiations-remain-uncertain/): The United States could remove Iran’s enriched uranium even without Tehran’s agreement, President Trump said, as negotiations between Washington and Tehran continued amid conflicting assessments on the likelihood of a timely agreement.
- [Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds](https://iwpost.com/bumblebees-can-spontaneously-solve-problems-study-finds/): Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal.
- [Priest Who Battles Demons Booted After Wild UFO Claim](https://iwpost.com/priest-who-battles-demons-booted-after-wild-ufo-claim/): A famous Catholic exorcist has been kicked out of his demon-fighting role after publicly suggesting that UFO sightings may actually be demons in disguise.
- [Gulf expat reactions to Iran war show us how countries instil loyalty in western migrants](https://iwpost.com/gulf-expat-reactions-to-iran-war-show-us-how-countries-instil-loyalty-in-western-migrants/): When the US and Israel launched their strikes on Iran on February 28 and Iran retaliated by targeting the Gulf Arab states, I was closely monitoring social media accounts from the region.
- [Water wars washing away South Asia’s fragile peace](https://iwpost.com/water-wars-washing-away-south-asias-fragile-peace/): On June 4, Pakistan said what most analysts had been thinking for over a year: India is weaponizing water.
- [Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling](https://iwpost.com/elon-musk-tries-again-to-escape-ftc-audits-of-x-data-handling/): Critics hope to keep Elon Musk from escaping a strict data-privacy order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shortly before he took over Twitter.
- [Sino-West trade strains deepen on new tariffs and rules](https://iwpost.com/sino-west-trade-strains-deepen-on-new-tariffs-and-rules/): New US tariffs and tougher EU regulations heighten pressure on China, raising the risk of retaliation and broader global trade conflagration.
- [US secretary of state, Kuwait foreign minister discuss regional security amid ‘reprehensible’ Iranian attacks](https://iwpost.com/us-secretary-of-state-kuwait-foreign-minister-discuss-regional-security-amid-reprehensible-iranian-attacks/): Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to reporters ahead of briefing the Congressional “Gang of Eight” on U.S. strikes on Iran, at the U.S.
- [Microsoft testing wearable AI gadget aimed at office workers](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-testing-wearable-ai-gadget-aimed-at-office-workers/): Microsoft is developing new wearable technology with an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled gadget.
- [Dashlane explains how attackers managed to download encrypted password vaults](https://iwpost.com/dashlane-explains-how-attackers-managed-to-download-encrypted-password-vaults/): Dashlane said that attackers mounted a coordinated hacking campaign against a large base of its users in an attempt to recover as many encrypted password vaults as possible.
- [Trump Administration Tries to Shift Blame for Ebola Response](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-tries-to-shift-blame-for-ebola-response/): As an Ebola outbreak continues to rage in Central Africa, the Trump administration keeps trying to blame the World Health Organization — revealing what experts say is a deep misunderstanding about global disease response.
- [Israel’s Haredi Debate Becomes an Economic Reckoning](https://iwpost.com/israels-haredi-debate-becomes-an-economic-reckoning/): Israel’s debate over the ultra-Orthodox community is no longer only about religion, draft exemptions, or coalition politics.
- [Ukraine war: air campaign intensifies as Russia and Ukraine trade massive drone and missile attacks](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-air-campaign-intensifies-as-russia-and-ukraine-trade-massive-drone-and-missile-attacks/): Over the past month, there has been a notable increase in the intensity of the air war in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
- [War heats up as Russia, Ukraine trade drone and missile attacks](https://iwpost.com/war-heats-up-as-russia-ukraine-trade-drone-and-missile-attacks/): Over the past month, there has been a notable increase in the intensity of the air war in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
- [Beloved Comedian Involved in Serious Car Crash with 18-Wheeler](https://iwpost.com/beloved-comedian-involved-in-serious-car-crash-with-18-wheeler/): Comedian and social media favorite Norman Freeman is thanking God after surviving a terrifying multi-vehicle crash that left his car mangled on the side of the road.
- [These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda](https://iwpost.com/these-llms-are-the-best-at-resisting-russian-propaganda/): As more people rely on large language models to provide pat answers to complex questions, state governments are understandably worried about those LLMs spouting what they see as dangerous propaganda promoted by foreign adversaries.
- [Oil falls as Lebanon and Israel agree on a ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/oil-falls-as-lebanon-and-israel-agree-on-a-ceasefire/): Oil prices fell on Thursday as a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon boosted hopes for a broader agreement to ​end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran that could lead to a reopening of the ‌Strait of Hormuz.
- [Vegan Lentil Mushroom Stroganoff](https://iwpost.com/vegan-lentil-mushroom-stroganoff/): This Vegan Lentil Mushroom Stroganoff is rich, creamy, savory, and deeply comforting without any dairy or meat.
- [South Korean Starbucks probe: arbitrary power in justice’s name](https://iwpost.com/south-korean-starbucks-probe-arbitrary-power-in-justices-name/): South Korea’s Starbucks marketing controversy is no longer only about a badly judged campaign.
- [The skeptic’s guide to humanoid robots going viral on the Internet](https://iwpost.com/the-skeptics-guide-to-humanoid-robots-going-viral-on-the-internet/): It may appear that humanoid robots capable of handling any task have almost arrived—especially when tech companies showcase them performing acrobatic feats or handling household chores.
- [Where peace talks between the US and Iran currently stand](https://iwpost.com/where-peace-talks-between-the-us-and-iran-currently-stand/): To understand where talks on ending the war between the US and Iran currently stand, all we can confidently assume is that Donald Trump’s pronouncements offer no guide.
- [‘Soccer’ is a fine term for the beautiful game – don’t let any ‘football’ snob or president tell you otherwise this World Cup](https://iwpost.com/soccer-is-a-fine-term-for-the-beautiful-game-dont-let-any-football-snob-or-president-tell-you-otherwise-this-world-cup/): At the 2026 World Cup draw, FIFA Peace Prize recipient and U.S.
- [Most people in 36 countries hold unfavorable views of Israel: Poll](https://iwpost.com/most-people-in-36-countries-hold-unfavorable-views-of-israel-poll/): A majority of people in 36 countries hold unfavorable views of Israel and lack confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a new survey Thursday by the Pew Research Center.
- [Capt. Eitan Shmuel Lamberg Killed in Anti-Tank Missile Attack in Southern Lebanon ](https://iwpost.com/capt-eitan-shmuel-lamberg-killed-in-anti-tank-missile-attack-in-southern-lebanon/): Capt. Eitan Shmuel Lamberg, a 21-year-old armored corps officer from Mishmar HaShiv’a, was killed Thursday during operations in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced.
- [Indonesia’s rupiah rout is not just about the dollar](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-rupiah-rout-is-not-just-about-the-dollar/): The wave of currency depreciation that battered Indonesia’s foreign exchange market throughout April and May 2026 has pushed the rupiah to record lows, dangerously close to a new psychological threshold of 18,000 against the US dollar.
- [AT&T and Verizon lose Supreme Court case over fines for selling location data](https://iwpost.com/att-and-verizon-lose-supreme-court-case-over-fines-for-selling-location-data/): AT&T and Verizon lost an attempt to overturn fines for selling users’ real-time location data without consent, as the Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission process for issuing financial penalties did not violate the right to a jury trial.
- [US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Greenland is part of Denmark ‘for now’](https://iwpost.com/us-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-says-greenland-is-part-of-denmark-for-now/): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reignited the flame over the US’s continued pursuit of Greenland.
- [The Real “Divide” Among Democrats Over Israel Is Between Party Leadership and Voters](https://iwpost.com/the-real-divide-among-democrats-over-israel-is-between-party-leadership-and-voters/): Adam Johnson is co-host of the Citations Needed podcast and author of “How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza,” out April 21 and available for preorder now.
- [The View Explodes Over Trump’s Takedown of CNN Star Kaitlan Collins](https://iwpost.com/the-view-explodes-over-trumps-takedown-of-cnn-star-kaitlan-collins/): The ladies of The View were at odds Thursday after President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins inside the Oval Office.
- [India is repeating China’s mistake in Myanmar](https://iwpost.com/india-is-repeating-chinas-mistake-in-myanmar/): When Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrived in India on May 30 for his first official overseas visit as Myanmar’s new “president,” the photo op was exactly what he wanted.
- [Cable lobby warns of chaos if FCC doesn't relax ban on foreign routers](https://iwpost.com/cable-lobby-warns-of-chaos-if-fcc-doesnt-relax-ban-on-foreign-routers/): The cable industry’s primary lobby group is seeking a waiver of the Federal Communications Commission ban on foreign routers, warning of potential chaos if cable Internet service providers can’t change some of the components in routers they offer to home broadband users.
- [No, rolling back these environmental rules won’t lower your grocery bill](https://iwpost.com/no-rolling-back-these-environmental-rules-wont-lower-your-grocery-bill/): Nearly six years ago, during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, the president signed a piece of bipartisan legislation introduced to phase out the rampant use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are potent greenhouse gases commonly used in commercial cooling equipment in grocery stores and air-conditioning systems.
- [Armenia’s ties with Russia continue to deteriorate as election day approaches](https://iwpost.com/armenias-ties-with-russia-continue-to-deteriorate-as-election-day-approaches/): Armenia was once widely considered Russia’s closest ally in the South Caucasus, with the two nations maintaining deep political, economic and military ties.
- [The US and Europe are diverging on how to deal with Belarus — and that could benefit Putin’s loyal ally](https://iwpost.com/the-us-and-europe-are-diverging-on-how-to-deal-with-belarus-and-that-could-benefit-putins-loyal-ally/): When it comes to relations with Belarus, the Trump administration has been pursuing a dual approach of late.
- [Hezbollah Leader Calls Ceasefire ‘Humiliating’ as Security Cabinet Discusses Proposal ](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-leader-calls-ceasefire-humiliating-as-security-cabinet-discusses-proposal/): Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem rejected as ‘humiliating’ and ‘disgraceful’ a proposed security arrangement that would exclude the group from areas south of the Litani River, as Israeli leaders weighed the framework in a high-level security meeting.
- [After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper](https://iwpost.com/after-11-years-at-mars-nasas-maven-spacecraft-went-out-with-a-whisper/): NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year.
- [EU preparing economic support package for Armenia after Russian pressure on it](https://iwpost.com/eu-preparing-economic-support-package-for-armenia-after-russian-pressure-on-it/): The European Union is preparing an ​economic support package worth an ‌initial amount of €50 million ($58.1 million) for Armenia after Russia ​hit Armenia with some ​trade restrictions, European Commission President ⁠Ursula von der Leyen ​said on Thursday.
- [Israel’s military creep killing Gaza peace plan](https://iwpost.com/israels-military-creep-killing-gaza-peace-plan/): In recent days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army to seize 70% of Gaza – a sizeable increase from the 60% it currently controls.
- [Megawatt diplomacy: Water as the missing link in the new architecture of Middle East energy security](https://iwpost.com/megawatt-diplomacy-water-as-the-missing-link-in-the-new-architecture-of-middle-east-energy-security/): For more than a century, energy security in the Middle East has been defined by oil and gas.
- [I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too](https://iwpost.com/i-got-access-to-hundreds-of-teacher-misconduct-complaints-in-california-and-you-can-too/): I was a new reporter at KQED in 2021 when former elementary teacher Joseph Brian Houg was sentenced to more than three decades in prison for sexually abusing 10 students.
- [How some data center operators are tackling their water use problems](https://iwpost.com/how-some-data-center-operators-are-tackling-their-water-use-problems/): On Monday, SpaceX amended its initial public offering to state that water conditions—including water scarcity, regulations around water, and drought—could constrain data center development.
- [Marilyn Monroe’s Secret Baby Exposed in Heartbreaking Letter](https://iwpost.com/marilyn-monroes-secret-baby-exposed-in-heartbreaking-letter/): Marilyn Monroe was the ultimate Hollywood bombshell, but behind the glowing smile, platinum curls, and movie-star glamour was a woman haunted by pain, loneliness, and one dream she feared she had destroyed.
- [Europe is caught in a squeeze between the US and China](https://iwpost.com/europe-is-caught-in-a-squeeze-between-the-us-and-china/): The European Union (EU), along with the other major countries in Europe, should be a geopolitical force to be reckoned with.
- [What is ‘strategic autonomy’ – and why is everyone suddenly reaching for it?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-strategic-autonomy-and-why-is-everyone-suddenly-reaching-for-it/): Strategic autonomy is having a moment.
- [Russia’s Afghan pivot risks entanglement in old traps](https://iwpost.com/russias-afghan-pivot-risks-entanglement-in-old-traps/): As Russia deepens cooperation with Afghanistan’s rulers, it faces a growing tension between regional influence, connectivity ambitions and its own security concerns.
- [EU Parliament to switch to French search engine from Google in tech sovereignty push](https://iwpost.com/eu-parliament-to-switch-to-french-search-engine-from-google-in-tech-sovereignty-push/): The European Parliament will switch to French ​search engine Qwant from Google, ‌it said on Wednesday, underscoring Europe’s push to reduce its reliance on U.S.
- [How are Saudis viewing the US-Iran war? Our polling suggests Gulf kingdom is split on key issues](https://iwpost.com/how-are-saudis-viewing-the-us-iran-war-our-polling-suggests-gulf-kingdom-is-split-on-key-issues/): Since the beginning of the Iran war, Saudi Arabia has been grappling with how best to respond to the expansion of Middle East conflict.
- [Gold isn’t inert, it just has bodyguards protecting it](https://iwpost.com/gold-isnt-inert-it-just-has-bodyguards-protecting-it/): Gold is weird. It’s one of the few metals that doesn’t really oxidize. Even silver and copper—from the same column of the periodic table—form weak oxides.
- [Homeless Man Goes on Bloody Penn Station Stabbing Spree](https://iwpost.com/homeless-man-goes-on-bloody-penn-station-stabbing-spree/): A terrifying night at New York City’s Penn Station turned into chaos Sunday when a homeless man with a violent criminal history allegedly went on a bloody stabbing rampage, leaving five innocent people wounded and terrified commuters running for safety.
- [India should think twice about a US trade deal](https://iwpost.com/india-should-think-twice-about-a-us-trade-deal/): Even as American negotiators were sitting across the table in New Delhi this week discussing the contours of an interim trade agreement, Washington simultaneously unveiled additional Section 301 tariff proposals against India and 60 other countries.
- [Armenia’s pro-Europe party wins election and cements shift away from Russia](https://iwpost.com/armenias-pro-europe-party-wins-election-and-cements-shift-away-from-russia/): Armenia’s ruling pro-Europe party has won parliamentary elections, confirming the country’s pivot towards Europe and away from its traditional ally, Russia.
- [Trump says talks with Iran remain ongoing, with deal possible in 2 or 3 days](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-talks-with-iran-remain-ongoing-with-deal-possible-in-2-or-3-days/): Negotiations between the US and Iran remain ongoing, President Donald Trump said early Tuesday morning, just hours after Iran and Israel agreed to halt attacks on one another that threatened to shatter a shaky ceasefire, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Apple's iOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, and other updates focus on refinement](https://iwpost.com/apples-ios-27-macos-27-golden-gate-and-other-updates-focus-on-refinement/): Apple has taken the wraps off of its next-generation operating system updates at its Worldwide Developers Conference today, including iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate.
- [US targets China’s military-tech firm ties while forging its own](https://iwpost.com/us-targets-chinas-military-tech-firm-ties-while-forging-its-own/): The US’s crackdown on Alibaba and BYD highlights a US-China paradox: both powers increasingly depend on private-sector innovation for military advantage.
- [Your empty cuppa could capture carbon](https://iwpost.com/your-empty-cuppa-could-capture-carbon/): Humanity has littered the sky with the refuse of fossil fuel use, releasing enough CO2 to change the planet’s climate.
- [A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One](https://iwpost.com/a-u-s-senator-pushed-to-cut-firefighting-aircraft-inspections-the-same-month-his-former-company-failed-one/): Changing Oversight: U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy previously ran an aerial firefighting company.
- [Front-row view of Bangladesh’s democratic reconstruction](https://iwpost.com/front-row-view-of-bangladeshs-democratic-reconstruction/): The first hundred days of a new government usually pass in a blur of performative activity and inflated promises.
- [Turkish forces harass aircraft carrying European defense ministers to Cyprus](https://iwpost.com/turkish-forces-harass-aircraft-carrying-european-defense-ministers-to-cyprus/): Turkish forces interfered with a military aircraft carrying European defense ministers to an EU meeting in Cyprus on Monday, the Cypriot government said, adding it will lodge formal complaints over the incidents.
- [Say hi to "Siri AI"—Apple announces new, more "conversational" voice assistant](https://iwpost.com/say-hi-to-siri-ai-apple-announces-new-more-conversational-voice-assistant/): Today at its pre-filmed Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Apple was finally prepared to fully introduce the long-delayed “Apple Intelligence” update for its Siri voice assistant.
- [Savannah Guthrie Shares Heartbreaking Update on Missing Mom](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-shares-heartbreaking-update-on-missing-mom/): Savannah Guthrie is still living every family’s worst nightmare.
- [Two nations, two exams, one AI reckoning](https://iwpost.com/two-nations-two-exams-one-ai-reckoning/): This week, while families gathered outside examination halls across China, some in red qipao for luck, 12.9 million students sat for the gaokao, the world’s largest annual standardized test.
- [Israel demolishes 6 Palestinian homes, displacing dozens in occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/israel-demolishes-6-palestinian-homes-displacing-dozens-in-occupied-west-bank/): The Israeli army demolished six homes and a carpentry workshop owned by Palestinians across the West Bank on Monday, in the latest demolitions in the occupied territory, Anadolu reports.
- [The fastest humans in the galaxy just got a spiffy patch to prove it](https://iwpost.com/the-fastest-humans-in-the-galaxy-just-got-a-spiffy-patch-to-prove-it/): NASA’s Artemis II crew are the fastest people alive, and now they have the patch to prove it.
- [Kashmiri Pink Chai](https://iwpost.com/kashmiri-pink-chai/): Kashmiri Pink Chai, also known as Noon Chai, is one of the most beautiful and unique teas you can make at home.
- [Democratic Socialist Overcomes GOP-Funded Opponent to Advance in Los Angeles Mayor Race](https://iwpost.com/democratic-socialist-overcomes-gop-funded-opponent-to-advance-in-los-angeles-mayor-race/): The surprising and divisive mayoral campaign of right-wing reality TV star Spencer Pratt came to an end on Monday, when Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, claimed her spot on the general election ballot against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.
- [Netanyahu’s axis-vs-axis bet risks deeper, deadlier rifts](https://iwpost.com/netanyahus-axis-vs-axis-bet-risks-deeper-deadlier-rifts/): In February 2026, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled what may be his most ambitious foreign policy doctrine yet.
- [iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 don't drop support for any iPhones—and just a few iPads](https://iwpost.com/ios-27-and-ipados-27-dont-drop-support-for-any-iphones-and-just-a-few-ipads/): If you’re using older iPhone or iPad hardware and you’re hoping to keep running Apple’s latest operating systems, this year’s releases bring mostly good news.
- [Slow Cooker Chicken & Gravy](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-chicken-gravy/): Tender slow-cooked chicken and creamy mashed potatoes topped with rich homemade gravy for the ultimate comfort food dinner.
- [FCC lifts looming deadline for Amazon Leo satellite broadband constellation](https://iwpost.com/fcc-lifts-looming-deadline-for-amazon-leo-satellite-broadband-constellation/): The Federal Communications Commission has waived a requirement for Amazon to launch half of its satellite broadband constellation by the end of July, a key regulatory reprieve that buys the tech giant time to get more of its spacecraft into orbit.
- [Angelina Jolie’s Son Shocks Fans with Vulgar Graduation Speech (Video)](https://iwpost.com/angelina-jolies-son-shocks-fans-with-vulgar-graduation-speech-video/): Angelina Jolie was the proud mom in the crowd as her youngest son, Knox Jolie-Pitt, marked a major milestone — but his graduation speech quickly turned into a jaw-dropping moment no one saw coming.
- [Rupiah’s collapse could trigger a political crisis for Prabowo](https://iwpost.com/rupiahs-collapse-could-trigger-a-political-crisis-for-prabowo/): When Indonesia’s rupiah breached the new psychological threshold of 18,155 per US dollar today (June 8), the currency’s lowest ever level, social stability alarm bells rang louder than at any time since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.
- [Israel Strikes Iranian Petrochemical Complex as Tehran Launches Missile Response](https://iwpost.com/israel-strikes-iranian-petrochemical-complex-as-tehran-launches-missile-response/): Israel and Iran exchanged fresh attacks on Monday, marking a significant escalation in tensions and raising concerns over regional stability and global energy supplies.
- [US did not intercept Iranian missiles fired at Israel, report says](https://iwpost.com/us-did-not-intercept-iranian-missiles-fired-at-israel-report-says/): The US did not intercept any Iranian ballistic missiles launched toward Israel overnight, contrary to an earlier claim by an Israeli military official, according to a CNN report citing a US official.
- [macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era](https://iwpost.com/macos-27-requires-apple-silicon-as-apple-draws-down-the-intel-mac-era/): As Apple announced last year, this year’s macOS release will end support for Intel Macs.
- [Congress Is Trying to Permanently Integrate U.S. and Israeli Defense Tech](https://iwpost.com/congress-is-trying-to-permanently-integrate-u-s-and-israeli-defense-tech/): A controversial insertion in the National Defense Authorization Act currently winding its way through the House would permanently intertwine U.S.
- [China’s HQ-16F primed for Taiwan war far beyond the Strait](https://iwpost.com/chinas-hq-16f-primed-for-taiwan-war-far-beyond-the-strait/): China’s deployment of the HQ-16F missile opposite Taiwan reflects Beijing’s growing concern that future wars may be fought not just across the Strait, but deep inside the mainland itself.
- [Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator’s Coal Companies](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-killed-criminal-investigation-of-gop-senators-coal-companies/): Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen.
- [Tests suggest Russian satellites can jam GPS on a continental scale](https://iwpost.com/tests-suggest-russian-satellites-can-jam-gps-on-a-continental-scale/): Russian satellites have been identified as the cause of mysterious, seconds-long bursts of GPS interference across Europe—a rare example of human-made GPS interference coming from space.
- [French Jet Shoots Down Drone in Latvian Airspace](https://iwpost.com/french-jet-shoots-down-drone-in-latvian-airspace/): A French Rafale fighter jet operating as part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace from Russia on Monday, ending an airspace threat that had prompted authorities to warn residents in eastern Latvia to seek shelter indoors.
- [HK and Bangkok step aside, Vienna’s claim as spy capital is strong](https://iwpost.com/hk-and-bangkok-step-aside-viennas-claim-as-spy-capital-is-strong/): Egisto Ott is no James Bond. But the stories the 63-year-old Austrian told a Viennese jury recently would make good plotlines.
- [Meta alleges NSO violated spyware injunction with new WhatsApp attacks](https://iwpost.com/meta-alleges-nso-violated-spyware-injunction-with-new-whatsapp-attacks/): Meta today accused spyware maker NSO Group of violating a court order that barred it from targeting users of WhatsApp.
- [Protester Sparks Outrage After Dressing as Charlie Kirk at TPUSA Event](https://iwpost.com/protester-sparks-outrage-after-dressing-as-charlie-kirk-at-tpusa-event/): A Turning Point USA event in Texas took a disturbing turn when a protester allegedly dressed up as slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and appeared to mock the moment he was assassinated.
- [Why are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change?](https://iwpost.com/why-are-so-many-democrats-going-quiet-on-climate-change/): As the midterm elections approach, something strange has happened: Democratic politicians who once talked about climate change as the defining crisis of our time now barely mention it at all.
- [California revenue miss, 8% Seoul collapse: AI investors be warned](https://iwpost.com/california-revenue-miss-8-seoul-collapse-ai-investors-be-warned/): Broadcom, a US supplier of the chips and networking technology that underpin the global artificial intelligence boom, missed revenue expectations last week.
- [Tehran plans nuclear power plants at 5 coastal sites, Iran’s atomic energy chief says](https://iwpost.com/tehran-plans-nuclear-power-plants-at-5-coastal-sites-irans-atomic-energy-chief-says/): Iran is moving forward with plans to build nuclear power plants at five locations along its coastline as part of efforts to expand the share of nuclear energy in the country’s electricity mix, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said Monday, Anadolu reports.
- [For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer](https://iwpost.com/for-the-2nd-time-in-weeks-microsoft-packages-laced-with-credential-stealer/): Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that was triggered when developers opened them in AI coding agents.
- [Pope Leo warns Spain’s parliament the world is in ‘profound’ crisis](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-warns-spains-parliament-the-world-is-in-profound-crisis/): Pope Leo told Spain’s parliament ​that escalating conflict, deepening polarization and widespread disregard for human rights had pushed the world into a profound crisis, in one of his most ‌expansive political addresses yet on Monday.
- [They Were Serving the Longest Federal Sentence of Any 2020 BLM Protester. Then They Vanished in Prison.](https://iwpost.com/they-were-serving-the-longest-federal-sentence-of-any-2020-blm-protester-then-they-vanished-in-prison/): Incarcerated activist Malik Muhammad’s standing client call in March with their lawyer had been canceled without any real explanation.
- [A School Bus Killed a 5-Year-Old. The Crash Is Among Dozens Missing From the Bus Company’s Federal Safety Record.](https://iwpost.com/a-school-bus-killed-a-5-year-old-the-crash-is-among-dozens-missing-from-the-bus-companys-federal-safety-record/): Missing Crashes: The federal system for tracking serious bus crashes fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions.
- [Iran’s attacks on Israel were an attempt to shape the region on its own terms – and it might just do so](https://iwpost.com/irans-attacks-on-israel-were-an-attempt-to-shape-the-region-on-its-own-terms-and-it-might-just-do-so/): Iran fired barrages of missiles at Israel for the first time in two months on June 7.
- [US indictment of Raúl Castro comes amid a long history of American aggression against Cuba](https://iwpost.com/us-indictment-of-raul-castro-comes-amid-a-long-history-of-american-aggression-against-cuba/): The Trump administration on May 20, 2026, indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro for murder, based on the downing of two planes near the Cuban coastline in 1996 that killed four people.
- [World nears oil operational floor, $200/b without Hormuz deal](https://iwpost.com/world-nears-oil-operational-floor-200-b-without-hormuz-deal/): The International Energy Agency has made its May report free to download, and the news is not good for the second and third quarters of this year, i.e.
- [A Falcon 9 booster turns five years old—and just set a remarkable reuse record](https://iwpost.com/a-falcon-9-booster-turns-five-years-old-and-just-set-a-remarkable-reuse-record/): A little more than five years ago, a shiny white Falcon 9 rocket made its debut flight, boosting a Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
- [Iran attacking Israel seeks to shape the region on its own terms](https://iwpost.com/iran-attacking-israel-seeks-to-shape-the-region-on-its-own-terms/): An Israeli man looks at the remains of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a field next to the West Bank settlement of Mevo'ot Yericho on June 8.
- [Michigan politicians want to ban Chinese-badged cars from even visiting the US](https://iwpost.com/michigan-politicians-want-to-ban-chinese-badged-cars-from-even-visiting-the-us/): It’s an election year, and that means politicians are putting in extra work to pander to special interest groups they think will help them cross the finish line.
- [Mick Jagger Sparks Chilling Onstage Assassination Fears](https://iwpost.com/mick-jagger-sparks-chilling-onstage-assassination-fears/): Mick Jagger is not done yet.
- [Hungary Halts Work Visas for Citizens of Philippines, Georgia and Armenia](https://iwpost.com/hungary-halts-work-visas-for-citizens-of-philippines-georgia-and-armenia/): Hungary has stopped issuing work visas to citizens of the Philippines, Georgia and Armenia under new rules that took effect on Friday, as the government moves to tighten controls on guest workers.
- [Don’t bomb Iran, Trump tells Netanyahu, but Israel strikes anyway](https://iwpost.com/dont-bomb-iran-trump-tells-netanyahu-but-israel-strikes-anyway/): The Israeli military bombed Iran on Monday shortly after US President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to respond to an Iranian missile barrage, which came in retaliation for Israel’s earlier bombing of Beirut.
- [Israeli army expects ‘several days’ of fighting with Iran](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-expects-several-days-of-fighting-with-iran/): The Israeli army expects the ongoing military confrontation with Iran will continue for “several days” amid an exchange of attacks between the two countries, Israeli media said Monday.
- [The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary](https://iwpost.com/the-weather-and-climate-science-ai-revolution-isnt-revolutionary/): It feels like there’s no escaping AI right now, whether you’re trying to type a sentence without being interrupted by a digital “assistant” or struggling to find a new refrigerator that doesn’t require a Wi-Fi connection for some reason.
- [What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America’s Measles Outbreaks](https://iwpost.com/what-propublica-found-in-the-genetic-code-of-americas-measles-outbreaks/): ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
- [With or without China, Shangri-La Dialogue is still relevant](https://iwpost.com/with-or-without-china-shangri-la-dialogue-is-still-relevant/): Former Straits Times editor-in-chief Warren Fernandez writes with characteristic elegance in his latest RSIS piece, “With or Without You: The U2 Doctrine Comes to Shangri-La”, carried in The Straits Times on June 3, 2026.
- [France and Cyprus to sign defense pact for French deployment to island](https://iwpost.com/france-and-cyprus-to-sign-defense-pact-for-french-deployment-to-island/): France and Cyprus will sign on Monday a status of forces agreement allowing Paris to station troops on the Mediterranean island, two senior Cypriot government officials told POLITICO.
- [Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Spaghetti Squash](https://iwpost.com/spinach-and-artichoke-stuffed-spaghetti-squash/): This Spinach and Artichoke Stuffed Spaghetti Squash is creamy, cheesy, savory, and full of cozy flavor.
- [Why Europe should erect high and hard trade barriers on China](https://iwpost.com/why-europe-should-erect-high-and-hard-trade-barriers-on-china/): As regular readers of this blog know, I’m pretty ambivalent about trade barriers as an economic policy.
- [Prince William Sparks ‘Sexless Marriage’ Rumors](https://iwpost.com/prince-william-sparks-sexless-marriage-rumors/): Prince William probably thought he was making a harmless joke about married life.
- [Myanmar’s military ‘comeback’ claim doesn’t hold water](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-military-comeback-claim-doesnt-hold-water/): Recent US media coverage leans into that storyline, highlighting tactical gains, diplomatic outreach, and a presidential façade after tightly controlled elections.
- [Israeli attacks across Gaza kill 10 Palestinians, wound 29 despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israeli-attacks-across-gaza-kill-10-palestinians-wound-29-despite-ceasefire/): Ten Palestinians were killed and 29 others injured in Israeli attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip since Sunday morning, according to medical sources, as Israel continued its daily violations of the ceasefire agreement, Anadolu reports.
- [American Airlines Flight Attendant Found Dead on Florida Beach](https://iwpost.com/american-airlines-flight-attendant-found-dead-on-florida-beach/): A young American Airlines flight attendant was found dead in the surf along a popular South Florida beach, and investigators say her injuries appear to point to a terrifying possibility: she may have been struck by a boat.
- [Iran warns of ‘decisive’ response to Israeli strike on southern Beirut](https://iwpost.com/iran-warns-of-decisive-response-to-israeli-strike-on-southern-beirut/): Smoke rises over residential area following the Israeli attack on Beirut, Lebanon on April 8, 2026.
- [Ukraine’s destiny European, EU’s destiny’s to embrace Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-destiny-european-eus-destinys-to-embrace-ukraine/): Wouldn’t you like as a member of your club an applicant who has just humiliated your most dangerous enemy through an audacious attack?
- [Xi’s North Korea visit puts a Trump-Kim summit back in play ](https://iwpost.com/xis-north-korea-visit-puts-a-trump-kim-summit-back-in-play/): Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a rare visit to North Korea on June 8 – his first international trip this year – weeks after hosting US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing.
- [RIP Anthony Head: Our 10 favorite moments of Buffy's Giles](https://iwpost.com/rip-anthony-head-our-10-favorite-moments-of-buffys-giles/): On Friday, news broke of the passing of actor Anthony Head at 72, best known for his portrayal of Watcher/father figure Rupert Giles on the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- [Soccer Star Collapses on Field During Game (Video)](https://iwpost.com/soccer-star-collapses-on-field-during-game-video/): Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen sparked panic on Sunday after collapsing on the field during Denmark’s exhibition match against Ukraine — five years after he nearly died from cardiac arrest during the Euros.
- [Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700 million to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal](https://iwpost.com/trump-uses-wartime-powers-to-dole-out-700-million-to-clean-beautiful-coal/): President Donald Trump is using wartime presidential authority to hand $700 million to coal-fired power plants in the U.S., the latest move by the president to bolster what he called “clean, beautiful coal,” despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels.
- [Trump talking points: Hegseth changes D-Day subject to migrants](https://iwpost.com/trump-talking-points-hegseth-changes-d-day-subject-to-migrants/): US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came under fire from critics around the world this weekend after he turned his speech at a Saturday event marking the D-Day anniversary into a “racist rant” against migrants.
- [Iran says US naval blockade, support for Israel make American, Israeli assets ‘legitimate targets’](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-us-naval-blockade-support-for-israel-make-american-israeli-assets-legitimate-targets/): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Sunday that the US naval blockade against Iran and Washington’s support for Israel have turned American and Israeli bases and interests in the region into “legitimate targets,” Anadolu reports.
- [The week in Japan: Takaichi gets her supplemental budget](https://iwpost.com/the-week-in-japan-takaichi-gets-her-supplemental-budget/): The House of Councillors passed the Takaichi government’s JPY 3.11 trillion budget on Friday, June 5, as expected, with the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP), Team Mirai, and the Conservative Party of Japan (CPJ) joining the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Ishin no Kai to approve it.
- [Xi heads to Pyongyang, Moscow on his mind](https://iwpost.com/xi-heads-to-pyongyang-moscow-on-his-mind/): Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to North Korea will be delicate and difficult.
- [Crispy Vegan Baked “Honey” Mustard Tofu Tenders](https://iwpost.com/crispy-vegan-baked-honey-mustard-tofu-tenders/): These Crispy Vegan Baked “Honey” Mustard Tofu Tenders are golden, crunchy, slightly sweet, tangy, and completely plant-based.
- [EU calls for ‘full accountability’ after another UNIFIL soldier killed in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/eu-calls-for-full-accountability-after-another-unifil-soldier-killed-in-lebanon/): European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during a press conference held as part of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on May 11, 2026.
- [School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection firm after system failed to spot weapon](https://iwpost.com/school-shooting-survivor-sues-ai-gun-detection-firm-after-system-failed-to-spot-weapon/): The injured teenage survivor of a January 2025 shooting at a Nashville, Tennessee high school recently sued the manufacturer of an “AI gun detection” system that failed to detect the handgun that left two dead, including the shooter.
- [Daughter of 2028 Olympics Chair Dreams of Competing in LA — for Israel](https://iwpost.com/daughter-of-2028-olympics-chair-dreams-of-competing-in-la-for-israel/): Casey Wasserman, the entertainment super-agent, has attracted his fair share of controversy as the head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee.
- [Pro-Palestinian activists disrupt German Armed Forces Day events in Munich, Unna](https://iwpost.com/pro-palestinian-activists-disrupt-german-armed-forces-day-events-in-munich-unna/): Pro-Palestinian activists on Saturday disrupted German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) Day events in the cities of Munich and Unna, staging protests against Germany’s military support for Israel and arms exports, Anadolu reports.
- [Kosovo to hold another parliamentary election amid deadlock over new president](https://iwpost.com/kosovo-to-hold-another-parliamentary-election-amid-deadlock-over-new-president/): Kosovo will hold ​a parliamentary election on Sunday, its third in just 18 months, after its political parties failed ‌to reach a compromise on choosing a new president.
- [Veteran Actor Killed in Horror Stabbing Outside Home](https://iwpost.com/veteran-actor-killed-in-horror-stabbing-outside-home/): Veteran actor James Handy, best known for his work in Top Gun: Maverick, Jumanji and a long list of hit TV crime dramas, was killed in a shocking stabbing outside a Los Angeles-area home.
- [EU Green Transition Sparks Fears of Factory Closures and Employment Losses](https://iwpost.com/eu-green-transition-sparks-fears-of-factory-closures-and-employment-losses/): EU countries risk mass job losses in the coming years as high energy costs, industrial restructuring and the green transition weigh on the economy, the European Commission is set to warn.
- [Israeli forces enter 2 villages in southern Syria in second incursion within 24 hours](https://iwpost.com/israeli-forces-enter-2-villages-in-southern-syria-in-second-incursion-within-24-hours/): Israeli forces entered two villages in Syria’s southern Quneitra province on Saturday in what Syrian state media described as the second incursion into the area in less than 24 hours, Anadolu reports.
- [Beijing vows to retaliate as EU warns of China Shock 2.0](https://iwpost.com/beijing-vows-to-retaliate-as-eu-warns-of-china-shock-2-0/): Beijing has threatened to retaliate after the European Union’s executive body called for a more robust response to the surge in cheap Chinese goods flooding its markets.
- [Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints](https://iwpost.com/scientists-ejected-from-diabetes-conference-for-distributing-journal-reprints/): Five leading scientists were ousted from the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New Orleans on Friday.
- [White House, Israeli Embassy Reject New York Times Report That Israel Is Spying on US Officials ](https://iwpost.com/white-house-israeli-embassy-reject-new-york-times-report-that-israel-is-spying-on-us-officials/): The Israeli Embassy in Washington and the White House have rejected a New York Times report alleging that Israeli is spying on US officials.
- [Zelenskyy proposes face-to-face meeting to discuss end of war in open letter to Putin](https://iwpost.com/zelenskyy-proposes-face-to-face-meeting-to-discuss-end-of-war-in-open-letter-to-putin/): The letter marks one of the few times Zelenskyy has appealed directly to Putin since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion and the first time he has ever sent a letter directly to the Russian leader.
- [How I learned to stop worrying and love American monopolies](https://iwpost.com/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-american-monopolies/): For many years, I was a big proponent of the idea that increased market power was harming the US economy in various ways.
- [Review: AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE is a disappointing way to spend $549](https://iwpost.com/review-amds-radeon-rx-9070-gre-is-a-disappointing-way-to-spend-549/): At some point during the fog of 2021 or 2022, I noticed that my son’s preferred brand of fruit snacks had switched from including 0.9 ounces per pouch to 0.8 ounces per pouch.
- [Texas Teen ‘Chemically Burned from Head to Toe’ After Taking Shower](https://iwpost.com/texas-teen-chemically-burned-from-head-to-toe-after-taking-shower/): A Texas family says their 16-year-old daughter was left in agony after a simple shower allegedly turned into a nightmare.
- [Federal agency to open tens of thousands of acres of Colorado wilderness to oil drilling ](https://iwpost.com/federal-agency-to-open-tens-of-thousands-of-acres-of-colorado-wilderness-to-oil-drilling/): This story was originally published by Capital & Main and is reproduced here with permission.
- [Ballot fiasco shakes faith in South Korea’s electoral system](https://iwpost.com/ballot-fiasco-shakes-faith-in-south-koreas-electoral-system/): Free and fair elections are the foundation of liberal democracy, and South Korea has long been regarded as one of Asia’s democratic success stories.
- [Israeli settlers attack West Bank town of Huwara, wounding five Palestinians](https://iwpost.com/israeli-settlers-attack-west-bank-town-of-huwara-wounding-five-palestinians/): Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian town of Huwara south of Nablus on Saturday, wounding several residents and vandalizing local property.
- [Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do](https://iwpost.com/safety-officials-finally-have-a-good-idea-of-what-a-big-rocket-explosion-can-do/): Last week’s explosion of a New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was clearly a setback for Blue Origin and NASA, but it was a learning experience for safety officials looking to open up the spaceport to hundreds more launches per year.
- [Libyans block off UN refugee office in protest against migrants](https://iwpost.com/libyans-block-off-un-refugee-office-in-protest-against-migrants/): Hundreds of Libyan demonstrators blocked off the office ​of the U.N.
- [Fiesta Mango Black Bean Quinoa Salad](https://iwpost.com/fiesta-mango-black-bean-quinoa-salad/): This Fiesta Mango Black Bean Quinoa Salad is fresh, colorful, healthy, and full of bright summer flavor.
- [‘Pig Feast’: the film Jakarta doesn’t want you to see](https://iwpost.com/pig-feast-the-film-jakarta-doesnt-want-you-to-see/): The release of the investigative documentary “Pesta Babi” (Pig Feast) has triggered an unusually intense wave of public debate and political unease across Indonesia.
- [Israel and US Open Talks on New Reciprocal Defense Partnership ](https://iwpost.com/israel-and-us-open-talks-on-new-reciprocal-defense-partnership/): Israel and the United States have begun formal negotiations on a new security cooperation framework that will replace the current memorandum of understanding before it expires in 2028, the Israel Ministry of Defense announced.
- [Not the next R8? Audi reveals mid-engined plug-in hybrid V8 Nuvolari.](https://iwpost.com/not-the-next-r8-audi-reveals-mid-engined-plug-in-hybrid-v8-nuvolari/): A couple of weeks ago, we learned from Audi CEO Gernot Döllner that the automaker was likely working on a replacement for its R8 supercar.
- [US-Europe split on Belarus is a gift to Putin](https://iwpost.com/us-europe-split-on-belarus-is-a-gift-to-putin/): When it comes to relations with Belarus, the Trump administration has been pursuing a dual approach of late.
- [Epstein Mystery Explodes After Prison Guard’s Shocking Testimony](https://iwpost.com/epstein-mystery-explodes-after-prison-guards-shocking-testimony/): The questions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s jailhouse death just got even darker.
- [European Parliament Trials Shorter Debates to Improve Attendance](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-trials-shorter-debates-to-improve-attendance/): The European Parliament is set to test new rules in its upcoming June plenary session to avoid empty seats during debates and improve engagement between lawmakers and EU Commissioners.
- [US and Iran are unlikely to bomb their way to peace](https://iwpost.com/us-and-iran-are-unlikely-to-bomb-their-way-to-peace/): The United States has launched new airstrikes across Iran this week as President Donald Trump, losing patience over the protracted negotiations to end the war, has leaned into violence to ratchet up the pressure on the Iranian leadership.
- [America’s war-based economy still strengthens its rivals — and Trump is accelerating this](https://iwpost.com/americas-war-based-economy-still-strengthens-its-rivals-and-trump-is-accelerating-this/): For more than two decades, experience has shown a clear pattern: whenever the United States rushes into wars, it does not weaken its enemies as it expects.
- [Several things I like about macOS 27 Golden Gate that have nothing to do with AI](https://iwpost.com/several-things-i-like-about-macos-27-golden-gate-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-ai/): Apple Intelligence and Siri AI have sucked most of the oxygen out of the room at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this year—understandable, maybe, given that the AI-powered Siri delays are all anyone has wanted to ask any Apple executive about for the last two years.
- [UK, Australia and Canada Launch $4 Million Israeli-Palestinian Peace Fund](https://iwpost.com/uk-australia-and-canada-launch-4-million-israeli-palestinian-peace-fund/): Britain, Australia, and Canada launched a £3 million ($4 million) International Peace Fund on Thursday at Chevening, the British foreign secretary’s country residence, to finance Israeli-Palestinian grassroots projects meant to rebuild trust and keep the idea of two states from becoming another diplomatic fossil.
- [Scott Pelley Shows How Legacy Media Got It Wrong — Before Bari Weiss Made It Worse](https://iwpost.com/scott-pelley-shows-how-legacy-media-got-it-wrong-before-bari-weiss-made-it-worse/): The battle over “60 Minutes” can teach us a lot about how someone like CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss can wreak havoc on our media ecosystem.
- [Lawmaker Pushes for Ban on Special Treatment for Convicted Drug Traffickers After ProPublica Report](https://iwpost.com/lawmaker-pushes-for-ban-on-special-treatment-for-convicted-drug-traffickers-after-propublica-report/): A federal lawmaker is pushing for a provision that would bar the Federal Bureau of Prisons from offering taxpayer-funded VIP perks to pardoned drug lords and child traffickers.
- [Su-57 could fill India’s stealth gap — if Russia can deliver](https://iwpost.com/su-57-could-fill-indias-stealth-gap-if-russia-can-deliver/): As India’s stealth fighter gap widens, Russia is pitching the Su-57 as a solution — but production realities may tell a different story.
- [OB-GYNs release their own vaccine schedule, rejecting RFK Jr.'s meddling](https://iwpost.com/ob-gyns-release-their-own-vaccine-schedule-rejecting-rfk-jr-s-meddling/): For the first time, the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) has released its own recommendations for maternal vaccination, providing formal guidance that diverges from that of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amid unprecedented policy changes and meddling from anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [New Rules to Target Timewasting and Expand VAR Powers at World Cup](https://iwpost.com/new-rules-to-target-timewasting-and-expand-var-powers-at-world-cup/): A series of new rules and competition-specific measures will be introduced at the World Cup, with several changes aimed at tackling timewasting and expanding the use of video assistant referees (VAR).
- [China’s latest South China Sea shocks reopen old wounds](https://iwpost.com/chinas-latest-south-china-sea-shocks-reopen-old-wounds/): The epicenter of the latest South China Sea tensions is near the Philippines, but the shock waves have reverberated across several countries.
- [Prince Harry Crushed as Prince William Thrives Without Him](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-crushed-as-prince-william-thrives-without-him/): Prince Harry is said to be watching Prince William’s royal rise from the sidelines — and insiders claim it is hitting him harder than anyone realizes.
- [Cheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chance](https://iwpost.com/cheap-iranian-drone-downed-25-million-us-army-helicopter-maybe-by-chance/): A US Army helicopter gunship was apparently struck by an Iranian Shahed drone before going down near the Strait of Hormuz—but it’s unclear whether the one-way attack drone was deliberately aimed or achieved more of a lucky accidental strike.
- [South Asia’s water wars hinge as much on data as dams](https://iwpost.com/south-asias-water-wars-hinge-as-much-on-data-as-dams/): When India placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance last year, attention naturally focused on the diplomatic and legal consequences of the decision.
- [Iran says nearly 3,500 people killed in US-Israel attacks since February](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-nearly-3500-people-killed-in-us-israel-attacks-since-february/): A symbolic classroom is set up at Vanak Square in memory of students who lost their lives in attacks carried out on February 28 in Minab, Hormozgan province, with photographs of students from Shajarat al-Tayyiba Girls Primary School placed on desks and the phrase “Today’s lesson: defense of the homeland” written on the blackboard, highlighting the impact and losses caused by the attacks, in Tehran, capital of Iran, on March 29, 2026.
- [President Trump Says Secret US Mission Guided 100 Million Barrels of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-says-secret-us-mission-guided-100-million-barrels-of-oil-through-strait-of-hormuz/): President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a covert US military operation in the Strait of Hormuz helped safeguard commercial shipping and facilitated the movement of more than 100 million barrels of oil through one of the world’s most important energy corridors.
- [Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google](https://iwpost.com/nobody-needs-ai-to-search-the-internet-court-says-in-ruling-against-google/): Potentially impacting all AI search engines and chatbots known to poorly paraphrase source links, a German court has ruled that Google is liable for false statements in AI Overviews.
- [Netanyahu to run for re-election, his party says](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-to-run-for-re-election-his-party-says/): Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election this year, his party announced on Wednesday, after U.S.
- [ICE Rushes to Deport Palestinian Grandpa Despite Judge’s Order to Free Him](https://iwpost.com/ice-rushes-to-deport-palestinian-grandpa-despite-judges-order-to-free-him/): Less than two weeks ago, in a scathing rebuke, a federal judge ordered U.S.
- [Trump’s Cuba strategy is economic genocide](https://iwpost.com/trumps-cuba-strategy-is-economic-genocide/): Cuba has been under a US trade embargo since the Eisenhower administration, although it was President John F.
- [Google DeepMind releases DiffusionGemma, a model that runs local AI 4x faster](https://iwpost.com/google-deepmind-releases-diffusiongemma-a-model-that-runs-local-ai-4x-faster/): Another day, another AI model from Google.
- [John Wayne’s Secret Side Revealed in Personal Letters](https://iwpost.com/john-waynes-secret-side-revealed-in-personal-letters/): John Wayne’s softer side is coming back into the spotlight nearly five decades after his death.
- [Bad timing for Indonesia to be living dangerously again](https://iwpost.com/bad-timing-for-indonesia-to-be-living-dangerously-again/): Bank Indonesia’s off‑cycle rate hike on June 9 underscored just how alarmed policymakers are about the trajectory of Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
- [Man sues Florida cops over arrest spurred by "93% match" in facial recognition](https://iwpost.com/man-sues-florida-cops-over-arrest-spurred-by-93-match-in-facial-recognition/): A man suing Florida police alleges that cops relied on a faulty facial recognition match and concealed exculpatory evidence when they arrested him on a charge of attempting to lure a child in August 2024.
- [Germany risks recession as Iran energy shock hits growth, DIW economists say](https://iwpost.com/germany-risks-recession-as-iran-energy-shock-hits-growth-diw-economists-say/): Germany’s economy is likely to slip into a technical recession this year as an energy ​price shock triggered by the war in Iran ‌derails a fragile recovery, the DIW economic institute said on Wednesday, cutting its 2026 growth forecast in half.
- [Israeli police arrest 3 ultra-Orthodox protesters after clashes in Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/israeli-police-arrest-3-ultra-orthodox-protesters-after-clashes-in-jerusalem/): Israeli police said Wednesday that they arrested three ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters following clashes in West Jerusalem during demonstrations against the detention of Haredi Jews opposed to military conscription, Anadolu reports.
- [CENTCOM Launches New Strikes on Iran After President Trump Warns Tehran Will ‘Pay the Price’ ](https://iwpost.com/centcom-launches-new-strikes-on-iran-after-president-trump-warns-tehran-will-pay-the-price/): U.S. Central Command forces began launching additional self-defense strikes today at 5:15 p.m.
- [Beyond transparency: a better model for sovereign debt crises](https://iwpost.com/beyond-transparency-a-better-model-for-sovereign-debt-crises/): For decades, the global financial community has treated sovereign debt crises like a broken thermometer: if we just improve the reading (transparency) and hold the technician accountable (through regulation and monitoring), the fever will break.
- [Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of Trump](https://iwpost.com/diabetes-org-apologizes-for-ejecting-scientists-over-criticism-of-trump/): Amid intense backlash, the head of the American Diabetes Association posted a video Wednesday apologizing for the organization’s decision on Friday to forcefully remove five leading diabetes scientists from the association’s annual meeting.
- [Momentum Builds to Rein In Domestic Spying Law — Whether or Not Bill Pulte Survives as Intel Chief](https://iwpost.com/momentum-builds-to-rein-in-domestic-spying-law-whether-or-not-bill-pulte-survives-as-intel-chief/): For years, centrist Democrats like Sen.
- [The lost West Bank](https://iwpost.com/the-lost-west-bank/): With heavyweight Middle East wars going on in Lebanon and Iran, the low-intensity continual takeover of the West Bank by Israel hardly makes a ripple on the world geopolitical scene.
- [EU Moves to Strengthen Defence Industry as Security Challenges Mount](https://iwpost.com/eu-moves-to-strengthen-defence-industry-as-security-challenges-mount/): European Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on a package of measures designed to strengthen the European Union’s defence readiness by accelerating investment, simplifying procurement procedures and reducing regulatory barriers for the defence industry.
- [Logitech’s foldable mouse is for people who refuse to carry a mouse with them](https://iwpost.com/logitechs-foldable-mouse-is-for-people-who-refuse-to-carry-a-mouse-with-them/): I see it often.
- [Beloved Country Musician Dies at 67](https://iwpost.com/beloved-country-musician-dies-at-67/): Country music fans are mourning the loss of one of the most familiar and beloved voices in the business.
- [3-Ingredient Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet](https://iwpost.com/3-ingredient-strawberry-lemonade-sorbet/): Bright, refreshing, and bursting with berry flavor, this homemade strawberry lemonade sorbet is summer in a scoop.
- [South Korean ballot controversy sparks a new youth movement](https://iwpost.com/south-korean-ballot-controversy-sparks-a-new-youth-movement/): Citizens protesting the ballot paper shortage incident during the local elections wave South Korean flags while demanding a revote in front of a Seoul vote-counting station on June 7.
- [Iran Tells UN Maritime Body 54 Seafarers Were Killed in Conflict-Linked Incidents](https://iwpost.com/iran-tells-un-maritime-body-54-seafarers-were-killed-in-conflict-linked-incidents/): Iran told the International Maritime Organization on Wednesday that 54 seafarers had been killed in conflict-related maritime incidents and restrictions affecting Iranian shipping, presenting the figures during a committee meeting in London as Tehran sought to document the human and operational toll of the fighting.
- [UN officials urge Russia to free Indigenous climate advocate](https://iwpost.com/un-officials-urge-russia-to-free-indigenous-climate-advocate/): Ten U.N. officials are calling on Russia to immediately release Daria Egereva, an Indigenous international climate advocate, and her colleague Natalia Leongardt, both of whom have been jailed for six months on terrorism charges, ahead of a key court hearing this week.
- [Lebanese army death toll rises to 30 after soldier dies from wounds in Israeli strike](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-army-death-toll-rises-to-30-after-soldier-dies-from-wounds-in-israeli-strike/): Relatives mourn during a funeral ceremony for Eli Nikola al-Huri, a Lebanese army captain who lost his life in an Israeli airstrike and was laid to rest in his hometown of Kafr Cera, east of Sidon, Lebanon, on June 8, 2026.
- [We managed to glean some interesting details about the Artemis III mission](https://iwpost.com/we-managed-to-glean-some-interesting-details-about-the-artemis-iii-mission/): On Tuesday, NASA announced the crew for the Artemis III mission, which is scheduled to be flown no earlier than summer 2027.
- [China risks dirty hands from Prabowo’s tainted meal deal](https://iwpost.com/china-risks-dirty-hands-from-prabowos-tainted-meal-deal/): For more than a decade, China’s relationship with Indonesia has been defined by railways, industrial parks, nickel processing plants and large-scale infrastructure.
- [Only 11% of Europeans view US as ally, survey shows](https://iwpost.com/only-11-of-europeans-view-us-as-ally-survey-shows/): Only 11% of Europeans across 15 countries view the United States as an ally, a historic low and down from 16% half a year ​ago and 22% in November 2024, according to a survey published ‌by the European Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday.
- [Haiti at the World Cup is more than an underdog tale – it is the story of global migration](https://iwpost.com/haiti-at-the-world-cup-is-more-than-an-underdog-tale-it-is-the-story-of-global-migration/): When Haiti’s soccer team lines up against Scotland on June 13, 2026, its players will be representing the Caribbean nation at a World Cup for the first time since 1974.
- [The 2026 Honda Prelude review: Didn't expect such a head-turner](https://iwpost.com/the-2026-honda-prelude-review-didnt-expect-such-a-head-turner/): You can tell Honda was trying to manage expectations when it emailed me to stress that “the Prelude is not a sports car.” And I can understand why.
- [The road to AI supremacy runs beyond chips](https://iwpost.com/the-road-to-ai-supremacy-runs-beyond-chips/): It’s clear that very soon, maybe even later this year, we’ll be producing more chips than we can turn on — except for China.
- [Graham Platner Wins in Maine, Turning Anti-Establishment Fight on Susan Collins](https://iwpost.com/graham-platner-wins-in-maine-turning-anti-establishment-fight-on-susan-collins/): Political newcomer Graham Platner won a bruising primary fight for the state’s Democratic Senate nomination Tuesday night, when voters easily picked him to take on Republican Susan Collins in November despite damage from stories delving into his past.
- [Acid Attack on Female Doctor Exposes Workplace Security Lapses in Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/acid-attack-on-female-doctor-exposes-workplace-security-lapses-in-pakistan/): Haji Ismat, Dr.
- [Racist comments targeting politicians tripled since Meta relaxed its rules](https://iwpost.com/racist-comments-targeting-politicians-tripled-since-meta-relaxed-its-rules/): Last year, Meta radically overhauled the rules around what content it would allow on its platforms.
- [Park Ranger Dies in Horror Fall While Patrolling America’s Tallest Mountain](https://iwpost.com/park-ranger-dies-in-horror-fall-while-patrolling-americas-tallest-mountain/): A National Park ranger has died in a tragic climbing accident after falling into a crevasse while patrolling the highest peak in North America.
- [US and Iran’s exchange of strikes shows how far diplomacy has changed](https://iwpost.com/us-and-irans-exchange-of-strikes-shows-how-far-diplomacy-has-changed/): The US military launched strikes against Iran on June 9 in response to the downing of a US Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier.
- [Seat the rich! World Cup ticket inflation reflects widening gap between haves and have-nots](https://iwpost.com/seat-the-rich-world-cup-ticket-inflation-reflects-widening-gap-between-haves-and-have-nots/): In 1994, the last time U.S. stadiums hosted the World Cup, an average ticket cost US$58. The most expensive ticket for the final could be grabbed for $475.
- [The AI threat we should actually be talking about](https://iwpost.com/the-ai-threat-we-should-actually-be-talking-about/): Artificial intelligence leaders like Anthropic and OpenAI are racing toward blockbuster IPOs that could value them at over US$1 trillion, driven by the rapid progress of their systems.
- [Italy’s Housing Market Gains Momentum as Property Sales Rise Across Major Cities](https://iwpost.com/italys-housing-market-gains-momentum-as-property-sales-rise-across-major-cities/): Italy’s housing market strengthened in 2025, with property sales increasing across the country’s largest cities, according to a report by the National Council of Notaries previewed by ANSA.
- [What You Need to Know About How Tear Gas Harms Kids](https://iwpost.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-how-tear-gas-harms-kids/): In city after city, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has been met by protests and rallies from members of the local community opposed to the White House’s deportation policies.
- [Israel places detained Gaza hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya in solitary confinement](https://iwpost.com/israel-places-detained-gaza-hospital-director-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-in-solitary-confinement/): Israeli authorities have moved Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, into solitary confinement after holding him for more than 500 days without charge.
- [NASA assigns crew for Artemis III, sets aggressive timeline for flying it](https://iwpost.com/nasa-assigns-crew-for-artemis-iii-sets-aggressive-timeline-for-flying-it/): The US space agency unveiled the crew for its Artemis III mission on Tuesday during an enthusiastic event at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- [When all the capital lands in Singapore and goes nowhere else](https://iwpost.com/when-all-the-capital-lands-in-singapore-and-goes-nowhere-else/): One way flow: All of Southeast Asia's venture capital is stuck in Singapore. Photo: Asia Times / Shawn W.
- [Google announces Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for instant voice-to-voice translation](https://iwpost.com/google-announces-gemini-3-5-live-translate-for-instant-voice-to-voice-translation/): Google has been chasing real-time translation for years, which it says has been one of its “pioneering machine learning experiments.” We’ve seen numerous demos on stage at Google events in the past, but you needed Google phones, earbuds, or some other specific setup.
- [Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking](https://iwpost.com/top-pentagon-official-admits-boat-strike-may-have-killed-victims-of-human-trafficking/): NIne months into the Trump administration’s deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes. And a glaring anomaly.
- [Anti-immigrant violence erupts across Belfast after knife attack](https://iwpost.com/anti-immigrant-violence-erupts-across-belfast-after-knife-attack/): Masked men burned families out of their homes in Belfast and torched a number of vehicles in a wave of anti-immigrant ​violence on Tuesday night that followed a knife attack for which a Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder.
- [There is no military solution to the Middle East’s imbroglio](https://iwpost.com/there-is-no-military-solution-to-the-middle-easts-imbroglio/): Despite this reservation, when the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was announced, I supported it for three reasons.
- [Iranian FM Claims IRGC Damaged US Bases; Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait Said They Intercepted Aerial Attacks](https://iwpost.com/iranian-fm-claims-irgc-damaged-us-bases-jordan-bahrain-and-kuwait-said-they-intercepted-aerial-attacks/): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that Iran had inflicted “heavy damage” against US military assets in the region and warned that Tehran would continue to respond to “attacks” originating from US positions, while Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait reported intercepting aerial threats linked to Iran.
- [Anthropic says these topics are too dangerous to let its Fable 5 model talk about](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-says-these-topics-are-too-dangerous-to-let-its-fable-5-model-talk-about/): Anthropic Tuesday publicly released Claude Fable 5, its first “Mythos-class” model that it says surpasses its previous frontier Opus models in overall capabilities.
- [Kai Trump Hit with Brutal Backlash After New Business Deal](https://iwpost.com/kai-trump-hit-with-brutal-backlash-after-new-business-deal/): Kai Trump is turning her famous last name into a growing social media empire — but not everyone is cheering her latest money move.
- [Hamas says acceptable approaches reached on contentious Gaza ceasefire issues](https://iwpost.com/hamas-says-acceptable-approaches-reached-on-contentious-gaza-ceasefire-issues/): The Palestinian movement Hamas said Tuesday that “acceptable approaches” had been reached on the “contentious issues” of a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel following talks in Cairo.
- [Paramount accuses Netflix of "scorched-earth campaign" against WBD merger](https://iwpost.com/paramount-accuses-netflix-of-scorched-earth-campaign-against-wbd-merger/): Paramount Skydance is accusing Netflix of maintaining a campaign against its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
- [A question of trust in Prabowo’s Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/a-question-of-trust-in-prabowos-indonesia/): A few weeks ago, I heard two seemingly contradictory views about Indonesia.
- [EPP Group to Focus on Transatlantic Ties and Global Security at Galway Meeting](https://iwpost.com/epp-group-to-focus-on-transatlantic-ties-and-global-security-at-galway-meeting/): Over 100 leading EU lawmakers, policy and business experts will gather in Co Galway, Ireland, for the EPP Group’s Summer University taking place on 10-12 June.
- [Commonwealth Fusion makes the physics case for its 400 MW reactor](https://iwpost.com/commonwealth-fusion-makes-the-physics-case-for-its-400-mw-reactor/): The scientific community has a plan for achieving fusion power.
- [In California, a Former Biden Official and Fox News Personality Will Face Off for Governor](https://iwpost.com/in-california-a-former-biden-official-and-fox-news-personality-will-face-off-for-governor/): A longtime fixture of the Democratic establishment in California and a Republican former Fox News host will head to a runoff in the race to be the state’s next governor in November.
- [CPEC 2.0: China’s grip tightening on Pakistan’s digital future](https://iwpost.com/cpec-2-0-chinas-grip-tightening-on-pakistans-digital-future/): For nearly a decade, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was defined by heavy concrete, coal-fired power plants and the asphalt of the Karakoram Highway.
- [CENTCOM Begins Self-Defense Strikes Against Iran After Investigation Links Tehran to Apache Attack](https://iwpost.com/centcom-begins-self-defense-strikes-against-iran-after-investigation-links-tehran-to-apache-attack/): US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Tuesday that American forces had begun military strikes against Iran following the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Three key vital signs make up the "urban pulse" of a city](https://iwpost.com/three-key-vital-signs-make-up-the-urban-pulse-of-a-city/): People often speak metaphorically of the heartbeat or pulse of a city, but according to the authors of a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, cities do indeed have an “urban pulse”—an indication of urban “metabolic activity” that can be measured to suss out telltale patterns.
- [Prince Harry Just Wants to Come Home](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-just-wants-to-come-home/): Prince Harry may be living in sunny California, but one royal watcher claims the Duke of Sussex is still longing for the life he left behind.
- [Wizz Air to offer Starlink in-flight internet from 2027](https://iwpost.com/wizz-air-to-offer-starlink-in-flight-internet-from-2027/): Budget airline Wizz Air said on Monday it will begin offering Starlink satellite internet across its fleet from next year, becoming the first European ultra-low-cost carrier to introduce the service.
- [Vegan Strawberry Cream Danish Pastries](https://iwpost.com/vegan-strawberry-cream-danish-pastries/): These Vegan Strawberry Cream Danish Pastries are flaky, creamy, fruity, and beautifully shaped into hearts, making them perfect for Valentine’s Day, brunch, spring celebrations, or any sweet moment you want to share with someone special.
- [How Indonesia’s free meals program became a patronage feeding frenzy](https://iwpost.com/how-indonesias-free-meals-program-became-a-patronage-feeding-frenzy/): The political and economic turmoil that engulfed the leadership of Indonesia’s National Nutrition Agency (BGN) in early June marked the culmination of a governance crisis that had been brewing for months.
- [UN warns of ‘immense’ humanitarian needs as Israel allows only one crossing into Gaza](https://iwpost.com/un-warns-of-immense-humanitarian-needs-as-israel-allows-only-one-crossing-into-gaza/): The UN warned Tuesday of worsening humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, as Israel reopened the only approved cargo crossing into the besieged territory amid food shortages and a sharp decline in meals to civilians, Anadolu reports.
- [Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed](https://iwpost.com/locked-in-heated-rivalry-with-researcher-microsoft-fixes-0-day-they-disclosed/): Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for two high-severity zero-days that were disclosed by a researcher who has been locked in a testy beef with the software giant.
- [2-Ingredient Pumpkin Donuts](https://iwpost.com/2-ingredient-pumpkin-donuts/): These soft and cakey 2-Ingredient Pumpkin Donuts are finished with a simple vanilla glaze for the perfect cozy treat.
- [Ex-CIA disguise chief says AI elevates spy wars to new heights](https://iwpost.com/ex-cia-disguise-chief-says-ai-elevates-spy-wars-to-new-heights/): Artificial intelligence (AI) has sharpened the tools of espionage and deception on all sides, giving spy agencies new power to identify and groom human sources while also arming adversaries with synthetic identities and deepfakes that are increasingly difficult to detect.
- [Starlink charges $10 monthly hardware fee in move away from one-time purchases](https://iwpost.com/starlink-charges-10-monthly-hardware-fee-in-move-away-from-one-time-purchases/): Starlink has started charging a $10 monthly rental fee for hardware in a shift away from its longtime practice of selling hardware to customers for a one-time charge.
- [Graham Platner Tests the Power of Anti-Establishment Anger in Maine](https://iwpost.com/graham-platner-tests-the-power-of-anti-establishment-anger-in-maine/): Mainers are heading to the polls Tuesday in the final day of a bruising primary fight for the Democratic Senate nomination that has seen Graham Platner, a political newcomer, rise as the presumptive choice to take on Republican Susan Collins — but not without taking heavy damage from stories delving into his past.
- [An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.](https://iwpost.com/an-indian-billionaire-was-targeted-by-trump-then-he-poured-money-into-a-startup-secretly-backed-by-donald-trump-jr/): In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face.
- [Brokerages bet on sector winners as soccer World Cup set to kick off](https://iwpost.com/brokerages-bet-on-sector-winners-as-soccer-world-cup-set-to-kick-off/): The 2026 FIFA World Cup will inject billions of dollars into host economies, driven by a massive consumption surge that will benefit sectors as varied as tourism to retail and athletic wear, according to analysts.
- [Is soccer taking over America … or are Americans taking over football?](https://iwpost.com/is-soccer-taking-over-america-or-are-americans-taking-over-football/): Soccer purists have long feared the “Americanization” of the game. But in one key respect, it is already happening: ownership.
- [Iran may drag out the crisis to humiliate the US as it did in ’79](https://iwpost.com/iran-may-drag-out-the-crisis-to-humiliate-the-us-as-it-did-in-79/): The weekend exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel has put US President Donald Trump under even more domestic and international pressure to end the unpopular war he launched with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more than three months ago.
- [Study: How to take the "urban pulse" of a city](https://iwpost.com/study-how-to-take-the-urban-pulse-of-a-city/): People often speak metaphorically of the heartbeat or pulse of a city, but according to the authors of a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, cities do indeed have an “urban pulse”—an indication of urban “metabolic activity” that can be measured to suss out telltale patterns.
- [Church Pianist and Husband Gunned Down Inside Their Home](https://iwpost.com/church-pianist-and-husband-gunned-down-inside-their-home/): A small Mississippi church community is reeling after a beloved longtime pianist and her husband were found shot to death inside their home — and the teenage boy they reportedly hired to help around their farm is now accused of killing them.
- [The quiet push to shield pesticide makers from lawsuits](https://iwpost.com/the-quiet-push-to-shield-pesticide-makers-from-lawsuits/): In April 2026, California farmer Terri McCall stood on the steps of the Supreme Court at a rally protesting pesticide use, telling the story of how her husband and dog both died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a disease she believes was caused by pesticides.
- [The ghost that haunts the Caribbean](https://iwpost.com/the-ghost-that-haunts-the-caribbean/): The sea does not forget.
- [Screwworms in US: Human risk is low—but they can burrow through your skull](https://iwpost.com/screwworms-in-us-human-risk-is-low-but-they-can-burrow-through-your-skull/): Ravenous, flesh-eating flies have busted through containment barriers and have now reemerged in the US.
- [Could the war in Ukraine bring political change to Russia?](https://iwpost.com/could-the-war-in-ukraine-bring-political-change-to-russia/): Volodymyr Zelensky recently suggested that the war in Ukraine was beginning to turn in his country’s favour.
- [We ran 100,000 computer simulations of the World Cup. And the winner will be …](https://iwpost.com/we-ran-100000-computer-simulations-of-the-world-cup-and-the-winner-will-be/): In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use divination via tea leaves, or hope for Paul the Octopus to tell us what would happen.
- [Patron problem: Kim Jong Un played Russia, rattled China and won](https://iwpost.com/patron-problem-kim-jong-un-played-russia-rattled-china-and-won/): President Xi Jinping has, over the years, drastically cut short his foreign travels. More like Chairman Mao, he prefers to host world leaders in Beijing.
- [‘Short, sharp and more strategic’: the EU’s new approach to climate talks](https://iwpost.com/short-sharp-and-more-strategic-the-eus-new-approach-to-climate-talks/): The EU wants to target fewer, clearer goals at the world’s annual climate ‌summit in November, building alliances in advance to avoid a repeat of last year’s bruising talks where the bloc struggled to advance its agenda, a document showed.
- [One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses](https://iwpost.com/one-day-after-discovery-meta-pulls-facial-recognition-code-from-its-smart-glasses/): One day after WIRED revealed that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased face-recognition system into an app installed on more than 50 million phones, the company removed it, according to a WIRED analysis of the latest version’s code.
- [Indian targeted by Trump poured money into Don Jr.-backed startup](https://iwpost.com/indian-targeted-by-trump-poured-money-into-don-jr-backed-startup/): Originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, this article is republished with permission.
- [He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.](https://iwpost.com/he-profits-off-raw-milk-thats-making-people-sick-the-government-isnt-stopping-him/): Raw Milk on the Rise: Driven by political shifts and wellness trends, unpasteurized milk has moved from a fringe obsession to a widespread movement rooted in institutional distrust.
- [US defies forecasts of economic slowdown, but its growth isn’t making ordinary people better off](https://iwpost.com/us-defies-forecasts-of-economic-slowdown-but-its-growth-isnt-making-ordinary-people-better-off/): US economic growth is picking up again after a slowdown towards the end of 2025.
- [Pakistan says peace deal ‘closer than ever’, signing expected within 24 hours](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-says-peace-deal-closer-than-ever-signing-expected-within-24-hours/): Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that Iran and the US are closer than ever to signing a peace deal, with the deal expected to be finalized within the next 24 hours, Anadolu reports.
- [Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System](https://iwpost.com/threads-of-underground-fungal-networks-are-long-enough-to-reach-beyond-the-solar-system/): Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks—webs of ultra-thin threads that, if connected in a single line, would stretch almost a billion times the distance between the Earth and the sun, according to new research published in Science on Thursday.
- [UNCLOS conciliation gives Cambodia, Thailand a just path to peace](https://iwpost.com/unclos-conciliation-gives-cambodia-thailand-a-just-path-to-peace/): On June 2, Cambodia initiated compulsory conciliation proceedings with Thailand under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
- [How Syria Is Drawing Attention To Restoring Damascus University’s Status](https://iwpost.com/how-syria-is-drawing-attention-to-restoring-damascus-universitys-status/): [DAMASCUS] Damascus University’s recent rise in international rankings has drawn renewed attention to Syria’s battered higher education sector, raising cautious hopes that one of the country’s oldest academic institutions is beginning to recover after years of war, isolation, and institutional decline.
- [Indiana Banned Press From Executions for “Dignity.” It Actually Serves Repression.](https://iwpost.com/indiana-banned-press-from-executions-for-dignity-it-actually-serves-repression/): Jeremy Busby is a writer and activist incarcerated in Texas.
- [When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket](https://iwpost.com/when-it-comes-to-total-water-use-ai-data-centers-are-a-drop-in-the-bucket/): If you hang out in any even vaguely AI-skeptical parts of the Internet, you’ve probably stumbled on plenty of memes and posts premised on data centers’ insatiable thirst for water to power evaporative cooling.
- [2026 World Cup opens in historic tri-nation spectacle as Mexico beat South Africa in curtain-raiser](https://iwpost.com/2026-world-cup-opens-in-historic-tri-nation-spectacle-as-mexico-beat-south-africa-in-curtain-raiser/): The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the largest in history, officially opened on Thursday as the United States, Mexico and Canada launched a month-and-a-half-long football spectacle that will culminate in the final in New Jersey on 19 July.
- [One Pan Chicken and Potatoes](https://iwpost.com/one-pan-chicken-and-potatoes/): This One Pan Chicken and Potatoes recipe is an easy, flavorful dinner made with juicy chicken thighs and drumsticks, crispy roasted potatoes, garlic, lemon, tomato paste, olive oil, and warm seasonings.
- [The future of Asian finance may be built in local currencies](https://iwpost.com/the-future-of-asian-finance-may-be-built-in-local-currencies/): The global financial system is entering a period of profound transformation.
- [Kris Jenner Accused of Helping O.J. Simpson Get Away with Murder](https://iwpost.com/kris-jenner-accused-of-helping-o-j-simpson-get-away-with-murder/): Kris Jenner is being pulled back into one of America’s most infamous murder cases after a shocking new claim alleged she may have helped hide evidence tied to O.J.
- [Blueberry Ice Cream](https://iwpost.com/blueberry-ice-cream/): Rich and creamy Blueberry Ice Cream made with real blueberries and simple ingredients.
- [Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-one-time-test-used-fully-autonomous-drones-to-kill-russian-soldiers/): Fully autonomous drones killed Russian soldiers during a battlefield test two years ago, according to a Ukrainian drone manufacturer.
- [When pressure fuels more pressure](https://iwpost.com/when-pressure-fuels-more-pressure/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [When children become the primary casualties of wars and conflicts](https://iwpost.com/when-children-become-the-primary-casualties-of-wars-and-conflicts/): There is no better place to begin this article than with the words of Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s National Security Minister.
- [UAE and Iran Hold First Security Talks Since War as Both Sides Pursue Detente](https://iwpost.com/uae-and-iran-hold-first-security-talks-since-war-as-both-sides-pursue-detente/): Senior security officials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran met face-to-face for the first time since the regional conflict began in late February.
- [Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?](https://iwpost.com/have-politics-finally-come-for-the-national-academies-of-science/): Founded during the US Civil War to provide advice to the government, the National Academies of Science have become one of the most prestigious scientific organizations.
- [Lagarde defends ECB interest rate hike as ‘robust across three scenarios’](https://iwpost.com/lagarde-defends-ecb-interest-rate-hike-as-robust-across-three-scenarios/): European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has defended the decision to raise interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, insisting the move remains justified under a range of economic scenarios despite growing concerns about its impact on growth.
- [In California, a Former Biden Official Will Face Fox News Personality for Governor](https://iwpost.com/in-california-a-former-biden-official-will-face-fox-news-personality-for-governor/): A longtime fixture of the Democratic establishment in California and a Republican former Fox News host will head to a runoff in the race to be the state’s next governor in November.
- [Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-shuts-down-fable-mythos-models-following-trump-admin-directive/): Anthropic completely shut off access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models Friday night, just days after they were launched.
- [Olympic Track Star Dies Suddenly at 38](https://iwpost.com/olympic-track-star-dies-suddenly-at-38/): Former Olympic runner Ciarán Ó Lionáird has died suddenly at just 38 years old, leaving the international track world stunned and heartbroken.
- [Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do](https://iwpost.com/heres-what-jeff-bezos-new-startup-prometheus-will-do/): In November, Jeff Bezos announced that he would become co-CEO of a new startup called Prometheus.
- [Trump confident on deal but Iran says discussions still ongoing](https://iwpost.com/trump-confident-on-deal-but-iran-says-discussions-still-ongoing/): Iran has stated that no final agreement has yet been reached with the United States, despite comments by Donald Trump suggesting that a deal could be signed within days, Reuters reported.
- [Iran says understandings reached on most issues in talks with US](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-understandings-reached-on-most-issues-in-talks-with-us/): Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Friday that Tehran has reached understandings on most issues under discussion with the United States and is conducting final internal reviews of a proposed agreement, Anadolu reports.
- [David Hockney, Influential British Artist and Pop Art Pioneer, Dies at 88](https://iwpost.com/david-hockney-influential-british-artist-and-pop-art-pioneer-dies-at-88/): David Hockney, the British artist whose work helped shape modern pop art and who was among the most influential British painters of the 20th and 21st century, has died at the age of 88.
- [D.C. Mayor Candidates Are Fixating on Teen Hangouts — and Turning the Cops on Them](https://iwpost.com/d-c-mayor-candidates-are-fixating-on-teen-hangouts-and-turning-the-cops-on-them/): Kenyan McDuffie stood in a dark suit and gingham tie in front of an infamous Chipotle in southeast Washington, D.C.
- [SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next?](https://iwpost.com/spacex-is-now-a-public-company-valued-for-its-ai-potential-so-what-comes-next/): Space Exploration Technologies, better known simply as SpaceX, became a publicly traded company on Friday nearly a quarter of a century after it was founded.
- [Trillionaire welfare baby Elon Musk is born](https://iwpost.com/trillionaire-welfare-baby-elon-musk-is-born/): SpaceX goes public Friday (June 12) at around US$1.7 trillion.
- [Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.](https://iwpost.com/controversial-fisa-spying-law-expires-tonight-the-spying-will-continue/): Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire at midnight tonight after Congress failed to pass an extension of the controversial spying law.
- [European allies push Moscow for talks as Crimea fuel crisis deepens](https://iwpost.com/european-allies-push-moscow-for-talks-as-crimea-fuel-crisis-deepens/): Ambassadors from the UK, France and Germany – the so-called E3 group – have urged Russia to enter direct negotiations with Kyiv during a rare meeting at the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow.
- [Reading Marjane Satrapi’s comic book Persepolis during Iran war](https://iwpost.com/reading-marjane-satrapis-comic-book-persepolis-during-iran-war/): Comic book author Marjane Satrapi passed away last week in Paris at age 56, just before conflict between Israel and her native Iran re-erupted.
- [Ben Stiller Slammed for Walking Past ‘Overdosing’ Homeless Man (Video)](https://iwpost.com/ben-stiller-slammed-for-walking-past-overdosing-homeless-man-video/): Ben Stiller is catching heat after a video showed the Hollywood star strolling past a shirtless homeless man slumped on a New York City sidewalk as he headed into Madison Square Garden for a prime seat at the Knicks game.
- [Iran’s 14-Point Proposal Demands $300 Billion ‘Recovery Plan,’ Complete Troop Withdrawal, Leaves Missile Program Off the Table](https://iwpost.com/irans-14-point-proposal-demands-300-billion-recovery-plan-complete-troop-withdrawal-leaves-missile-program-off-the-table/): Iranian media outlets close to Tehran’s negotiating team have published details of a reported 14-point draft framework that would govern a potential agreement between the United States and Iran on sanctions, regional security and nuclear issues.
- [PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data](https://iwpost.com/peoplesoft-0-day-affecting-hundreds-of-organizations-steals-gigabytes-of-data/): One of the world’s most active ransomware groups exploited a critical vulnerability in Oracle’s PeopleSoft software suite and used it to target about 100 customers and extort at least one of them to pay up in exchange for not leaking stolen data, researchers said.
- [What’s driving up your expenses? Many Americans say climate change.](https://iwpost.com/whats-driving-up-your-expenses-many-americans-say-climate-change/): For decades, American politicians have been slow to take on climate change and curb carbon dioxide emissions, under the assumption that doing so might pass along costs to their voters.
- [ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges](https://iwpost.com/ice-should-show-it-hasnt-been-infiltrated-by-violent-extremists-senator-urges/): Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., pointed to a March bulletin from Colorado law enforcement analysts that was unearthed by The Intercept last month.
- [Trump has backed away from renewed war with Iran – here’s why](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-backed-away-from-renewed-war-with-iran-heres-why/): The US and Iran stepped back from the brink of returning to all-out war on June 11.
- [Palestinian Football Association president criticizes US over delayed visa for World Cup events](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-football-association-president-criticizes-us-over-delayed-visa-for-world-cup-events/): Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub criticized the US for failing to grant him a visa to attend World Cup-related events, saying the delay reflects disrespect for FIFA and the unifying role of the sport, Anadolu reports.
- [The $20,000 question: Can a lawnmower engine defeat a superpower?](https://iwpost.com/the-20000-question-can-a-lawnmower-engine-defeat-a-superpower/): An Aegis destroyer, the crown jewel of late 20th-century naval engineering, crewed by hundreds of highly trained sailors, detects an incoming threat over the Red Sea.
- [$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year](https://iwpost.com/130-billion-in-data-center-projects-blocked-by-protests-so-far-this-year/): It’s clear that communities now have an effective playbook to block data center construction.
- [Mercedes-Benz expands into drone defence as Europe boosts military spending](https://iwpost.com/mercedes-benz-expands-into-drone-defence-as-europe-boosts-military-spending/): Mercedes-Benz is moving further into Europe’s fast-growing defence sector through a partnership with Munich-based start-up Tytan Technologies to develop mobile systems designed to counter small hostile drones around critical infrastructure.
- [Women’s prize for non-fiction winner, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, gives voice to the people of Afghanistan](https://iwpost.com/womens-prize-for-non-fiction-winner-the-finest-hotel-in-kabul-gives-voice-to-the-people-of-afghanistan/): The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan is about an institution tasked with the job of housing strangers – Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel.
- [The biggest race in the world? The 24 Hours of Le Mans is this weekend.](https://iwpost.com/the-biggest-race-in-the-world-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-is-this-weekend/): One of motorsport’s three biggest races takes place this weekend in France.
- [Myanmar’s prison releases part of a wider system of terror](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-prison-releases-part-of-a-wider-system-of-terror/): Myanmar’s traditional New Year, Thingyan, is a time of renewal and public celebration.
- [President Trump Dismisses as ‘Fake News’ Iran’s Reported Ceasefire Terms ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-dismisses-as-fake-news-irans-reported-ceasefire-terms/): President Donald Trump on Friday rejected reported Iranian ceasefire terms published by Iranian media, calling them “fake news” and saying they did not match the written agreement discussed between Washington and Tehran.
- [Tim Allen Makes Shocking Confession as He Opens Up About Regrets](https://iwpost.com/tim-allen-makes-shocking-confession-as-he-opens-up-about-regrets/): Tim Allen is pulling back the curtain on fatherhood, sobriety and the regrets that still haunt him.
- [Cameras, sensors, and 3D body scans: All the tech helping eliminate blown calls](https://iwpost.com/cameras-sensors-and-3d-body-scans-all-the-tech-helping-eliminate-blown-calls/): At the 2026 World Cup, the refs on the field and the officials on the sidelines will be able to use an abundance of tech to help call penalties, spot offside violations, and make other consequential decisions.
- [EU agrees fast-track rules to boost defence investment and cut red tape](https://iwpost.com/eu-agrees-fast-track-rules-to-boost-defence-investment-and-cut-red-tape/): European Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a deal on a package of EU measures aimed at speeding up defence investment and improving the bloc’s ability to respond to security threats.
- [Sherry’s Blueberry Cream Cheese Crumb Cake](https://iwpost.com/sherrys-blueberry-cream-cheese-crumb-cake/): This Blueberry Cream Cheese Crumb Cake is soft, creamy, buttery, and loaded with juicy blueberries.
- [The Right’s “Election Fraud” Cry for Midterms Previewed in Primaries](https://iwpost.com/the-rights-election-fraud-cry-for-midterms-previewed-in-primaries/): On Tuesday night, oyster farmer and combat veteran Graham Platner overwhelmingly sailed to victory in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine. His opponent, Gov.
- [Is China really deflating deflation? It’s harder than Beijing thinks](https://iwpost.com/is-china-really-deflating-deflation-its-harder-than-beijing-thinks/): TOKYO – China’s “deflation-is-over” narrative is getting louder, but the foundations are still shaky.
- [Energy diplomacy without energy resources: How some states gain influence without oil and gas](https://iwpost.com/energy-diplomacy-without-energy-resources-how-some-states-gain-influence-without-oil-and-gas/): For more than a century, energy diplomacy has been closely associated with countries endowed with vast oil and gas reserves.
- [Cheesecake Deviled Strawberries](https://iwpost.com/cheesecake-deviled-strawberries/): These Cheesecake Deviled Strawberries are fresh, creamy, and almost too pretty to eat.
- [Ebola cases in DRC rise to 676 as Kenya protests erupt over US plans](https://iwpost.com/ebola-cases-in-drc-rise-to-676-as-kenya-protests-erupt-over-us-plans/): Nearly a month into the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, cases continue to rise as officials are still trailing the virus in their response efforts.
- [A Popular Doctor Had Long Warned That Vitamin K Shots Are Risky for Newborns. Now He’s Changed His Tune.](https://iwpost.com/a-popular-doctor-had-long-warned-that-vitamin-k-shots-are-risky-for-newborns-now-hes-changed-his-tune/): For more than a decade, Dr.
- [India’s Nicobar Island push threatens China’s Malacca lifeline](https://iwpost.com/indias-nicobar-island-push-threatens-chinas-malacca-lifeline/): BANGKOK – India’s military is expanding across the Andaman Sea into Southeast Asia with the construction of a multi-billion-dollar air and sea base on remote Great Nicobar Island, New Delhi’s furthest reach toward the Strait of Malacca, where rival China ships more than 70% of its imported oil.
- [President Trump Announces End of War With Iran as Tehran Withholds Confirmation](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-announces-end-of-war-with-iran-as-tehran-withholds-confirmation/): President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States had halted planned military action against Iran and said it was ready for implementation, though Tehran has not yet formally approved the proposal.
- [EU targets Russia’s Patriarch Kirill in new sanctions proposal](https://iwpost.com/eu-targets-russias-patriarch-kirill-in-new-sanctions-proposal/): Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been included in the European Union’s latest proposed sanctions package against Russia, according to three diplomats cited by Euronews.
- [OJ Simpson’s Murder Mystery Takes Shocking New Turn](https://iwpost.com/oj-simpsons-murder-mystery-takes-shocking-new-turn/): Nearly 32 years after the brutal murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, new claims are raising a chilling question about one of America’s most infamous crime cases: Was Nicole really the intended victim?
- [Will IPOs make America’s AI giants more accountable?](https://iwpost.com/will-ipos-make-americas-ai-giants-more-accountable/): A huge change is coming to the world’s booming artificial intelligence (AI) sector.
- [Valve kills its retail gift card program due to scammers](https://iwpost.com/valve-kills-its-retail-gift-card-program-due-to-scammers/): For years, Valve’s physical Steam gift cards have been the closest you could come to buying a Steam game at a brick-and-mortar store.
- [ICE Defied Direct Order From Federal Judge and Re-Detained Elderly Palestinian](https://iwpost.com/ice-defied-direct-order-from-federal-judge-and-re-detained-elderly-palestinian/): Less than two weeks ago, in a scathing rebuke, a federal judge ordered U.S.
- [Israeli occupier attacks on Palestinians in West Bank ‘higher than any year on record’: UN](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupier-attacks-on-palestinians-in-west-bank-higher-than-any-year-on-record-un/): The UN on Thursday warned that Israeli occupier attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are occurring at a pace “higher than any year on record,” averaging six incidents per day, causing casualties or property damage, Anadolu reports.
- [The China collapse that just never arrives](https://iwpost.com/the-china-collapse-that-just-never-arrives/): China has been on the verge of collapse for more than 20 years.
- [The first complex cells had genes from a complex mix of species](https://iwpost.com/the-first-complex-cells-had-genes-from-a-complex-mix-of-species/): Our ancestors’ genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.
- [Greece approves quicker migrant returns, aims to set up return hubs ](https://iwpost.com/greece-approves-quicker-migrant-returns-aims-to-set-up-return-hubs/): Greece’s parliament approved legislation late on Tuesday to fast-track deportation of rejected asylum seekers and allow their ​transfer to “return hubs” outside the bloc once bilateral agreements ‌are reached with third countries.
- [When a Ceasefire Isn’t Really a Ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/when-a-ceasefire-isnt-really-a-ceasefire/): Modern ceasefires often survive by leaving hard questions unresolved: Which attacks are banned, who can enforce the deal and when does self-defense become a violation?
- [Thailand’s big money bid to become ASEAN’s data center capital](https://iwpost.com/thailands-big-money-bid-to-become-aseans-data-center-capital/): AI and cloud services do not run in the air. They need land, power, water, cooling, fiber, permits, and a lot of physical infrastructure.
- [Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?](https://iwpost.com/did-iron-age-britons-remove-brains-of-the-dead/): Very little is known about funerary practices in Iron Age Britain, since few human remains have survived.
- [Anonymous Tip Reignites Search for Savannah Guthrie’s Missing Mom](https://iwpost.com/anonymous-tip-reignites-search-for-savannah-guthries-missing-mom/): A chilling new tip has reignited the desperate search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, months after she vanished from her Arizona home.
- [Did US ‘precisely’ bomb water facilities serving 20,000 Iranians?](https://iwpost.com/did-us-precisely-bomb-water-facilities-serving-20000-iranians/): A water facility is seen in Bemani, Iran, after an attack that a New York Times analysis showed was likely a US precision strike on June 10, 2026.
- [F1 teams spend millions on their simulators—what makes them different?](https://iwpost.com/f1-teams-spend-millions-on-their-simulators-what-makes-them-different/): Among the ways Formula 1 has changed in the 21st century has been its adoption of driver-in-the-loop simulators.
- [Oil rises more than $1 as escalation in US-Iran strikes unnerve traders](https://iwpost.com/oil-rises-more-than-1-as-escalation-in-us-iran-strikes-unnerve-traders/): Oil prices jumped on Thursday as Tehran declared the critical energy chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, closed ‌after the U.S.
- [Hakeem Jeffries Finally Finds a Spine: Dem Leaders Rallied Against Extending Domestic Spy Law](https://iwpost.com/hakeem-jeffries-finally-finds-a-spine-dem-leaders-rallied-against-extending-domestic-spy-law/): When the House of Representatives voted on a long-term extension of a controversial surveillance law in April, House Democratic leaders were content to let their members vote as they wished, dealing a blow to privacy advocates seeking reforms to a provision that allows domestic spying without a warrant.
- [2 Gazans killed, 4 injured in Israeli attacks amid ceasefire violations](https://iwpost.com/2-gazans-killed-4-injured-in-israeli-attacks-amid-ceasefire-violations/): People mourn as 34-year-old Palestinian man Islam Hasan Salih dies at Al-Awda Hospital after getting severely injured in an Israeli attack on Nuseirat camp in Gaza, Palestine on June 11, 2026.
- [New Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh won’t immediately get what he wants](https://iwpost.com/new-fed-chairman-kevin-warsh-wont-immediately-get-what-he-wants/): Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and President Donald Trump.
- [Netanyahu Says Israel Not Party to Iran Deal, Praises Nuclear Restrictions as Iran Signals ‘High Probability’ of Approval](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-israel-not-party-to-iran-deal-praises-nuclear-restrictions-as-iran-signals-high-probability-of-approval/): The Prime Minister’s Office said Thursday night that US President Donald Trump spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding an emerging memorandum of understanding with Iran ahead of formal negotiations, while Iran’s Fars news agency signaled a “high probability” of accepting the deal.
- [AcuRite admits new app falls short, delays old app’s May shutdown to fix problems](https://iwpost.com/acurite-admits-new-app-falls-short-delays-old-apps-may-shutdown-to-fix-problems/): Smart weather-monitoring device vendor AcuRite has delayed plans to force users onto a new companion app.
- [Beijing reins in Alibaba, JD.com over destructive 618 price cuts](https://iwpost.com/beijing-reins-in-alibaba-jd-com-over-destructive-618-price-cuts/): Shares in China’s biggest e-commerce companies fell on Thursday after Beijing’s market regulator summoned five of the country’s largest online shopping platforms over deceptive promotional practices ahead of the annual “618” (June 18) shopping festival.
- [More than 1,300 migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish coast in 2026](https://iwpost.com/more-than-1300-migrants-have-died-trying-to-reach-the-spanish-coast-in-2026/): More than 1,300 migrants died while attempting to reach Spain during the first five months of 2026, according to a report published on Wednesday by advocacy group Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders).
- [For Iran’s diaspora, a tough World Cup call: To support the national team or protest – or both?](https://iwpost.com/for-irans-diaspora-a-tough-world-cup-call-to-support-the-national-team-or-protest-or-both/): When Iran’s national soccer team walks onto American soil this summer for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it will do so against the backdrop of an Iranian government crackdown against protesters in January, an ongoing war launched by the U.S.
- [Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden try to fight censorship with bipartisan JAWBONE Act](https://iwpost.com/ted-cruz-and-ron-wyden-try-to-fight-censorship-with-bipartisan-jawbone-act/): US Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
- [Boy, 7, Killed by Grandfather’s Pet Monkey](https://iwpost.com/boy-7-killed-by-grandfathers-pet-monkey/): A 7-year-old boy was killed in a horrifying attack after his grandfather’s pet monkey turned violent and mauled him outside the family’s home.
- [UK defense – a hole in the bucket](https://iwpost.com/uk-defense-a-hole-in-the-bucket/): In the 1950s and 1960s, a massive wave of underground humor swept across the USSR and the Eastern Bloc featuring a fictional broadcaster called Armenian Radio (known in the West as Radio Yerevan).
- [This unfathomably huge fungal network keeps Earth cool and green](https://iwpost.com/this-unfathomably-huge-fungal-network-keeps-earth-cool-and-green/): Even if you don’t like eating mushrooms, you’re in debt to fungi.
- [A Point-by-Point Breakdown of Trump’s Failed Iran War Objectives](https://iwpost.com/a-point-by-point-breakdown-of-trumps-failed-iran-war-objectives/): At the very start of his war with Iran, President Donald Trump declared victory.
- [UK, Australia, Canada launch fund to support two-state solution efforts](https://iwpost.com/uk-australia-canada-launch-fund-to-support-two-state-solution-efforts/): Group of Palestinian children in Bureyc Camp raise the Palestinian flag over the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes following announcements of recognition of the State of Palestine by Canada, Australia, the UK, and Portugal, on September 22, 2025, in Gaza City, Gaza.
- [After nearly breaking, NASA's Deep Space Network "worked well" on Artemis II](https://iwpost.com/after-nearly-breaking-nasas-deep-space-network-worked-well-on-artemis-ii/): NASA pushed its Deep Space Network beyond its limits during the Artemis I mission nearly four years ago.
- [Ukraine war now longer than the first world war – the similarities are unsettling](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-now-longer-than-the-first-world-war-the-similarities-are-unsettling/): The war in Ukraine has now exceeded the first world war in duration.
- [How the development of solar and wind farms on the Tibetan Plateau is affecting local communities](https://iwpost.com/how-the-development-of-solar-and-wind-farms-on-the-tibetan-plateau-is-affecting-local-communities/): China is building some of the world’s largest solar farms on the Tibetan Plateau, where nomadic people have grazed herds of animals for millennia.
- [Trump hints at ground invasion to get ‘total control’ of Iran oil](https://iwpost.com/trump-hints-at-ground-invasion-to-get-total-control-of-iran-oil/): While promising more strikes against Iran on Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested that the US would soon be “taking” Kharg Island in a bid to seize “total control” of the country’s oil and gas market.
- [Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with children](https://iwpost.com/ryanair-investigated-over-charging-parents-to-sit-with-children/): Ryanair is being investigated by the UK’s competition watchdog over charges it imposes on parents to sit next to their child on flights.
- [Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake](https://iwpost.com/blueberry-sour-cream-coffee-cake/): This Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake is soft, moist, buttery, and filled with juicy blueberries in every bite.
- [Pentagon Restricts Access to Multiple Floors After Hazardous Materials Detected](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-restricts-access-to-multiple-floors-after-hazardous-materials-detected/): Sections of the Pentagon were placed under lockdown and evacuations were carried out Thursday after officials responded to an alert involving what fire department sources described as hazardous materials.
- [Alaskans will be flying blind after NSF decommissions ocean monitoring network](https://iwpost.com/alaskans-will-be-flying-blind-after-nsf-decommissions-ocean-monitoring-network/): The upcoming loss of a deep-ocean monitoring system is triggering deep anxiety in Alaska, the nation’s top fish-producing state, where temperatures are warming twice as quickly as the global average.
- [Lemon Donut Holes](https://iwpost.com/lemon-donut-holes/): Soft and fluffy Lemon Donut Holes finished with a bright lemon glaze and fresh citrus zest for the perfect homemade treat.
- [Charting a course to energy independence in Asia](https://iwpost.com/charting-a-course-to-energy-independence-in-asia/): On March 24, 2026, the Philippines declared a state of national energy emergency — the first country in the world to do so in response to the Middle East conflict and the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz.
- ["This cannot continue": Xbox leaders lay out "hard truths" behind sagging brand](https://iwpost.com/this-cannot-continue-xbox-leaders-lay-out-hard-truths-behind-sagging-brand/): The message sent to Xbox employees and shared publicly via Xbox Wire last night paints a grim picture for practically every facet of the Xbox division.
- [Trump’s Granddaughter Kai Mocked After ‘Changing the Audio’ on Viral Clip](https://iwpost.com/trumps-granddaughter-kai-mocked-after-changing-the-audio-on-viral-clip/): Kai Trump is getting dragged online after critics accused her of trying to rewrite the soundtrack to her grandfather’s NBA Finals appearance.
- [Ukraine war now longer than the first world war – but the similarities are unsettling](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-now-longer-than-the-first-world-war-but-the-similarities-are-unsettling/): The war in Ukraine has now exceeded the first world war in duration.
- [Trump’s ‘narco-terrorism’ war in Latin America evokes Reagan – then as now, it’s more about fighting leftists than drug runners](https://iwpost.com/trumps-narco-terrorism-war-in-latin-america-evokes-reagan-then-as-now-its-more-about-fighting-leftists-than-drug-runners/): More than any other U.S. president in decades, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued military interventions in Latin America.
- [Elderly Woman on Mobility Scooter Runs into Bike Race Causing Pileup (Video)](https://iwpost.com/elderly-woman-on-mobility-scooter-runs-into-bike-race-causing-pileup-video/): A junior cycling race in Germany turned into absolute chaos when an elderly woman on a mobility scooter rolled into the road and sent riders flying in a shocking crash caught on video.
- [Western troops have been expelled from Africa’s Sahel – so why are Italy’s Carabinieri still there?](https://iwpost.com/western-troops-have-been-expelled-from-africas-sahel-so-why-are-italys-carabinieri-still-there/): Western forces have largely beat a hasty retreat from Africa’s coup-prone Sahel region in recent years.
- [Is China sleepwalking down Japan’s zombie economy path?](https://iwpost.com/is-china-sleepwalking-down-japans-zombie-economy-path/): The photo above is not from China; it’s from Japan.
- [Caritas says record number of families sought assistance in Italy in 2025](https://iwpost.com/caritas-says-record-number-of-families-sought-assistance-in-italy-in-2025/): Caritas Italia assisted 282,539 people in 2025, equivalent to the same number of family units as its support is directed at the needs of entire households, according to its annual report on poverty in Italy.
- [Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.](https://iwpost.com/trump-plans-to-protect-methane-leaking-stripper-wells-this-billionaire-donor-will-benefit/): Climate Rollbacks: Trump’s EPA is planning to weaken restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane.
- [Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to seal 2FA code from users](https://iwpost.com/critical-copilot-vulnerability-allowed-hackers-to-seal-2fa-code-from-users/): Last Tuesday, Microsoft patched a vulnerability it rated as max critical in its M365 Copilot AI platform.
- [Bank of Japan rate hike greeted with a market shrug](https://iwpost.com/bank-of-japan-rate-hike-greeted-with-a-market-shrug/): TOKYO – Only in Japan can a central bank on its fifth rate hike in two years still be accused of pulling its punches.
- [Iran Deal Raises Questions Over Hormuz, Nuclear Talks and Hezbollah](https://iwpost.com/iran-deal-raises-questions-over-hormuz-nuclear-talks-and-hezbollah/): A memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran has opened a new political fight before the public has seen the full text of the agreement.
- [Commodore’s newest gadget is a flip phone that blocks social media and browsers](https://iwpost.com/commodores-newest-gadget-is-a-flip-phone-that-blocks-social-media-and-browsers/): The next gadget to bear the storied Commodore branding will be a flip phone.
- [Crosetto says US not planning to withdraw from military bases in Italy](https://iwpost.com/crosetto-says-us-not-planning-to-withdraw-from-military-bases-in-italy/): Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said there will be no withdrawal of United States forces from American bases in Italy following talks with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Monday.
- [Iran vows continued support for Palestine, says foreign ministry adviser](https://iwpost.com/iran-vows-continued-support-for-palestine-says-foreign-ministry-adviser/): Ali Safari, adviser to the spokesperson of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said on Monday that the Palestinian cause remains a priority for Iran, stressing that Tehran will continue to support Palestine.
- [Good news—we have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth](https://iwpost.com/good-news-we-have-extra-time-before-the-sun-ends-life-on-earth/): It’s a bit worrying when a scientific paper begins, “How long will life on Earth survive?” But in this case—a study by Jacob Haqq‐Misra of Blue Marble Space and Eric Wolf at the University of Colorado Boulder—the billion-plus-year timeline under consideration shouldn’t cause you too much existential panic.
- [Father Shot Dead in Front of His Family After Barbershop](https://iwpost.com/father-shot-dead-in-front-of-his-family-after-barbershop/): A Birmingham father was gunned down in front of his own family after an argument outside an Alabama barbershop spiraled into deadly violence, police said.
- [Indonesia’s nickel-rich Halmahera becoming a Chinese company island](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-nickel-rich-halmahera-becoming-a-chinese-company-island/): aerial photo taken on April 18, 2025 shows smoke rising at Weda Bay Industrial Park (WBIP), a major nickel processing and smelting hub, in Lelilef Sawai, Central Halmahera, North Maluku.
- [Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs](https://iwpost.com/users-cry-foul-after-amd-stripped-memory-crypto-from-its-consumer-cpus/): A decade ago, AMD added a protection to its high-end CPUs to protect them against cold boot attacks and other types of physical exploits that siphon sensitive data out of the connected memory chips.
- [Beyond oil: Iran war may have transformed Asia’s trade architecture](https://iwpost.com/beyond-oil-iran-war-may-have-transformed-asias-trade-architecture/): The initial market reaction to US and Israeli military strikes on Iran was familiar: Brent crude surged in early Asian trading, equity markets slipped and headlines focused on the energy shock to come.
- [UK Court of Appeal Upholds Palestine Action Terrorist Designation ](https://iwpost.com/uk-court-of-appeal-upholds-palestine-action-terrorist-designation/): The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that the government’s designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is lawful, reversing a previous High Court decision and concluding that the group’s activities fall within the definition of terrorism under British law.
- [A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation](https://iwpost.com/a-chinese-rocket-breaks-apart-dangerously-close-to-the-starlink-constellation/): The upper stage from a commercial Chinese rocket that launched last week has broken apart in space, spreading debris in a heavily trafficked part of low-Earth orbit home to the International Space Station and a significant portion of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network.
- [US-India relations aren’t as abysmal as they seem](https://iwpost.com/us-india-relations-arent-as-abysmal-as-they-seem/): I’ve read that the Indian commentariat and foreign policy establishment are more wary of the United States than at any time this century.
- [Imperial Iran in the Eighteenth Century: Identity and State Formation under Nader](https://iwpost.com/imperial-iran-in-the-eighteenth-century-identity-and-state-formation-under-nader/): In July 1732, Nader Shah Afsharid, established a religious endowment in the Afghan city of Herat shortly after conquering it.
- [Chipmaker Nvidia seeks to raise over $25B in first bond deal since 2021](https://iwpost.com/chipmaker-nvidia-seeks-to-raise-over-25b-in-first-bond-deal-since-2021/): Chipmaker Nvidia is planning to sell $25 billion of investment-grade debt in the US on Monday, its first bond sale in five years, in a test of investor appetite for further exposure to the AI sector.
- [Epstein ‘Bribed’ Jail Officers with Cash and Disneyland Tickets](https://iwpost.com/epstein-bribed-jail-officers-with-cash-and-disneyland-tickets/): Jeffrey Epstein’s former assistant has dropped a bombshell new claim about the sick predator’s time behind bars, alleging he bought special treatment in jail with cash and Disneyland tickets.
- [The world agreed to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 – but marine protection can’t be judged by area alone](https://iwpost.com/the-world-agreed-to-protect-30-of-the-ocean-by-2030-but-marine-protection-cant-be-judged-by-area-alone/): The ocean is home to some of the richest biodiversity on Earth.
- [Britain announces sweeping social media ban for under-16s](https://iwpost.com/britain-announces-sweeping-social-media-ban-for-under-16s/): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would ban social media ‌sites for under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and live-streaming platforms, in a fightback against big tech that goes further than any other country.
- [Why the US government shut down Anthropic’s latest Claude AI model](https://iwpost.com/why-the-us-government-shut-down-anthropics-latest-claude-ai-model/): On June 12, artificial intelligence (AI) lab Anthropic suspended access to its latest Claude models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, which had been released three days earlier.
- [‘Thanks to Your Content, I Don’t Hate Israelis Anymore’: Herut Davidson on Arabic, Social Media and Bridge-Building ](https://iwpost.com/thanks-to-your-content-i-dont-hate-israelis-anymore-herut-davidson-on-arabic-social-media-and-bridge-building/): For Herut Davidson, social media has become both a battleground and an opportunity.
- [Key mission for Europe's commercial space enterprise scrubbed again](https://iwpost.com/key-mission-for-europes-commercial-space-enterprise-scrubbed-again/): Isar Aerospace still commands top position among a new generation of European rocket startups, but the company’s efforts to launch a critical test flight of its Spectrum rocket continue to encounter roadblocks.
- [Trump Celebrates Achieving Absolutely Nothing in Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-celebrates-achieving-absolutely-nothing-in-iran/): The Trump administration is boasting about pending plans to conclude its war with Iran, having achieved none of the original objectives laid out by President Donald Trump.
- [Trump’s US-Iran ceasefire deal is a costly return to prewar conditions – and resolving nuclear questions will run into the ‘indivisibility problem’](https://iwpost.com/trumps-us-iran-ceasefire-deal-is-a-costly-return-to-prewar-conditions-and-resolving-nuclear-questions-will-run-into-the-indivisibility-problem/): Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, which served as the key negotiator between the U.S.
- [Heart protection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study finds](https://iwpost.com/heart-protection-from-covid-shots-remains-amid-updates-study-finds/): Although most Americans have eschewed seasonal COVID-19 vaccines, the updated shots continue to show significant protection against cardiovascular disease, especially for those over age 75 and those with underlying medical conditions.
- [US-Iran peace deal rattles China’s energy strategy, geopolitics](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-peace-deal-rattles-chinas-energy-strategy-geopolitics/): Beijing officially welcomed the United States-Iran peace deal announced over the weekend, hoping the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will ease a months-long oil supply disruption that has rattled China’s fuel markets and battered its refining sector.
- [Iran and US agree deal to end war as Trump says Strait of Hormuz will be reopened](https://iwpost.com/iran-and-us-agree-deal-to-end-war-as-trump-says-strait-of-hormuz-will-be-reopened/): U.S. and ​Iranian officials said they had reached an agreement to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary pact that sent oil prices falling but leaves the fate of Tehran’s ‌nuclear program to further negotiations.
- [Cowboy Ranch Seasoning](https://iwpost.com/cowboy-ranch-seasoning/): This Cowboy Ranch Seasoning is smoky, savory, creamy, herby, and just a little spicy.
- [UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews](https://iwpost.com/uk-to-ban-social-media-for-kids-under-16-may-impose-overnight-curfews/): The UK government announced today that it will ban social media for all kids under the age of 16 in rules expected to take effect in spring 2027.
- [Pat Sajak Gives Life Update Months After Leaving Wheel of Fortune](https://iwpost.com/pat-sajak-gives-life-update-months-after-leaving-wheel-of-fortune/): Pat Sajak has finally resurfaced with a life update after months of silence, and fans are loving his classic dry humor.
- [Boursin Chicken Orzo](https://iwpost.com/boursin-chicken-orzo/): Creamy, cozy, and packed with flavor, this Boursin Chicken Orzo turns simple ingredients into an easy dinner everyone will love.
- [Bloody cage match on White House lawn marks Trump’s 80th birthday](https://iwpost.com/bloody-cage-match-on-white-house-lawn-marks-trumps-80th-birthday/): WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday cageside at a multimillion-dollar bloody mixed martial arts event staged on the White House South Lawn, punctuated by fighter jet flyovers, a live military band and fireworks to mark the country’s 250th anniversary.
- [US-Iran agreement gave region a ‘sigh of relief,’ says Turkish president](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-agreement-gave-region-a-sigh-of-relief-says-turkish-president/): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said that the agreement between the US and Iran marked a “very important step” to end the war that began with provocations from Israel on Feb.
- [Netanyahu Admits ‘We Do Not Know What the Agreement Will Be,’ Vows Iran Will Never Have a Nuclear Weapon ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-admits-we-do-not-know-what-the-agreement-will-be-vows-iran-will-never-have-a-nuclear-weapon/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel does not yet know what will be included in a prospective agreement with Iran, but stressed that any deal must be backed by a credible military threat and that he would not limit Israel’s actions to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
- [Even $75M from Trump may not save Oakland’s embattled coal terminal](https://iwpost.com/even-75m-from-trump-may-not-save-oaklands-embattled-coal-terminal/): When investor Phil Tagami first proposed building an export terminal in Oakland, California, more than a decade ago, he probably didn’t anticipate the firestorm of litigation and controversy that would follow, in a saga that has now spanned three presidential administrations.
- [Fox’s $22B Roku acquisition aims to expand its reach into smart TVs, advertising](https://iwpost.com/foxs-22b-roku-acquisition-aims-to-expand-its-reach-into-smart-tvs-advertising/): Fox Corporation has agreed to buy Roku Inc. for $160 per share, an approximate enterprise value of $22 billion, the firms announced today.
- [Japan’s defense: Change is coming](https://iwpost.com/japans-defense-change-is-coming/): In early June, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party accepted recommendations from its Security Research Council for revising Japan’s three main national security documents, including the National Security Strategy.
- [Italian general launches far-right party, threatening Meloni’s election hopes](https://iwpost.com/italian-general-launches-far-right-party-threatening-melonis-election-hopes/): General Roberto Vannacci launched his new far-right party on Sunday, posing a direct challenge ​to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s grip on power as he seeks to pull Italy ‌in a more hardline, nationalist direction ahead of elections next year.
- [How Iran gained the strategic upper hand in the war with the US and Israel](https://iwpost.com/how-iran-gained-the-strategic-upper-hand-in-the-war-with-the-us-and-israel/): After three months of war with two of the world’s most technologically and militarily advanced countries, Iran has proved far more resilient than anticipated.
- [20 years of Intel Macs: Why Apple switched, and why it switched again](https://iwpost.com/20-years-of-intel-macs-why-apple-switched-and-why-it-switched-again/): The release of macOS 27 later this fall won’t quite close the book on the Intel Mac.
- [This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy](https://iwpost.com/this-successful-arctic-fishing-treaty-has-kept-russia-china-the-us-and-others-working-together-for-5-years-it-could-be-a-model-for-future-diplomacy/): Lately, much of the news about the Arctic has been bleak. The far north is warming three to four times faster than the rest of the planet.
- [As Iran war’s said to end, Kissinger’s joke finally has come true](https://iwpost.com/as-iran-wars-said-to-end-kissingers-joke-finally-has-come-true/): During the long and bloody war between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s the late Henry Kissinger used to half-joke that he wished that both sides could lose.
- [Israel’s Largest Rehabilitation Hospital Planned Following NIS 200 Million Gift From Jusidman Family Charitable Foundation](https://iwpost.com/israels-largest-rehabilitation-hospital-planned-following-nis-200-million-gift-from-jusidman-family-charitable-foundation/): A new rehabilitation hospital expected to become the largest in Israel will be built in northern Tel Aviv, supported by a NIS 200 million anchor donation from the Jusidman Family Charitable Foundation.
- [Russia appears set to finally address long-term, serious space station cracks](https://iwpost.com/russia-appears-set-to-finally-address-long-term-serious-space-station-cracks/): Ten days ago, in a moment of very high drama in orbit, NASA directed its astronauts living on the International Space Station to briefly seek emergency refuge in a Crew Dragon spacecraft.
- [UFC Fighter Claims Michelle Obama is a Man After Win (Video)](https://iwpost.com/ufc-fighter-claims-michelle-obama-is-a-man-after-win-video/): A UFC victory celebration on the White House lawn took a bizarre turn Sunday night when fighter Josh Hokit used his post-match interview to make a jaw-dropping remark about former first lady Michelle Obama.
- [US-Iran deal’s economic dividend will flow mainly to Asia](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-deals-economic-dividend-will-flow-mainly-to-asia/): Markets across the world greeted the US-Iran peace agreement in the predictable way.
- [Indonesia’s Cabinet Secretary turned Palestine into a public relations campaign](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-cabinet-secretary-turned-palestine-into-a-public-relations-campaign/): There is something profoundly disturbing about the way Indonesia’s Cabinet Secretary, Teddy Indra Wijaya, chose to defend President Prabowo Subianto’s diplomacy on Palestine.
- [Historic Kyiv monastery damaged in Russian strike](https://iwpost.com/historic-kyiv-monastery-damaged-in-russian-strike/): The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history whose golden domes have towered over the capital for almost a millennium, was set ​ablaze on Monday during a Russian attack, Ukrainian authorities said.
- [US-Iran war: what the ‘peace deal’ really means](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-war-what-the-peace-deal-really-means/): The announcement of a new agreement between the United States and Iran has been greeted with relief across global markets.
- [China’s plan to swarm US carriers from 3,000km away](https://iwpost.com/chinas-plan-to-swarm-us-carriers-from-3000km-away/): China’s answer to the US Navy may not be a single “carrier-killer” missile, but a coordinated swarm designed to overwhelm defenses through sheer scale, speed and complexity.
- [An Army Whistleblower Believed in Pete Hegseth — Until the Military Covered Up Her Child’s Abuse](https://iwpost.com/an-army-whistleblower-believed-in-pete-hegseth-until-the-military-covered-up-her-childs-abuse/): Amanda Feindt sat in the fourth row during the Senate confirmation hearing of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. A U.S.
- [Why We Changed Our Code of Ethics to Address Prediction Markets](https://iwpost.com/why-we-changed-our-code-of-ethics-to-address-prediction-markets/): What would you think of me, the ProPublica editor responsible for newsroom standards, if I placed a bet on the baseball game I’m currently listening to on the radio?
- [Trump’s Iran deal ends war but leaves Tehran stronger](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-deal-ends-war-but-leaves-tehran-stronger/): After weeks of on-again, off-again negotiations, US President Donald Trump finally seems to have secured an agreement from the Iranian regime to end the war that has roiled the region – and global energy markets – since late February.
- [Netanyahu Rejects Lebanon Provision in Iran Agreement, Says IDF Will Remain](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-rejects-lebanon-provision-in-iran-agreement-says-idf-will-remain/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Donald Trump that Israel will not withdraw from Lebanon and does not consider itself bound by provisions related to Lebanon in the emerging agreement with Iran, Israeli sources said.
- [Plane Suddenly Crashes in Missouri Killing All Onboard](https://iwpost.com/plane-suddenly-crashes-in-missouri-killing-all-onboard/): Twelve people were killed Sunday after a plane packed with skydivers crashed near Kansas City in a horrifying midair disaster.
- [Ex-Israeli premier urges removal of Netanyahu ‘with sticks, stones’ if elections are sabotaged](https://iwpost.com/ex-israeli-premier-urges-removal-of-netanyahu-with-sticks-stones-if-elections-are-sabotaged/): Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be removed “with sticks and stones” if he attempts to undermine the upcoming general election, Anadolu reports.
- [Syria’s Break With Hezbollah Opens New Questions After Trump Remarks](https://iwpost.com/syrias-break-with-hezbollah-opens-new-questions-after-trump-remarks/): [DAMASCUS] US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks suggesting that Syria could play a role in efforts against Hezbollah in Lebanon have sparked widespread debate—not only because of what he said, but because of what his comments reveal about the dramatic shifts in regional alliances since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government in late 2024.
- [Meghan Markle Left Kate Middleton Speechless with ‘One-Word Joke’](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-left-kate-middleton-speechless-with-one-word-joke/): Meghan Markle’s awkward royal balcony moment with Kate Middleton is back in the spotlight after Prince Harry claimed one tiny joke brought the mood to a screeching halt.
- [Vegan Tofu Donuts](https://iwpost.com/vegan-tofu-donuts/): These Vegan Tofu Donuts are light, fluffy, chewy, and surprisingly easy to make with just a few simple ingredients.
- [Trump says Israeli strike on Beirut ‘should not have happened’ amid Iran peace talks](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-israeli-strike-on-beirut-should-not-have-happened-amid-iran-peace-talks/): US President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized an Israeli attack on Beirut, asserting that the strike should not have occurred while Washington is on the verge of a peace agreement with Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Cajun Dirty Spaghetti](https://iwpost.com/cajun-dirty-spaghetti/): Rich, cozy, and loaded with bold Southern-inspired flavors, this Cajun Dirty Spaghetti makes pasta night extra comforting.
- [Somaliland President Makes First-Ever State Visit to Israel Amid Plans for Jerusalem Embassy](https://iwpost.com/somaliland-president-makes-first-ever-state-visit-to-israel-amid-plans-for-jerusalem-embassy/): Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi arrived in Jerusalem for a state visit focused on strengthening ties with Israel following Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state, marking the first visit by a Somaliland head of state to Israel.
- [Israel bombs Beirut, allegedly hoping to sabotage US-Iran deal](https://iwpost.com/israel-bombs-beirut-allegedly-hoping-to-sabotage-us-iran-deal/): The Israeli military bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday just as Iranian and US officials voiced optimism that a diplomatic agreement was in reach, prompting accusations that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was trying to derail the negotiations.
- [Prince Harry ‘Snubbed’ by Star at NBA Finals Game (Video)](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-snubbed-by-star-at-nba-finals-game-video/): Prince Harry’s NBA night out turned into a royal cringe-fest after Spike Lee appeared to leave him hanging in a brutally awkward courtside exchange.
- [Want a deal on a heat pump? Team up with your neighbors.](https://iwpost.com/want-a-deal-on-a-heat-pump-team-up-with-your-neighbors/): Last year, Marie Tai needed a better way to keep her condo cool. Her window air-conditioning units were borderline ineffective, even running at full blast.
- [US claims 125 million barrels of oil escorted through Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/us-claims-125-million-barrels-of-oil-escorted-through-strait-of-hormuz/): US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested on Sunday that Washington has maintained control over the Strait of Hormuz, successfully guiding millions of barrels of oil through the strategic waterway despite regional tensions, Anadolu reports.
- [‘Peace or Pause?’ Israel’s Acceptance of Iran Deal Is Reluctant, Conditional, Analyst Tells TML](https://iwpost.com/peace-or-pause-israels-acceptance-of-iran-deal-is-reluctant-conditional-analyst-tells-tml/): [ISLAMABAD] A proposed US-Iran memorandum of understanding appeared to face a delay on Sunday, as Iranian officials signaled that Tehran had not yet given final approval despite earlier statements from US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that a virtual signing ceremony would take place within 24 hours.
- [Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated](https://iwpost.com/did-a-medieval-flying-monk-spot-halleys-comet-twice-its-complicated/): Early in the 11th century, a young Benedictine monk named Eilmer jumped from the 150-foot tower of his abbey in the small English town of Malmesbury, wearing a pair of crude wings he’d fashioned from willow wood and cloth.
- [Civil Records for Hundreds of Thousands of Lebanese Could Be Wiped Out By Israel’s Total War](https://iwpost.com/civil-records-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-lebanese-could-be-wiped-out-by-israels-total-war/): Israel’s campaign to raze huge swaths of southern Lebanon may destroy not only people’s homes, but also their ability to even show they owned the properties, according to locals and officials from the Lebanese government — potentially leaving as many as a quarter million Lebanese unable to prove that they have property or homes at all.
- [GOP’s ‘Unity’ Elephant Pees on Convention Floor in Humiliating Live Mishap](https://iwpost.com/gops-unity-elephant-pees-on-convention-floor-in-humiliating-live-mishap/): A live elephant meant to symbolize Republican unity ended up stealing the show at the Texas GOP convention — for all the wrong reasons.
- [Will the US-Iran Deal Be Signed Today?](https://iwpost.com/will-the-us-iran-deal-be-signed-today/): A proposed US-Iran memorandum of understanding that could reshape the Middle East appeared closer than ever to completion on Sunday, June 14, yet by midafternoon in Israel, uncertainty remained over whether Tehran would actually sign the agreement that President Donald Trump has repeatedly said could be finalized today.
- [Two Chinas at North America’s World Cup](https://iwpost.com/two-chinas-at-north-americas-world-cup/): North America’s World Cup summer has begun, and China is once again outside the tournament rather than inside it.
- [Police Dress as World Cup Mascots in Wild Drug Raid](https://iwpost.com/police-dress-as-world-cup-mascots-in-wild-drug-raid/): Police in Peru turned World Cup hype into an undercover operation, dressing up as FIFA 2026 mascots to raid a suspected drug dealer in Lima.
- [Iran Says MoU Won’t Be Signed Sunday, Claims Trump Seeking 80th Birthday Publicity](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-mou-wont-be-signed-sunday-claims-trump-seeking-80th-birthday-publicity/): A Revolutionary Guards-affiliated media channel rejected claims that Iran will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States on Sunday, accusing President Donald Trump of pushing for the date to coincide with his 80th birthday and turn the agreement into a personal publicity event.
- [Russia’s submarine sales pitch meets hard realities in Asia](https://iwpost.com/russias-submarine-sales-pitch-meets-hard-realities-in-asia/): Russia is pitching a new stealthy, missile-armed answer to Asia’s rising demand for submarines, but sanctions, allegiances, and industrial realities could sink its export ambitions.
- [Violations of US blockade on Iran ‘will not be tolerated,’ Rubio tells India’s top diplomat](https://iwpost.com/violations-of-us-blockade-on-iran-will-not-be-tolerated-rubio-tells-indias-top-diplomat/): Violations of the US blockade of Iranian ports “will not be tolerated,” US State Secretary Marco Rubio told India’s top diplomat, who said US strikes in the Gulf killed three Indian nationals, Anadolu reports.
- [Southern Five Layer Beef Casserole](https://iwpost.com/southern-five-layer-beef-casserole/): This Southern Five Layer Beef Casserole is hearty, simple, and full of comforting homestyle flavor.
- [Hot Honey Mozzarella Eggs](https://iwpost.com/hot-honey-mozzarella-eggs/): Crispy, cheesy, and finished with sweet heat, these Hot Honey Mozzarella Eggs are the kind of breakfast you'll want on repeat.
- [Rocket Report: Nova moving through test campaign; SpaceX IPO launches Friday](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-nova-moving-through-test-campaign-spacex-ipo-launches-friday/): Welcome to Edition 8.45 of the Rocket Report!
- [TV Anchor Reveals Heartbreaking Diagnosis Live on Air](https://iwpost.com/tv-anchor-reveals-heartbreaking-diagnosis-live-on-air/): Longtime WABC TV anchor Bill Ritter delivered an emotional farewell on Friday’s Eyewitness News after revealing he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
- [Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely](https://iwpost.com/verizon-sent-man-a-refurbished-phone-with-mdm-then-deleted-his-data-remotely/): Verizon sent one of its customers a “refurbished” phone equipped with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) profile that gave the company remote control over the device.
- [Israeli army claims to kill several Hezbollah members in Lebanon strikes](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-claims-to-kill-several-hezbollah-members-in-lebanon-strikes/): The Israeli army claimed Saturday to have killed several Hezbollah members and struck more than 70 infrastructure targets in southern Lebanon in the last 24 hours amid continued violation of an ongoing ceasefire, Anadolu reports.
- [Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses](https://iwpost.com/pokemon-go-players-unwittingly-contributed-to-tech-with-military-drone-uses/): A decade after the global craze for Pokémon Go peaked, an AI company has been using billions of real-world images captured by millions of players to develop navigation technologies for delivery robots and possibly military drones.
- [US, Pakistan Confirm Iran MoU Signing on Sunday as Tehran Questions Timeline and Israel Warns of Security Threats](https://iwpost.com/us-pakistan-confirm-iran-mou-signing-on-sunday-as-tehran-questions-timeline-and-israel-warns-of-security-threats/): [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan and US President Donald Trump have officially confirmed that the electronic signing ceremony of the US–Iran agreement will be held on Sunday.
- [They Weren’t Convicted of Terrorism, But These Palestine Activists Got Sentenced as Terrorists Anyway](https://iwpost.com/they-werent-convicted-of-terrorism-but-these-palestine-activists-got-sentenced-as-terrorists-anyway/): Four UK-based Palestine solidarity activists were sentenced as terrorists on Friday for damaging military drones and other equipment at an Elbit Systems UK factory in 2024.
- [Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman's distrust of crisis lines](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-chatgpt-validated-suicidal-womans-distrust-of-crisis-lines/): Last year, a 24-year-old Canadian woman was in a mental health crisis and turned to ChatGPT for help. Hours later, that woman, Alice Carrier, took her own life.
- [Woman and Her 2 Dogs Attacked by Bear During Foraging Trip](https://iwpost.com/woman-and-her-2-dogs-attacked-by-bear-during-foraging-trip/): A woman’s fast reaction may have saved her life and her dogs’ lives after a black bear attacked one of her pets during a mushroom-foraging trip in Alaska.
- [‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees](https://iwpost.com/every-day-its-more-barriers-how-the-us-is-shutting-out-climate-refugees/): Millions of people around the world are having their lives upended by floods, storms and heatwaves worsened by the climate crisis.
- [Review: Disclosure Day is big on action, light on ideas](https://iwpost.com/review-disclosure-day-is-big-on-action-light-on-ideas/): The summer blockbuster season has kicked off in earnest with the theatrical release of Disclosure Day, director Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated return to his “aliens are among us” sci-fi roots.
- [Migration Pact Enters Force as EU Seeks Balance Between Solidarity and Responsibility](https://iwpost.com/migration-pact-enters-force-as-eu-seeks-balance-between-solidarity-and-responsibility/): The European Union’s new Migration and Asylum Pact enters into force on 12 June, ushering in the most significant reform of the bloc’s migration framework in years and placing renewed emphasis on balancing solidarity among member states with greater responsibility in managing migration.
- [The Houthis Weigh the Cost of Escalation at Bab el Mandeb](https://iwpost.com/the-houthis-weigh-the-cost-of-escalation-at-bab-el-mandeb/): Bab el Mandeb gives Yemen’s Houthis a way to pressure Israel and the United States, but using that leverage too aggressively could turn Egypt, Saudi Arabia, China, Europe, and global shipping interests against them.
- [RFK Jr. melts down over NYT report, admits he blacklists reporters](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-melts-down-over-nyt-report-admits-he-blacklists-reporters/): Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams](https://iwpost.com/google-sues-chinese-cybercrime-network-that-used-gemini-to-automate-scams/): Google loves telling us all the ways people are using its generative AI products to build new things, grow businesses, and save the world. Supposedly.
- [USPS Worker Dies After Chilling Collapse – Fourth Worker Dead at Atlanta Facility](https://iwpost.com/usps-worker-dies-after-chilling-collapse-fourth-worker-dead-at-atlanta-facility/): A Georgia woman is demanding answers after her fiancé collapsed and died at work inside a troubled USPS facility near Atlanta, where three other workers have reportedly died since it opened just over two years ago.
- [Brussels Unveils Fresh Russia Sanctions Package, Drawing Sharp Rebuke from Moscow](https://iwpost.com/brussels-unveils-fresh-russia-sanctions-package-drawing-sharp-rebuke-from-moscow/): The European Union is moving to tighten pressure on Russia through a new package of sanctions targeting oil exports, cryptocurrency channels and individuals who fought in Ukraine, while Moscow has condemned an EU decision to expand naval inspections of vessels suspected of transporting Russian oil.
- ["Truly evil" FDA rejection of gene therapy overturned after Trump official ousted](https://iwpost.com/truly-evil-fda-rejection-of-gene-therapy-overturned-after-trump-official-ousted/): Huntington’s disease is an inherited condition that typically strikes in middle age and causes nerve cells in the brain to gradually break down.
- [Amber heat health alerts issued as heatwave expected to hit UK](https://iwpost.com/amber-heat-health-alerts-issued-as-heatwave-expected-to-hit-uk/): Amber heat health alerts have been issued as another heatwave is expected to hit the UK over the weekend.
- [The robot wingmen the US hopes can outlast China’s missiles](https://iwpost.com/the-robot-wingmen-the-us-hopes-can-outlast-chinas-missiles/): Facing a shrinking fighter force and a surging Chinese air arm, the US Air Force is betting that robotic wingmen — not more manned jets — will decide who controls the skies over the western Pacific.
- [Israel Asked Facebook to Censor Iran War Content, Internal Documents Show](https://iwpost.com/israel-asked-facebook-to-censor-iran-war-content-internal-documents-show/): Israel’s government asked Meta to censor social media content about its ongoing war against Iran, according to internal documents viewed by The Intercept.
- [Before SpaceX IPO, Investors in China Secretly Acquired Stakes](https://iwpost.com/before-spacex-ipo-investors-in-china-secretly-acquired-stakes/): A businessman with ties to Chinese military contractors was among the overseas investors who acquired stakes in SpaceX while it was still a private company.
- [Towers once planned for California shuttle launches leveled for SpaceX rockets](https://iwpost.com/towers-once-planned-for-california-shuttle-launches-leveled-for-spacex-rockets/): One of the United States’ most storied space launch sites has been cleared of its decades-old support towers, making way for modern rockets to use the pad.
- [Why Xi is walling in China’s money – and why it won’t work](https://iwpost.com/why-xi-is-walling-in-chinas-money-and-why-it-wont-work/): TOKYO – China’s latest fix for its ailing economy: build a better birdcage.
- [US-Iran memorandum of understanding formally finalized after presidents sign text](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-memorandum-of-understanding-formally-finalized-after-presidents-sign-text/): Iran said early Thursday that a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States aimed at ending the war had been formally finalized after the presidents of both countries signed the text of the agreement, Anadolu reports.
- [IDF Reservist Who Foiled 2016 Knife Attack Killed in Southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/idf-reservist-who-foiled-2016-knife-attack-killed-in-southern-lebanon/): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Reservist Master Sgt.
- [US security forces thwart dozens of drone incidents in first days of World Cup](https://iwpost.com/us-security-forces-thwart-dozens-of-drone-incidents-in-first-days-of-world-cup/): The federal government has seized dozens of drones since the start of the FIFA World Cup earlier this month, according to statistics released by the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday.
- [Homemade Egg Noodles](https://iwpost.com/homemade-egg-noodles/): Homemade Egg Noodles are simple, fresh, tender, and made from scratch with just a few basic ingredients.
- ["Dangerous" AI models are coming no matter what](https://iwpost.com/dangerous-ai-models-are-coming-no-matter-what/): Late last week, Anthropic took its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models offline following a United States government export-control directive barring “any foreign national” from using the services.
- [Reality Star, 22, Vows to Expose ‘Shocking’ Truth of Childhood](https://iwpost.com/reality-star-22-vows-to-expose-shocking-truth-of-childhood/): Collin Gosselin is ready to tell his side of the story — and he says it is far darker than anything viewers saw on TV.
- [Loaded Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes](https://iwpost.com/loaded-twice-baked-sweet-potatoes/): These Loaded Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes are warm, cheesy, savory, and perfect for a cozy dinner or holiday table.
- [India keeps undermining the Bangladesh reset it claims to want](https://iwpost.com/india-keeps-undermining-the-bangladesh-reset-it-claims-to-want/): When Bangladesh’s newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office earlier this year, there was a tentative hint that New Delhi and Dhaka might finally transcend the bitter recriminations that followed ex-leader Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic ouster in a 2024 uprising, from which she fled into exile in India.
- [Hulk, Punisher join Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer](https://iwpost.com/hulk-punisher-join-peter-parker-in-spider-man-brand-new-day-trailer/): We’re about six weeks out from the debut of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the follow-up to 2021’s No Way Home.
- [Why dropping ‘Indo-Pacific’ clarifies the Pentagon’s China strategy](https://iwpost.com/why-dropping-indo-pacific-clarifies-the-pentagons-china-strategy/): On June 16, the US Department of Defense announced that the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) will officially revert to its previous name, the US Pacific Command (PACOM).
- [Gold fever sends some vintage luxury watches to the melting furnace](https://iwpost.com/gold-fever-sends-some-vintage-luxury-watches-to-the-melting-furnace/): Omega’s Constellation watch has been flashed in campaigns, movies and at the Met Gala by stars like George Clooney and ​Nicole Kidman, turning it into a symbol of luxury and glamour.
- [AI coding agents taught robots how to install GPUs and cut zip ties](https://iwpost.com/ai-coding-agents-taught-robots-how-to-install-gpus-and-cut-zip-ties/): What happens when you give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute resources, and a “generous token budget” for teaching the robots various tasks?
- [Senate Democrats Aren’t Happy About Trump’s Spy Law Ultimatum](https://iwpost.com/senate-democrats-arent-happy-about-trumps-spy-law-ultimatum/): Before President Donald Trump threw his latest hand grenade into congressional negotiations over a key domestic spying law, two factions of Senate Democrats seemed to believe they were on the verge of a breakthrough.
- [Belfast unrest including racist attacks shows social media power](https://iwpost.com/belfast-unrest-including-racist-attacks-shows-social-media-power/): Footage of a horrific knife attack in Belfast began to circulate on social media on Monday evening.
- [President Trump Defends Iran Deal, Warns US Could Resume Strikes](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-defends-iran-deal-warns-us-could-resume-strikes/): President Donald Trump, in a wide-ranging press conference at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on Wednesday, defended an emerging US-Iran agreement, argued that it would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and warned that US military strikes could resume if Tehran violates its commitments.
- [Trump says US will have to give Iran’s money back](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-us-will-have-to-give-irans-money-back/): President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US has taken “a lot of” Iranian money and will have to give it back, Anadolu reports.
- [Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”](https://iwpost.com/tesco-moving-40000-server-workloads-off-vmware-amid-broadcoms-abusive-conduct/): Tesco, a retail conglomerate headquartered in the United Kingdom, is moving 40,000 server workloads off of VMware amid “abusive conduct” from Broadcom, recent legal filings claim.
- [Judge Judy Begs Court to Allow Her to Revive Lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/judge-judy-begs-court-to-allow-her-to-revive-lawsuit/): Judge Judy is not backing down.
- [The young woman at the handball gymnasium](https://iwpost.com/the-young-woman-at-the-handball-gymnasium/): On June 16, outside Seoul’s Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, an extraordinary scene unfolded.
- [Montenegro ready to assume EU membership responsibilities, president tells MEPs](https://iwpost.com/montenegro-ready-to-assume-eu-membership-responsibilities-president-tells-meps/): Montenegro is ready to assume the responsibilities of European Union membership and contribute to the bloc’s future, President Jakov Milatović told the European Parliament on Tuesday, describing the current period as a historic moment for both his country and the EU’s enlargement policy.
- [Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks](https://iwpost.com/massive-breach-spills-credentials-for-thousands-of-sensitive-networks/): Researchers have uncovered a massive breach of Fortinet firewalls that has given Russian-speaking attackers near-unrestricted access to some of the world’s largest and most powerful organizations, including Oracle, Chevron, Lenovo, Federal Express, a NATO defense contractor, and Fortinet itself.
- [Full MOU text revealed as Trump justifies ending Iran war](https://iwpost.com/full-mou-text-revealed-as-trump-justifies-ending-iran-war/): Foreign policy analysts and peace advocates expressed relief Wednesday that the end of the unprovoked US-Israeli war on Iran could be in sight, as the US government released the text of the memorandum of understanding reached this week by the Trump administration and Iranian negotiators.
- [Read the Full Text of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding](https://iwpost.com/read-the-full-text-of-the-us-iran-memorandum-of-understanding/): The following is the full text of the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran, which outlines a framework for ending hostilities, addressing Iran’s nuclear program and negotiating a broader final agreement.
- [Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.](https://iwpost.com/sooner-than-expected-useful-quantum-error-correction-promised-for-2028/): Quantum computing news usually picks up near the end of the year, as companies try to provide evidence that they are hitting benchmarks on time.
- [Trump’s Spaghetti-Against-the-Wall Indictment Against ICE Protesters — and How to Fight It](https://iwpost.com/trumps-spaghetti-against-the-wall-indictment-against-ice-protesters-and-how-to-fight-it/): Donald Trump’s Department of Justice unsealed a federal indictment on Tuesday announcing hefty charges against 15 anti-fascist protesters for alleged actions taken in response to the brutal U.S.
- [Russian greatness unrestored, Ukraine is Europe’s new rising power](https://iwpost.com/russian-greatness-unrestored-ukraine-is-europes-new-rising-power/): Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine is often, and misleadingly, characterized as a great power conflict.
- [Jeff Bezos says AI will create labour shortages rather than mass unemployment](https://iwpost.com/jeff-bezos-says-ai-will-create-labour-shortages-rather-than-mass-unemployment/): Artificial Intelligence ​will lead ‌to labour shortages, not ​the ​replacement of humans, ⁠Amazon founder ​Jeff Bezos ​predicted on Wednesday.
- [California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network](https://iwpost.com/california-says-att-lied-to-fcc-in-attempt-to-shut-off-old-phone-network/): California state regulators say AT&T lied to the Federal Communications Commission in an attempt to shut off its old copper phone network without providing an adequate replacement.
- [Chicago Founding Member Dead at 81](https://iwpost.com/chicago-founding-member-dead-at-81/): Walter Parazaider, a founding member of the legendary rock band Chicago, has died at 81 after a heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
- [US‑Iran deal should see oil and LNG begin to flow again – slowly](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-deal-should-see-oil-and-lng-begin-to-flow-again-slowly/): US President Donald Trump hailed the deal ending the US-Israel war with Iran with a triumphant message: “Ships of the World, start your engines.
- [Inside the government’s push to divert Puerto Rico solar funds to a bankrupt utility](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-governments-push-to-divert-puerto-rico-solar-funds-to-a-bankrupt-utility/): When Congress approved a $1 billion Energy Resilience Fund for Puerto Rico in 2022, the money was desperately needed.
- [The Slate Truck's price may have leaked, starts at $24,950](https://iwpost.com/the-slate-trucks-price-may-have-leaked-starts-at-24950/): One of the most hotly anticipated electric vehicles makes its formal debut next week.
- [Musk’s AI tool Grok was used to help fire 2,000 munitions at Iran](https://iwpost.com/musks-ai-tool-grok-was-used-to-help-fire-2000-munitions-at-iran/): A Pentagon official revealed in a court filing earlier this week that the US military used a version of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool, Grok, to help carry out attacks on Iran.
- [Switzerland Removes 7 Syrian Entities From Sanctions List](https://iwpost.com/switzerland-removes-7-syrian-entities-from-sanctions-list/): Switzerland removed seven Syrian state-linked entities from its sanctions list this week, aligning its measures with recent European Union action as Western governments continue easing restrictions on Damascus following the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime.
- [Freed Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut receives Sakharov Prize at European Parliament](https://iwpost.com/freed-belarusian-journalist-andrzej-poczobut-receives-sakharov-prize-at-european-parliament/): Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, who was imprisoned in 2021 before being released in April 2026, addressed the European Parliament in a formal sitting on Wednesday after receiving the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
- [“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns](https://iwpost.com/digital-colonialism-u-s-demands-to-access-africans-data-raise-privacy-sovereignty-concerns/): Strings Attached: U.S.
- [Why Albertans are seeking a referendum on separation from Canada](https://iwpost.com/why-albertans-are-seeking-a-referendum-on-separation-from-canada/): Albertans will head to the polls in October for what has been referred to as a “referendum on a referendum”.
- [Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder](https://iwpost.com/ten-months-later-the-100-google-home-speaker-is-finally-available-for-preorder/): Good things take time, but not all things that take time are good. The jury is still out on the Google Home Speaker, but it certainly took a while to arrive.
- [Trump-Netanyahu war aims clash – can Iran peace deal survive?](https://iwpost.com/trump-netanyahu-war-aims-clash-can-iran-peace-deal-survive/): The clock is ticking on the Iran peace deal.
- [Israeli Security Minister Ben-Gvir appoints relatives of slain Israelis as prison inspectors: Reports](https://iwpost.com/israeli-security-minister-ben-gvir-appoints-relatives-of-slain-israelis-as-prison-inspectors-reports/): Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has decided to appoint relatives of slain Israelis as official prison inspectors in a move aimed at tightening detention conditions for Palestinian detainees, Israeli media reported Wednesday.
- [Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near](https://iwpost.com/windows-and-linux-users-the-deadline-to-update-secure-boot-keys-is-near/): The clock is ticking for Windows and Linux users to update cryptographic keys that protect their systems against firmware-based UEFI infections, a pernicious form of malware that loads before operating system and anti-malware protections start.
- [Anti-Putin Artist ‘Executed’ in Poland After Mocking Russian Leader](https://iwpost.com/anti-putin-artist-executed-in-poland-after-mocking-russian-leader/): A Russian artist who built a reputation for mocking Vladimir Putin and his allies has been shot dead in Poland in what local reports are describing as a possible execution-style killing.
- [Are Jeffries and Schumer Getting Ready to Greenlight Domestic Spy Power for Trump?](https://iwpost.com/are-jeffries-and-schumer-getting-ready-to-greenlight-domestic-spy-power-for-trump/): When Congressional Democrats rallied against President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to serve as temporary director of national intelligence last week, they said he was an unqualified pick who would be too eager to use the job to undermine elections.
- [Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have different war aims – can the Iran peace deal survive?](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-and-benjamin-netanyahu-have-different-war-aims-can-the-iran-peace-deal-survive/): The clock is ticking on the Iran peace deal.
- [Has Trump achieved his goals in the war with Iran? ](https://iwpost.com/has-trump-achieved-his-goals-in-the-war-with-iran/): Shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on February 28, U.S.
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- [40 years on, Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal is still celebrated. But should it be?](https://iwpost.com/40-years-on-maradonas-hand-of-god-goal-is-still-celebrated-but-should-it-be/): In soccer, memorable goals are generally linked to the players who scored them.
- [Al-Mirsad: the new, modern face of Taliban propaganda](https://iwpost.com/al-mirsad-the-new-modern-face-of-taliban-propaganda/): For much of the last two decades, the Taliban fought its war with rifles, roadside bombs and guerrilla ambushes.
- [Ambassador Huckabee: ‘Without Israel, There Would Be No America’](https://iwpost.com/ambassador-huckabee-without-israel-there-would-be-no-america/): UN Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, declared on Tuesday that the US owes its existence to the Jewish heritage rooted in the land of Israel.
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- [More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program](https://iwpost.com/more-than-770000-children-are-no-longer-receiving-snap-benefits-after-trump-changes-federal-food-program/): As a House committee debated President Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill last year, Republican backers repeatedly emphasized that its changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, wouldn’t affect vulnerable people.
- [Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-abandons-fight-against-wind-energy-as-clean-energy-output-surges/): The Trump administration has abandoned its effort to halt wind energy projects across the United States and dropped its challenge to the court ruling that tossed President Donald Trump’s order freezing federal permitting and leasing for wind projects.
- [Indonesia’s nickel nationalism falters in the face of China’s tech](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-nickel-nationalism-falters-in-the-face-of-chinas-tech/): On May 12, 2026, the China Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia issued a sharply worded open letter to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, saying that Chinese firms operating locally have been burdened by stringent regulations, arbitrary law enforcement, and corruption and extortion by state officials.
- [Strait of Hormuz transit will take ‘weeks’ to resume, largest tanker operator tells FT](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-transit-will-take-weeks-to-resume-largest-tanker-operator-tells-ft/): Shipowners will not resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz ​for weeks until they are confident that the U.S.-Iran peace ‌deal is “material”, the CEO of Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K.
- [Israeli media: UAE security delegation visited Israel secretly during Iran war](https://iwpost.com/israeli-media-uae-security-delegation-visited-israel-secretly-during-iran-war/): A senior UAE security delegation secretly visited Israel during the war on Iran as part of ongoing security and military coordination between the two sides, according to Israeli media reports.
- [Android 17 starts hitting Pixel phones and watches today](https://iwpost.com/android-17-starts-hitting-pixel-phones-and-watches-today/): Android 17 has been in testing since early this year, with the final beta hitting devices just a couple of weeks ago.
- [Reality TV Producer Dies Suddenly During Filming](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-producer-dies-suddenly-during-filming/): Love Island USA executive producer James Barker has died unexpectedly while working on the hit reality show’s eighth season.
- [Peace deal won’t end Thailand-Cambodia’s humanitarian crisis](https://iwpost.com/peace-deal-wont-end-thailand-cambodias-humanitarian-crisis/): On May 28, 2025, a localized skirmish along the Thailand-Cambodia border rapidly escalated into one of the region’s most significant military conflicts in recent decades.
- [IRGC Still Targeting Ships Despite US-Iran MoU as Fighting in Lebanon Continues](https://iwpost.com/irgc-still-targeting-ships-despite-us-iran-mou-as-fighting-in-lebanon-continues/): Iran has fired drones at vessels in the Strait of Hormuz every day since the memorandum of understanding (MoU) ending the conflict was digitally signed Sunday, while Hezbollah acknowledged launching drones at Israel Defense Forces troops in southern Lebanon and Iran threatened retaliation over continued Israeli military operations there.
- [Anthropic "pauses" token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-pauses-token-based-billing-for-its-claude-agent-sdk/): Last month, Anthropic announced a billing change that would have substantially increased costs for heavy users of its automation-focused Claude Agent SDK, including many third-party apps.
- [European Parliament tests shorter sittings and revised debate format](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-tests-shorter-sittings-and-revised-debate-format/): European Parliament President Roberta Metsola opened the June 15-19 plenary session in Strasbourg by announcing a series of procedural changes that will be tested during the sitting to improve the conduct of plenary debates.
- [‘Why bother?’: Trump no longer feels the need to seize Iran’s uranium](https://iwpost.com/why-bother-trump-no-longer-feels-the-need-to-seize-irans-uranium/): Iran's enriched uranium supply is intact after the war.
- [Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered](https://iwpost.com/among-the-large-new-rockets-amazon-was-counting-on-only-europe-has-delivered/): Amazon now has hundreds of flight-ready satellites standing idle in Florida, waiting to join the company’s low-Earth orbit Internet constellation, an Amazon official said Tuesday.
- [Bernie Sanders Backs Justin J. Pearson, House Candidate at the Heart of Tennessee Voting Rights Fight](https://iwpost.com/bernie-sanders-backs-justin-j-pearson-house-candidate-at-the-heart-of-tennessee-voting-rights-fight/): An outspoken progressive running for Congress in the Tennessee district at the center of Republicans’ efforts to sabotage voting rights and maintain control of the House earned the endorsement of Sen.
- [Israeli analysts call Netanyahu ‘liar,’ ‘humiliated’ by Trump after US-Iran deal](https://iwpost.com/israeli-analysts-call-netanyahu-liar-humiliated-by-trump-after-us-iran-deal/): Israeli analysts sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, describing him as a “failure” and a “liar,” while noting that US President Donald Trump “humiliated” him by excluding him from an agreement with Iran to end their military conflict, Anadolu reports.
- [Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes](https://iwpost.com/cockroaches-scurry-around-with-thousands-of-pieces-of-bacterial-genomes/): Last week, we looked at a new study of the origin of complex cells, one that showed that our ancestors’ genomes were pieced together from bits and pieces of multiple species.
- [Barron Trump’s Rare White House Appearance Sparks Online Frenzy](https://iwpost.com/barron-trumps-rare-white-house-appearance-sparks-online-frenzy/): Barron Trump made a rare public appearance at the White House UFC Freedom 250 event, stepping back into the spotlight after months away from the cameras.
- [China’s new naval supergun trained on Taiwan’s shielded shores](https://iwpost.com/chinas-new-naval-supergun-trained-on-taiwans-shielded-shores/): China’s new naval gun promises unprecedented range and firepower, yet its effectiveness in a Taiwan invasion scenario may ultimately hinge on overcoming the island’s formidable anti-access defenses.
- [Where Israel Stands Strategically Nearly 3 Years After Oct. 7](https://iwpost.com/where-israel-stands-strategically-nearly-3-years-after-oct-7/): Nearly three years after Hamas’ devastating attack on Israel on October 7, which plunged the country into a multifront war, Israel finds itself at a strategic crossroads as a new US-Iran memorandum of understanding reshapes the regional battlefield.
- [Hungary amends constitution to impose eight-year limit on prime ministers](https://iwpost.com/hungary-amends-constitution-to-impose-eight-year-limit-on-prime-ministers/): Hungary’s parliament approved a constitutional amendment limiting prime ministers to a maximum of eight years in office, a move that effectively bars former prime minister Viktor Orban from holding the post again.
- [Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry](https://iwpost.com/year-of-free-hpe-software-a-step-in-the-correct-direction-in-vmware-rivalry/): Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom’s pricing of VMware.
- [Iran: Israeli refusal to leave Lebanon would violate peace deal](https://iwpost.com/iran-israeli-refusal-to-leave-lebanon-would-violate-peace-deal/): Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
- [Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-tries-to-block-clean-air-act-lawsuit-over-xais-gas-turbines/): The Trump administration is trying to help Elon Musk’s xAI Corp.
- [U.S. Casualties in Iran Are Still Rising](https://iwpost.com/u-s-casualties-in-iran-are-still-rising/): America’s Iran War casualties crept higher even as the U.S. was in the final stages of declaring a second ceasefire with Iran this weekend.
- [EU lawmakers clear US trade deal to avert return to trade conflict](https://iwpost.com/eu-lawmakers-clear-us-trade-deal-to-avert-return-to-trade-conflict/): The European Parliament approved on Tuesday cutting duties on many ​U.S.
- [Trump’s Iran deal: Realpolitik triumphs — for now](https://iwpost.com/trumps-iran-deal-realpolitik-triumphs-for-now/): Washington has a habit of dressing up its foreign policy in the language of moral purpose.
- [Iraq’s bid to rein in Iran-linked militias becomes key test of US ties](https://iwpost.com/iraqs-bid-to-rein-in-iran-linked-militias-becomes-key-test-of-us-ties/): The Iran war thrust Iraq’s powerful Iran-linked militias back into the spotlight, Anadolu reports.
- [Qatari Emir Cites $1.2 Trillion US Partnership as Trump Praises Doha Investment](https://iwpost.com/qatari-emir-cites-1-2-trillion-us-partnership-as-trump-praises-doha-investment/): President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Qatar is investing “tremendous amounts of money” in the United States, highlighting the Gulf state’s economic relationship with Washington during a meeting with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in France.
- [US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says](https://iwpost.com/us-approval-of-paramount-warner-bros-deal-surprised-doj-lawyers-report-says/): When the US Department of Justice approved Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros.
- [Bette Midler Mocked for ‘Humiliating’ Performance at Anti-Trump Event](https://iwpost.com/bette-midler-mocked-for-humiliating-performance-at-anti-trump-event/): Bette Midler is facing brutal mockery online after her performance at an anti-Trump event in New York City drew strong reactions from critics.
- [The ‘super El Niño’ is here. What happens next could upend food systems worldwide.](https://iwpost.com/the-super-el-nino-is-here-what-happens-next-could-upend-food-systems-worldwide/): The oceanic phenomenon known as El Niño, which increases temperatures worldwide, has officially begun, according to U.S.
- [Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-boasts-of-using-ai-to-write-reports-mandated-by-congress/): The US Department of Defense has a lot of congressionally mandated homework to do every year involving hundreds of required reports on various national security topics.
- [University research at China speed brings sea changes to science](https://iwpost.com/university-research-at-china-speed-brings-sea-changes-to-science/): Nine of the world’s current top,-ten-ranked research universities are in China, according to the recently released 2026 Nature Index.
- [European Parliament backs new rules to strengthen farmers’ contracts and incomes](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-backs-new-rules-to-strengthen-farmers-contracts-and-incomes/): The European Parliament on Tuesday approved new rules aimed at strengthening the contractual position of farmers and helping to stabilise their incomes.
- [Twice Baked Potato Casserole](https://iwpost.com/twice-baked-potato-casserole/): This Twice Baked Potato Casserole takes everything you love about a loaded twice-baked potato and turns it into one creamy, cheesy, comforting casserole.
- [Trump Admin Wants to Make It Easier for White Men to Sue for Discrimination](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-wants-to-make-it-easier-for-white-men-to-sue-for-discrimination/): The chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect American workers from discrimination, moved to delete the agency’s affirmative action rule that was implemented almost 50 years ago.
- [SpaceX will acquire coding tool Cursor to compete with Anthropic, OpenAI](https://iwpost.com/spacex-will-acquire-coding-tool-cursor-to-compete-with-anthropic-openai/): SpaceX will acquire AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction, the companies announced today.
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- [Indian opposition blasts Modi’s response to US killing of sailors](https://iwpost.com/indian-opposition-blasts-modis-response-to-us-killing-of-sailors/): Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi.
- [President Trump Calls FT Report on $300 Billion Iran Reconstruction Fund ‘Fake News’ ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-calls-ft-report-on-300-billion-iran-reconstruction-fund-fake-news/): President Donald Trump rejected a Financial Times report that the Trump administration was supporting a plan to invest $300 billion in Iran’s reconstruction, insisting the claim was “fake news” while reiterating that Tehran had agreed not to obtain a nuclear weapon.
- [US-Iran deal may be seen as ‘betrayal’ in Israel, ex-premier Olmert says](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-deal-may-be-seen-as-betrayal-in-israel-ex-premier-olmert-says/): A potential agreement between the US and Iran could be seen as a “betrayal” in Israel, a former Israeli prime minister told Irish public broadcaster RTE, Anadolu reports.
- [Mobileye is entering the US robotaxi market with standalone service](https://iwpost.com/mobileye-is-entering-the-us-robotaxi-market-with-standalone-service/): The driving technology company Mobileye plans to launch a robotaxi service in an as-yet-unnamed US city in 2027, it said earlier today.
- [US and Iran presidents sign ceasefire agreement, but Trump says he could still resume attacks](https://iwpost.com/us-and-iran-presidents-sign-ceasefire-agreement-but-trump-says-he-could-still-resume-attacks/): The U.S. and Iran released the text of an interim agreement their presidents have signed to end their war on Wednesday, with U.S.
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- [The Surprising Reaction Inside Iran to Its War Victory](https://iwpost.com/the-surprising-reaction-inside-iran-to-its-war-victory/): The White House has been desperate to find a way out of the quagmire of its own making in Iran, leading to the remote signing on June 15 of a memorandum of understanding that promises extraordinary concessions to the Islamic Republic.
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- [Is New England’s new hydropower transmission line paying off?](https://iwpost.com/is-new-englands-new-hydropower-transmission-line-paying-off/): When the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line started carrying electricity from Canada into Maine in January, supporters hailed the project as a triumph for renewable power.
- [Vance Cancels Trip To Geneva for Official MoU Singing](https://iwpost.com/vance-cancels-trip-to-geneva-for-official-mou-singing/): The White House announced late Thursday that Vice President JD Vance had canceled his planned trip to Switzerland for the official signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) intended to end the conflict with Iran.
- [EU countries scale back plan to fund power grids](https://iwpost.com/eu-countries-scale-back-plan-to-fund-power-grids/): Governments have cut back the European Union’s proposal to spend national ‌funds on the bloc’s energy infrastructure after Sweden threatened to restrict power exports over the plan, an internal negotiating document seen by Reuters showed.
- [How Did the Feds Get Into Anti-ICE Activists’ Signal Messages?](https://iwpost.com/how-did-the-feds-get-into-anti-ice-activists-signal-messages/): When anti-ICE activists rallied against the Trump administration’s deportation campaign in Minneapolis, many relied on the encrypted messaging app Signal for secure communications.
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- [Does anything I write matter anymore?](https://iwpost.com/does-anything-i-write-matter-anymore/): About three years ago, someone asked me why, with my physics undergrad background and a PhD in economics, I had decided to become a professional blogger.
- [4 IDF Soldiers, Including Battalion Commander, Killed in Southern Lebanon Explosion](https://iwpost.com/4-idf-soldiers-including-battalion-commander-killed-in-southern-lebanon-explosion/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Friday that Lt. Col.
- [Andy Burnham eyes Downing Street after decisive election win](https://iwpost.com/andy-burnham-eyes-downing-street-after-decisive-election-win/): Labour mayor Andy Burnham ​cleared a path on Friday to ousting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, potentially ushering in a new bout of political instability, by decisively winning a parliamentary seat in ‌northern England.
- [The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed](https://iwpost.com/the-uk-will-scan-asylum-seekers-faces-for-age-checks-despite-knowing-the-tech-is-flawed/): Age verification is consuming the Internet.
- [India doubts drove Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific name change](https://iwpost.com/india-doubts-drove-pentagons-indo-pacific-name-change/): The Pentagon’s decision to restore the designation US Pacific Command (USPACOM), replacing the Indo-Pacific Command name adopted in 2018, has officially been presented as a historical adjustment rather than a strategic shift.
- [FBI Tried to Flip Anti-ICE Protesters Into Informants](https://iwpost.com/fbi-tried-to-flip-anti-ice-protesters-into-informants/): John Mark Rozendaal was just trying to play music.
- [Everything Bangladesh’s Rahman hopes to get from China](https://iwpost.com/everything-bangladeshs-rahman-hopes-to-get-from-china/): When Ashik Chowdhury, the executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, was recently asked about Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s upcoming trip to China, his response caught the room off guard.
- [Zelenskiy: Best way to guarantee Europe’s future would be fast-track EU membership for Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/zelenskiy-best-way-to-guarantee-europes-future-would-be-fast-track-eu-membership-for-ukraine/): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told ​an EU summit on Thursday the future of Europe was being shaped by the defence of Ukraine and the best security guarantee for the bloc’s future would be ‌to grant Kyiv fast-track membership.
- [OPINION – Washington and Tehran’s Memorandum: Assessing the Aftermath of 110 Days of War](https://iwpost.com/opinion-washington-and-tehrans-memorandum-assessing-the-aftermath-of-110-days-of-war/): The memorandum of understanding signed between Washington and Tehran this month is more than a diplomatic effort to stop the fighting; it is a formal acknowledgment of the end of a brutal 110-day conflict that destabilized global energy markets and security.
- [Fisherman Missing for 7 Days Found Alive in Tiny Boat](https://iwpost.com/fisherman-missing-for-7-days-found-alive-in-tiny-boat/): A fisherman who vanished during what was supposed to be a simple day on the water has been found alive after spending a week lost at sea in a tiny 13-foot boat.
- [Palestinians to pay the price for Netanyahu’s defeat in Iran](https://iwpost.com/palestinians-to-pay-the-price-for-netanyahus-defeat-in-iran/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His allies know it.
- [Australia poised to become an Asia-Pacific energy superpower](https://iwpost.com/australia-poised-to-become-an-asia-pacific-energy-superpower/): Energy security is a top priority globally, as governments grapple with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, an accelerating clean energy transition and surging power demand from AI data centers.
- [Rome to host four-day Vespa celebration marking 80th anniversary](https://iwpost.com/rome-to-host-four-day-vespa-celebration-marking-80th-anniversary/): Rome will host a four-day public celebration from June 25 to 28, 2026, to mark the 80th anniversary of Vespa, with thousands of enthusiasts from around the world expected to attend.
- [Trump-Loving Crypto Super PAC Finally Backs a Democrat: Ritchie Torres](https://iwpost.com/trump-loving-crypto-super-pac-finally-backs-a-democrat-ritchie-torres/): A crypto super PAC that has praised President Donald Trump and previously endorsed an all-Republican slate of candidates has finally found a Democrat it can get behind: New York Rep.
- [AIPAC, AJC Question Iran Memorandum as Final Negotiations Approach](https://iwpost.com/aipac-ajc-question-iran-memorandum-as-final-negotiations-approach/): The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) expressed concerns Thursday about the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by President Donald Trump to end the war with Iran, arguing that key questions remain about the agreement and its potential impact on US objectives.
- [Prince William and Princess Kate ‘Fought Through Months of Anxiety’](https://iwpost.com/prince-william-and-princess-kate-fought-through-months-of-anxiety/): Prince William and Princess Kate have finally made one of the biggest decisions of their young family’s life: where Prince George will spend his teenage years.
- [Libya moves towards elections as rival leaders agree early 2027 timetable](https://iwpost.com/libya-moves-towards-elections-as-rival-leaders-agree-early-2027-timetable/): Libya’s three most influential political leaders have agreed on a roadmap to hold simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections before February 2027, marking a significant step toward ending the country’s prolonged political transition.
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- [EU rejects Israel’s Gaza territory plans, demands immediate crossing access](https://iwpost.com/eu-rejects-israels-gaza-territory-plans-demands-immediate-crossing-access/): EU leaders on Friday issued a sharply worded statement on the war in Gaza and the situation in the West Bank, urging Israel to allow full humanitarian access, reverse settlement expansion and comply with international law, while calling for Hamas to be disarmed as part of a wider post-war settlement, Anadolu reports.
- [Japan seeks G7 price floors to break China’s rare earth grip](https://iwpost.com/japan-seeks-g7-price-floors-to-break-chinas-rare-earth-grip/): Japan is seeking to rally G7 nations into a united front against China’s export controls on critical minerals, pushing for a floor price mechanism to shore up the economics of producing rare earths within the alliance.
- [‘She Crossed a Security Line’: Knesset Grants Tally Gotliv Immunity in Shin Bet Disclosure Case](https://iwpost.com/she-crossed-a-security-line-knesset-grants-tally-gotliv-immunity-in-shin-bet-disclosure-case/): The Knesset voted Wednesday to grant Likud MK Tally Gotliv procedural immunity, temporarily preventing the filing of an indictment accusing her of exposing the identity of a Shin Bet officer.
- [IATA slams revised EU passenger rules as missed opportunity](https://iwpost.com/iata-slams-revised-eu-passenger-rules-as-missed-opportunity/): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has criticised the latest revisions to Europe’s passenger rights rules, saying the changes fall short of the meaningful reform needed to address long-standing flaws in the EU261 regulation.
- [Star Granted Restraining Order from ‘Deranged’ Fan](https://iwpost.com/star-granted-restraining-order-from-deranged-fan/): Sabrina Carpenter has been granted a five-year restraining order against an alleged stalker accused of repeatedly showing up outside her Los Angeles home — and even trying to force his way inside.
- [Hidden in plain sight: the AI within Xiaomi](https://iwpost.com/hidden-in-plain-sight-the-ai-within-xiaomi/): The accepted wisdom in GenAI model making is that the door has closed.
- [How FIFA’s climate solution has turned into ‘water-gate’](https://iwpost.com/how-fifas-climate-solution-has-turned-into-water-gate/): When the United States takes the pitch against Australia this afternoon, millions of soccer fans will tune in.
- [Chud the Builder Fantasized About “Race War.” Now He’s Charged With Attempted Murder.](https://iwpost.com/chud-the-builder-fantasized-about-race-war-now-hes-charged-with-attempted-murder/): Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement.
- [India’s strategic autonomy morphing into a connectivity strategy](https://iwpost.com/indias-strategic-autonomy-morphing-into-a-connectivity-strategy/): As India pursues its ambition of becoming a developed economy by 2047 — the centenary of its independence — reliable access to overseas markets has become a strategic imperative.
- [Libya drills well with encouraging production rates](https://iwpost.com/libya-drills-well-with-encouraging-production-rates/): Libya has successfully drilled a well in its Al-Khair oilfield with ​production rates of 3,209 barrels per ‌day and 1.948 million cubic feet of associated gas per day, the state-owned firm NOC said .
- [Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah to hold if group complies, army to remain in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/israel-says-ceasefire-with-hezbollah-to-hold-if-group-complies-army-to-remain-in-southern-lebanon/): Ceasefire announcement came after at least 31 people killed in series of Israeli airstrikes in southern, eastern Lebanon since early Friday, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Ceasefire Restored in Lebanon as Fighting Delays US-Iran Meeting in Switzerland ](https://iwpost.com/ceasefire-restored-in-lebanon-as-fighting-delays-us-iran-meeting-in-switzerland/): Israel and Hezbollah agreed to renew a ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday as US officials worked to prevent escalating violence from derailing negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
- [Apple patches high-severity eavesdropping vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds](https://iwpost.com/apple-patches-high-severity-eavesdropping-vulnerability-in-beats-studio-buds/): Apple has updated its Beats Studio Buds wireless earbuds to patch a high-severity vulnerability that could be exploited by nearby hackers to eavesdrop on users.
- [US-Iran talks delayed as Israeli bombs in Lebanon kill 18 or more](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-talks-delayed-as-israeli-bombs-in-lebanon-kill-18-or-more/): US Vice President JD Vance.
- [Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-rebuild-begins-at-blue-origin-launch-pad-relativity-targets-mars/): Welcome to Edition 8.46 of the Rocket Report! We don’t mention Starship in the body of this week’s report, so I’ll give a brief update here.
- [Grammy-Nominee, 29, Found Dead at Home](https://iwpost.com/grammy-nominee-29-found-dead-at-home/): Music producer Tay Keith, the Grammy-nominated hitmaker behind some of the biggest songs of the last decade, has died at just 29 years old.
- [Euro area wage growth shows signs of cooling off](https://iwpost.com/euro-area-wage-growth-shows-signs-of-cooling-off/): The European Central Bank (ECB) released its updated wage tracker this week, indicating that negotiated wage pressures remain stable as the year progresses.
- [The Performative Ceasefire in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/the-performative-ceasefire-in-gaza/): Over the last few years, the world has seen unspeakable violence, death, and devastation from Israel’s war on Gaza.
- [Trump’s MOU is an IOU: the severe US losses of his misbegotten war](https://iwpost.com/trumps-mou-is-an-iou-the-severe-us-losses-of-his-misbegotten-war/): The Memorandum of Understanding, which ostensibly ends the four-month war between the US and Iran, illuminated the profound US defeat.
- [As global warming threatens corals, scientists search for reefs that can take the heat](https://iwpost.com/as-global-warming-threatens-corals-scientists-search-for-reefs-that-can-take-the-heat/): MAJURO, Marshall Islands—Perched on the bow of an aluminum landing craft, Anne Cohen gazed a few yards ahead of the vessel toward a yellow robot gliding across the emerald Majuro lagoon.
- [German Nun Awarded Order of Merit After Decades of Caring for Leprosy Patients in Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/german-nun-awarded-order-of-merit-after-decades-of-caring-for-leprosy-patients-in-pakistan/): [ISLAMABAD] Germany has honored a long-serving humanitarian worker at the Rawalpindi Leprosy Hospital with the Order of Merit (Federal Cross of Merit) of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of decades of medical and social service to some of Pakistan’s most vulnerable patients.
- [Wasian and proud — but does the label uplift or divide?](https://iwpost.com/wasian-and-proud-but-does-the-label-uplift-or-divide/): “Wasians” are having a moment right now.
- [Indonesia needs not only GCC investors, but also bankable green projects](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-needs-not-only-gcc-investors-but-also-bankable-green-projects/): In a previous essay, we argued that Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, Danantara, could serve as a bridge between the Gulf’s immense pools of capital and Indonesia’s vast renewable energy potential.
- [Android verification is coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores](https://iwpost.com/android-verification-is-coming-google-confirms-timeline-and-supported-app-stores/): Almost 20 years ago, Google pitched Android as the more open alternative to Apple’s walled garden.
- [All 380 fixtures for 2026/27 Premier League season](https://iwpost.com/all-380-fixtures-for-2026-27-premier-league-season/): The 2026/27 Premier League fixtures have been released and the dates of all 380 matches are below.
- [Power paradox: F-35 readiness crisis clouds US airpower over Taiwan](https://iwpost.com/power-paradox-f-35-readiness-crisis-clouds-us-airpower-over-taiwan/): The US’s airpower edge faces a growing paradox: the F-35 is indispensable for a war over Taiwan, yet increasingly unavailable for such a fight.
- [NASA asks Northrop Grumman to stop working on lunar HALO module](https://iwpost.com/nasa-asks-northrop-grumman-to-stop-working-on-lunar-halo-module/): Three months ago, during a flashy event at its Washington, DC, headquarters, NASA announced that it was shifting the focus of its lunar plans from an orbital space station to a Moon base on the surface.
- [Oscar-Winning Director’s Daughter Found Dead Inside Running Car](https://iwpost.com/oscar-winning-directors-daughter-found-dead-inside-running-car/): The daughter of legendary Oscar-winning director William Wyler and her husband were found dead inside a running car in Northern California, authorities said.
- [China wins the Iran war without firing a shot](https://iwpost.com/china-wins-the-iran-war-without-firing-a-shot/): The Chinese official’s remarks reflected much more than diplomatic optimism.
- [ICE’s Unseen Toll in Minneapolis: Suicide Helpline Calls More Than Doubled During Surge](https://iwpost.com/ices-unseen-toll-in-minneapolis-suicide-helpline-calls-more-than-doubled-during-surge/): More than six months after federal agents descended on Minnesota, the toll of the immigration crackdown on the Twin Cities continues to mount.
- [Vance Says to Israel: ‘You Can’t Just Kill Your Way’ Out of Security Threats, Defends Iran Keeping Missiles](https://iwpost.com/vance-says-to-israel-you-cant-just-kill-your-way-out-of-security-threats-defends-iran-keeping-missiles/): US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that Israel “can’t just kill” its way out of its national security challenges and defended President Donald Trump’s position that Iran should be permitted to retain some ballistic missiles for self-defense under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Washington and Tehran.
- [FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama](https://iwpost.com/fda-advisors-unanimously-vote-to-approve-modernas-mrna-after-agency-drama/): Independent advisors for the Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted 9–0 in support of approving Moderna’s seasonal mRNA flu vaccine, which a Trump appointee at the agency initially tried to block from even being reviewed.
- [EU parliament backs law allowing offshore detention centres](https://iwpost.com/eu-parliament-backs-law-allowing-offshore-detention-centres/): The European Parliament approved on Wednesday an overhaul of migration policy aimed at ramping up deportations and ​allowing member states to set up detention centres abroad, in what critics describe as a cruel system that weakens ‌safeguards for asylum seekers.
- [Guinness Short Ribs](https://iwpost.com/guinness-short-ribs/): Guinness Short Ribs are rich, tender, savory, and slow-braised until the beef is fall-apart soft.
- [Optics say US lost in Iran – the power balance says otherwise](https://iwpost.com/optics-say-us-lost-in-iran-the-power-balance-says-otherwise/): Earlier this week, the United States Department of War restored the US Indo-Pacific Command’s name to the US Pacific Command, reversing an eight-year-old title change and restoring operational clarity.
- [8 countries condemn occupier violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/8-countries-condemn-occupier-violence-against-palestinians-in-occupied-west-bank/): The foreign ministers of eight countries on Thursday condemned escalating Israeli occupier violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including recent attacks on two mosques in northern Ramallah, Anadolu reports.
- [Red, White, and Blue Strawberries](https://iwpost.com/red-white-and-blue-strawberries/): Fresh strawberries dipped in creamy white chocolate and sparkling blue sugar for a simple, festive holiday treat.
- [Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-discovers-new-lightweight-backdoor-that-steals-cryptocurrency/): Microsoft says it has detected new self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives in search of cryptocurrency credentials, which it then sends to attacker-controlled servers.
- [Teen Tourist Dies in Central Park Trying to Save His Mom](https://iwpost.com/teen-tourist-dies-in-central-park-trying-to-save-his-mom/): A dream family trip to New York City turned into a nightmare when an 18-year-old tourist was thrown to his death from a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park while trying to save his mother.
- [Why US presidents end up cursing Benjamin Netanyahu](https://iwpost.com/why-us-presidents-end-up-cursing-benjamin-netanyahu/): When the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered a strike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on June 14, Donald Trump was not amused.
- [A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?](https://iwpost.com/a-bold-satellite-rescue-mission-came-together-in-record-time-but-will-it-work/): WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia—Just 10 months ago, NASA asked three companies if they could do something nobody had done before.
- [EU Council opening communication channels with Kremlin](https://iwpost.com/eu-council-opening-communication-channels-with-kremlin/): The office of European Council President Antonio Costa has made “brief contacts at diplomatic level” with ​the Kremlin in recent weeks “to open communication channels”, an EU official ‌said.
- [Macron plays ‘Trump whisperer’ as the US president signs Iran ceasefire deal after a successful G7 summit](https://iwpost.com/macron-plays-trump-whisperer-as-the-us-president-signs-iran-ceasefire-deal-after-a-successful-g7-summit/): For the French president, Emmanuel Macron, this year’s meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) in the spa town of Évian-les-Bains from June 15 to 17 had several pressing issues to address.
- [Sharif Signs US-Iran Memorandum as Mediator Ahead of Implementation Phase](https://iwpost.com/sharif-signs-us-iran-memorandum-as-mediator-ahead-of-implementation-phase/): Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, as a mediator, between the United States and Iran aimed at ending the war in the Middle East.
- [Police Chased the Wrong Man, Then Shot Him and Watched as He Bled Out](https://iwpost.com/police-chased-the-wrong-man-then-shot-him-and-watched-as-he-bled-out/): In the early hours of January 6, 2026, two 911 callers near Ypsilanti, Michigan, reported a white van driving erratically.
- [How China’s ‘red lines’ are quietly shaping global news reporting](https://iwpost.com/how-chinas-red-lines-are-quietly-shaping-global-news-reporting/): In late 2013, the then-editor in chief of Bloomberg News, Matthew Winkler, spiked an investigation into the hidden wealth of China’s elite.
- [Microsoft spots new self-propagating malware for stealing cryptocurrency](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-spots-new-self-propagating-malware-for-stealing-cryptocurrency/): Microsoft says it has detected new self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives in search of cryptocurrency credentials, which it then sends to attacker-controlled servers.
- [Under peace deal, US forces lift blockade on all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports](https://iwpost.com/under-peace-deal-us-forces-lift-blockade-on-all-maritime-traffic-entering-and-exiting-iranian-ports/): Commercial vessels and oil tankers preparing to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most critical strategic waterways for global trade flows, maintain their wait in the Gulf of Oman, on June 17, 2026.
- [Donald Trump’s Iran ceasefire deal prompts strong feelings and profane language](https://iwpost.com/donald-trumps-iran-ceasefire-deal-prompts-strong-feelings-and-profane-language/): After dining lavishly on lobster, caviar and truffles in the opulent surrounds of the Palace of Versailles last night, Donald Trump affixed his signature to the much-anticipated memorandum of understanding that will, all being well, begin a 60-day ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran.
- [The unavoidable prisoner: Aung San Suu Kyi at 81](https://iwpost.com/the-unavoidable-prisoner-aung-san-suu-kyi-at-81/): On June 19, Aung San Suu Kyi turns 81 in military custody.
- [As China looms, Taiwan makes more drones for defense and the US military](https://iwpost.com/as-china-looms-taiwan-makes-more-drones-for-defense-and-the-us-military/): Taiwan’s existence as a self-governing democracy may depend heavily on having enough military drones to discourage any attempted invasion by China’s military.
- [Italian government not planning social media ban for kids, says Meloni](https://iwpost.com/italian-government-not-planning-social-media-ban-for-kids-says-meloni/): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday said her government would not take the initiative to introduce a social media ban on teens like those in the works in France, the U.K and other countries.
- [Frank Sinatra’s Longtime Opening Act Dead at 86](https://iwpost.com/frank-sinatras-longtime-opening-act-dead-at-86/): Showbiz is mourning the death of legendary comedian Tom Dreesen, the beloved funnyman who stood beside Frank Sinatra for years and entertained generations with his unforgettable stories.
- [Israeli drones hit Lebanon soon after Trump, Iran sign peace deal](https://iwpost.com/israeli-drones-hit-lebanon-soon-after-trump-iran-sign-peace-deal/): Damage from an earlier attack.
- [US-Iran Deal Leaves Europe on the Sidelines in Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-deal-leaves-europe-on-the-sidelines-in-hormuz/): The announcement of an interim memorandum between the United States and Iran turned the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Évian from a test of Western coordination into a stage for a largely American diplomatic move.
- [After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring](https://iwpost.com/after-senate-vote-trump-admin-backs-off-plans-to-kill-ocean-monitoring/): In May, the federal government announced without warning that it would take apart a network of ocean monitoring systems that it had spent over $350 million to build.
- [A solution to data center backlash? Put them in oil fields.](https://iwpost.com/a-solution-to-data-center-backlash-put-them-in-oil-fields/): Most Americans loathe data centers.
- [Undercover Cops Infiltrated Delaney Hall ICE Protest to Spy and Make Arrest](https://iwpost.com/undercover-cops-infiltrated-delaney-hall-ice-protest-to-spy-and-make-arrest/): Detectives with the Newark Police Division of the city’s Department of Public Safety went undercover to infiltrate protests outside U.S.
- [Iran ceasefire deal confirms what we’ve been saying for years: military might doesn’t work](https://iwpost.com/iran-ceasefire-deal-confirms-what-weve-been-saying-for-years-military-might-doesnt-work/): What a disaster the war against Iran has been for Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.
- [Refugee numbers dropped in 2025 – but aid cuts and others trends suggest little to celebrate](https://iwpost.com/refugee-numbers-dropped-in-2025-but-aid-cuts-and-others-trends-suggest-little-to-celebrate/): There was surprisingly good news when the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, released its latest report on June 10: The number of displaced people in the world fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade.
- [Iran War cost US consumers $53 billion extra in raised gas prices](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-cost-us-consumers-53-billion-extra-in-raised-gas-prices/): Gas prices are displayed on a billboard in North Salt Lake, Utah, USA, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
- [The first long-duration resident of the ISS, a cosmonaut, has died](https://iwpost.com/the-first-long-duration-resident-of-the-iss-a-cosmonaut-has-died/): Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Samokutyaev, who served twice as a crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including during the final US space shuttle mission in 2011, has died at the age of 56.
- [Moscow hit by largest Ukrainian attack since start of Russia’s full-scale war](https://iwpost.com/moscow-hit-by-largest-ukrainian-attack-since-start-of-russias-full-scale-war/): Moscow has come under the largest Ukrainian attack since the start of the full-scale war, with close to 200 drones hitting targets around the Russian capital and setting columns of thick smoke billowing high into the sky.
- [The Boomerang: How America’s Semiconductor War Backfired](https://iwpost.com/the-boomerang-how-americas-semiconductor-war-backfired/): There is an ancient Chinese proverb that Washington strategists should have remembered: “When you shoot an arrow of revenge, dig two graves.” They didn’t listen.
- [Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago](https://iwpost.com/hunter-gatherers-in-siberia-died-of-a-plague-outbreak-5500-years-ago/): Plague swept through groups of hunter-gatherers in southeastern Siberia 5,500 years ago, leaving dozens dead in its wake—with DNA from Yersinia pestis bacteria still trapped inside their teeth.
- [Donald Trump’s popularity is at an all-time low. History says that matters](https://iwpost.com/donald-trumps-popularity-is-at-an-all-time-low-history-says-that-matters/): In his first term of office Donald Trump achieved the lowest average job approval ratings (41%) among Americans since the end of the second world war.
- [Iran gets Trump concessions, empty promises in return for little](https://iwpost.com/iran-gets-trump-concessions-empty-promises-in-return-for-little/): The leaders of the United States and Iran have signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding to end the war between their countries, as well as Israel’s military assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- [Sa’ar Cuts Off Contact With EU Foreign Policy Chief After ‘Apartheid’ Remarks](https://iwpost.com/saar-cuts-off-contact-with-eu-foreign-policy-chief-after-apartheid-remarks/): Israel has cut off contact with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas after Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused her of likening Israel to apartheid-era South Africa and demanded that she withdraw the remarks.
- [Mom Dies Shielding Son From Gunman During Facebook Marketplace Sale Gone Horribly Wrong](https://iwpost.com/mom-dies-shielding-son-from-gunman-during-facebook-marketplace-sale-gone-horribly-wrong/): An Indiana mother is being remembered as a hero after she was shot and killed while trying to protect her teenage son during a Facebook Marketplace robbery.
- [US-Iran deal leaves the future of Lebanon uncertain – and subject to Israel playing the spoiler](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-deal-leaves-the-future-of-lebanon-uncertain-and-subject-to-israel-playing-the-spoiler/): The United States and Iran inked a long-awaited provisional ceasefire deal on June 17, 2026.
- [A curious crossover: The Toyota C-HR review](https://iwpost.com/a-curious-crossover-the-toyota-c-hr-review/): After a slower start than its major rivals, Toyota has been making up for it with a flurry of new electric vehicles for the North American market.
- [Japan’s frigate sales pitch masks a wider regional power play](https://iwpost.com/japans-frigate-sales-pitch-masks-a-wider-regional-power-play/): Japan isn’t just selling warships — it’s quietly building a new Indo-Pacific security architecture in the shadow of China’s rise, amid uncertainty in US leadership.
- [Netherlands records first euthanasia case involving a child under 12](https://iwpost.com/netherlands-records-first-euthanasia-case-involving-a-child-under-12/): A child under the age of 12 has died through euthanasia for the first time since the law was changed two years ago.
- [New survey finds decline in trust of US among key allies under Trump](https://iwpost.com/new-survey-finds-decline-in-trust-of-us-among-key-allies-under-trump/): Confidence in the United States as a reliable partner has fallen sharply among many of Washington’s closest allies, a new survey found on Tuesday, with President Donald Trump receiving lower trust ratings than Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump may be mystery patient in odd case of 79yo getting experimental obesity drug](https://iwpost.com/trump-may-be-mystery-patient-in-odd-case-of-79yo-getting-experimental-obesity-drug/): In an extremely odd case, a single 79-year-old patient was granted early access to Eli Lilly’s powerful, still-experimental obesity drug retatrutide through the Food and Drug Administration’s “compassionate use” program—raising immediate questions if that sole patient is President Donald Trump, according to a report by Stat News.
- [The contested legacy of Edmund Dene Morel – the man who exposed the murderous exploits of King Leopold II in the Belgian Congo](https://iwpost.com/the-contested-legacy-of-edmund-dene-morel-the-man-who-exposed-the-murderous-exploits-of-king-leopold-ii-in-the-belgian-congo/): Young shipping clerk Edmund Dene Morel was working as for the Liverpool firm Elder Dempster when he noticed what appeared to be a discrepancy in the figures.
- [Longtime Fed chair, Ayn Rand disciple Alan Greenspan dead at 100](https://iwpost.com/longtime-fed-chair-ayn-rand-disciple-alan-greenspan-dead-at-100/): Ayn Rand and her husband, right, were in the room when Greenspan, center, was sworn in as chair of President Gerald Ford's Council of Economic Advisors.
- [IDF Strikes Armed Terrorist Cell in Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah Claims Ceasefire Breach](https://iwpost.com/idf-strikes-armed-terrorist-cell-in-southern-lebanon-hezbollah-claims-ceasefire-breach/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday that it carried out a strike against an armed terrorist cell operating near Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement between the sides.
- [Everyone pays the price as patent holders on seeds stifle innovation](https://iwpost.com/everyone-pays-the-price-as-patent-holders-on-seeds-stifle-innovation/): The United States is one of only a handful of countries that allows companies to hold patents on plant varieties.
- [Young Skydiver Killed Instantly After Plane Wing Struck His Neck](https://iwpost.com/young-skydiver-killed-instantly-after-plane-wing-struck-his-neck/): A 21-year-old skydiver died in a freak accident after he was struck in the neck by a plane’s wing during a jump gone horribly wrong, investigators said.
- [Arrest warrant issued for former EU Commissioner Avramopoulos over Qatargate](https://iwpost.com/arrest-warrant-issued-for-former-eu-commissioner-avramopoulos-over-qatargate/): Belgian authorities issued a European arrest warrant for Greece’s former European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, in connection with the Qatargate scandal, according to two senior Greek officials involved in the judicial process who were granted anonymity as they were not authorized to speak on the issue.
- [Israel is out of control — and no, it’s not just Netanyahu](https://iwpost.com/israel-is-out-of-control-and-no-its-not-just-netanyahu/): Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference in Jerusalem on June 15, 2026.
- [A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing](https://iwpost.com/a-us-military-exercise-in-space-got-underway-with-barely-anyone-noticing/): Rocket Lab quietly launched a small satellite from New Zealand on Friday in a high-flying military exercise to test the US Space Force’s ability to rapidly respond to a crisis in low-Earth orbit.
- [Rep. Adriano Espaillat Was Slow to Help Mahmoud Khalil. It Could Cost Him His Seat.](https://iwpost.com/rep-adriano-espaillat-was-slow-to-help-mahmoud-khalil-it-could-cost-him-his-seat/): Eleven months after unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil from his home in Morningside Heights, he met with his congressional representative, Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., for the first time.
- [I Cold-Called President Trump. Here’s What He Told Me About an Oil Tycoon and Major Donor.](https://iwpost.com/i-cold-called-president-trump-heres-what-he-told-me-about-an-oil-tycoon-and-major-donor/): My family’s morning routine is usually pretty ordinary. We wake up early, drink some coffee and get our 1-year-old ready for daycare.
- [Secret meeting held between senior Hamas officials and French delegation](https://iwpost.com/secret-meeting-held-between-senior-hamas-officials-and-french-delegation/): A secret meeting was recently held between senior officials from Hamas’s political bureau and a French delegation that included current and former diplomats as well as members of the French parliament.
- [NHTSA investigating alleged Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home](https://iwpost.com/nhtsa-investigating-alleged-tesla-autopilot-crash-that-killed-woman-in-her-home/): An elderly Texas woman tragically died Friday after a man who told police he was relying on his Tesla Model 3’s automated driver-assistance mode lost control and crashed his car into her family’s home.
- [Surging dollar battering Asia’s most fragile currencies](https://iwpost.com/surging-dollar-battering-asias-most-fragile-currencies/): TOKYO — Kevin Warsh’s arrival at Federal Reserve headquarters isn’t playing out the way Asia hoped.
- [Pressure mounts on Spanish PM Sánchez after former minister is convicted of corruption](https://iwpost.com/pressure-mounts-on-spanish-pm-sanchez-after-former-minister-is-convicted-of-corruption/): Corruption cases keep pummeling Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whose former transport minister and key ally, José Luis Ábalos, was sentenced on Monday to 24 years in prison for rigging public contracts for face masks and other medical supplies in exchange for kickbacks at the height of the Covid pandemic.
- [Honey Butter Skillet Corn](https://iwpost.com/honey-butter-skillet-corn/): Honey Butter Skillet Corn is a quick, creamy, sweet, and savory side dish made with frozen corn, butter, honey, cream cheese, salt, and pepper.
- [Alan Greenspan, Who Led Federal Reserve for Nearly 2 Decades, Dies at 100 ](https://iwpost.com/alan-greenspan-who-led-federal-reserve-for-nearly-2-decades-dies-at-100/): Alan Greenspan, the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve who helped shape US economic policy for nearly two decades and guided the central bank through a prolonged period of economic expansion, died on Monday at his home in Washington, D.C.
- [Valve's Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won't be able to buy one yet](https://iwpost.com/valves-steam-machine-ships-june-29-for-1049-but-you-probably-wont-be-able-to-buy-one-yet/): The Steam Machine is almost here.
- [Movie Star Reveals Shocking Reason She Walked Away from Hollywood](https://iwpost.com/movie-star-reveals-shocking-reason-she-walked-away-from-hollywood/): For millions of fans, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a perfect slice of 1980s movie magic.
- [China’s humanoid robots moving in as Asia’s workforce ages out](https://iwpost.com/chinas-humanoid-robots-moving-in-as-asias-workforce-ages-out/): While the world focuses on the “tech cold war” and “de-risking” between the US and China, a quiet “tech truce” is unfolding at the baggage loading areas of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
- [With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit](https://iwpost.com/with-starfall-spacex-eyes-an-edge-in-global-cargo-delivery-from-orbit/): A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Tuesday to test a new reentry vehicle designed to deliver cargo anywhere in the world from low-Earth orbit.
- [Washington brought a memorandum to a war made of history](https://iwpost.com/washington-brought-a-memorandum-to-a-war-made-of-history/): US Vice President JD Vance and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during talks between the US and Iran, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, at the Buergenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, June 21, 2026.
- [Former US Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies aged 100](https://iwpost.com/former-us-fed-chair-alan-greenspan-dies-aged-100/): Former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, his family said on Monday. He was 100.
- [UN committee warns Palestinian children increasingly unprotected amid pressure on rights groups](https://iwpost.com/un-committee-warns-palestinian-children-increasingly-unprotected-amid-pressure-on-rights-groups/): The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Monday warned that Palestinian children are being left increasingly unprotected as human rights defenders and humanitarian organizations are forced to halt or scale back their work in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Gaza and the West Bank, Anadolu reports.
- [Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs](https://iwpost.com/following-user-outcry-amd-reinstates-memory-encryption-in-consumer-cpus/): Consumer AMD CPUs will once again offer encryption protections against physical attacks after facing user backlash for silently removing the feature.
- [Trump threatens to invade Iran, torpedoing Swiss peace talks](https://iwpost.com/trump-threatens-to-invade-iran-torpedoing-swiss-peace-talks/): US President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran and send US forces to occupy the country on Sunday appear to have derailed peace negotiations in Switzerland, with the Iranian delegation reportedly walking out and demanding an apology.
- [Montreal Police Confirms 3 Dead After Côte-des-Neiges Shooting](https://iwpost.com/montreal-police-confirms-3-dead-after-cote-des-neiges-shooting/): Montreal police announced on Monday that three people were dead after a shooting incident in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood.
- [Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect.](https://iwpost.com/man-used-massage-gun-on-his-tired-eyeballs-it-went-as-well-as-youd-expect/): For our weary eyeballs, strained and tired from long periods locked onto screens, rest and relaxation can do wonders.
- [Jeffrey Epstein ‘Exploited’ Bill Gates’ Marriage](https://iwpost.com/jeffrey-epstein-exploited-bill-gates-marriage/): Melinda French Gates never trusted Jeffrey Epstein — and according to a bombshell new column, she may have been the only one in Bill Gates’ inner circle who saw the warning signs clearly.
- [Heatwave tightens its grip on Europe](https://iwpost.com/heatwave-tightens-its-grip-on-europe/): A prolonged heatwave is expected to grip much of Italy until at least the end of June, with temperatures forecast to reach 39°C across large parts of the country, according to weather service iLMeteo.it.
- [Lebanon tries to find a place on the map](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-tries-to-find-a-place-on-the-map/): In the jigsaw puzzle of Middle East peace talks under way, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun is trying to remind the warring parties in the current Middle East wars that his country is important, too.
- [Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets](https://iwpost.com/report-kennedy-space-center-not-ready-for-era-of-super-heavy-rockets/): NASA’s infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center, the crown jewel of US spaceports, is aging and approaching its limit due to increased demand from private companies, including SpaceX and Blue Origin, a new report finds.
- [Connecticut: Have You Called 911 for Help? Tell Us About Your Experience.](https://iwpost.com/connecticut-have-you-called-911-for-help-tell-us-about-your-experience/): Have you called 911 for a medical emergency in Connecticut?
- [Lebanon building damage in Israeli attacks estimated at $1.38B](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-building-damage-in-israeli-attacks-estimated-at-1-38b/): The direct cost of damage to buildings in southern Lebanon due to the recent Israeli offensive on the country exceeded $1.38 billion, with rubble estimated at around 3.1 million cubic meters, a UN agency and a Lebanese research center said Monday.
- [GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers](https://iwpost.com/gm-installs-robots-at-flagship-ev-factory-after-laying-off-1300-workers/): Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors’ flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit—even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed to be a temporary layoff.
- [Keir Starmer latest casualty in Britain’s premiership carousel](https://iwpost.com/keir-starmer-latest-casualty-in-britains-premiership-carousel/): Keir Starmer has resigned as leader of the Labour party, and so in time as the UK’s prime minister.
- [Iran Rejects Vance’s Claim It Approved Return of IAEA Inspectors ](https://iwpost.com/iran-rejects-vances-claim-it-approved-return-of-iaea-inspectors/): Iran on Monday disputed Vice President JD Vance’s assertion that Tehran had agreed to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) back into the country, with Iranian media reporting that no such approval has been granted.
- [Two MEPs face hate speech complaints after EU deportation vote](https://iwpost.com/two-meps-face-hate-speech-complaints-after-eu-deportation-vote/): European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (EPP,MT) must decide whether to sanction two MEPs accused of hate speech following last week’s vote on new EU migration rules.
- [Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake](https://iwpost.com/polymarkets-viral-videos-showed-people-winning-big-but-the-bets-were-fake/): Polymarket paid dozens of social media users to film themselves making fake bets for a promotion that aimed to convince people they can strike it rich on the prediction market, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation published on Saturday.
- [Trump’s Private Nickname for Barron Revealed](https://iwpost.com/trumps-private-nickname-for-barron-revealed/): Barron Trump may be one of the most private members of the Trump family, but a new behind-the-scenes detail is giving the public a rare peek at his bond with his famous father.
- [China sanctions US defense, rare earth firms in retaliation](https://iwpost.com/china-sanctions-us-defense-rare-earth-firms-in-retaliation/): China hit back at Washington on Monday with a sweeping two-pronged retaliation, barring government departments from buying products from 46 US defense contractors and blacklisting 10 American companies from receiving Chinese dual-use exports.
- [America’s data center backlash is bipartisan — can it stay that way?](https://iwpost.com/americas-data-center-backlash-is-bipartisan-can-it-stay-that-way/): This month, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, unveiled a set of sweeping recommendations to rein in rampant data center development, urging Texas lawmakers to aggressively regulate the tech industry in a state that has a reputation for welcoming new development with open arms.
- [Doorbell cam filmed alleged Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home](https://iwpost.com/doorbell-cam-filmed-alleged-tesla-autopilot-crash-that-killed-woman-in-her-home/): An elderly Texas woman tragically died Friday after a man relying on his Tesla Model 3’s automated driver-assistance mode lost control and crashed his car into her family’s home.
- [Do You Work or Volunteer for Connecticut’s Emergency Medical Services? We Want to Hear From You.](https://iwpost.com/do-you-work-or-volunteer-for-connecticuts-emergency-medical-services-we-want-to-hear-from-you/): ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror, two nonprofit newsrooms, are examining the state’s emergency medical services and what it takes to provide lifesaving care across the state.
- [Will the US-Iran talks in Switzerland deliver peace? It’s unlikely](https://iwpost.com/will-the-us-iran-talks-in-switzerland-deliver-peace-its-unlikely/): When it was signed at the end of the G7 summit on June 17, the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough.
- [Peace or not, the Middle East will now lean more toward China](https://iwpost.com/peace-or-not-the-middle-east-will-now-lean-more-toward-china/): The most important question about the US-Israel-Iran war is no longer one of who has lost.
- [What happens next? How the UK will choose Starmer’s successor](https://iwpost.com/what-happens-next-how-the-uk-will-choose-starmers-successor/): Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would resign, with a new leader ​to be in place by the time parliament ‌returns in September, paving the way for Britain to have its seventh leader in 10 years.
- [Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians in southern occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-kills-2-palestinians-in-southern-occupied-west-bank/): The Israeli army killed two Palestinians and wounded two others in the southern occupied West Bank early Monday, the Health Ministry said.
- [Trump-Backed De la Espriella Wins Colombia Presidency by Narrow Margin](https://iwpost.com/trump-backed-de-la-espriella-wins-colombia-presidency-by-narrow-margin/): Abelardo de la Espriella won Colombia’s presidential runoff election by a narrow margin, defeating left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda after campaigning on promises to combat crime, reduce bureaucracy and strengthen the economy.
- [Lucid lays off 1,500 workers in second big cut of the year](https://iwpost.com/lucid-lays-off-1500-workers-in-second-big-cut-of-the-year/): Just three months ago, Lucid Motors showed off a new midsize electric vehicle platform that it said would give rise to a number of new vehicles in the coming years.
- [Iranian foreign minister declares ‘major progress’ in peace talks](https://iwpost.com/iranian-foreign-minister-declares-major-progress-in-peace-talks/): Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, center, and Speaker of the Islamic Parliament Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, left, arrive Sunday for the peace talks at Lucerne, Switzerland.
- [This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it](https://iwpost.com/this-former-hacker-saw-the-light-and-now-wants-to-collect-all-of-it/): BLUEMONT, Va.—From an overlook in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Dan Roelker gazed across the green splendor of the Shenandoah Valley.
- [Fire Rips Through 173-Year-Old NYC Church (Video)](https://iwpost.com/fire-rips-through-173-year-old-nyc-church-video/): A massive fire tore through a historic Brooklyn church on Friday, sending thick black smoke into the sky and causing the building’s steeple to collapse in a devastating scene witnesses described as a total loss.
- [Ryanair extends CEO O’Leary’s contract to 2032 with possible €150 million bonus](https://iwpost.com/ryanair-extends-ceo-olearys-contract-to-2032-with-possible-e150-million-bonus/): Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has extended his contract to 2032, the budget airline said, in a deal which includes a bonus scheme that could earn the 65-year-old ​Irishman more than €150 million ($172 million).
- [Butter Swim Biscuits](https://iwpost.com/butter-swim-biscuits/): Butter Swim Biscuits are soft, fluffy buttermilk biscuits baked right in a pool of melted butter.
- [Cheesy Potato Egg Scramble](https://iwpost.com/cheesy-potato-egg-scramble/): Fluffy eggs, golden potatoes, and melted cheddar make this Cheesy Potato Egg Scramble cozy, hearty, and perfect for breakfast or brunch.
- [“A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid](https://iwpost.com/a-huge-grab-of-power-trump-is-defying-congress-on-foreign-aid/): A Constitutional Crisis: Congress gave orders to Trump officials on foreign aid spending, but officials have largely refused to follow many of them, likely in violation of the law, experts say.
- [China in hot pursuit of a wave-skimming hypersonic edge](https://iwpost.com/china-in-hot-pursuit-of-a-wave-skimming-hypersonic-edge/): China’s pursuit of a sea-skimming hypersonic missile could redefine naval warfare in the Pacific — but only if it can overcome the immense technical and operational barriers standing in its way.
- [Can Hate Speech Be Stopped?](https://iwpost.com/can-hate-speech-be-stopped/): In the new battleground for Jewish life, the fight is no longer only over policy, memory, or public opinion.
- [How Donald Trump has changed the way diplomacy is done](https://iwpost.com/how-donald-trump-has-changed-the-way-diplomacy-is-done/): The negotiations to end the US-Iran war, resulting in the signing of a memorandum of understanding on June 17, have been something of an acid test of Donald Trump’s approach to diplomacy.
- [Israel plans to reduce forces in southern Lebanon under US pressure ahead of Lebanese army deployment](https://iwpost.com/israel-plans-to-reduce-forces-in-southern-lebanon-under-us-pressure-ahead-of-lebanese-army-deployment/): The Israeli army is expected to reduce the size of its ground forces operating in southern Lebanon, according to a report published on Sunday by Israeli public broadcaster KAN.
- [Why Gaza’s genocide death toll is deliberately undercounted](https://iwpost.com/why-gazas-genocide-death-toll-is-deliberately-undercounted/): The mainstream media has no problem guesstimating the deaths (500,000) from the Assad dictatorship’s civil war in Syria, nor the estimated deaths in the wars in Ukraine, Sudan or Iran.
- [Starmer Announces Resignation as UK Prime Minister Amid Growing Pressure from Burnham](https://iwpost.com/starmer-announces-resignation-as-uk-prime-minister-amid-growing-pressure-from-burnham/): British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday, saying he had informed King Charles III of his decision and triggered a Labour leadership contest.
- [Fan Runs Onto NASCAR Track During Race and Tries to Climb into Driver’s Car](https://iwpost.com/fan-runs-onto-nascar-track-during-race-and-tries-to-climb-into-drivers-car/): A wild NASCAR moment unfolded in San Diego when a fan jumped a fence, stormed onto the track during a race, and tried to talk his way into a driver’s car.
- [The Caspian Sea has lost an area nearly the size of Sicily: human activities are a major reason why](https://iwpost.com/the-caspian-sea-has-lost-an-area-nearly-the-size-of-sicily-human-activities-are-a-major-reason-why/): The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on Earth, is shrinking. Not fluctuating, not entering another natural cycle, but shrinking.
- [Reading the air on being Japanese](https://iwpost.com/reading-the-air-on-being-japanese/): As birth rates fall and countries turn to immigration to address their labor shortages, a lot of countries around the world are struggling with crises of national identity.
- [Netanyahu Says as Long as He’s PM, ‘Iran … Will Never Have a Nuclear Weapon’](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-as-long-as-hes-pm-iran-will-never-have-a-nuclear-weapon/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the JNS International Policy Summit on Sunday that Israel’s military campaigns against Iran and its regional allies have removed major threats to the country’s security, defended Israel’s continued presence in security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza, and pledged that Iran will never obtain a nuclear weapon while he remains in office.
- [How America’s war crowned Iran as the Gulf’s new hegemon](https://iwpost.com/how-americas-war-crowned-iran-as-the-gulfs-new-hegemon/): There is a particular irony — the kind that history savors — in the fact that the United States set out in February 2026 to destroy Iran as a regional power and instead ended up cementing its dominance.
- [Iran says Switzerland talks with US focus on ending war, easing sanctions, releasing frozen assets](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-switzerland-talks-with-us-focus-on-ending-war-easing-sanctions-releasing-frozen-assets/): Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that talks in Switzerland are focused on implementing key provisions of the June 18 memorandum of understanding with the US, including ending the war, easing sanctions, and releasing frozen Iranian assets, Anadolu reports.
- [Rock Legend Suffers Frightening Health Scare During Concert (Video)](https://iwpost.com/rock-legend-suffers-frightening-health-scare-during-concert-video/): Rod Stewart gave fans a scare during a concert in Utah after he appeared to struggle on stage and needed help from an oxygen tank before continuing the show.
- [Mark Levin: ‘Regardless of Who Is President or Prime Minister, the Iranian Regime Must Be Destroyed’](https://iwpost.com/mark-levin-regardless-of-who-is-president-or-prime-minister-the-iranian-regime-must-be-destroyed/): Conservative commentator Mark Levin remarked at the JNS International Policy Summit that the United States and Israel have achieved unprecedented military cooperation against Iran, while arguing that the Iranian regime remains an existential threat that ultimately cannot be contained through diplomacy alone.
- [Hezbollah rejects Israel’s ‘free rein’ to carry out attacks amid Lebanon ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-rejects-israels-free-rein-to-carry-out-attacks-amid-lebanon-ceasefire/): Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Sunday rejected any ceasefire that grants Israel a “free rein” to carry out attacks in Lebanon, Anadolu reports.
- [Gen. Avivi: US Should Have Taken Military Control of Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/gen-avivi-us-should-have-taken-military-control-of-strait-of-hormuz/): “As a general, I must say I’m very, very surprised the US didn’t take over militarily the strait,” Brig. Gen. (ret.)
- [Trump admin’s coal investments assist plants with repeated violations](https://iwpost.com/trump-admins-coal-investments-assist-plants-with-repeated-violations/): In 2023, after years of pollution, equipment failures, and health concerns, the Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee was slated to close within the decade.
- [Donald Trump Sparks New Health Fears with Bizarre Post](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-sparks-new-health-fears-with-bizarre-post/): President Donald Trump set off a wave of confusion after posting a photo of an unidentified woman online and appearing to refer to her as his daughter.
- [Efforts to save kelp forests from ocean warming are ramping up](https://iwpost.com/efforts-to-save-kelp-forests-from-ocean-warming-are-ramping-up/): In the coastal waters off British Columbia, tribal volunteers from the Haida Nation dive for purple sea urchins amid a dense forest of rippling golden-brown kelp fronds.
- [Rainbow Antipasto Pasta Salad](https://iwpost.com/rainbow-antipasto-pasta-salad/): Rainbow Antipasto Pasta Salad is colorful, bold, easy to make, and packed with classic antipasto flavor.
- [1st round of 4-party Iran-US talks concludes in Switzerland](https://iwpost.com/1st-round-of-4-party-iran-us-talks-concludes-in-switzerland/): The first round of four-party talks involving Iran and the US, with mediation by Qatar and Pakistan, has concluded in Switzerland, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday, citing a source familiar with the Iranian negotiating team.
- [Sugar Cookie Berry Cobbler](https://iwpost.com/sugar-cookie-berry-cobbler/): Warm Sugar Cookie Berry Cobbler with sweet berries, golden cookie topping, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- [IDF Says Gaza Strikes Killed Hamas Financiers and Al Jazeera Cameraman Who Was a Sniper ](https://iwpost.com/idf-says-gaza-strikes-killed-hamas-financiers-and-al-jazeera-cameraman-who-was-a-sniper/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it killed two senior terrorist operatives in southern Gaza last week who allegedly helped transfer more than half a billion shekels to Hamas, while also identifying an Al Jazeera cameraman killed in a separate strike as a Hamas sniper.
- [Rosie O’Donnell to Replace Kimmel on Late-Night Show](https://iwpost.com/rosie-odonnell-to-replace-kimmel-on-late-night-show/): Jimmy Kimmel is taking a break from late night — and he’s handing the mic to one of President Donald Trump’s most famous celebrity enemies.
- [Review: Widow's Bay is a boldly original take on comedic horror](https://iwpost.com/review-widows-bay-is-a-boldly-original-take-on-comedic-horror/): Widow’s Bay, the delightfully eccentric new comedic horror series from Apple TV, is easily one of the best new series of the year.
- [Jordan executes 6 individuals on alleged terrorism charges](https://iwpost.com/jordan-executes-6-individuals-on-alleged-terrorism-charges/): Jordan has executed six persons who were convicted in separate terrorism and criminal cases tied to attacks that killed members of the Jordanian army and the Public Security Directorate, the Jordanian government said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [Attack on Syrian Judge Highlights Ongoing ISIS Sleeper Cell Threat ](https://iwpost.com/attack-on-syrian-judge-highlights-ongoing-isis-sleeper-cell-threat/): [DAMASCUS] The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an attack that seriously wounded a senior judicial official in the Damascus countryside, reigniting concerns about the continued presence of the group’s sleeper cells in areas surrounding the Syrian capital.
- [How Brexit is estimated to have hit the UK economy](https://iwpost.com/how-brexit-is-estimated-to-have-hit-the-uk-economy/): Britain’s economy has seen weak growth overall since it left the European Union at the start of 2020, though disentangling the effects of Brexit from the COVID-19 pandemic which hit Europe weeks later ​has been hard for analysts.
- [King Charles’ Secret One-Word Nickname for Meghan Markle Revealed](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-secret-one-word-nickname-for-meghan-markle-revealed/): King Charles reportedly had a private nickname for Meghan Markle when she was still part of the royal family — and it was not exactly soft and sweet.
- [What Indonesia’s finance chief really brought back from Beijing](https://iwpost.com/what-indonesias-finance-chief-really-brought-back-from-beijing/): When Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa landed in Beijing last week, the official agenda appeared straightforward: secure support for Indonesia’s first sovereign Panda Bond, deepen financial cooperation with China and strengthen investor confidence.
- [Coffee firms ill-prepared for EU rules on living wages, report finds](https://iwpost.com/coffee-firms-ill-prepared-for-eu-rules-on-living-wages-report-finds/): None of the world’s top coffee roasters and ​traders have committed to paying farmers a living income even though ‌this is set to become a legal obligation for large companies operating in the EU from 2029, according to a major coffee sector report.
- [Apart from China, Asia isn’t afraid of a remilitarizing Japan](https://iwpost.com/apart-from-china-asia-isnt-afraid-of-a-remilitarizing-japan/): China is harping non-stop about resurging Japanese “militarism” – but almost nobody in the Asia-Pacific region is listening – or believes it.
- [Medico: Israel’s white phosphorus and glyphosate point back to Germany’s Bayer group](https://iwpost.com/medico-israels-white-phosphorus-and-glyphosate-point-back-to-germanys-bayer-group/): Human rights organisation Medico International and the German network “Coordination gegen Bayer-Gefahren“ (Coordination against Bayer Dangers, CBG) have reported that the glyphosate and white phosphorus used by the Israeli occupation forces in Lebanon which were presumably of German origin.
- [CENTCOM Challenges Iranian Claim of Hormuz Closure as Negotiators Head to Switzerland ](https://iwpost.com/centcom-challenges-iranian-claim-of-hormuz-closure-as-negotiators-head-to-switzerland/): The United States and Iran offered conflicting accounts Saturday over the status of the Strait of Hormuz as officials prepared for negotiations in Switzerland on Sunday involving senior representatives from both countries.
- [Once a Target of TrackAIPAC, Ro Khanna Gains Its Endorsement](https://iwpost.com/once-a-target-of-trackaipac-ro-khanna-gains-its-endorsement/): After a resounding primary victory and ahead of a potential presidential run in 2028, progressive California lawmaker Ro Khanna has received the endorsement of the influential advocacy and watchdog group TrackAIPAC, known for posting red cards of lawmakers and candidates who receive money from the pro-Israel lobby.
- [Boys Hailed Heroes After Saving ‘Scared’ and Injured Elderly Woman](https://iwpost.com/boys-hailed-heroes-after-saving-scared-and-injured-elderly-woman/): Two 13-year-old boys in Iowa are being hailed as heroes after a simple bike ride turned into a life-saving rescue.
- [British presenter Jeremy Clarkson reveals he has cancer on TV show](https://iwpost.com/british-presenter-jeremy-clarkson-reveals-he-has-cancer-on-tv-show/): British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson, best known for hosting the “Top Gear” motoring show, has revealed that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate ​cancer.
- [Sharif Heads to Switzerland as US and Iranian Teams Prepare for MoU Negotiations](https://iwpost.com/sharif-heads-to-switzerland-as-us-and-iranian-teams-prepare-for-mou-negotiations/): Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accompanied by the Chief of Defense Forces and Field Marshal Asim Munir, departed Islamabad for Switzerland.
- [2 Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, violating ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/2-lebanese-soldiers-killed-in-israeli-airstrikes-in-southern-lebanon-violating-ceasefire/): Two Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in two separate Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army said in a statement, Anadolu reports.
- [Why Carbon Capture Can’t Conceivably Solve Climate Change](https://iwpost.com/why-carbon-capture-cant-conceivably-solve-climate-change/): For more than 40 years, oil companies have been funding research at prestigious universities into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas.
- [Why a development project linked to Donald Trump’s son-in-law has rocked Albania](https://iwpost.com/why-a-development-project-linked-to-donald-trumps-son-in-law-has-rocked-albania/): Thousands of Albanians have been taking to the streets of their capital, Tirana, for over three weeks now to oppose a luxury coastal resort project backed by Jared Kushner, the son‑in‑law of the US president, Donald Trump.
- [Hundreds of Palestinians protest Israeli policies of home demolitions in Negev](https://iwpost.com/hundreds-of-palestinians-protest-israeli-policies-of-home-demolitions-in-negev/): Hundreds of Palestinians protested Thursday in Beersheba in Israel’s southern Negev region against Israeli policies of home demolitions and land confiscation targeting Bedouin communities in the area, Anadolu reports.
- [OPINION – Beyond the Day After: A Strategy To Accelerate Iran’s Democratic Transition](https://iwpost.com/opinion-beyond-the-day-after-a-strategy-to-accelerate-irans-democratic-transition/): The recently announced understanding between Washington and the Islamic Republic of Iran has once again sparked debate among opponents of the Islamic regime.
- [EU names ex-Dutch defence minister as EEAS secretary-general](https://iwpost.com/eu-names-ex-dutch-defence-minister-as-eeas-secretary-general/): Former Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren has been appointed secretary general of the European External Action Service, the EU’s foreign policy wing.
- [Two Republicans flip votes, blocking Iran war powers resolution](https://iwpost.com/two-republicans-flip-votes-blocking-iran-war-powers-resolution/): Senator Bill Cassidy.
- [Feds deny Polestar authorization to sell cars in US from model year 2027](https://iwpost.com/feds-deny-polestar-authorization-to-sell-cars-in-us-from-model-year-2027/): The electric car brand Polestar’s days in the US are seriously numbered.
- [Establishment Democrats to the Dustbin of History](https://iwpost.com/establishment-democrats-to-the-dustbin-of-history/): When Hakeem Jeffries, who’s positioning himself to be House speaker if the Democrats retake the chamber come November, was shown on the screen at an election party full of socialists in Brooklyn Tuesday night, the crowd chanted, “You’re next!
- [The flaws at the heart of Donald Trump’s Iran ceasefire deal](https://iwpost.com/the-flaws-at-the-heart-of-donald-trumps-iran-ceasefire-deal/): The world sighed in relief when Donald Trump agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to finally end the conflict with Iran on June 17.
- [Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory](https://iwpost.com/apple-ratchets-up-prices-blames-the-cost-of-memory/): Apple bumped its prices across much of its product lineup today, in some cases adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of a new Macintosh.
- [Boy Injured in 50-Foot Fall from Disneyland Ride](https://iwpost.com/boy-injured-in-50-foot-fall-from-disneyland-ride/): A terrifying scare unfolded at Disneyland after a 13-year-old boy reportedly climbed out of a log ride moments before its final 50-foot plunge.
- [Trump wants $87.6 billion to pay for his war in Iran, etc.](https://iwpost.com/trump-wants-87-6-billion-to-pay-for-his-war-in-iran-etc/): WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sent Congress a request Wednesday for $87.6 billion in emergency funding to cover the cost of the war in Iran and other expenses.
- [India’s passport clarification fuels questions over citizenship documentation](https://iwpost.com/indias-passport-clarification-fuels-questions-over-citizenship-documentation/): India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has clarified that an Indian passport is primarily a travel document and should not be regarded as conclusive proof of citizenship, according to Indian media reports.
- [Carbon Captured](https://iwpost.com/carbon-captured/): An investigation by ProPublica and Drilled has found that fossil fuel companies have been funding climate research at prestigious U.S.
- [Oman-Iran Statement Opens Door to New Fight Over Strait Fees](https://iwpost.com/oman-iran-statement-opens-door-to-new-fight-over-strait-fees/): Giorgia Valente’s report turns a diplomatic footnote into the main event: The fight over the Strait of Hormuz is no longer only about warships, missiles, or oil tankers, but about the loaded language of “services,” “costs,” and “no charge.” The result is a classic Gulf power struggle conducted through commas, clauses, and public messaging.
- [Disney agreed to $50M settlement over claims it made live-TV streaming expensive](https://iwpost.com/disney-agreed-to-50m-settlement-over-claims-it-made-live-tv-streaming-expensive/): The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay $50 million to subscribers of YouTube TV and DirecTV’s live TV streaming services to settle a lawsuit that claimed that Disney forced these services to raise their prices.
- [AI frenzy makes Asia ripe for a ‘chip wreck’](https://iwpost.com/ai-frenzy-makes-asia-ripe-for-a-chip-wreck/): TOKYO – No one complains about holding a winning lottery ticket.
- [Gaza shifts US politics as pro-Israel lobby suffers setback in New York primaries](https://iwpost.com/gaza-shifts-us-politics-as-pro-israel-lobby-suffers-setback-in-new-york-primaries/): New York City’s Democratic primary elections have highlighted a growing shift in attitudes towards Israel among Democratic voters, after three progressive candidates secured notable victories that were seen as a blow to the traditional party establishment and the political influence of pro-Israel groups, particularly the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
- [IBM claims world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology](https://iwpost.com/ibm-claims-worlds-first-sub-1-nanometer-chip-technology/): A new chip architecture from IBM can integrate nearly 100 billion transistors on a chip the size of a human fingernail—nearly twice the transistor density of the company’s previous generation of chip technology.
- [The Intercept Sues to Uncover Secretive Government Anti-Protester Database](https://iwpost.com/the-intercept-sues-to-uncover-secretive-government-anti-protester-database/): The Intercept is challenging the U.S.
- [Race to record China’s vanishing Dong minority heritage](https://iwpost.com/race-to-record-chinas-vanishing-dong-minority-heritage/): The Dong people in China are an Indigenous ethnic group who are known to have lived in the mountainous regions of southwestern China for about 600 years.
- [Renault plans 800 job cuts in engineering in France](https://iwpost.com/renault-plans-800-job-cuts-in-engineering-in-france/): French automaker Renault Group is planning to cut 800 engineering jobs in France by ​the end of 2027 in a bid to make its organisation ‌leaner to better compete with Chinese rivals.
- [Underpromise, overdeliver? Hands-on with the $24,950 Slate auto.](https://iwpost.com/underpromise-overdeliver-hands-on-with-the-24950-slate-auto/): Slate provided flights from San Francisco to Los Angeles and accommodation so Ars could ride in the Slate truck. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [Grammy Winner Told She Had Just One Week to Live](https://iwpost.com/grammy-winner-told-she-had-just-one-week-to-live/): Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Muni Long is opening up about a terrifying health battle that nearly cost her life.
- [East Asia’s biotech autonomy push is already stunting innovation](https://iwpost.com/east-asias-biotech-autonomy-push-is-already-stunting-innovation/): The US-China technology rivalry is expanding into biotechnology, with export controls and investment restrictions opening a new front in strategic competition.
- [Ultra-Orthodox Anti-Draft Convoys Snarl Traffic Across Israel](https://iwpost.com/ultra-orthodox-anti-draft-convoys-snarl-traffic-across-israel/): Ultra-Orthodox protesters disrupted traffic across Israel on Wednesday, with slow-moving convoys and road blockages opposing efforts to draft yeshiva students into the military, as police moved to keep demonstrators from reaching Military Prison 10 near Kfar Yona.
- [One-two punch delivered in global operation disrupts cybercrime "assembly line"](https://iwpost.com/one-two-punch-delivered-in-global-operation-disrupts-cybercrime-assembly-line/): International authorities and a raft of private technology companies say they have disrupted a cybercrime “assembly line” that allowed crooks to collect millions of login credentials and steal more than $47 million in ransom payments and by other fraudulent means.
- [Afghanistan’s economy is broken. The Taliban is why](https://iwpost.com/afghanistans-economy-is-broken-the-taliban-is-why/): Afghanistan finds itself in a complex and dire economic predicament.
- [Israel declares 115 acres as ‘state land’ to expand illegal West Bank settlement](https://iwpost.com/israel-declares-115-acres-as-state-land-to-expand-illegal-west-bank-settlement/): Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Wednesday the designation of 465 dunams (115 acres) of land as “state land” to expand the illegal settlement of Givat Haroeh, built on lands in the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate in the occupied West Bank.
- [EU hosts Taliban for migrant return talks in Brussels](https://iwpost.com/eu-hosts-taliban-for-migrant-return-talks-in-brussels/): An Afghan Taliban delegation met EU officials in ‌Brussels on Tuesday for the first time, an event rights groups denounced as legitimising the Islamists but the EU has defended as a step towards making it easier to repatriate failed asylum seekers.
- [US ends hantavirus outbreak response with no answers on draconian quarantines](https://iwpost.com/us-ends-hantavirus-outbreak-response-with-no-answers-on-draconian-quarantines/): The US response to the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak has concluded with no cases among American passengers but plenty of questions on the responses from Trump administration officials.
- [The Left Is Unstoppable, According to Republicans](https://iwpost.com/the-left-is-unstoppable-according-to-republicans/): Socialists and Republicans agree on one thing: The insurgent left flank of the Democratic Party is ascendant.
- [America’s ironclad bond with Israel is starting to crack](https://iwpost.com/americas-ironclad-bond-with-israel-is-starting-to-crack/): There is a ritual quality to the reassurances that flow from Washington to Jerusalem after every crisis, every ceasefire, every awkward telephone call between an American president and an Israeli prime minister.
- [Another Jewish Group Visits Syria, Seeks Preservation of Ancestral Sites as Some Struggle To Recover Property](https://iwpost.com/another-jewish-group-visits-syria-seeks-preservation-of-ancestral-sites-as-some-struggle-to-recover-property/): The post Another Jewish Group Visits Syria, Seeks Preservation of Ancestral Sites as Some Struggle To Recover Property appeared first on The Media Line.
- [13 years and $500 million for a stage adapter? Report justifies NASA cancellations.](https://iwpost.com/13-years-and-500-million-for-a-stage-adapter-report-justifies-nasa-cancellations/): Three months ago, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the space agency was making a major pivot from building a space station in lunar orbit to a base on the surface.
- [Oprah Winfrey Turns Heads with Shocking New Look After Dramatic Weight Loss](https://iwpost.com/oprah-winfrey-turns-heads-with-shocking-new-look-after-dramatic-weight-loss/): Oprah Winfrey just made her Cannes debut — and fans could not stop staring at her dramatically slimmed-down figure.
- [France reports Ebola case in doctor returning from Congo](https://iwpost.com/france-reports-ebola-case-in-doctor-returning-from-congo/): A doctor who recently returned to France from ​a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of ‌Congo has tested positive for Ebola, marking the country’s first confirmed case linked to the current outbreak, the health ministry ​said on Wednesday.
- [Salisbury Steak Meatballs](https://iwpost.com/salisbury-steak-meatballs/): Salisbury Steak Meatballs are tender, juicy, flavorful meatballs simmered in a rich beef gravy with deeply caramelized onions.
- [Trump holds housing cost relief hostage to noncitizen voting act](https://iwpost.com/trump-holds-housing-cost-relief-hostage-to-noncitizen-voting-act/): Statuary Hall in the US Capitol on June 24, 2026, was set up for a ceremony in which President Donald Trump would sign into law a broadly bipartisan housing bill, but Trump abruptly canceled the event.
- [Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA games](https://iwpost.com/hotly-anticipated-grand-theft-auto-vi-will-cost-more-than-other-aaa-games/): It seems to some of us like just yesterday—even though the transition began more than half a decade ago—that gamers were getting adjusted to spending $70 on AAA game releases at launch instead of $60, but as preorders begin this week for the wildly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI, they’re finding that at least that title will sell for $80.
- [‘Shocking’ photo of freed Palestinian journalist shows ‘tragic’ conditions in Israeli prisons: Rights group](https://iwpost.com/shocking-photo-of-freed-palestinian-journalist-shows-tragic-conditions-in-israeli-prisons-rights-group/): A prisoner advocacy group said Wednesday the “shocking” photo of Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh after six months in Israeli detention shows the ongoing “tragic” conditions in Israeli prisons, Anadolu reports.
- [OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale](https://iwpost.com/openai-and-broadcom-announce-chip-designed-for-llm-inference-at-scale/): OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and Codex and the models those tools utilize, and Broadcom, an established silicon supplier, have announced a new chip called Jalapeño, designed specifically for large language model inference in data centers.
- [Lessons start with how Iran organized Melbourne synagogue attack](https://iwpost.com/lessons-start-with-how-iran-organized-melbourne-synagogue-attack/): A former Australian resident living in Iraq directed the attack on Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue in December 2024, Mike Burgess, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, has revealed.
- [Jerusalem Grand Slam 2026 To Welcome Athletes From 29 Countries ](https://iwpost.com/jerusalem-grand-slam-2026-to-welcome-athletes-from-29-countries/): The Jerusalem Grand Slam 2026 will bring together approximately 76 athletes from 29 countries on Thursday, June 25, at the National Stadium in Givat Ram, Jerusalem, as the city hosts one of Israel’s leading international athletics competitions.
- [EU to require air con installers to tell buyers how energy efficient their systems are](https://iwpost.com/eu-to-require-air-con-installers-to-tell-buyers-how-energy-efficient-their-systems-are/): Installers of air conditioning units will be obliged to ‌tell customers how energy efficient these systems are, under a European Union law proposed on Wednesday, in an attempt to help people manage their energy bills.
- [Russia’s push to control Arctic waterway presents Europe with a daunting challenge](https://iwpost.com/russias-push-to-control-arctic-waterway-presents-europe-with-a-daunting-challenge/): Norway’s defence minister, Tore Sandvik, recently warned that Russia must not be allowed to control the Bear Gap.
- [We take a ride in Slate's $24,950 electric pickup](https://iwpost.com/we-take-a-ride-in-slates-24950-electric-pickup/): Slate provided flights from San Francisco to Los Angeles and accommodation so Ars could ride in the Slate truck. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [Barack Obama Admits Marriage to Michelle Hasn’t Been an ‘Equal Partnership’ Amid Divorce Rumors](https://iwpost.com/barack-obama-admits-marriage-to-michelle-hasnt-been-an-equal-partnership-amid-divorce-rumors/): Barack Obama is getting unusually honest about his marriage to Michelle Obama.
- [How contenders in the new space race stack up](https://iwpost.com/how-contenders-in-the-new-space-race-stack-up/): When NASA administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled the crew of the Artemis III mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston earlier this month, he was ebullient.
- [Indigenous cultural practices are a climate solution, report finds](https://iwpost.com/indigenous-cultural-practices-are-a-climate-solution-report-finds/): As the impacts of climate change continue to escalate, a growing number of climate scientists and policymakers cite Indigenous lands as a model for their rich biodiversity and effective carbon storage.
- [Do You Administer SNAP or Medicaid Benefits? Help ProPublica Report on America’s Safety Net.](https://iwpost.com/do-you-administer-snap-or-medicaid-benefits-help-propublica-report-on-americas-safety-net/): ProPublica is digging into pressing issues affecting millions who rely on America’s safety net programs — from longstanding concerns like electronic benefit transfer theft to changes in federal SNAP and Medicaid policies.
- [Formula E reveals first calendar for GEN4 with lots of real race tracks](https://iwpost.com/formula-e-reveals-first-calendar-for-gen4-with-lots-of-real-race-tracks/): Formula E is in its final year for the current technical regulations, with a new single-seater EV set to be introduced at the start of next season, which begins in December in Saudi Arabia.
- [China’s Dong minority: why we’re digitally recording and preserving their Indigenous architectural heritage](https://iwpost.com/chinas-dong-minority-why-were-digitally-recording-and-preserving-their-indigenous-architectural-heritage/): The Dong people in China are an Indigenous ethnic group who are known to have lived in the mountainous regions of southwestern China for about 600 years.
- [Israeli minister says army won’t leave occupied territory in Lebanon ‘even if US demands’ it](https://iwpost.com/israeli-minister-says-army-wont-leave-occupied-territory-in-lebanon-even-if-us-demands-it/): “Israel will not leave its security zone in Lebanon, even if the United States demands withdrawal,” Katz said during an event in Tel Aviv, as cited by Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
- [Ukraine submits updated bid for OECD membership](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-submits-updated-bid-for-oecd-membership/): President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine had submitted a revised application to join the Organisation ​for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a club of ‌mostly advanced economies, as Kyiv pursues closer integration with Western institutions.
- [Middle powers such as Australia can learn from Iran’s strategies](https://iwpost.com/middle-powers-such-as-australia-can-learn-from-irans-strategies/): Iran has emerged undefeated after nearly four months of war against a nuclear-armed regional rival (Israel) and the world’s most powerful military (the United States).
- [ICC Oversight Body Recommends Dismissal of Prosecutor Karim Khan](https://iwpost.com/icc-oversight-body-recommends-dismissal-of-prosecutor-karim-khan/): Diplomats overseeing the International Criminal Court (ICC) have concluded that suspended Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a junior staff member and should be removed from his position, according to two copies of a decision reported by Reuters.
- [Military branches restore flu shot requirement after virus swept through base](https://iwpost.com/military-branches-restore-flu-shot-requirement-after-virus-swept-through-base/): The Army, Navy, and Air Force are once again requiring basic trainees to get vaccinated against influenza after the virus quickly swept through an Air Force base in Texas, sickening at least 222 recruits and hospitalizing four.
- [From Belfast to Washington, a familiar script of the ‘dangerous migrant’ has emerged](https://iwpost.com/from-belfast-to-washington-a-familiar-script-of-the-dangerous-migrant-has-emerged/): It tends to start with a violent assault.
- [Vietnam graft case lifts veil on To Lam’s security-state economy](https://iwpost.com/vietnam-graft-case-lifts-veil-on-to-lams-security-state-economy/): When Vietnamese prosecutors indicted the leadership of Nam Trieu Company for allegedly inflating the prices of interrogation chairs and other specialized law-enforcement equipment, domestic media predictably focused on the headline figure of more than 18 billion dong (US$710,000) in state losses.
- [Slate Auto's truck builder goes live for its $25k electric pickup](https://iwpost.com/slate-autos-truck-builder-goes-live-for-its-25k-electric-pickup/): This morning, Slate Auto officially announced pricing for its Slate electric truck.
- [Marilyn Monroe’s Death Scene was ‘Staged’ According to New Doc](https://iwpost.com/marilyn-monroes-death-scene-was-staged-according-to-new-doc/): More than six decades after Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles home, the mystery surrounding her final hours is being dragged back into the spotlight — and the latest claims are explosive.
- [Heatwave grips Western Europe, putting Italian cities on alert and killing poultry in France](https://iwpost.com/heatwave-grips-western-europe-putting-italian-cities-on-alert-and-killing-poultry-in-france/): Italy placed 16 of its 27 largest cities on red alert on Wednesday as an intense heatwave continued to grip the country and much of Western Europe, while French authorities grappled with the deaths of hundreds of thousands of poultry caused by extreme temperatures.
- [Have Your SNAP Benefits Ever Been Stolen? Help ProPublica Investigate.](https://iwpost.com/have-your-snap-benefits-ever-been-stolen-help-propublica-investigate/): Have you ever tried to use your electronic benefit transfer card to pay for groceries only to find that your SNAP benefits were gone?
- [Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure](https://iwpost.com/missouris-governor-is-opposed-to-out-of-state-funding-but-not-for-his-own-ballot-measure/): Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has spent months telling voters that the state constitution is under threat from “out-of-state special interests” using ballot initiatives to bypass the Republican-controlled legislature and enact major policy changes.
- [To make US-Iran deal stick, hold Trump’s war profiteers accountable](https://iwpost.com/to-make-us-iran-deal-stick-hold-trumps-war-profiteers-accountable/): Now that an initial diplomatic deal between the US and Iran has been signed and intensive negotiations are under way to fully end the war, Congress should do everything possible to ensure this agreement is fully implemented.
- [Pakistan PM: US-Iran memorandum excludes ballistic missile issue](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-pm-us-iran-memorandum-excludes-ballistic-missile-issue/): Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif along with US Vice President J.D.
- [Turkey Gains Room To Maneuver as Israel Watches Its Regional Reach](https://iwpost.com/turkey-gains-room-to-maneuver-as-israel-watches-its-regional-reach/): Giorgia Valente tracks a Middle East chessboard that has shifted after Iran’s weakening, leaving Turkey with more room to move—and more eyes watching its next steps.
- [Sony releases trailer for Taika Waititi's Klara and the Sun](https://iwpost.com/sony-releases-trailer-for-taika-waititis-klara-and-the-sun/): One of Taika Waititi’s greatest strengths as a director is his unique voice; he’s able to bring a light touch to tragedy (Jojo Rabbit) and a gentle sadness to offbeat comedy (Our Flag Means Death).
- [What is the ‘Omega Block’ causing Europe’s intense heatwave?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-the-omega-block-causing-europes-intense-heatwave/): The intense heatwave engulfing Western Europe, resulting in more than 40 deaths in France alone, is being sustained by a weather pattern known as an omega block.
- [The hidden amnesty in Indonesia’s cut-rate Patriot Bonds](https://iwpost.com/the-hidden-amnesty-in-indonesias-cut-rate-patriot-bonds/): Indonesia’s new sovereign investment vehicle, BPI Danantara, has officially launched the Patriot Bond, targeting an extraordinary 50 trillion rupiah (US$2.8 billion) in fundraising.
- [Early land animals skipped the tadpole phase](https://iwpost.com/early-land-animals-skipped-the-tadpole-phase/): For decades, biologists thought that early tetrapods, ancient vertebrates that started conquering the land over 300 million years ago, developed like modern amphibians—beginning their lives as purely aquatic tadpoles and then metamorphosing into terrestrial adults.
- [Michael Jackson’s Bizarre Final Obsession Revealed](https://iwpost.com/michael-jacksons-bizarre-final-obsession-revealed/): Michael Jackson spent his life thrilling the world. But behind the curtain, sources claim the King of Pop had one final, jaw-dropping obsession: living forever.
- [Socialists Are Setting the Agenda in New York City](https://iwpost.com/socialists-are-setting-the-agenda-in-new-york-city/): THree key primaries in New York City delivered whopping victories for an emboldened left led by Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday, as democratic socialists sought to define the future of the Democratic Party.
- [Jury Finds Home Financing Scheme That Targeted Muslims in Minnesota Violated State Law](https://iwpost.com/jury-finds-home-financing-scheme-that-targeted-muslims-in-minnesota-violated-state-law/): After a two-week trial in downtown Minneapolis, a jury sided with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office Monday afternoon in a civil case alleging that Chadwick Banken knowingly deceived home buyers through a complicated process known as “contract for deed.” The unusual real estate contracts, according to Ellison’s office, reaped massive sums of money for Banken and his companies while leaving his customers financially ruined.
- [China’s bear hug won’t save Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing](https://iwpost.com/chinas-bear-hug-wont-save-myanmars-min-aung-hlaing/): When Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Myanmar coup-maker Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to Beijing on June 15 with full state-visit honors — Huawei phone gift included — the choreography was meant to read as consolidation.
- [ABC asks viewers to protest FCC attempt to "control who is allowed" on The View](https://iwpost.com/abc-asks-viewers-to-protest-fcc-attempt-to-control-who-is-allowed-on-the-view/): ABC is urging viewers to write to the Federal Communications Commission and tell it to stop trying to “control who is allowed to appear” on The View.
- [DOJ Probes Brooklyn Cafe After It Boasts of Refusing Service to Pro-Israel Congressman](https://iwpost.com/doj-probes-brooklyn-cafe-after-it-boasts-of-refusing-service-to-pro-israel-congressman/): The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Brooklyn coffee shop after it publicly claimed it refused service to Rep.
- [Libya’s eastern government bans entry of nationals from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia](https://iwpost.com/libyas-eastern-government-bans-entry-of-nationals-from-sudan-eritrea-ethiopia-and-somalia/): Libya’s eastern-based government has banned the entry of nationals of four African countries, a decision ​a government source said was due to a “reorganization ‌of foreign nationals’ entry to Libya”.
- [Slow Cooker Philly Cheesesteak Casserole](https://iwpost.com/slow-cooker-philly-cheesesteak-casserole/): Slow Cooker Philly Cheesesteak Casserole is a hearty, cheesy, and comforting dinner inspired by the classic Philly cheesesteak sandwich.
- [US Senate passes War Powers Resolution rebuking Trump’s Iran war](https://iwpost.com/us-senate-passes-war-powers-resolution-rebuking-trumps-iran-war/): People attend a protest against US-Israeli attacks on Iran in New York on February 28, 2026.
- [Odd police video shows drone removing knife from motionless suspect](https://iwpost.com/odd-police-video-shows-drone-removing-knife-from-motionless-suspect/): In a supposed “nationwide first” use of drones to disarm a person, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office in California promoted a video showing how a small quadcopter drone used a dangling magnet to remove a knife from the hand of a motionless suspect.
- [The second death of SaaS](https://iwpost.com/the-second-death-of-saas/): ‍Silicon shock, token inequality, and techflation are no longer fringe theories floated on these pages.
- [US's climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit](https://iwpost.com/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/): Over decades, researchers in the US government and programs it sponsored built up a tremendous number of climate resources, from comprehensive analyses to massive datasets to basic explainers meant to inform the public.
- [Beloved Actor Breaks Silence on Secret Health Battle](https://iwpost.com/beloved-actor-breaks-silence-on-secret-health-battle/): Joe Manganiello is opening up about a private health nightmare that nearly took his life.
- [Scars mark Britain’s economy 10 years after Brexit vote](https://iwpost.com/scars-mark-britains-economy-10-years-after-brexit-vote/): Britain’s vote to leave the European Union in 2016 has acted as a persistent drag on its economy, compounding some of the deep-seated structural problems behind the push for Brexit.
- [The future of peace on the Korean Peninsula](https://iwpost.com/the-future-of-peace-on-the-korean-peninsula/): As South Korea hosts the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity from June 24 to 26, an important question confronts policymakers across Asia: What is the future of peace on the Korean Peninsula?
- [Swiss Talks Put Qatar and Pakistan at the Center of a New US-Iran De-escalation Track](https://iwpost.com/swiss-talks-put-qatar-and-pakistan-at-the-center-of-a-new-us-iran-de-escalation-track/): The first high-level US-Iran talks in Switzerland did not produce a final agreement, but they did mark a step in transforming a fragile memorandum of understanding (MoU) into a structured diplomatic process.
- [White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto](https://iwpost.com/white-house-drastically-shortens-deadline-for-dropping-quantum-vulnerable-crypto/): The White House is drastically shortening the deadline for government agencies and organizations to adopt new quantum-resistant encryption systems that will withstand attacks that use quantum computers, as the federal government seeks to protect decades’ worth of secrets belonging to militaries, banks, governments, and most individuals on Earth.
- [Prairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist Zines](https://iwpost.com/prairieland-defendant-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-moving-a-box-of-antifascist-zines/): FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Daniel Sanchez Estrada wasn’t accused of attempted murder or material support of terrorism after a protest turned catastrophically wrong outside an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas.
- [US fights the battles South Korean conservatives have abandoned](https://iwpost.com/us-fights-the-battles-south-korean-conservatives-have-abandoned/): On June 3, at a US House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the State Department budget, Representative Darrell Issa made a request.
- [UN warns of dire conditions in Gaza displacement sites as 1.7M Palestinians face shortages](https://iwpost.com/un-warns-of-dire-conditions-in-gaza-displacement-sites-as-1-7m-palestinians-face-shortages/): The UN warned on Tuesday that nearly 1.7 million displaced Palestinians, about 80% of Gaza’s population, are living in extremely poor conditions across nearly 1,600 displacement sites, with acute shortages of water, shelter, and basic services, Anadolu reports.
- [Executive order bumps up deadline to move off quantum-vulnerable crypto](https://iwpost.com/executive-order-bumps-up-deadline-to-move-off-quantum-vulnerable-crypto/): The White House is drastically shortening the deadline for government agencies and organizations to adopt new quantum-resistant encryption systems that will withstand attacks that use quantum computers, as the federal government seeks to protect decades’ worth of secrets belonging to militaries, banks, governments, and most individuals on Earth.
- [Romanian parliament rejects nominated prime minister, deepening government crisis](https://iwpost.com/romanian-parliament-rejects-nominated-prime-minister-deepening-government-crisis/): Romania’s Prime Minister-designate Adrian Vestea failed to win parliament’s ‌vote of confidence late on Monday after the far-right opposition refused to back him, extending a political crisis that threatens the country’s access to EU funds and its credit ratings.
- [Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments](https://iwpost.com/oracles-21000-layoffs-help-drive-its-debt-fueled-ai-investments/): The growing use of AI contributed to Oracle laying off 21,000 workers in a year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday.
- [Man Found Digging Up Bodies ‘To Eat Them’](https://iwpost.com/man-found-digging-up-bodies-to-eat-them/): A hospital worker in Hungary has been arrested after police say they found a horrifying collection of human body parts inside his apartment — including skulls, a full lower leg, a hand, bones stuffed in a suitcase, and even a heart preserved in a jar.
- [US-Iran war headed for the gray zone](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-war-headed-for-the-gray-zone/): When it was signed at the end of the G7 summit on June 17, the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough.
- [‘Train Wreck’: Ambassador Leiter Warns Negotiations Are Drifting From Goal of Dismantling Hezbollah ](https://iwpost.com/train-wreck-ambassador-leiter-warns-negotiations-are-drifting-from-goal-of-dismantling-hezbollah/): As Israeli and Lebanese officials convened in Washington for a fifth round of negotiations, Israel’s ambassador to the United States warned that the talks are drifting away from the principles that originally brought the sides to the table.
- [The hidden toll of wood pellet power](https://iwpost.com/the-hidden-toll-of-wood-pellet-power/): After the world’s largest producer of wood pellets built what it called a state-of-the-art biomass facility near Ruby Bell’s home in Faison, North Carolina, she started organizing.
- [ICE Tried to Deport an Asylum-Seeker. Now He’s Being Denied Care for a Growing Tumor in a Private Prison.](https://iwpost.com/ice-tried-to-deport-an-asylum-seeker-now-hes-being-denied-care-for-a-growing-tumor-in-a-private-prison/): In his dreams, Aliaksei Shcharbachenia is on a plane with an immigration agent’s hands wrapped around his neck.
- [Lebanese foreign minister hails framework deal with Israel as ‘victory for diplomacy’](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-foreign-minister-hails-framework-deal-with-israel-as-victory-for-diplomacy/): Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi on Saturday described the framework agreement signed with Israel as a victory for diplomacy, Anadolu reports.
- [EU Tax Simplification Plans Spark Debate Over Impact on Tax Avoidance](https://iwpost.com/eu-tax-simplification-plans-spark-debate-over-impact-on-tax-avoidance/): The European Commission has unveiled an ambitious package of tax reforms aimed at simplifying tax rules across the European Union, reducing compliance burdens for businesses and strengthening the competitiveness of the Single Market.
- [Trump bombs Iran after strike on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/trump-bombs-iran-after-strike-on-cargo-ship-in-strait-of-hormuz/): A cargo ship is attacked by Iran on June 26.
- [Singapore-Flagged Ship Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Iran Tests US Deal ](https://iwpost.com/singapore-flagged-ship-hit-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-iran-tests-us-deal/): Two senior US officials told The Wall Street Journal that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck a Singapore-flagged merchant vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.
- [Keir Starmer’s Downfall Is the Only Reward for Simpering Centrism](https://iwpost.com/keir-starmers-downfall-is-the-only-reward-for-simpering-centrism/): Sean Bell is a writer and journalist based in Edinburgh.
- [Plane Slams into Beijing’s Tallest Skyscraper (Video)](https://iwpost.com/plane-slams-into-beijings-tallest-skyscraper-video/): A small aircraft appeared to smash into Beijing’s tallest skyscraper Friday afternoon, sending debris raining down in a stunning scene that unfolded in one of the most heavily guarded cities on Earth.
- [US Navy’s repair gap could hand the Pacific war to China](https://iwpost.com/us-navys-repair-gap-could-hand-the-pacific-war-to-china/): The US Navy’s greatest vulnerability in a war with China may not be losing ships — but getting them back into the fight.
- [South Korea Targets AI Chip Boom with $648B Samsung-Led Investment Drive](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-targets-ai-chip-boom-with-648b-samsung-led-investment-drive/): Samsung Group plans to invest around 1,000 trillion won ($648 billion) in South Korea over the next decade, according to a media report, in a major push to convert surging AI-driven semiconductor demand into a broader national growth strategy.
- [Palestinian injured, 2 arrested in Israeli raids across occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-injured-2-arrested-in-israeli-raids-across-occupied-west-bank/): A Palestinian was injured and two others were arrested Saturday as the Israeli army carried out raids across several areas of the occupied West Bank, accompanied by occupiers’ attacks and the closure of roads and town entrances, Anadolu reports.
- [Rome and Persia history lessons for US-Iran peace deal](https://iwpost.com/rome-and-persia-history-lessons-for-us-iran-peace-deal/): A public event in Tehran depicting ancient Persian warriors alongside modern Iranian forces.
- [4 IDF Soldiers Wounded in Southern Lebanon as Israel-Lebanon Talks Continue ](https://iwpost.com/4-idf-soldiers-wounded-in-southern-lebanon-as-israel-lebanon-talks-continue/): An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) combat officer was moderately wounded, and another combat officer and two additional soldiers sustained light injuries during an encounter with a terrorist in Beit Yahoun in southern Lebanon, as US-mediated negotiations between Israel and Lebanon were extended another day without a breakthrough.
- [Apple and Audi alumni have made a luxe EV based on the moon buggy](https://iwpost.com/apple-and-audi-alumni-have-made-a-luxe-ev-based-on-the-moon-buggy/): It seems to be the week for cheap EVs.
- [Petty, punishing walls preventing South Asian integration](https://iwpost.com/petty-punishing-walls-preventing-south-asian-integration/): South Asia is home to nearly a quarter of the world’s population, yet it is one of the least connected regions in terms of people actually moving across borders.
- [Antibiotic "megacluster" discovery provides new strategy to fight superbugs](https://iwpost.com/antibiotic-megacluster-discovery-provides-new-strategy-to-fight-superbugs/): Antibiotic resistance has loomed over humans since the moment we started using antibiotics.
- [Vance, Rubio strike different tone on Iran and Israel](https://iwpost.com/vance-rubio-strike-different-tone-on-iran-and-israel/): President Donald Trump’s administration has pushed hard to present a united front on the Iran war, but statements by his vice president and secretary of state have at times diverged over the past week, especially on the subject of Israel.
- [Prince William Accidentally Exposes Royal Family’s Jaw-Dropping Wealth Crisis](https://iwpost.com/prince-william-accidentally-exposes-royal-familys-jaw-dropping-wealth-crisis/): King Charles and Prince William’s massive fortunes are under a harsh new spotlight after royal financial disclosures revealed just how much money sits behind the crown — and how the King’s own son appears to be far richer than him.
- [Bangladesh’s Rahman looks to China to squeeze India on the Teesta](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-rahman-looks-to-china-to-squeeze-india-on-the-teesta/): Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s first four-day official visit to China yielded a predictable flurry of agreements spanning trade and green technology.
- [Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address](https://iwpost.com/netflix-now-requires-every-user-profile-to-be-tied-to-unique-email-address/): Recently, my father called me in a panic.
- [Dozens protest in central Israel, demanding ultra-Orthodox military conscription](https://iwpost.com/dozens-protest-in-central-israel-demanding-ultra-orthodox-military-conscription/): Dozens of demonstrators protested Friday in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak, blocking major roads to demand equal military service obligations and the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, known as Haredim.
- [US Weighs Moving Military Assets to Israel After Iran Attacks ](https://iwpost.com/us-weighs-moving-military-assets-to-israel-after-iran-attacks/): The United States is considering a major restructuring of its military posture in the Middle East following extensive Iranian strikes that severely damaged Naval Support Activity Bahrain, with Israel among the locations being evaluated to host relocated military assets, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- [Enter Helios: quantum computer sets high watermark for accuracy](https://iwpost.com/enter-helios-quantum-computer-sets-high-watermark-for-accuracy/): In a laboratory in Broomfield, Colorado, 98 atoms are suspended in mid-air, held in place by electric fields and cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero.
- [NYT slams Microsoft for building copyright-infringing supercomputer for OpenAI](https://iwpost.com/nyt-slams-microsoft-for-building-copyright-infringing-supercomputer-for-openai/): In a heavily redacted court filing Thursday, The New York Times proposed to amend its copyright complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft to clarify a claim and allege that Microsoft actively encouraged OpenAI to steal NYT works by building a bespoke supercomputing system ranked among the most powerful in the world.
- [Wealthy nations reap huge benefits from immigration, study finds](https://iwpost.com/wealthy-nations-reap-huge-benefits-from-immigration-study-finds/): Wealthy nations with the highest rate of immigration over the past 35 years reaped a large economic benefit and many could still absorb more ​workers, according to research to be presented at a top European Central Bank conference next week.
- [Russian citizens told "switch to Android" after Apple blocks key Russian apps](https://iwpost.com/russian-citizens-told-switch-to-android-after-apple-blocks-key-russian-apps/): According to Apple’s 2025 App Store Transparency Report, Russia is the runaway world leader in one category: Demanding that Apple remove apps from its App Store.
- [The political painting that is still on trial in South Korea](https://iwpost.com/the-political-painting-that-is-still-on-trial-in-south-korea/): In a Seoul courtroom in March this year, a prosecutor read out charges against Jeon Seung-il, a former art student, from an indictment first written in 1989.
- [NFL Great Dies at 78](https://iwpost.com/nfl-great-dies-at-78/): Steve Zabel, a former college football and NFL star remembered for his rare two-way talent, has died at the age of 78.
- [OPINION – Resisting the Urge To Sit Shiva for New York City ](https://iwpost.com/opinion-resisting-the-urge-to-sit-shiva-for-new-york-city/): When Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election in the fall of 2025, I began hearing talk of Jews making plans to leave the city, home to about 1 million Jews.
- [Doctors suspected man had brain cancer. He actually had worms.](https://iwpost.com/doctors-suspected-man-had-brain-cancer-he-actually-had-worms/): A 60-year-old man in Spain went to the doctor complaining of a headache that he couldn’t shake. It had started two weeks prior and was only getting worse.
- [King Charles becomes first British monarch to reveal tax bill](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-becomes-first-british-monarch-to-reveal-tax-bill/): King Charles has become the first British monarch to publicly disclose his personal tax payments, revealing he paid £12.9 million in income and capital gains tax during the 2024-25 financial year.
- [Replicating Ukraine’s drone success requires culture shift first](https://iwpost.com/replicating-ukraines-drone-success-requires-culture-shift-first/): Ukrainian drone strikes are devastating Russian communities.
- [6 farmers abducted by Israeli army in southern Lebanon amid ceasefire violations](https://iwpost.com/6-farmers-abducted-by-israeli-army-in-southern-lebanon-amid-ceasefire-violations/): The Israeli army abducted six farmers on Friday from the border town of Ain Arab in Lebanon’s Marjayoun district, a day after its forces burned several homes in the same town, Anadolu Agency reports.
- [South Korea plans to train entire military as "drone warriors"](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-plans-to-train-entire-military-as-drone-warriors/): South Korea plans to train every single member of its nearly half-million-strong military to operate drones as easily as they handle personal firearms.
- [The Left Just Keeps Winning. It's Time for Democrats to Bend the Knee.](https://iwpost.com/the-left-just-keeps-winning-its-time-for-democrats-to-bend-the-knee/): When Hakeem Jeffries, who’s positioning himself to be House speaker if the Democrats retake the chamber come November, was shown on the screen at an election party full of socialists in Brooklyn Tuesday night, the crowd chanted, “You’re next!
- [The Trump administration’s Iran peace plan has sold out democracy](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administrations-iran-peace-plan-has-sold-out-democracy/): A cargo ship is attacked by Iran on June 26.
- [Streaming services’ obnoxiously loud ads become illegal on July 1 in California](https://iwpost.com/streaming-services-obnoxiously-loud-ads-become-illegal-on-july-1-in-california/): On July 1, it will be illegal for streaming platforms to play ads louder than the content being watched in California.
- [Apple raises laptop and tablet prices amid global memory chip shortage](https://iwpost.com/apple-raises-laptop-and-tablet-prices-amid-global-memory-chip-shortage/): Apple has increased the prices of selected MacBooks and iPads worldwide, citing a sharp rise in the cost of memory and storage chips driven by growing demand from artificial intelligence data centres.
- [New Demand Letter in Nancy Guthrie Case](https://iwpost.com/new-demand-letter-in-nancy-guthrie-case/): The twisted mystery surrounding Nancy Guthrie has taken another disturbing turn.
- [Oregon Leaders Are Trying to Save the Deschutes River. Here’s Why That’s So Hard.](https://iwpost.com/oregon-leaders-are-trying-to-save-the-deschutes-river-heres-why-thats-so-hard/): Every year, about 90% of Central Oregon’s Deschutes River disappears into networks of canals and pipes traversing high desert.
- [Uzbeks’ World Cup appearance shows off Central Asia’s development](https://iwpost.com/uzbeks-world-cup-appearance-shows-off-central-asias-development/): The expanded men’s World Cup in 2026 has given fans the chance to cheer on the exploits of first-time qualifiers, some of which many people might previously have struggled to locate on the map.
- [Post-War Internet in Iran: More Censorship and Greater Risks for Users ](https://iwpost.com/post-war-internet-in-iran-more-censorship-and-greater-risks-for-users/): While peace negotiations between senior officials of the Islamic Republic and the United States continue in Switzerland, more than 75 million internet users in Iran are still contending with heavily restricted online access.
- [FCC accused of hiding Chairman Carr's messages with DOGE and Musk](https://iwpost.com/fcc-accused-of-hiding-chairman-carrs-messages-with-doge-and-musk/): An advocacy group trying to investigate DOGE’s influence on the Federal Communications Commission accused the FCC of failing to comply with a public records request and of concealing Chairman Brendan Carr’s use of the Signal messaging service.
- [How climate change gets under the skin](https://iwpost.com/how-climate-change-gets-under-the-skin/): This story is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health.
- [Israel’s ‘campaign between the wars’: How strategy to contain Iran and its allies risks further straining ties with US](https://iwpost.com/israels-campaign-between-the-wars-how-strategy-to-contain-iran-and-its-allies-risks-further-straining-ties-with-us/): A lot hangs on whether the United States can compel Israel to cease operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- [UAE foreign minister holds 1st publicly announced call with Iranian counterpart since outbreak of war](https://iwpost.com/uae-foreign-minister-holds-1st-publicly-announced-call-with-iranian-counterpart-since-outbreak-of-war/): In the first publicly announced contact between the two countries since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war against Iran, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [Cops Warn CEO Bodyguards That Luigi Mangione Fever Could Spark Class War](https://iwpost.com/cops-warn-ceo-bodyguards-that-luigi-mangione-fever-could-spark-class-war/): A law enforcement intelligence hub in New Jersey fretted that the growing class divide in the U.S.
- [Feedbacks upon feedbacks: Rock weathering and the climate](https://iwpost.com/feedbacks-upon-feedbacks-rock-weathering-and-the-climate/): Since the early 1980s, Earth scientists have understood that erosion and weathering of rock slowly removes CO2 from the atmosphere, regulating Earth’s climate on geological timescales.
- [Dublin hosts European Parliament leaders before Ireland assumes EU Council presidency](https://iwpost.com/dublin-hosts-european-parliament-leaders-before-ireland-assumes-eu-council-presidency/): European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and the leaders of the Parliament’s political groups met in Dublin this week to discuss priorities ahead of Ireland assuming the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July.
- [Air Fryer Imitation Crab Bites](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-imitation-crab-bites/): Air Fryer Imitation Crab Bites are a quick, crispy, buttery, and flavorful appetizer made with imitation crab, melted butter, and Cajun seasoning.
- [Danger of the US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out](https://iwpost.com/danger-of-the-us-iran-ceasefire-agreement-is-what-it-leaves-out/): The latest US military conflict with Iran appears to be over.
- [Venezuela earthquakes add tragic new layer to the country’s humanitarian crisis](https://iwpost.com/venezuela-earthquakes-add-tragic-new-layer-to-the-countrys-humanitarian-crisis/): Venezuela has a well-documented vulnerability to earthquakes.
- [Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains](https://iwpost.com/venezuelas-deadly-earthquakes-happened-on-a-fault-similar-to-the-san-andreas-and-the-risks-arent-over-yet-a-geophysicist-explains/): Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart.
- [VW may close four factories to adapt to the future, report says](https://iwpost.com/vw-may-close-four-factories-to-adapt-to-the-future-report-says/): Volkswagen Group is considering what was previously unthinkable: closing up to four factories in Germany and instituting layoffs that would shrink the workforce by 15 percent.
- [An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price.](https://iwpost.com/an-oregon-law-lets-one-wealthy-region-turn-the-desert-green-when-drought-hits-farmers-pay-the-price/): Draining the Deschutes: During a historic drought, half of Central Oregon’s lifeblood river was diverted to a wealthy agricultural region that got a lot more water than its plants could drink.
- [China tests Scarborough as Manila casts beyond US for help](https://iwpost.com/china-tests-scarborough-as-manila-casts-beyond-us-for-help/): China’s makeshift platform at Scarborough Shoal may have disappeared, but it has exposed a far more enduring strategy to cement its control of the South China Sea.
- [Has Warren Beatty Gone Missing?](https://iwpost.com/has-warren-beatty-gone-missing/): Warren Beatty has long been one of Hollywood’s most magnetic men — a movie star, a political firebrand, a ladies’ man turned family man, and the kind of legend other legends still looked up to.
- [Saudi Arabia Suspends Travel and Visas for 3 African Nations Over Ebola Concerns ](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-suspends-travel-and-visas-for-3-african-nations-over-ebola-concerns/): Saudi Arabia has suspended travel by its citizens to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan and halted the issuance of visas for travelers from those countries as part of expanded measures to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus.
- [SpaceX plans to launch Starlink mobile service in the US](https://iwpost.com/spacex-plans-to-launch-starlink-mobile-service-in-the-us/): Elon Musk’s SpaceX has told investors that it plans to launch a new Starlink mobile service for US consumers, in a move that would upend the country’s multibillion-dollar phone network market.
- [MEPs endorse fast-track EU defence innovation programme](https://iwpost.com/meps-endorse-fast-track-eu-defence-innovation-programme/): European Parliament committees have backed plans to establish a new EU programme aimed at accelerating defence innovation in response to the changing security environment created by Russia’s war against Ukraine.
- [30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech](https://iwpost.com/30-year-sentence-for-transporting-zines-is-a-five-alarm-fire-for-free-speech/): Seth Stern is the director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation.
- [Uzbekistan’s World Cup appearance is a moment of pride and shows off central Asia’s peaceful development](https://iwpost.com/uzbekistans-world-cup-appearance-is-a-moment-of-pride-and-shows-off-central-asias-peaceful-development/): The expanded men’s World Cup in 2026 has given fans the chance to cheer on the exploits of first-time qualifiers, some of which many people might previously have struggled to locate on the map.
- [Does the World Cup favor democratic or autocratic nations? I did some number crunching to find out](https://iwpost.com/does-the-world-cup-favor-democratic-or-autocratic-nations-i-did-some-number-crunching-to-find-out/): It is often said – by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and many others – that soccer is the “most democratic sport.” That sentiment is based in large part on the sport’s global appeal and long history of popularity across class and racial lines.
- [Reality reasserts itself](https://iwpost.com/reality-reasserts-itself/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Pro-Palestinian demonstrators urge Rome to end cooperation with Israel](https://iwpost.com/pro-palestinian-demonstrators-urge-rome-to-end-cooperation-with-israel/): Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside Rome City Hall in Rome on Thursday, urging municipal authorities to end the city’s institutional cooperation with Israel, Anadolu reports.
- [Rocket Report: China may soon attempt booster landing; Rocket Lab does rapid response](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-china-may-soon-attempt-booster-landing-rocket-lab-does-rapid-response/): Welcome to Edition 8.47 of the Rocket Report!
- [When ‘Made in India’ really means ‘Made in China’](https://iwpost.com/when-made-in-india-really-means-made-in-china/): India’s pharmaceutical industry is a significant global player.
- [Cracks in European unity emerge over Ukraine and security](https://iwpost.com/cracks-in-european-unity-emerge-over-ukraine-and-security/): When Donald Trump signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Versailles on June 17 after the G7 summit, it dominated the headlines around the world.
- [The "sad inevitability" of Europe's heat wave](https://iwpost.com/the-sad-inevitability-of-europes-heat-wave/): Europe is in the midst of its second big heat wave of the year, and it’s breaking more records.
- [Global trade in cocaine, methamphetamine is booming, UN drug report shows](https://iwpost.com/global-trade-in-cocaine-methamphetamine-is-booming-un-drug-report-shows/): – The global trade in illicit drugs is booming, with cocaine production ‌and seizures of methamphetamine at an all-time high, a United Nations report showed on Friday, warning of a surge in new drugs filling a gap left by the collapse in heroin supply.
- [Bitcoin dips as Iran oil returns to the dollar system](https://iwpost.com/bitcoin-dips-as-iran-oil-returns-to-the-dollar-system/): Bitcoin’s latest weakness cannot be explained only by ETF outflows or a cooling of large-holder demand.
- [Trump Administration Advances $700 Million Jet Engine Sale to Turkey ](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-advances-700-million-jet-engine-sale-to-turkey/): The administration of US President Donald Trump has formally notified Congress of its intention to sell approximately $700 million worth of jet engines to Turkey, Reuters reported, citing two sources.
- [TV Stars Tragic Cause of Death Revealed](https://iwpost.com/tv-stars-tragic-cause-of-death-revealed/): The heartbreaking mystery surrounding The Wire actor Bobby J. Brown’s death has finally been answered.
- [Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect](https://iwpost.com/planet-orbits-so-close-to-its-star-that-their-magnetic-fields-connect/): For most of human history, our view of “close to the Sun” was defined by the orbit of Mercury, with its 88-day orbit and barren, baking surface.
- [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wades Into Tennessee Primary, Endorsing Justin J. Pearson](https://iwpost.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wades-into-tennessee-primary-endorsing-justin-j-pearson/): After rattling some observers by staying out of a slew of competitive congressional primaries in her home state this week, Rep.
- [MSCI clock ticking on Indonesia’s broken and untrusted IDX](https://iwpost.com/msci-clock-ticking-on-indonesias-broken-and-untrusted-idx/): For decades, Indonesia Stock Exchange’s (IDX) institutional structure has acted as a brake on the growth and global competitiveness of Indonesia’s capital market.
- [Israel will remain in territory occupied in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza ‘indefinitely’: Defence minister](https://iwpost.com/israel-will-remain-in-territory-occupied-in-lebanon-syria-gaza-indefinitely-defence-minister/): The Israeli army will remain in territory occupied in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip “indefinitely,” Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Anthropic says Alibaba must be punished for largest Claude cloning attack](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-says-alibaba-must-be-punished-for-largest-claude-cloning-attack/): Anthropic has accused the Chinese firm Alibaba of launching the largest attack yet attempting to clone Claude, as China races to match the capabilities of Anthropic’s leading model following Mythos’ release and subsequent restriction from foreign markets.
- [Buildings Collapse as Twin Earthquakes Devastate Venezuela](https://iwpost.com/buildings-collapse-as-twin-earthquakes-devastate-venezuela/): At least 32 people have been killed and more than 700 injured after two powerful earthquakes — measuring 7.2 and 7.5 — struck central Venezuela seconds apart, causing widespread destruction across Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira.
- [China built Indonesia’s nickel boom. Will it stay for the bust?](https://iwpost.com/china-built-indonesias-nickel-boom-will-it-stay-for-the-bust/): A worker watches as trucks load up raw nickel near Sorowako, Indonesia.
- [Sa’ar Proposes Official Israeli Recognition of Armenian Genocide](https://iwpost.com/saar-proposes-official-israeli-recognition-of-armenian-genocide/): Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar will ask the Israeli government at an upcoming meeting to approve a resolution formally recognizing the Armenian Genocide, a move that would declare Israel’s official acknowledgment of the mass killings carried out against the Armenian people during the final years of the Ottoman Empire.
- [Google finally releases a Finance Android app, promises iOS version later in 2026](https://iwpost.com/google-finally-releases-a-finance-android-app-promises-ios-version-later-in-2026/): Google Finance is not a new product—it has been around for 20 years, long enough that it initially relied on Flash to display charts and graphs.
- [How fossil fuel firm BP shaped a landmark Princeton climate study](https://iwpost.com/how-fossil-fuel-firm-bp-shaped-a-landmark-princeton-climate-study/): This article was originally published by ProPublica in cooperation with Drilled.
- [Dolly Parton Makes Frail Public Comeback After Health Scare](https://iwpost.com/dolly-parton-makes-frail-public-comeback-after-health-scare/): Dolly Parton is back in the spotlight — but her emotional return has fans talking.
- [Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead](https://iwpost.com/notion-killing-skiff-influenced-email-app-since-most-users-use-ai-agents-instead/): In February 2024, Notion bought Skiff, an encrypted email and productivity software startup.
- [Influencers offered access to EU summits — provided they back the European project](https://iwpost.com/influencers-offered-access-to-eu-summits-provided-they-back-the-european-project/): Influencers will be able to film content while top EU leaders meet in Brussels — as long as they don’t question the bloc’s values.
- [The Democratic Party Gets Its Populist Takeover](https://iwpost.com/the-democratic-party-gets-its-populist-takeover/): All three congressional candidates that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamadani endorsed won their primaries on Tuesday.
- [Quantum firms shun entanglement as Trump vows to outrun China](https://iwpost.com/quantum-firms-shun-entanglement-as-trump-vows-to-outrun-china/): As the United States and China escalate their rivalry over quantum technology, companies across the sector are already repositioning to navigate the geopolitical storm, from building domestic manufacturing bases to carving out independent units for non-Western markets.
- [Gaza: On The Ground with Motasem A Dalloul | Week 22 Jun](https://iwpost.com/gaza-on-the-ground-with-motasem-a-dalloul-week-22-jun/): MEMO speaks to Motasem A. Dalloul, a survivor of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, as part of a new series of regular updates from the ground.
- [FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet](https://iwpost.com/fcc-may-kill-2b-program-that-connects-schools-and-libraries-to-internet/): The Federal Communications Commission was roundly criticized today for proposing to scale back or eliminate E-Rate, a $2 billion-a-year Universal Service program that provides discounts for telecom services and equipment in schools and libraries.
- [Court Inquiry Denounces “Disturbing Pattern” of Violations at Arizona’s Largest Sheriff’s Office](https://iwpost.com/court-inquiry-denounces-disturbing-pattern-of-violations-at-arizonas-largest-sheriffs-office/): Arizona’s largest sheriff’s department is losing ground in its effort to comply with court-mandated reforms tied to a long-running racial profiling lawsuit and settlement, a monitor has found.
- [How Experts Bolster Israel as UN Challenges Its Existence](https://iwpost.com/how-experts-bolster-israel-as-un-challenges-its-existence/): For Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, the problem begins before a vote is taken, before a report is published, and before another accusation against Israel becomes a headline.
- [Ukraine to conduct preemptive attacks on facilities Russia uses for war, Zelenskiy says](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-to-conduct-preemptive-attacks-on-facilities-russia-uses-for-war-zelenskiy-says/): Ukraine will carry out preemptive attacks on facilities Russia is using for its ​war, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his ‌evening address on Wednesday, as Kyiv expands strikes on energy infrastructure in an attempt to force ​Moscow into talks.
- [Queso Enchiladas](https://iwpost.com/queso-enchiladas/): Queso Enchiladas are creamy, cheesy, and packed with Tex-Mex flavor.
- [If Europe wants to ‘go it alone’ on security, countries need to learn to sing from the same songsheet](https://iwpost.com/if-europe-wants-to-go-it-alone-on-security-countries-need-to-learn-to-sing-from-the-same-songsheet/): The G7 summit at Evian from June 15 to 17 is most revealing not for what was agreed, but for what was exposed about the state of play among Europeans, and their relationship with the US.
- [Beyond denial: how oil execs shaped a landmark climate study](https://iwpost.com/beyond-denial-how-oil-execs-shaped-a-landmark-climate-study/): This article was originally published by ProPublica in cooperation with Drilled.
- [Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program/): Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 in 2025, but the company may have a harder time than expected putting the operating system out to pasture.
- [Young Soccer Star Dies After Jumping into River to Escape Heatwave](https://iwpost.com/young-soccer-star-dies-after-jumping-into-river-to-escape-heatwave/): A promising 21-year-old soccer player has died after jumping into a river to cool off during a scorching European heatwave that has already been linked to dozens of drownings.
- [Trump Claimed to Run Venezuela. After Earthquakes, He’s Walking That Back.](https://iwpost.com/trump-claimed-to-run-venezuela-after-earthquakes-hes-walking-that-back/): After abducting Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that America would “run” Venezuela.
- [After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network](https://iwpost.com/after-a-civil-rights-complaint-chicago-built-the-nations-largest-air-monitoring-network/): Serap Erdal stopped at a light pole in Chicago’s Grant Park, pulled out her phone, and began pinching at the screen.
- [Breaking the algorithm: why AI will never master diplomacy](https://iwpost.com/breaking-the-algorithm-why-ai-will-never-master-diplomacy/): Today, foreign ministries across the world are drowning in information — news reports, intelligence assessments, social media posts, satellite imagery, economic data, speeches and diplomatic cables.
- [Google Finance finally gets a mobile app as AI-powered overhaul leaves beta](https://iwpost.com/google-finance-finally-gets-a-mobile-app-as-ai-powered-overhaul-leaves-beta/): Google Finance is not a new product—it has been around for 20 years, long enough that it initially relied on Flash to display charts and graphs.
- [China cites 40 Japanese firms for ‘advancing remilitarization’](https://iwpost.com/china-cites-40-japanese-firms-for-advancing-remilitarization/): China has added 40 Japanese companies to its export control lists, accusing them of supporting Tokyo’s military buildup, as trade and military tensions between the two countries continue to escalate.
- [Iraq’s Green Zone Raids Test al-Zaidi’s Anti-Corruption Push](https://iwpost.com/iraqs-green-zone-raids-test-al-zaidis-anti-corruption-push/): Iraqi security forces arrested politicians and senior officials in overnight raids inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on Sunday, in one of the most visible anti-corruption operations Iraq has seen in years and an early test of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s new government.
- [June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed](https://iwpost.com/june-research-roundup-6-cool-science-stories-we-almost-missed/): It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across.
- [Congressional Dems Shift to Overwhelmingly Oppose Involvement in Israel’s War on Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/congressional-dems-shift-to-overwhelmingly-oppose-involvement-in-israels-war-on-lebanon/): Democratic Party leaders in the House reversed course and moved to back a resolution against U.S.
- [Trump’s DOJ Said Police Reform Was “Factually Unjustified.” A New Report Shows Otherwise.](https://iwpost.com/trumps-doj-said-police-reform-was-factually-unjustified-a-new-report-shows-otherwise/): But according to a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union, officers in those places were continuing to engage in the very behaviors that attracted federal scrutiny in the first place, including using excessive — and dangerous — force against people experiencing mental health crises.
- [What’s next after the failure to end North Korea’s nukes program](https://iwpost.com/whats-next-after-the-failure-to-end-north-koreas-nukes-program/): The dust has now settled on the ostentatious June summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.
- [2 Palestinians killed, 19 injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/2-palestinians-killed-19-injured-in-israeli-airstrikes-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire/): Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed and 19 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in the latest violation of the ceasefire agreement in force since Oct.
- [Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more](https://iwpost.com/google-kills-tenor-gif-api-forcing-changes-at-x-discord-and-more/): Google is so famous for killing products that there’s a whole virtual graveyard you can explore. Google’s latest shutdown now has a headstone of its own.
- [Mass Shooting at Center for Mothers and Children in Germany](https://iwpost.com/mass-shooting-at-center-for-mothers-and-children-in-germany/): Six people are dead and several others wounded after a horrifying mass shooting erupted Monday at a mother-and-child welfare center in northern Germany, sending police and rescue crews rushing into a chaotic scene just west of Hamburg.
- [For Puerto Rico’s fishers, climate change isn’t the only challenge — being left to adapt alone is another](https://iwpost.com/for-puerto-ricos-fishers-climate-change-isnt-the-only-challenge-being-left-to-adapt-alone-is-another/): This story is a collaboration between Grist and 9 Millones, an independent news network that amplifies Puerto Rican voices.
- [Japan’s military recruitment crisis in an age of rearmament](https://iwpost.com/japans-military-recruitment-crisis-in-an-age-of-rearmament/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission.
- [14 Children Killed After Tuition Center Roof Collapses in Lahore](https://iwpost.com/14-children-killed-after-tuition-center-roof-collapses-in-lahore/): At least 14 children were killed and several others injured after the roof of a private tuition center collapsed in Lahore’s Kahna area on Tuesday afternoon, according to rescue officials, hospital authorities, and local police.
- [Google's new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet](https://iwpost.com/googles-new-nano-banana-2-lite-image-model-is-its-fastest-and-cheapest-yet/): There are plenty of AI image-generation models these days, but the ones capable of quality outputs tend to be slow and expensive.
- [Even the Liberal Supreme Court Justices Ceded Ground in the Fight for Trans Existence](https://iwpost.com/even-the-liberal-supreme-court-justices-ceded-ground-in-the-fight-for-trans-existence/): The far-right Supreme Court majority marked the final day of Pride month with an anti-trans decision upholding state bans on trans girls from playing girls’ sports.
- [Trump sons set to profit from tax-funded Kazakh tungsten mine deal](https://iwpost.com/trump-sons-set-to-profit-from-tax-funded-kazakh-tungsten-mine-deal/): Trump and his children Eric, Don Jr. and Ivanka are pictured in 2016.
- [The US going 100% EV by 2040 would save more than 100k lives, study says](https://iwpost.com/the-us-going-100-ev-by-2040-would-save-more-than-100k-lives-study-says/): Although climate change is the primary motivation behind electric vehicle adoption, it isn’t the only consideration.
- [“That Guy Is Still Out There”](https://iwpost.com/that-guy-is-still-out-there/): It took less than a day for the detective to give up on the case.
- [In a bold move, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium Communications](https://iwpost.com/in-a-bold-move-rocket-lab-acquires-iridium-communications/): Rocket Lab announced on Monday that it is acquiring the satellite communications company Iridium.
- [CIA Accused of Explosive Cover-Up After Passenger Jet ‘Blows Up’ Over NYC](https://iwpost.com/cia-accused-of-explosive-cover-up-after-passenger-jet-blows-up-over-nyc/): Nearly 30 years after TWA Flight 800 exploded in the sky off Long Island, a new lawsuit is dragging the CIA back into one of America’s most haunting aviation mysteries.
- [Spoiler alert in the US-Iran peace process](https://iwpost.com/spoiler-alert-in-the-us-iran-peace-process/): Spoilers can be inside or outside a peace process.
- [Commercial ship traffic through Strait of Hormuz rises more than 50% over past week](https://iwpost.com/commercial-ship-traffic-through-strait-of-hormuz-rises-more-than-50-over-past-week/): Commercial vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose more than 50% from the previous week amid ongoing negotiations following a temporary deal between the US and Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Netanyahu’s Ultra-Orthodox Draft Deal Turns Unity Pitch Into Election Fight](https://iwpost.com/netanyahus-ultra-orthodox-draft-deal-turns-unity-pitch-into-election-fight/): Gabriel Colodro captures the moment Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to celebrate a Lebanon security understanding and instead stepped straight into Israel’s next election fight.
- [Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants](https://iwpost.com/women-in-the-army-are-more-likely-to-be-killed-by-fellow-soldiers-than-enemy-combatants/): Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Roque had been in the Army for just over four years when a man fatally shot her in the head.
- [Wildwood featurette lifts the veil on building its stop-motion world](https://iwpost.com/wildwood-featurette-lifts-the-veil-on-building-its-stop-motion-world/): Color us officially intrigued by Wildwood, director Travis Knight’s forthcoming stop-motion animated fantasy film.
- [Blue justice: Asia-Pacific’s crucial ocean governance test](https://iwpost.com/blue-justice-asia-pacifics-crucial-ocean-governance-test/): The Asia-Pacific is experiencing an unprecedented transformation in ocean governance.
- [To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk](https://iwpost.com/to-protect-its-drinking-water-this-city-has-to-appeal-to-the-oil-regulators-that-put-it-at-risk/): Preventing Water Pollution: Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells to protect against pollution.
- [Ukrainian families have been torn apart by the war – reunifying them is no easy task](https://iwpost.com/ukrainian-families-have-been-torn-apart-by-the-war-reunifying-them-is-no-easy-task/): Russia’s war in Ukraine has caused the largest forced population displacement crisis in Europe since the second world war.
- [Kalshi sues Illinois over new tax on prediction market sports bets](https://iwpost.com/kalshi-sues-illinois-over-new-tax-on-prediction-market-sports-bets/): A fight between states and the federal government over who should regulate sports betting is heating up, as states accuse prediction markets like Kalshi of taking the exact same sports bets as gambling platforms without paying taxes or adhering to stricter controls.
- [Gaza Board of Peace Meets as IDF Warns Hamas Is Rebuilding for War](https://iwpost.com/gaza-board-of-peace-meets-as-idf-warns-hamas-is-rebuilding-for-war/): A two-day meeting of the US-led Gaza Board of Peace opened in Cyprus on Tuesday as participants worked to advance plans for postwar governance in the Gaza Strip, while a Kan News report said senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officers have warned that Hamas is rebuilding its military capabilities and preparing for renewed war.
- [Quantum computing startup says it will leapfrog everybody](https://iwpost.com/quantum-computing-startup-says-it-will-leapfrog-everybody/): A short time back, we covered an announcement by Amazon that it would be hosting a useful quantum computer from its partner QuEra as soon as sometime in 2028.
- [Hockey Star, 19, and Dad Killed in Crash Involving Moose](https://iwpost.com/hockey-star-19-and-dad-killed-in-crash-involving-moose/): A promising young hockey player and her father were killed in a devastating motorcycle crash involving another vehicle and a moose in Newfoundland, leaving their tight-knit community heartbroken.
- [The Peter Thiel Ally Who Helped Kill Gawker Wanted to Save Journalism. Then His Site Went Dark.](https://iwpost.com/the-peter-thiel-ally-who-helped-kill-gawker-wanted-to-save-journalism-then-his-site-went-dark/): Aron D’Souza, the brainchild behind the lawsuit to kill Gawker Media, says he wants to fix journalism.
- [Israeli minister proposes Gaza relocation plan involving Mossad](https://iwpost.com/israeli-minister-proposes-gaza-relocation-plan-involving-mossad/): Israeli Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Gila Gamliel said on Monday that she had submitted a government plan for the “relocation” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, with support from Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad.
- [Merz floats Plaza Accord redux to tame China’s trade practices](https://iwpost.com/merz-floats-plaza-accord-redux-to-tame-chinas-trade-practices/): Trade tensions between the EU and China are deepening.
- [Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used](https://iwpost.com/ozone-loss-was-a-thing-even-before-cfcs-were-widely-used/): The ban on ozone-depleting substances that successfully reversed the growth of the hole in the ozone layer isn’t seen as a missed opportunity.
- [Pope Leo: human dignity in the AI age](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-human-dignity-in-the-ai-age/): This is the first part of a series.
- [Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buy](https://iwpost.com/sony-erases-digital-content-from-libraries-were-reminded-we-dont-own-what-we-buy/): Sony recently informed its PlayStation customers in the United Kingdom that they will no longer be able to watch previously purchased movies and shows from production and distribution company StudioCanal.
- [Louisiana Supreme Court Frees Death Row Prisoner, Calling Evidence Against Him “Scientifically Indefensible”](https://iwpost.com/louisiana-supreme-court-frees-death-row-prisoner-calling-evidence-against-him-scientifically-indefensible/): Former Louisiana death row inmate Jimmie “Chris” Duncan is officially a free man following a unanimous ruling Monday by the Louisiana Supreme Court.
- [Katz: US Linking Lebanon to Iran Ceasefire Prevented Hezbollah’s Destruction](https://iwpost.com/katz-us-linking-lebanon-to-iran-ceasefire-prevented-hezbollahs-destruction/): Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that US insistence on linking Lebanon to the Iran ceasefire memorandum of understanding prevented Israel’s military from destroying Hezbollah.
- [Supreme Court ruling guts government’s use of geofence warrants](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-ruling-guts-governments-use-of-geofence-warrants/): The Fourth Amendment protects a user’s “location history,” the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
- [Accused CEO Killer Luigi Mangione Gets Trapped in Elevator](https://iwpost.com/accused-ceo-killer-luigi-mangione-gets-trapped-in-elevator/): Luigi Mangione’s latest court appearance spiraled into bizarre chaos Monday when the accused assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was reportedly trapped in an elevator with armed guards before finally facing a federal judge.
- [O Tsinghua – the long and winding road leads me to your door](https://iwpost.com/o-tsinghua-the-long-and-winding-road-leads-me-to-your-door/): Will never disappear.
- [The Trump Administration’s Shameless Snuff-Film Fixation](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administrations-shameless-snuff-film-fixation/): With the wreckage of the Twin Towers still smoldering in October 2001, Tom Engelhardt started sending emails to a select group of friends and colleagues to make sense of that increasingly imperial moment.
- [Fresh Israeli strikes kill 8 in Gaza despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/fresh-israeli-strikes-kill-8-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire/): A new wave of Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Monday killed eight people, including a woman and her young daughter, and injured dozens amid ongoing violations by Tel Aviv of a ceasefire in effect since last October, medical sources said, Anadolu reports.
- [South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-to-spend-1t-on-more-memory-chip-production-and-humanoid-robots/): South Korea’s government and top tech companies are committing $1 trillion to several flagship megaprojects that could bolster global memory chip supply, build new AI data centers and spur commercial deployment of humanoid robots by 2028.
- [Nvidia flew to Beijing with Trump to sell but China said no](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-flew-to-beijing-with-trump-to-sell-but-china-said-no/): A month ago, the CEO of the world’s most valuable company boarded Air Force One in Alaska as a last-minute addition to President Trump’s Beijing delegation.
- [US offers $10 million for info on group behind Signal and WhatsApp hacking spree](https://iwpost.com/us-offers-10-million-for-info-on-group-behind-signal-and-whatsapp-hacking-spree/): Federal authorities are offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of a Russian state cyber group that has compromised thousands of Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to investigative reporters and US government employees.
- [NATO exists to guard against Russia, not to appease Donald Trump](https://iwpost.com/nato-exists-to-guard-against-russia-not-to-appease-donald-trump/): What is the point of NATO?
- [Netanyahu Wants a ‘Broad National Government.’ His ultra-Orthodox Deal Just Made It the Main Election Fight](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-wants-a-broad-national-government-his-ultra-orthodox-deal-just-made-it-the-main-election-fight/): A press conference intended to showcase a major security and diplomatic achievement on Lebanon quickly became the opening scene of Israel’s next election campaign.
- [US renewable boom passes key milestone in April](https://iwpost.com/us-renewable-boom-passes-key-milestone-in-april/): When last we looked at the state of the US grid, the ongoing explosion in solar energy had turned it into a major contributor, but one that still lagged well behind fossil-fuel-powered generation.
- [Child Star’s Tragic Cause of Death Revealed](https://iwpost.com/child-stars-tragic-cause-of-death-revealed/): The heartbreaking mystery surrounding former child star Daveigh Chase’s death has finally been answered.
- [America at 250: the Britons who supported the War of Independence](https://iwpost.com/america-at-250-the-britons-who-supported-the-war-of-independence/): The American revolution was not a straightforward contest between colonists and mother country, despite what the Declaration of Independence said about dissolving the bonds between one people and another.
- [Climate activists take on a new foe: Data centers](https://iwpost.com/climate-activists-take-on-a-new-foe-data-centers/): Amid the many political casualties of 2025 — mass federal layoffs, shuttered agencies, and clean energy spending cuts — the passing of one of the last decade’s defining political projects went almost entirely unnoticed.
- [Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Senate Candidate Backed by Pro-Palestine Jewish Group](https://iwpost.com/abdul-el-sayed-becomes-first-senate-candidate-backed-by-pro-palestine-jewish-group/): The political action arm of a Jewish anti-Zionist group best known for staging sit-ins to protest genocide in the halls of power is endorsing its first-ever candidate for U.S.
- [America’s Gulf Bases Are Turning Allies into Targets](https://iwpost.com/americas-gulf-bases-are-turning-allies-into-targets/): There is a hard truth Gulf capitals do not like to say aloud: hosting an American base does not only buy protection. It also rents out geography.
- [Google warns EU's plans to weaken its monopoly could expose user data](https://iwpost.com/google-warns-eus-plans-to-weaken-its-monopoly-could-expose-user-data/): Europe’s push to rein in Big Tech is ramping up, with the European Commission planning to announce new regulations for Google next month.
- [Iran’s Hormuz toll gambit is doomed to fail](https://iwpost.com/irans-hormuz-toll-gambit-is-doomed-to-fail/): Tensions have again escalated in the Middle East, with the United States and Iran trading strikes around the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Xerjoff and Lamborghini launch exclusive luxury fragrance collection](https://iwpost.com/xerjoff-and-lamborghini-launch-exclusive-luxury-fragrance-collection/): Italian luxury perfume house Xerjoff and Automobili Lamborghini have partnered to launch an exclusive fragrance collection inspired by the shared values of innovation, craftsmanship and design.
- [Colombia’s new president ‘El Tigre’ promises an iron fist – but that may not solve the violence he has inherited](https://iwpost.com/colombias-new-president-el-tigre-promises-an-iron-fist-but-that-may-not-solve-the-violence-he-has-inherited/): Colombia’s president-elect, Abelardo De La Espriella, widely known as “El Tigre”, will inherit a country deeply affected by insecurity.
- [Iran Vows To Pursue ‘Human Rights’ Cases, Seize American Assets if Possible](https://iwpost.com/iran-vows-to-pursue-human-rights-cases-seize-american-assets-if-possible/): Iran’s judiciary announced its intention to pursue domestic and international human rights cases against the United States and seek to seize American assets whenever possible, Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje’i said Sunday, following a directive from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
- [F1 in Austria: Starts off exciting, then goes the opposite way](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-austria-starts-off-exciting-then-goes-the-opposite-way/): Formula 1 raced at the Red Bull Ring in Austria this past weekend while the region sweltered under a heat dome.
- [Philippines poised to squander a rich nickel future](https://iwpost.com/philippines-poised-to-squander-a-rich-nickel-future/): The Philippines is approaching a critical moment in its nickel policy.
- [Comcast is splitting its media and broadband properties](https://iwpost.com/comcast-is-splitting-its-media-and-broadband-properties/): Comcast said it plans to separate its media businesses from its mobile and broadband networks in the latest reshaping of the US industry, sending shares in the group up more than 20 percent on Monday.
- [Will AI make companies outsource more or less?](https://iwpost.com/will-ai-make-companies-outsource-more-or-less/): It’s almost hard to remember nowadays, but before the pandemic a lot of us were worried about falling business dynamism in the United States.
- [The Businessman Who Helped Peter Thiel Kill Gawker Wanted to Save Journalism. Then His Site Went Dark.](https://iwpost.com/the-businessman-who-helped-peter-thiel-kill-gawker-wanted-to-save-journalism-then-his-site-went-dark/): Aron D’Souza, the brainchild behind the lawsuit to kill Gawker Media, says he wants to fix journalism.
- [Belgian Jewish group urges sanctions against Israel](https://iwpost.com/belgian-jewish-group-urges-sanctions-against-israel/): A group of Belgian Jews called on Belgium and Europe to impose sanctions against Israel as Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem continue to face human rights violations, Belga news agency reported on Monday.
- [Wall Street’s got China’s currency ambitions all wrong](https://iwpost.com/wall-streets-got-chinas-currency-ambitions-all-wrong/): Wall Street has spent nearly two decades operating on a flawed assumption about China’s financial intentions.
- [Syria’s Buildex Trade Show Draws 710 Companies as Reconstruction Interest Grows](https://iwpost.com/syrias-buildex-trade-show-draws-710-companies-as-reconstruction-interest-grows/): [DAMASCUS] The 24th edition of Buildex, Syria’s international construction and building exhibition, opened on June 10 at the Damascus Fairgrounds, bringing together 710 companies and 1,400 brands from 51 countries, according to organizers.
- [Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.](https://iwpost.com/native-american-tribes-came-together-to-secure-their-rights-to-colorado-river-water-four-states-are-stalling-the-deal/): Certainty on the River: Tribes have negotiated a settlement to resolve the largest outstanding claim to the Colorado River, while providing billions of dollars for water infrastructure.
- [Germany’s proposal to ease trade tensions with China has not gone down well in Beijing](https://iwpost.com/germanys-proposal-to-ease-trade-tensions-with-china-has-not-gone-down-well-in-beijing/): Trade tensions between the EU and China are deepening.
- [NASA's X-59 "frankenjet" tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom](https://iwpost.com/nasas-x-59-frankenjet-tests-supersonic-flight-without-the-sonic-boom/): More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent to a car door slamming shut 20 feet away.
- [World’s first trillionaire a flashing red light for US democracy](https://iwpost.com/worlds-first-trillionaire-a-flashing-red-light-for-us-democracy/): Elon Musk is the world's first trillionaire.
- [Veteran Actress Dead at 87](https://iwpost.com/veteran-actress-dead-at-87/): Ellen Weston, the veteran actress best known for her roles on The Young and the Restless, Guiding Light and Get Smart, has died. She was 87.
- [Iran deal Trump trashed looks a lot like the one he’s signing](https://iwpost.com/iran-deal-trump-trashed-looks-a-lot-like-the-one-hes-signing/): At Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne last week, US Vice President JD Vance announced that Iran had agreed to let United Nations nuclear inspectors back into the country and called it a first step toward permanently ending Tehran’s nuclear program — a claim Iran’s foreign ministry promptly disputed.
- [Israeli officer killed, soldier injured in southern Lebanon, military says](https://iwpost.com/israeli-officer-killed-soldier-injured-in-southern-lebanon-military-says/): The Israeli military said Sunday that one officer was killed and a soldier injured in a “clash” in southern Lebanon, Anadolu reports.
- [Why Is Jonathan Conricus Chiding Netanyahu, Blaming Egypt, and Hailing Lebanon Deal?](https://iwpost.com/why-is-jonathan-conricus-chiding-netanyahu-blaming-egypt-and-hailing-lebanon-deal/): Jonathan Conricus, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank and a former international spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, sees the Middle East as a series of collisions rather than a single crisis.
- [To beat China in the lab, America’s edge is trust not speed](https://iwpost.com/to-beat-china-in-the-lab-americas-edge-is-trust-not-speed/): The United States is right to worry about losing ground to China in clinical research.
- [Beloved News Anchor Steps Away From TV After Shocking Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/beloved-news-anchor-steps-away-from-tv-after-shocking-diagnosis/): A beloved Northern California news anchor is stepping away from the desk after more than two decades on the air, months after revealing a heartbreaking Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis.
- [Syrian-American Jew Says Historic Chair Recovered From Old Damascus Synagogue](https://iwpost.com/syrian-american-jew-says-historic-chair-recovered-from-old-damascus-synagogue/): [DAMASCUS] Syrian-American Jew, Joseph Jajati, told The Media Line that a historic chair stolen from a synagogue in Damascus’ Old City’s Jewish Quarter has been recovered, crediting local residents with helping secure the return of what he described as one of the Syrian Jewish community’s most significant heritage artifacts.
- [Iran urges US to set timeline for ‘unconditional’ Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/iran-urges-us-to-set-timeline-for-unconditional-israeli-withdrawal-from-lebanon/): Billboards featuring the late former Iranian leader Ali Khamenei and his son Mojtaba Khamenei, who were killed in U.S.
- [‘Recognizing Israel Is a Big Step but It’s Normal,’ Lebanese Politician Tells TML](https://iwpost.com/recognizing-israel-is-a-big-step-but-its-normal-lebanese-politician-tells-tml/): The new US-brokered framework between Israel and Lebanon was signed within a larger regional architecture that remains fragile, contradictory, and far from settled.
- [Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?](https://iwpost.com/why-did-this-journal-retract-two-1940s-papers-by-max-planck/): German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta.
- [MLB Player’s Wife Killed in Earthquake](https://iwpost.com/mlb-players-wife-killed-in-earthquake/): The wife of former Major League Baseball outfielder Gorkys Hernández was killed in the devastating double earthquakes that shook Venezuela this week, leaving the ex-MLB player shattered as rescuers searched through the ruins of a collapsed hotel.
- [Cow manure could be the next data center fuel](https://iwpost.com/cow-manure-could-be-the-next-data-center-fuel/): This story was originally published by Sentient.
- [US to continue targeting Iran if Hormuz shipping is threatened: Envoy to UN](https://iwpost.com/us-to-continue-targeting-iran-if-hormuz-shipping-is-threatened-envoy-to-un/): Ambassador Mike Waltz, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations holds a press briefing at the UN Security Council (UNSC) Media Stakeout following adoption of a US-drafted UNSC Resolution, endorsing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza on November 17, 2025, in New York City, United States.
- [President Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on Countries Imposing Digital Taxes](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-threatens-100-tariffs-on-countries-imposing-digital-taxes/): US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the US will levy a 100% import tariff on any European country that adopts a digital services tax targeting major US technology companies.
- [King Charles Slammed for ‘Selfish and Self-Indulgent’ Decision](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-slammed-for-selfish-and-self-indulgent-decision/): King Charles is facing fresh backlash after deciding he will not move back into Buckingham Palace, even after taxpayers helped fund a massive renovation project costing nearly half a billion dollars.
- [The end of ambiguity: How the Washington framework broke the post-Taif order](https://iwpost.com/the-end-of-ambiguity-how-the-washington-framework-broke-the-post-taif-order/): The framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26 between the United States, Israel, and Lebanon is being analyzed in most capitals as a diplomatic development.
- [Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing](https://iwpost.com/online-age-verification-law-could-kill-whistleblowing/): Caitlin Vogus is a senior adviser to the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a First Amendment attorney.
- [Iranian Suspect Arrested in Montenegro Over Alleged $3.4 Billion US Cyber Hacking Campaign ](https://iwpost.com/iranian-suspect-arrested-in-montenegro-over-alleged-3-4-billion-us-cyber-hacking-campaign/): An Iranian national wanted by US authorities on cybercrime charges was arrested in Montenegro in a joint operation involving Montenegrin authorities and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, after investigators alleged he participated in a yearslong hacking campaign targeting American universities and infrastructure that caused an estimated $3.4 billion in losses.
- [Kentucky Man Believed Dead ‘Wakes Up’ as Doctors Prepared to Harvest Organs](https://iwpost.com/kentucky-man-believed-dead-wakes-up-as-doctors-prepared-to-harvest-organs/): A Kentucky man who was believed to be brain dead was allegedly moments away from having his organs harvested when he suddenly woke up on the operating table — crying, moving and proving he was still alive.
- [Lebanon’s Washington framework entrenches power, not order](https://iwpost.com/lebanons-washington-framework-entrenches-power-not-order/): Diplomacy often celebrates the signing of agreements. History judges whether those agreements change realities or merely rename them.
- [Adidas edging Nike in World Cup sales boost](https://iwpost.com/adidas-edging-nike-in-world-cup-sales-boost/): As the World Cup brand battle heats up, sportswear giant Adidas appears to be getting a bigger boost than rival Nike, early data show.
- [Netanyahu Defends Lebanon Framework, Says Israel Retains Freedom To Strike Hezbollah ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-defends-lebanon-framework-says-israel-retains-freedom-to-strike-hezbollah/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s framework agreement with Lebanon on Saturday, saying the accord preserves Israel’s military freedom of action, weakens Hezbollah and Iran, and creates new diplomatic opportunities, while using a wide-ranging press conference to address questions about the military campaign, domestic politics, and Israel’s regional strategy.
- [Madonna Eyes Shocking Sex Book Sequel 30 Years Later](https://iwpost.com/madonna-eyes-shocking-sex-book-sequel-30-years-later/): Madonna may be ready to strip down her legacy all over again.
- [Israeli army to begin pilot withdrawal from southern Lebanon: Report](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-to-begin-pilot-withdrawal-from-southern-lebanon-report/): Movement of Israeli military vehicles and tanks is observed around the village of al-Aadaissah near the Lebanon-Israel border in May 13, 2026.
- [Iran Launches Reported Strikes on US Military Targets After Hormuz Clash](https://iwpost.com/iran-launches-reported-strikes-on-us-military-targets-after-hormuz-clash/): Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Saturday that it had launched strikes against US military targets in the Middle East, including reported drone attacks on Naval Support Activity Bahrain, after US forces carried out retaliatory strikes on Iranian military sites following an attack on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Digital euro clears key hurdle as EU seeks to break free from U.S. credit cards](https://iwpost.com/digital-euro-clears-key-hurdle-as-eu-seeks-to-break-free-from-u-s-credit-cards/): The European Central Bank secured key parliamentary backing on Tuesday for the launch ​of a digital euro, an electronic means of payments aimed at making the euro zone less reliant on U.S.
- [Chilling Phone Tip Rocks Nancy Guthrie Case](https://iwpost.com/chilling-phone-tip-rocks-nancy-guthrie-case/): NBC is reportedly bracing for the possibility that Savannah Guthrie could suddenly step away from Today again as the mystery surrounding her missing mother takes a dark and explosive new turn.
- [Environmental defenders remain among world’s most targeted activists](https://iwpost.com/environmental-defenders-remain-among-worlds-most-targeted-activists/): Environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world’s most targeted human rights advocates in 2025, despite landmark rulings by international courts affirming governments’ obligations to protect both the environment and those who defend it.
- [India ramps up nukes while China, Pakistan probe for holes](https://iwpost.com/india-ramps-up-nukes-while-china-pakistan-probe-for-holes/): India’s nuclear buildup is sharpening its deterrent, but Pakistan and China are turning the space below nuclear war into the real battlefield.
- [Google loses long-running appeal of record EU fine, will have to cough up $4.7 billion](https://iwpost.com/google-loses-long-running-appeal-of-record-eu-fine-will-have-to-cough-up-4-7-billion/): Back in 2018, Google was handed a record-setting 4.34 billion-euro ($4.9 billion) fine in Europe for abusing its monopoly on Android.
- [Princess Diana’s Chilling Death Predictions Revealed](https://iwpost.com/princess-dianas-chilling-death-predictions-revealed/): Princess Diana reportedly made a series of terrifying predictions about how she believed she might die—warning friends she could be shot, blown up in a helicopter or killed in a carefully staged car crash.
- [Eastern U.S. hit by historic heatwave ahead of July 4 holiday](https://iwpost.com/eastern-u-s-hit-by-historic-heatwave-ahead-of-july-4-holiday/): Record-breaking ​temperatures spread to the eastern U.S.
- [China’s EV fleet is world’s most underestimated AI asset](https://iwpost.com/chinas-ev-fleet-is-worlds-most-underestimated-ai-asset/): History has a habit of concealing its most consequential turning points inside the mundane.
- [Artificial cell manages a few rounds of cell division](https://iwpost.com/artificial-cell-manages-a-few-rounds-of-cell-division/): Understanding the origin of life requires addressing a collection of overlapping scientific questions.
- [Massachusetts Set to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases With DNA Evidence](https://iwpost.com/massachusetts-set-to-extend-statute-of-limitations-for-rape-cases-with-dna-evidence/): Massachusetts’ deadline to prosecute rape cases will no longer be one of the strictest in the nation under a bill Gov. Maura Healey pledged to sign into law.
- [Saudi Arabia Warns AI Is Becoming a Counterterrorism Threat](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-warns-ai-is-becoming-a-counterterrorism-threat/): Saudi Arabia and counterterrorism experts warned at the United Nations this week that terrorist groups are learning to exploit artificial intelligence for recruitment, propaganda, fundraising and attack planning faster than governments and technology companies are building safeguards.
- [China’s housing market free-falls as buyers wait for floor prices](https://iwpost.com/chinas-housing-market-free-falls-as-buyers-wait-for-floor-prices/): China’s home prices continued to fall in the first half of 2026 as buyers held back, betting that values would drop farther.
- [Israel tightens solitary confinement of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, his office says](https://iwpost.com/israel-tightens-solitary-confinement-of-jailed-fatah-leader-marwan-barghouti-his-office-says/): Israeli prison authorities have recently tightened the solitary confinement conditions of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti at Ganot Prison, where he has been held in isolation since November 2023, his office said Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Plex debuts 5-year membership pass for $250](https://iwpost.com/plex-debuts-5-year-membership-pass-for-250/): When Plex launched in 2012, it sold lifetime access to its media server software for $75.
- [Lithuania agrees to remove constitutional ban on nuclear weapons](https://iwpost.com/lithuania-agrees-to-remove-constitutional-ban-on-nuclear-weapons/): Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda ‌said on Thursday that parliamentary parties had ​agreed on a ​plan to remove a ⁠constitutional provision prohibiting nuclear ​weapons on Lithuanian ​soil.
- [As the United States turns 250 there is bitter rivalry over who gets to tell the country’s story](https://iwpost.com/as-the-united-states-turns-250-there-is-bitter-rivalry-over-who-gets-to-tell-the-countrys-story/): The 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence has become yet another flashpoint in a politically divided America.
- [Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware](https://iwpost.com/newly-discovered-pamstealer-isnt-your-typical-macos-malware/): Researchers have found a never-before-seen piece of macOS malware that combines a series of clever tradecraft to infect Macs with stealthy, custom-developed credential-stealing code.
- [Tragic New Details Emerge About TV Star’s Death](https://iwpost.com/tragic-new-details-emerge-about-tv-stars-death/): New details have emerged about the heartbreaking death of The Wire actor James Ransone after authorities released his medical examiner’s report.
- [Kazakh mine deal latest manifestation of Trump enrichment syndrome](https://iwpost.com/kazakh-mine-deal-latest-manifestation-of-trump-enrichment-syndrome/): The Trump administration concluded a recent mineral deal with Kazakhstan that, not surprisingly, enriches not only Trump’s own family but that of his secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick.
- [People are willing to pay more for climate-proof wine, study shows](https://iwpost.com/people-are-willing-to-pay-more-for-climate-proof-wine-study-shows/): What’s a winemaker to do on a warming planet?
- [Canadian Jews Weigh Leaving as Antisemitism Fuels Search for Safer Homes](https://iwpost.com/canadian-jews-weigh-leaving-as-antisemitism-fuels-search-for-safer-homes/): Jewish organizations in Canada say rising antisemitism is pushing some members of the community to consider leaving the country, with groups arranging exploratory trips to Panama and Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Jews who no longer feel safe at home.
- [FAA proposal: Supersonic airliners can fly over US cities if they’re quiet](https://iwpost.com/faa-proposal-supersonic-airliners-can-fly-over-us-cities-if-theyre-quiet/): A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
- [How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming Apart](https://iwpost.com/how-floridas-cuban-diaspora-and-the-israeli-lobby-came-together-and-are-coming-apart/): After a devastating earthquake rocked Venezuela last week, President Donald Trump backed off his claims to be “in charge” of the country he invaded in January — which might imply an obligation to support its people and rebuild the nation — opting instead to send disaster assistance to our “friends” there.
- [Ag mantra with China cutting US imports: Fix – don’t scrap – USMCA](https://iwpost.com/ag-mantra-with-china-cutting-us-imports-fix-dont-scrap-usmca/): President Donald Trump says the US doesn't need anything Canada or Mexico produce and he isn't looking to renew the free-trade deal with those countries.
- [Members of rebel Catholic group in schism, excommunicated](https://iwpost.com/members-of-rebel-catholic-group-in-schism-excommunicated/): The Vatican said on Thursday that ​priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo‘s approval were in schism ‌with the wider Church and now excommunicated.
- [USA at 250: the Black American struggle for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness](https://iwpost.com/usa-at-250-the-black-american-struggle-for-life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness/): As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, there is a tension between those who want to remember an uncomplicated past and those who would remember that freedom is a constant struggle.
- [1,000 days of Israel’s genocide: Gaza children get killed, orphaned and starved](https://iwpost.com/1000-days-of-israels-genocide-gaza-children-get-killed-orphaned-and-starved/): As the Gaza Strip marks 1,000 days since Israel began its genocidal war on the enclave, Palestinian children continue to face a reality shaped by killing, hunger, orphanhood, and displacement, amid the collapse of protection and care systems, Anadolu reports.
- [Africa CDC confirms Marburg case in Uganda as Ebola outbreak rages](https://iwpost.com/africa-cdc-confirms-marburg-case-in-uganda-as-ebola-outbreak-rages/): Amid disease surveillance for the ongoing Ebola outbreak, Ugandan health authorities identified a case of Marburg virus disease in a one-and-a-half-year-old child, who has died, according to Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- [Ambani-Trump Jr. investigation encountered a Google AI surprise](https://iwpost.com/ambani-trump-jr-investigation-encountered-a-google-ai-surprise/): This article was first published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. It is republished under a Creative Commons license.
- [Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC](https://iwpost.com/musks-x-poses-serious-risk-to-americans-privacy-advocates-warn-ftc/): Ahead of a July 2 deadline to submit public comments, advocates are warning the Federal Trade Commission that it must keep close watch over Elon Musk’s X and firmly reject a recent bid to end the agency’s ongoing audits of the platform’s data handling.
- [Legendary Actor Reveals Heartbreaking Alzheimer’s Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/legendary-actor-reveals-heartbreaking-alzheimers-diagnosis/): Hollywood legend Danny Glover has revealed he is battling Alzheimer’s disease in an emotional new interview that has left longtime fans stunned.
- [State of emergency in Crimea as Ukraine focuses pressure on ‘jewel in Putin’s crown’](https://iwpost.com/state-of-emergency-in-crimea-as-ukraine-focuses-pressure-on-jewel-in-putins-crown/): Vladimir Putin has finally acknowledged that Ukraine’s relentless drone attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure are having an effect.
- [Canada’s little-known role in helping to spur American independence in 1776](https://iwpost.com/canadas-little-known-role-in-helping-to-spur-american-independence-in-1776/): Strange as it is to say, the U.S. Declaration of Independence has deep roots in Canada.
- [President Trump’s Board of Peace Pushes To Replace UNRWA in Gaza ](https://iwpost.com/president-trumps-board-of-peace-pushes-to-replace-unrwa-in-gaza/): The Board of Peace established by US President Donald Trump declared that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has “no place in the new Gaza” and called on international donors to redirect funding from the agency to Board-led humanitarian initiatives.
- [Kyiv declares mourning after deadly Russian missile and drone attack](https://iwpost.com/kyiv-declares-mourning-after-deadly-russian-missile-and-drone-attack/): Kyiv will observe a day of mourning on Friday after a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack killed at least 13 people and injured about 90 others, according to city officials.
- [RFK Jr. Claims He’s Investigating Terrorism Now, Too](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-claims-hes-investigating-terrorism-now-too/): Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral](https://iwpost.com/how-google-and-ai-nearly-made-a-seasoned-reporter-spiral/): Last month, my colleagues and I published an investigation into a Texas oil refinery startup, America First Refining, that had secretly gotten investment from Donald Trump Jr.
- [Plaza Accord 2.0 talk won’t fix anybody’s China problem](https://iwpost.com/plaza-accord-2-0-talk-wont-fix-anybodys-china-problem/): TOKYO — Enter German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the latest to suggest a Plaza Accord 2.0 is needed to knock China’s export competitiveness down to size.
- [Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025](https://iwpost.com/googles-ai-buildout-drove-37-increase-in-electricity-use-in-2025/): Google reported that its annual electricity consumption rose by 37 percent in 2025—the largest increase in the company’s history as Silicon Valley’s AI data center buildout continues.
- [US, Iran make progress in indirect talks mediated by Qatar and Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-make-progress-in-indirect-talks-mediated-by-qatar-and-pakistan/): The United States and Iran have made progress in indirect talks, according to mediators Qatar and Pakistan.
- [Editorial: It's time to step up and have your say for science](https://iwpost.com/editorial-its-time-to-step-up-and-have-your-say-for-science/): Near the end of May, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed a new rule that would govern how the federal government handles the grants it issues, including those that fund the vast majority of scientific research in the US.
- [The universe isn’t as uniform as we thought](https://iwpost.com/the-universe-isnt-as-uniform-as-we-thought/): Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the cosmos.
- [Zelenskyy cuts Irish visit short as intelligence warns of Russian massive attack](https://iwpost.com/zelenskyy-cuts-irish-visit-short-as-intelligence-warns-of-russian-massive-attack/): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cut short his visit to Dublin on Wednesday, warning that the Kremlin would soon launch a new large-scale attack on Ukraine.
- [Qatar, President Trump Claim Doha Talks Were Productive; Negotiations To Continue ](https://iwpost.com/qatar-president-trump-claim-doha-talks-were-productive-negotiations-to-continue/): The United States, Iran, Qatar and Pakistan reported progress in indirect negotiations in Doha aimed at advancing discussions on a broader agreement tied to the memorandum of understanding signed in Islamabad, with both Washington and Doha expressing optimism about the latest round of talks.
- [After spooking Trump into safety testing, Anthropic AI models get global release](https://iwpost.com/after-spooking-trump-into-safety-testing-anthropic-ai-models-get-global-release/): The US has lifted export curbs on Anthropic’s newest Claude models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, about three weeks after the Trump administration flagged the models as national security risks.
- [Iconic British Actor Dies at 82](https://iwpost.com/iconic-british-actor-dies-at-82/): Veteran British actor Michael Byrne, the familiar face who appeared in everything from Indiana Jones to Harry Potter has died.
- [Socialists Are Surging. In Colorado, a 29-Year Incumbent Is Sweating.](https://iwpost.com/socialists-are-surging-in-colorado-a-29-year-incumbent-is-sweating/): Rep. Diana DeGette has had a tough few weeks.
- [Japan’s gray-zone resilience runs through civilian industry](https://iwpost.com/japans-gray-zone-resilience-runs-through-civilian-industry/): This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here.
- [A good little EV you won't be able to buy soon: The Volvo EX30 Cross Country](https://iwpost.com/a-good-little-ev-you-wont-be-able-to-buy-soon-the-volvo-ex30-cross-country/): Did you know the average new vehicle in the US grew an inch (25 mm) wider and 22 inches (558 mm) longer between 2013 and 2023?
- [Japan rallies tech-giant alliance to build sovereign AI](https://iwpost.com/japan-rallies-tech-giant-alliance-to-build-sovereign-ai/): Japan is throwing its industrial weight behind a homegrown challenger to US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence.
- [UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say they face movement restrictions in southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/un-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-say-they-face-movement-restrictions-in-southern-lebanon/): The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are seen as they have reported that the Israeli army constructed two walls inside Lebanese territory along the border, in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, near the town of Yaroun, Nabatieh, Lebanon on November 15, 2025.
- [Sony announces end of PlayStation discs, parts of digital store in the same day](https://iwpost.com/sony-announces-end-of-playstation-discs-parts-of-digital-store-in-the-same-day/): Some gamers are concerned about the future of game ownership after Sony’s announcement today that it won’t produce physical discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028.
- [Why Poland’s president is invoking wartime history in a dispute with Volodymyr Zelensky](https://iwpost.com/why-polands-president-is-invoking-wartime-history-in-a-dispute-with-volodymyr-zelensky/): There have long been tensions, political, economic and cultural, between Poland and Ukraine.
- [Musk remaking the world like Ford – but far more dangerously](https://iwpost.com/musk-remaking-the-world-like-ford-but-far-more-dangerously/): Elon Musk, briefly the world’s first trillionaire – but now a mere billionaire again – is a man of exceptions.
- [Israel Opens 22nd Maccabiah Games, Welcoming Jewish Athletes From at Least 35 Countries](https://iwpost.com/israel-opens-22nd-maccabiah-games-welcoming-jewish-athletes-from-at-least-35-countries/): The 22nd Maccabiah Games opened in Jerusalem on July 1 with a ceremony at Teddy Stadium, bringing together thousands of Jewish athletes from around the world for the start of the two-week international sporting event.
- [Superworms could replace beetles for cleaning skeletal remains](https://iwpost.com/superworms-could-replace-beetles-for-cleaning-skeletal-remains/): Fatemeh Rastekar, Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared discuss the safe and practical utility of superworm larvae for cleaning museum specimens.
- [Teen Girl Dies in Bungee Jumping Horror After Instructor’s Chilling Two-Word Blunder](https://iwpost.com/teen-girl-dies-in-bungee-jumping-horror-after-instructors-chilling-two-word-blunder/): A teenage girl’s vacation turned into an unimaginable nightmare when she plunged to her death during a bungee jump after a horrifying mix-up over just two words.
- [Bank of Japan’s monetary monster is finally turning on its maker](https://iwpost.com/bank-of-japans-monetary-monster-is-finally-turning-on-its-maker/): TOKYO – As the yen staggers back to 1986 levels at around 162 to the dollar, the financial Frankenstein Japan began stitching together that same year is returning to upend the economy in 2026.
- [America at 250: five times the US constitution has come under threat](https://iwpost.com/america-at-250-five-times-the-us-constitution-has-come-under-threat/): The story of the US is, in many ways, remarkable.
- [NASA chief praises progress Blue Origin is making after launch failure](https://iwpost.com/nasa-chief-praises-progress-blue-origin-is-making-after-launch-failure/): NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said this week that Blue Origin has been putting significant resources into the cleanup of its launch pad since the explosion of its New Glenn rocket there in late May.
- [Lawsuit shows it’s past time for Samsung and SK Hynix to speak up](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-shows-its-past-time-for-samsung-and-sk-hynix-to-speak-up/): For a quarter of a century, consumer technology was the most dependable disinflationary force in the world economy.
- [Iran says IAEA inspectors ‘will not be granted any access’ to bombed nuclear sites](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-iaea-inspectors-will-not-be-granted-any-access-to-bombed-nuclear-sites/): Iran’s Parliament Speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Wednesday inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “will not be granted any access” to its bombed sites, Anadolu reports.
- [Knesset Passes Torah Study Basic Law in First Reading, Raising Draft Exemption Concerns](https://iwpost.com/knesset-passes-torah-study-basic-law-in-first-reading-raising-draft-exemption-concerns/): Israel’s Knesset gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to the proposed Torah study Basic Law, moving forward legislation that would enshrine Torah study as a constitutional principle.
- [T-Mobile moving tens of thousands of virtual machines off VMware amid lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/t-mobile-moving-tens-of-thousands-of-virtual-machines-off-vmware-amid-lawsuit/): T-Mobile is asking a New York court to rule that Broadcom was contractually obligated to continue supporting its VMware perpetual licenses.
- [CPEC gave Balochistan roads and power. CPEC 2.0 must deliver jobs](https://iwpost.com/cpec-gave-balochistan-roads-and-power-cpec-2-0-must-deliver-jobs/): In 2015, Balochistan had power outages lasting 16 to 18 hours daily, according to provincial records at the time, roads that petered out into gravel tracks, and a port at Gwadar that saw fewer than 20 ships dock in an entire year.
- [Fans ‘Crushed to Death’ During World Cup Celebration](https://iwpost.com/fans-crushed-to-death-during-world-cup-celebration/): Two Mexican soccer fans were crushed to death in Mexico City after a massive World Cup celebration spiraled into tragedy following the host nation’s historic win.
- [ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York Courts](https://iwpost.com/ice-flouting-federal-judges-order-to-stop-arresting-immigrants-at-new-york-courts/): Federal agents took three people into custody at immigration courts in New York City over the last week in what lawyers said appears to be the first grave violations of two orders by federal judges barring such arrests.
- [You’ve never heard of these glaciers, but they’re becoming critical climate havens as America’s iconic mountain glaciers and their water fade](https://iwpost.com/youve-never-heard-of-these-glaciers-but-theyre-becoming-critical-climate-havens-as-americas-iconic-mountain-glaciers-and-their-water-fade/): If you have ever hiked in the high peaks of Colorado, the Wasatch Range in Utah or the Tetons in Wyoming, you’ve almost certainly seen a rock glacier, perhaps without even knowing it.
- [US home battery installations hit record high on rising electricity costs](https://iwpost.com/us-home-battery-installations-hit-record-high-on-rising-electricity-costs/): US homeowners have embraced home batteries in record-breaking numbers in early 2026, spurred on by state incentives while seeking to offset rising residential electricity costs.
- [Urban trees aren’t just nice, scientists say — they’re mandatory](https://iwpost.com/urban-trees-arent-just-nice-scientists-say-theyre-mandatory/): They tower overhead and sway in the wind and often teem with squawking birds, yet trees are easy to ignore.
- [Cape Verde’s World Cup success reflects a nation that has repeatedly defied the odds](https://iwpost.com/cape-verdes-world-cup-success-reflects-a-nation-that-has-repeatedly-defied-the-odds/): For decades, the west African island nation of Cape Verde was perhaps best known for the music of late singer Cesária Évora.
- [Ithaca's king defies the gods in final The Odyssey trailer](https://iwpost.com/ithacas-king-defies-the-gods-in-final-the-odyssey-trailer/): We’re counting down the days until the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and Universal Pictures has released one last trailer to keep anticipation high.
- [Ireland faces packed agenda as it takes over rotating EU Council presidency](https://iwpost.com/ireland-faces-packed-agenda-as-it-takes-over-rotating-eu-council-presidency/): Ireland has assumed the rotating six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union, succeeding Cyprus, with a packed agenda that includes new sanctions on Russia, EU enlargement, negotiations on the bloc’s next long-term budget and mounting global trade tensions.
- [Nigeria Discovers World-Class Critical Minerals Deposit in Kaduna State ](https://iwpost.com/nigeria-discovers-world-class-critical-minerals-deposit-in-kaduna-state/): Nigeria has announced the discovery of a polymetallic mineral deposit in Kaduna State containing nickel, copper, gold, platinum group metals and rare earth elements, as the government steps up efforts to expand mining into a major source of economic growth alongside the country’s oil industry.
- [Inside the Collapse of Global Accountability for Israel | Palestine This Week](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-collapse-of-global-accountability-for-israel-palestine-this-week/): This episode of Palestine This Week opens with Israel’s renewed push to promote the so-called “voluntary migration” of Palestinians from Gaza, asking whether ethnic cleansing is now being pursued without even the pretence of concealment.
- [A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?](https://iwpost.com/a-space-history-mystery-what-happened-to-the-viking-arm-used-50-years-ago/): Michael Collins looked down at his watch.
- [Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Term](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-already-launched-more-death-penalty-prosecutions-than-in-his-entire-first-term/): Less than halfway through Trump’s second term, the U.S.
- [The logical case for admitting Bangladesh into ASEAN](https://iwpost.com/the-logical-case-for-admitting-bangladesh-into-asean/): For decades, Bangladesh’s foreign policy operated on a predictable, singular axis.
- [Harvey Weinstein Rushed to Hospital from Prison](https://iwpost.com/harvey-weinstein-rushed-to-hospital-from-prison/): Harvey Weinstein has reportedly been rushed from jail to a hospital prison ward after suffering a frightening heart failure scare behind bars.
- [A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification](https://iwpost.com/a-troubling-milestone-most-supreme-court-rulings-are-secretive-votes-with-little-justification/): In its term that ended last October, the Supreme Court passed an important milestone that went unnoticed: For the first time, it decided more cases by secret ballot, and with few signed opinions, than it did for cases argued in open court.
- [UK likely to intervene in Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery](https://iwpost.com/uk-likely-to-intervene-in-paramount-takeover-of-warner-bros-discovery/): The British government could intervene in the $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery by Paramount Skydance, citing concerns around the need for a plurality of views in news as well as media ownership in the UK.
- [Unchecked AI progress may pose catastrophic risks, UN panel warns](https://iwpost.com/unchecked-ai-progress-may-pose-catastrophic-risks-un-panel-warns/): Developments in artificial intelligence ​are outpacing scientific understanding and government policy, meaning there are no guarantees the technology will ‌not cause catastrophic harm, a United Nations independent panel warned on Wednesday.
- [3 Murdered Across Israel Within a Single Hour, Including Netanya Rabbi ](https://iwpost.com/3-murdered-across-israel-within-a-single-hour-including-netanya-rabbi/): Three people were killed in separate attacks across Israel between 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.
- [Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning](https://iwpost.com/scientists-find-no-link-between-tylenol-and-autism-again-after-trump-warning/): Another large study has found no link between autism and Tylenol use during pregnancy, refuting claims by President Trump and anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [New China-EU trade mechanism puts talks over tariffs](https://iwpost.com/new-china-eu-trade-mechanism-puts-talks-over-tariffs/): The official launch of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism represents one of the most significant developments in China-Europe economic relations in recent years, underscoring a shared determination to manage an increasingly complex commercial relationship through dialogue rather than confrontation.
- [Egypt reaches preliminary IMF deal for $1.64 billion in new funding](https://iwpost.com/egypt-reaches-preliminary-imf-deal-for-1-64-billion-in-new-funding/): Egypt has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that could unlock about $1.64 billion in new financing, subject to approval by the Fund’s Executive Board, the government announced on Tuesday.
- [New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea](https://iwpost.com/new-attack-provides-one-more-reason-why-ai-browsers-are-a-bad-idea/): Makers of AI browsers make lofty promises.
- [NATO drills in US showcase allied unity despite political tensions](https://iwpost.com/nato-drills-in-us-showcase-allied-unity-despite-political-tensions/): A major NATO exercise off the coast of North Carolina has highlighted continued military cooperation between the United States and its European allies despite renewed political tensions over the alliance.
- [Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver](https://iwpost.com/socialist-momentum-grows-as-melat-kiros-wins-in-denver/): Leftists toppled a three-decade incumbent they’d made the face of the Democratic Party’s failures on Tuesday in Denver amid an anti-establishment wave that has powered progressive and socialist midterm victories across the country.
- [BYD battery breakthrough crashes Indonesia’s nickel cartel dream](https://iwpost.com/byd-battery-breakthrough-crashes-indonesias-nickel-cartel-dream/): A quiet but seismic shift is playing out across China’s globally dominant electric-vehicle supply chain, one with major implications for Indonesia’s EV-reliant nickel industry.
- [Florida Hiker, 31, Killed in Horror Alligator Attack as Boyfriend Fought Desperately to Save Her](https://iwpost.com/florida-hiker-31-killed-in-horror-alligator-attack-as-boyfriend-fought-desperately-to-save-her/): Heartbreaking photos have emerged of a Florida woman whose weekend hike turned into a nightmare when she was fatally attacked by an alligator while swimming with her boyfriend.
- [Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court](https://iwpost.com/apple-takes-epic-fight-over-app-store-fees-to-the-supreme-court/): Apple is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse a contempt finding that threatens to block the tech giant from charging high commission fees when developers divert iPhone users to non-Apple payment methods for app purchases.
- [China’s currency stance could cost it lost decades](https://iwpost.com/chinas-currency-stance-could-cost-it-lost-decades/): China may be facing a confusing short circuit in its economic and political calculations that could seriously harm the nation over the next few years.
- [‘One Day We Will Drive From Jerusalem To Beirut’: Huckabee Says Lebanon Deal Marks Historic Shift](https://iwpost.com/one-day-we-will-drive-from-jerusalem-to-beirut-huckabee-says-lebanon-deal-marks-historic-shift/): US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Tuesday at the Herzliya Conference that last week’s US-brokered framework between Israel and Lebanon should be understood first as a shift in how both countries define the threat on their shared border: not as a war between Israel and Lebanon, but as a conflict centered on Hezbollah.
- [NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon](https://iwpost.com/nasa-may-send-a-backup-nuclear-powered-mars-rover-to-the-moon/): NASA officials said Tuesday that they are seriously considering sending the full-scale engineering model of the Perseverance rover, which is currently housed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, to the Moon to expedite their efforts to explore the south pole region.
- [Trump’s Fulbright cuts mark end of a soft power era](https://iwpost.com/trumps-fulbright-cuts-mark-end-of-a-soft-power-era/): Fulbright grants promoted global understanding through research and exchange.
- [How to Show That Israel’s Sexual Violence Against Palestinians Is Systemic — and Has Gone on for Decades](https://iwpost.com/how-to-show-that-israels-sexual-violence-against-palestinians-is-systemic-and-has-gone-on-for-decades/): Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.
- [Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty](https://iwpost.com/florida-is-executing-prisoners-at-a-record-pace-even-as-most-of-the-u-s-abandons-the-death-penalty/): This spring, Father Dustin Feddon began waking up in the middle of the night.
- [Turkish president says Israeli slanders attempt to cover up Gaza genocide](https://iwpost.com/turkish-president-says-israeli-slanders-attempt-to-cover-up-gaza-genocide/): Slanders against Turkiye are Israel’s attempts to cover up its “barbarity in Gaza,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, Anadolu reports.
- [Amazon blames piracy apps with malware for killing new Fire Stick sideloading](https://iwpost.com/amazon-blames-piracy-apps-with-malware-for-killing-new-fire-stick-sideloading/): Amazon is blaming the threat of malware for its decision to stop releasing new Fire Sticks that support sideloading apps from outside Amazon’s Appstore.
- [Supreme Court keeps birthright citizenship, overruling Trump order](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-keeps-birthright-citizenship-overruling-trump-order/): WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s attempt to redefine the constitutional right to birthright citizenship.
- [Marlon Brando’s Secret Celebrity Phone Tapes Allegedly Left Hollywood Terrified](https://iwpost.com/marlon-brandos-secret-celebrity-phone-tapes-allegedly-left-hollywood-terrified/): Marlon Brando was one of the most celebrated actors in Hollywood history, but one of the strangest stories about his private life had little to do with the big screen.
- [Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com](https://iwpost.com/reddit-will-require-you-to-log-in-to-use-old-reddit-com/): Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com.
- [America’s 250th Birthday Celebration Erupts into Chaos (Video)](https://iwpost.com/americas-250th-birthday-celebration-erupts-into-chaos-video/): America’s massive 250th birthday celebration was rocked by a shocking series of mishaps as packed Fourth of July events spiraled into chaos across the country.
- [Nuclear power is fueling a supercharged new space race](https://iwpost.com/nuclear-power-is-fueling-a-supercharged-new-space-race/): Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality.
- [The Czinger 21C might be the wildest car we drive all year](https://iwpost.com/the-czinger-21c-might-be-the-wildest-car-we-drive-all-year/): The temptation with a car like the Czinger 21C is to treat it as a collection of extreme specifications, and to be fair, it’s certainly not lacking in that department.
- [Oil drifts down after OPEC+ agrees to raise output targets](https://iwpost.com/oil-drifts-down-after-opec-agrees-to-raise-output-targets/): Oil prices ​inched lower on Monday after OPEC+ agreed to further increase its output targets from August ‌while exports from key producers via the Strait of Hormuz are recovering, potentially adding to global supplies.
- [UK MPs urge sanctions on Netanyahu and Israeli justice minister over torture of Palestinians](https://iwpost.com/uk-mps-urge-sanctions-on-netanyahu-and-israeli-justice-minister-over-torture-of-palestinians/): Dozens of British parliamentarians have urged the UK government to impose sanctions on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his justice minister, Yariv Levin, over the “systematic and well-documented torture” of Palestinian civilians in Israeli detention.
- [Mourning and celebration collide as Iran, US both claim victory](https://iwpost.com/mourning-and-celebration-collide-as-iran-us-both-claim-victory/): It is ironic to see the Islamic Republic of Iran burying its slain supreme leader and the United States celebrating its 250th independence anniversary in the same week.
- [Bentley teases its first EV, the Torcal](https://iwpost.com/bentley-teases-its-first-ev-the-torcal/): Bentley is preparing to add a fourth model to its rarified lineup, and today we know what it will be called: the Torcal.
- [These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.](https://iwpost.com/these-immigrant-kids-were-once-protected-under-trump-their-deportations-have-tripled/): Rollback of Protections: The Trump administration has gutted policies that gave immigrant minors access to legal counsel and relief from deportation while they applied to stay in the U.S.
- [NGO Monitor: Anti-Semitism, Anti-Israel Bias Pervade Doctors Without Borders ](https://iwpost.com/ngo-monitor-anti-semitism-anti-israel-bias-pervade-doctors-without-borders/): A new NGO Monitor report alleges that anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias are deeply embedded within the organizational culture of Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), expanding on findings published by the organization in April on MSF’s public messaging on the war in Gaza.
- [NATO Ankara summit: who’s going and what to expect ](https://iwpost.com/nato-ankara-summit-whos-going-and-what-to-expect/): NATO leaders will gather in Ankara for a summit on Tuesday and Wednesday, amid pressure from President Donald Trump for Europe to step up defence spending and following months of transatlantic friction over the Iran war and Greenland.
- [Power prevails but law still matters in the South China Sea](https://iwpost.com/power-prevails-but-law-still-matters-in-the-south-china-sea/): Across the Indo-Pacific, governments are increasing defense spending, strengthening alliances, and placing renewed emphasis on deterrence.
- [Mom Confesses to ‘Cannibalism’ After Young Son is Found Dead](https://iwpost.com/mom-confesses-to-cannibalism-after-young-son-is-found-dead/): A horrifying murder investigation has rocked a quiet Australian community after a 4-year-old boy was found dead inside his home with severe injuries to his arm — and police began investigating the possibility of cannibalism.
- [Compasses, not maps: China is building a different type of AI](https://iwpost.com/compasses-not-maps-china-is-building-a-different-type-of-ai/): Every few months, another Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough makes global headlines.
- [Israeli army launches air, artillery attacks in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-launches-air-artillery-attacks-in-southern-lebanon-despite-ceasefire/): The Israeli army carried out an airstrike and artillery shelling in southern Lebanon on Sunday, in the latest violation of an ongoing ceasefire agreement, Lebanese media reported.
- [‘Representation Is Not Just Numbers’: Syrian Women Push for Real Political Power](https://iwpost.com/representation-is-not-just-numbers-syrian-women-push-for-real-political-power/): [DAMASCUS] Aisha al-Khatib, a 32-year-old law student and coordinator of the “Power of Decision Through Women’s Voices” initiative, began her day with household chores, caring for her children, and attending a meeting with the Norwegian ambassador during the ambassador’s visit to Aleppo.
- [Princess Diana’s Secret ‘White Witch’ Rituals Revealed](https://iwpost.com/princess-dianas-secret-white-witch-rituals-revealed/): Princess Diana reportedly became deeply involved in spiritual rituals before her tragic death, burying objects believed to carry “bad energy” in a secluded Kensington Palace garden near the secret grave of a friend’s stillborn baby.
- [Israel’s relentless quest for a next enemy](https://iwpost.com/israels-relentless-quest-for-a-next-enemy/): For most of the past year, Israeli officials have described the aftermath of the war with Iran in confident, almost triumphant terms: a weakened adversary, its nuclear program set back, its regional proxies dismantled one by one.
- [US Marks 250th Anniversary With Landmark Illuminations Across Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/us-marks-250th-anniversary-with-landmark-illuminations-across-pakistan/): On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of American independence, the US Embassy in Islamabad and the US Consulate General in Lahore have brought the spirit of Freedom 250 to two of Pakistan’s most iconic cities, highlighting the cultural and political connections between the United States and Pakistan.
- [Mom Killed Instantly After Giant Stingray Leaps into Boat During Florida Vacation](https://iwpost.com/mom-killed-instantly-after-giant-stingray-leaps-into-boat-during-florida-vacation/): A relaxing family boat trip through the Florida Keys turned into an unimaginable nightmare when a massive stingray suddenly launched out of the water and struck a Michigan mother in the face, killing her instantly.
- [Los Angeles turns ‘most polluting’ World Cup into Olympic rehearsal in bid for climate legacy](https://iwpost.com/los-angeles-turns-most-polluting-world-cup-into-olympic-rehearsal-in-bid-for-climate-legacy/): This story was originally published by Clean Energy Wire.
- [Graham Platner Inspired Another Left-Wing Veteran to Take On an Establishment Dem](https://iwpost.com/graham-platner-inspired-another-left-wing-veteran-to-take-on-an-establishment-dem/): When Maine Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner sealed the deal on his resounding primary victory in June, the oysterman turned political lightning rod sounded a note of defiance — one that resonated with another would-be candidate on the other side of the country.
- [Negotiations Offer Gaza Hope, but Residents Say Collapse Is Already Here](https://iwpost.com/negotiations-offer-gaza-hope-but-residents-say-collapse-is-already-here/): In Gaza, uncertainty over negotiations and postwar arrangements is deepening the strain of daily life.
- [Could Israel Aid Mission Open the Door to Renewed Venezuela-Israel Relations?](https://iwpost.com/could-israel-aid-mission-open-the-door-to-renewed-venezuela-israel-relations/): The arrival of an Israeli aid delegation from the humanitarian organization NATAN in Venezuela, following the powerful earthquakes that struck the country on 24th June, has triggered political controversy, particularly after images circulated showing members of the team wearing military uniforms and carrying the Israeli flag.
- [Barring a counter to oil damage, Russian economy seen in crisis](https://iwpost.com/barring-a-counter-to-oil-damage-russian-economy-seen-in-crisis/): The long-range/mid-range Ukrainian strike campaign is continuing to grow, ominously for Russia.
- [The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth's first crust](https://iwpost.com/the-missing-500-million-cosmic-bombardment-melted-earths-first-crust/): Earth is the only planet we know of with buoyant, silica-rich continents. But, despite decades of research, geologists still don’t agree on how they formed.
- [Assad Cousin Sentenced to 30 Years in US Narco-Terrorism Case](https://iwpost.com/assad-cousin-sentenced-to-30-years-in-us-narco-terrorism-case/): Antoine Kassis, a cousin of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, has been sentenced to 30 years in a US prison after being convicted in a transnational narco-terrorism case involving cocaine trafficking, military-grade weapons and support for Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN).
- [Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules](https://iwpost.com/chemical-accidents-rise-as-trump-administration-proposes-weakening-safety-rules/): Physicist Ronald Koopman appeared at a Southern California Air District meeting in 2018 to talk about what seemed like an arcane scientific topic: hydrofluoric acid dispersion and water mitigation testing.
- [Graham Platner Has Already Inspired Another Left-Wing Veteran to Take On an Establishment Dem](https://iwpost.com/graham-platner-has-already-inspired-another-left-wing-veteran-to-take-on-an-establishment-dem/): When Maine Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner sealed the deal on his resounding primary victory in June, the oysterman turned political lightning rod sounded a note of defiance — one that resonated with another would-be candidate across the country.
- [Cargo vessel comes under attack off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, British maritime agency says](https://iwpost.com/cargo-vessel-comes-under-attack-off-yemens-red-sea-coast-british-maritime-agency-says/): A cargo ship came under attack on Sunday off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center said, Anadolu reports.
- [Relative of Pakistani Foreign Minister Arrested on Alleged Kidnapping, Rape and Extortion Charges](https://iwpost.com/relative-of-pakistani-foreign-minister-arrested-on-alleged-kidnapping-rape-and-extortion-charges/): Pakistani police have arrested four men in connection with the alleged kidnapping, gang rape, and extortion of two foreign women in Lahore.
- [Beauty Queen Makes Shocking Accusation About Ivana Trump](https://iwpost.com/beauty-queen-makes-shocking-accusation-about-ivana-trump/): A former international beauty queen has made a stunning new allegation about Ivana Trump, claiming Donald Trump’s first wife helped bring young women into Jeffrey Epstein’s social circle in much the same way as convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
- [Iranian president criticises international silence over Israeli actions](https://iwpost.com/iranian-president-criticises-international-silence-over-israeli-actions/): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday criticised international institutions for what he described as their failure to stop Israeli actions in the region, saying global bodies have remained silent while Israel openly speaks of assassinations and targeted killings, Anadolu reports.
- [NATO gathers in Ankara amid efforts to reduce friction with Trump](https://iwpost.com/nato-gathers-in-ankara-amid-efforts-to-reduce-friction-with-trump/): NATO leaders gather next week in Ankara, where Europeans aim to set aside strife with U.S.
- [Assassination Concerns Keep Mojtaba Khamenei From Father’s Funeral ](https://iwpost.com/assassination-concerns-keep-mojtaba-khamenei-from-fathers-funeral/): Iranian security officials have barred Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei from attending the funeral of his father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, after determining that a public appearance could expose him to a potential assassination attempt, the New York Times reported.
- [Gardener Dies After Bamboo Stake Spears Him in Groin in Freak Castle Accident](https://iwpost.com/gardener-dies-after-bamboo-stake-spears-him-in-groin-in-freak-castle-accident/): A beloved gardener died in a gruesome freak accident after he was speared in the groin by a bamboo cane while working at a historic castle estate.
- [Moroccans celebrate historic World Cup quarterfinal berth after 3-0 win over Canada](https://iwpost.com/moroccans-celebrate-historic-world-cup-quarterfinal-berth-after-3-0-win-over-canada/): Moroccans at home and abroad celebrated on Saturday after their national team’s 3-0 victory over Canada in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Houston, sending the Atlas Lions into the quarterfinals, Anadolu reports.
- [President Trump Says Netanyahu ‘Knows Who the Boss Is,’ Requested a Meeting ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-says-netanyahu-knows-who-the-boss-is-requested-a-meeting/): President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a White House meeting that could take place as early as next week, and indicated that the Israeli premier would follow his lead.
- [Farm Owner Crushed to Death by Camel in Freak Accident](https://iwpost.com/farm-owner-crushed-to-death-by-camel-in-freak-accident/): A beloved Delaware farm owner and lifelong animal lover was killed in a horrifying freak accident after one of his own camels fell on top of him.
- [A New Mexico town is running dry. An immigration detention center is its biggest water customer.](https://iwpost.com/a-new-mexico-town-is-running-dry-an-immigration-detention-center-is-its-biggest-water-customer/): Following years of drought, the wells in Estancia, New Mexico, are running dry.
- [Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests](https://iwpost.com/review-supergirl-is-not-the-disaster-its-low-box-office-suggests/): Pour one out for Supergirl, the latest installment in the DCU’s Gods and Monsters chapter, which has been beset by online troll attacks, mixed reviews, and a very disappointing opening weekend box office—not the outcome Warner Bros.
- [Medvedev says Strait of Hormuz gives Iran leverage comparable to ‘nuclear weapon’](https://iwpost.com/medvedev-says-strait-of-hormuz-gives-iran-leverage-comparable-to-nuclear-weapon/): Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz gives it leverage comparable to a “nuclear weapon,” arguing that restricting passage through the waterway showed Tehran’s strategic reach, Anadolu reports.
- [‘Incitement to Genocide’: Sa’ar Condemns Turkish FM’s Remark That Israel Is a ‘Burden That Humanity Can No Longer Bear’](https://iwpost.com/incitement-to-genocide-saar-condemns-turkish-fms-remark-that-israel-is-a-burden-that-humanity-can-no-longer-bear/): Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is engaging in “incitement to genocide” after Fidan remarked in a CNN Turk interview that Israel had become a “burden that humanity can no longer bear” and urged the international community to take action against Israel.
- [A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why](https://iwpost.com/a-martian-rock-has-lots-of-carbon-on-it-and-its-not-clear-why/): NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent five years traversing Jezero Crater looking for the chemical leftovers of whatever processes were at work on Mars billions of years ago.
- [Hollywood Star Accused of Hiding Two ‘Secret Kids’](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-star-accused-of-hiding-two-secret-kids/): Hollywood is buzzing over a stunning rumor that a major star may have secretly welcomed two more children — and allegedly went to extraordinary lengths to keep them out of the spotlight.
- [Philippine sea strategy needs to put results above optics](https://iwpost.com/philippine-sea-strategy-needs-to-put-results-above-optics/): Much has been said about the importance of the West Philippine Sea for Manila’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and resource access.
- [The Horrifying Lessons of 250 Years of American History](https://iwpost.com/the-horrifying-lessons-of-250-years-of-american-history/): In his typical understated fashion, President Donald Trump has billed his Fourth of July rally in Washington, D.C., as the culmination of the “most unforgettable birthday party any country has ever seen.” It’s hard to argue any different.
- [When the ability to smell goes away](https://iwpost.com/when-the-ability-to-smell-goes-away/): About 14 years ago, Chrissi Kelly lost her sense of smell. She had traveled to the Czech Republic to visit family and caught some virus.
- [America’s AI war machine has no human stop rule](https://iwpost.com/americas-ai-war-machine-has-no-human-stop-rule/): When the Pentagon made Palantir’s Maven Smart System a formal “program of record” in March, it did more than approve software.
- [Iran rejects UK-France Hormuz statement, warns against foreign military presence](https://iwpost.com/iran-rejects-uk-france-hormuz-statement-warns-against-foreign-military-presence/): Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi on Saturday said the Strait of Hormuz “is not a stage for extra-regional powers to display military force,” warning against “any military activity” in the key waterway, Anadolu reports.
- [Eisenkot’s Opening: Torah Study Vote Puts Military Service at Center of Election Fight](https://iwpost.com/eisenkots-opening-torah-study-vote-puts-military-service-at-center-of-election-fight/): Gadi Eisenkot called Basic Law: Torah Study a “draft-evasion law.” Hours later, the Knesset gave his argument a roll call.
- [China’s air-conditioned lesson for Europe’s killer heat wave](https://iwpost.com/chinas-air-conditioned-lesson-for-europes-killer-heat-wave/): Europe’s scramble for Chinese air conditioners is not really a story about China, or even about trade.
- [King Charles’ Secret Plan to Bring Harry Back ‘Fails Miserably’](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-secret-plan-to-bring-harry-back-fails-miserably/): King Charles’ reported behind-the-scenes attempt to bring Prince Harry back into the royal family has already crashed into two major roadblocks — Prince William’s anger and the British public’s lingering distrust of the Sussexes.
- [China’s truck drone launcher hides airpower in civilian traffic](https://iwpost.com/chinas-truck-drone-launcher-hides-airpower-in-civilian-traffic/): China’s mobile drone launcher is less a single weapon than a blueprint for dispersing airpower, exploiting civilian cover and exporting low-cost strike reach to states priced out of traditional military aviation.
- [Damascus Bombing Kills 6 Near Courthouse Hearing Cases Against Former Assad Officials](https://iwpost.com/damascus-bombing-kills-6-near-courthouse-hearing-cases-against-former-assad-officials/): [DAMASCUS] A bomb blast at a cafe near the Palace of Justice in central Damascus killed at least six people and injured 22 on Thursday, according to Syrian authorities.
- [Expert warns Albanian organised crime has expanded across Europe](https://iwpost.com/expert-warns-albanian-organised-crime-has-expanded-across-europe/): Albanian organised crime groups have significantly expanded their presence across Europe in recent years and, according to anti-mafia researcher Professor Vincenzo Musacchio, have become one of the main drivers of international drug trafficking.
- [Two scorpions in a jar](https://iwpost.com/two-scorpions-in-a-jar/): There is an old parable about two scorpions in a jar. Neither can leave. Neither trusts the other.
- [Why coal-rich Indonesia can’t keep the lights on](https://iwpost.com/why-coal-rich-indonesia-cant-keep-the-lights-on/): A wave of rolling blackouts across Indonesia in mid-2026 has exposed one of the country’s biggest economic paradoxes: it is one of the world’s largest coal producers, yet it has struggled to secure enough fuel for its own power plants.
- [Disneyland Guests Left Stunned After Fire Erupts on Ride (Video)](https://iwpost.com/disneyland-guests-left-stunned-after-fire-erupts-on-ride-video/): Disneyland’s famously cheerful “It’s a Small World” attraction turned frightening when a fire suddenly broke out while guests were still aboard the ride.
- [EU strikes deal on haulage tolls, dropping trailer-based emissions discounts](https://iwpost.com/eu-strikes-deal-on-haulage-tolls-dropping-trailer-based-emissions-discounts/): EU countries and the European Parliament have agreed draft changes to the Eurovignette directive, the EU framework that governs road tolls and user charges for heavy-duty vehicles.
- [Ukraine war sparks fears of an organised crime resurgence in Russia](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-sparks-fears-of-an-organised-crime-resurgence-in-russia/): Following the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Russia endured a period of violent criminal lawlessness known as the “wild 90s”.
- [Culture war killing America’s response to demographic decline](https://iwpost.com/culture-war-killing-americas-response-to-demographic-decline/): Birthright citizenship is the law of the land.
- [At Least 40 Killed After Overcrowded Bus Plunges Into Ravine in Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/at-least-40-killed-after-overcrowded-bus-plunges-into-ravine-in-pakistan/): At least 40 people were killed when a passenger bus carrying dozens of travelers plunged into a deep ravine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Friday, in one of the deadliest road accidents in recent months.
- [Rights center documents 83 Israeli attacks on Christians in 3 months, mostly in occupied Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/rights-center-documents-83-israeli-attacks-on-christians-in-3-months-mostly-in-occupied-jerusalem/): This April to June saw 83 Israeli attacks on Christians in Israel or Israeli-occupied territories in 76 incidents, most of them in Jerusalem, according to a report released Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [‘Honebuto shock’: new term coined as Japan fiscal policy is probed](https://iwpost.com/honebuto-shock-new-term-coined-as-japan-fiscal-policy-is-probed/): Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Sanae discusses the government’s draft Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform at a June 20 meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy.
- [Europe targets shadow fleet tankers falsely using Cameroon flag](https://iwpost.com/europe-targets-shadow-fleet-tankers-falsely-using-cameroon-flag/): Europe is taking tougher action against tankers falsely using Cameroon’s flag registry to transport Russian oil, including boarding vessels at sea, prompting Cameroon to dump 39 such vessels from its ship registry, according ​to officials and documents.
- [Nanobubbles cleaned up the Lincoln reflecting pool: here’s how they could be used on dying seas and lakes](https://iwpost.com/nanobubbles-cleaned-up-the-lincoln-reflecting-pool-heres-how-they-could-be-used-on-dying-seas-and-lakes/): Ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in the US, an ozone nanobubble system has been used to keep the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool clear.
- [Young Girl Bitten by Rabid Bat in Wisconsin](https://iwpost.com/young-girl-bitten-by-rabid-bat-in-wisconsin/): A 6-year-old Wisconsin girl is recovering after a rabid bat suddenly latched onto her leg while she was climbing a tree outside her family’s home.
- [Hyundai’s new steel mill sparks hopes and fears in Louisiana](https://iwpost.com/hyundais-new-steel-mill-sparks-hopes-and-fears-in-louisiana/): On a drizzly March day last year at the White House, President Donald J.
- [The Media Line Wishes All Americans a Happy 250th US Anniversary and Independence Day](https://iwpost.com/the-media-line-wishes-all-americans-a-happy-250th-us-anniversary-and-independence-day/): The US marked the 250th anniversary of its independence with celebrations at embassies and military installations around the world, including events in Jerusalem, Dubai, Cairo and US bases overseas highlighting America’s historic milestone and international partnerships.
- [One year after the Texas floods, home feels further away than ever](https://iwpost.com/one-year-after-the-texas-floods-home-feels-further-away-than-ever/): When rain falls on the RVs that line Big Sandy Creek, it sounds like gunfire. The harder it pours, the louder it gets.
- [Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was](https://iwpost.com/wing-commander-iv-and-the-fmv-future-that-never-quite-was/): We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, from modern to ancient and all points in between.
- [“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.](https://iwpost.com/he-didnt-need-to-die-how-an-immigration-detention-center-repeatedly-failed-to-address-a-mental-health-crisis/): Guards at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, could see a detainee in his cell with one end of a bedsheet wrapped around his neck and the other tied to the door handle.
- [Why Pope Leo has excommunicated a group of conservative Catholics](https://iwpost.com/why-pope-leo-has-excommunicated-a-group-of-conservative-catholics/): The decision by Pope Leo XIV to excommunicate members of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) is the latest twist in a long-running saga between the Vatican and this contentious traditionalist group.
- [At least 3,700 excess deaths reported during heatwave in France, Belgium and Netherlands](https://iwpost.com/at-least-3700-excess-deaths-reported-during-heatwave-in-france-belgium-and-netherlands/): France, the Netherlands and Belgium have recorded 3,700 excess ​deaths during the June heatwave that sent temperatures soaring ‌across Europe, with authorities warning that the numbers are preliminary and could rise.
- [Tech bro Thiel says Pope, by criticizing AI, serves as CCP agent](https://iwpost.com/tech-bro-thiel-says-pope-by-criticizing-ai-serves-as-ccp-agent/): Right-wing tech billionaire Peter Thiel is accusing Pope Leo XIV of doing the work of the Chinese Communist Party with his criticisms of artificial intelligence.
- [The geopolitics of energy storage: Who will control the batteries of the Middle East?](https://iwpost.com/the-geopolitics-of-energy-storage-who-will-control-the-batteries-of-the-middle-east/): For more than a century, geopolitical influence in the Middle East has been defined by oil reserves, natural gas resources and the strategic waterways that connect them to global markets.
- [Visiting the stars (and planets, and telescopes) in VR](https://iwpost.com/visiting-the-stars-and-planets-and-telescopes-in-vr/): Having a computer strapped to my face for 40 minutes was one reason to feel a little sweaty.
- [A city councilman pursues purpose and dignity in suburban Japan](https://iwpost.com/a-city-councilman-pursues-purpose-and-dignity-in-suburban-japan/): The city of Kashiwa, in Chiba Prefecture, is quiet for its size.
- [Israel Unseals Thousands of Operation Entebbe Records Ahead of 50th Anniversary](https://iwpost.com/israel-unseals-thousands-of-operation-entebbe-records-ahead-of-50th-anniversary/): Prior to the 50th Anniversary of Operation Entebbe, Israel State Archives released thousands of pages of newly available government records documenting Israel’s response to the 1976 Air France hijacking, including complete transcripts of Cabinet and Security Cabinet meetings, records of a special security team established by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and additional files made public for the first time.
- [Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-indian-startup-nears-first-launch-spacexs-millenary-milestone/): Welcome to Edition 9.01 of the Rocket Report! Back in January, I wrote about the 20 launches and landings we were most excited about in 2026.
- [Meghan Markle Wants to be ‘Royal Again’ as U.S. Fame Fades](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-wants-to-be-royal-again-as-u-s-fame-fades/): Meghan Markle may be preparing for a dramatic return to the United Kingdom — but one royal commentator claims her reasons have little to do with repairing family relationships.
- [Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as Terrorists](https://iwpost.com/trumps-communist-boogeyman-playbook-charging-protesters-as-terrorists/): A noise demonstration that took place outside of the Prairieland Detention Facility in Texas one year ago has resulted in decades of prison time for the anti-ICE activists involved.
- [Microsoft launches firm to help companies adopt AI with $2.5 billion](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-launches-firm-to-help-companies-adopt-ai-with-2-5-billion/): Microsoft said it is creating a new company that will help customers select AI technologies that work for their businesses and generate ​returns on their investment.
- [America at 250: still a ‘democratic experiment’](https://iwpost.com/america-at-250-still-a-democratic-experiment/): This newsletter was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email.
- [NYT: Israel plotted to kill Iran peace negotiators to derail talks](https://iwpost.com/nyt-israel-plotted-to-kill-iran-peace-negotiators-to-derail-talks/): Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, left, with Abbas Araghchi, center, traveled to Switzerland in June for a second in-person meeting with Vice President JD Vance and the American delegation.
- [Despite the darkness, I still see signs of hope in America](https://iwpost.com/despite-the-darkness-i-still-see-signs-of-hope-in-america/): The last time America celebrated a big anniversary, I was all of three years old.
- [West African states begin withdrawal from ICC](https://iwpost.com/west-african-states-begin-withdrawal-from-icc/): Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have officially begun a one-year process to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the court has announced.
- [How the US has celebrated its independence over the years](https://iwpost.com/how-the-us-has-celebrated-its-independence-over-the-years/): The plans for the 250th anniversary of the American revolution, which kicks off in earnest on July 4, have drawn media scrutiny in the US.
- [Signals beneath the noise](https://iwpost.com/signals-beneath-the-noise/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [President Trump Claims Iran Has Agreed To ‘Just About Everything We Need’ in Negotiations](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-claims-iran-has-agreed-to-just-about-everything-we-need-in-negotiations/): US President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed to “just about everything we need” in negotiations over the memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war, while describing Tehran as significantly weakened.
- [Migrant arrivals to Italy fall 30% in first half of 2026, UNHCR says](https://iwpost.com/migrant-arrivals-to-italy-fall-30-in-first-half-of-2026-unhcr-says/): Nearly 2,800 migrants arrived in Italy by sea in June, marking a 10% decrease compared with the previous month, according to data from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
- [Woman's hip replacement disintegrates, causing severe metal poisoning](https://iwpost.com/womans-hip-replacement-disintegrates-causing-severe-metal-poisoning/): A 56-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital with an array of alarming symptoms that were only getting worse.
- [Young Boy Kills Multiple Monks with Parents’ Truck](https://iwpost.com/young-boy-kills-multiple-monks-with-parents-truck/): An 11-year-old boy allegedly took his parents’ pickup truck without permission before losing control and plowing into a line of Buddhist monks in Thailand, killing nine and injuring 13 others.
- [Crimea in emergency as Ukraine reaches for Putin’s ‘crown jewel’](https://iwpost.com/crimea-in-emergency-as-ukraine-reaches-for-putins-crown-jewel/): Vladimir Putin has finally acknowledged that Ukraine’s relentless drone attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure are having an effect.
- [Tesla sales increase by 25% in Q2 2026](https://iwpost.com/tesla-sales-increase-by-25-in-q2-2026/): If the car-buying public had qualms about Tesla, it appears to have gotten over them.
- [Google faces EU top court ruling on record €4.1 billion fine](https://iwpost.com/google-faces-eu-top-court-ruling-on-record-e4-1-billion-fine/): The European Union’s top court is set to rule on Thursday on Google’s appeal against a record €4.125 billion ($4.67 billion) antitrust fine over alleged anti-competitive practices.
- [A realist reading of the Israel-Turkey rupture](https://iwpost.com/a-realist-reading-of-the-israel-turkey-rupture/): There is a temptation, whenever two regional powers start hurling accusations of genocide and dictatorship at each other, to read the moment as a clash of civilizations or of irreconcilable values.
- [Rouzaina… the true face of Syria](https://iwpost.com/rouzaina-the-true-face-of-syria/): I did not regret missing Rouzaina Lazkani’s television work as much as I regretted discovering—too late—that Syria had been hiding its true face in a place we had not looked closely enough.
- [Tel Aviv University Researchers Identify Immune Process That May Fuel Cancer Growth](https://iwpost.com/tel-aviv-university-researchers-identify-immune-process-that-may-fuel-cancer-growth/): Researchers at Tel Aviv University’s Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences have identified a mechanism by which cancerous tumors can redirect a normal immune system process to support tumor growth, a discovery they say could lead to new treatment strategies that restore the immune system’s ability to fight cancer.
- [Trump gets OpenAI to offer US 5% stake, far lower than Sanders’ target](https://iwpost.com/trump-gets-openai-to-offer-us-5-stake-far-lower-than-sanders-target/): OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly in active talks with the Trump administration about the US potentially acquiring a 5 percent stake in the leading AI firm.
- [Another Trump Ceasefire With Iran Crumbles](https://iwpost.com/another-trump-ceasefire-with-iran-crumbles/): The Trump administration’s phony ceasefire with Iran is over.
- [‘Let the people judge me’: how Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage learned a potent populist tactic from Donald Trump](https://iwpost.com/let-the-people-judge-me-how-marine-le-pen-and-nigel-farage-learned-a-potent-populist-tactic-from-donald-trump/): The European populist right has been at the top of the political agenda in recent days.
- [Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers](https://iwpost.com/aussie-govt-tells-volunteers-to-throw-out-thousands-of-functioning-test-routers/): Last week, thousands of SamKnows routers were bricked after a government program ran its course.
- [Oil jumps over 5% after Trump says deal with Iran ‘over](https://iwpost.com/oil-jumps-over-5-after-trump-says-deal-with-iran-over/): Oil prices jumped ​more than 5% on Wednesday, hitting a two-week high after U.S.
- [Have a 401(k)? Help ProPublica Investigate What’s Really Happening to Your Money.](https://iwpost.com/have-a-401k-help-propublica-investigate-whats-really-happening-to-your-money/): For some employees, the 401(k) system works great: They have easy access to low-cost funds with high returns.
- [Concentration Camps Inside a Concentration Camp: Israel’s New Plan for Gaza | Palestine This Week](https://iwpost.com/concentration-camps-inside-a-concentration-camp-israels-new-plan-for-gaza-palestine-this-week/): In this episode of Palestine This Week, we examine Hamas’s decision to dissolve its government and the wider implications of Trump’s so called peace plan, as Israel moves ahead with proposals for “controlled humanitarian zones”.
- [Google revamps Android AI dev benchmark, adds Fable 5 and other agents](https://iwpost.com/google-revamps-android-ai-dev-benchmark-adds-fable-5-and-other-agents/): Code generation is emerging as one of the most popular applications for large language models (LLMs), but not all agents are equally good at all development tasks.
- [Iran ceasefire was always going to break – here’s why](https://iwpost.com/iran-ceasefire-was-always-going-to-break-heres-why/): Less than a month after a ceasefire was signed between the US and Iran, conflict has returned to the Middle East.
- [Australia-Fiji defense pact likely spurred China’s missile splash](https://iwpost.com/australia-fiji-defense-pact-likely-spurred-chinas-missile-splash/): As part of his tour of the Pacific, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed a significant defense treaty with his Fijian counterpart Sitiveni Rabuka.
- [President Trump Calls Iran ‘Scum,’ Says MoU Is “Over,” Signals More US Strikes](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-calls-iran-scum-says-mou-is-over-signals-more-us-strikes/): President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran was effectively finished, saying he no longer wanted to negotiate with Tehran even as he left open the possibility for US negotiators to continue talks.
- [US rare earths flow to Asia as domestic demand is slow to emerge](https://iwpost.com/us-rare-earths-flow-to-asia-as-domestic-demand-is-slow-to-emerge/): US rare earths produced by Washington-backed companies are flowing to Japan and South Korea, as American demand has yet to materialize despite the Trump administration’s push to develop a national supply chain.
- [Norwegian-led investigation into dark web child abuse forums leads to arrests across seven countries](https://iwpost.com/norwegian-led-investigation-into-dark-web-child-abuse-forums-leads-to-arrests-across-seven-countries/): A coordinated international operation supported by Europol has resulted in the arrest of 28 people as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation, with authorities also safeguarding three children.
- [Hollywood Star and Woody Allen’s Ex Dies at 87](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-star-and-woody-allens-ex-dies-at-87/): Louise Lasser, the actress best known for playing an overwhelmed suburban housewife on the cult 1970s television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, has died at the age of 87.
- [Why Would Anyone Trust Ex-CIA Agents in Elected Office?](https://iwpost.com/why-would-anyone-trust-ex-cia-agents-in-elected-office/): Alex Skopic is an associate editor at Current Affairs.
- [Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.](https://iwpost.com/wall-street-wants-to-change-the-rules-for-your-401k-it-could-put-your-retirement-at-risk/): Most Americans don’t look to their 401(k) plans for excitement or experimentation, instead relying on the promise that steady saving and sober planning will guarantee security in their golden years.
- [The Israel debate America’s Democrats refuse to have](https://iwpost.com/the-israel-debate-americas-democrats-refuse-to-have/): US support for Israel is a hot-button political issue in American politics.
- [The Nintendo Switch's days are numbered—but what is that number?](https://iwpost.com/the-nintendo-switchs-days-are-numbered-but-what-is-that-number/): On Monday, Nintendo announced that it will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next February.
- [South Korea’s market chaos puts region on AI meltdown alert](https://iwpost.com/south-koreas-market-chaos-puts-region-on-ai-meltdown-alert/): TOKYO — South Korea has long been one of the world’s best early-warning systems.
- [The Weather Channel increases streaming subscription prices by up to $20](https://iwpost.com/the-weather-channel-increases-streaming-subscription-prices-by-up-to-20/): People who pay for a subscription to livestream The Weather Channel via its dedicated smart TV app are seeing a 66.7 percent price hike.
- [US Defence Secretary Hegseth to visit Israel amid concerns over potential F-35 sale to Turkey](https://iwpost.com/us-defence-secretary-hegseth-to-visit-israel-amid-concerns-over-potential-f-35-sale-to-turkey/): US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attends the official welcoming ceremony held at the Presidential Complex, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not seen) welcomes U.S.
- [Trump to cut trade with Spain](https://iwpost.com/trump-to-cut-trade-with-spain/): U.S. President Donald Trump ‌said on Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran to end the conflict was “over”, adding ​he did not want to engage with ​Tehran, calling the Iranian leadership “sick people”.
- [Cargo Plane With 5 Aboard Goes Missing off Pakistan’s Coast](https://iwpost.com/cargo-plane-with-5-aboard-goes-missing-off-pakistans-coast/): Pakistani authorities launched a search operation after a cargo aircraft carrying five crew members disappeared off the coast of Karachi while en route from the United Arab Emirates, officials said Wednesday.
- [Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets](https://iwpost.com/hackers-can-use-9-of-the-most-popular-ai-tools-to-assemble-massive-botnets/): In the brief history of AI security, the prompt injection has quickly become the top threat.
- [Female Boxer ‘Knocks Out’ Aunt at Family Party](https://iwpost.com/female-boxer-knocks-out-aunt-at-family-party/): Rising boxing star Kayla Gomez allegedly turned a family Fourth of July celebration into a ringside brawl — knocking her aunt unconscious just days after making her professional debut.
- [The border killing fields separating India and Bangladesh](https://iwpost.com/the-border-killing-fields-separating-india-and-bangladesh/): On the night of May 31, near Sadipur in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel found a section of the border fence cut open.
- [FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant](https://iwpost.com/fbi-raided-texas-activists-house-then-offered-her-200000-to-become-antifa-informant/): In the early morning hours of June 29, federal agents from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security conducted a raid on home in Midlothian, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
- [Google's Pixel 11 launch event is set for August 12, with possible price increases](https://iwpost.com/googles-pixel-11-launch-event-is-set-for-august-12-with-possible-price-increases/): Google has announced its next Made By Google event, taking place on August 12 in New York City.
- [China’s multi-front campaign to blunt and beat US chip bans](https://iwpost.com/chinas-multi-front-campaign-to-blunt-and-beat-us-chip-bans/): China is using several methods to circumvent United States export controls on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines, including developing its own machines and stacking artificial intelligence (AI) chips to boost their performance.
- [US launches new wave of strikes on Iran as ceasefire frays](https://iwpost.com/us-launches-new-wave-of-strikes-on-iran-as-ceasefire-frays/): U.S. forces have launched new strikes against Iran, placing further strain on a ceasefire that has been under increasing strain in recent days.
- [Bethesda, id Software reportedly hit hard by Microsoft layoffs](https://iwpost.com/bethesda-id-software-reportedly-hit-hard-by-microsoft-layoffs/): In announcing plans for 3,200 layoffs across the Xbox division yesterday, CEO Asha Sharma focused on discussing cuts to the Xbox platform team and redundant layers of middle management.
- [Hossam Hassan says Egypt suffered ‘unjust defeat’ to keep Messi in World Cup](https://iwpost.com/hossam-hassan-says-egypt-suffered-unjust-defeat-to-keep-messi-in-world-cup/): Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan has criticised French referee François Letexier after Egypt were knocked out of the 2026 World Cup by Argentina, claiming the team suffered an “unjust defeat” because of efforts to keep Lionel Messi and the defending champions in the tournament, Anadolu reports.
- [Should Israel Be Concerned About Egypt’s Massive New ‘Octagon’ Military Command Headquarters?](https://iwpost.com/should-israel-be-concerned-about-egypts-massive-new-octagon-military-command-headquarters/): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi inaugurated Egypt’s new State Strategic Command Headquarters, known as the “Octagon,” on Saturday in the New Administrative Capital east of Cairo.
- [SCOTUS lets Texas enforce app store law that Big Tech calls "censorship regime"](https://iwpost.com/scotus-lets-texas-enforce-app-store-law-that-big-tech-calls-censorship-regime/): The Supreme Court yesterday decided not to intervene in challenges to a Texas app store law, allowing the state to enforce age-verification rules while a lawsuit continues.
- [TV News Anchor Loses Savings in Shocking Text Scam](https://iwpost.com/tv-news-anchor-loses-savings-in-shocking-text-scam/): A veteran California journalist who spent more than two decades warning viewers about scams has now revealed she became a victim herself — losing a staggering $72,000 after responding to a convincing text message.
- [The People Who Stood By Graham Platner — Until He Was Accused of Rape](https://iwpost.com/the-people-who-stood-by-graham-platner-until-he-was-accused-of-rape/): The Democratic Party is once again in upheaval as Graham Platner, its unconventional nominee to knock out longtime Republican Sen.
- [MEPs back proposed expansion of EU carbon border mechanism ahead of negotiations](https://iwpost.com/meps-back-proposed-expansion-of-eu-carbon-border-mechanism-ahead-of-negotiations/): The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has adopted its position on proposed changes to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), backing an expansion of the scheme to cover a wider range of downstream products and supporting the creation of a temporary fund to assist industry’s low-carbon transition.
- [Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan](https://iwpost.com/data-centers-energy-demand-threatens-trumps-made-in-america-plan/): US manufacturers in many Rust Belt cities and towns are paying significantly higher electricity costs as growing energy demand from data centers strains the largest power grid operator in the United States.
- [Michigan sees explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite with over 700 cases](https://iwpost.com/michigan-sees-explosive-outbreak-of-diarrheal-parasite-with-over-700-cases/): Cases of a diarrhea-causing intestinal parasite have exploded in Michigan over the last two weeks in an outbreak that still has no clear source.
- [Trump resort rises on Vietnam graveyard as US links grow](https://iwpost.com/trump-resort-rises-on-vietnam-graveyard-as-us-links-grow/): BANGKOK – Vietnam is digging up a graveyard so a sprawling Trump International golf resort with plush residences can be built along the Red River, while “the highest Starbucks coffeehouse in Asia” has opened on Vietnam’s tallest mountain peak near Sapa.
- [US reinstates Iran Oil Sanctions After Attacks on Commercial Vessels in Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/us-reinstates-iran-oil-sanctions-after-attacks-on-commercial-vessels-in-strait-of-hormuz/): The United States is reimposing sanctions on Iranian oil after three commercial vessels were struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and Tuesday, reversing sanctions relief that had been granted under a temporary ceasefire tied to negotiations over the regional conflict.
- [Italian Foreign Minister Says Rome Will No Longer React to Trump’s Remarks](https://iwpost.com/italian-foreign-minister-says-rome-will-no-longer-react-to-trumps-remarks/): Italy will stop responding to U.S.
- [Hamas is leaving government, not the resistance](https://iwpost.com/hamas-is-leaving-government-not-the-resistance/): Hamas’s decision to dissolve the Government Emergency Committee in the Gaza Strip and transfer civilian administration to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza marks a significant strategic shift.
- [Surprisingly large number of people may have marker for tick-linked meat allergy](https://iwpost.com/surprisingly-large-number-of-people-may-have-marker-for-tick-linked-meat-allergy/): In some parts of the US, up to 30 percent of people may carry the antibody behind a red meat allergy spurred by tick bites, far exceeding the estimated number of people who actually have the allergy, according a study published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
- [Six Flags Visitors Rushed to Hospital After Tree Falls During 4th of July Celebration](https://iwpost.com/six-flags-visitors-rushed-to-hospital-after-tree-falls-during-4th-of-july-celebration/): A Fourth of July celebration at Six Flags Over Georgia turned terrifying when a massive tree came crashing down near the park’s entrance, striking four visitors as a powerful storm ripped through the area.
- [Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.](https://iwpost.com/ken-paxton-vowed-to-crack-down-on-illegal-voting-he-may-have-violated-texas-election-law/): Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud.
- [Japan’s yen pain is Southeast Asia’s economic gain](https://iwpost.com/japans-yen-pain-is-southeast-asias-economic-gain/): The Japanese yen’s collapse through mid-2026 has become one of the most consequential disruptions to hit global financial markets in decades.
- [The plan to make climate science harder to erase](https://iwpost.com/the-plan-to-make-climate-science-harder-to-erase/): When Rebecca Lindsey was fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last February, the first thing she did was stew.
- [The Weather Channel’s streaming app gets a 67 percent price hike](https://iwpost.com/the-weather-channels-streaming-app-gets-a-67-percent-price-hike/): People who pay for a subscription to livestream The Weather Channel via its dedicated smart TV app are seeing a 66.7 percent price hike.
- [Save the United Nations by abolishing the Security Council](https://iwpost.com/save-the-united-nations-by-abolishing-the-security-council/): The race to replace outgoing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is underway, and as of today, five contenders are vying for the post.
- [UPDATED-Bomb attack rocks Damascus during Macron visit](https://iwpost.com/updated-bomb-attack-rocks-damascus-during-macron-visit/): Two bombs exploded near a hotel ‌in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron had spent the night, but his office said he did not hear the explosions and he met Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa soon afterwards on Tuesday.
- [Pakistan Launches New Iran, China Trade Corridors to Bypass Afghanistan](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-launches-new-iran-china-trade-corridors-to-bypass-afghanistan/): Pakistan has launched two new overland trade corridors through Iran and China, offering Central Asian countries alternative routes to Pakistani ports after Islamabad closed its main transit crossings with Afghanistan because of security concerns.
- [Facing US export controls, China's DeepSeek plans to make its own chips](https://iwpost.com/facing-us-export-controls-chinas-deepseek-plans-to-make-its-own-chips/): DeepSeek, the Chinese startup developing large language models that are competitive with those from US companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, is planning to enter the silicon business, according to Reuters.
- [How Local Cops Are Running With Trump's NSPM-7 Attacks on Antifa](https://iwpost.com/how-local-cops-are-running-with-trumps-nspm-7-attacks-on-antifa/): A month after Donald Trump issued an executive order purporting to designate antifa as a domestic terrorist group, an intelligence unit inside the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office in Florida sent out a confidential bulletin.
- [Organized crime resurgence fears stalking wartime Russia](https://iwpost.com/organized-crime-resurgence-fears-stalking-wartime-russia/): Following the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, Russia endured a period of violent criminal lawlessness known as the “wild 90s.” Organized crime spiked, with gangs taking control of banks, factories and other lucrative markets.
- [Whoopi Goldberg Missing from ‘The View’ After Volcano Eruption](https://iwpost.com/whoopi-goldberg-missing-from-the-view-after-volcano-eruption/): The View was thrown into chaos Monday after Whoopi Goldberg revealed she had been stranded in Italy by a volcanic eruption — while two other co-hosts were also forced to miss the show.
- [RSF attacks in Western Sudan reportedly destroy villages and displace thousands](https://iwpost.com/rsf-attacks-in-western-sudan-reportedly-destroy-villages-and-displace-thousands/): Attacks attributed to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) near the country’s western border with Chad have destroyed several villages and forced thousands of civilians to flee, according to survivors and the United Nations.
- [New virus catalog reveals which pathogens pose the greatest threat](https://iwpost.com/new-virus-catalog-reveals-which-pathogens-pose-the-greatest-threat/): In a typical year, scientists discover two or three viruses that have never been seen in people before.
- [Flights resume at Catania as Mount Etna activity eases](https://iwpost.com/flights-resume-at-catania-as-mount-etna-activity-eases/): Operations have resumed at Catania-Fontanarossa Airport after Italian authorities lowered the volcanic aviation alert for Mount Etna, allowing flights to restart following disruption caused by the volcano’s latest eruption.
- [Ukraine war is not going well for Russia – how dangerous is this for Vladimir Putin?](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-is-not-going-well-for-russia-how-dangerous-is-this-for-vladimir-putin/): The mood regarding the war in Ukraine has changed in recent months.
- [Bangladesh’s climate diplomacy moves to the vanguard](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-climate-diplomacy-moves-to-the-vanguard/): When Tarique Rahman, Bangladesh’s prime minister, chose the World Economic Forum’s prestigious Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian for his first major international address since taking office, the selection of the topic was a highly deliberate statement of strategic intent.
- [Khamenei Funeral Becomes Stage for Iran’s Postwar Power Play](https://iwpost.com/khamenei-funeral-becomes-stage-for-irans-postwar-power-play/): Giorgia Valente’s report turns Ali Khamenei’s funeral into something far larger than a story about coffins, prayers, and mourning crowds.
- [ULA's last six Atlas Vs can't launch anything besides Boeing's Starliner](https://iwpost.com/ulas-last-six-atlas-vs-cant-launch-anything-besides-boeings-starliner/): The final flight of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket is still several years off, but an important era for the once-dominant launch company came to a close last week.
- [China’s nuke missile test routine or cause for Pacific panic?](https://iwpost.com/chinas-nuke-missile-test-routine-or-cause-for-pacific-panic/): Image: Chinese People's Liberation Army-Navy.
- [The First Major Overhaul of Public Lands Grazing Regulations in a Generation Looks to Cut Out Public Involvement](https://iwpost.com/the-first-major-overhaul-of-public-lands-grazing-regulations-in-a-generation-looks-to-cut-out-public-involvement/): ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
- [F1 in Britain: Automated software to blame for crushing expectations](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-britain-automated-software-to-blame-for-crushing-expectations/): Formula 1 returned to what is a home race for most of the teams on the grid this past weekend with the British Grand Prix.
- [Woman suspected in Monaco bombing found shot dead near Kyiv](https://iwpost.com/woman-suspected-in-monaco-bombing-found-shot-dead-near-kyiv/): The body of a Ukrainian woman suspected of carrying out a bomb attack that targeted a wealthy Ukrainian-born businessman ​in Monaco last week was found near Ukraine’s capital ‌Kyiv, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Tuesday.
- [My conversation with Karl Marx about Donald Trump](https://iwpost.com/my-conversation-with-karl-marx-about-donald-trump/): Norman Solomon: You’ve downplayed the importance of the individual in history.
- [George W. Bush’s Marriage Nearly Exploded Over His Drinking](https://iwpost.com/george-w-bushs-marriage-nearly-exploded-over-his-drinking/): Behind the polished public image of one of America’s most powerful political families, insiders claim years of drinking, bitter arguments and secret divorce warnings threatened to tear the Bush clan apart.
- [Trump says US prefers nuclear deal with Iran but warns military action remains an option](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-us-prefers-nuclear-deal-with-iran-but-warns-military-action-remains-an-option/): President Donald Trump said Monday that the US remains committed to reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran but warned that Washington is prepared to use military force if diplomacy fails, insisting Tehran must never acquire a nuclear weapon, Anadolu reports.
- [The incredible shrinking Xbox: Five studios, 3,200 employees let go](https://iwpost.com/the-incredible-shrinking-xbox-five-studios-3200-employees-let-go/): Last month, Xbox executives laid out some “hard truths” about Microsoft’s struggling gaming division that they said would require a difficult “Xbox reset.” This morning, Microsoft revealed the brutal shape of that “reset,” announcing plans for 3,200 layoffs and the divestment of five smaller studios that the company has spent years acquiring and shepherding.
- [China’s often flawed arms still buy lasting influence](https://iwpost.com/chinas-often-flawed-arms-still-buy-lasting-influence/): China’s weapons may face mounting questions over quality, reliability and after-sales support, but its arms trade still serves a larger strategic purpose: locking vulnerable states into long-term military, economic and political dependence.
- [Sa’ar Says Hamas Governance Plan Is Meant To Avoid Disarmament ](https://iwpost.com/saar-says-hamas-governance-plan-is-meant-to-avoid-disarmament/): Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday said Hamas’s proposal to transfer Gaza’s civilian administration to a technocratic committee is an attempt to preserve the terrorist group’s military power, insisting that any postwar arrangement must include the organization’s complete disarmament.
- [Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance](https://iwpost.com/secret-claude-tracker-shocks-users-after-anthropics-anti-surveillance-stance/): Last week, a web developer known as “Thereallo” was researching privacy issues in Claude Code and was shocked to find that the AI firm was using “prompt steganography” to hide code that tracks Chinese users “in plain sight.” This code wasn’t malicious, but it was sending information to Anthropic that most users wouldn’t detect, relying on shorthand markers to quietly flag users’ timezone, proxy, and potential connection to Chinese AI labs that Anthropic has accused of distillation attacks.
- [Trump-backed Balogun reprieve sparks FIFA crisis, but Belgium send U.S. out of World Cup](https://iwpost.com/trump-backed-balogun-reprieve-sparks-fifa-crisis-but-belgium-send-u-s-out-of-world-cup/): FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended the governing body’s disciplinary process on Monday after U.S.
- [There’s a New Democratic Machine. It’s Unabashedly Socialist.](https://iwpost.com/theres-a-new-democratic-machine-its-unabashedly-socialist/): As democratic socialists toppled establishment favorites this midterm cycle, the old guard of the Democratic Party picked up a preferred cudgel against insurgents: These people were propped up by white, urban, coastal, educated electorates — not the ones the Democrats were trying to reach, and certainly not the working class.
- [NRC is (sort of) getting rid of "as low as reasonably achievable" standard](https://iwpost.com/nrc-is-sort-of-getting-rid-of-as-low-as-reasonably-achievable-standard/): Last week, just before the US started its break for the July Fourth holiday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) proposed a new rule that would change how it regulated exposure to radiation.
- [Royal Family Plotting to ‘Drown Out’ Prince Harry?](https://iwpost.com/royal-family-plotting-to-drown-out-prince-harry/): Prince Harry is heading back to Britain this week, but the Royal Family reportedly has no intention of letting his visit dominate the headlines.
- [Iraq prepares to reopen Syrian land route for oil exports to bypass Gulf](https://iwpost.com/iraq-prepares-to-reopen-syrian-land-route-for-oil-exports-to-bypass-gulf/): Iraq is planning a new land route through Syria to diversify its oil exports after the rising security risks in the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed the global oil and energy market amid the Middle East crisis, Anadolu reports.
- [Judah Gribetz, Architect of $1.25 Billion Holocaust Restitution Plan, Dies at 97](https://iwpost.com/judah-gribetz-architect-of-1-25-billion-holocaust-restitution-plan-dies-at-97/): Judah Gribetz, the former aide to New York Gov. Hugh L.
- [Kremlin suspected of flying drones over Europe using Russian shadow fleet](https://iwpost.com/kremlin-suspected-of-flying-drones-over-europe-using-russian-shadow-fleet/): Mysterious drone flights that disrupted major European airports and flew over NATO member military bases hosting US nuclear weapons may be the work of a coordinated Kremlin campaign launched from Russian-linked commercial ships.
- [Indonesia needs China’s know-how, not just its cash and contracts](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-needs-chinas-know-how-not-just-its-cash-and-contracts/): For more than a decade, Indonesia has measured its economic partnership with China in dollars and cents.
- [FIFA Gives Trump Exactly What He Wants](https://iwpost.com/fifa-gives-trump-exactly-what-he-wants/): President Donald Trump regularly resorts to bluster and threats to get his way — from efforts to overturn election results to campaigning for international prizes — often with little success.
- [Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say](https://iwpost.com/amid-mounting-war-casualties-pete-hegseth-defunded-and-impeded-efforts-to-protect-civilians-lawmakers-say/): ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
- [FCC to end Biden-era rule that forces ISPs to list all their fees](https://iwpost.com/fcc-to-end-biden-era-rule-that-forces-isps-to-list-all-their-fees/): The Federal Communications Commission will vote to eliminate a rule that requires Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on an easily accessible broadband price label.
- [No, China did not manage to avoid a crash](https://iwpost.com/no-china-did-not-manage-to-avoid-a-crash/): Back in the 2010s, a lot of people marveled at China’s seemingly recession-proof economy.
- [What is the oldest American object ever launched into space?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-the-oldest-american-object-ever-launched-into-space/): Did you know that the space shuttle once launched the Statue of Liberty into space?
- [Actor Leaves Reporter Scrambling After Painfully Awkward Live-TV Interview (Video)](https://iwpost.com/actor-leaves-reporter-scrambling-after-painfully-awkward-live-tv-interview-video/): Veteran Formula One broadcaster Martin Brundle was left scrambling for words after making an embarrassing mistake during a live interview with Hugh Grant at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.
- [Gaza Authorities Confirm Technocratic Committee To Control the Strip](https://iwpost.com/gaza-authorities-confirm-technocratic-committee-to-control-the-strip/): Government authorities in the Gaza Strip said they have completed preparations to hand control of the territory to the National Committee for Gaza Administration (NCGA), announcing the resignation of the acting head of Government Follow-up and the dissolution of the Government Emergency Committee as part of the planned transition.
- [Funding the fight against corporate polluters](https://iwpost.com/funding-the-fight-against-corporate-polluters/): For decades, toxic lead cables lay like giant sea monsters snaking across the bottom of Lake Tahoe.
- [World Cup’s credibility in question after Fifa volte face following call from Donald Trump](https://iwpost.com/world-cups-credibility-in-question-after-fifa-volte-face-following-call-from-donald-trump/): After four weeks of dazzling action on the pitch, it may be an off-field scandal that comes to define this summer’s World Cup.
- [Japanese government bonds have a three-body problem](https://iwpost.com/japanese-government-bonds-have-a-three-body-problem/): In May, the yield on Japan’s ten-year government bond touched 2.8%, its highest level in nearly three decades.
- [Israel’s occupation of Lebanese territory hinders army deployment in south, president warns](https://iwpost.com/israels-occupation-of-lebanese-territory-hinders-army-deployment-in-south-president-warns/): Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun warned Monday that Israel’s ongoing occupation of territory in the south prevents the army deployment in the area, Anadolu reports.
- [The ‘navalization’ of economic warfare sees trade routes become zones of force rather than rules](https://iwpost.com/the-navalization-of-economic-warfare-sees-trade-routes-become-zones-of-force-rather-than-rules/): With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping lanes are indispensable to the world economy.
- [Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift](https://iwpost.com/katalysts-satellite-rescue-mission-is-now-in-pursuit-of-nasas-swift/): High above the remote Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and the northernmost part of Australia, an air-launched rocket fired into space on Independence Day weekend to kick off a weekslong pursuit of a NASA astronomy satellite perilously close to falling out of orbit.
- [SK Hynix’s IPO is really a bet on the future of AI](https://iwpost.com/sk-hynixs-ipo-is-really-a-bet-on-the-future-of-ai/): Korean chipmaker SK Hynix is being priced as a proxy for the future of AI.
- [Left in the Dust: How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community](https://iwpost.com/left-in-the-dust-how-a-billionaire-owned-concrete-plant-took-over-a-detroit-community/): Detroit’s Rebuilding: As the city recovers from the largest municipal bankruptcy in history, major construction has reshaped it.
- [There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend](https://iwpost.com/there-were-not-one-but-two-asteroid-encounters-this-weekend/): As the United States of America celebrated its 250th birthday on terra firma with fireworks displays this weekend, two Asian countries made some splashes of their own farther from Earth.
- [Nato summit will reveal how alliance plans to manage European security as US cuts back its support](https://iwpost.com/nato-summit-will-reveal-how-alliance-plans-to-manage-european-security-as-us-cuts-back-its-support/): Two massive Russian attacks on Kyiv in less than a week, renewed Iranian threats in the Strait of Hormuz, and a security crackdown in Turkey are just three of the immediate issues shaping the context of the Nato summit in Ankara on July 7-8.
- [How Russia turned to medieval saints in its push for ‘traditional values’ – and more babies](https://iwpost.com/how-russia-turned-to-medieval-saints-in-its-push-for-traditional-values-and-more-babies/): One Saturday afternoon in May 2026, families gathered on Poklonnaya Gora, a hilltop war memorial park in western Moscow.
- [Millions of Christians To Join Global Prayer Event for Israel From Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/millions-of-christians-to-join-global-prayer-event-for-israel-from-jerusalem/): More than 70 million Christians from 175 countries are expected to take part on October 4 in the 24th Annual Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, an international pro-Israel prayer initiative organized by the Christian organization Eagles’ Wings, the group announced Sunday.
- [Valve's new Steam Machine verification system is silent on these Steam Deck-busters](https://iwpost.com/valves-new-steam-machine-verification-system-is-silent-on-these-steam-deck-busters/): About a month ago, Valve announced that it would expand its long-standing Steam Deck Verified program to the now-shipping Steam Machine, offering a separate rating of Steam games’ compatibility and playability for the fresh living room-focused hardware.
- [Why Iran broke the ceasefire in the Strait of Hormuz and what might happen next – expert Q&A](https://iwpost.com/why-iran-broke-the-ceasefire-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-what-might-happen-next-expert-qa/): The 60-day ceasefire signed by the US and Iran three weeks ago fell apart on July 8.
- [Trump claims Iran asked US to continue ‘talks,’ declares ceasefire ‘over’](https://iwpost.com/trump-claims-iran-asked-us-to-continue-talks-declares-ceasefire-over/): US President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has asked Washington to continue “talks” and that Washington agreed to do so, while reiterating that a ceasefire secured last month between the two countries was “over,” Anadolu reports.
- [He’s Suspected of Hiring a Venezuelan Gang for a Political Killing. Trump Officials Still Work With Him.](https://iwpost.com/hes-suspected-of-hiring-a-venezuelan-gang-for-a-political-killing-trump-officials-still-work-with-him/): Suspected of Hiring Gang: The Trump administration is working directly with a powerful Venezuelan leader under investigation for an alleged political killing in Chile.
- [Israel and Lebanon have a long history of failed ceasefires – will this time be any different?](https://iwpost.com/israel-and-lebanon-have-a-long-history-of-failed-ceasefires-will-this-time-be-any-different/): If implemented, the framework agreement hammered out between Lebanon and Israel in June 2026 could serve as the most consequential agreement between the two countries in nearly 80 years.
- [NASA sure seems to be asking an awful lot of private space stations](https://iwpost.com/nasa-sure-seems-to-be-asking-an-awful-lot-of-private-space-stations/): NASA this week released a much-anticipated document, known as a “draft Request for Proposals,” that provides some clarity about what it expects from US companies attempting to build privately operated space stations in low-Earth orbit.
- [Indonesia is rewriting the emerging-market inflation playbook](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-is-rewriting-the-emerging-market-inflation-playbook/): For over three decades, the standard playbook for taming inflation has remained virtually unchanged.
- [China temporarily bans helium exports as US-Iran tensions flare again](https://iwpost.com/china-temporarily-bans-helium-exports-as-us-iran-tensions-flare-again/): China announced on Friday a temporary export ban on ​helium, effective immediately, as resumption of military conflict in ‌the Middle East threatens to trigger new shortages of the gas critical for chip manufacturing.
- [Prince Harry Left ‘Close to Tears’ as William Turns Cold During Explosive UK Visit](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-left-close-to-tears-as-william-turns-cold-during-explosive-uk-visit/): Prince Harry’s latest trip to Britain was supposed to spotlight the Invictus Games.
- [Is an air-conditioning revolution coming to Europe?](https://iwpost.com/is-an-air-conditioning-revolution-coming-to-europe/): If you’re reading this while the blinds are drawn against yet another heat wave and wondering whether it’s finally time to buy an air conditioner, you’re far from alone.
- [Watchdog blows the whistle on America’s biggest AI villains](https://iwpost.com/watchdog-blows-the-whistle-on-americas-biggest-ai-villains/): OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2025.
- [US Begins Process To Remove Syria From Terrorism List, Signaling Major Shift in Relations ](https://iwpost.com/us-begins-process-to-remove-syria-from-terrorism-list-signaling-major-shift-in-relations/): [DAMASCUS] The United States on Wednesday officially began the process of removing Syria from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism after President Donald Trump notified Congress of his decision to rescind the designation, which had been in place since 1979.
- [Wally Funk, last of Mercury 13 and oldest woman in space, dies at 87](https://iwpost.com/wally-funk-last-of-mercury-13-and-oldest-woman-in-space-dies-at-87/): Wally Funk, who in 2021 became the oldest woman to fly into space—60 years after she and 12 other women sought the same opportunity as NASA’s original astronauts—died on Wednesday at 87 years old.
- [Lawmakers Call for CDC to Track Vitamin K Shot Refusals, Cite ProPublica Report](https://iwpost.com/lawmakers-call-for-cdc-to-track-vitamin-k-shot-refusals-cite-propublica-report/): Two members of Congress have called on federal officials to address what they described as “a growing and preventable public health crisis” of families refusing the long-standard vitamin K shot for their newborns, which has led to some of those babies suffering uncontrollable bleeding and even dying.
- [Germany’s Merz tells Netanyahu US-Iran deal is ‘best chance’ for stability](https://iwpost.com/germanys-merz-tells-netanyahu-us-iran-deal-is-best-chance-for-stability/): German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a press conference after the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium on June 19, 2026.
- [EU considers tariffs on imports from illegal Israeli settlements](https://iwpost.com/eu-considers-tariffs-on-imports-from-illegal-israeli-settlements/): The European Commission is proposing tough measures to reduce imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, as part of options presented to national capitals this week.
- [US-Iran ceasefire had a built-in detonator. This week it went off](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-ceasefire-had-a-built-in-detonator-this-week-it-went-off/): The breakdown of the ceasefire between the US and Iran was perhaps the least surprising news this week.
- [Volkswagen leads Europe’s automotive retrenchment](https://iwpost.com/volkswagen-leads-europes-automotive-retrenchment/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs](https://iwpost.com/openai-may-have-made-a-fatal-misstep-in-copyright-fight-with-news-orgs/): OpenAI is facing calls for “serious sanctions” after fighting to keep news organizations from snooping through millions of logs to find evidence of users skirting their paywalls by prompting ChatGPT to regurgitate their articles.
- [Pilot’s Last Words Before ‘Jumping From Plane’ and Leaving Student Alone Onboard](https://iwpost.com/pilots-last-words-before-jumping-from-plane-and-leaving-student-alone-onboard/): A student pilot in Argentina was forced to land a plane by herself after her instructor reportedly gave her a haunting final message, opened the aircraft door mid-flight and fell to his death.
- [US Ambassador Huckabee Honors Bibas Family at Memorial Tree Dedication in Northern Israel](https://iwpost.com/us-ambassador-huckabee-honors-bibas-family-at-memorial-tree-dedication-in-northern-israel/): Huckabee told The Media Line the Bibas family became “somewhat the face of the hostages,” calling the olive tree memorial “a beautiful tribute” of remembrance and renewal.
- [Humanoid robots controlled by surgeons did world-first operation on live pigs](https://iwpost.com/humanoid-robots-controlled-by-surgeons-did-world-first-operation-on-live-pigs/): Humanoid robots have surgically removed the gallbladders from living animals in an unprecedented medical experiment—but not as autonomous machines capable of replacing human doctors.
- [Bonnie Tyler, singer of ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’, dies at 75](https://iwpost.com/bonnie-tyler-singer-of-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-dies-at-75/): The gravelly tone that made Bonnie Tyler’s singing instantly recognisable was the result of an accident.
- [Trump Pushes Out Remaining Members of Bipartisan Election Commission Ahead of Midterms](https://iwpost.com/trump-pushes-out-remaining-members-of-bipartisan-election-commission-ahead-of-midterms/): President Donald Trump has pushed out the three remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the bipartisan agency in limbo as he rushes to remake how elections are run before this year’s midterms.
- [Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA](https://iwpost.com/allstate-accuses-broadcom-of-auditing-it-because-it-quit-vmware-ca/): Allstate Insurance Company has accused Broadcom of haphazardly issuing audits against it because the insurance firm decided not to renew its contracts with VMware and CA Technologies.
- [Nvidia chips, soybean orders signal thaw before Xi-Trump summit](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-chips-soybean-orders-signal-thaw-before-xi-trump-summit/): China has extended a series of olive branches to Washington this month, including a jump in soybean purchases, the release of a detained Chinese pastor and approval to import Nvidia’s H200 chips, ahead of President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to the United States.
- [Israeli prime minister says Iran war ‘has not ended’](https://iwpost.com/israeli-prime-minister-says-iran-war-has-not-ended/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Iran war “has not ended,” amid military escalation between Tehran and Washington in recent days, Anadolu reports.
- [Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk](https://iwpost.com/patch-for-windows-defender-0-day-could-allow-attackers-to-fill-hard-disk/): A patch Microsoft released on Wednesday to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its Defender security engine may cause Windows machines to write files large enough to completely consume available disk space, the researcher who discovered the flaw said.
- [China’s Fujian carrier racing to kill America’s torpedo threat](https://iwpost.com/chinas-fujian-carrier-racing-to-kill-americas-torpedo-threat/): China’s newest aircraft carrier may carry a weapon built to kill incoming torpedoes, a sign that its blue-water ambitions still face their deadliest threat from below.
- [Macron’s Damascus Visit Opens Door to French Investment in Syria ](https://iwpost.com/macrons-damascus-visit-opens-door-to-french-investment-in-syria/): [DAMASCUS] French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus on July 6-7, 2026, marked the most visible sign yet of a thaw in French-Syrian relations, as both governments sought to move beyond years of diplomatic estrangement toward cooperation centered on diplomacy, economic recovery, and reconstruction.
- [European Parliament backs negotiations on digital euro as lawmakers stress cash will remain protected](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-backs-negotiations-on-digital-euro-as-lawmakers-stress-cash-will-remain-protected/): The European Parliament has given the green light for negotiations with the Council on plans to introduce a digital euro, marking a significant step towards creating an EU-backed digital payment option while insisting that cash will remain a fundamental part of the financial system.
- [Man Arrested After Cutting Off Genitals and Lighting Them on Fire in Mom’s Garage](https://iwpost.com/man-arrested-after-cutting-off-genitals-and-lighting-them-on-fire-in-moms-garage/): An Indiana man is facing an arson charge after police say he seriously injured himself and then started a fire inside his mother’s detached garage.
- [Michigan's explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite jumps to over 1,200 cases](https://iwpost.com/michigans-explosive-outbreak-of-diarrheal-parasite-jumps-to-over-1200-cases/): Cases of an explosive diarrheal parasite continue to skyrocket in Michigan, which is reporting 1,251 cases as of July 9. Of those, 44 were hospitalized.
- [Flores Hobbits' eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past](https://iwpost.com/flores-hobbits-eating-habits-offer-clues-about-their-evolutionary-past/): Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy elephants, and giant rats.
- [NATO summit arms deals show realism trumps values](https://iwpost.com/nato-summit-arms-deals-show-realism-trumps-values/): The liberal internationalist story has always been seductive: Democracies prefer each other, build institutions together and let shared values govern how they distribute power and resources.
- [Syria says arrested cell behind ‘terrorist bombings’ in Damascus](https://iwpost.com/syria-says-arrested-cell-behind-terrorist-bombings-in-damascus/): Security forces take strict security measures following two consecutive explosions that occurred near the Ministry of Tourism building, injuring 18 people including four security personnel, in Damascus, Syria on July 7, 2026.
- [MEPs support Ukraine and Moldova’s EU path while warning Serbia over reform gaps](https://iwpost.com/meps-support-ukraine-and-moldovas-eu-path-while-warning-serbia-over-reform-gaps/): The European Parliament has reaffirmed its support for the European Union accession ambitions of Ukraine and Moldova, while warning that Serbia’s membership process remains hindered by shortcomings in democratic reforms, the rule of law and foreign policy alignment.
- [The Strait That Broke the Deal: Gulf Attacks Expose Limits of US-Iran Truce](https://iwpost.com/the-strait-that-broke-the-deal-gulf-attacks-expose-limits-of-us-iran-truce/): Sirens in Jordan, renewed tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, and a blunt declaration from President Donald Trump have turned a temporary US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) into a battlefield dispute over who controls the region’s most sensitive waterway.
- [OpenAI wants its new tool to do your work for you and with you](https://iwpost.com/openai-wants-its-new-tool-to-do-your-work-for-you-and-with-you/): Last year, when we tested out the “Agent Mode” in OpenAI’s Atlas web browser, we complained that any automated tasks tended to stop after a few minutes, limiting its usefulness for ongoing or complex tasks.
- [Graham Platner’s Exit From Senate Race Leaves Maine Dems “Hobbled” in Scramble for New Nominee](https://iwpost.com/graham-platners-exit-from-senate-race-leaves-maine-dems-hobbled-in-scramble-for-new-nominee-2/): In group chats of progressive activists and political operatives concerned with the state of the Senate race in Maine Wednesday morning, a link to an anonymous Google Doc was making the rounds.
- [Navalization of economic warfare makes trade routes into military targets](https://iwpost.com/navalization-of-economic-warfare-makes-trade-routes-into-military-targets/): With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping lanes are indispensable to the world economy.
- [Hunter Biden’s Comeback Takes a Wild Turn](https://iwpost.com/hunter-bidens-comeback-takes-a-wild-turn/): Hunter Biden is making a surprising new move as he tries to clean up his battered public image.
- [New York Hasn’t Raised Housing Allowances for Needy Residents in Decades. That’s Unconstitutional, a Lawsuit Says.](https://iwpost.com/new-york-hasnt-raised-housing-allowances-for-needy-residents-in-decades-thats-unconstitutional-a-lawsuit-says/): But for at least the fourth time in almost 40 years, the state is being sued for failing to live up to this commitment by putting impoverished families at risk of homelessness.
- [Judge doesn't like Elon Musk settlement with SEC, but says court can't block it](https://iwpost.com/judge-doesnt-like-elon-musk-settlement-with-sec-but-says-court-cant-block-it/): A federal judge reluctantly approved a $1.5 million settlement between Elon Musk and the Trump administration despite raising numerous concerns about a deal that lets Musk get off lightly for a rule violation that allegedly harmed Twitter investors.
- [Why heat is so deadly and how to stay safe](https://iwpost.com/why-heat-is-so-deadly-and-how-to-stay-safe/): Don’t underestimate heat. While less visible than other extreme weather events like hurricanes or floods, heat consistently accounts for more U.S.
- [Earthquakes in Venezuela expose a severely under-resourced and unprepared healthcare system](https://iwpost.com/earthquakes-in-venezuela-expose-a-severely-under-resourced-and-unprepared-healthcare-system/): Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, causing major damage in Caracas and a nearby coastal city, La Guaira.
- [US-Iran ceasefire collapse all about control of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-ceasefire-collapse-all-about-control-of-hormuz/): For the second time since the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military confrontation.
- [Opinion polls see France’s Le Pen winning 2027 election despite guilty verdict](https://iwpost.com/opinion-polls-see-frances-le-pen-winning-2027-election-despite-guilty-verdict/): Far-right leader Marine Le Pen could well win France’s presidential ​election next year despite an appeal court this week upholding a guilty verdict for embezzlement of EU funds, ‌two opinion polls suggest.
- [Conspiracies and regrets abound in Dune: Part Three trailer](https://iwpost.com/conspiracies-and-regrets-abound-in-dune-part-three-trailer/): We haven’t seen much footage to date for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three, other than the broody and haunting extended teaser Warner Bros. dropped in March.
- [Against Trump’s will, Iran dragging the US into a long war](https://iwpost.com/against-trumps-will-iran-dragging-the-us-into-a-long-war/): The United States has launched a series of strikes on Iran in response to the Iranian targeting of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
- [12 Palestinians killed, 20 injured in Israeli strikes in Gaza amid ceasefire violations](https://iwpost.com/12-palestinians-killed-20-injured-in-israeli-strikes-in-gaza-amid-ceasefire-violations/): Palestinians gather at the scene after an Israeli drone strike targeted a civilian vehicle killing at least one Palestinian and injuring several others in western Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine, on July 9, 2026.
- [Ramallah Contemporary Arts Festival Returns After Hiatus During Gaza War ](https://iwpost.com/ramallah-contemporary-arts-festival-returns-after-hiatus-during-gaza-war/): Ramallah’s Contemporary Arts Festival, running from July 5-16, is being held for the first time since the war in Gaza began.
- [A Government of Trump, by Trump, and for Trump](https://iwpost.com/a-government-of-trump-by-trump-and-for-trump/): Twenty-three years ago, I sat down in Metro Diner on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to pick the brain of an illustrious book editor about an ambitious project.
- [How Iran used Ali Khamenei’s funeral as a political and diplomatic tool](https://iwpost.com/how-iran-used-ali-khameneis-funeral-as-a-political-and-diplomatic-tool/): Ali Khamenei, who served as Iran’s supreme leader until his assassination in a US-Israeli operation in February 2026, will finally be laid to rest today.
- [We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump – more view him as an enemy than a friend](https://iwpost.com/we-asked-ukrainians-what-they-think-of-trump-more-view-him-as-an-enemy-than-a-friend/): U.S. President Donald Trump lauded the “very good relationship” he has developed with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the NATO summit in Turkey on July 8, 2026.
- [Surprised doctors find 10-inch worm in man's groin during elective surgery](https://iwpost.com/surprised-doctors-find-10-inch-worm-in-mans-groin-during-elective-surgery/): When surgeons dug into a man’s groin to repair a painless bulge, they made the unexpected discovery of a living, 10-inch-long (26 cm) worm snug in his abdomen.
- [Operation Hard Ball: US showdown with India’s global gangsters](https://iwpost.com/operation-hard-ball-us-showdown-with-indias-global-gangsters/): The US decision to indict jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his alleged North American associate, Satinderjeet Singh (“Goldy Brar”), for allegedly directing the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada is more than another organized crime prosecution.
- [How can Trump ‘cut off all trade’ with Spain?](https://iwpost.com/how-can-trump-cut-off-all-trade-with-spain/): U.S. President Donald Trump issued an order for a trade embargo on Spain on Wednesday, asking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to “cut off all trade … including visits” with the country amid tensions over defense spending.
- [Beloved Singer Bonnie Tyler Dead at 75](https://iwpost.com/beloved-singer-bonnie-tyler-dead-at-75/): Bonnie Tyler, the powerhouse Welsh singer whose raspy voice turned “Total Eclipse of the Heart” into one of the most unforgettable songs of the 1980s, has died.
- [A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million Social Security Numbers](https://iwpost.com/a-puerto-rico-government-agency-exposed-1-million-social-security-numbers/): The government agency that collects property taxes in Puerto Rico inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately 1 million people, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and ProPublica learned.
- [Free Waymo rides in California? You can thank a regulatory quirk.](https://iwpost.com/free-waymo-rides-in-california-you-can-thank-a-regulatory-quirk/): Robotaxi companies have thrived in California, where the good weather, enthusiasm for technology, and sophisticated labor force have supported their growth for nearly two decades.
- [‘We are waiting for the Americans to save us’ – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within](https://iwpost.com/we-are-waiting-for-the-americans-to-save-us-in-crisis-cubans-have-given-up-on-reform-from-within/): When I first visited Cuba, the island was recovering from a severe economic crisis.
- [JD Vance’s ungodly crusade against GDP is a fool’s errand](https://iwpost.com/jd-vances-ungodly-crusade-against-gdp-is-a-fools-errand/): Usually, these “GDP is actually good” posts start with a big disclaimer — an acknowledgment of all the things GDP doesn’t measure, all the reasons that measuring GDP is an inexact science, and all the ways that we need to improve society other than just making the GDP line go up.
- [Iran’s Hormuz Playbook Could Be Coming to the Red Sea](https://iwpost.com/irans-hormuz-playbook-could-be-coming-to-the-red-sea/): The Republic of Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar Al-Eryani argues that the recent Middle East war exposed something larger than another round of regional violence: Iran, in his view, has shown the world that maritime chokepoints are not merely shipping routes, but weapons waiting to be used.
- [Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing.](https://iwpost.com/payloads-used-to-dictate-the-terms-of-launch-thats-finally-changing/): It wasn’t easy to find anyone outside of SpaceX clamoring for a rocket like Starship just 10 years ago.
- [India-Japan convergence reshaping Indo-Pacific’s power balance](https://iwpost.com/india-japan-convergence-reshaping-indo-pacifics-power-balance/): Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 2 produced a long list of agreements spanning artificial intelligence, batteries, critical minerals, defense manufacturing, energy resilience and financial cooperation.
- [Israeli Knesset approves freezing more Palestinian clearance funds](https://iwpost.com/israeli-knesset-approves-freezing-more-palestinian-clearance-funds/): The Israeli Knesset on Wednesday approved in its first reading a bill that would allow additional Palestinian Authority clearance funds to be frozen, a move expected to increase financial pressure on the authority.
- [Western Europe records hottest June on record](https://iwpost.com/western-europe-records-hottest-june-on-record/): Western Europe just experienced ​its warmest June on record, EU scientists confirmed on Thursday, after an extreme heatwave at the ‌end of the month smashed temperature records, disrupted power supplies and shut schools.
- [Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space](https://iwpost.com/miami-based-city-labs-achieves-a-first-for-commercial-nuclear-power-in-space/): The proliferation of nuclear power in space got a little more real Tuesday with the launch of a small satellite developed by a Florida-based company specializing in nuclear micro-power technology.
- [Open letter to NATO: the false promise of militarized security](https://iwpost.com/open-letter-to-nato-the-false-promise-of-militarized-security/): As NATO convenes once again to double down on military spending, arms production and the logic of deterrence through superior firepower — this despite the alliance’s own members having repeatedly used force in violation of international law in recent years, in Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Libya, Syria and the open-ended War on Terror — it is worth asking: What kind of security are we actually buying?
- [Scuba Diver Charged in Death of 23-Year-Old Student](https://iwpost.com/scuba-diver-charged-in-death-of-23-year-old-student/): A 23-year-old woman vanished 65 feet below the ocean during what was supposed to be a routine scuba lesson.
- [US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers](https://iwpost.com/us-seeks-cheaper-hunter-killer-drones-after-iran-destroys-1b-worth-of-reapers/): The US military has lost dozens of Reaper drones collectively worth more than $1 billion while carrying out surveillance and attack missions over Iran.
- [Lebanon’s Aoun Says Upcoming Washington Visit Aims To Halt Conflict with Israel ](https://iwpost.com/lebanons-aoun-says-upcoming-washington-visit-aims-to-halt-conflict-with-israel/): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday that his upcoming visit to Washington is intended to advance efforts to end the conflict between Lebanon and Israel through negotiations, expressing hope that talks with President Donald Trump will produce a lasting solution.
- [Oil rises after US launches fresh strikes on Iran](https://iwpost.com/oil-rises-after-us-launches-fresh-strikes-on-iran/): Oil prices rose more than 1% on Thursday after the U.S.
- [Graham Platner's Exit From Senate Race Leaves Maine Dems "Hobbled" in Scramble for New Nominee](https://iwpost.com/graham-platners-exit-from-senate-race-leaves-maine-dems-hobbled-in-scramble-for-new-nominee/): In group chats of progressive activists and political operatives concerned with the state of the Senate race in Maine Wednesday morning, a link to an anonymous Google Doc was making the rounds.
- [Drone warfare turning oil from asset to liability](https://iwpost.com/drone-warfare-turning-oil-from-asset-to-liability/): I visited Omsk once, or at least its airport; we were en route from Moscow to Ulan Ade on the Mongolian border, and the Aeroflot flight landed there to refuel.
- [TikTok users don't have as much agency over their FYPs as they think](https://iwpost.com/tiktok-users-dont-have-as-much-agency-over-their-fyps-as-they-think/): TikTok’s For You Page (FYP) is the default home screen for users of the video-sharing platform.
- [US returns refueling aircraft to Middle East amid escalation with Iran](https://iwpost.com/us-returns-refueling-aircraft-to-middle-east-amid-escalation-with-iran/): The US has begun returning aerial refueling aircraft to its bases in the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, as Israeli officials believe Washington would give a green light for Tel Aviv to resume attacks against Tehran, according to Israeli media on Wednesday.
- [Top Legal Adviser to Joint Chiefs Is Stepping Down Nearly a Year Before Completing Term](https://iwpost.com/top-legal-adviser-to-joint-chiefs-is-stepping-down-nearly-a-year-before-completing-term/): The senior legal counsel to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — the principal military adviser to President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — is stepping down nearly a year before his term is over, the latest in an exodus of the military’s top leaders and lawyers over the last 18 months.
- [Le Pen to run for French presidency despite conviction – her protege Jordan Bardella would make a better candidate](https://iwpost.com/le-pen-to-run-for-french-presidency-despite-conviction-her-protege-jordan-bardella-would-make-a-better-candidate/): Marine Le Pen has confirmed she intends to run in next year’s presidential election in France, despite her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement of EU funds being rejected.
- [Australia-Fiji pact a hard Pacific pushback against China](https://iwpost.com/australia-fiji-pact-a-hard-pacific-pushback-against-china/): For decades, the South Pacific was largely relegated to the margins of global politics.
- [Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes](https://iwpost.com/google-pays-250k-for-linux-vulnerability-allowing-guest-vm-escapes/): A Linux vulnerability that allows untrusted virtual machines to gain root access to host machines is one of two high-severity flaws to surface this week in the open source operating system.
- [Le Pen vows to run despite upheld graft conviction](https://iwpost.com/le-pen-vows-to-run-despite-upheld-graft-conviction/): The face of France’s far-right, Marine Le Pen, has said in a television interview that she intends to run for the presidency for her National Rally (RN) party next year.
- [Whoopi Goldberg Calls for Mitch McConnell to Prove He’s Alive](https://iwpost.com/whoopi-goldberg-calls-for-mitch-mcconnell-to-prove-hes-alive/): Whoopi Goldberg is demanding answers as concern grows over Mitch McConnell’s mysterious health crisis.
- [South Korea swings from political paralysis to punitive power](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-swings-from-political-paralysis-to-punitive-power/): On July 7, South Korea began enforcing a sweeping law against false and manipulated information.
- [NGO Monitor Report Exposes Extremist Links in UK Post-Oct. 7 Protest Network ](https://iwpost.com/ngo-monitor-report-exposes-extremist-links-in-uk-post-oct-7-protest-network/): An NGO Monitor report examining post-October 7 protest activity in the United Kingdom says a network of organizations involved in demonstrations has operated through coordinated advocacy, opaque funding structures and, in some cases, links to extremist actors, while calling for expanded government oversight and regulatory reforms.
- [It’s Time for Maine to Ditch Platner — But Not the Politics That Won Over Voters](https://iwpost.com/its-time-for-maine-to-ditch-platner-but-not-the-politics-that-won-over-voters/): The day Graham Platner became Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee, he spoke behind a podium bearing his indignant campaign slogan: “They don’t know Maine.” But when sexual assault allegations against the candidate broke this week, supporters and political allies in the state were left wondering instead if they ever really knew Platner — and uncertain about what’s next for the movement that rallied around him.
- [Iran’s ‘hardliners’: who they are, what they believe and why they matter](https://iwpost.com/irans-hardliners-who-they-are-what-they-believe-and-why-they-matter/): The US and Iran have returned to the brink of conflict after an exchange of strikes on July 7, just three weeks after the two sides had signed a framework deal to end their hostilities.
- [Judge rejects Kalshi attempt to override New York state gambling laws](https://iwpost.com/judge-rejects-kalshi-attempt-to-override-new-york-state-gambling-laws/): Kalshi lost an attempt to override New York’s state gambling laws yesterday, with a federal judge rejecting the prediction market operator’s request to prevent enforcement of the rules.
- [How Japan’s yen rout could spark a US financial crisis](https://iwpost.com/how-japans-yen-rout-could-spark-a-us-financial-crisis/): For decades, the global financial system has been founded on a convenient assumption.
- [Washington Law Says to Alert the Public When Doctors Are Accused of Misconduct. It Can Take Months.](https://iwpost.com/washington-law-says-to-alert-the-public-when-doctors-are-accused-of-misconduct-it-can-take-months/): Experts on laws protecting patient safety give Washington state high marks for the types of information it is willing to disclose about doctors accused of wrongdoing.
- [Vice president says US will respond if Iran attacks shipping in Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/vice-president-says-us-will-respond-if-iran-attacks-shipping-in-strait-of-hormuz/): Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the US would continue military strikes against Iran if it resumes attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, saying Tehran had violated an agreement to halt the actions, Anadolu reports.
- [Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%](https://iwpost.com/suspecting-ai-cheating-ivy-league-prof-ordered-an-in-person-final-scores-fell-50/): Ivy League college students are, by definition, intelligent. They don’t need to use generative AI to cheat on exams; they could just learn the material.
- [European Parliament hears Irish Presidency’s plans for the next six months](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-hears-irish-presidencys-plans-for-the-next-six-months/): Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Tuesday outlined the priorities of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, telling the European Parliament that its programme would focus on competitiveness, values and security under the theme “strength with unity”.
- [Iran’s environmental catastrophe has also wrecked its economy](https://iwpost.com/irans-environmental-catastrophe-has-also-wrecked-its-economy/): For several decades, Iran has devoted substantial financial, institutional and political resources to military expansion.
- [Iran ceasefire, now ‘over’, was always going to break](https://iwpost.com/iran-ceasefire-now-over-was-always-going-to-break/): Less than a month after a ceasefire was signed between the US and Iran, conflict has returned to the Middle East.
- [US Launches New Strikes on Iran Over Strait of Hormuz Shipping Attacks  ](https://iwpost.com/us-launches-new-strikes-on-iran-over-strait-of-hormuz-shipping-attacks/): US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Wednesday that American forces have resumed strikes against Iran, saying the operation is intended to further reduce Tehran’s ability to threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-man-used-grok-to-make-7k-sex-images-of-stepdaughter-then-shot-himself/): One of the most horrific cases of allegedly Grok-generated child sex images was shared in a proposed class action lawsuit that was expanded Tuesday.
- [Child Climbs Out of Disneyland Ride Before Terrifying 50-Foot Drop (Video)](https://iwpost.com/child-climbs-out-of-disneyland-ride-before-terrifying-50-foot-drop-video/): Disneyland’s Tiana’s Bayou Adventure was brought to an emergency stop after another child reportedly tried to climb out of a ride vehicle — just weeks after a teenager plunged down the attraction’s 50-foot waterfall.
- [El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific](https://iwpost.com/el-nino-is-here-and-its-already-scrambling-fisheries-throughout-the-pacific/): We’re not even one month into “super” El Niño, the natural Pacific weather pattern characterized by warmer than average sea surface temperatures, and fisheries around the world are already getting scrambled.
- [Saudi air defenses intercept Houthi ballistic missiles amid Yemen tensions](https://iwpost.com/saudi-air-defenses-intercept-houthi-ballistic-missiles-amid-yemen-tensions/): Saudi air defenses on Monday intercepted ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi group from Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition supporting the internationally recognized Yemeni government said, Anadolu reports.
- [Allies to muster more air defence aid for Ukraine as battlefield momentum shifts](https://iwpost.com/allies-to-muster-more-air-defence-aid-for-ukraine-as-battlefield-momentum-shifts/): Western allies will seek to secure more air-defence commitments for Ukraine when they ​meet in Paris on Monday, as shortages have left it increasingly exposed to Russian ballistic missiles, despite recent shifts in momentum on ‌the battlefield.
- [Himalayan snowfall has been miscalculated for years, here’s how we found a new way to measure it](https://iwpost.com/himalayan-snowfall-has-been-miscalculated-for-years-heres-how-we-found-a-new-way-to-measure-it/): Mountain snow and meltwater from glaciers in the Himalayas determine how much water is available for drinking, farming and hydropower for millions of people in India, Pakistan, Nepal, China and Afghanistan.
- [Gwadar’s missing cargo and fast-closing window](https://iwpost.com/gwadars-missing-cargo-and-fast-closing-window/): Nineteen years ago, on February 6, 2007, Pakistan signed away Gwadar Port’s commercial future for four decades.
- [Oil Prices Surge More Than 3% as US-Iran Strikes Fuel Hormuz Fears](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-surge-more-than-3-as-us-iran-strikes-fuel-hormuz-fears/): The price of oil jumped more than 3% on Monday as renewed military strikes between the United States and Iran raised fresh concerns about the movement of energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, a major route for global oil and gas shipments.
- [Apple and Samsung benefit as memory shortage pushes smartphone shipments to historic lows](https://iwpost.com/apple-and-samsung-benefit-as-memory-shortage-pushes-smartphone-shipments-to-historic-lows/): Smartphone shipments started to plateau a few years back, ending the days of guaranteed double-digit growth for any company that wanted to make phones.
- [A U.S.-Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade](https://iwpost.com/a-u-s-mexico-impasse-will-test-how-far-the-trump-administration-will-go-to-fight-drug-trade/): Extradition Impasse: A confrontation is looming between the U.S.
- [Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too](https://iwpost.com/now-defenders-are-embracing-the-prompt-injection-too/): Prompt injections, the malicious commands attackers embed into content to entice LLMs to follow them, have been attackers’ go-to tool for turning AI platforms against their users.
- [Dwindling US firepower doesn’t shrink China’s Taiwan trap](https://iwpost.com/dwindling-us-firepower-doesnt-shrink-chinas-taiwan-trap/): As the US keeps fighting in Iran, China is watching not only what the US can destroy, but how quickly it can replace what it fires.
- [Swedish MEP accuses Danish lawmaker of hate speech](https://iwpost.com/swedish-mep-accuses-danish-lawmaker-of-hate-speech/): A Swedish MEP has filed a police complaint against a fellow European lawmaker, accusing him of racist hate speech after she was targeted on social media for condemning far-right, anti-immigration chants in the European Parliament.
- [Lindsey Graham’s Final Trip Led to His Sudden Death?](https://iwpost.com/lindsey-grahams-final-trip-led-to-his-sudden-death/): As conspiracy theories spread online following Lindsey Graham’s sudden death, one high-profile doctor offered a different explanation.
- [Why the US economy stays strong even when its policies shock the rest of the world](https://iwpost.com/why-the-us-economy-stays-strong-even-when-its-policies-shock-the-rest-of-the-world/): The US economy is continuing to grow faster and generate more new jobs than Europe.
- [For nearly 250 years, the US has had eyes on Latin America – but interventions then looked rather different](https://iwpost.com/for-nearly-250-years-the-us-has-had-eyes-on-latin-america-but-interventions-then-looked-rather-different/): Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, the United States has ramped up military, economic and political interventions in Latin America.
- [The dying nationalist fantasy of an ethnically pure Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/the-dying-nationalist-fantasy-of-an-ethnically-pure-ukraine/): Members of Ukraine nationalist movements light flares during a rally marking Defense of the Homeland Day in center Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct.
- [Iran expands regional attacks after US air strikes](https://iwpost.com/iran-expands-regional-attacks-after-us-air-strikes/): The United States carried out military strikes against targets inside Iran for a second consecutive day, saying it hit air defence systems, coastal radar sites, and missile and naval capabilities.
- [Egypt, UAE Presidents Discuss Regional Tensions, Bilateral Ties ](https://iwpost.com/egypt-uae-presidents-discuss-regional-tensions-bilateral-ties/): Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Sunday in Egypt’s New Alamein City for talks focused on regional developments, efforts to prevent further escalation and relations between their countries.
- [Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Wants to Save Crypto — But Trump Windfall Is a Political Obstacle](https://iwpost.com/sen-kirsten-gillibrand-wants-to-save-crypto-but-trump-windfall-is-a-political-obstacle/): Donald Trump is cleaning up on crypto, disclosing a $1.4 billion windfall last week.
- [New Mexico AG Calls for Reform After Report Finds “Substantial Racial Disparities” in One School District](https://iwpost.com/new-mexico-ag-calls-for-reform-after-report-finds-substantial-racial-disparities-in-one-school-district/): Indigenous and Hispanic students are suspended more often and for longer periods than their white classmates who commit similar infractions at Gallup-McKinley County Schools — a pattern of “substantial racial disparities,” an investigation by the New Mexico attorney general’s office found.
- [The crumbling foundations of Indonesian competitiveness](https://iwpost.com/the-crumbling-foundations-of-indonesian-competitiveness/): JAKARTA – Indonesia fell to 48th place out of 70 economies on this year’s International Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) World Competitiveness Ranking, down from 40th in 2025 and far below its peak position of 27th in 2024.
- [Killer Elephant Stalks Same Family for 14 Years, Leaves 4 Dead](https://iwpost.com/killer-elephant-stalks-same-family-for-14-years-leaves-4-dead/): A notorious wild elephant in Nepal has been accused of stalking one family for more than a decade and killing four of their loved ones in two separate attacks 14 years apart.
- [Why US won’t win with force alone in the Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/why-us-wont-win-with-force-alone-in-the-strait-of-hormuz/): Iranian attacks on Gulf vessels trying to transit via Omani sovereign waters have once again pulled the region into a tit-for-tat spiral of escalation.
- [South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Unrest Tests Its Pan-African Standing](https://iwpost.com/south-africas-anti-immigrant-unrest-tests-its-pan-african-standing/): [JOHANNESBURG] Melissa came to South Africa 10 years ago and took whatever work she could find, sending money home to her parents in Zimbabwe.
- [UAE says Sunday’s missile threats ‘were outside country’s borders’](https://iwpost.com/uae-says-sundays-missile-threats-were-outside-countrys-borders/): High-rise buildings stand at the Dubai Marina on August 28, 2025.
- [What Canada’s TKMS sub deal means for the Indo-Pacific](https://iwpost.com/what-canadas-tkms-sub-deal-means-for-the-indo-pacific/): During the July 2026 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Prime Minister Carney announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as Canada’s primary supplier for 12 diesel-electric Type 212CD submarines over the Republic of Korea (ROK)’s Hanwha Ocean to replace its Victoria-class submarine fleet.
- [Marvel Star Dies at 82](https://iwpost.com/marvel-star-dies-at-82/): Wai Ching Ho, the veteran actress beloved by Marvel fans for playing the mysterious villain Madame Gao in Daredevil, Iron Fist and The Defenders, has died.
- [Lindsey Graham’s Death Leaves Void in Defense and Diplomacy ](https://iwpost.com/lindsey-grahams-death-leaves-void-in-defense-and-diplomacy/): Two days before his death, US Sen. Lindsey Graham was in Kyiv discussing Russian sanctions, Ukraine’s air-defense needs, and the future of American support.
- [Saudi Arabia, Iraq reject use of states’ territory to threaten regional security](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-iraq-reject-use-of-states-territory-to-threaten-regional-security/): Saudi Arabia and Iraq reaffirmed on Sunday their rejection of the use of any country’s territory to threaten the security and stability of other states, stressing respect for sovereignty, good-neighbourliness, and non-interference in internal affairs, Anadolu reports.
- [Kash Patel Announces FBI Is Investigating Sudden Death of Sen. Lindsey Graham ](https://iwpost.com/kash-patel-announces-fbi-is-investigating-sudden-death-of-sen-lindsey-graham/): The FBI is assisting local authorities following the death of South Carolina Sen.
- [Rachael Ray Sparks Fresh Concern After New Video](https://iwpost.com/rachael-ray-sparks-fresh-concern-after-new-video/): Rachael Ray has fans talking again after a new cooking video left some viewers worried about the beloved TV chef’s appearance.
- [‘Why take those jobs away?’: The unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind](https://iwpost.com/why-take-those-jobs-away-the-unionized-workers-decrying-trumps-war-on-wind/): Donald Trump has blamed everything — from “national security” issues, the deaths of birds and whales, and cancer — in his decades-long campaign against windfarms.
- [Israeli panel approves bill to suspend detention of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders](https://iwpost.com/israeli-panel-approves-bill-to-suspend-detention-of-ultra-orthodox-draft-evaders/): An Israeli parliamentary committee approved a bill on Sunday to suspend the detention of ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews who evade mandatory military service, paving the way for final votes in the full Knesset later this week, according to local media, Anadolu reports.
- [Herzl Lived Upstairs. A Palestinian Pizza Shop Lives Below](https://iwpost.com/herzl-lived-upstairs-a-palestinian-pizza-shop-lives-below/): Some homes preserve history. Others become museums. At Berggasse 6 in Vienna, the past remains unusually present.
- [Company That Bragged It Could Track U.S. Spies Hired to Investigate “Havana Syndrome”](https://iwpost.com/company-that-bragged-it-could-track-u-s-spies-hired-to-investigate-havana-syndrome/): The U.S. military inquiry into the so-called Havana syndrome, the mysterious illness claimed by a litany of American intelligence officers, is tapping a controversial contractor: a private surveillance firm that once boasted of its ability to stalk American intelligence officers.
- [The real mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?](https://iwpost.com/the-real-mystery-behind-moana-after-1700-years-why-did-polynesians-suddenly-sail-east/): The same question drives both the plot of Moana and decades of archaeological research: Why, after centuries of relative stability, did Polynesian voyagers suddenly begin settling islands thousands of kilometers away across the Pacific?
- [Qatar, Syria discuss stronger ties, reconstruction, chemical weapons cooperation](https://iwpost.com/qatar-syria-discuss-stronger-ties-reconstruction-chemical-weapons-cooperation/): Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Qatar’s Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries on Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [Jordan and Bahrain Drawn Deeper Into Iran’s Regional Storm](https://iwpost.com/jordan-and-bahrain-drawn-deeper-into-irans-regional-storm/): Renewed US-Iran fighting drew Jordan and Bahrain deeper into the regional fallout over the weekend, as Iran launched another wave of missiles and drones toward US military facilities and countries hosting American forces following large-scale US strikes inside Iran.
- [Portugal launches reform to liberalise rental market, speed evictions](https://iwpost.com/portugal-launches-reform-to-liberalise-rental-market-speed-evictions/): Portugal’s minority centre-right government has launched plans to speed evictions and bring forward the end of rent controls, prompting criticism from ​tenant groups who say the moves will deepen the housing crisis ‌that the government aims to solve.
- [Police Arrest 4 Settlers Suspected of Attacking CNN Journalists in the West Bank](https://iwpost.com/police-arrest-4-settlers-suspected-of-attacking-cnn-journalists-in-the-west-bank/): Israeli police arrested four settlers suspected of blocking a CNN crew’s vehicle and damaging it near the village of Sinjil in Binyamin, after journalists reported being attacked while attempting to leave the area.
- [UN envoy says Yemen parties renew commitment to delayed prisoner exchange](https://iwpost.com/un-envoy-says-yemen-parties-renew-commitment-to-delayed-prisoner-exchange/): UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said Saturday that he has received renewed commitments from Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Houthi group to implement a prisoner exchange agreement after its planned execution was delayed, Anadolu reports.
- [European Parliament approves €144.1 million in disaster aid for Spain, Romania and Cyprus](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-approves-e144-1-million-in-disaster-aid-for-spain-romania-and-cyprus/): he European Parliament on Tuesday approved the release of €144.1 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to support recovery efforts in Spain, Romania and Cyprus following major wildfires, floods and heatwaves that struck the three countries in 2025.
- [Savannah Guthrie’s Missing Mom Killed in Chilling Cartel-Linked Kidnap Plot?](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthries-missing-mom-killed-in-chilling-cartel-linked-kidnap-plot/): Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother may have been targeted in a chilling kidnapping plot tied to organized border-crossing criminals and Mexican cartels, according to a new report.
- [Armed Israeli Settlers Detained Ro Khanna. He Wants Their Illegal Outposts Demolished.](https://iwpost.com/armed-israeli-settlers-detained-ro-khanna-he-wants-their-illegal-outposts-demolished/): On a hot Wednesday afternoon in the Palestinian village of Zanuta, California Rep.
- [2 Polls Point to Jewish Safety Concerns ](https://iwpost.com/2-polls-point-to-jewish-safety-concerns/): A majority of Jewish adults in the United States say they feel less safe than before Hamas’ Oct.
- [Like a cheat code for your car: We investigate ECU tuning](https://iwpost.com/like-a-cheat-code-for-your-car-we-investigate-ecu-tuning/): Anyone who has followed the aftermarket automotive performance industry for long enough can tell you just how dramatically it has changed over the past few decades.
- [French court orders town hall to remove Palestinian flag](https://iwpost.com/french-court-orders-town-hall-to-remove-palestinian-flag/): Palestinian, French and European Union flags fly outside the town hall in Vaulx-en-Velin, an eastern suburb of Lyon, France, on July 11, 2026.
- [UN probe says mass killings, rapes, abductions, starvation by Sudan force amount to genocide](https://iwpost.com/un-probe-says-mass-killings-rapes-abductions-starvation-by-sudan-force-amount-to-genocide/): Sudan’s RSF forces carried out mass killings, abductions ‌of women and girls, mass gang rapes and forced starvation in a city they besieged and captured last year, as part of an intentional policy amounting to genocide, a U.N.
- [Rocket Report: "Panic" over Transporter availability; Isar to launch from Canada](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-panic-over-transporter-availability-isar-to-launch-from-canada/): Welcome to Edition 9.02 of the Rocket Report! Our attention in the coming days turns to Asia, where there are a couple of notable rocket debuts.
- [Actress’s Heartbreaking Final Years: Star Hid Away on Texas Ranch and Feared ‘Aliens’](https://iwpost.com/actresss-heartbreaking-final-years-star-hid-away-on-texas-ranch-and-feared-aliens/): Shelley Duvall spent her final decades far from the bright lights of Hollywood, living quietly on a 10-acre ranch in Blanco, Texas, where locals claimed the once-beloved star had become increasingly isolated and troubled.
- [Volkswagen Group tells its board how to fix it, unions disagree](https://iwpost.com/volkswagen-group-tells-its-board-how-to-fix-it-unions-disagree/): Volkswagen Group is doing well with electric vehicle sales in its home region, but costly tariffs and eroding market share in China and North America have been hurting it badly.
- [How to build homes that can survive extreme heat](https://iwpost.com/how-to-build-homes-that-can-survive-extreme-heat/): It was not the postcard-worthy aesthetics that prompted Greek islanders to first drench their cliffside-carved homes, churches, and pathways in a thick layer of pearly white paint.
- [Why the West keeps missing the point on Russia](https://iwpost.com/why-the-west-keeps-missing-the-point-on-russia/): In early June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published an open letter to Vladimir Putin proposing a face-to-face meeting to end a war now in its fifth year.
- [SentinelOne Report Alleges China–, India–Linked Hackers Targeted Pakistan’s Police Networks](https://iwpost.com/sentinelone-report-alleges-china-india-linked-hackers-targeted-pakistans-police-networks-2/): Multiple Pakistani law enforcement agencies were targeted in separate hacking campaigns linked to groups associated with China and India, according to a report released on Thursday by cybersecurity firm SentinelOne.
- [NATO leaders weigh what to do with Erdogan’s revolver gifts after summit](https://iwpost.com/nato-leaders-weigh-what-to-do-with-erdogans-revolver-gifts-after-summit/): Belgium’s prime minister was a little surprised on landing back home from Wednesday’s NATO summit in Turkey to find that he had a handgun and ammunition in his luggage.
- [Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta](https://iwpost.com/disable-autoplay-and-infinite-scroll-or-risk-massive-fines-eu-tells-meta/): The European Union is ramping up pressure on Meta to make big changes to Facebook and Instagram after the European Commission preliminarily found that features like autoplay, infinite scroll, and highly personalized content recommendations were addictive.
- [The US-Iran ceasefire that never was and never will be](https://iwpost.com/the-us-iran-ceasefire-that-never-was-and-never-will-be/): Screengrab of a military strike in Iran taken from video footage shared by the US Military Central Command on social media platform X on July 9, 2026.
- [Hundreds in Sweden protest Israeli attacks, ceasefire violations in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/hundreds-in-sweden-protest-israeli-attacks-ceasefire-violations-in-gaza/): Hundreds of people gathered in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Saturday to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza, ceasefire violations, and restrictions on humanitarian aid entering the enclave, Anadolu reports.
- [An orbiting disco ball gave Einstein’s theory its most precise test yet](https://iwpost.com/an-orbiting-disco-ball-gave-einsteins-theory-its-most-precise-test-yet/): Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts that a rotating mass like the Earth pulls the fabric of space and time around with it in a perpetual swirl.
- [US, Ukraine strike PAC-3 missile production deal — with a catch](https://iwpost.com/us-ukraine-strike-pac-3-missile-production-deal-with-a-catch/): During their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reached a major agreement regarding Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptors.
- [Oil heads for weekly gain as Middle East supply risks persist](https://iwpost.com/oil-heads-for-weekly-gain-as-middle-east-supply-risks-persist/): Oil prices eased on Friday but remained on ‌track for weekly gains as renewed U.S.-Iran fighting disrupted shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, stoking concerns over supply disruptions.
- [Shocking Harrison Ford Movie Secrets Revealed](https://iwpost.com/shocking-harrison-ford-movie-secrets-revealed/): Harrison Ford and Blade Runner director Ridley Scott may have made a sci-fi classic together, but behind the scenes, things were not exactly smooth.
- [Israel Warned US of Alleged New Iranian Plot Targeting President Trump](https://iwpost.com/israel-warned-us-of-alleged-new-iranian-plot-targeting-president-trump/): Israel alerted the United States to intelligence indicating Iran had recently formulated a new assassination plot targeting President Donald Trump, CNN reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.
- [A Jupiter-size planet that escaped its star's death](https://iwpost.com/a-jupiter-size-planet-that-escaped-its-stars-death/): WD 1856 b is the only confirmed case of a planet that survived the death of a Sun-like star.
- [Rebecca Nagle on the Boomerang of Empire ](https://iwpost.com/rebecca-nagle-on-the-boomerang-of-empire/): “We’re in this moment where we are fighting over how America tells its past,” journalist Rebecca Nagle tells The Intercept Briefing.
- [Overhaul of public lands grazing regulations seeks to cut public involvement](https://iwpost.com/overhaul-of-public-lands-grazing-regulations-seeks-to-cut-public-involvement/): The federal government is rewriting its rules governing ranching on public lands to increase the number of cattle, sheep, and other livestock grazing on 155 million acres in the West, an area twice the size of New Mexico.
- [When gunning for regime change, be careful what you shoot for](https://iwpost.com/when-gunning-for-regime-change-be-careful-what-you-shoot-for/): Soon after the Israeli and US attacks on Iran assassinated its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and four of his family members, as well as other senior leaders, President Donald Trump urged Iranians to rise up, saying: “To the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand.
- [Time as power: Why timing is reshaping energy diplomacy in the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/time-as-power-why-timing-is-reshaping-energy-diplomacy-in-the-middle-east/): For decades, energy diplomacy in the region has been understood through three familiar dimensions: geography, natural resources and infrastructure.
- [Satellite shows Etna eruption plume reaching North Africa](https://iwpost.com/satellite-shows-etna-eruption-plume-reaching-north-africa/): A massive plume of sulfur dioxide released during Mount Etna’s July 7 eruption traveled across the Mediterranean and reached parts of North Africa, according to satellite observations published by the Advanced Geospatial Data Management (ADAM) platform.
- [Firmware update bricks Hue Bridge Pro devices; Philips gives free replacements](https://iwpost.com/firmware-update-bricks-hue-bridge-pro-devices-philips-gives-free-replacements/): A firmware update is behind recent reports that some Hue Bridge Pro smart hubs are no longer working, Ars Technica has confirmed.
- [How US muddle made a bad Iran war a quagmire](https://iwpost.com/how-us-muddle-made-a-bad-iran-war-a-quagmire/): We have been loath to write about the ceasefire given the limitations and the ongoing circus around the “framework agreement” but have decided that now is a good time to address the geopolitical realities stemming from the ill-conceived conflict.
- [US Says Nuclear Talks With Iran Continue Despite Recent Strikes ](https://iwpost.com/us-says-nuclear-talks-with-iran-continue-despite-recent-strikes/): The United States and Iran remain engaged in technical negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program despite two days of retaliatory strikes this week, a US official said Thursday, as Washington maintains that Iran must never acquire a nuclear weapon.
- [Pastor Violently Attacks Girlfriend After being Caught Cheating](https://iwpost.com/pastor-violently-attacks-girlfriend-after-being-caught-cheating/): A California pastor who once led a civil rights nonprofit has been convicted of assault after his girlfriend allegedly walked in on him with another woman — and the confrontation turned violent.
- [DSA Members Urge Campaigns to Ditch Platner Consultant Who Advised Mamdani](https://iwpost.com/dsa-members-urge-campaigns-to-ditch-platner-consultant-who-advised-mamdani/): Members of the Democratic Socialists of America circulated a letter calling on candidates and elected officials to refuse to work with the consultants who handled Graham Platner’s campaign, according to screenshots of the letter shared with The Intercept.
- [Study shows how toxic RFK Jr.’s change to measles vaccine is for US toddlers](https://iwpost.com/study-shows-how-toxic-rfk-jr-s-change-to-measles-vaccine-is-for-us-toddlers/): With no new data or clear reasoning, a panel of advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Europe may face ‘more deadly weeks’ as new heatwave builds, WHO warns](https://iwpost.com/europe-may-face-more-deadly-weeks-as-new-heatwave-builds-who-warns/): The World Health Organization warned that Europe could face “more deadly weeks” ahead, with another intense heatwave forming ​over the Atlantic.
- [Ambition outguns capacity in US plan to deter China](https://iwpost.com/ambition-outguns-capacity-in-us-plan-to-deter-china/): The US is racing to build a new deterrence architecture against China, but the widening gap between its strategic ambitions and its industrial, logistical and political capacity could leave that posture dangerously incomplete when it is needed most.
- [Ransomware negotiator hired to represent victims was working for the attackers](https://iwpost.com/ransomware-negotiator-hired-to-represent-victims-was-working-for-the-attackers/): A former ransomware negotiator was sentenced to 70 months in prison yesterday after colluding with BlackCat scammers to extort the victims he was hired to protect.
- [Spain’s National Court opens probe into Israeli military officials over Gaza flotilla interception](https://iwpost.com/spains-national-court-opens-probe-into-israeli-military-officials-over-gaza-flotilla-interception/): Spain’s National Court has opened an investigation into senior Israeli military officials over the illegal detention of activists during the interception of the Global Sumud flotilla, limiting the probe to incidents involving Spanish-flagged vessels, newspaper El Pais reported on Friday.
- [IDF Destroys Hezbollah Weapons Depots and Tunnels in Southern Lebanon ](https://iwpost.com/idf-destroys-hezbollah-weapons-depots-and-tunnels-in-southern-lebanon/): Israeli troops operating in the security zone in southern Lebanon located and destroyed Hezbollah weapons facilities, underground tunnels and caches of arms during recent operations, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
- [China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it](https://iwpost.com/china-recovered-its-first-reusable-rocket-and-showed-a-new-way-to-do-it/): China’s sprawling state-owned rocket developer, maker of the country’s Long March rocket family, announced it recovered a reusable orbital-class booster for the first time Friday in the South China Sea.
- [Italy sees 35% rise in non-EU workers since 2019](https://iwpost.com/italy-sees-35-rise-in-non-eu-workers-since-2019/): The number of non-EU nationals employed in Italy increased by more than 35% between 2019 and 2025 and now represents about one-seventh of the country’s workforce, the head of Italy’s social security agency said Thursday.
- [10-Year-Old Boy Found Dead He ‘Sleepwalked’ Out of Home](https://iwpost.com/10-year-old-boy-found-dead-he-sleepwalked-out-of-home/): A heartbreaking search for a missing 10-year-old Missouri boy ended in tragedy Thursday after authorities found him unresponsive in a pond just hours after he was believed to have sleepwalked out of his home.
- [Maine Senate Candidates Claim They’re Just Like Platner — But Entirely Different](https://iwpost.com/maine-senate-candidates-claim-theyre-just-like-platner-but-entirely-different/): Candidates entering the Maine Senate race after Graham Platner suspended his campaign following a rape allegation are walking a fine line between distancing themselves from the disgraced candidate and embracing his base, which they’ll need to beat Sen.
- [Increased drone surveillance of illegal July 4th fireworks led to $100K fine](https://iwpost.com/increased-drone-surveillance-of-illegal-july-4th-fireworks-led-to-100k-fine/): More cities and towns deployed drones to spot illegal fireworks during the Fourth of July celebrations commemorating America’s 250th anniversary—leading to a $100,000 fine in one instance and coming as part of a broader national trend of first responders turning to drone surveillance.
- [Clock ticking down on Iran’s Hormuz gamble](https://iwpost.com/clock-ticking-down-on-irans-hormuz-gamble/): Ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Quantum error correction can constantly recalibrate a processor](https://iwpost.com/quantum-error-correction-can-constantly-recalibrate-a-processor/): There are some obvious big picture issues that stand between us and useful quantum computing.
- [Speaking to Iran’s president, Pakistani premier urges US-Iranian commitment to peace pact](https://iwpost.com/speaking-to-irans-president-pakistani-premier-urges-us-iranian-commitment-to-peace-pact/): Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged the US and Iran to uphold the commitments made under their framework peace deal signed last month, known as the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, Anadolu reports.
- [Syria Arrests Senior ISIS Leader, Exposes Group’s Criminal Financing Network ](https://iwpost.com/syria-arrests-senior-isis-leader-exposes-groups-criminal-financing-network/): The operation, carried out jointly by Syria’s Interior Ministry and the General Intelligence Service, marks one of the most significant counterterrorism operations announced by Damascus since the country’s political transition.
- [EasyJet backs $7.65 billion Apollo bid over Castlelake offer](https://iwpost.com/easyjet-backs-7-65-billion-apollo-bid-over-castlelake-offer/): U.S. private equity giant Apollo Global Management launched a £5.7 billion ($7.65 billion) offer for budget airline easyJet on Friday, outbidding rival Castlelake and potentially opening the door to ​a full-blown takeover battle.
- [Canada’s German sub buy dives between NATO and the Pacific](https://iwpost.com/canadas-german-sub-buy-dives-between-nato-and-the-pacific/): By choosing German-Norwegian submarines over South Korean units, Canada did not just buy submarines—it chose the alliance architecture that will shape its place between the Atlantic and Pacific security orders.
- [Check out the first images of Quest shipwreck](https://iwpost.com/check-out-the-first-images-of-quest-shipwreck/): Back in 2024, we reported on the discovery of the Quest shipwreck, the polar exploration vessel that served Arctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton on his last voyage.
- [The US can’t win with force in the Strait of Hormuz – Iran must be offered a realistic incentive to settle](https://iwpost.com/the-us-cant-win-with-force-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-iran-must-be-offered-a-realistic-incentive-to-settle/): Iranian attacks on Gulf vessels trying to transit via Omani sovereign waters have once again pulled the region into a tit-for-tat spiral of escalation.
- [Stephen Colbert Struggling and Heartbroken After Show Cancelation](https://iwpost.com/stephen-colbert-struggling-and-heartbroken-after-show-cancelation/): Stephen Colbert is reportedly having a tough time finding his footing after CBS pulled the plug on The Late Show, leaving the longtime late-night host heartbroken and unsure about what comes next.
- [Iran war 2.0 slams Asia back into the blast zone](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-2-0-slams-asia-back-into-the-blast-zone/): TOKYO — The collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire is hitting Asia hard. Again.
- [Anti-vaccine changes under RFK Jr. will hurt vulnerable toddlers, study confirms](https://iwpost.com/anti-vaccine-changes-under-rfk-jr-will-hurt-vulnerable-toddlers-study-confirms/): With no new data or clear reasoning, a panel of advisors hand-selected by anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [The oceans are full of heat, and it’s coming ashore](https://iwpost.com/the-oceans-are-full-of-heat-and-its-coming-ashore/): It’s barely the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere, and heatwaves are once again breaking temperature records.
- [The Trump Administration Is Overhauling Birth Control Access for the Pronatalist Movement](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administration-is-overhauling-birth-control-access-for-the-pronatalist-movement/): The Trump administration is quietly turning a federal program designed to help lower-income Americans access birth control and other reproductive health services into an engine for pronationalism, a far-right movement with roots in eugenics that pushes people to have more babies.
- [The ball is round – and contrary to some keepers’ views, in this World Cup it has performed just fine](https://iwpost.com/the-ball-is-round-and-contrary-to-some-keepers-views-in-this-world-cup-it-has-performed-just-fine/): Not every World Cup goal is a classic. Sometimes a half-hearted shot goes in as a result of little more than goalkeeper error.
- [Former British Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe dies at 78](https://iwpost.com/former-british-conservative-minister-ann-widdecombe-dies-at-78/): Former Conservative minister turned Reform UK spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe has died aged 78.
- [Australia-Fiji defense pact is about much more than China](https://iwpost.com/australia-fiji-defense-pact-is-about-much-more-than-china/): Australian leader Anthony Albanese and Fiji counterpart Sitiveni Rabuka in a ceremonial moment in Suva, Fiji, July 6, 2026.
- [SentinelOne Report Alleges China—India Linked Hackers Targeted Pakistan’s Police Networks ](https://iwpost.com/sentinelone-report-alleges-china-india-linked-hackers-targeted-pakistans-police-networks/): Multiple Pakistani law enforcement agencies were targeted in separate hacking campaigns linked to groups associated with China and India, according to a report released on Thursday by cybersecurity firm SentinelOne.
- [Hegseth mocked for plan to inject US soldiers with testosterone](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-mocked-for-plan-to-inject-us-soldiers-with-testosterone/): 'Secretary of War' Pete Hegseth displays his tattoos.
- [Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation](https://iwpost.com/judge-trump-cant-deport-researchers-just-for-working-in-content-moderation/): This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke green cards and deport non-US citizens who work on misinformation, disinformation, fact-checking, content moderation, compliance, and trust and safety.
- [Prince Harry ‘Doesn’t Have the Money’ for Massive Legal Bill After Court Defeat](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-doesnt-have-the-money-for-massive-legal-bill-after-court-defeat/): Prince Harry may be facing a brutal new financial headache after his latest court defeat.
- [Teen, 14, charged with preparing terror acts linked to far-right plot against mosques in London](https://iwpost.com/teen-14-charged-with-preparing-terror-acts-linked-to-far-right-plot-against-mosques-in-london/): A 14-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing London into an alleged plan to target two mosques in south London, the Metropolitan Police said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Iran Threatens Wider Energy Shutdown as Strikes Hit US Sites Across the Gulf ](https://iwpost.com/iran-threatens-wider-energy-shutdown-as-strikes-hit-us-sites-across-the-gulf/): Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday that regional oil and gas flows could no longer be treated as secure for some countries while Iran faces a US maritime blockade.
- [FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs](https://iwpost.com/fcc-to-repeal-39-tv-ownership-cap-in-boost-for-trump-friendly-news-orgs/): The Federal Communications Commission will vote to repeal the National Television Ownership Rule that is supposed to prevent a single broadcast station owner from reaching more than 39 percent of all TV households in the US.
- [They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked.](https://iwpost.com/they-wanted-to-hold-exxon-accountable-then-they-got-hacked/): On a cold January morning in 2016, Kert Davies joined a group of climate advocates and lawyers at the Rockefeller Family Fund’s office in Upper Manhattan to discuss an audacious goal: holding Exxon Mobil, one of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies, accountable for climate change.
- [Ukraine war: Belarus’s highwire act teeters under Russian pressure](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-belaruss-highwire-act-teeters-under-russian-pressure/): The Belarusian dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, spoke at a ceremony for military graduates and officers on July 6.
- [US-China moon race could turn into a lunar land grab](https://iwpost.com/us-china-moon-race-could-turn-into-a-lunar-land-grab/): Sixty years ago, the United States and the Soviet Union were embroiled in a race to the moon, which the US won.
- [Ten countries urge EU to rethink new carbon price on fuel](https://iwpost.com/ten-countries-urge-eu-to-rethink-new-carbon-price-on-fuel/): Ten countries, including Italy and Poland, have urged the European ‌Union to reconsider a new carbon price on fuel, as part of a separate revision of the bloc’s carbon market, according to a joint statement seen by Reuters.
- [Democrats Are Desperate to Flip an Arizona House Seat. They’re Rallying Around a Former Republican.](https://iwpost.com/democrats-are-desperate-to-flip-an-arizona-house-seat-theyre-rallying-around-a-former-republican/): As the Democratic Party establishment consolidates around a former Republican they hope can flip a key Arizona congressional seat, super PACs are spreading their resources across candidates in the district’s upcoming Democratic primary — and three of the top spenders have ties to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
- [FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals](https://iwpost.com/fcc-officials-took-pricey-gifts-from-paramount-as-the-company-needed-approval-for-billion-dollar-deals/): Expensive Gifts: Despite regulating broadcast media, FCC commissioners have accepted pricey tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala from CBS or its parent company, now Paramount.
- [Google and Epic cancel settlement; third-party app stores coming to Google Play](https://iwpost.com/google-and-epic-cancel-settlement-third-party-app-stores-coming-to-google-play/): Big changes are coming to Android apps, but they’re not the changes Google wanted.
- [The folly of making Bali into a financial hub](https://iwpost.com/the-folly-of-making-bali-into-a-financial-hub/): JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Bill on the Indonesia International Financial Center — first proposed in May 2024 to modernize the domestic financial sector and make Indonesia an Asia-Pacific capital hub — has become a top legislative priority.
- [Sotheby's big T. rex auction raises concerns hype and wealth are upending science](https://iwpost.com/sothebys-big-t-rex-auction-raises-concerns-hype-and-wealth-are-upending-science/): Forget the sale of the century. The auction house Sotheby’s has geared up for the sale of the epoch.
- [Donald Trump is running out of options in Iran](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-is-running-out-of-options-in-iran/): Serious hostilities between the US and Iran have resumed. On July 8, Donald Trump said that the ceasefire agreed by the two countries in June was “over”.
- [Palestinian NGOs at Odds with European Donors, Reject Peace Efforts in Joint Statement  ](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-ngos-at-odds-with-european-donors-reject-peace-efforts-in-joint-statement/): The statement, published on behalf of what the groups described as “Palestinian civil society,” was signed by the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), Al-Haq, Al Mezan, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR), MIFTAH-The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, and the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counselling.
- [European Parliament committee advances overhaul of EU organic food rules](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-committee-advances-overhaul-of-eu-organic-food-rules/): European Parliament lawmakers have backed updated rules governing organic food production, labeling and imports, aiming to strengthen consumer confidence while shielding EU producers from what they describe as unfair competition from outside the bloc.
- [Musicians Killed in Island Plane Crash-Landing](https://iwpost.com/musicians-killed-in-island-plane-crash-landing/): A short flight to an Independence Day celebration in the Bahamas ended in tragedy when a small passenger plane crashed while trying to land, killing all 10 people on board.
- [Viktor Orbán is gone, but scores of public monuments show the potency of his legacy and Hungarian nationalism](https://iwpost.com/viktor-orban-is-gone-but-scores-of-public-monuments-show-the-potency-of-his-legacy-and-hungarian-nationalism/): When newly elected Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar delivered a June 4 address to mark Hungary’s Day of National Unity, he did so facing a long stone trench known as the Monument of National Unity.
- [All that glitters isn’t gold for Asia’s central banks](https://iwpost.com/all-that-glitters-isnt-gold-for-asias-central-banks/): TOKYO — Cue the jokes about “SAFE” — the acronym for the People’s Bank of China division entrusted with managing Beijing’s reserves.
- [Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Gideon Levy: A War Council, Elections Fever, or Mending Relations?](https://iwpost.com/podcast-by-jasim-al-azzawi-with-gideon-levy-a-war-council-elections-fever-or-mending-relations/): WATCH: Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Elhanan Miller: Netanyahu: Gasping for Life, Will Another War Save Him?
- [How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?](https://iwpost.com/how-hard-is-it-to-build-orbital-data-centers-actually/): Editor's note: This is the second of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions of orbital data centers.
- [Trump’s Sanctions Against the ICC Are Unconstitutional, Rights Groups Say](https://iwpost.com/trumps-sanctions-against-the-icc-are-unconstitutional-rights-groups-say/): Two pro-Palestine groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday that takes aim at U.S.
- [This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.](https://iwpost.com/this-private-school-had-students-scrub-floors-and-attack-a-fellow-classmate-the-state-still-funds-it/): Private School Abuse: At an Arkansas school, a boy was hit by the school’s founder and attacked by classmates in a group session the founder led, prompting a complaint and her arrest.
- [A most improbable astronaut just went to space](https://iwpost.com/a-most-improbable-astronaut-just-went-to-space/): Anil Menon, a NASA flight surgeon, felt crushed nine years ago as his hopes and aspirations collapsed around him.
- [Why Asia’s AI investment is outpacing AI outcomes](https://iwpost.com/why-asias-ai-investment-is-outpacing-ai-outcomes/): AI has become one of the few technologies in recent memory that organizations are simultaneously overestimating and underpreparing for.
- [Lithuania says Russia is planning attacks on infrastructure](https://iwpost.com/lithuania-says-russia-is-planning-attacks-on-infrastructure/): Lithuania has intelligence that Russia is planning attacks on infrastructure, and security around energy and ​transport sites will be tightened as a precaution, President Gitanas Nauseda said in an interview published on Wednesday.
- [President Trump Renews Naval Blockade, Threatens Civilian Infrastructure if No Deal Reached ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-renews-naval-blockade-threatens-civilian-infrastructure-if-no-deal-reached/): The United States and Iran exchanged strikes across the region for a fourth consecutive night as President Donald Trump renewed a naval blockade of Iranian ports and threatened to target Iran’s power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to negotiations.
- [Why Iran shut Hormuz after decades of holding back](https://iwpost.com/why-iran-shut-hormuz-after-decades-of-holding-back/): US forces have struck hundreds of Iranian targets – including in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas – over three consecutive nights in a bid by the US president, Donald Trump, to regain some modicum of control over the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Wild Boar Sending Multiple People to Hospital After Charging Factory Workers and Cyclist](https://iwpost.com/wild-boar-sending-multiple-people-to-hospital-after-charging-factory-workers-and-cyclist/): A wild boar sent four people to the hospital after tearing through the Japanese city of Toyota in a frightening early-morning rampage.
- [ICE Orders an End to Vehicle Stops After Deadly Shootings by Federal Agents](https://iwpost.com/ice-orders-an-end-to-vehicle-stops-after-deadly-shootings-by-federal-agents/): Internal orders handed down by leaders at U.S.
- [Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil sues Heritage Foundation, Stephen Miller, others](https://iwpost.com/pro-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil-sues-heritage-foundation-stephen-miller-others/): Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the Heritage Foundation, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and others, accusing them of participating in a coordinated effort to retaliate against him for his advocacy on Palestinian rights, Anadolu reports.
- [Arctic a missile defense corridor, emerging national security node](https://iwpost.com/arctic-a-missile-defense-corridor-emerging-national-security-node/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article, the first of two in a series, is republished with permission.
- [Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI](https://iwpost.com/google-revamps-image-search-for-its-25th-anniversary-with-more-images-and-more-ai/): Believe it or not, there was a time when searching the web for images was not possible.
- [Trump Drops 20% Hormuz Fee Plan, Favors Gulf Investment in US ](https://iwpost.com/trump-drops-20-hormuz-fee-plan-favors-gulf-investment-in-us/): US President Donald Trump backed away Tuesday from his proposal to charge a 20% fee on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz, saying he instead favored Gulf leaders investing in the United States and arguing that no country should collect fees for passage through the waterway.
- [US military sent explosive drone boats into combat for the first time](https://iwpost.com/us-military-sent-explosive-drone-boats-into-combat-for-the-first-time/): For the first time in its history, the US military sent explosive-laden drone boats into combat by attacking an Iranian midget submarine and naval port.
- [Prepare for wild and dangerous scenarios on the Korean Peninsula](https://iwpost.com/prepare-for-wild-and-dangerous-scenarios-on-the-korean-peninsula/): Kim Jong Un inspects Hwasong missiles in storage this month.
- [Wife Grabs onto Husband’s Legs After He was Sucked Out of Plane](https://iwpost.com/wife-grabs-onto-husbands-legs-after-he-was-sucked-out-of-plane/): A wife has described the terrifying moment she grabbed onto her husband’s legs after he was pulled toward a shattered window on a Ryanair flight at 20,000 feet.
- [Trump’s Intel Pick Played Key Role in NYT Subpoenas — But Some Democrats Still On the Fence](https://iwpost.com/trumps-intel-pick-played-key-role-in-nyt-subpoenas-but-some-democrats-still-on-the-fence/): Progressive groups are demanding that Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence oppose Jay Clayton’s nomination as director of national intelligence, pointing to his role in an attempt to intimidate the New York Times over critical reporting on the Trump administration.
- [Trump admin puts Americans in Congo on "do-not-board" list, barring return](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-puts-americans-in-congo-on-do-not-board-list-barring-return/): The Trump administration on Monday barred US citizens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from returning home amid an Ebola outbreak that continues to outpace response efforts.
- [South Korean strategy responds deftly to Trump’s unpredictability](https://iwpost.com/south-korean-strategy-responds-deftly-to-trumps-unpredictability/): US President Donald Trump’s whimsical and profoundly ill-advised war against Iran has shredded the US reputation for probity.
- [Israel kills 11 Palestinians, including police chief, in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/israel-kills-11-palestinians-including-police-chief-in-gaza/): At least 11 Palestinians, including the director of the police station in Jabalia refugee camp, and several police officers, were killed Tuesday in a series of Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials.
- [Is Syria Ready for American Investment? First US-Syria Business Forum Tests New Economic Opening](https://iwpost.com/is-syria-ready-for-american-investment-first-us-syria-business-forum-tests-new-economic-opening/): Syrian journalist Ayman Abdel Nour told TML: “There is no reason to wait until every sanction is removed.
- [Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now](https://iwpost.com/microsofts-secure-boot-has-been-broken-for-a-decade-and-no-one-noticed-until-now/): An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence.
- [Myanmar’s conscription drive killing the junta from within](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-conscription-drive-killing-the-junta-from-within/): On June 21, in the hills of Hpapun Township in Karen State, the commander of the junta’s Light Infantry Battalion 19, Major Kyaw Min Thant, was killed by the bodyguard he had personally chosen from his own ranks — a forcibly conscripted civilian from Bago Region, abducted from his home five months earlier.
- [Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-claims-metas-layoff-decisions-were-made-by-ai-not-humans/): Meta’s AI-fueled layoffs of 8,000 employees targeted workers with disabilities and those who took protected medical or family leaves, alleged a lawsuit filed by 26 employees who were selected for termination.
- [Why Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz after decades of holding back](https://iwpost.com/why-iran-shut-the-strait-of-hormuz-after-decades-of-holding-back/): US forces have struck hundreds of Iranian targets – including in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas – over three consecutive nights in a bid by the US president, Donald Trump, to regain some modicum of control over the Strait of Hormuz.
- [TV Star Suffers ‘Freak Accident’ During Surgery](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-suffers-freak-accident-during-surgery/): Grey’s Anatomy actress Leven Rambin is opening up about a terrifying health ordeal after what was supposed to be a routine surgery turned into an emergency.
- [China’s Africa lending model has a split personality](https://iwpost.com/chinas-africa-lending-model-has-a-split-personality/): Over the past two decades, China’s rise as the world’s largest bilateral creditor has profoundly altered the global development finance landscape.
- [Probe into explosive diarrheal cases points to Taco Bell and bad lettuce](https://iwpost.com/probe-into-explosive-diarrheal-cases-points-to-taco-bell-and-bad-lettuce/): Lettuce and salad greens have become the prime suspects in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal parasite Cyclospora, which is surging nationwide but erupting to extraordinary heights in Michigan.
- [The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps](https://iwpost.com/the-us-may-be-hitting-a-tipping-point-for-heat-pumps/): It appears America is falling in love with heat pumps, which is a tall order for an appliance.
- [US House minority leader to oppose bid to cut off Israel aid](https://iwpost.com/us-house-minority-leader-to-oppose-bid-to-cut-off-israel-aid/): House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Tuesday he will oppose Republican Rep.
- [Lindsey Graham’s Sister Appointed To Fill His Senate Seat After His Sudden Death ](https://iwpost.com/lindsey-grahams-sister-appointed-to-fill-his-senate-seat-after-his-sudden-death/): Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Republican Sen.
- [Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia, breaking years of calm](https://iwpost.com/houthis-fire-missiles-at-saudi-arabia-breaking-years-of-calm/): Yemen’s Houthi movement fired missiles at Saudi ​Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict between ‌the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group.
- [ICE Orders Halt Vehicle Stops After Deadly Shootings by Federal Agents](https://iwpost.com/ice-orders-halt-vehicle-stops-after-deadly-shootings-by-federal-agents/): Internal orders handed down by leaders at U.S.
- [Trump Administration Launches Crackdown on Teacher Sexual Misconduct Following KQED-ProPublica Investigation](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-launches-crackdown-on-teacher-sexual-misconduct-following-kqed-propublica-investigation/): The Trump administration has launched a national crackdown on how school districts handle accusations of sexual misconduct by teachers, following a KQED-ProPublica investigation into California’s teacher disciplinary system.
- [How apocalyptic worldviews are moving from the fringes to the corridors of power](https://iwpost.com/how-apocalyptic-worldviews-are-moving-from-the-fringes-to-the-corridors-of-power/): It recently emerged that tech billionaire Peter Thiel is running a secret society that brings together fellow CEOs and billionaires with political leaders.
- [Crunch time looms over Myanmar’s grinding civil war](https://iwpost.com/crunch-time-looms-over-myanmars-grinding-civil-war/): Following the dramatic shifts on the battlefields of Myanmar’s civil war in recent years, 2026 was always likely to be a year of decision.
- [These painted e-tattoos could be the future of wearable biosensors](https://iwpost.com/these-painted-e-tattoos-could-be-the-future-of-wearable-biosensors/): Scientists at Penn State University have developed a novel conductive ink that can be painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, turning into a functional electrode for biomonitoring after drying.
- [US wartime buildup races against China’s industrial clock](https://iwpost.com/us-wartime-buildup-races-against-chinas-industrial-clock/): The US push for a wartime industrial base is accelerating, but its real test is whether new weapons can be produced, delivered and sustained fast enough for a multi-front Indo-Pacific conflict.
- [New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry](https://iwpost.com/new-york-bans-data-center-construction-for-a-year-rattling-ai-industry/): New York became the first state to pause all construction of massive new data centers after Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul announced a one-year moratorium on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
- [Lithuania appoints Sinkevicius prime minister](https://iwpost.com/lithuania-appoints-sinkevicius-prime-minister/): Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of a government manifesto presented by Social Democrat Mindaugas Sinkevicius, clearing ​the way for him to become prime minister and ‌for his proposed cabinet to take office.
- [Trump’s Granddaughter Kai, 19, Shows Off Her Abs](https://iwpost.com/trumps-granddaughter-kai-19-shows-off-her-abs/): Kai Trump is putting in the work — and she is not shy about showing the results.
- [US-Israel military merger bill a threat to American democracy](https://iwpost.com/us-israel-military-merger-bill-a-threat-to-american-democracy/): It’s called Section 219.
- [US Refueling Planes at Ben-Gurion Could Force Tens of Thousands of Ticket Cancellations ](https://iwpost.com/us-refueling-planes-at-ben-gurion-could-force-tens-of-thousands-of-ticket-cancellations/): Israel’s airport authorities warned Tuesday that airlines could be forced to cancel tens of thousands of departing tickets as early as the beginning of August, as 33 US refueling planes occupy aircraft parking spaces at Ben-Gurion Airport during the busy summer travel season.
- [Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol](https://iwpost.com/boomers-not-gen-z-are-the-generation-cutting-back-most-on-alcohol/): Baby boomers are the generation cutting back most on alcohol consumption, outstripping Gen Z’s abstinence, as moderation takes hold at every level of society.
- [Tunisia: Rached Ghannouchi sentenced to 3 years in prison in case related to donation of Gandhi Peace Prize](https://iwpost.com/tunisia-rached-ghannouchi-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-in-case-related-to-donation-of-gandhi-peace-prize/): Tunisian judicial authorities have issued a final ruling sentencing Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda Movement and former Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, to three years in prison in a case related to his donation of the Gandhi Peace and Tolerance Prize, which he received in 2016, to the Tunisian Red Crescent.
- [What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City’s Buried Rape Crisis](https://iwpost.com/what-we-uncovered-about-the-sexual-assault-of-alice-sebold-and-a-citys-buried-rape-crisis/): There’s one indisputable fact about the events of the night of May 8, 1981: Alice Sebold, who had earlier that day just completed her freshman year at Syracuse University, was brutally raped while walking home through a park.
- [Whither ASEAN? A decade of silence on the South China Sea](https://iwpost.com/whither-asean-a-decade-of-silence-on-the-south-china-sea/): This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here.
- [Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution](https://iwpost.com/colorado-will-decide-whether-a-right-to-natural-gas-is-added-to-state-constitution/): A ballot measure written by a conservative nonprofit could amend the Colorado Constitution to enshrine fossil fuel companies’ right to sell methane gas and possibly force communities that have tried to eliminate gas appliances from new construction to back away from those efforts.
- [Oil hits one-month high as US, Iran step up attacks in Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/oil-hits-one-month-high-as-us-iran-step-up-attacks-in-strait-of-hormuz/): Oil prices rose nearly 3% on Tuesday to their highest in four weeks, as ‌the U.S.
- [India is the canary in the global inflation coal mine](https://iwpost.com/india-is-the-canary-in-the-global-inflation-coal-mine/): Indian rupees don't buy as much as they used to.
- [Tom Cruise is utterly transformed in Digger trailer](https://iwpost.com/tom-cruise-is-utterly-transformed-in-digger-trailer/): When Warner Bros.
- [‘The Absence of Applause Was Not Accidental’: Syria’s Parliament Opens With a Quiet Break From the Assad Era](https://iwpost.com/the-absence-of-applause-was-not-accidental-syrias-parliament-opens-with-a-quiet-break-from-the-assad-era/): [DAMASCUS] Syria’s newly formed People’s Assembly on Sunday elected constitutional law scholar Dr. Abdul Hamid al-Awak as speaker, while Mustafa Moussa and Dr.
- [Young ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Star Dies from Brain Cancer](https://iwpost.com/young-antiques-roadshow-star-dies-from-brain-cancer/): Antiques Roadshow star Theo Burrell has died at 39, four years after she was given a devastating brain cancer diagnosis and turned her fight into a public push for awareness, research, and hope.
- [Trump knocks US-Iran war back to square one](https://iwpost.com/trump-knocks-us-iran-war-back-to-square-one/): For all practical purposes, the US-Iran Memorandum of (Mis)Understanding is over.
- [States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin](https://iwpost.com/states-sue-to-block-paramount-wbd-merger-that-was-approved-by-trump-admin/): A group of 12 states led by California sued Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.
- [Rivalries and anxieties: Reviving the Hejaz railway](https://iwpost.com/rivalries-and-anxieties-reviving-the-hejaz-railway/): History is not so much past as vigorously present, often a scab to be irritated in fitful anger, or a romantic affectation to be cherished.
- [EU Commission examines plan to place staff in national governments](https://iwpost.com/eu-commission-examines-plan-to-place-staff-in-national-governments/): The European Commission is considering stationing its officials in EU capitals, speeding up recruitment and getting the institution “AI-ready,” according to a sweeping set of proposals unveiled in an internal meeting Monday.
- [Indonesia-Singapore reset marks new era of ASEAN transactionalism](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-singapore-reset-marks-new-era-of-asean-transactionalism/): JAKARTA – The annual Indonesia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat, held at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on July 6, was more than a routine diplomatic exercise.
- [Solution to Feynman's reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to "silly sprinklers"](https://iwpost.com/solution-to-feynmans-reverse-sprinkler-puzzle-also-applies-to-silly-sprinklers/): Watering your lawn in the summer can be both pragmatic and fun with so-called “silly sprinklers,” designed to create amusing loops and spirals of water jets.
- [Ukraine’s robot army advancing on the war’s front lines](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-robot-army-advancing-on-the-wars-front-lines/): The Ukrainian military is steadily replacing dangerous frontline tasks with ground robots.
- [Houthi Missiles Target Saudi Airport, Air Bases as 4-Year Truce Collapses ](https://iwpost.com/houthi-missiles-target-saudi-airport-air-bases-as-4-year-truce-collapses/): Yemen’s Houthis launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward Abha International Airport and two military bases in Saudi Arabia after an attack on the runway at Sanaa International Airport that Yemen’s internationally recognized government said was aimed at preventing an Iranian aircraft from landing.
- [California creates $3,500 rebate for new electric vehicle buyers](https://iwpost.com/california-creates-3500-rebate-for-new-electric-vehicle-buyers/): At the end of last September, electric vehicle adoption in the US began to crater.
- [UPDATED: UK counter-terrorism police now probing former minister Widdecombe’s suspected murder](https://iwpost.com/updated-uk-counter-terrorism-police-now-probing-former-minister-widdecombes-suspected-murder/): British counter-terrorism police officers are now leading ​the investigation into the suspected ‌murder of former British government minister Ann Widdecombe, interior minister Shabana Mahmood said on Monday.
- [Young TV Star Reveals He Became a Scientologist](https://iwpost.com/young-tv-star-reveals-he-became-a-scientologist/): Teen Wolf actor Dylan Sprayberry has revealed that he became a Scientologist after years of struggling with addiction, anxiety, and depression.
- [US MAHA war on seed oils could benefit Asian palm and coconut oil](https://iwpost.com/us-maha-war-on-seed-oils-could-benefit-asian-palm-and-coconut-oil/): Thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again tribe, seed oils have been getting a lot of unwanted attention. The MAHA types despise them.
- [Ukrainian drone strikes forced Russia to stop shipping in vital sea corridor](https://iwpost.com/ukrainian-drone-strikes-forced-russia-to-stop-shipping-in-vital-sea-corridor/): Ukrainian drone strikes have forced Russia to completely halt shipping in the Sea of Azov in less than a week—showing once again how a country without traditional naval power can still effectively blockade maritime corridors.
- [Iran Claims to Kill 3 U.S. Service Members in Kuwait](https://iwpost.com/iran-claims-to-kill-3-u-s-service-members-in-kuwait/): After Iran claimed to have killed three U.S.
- [Trump’s “Memorandum of Surrender”: The art of the deal meets the fact of defeat](https://iwpost.com/trumps-memorandum-of-surrender-the-art-of-the-deal-meets-the-fact-of-defeat/): Donald Trump is not negotiating with Iran. He is negotiating with the humiliation of having failed to break it.
- [US continues to shun Ebola-infected citizens; second American sent to Germany](https://iwpost.com/us-continues-to-shun-ebola-infected-citizens-second-american-sent-to-germany/): A US citizen doing humanitarian work in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola, marking the second American infected amid the DRC’s explosive Ebola outbreak—and the second to be sent for care in Germany rather than the US.
- [Ukraine turning the tide on Russia in Sea of Azov](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-turning-the-tide-on-russia-in-sea-of-azov/): Certain military campaigns get hugely overblown in their importance (usually famous battles led by famous generals) and others slip by, not getting the coverage they deserve often until long after the war is over.
- [The Middle East Power Play in the Horn of Africa](https://iwpost.com/the-middle-east-power-play-in-the-horn-of-africa/): he Horn of Africa is becoming an increasingly important extension of Middle Eastern strategy as governments on opposite shores of the Red Sea deepen their involvement through military agreements, port investments, energy projects, diplomatic recognition, and political alliances.
- [Children’s social media curbs planned across EU, von der Leyen says](https://iwpost.com/childrens-social-media-curbs-planned-across-eu-von-der-leyen-says/): The European Union will move to limit young children’s access to social media across the 27-member bloc, European ​Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, in what ‌would be the biggest such effort to date to guard against online dangers.
- [The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router](https://iwpost.com/the-us-government-warns-that-russia-state-hackers-are-coming-after-your-router/): The federal government is warning users of home and small office routers to secure their devices as Russia state hackers continue to mass-compromise them for use in obscuring nefarious actions against sensitive organizations in the public and private sectors.
- [Iconic Actor’s Chilling Words Resurface After Sudden Death](https://iwpost.com/iconic-actors-chilling-words-resurface-after-sudden-death/): Sam Neill, the beloved actor known around the world for Jurassic Park, Peaky Blinders, and decades of memorable film and television roles, has died at 78.
- [Vietnam too slow, too timid to defuse its demographic time bomb](https://iwpost.com/vietnam-too-slow-too-timid-to-defuse-its-demographic-time-bomb/): Vietnam is one of the most rapidly graying countries in the world, aging at a stage of development that leaves it far less room to adapt than many of its regional peers.
- [Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets](https://iwpost.com/apple-sues-openai-after-ex-engineer-allegedly-used-bug-to-steal-trade-secrets/): Apple is gunning for OpenAI, demanding steep penalties after stumbling on a “rare” bug that temporarily allowed a poached employee that joined OpenAI to maintain access to confidential information on Apple servers for weeks after his termination.
- [Climate-impacted communities across Asia are taking their fight to court](https://iwpost.com/climate-impacted-communities-across-asia-are-taking-their-fight-to-court/): This story was produced by The Xylom, a nonprofit news outlet covering the world’s most pressing health and environmental disparities, and co-published by Grist.
- [Trump accuses China of 2020 election interference](https://iwpost.com/trump-accuses-china-of-2020-election-interference/): U.S. President Donald Trump declassified documents on Thursday that he asserted showed Chinese interference in U.S.
- [A chip of one’s own](https://iwpost.com/a-chip-of-ones-own/): “Custom chip” is the new buzzword. Everyone is getting into it. The big and the small. The public and the private.
- [Iran says it destroyed US unmanned depot, AI center in Bahrain](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-it-destroyed-us-unmanned-depot-ai-center-in-bahrain/): Smoke rises after Iran carried out a missile strike on the main headquarters of the U.S.
- [Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada](https://iwpost.com/google-backed-satellites-for-wildfire-detection-launch-as-smoke-chokes-us-canada/): As smoke from hundreds of burning wildfires spread across Canada and the United States, the first three operational satellites in the Google-backed FireSat program successfully launched into orbit.
- [David Hasselhoff’s Steamy Life with Younger Wife Revealed](https://iwpost.com/david-hasselhoffs-steamy-life-with-younger-wife-revealed/): David Hasselhoff may be 74, but insiders claim the Hoff has no plans to slow down when it comes to romance.
- [India’s AI moment more about deployment than discovery](https://iwpost.com/indias-ai-moment-more-about-deployment-than-discovery/): For three decades, India was the world’s back office. During the next three decades, it may become the world’s AI workshop.
- [The Pentagon's Space Development Agency hasn't moved as fast as anyone would like](https://iwpost.com/the-pentagons-space-development-agency-hasnt-moved-as-fast-as-anyone-would-like/): The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 to help speed up the deployment of US military space systems by sidestepping the Pentagon’s traditional sluggish bureaucracy.
- [Wildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final. FIFA still doesn’t have a plan.](https://iwpost.com/wildfire-smoke-threatens-the-world-cup-final-fifa-still-doesnt-have-a-plan/): The biggest game in soccer is set for Sunday, when Argentina and Spain will meet in the World Cup final, held just outside of New York City.
- [Iran strikes eastern Syria, in first such attack during current war](https://iwpost.com/iran-strikes-eastern-syria-in-first-such-attack-during-current-war/): Iran struck eastern Syria on Friday, Iranian state media ​and a Syrian military source said, in the first ‌known attack by Tehran on Syrian territory since a regional war erupted earlier this year.
- [Damascus Calls Hezbollah ‘Terrorist Militia,’ Partners With Iraq To Stop Arms Smuggling](https://iwpost.com/damascus-calls-hezbollah-terrorist-militia-partners-with-iraq-to-stop-arms-smuggling/): [DAMASCUS] Syria’s Interior Ministry said Tuesday it had foiled an alleged attempt to smuggle a shipment of advanced weapons through Syrian territory to Hezbollah, while publicly describing the Lebanese group as a “terrorist militia” in what analysts say marks a significant shift in the new government’s official rhetoric.
- [Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy](https://iwpost.com/troubling-new-details-emerge-on-diabetes-ouster-controversy/): Last month, we reported on a troubling incident at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New Orleans.
- [Two-Thirds of Shri Thanedar's Campaign Cash Came Through AIPAC as He Lost Over $600K](https://iwpost.com/two-thirds-of-shri-thanedars-campaign-cash-came-through-aipac-as-he-lost-over-600k/): Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., lost more than $630,000 in investment income last quarter after he put $3.7 million in campaign funds into the cryptocurrency industry, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission released on Wednesday.
- [Ukraine’s defence shake-up exposes rift in Zelensky’s inner circle](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-defence-shake-up-exposes-rift-in-zelenskys-inner-circle/): For the second time in a year, there have been public protests in Ukraine in response to a decision by the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
- [Autocracies get more repressive when opening up their economies – a political scientists explores why](https://iwpost.com/autocracies-get-more-repressive-when-opening-up-their-economies-a-political-scientists-explores-why/): The current state of democracy in the world is fragile.
- [Germany’s conservatives face a self-inflicted crisis](https://iwpost.com/germanys-conservatives-face-a-self-inflicted-crisis/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals](https://iwpost.com/fcc-took-pricey-gifts-from-paramount-as-the-company-needed-approval-for-deals/): The rich and famous who filed into the Kennedy Center’s opera house in December were there to enjoy one of the nation’s most exclusive celebrations of the performing arts: the center’s annual honors gala.
- [Israel continues killing Gaza children as ‘matter of routine’: Haaretz](https://iwpost.com/israel-continues-killing-gaza-children-as-matter-of-routine-haaretz/): Israel continues to kill children in Gaza as a “matter of routine,” with 274 children killed since the Oct.
- [EU softens carbon market to ease pressure on industry](https://iwpost.com/eu-softens-carbon-market-to-ease-pressure-on-industry/): The European Commission proposed an overhaul of the EU’s Emissions Trading ​System on Friday, allowing industries to emit CO2 longer while offering more financial support to invest in clean technologies in Europe.
- [Trump’s Granddaughter Mocked and Called an ‘Oompa-Loompa’ After ESPYs Appearance](https://iwpost.com/trumps-granddaughter-mocked-and-called-an-oompa-loompa-after-espys-appearance/): Kai Trump’s ESPYs red carpet moment got people talking — but not just because of her glittering gold gown.
- [The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science](https://iwpost.com/the-report-oil-companies-are-worried-about-climate-attribution-science/): Climate change is being driven largely by the greenhouse gases we’ve pumped into the atmosphere, which trap more of the Sun’s energy there.
- [Venezuela earthquakes create opening for military’s return to public life](https://iwpost.com/venezuela-earthquakes-create-opening-for-militarys-return-to-public-life/): Three weeks after Venezuela was struck by twin earthquakes on June 24, the scale of the devastation is still growing.
- [Trump spins China meddling intel to justify election takeover bid](https://iwpost.com/trump-spins-china-meddling-intel-to-justify-election-takeover-bid/): Four months out from the critical November midterms, President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address on Thursday night (July 16) attempting to sow doubt about the integrity of US elections, repeating well-worn lies about the 2020 contest that he lost and claiming to have uncovered a sprawling Chinese plot to meddle in the voting process.
- [Fetterman Says He Will Leave Democrats if Party Adopts Anti-Israel Platform ](https://iwpost.com/fetterman-says-he-will-leave-democrats-if-party-adopts-anti-israel-platform/): Pennsylvania Sen.
- [US Targets Southern Iran Infrastructure as Tehran Expands Regional Attacks ](https://iwpost.com/us-targets-southern-iran-infrastructure-as-tehran-expands-regional-attacks/): US Central Command (CENTCOM) launched another round of operations in Iran overnight into Friday, striking military and transportation targets in Hormozgan province while Tehran expanded attacks on countries hosting American military facilities across the region.
- [National Academies: Climate attribution is maturing, but still has limits](https://iwpost.com/national-academies-climate-attribution-is-maturing-but-still-has-limits/): Climate change is being driven largely by the greenhouse gases we’ve pumped into the atmosphere, which trap more of the Sun’s energy there.
- [Trump’s Formula for Forever Wars](https://iwpost.com/trumps-formula-for-forever-wars/): President Donald Trump blew up the temporary ceasefire after the U.S. launched a series of airstrikes against Iran over the weekend.
- [How a Paid Expert Reversed His View of a Notoriously Flawed Prosecution in the Rape of a Bestselling Author](https://iwpost.com/how-a-paid-expert-reversed-his-view-of-a-notoriously-flawed-prosecution-in-the-rape-of-a-bestselling-author/): The upstate New York city of Syracuse seems at odds with itself when it comes to a notorious miscarriage of justice.
- [Trump has no good escalation options left against Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-no-good-escalation-options-left-against-iran/): In a moment of brazen hubris in the Oval Office last year, US President Donald Trump railed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- [Ireland Outlines EU Presidency Priorities Before European Parliament](https://iwpost.com/ireland-outlines-eu-presidency-priorities-before-european-parliament/): Irish ministers have presented the priorities of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union to European Parliament committees, outlining an agenda centered on competitiveness, security, support for Ukraine, healthcare, agriculture, trade and negotiations on the bloc’s next long-term budget.
- [Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory](https://iwpost.com/fear-of-humanoid-robots-spurs-human-workers-to-strike-at-hyundai-auto-factory/): Thousands of unionized Hyundai auto workers began walking off the job early after negotiations with the South Korean automaker broke down over plans to deploy humanoid robots—the most significant pushback from organized labor so far over the latest wave of robotic automation.
- [EU plans to pay China to help Ukraine kill Russians](https://iwpost.com/eu-plans-to-pay-china-to-help-ukraine-kill-russians/): China and Russia may no longer see eye to eye on Ukraine.
- [Iran again threatens to target regional infrastructure if attacked](https://iwpost.com/iran-again-threatens-to-target-regional-infrastructure-if-attacked/): Iran has again warned that it will target infrastructure across the region if its own infrastructure comes under attack.
- [Savannah Guthrie ‘Stepping Away’ from Today Amid Security Scare](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-stepping-away-from-today-amid-security-scare/): Savannah Guthrie is taking a temporary break from Today — and her announcement came on the same day her co-host Craig Melvin was caught up in a frightening security scare at NBC’s New York headquarters.
- [US Hits Civilian Infrastructure With Strike on Iran Bridge](https://iwpost.com/us-hits-civilian-infrastructure-with-strike-on-iran-bridge/): The United States struck a bridge connecting Bandar Abbas and Shiraz on Thursday.
- [xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users.](https://iwpost.com/xai-cant-deny-grok-makes-csam-anymore-so-its-suing-users/): Facing mounting pressure to acknowledge that Grok can still be used to generate non-consensual sexualized images of adults and minors, xAI filed a lawsuit Tuesday, suing the first user that Elon Musk’s firm has accused of using its chatbot to create illegal content.
- [ASEAN’s AI race is officially underway](https://iwpost.com/aseans-ai-race-is-officially-underway/): AI cities abound in ASEAN regional headlines, as if the future had already arrived.
- [Greek islands face drought as tourist season hits](https://iwpost.com/greek-islands-face-drought-as-tourist-season-hits/): Seven Greek islands in the Aegean Sea have declared drought emergencies this year to preserve water as climate ​change makes summers hotter and rainfall more erratic.
- [It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android](https://iwpost.com/its-official-eu-will-force-google-to-share-search-data-and-open-up-ai-on-android/): Europe wasted no time using its landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA) to try and rein in Big Tech.
- [China’s desert mock-up rehearses a US warship’s death at sea](https://iwpost.com/chinas-desert-mock-up-rehearses-a-us-warships-death-at-sea/): This month, multiple media outlets reported that satellite imagery showed a detailed, full-scale replica of a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in China’s remote Taklamakan Desert.
- [Would-Be Platner Replacements in Maine Rally Around “Abolish ICE” (or Something Close)](https://iwpost.com/would-be-platner-replacements-in-maine-rally-around-abolish-ice-or-something-close/): In the wake of a deadly shooting of a young father in southern Maine on Monday, the abbreviated race to replace Graham Platner on the Democratic Party ticket for the 2026 Senate race quickly became centered on immigration — and most of the serious contenders are on the same page.
- [Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars](https://iwpost.com/barns-go-karts-and-strip-malls-the-wild-west-of-private-schools-that-collect-taxpayer-dollars/): Private Schools, Public Money: Friendly state legislatures are steering money to private schools, catalyzing huge growth in recent years with far-reaching consequences.
- [HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs](https://iwpost.com/hp-fined-1-4-billion-rupees-for-cartelization-of-ink-cartridges-toner-pcs/): The Indian government has fined HP India and its partners a total of 1.4 billion rupees (about $14.4 million) for working with reseller partners in the “cartelization” of computers, ink cartridges, and toner.
- [US urges citizens in Iraq to remain alert after drone attack in Erbil](https://iwpost.com/us-urges-citizens-in-iraq-to-remain-alert-after-drone-attack-in-erbil/): The US Embassy in Baghdad urged American citizens in Iraq on Thursday to maintain heightened readiness following a drone attack in the northern city of Erbil a day earlier, Anadolu reports.
- [Oil prices turn lower as traders weigh impact of renewed US strikes on Iran](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-turn-lower-as-traders-weigh-impact-of-renewed-us-strikes-on-iran/): Oil prices turned lower on Thursday as traders took profits and evaluated the risks ​from a new wave of U.S.
- [Mutant Creature Named ‘Jimothy’ Stalking Seattle Town](https://iwpost.com/mutant-creature-named-jimothy-stalking-seattle-town/): Seattle has a new local celebrity, and he is not exactly your average backyard visitor.
- [Knesset Approves Sweeping Overhaul of Broadcast Media ](https://iwpost.com/knesset-approves-sweeping-overhaul-of-broadcast-media/): Israel’s parliament approved the Communications (Broadcasting) Law, 5786-2026, on Thursday, passing the measure 53-48 in its second and third readings to implement a broad restructuring of the country’s broadcast media regulatory system.
- [SpaceX scrubs Starship launch after some of its engines didn't start](https://iwpost.com/spacex-scrubs-starship-launch-after-some-of-its-engines-didnt-start/): SpaceX called off a test flight of its powerful Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster as the countdown clock reached zero Thursday at the company’s spaceport in South Texas.
- [Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing](https://iwpost.com/two-trump-health-nominees-crash-and-burn-in-tense-senate-hearing/): Two nominees for high-profile health roles in the Trump administration faced scrutiny from the Senate health committee Wednesday—and both crashed and burned in their own special ways.
- [Italy battles two weather extremes: scorching heat in Sicily, deadly storms in the north](https://iwpost.com/italy-battles-two-weather-extremes-scorching-heat-in-sicily-deadly-storms-in-the-north/): Italy expanded its highest-level heat alerts on Thursday as a prolonged heatwave tightened its grip across much of the country, with Sicily expected to endure some of the most extreme temperatures in Europe over the coming days.
- [ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On.](https://iwpost.com/ice-officers-at-maine-shooting-scene-were-wearing-body-cameras-they-were-not-turned-on/): Federal officers at the scene of a killing by U.S.
- [Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law](https://iwpost.com/texas-democrats-ask-for-investigation-into-ken-paxton-after-our-reporting-found-he-may-have-violated-election-law/): Dallas-area Democrats are demanding that Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton be investigated for illegal voting after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed that he has repeatedly voted while registered at an address where he appears to no longer live.
- [Power of Siberia 2 deadlock belies Russia-China ‘no-limits’ pact](https://iwpost.com/power-of-siberia-2-deadlock-belies-russia-china-no-limits-pact/): Power of Siberia 2, a landmark natural gas pipeline that would link Russia and China, has hit a deadlock, with a gas-price gap so vast that Beijing has told Moscow to stop raising the subject altogether.
- [T-Mobile bungled forced plan migration, canceling some users' free lines](https://iwpost.com/t-mobile-bungled-forced-plan-migration-canceling-some-users-free-lines/): T-Mobile canceled some longtime subscribers’ free-line promotions as part of a forced migration to new rate plans, spurring complaints from customers yesterday.
- [Qatar categorically rejects Israeli reports of military action against Iran](https://iwpost.com/qatar-categorically-rejects-israeli-reports-of-military-action-against-iran/): Qatar on Thursday categorically rejected Israeli media reports claiming that Doha had agreed to participate in military action against Iran.
- [Israel Detains Senior HWC Officials as Security Agencies Report Terror, Influence Threats ](https://iwpost.com/israel-detains-senior-hwc-officials-as-security-agencies-report-terror-influence-threats/): Israeli authorities have arrested senior officials from the Health Work Committees (HWC), an organization Israel designated as a terrorist group in 2020 over its alleged ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), as the country’s security establishment reports confronting both terrorist threats and foreign influence operations.
- [Bodybuilder Dies at 35 After Posting Gym Photos Ahead of Major Competition](https://iwpost.com/bodybuilder-dies-at-35-after-posting-gym-photos-ahead-of-major-competition/): Brazilian bodybuilder Mailson Araújo has died suddenly after collapsing at home just hours after sharing workout photos with his followers. He was 35.
- [Political turmoil follows Ukraine defense minister’s dismissal](https://iwpost.com/political-turmoil-follows-ukraine-defense-ministers-dismissal/): Protest in Kyiv July 16.
- [Now, even Russia's most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices](https://iwpost.com/now-even-russias-most-elite-hackers-are-using-clickfix-to-infect-devices/): One of the Russian government’s most elite hacking groups has adopted an attack, known as Clickfix, to compromise devices belonging to sensitive organizations in Ukraine, the latter country’s CERT center is warning.
- [The Aral Sea isn’t just an ecological nightmare – it’s a carbon bomb](https://iwpost.com/the-aral-sea-isnt-just-an-ecological-nightmare-its-a-carbon-bomb/): The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on Earth.
- [Power struggle intensifies as European Parliament prepares for midterm reshuffle](https://iwpost.com/power-struggle-intensifies-as-european-parliament-prepares-for-midterm-reshuffle/): EU lawmakers are heading into recess with a stack of political homework: whether the Socialists should challenge Roberta Metsola, what her political family is prepared to offer to keep her in office, and how each group can protect its share of Parliament’s top jobs.
- [China’s savvy pivot in courting Muslim Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/chinas-savvy-pivot-in-courting-muslim-indonesia/): Beijing’s long courtship of Indonesia’s Muslim communities reached a new milestone this month, when the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI), the nation’s top body of Islamic scholars, traveled to China.
- [OnePlus confirms shutdown in the US and Europe, ending months of speculation](https://iwpost.com/oneplus-confirms-shutdown-in-the-us-and-europe-ending-months-of-speculation/): OnePlus arrived on the scene in 2014 with brash marketing and a compelling pitch: What if your phone was cheaper and faster?
- [How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter](https://iwpost.com/how-to-research-private-schools-like-an-investigative-reporter/): If you’re considering sending a child to private school, you’ve likely seen some glossy photos and lofty mission statements.
- [Indonesia’s telling empty chair on the South China Sea](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-telling-empty-chair-on-the-south-china-sea/): The most significant development at this week’s Conference Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the South China Sea Arbitration Award in Jakarta was not what was discussed.
- [Morocco Commits Troops to International Gaza Stabilization Force ](https://iwpost.com/morocco-commits-troops-to-international-gaza-stabilization-force/): Morocco has signed an agreement to join the International Stabilization Force in the Gaza Strip, becoming one of a small number of countries to commit personnel to the US-led multinational mission supporting ceasefire monitoring, humanitarian operations, and security efforts.
- [Tesla driver who blamed crash on autopilot pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB finds](https://iwpost.com/tesla-driver-who-blamed-crash-on-autopilot-pressed-accelerator-100-ntsb-finds/): On Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released preliminary findings verifying Elon Musk’s and Tesla’s claims that a driver involved in a fatal Texas crash that killed a grandmother overrode Full Self Driving in the moments ahead of impact.
- [Has the World Cup been a soft power failure for the US?](https://iwpost.com/has-the-world-cup-been-a-soft-power-failure-for-the-us/): Hosting the Men’s Fifa World Cup is supposed to be one of the biggest soft power wins a country can score.
- [‘Seismic shift’: More than 100 House Democrats vote to cut Israel military aid](https://iwpost.com/seismic-shift-more-than-100-house-democrats-vote-to-cut-israel-military-aid/): In what is being viewed as a “seismic shift,” more than 100 Democrats in the US House of Representatives voted yesterday to end $3.3 billion in annual military assistance to Israel.
- [Iran war leaves crisis-weary European airlines ready for a shakeout](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-leaves-crisis-weary-european-airlines-ready-for-a-shakeout/): As renewed conflict in the Gulf drives up oil prices, airline investors and industry executives see mounting signs that Europe’s financially ​weaker carriers may be headed for a shakeout.
- [Africa’s Greater Horn region is facing a looming polycrisis fueled by conflict, prices, climate and disease](https://iwpost.com/africas-greater-horn-region-is-facing-a-looming-polycrisis-fueled-by-conflict-prices-climate-and-disease/): The impacts of a strengthening El Niño and the lingering effects of the war in Iran highlight two separate and seemingly unrelated global hazards.
- [Why the US economy stays strong despite Trump’s shockwaves](https://iwpost.com/why-the-us-economy-stays-strong-despite-trumps-shockwaves/): The US economy is continuing to grow faster and generate more new jobs than Europe.
- [Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback](https://iwpost.com/move-over-gps-navigation-satellites-in-low-earth-orbit-are-making-a-comeback-2/): New navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit could provide 100 times stronger signal strength compared to GPS and other global navigation satellite systems operating from higher orbital altitudes—enabling greater location accuracy within dense cities, under thick foliage, and even inside buildings.
- [What China’s sub-launched missile test really signaled](https://iwpost.com/what-chinas-sub-launched-missile-test-really-signaled/): This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here.
- [Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low Earth orbit are making a comeback](https://iwpost.com/move-over-gps-navigation-satellites-in-low-earth-orbit-are-making-a-comeback/): New navigation satellites in low Earth orbit could provide 100 times stronger signal strength compared to GPS and other global navigation satellite systems operating from higher orbital altitudes—enabling greater location accuracy within dense cities, under thick foliage, and even inside buildings.
- [How ICE Arrests Went Quiet — and Got Even More Deadly](https://iwpost.com/how-ice-arrests-went-quiet-and-got-even-more-deadly/): For the second time in a week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have shot a man dead.
- [DHS Plans “All-Out War” on Immigration Scammers as Fraud Complaints Double](https://iwpost.com/dhs-plans-all-out-war-on-immigration-scammers-as-fraud-complaints-double/): The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a sophisticated network of scammers who target people caught in immigration proceedings, bilking them of their savings and causing some to be deported, following a ProPublica report that complaints of such fraud doubled under the second administration of President Donald Trump.
- [Amendment To End Israel Funding Defeated by Nearly All Republicans, Narrow Majority of Democrats ](https://iwpost.com/amendment-to-end-israel-funding-defeated-by-nearly-all-republicans-narrow-majority-of-democrats/): The US House of Representatives rejected an amendment by Republican Rep.
- [EU reaches deal on €115 million defence innovation fund for startups and SMEs](https://iwpost.com/eu-reaches-deal-on-e115-million-defence-innovation-fund-for-startups-and-smes/): The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a provisional political agreement on a new €115 million defence innovation programme aimed at accelerating the development of emerging military technologies by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including startups and scaleups.
- [Bank of Korea picks a fight with US Fed’s AI inflation call](https://iwpost.com/bank-of-korea-picks-a-fight-with-us-feds-ai-inflation-call/): TOKYO — Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song ended a three-and-a-half-year rate freeze on Thursday, lifting the policy rate 25 basis points to 2.75% — the BOK’s first tightening move since January 2023.
- [In memoriam: 7 of our favorite Sam Neill films](https://iwpost.com/in-memoriam-7-of-our-favorite-sam-neill-films/): New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who starred as Dr.
- [Sitting ducks: Why the US security umbrella no longer protects the Gulf?](https://iwpost.com/sitting-ducks-why-the-us-security-umbrella-no-longer-protects-the-gulf/): In Kuwait alone—less than 150 kilometres across the Gulf from Iran—the United States maintains a major military hub of approximately 13,500 personnel spread across installations such as Camp Arifjan and Ali Al Salem Air Base.
- [Asia’s development moment demands big bets, not safe ones](https://iwpost.com/asias-development-moment-demands-big-bets-not-safe-ones/): The AI-powered Farmer.Chat app is revolutionizing agriculture in India.
- [Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches](https://iwpost.com/windows-0-day-drops-the-same-day-microsoft-releases-record-number-of-patches/): Right on the heels of Microsoft releasing a record number of security patches, a researcher has published exploit code that can enable low-privilege Windows accounts to make sensitive changes to administrator accounts.
- [US strikes expand into northern Iran as it disables ship trying to run blockade](https://iwpost.com/us-strikes-expand-into-northern-iran-as-it-disables-ship-trying-to-run-blockade/): The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic.
- [As the yen sinks, Asia’s monetary anchor subtly shifts to yuan](https://iwpost.com/as-the-yen-sinks-asias-monetary-anchor-subtly-shifts-to-yuan/): In mid-June, Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa spent two days in Beijing and flew home with more than pleasantries.
- [Women’s OIC Conference in Pakistan Sees Syrian Delegation After 14 Years ](https://iwpost.com/womens-oic-conference-in-pakistan-sees-syrian-delegation-after-14-years/): [ISLAMABAD] The 9th OIC Ministerial Conference on Women wrapped up on Monday afternoon, with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urging member states to strengthen women’s participation in politics, the economy, education and society.
- [Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park](https://iwpost.com/engineer-identifies-and-explains-every-90s-computer-seen-in-jurassic-park/): Jurassic Park, while beloved as a film, has been the subject of snarky memes for the infamous line in which one of the characters declares, “This is a Unix system, I know this!” while using a computer with an unusual 3D file manager interface.
- [Harlan Crow Maxed Out Campaign Donations to John Fetterman](https://iwpost.com/harlan-crow-maxed-out-campaign-donations-to-john-fetterman/): Billionaire Republican megadonor Harlan R. Crow gave the maximum allowed contribution to the campaign for Sen.
- [Taliban’s ethnic chauvinism an increasingly dangerous divide](https://iwpost.com/talibans-ethnic-chauvinism-an-increasingly-dangerous-divide/): The Taliban’s demotion of Haji Jumma Khan Fateh from deputy governor of Zabul province may have looked like a routine reshuffling.
- [Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines](https://iwpost.com/sheetz-is-quitting-vmware-migrating-11000-virtual-machines/): Sheetz, a US convenience store chain, is moving its 838 locations off VMware.
- [Iran says 35 civilians killed in recent US attacks on south](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-35-civilians-killed-in-recent-us-attacks-on-south/): At least 35 civilians have been killed and over 300 others injured in recent US attacks on southern Iran, the Iranian Health Ministry said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Oil prices rise 2% as hostilities worsen in the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-rise-2-as-hostilities-worsen-in-the-middle-east/): Oil extended gains by around 2% on Wednesday as President Donald Trump ‌reimposed a naval blockade on all Iranian ports and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened to close “all other export corridors that benefit the U.S.
- [Aid against the odds: running an NGO in North Korea](https://iwpost.com/aid-against-the-odds-running-an-ngo-in-north-korea/): The forthcoming Miss Kathi: Saving Lives in North Korea is a book-length account in English by an aid worker operating on the ground amid the tensions and threat of conflict perpetually looming over the Korean peninsula.
- [Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon](https://iwpost.com/buzz-aldrin-sells-famous-felt-tip-pen-that-helped-launch-apollo-from-the-moon/): A dried-out felt-tip marker and a snapped-off piece of molded black plastic sold for $857,600 at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday.
- [Knesset Passes Law Splitting Attorney General’s Role, Expanding Government Powers  ](https://iwpost.com/knesset-passes-law-splitting-attorney-generals-role-expanding-government-powers/): Israel’s government will gain broad new powers over its chief legal adviser under a law approved by the Knesset on Wednesday, including the ability to replace the attorney general and reject the office’s interpretation of the law.
- [The Arctic: Indo-Pacific deterrence challenge](https://iwpost.com/the-arctic-indo-pacific-deterrence-challenge/): In Part I of this series the author explored how the Arctic has re-emerged as a key missile-warning and defense corridor, defined by its geostrategic characteristics and the changing military postures of the United States and Russia.
- [Hundreds rally at Bethesda HQ to protest Xbox layoffs, and Ars was there](https://iwpost.com/hundreds-rally-at-bethesda-hq-to-protest-xbox-layoffs-and-ars-was-there/): ROCKVILLE, Maryland—Hundreds of Bethesda Game Studios and Zenimax Online Studios employees and their supporters braved nearly 100°F temperatures to protest sweeping layoffs across Xbox during a lunchtime rally in front of parent company Zenimax’s headquarters today.
- [Intel Pick Jay Clayton Won’t Tell Congress Whether Trump Ordered Subpoenas of NYT Journalists](https://iwpost.com/intel-pick-jay-clayton-wont-tell-congress-whether-trump-ordered-subpoenas-of-nyt-journalists/): At his confirmation hearing to serve as the nation’s top intelligence officer, Jay Clayton dodged questions about whether the White House ordered him to send subpoenas to New York Times journalists as part of an FBI investigation into alleged leaks of classified information.
- [FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots](https://iwpost.com/fbi-has-looked-at-using-questionable-ai-tech-to-review-signatures-on-seized-mail-in-ballots/): The FBI has explored using artificial intelligence to assess the validity of signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes seized from Fulton County, Georgia, the latest push in the Trump administration’s unprecedented reinvestigation of the 2020 vote.
- [Britain and EU formally sign Gibraltar treaty, easing border crossings](https://iwpost.com/britain-and-eu-formally-sign-gibraltar-treaty-easing-border-crossings/): Britain and the European Union formally signed a treaty on the status of Gibraltar on Tuesday, following an agreement struck last year aimed at easing border crossings and ending ​years of political uncertainty over the British overseas territory.
- [Judge halts Paramount's $111B purchase of Warner Bros. in win for US states](https://iwpost.com/judge-halts-paramounts-111b-purchase-of-warner-bros-in-win-for-us-states/): A federal judge today ordered Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.
- [How China’s rise changed the logic of globalization](https://iwpost.com/how-chinas-rise-changed-the-logic-of-globalization/): A recent Pew Research Centre survey found that people in most of the 36 countries surveyed now view China more positively than the United States.
- [Tom Brady ‘Blindsided’ by Gisele Bündchen’s Baby Bombshell](https://iwpost.com/tom-brady-blindsided-by-gisele-bundchens-baby-bombshell/): Tom Brady may be one of the coolest competitors football has ever seen, but even the seven-time Super Bowl champion was reportedly rattled when he learned his ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, was expecting a child with her jiu-jitsu instructor-turned-husband, Joaquim Valente.
- [Firefighting drones in the works as wildfires plague US nearly year-round](https://iwpost.com/firefighting-drones-in-the-works-as-wildfires-plague-us-nearly-year-round/): Drones capable of spraying water and fire retardants have been practicing how to snuff out wildfires early in California and Alaska this summer—demonstrating a possible rapid-response tool for firefighting as climate change transforms wildfire season into a nearly year-round risk for much of the United States.
- [Why autocracies get more repressive when opening their economies](https://iwpost.com/why-autocracies-get-more-repressive-when-opening-their-economies/): The current state of democracy in the world is fragile.
- [Mamdani says ICC warrant against Netanyahu should be ‘taken seriously’](https://iwpost.com/mamdani-says-icc-warrant-against-netanyahu-should-be-taken-seriously/): New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be “taken seriously,” hours US President Donald Trump said Netanyahu would not face arrest in the US, Anadolu reports.
- [DA: Cop covered bodycam to snap nude prisoners on his iPhone—but other cams caught him](https://iwpost.com/da-cop-covered-bodycam-to-snap-nude-prisoners-on-his-iphone-but-other-cams-caught-him/): On March 31, 2026, a rather odd complaint arrived at the Bucks County, Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Office.
- [U.S. Official: Iran Attacks Injured “Far More” Troops Than Pentagon Admits](https://iwpost.com/u-s-official-iran-attacks-injured-far-more-troops-than-pentagon-admits/): U.S. casualties of the Iran War spiked even as U.S. Central Command withheld information about Americans killed and injured from the public.
- [Hamas Elects Khalil al-Hayya To Lead Terrorist Organization ](https://iwpost.com/hamas-elects-khalil-al-hayya-to-lead-terrorist-organization/): Hamas announced Monday that Khalil al-Hayya has been elected head of the terrorist organization’s political bureau, formally replacing Yahya Sinwar as the group’s overall leader following Sinwar’s death during fighting with Israeli forces in October 2024.
- [Indian police bash and gas youth-led ‘cockroach’ protesters](https://iwpost.com/indian-police-bash-and-gas-youth-led-cockroach-protesters/): Despite the crackdown, many protesters continued marching toward Parliament.
- [On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet](https://iwpost.com/on-this-nearly-deserted-alaska-island-you-pay-to-keep-hundreds-of-empty-buildings-wired-for-internet/): On an island in the Bering Sea 1,200 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, sits an abandoned house on an abandoned Navy base.
- [The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches](https://iwpost.com/the-space-force-is-now-seeking-to-buy-up-to-30-billion-in-rocket-launches/): It seems as though $5.6 billion wasn’t enough.
- [King Charles Said Camilla was ‘Non-Negotiable’ After Diana](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-said-camilla-was-non-negotiable-after-diana/): King Charles may have spent years trapped between palace tradition, public fury and the long shadow of Princess Diana, but when it came to Queen Camilla, one royal author says there was never really a choice.
- [Roasted Parmesan Carrot Fries](https://iwpost.com/roasted-parmesan-carrot-fries/): Golden Roasted Parmesan Carrot Fries served warm with a cool, creamy lemon-garlic chive dip.
- [Houthis announce maritime embargo of Saudi Arabia](https://iwpost.com/houthis-announce-maritime-embargo-of-saudi-arabia/): Houthi rebels in Yemen on Monday announced they were imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in yet another threat to global petroleum supplies amid the US war on Iran.
- [Rising seas magnify the dangers of coastal Georgia’s industrial past](https://iwpost.com/rising-seas-magnify-the-dangers-of-coastal-georgias-industrial-past/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station.
- [Now that the World Cup is over, can host cities turn their investment into a lasting social impact?](https://iwpost.com/now-that-the-world-cup-is-over-can-host-cities-turn-their-investment-into-a-lasting-social-impact/): The 2026 World Cup has been a real moneymaker for FIFA.
- [RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan](https://iwpost.com/rip-bargain-bin-the-price-impact-of-sonys-disc-free-playstation-plan/): Since Sony announced that it was planning to stop producing physical PlayStation discs in 2028, many people have been justifiably worried about how they will maintain ownership and long-term game access in a disc-free world.
- [Trump warns Iran it will pay ‘many times over’ for any US troops killed](https://iwpost.com/trump-warns-iran-it-will-pay-many-times-over-for-any-us-troops-killed/): U.S. President Donald J. Trump sits at a table monitoring military operations during Operation Epic Fury against Iran, with U.S.
- [One Dead, 3 Injured After Balcony Falls in Central Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/one-dead-3-injured-after-balcony-falls-in-central-jerusalem/): A man approximately 80 years old was killed and three other people were lightly injured Monday when a balcony collapsed onto a business in Jerusalem’s Rehavia neighborhood, prompting a large rescue operation and the closure of surrounding streets.
- [Off-worlding data centers won’t solve AI’s environmental problems](https://iwpost.com/off-worlding-data-centers-wont-solve-ais-environmental-problems/): AI companies increasingly want to move their operations into space.
- [F1 in Belgium: Machine learning algorithms are ruining the sport](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-belgium-machine-learning-algorithms-are-ruining-the-sport/): Formula 1 returned to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit for the Belgium Grand Prix this weekend.
- [Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults.](https://iwpost.com/children-in-this-church-were-sexually-abused-then-they-began-abusing-other-kids-some-continued-as-adults/): For two sisters raised in a family of 11 children that moved back and forth between Washington state and South Dakota, danger didn’t come from outsiders like they’d been warned by their church.
- [Iran is turning into the sort of ‘forever war’ that Donald Trump promised to avoid](https://iwpost.com/iran-is-turning-into-the-sort-of-forever-war-that-donald-trump-promised-to-avoid/): When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern “forever war”.
- [Amid grinding war, protesting Ukrainians still want their voices and values heard at home](https://iwpost.com/amid-grinding-war-protesting-ukrainians-still-want-their-voices-and-values-heard-at-home/): Ukraine is experiencing its largest domestic protests since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
- [China-India Great Game taking shape on the Bay of Bengal](https://iwpost.com/china-india-great-game-taking-shape-on-the-bay-of-bengal/): While the focus of global news remains on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz and the Russia-Ukraine war, a significant new arena of contestation has opened in the Bay of Bengal.
- [The first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is finally here](https://iwpost.com/the-first-trailer-for-avengers-doomsday-is-finally-here/): (Spoilers for prior relevant MCU films below.)
- [China’s mega-oiler could break America’s Pacific base edge](https://iwpost.com/chinas-mega-oiler-could-break-americas-pacific-base-edge/): China’s construction of what may be the world’s largest naval replenishment ship signals its growing expeditionary ambitions — and highlights the vulnerability of the US’s base-dependent model of power projection.
- [Hamas Storms WFP Humanitarian Aid Warehouse, Demands Ransom for Detained Palestinians ](https://iwpost.com/hamas-storms-wfp-humanitarian-aid-warehouse-demands-ransom-for-detained-palestinians/): Hamas terrorists raided a World Food Programme warehouse and food distribution site in Jabalia, threatening aid workers and forcing life-saving operations to halt, The Telegraph reported, citing Palestinian sources and United Nations statements, in the latest reported attack on humanitarian operations in Gaza.
- [Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness](https://iwpost.com/beyond-grep-the-case-for-a-context-rich-ai-coding-harness/): There are a lot of AI coding applications out there, and as impressive as large language models and the agents they enable have become, many of the most recent developments in AI-assisted development have been in the software that manages those models, not just the models themselves.
- [World Cup ‘Falklands are Argentine’ banner is a foretaste of diplomatic challenges ahead for the UK](https://iwpost.com/world-cup-falklands-are-argentine-banner-is-a-foretaste-of-diplomatic-challenges-ahead-for-the-uk/): The sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands (or Las Islas Malvinas) was brought centre-stage once again in the aftermath of the World Cup semi-final in Atlanta.
- [2 Palestinians killed, another injured in attack by Israeli occupiers on West Bank village](https://iwpost.com/2-palestinians-killed-another-injured-in-attack-by-israeli-occupiers-on-west-bank-village/): The bodies of 53 year-old Palestinian Awda Abulrahim Farahneh and 26 yer-old Ahmed Adil Abu Muhu, are brought to a hospital after they lost their lives after an attack carried out by Israelis in the village of Deir Jarir, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine on July 19, 2026.
- [Spain unites in joy at second World Cup crown](https://iwpost.com/spain-unites-in-joy-at-second-world-cup-crown/): Thousands danced in the streets, set off fireworks and launched red ​flares in Madrid as the party went on into the early hours of Monday after Spain beat Argentina ‌1-0 to win the World Cup.
- [Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers](https://iwpost.com/google-is-censoring-reviews-of-ice-detention-centers/): While they’re not as common as reviews for cafes and dry cleaners, reviews have poured into Google Maps by the thousands for the growing network of jails operated by U.S.
- [Australia-India partnership deep on security, shallow on trade](https://iwpost.com/australia-india-partnership-deep-on-security-shallow-on-trade/): The third India-Australia Annual Summit in Melbourne on July 9 produced outcomes across defense, energy, critical minerals, technology and education — 18 in all.
- [Child sex case a diplomatic reckoning for UK-Pakistan ties](https://iwpost.com/child-sex-case-a-diplomatic-reckoning-for-uk-pakistan-ties/): The debate over whether convicted child sex offender Shabir Ahmed should be deported from the United Kingdom to Pakistan is about far more than one offender.
- [US Strikes Iran After Hormuz Shipping Attack; Explosions Heard in Bahrain’s Capital ](https://iwpost.com/us-strikes-iran-after-hormuz-shipping-attack-explosions-heard-in-bahrains-capital/): The United States launched a ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran after Iranian forces targeted oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran expanded its attacks across the Gulf, triggering repeated air raid sirens in Bahrain, where explosions were reported in the capital, Manama.
- [Outsourcing US deterrence: PIPIR and the Asian allies left exposed](https://iwpost.com/outsourcing-us-deterrence-pipir-and-the-asian-allies-left-exposed/): America’s Asia-Pacific defense decentralization policy is rooted in a systemic crisis gripping its military-industrial complex.
- [US energy chief says Gulf oil flows nearing 14M barrels per day despite Iran tensions](https://iwpost.com/us-energy-chief-says-gulf-oil-flows-nearing-14m-barrels-per-day-despite-iran-tensions/): US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday claimed that nearly 14 million barrels of oil per day have been flowing from the Gulf region, with about half passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
- [A propagandistic Voice of America hands strategic victory to  adversaries](https://iwpost.com/a-propagandistic-voice-of-america-hands-strategic-victory-to-adversaries/): The war with Iran is driving fuel shortages and inflation around the world, deepening anti-American sentiment at a time when international confidence in the United States is already in decline.
- [Andy Burnham and the Middle East: What Britain’s Incoming Prime Minister Is Likely To Do](https://iwpost.com/andy-burnham-and-the-middle-east-what-britains-incoming-prime-minister-is-likely-to-do/): Andy Burnham is set to become Britain’s prime minister on Monday after the governing Labour Party selected him to replace Sir Keir Starmer.
- [Mom Kills Man Hiding Under Daughter’s Bed — Now She’s Being Charged with Murder](https://iwpost.com/mom-kills-man-hiding-under-daughters-bed-now-shes-being-charged-with-murder/): A Tennessee mother is facing a first-degree murder charge after police say she shot and killed a man she allegedly found hiding under her teenage daughter’s bed in the middle of the night.
- [Autocracies get more repressive when opening up their economies – a political scientist explores why](https://iwpost.com/autocracies-get-more-repressive-when-opening-up-their-economies-a-political-scientist-explores-why/): The current state of democracy in the world is fragile.
- [Avocado Cilantro Lime Hummus](https://iwpost.com/avocado-cilantro-lime-hummus/): Creamy Avocado Cilantro Lime Hummus with fresh jalapeño, red onion, cilantro, and a slice of crusty toasted bread.
- [Can Ukraine’s worst week in years become the best?](https://iwpost.com/can-ukraines-worst-week-in-years-become-the-best/): JULY 19, 2026 – I have had many requests to discuss the removal of Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
- [Israel threatens retaliation if Iran attacks](https://iwpost.com/israel-threatens-retaliation-if-iran-attacks/): Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday threatened retaliation if Iran attacks his country, following Iranian missile launches toward the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba.
- [India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch](https://iwpost.com/indias-first-privately-developed-rocket-reaches-orbit-on-dramatic-debut-launch/): Indian space officials celebrated the debut flight of Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket, India’s first fully commercial satellite launcher, as a “grand success” Saturday after an on-target climb into a 280-mile-high orbit following liftoff from an island spaceport in the Bay of Bengal.
- [Syrian President Reshuffles Security Leadership With Senior Appointments](https://iwpost.com/syrian-president-reshuffles-security-leadership-with-senior-appointments/): [DAMASCUS] Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Sunday announced a series of senior appointments across Syria’s security establishment, reshuffling leadership at the National Security Bureau, the Interior Ministry, and the General Intelligence Directorate as the government continues to reorganize its security institutions during the country’s transitional phase.
- [Clive Davis’ Fortune Sparks Shocking Family Battle](https://iwpost.com/clive-davis-fortune-sparks-shocking-family-battle/): Clive Davis spent decades deciding who would become music royalty. Now, after his death, the battle may be over the fortune he left behind.
- [Trump again shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments](https://iwpost.com/trump-again-shrinks-bears-ears-and-grand-staircase-escalante-national-monuments/): Monday morning, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments stretched across over 3 million acres of public lands in southern Utah, protecting some of the country’s most remote landscapes and scores of archaeological sites sacred to local tribes.
- [Turkish foreign minister urges return to US-Iran agreement, says Ankara coordinating with Qatar](https://iwpost.com/turkish-foreign-minister-urges-return-to-us-iran-agreement-says-ankara-coordinating-with-qatar/): Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday called for a return to the memorandum of understanding signed between the US and Iran, saying Qatar is using all available diplomatic channels to help resolve the crisis and that Turkiye is coordinating closely with Doha, Anadolu reports.
- [IDF Warns Iranian Strikes on Jordan Could Spill Over Into Israel ](https://iwpost.com/idf-warns-iranian-strikes-on-jordan-could-spill-over-into-israel/): The Israeli military said Sunday that Iran launched ballistic missiles toward the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba, warning that the attack could result in projectiles or debris entering Israeli territory.
- [Sharon Osbourne Sparks Death Fears After Hospital Scare](https://iwpost.com/sharon-osbourne-sparks-death-fears-after-hospital-scare/): Sharon Osbourne has sparked fresh concern for her health after an unexpected hospital visit forced her to miss a major tribute to her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne.
- [As mosquito ranges expand, better monitoring is key to preventing disease](https://iwpost.com/as-mosquito-ranges-expand-better-monitoring-is-key-to-preventing-disease/): With summer heat comes pool parties, beach days, backyard cookouts, and, of course, swarms of bloodthirsty mosquitoes.
- [It’s Scary As Hell Being Black in America Right Now](https://iwpost.com/its-scary-as-hell-being-black-in-america-right-now/): Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement.
- [Libya joins China’s payment system, reducing reliance on US dollar](https://iwpost.com/libya-joins-chinas-payment-system-reducing-reliance-on-us-dollar/): The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Naji Mohammed Issa, and the Governor of the People’s Bank of China, Pan Gongsheng, agreed Saturday to connect Libyan commercial banks to China’s payment and settlement system, Anadolu reports.
- [Syria and Iraq Sign US-Backed Deal To Revive Strategic Oil Pipeline ](https://iwpost.com/syria-and-iraq-sign-us-backed-deal-to-revive-strategic-oil-pipeline/): [DAMASCUS] Syria and Iraq have signed two memorandums of understanding to revive the long-idled Haditha-Banias crude oil pipeline, in a move that has drawn strong backing from the United States and could reshape regional energy routes if brought to fruition.
- [‘Possessed’ Woman Thrashes on Floor During Celebrity Pastor’s Book Signing (Video)](https://iwpost.com/possessed-woman-thrashes-on-floor-during-celebrity-pastors-book-signing-video/): A celebrity pastor’s book signing at a Barnes & Noble took a dramatic turn when one woman began thrashing on the floor while other attendees screamed, shook, cried and appeared to collapse inside the store.
- [A blockade at Hormuz, a crisis for all humanity](https://iwpost.com/a-blockade-at-hormuz-a-crisis-for-all-humanity/): The current architecture of international relations faces a profound, non-linear crisis that extends far beyond the traditional boundaries of regional military conflict.
- [Israeli opposition leader slams Netanyahu for alliance with far-right parties](https://iwpost.com/israeli-opposition-leader-slams-netanyahu-for-alliance-with-far-right-parties/): Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Saturday criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his alliance with far-right religious parties and support for legislation serving their interests, calling for a broad coalition to keep them out of power, Anadolu reports.
- [Iran Instructs Hezbollah To Prepare for Expanded War; IDF Targets Terror Cell in Lebanon ](https://iwpost.com/iran-instructs-hezbollah-to-prepare-for-expanded-war-idf-targets-terror-cell-in-lebanon/): Iran has instructed Hezbollah and other regional proxies to prepare for a broader and more severe conflict as fighting between the United States and Iran escalates, as fighting continues in Lebanon, and Israel’s air force targets a terror cell.
- [Blueberry Brie Jalapeño Poppers](https://iwpost.com/blueberry-brie-jalapeno-poppers/): Sweet, creamy, spicy, and crisp, these Blueberry Brie Jalapeño Poppers make a beautiful party appetizer.
- [Queen Elizabeth’s Deathbed Confession Over Princess Diana Revealed](https://iwpost.com/queen-elizabeths-deathbed-confession-over-princess-diana-revealed/): In the days following Princess Diana’s tragic death in 1997, thousands gathered outside Buckingham Palace, leaving behind flowers and tears.
- [Mamdani Consults City Lawyers on Possible Netanyahu Arrest During UN Visit ](https://iwpost.com/mamdani-consults-city-lawyers-on-possible-netanyahu-arrest-during-un-visit/): New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said his administration is examining whether the city has the legal authority to detain Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he travels to New York for the United Nations General Assembly in September.
- [Mamdani says New York City reviews authority to arrest Netanyahu during UN visit: Report](https://iwpost.com/mamdani-says-new-york-city-reviews-authority-to-arrest-netanyahu-during-un-visit-report/): New York City’s Mayor Zohran Mamdan speaks as workers from different industries gather at Washington Square Park for the May Day rally, and march to Foley Square, demanding workers’ rights, economic justice, world peace, major policy changes, and taxing the rich, on Friday, May 1, 2026, in New York City, U.S.
- [Mass Fainting and Vomiting at Concert After Active Shooter Scare](https://iwpost.com/mass-fainting-and-vomiting-at-concert-after-active-shooter-scare/): Panic erupted at a packed cheerleading championship in Dallas after a loud crash inside the venue sent thousands of terrified attendees running for the exits, with many fearing the worst.
- [New York governor orders first statewide data center moratorium](https://iwpost.com/new-york-governor-orders-first-statewide-data-center-moratorium/): This story was originally published by Stateline.
- [China’s anti-stealth shield has a radar reality gap](https://iwpost.com/chinas-anti-stealth-shield-has-a-radar-reality-gap/): China is building an increasingly sophisticated anti-stealth network, but its effectiveness may depend less on individual radar performance than on its ability to integrate, maintain and operate the wider system under combat pressure.
- [Bangladesh shelves India reset as tensions trump trust](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-shelves-india-reset-as-tensions-trump-trust/): Driven by shifting domestic political dynamics and a transforming regional landscape, Bangladesh’s new prime minister, Tarique Rahman, who came to power after a landslide in February this year, has shelved plans to visit its most consequential neighbor, India, for the time being.
- [Pro-Palestinian protest in London call on Andy Burnham to impose sanctions on Israel](https://iwpost.com/pro-palestinian-protest-in-london-call-on-andy-burnham-to-impose-sanctions-on-israel/): People stage a pro-Palestinian demonstration and call on Labour Party leader Andy Burnham, who is preparing to take office as prime minister, to impose comprehensive sanctions on Israel, in London, United Kingdom on July 18, 2026.
- [Rocket Report: India's Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company?](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-indias-vikram-1-nears-debut-flight-ast-to-become-rocket-company/): Welcome to Edition 9.03 of the Rocket Report!
- [End-times prophecy jumps from lunatic fringe to US elite belief](https://iwpost.com/end-times-prophecy-jumps-from-lunatic-fringe-to-us-elite-belief/): It recently emerged that tech billionaire Peter Thiel is running a secret society that brings together fellow CEOs and billionaires with political leaders.
- [‘The Pitt’ Star is Being HAUNTED by Legendary Ex](https://iwpost.com/the-pitt-star-is-being-haunted-by-legendary-ex/): Katherine LaNasa says her late ex-husband Dennis Hopper stayed with her long after his death — at least in her dreams.
- [Malaysia Orders Deportation of All Israelis as Authorities Investigate Foreign Tech Community](https://iwpost.com/malaysia-orders-deportation-of-all-israelis-as-authorities-investigate-foreign-tech-community/): Malaysia will immediately deport any Israeli citizens found in the country, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday, as federal authorities investigate allegations that Israelis using dual citizenship were participating in a technology-focused community in Johor’s Forest City.
- [2026 Lucid Gravity Touring review: A strong act 2](https://iwpost.com/2026-lucid-gravity-touring-review-a-strong-act-2/): When Lucid introduced the Air electric sedan in late 2021, the first Air Dream Edition I tested packed over 1,100 hp (820 kW) and carried a $180,000-plus window sticker.
- [From solo to symphony, China bids to fine-tune the AI race](https://iwpost.com/from-solo-to-symphony-china-bids-to-fine-tune-the-ai-race/): Artificial intelligence should not be a solo performance by one country, but a symphony of international cooperation.
- [Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse?](https://iwpost.com/will-ai-fix-prior-authorization-or-make-it-worse/): If you’re like me, you or a loved one has struggled through the process of gaining pre-approval for the medical care that your physician has recommended.
- [Kasparov Warns Putin Will Escalate War Rather Than Seek Peace Deal](https://iwpost.com/kasparov-warns-putin-will-escalate-war-rather-than-seek-peace-deal/): Russian opposition figure Garry Kasparov has warned that Vladimir Putin is unlikely to pursue a peace agreement with Ukraine and may instead escalate the conflict after Russia’s parliamentary election in September.
- [The United States of Betrayal](https://iwpost.com/the-united-states-of-betrayal/): Donald Trump — America’s self-proclaimed “peace president,” head of the world’s newly created Board of Peace, and the recipient of the first FIFA Peace Prize — has nonetheless been embroiled in more than 20 wars, interventions, and conflicts.
- [Monuments without a country: Indonesia’s empty gesture to Palestine](https://iwpost.com/monuments-without-a-country-indonesias-empty-gesture-to-palestine/): Madrid played host this week to a strange piece of theater.
- [Ars is looking for a senior technology reporter, and you might be it!](https://iwpost.com/ars-is-looking-for-a-senior-technology-reporter-and-you-might-be-it/): If you’re a skilled writer with outsize technology chops who gets excited by the idea of taking the Ars audience with you as you go hands-on with hardware—all kinds of hardware!—then this position has your name all over it.
- [Is vanadium the future of critical minerals? Kazakhstan hopes so](https://iwpost.com/is-vanadium-the-future-of-critical-minerals-kazakhstan-hopes-so/): Vanadium is viewed as a critical mineral by the United States, the European Union, Russia, China and many other countries because of its importance to energy storage and industrial alloys.
- [New Pipelines Could Turn Iraq Into a Gulf-to-Mediterranean Bridge](https://iwpost.com/new-pipelines-could-turn-iraq-into-a-gulf-to-mediterranean-bridge/): The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, was presented in Washington as the beginning of a different relationship with Baghdad—one centered on oil, investment and economic integration as the United States prepares to complete the withdrawal of its remaining forces from Iraq.
- [Queen Camilla ‘Cut Off’ Andrew’s Daughters Over Their Close Ties to Harry and Meghan](https://iwpost.com/queen-camilla-cut-off-andrews-daughters-over-their-close-ties-to-harry-and-meghan/): Queen Camilla reportedly once “totally cut” Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie out of the royal fold over fears they were too close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, according to a source.
- [San Francisco orders Apple, Google to remove nudify apps from app stores](https://iwpost.com/san-francisco-orders-apple-google-to-remove-nudify-apps-from-app-stores/): This week, San Francisco’s attorney general, David Chiu, sent cease-and-desist letters, demanding that Apple and Google remove 13 so-called nudification apps from their app stores, Wired reported.
- [India-linked organized crime expands overseas](https://iwpost.com/india-linked-organized-crime-expands-overseas/): An international law enforcement operation targeting India-linked organized crime has underscored how criminal syndicates that once operated primarily within India have evolved into sophisticated transnational networks spanning North America, Europe and beyond, according to law enforcement officials and security experts.
- [Japan Imperial Household law to permit adoption from cadet branch](https://iwpost.com/japan-imperial-household-law-to-permit-adoption-from-cadet-branch/): Emperor Naruhito of Japan, his wife Empress Masako, and their daughter Princess Aiko visit a bonsai exhibition held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Fubo hikes prices by $15 after restoring some NBCU channels lost in November](https://iwpost.com/fubo-hikes-prices-by-15-after-restoring-some-nbcu-channels-lost-in-november/): Fubo prices are going up by $15 per month because it will have some NBCUniversal channels again.
- [How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools](https://iwpost.com/how-a-man-once-ordered-to-pay-libel-damages-helped-launch-an-investigation-into-islamic-private-schools/): Westrop eventually admitted the underlying evidence for the claim was not reliable, according to court filings, and corrected the story on his website.
- [Israeli drone strike on funeral gathering in central Gaza kills 8, injures 20](https://iwpost.com/israeli-drone-strike-on-funeral-gathering-in-central-gaza-kills-8-injures-20/): At least eight Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured Friday when an Israeli drone struck a civilian gathering during the funeral of a Palestinian who had been killed earlier by Israeli forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, despite a ceasefire, Anadolu reports.
- [Knesset Dissolves, Setting October Election After Flurry of Final Legislation  ](https://iwpost.com/knesset-dissolves-setting-october-election-after-flurry-of-final-legislation/): Israel’s Knesset voted overnight Thursday to dissolve itself, clearing the way for parliamentary elections on Oct.
- [Will Russia's answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight?](https://iwpost.com/will-russias-answer-to-the-falcon-9-rocket-ever-take-flight/): Everyone seems to be launching and landing rockets these days.
- [Andy Burnham to be made UK Labour leader on way to becoming prime minister](https://iwpost.com/andy-burnham-to-be-made-uk-labour-leader-on-way-to-becoming-prime-minister/): Andy Burnham, ​nicknamed the ‘King of the North’, will become leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party ‌on Friday, the final step before becoming its seventh prime minister in a decade on a pledge to thwart the rise of the populist Reform UK.
- [Shocking New Toy Sparks Backlash with Parents](https://iwpost.com/shocking-new-toy-sparks-backlash-with-parents/): A new doll is already raising eyebrows online before it even hits store shelves — and parents are not quite sure whether to laugh, learn, or look away.
- [Taco Bell iceberg lettuce identified as source of cyclosporiasis in 5 states](https://iwpost.com/taco-bell-iceberg-lettuce-identified-as-source-of-cyclosporiasis-in-5-states/): Federal officials on Friday announced that shredded iceberg lettuce imported from Mexico and served at Taco Bell restaurants in five states is a source of Cyclospora, the foodborne parasite causing the nationwide surge in cases of explosive, watery diarrhea.
- [In the Wake of Fatal ICE Shootings, Democrats Drag Their Feet](https://iwpost.com/in-the-wake-of-fatal-ice-shootings-democrats-drag-their-feet/): Democrats in Congress have remained largely silent and inactive in the wake of ICE agents’ fatal shootings of two immigrant men in Maine and Texas, displaying lackluster energy compared to the party’s response to the killings of two white U.S.
- [Shoshana Bryen, Asia Times contributor, dies](https://iwpost.com/shoshana-bryen-asia-times-contributor-dies/): Shoshana Bryen.
- [Hegseth wants a "High-T" military; doctors call it a clinical minefield](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-wants-a-high-t-military-doctors-call-it-a-clinical-minefield/): On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the startling announcement that the US military would begin requiring all active duty and reserve personnel aged 30 and older to undergo mandatory screening for testosterone deficiency.
- [Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe](https://iwpost.com/trump-officials-want-to-use-human-rights-aid-to-advocate-for-white-south-africans-and-right-wing-causes-in-europe/): For decades, the U.S.
- [Armenia, Azerbaijan Expand Trade as Constitutional Dispute Delays Peace Treaty ](https://iwpost.com/armenia-azerbaijan-expand-trade-as-constitutional-dispute-delays-peace-treaty/): Armenia and Azerbaijan are rebuilding economic ties, including the resumption of Azerbaijani oil product supplies to Armenia, even as a constitutional dispute continues to delay the signing of a comprehensive peace treaty between the two countries.
- [GOP Rep. Called Israeli–U.S. Defense Tech Integration “Dangerous.” The House Passed It Anyway.](https://iwpost.com/gop-rep-called-israeli-u-s-defense-tech-integration-dangerous-the-house-passed-it-anyway/): The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill Wednesday with a controversial provision expanding U.S.-Israel military technology cooperation intact, despite a bipartisan effort to remove it and warnings from Rep.
- [House approves GOP-supported US-Israel military integration](https://iwpost.com/house-approves-gop-supported-us-israel-military-integration/): US and Israeli soldiers wave their countries' flags during a training exercise in Israel on February 28, 2023. Photo: US Marine Corps Lance Cpl.
- [Reported Saudi Nuclear Agreement Leaves Israel Exposed ](https://iwpost.com/reported-saudi-nuclear-agreement-leaves-israel-exposed/): What incentives remain for Saudi-Israeli normalization as Washington moves closer to a nuclear deal with Riyadh?
- [Gold hits two-week high](https://iwpost.com/gold-hits-two-week-high/): Gold rose to a two-week high ‌on Wednesday on technical buying as investors assessed the widening Middle East conflict and awaited the U.S.
- [More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them](https://iwpost.com/more-than-half-of-earths-migratory-bird-species-are-declining-heres-how-we-can-still-save-them/): Every year, billions of migratory birds connect the world’s continents, oceans and ecosystems as they undertake epic journeys between their foraging habitats and their breeding grounds.
- [ISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over](https://iwpost.com/isps-long-nightmare-of-having-to-list-all-the-fees-they-charge-is-finally-over/): The Federal Communications Commission today voted to eliminate a Biden-era rule that required Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on easily accessible broadband price labels.
- [NFL Lineman Arrested in Canada](https://iwpost.com/nfl-lineman-arrested-in-canada/): Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman Isaiah Adams has been arrested in Canada on multiple weapons charges just as the team prepares to open training camp.
- [Nonproliferationists demand Congress reject Trump-Saudi nuke deal](https://iwpost.com/nonproliferationists-demand-congress-reject-trump-saudi-nuke-deal/): Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US President Donald Trump.
- [After Trump’s threat, Iran warns no one will sell oil if Tehran can’t](https://iwpost.com/after-trumps-threat-iran-warns-no-one-will-sell-oil-if-tehran-cant/): Iran’s Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Wednesday that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz would not return to its pre-war state, warning that no country in the region would be able to sell oil if Iran was prevented from doing so, Anadolu reports.
- [Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-brings-original-xbox-backward-compatibility-to-windows-pcs/): For years, Microsoft has leaned heavily into extensive backward compatibility across multiple generations of Xbox hardware as a major selling point for its consoles.
- [Ukraine recaptured 700 sq km of territory this year](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-recaptured-700-sq-km-of-territory-this-year/): Ukraine has recaptured 700 sq km (270 sq miles) of ​its territory this year, outgoing Commander in ‌Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Wednesday, confirming he was leaving the top military job.
- [South Korea’s far right is on the rise – with MAGA’s backing](https://iwpost.com/south-koreas-far-right-is-on-the-rise-with-magas-backing/): South Korea is often regarded as an example of a young and vibrant democracy.
- [Haim Yavin, Israel’s Enduring Voice of Public Television, Dies at 93  ](https://iwpost.com/haim-yavin-israels-enduring-voice-of-public-television-dies-at-93/): Known to Israelis as “Mr.
- [Sales were up at Tesla but so were costs and spending](https://iwpost.com/sales-were-up-at-tesla-but-so-were-costs-and-spending/): Tesla posted its financial statement for the second quarter of the year this afternoon.
- [AI needs US-China cooperation. Elon Musk can help](https://iwpost.com/ai-needs-us-china-cooperation-elon-musk-can-help/): Despite his controversies and contradictions, Elon Musk may prove an unlikely force in moderating US-China rivalry and the AI risks it amplifies.
- [Epstein ‘Scout’ Found Dead in France After His Name Appeared in FBI Files](https://iwpost.com/epstein-scout-found-dead-in-france-after-his-name-appeared-in-fbi-files/): A French model scout accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein find young women has been found dead at his home outside Paris, adding another grim twist to the ever-expanding Epstein scandal.
- [Clayface trailer leans into the body horror](https://iwpost.com/clayface-trailer-leans-into-the-body-horror/): The San Diego Comic-Con kicks off tomorrow, and DC Studios and Warner Brothers are setting the stage by dropping the first full trailer for Clayface, part of the DC Universe’s “Gods and Monsters” arc.
- [EU seeks breakthrough on Russia sanctions as Venice Biennale challenges funding cut](https://iwpost.com/eu-seeks-breakthrough-on-russia-sanctions-as-venice-biennale-challenges-funding-cut/): European Union ambassadors are due to meet on Wednesday in an effort to break a deadlock over a 21st package of sanctions against Russia, while the Venice Biennale has launched a legal challenge against the EU’s decision to withdraw €2 million in funding over the return of Russia to its 2026 edition.
- [Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.](https://iwpost.com/most-utahns-want-to-protect-their-national-monuments-trump-had-other-plans/): A majority of Utah’s residents opposed shrinking Bears Ears National Monument before President Donald Trump drastically slashed its size last week, according to multiple polls conducted over the past few years.
- [US urges citizens in Israel to remain vigilant amid surge in organized crime violence](https://iwpost.com/us-urges-citizens-in-israel-to-remain-vigilant-amid-surge-in-organized-crime-violence/): The US Embassy in Jerusalem issued a security alert on Wednesday, warning American citizens of a significant increase in violence linked to rivalries between organized crime groups in central Israel, Anadolu reports.
- [Iran’s Hormuz choice: trust pays, coercion doesn’t](https://iwpost.com/irans-hormuz-choice-trust-pays-coercion-doesnt/): History suggests geography can be a nation’s greatest economic asset or its greatest geopolitical liability.
- [Lebanese PM Calls for Full Israeli Withdrawal as Pullback Begins](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-pm-calls-for-full-israeli-withdrawal-as-pullback-begins/): Israeli forces began withdrawing Tuesday from parts of the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah under a US-brokered framework agreement, as the Lebanese prime minister renewed calls for a complete Israeli withdrawal.
- [Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers](https://iwpost.com/next-space-force-chief-throws-cold-water-on-the-idea-of-space-privateers/): In the early years of the United States, when the nascent US Navy was still getting its sea legs, several presidents used privateers to capture or destroy enemy warships when armed naval vessels were unable to do so.
- [What happens when you try to chop a photon in half?](https://iwpost.com/what-happens-when-you-try-to-chop-a-photon-in-half/): A photon is a single particle of light, and under normal circumstances, it can’t be divided.
- [Trump allows direct US flights to Lebanon in historic move](https://iwpost.com/trump-allows-direct-us-flights-to-lebanon-in-historic-move/): The US will allow direct flights to Lebanon, President Donald Trump announced.
- [Myanmar’s ‘no single government’ line is doing the junta’s work](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-no-single-government-line-is-doing-the-juntas-work/): Myanmar coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s arrival in Vientiane, Laos, on July 3, his first state visit to an ASEAN member since crowning himself president in April, has produced a familiar chorus in the region’s policy commentariat.
- [Five People Die Trying to Save Struggling Swimmer](https://iwpost.com/five-people-die-trying-to-save-struggling-swimmer/): Five people are dead after a desperate attempt to save a struggling swimmer in an Ohio river turned into a devastating chain tragedy.
- [Czech nonprofits applied lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to the Ukrainian refugee crisis – but had little say in key decisions](https://iwpost.com/czech-nonprofits-applied-lessons-learned-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-to-the-ukrainian-refugee-crisis-but-had-little-say-in-key-decisions/): Within a few months of Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, more than 500,000 Ukrainian refugees arrived in the Czech Republic.
- [US Army faces AI use limits after exhausting year's supply of AI tokens](https://iwpost.com/us-army-faces-ai-use-limits-after-exhausting-years-supply-of-ai-tokens/): A little over a month after the Department of Defense (DOD) bragged that nearly half of its 3.5 million employees were using AI at work, members of the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) received an email informing them that they were burning through tokens, and needed to limit use.
- [Oslo on the Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/oslo-on-the-strait-of-hormuz/): The most successful peace processes are often those that allow the stronger party to continue the war under diplomatic cover.
- [Creamy Cauliflower Chicken Soup](https://iwpost.com/creamy-cauliflower-chicken-soup/): A warm bowl of Creamy Cauliflower Chicken Soup with tender chicken, soft cauliflower, and a rich, velvety broth.
- [Houthis ‘Gate of Tears’ threat deepens global inflation grief](https://iwpost.com/houthis-gate-of-tears-threat-deepens-global-inflation-grief/): On Monday (July 20), the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced they would impose a “maritime embargo” on Saudi Arabia, in what could mark a dangerous escalation in the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran.
- [An Afghan Christian Woman Escaped the Taliban; She May Not Escape Deportation ](https://iwpost.com/an-afghan-christian-woman-escaped-the-taliban-she-may-not-escape-deportation/): For Ziba Mastoor, escaping Afghanistan did not end the danger.
- [Ukrainian drones deliver robots directly into battle by sea and air](https://iwpost.com/ukrainian-drones-deliver-robots-directly-into-battle-by-sea-and-air/): In the latest twist on battlefield innovations, Ukraine has used both flying drone carriers and drone boats to send ground robots armed with weapons or explosives into battle.
- [Migrant smuggling network using rental cars dismantled across the Balkans](https://iwpost.com/migrant-smuggling-network-using-rental-cars-dismantled-across-the-balkans/): Authorities in Bulgaria, Greece, the Netherlands, and Romania have taken coordinated action against an organised crime group suspected of smuggling migrants through the Balkans using rented, stolen and fraudulently registered vehicles.
- [William Lawrence Is Running in a Purple Michigan District — on His Pro-Palestine Credentials](https://iwpost.com/william-lawrence-is-running-in-a-purple-michigan-district-on-his-pro-palestine-credentials/): In key swing districts across the country, Democratic Party leaders have backed centrist candidates with carefully calibrated positions on charged issues such as artificial intelligence and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- [How the Government’s Obligation to Keep Foreign Workers Safe Collided With Its Efforts to Keep Farms Afloat](https://iwpost.com/how-the-governments-obligation-to-keep-foreign-workers-safe-collided-with-its-efforts-to-keep-farms-afloat/): It’s been nearly two years since I started reporting on abuses of foreign farmworkers in Georgia. Some of the workers I tracked down had come to the U.S.
- [Xi’s national team rides again to save swooning tech stocks](https://iwpost.com/xis-national-team-rides-again-to-save-swooning-tech-stocks/): TOKYO — Chinese stocks just had a remarkable week, with stellar news from startup Moonshot AI delivering a DeepSeek-like jolt to a fragile market.
- [Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-1-5b-copyright-settlement-approved-only-350-authors-opted-out/): On Monday, a judge approved a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors, ending the largest copyright class-action ever certified and granting the largest copyright settlement ever reached.
- [Woman’s First Cruise Leaves Her with ‘Catastrophic’ Injury](https://iwpost.com/womans-first-cruise-leaves-her-with-catastrophic-injury/): A Louisiana woman’s dream cruise vacation turned into a medical nightmare after a shore excursion in Honduras ended with a devastating injury, emergency treatment aboard a Carnival ship, and a $50,000 air evacuation back to the United States.
- [Airbus, Kawasaki team up to send Eurodrone sub-hunting](https://iwpost.com/airbus-kawasaki-team-up-to-send-eurodrone-sub-hunting/): Conceptual image of the Eurodrone.
- [Naked mole-rat queens use a chemical signal to suppress fertility in rivals](https://iwpost.com/naked-mole-rat-queens-use-a-chemical-signal-to-suppress-fertility-in-rivals/): Naked mole rats are weird.
- [Spain seeks to extend smoking ban to terraces, include vapes](https://iwpost.com/spain-seeks-to-extend-smoking-ban-to-terraces-include-vapes/): Spain will ban smoking on outdoor bar ​and restaurant terraces while extending smoke-free areas and regulating vaping products in ‌the same way as conventional cigarettes, Health Minister Monica Garcia said on Tuesday.
- [6 killed as forest fires sweep parts of Algeria](https://iwpost.com/6-killed-as-forest-fires-sweep-parts-of-algeria/): Civil defense and firefighting teams battle flames spreading through a forested mountainous area in El Hachimia, Bouira province, on July 21, 2026 in Bouira, Algeria.
- [Rubio: Iran Not Serious About Talks; Tehran Warns US Against Striking Nuclear Sites ](https://iwpost.com/rubio-iran-not-serious-about-talks-tehran-warns-us-against-striking-nuclear-sites/): The United States said Tuesday that Iran is not seriously pursuing negotiations to end the conflict, while Tehran warned that any US strike on its nuclear facilities would constitute a major escalation and prompt attacks against American and allied interests across the region.
- [How Australia resisted PRC economic coercion: lessons for others](https://iwpost.com/how-australia-resisted-prc-economic-coercion-lessons-for-others/): The People’s Republic of China has used its statecraft to weaponize its trade with other countries on several occasions in recent years.
- [Let Tom Hiddleston be your guide to Pompeii's final day](https://iwpost.com/let-tom-hiddleston-be-your-guide-to-pompeiis-final-day/): When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, it spewed molten rock, pumice, and hot ash over the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing thousands of people.
- [Nancy Pelosi’s Pick for Her SF House Seat Takes Anti-AIPAC Pledge](https://iwpost.com/nancy-pelosis-pick-for-her-sf-house-seat-takes-anti-aipac-pledge/): Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s preferred successor for her San Francisco congressional seat has gained the endorsement of the political arm of the pro-Palestine and anti-genocide advocacy group TrackAIPAC after pledging to back an arms embargo on Israel if elected to Congress.
- [Why the Americans are unlikely to outpace Chinese innovations](https://iwpost.com/why-the-americans-are-unlikely-to-outpace-chinese-innovations/): When management pundits in the Harvard Business Review first asked whether China could innovate, most saw a nation condemned to mere imitation of the West.
- [Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms](https://iwpost.com/confusion-swirls-on-source-of-diarrhea-outbreak-but-its-still-taylor-farms/): Federal officials on Monday reaffirmed that iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms still appears to be the source of Cyclospora, the microscopic parasite behind a multi-state surge in explosive diarrhea cases.
- [Houthis threaten Saudi shipping as Iran conflict widens](https://iwpost.com/houthis-threaten-saudi-shipping-as-iran-conflict-widens/): Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said it was imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, opening a potential new front in the regional conflict and increasing concerns over global energy supplies and maritime trade.
- [Country Music Legend Dies in His Sleep](https://iwpost.com/country-music-legend-dies-in-his-sleep/): Jimmy Nichols, the beloved Nashville musician who shared stages and studios with some of country music’s biggest names, has died at 64, leaving behind a heartbroken family and a stunned music community.
- [A federal court victory for free speech in and about America](https://iwpost.com/a-federal-court-victory-for-free-speech-in-and-about-america/): Petty and vindictive.
- [Female Afghan Christian Convert Flees Taliban, Only To Risk Deportation](https://iwpost.com/female-afghan-christian-convert-flees-taliban-only-to-risk-deportation/): [ISLAMABAD] Afghan Christian convert and former government official Ziba Mastoor says she fled to Qatar earlier this month after Taliban intelligence operatives pursued her from Afghanistan into Pakistan, leaving her dependent on a temporary visa and fearful that deportation could place her life in danger.
- [‘I Would Speak With Hezbollah,’ President Trump Says, Restores Direct Flights to Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/i-would-speak-with-hezbollah-president-trump-says-restores-direct-flights-to-lebanon/): President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would be willing to engage directly with Hezbollah if Lebanese President Joseph Aoun requested it, as the two leaders discussed security cooperation and efforts to reduce the Iran-backed terrorist group’s influence in Lebanon during talks at the White House.
- [On the run for 20 years, most-wanted fugitive caught hiding as a biotech exec](https://iwpost.com/on-the-run-for-20-years-most-wanted-fugitive-caught-hiding-as-a-biotech-exec/): One of Rhode Island’s most-wanted fugitives was arrested in New York last week after being on the run for more than 20 years, which was at least partially spent hiding as a biotech executive, according to Stat News.
- [UN officials warn regional escalation threatens Syria’s ‘pivotal’ recovery](https://iwpost.com/un-officials-warn-regional-escalation-threatens-syrias-pivotal-recovery/): United Nations officials told the Security Council on Tuesday that Syria has reached a critical turning point toward national recovery, but continued regional instability and funding shortfalls risk reversing gains, Anadolu reports.
- [Range Rover answers the question: "What if we built a not-SUV?"](https://iwpost.com/range-rover-answers-the-question-what-if-we-built-a-not-suv/): Range Rover provided flights from Washington, DC, to London and accommodation so Ars could see the RR GT, as well as some other things you can read about in early September.
- [India’s Maruti Suzuki to hike prices for second time in two months](https://iwpost.com/indias-maruti-suzuki-to-hike-prices-for-second-time-in-two-months/): Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, said Tuesday it will increase prices across its vehicle lineup by up to 30,000 rupees ($312) from August, citing persistent cost pressures.
- [ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest](https://iwpost.com/ice-mandates-dress-code-after-killings-and-botched-arrest/): Following a pair of deadly shootings by U.S.
- [A propagandistic Voice of America hands strategic victory to adversaries](https://iwpost.com/a-propagandistic-voice-of-america-hands-strategic-victory-to-adversaries-2/): The war with Iran is driving fuel shortages and inflation around the world, deepening anti-American sentiment at a time when international confidence in the United States is already in decline.
- [Sony releases one last trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day](https://iwpost.com/sony-releases-one-last-trailer-for-spider-man-brand-new-day/): The Odyssey might be cleaning up at the box office at the moment, but in two weeks another mega-blockbuster hits theaters: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).
- [Actress Dead at 18 After Horror Crash](https://iwpost.com/actress-dead-at-18-after-horror-crash/): Kaylee Hottle, the young actress who won over audiences in the Godzilla vs. Kong films, has died at just 18 years old after a devastating car crash in Maryland.
- [President Trump Warns of Possible Strike on Iran’s Fortified Pickaxe Mountain](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-warns-of-possible-strike-on-irans-fortified-pickaxe-mountain/): President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States is likely to strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “pretty soon” and “very heavily,” escalating his rhetoric as the US-Iran war entered its 10th day.
- [Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds](https://iwpost.com/nintendo-says-users-voluntarily-paid-higher-prices-have-no-right-to-tariff-refunds/): Nintendo urged a court to dismiss a lawsuit demanding that it pass tariff refunds on to customers, saying that people who bought a Switch console or other products have no legal right to refunds that Nintendo is due to receive from the government.
- [Ryanair CEO: initial probe suggests foreign object damage in smashed window incident](https://iwpost.com/ryanair-ceo-initial-probe-suggests-foreign-object-damage-in-smashed-window-incident/): Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said that an initial finding from a probe into an incident ​in which a passenger was partly sucked out of ‌a Boeing 737’s roken window suggested “foreign object damage” and was not due to the aircraft’s age or servicing conditions.
- [Why the Iran war hasn’t caused a global oil crisis — yet](https://iwpost.com/why-the-iran-war-hasnt-caused-a-global-oil-crisis-yet/): When the Strait of Hormuz first closed at the start of the 2026 Iran war, the world braced for the “largest energy crisis in history.” Before the conflict began, almost 20 percent of the world’s traded oil passed through the narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
- [An unwinnable standoff at Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/an-unwinnable-standoff-at-hormuz/): As much as one-fifth of the world's oil shipments traditionally travel through the blocked Strait of Hormuz.
- [Bahrain sounds air raid sirens for 3rd time Tuesday amid Iranian attacks](https://iwpost.com/bahrain-sounds-air-raid-sirens-for-3rd-time-tuesday-amid-iranian-attacks/): Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the U.S.
- [Iraq is emerging as the Middle East’s strategic connector – but can it turn foreign competition into advantage?](https://iwpost.com/iraq-is-emerging-as-the-middle-easts-strategic-connector-but-can-it-turn-foreign-competition-into-advantage/): Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is on something of a diplomatic roll at the moment.
- [Sales of Valve's Steam Deck crater after recent price hike](https://iwpost.com/sales-of-valves-steam-deck-crater-after-recent-price-hike/): Since its 2022 launch, the Steam Deck has consistently been at or near the top of the company’s “top selling products by revenue” charts, with brief dips outside of the top 10 treated as newsworthy events.
- [Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors](https://iwpost.com/judge-approves-anthropics-1-5-billion-copyright-settlement-with-authors/): On Monday, a judge approved a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors, ending the largest copyright class-action ever certified and granting the largest copyright settlement ever reached.
- [“Cover-Up” Unravels as Pentagon Admits Nearly 100 Injured in Iran Strikes](https://iwpost.com/cover-up-unravels-as-pentagon-admits-nearly-100-injured-in-iran-strikes/): The Pentagon belatedly admitted that almost 100 U.S. troops have been injured in the last two weeks as Iran has hit U.S.
- [Batanes latest on the list of China-Philippines flashpoints](https://iwpost.com/batanes-latest-on-the-list-of-china-philippines-flashpoints/): When Chinese scholars recently argued that Batanes was a natural extension of Taiwan — and therefore part of China’s territorial claim — they demonstrated how indigenous history and cultural ties can become entangled in contemporary geopolitical competition.
- [Smoky Lime Chicken Fajita Bowls](https://iwpost.com/smoky-lime-chicken-fajita-bowls/): A bright and fresh Smoky Lime Chicken Fajita Bowl loaded with colorful toppings, tender chicken, and creamy lime drizzle.
- [New Trump book will have readers playing the parlour game: who blabbed?](https://iwpost.com/new-trump-book-will-have-readers-playing-the-parlour-game-who-blabbed/): With their latest book, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Australian-American Jonathan Swan have written an “inside-the-beltway” account, as they say in Washington, for political nerds and Trump obsessives.
- [TreeSize won't renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe](https://iwpost.com/treesize-wont-renew-perpetual-license-support-unless-users-subscribe/): The company behind the disk space analyzer TreeSize has irked some users by no longer offering support or updates for perpetual licenses beyond their maintenance period unless customers subscribe.
- [Ireland clamps down on e-scooters after rise in serious injuries](https://iwpost.com/ireland-clamps-down-on-e-scooters-after-rise-in-serious-injuries/): Ireland will raise the minimum age for the use of electric scooters to 18 from 16, and require riders to be ​licensed and wear helmets, the government said, although ‌it stopped short of a total ban Prime Minister Micheal Martin had said he was leaning towards.
- [US Navy’s Zumwalt destroyer falling behind the hypersonic times](https://iwpost.com/us-navys-zumwalt-destroyer-falling-behind-the-hypersonic-times/): The US Navy’s delayed effort to equip its troubled Zumwalt-class destroyers with hypersonic missiles is testing whether the ships can finally gain a credible combat role without repeating their history of shifting missions, immature technologies and mounting costs.
- [NASTEX 2026 Opens in Damascus as Syria Seeks To Revive Textile Industry ](https://iwpost.com/nastex-2026-opens-in-damascus-as-syria-seeks-to-revive-textile-industry/): [DAMASCUS] The NASTEX 2026 international textile exhibition opened in Damascus on Saturday, bringing together more than 300 companies from over 20 countries as Syria looks to revive its textile industry, attract investment, and boost exports as part of broader efforts to stimulate its economy.
- [Politician Barks at His Dog in Shocking Meltdown During Live TV Interview](https://iwpost.com/politician-barks-at-his-dog-in-shocking-meltdown-during-live-tv-interview/): An Australian politician’s live TV interview took a bizarre turn Monday when he suddenly stopped answering a serious question about race, deportations, and the direction of his party — and instead screamed at his dog.
- [When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next?](https://iwpost.com/when-your-vehicle-outlives-its-cloud-what-happens-next/): Do you use your vehicle’s app to pre‑cool the cabin on a scorching day, confirm the doors are locked from bed, or have the car automatically call for help when the airbags go off?
- [Supreme Court ruling hands Trump sweeping new powers and limits Congressional oversight](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-ruling-hands-trump-sweeping-new-powers-and-limits-congressional-oversight/): Donald Trump recently took to his Truth Social platform to celebrate a Supreme Court judgment.
- [Hezbollah faces a reckoning as support wanes in Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/hezbollah-faces-a-reckoning-as-support-wanes-in-lebanon/): Hamas announced this month it would dissolve its government in Gaza to transfer control to a US-backed Palestinian committee.
- [The Anti-Klan Law Comes for Trump’s Israel Lobby | Palestine This Week](https://iwpost.com/the-anti-klan-law-comes-for-trumps-israel-lobby-palestine-this-week/): In this episode, we examine Trump’s drastically reduced Gaza recovery plan, growing criticism within Hamas over the consequences of 7 October and Israel’s covert efforts to downplay the scale of death, starvation and destruction in Gaza.
- [India's first privately developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch](https://iwpost.com/indias-first-privately-developed-rocket-reaches-orbit-on-dramatic-debut-launch-2/): Indian space officials celebrated the debut flight of Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket, India’s first fully commercial satellite launcher, as a “grand success” Saturday after an on-target climb into a 280-mile-high orbit following liftoff from an island spaceport in the Bay of Bengal.
- [Romania says ship heading to Ukraine struck off its coast](https://iwpost.com/romania-says-ship-heading-to-ukraine-struck-off-its-coast/): A Liberian-flagged vessel sailing from Egypt to Ukraine has been hit off Romania’s ​coast in an attack likely linked to Russia’s ‌war on Ukraine, Romanian President Nicusor Dan said on Tuesday.
- [Iran becoming the ‘forever war’ Trump promised to avoid](https://iwpost.com/iran-becoming-the-forever-war-trump-promised-to-avoid/): When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern “forever war.” After the costly experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan, that pledge resonated with an American public weary of prolonged military intervention.
- [My Maddening Quest to Find Out if Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed](https://iwpost.com/my-maddening-quest-to-find-out-if-blueberries-come-from-farms-where-workers-were-harmed/): Over the past year, I’ve reported about crimes against farmworkers who have come to the U.S. legally from Mexico and Central America.
- [Israel Criticizes Australian Labor for Focusing on Israel While Downplaying Hamas ](https://iwpost.com/israel-criticizes-australian-labor-for-focusing-on-israel-while-downplaying-hamas/): Israel issued strong criticism of the Australian Labor Party’s proposed policy platform ahead of its national conference, saying the draft presents an unbalanced account of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by focusing heavily on Israel while failing to adequately address Hamas’ role and the responsibilities of the Palestinian leadership.
- [Pay up or not? Ransomware surge has victims facing tough choices.](https://iwpost.com/pay-up-or-not-ransomware-surge-has-victims-facing-tough-choices/): Nearly half of companies that are targets of a ransomware cyber attack end up paying a ransom to release their data or systems, according to 2025 research from cybersecurity group Sophos, while the median amount demanded is rising.
- [South Korea military buildup is for the alliance – and for itself  ](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-military-buildup-is-for-the-alliance-and-for-itself/): The United States and South Korea describe the latter’s defense buildup with the same enthusiasm but mean two different things.
- [Actress and Miss Universe Finalist Dead at 35](https://iwpost.com/actress-and-miss-universe-finalist-dead-at-35/): Former Miss Universe Jamaica finalist and actress LaToya Malcolm has died at just 35, leaving Jamaica’s pageant and entertainment communities stunned and heartbroken.
- [AliExpress hit with record $625M fine after failing to make EU-ordered fixes](https://iwpost.com/aliexpress-hit-with-record-625m-fine-after-failing-to-make-eu-ordered-fixes/): Yesterday, the European Commission slapped AliExpress with the largest fine yet under the Digital Services Act (DSA), exceeding $625 million.
- [Air France extends Beirut flight suspension, halts service to Saudi capital Riyadh, Dubai](https://iwpost.com/air-france-extends-beirut-flight-suspension-halts-service-to-saudi-capital-riyadh-dubai/): Air France said on Monday it is extending the suspension of its flights to and from Beirut, Lebanon, until Aug.
- [Gulf of Thailand’s untapped energy could fuel SE Asia’s growth](https://iwpost.com/gulf-of-thailands-untapped-energy-could-fuel-se-asias-growth/): Cambodia and Thailand's maritime dispute has left an untapped bounty of oil and gas underwater.
- [New Bangladesh government’s rights vow tested by disappearance](https://iwpost.com/new-bangladesh-governments-rights-vow-tested-by-disappearance/): The “disappearance” of Miraj Sheikh has become more than a missing-person case.
- [AT&T loses key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California](https://iwpost.com/att-loses-key-ruling-in-bid-to-stop-offering-basic-phone-service-in-california/): California can keep enforcing rules that require AT&T to offer basic phone service to new customers in its wireline territory, following a federal judge’s ruling last week.
- [Hegseth’s War Department Slashed Civilian Protection Staff, Brought in AI Assessments](https://iwpost.com/hegseths-war-department-slashed-civilian-protection-staff-brought-in-ai-assessments/): Self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has gutted its premier center devoted to preventing civilian casualties in war zones, cutting staff, scrapping a civilian harm records database, and developing an AI assistant to accelerate assessments, according to a new report shared with The Intercept.
- [Rare Saudi-Israeli Media Contacts Re-emerge as Iran Strikes the Gulf](https://iwpost.com/rare-saudi-israeli-media-contacts-re-emerge-as-iran-strikes-the-gulf/): Two unusual media appearances involving Saudi Arabia and Israel have revived questions about whether the countries are cautiously reopening channels as Iranian attacks place growing pressure on Gulf security.
- [Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent](https://iwpost.com/roku-raises-streaming-stick-prices-by-up-to-60-percent/): Roku is raising the prices for its streaming sticks and boxes by up to 60 percent.
- [Pakistan’s only choice is active neutrality in US-Iran war](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-only-choice-is-active-neutrality-in-us-iran-war/): A war is entering Pakistani homes right now. Not through headlines, but through the electricity bill, the bus fare, the price of vegetables at the local market.
- [Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-opus-5-is-about-token-efficiency-not-a-capability-leap/): Today, Anthropic rolled out Opus 5, the newest update for the model that has recently become a popular choice for coding and other software development tasks, among other things.
- [Qantas Tests Ultra-Long-Range Airbus on 17,000km Nonstop Flight to Melbourne](https://iwpost.com/qantas-tests-ultra-long-range-airbus-on-17000km-nonstop-flight-to-melbourne/): Qantas has completed a major test flight of its new ultra-long-range Airbus A350-1000ULR, with the aircraft landing in Melbourne after a nearly 19-hour nonstop journey from France as the airline prepares for its ambitious Project Sunrise flights.
- [Israeli Hiker Killed, 4 Palestinians Dead, Others Wounded in Gunfight Near Havat Gilad](https://iwpost.com/israeli-hiker-killed-4-palestinians-dead-others-wounded-in-gunfight-near-havat-gilad/): One Israeli was killed and eight other people were wounded Friday in a shooting near the Havat Gilad settlement in Samaria.
- [Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech](https://iwpost.com/canadian-legislator-reads-out-apparent-llm-response-in-floor-speech/): Anyone who has used the Internet in recent years is probably used to encountering telltale signs of LLM prompting that lazy users sometimes forget to remove from their AI-generated pabulum.
- [Man Erupts in Flames After Officer Tasers Him Beside Gas Pump (Video)](https://iwpost.com/man-erupts-in-flames-after-officer-tasers-him-beside-gas-pump-video/): An Arizona man says he thought he was going to die after he burst into flames when a federal wildlife officer fired a Taser at him beside a gas pump in a shocking confrontation caught on video.
- [US warns citizens in Iraq of potential attacks on American interests](https://iwpost.com/us-warns-citizens-in-iraq-of-potential-attacks-on-american-interests/): Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze in the Sebiran area following a drone attack near Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq, on July 24, 2026.
- [Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial](https://iwpost.com/paramount-wbd-merger-delayed-for-months-as-states-lawsuit-moves-toward-trial/): Paramount Skydance agreed to a longer-term delay of its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
- [Balsamic Glazed Chicken and Vegetables](https://iwpost.com/balsamic-glazed-chicken-and-vegetables/): Balsamic Glazed Chicken and Vegetables baked until glossy, tender, and beautifully caramelized on a parchment-lined sheet pan.
- [Spain Declares National Emergency as Wildfires Force 10,000 Evacuations](https://iwpost.com/spain-declares-national-emergency-as-wildfires-force-10000-evacuations/): Spain has declared its first-ever national emergency over wildfires after multiple blazes near Madrid and in the neighbouring province of Ávila forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate and stretched firefighting resources.
- [Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain](https://iwpost.com/wildfire-forces-evacuation-of-nasas-deep-space-network-complex-in-spain/): A fast-moving wildfire, one of many raging across Spain, bore down on the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex on Friday, forcing an evacuation and temporarily suspending operations at one of NASA’s most important tracking stations.
- [Diplomatic Push Collapses as US Renews Iran Strikes and Tehran Threatens Tel Aviv ](https://iwpost.com/diplomatic-push-collapses-as-us-renews-iran-strikes-and-tehran-threatens-tel-aviv/): Iran rejected a new ceasefire proposal from President Donald Trump, and US forces launched another night of strikes against Iranian military targets overnight into Friday after the president warned he was considering a “massive” attack.
- [Ken Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It.](https://iwpost.com/ken-paxton-touts-his-efforts-to-fight-voter-fraud-his-senate-opponent-is-now-accusing-him-of-committing-it/): The Democratic candidate for U.S.
- [US public investments in ag research declined as China’s boomed](https://iwpost.com/us-public-investments-in-ag-research-declined-as-chinas-boomed/): For many decades, the United States led the world in public funding for agriculture research.
- [Former NFL Star Tony Romo Arrested in Milwaukee](https://iwpost.com/former-nfl-star-tony-romo-arrested-in-milwaukee/): Tony Romo has reportedly found himself in a stunning off-the-field scramble after the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and CBS NFL analyst was arrested for driving under the influence in Milwaukee County.
- [RFK Jr.'s hand-picked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-s-hand-picked-committee-approves-manufacture-of-peptides-he-uses/): In a widely expected move, a committee organized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to endorse removing restrictions on the manufacture of peptides for human use.
- [Spain Coach Slams Argentina as FIFA Opens World Cup Final Probe](https://iwpost.com/spain-coach-slams-argentina-as-fifa-opens-world-cup-final-probe/): Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has condemned Argentina’s conduct after the World Cup final, describing the post-match scenes as “intolerable and unacceptable”, after FIFA opened a disciplinary investigation into the incidents.
- [As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters ‘panic mode’](https://iwpost.com/as-climate-lawsuits-advance-the-oil-industry-enters-panic-mode/): Could the oil industry be held responsible for fueling the extreme heat that led to a woman’s death?
- [Indonesia doesn’t need China to keep its nickel industry afloat](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-doesnt-need-china-to-keep-its-nickel-industry-afloat/): This is the first of a multi-part series on Indonesia’s nickel industry.
- [Violent Interests: Capitalism and Social Transformation in the Eastern Mediterranean](https://iwpost.com/violent-interests-capitalism-and-social-transformation-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/): A French-Lebanese couple set out for Beirut where the man wanted to introduce the woman he wanted to marry to his family.
- [Hegseth Is Pushing Testosterone. The VA Has Already Struggled With the Treatment.](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-is-pushing-testosterone-the-va-has-already-struggled-with-the-treatment/): Providing continuing hormone-replacement therapy at “the High-T Department of War,” as Secretary Pete Hegseth is calling it, may prove difficult for the federal government because the department in charge of healthcare for veterans has already documented a struggle to manage service members’ hormone therapy, The Intercept has found.
- [Team uses AlphaFold AI to redesign gene-editing proteins to make them safer](https://iwpost.com/team-uses-alphafold-ai-to-redesign-gene-editing-proteins-to-make-them-safer/): A couple of decades after the discovery of systems that could selectively target DNA, we’re starting to see the first therapies based on gene editing.
- [Iran-Iraq-Pakistan ‘axis of sympathy’ signals a reshaping Southwest Asia](https://iwpost.com/iran-iraq-pakistan-axis-of-sympathy-signals-a-reshaping-southwest-asia/): Earlier this month, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was buried in his hometown of Mashhad after a four-day ceremony.
- [Do the Houthis Have the Capacity To Wage a Multi-Front War?](https://iwpost.com/do-the-houthis-have-the-capacity-to-wage-a-multi-front-war/): [SANAA] As tensions in the region escalate, including a renewal of fighting between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, analysts question whether the Houthis’ capabilities and regional alliances can sustain a prolonged conflict on multiple fronts.
- [As Israel prepares for October election the government is accelerating its land grab in the West Bank and Gaza](https://iwpost.com/as-israel-prepares-for-october-election-the-government-is-accelerating-its-land-grab-in-the-west-bank-and-gaza/): Israel is gearing up for an election at the end of October.
- [This is the world's most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about](https://iwpost.com/this-is-the-worlds-most-advanced-robotic-servicing-satellite-that-we-know-about/): A spacecraft fitted with two flexible robotic arms is on the way to geosynchronous orbit after launching earlier this week on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kicking off a planned decade-long mission to open new frontiers in satellite servicing.
- [Dubai offers rewards to residents as tourism suffers from Iran war](https://iwpost.com/dubai-offers-rewards-to-residents-as-tourism-suffers-from-iran-war/): Dubai has launched a scheme offering residents rewards worth more than 700 euro if they encourage friends and relatives to visit, as the emirate attempts to revive tourism hit by the escalating Middle East conflict.
- [The age of rearmament](https://iwpost.com/the-age-of-rearmament/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Jennifer Aniston Involved in Celebrity Voter Address Scandal?](https://iwpost.com/jennifer-aniston-involved-in-celebrity-voter-address-scandal/): Jennifer Aniston and a string of other Hollywood names have been pulled into a stunning voter registration controversy after a new report claimed dozens of celebrities listed the same West Hollywood office building as their home address.
- [Tweety gets the third degree in final Coyote vs. Acme trailer](https://iwpost.com/tweety-gets-the-third-degree-in-final-coyote-vs-acme-trailer/): San Diego Comic-Con has kicked off strong, and we’ve got a couple of new trailers to show for it: the final trailer for Coyote vs.
- [Trump’s National Killer Police Force](https://iwpost.com/trumps-national-killer-police-force/): Within the span of a week, federal immigration agents shot and killed two people in Maine and Texas, and another was hit by a truck and killed in Florida after trying to avoid ICE agents.
- [ASEAN reclaims its centrality as newer blocs wobble and wane](https://iwpost.com/asean-reclaims-its-centrality-as-newer-blocs-wobble-and-wane/): With the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) losing much of its diplomatic momentum, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been gradually reclaiming its centrality in the Indo-Pacific.
- [Trump grows increasingly frustrated as Iran war enters 5th month: Report](https://iwpost.com/trump-grows-increasingly-frustrated-as-iran-war-enters-5th-month-report/): US President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated and skeptical about the prospects for a lasting peace as the war in Iran enters its fifth month with no end in sight, according to administration officials and people close to the president.
- [Jewish Man Among Victims in Manhattan Stabbing; Hate Crime Probe Underway ](https://iwpost.com/jewish-man-among-victims-in-manhattan-stabbing-hate-crime-probe-underway/): Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar condemned the incident, blaming what he described as months of anti-Israel incitement by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- [Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings](https://iwpost.com/robot-snakes-searched-for-venezuela-earthquake-survivors-in-collapsed-buildings/): Robots slithered like snakes into the rubble of collapsed buildings to search for trapped survivors in the aftermath of Venezuela’s double earthquake disaster.
- [MEPs to Get Official AI Platform Amid Concerns Over AI-Generated Laws](https://iwpost.com/meps-to-get-official-ai-platform-amid-concerns-over-ai-generated-laws/): As more MEPs and parliamentary staff turn to artificial intelligence to draft speeches, parliamentary questions and legislative amendments, the European Parliament is preparing to launch its own official AI platform to encourage secure and responsible use of the technology, according to Politico.
- [How Videos Helped Me Uncover Abuse at an Arkansas Private School](https://iwpost.com/how-videos-helped-me-uncover-abuse-at-an-arkansas-private-school/): The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain was set back off a country road in a white colonial house — such an atypical location that I first drove right by it, unsure that it was a school.
- [New surveillance commons means the end of military concealment](https://iwpost.com/new-surveillance-commons-means-the-end-of-military-concealment/): On February 26, 2026 – 48 hours before the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury – Hangzhou-based MizarVision posted AI-annotated satellite imagery of F-22 Raptors at Ovda Air Base in Israel, carrier strike group positions in the Arabian Sea and AWACS aircraft at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.
- [Google just had its first negative cash flow quarter due to massive AI spending](https://iwpost.com/google-just-had-its-first-negative-cash-flow-quarter-due-to-massive-ai-spending/): Google has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2026 (PDF), and as usual, the search giant raked in an unfathomable amount of money.
- [‘The View’ in Crisis as ABC Faces Budget Bloodbath](https://iwpost.com/the-view-in-crisis-as-abc-faces-budget-bloodbath/): The View may look loud, polished and powerful on camera, but behind the scenes, the long-running ABC talk show is reportedly feeling the squeeze.
- [Ukraine: bad week on the home front for Volodymyr Zelensky](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-bad-week-on-the-home-front-for-volodymyr-zelensky/): Just as reports from the front lines in Ukraine are giving Volodymyr Zelensky some reasons to be cheerful, his government has descended into turmoil.
- [Japan’s fake fury over its free-falling yen](https://iwpost.com/japans-fake-fury-over-its-free-falling-yen/): TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s political fortunes are falling almost as fast as the yen these days — and the two are closely linked.
- [Sony's decision to ditch discs was practically inevitable, data shows](https://iwpost.com/sonys-decision-to-ditch-discs-was-practically-inevitable-data-shows/): Many gamers have been lamenting Sony’s recently announced decision to halt sales of physical game discs in 2028.
- [UK’s Burnham opens ‘No10 North’ to shift economic power from London](https://iwpost.com/uks-burnham-opens-no10-north-to-shift-economic-power-from-london/): British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will on Friday officially open a new government hub in Manchester, branded “No10 North”, in a symbolic extension of his Downing Street office as he seeks to shift economic decision-making away from London.
- [US Senate rejects resolution to limit Trump’s Iran war powers](https://iwpost.com/us-senate-rejects-resolution-to-limit-trumps-iran-war-powers/): The US Senate on Thursday failed to advance a resolution that would have directed President Donald Trump to withdraw American forces from hostilities against Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [President Trump Says Saudi Nuclear Deal Hinges on Israel Normalization ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-says-saudi-nuclear-deal-hinges-on-israel-normalization/): President Donald Trump said the newly signed US-Saudi civilian nuclear agreement will move forward only if Saudi Arabia establishes diplomatic relations with Israel by joining the Abraham Accords, adding a new condition that was not included when the agreement was first announced.
- [Biillions in Trump tariff refunds won’t unwind the damage done](https://iwpost.com/biillions-in-trump-tariff-refunds-wont-unwind-the-damage-done/): An Australian clothing company, Nashie, recently received a six-figure refund from the US government, including 6% interest, for tariffs it had paid on US imports.
- [Google hit with $1 billion in fines as EU braces for Trump battle](https://iwpost.com/google-hit-with-1-billion-in-fines-as-eu-braces-for-trump-battle/): On Thursday, Google became the third tech giant slapped with massive Digital Markets Act (DMA) fines, ordered to pay more than $1 billion for two serious violations that the European Commission (EC) found went unchecked for way too long.
- [Roasted Beet Chickpea Arugula Salad](https://iwpost.com/roasted-beet-chickpea-arugula-salad/): A fresh and colorful Roasted Beet Chickpea Arugula Salad with creamy feta, crisp chickpeas, and tender roasted beets.
- [Iranians find community in art, culture and memes as missiles fly](https://iwpost.com/iranians-find-community-in-art-culture-and-memes-as-missiles-fly/): Coverage of the conflict between Iran, Israel and the United States has largely focused on battlefield developments, political statements and international diplomacy.
- [Final Coyote vs. Acme trailer drops at SDCC](https://iwpost.com/final-coyote-vs-acme-trailer-drops-at-sdcc/): San Diego Comic-Con has kicked off strong, and we’ve got a couple of new trailers to show for it: the final trailer for Coyote vs.
- [Aston Martin Secures £550 Million Lifeline Amid Debt Dispute](https://iwpost.com/aston-martin-secures-550-million-lifeline-amid-debt-dispute/): Luxury carmaker Aston Martin has secured a £550 million financing package from private credit firm HPS, despite strong objections from a group of its existing lenders, as the company seeks to strengthen its finances amid mounting losses and a debt burden exceeding £1.5 billion.
- [Trump’s Crypto Corruption Puts Centrist Democrats in Bind](https://iwpost.com/trumps-crypto-corruption-puts-centrist-democrats-in-bind/): The latest version of a sweeping crypto bill exposed a deep divide between progressives and moderate Senate Democrats: whether to accommodate the industry ahead of the fall midterms, or declare open war on it.
- [‘Hello Savannah, We Have Your Mother’: Nancy Guthrie’s First Eerie Ransom Note Revealed](https://iwpost.com/hello-savannah-we-have-your-mother-nancy-guthries-first-eerie-ransom-note-revealed/): A chilling new twist has emerged in the mysterious disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the elderly mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, as the alleged first ransom note tied to the case has now been revealed in disturbing detail.
- [AI and human ingenuity may be bringing a new golden age of math](https://iwpost.com/ai-and-human-ingenuity-may-be-bringing-a-new-golden-age-of-math/): In May 2026, OpenAI released a new math result that sent shock waves throughout the world of mathematical research.
- [Pakistan Warns Houthi Attacks on Its Ships Would Trigger Military Response](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-warns-houthi-attacks-on-its-ships-would-trigger-military-response/): Pakistan warned on Thursday that any attack on its commercial vessels in the Red Sea would be treated as an attack on the country’s national security, following claims by Yemen’s Houthi movement that it had targeted two Saudi oil tankers.
- [AI Kill Switch Act would let Trump admin order shutdown of rogue AI systems](https://iwpost.com/ai-kill-switch-act-would-let-trump-admin-order-shutdown-of-rogue-ai-systems/): A proposed law called the AI Kill Switch Act would let US government officials order the shutdown of AI systems “that can cause catastrophic harm,” the bill’s sponsors said today.
- [UN warns Israeli raid led by minister on Al Aqsa Mosque ‘very dangerous’ for status quo](https://iwpost.com/un-warns-israeli-raid-led-by-minister-on-al-aqsa-mosque-very-dangerous-for-status-quo/): The UN said Thursday that a raid by an Israeli minister, accompanied by an extremist group, on Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem was “very dangerous” for the status quo of Jerusalem’s holy sites, Anadolu reports.
- [Chinese chip stocks dive as overvaluation defies Beijing’s rescue](https://iwpost.com/chinese-chip-stocks-dive-as-overvaluation-defies-beijings-rescue/): Shares of Chinese chip makers tumbled on Thursday after state fund support that had briefly steadied broader tech stocks earlier in the week failed to hold back a sector that analysts say has long been overvalued.
- [Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.](https://iwpost.com/forgot-your-google-password-now-you-can-log-in-with-a-selfie/): Getting locked out of an account is no fun.
- [EasyJet profits plunge as Middle East conflict hits travel demand](https://iwpost.com/easyjet-profits-plunge-as-middle-east-conflict-hits-travel-demand/): Budget airline EasyJet has reported a sharp fall in quarterly profits after the conflict in the Middle East drove up fuel costs and dented consumer confidence, adding fresh pressure on Europe’s aviation sector.
- [U.S. Website Gave False Approval to Green Card Applicants — Then Blamed Glitch and Took It Away](https://iwpost.com/u-s-website-gave-false-approval-to-green-card-applicants-then-blamed-glitch-and-took-it-away/): When Jesse Miranda, a U.S. citizen, sponsored an application for a green card for his wife nearly a year ago, he understood the process would take time.
- [Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-installing-mcafee-ads-on-windows/): LG is reportedly pulling a McAfee pop-up ad from a controversial app that some of its monitors have stealthily installed on connected computers.
- [Ukraine war: inside the longstanding conflict between politicians and military commanders](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-inside-the-longstanding-conflict-between-politicians-and-military-commanders/): The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has dismissed the country’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi after a turbulent week in which he also removed his defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov.
- [New Trump tariffs to block Indian, Chinese generic drugs sourcing](https://iwpost.com/new-trump-tariffs-to-block-indian-chinese-generic-drugs-sourcing/): While President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that he is working to lower the cost of prescription drugs, advocates for patients on Wednesday expressed alarm over the Republican’s plan to impose significant tariffs on imported generic medication.
- [Michelle Obama Bombshell: Former First Lady Says Barack Pushed Her to Ditch ‘Dream’ Law Job](https://iwpost.com/michelle-obama-bombshell-former-first-lady-says-barack-pushed-her-to-ditch-dream-law-job/): Michelle Obama may have had the résumé, the Ivy League degree and the prestigious Chicago law firm job that looked like a dream on paper — but behind the scenes, she was miserable.
- [Syrian Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Bashar Assad’s Cousin ](https://iwpost.com/syrian-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-for-bashar-assads-cousin/): [DAMASCUS] Syrian prosecutors have requested the death penalty for Wassim Assad, a cousin of former President Bashar Assad, during the third hearing of his trial before the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus.
- [FDA reports new outbreak of explosive diarrhea with 72 cases identified](https://iwpost.com/fda-reports-new-outbreak-of-explosive-diarrhea-with-72-cases-identified/): The Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that it’s investigating yet another outbreak of Cyclospora, the unicellular foodborne parasite behind a nationwide surge in explosive watery diarrhea illnesses.
- [Ukraine Strikes Russian Logistics Hubs in Latest Drone Attacks](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-strikes-russian-logistics-hubs-in-latest-drone-attacks/): Ukrainian drone strikes have targeted logistics facilities belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer, disrupting warehouse operations and injuring workers as Kyiv intensifies attacks on supply networks linked to the war effort.
- [The secret to a better grid? Electric vehicles.](https://iwpost.com/the-secret-to-a-better-grid-electric-vehicles/): You can’t tell when you’re passing one on the highway, but an electric vehicle may well have a superpower.
- [Why Europe needs Pakistan now more than ever](https://iwpost.com/why-europe-needs-pakistan-now-more-than-ever/): Europe’s strategic environment is changing rapidly.
- [Iraq will not allow its territory to be used to threaten Iran: Prime minister](https://iwpost.com/iraq-will-not-allow-its-territory-to-be-used-to-threaten-iran-prime-minister/): Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said Thursday Baghdad will never allow the use of Iraqi territory to threaten Iran, reaffirming his country’s commitment to security cooperation with Tehran, Anadolu reports.
- [How the BJP finally won in West Bengal after years of trying](https://iwpost.com/how-the-bjp-finally-won-in-west-bengal-after-years-of-trying/): With a population of more than 100 million, West Bengal is the fourth largest state in India.
- [A woman got a UTI. Two years later, the bacteria had evolved, invaded her brain.](https://iwpost.com/a-woman-got-a-uti-two-years-later-the-bacteria-had-evolved-invaded-her-brain/): A 63-year-old woman arrived at a hospital in pain. She had abruptly lost vision in her right eye.
- [On a West Bank Eviction Tour, Israeli Settlers Advertise “No Arabs Here”](https://iwpost.com/on-a-west-bank-eviction-tour-israeli-settlers-advertise-no-arabs-here/): WEST BANK — On a hillside overlooking the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir, a crowd of Israelis and Jewish visitors from abroad gathered for an inside look at how settlement works.
- [Indonesia shouldn’t bet its nickel future on China’s EVs alone](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-shouldnt-bet-its-nickel-future-on-chinas-evs-alone/): Indonesia is building a battery industry and an EV ecosystem as part of its broader nickel downstreaming agenda.
- [AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident](https://iwpost.com/ai-arms-race-in-line-for-a-reckoning-after-openai-hacking-incident/): The San Francisco AI lab discovered this week that its GPT-Sol 5.6 model escaped company controls and carried out a major hack.
- [Germany Delays Combat Drone Plans Amid Defence Industry Debate](https://iwpost.com/germany-delays-combat-drone-plans-amid-defence-industry-debate/): Germany’s plans to introduce a fleet of advanced combat drones by 2029 are facing delays as officials remain divided over whether to buy an Australian-developed system or wait for European alternatives to mature.
- [Iran Warns It Will Invade Kuwait if US Launches Kurdish-Backed Ground Offensive ](https://iwpost.com/iran-warns-it-will-invade-kuwait-if-us-launches-kurdish-backed-ground-offensive/): Iran will respond to a US ground operation backed by Kurdish forces by invading Kuwait, a source inside Iran told The Media Line.
- [Hiker Killed by Lightning Strike in Front of Brother](https://iwpost.com/hiker-killed-by-lightning-strike-in-front-of-brother/): Craig Nelson had hiked the mountain before. He knew the trail, knew the climb, and was close enough to the summit to nearly taste the finish.
- [Putin under pressure but history tells us most Russian leaders die with their boots on](https://iwpost.com/putin-under-pressure-but-history-tells-us-most-russian-leaders-die-with-their-boots-on/): Russia’s war against Ukraine is not going according to Vladimir Putin’s original plan.
- [Hasina’s return from India would imperil Bangladesh’s sovereignty](https://iwpost.com/hasinas-return-from-india-would-imperil-bangladeshs-sovereignty/): To say Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left office in disgrace would be an understatement by any political measure.
- [I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated.](https://iwpost.com/i-wanted-a-clock-that-never-needed-setting-things-escalated/): I wanted a clock that, annoyingly, didn’t seem to exist.
- [5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy Owner](https://iwpost.com/5-raw-quotes-from-americas-largest-raw-milk-dairy-owner/): I never thought I’d spend six months of my life investigating raw milk. But I did.
- [Lebanese parliament speaker says success of Aoun-Trump meeting depends on results on the ground](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-parliament-speaker-says-success-of-aoun-trump-meeting-depends-on-results-on-the-ground/): Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the success of this week’s meeting between US President Donald Trump and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun should be judged by developments on the ground, particularly the implementation of a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon.
- [Yen, won flashing a currency risk markets haven’t priced](https://iwpost.com/yen-won-flashing-a-currency-risk-markets-havent-priced/): The instinct among global investors watching this Middle East crisis is simple.
- [White House report says Trump can usher in a "new golden age" of science](https://iwpost.com/white-house-report-says-trump-can-usher-in-a-new-golden-age-of-science/): On Tuesday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a report entitled “Science: A New Golden Age,” in which it lays out how it has viewed science, found it lacking, and believes the Trump administration is in the perfect position to fix things.
- [EU Approves Paramount Takeover of Warner Bros Discovery with Conditions](https://iwpost.com/eu-approves-paramount-takeover-of-warner-bros-discovery-with-conditions/): The European Union has given conditional approval to Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for one of the biggest deals in the global entertainment industry.
- [Israeli Settler-Soldiers Took Me on a West Bank Tour Celebrating Evictions of Palestinians](https://iwpost.com/israeli-settler-soldiers-took-me-on-a-west-bank-tour-celebrating-evictions-of-palestinians/): WEST BANK — On a hillside overlooking the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir, a crowd of Israelis and Jewish visitors from abroad gathered for an inside look at how settlement works.
- [Iraq emerging as an accidental Iran war winner](https://iwpost.com/iraq-emerging-as-an-accidental-iran-war-winner/): Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is on something of a diplomatic roll at the moment.
- [IMF Warns Africa Could Miss Out on AI Growth Without Major Upgrades  ](https://iwpost.com/imf-warns-africa-could-miss-out-on-ai-growth-without-major-upgrades/): Artificial intelligence could raise sub-Saharan Africa’s economic output by around 4% over the next decade, but only if governments and businesses tackle deficits in electricity, internet access and digital skills, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a new report entitled Unlocking the Potential: AI in Sub-Saharan Africa, published on Tuesday.
- [Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, available August 7](https://iwpost.com/samsung-unveils-new-galaxy-z8-foldables-and-galaxy-watches-available-august-7/): The rumors haven’t left much to the imagination, but Samsung has unfurled its 2026 foldable lineup today.
- [Meghan Markle’s Demand Sparks Tension on TV Set](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markles-demand-sparks-tension-on-tv-set/): Meghan Markle’s surprise appearance on MasterChef Australia has reportedly stirred up behind-the-scenes tension after one of the show’s most beloved judges accidentally used the one word the Duchess of Sussex allegedly did not want anywhere near her introduction.
- [Lime Chicken Avocado Bowl](https://iwpost.com/lime-chicken-avocado-bowl/): A bright and satisfying Lime Chicken Avocado Bowl with juicy glazed chicken, fluffy rice, creamy avocado, and fresh lime.
- [Socialists Push for Fairer Electrification to Cut Energy Costs and Boost EU Competitiveness](https://iwpost.com/socialists-push-for-fairer-electrification-to-cut-energy-costs-and-boost-eu-competitiveness/): The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are calling for a socially fair energy transition, arguing that electrification must deliver lower energy bills, stronger energy security and greater competitiveness for European industry.
- [Iran warns any attack on its infrastructure will trigger ‘powerful’ response](https://iwpost.com/iran-warns-any-attack-on-its-infrastructure-will-trigger-powerful-response/): Iran warned Wednesday that any attack on its infrastructure would trigger a “powerful and decisive” response, saying countries supporting such strikes would be considered legitimate targets, Anadolu reports.
- [Hyundai claims humanoid robot plan is not part of talks with striking workers](https://iwpost.com/hyundai-claims-humanoid-robot-plan-is-not-part-of-talks-with-striking-workers/): Hyundai Motor Company’s plan to put humanoid robots to work by 2028 is not part of current negotiations with striking South Korean autoworkers, according to the company.
- [The real reasons behind Zelensky’s unpopular military purge](https://iwpost.com/the-real-reasons-behind-zelenskys-unpopular-military-purge/): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently made the controversial decision to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov, his minister of defense.
- [Orcas team up to ram sunfish until they explode](https://iwpost.com/orcas-team-up-to-ram-sunfish-until-they-explode/): There have been numerous accounts in recent years of orcas ramming boats—and sometimes sinking them.
- [North Korea’s missile pipeline to Russia paying strategic dividends](https://iwpost.com/north-koreas-missile-pipeline-to-russia-paying-strategic-dividends/): North Korea’s renewed ballistic missile exports are helping Russia sustain its campaign in Ukraine while accelerating weapons development and military learning that may ultimately reverberate across Northeast Asia.
- [US and Iran hold fire for third night as talks given ‘space’](https://iwpost.com/us-and-iran-hold-fire-for-third-night-as-talks-given-space/): The United States and Iran have paused military strikes for a third consecutive night as both sides seek to give diplomacy another opportunity after nearly two weeks of escalating conflict.
- [Meghan Markle Accused of ‘Vulgar Act’ Leaving Prince William Fuming](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-accused-of-vulgar-act-leaving-prince-william-fuming/): Meghan Markle is facing fresh backlash after sharing a private family moment connected to one of the most sensitive places in royal history: Princess Diana’s childhood home.
- [Iran-Backed Drones Keep Middle East on Edge Despite US-Iran Lull ](https://iwpost.com/iran-backed-drones-keep-middle-east-on-edge-despite-us-iran-lull/): Drone attacks continued across the Middle East despite a pause in direct military strikes between the United States and Iran, as Iran-backed militias and proxy groups launched operations targeting Saudi Arabia, Iraq and areas near Israel’s border while Washington paused its campaign to allow ceasefire efforts to continue.
- [Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies](https://iwpost.com/epic-diarrhea-outbreak-has-40-of-americans-avoiding-fruits-and-veggies/): Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [House Investigation of BreakThrough News Is an Attack on All Journalism](https://iwpost.com/house-investigation-of-breakthrough-news-is-an-attack-on-all-journalism/): Seth Stern is the director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation.
- [​​With spirit of Anchorage dead, no new ideas to end Ukraine War](https://iwpost.com/with-spirit-of-anchorage-dead-no-new-ideas-to-end-ukraine-war/): On the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
- [Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-exempts-spacexs-starlink-from-fcc-ban-on-foreign-made-routers/): The Trump administration today exempted SpaceX’s Starlink routers from the Federal Communications Commission ban on foreign-made routers.
- [AI race loss fears behind Trump’s planned September hosting of Xi](https://iwpost.com/ai-race-loss-fears-behind-trumps-planned-september-hosting-of-xi/): Managing the risks of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models and protecting intellectual property are set to top the agenda when United States President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington on September 24.
- [Europe’s cocaine crisis moves from ports to the open Atlantic as traffickers outpace authorities](https://iwpost.com/europes-cocaine-crisis-moves-from-ports-to-the-open-atlantic-as-traffickers-outpace-authorities/): European authorities are facing a growing challenge from drug traffickers shifting cocaine smuggling routes away from major ports and into the open Atlantic, where criminal networks are using advanced technology, speedboats and covert maritime operations to evade detection, according to the Financial Times.
- [US-Saudi nuclear deal invites proliferation risks … unless safeguards are written in](https://iwpost.com/us-saudi-nuclear-deal-invites-proliferation-risks-unless-safeguards-are-written-in/): A key question remains over the landmark U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal announced with much fanfare on July 22, 2026: Will it allow a nation long suspected of having nuclear weapons ambitions to enrich uranium?
- [Iraq orders probe into reported drone attacks on Saudi Arabia from its territory](https://iwpost.com/iraq-orders-probe-into-reported-drone-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-from-its-territory/): Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi ordered security authorities on Monday to investigate drone attacks targeting Saudi Arabia that were reportedly launched from Iraqi territory, Anadolu reports.
- [Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-unveils-ai-security-tools-it-says-outperform-competing-platforms/): Microsoft is introducing new AI tools designed to help customers continuously streamline and automate the process of identifying and reducing their exposure to security risks.
- [AI’s ceiling: intelligence, too, faces diminishing returns](https://iwpost.com/ais-ceiling-intelligence-too-faces-diminishing-returns/): Not a lot of people expected that AI would come for the mathematicians before it came for the truck drivers, but it did.
- [IDF Eliminates Hamas Internal Security Commander, Demolishes Gaza Tunnel ](https://iwpost.com/idf-eliminates-hamas-internal-security-commander-demolishes-gaza-tunnel/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet, Israel’s Security Agency, said they eliminated Wael Musa Khaled al-Ladawi, commander of Hamas’s Internal Security forces for the central camps in the Gaza Strip, in a precise airstrike on his vehicle in Deir al-Balah, while Israeli troops separately destroyed a Hamas tunnel in northern Gaza as part of ongoing operations against the group’s military infrastructure.
- [Savannah Guthrie Makes Heartbreaking New Plea (Video)](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-makes-heartbreaking-new-plea-video/): Savannah Guthrie is pleading for mercy as the search for her missing mother stretches toward the six-month mark.
- [The Right Seeks to Capitalize on Berlin Pride Attack — Even as It Poses Its Own Existential Threat to Queer Lives](https://iwpost.com/the-right-seeks-to-capitalize-on-berlin-pride-attack-even-as-it-poses-its-own-existential-threat-to-queer-lives/): On Saturday night, a man drove a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride Festival, before getting out and stabbing several people, leaving one woman dead and dozens injured.
- [iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27](https://iwpost.com/ios-and-macos-26-6-arrive-today-paving-the-way-for-ios-and-macos-27/): Apple has released iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS 26.6.
- [What is Falun Gong and why does the Chinese Communist Party want to suppress it?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-falun-gong-and-why-does-the-chinese-communist-party-want-to-suppress-it/): I joined members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement at Chatter Park in Hong Kong on May 13, 2000, as they celebrated World Falun Dafa Day.
- [China’s Fields Medals triumph raises bigger math questions](https://iwpost.com/chinas-fields-medals-triumph-raises-bigger-math-questions/): When Hong Wang and Yu Deng received Fields Medals at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia on July 23, they became the first citizens of the People’s Republic of China to hold mathematics’ highest honor in its 90-year history.
- [EP Greens highlight 10 climate solutions as Europe faces rising heat and extreme weather](https://iwpost.com/ep-greens-highlight-10-climate-solutions-as-europe-faces-rising-heat-and-extreme-weather/): As Europe faces more frequent heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and extreme rainfall, the Greens group in the European Parliament is arguing that climate action should focus not only on the scale of the challenge but also on solutions already being implemented across the continent.
- [‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake.](https://iwpost.com/climate-hushing-has-swept-the-democratic-party-new-polling-suggests-its-a-mistake/): A hush has fallen over the Democratic Party — a “climate hush,” to be precise.
- [ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style](https://iwpost.com/chatgpt-starts-blocking-direct-requests-to-copy-an-authors-style/): OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors.
- [China’s zero-tariff play aims to lock in African loyalty](https://iwpost.com/chinas-zero-tariff-play-aims-to-lock-in-african-loyalty/): China’s expanding zero-tariff access for 63 lower-income countries — 53 of them African — is far more than a developmental courtesy or a technical adjustment of customs schedules.
- [Lebanese officials meet UN rights chief, back collection of evidence on war crimes](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-officials-meet-un-rights-chief-back-collection-of-evidence-on-war-crimes/): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned home demolitions by Israel in southern Lebanon during a meeting with UN rights chief Volker Turk on Monday, as Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reaffirmed his government’s support for collecting evidence of war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law, Anadolu reports.
- [Netanyahu Heads to Washington With Iran at Top of Agenda](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-heads-to-washington-with-iran-at-top-of-agenda/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Washington on Monday, saying Iran will be the top priority in his talks with President Donald Trump as the two leaders meet during a pause in fighting between the United States and Iran.
- [Activist charged with felony after giving border agent "duress code" that wiped his phone](https://iwpost.com/activist-charged-with-felony-after-giving-border-agent-duress-code-that-wiped-his-phone/): In early 2025, Atlanta resident Samuel Tunick was on his way home following a trip abroad.
- [Al-Qaida and the Islamic State are both adopting AI – but differ in how they think about the technology](https://iwpost.com/al-qaida-and-the-islamic-state-are-both-adopting-ai-but-differ-in-how-they-think-about-the-technology/): Artificial intelligence may not create a new kind of terrorism, but it makes existing tactics cheaper, faster and easier.
- [After Pakistan judge killing, a fight over who claims it](https://iwpost.com/after-pakistan-judge-killing-a-fight-over-who-claims-it/): Modern terrorist attacks no longer end when the shooting stops.
- [Shipping traffic through key Middle East waterways falls after Houthi attacks](https://iwpost.com/shipping-traffic-through-key-middle-east-waterways-falls-after-houthi-attacks/): Shipping activity through the Bab el-Mandeb strait dropped sharply on Sunday after Yemen’s Houthi movement launched attacks on Saudi oil facilities along the Red Sea coast, while traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained at subdued levels despite a pause in US-Iran strikes, according to shipping data from Kpler.
- [Elizabeth Smart Says Nancy Guthrie Could Still Be Alive](https://iwpost.com/elizabeth-smart-says-nancy-guthrie-could-still-be-alive/): Elizabeth Smart is urging the public not to give up hope in the heartbreaking search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, even as the case stretches past the five-month mark with few public answers.
- [Fetterman Might Leave Democratic Party Because the Only Thing He Loves More Than Israel Is Attention](https://iwpost.com/fetterman-might-leave-democratic-party-because-the-only-thing-he-loves-more-than-israel-is-attention/): Sen. John Fetterman may switch parties, and the reason is simple: The Democrat from Pennsylvania loves nothing like he loves media coverage.
- [How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery](https://iwpost.com/how-trumps-america-first-administration-could-shut-u-s-scientists-out-of-the-next-nobel-worthy-discovery/): For decades, physicists wrestled with a fundamental mystery of the universe.
- [Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua plans to scrap elections – what that says about today’s autocrats](https://iwpost.com/daniel-ortega-of-nicaragua-plans-to-scrap-elections-what-that-says-about-todays-autocrats/): Since being elected for a second term as Nicaraguan president in 2006, Daniel Ortega – the former Sandinista freedom fighter-turned-authoritarian leader – has extended his term of office several times.
- [What public health professionals can learn from anti-vaccine storytelling](https://iwpost.com/what-public-health-professionals-can-learn-from-anti-vaccine-storytelling/): As long as there have been vaccines, there have been people who doubted their science and safety.
- [Bank Indonesia chief’s resignation signals a deep, hidden crisis](https://iwpost.com/bank-indonesia-chiefs-resignation-signals-a-deep-hidden-crisis/): JAKARTA – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo’s abrupt resignation marks a watershed moment for Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
- [Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template](https://iwpost.com/artist-sues-ai-meme-generator-for-selling-deeply-personal-comic-as-ad-template/): Artist Elmer Saflor, who goes by the online handle “Superelmer,” loves that millions of people have shared his “Running Away Balloon” comic since it became a popular meme in 2017.
- [Inside Israel’s Race to Build the Quantum Future](https://iwpost.com/inside-israels-race-to-build-the-quantum-future/): Israel’s next technological revolution may not be defined by a single breakthrough but by the ability to bring together the companies, researchers and technologies capable of creating one.
- [Ukraine wants prototype of European missile defence system by mid-2027](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-wants-prototype-of-european-missile-defence-system-by-mid-2027/): Ukraine is aiming to develop a prototype of a new European anti-ballistic missile defence system by the first half of 2027, as Kyiv pushes allies to create a home-grown alternative to US-made weapons that have become critical in protecting the country from Russian missile attacks, according to Reuters.
- [Kuwait ratifies defense cooperation agreement with Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/kuwait-ratifies-defense-cooperation-agreement-with-pakistan/): Kuwait has ratified a broad defense cooperation agreement with Pakistan, three years after it was signed, according to the country’s official gazette, Anadolu reports.
- [Ben Affleck’s Mother Dies Days After Fulfilling Her Final Wish](https://iwpost.com/ben-afflecks-mother-dies-days-after-fulfilling-her-final-wish/): Ben Affleck is grieving the loss of his mother, Chris Anne Affleck, whose final days were marked by one deeply meaningful family milestone.
- [The South China Sea consensus no ASEAN chair can move](https://iwpost.com/the-south-china-sea-consensus-no-asean-chair-can-move/): The Philippines came into the 2026 ASEAN chairmanship with the strongest possible hand on the South China Sea. It held the pen on the communique.
- [Burnham Rules Out Early UK Election](https://iwpost.com/burnham-rules-out-early-uk-election/): British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ruled out calling an early general election, insisting his priority is delivering the programme voters backed at the last election rather than returning to the polls.
- [Guterres in Damascus: UN Reaffirms Support for Syria’s Recovery, Reconstruction, and Sovereignty ](https://iwpost.com/guterres-in-damascus-un-reaffirms-support-for-syrias-recovery-reconstruction-and-sovereignty/): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed the UN’s support for Syria’s recovery and reconstruction efforts during a visit to Damascus on Saturday, stressing the importance of respecting the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in his first trip to Syria since 2009.
- [Trump giving Iran peace talks ‘some space’ as strikes halt: US envoy](https://iwpost.com/trump-giving-iran-peace-talks-some-space-as-strikes-halt-us-envoy/): US President Donald Trump is allowing “some space” for diplomatic discussions with Iran, according to the US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, as regional strikes remained halted for a second consecutive night, Anadolu reports.
- [China takes satellite race with SpaceX to sea](https://iwpost.com/china-takes-satellite-race-with-spacex-to-sea/): China’s latest sea-based rocket launch shows how mobile launch platforms, onboard artificial intelligence and expanding commercial constellations are converging into a broader Chinese effort to strengthen military resilience, accelerate satellite deployment and compete for economic influence across an increasingly contested orbital domain.
- [Disgraced Singer ‘Dying’ in Prison Amid New Allegations](https://iwpost.com/disgraced-singer-dying-in-prison-amid-new-allegations/): Disgraced former pop star Gary Glitter is facing a new round of child sex charges tied to allegations from the late 1970s, adding another dark chapter to the convicted predator’s decades-long fall from fame.
- [Youth-led Indian protestors celebrate minister’s resignation](https://iwpost.com/youth-led-indian-protestors-celebrate-ministers-resignation/): India’s Cockroach Janta Party ended its five-week multi-city protest after the youth-led movement’s key demand – the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan – was met.
- [Pakistan Elevates General To Lead New Nuclear Command ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-elevates-general-to-lead-new-nuclear-command/): Pakistan on Friday promoted Lt. Gen.
- [Syrian president rules out military intervention in Lebanon, backs state monopoly on arms](https://iwpost.com/syrian-president-rules-out-military-intervention-in-lebanon-backs-state-monopoly-on-arms/): Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said his country does not intend to intervene militarily in Lebanon but is prepared to offer the Lebanese state several options to address its challenges, Anadolu reports.
- [North Carolina Woman Vanishes on Caribbean Vacation](https://iwpost.com/north-carolina-woman-vanishes-on-caribbean-vacation/): A desperate search is underway in the Caribbean after a North Carolina woman vanished during a trip to Grenada, leaving her husband and loved ones pleading for answers.
- [First teaser for Apple TV's Neuromancer debuts at SDCC](https://iwpost.com/first-teaser-for-apple-tvs-neuromancer-debuts-at-sdcc/): Apple TV is fast eclipsing HBO as the go-to platform for prestige TV, especially science fiction, with standout fare like Slow Horses, Severance, Foundation, For All Mankind, Murderbot, Silo, Pluribus, and Widow’s Bay, among others.
- [When ‘Zionist’ Means ‘Jew’: Italy’s Jewish Community Sounds the Alarm ](https://iwpost.com/when-zionist-means-jew-italys-jewish-community-sounds-the-alarm/): An anonymous online campaign urging Italians to identify Israeli tourists, Jewish-linked businesses and locations associated with so-called “Zionist tourism” has heightened alarm among Italy’s Jewish community, which says the effort is the latest manifestation of a years-long campaign to single out Jews and Israelis for public scrutiny and threaten their security.
- [Here’s how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat](https://iwpost.com/heres-how-offshore-wind-helped-new-england-beat-record-heat/): America’s offshore wind farms have already shown their ability to keep electricity flowing during brutal winter storms.
- [Netanyahu says he intends to attend UN General Assembly despite NYC Mayor’s arrest threats](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-he-intends-to-attend-un-general-assembly-despite-nyc-mayors-arrest-threats/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he plans to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, dismissing recent calls for his arrest by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Anadolu reports.
- [Spinach Zucchini Chickpea Bake](https://iwpost.com/spinach-zucchini-chickpea-bake/): Golden, cheesy Spinach Zucchini Chickpea Bake filled with tender vegetables, hearty chickpeas, pesto, and fresh basil.
- [The Middle East after the American imperium](https://iwpost.com/the-middle-east-after-the-american-imperium/): For three-quarters of a century, the Middle East operated inside an American frame.
- [Iconic Rocker Rushed into Emergency Surgery](https://iwpost.com/iconic-rocker-rushed-into-emergency-surgery/): Bret Michaels is recovering after a painful health scare forced him into emergency surgery — but not before the Poison frontman powered through three concerts while battling what he described as “intense” pain.
- [Missiles, Mobilization, and Tehran: Can the Houthis Wage a Wider War? ](https://iwpost.com/missiles-mobilization-and-tehran-can-the-houthis-wage-a-wider-war/): The Houthis’ latest attacks on Saudi oil tankers, renewed strikes on Saudi territory, and threats to maritime traffic have revived a question: Can the Iran-backed group sustain a prolonged conflict on multiple fronts?
- [Rubio’s Paranoid Cuba Report Designed to “Justify a Military Attack on Cuba,” Says Democratic Rep.](https://iwpost.com/rubios-paranoid-cuba-report-designed-to-justify-a-military-attack-on-cuba-says-democratic-rep/): A report published this week by the State Department is the latest weapon employed by the Trump administration in its campaign for aggressive intervention in Cuba, according to members of Congress and experts on the beleaguered Caribbean island nation.
- [Car rams crowd at Berlin Pride event, killing one and injuring 16](https://iwpost.com/car-rams-crowd-at-berlin-pride-event-killing-one-and-injuring-16/): A manhunt is underway in Berlin after a car drove into a crowd attending the city’s Christopher Street Day Pride celebrations on Saturday night, killing one person and injuring at least 16 others.
- [The UN returns to Damascus at the edge of reconstruction](https://iwpost.com/the-un-returns-to-damascus-at-the-edge-of-reconstruction/): Seventeen years. That is how long it has been since a sitting United Nations Secretary-General last set foot in Damascus.
- [How Digital Payments Are Changing Daily Life in Idlib, Syria](https://iwpost.com/how-digital-payments-are-changing-daily-life-in-idlib-syria/): [IDLIB] Hassan leaves his home for the market in Sarmada, north of Idlib, to buy his family’s daily groceries.
- [Meteorite Crashed into a House Containing ‘Extraterrestrial’ Clues](https://iwpost.com/meteorite-crashed-into-a-house-containing-extraterrestrial-clues/): A meteorite that smashed through the roof of a New Jersey home is now giving NASA scientists a rare look at the earliest days of the solar system — and the possibility that some of life’s key ingredients were already moving through space billions of years ago.
- [EU Prepares for New US Tariffs as Trade Tensions Resurface](https://iwpost.com/eu-prepares-for-new-us-tariffs-as-trade-tensions-resurface/): The European Union is preparing to accept a new wave of US tariffs on European goods, despite considering the measures unjustified, as Brussels prioritises maintaining the limits agreed under last year’s EU-US trade deal.
- [How Japan is putting AI in its cybernetic place](https://iwpost.com/how-japan-is-putting-ai-in-its-cybernetic-place/): Much of the Western debate about artificial intelligence centers on the machine itself. Will AI become conscious? Will it surpass human intelligence?
- [Nablus: When the killer becomes the victim](https://iwpost.com/nablus-when-the-killer-becomes-the-victim/): In the occupied West Bank, the story often starts too late.
- [Energy Crisis Set to Keep Food Inflation Elevated, UN Warns](https://iwpost.com/energy-crisis-set-to-keep-food-inflation-elevated-un-warns/): Rising energy and fertiliser costs linked to ongoing conflicts and global supply disruptions are expected to continue fuelling food inflation, threatening efforts to make healthy diets affordable worldwide, according to a new United Nations report.
- [Bride in Shock After Spotting Her Dead Father in Wedding Photos](https://iwpost.com/bride-in-shock-after-spotting-her-dead-father-in-wedding-photos/): A bride who brought her late father’s old film camera to her wedding as a quiet tribute was left stunned when the developed photos appeared to show him “showing up” for the big day in a way she never could have predicted.
- [AI firms want more data centers; Trump's EPA may give neighbors less say](https://iwpost.com/ai-firms-want-more-data-centers-trumps-epa-may-give-neighbors-less-say/): The Trump administration is quietly considering a rule change that could make it easier for polluters to build facilities—including certain gas plants and diesel generators that power data centers—with little to no notice to the public.
- [Leaked Email Reveals New Requirements for ICE Vehicle Stops](https://iwpost.com/leaked-email-reveals-new-requirements-for-ice-vehicle-stops/): Less than two weeks ago, following a pair of fatal shootings by immigration officers in Texas and Maine, U.S.
- [SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099](https://iwpost.com/sdcc-teaser-gives-us-our-first-good-look-at-blade-runner-2099/): It’s been nearly five years since Ridley Scott first announced his plans for a TV spinoff of his sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner (1982) and the 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049.
- [US Warns Iran Is Not Serious About Ending War as Conflict Escalates](https://iwpost.com/us-warns-iran-is-not-serious-about-ending-war-as-conflict-escalates/): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that Iran is not showing genuine commitment to negotiations aimed at ending the conflict, as Washington signals it is prepared to take further action if diplomatic efforts fail.
- [Syria: 38 Killed, Dozens Injured in Bus Collision on Damascus–Deir Ezzor Highway  ](https://iwpost.com/syria-38-killed-dozens-injured-in-bus-collision-on-damascus-deir-ezzor-highway/): [DAMASCUS] Thirty-eight people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday after a passenger bus collided with a bus belonging to Syria’s Interior Ministry on the Damascus–Deir Ezzor highway, a Health Ministry official told The Media Line.
- [The spark in Tell: How a village resistance disrupted Israel’s West Bank strategy](https://iwpost.com/the-spark-in-tell-how-a-village-resistance-disrupted-israels-west-bank-strategy/): During a military raid on the small town of Tell, southwest of Nablus, a moment of direct defiance shattered the illusion of total Palestinian submission.
- [Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-lightning-strikes-in-china-starship-launch-on-deck/): Welcome to Edition 9.04 of the Rocket Report! We’ve had to wait an extra week for SpaceX to get its 13th Starship test flight off the ground.
- [Prince Harry’s Emotional Plot to Win Back King Charles Revealed](https://iwpost.com/prince-harrys-emotional-plot-to-win-back-king-charles-revealed/): Prince Harry is reportedly making one of his most emotional pushes yet to repair his fractured relationship with King Charles, with palace insiders claiming the Duke of Sussex knows the clock may be running out before Prince William eventually takes the throne.
- [Lemon Meltaway Cookies](https://iwpost.com/lemon-meltaway-cookies/): Soft, buttery Lemon Meltaway Cookies with a snowy powdered sugar finish and bright fresh lemon flavor.
- [AI System Goes Rogue in Unprecedented Cybersecurity Test](https://iwpost.com/ai-system-goes-rogue-in-unprecedented-cybersecurity-test/): OpenAI has revealed that one of its advanced artificial intelligence systems managed to break out of a controlled security environment and carry out what it described as an unprecedented cyberattack during testing.
- [In Michigan, the price of energy is on the ballot and both parties know it](https://iwpost.com/in-michigan-the-price-of-energy-is-on-the-ballot-and-both-parties-know-it/): This story was originally published by Capital & Main.
- [SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight](https://iwpost.com/spacex-eyes-tower-catch-for-next-starship-after-auspicious-end-to-13th-flight/): SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas to an on-target, intact splashdown in a remote section of the Indian Ocean.
- [Pete Hegseth’s Crisis of Masculinity](https://iwpost.com/pete-hegseths-crisis-of-masculinity/): On Wednesday at 11:07 p.m. ET, the president went on Truth Social to share an important piece of information with Americans.
- [Meta Disables The Media Line Facebook Page, Seeks Public Support ](https://iwpost.com/meta-disables-the-media-line-facebook-page-seeks-public-support/): The Media Line’s official Facebook Page has been disabled by Meta.
- [European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region](https://iwpost.com/european-union-grants-us-request-to-restrict-satellite-images-of-iran-war-region/): The European Union has begun delaying the release of satellite images showing shipping lanes near the Strait of Hormuz by 24 hours.
- [Brussels fines Google €890 million under Digital Markets Act](https://iwpost.com/brussels-fines-google-e890-million-under-digital-markets-act/): The European Commission has fined Google €890 million for breaching the Digital Markets Act (DMA), accusing the tech giant of giving its own services an unfair advantage in search results and restricting app developers from directing users to cheaper offers outside its ecosystem.
- [UN rapporteur calls Israeli attacks in occupied West Bank civilians ‘pogroms’](https://iwpost.com/un-rapporteur-calls-israeli-attacks-in-occupied-west-bank-civilians-pogroms/): UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese on Saturday described Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians across the occupied West Bank as “pogroms,” calling for an immediate arms embargo and a halt to trade with Israel, Anadolu reports.
- [Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers](https://iwpost.com/big-tech-accused-of-stonewalling-european-social-media-researchers/): In the final weeks before Romania’s presidential vote in November 2024, TikTok accounts that had previously spent years posting about manicures or fashion suddenly started promoting a little-known politician named Calin Georgescu.
- [‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Designer Found Stabbed to Death](https://iwpost.com/marvelous-mrs-maisel-designer-found-stabbed-to-death/): A talented young set designer whose work helped bring some of TV’s most stylish worlds to life was found stabbed to death inside her Queens home this week, in a horrifying case police are investigating as a possible murder-suicide.
- [Blind spot: The hidden workers behind Indonesia’s digital boom](https://iwpost.com/blind-spot-the-hidden-workers-behind-indonesias-digital-boom/): Today, Indonesia stands as one of the most formidable digital economic powerhouses in Southeast Asia.
- [President Trump Threatens Massive Attack on Iran as Israel Opens Shelters](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-threatens-massive-attack-on-iran-as-israel-opens-shelters/): President Donald Trump said he is considering launching what he described as the largest US attack yet against Iran, while several Israeli municipalities opened public bomb shelters ahead of the weekend over concerns about a possible Iranian missile response.
- [With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience](https://iwpost.com/with-help-from-data-art-museums-are-reframing-the-visitor-experience/): Giovanni Kanter goes to at least one art museum whenever he visits a new city.
- [US House rebukes Trump again over Iran war](https://iwpost.com/us-house-rebukes-trump-again-over-iran-war/): The US House of Representatives has approved a Democratic-led war powers resolution criticising President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict with Iran, with four Republican lawmakers joining Democrats in a narrow 214-208 vote.
- [Politicians vs generals: Ukraine’s long, hidden war within](https://iwpost.com/politicians-vs-generals-ukraines-long-hidden-war-within/): The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has dismissed the country’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after a turbulent week in which he also removed his defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov.
- [Judge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters](https://iwpost.com/judge-rebuffs-trump-admin-demand-for-phone-records-from-nyt-reporters/): After criticism from a federal judge, the Department of Justice yesterday withdrew demands for phone records and grand jury testimony from New York Times reporters who wrote about security concerns related to the Air Force One jet donated to Trump by Qatar.
- [RFK Jr.'s handpicked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-s-handpicked-committee-approves-manufacture-of-peptides-he-uses/): In a widely expected move, a committee organized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to endorse removing restrictions on the manufacture of peptides for human use.
- [Mike Tyson Reveals Mom Gave Him Drugs at 10-Years-Old](https://iwpost.com/mike-tyson-reveals-mom-gave-him-drugs-at-10-years-old/): Mike Tyson has never been shy about the darkness that shaped him, but his latest confession may be one of his most disturbing yet.
- [Trump’s new tariffs to cost Americans $100 billion per year](https://iwpost.com/trumps-new-tariffs-to-cost-americans-100-billion-per-year/): Donald Trump thinks tariffs make America great but US households will be left to foot the bill.
- [Hormuz traffic falls as Bab el-Mandeb activity rises](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-traffic-falls-as-bab-el-mandeb-activity-rises/): Maritime activity showed an uneven pattern across key chokepoints, as ship crossings dropped in the Strait of Hormuz while the Bab el-Mandeb strait experiences increased vessel movements.
- [John King Cautions Against Ground Front: Eyes on Kurds, Kharg Island and Kuwait ](https://iwpost.com/john-king-cautions-against-ground-front-eyes-on-kurds-kharg-island-and-kuwait/): “Washington may believe additional pressure will force negotiations, while Tehran may interpret the same pressure as preparation for regime destruction.
- [Oil prices hit $100 for the first time since May](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-hit-100-for-the-first-time-since-may/): Oil prices have surged to $100 a barrel for the first time since May as renewed fighting in the Middle East raises concerns over global energy supplies.
- [Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning](https://iwpost.com/elon-musks-xai-is-trying-to-sue-its-way-out-of-a-grok-reckoning/): Elon Musk’s xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning as arrests of Grok users accused of making child sex abuse materials (CSAM) have triggered lawsuits from kids to sue xAI to force changes to the tool to block harmful outputs.
- [Widening war engulfs more countries](https://iwpost.com/widening-war-engulfs-more-countries/): The U.S. carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, the U.S.
- [Upstream nuclear, downstream rice: ecological MAD on the Mekong](https://iwpost.com/upstream-nuclear-downstream-rice-ecological-mad-on-the-mekong/): In mid-June 2026, Russian state agencies signed an agreement with Laos to study the feasibility of building small modular reactors (SMRs) — a deal that moved a major energy question onto the Mekong River.
- [Netanyahu proposes phasing out US military aid to Israel over 10 years: Report](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-proposes-phasing-out-us-military-aid-to-israel-over-10-years-report/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed to US President Donald Trump a plan to gradually end direct US military aid to Israel over the next decade during their White House meeting on Tuesday, according to Israeli media on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Defense Minister Cautions Pakistan Over Israel-India Military Ties ](https://iwpost.com/defense-minister-cautions-pakistan-over-israel-india-military-ties/): Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif stated that Israel and India have maintained a long-standing military partnership against Pakistan, describing both countries as Islamabad’s enduring adversaries.
- [Google's "privacy-preserving" age verification system is coming to the Play Store](https://iwpost.com/googles-privacy-preserving-age-verification-system-is-coming-to-the-play-store/): Governments around the world are suddenly very keen on online age verification requirements.
- [The savvy logic behind Indonesia’s nickel squeeze](https://iwpost.com/the-savvy-logic-behind-indonesias-nickel-squeeze/): Indonesia mines more nickel than any other country, producing more than 60% of the world’s supply.
- [Woman Found Buried Under Building Finally Identified After Decades](https://iwpost.com/woman-found-buried-under-building-finally-identified-after-decades/): Toronto police said the woman was Mary McLeod Moffat, née Davidson, a Scottish national who moved to Canada with her family in 1913.
- [Customize Ars your way with an Ars Pro subscription](https://iwpost.com/customize-ars-your-way-with-an-ars-pro-subscription/): Having it your way is one of the benefits of being an Ars Pro subscriber.
- [France’s Far Right Seizes on Wildfires to Attack Macron Government](https://iwpost.com/frances-far-right-seizes-on-wildfires-to-attack-macron-government/): France’s far-right National Rally is using the country’s devastating wildfires to criticise President Emmanuel Macron’s government, arguing that it has failed in its fundamental duty to protect citizens and their homes.
- [Fauci’s Diary Isn’t the Key to Why Covid Ravaged the U.S. — Our Broken Healthcare System Is](https://iwpost.com/faucis-diary-isnt-the-key-to-why-covid-ravaged-the-u-s-our-broken-healthcare-system-is/): Mychal Denzel Smith is the author of “Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream,” winner of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction.
- [Is Netanyahu’s star waning in Washington? His latest meeting with Trump suggests it may be](https://iwpost.com/is-netanyahus-star-waning-in-washington-his-latest-meeting-with-trump-suggests-it-may-be/): Appearing increasingly isolated and weakened, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Washington this week, where he had a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump – his eighth of the US president’s second term.
- [Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots?](https://iwpost.com/who-wins-and-who-loses-after-us-bans-foreign-robots/): Humanoid robots and four-legged robots made in China fall squarely under a new ban imposed by the US Federal Communications Commission on foreign-made robots.
- [UN warns of ‘major public health risks’ in Gaza as 83% of displacement sites report infestations](https://iwpost.com/un-warns-of-major-public-health-risks-in-gaza-as-83-of-displacement-sites-report-infestations/): Palestinian woman Wisam Abdulhadi, who lost her husband in an Israeli attack, is seen with her children who have developed skin diseases at where they take shelter in Al-Azhar University in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine on April 24, 2026.
- [Drone Strikes US-Owned LNG Tanker at Egypt’s Damietta Port ](https://iwpost.com/drone-strikes-us-owned-lng-tanker-at-egypts-damietta-port/): A drone struck the US-owned liquefied natural gas floating storage tanker Energos Winter at Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta on Wednesday, triggering a fire that spread to a second vessel, the Gaslog Salem, Reuters and maritime security firm Ambrey reported.
- [Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission](https://iwpost.com/mythos-attack-on-3rd-round-pqc-algorithm-candidate-puts-it-out-of-commission/): A quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm that was under consideration as an official US standard has been taken out of the running after an Anthropic security model helped find a flaw that rendered it broken.
- [Vivian EVP initiative identifies People, Purpose and Trust as key drivers of employee engagement](https://iwpost.com/vivian-evp-initiative-identifies-people-purpose-and-trust-as-key-drivers-of-employee-engagement/): Pharmaceutical and wellbeing company Vivian has completed a comprehensive Employee Value Proposition (EVP) initiative involving nearly all of the company’s 53 employees, revealing that people, purpose and trust are the qualities that matter the most for its employees.
- [Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate](https://iwpost.com/senators-push-federal-regulator-to-prove-school-bus-safety-data-is-accurate/): Two leading Democrats on the U.S.
- [Children’s YouTube Star Ms. Rachel Sparks Political Firestorm](https://iwpost.com/childrens-youtube-star-ms-rachel-sparks-political-firestorm/): Ms. Rachel is known to millions of parents as the cheerful children’s educator behind some of YouTube’s most popular toddler videos.
- [The world of zero visibility](https://iwpost.com/the-world-of-zero-visibility/): It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are attempting an experiment that may not please everyone.
- [Musk went to “war,” sought jail time for X ad boycotts—but case ends with a whimper](https://iwpost.com/musk-went-to-war-sought-jail-time-for-x-ad-boycotts-but-case-ends-with-a-whimper/): Elon Musk has settled his lawsuit with advertisers that he once claimed should be criminally prosecuted for refusing to advertise on his social media platform, X.
- [Gianni Infantino wants to sell the World Cup – but it’s not his to sell](https://iwpost.com/gianni-infantino-wants-to-sell-the-world-cup-but-its-not-his-to-sell/): It’s clear from the generally horrified reaction to Gianni Infantino’s plan to turn the World Cup into an investment vehicle that the Fifa boss has gone too far.
- [Vietnam’s great banking clean-up is only the beginning](https://iwpost.com/vietnams-great-banking-clean-up-is-only-the-beginning/): Vietnamese banks started deleting more than 86 million bank accounts last September.
- [Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers' faces, lawsuit claims](https://iwpost.com/comcast-store-punished-low-sales-by-smashing-pies-in-workers-faces-lawsuit-claims/): A lawsuit against Comcast’s cable division alleges that a store manager humiliated the lowest performing salesperson each month with a strange ritual in which a cream pie was smashed into the employee’s face.
- [Russia charges Telegram founder Durov with facilitating terrorism](https://iwpost.com/russia-charges-telegram-founder-durov-with-facilitating-terrorism/): Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism, alleging the messaging platform was used by Ukrainian intelligence services to recruit operatives and coordinate acts of sabotage inside Russia.
- [It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal](https://iwpost.com/its-official-data-centers-are-slowing-americas-shift-away-from-coal/): As tech companies have built hundreds of hyperscale data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom, they have triggered conflicting predictions over how these facilities will affect the nation’s power grid.
- [Syrian Authorities Arrest 7 in Alleged ISIS Cell Targeting Aleppo ](https://iwpost.com/syrian-authorities-arrest-7-in-alleged-isis-cell-targeting-aleppo/): [DAMASCUS] Syria’s Interior Ministry announced the arrest of seven people it said were affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) during a joint security operation targeting two cells in Aleppo city and the towns of Azaz and Al-Bab in the province’s countryside.
- [Donald Trump and Wars of Choice](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-and-wars-of-choice/): President Donald Trump reclaimed the White House last year promising to keep the United States out of conflicts and claiming to be a peacemaker.
- [Watching American power tentatively arrive in the Philippines](https://iwpost.com/watching-american-power-tentatively-arrive-in-the-philippines/): OYSTER BAY, PALAWAN – When American forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011, I watched it happen from Kuwait, where I worked as a contracted security guard.
- [F1 season to end in Europe if Qatar, Abu Dhabi races cannot proceed](https://iwpost.com/f1-season-to-end-in-europe-if-qatar-abu-dhabi-races-cannot-proceed/): Formula 1 will conclude its 2026 season in Europe if the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix cannot take place because of the situation in the Middle East, the sport’s president and CEO Stefano Domenicali said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Quantum computing roundup: Still more technologies making waves](https://iwpost.com/quantum-computing-roundup-still-more-technologies-making-waves/): If you follow quantum computing news for long enough, it can start to seem like any quantum system that can alternate between two well-separated energy states can be used as a qubit.
- [Conflicts can spread infectious diseases while making outbreaks harder to detect](https://iwpost.com/conflicts-can-spread-infectious-diseases-while-making-outbreaks-harder-to-detect/): The Ebola outbreak that emerged in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and crossed into neighbouring Uganda may have been killing people for weeks before the alarm was raised.
- [Multi-Million Dollar Lottery Winner Arrested for Fourth Time Since Win](https://iwpost.com/multi-million-dollar-lottery-winner-arrested-for-fourth-time-since-win/): A Kentucky man who made headlines for winning a massive Powerball jackpot is back in the news for a very different reason.
- [Xi’s odyssey through Western confusion](https://iwpost.com/xis-odyssey-through-western-confusion/): The Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Congress scheduled for autumn 2027 could be one of the most delicate and significant in its history.
- [New AMD Linux patch boosts low-end gaming performance on Steam Deck](https://iwpost.com/new-amd-linux-patch-boosts-low-end-gaming-performance-on-steam-deck/): As the Steam Deck slowly marches toward its fifth birthday next February, owners are likely eager for a way to extend its life rather than investing in expensive high-end competition.
- [Chronic financial stress may accelerate brain ageing, study finds](https://iwpost.com/chronic-financial-stress-may-accelerate-brain-ageing-study-finds/): Long-term financial stress could have a lasting impact on brain health, with a new study linking persistent money worries to poorer memory and faster brain ageing.
- [How Latin America’s right use humour – and why it has deep historical roots](https://iwpost.com/how-latin-americas-right-use-humour-and-why-it-has-deep-historical-roots/): Humour plays a key role in the political communication of rightwing populist leaders in Latin America.
- [Beyond the skull: debunking the myth of the natural-born terrorist](https://iwpost.com/beyond-the-skull-debunking-the-myth-of-the-natural-born-terrorist/): In 1870, the Italian physician Cesare Lombroso examined the skull of a dead thief named Giuseppe Villella and decided he had found the source of criminality.
- [Can Israel’s Georgia Success Become a Global Diplomacy Blueprint? ](https://iwpost.com/can-israels-georgia-success-become-a-global-diplomacy-blueprint/): Itsik Moshe believes Israel’s next diplomatic breakthrough will not come from another embassy or government initiative.
- [What happens when you put AI to work deciphering lost languages?](https://iwpost.com/what-happens-when-you-put-ai-to-work-deciphering-lost-languages/): Every ancient language that has ever been deciphered needed an anchor.
- [Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-new-ai-model-can-identify-more-software-bugs-than-ever-microsoft-is-struggling-to-fix-them-fast-enough/): On an afternoon in mid-May, dozens of Microsoft engineers and their managers gathered online and in a conference room at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters to discuss Project Glasswing.
- [Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces says 20 members killed in overnight US-Saudi airstrikes](https://iwpost.com/iraqs-popular-mobilization-forces-says-20-members-killed-in-overnight-us-saudi-airstrikes/): Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said Wednesday that at least 20 of its members were killed and 32 others wounded in overnight US-Saudi airstrikes targeting the group’s headquarters in several provinces across the country, Anadolu reports.
- [Google's SynthID watermark is hard to break, but it doesn't solve AI misinformation](https://iwpost.com/googles-synthid-watermark-is-hard-to-break-but-it-doesnt-solve-ai-misinformation/): The scale of AI-generated media can be hard to grasp.
- [FIFA Faces Backlash Over Plan to Sell World Cup Commercial Rights](https://iwpost.com/fifa-faces-backlash-over-plan-to-sell-world-cup-commercial-rights/): FIFA has sparked widespread criticism after unveiling plans to sell a stake in the commercial rights to its major tournaments, including the men’s and women’s World Cups and the Club World Cup, through a new venture valued at around $20 billion.
- [Asia’s central banks are quietly writing the rules for AI finance](https://iwpost.com/asias-central-banks-are-quietly-writing-the-rules-for-ai-finance/): The global economy is entering a new era in which artificial intelligence is no longer merely a technological innovation but an increasingly influential economic force.
- [Catholic Deacon Fell From Cliff During Grizzly Bear Attack](https://iwpost.com/catholic-deacon-fell-from-cliff-during-grizzly-bear-attack/): A Catholic deacon from Florida died in a horrific grizzly bear attack at Montana’s Glacier National Park after falling nearly 100 feet down a steep slope while the bear continued its assault, according to a newly released interagency report.
- [Study: Dinosaurs were charbroiled after Chicxulub impact](https://iwpost.com/study-dinosaurs-were-charbroiled-after-chicxulub-impact/): Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid impact wiped out three-quarters of all plant and animal species on Earth, most notably taking down the dinosaurs.
- [US stealth fighter surge risks a readiness nosedive](https://iwpost.com/us-stealth-fighter-surge-risks-a-readiness-nosedive/): The US military’s fighter fleet is projected to become stealthier but less available, widening the gap between technological sophistication and the combat mass needed for a prolonged war.
- [100 Chambers of Commerce in Reach Globally, Says Head of Israel House ](https://iwpost.com/100-chambers-of-commerce-in-reach-globally-says-head-of-israel-house/): It is the kind of promise that can sound implausibly large: a global network built without a state budget, formal diplomatic postings or a conventional government campaign.
- [eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign](https://iwpost.com/ebay-pays-46m-to-journalists-it-targeted-in-bizarre-harassment-campaign/): eBay and three former executives agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement over a macabre campaign of cyberstalking and harassment that targeted two journalists in 2019.
- [EU Considers Scaling Back Business Tax Plan Amid Budget Dispute](https://iwpost.com/eu-considers-scaling-back-business-tax-plan-amid-budget-dispute/): The European Commission is considering reducing the scope of a proposed tax on large companies aimed at generating new revenue for the European Union’s next seven-year budget, as it faces resistance from member states and business groups.
- [When an abandoned SpaceX rocket crashes into the Moon](https://iwpost.com/when-an-abandoned-spacex-rocket-crashes-into-the-moon/): In the early hours of August 5 (UTC), an abandoned SpaceX rocket stage is expected to slam into the Moon at around 8,700 kilometers per hour.
- [Israeli airstrike destroys mosque, displaced persons’ tents in Gaza City, leaves hundreds homeless](https://iwpost.com/israeli-airstrike-destroys-mosque-displaced-persons-tents-in-gaza-city-leaves-hundreds-homeless/): An Israeli airstrike destroyed a mosque and tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza City on Tuesday, leaving hundreds homeless, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent.
- [We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face](https://iwpost.com/we-now-have-a-better-understanding-how-openai-hacked-into-hugging-face/): Last week’s unprecedented security event in which two OpenAI security hacking models trespassed into the network of fellow AI company Hugging Face was enabled by exploiting one or more zero-day vulnerabilities in Artifactory, JFrog, the product’s developer, said Monday.
- [Tom Cruise ‘Devastated’ Over Suri’s Name Change](https://iwpost.com/tom-cruise-devastated-over-suris-name-change/): Tom Cruise is reportedly reeling after his daughter Suri made a major personal change official by legally dropping his famous last name.
- [Remember the two-state solution? Trump doesn’t](https://iwpost.com/remember-the-two-state-solution-trump-doesnt/): Israel’s right-wing government is intensifying its half-century-long campaign to take over the West Bank fully by unleashing bands of settler militias to harass Palestinian residents, destroy their homes and livelihoods and restrict their movement throughout the occupied territory.
- [Netanyahu Says Talks With President Trump Were ‘One of the Best Conversations’](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-talks-with-president-trump-were-one-of-the-best-conversations/): President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a 90-minute White House meeting Tuesday with a shared message that the United States and Israel remain aligned on preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, while President Donald Trump weighs whether to pursue further diplomacy or authorize additional military action.
- [GO Ventures Invests in AI Cybersecurity Company Jericho Security](https://iwpost.com/go-ventures-invests-in-ai-cybersecurity-company-jericho-security/): GO Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of GO plc, has invested in Jericho Security, a New York-based cybersecurity company developing artificial intelligence tools to help organisations defend against increasingly sophisticated social engineering attacks.
- [Audi has a new flagship designed with the US in mind: The 2027 Q9](https://iwpost.com/audi-has-a-new-flagship-designed-with-the-us-in-mind-the-2027-q9/): Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see the Q9 and Q7. And we also drove the new RS5.
- [Bank Indonesia drama shows why rupiah is plunging](https://iwpost.com/bank-indonesia-drama-shows-why-rupiah-is-plunging/): TOKYO — Investors hoping President Prabowo Subianto might learn from Indonesia’s past economic mistakes should get used to disappointment.
- [College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure](https://iwpost.com/college-lab-class-ends-with-32-people-on-antibiotics-for-deadly-germ-exposure/): A bizarre series of events in a college microbiology lab class left 33 people—including students, professors, and lab workers—believing they were exposed to a deadly germ.
- [Iran Has Figured Out How to Overwhelm U.S. Air Defenses](https://iwpost.com/iran-has-figured-out-how-to-overwhelm-u-s-air-defenses/): As munitions streaked through the night sky, a plaintive cry like a whale song echoed in the darkness. U.S.
- [Trump says Israel ‘would not survive’ without US](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-israel-would-not-survive-without-us/): US President Donald Trump sought to shape expectations ahead of his first meeting in months with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by stressing Israel’s reliance on American support and dismissing concerns over a possible US sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey.
- [Iran says final Hormuz proposal to Oman requires control of key shipping lanes](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-final-hormuz-proposal-to-oman-requires-control-of-key-shipping-lanes/): Iran’s deputy foreign minister said Tuesday that Tehran’s final proposal to Oman on reopening the Strait of Hormuz requires one shipping lane to remain entirely under Iranian control and part of a second lane to be also controlled by Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Syria Closes the Chapter on the ‘Assad Pound.’ Can the New Currency Regain Syrians’ Trust?](https://iwpost.com/syria-closes-the-chapter-on-the-assad-pound-can-the-new-currency-regain-syrians-trust/): [DAMASCUS] As the deadline for exchanging banknotes issued during the rule of former President Bashar Assad approaches, the Central Bank of Syria says around 80% of the old currency has been exchanged since the beginning of the year.
- [Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit](https://iwpost.com/reaction-wheel-failures-leave-swift-rescue-mission-spinning-in-orbit/): Nearly a month since its launch, a first-of-its-kind commercial satellite built to save NASA’s Swift gamma-ray telescope from a fiery reentry is having problems of its own, the agency announced Tuesday.
- [Dolly Parton Faces New Heartbreak](https://iwpost.com/dolly-parton-faces-new-heartbreak/): Dolly Parton is facing another painful family loss after the death of her older brother, Coy “Denver” Parton, who died at age 82.
- [Despite AI hype, Google's data shows workers aren't automating themselves away](https://iwpost.com/despite-ai-hype-googles-data-shows-workers-arent-automating-themselves-away/): Anyone following the AI space is by now familiar with lofty claims that AI models will soon be better than humans at everything and capable of replacing vast swaths of the human workforce.
- [India’s Gen Z: the generation Modi couldn’t silence](https://iwpost.com/indias-gen-z-the-generation-modi-couldnt-silence/): You can kill a revolutionary but never kill the revolution.
- [France turn to ‘legend’ Zinedine Zidane as head coach](https://iwpost.com/france-turn-to-legend-zinedine-zidane-as-head-coach/): Zinedine Zidane has been appointed as France’s new head coach, replacing Didier Deschamps after more than a decade at the helm of Les Bleus.
- [Inside the ‘America First’ makeover of a global hunger program](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-america-first-makeover-of-a-global-hunger-program/): Bassirou Sani Boubacar Gaoh has spent the last decade trying to figure out how the plants feeding millions across Niger can better withstand the unpredictability of a warming planet.
- [Judge blocks first state law that would have banned prediction markets](https://iwpost.com/judge-blocks-first-state-law-that-would-have-banned-prediction-markets/): Minnesota, the first US state to prohibit prediction markets, was prevented from enforcing the law by a federal court ruling just days before the ban was scheduled to take effect.
- [Vietnam’s smart-port push opens another door to Washington](https://iwpost.com/vietnams-smart-port-push-opens-another-door-to-washington/): Vietnam’s effort to modernize Da Nang’s maritime infrastructure may look at first like another Asian port-development project, but it is considerably more important than that.
- [Oman Pushes Regional Plan for Shared Control of the Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/oman-pushes-regional-plan-for-shared-control-of-the-strait-of-hormuz/): Oman has put forward a proposal that would replace Iran’s sole control of the Strait of Hormuz with a joint regional mechanism, opening negotiations over one of the world’s most strategically important shipping lanes, Reuters reported, citing a Gulf source.
- [Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct](https://iwpost.com/federal-judges-chastise-trumps-justice-department-for-unlawful-unethical-and-unseemly-conduct/): Across the country, federal judges are calling out Department of Justice lawyers, questioning in unprecedented ways whether they can be trusted to tell the truth or uphold centuries-old legal norms.
- [US, UAE to establish military artificial intelligence task force](https://iwpost.com/us-uae-to-establish-military-artificial-intelligence-task-force/): The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday to create the first bilateral task force dedicated to accelerating the development of military artificial intelligence (AI).
- [Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism link](https://iwpost.com/report-trump-mad-rfk-jr-hasnt-cut-more-vaccines-or-proven-autism-link/): Ardent anti-vaccine activist and current US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [‘Today’ Star Explodes After being Accused of ‘Mansplaining’](https://iwpost.com/today-star-explodes-after-being-accused-of-mansplaining/): Carson Daly is reportedly facing behind-the-scenes drama at Today after a seemingly playful on-air exchange with NBC News correspondent Vicky Nguyen allegedly left him furious once the cameras stopped rolling.
- [Donald Trump has launched another ‘Red Scare’ in the US – it’s a favourite tactic of the right](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-has-launched-another-red-scare-in-the-us-its-a-favourite-tactic-of-the-right/): President Donald Trump’s recent speech at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial was a key moment in his carefully choreographed America 250 weekend.
- [Canada’s GCAP fighter move tests limits of US diversification](https://iwpost.com/canadas-gcap-fighter-move-tests-limits-of-us-diversification/): Canada’s entry into the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) highlights a broader strategic dilemma: how to modernize its air force without deepening dependence on any single supplier or undermining the interoperability on which its defense commitments rely.
- [Japan lifts tsunami advisory after 7.1-magnitude quake](https://iwpost.com/japan-lifts-tsunami-advisory-after-7-1-magnitude-quake/): Japan has lifted a tsunami alert issued after a powerful earthquake struck the country’s southwest on Tuesday.
- [As US measles cases rise, biotech firms start developing new treatments](https://iwpost.com/as-us-measles-cases-rise-biotech-firms-start-developing-new-treatments/): Up until recently, measles vaccination has been so effective that there’s been little medical or financial incentive to develop treatments for the disease.
- [Hard power, hard choices: UK’s reckoning a lesson for US](https://iwpost.com/hard-power-hard-choices-uks-reckoning-a-lesson-for-us/): Andy Burnham walked into 10 Downing Street last week as Britain’s seventh prime minister in ten years.
- [Netanyahu Heads to Washington With Iran at the Center of Agenda](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-heads-to-washington-with-iran-at-the-center-of-agenda/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, DC, ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump that both leaders have framed around one overriding issue: Iran.
- [Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: Much better battery, much worse price](https://iwpost.com/framework-laptop-13-pro-review-much-better-battery-much-worse-price/): I’ve liked the Framework Laptop 13 since the first time I used it, partly because I just think the idea of a repairable and upgradeable laptop is cool and partly because it’s not Yet Another Ultraportable Trying To Be A MacBook Air Clone.
- [Abdul El-Sayed Faces Islamophobic Attacks From GOP and Democratic Establishment](https://iwpost.com/abdul-el-sayed-faces-islamophobic-attacks-from-gop-and-democratic-establishment/): In a July 19 interview with a leading Democratic Senate candidate in the swing state of Michigan, CNN host Jake Tapper homed in on the U.S.–Israeli war on Iran — but he didn’t ask the candidate’s thoughts on the hundreds of Iranian and Lebanese civilians killed, nor the possibility of U.S.
- [This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.](https://iwpost.com/this-maga-influencer-runs-a-charity-to-teach-kids-civics-much-of-the-money-goes-to-him-instead/): In a private ceremony on Sept.
- [Finland closes southern airspace near Russia over drone risk](https://iwpost.com/finland-closes-southern-airspace-near-russia-over-drone-risk/): Finland’s Defence Forces on Tuesday restricted part of the airspace off the country’s southern coast near the Russian border due to the risk of stray drones, a military spokesperson said.
- [Al-Qaida and Islamic State adopting AI – but not the same way](https://iwpost.com/al-qaida-and-islamic-state-adopting-ai-but-not-the-same-way/): Artificial intelligence may not create a new kind of terrorism, but it makes existing tactics cheaper, faster and easier.
- [Chad announces withdrawal from International Criminal Court Treaty](https://iwpost.com/chad-announces-withdrawal-from-international-criminal-court-treaty/): Chad announced on Monday that it is withdrawing from the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it has formally notified the United Nations of its decision.
- [Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many](https://iwpost.com/verizon-touts-1b-dark-fiber-deal-for-google-data-centers-as-first-of-many/): Verizon is seeking to tap into Silicon Valley’s AI spending in a big way.
- [TikTok Mom Heard ‘Screaming and Crying’ on 911 Call Before Murder](https://iwpost.com/tiktok-mom-heard-screaming-and-crying-on-911-call-before-murder/): A terrifying 911 call captured the final moments before Oklahoma TikTok influencer Sara Gilson was allegedly shot and killed by her estranged husband, just days after she publicly accused him of being a “pedophile” in a viral social media post.
- [Novel follows 5 lives changed forever by Iran Islamic revolution](https://iwpost.com/novel-follows-5-lives-changed-forever-by-iran-islamic-revolution/): In The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the 1979 Islamic Revolution is the primary force propelling the story forward.
- [5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech](https://iwpost.com/5th-circuit-blocks-texas-law-requiring-websites-to-filter-harmful-speech/): Texas cannot enforce a law’s requirement that websites block minors from seeing harmful speech, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled on Friday.
- [US Extends West Bank Travel Restrictions Amid Escalating Violence ](https://iwpost.com/us-extends-west-bank-travel-restrictions-amid-escalating-violence/): The United States has extended travel restrictions for US government personnel and their families in the West Bank amid attacks following a gunfight near Nablus.
- [France abstains over appointment of new EU political parties watchdog chief](https://iwpost.com/france-abstains-over-appointment-of-new-eu-political-parties-watchdog-chief/): France declined to support the appointment of Philippe Musquar as the new head of the EU body overseeing the financing of pan-European political parties, citing concerns over the speed and transparency of the selection process.
- [Riyadh’s bomb-in-waiting: inside the US-Saudi nuclear deal](https://iwpost.com/riyadhs-bomb-in-waiting-inside-the-us-saudi-nuclear-deal/): This sentiment from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman might come true sooner than expected.
- [“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win](https://iwpost.com/google-and-reddit-do-not-own-the-internet-web-scraper-says-after-court-win/): After a big court loss last week, Google has confirmed that it won’t give up its fight to block AI bots from scraping its search results.
- [Trump dismisses Israeli opposition to potential F-35 sale to Turkiye](https://iwpost.com/trump-dismisses-israeli-opposition-to-potential-f-35-sale-to-turkiye/): US President Donald Trump on Monday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to the potential sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkiye, Anadolu reports.
- [A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months](https://iwpost.com/a-missing-underscore-sent-innocent-man-to-prison-for-18-months/): One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months.
- [Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Richard Dalton: The Escalation Trap: How Long Can It Go On?](https://iwpost.com/podcast-by-jasim-al-azzawi-with-richard-dalton-the-escalation-trap-how-long-can-it-go-on/): Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- [Saudi Arabia Leads New Maritime Defense Coalition To Secure Red Sea Shipping ](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-leads-new-maritime-defense-coalition-to-secure-red-sea-shipping/): Saudi Arabia and 13 founding nations announced the creation of the Multinational Maritime Defense Coalition, a Saudi-led security initiative intended to protect commercial shipping, energy supply lines, and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and Gulf of Aden, following recent threats to maritime traffic.
- [Reddit CEO on AI Overviews: "We're still looking for that win-win"](https://iwpost.com/reddit-ceo-on-ai-overviews-were-still-looking-for-that-win-win/): Like any company, Reddit reports quarterly earnings, and its CEO, Steve Huffman, addresses investors during those reports.
- [Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside](https://iwpost.com/defcons-new-badge-is-a-security-key-you-can-see-inside/): It’s been a longtime feature of the annual Defcon hacker conference that attendees come away not only with knowledge of new software vulnerabilities and hacking techniques but also an elaborately designed conference badge—often electronic masterpieces embedded with intricate puzzles, complex crypto challenges, hidden Easter eggs, and even the mechanical gear trains of a watch.
- [Fake Priest Accused of Sham Weddings and Baptisms](https://iwpost.com/fake-priest-accused-of-sham-weddings-and-baptisms/): A man accused of posing as a Catholic priest has been unmasked after allegedly duping believers into fake weddings, baptisms, Masses and spiritual guidance along Mexico’s popular tourist coast.
- [Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics](https://iwpost.com/google-earth-risked-ruin-with-retracted-ai-tool-for-making-fake-satellite-pics/): Google briefly allowed anyone to create AI-modified versions of satellite imagery available in Google Earth—before quickly reversing its decision as people shared examples of AI-generated pictures that illustrated the potential for misinformation and disinformation.
- [Morocco Border Breach Leaves 18 Dead as 49,000 Enter Spanish Enclave ](https://iwpost.com/morocco-border-breach-leaves-18-dead-as-49000-enter-spanish-enclave/): Spain deployed the military to its North African enclave of Ceuta after an estimated 49,000 migrants crossed from Morocco within 24 hours, leaving at least 18 people dead and touching off a diplomatic dispute within the European Union.
- [Spain says over 48,300 migrants have returned to Morocco from Ceuta](https://iwpost.com/spain-says-over-48300-migrants-have-returned-to-morocco-from-ceuta/): More than 48,300 of the approximately 50,000 migrants who entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta since early Thursday have returned to Morocco by Friday afternoon, Spain’s Interior Ministry said, according to EFE news agency.
- [Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies](https://iwpost.com/claude-published-malicious-code-to-the-internet-and-attacked-3-real-companies/): Anthropic said its Claude-based security models gained unauthorized access to the sensitive production environments of three outside organizations during internal testing designed to measure the models’ offensive cyber capabilities.
- [Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows](https://iwpost.com/corporations-not-immigrants-are-responsible-for-vast-majority-of-healthcare-fraud-oig-report-shows/): For more than a year, the Trump administration has sought to blame immigrants for widespread health care fraud.
- [ASEAN winners and losers in the era of the Hormuz crisis](https://iwpost.com/asean-winners-and-losers-in-the-era-of-the-hormuz-crisis/): The Hormuz crisis is too often seen as ASEAN oil-shock story. Truth is, it is that. But in addiiton it’s a human ledger of pain and an economic index of sorts.
- [Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive](https://iwpost.com/reddit-keeps-its-strange-dmca-fight-over-google-search-results-alive/): On Friday, a judge largely denied a motion to dismiss from a web scraper, SerpApi, which is accused of conspiring with Perplexity AI to illegally scrape copyrighted Reddit content from Google search results.
- [Grandmother Who Beat Cancer Twice Murdered by Stranger](https://iwpost.com/grandmother-who-beat-cancer-twice-murdered-by-stranger/): An Arizona family is grieving a heartbreaking loss after a beloved grandmother who had beaten cancer twice died from brain injuries days after she was allegedly attacked by a stranger outside her apartment complex.
- [US begins review of its military presence in Europe](https://iwpost.com/us-begins-review-of-its-military-presence-in-europe/): The United States has launched a review of its military presence in Europe, a move aimed at shifting greater responsibility for conventional defence onto European NATO allies.
- [Tell Tells 2 Stories About the Limits of Containment in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria ](https://iwpost.com/tell-tells-2-stories-about-the-limits-of-containment-in-the-west-bank-judea-and-samaria/): The deadly confrontation in Tell near Nablus last week and the conflict that followed have intensified competing claims over settler violence and Palestinian attacks, while raising a broader question: how much further can the West Bank/Judea and Samaria deteriorate before localized confrontations develop into a sustained uprising in the form of an intifada?
- [Doctors took a look at man's painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing](https://iwpost.com/doctors-took-a-look-at-mans-painful-shoulder-they-found-the-joint-was-missing/): A 45-year-old construction worker went to the emergency department for his right shoulder, which was extremely swollen and becoming progressively more painful.
- [RSF unit surrenders to Sudanese army with full military equipment](https://iwpost.com/rsf-unit-surrenders-to-sudanese-army-with-full-military-equipment/): A unit of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) surrendered to the army on Friday, handing over its personnel and full military equipment, according to the state-run Sudan News Agency (SUNA).
- [Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA](https://iwpost.com/not-just-neanderthals-ghost-lineage-in-africa-left-its-mark-on-our-dna/): When the history of our ancestry is written, the fact that we’ve interbred with some of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, will have a central role.
- [Gulf states back plan to let Iran collect voluntary fees to use Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/gulf-states-back-plan-to-let-iran-collect-voluntary-fees-to-use-hormuz/): Gulf states have backed a proposal aimed at reducing disruption to global oil trade by allowing Iran to collect voluntary fees from ships using the Strait of Hormuz, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
- [Abdul El-Sayed on The Intercept Briefing](https://iwpost.com/abdul-el-sayed-on-the-intercept-briefing/): On Tuesday, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., will face off in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary.
- [Shocking Lawsuit Filed in Nancy Guthrie Case](https://iwpost.com/shocking-lawsuit-filed-in-nancy-guthrie-case/): Two men who were detained and questioned early in the desperate search for Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie, are preparing to file a $3.25 million wrongful arrest lawsuit against the Pima County sheriff.
- [How Iran Brought Israel Closer to Middle East Nations](https://iwpost.com/how-iran-brought-israel-closer-to-middle-east-nations/): A series of diplomatic moves across the Middle East is raising the prospect of new regional arrangements even as the continuing confrontation between Washington and Tehran places governments under mounting military, economic and political pressure.
- [Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification](https://iwpost.com/google-plans-to-exempt-sanctioned-nations-from-android-developer-verification/): We are a month away from the initial rollout of Google’s Android developer verification system, and the company contends this policy does not impinge on the platform’s open nature.
- [A brief history of how countries sleepwalk into war](https://iwpost.com/a-brief-history-of-how-countries-sleepwalk-into-war/): A nominal ceasefire reached in April 2026 has done little to halt the escalation in the Persian Gulf.
- [Would you get tattooed just to interview at a 7-days-a-week AI startup?](https://iwpost.com/would-you-get-tattooed-just-to-interview-at-a-7-days-a-week-ai-startup/): Everyone knows that great gimmicks are the key to hiring top developers for your startup.
- [Spain and Italy in diplomatic dispute on Schengen rules](https://iwpost.com/spain-and-italy-in-diplomatic-dispute-on-schengen-rules/): Italy and Spain have become embroiled in a diplomatic dispute after thousands of migrants reportedly entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco.
- [Here’s what supercharged the monster wildfires in Spain and France](https://iwpost.com/heres-what-supercharged-the-monster-wildfires-in-spain-and-france/): Over the past week, hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain fled their homes, many in the dead of night, carrying only what they could.
- [Diplomacy after death at Senator Lindsey Graham’s funeral](https://iwpost.com/diplomacy-after-death-at-senator-lindsey-grahams-funeral/): Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu sat on the same row in Washington National Cathedral this week to bid farewell to Republican US senator Lindsey Graham.
- [Trump says US will hit Iran ‘very hard,’ wants to ‘win’ war](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-us-will-hit-iran-very-hard-wants-to-win-war/): US President Donald Trump on Friday said that Washington will continue striking Iran “very hard,” adding that the US wants to “win” the war, Anadolu reports.
- [Can the Left Win in the Midwest? Abdul El-Sayed Says Yes.](https://iwpost.com/can-the-left-win-in-the-midwest-abdul-el-sayed-says-yes/): On Tuesday, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., will face off in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary.
- [For the Second Time, Lawmakers Failed to Fix California’s Warning System for Teacher Misconduct](https://iwpost.com/for-the-second-time-lawmakers-failed-to-fix-californias-warning-system-for-teacher-misconduct/): A last-ditch legislative attempt to help California school districts keep problematic teachers out of the classroom has collapsed following opposition from unions and the state teacher licensing agency that a proposed searchable database would violate privacy and subject educators to unfair treatment.
- [China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs](https://iwpost.com/china-could-supply-ev-manufacturing-boom-with-recycled-evs/): While recycling is a mathematically obvious response to the finite, non-renewable nature of many resources, the economic math is often challenging.
- [Israel in a post-US hegemonic Middle East](https://iwpost.com/israel-in-a-post-us-hegemonic-middle-east/): For over four decades, Israeli strategy has rested on an assumption so basic it rarely gets stated out loud: that the United States would remain the unrivaled organizing power of the Middle East, willing and able to underwrite Israel’s military edge, absorb the diplomatic costs of its policies, and police the region’s balance of power on Washington’s terms.
- [Coal Mine Explosion in Pakistan Kills 34, Rescue Efforts Continue](https://iwpost.com/coal-mine-explosion-in-pakistan-kills-34-rescue-efforts-continue/): Authorities in Balochistan on Friday confirmed 34 deaths following an explosion in a coal mine in the ‘Sorange’ mining site near the provincial capital, Quetta.
- [Michael Jackson’s Daughter Paris’ Home Swarmed by Police](https://iwpost.com/michael-jacksons-daughter-paris-home-swarmed-by-police/): Paris Jackson’s Los Angeles home became the center of a police response after a security guard called 911 to report an alleged stalker outside the property.
- [We investigated Russia’s military indoctrination of Ukrainian children in occupied territories – what we found was more shocking than we could have imagined](https://iwpost.com/we-investigated-russias-military-indoctrination-of-ukrainian-children-in-occupied-territories-what-we-found-was-more-shocking-than-we-could-have-imagined/): Ukrainian children take part in a military game at a school in the Russian-controlled city of Makeevka, April 2019.
- [AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust](https://iwpost.com/ai-scammers-outperform-humans-when-it-comes-to-building-trust/): The notion that scammers can use AI to sharpen their deceptions, polish their language, and lubricate their banter with victims is now a reality for anyone fighting the fraud operations that steal tens of billions of dollars a year worldwide.
- [Trump says deal reached to disarm Hamas, Israeli support for plan remains uncertain](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-deal-reached-to-disarm-hamas-israeli-support-for-plan-remains-uncertain/): U.S. President Donald Trump said talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders on Thursday have led to a phased disarmament agreement in ​Gaza, but a Hamas official described the deal as a draft and U.S.
- [Nostalgia hinders Takaichi’s vision for Japan](https://iwpost.com/nostalgia-hinders-takaichis-vision-for-japan/): Two themes dominate Japan’s elite thinking at present: a blend of awe and fear about the ambitions of Japan’s powerful prime minister, Sanae Takaichi; and concerns about the US-Japan security alliance.
- [Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus](https://iwpost.com/pathogenic-review-damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-virus/): Over the past couple of weeks, my immune system has been struggling to fight off a cold. It’s been unpleasant, as all colds are.
- [Uefa could boycott the World Cup if Fifa plan goes ahead – what happens next?](https://iwpost.com/uefa-could-boycott-the-world-cup-if-fifa-plan-goes-ahead-what-happens-next/): The 55 member countries of Uefa – Europe’s governing body for football, whose teams are among the world’s best and tend to dominate international competitions, have drawn a line in the sand.
- [Revolving door at 10 Downing St. is weakening the special relationship between UK and US](https://iwpost.com/revolving-door-at-10-downing-st-is-weakening-the-special-relationship-between-uk-and-us/): One of the first things Andy Burnham did on July 20, 2026, after assuming the role of Britain’s prime minister was make a long-distance call to Donald Trump.
- [Data shows Indonesia is still importing from Israel, in the middle of a genocide, until now](https://iwpost.com/data-shows-indonesia-is-still-importing-from-israel-in-the-middle-of-a-genocide-until-now/): Indonesia’s own Ministry of Trade has published data showing the country is still importing goods from Israel today, in 2026, almost three years into a genocide the world has watched unfold in Gaza.
- [A weak German economy, a weaker chancellor](https://iwpost.com/a-weak-german-economy-a-weaker-chancellor/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [OPINION – The World Happiness Report: How To Explain Israel’s High Ranking? ](https://iwpost.com/opinion-the-world-happiness-report-how-to-explain-israels-high-ranking/): One of the conundrums I often confront is how to comprehend Israel’s consistent ranking in the top 10 countries in the World Happiness Report, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, in partnership with Gallup, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and an independent editorial board.
- [How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit](https://iwpost.com/how-a-yale-ai-cheating-dispute-became-a-13-count-federal-lawsuit/): Thierry Rignol is furious at Yale.
- [BP puts UK North Sea oil and gas assets up for sale as CEO pushes overhaul](https://iwpost.com/bp-puts-uk-north-sea-oil-and-gas-assets-up-for-sale-as-ceo-pushes-overhaul/): BP wants to sell its British oil and gas fields in ‌the North Sea as new Chief Executive Officer Meg O’Neill accelerates a sweeping portfolio overhaul aimed at improving profitability.
- [Abdul El-Sayed Answers: Can the Left Win in the Midwest? Yes.](https://iwpost.com/abdul-el-sayed-answers-can-the-left-win-in-the-midwest-yes/): On Tuesday, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., will face off in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary.
- [As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice](https://iwpost.com/as-trumps-tariff-war-with-canada-drags-on-this-border-community-suffers-without-a-voice/): On the northeast edge of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, nearly 1,100 people gathered in late June for the International Bridge Walk across the long span that links two cities with the same name: Sault Ste.
- [The enduring legacy of Kashmir’s poet‑saints who built bridges between faiths](https://iwpost.com/the-enduring-legacy-of-kashmirs-poet-saints-who-built-bridges-between-faiths/): Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points.
- [Quantum computers outperform classical ones, with results you can trust](https://iwpost.com/quantum-computers-outperform-classical-ones-with-results-you-can-trust/): There are many algorithms for which it has been mathematically proven that a quantum computer can generate results that would take a classical computer an unreasonable amount of time to generate.
- [Google reveals Gemini Robotics 2.0, promising improved dexterity and safety](https://iwpost.com/google-reveals-gemini-robotics-2-0-promising-improved-dexterity-and-safety/): Robots powered by Google’s Gemini AI models are now more capable.
- [Franco Baresi, Milan icon and Italy great, dies aged 66](https://iwpost.com/franco-baresi-milan-icon-and-italy-great-dies-aged-66/): Franco Baresi, the legendary AC Milan captain who spent his entire professional career with the club and became one of the most celebrated defenders in Italian soccer history, has died at the age of 66.
- [AI reckoning makes South Korean economy run for cover](https://iwpost.com/ai-reckoning-makes-south-korean-economy-run-for-cover/): TOKYO — South Korea has outrun the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 Lehman shock, and the 2013 taper tantrum.
- [Iranian army says drones target key US facilities at Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa Air Base](https://iwpost.com/iranian-army-says-drones-target-key-us-facilities-at-bahrains-sheikh-isa-air-base/): Iran’s army said Thursday it targeted key US military facilities at Bahrain’s Sheikh Isa Air Base with one-way attack drones amid an exchange of attacks between Tehran and Washington across the Middle East region.
- [Pakistan Aims To Double US Trade to $20 Billion in 5 Years ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-aims-to-double-us-trade-to-20-billion-in-5-years/): Pakistan wants to increase its bilateral trade with the United States to $20 billion over the next five years.
- [Just because a game is on disc doesn’t mean it will work in the future](https://iwpost.com/just-because-a-game-is-on-disc-doesnt-mean-it-will-work-in-the-future/): Sony’s recent decision to stop producing physical PlayStation games in the near future has naturally led to a renewed focus and appreciation for physical games that can be played just by sticking a cartridge or disc in a console.
- [China’s DUV lithography still lags ASML by four generations](https://iwpost.com/chinas-duv-lithography-still-lags-asml-by-four-generations/): Media reports published earlier this week about China’s plan to start making its own immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines have caused a sharp sell-off of European chip equipment stocks.
- [Singer Gets Trapped in Giant Water Bottle During Concert (Video)](https://iwpost.com/singer-gets-trapped-in-giant-water-bottle-during-concert-video/): Katy Perry’s latest concert stunt was supposed to bring her closer to the crowd. Instead, it nearly sent her sailing into the unknown.
- [Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show](https://iwpost.com/iran-struck-amazon-data-centers-again-amid-widening-war-satellites-show/): Satellite images have revealed new damage to Amazon data centers in the Middle East along with at least one crucial Saudi oil facility, following missile and drone attacks by Iran and its Houthi allies.
- [US and Saudi Arabia Launch Strikes on Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq](https://iwpost.com/us-and-saudi-arabia-launch-strikes-on-iran-backed-militias-in-iraq/): The United States and Saudi Arabia have carried out joint air strikes against Iran-backed militia targets in eastern Iraq after a wave of drone attacks on US forces and Saudi energy infrastructure.
- [Taiwan’s path to victory is unclear](https://iwpost.com/taiwans-path-to-victory-is-unclear/): Like few other countries, Taiwan faces a legitimate existential crisis.
- [Why Damietta Drone Strike Proves Egypt Can’t Hide From Regional War ](https://iwpost.com/why-damietta-drone-strike-proves-egypt-cant-hide-from-regional-war/): [CAIRO] Egypt’s cabinet said Thursday that a drone caused a fire aboard two vessels at Damietta port, after initial accounts from Egyptian security sources disputed reports that the fire was caused by a drone strike.
- [Trump FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV](https://iwpost.com/trump-fcc-faces-blowback-in-attempt-to-police-speech-on-broadcast-tv/): Conservatives and liberals lined up in opposition to the Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to punish ABC for speech that President Trump dislikes.
- [US sanctions global networks supporting Iran’s Mahan Air, Revolutionary Guards](https://iwpost.com/us-sanctions-global-networks-supporting-irans-mahan-air-revolutionary-guards/): The US imposed sanctions on six individuals and entities Thursday in four nations for their roles in supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its primary transport network, Mahan Air, Anadolu reports.
- [Derek Williams dies after decades filming the frontlines of Asia](https://iwpost.com/derek-williams-dies-after-decades-filming-the-frontlines-of-asia/): Longtime CBS News cameraman Derek Williams, who spent four decades covering some of Asia’s most pivotal events, from the Vietnam War to the Tiananmen Square massacre, died July 22.
- [Tim Cook passes the baton in Apple's Q3 2026 earnings call](https://iwpost.com/tim-cook-passes-the-baton-in-apples-q3-2026-earnings-call/): Apple saw an excellent and better-than-anticipated Q3 2026 in terms of iPhone sales, but its revenue for services—like Apple TV, Apple Music, AppleCare, or iCloud—slipped downward, disappointing experts who were hoping for more.
- [Unidentified object crashes in Poland as Russia strikes Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/unidentified-object-crashes-in-poland-as-russia-strikes-ukraine/): An unidentified airborne object crashed in eastern Poland early Thursday during Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine, leaving behind a 10-meter-wide crater and scattered debris, said Polish authorities.
- [‘Miracle Baby’ of Ex-Football Star Dies in Tragic Drowning Accident](https://iwpost.com/miracle-baby-of-ex-football-star-dies-in-tragic-drowning-accident/): Former BYU football standout Curtis Brown and his wife, Kim, are mourning the heartbreaking death of their 2-year-old son, Haze, following a drowning accident at the family’s California home.
- [Chinese humanoids birthing new Asian business models](https://iwpost.com/chinese-humanoids-birthing-new-asian-business-models/): Made-in-China humanoids are helping to run Tokyo's Haneda airport.
- [Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers](https://iwpost.com/max-severity-exchange-server-flaw-under-active-exploitation-by-kremlin-hackers/): Russian state hackers are using a maximum-severity vulnerability in Microsoft’s Outlook’s Exchange Server to backdoor unpatched machines and steal credentials and other confidential information from them, security researchers said Thursday.
- [Two meetings and a funeral: diplomacy on the sidelines of Lindsey Graham’s memorial service](https://iwpost.com/two-meetings-and-a-funeral-diplomacy-on-the-sidelines-of-lindsey-grahams-memorial-service/): US politicians and world leaders, including Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu, gathered in Washington on July 28 for the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham.
- [Hamas May Agree To Gradual Disarmament as Gaza Pilot Neighborhood Nears](https://iwpost.com/hamas-may-agree-to-gradual-disarmament-as-gaza-pilot-neighborhood-nears/): Hamas is weighing a US-backed proposal that would require the terror group to surrender its weapons in stages while launching a broader plan to rebuild parts of the Gaza Strip, Channel 12 News reported, citing White House officials and other sources familiar with the negotiations.
- [Myanmar’s junta slowly but surely winning its war with ASEAN](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-junta-slowly-but-surely-winning-its-war-with-asean/): The multidimensional crisis that has gripped Myanmar since the military coup on February 1, 2021, has entered a new chapter — one increasingly complex and riddled with contradictions.
- [Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required](https://iwpost.com/chrome-may-get-faster-updates-with-no-restart-required/): With Chrome, Google pioneered the rapid release model for browser security. Now, Google says updates may need to change in the face of AI security analysis.
- [Euro Zone Growth Beats Forecasts as AI Investment Lifts Economy](https://iwpost.com/euro-zone-growth-beats-forecasts-as-ai-investment-lifts-economy/): The euro zone economy grew faster than expected last quarter as surging investment in AI, ample ​government spending and several one-off factors more than offset a drag from high energy costs and the war in Iran.
- [These psychedelic images reveal what your weather app isn’t telling you](https://iwpost.com/these-psychedelic-images-reveal-what-your-weather-app-isnt-telling-you/): My weather app says it’s 80 degrees, but that’s a lie.
- [Free Speech Crackdown: Germany Deports Bob Vylan Frontman for Anti-Israel Chants](https://iwpost.com/free-speech-crackdown-germany-deports-bob-vylan-frontman-for-anti-israel-chants/): The frontman of British punk rap band Bob Vylan was denied entry to Germany, detained at the Berlin airport, and ultimately deported to the United Kingdom last month due to his pro-Palestine statements.
- [Pakistan, Saudi Arabia welcome Jordan proposal for Arab-Islamic meeting on Palestine](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-saudi-arabia-welcome-jordan-proposal-for-arab-islamic-meeting-on-palestine/): Pakistan and Saudi Arabia welcomed Jordan’s proposal to convene a meeting of Arab and Islamic countries to address the worsening situation in Palestine, particularly in occupied East Jerusalem, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [The Washington dissensus on Myanmar](https://iwpost.com/the-washington-dissensus-on-myanmar/): US President Donald Trump has remade American foreign policy into a dangerous mix of belligerence, atrocity crimes and incoherent lunacy.
- [Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit](https://iwpost.com/space-force-backed-mission-does-its-best-impression-of-top-gun-in-orbit/): An ongoing military exercise happening hundreds of miles above Earth has—for the first time in an unclassified setting—demonstrated how future satellites might evade and pursue one another in a future conflict.
- [The other side of the Taj Mahal: artisan workers struggle to survive while the world enjoys their craft](https://iwpost.com/the-other-side-of-the-taj-mahal-artisan-workers-struggle-to-survive-while-the-world-enjoys-their-craft/): Agra is known as the home of the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world and a bucket-list destination.
- [Oscar Winner Airlifted from Mountain in Scary Medical Emergency (Video)](https://iwpost.com/oscar-winner-airlifted-from-mountain-in-scary-medical-emergency-video/): Oscar-winning Disney animator Glen Keane had to be airlifted off an Arizona mountain Wednesday morning after a frightening hiking emergency left him too dizzy and weak to make it back down.
- [Chip boom’s dirty secret hiding in Samsung’s record earnings](https://iwpost.com/chip-booms-dirty-secret-hiding-in-samsungs-record-earnings/): Samsung just posted an operating profit of 89.5 trillion won, roughly US$62 billion, for the second quarter. That’s a jump of 1,814% from a year earlier.
- [Pickaxe Mountain Puts the US-Iran Strategy to the Test, Experts Say](https://iwpost.com/pickaxe-mountain-puts-the-us-iran-strategy-to-the-test-experts-say/): President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged from their White House meeting united on the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but noticeably less aligned, according to some experts, on how to achieve it.
- [New MCP specification addresses the main barrier to enterprise adoption](https://iwpost.com/new-mcp-specification-addresses-the-main-barrier-to-enterprise-adoption/): This week, the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open source standard for how AI systems interact with external tools and data sources, saw its largest update since its introduction.
- [France, Spain and Greece battle wildfires as Europe swelters](https://iwpost.com/france-spain-and-greece-battle-wildfires-as-europe-swelters/): France, Spain and Greece battled major wildfires on Thursday as soaring temperatures, parched vegetation and powerful winds extended a summer of deadly fires, mass evacuations and mounting disruption across Europe.
- [Bob Vylan Frontman Deported From Germany for Chanting “Death to IDF” at Glastonbury](https://iwpost.com/bob-vylan-frontman-deported-from-germany-for-chanting-death-to-idf-at-glastonbury/): The frontman of British punk rap band Bob Vylan was denied entry to Germany, detained at the Berlin airport, and ultimately deported to the United Kingdom last month due to his pro-Palestine statements.
- [Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-is-finding-bugs-faster-than-microsoft-can-fix-them/): On an afternoon in mid-May, dozens of Microsoft engineers and their managers gathered online and in a conference room at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters to discuss Project Glasswing.
- [4 ways wildfires generate tornadoes, lightning and other extreme weather, sometimes miles from the flames](https://iwpost.com/4-ways-wildfires-generate-tornadoes-lightning-and-other-extreme-weather-sometimes-miles-from-the-flames/): Thick smoke from massive wildfires has been spreading in North America and Europe once again in 2026.
- [Why South Korean stocks just crashed](https://iwpost.com/why-south-korean-stocks-just-crashed/): Explaining stock market movements is always a little bit of a fool’s errand; no one really understands why stocks boom or crash on a given day or in a given week.
- [Gaza hospital director warns of worsening humanitarian and health crisis](https://iwpost.com/gaza-hospital-director-warns-of-worsening-humanitarian-and-health-crisis/): Dr Mohammad Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, warned on Wednesday that approximately 1.6 million people in the Gaza Strip are at risk of famine and malnutrition amid the continuing humanitarian crisis.
- [Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year](https://iwpost.com/actually-starliner-might-fly-into-space-this-year/): When we last checked in on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in February, NASA was announcing that it had formally classified the 2024 crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft as a “Type A” mishap, an acknowledgement that the test flight was a serious failure.
- [What does Infantino’s proposal to sell stakes in FIFA subsidiary entail?](https://iwpost.com/what-does-infantinos-proposal-to-sell-stakes-in-fifa-subsidiary-entail/): FIFA plans to create a $20 billion subsidiary to run the World Cup and its other events, offering stakes of up to 20% in FIFA Forward Enterprise to external investors, in a heavily criticised proposal by president Gianni Infantino that would provide member associations with a dramatic increase ​in funding.
- [Netanyahu’s Trump meeting suggests his star is waning in Washington](https://iwpost.com/netanyahus-trump-meeting-suggests-his-star-is-waning-in-washington/): Appearing increasingly isolated and weakened, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Washington this week, where he had a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump – his eighth of the US president’s second term.
- [Saudi Arabia Taps Veteran Diplomat as Ambassador to Syria ](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-taps-veteran-diplomat-as-ambassador-to-syria/): [DAMASCUS] Saudi Arabia has appointed diplomat Ghazi bin Rafea Al-Enezi as its new ambassador to Syria, succeeding Faisal Al-Mujfel, in the latest step in the restoration of relations between Riyadh and Damascus.
- [Woman Dies After ‘Freak’ Wine Glass Accident at Party](https://iwpost.com/woman-dies-after-freak-wine-glass-accident-at-party/): A 32-year-old woman who died after allegedly falling onto a wine glass during a dinner party is now at the center of a chilling death investigation after police said witness accounts did not add up.
- [Andy Beshear Set Out to Make Drug Treatment Widely Available in Kentucky. Fraud and Abuse Followed.](https://iwpost.com/andy-beshear-set-out-to-make-drug-treatment-widely-available-in-kentucky-fraud-and-abuse-followed/): By the end of 2020, Kentucky’s newly elected Gov. Andy Beshear had one goal above all others: Keep people alive. The state was battling two merciless threats.
- [Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies](https://iwpost.com/yet-more-qubit-tech-new-quantum-dot-options-diamond-vacancies/): If you follow quantum computing news for long enough, it can start to seem like any quantum system that can alternate between two well-separated energy states can be used as a qubit.
- [US Congress hasn’t authorized Trump’s Iran war—or ended it](https://iwpost.com/us-congress-hasnt-authorized-trumps-iran-war-or-ended-it/): On July 23, the House of Representatives voted 214-208 to direct President Donald Trump to remove US forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress authorizes them.
- [What another Texas flood revealed about the state’s warning system](https://iwpost.com/what-another-texas-flood-revealed-about-the-states-warning-system/): When torrential rain doused the Texas Hill Country last month, Paul Welch stayed up past his bedtime checking radar and rain gauges on RiverHub, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority’s new tracking website.
- [Private firms driving Russia’s new tech push in Ukraine war](https://iwpost.com/private-firms-driving-russias-new-tech-push-in-ukraine-war/): Russia is introducing new technology into the Ukraine war. Will it help the Russians win in the conflict?
- [Board of Peace Backs Hamas Disarmament-First Gaza Framework ](https://iwpost.com/board-of-peace-backs-hamas-disarmament-first-gaza-framework/): The sequence has become one of the most closely watched questions surrounding the Gaza framework: Will the conflict between Hamas and Israel’s positions over disarmament and troop withdrawal be resolved?
- [China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer?](https://iwpost.com/china-is-teslas-cash-cow-but-for-how-much-longer/): Tesla’s factory in Shanghai had its best June ever, according to the China Passenger ⁠Car Association.
- [Harry and Meghan’s Secret ‘Divorce Plan’ Revealed](https://iwpost.com/harry-and-meghans-secret-divorce-plan-revealed/): Buckingham Palace is reportedly preparing for the unthinkable — a royal future in which Prince Harry returns to Britain without Meghan Markle.
- [The EPA Doesn’t Typically Retest Homes in the Country’s Largest Residential Lead Superfund Site. So We Did.](https://iwpost.com/the-epa-doesnt-typically-retest-homes-in-the-countrys-largest-residential-lead-superfund-site-so-we-did/): Decades after the last plume of lead-laced smoke rose from a smelting plant in Omaha, Nebraska, the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica found lead in concentrations that pose a threat to people’s health in soil throughout east Omaha.
- [Donald Trump has made US$2.2 billion in his second term. How does that stack up against other US presidents?](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-has-made-us2-2-billion-in-his-second-term-how-does-that-stack-up-against-other-us-presidents/): At the end of June – in the run-up to America’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence – President Donald Trump staged the White House’s first-ever professional sporting event.
- [US in a losing race to replenish depleted missile arsenals](https://iwpost.com/us-in-a-losing-race-to-replenish-depleted-missile-arsenals/): The US’s multibillion-dollar push to expand interceptor missile production could begin rebuilding depleted stocks, but long manufacturing lead times, industrial bottlenecks and cost imbalances mean the benefits will depend on how quickly new capacity translates into deployable missiles.
- [The Pixel 11's "glow" feature is actually called HiLight—here's what it does](https://iwpost.com/the-pixel-11s-glow-feature-is-actually-called-hilight-heres-what-it-does/): Google will reveal the Pixel 11 series later this month, but leaks and teasers so far have painted a picture of phones that have barely changed since last year.
- [Why targeting guerrilla groups and cartels doesn’t stop violence in Latin America – but focusing on geography might](https://iwpost.com/why-targeting-guerrilla-groups-and-cartels-doesnt-stop-violence-in-latin-america-but-focusing-on-geography-might/): Environmental features and geography may be a better predictor of homicides in Latin America than the prevalence of organized crime gangs.
- [Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, UK appeal tribunal confirms in landmark ruling](https://iwpost.com/anti-zionism-is-not-anti-semitism-uk-appeal-tribunal-confirms-in-landmark-ruling/): The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a landmark ruling that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism and constitutes a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010.
- [US State Department to close consulates in Canada, Japan and Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/us-state-department-to-close-consulates-in-canada-japan-and-indonesia/): The U.S. ​State Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five foreign missions in a rare downsizing of ‌America’s global diplomatic footprint, according to people familiar with the notice.
- [South Korea: the ‘model ally’?](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-the-model-ally/): US Undersecretary of War Elbridge Colby called South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) a “model ally” while visiting Seoul a few months ago.
- [OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal"](https://iwpost.com/openai-says-apples-trade-secrets-lawsuit-is-aggressive-and-oddly-personal/): OpenAI has accused Apple of waging a “careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit” in a blog post rebutting the iPhone maker’s claims that the AI start-up stole top-secret information.
- [Ceuta Border Crisis Draws Israel Into Spain-Morocco Dispute](https://iwpost.com/ceuta-border-crisis-draws-israel-into-spain-morocco-dispute/): A migrant surge that overwhelmed Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta has expanded beyond a border emergency into a diplomatic dispute involving Spain, Morocco and Israel, prompting a Spanish member of the European Parliament to publicly urge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to defend Spain’s territorial integrity.
- [The Pentagon Found a New Way to Undercount U.S. Casualties in Iran](https://iwpost.com/the-pentagon-found-a-new-way-to-undercount-u-s-casualties-in-iran/): The Pentagon is using a new method of tallying the number of U.S. soldiers killed and wounded in the Iran war that a U.S.
- [Higher fuel costs and strikes push Brussels Airlines deeper into the red](https://iwpost.com/higher-fuel-costs-and-strikes-push-brussels-airlines-deeper-into-the-red/): Brussels Airlines reported a wider adjusted operating loss in the first six months of the year and said it would no longer add two Airbus A330 aircraft to its fleet in 2027 as it responds to weaker-than-expected financial results and an uncertain outlook.
- [Naked Man Arrested After Surviving Jump from Iconic Bridge](https://iwpost.com/naked-man-arrested-after-surviving-jump-from-iconic-bridge/): A naked daredevil who stunned New Yorkers by climbing to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge and plunging into the East River has now been arrested, police said.
- [Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has Power Over Is Falling Apart.](https://iwpost.com/greg-abbott-blasted-corpus-christi-for-its-water-crisis-a-river-authority-he-has-power-over-is-falling-apart/): Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded with fury after Corpus Christi officials announced in March that this Gulf Coast region of more than 500,000 people could face unprecedented restrictions as its water supply dried up.
- [With America deranged, President Xi summons overseas Chinese](https://iwpost.com/with-america-deranged-president-xi-summons-overseas-chinese/): And so it begins.
- [Gaza prepares for largest mass funeral since start of war](https://iwpost.com/gaza-prepares-for-largest-mass-funeral-since-start-of-war/): Gaza City is preparing on Tuesday for the mass funeral of 112 Palestinians from the Abu Sharia and Al-Hasayna families, in what Palestinian sources describe as one of the largest funerals held in the Gaza Strip since the war began.
- [Bar-Ilan Research Inspires New Moovit Feature To Get Commuters Walking More ](https://iwpost.com/bar-ilan-research-inspires-new-moovit-feature-to-get-commuters-walking-more/): A study by a Bar-Ilan University researcher has led to a new feature in the Moovit app that allows public transportation users to choose routes with more walking while reaching their destinations in the same amount of time—or even faster.
- [Sicily issues red heat alerts for Palermo and Catania as wildfire risk rises](https://iwpost.com/sicily-issues-red-heat-alerts-for-palermo-and-catania-as-wildfire-risk-rises/): Sicily remained under intense heat and heightened wildfire risk on Tuesday as regional authorities issued a new civil protection alert covering the next 24 hours.
- [Woman, 23, Assassinated by Hitman During TikTok Livestream](https://iwpost.com/woman-23-assassinated-by-hitman-during-tiktok-livestream/): Beauty influencer Valeria Marquez was brutally gunned down during a TikTok livestream — and authorities now claim the shocking murder may have been ordered after she ended a relationship with the son of a powerful cartel figure.
- [India’s environmental crisis undermines its great-power ambitions](https://iwpost.com/indias-environmental-crisis-undermines-its-great-power-ambitions/): India wants to become the world’s next manufacturing superpower and an indispensable leader of the Global South.
- [President Trump Calls Iran ‘Unbelievably Duplicitous’ Over Denial It Is in Talks With US ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-calls-iran-unbelievably-duplicitous-over-denial-it-is-in-talks-with-us/): President Donald Trump accused Iran’s leadership Monday of deceiving the United States about negotiations, saying Tehran privately sought talks while publicly denying they were taking place, as he warned that time was running out for the Islamic Republic to reach an agreement.
- [Liberals Are Ceding Ground to the Far Right on Ceuta Border Crossings](https://iwpost.com/liberals-are-ceding-ground-to-the-far-right-on-ceuta-border-crossings/): Over 50,000 people last week risked their lives to cross the border between Morocco and Ceuta, the tiny Spanish enclave in north Africa, in the hope of making it to mainland Europe.
- [China exit rules tightened to guard rare earth, battery secrets](https://iwpost.com/china-exit-rules-tightened-to-guard-rare-earth-battery-secrets/): China will tighten its exit-entry rules from September 15 to stop experienced engineers from leaking knowhow in industries subject to export controls and deter tourists from visiting “high-risk” nations such as Japan.
- [Visa to acquire Israeli fraud detection company BioCatch for $2.4B](https://iwpost.com/visa-to-acquire-israeli-fraud-detection-company-biocatch-for-2-4b/): Visa announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire Israeli fraud detection company BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, expanding its cybersecurity capabilities as artificial intelligence fuels increasingly sophisticated financial fraud, Anadolu reports.
- [US-Japan yen intervention is also a tug of war](https://iwpost.com/us-japan-yen-intervention-is-also-a-tug-of-war/): NEW YORK — A pointed question now hangs over global markets as the US Treasury links arms with Japan to confront yen bears: who actually holds the leverage — Washington or Tokyo?
- [An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it](https://iwpost.com/an-ai-supervised-remote-exam-went-so-badly-that-58000-students-must-retake-it/): Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico’s largest university.
- [Mario Lopez Blasted Over ‘Creepy’ Video](https://iwpost.com/mario-lopez-blasted-over-creepy-video/): Mario Lopez is facing a wave of backlash after posting a bizarre AI-generated video of his 19-year-old niece eating hot dogs at a Los Angeles Dodgers game.
- [Japan plans for the reality of war](https://iwpost.com/japan-plans-for-the-reality-of-war/): While hypersonic missiles, drones and other new weapons systems dominate the news about Japan’s military build-up, the government is also stepping up its efforts to develop first-rate combat casualty medical care.
- [‘Speak Out in Defense of Spain’s Territorial Integrity,’ Spanish MEP Urges Netanyahu ](https://iwpost.com/speak-out-in-defense-of-spains-territorial-integrity-spanish-mep-urges-netanyahu/): The border crisis in Ceuta prompted Juan Carlos Girauta, a Spanish member of the European Parliament, to make a direct appeal to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- [US company’s AI lets Ukraine’s cheap kamikaze drones track targets on their own](https://iwpost.com/us-companys-ai-lets-ukraines-cheap-kamikaze-drones-track-targets-on-their-own/): Ukrainian drone operators have destroyed many Russian armored vehicles on the ground and even military helicopters in midair using $400 Shrike drones with explosive payloads.
- [The China positivity, US negativity illusion](https://iwpost.com/the-china-positivity-us-negativity-illusion/): For nearly two decades, one line in the global opinion charts held steady: the United States was better liked than China. That line has now crossed.
- [350 more Sudanese return home from Egypt under voluntary repatriation program](https://iwpost.com/350-more-sudanese-return-home-from-egypt-under-voluntary-repatriation-program/): Some 350 more Sudanese nationals have returned home from Egypt under a voluntary repatriation program, according to Sudan’s official news agency SUNA.
- [Lego deploys Hubble Space Telescope as detailed desktop model](https://iwpost.com/lego-deploys-hubble-space-telescope-as-detailed-desktop-model/): For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has looked out into the Universe.
- [Gold firms as oil prices slump after Trump holds off on Iran attack](https://iwpost.com/gold-firms-as-oil-prices-slump-after-trump-holds-off-on-iran-attack/): Gold rose ​on Monday as oil prices fell after U.S.
- [Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.](https://iwpost.com/is-the-recycling-symbol-free-speech-a-judge-just-ruled-it-could-be/): A pioneering California law meant to sharply limit use of the familiar “chasing arrows” recycling symbol has been blocked by a federal judge who said it probably violates the First Amendment.
- [NYPD Used High-Tech Surveillance to Find Gaza Paint Splatter Protester, Docs Show](https://iwpost.com/nypd-used-high-tech-surveillance-to-find-gaza-paint-splatter-protester-docs-show/): Columbia University had just resumed classes for the first time since a major crackdown on pro-Palestine demonstrations roiled campus throughout the first half of 2024.
- [Beyond the Singularity: China owning the physical AI revolution](https://iwpost.com/beyond-the-singularity-china-owning-the-physical-ai-revolution/): The global discourse on artificial intelligence is preoccupied with a dramatic possibility: The Singularity, the moment a disembodied artificial general intelligence awakens in a server farm, escapes human control and either elevates or destroys civilization.
- [SpaceX is set to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana](https://iwpost.com/spacex-is-set-to-acquire-130000-acres-of-marshland-in-southern-louisiana/): SpaceX and the state of Louisiana are close to finalizing a deal for the launch company to acquire about 130,000 acres along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
- [Solar Developer Cancels Washington State Project on Sacred Indigenous Land](https://iwpost.com/solar-developer-cancels-washington-state-project-on-sacred-indigenous-land/): A renewable energy developer has pulled its controversial permit application to build an industrial-scale solar facility on an Eastern Washington mountain sacred to Indigenous nations.
- [Katz Denies He Dismissed IDF Central Command Chief in a Live Interview ](https://iwpost.com/katz-denies-he-dismissed-idf-central-command-chief-in-a-live-interview/): Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday dismissed allegations that he had publicly called for the removal of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Central Command chief Maj.
- [Man Found Dead on California High School Roof](https://iwpost.com/man-found-dead-on-california-high-school-roof/): The man whose body was discovered on the roof of a California high school has been identified, but authorities are still trying to explain how he ended up there — and how long he may have gone unnoticed.
- [Don’t believe Sam Altman, we’re not in the AI Singularity](https://iwpost.com/dont-believe-sam-altman-were-not-in-the-ai-singularity/): “We are now, like, in the singularity.” These are the words of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaking on the Relentless podcast on July 25.
- [2026 Volkswagen Jetta Sport: The cheap car isn't completely extinct yet](https://iwpost.com/2026-volkswagen-jetta-sport-the-cheap-car-isnt-completely-extinct-yet/): As so many career counselors and lifestyle coaches have explained, first impressions matter.
- [Ariana Grande to take a break from public life](https://iwpost.com/ariana-grande-to-take-a-break-from-public-life/): Ariana Grande is to withdraw from public appearances and will no longer star in an upcoming musical production in London when she ends her Eternal Sunshine tour next month.
- [How Israeli conduct in the West Bank could derail Donald Trump’s latest peace plan for Gaza](https://iwpost.com/how-israeli-conduct-in-the-west-bank-could-derail-donald-trumps-latest-peace-plan-for-gaza/): Hamas’s agreement to US president Donald Trump’s disarmament roadmap is welcome news.
- [How India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement grew its wings](https://iwpost.com/how-indias-cockroach-movement-grew-its-wings/): Young people across India recently made international headlines for mass protests over the recurring leaks of entrance exams that help students qualify for medical schools and highly coveted government jobs.
- [Azerbaijani president approves financial aid for Palestinian Embassy](https://iwpost.com/azerbaijani-president-approves-financial-aid-for-palestinian-embassy/): Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Monday approved a protocol providing financial assistance to the Palestinian Embassy in Azerbaijan, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump wants the power to stop the public from suing polluters](https://iwpost.com/trump-wants-the-power-to-stop-the-public-from-suing-polluters/): Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to leave enforcement only to the executive branch.
- [A new Houthi front and expanded Iranian attacks risk sinking Gulf nations’ choke-point workaround and widening shipping risks](https://iwpost.com/a-new-houthi-front-and-expanded-iranian-attacks-risk-sinking-gulf-nations-choke-point-workaround-and-widening-shipping-risks/): After a nine-month pause, Houthi militants in Yemen allied to Iran resumed attacks on vessels in the Red Sea on July 22, 2026, directly targeting the group’s longtime foe Saudi Arabia.
- [FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount](https://iwpost.com/fcc-commissioners-face-ethics-complaints-for-taking-luxury-gifts-from-paramount/): Two government watchdog groups have demanded investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission members violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
- [China’s MANPADS for Iran could cost US airpower dearly](https://iwpost.com/chinas-manpads-for-iran-could-cost-us-airpower-dearly/): Iran’s reported acquisition of Chinese shoulder-fired air-defense missiles could turn the war’s lower altitudes into a costly battlefield of attrition for US and Israeli airpower.
- [How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark](https://iwpost.com/how-headlights-got-brighter-whiter-and-more-blinding-after-dark/): Every so often, I’ll be piloting some sensor-laden, software-defined press car down a dark stretch of highway when an oncoming driver’s high beams arrive like a targeted retinal strike, an involuntary reminder that modern automotive lighting has entered its own lumen arms race.
- [Israeli Agricultural Expertise Helps Cultivate Tanzania’s Growing Wine Industry  ](https://iwpost.com/israeli-agricultural-expertise-helps-cultivate-tanzanias-growing-wine-industry/): On the rolling hills outside Dodoma, Tanzania’s wine capital, an agricultural partnership is taking root.
- [EU Socialists accuse governments of politicising Ceuta and undermining Schengen](https://iwpost.com/eu-socialists-accuse-governments-of-politicising-ceuta-and-undermining-schengen/): The Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to intervene immediately to clarify the rules governing any suspension of the Schengen area by European Union member states following recent events in Ceuta.
- [Alec Baldwin Under Fire for Gun-Heavy New Movie Years After Deadly ‘Rust’ Shooting](https://iwpost.com/alec-baldwin-under-fire-for-gun-heavy-new-movie-years-after-deadly-rust-shooting/): Alec Baldwin is stepping back into the action-movie world — and his latest role is already stirring up controversy.
- [‘How can the United States possibly compete with China?’](https://iwpost.com/how-can-the-united-states-possibly-compete-with-china/): Yes, China certainly seems daunting.
- [Not only Russian but also Ukrainian shipping getting hit](https://iwpost.com/not-only-russian-but-also-ukrainian-shipping-getting-hit/): There are lots of reports of Ukrainian attacks on Russian shipping, but not so many about Russian attacks on Ukrainian ships.
- [Trump postpones Iran escalation following Gulf diplomatic pressure: Reports](https://iwpost.com/trump-postpones-iran-escalation-following-gulf-diplomatic-pressure-reports/): US President Donald Trump holds a press conference at the Presidential Complex during the 36th NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 8, 2026.
- [Liechtenstein says hackers access information on 31,000 legal entities](https://iwpost.com/liechtenstein-says-hackers-access-information-on-31000-legal-entities/): Hackers have illegally accessed and copied data from Liechtenstein’s register of ​beneficial owners, compromising information relating to ‌about 31,000 companies, foundations and trusts, the principality’s government said late on Sunday.
- [How the Iran Conflict Is Bringing Israel New Regional Partners ](https://iwpost.com/how-the-iran-conflict-is-bringing-israel-new-regional-partners/): As President Donald Trump calls off threatened strikes on Iran amidst a pending framework, the regional conflict of recent months is producing ripple effects well beyond the battlefield, with negotiations, security contacts and political outreach emerging across the Middle East.
- [Beloved ‘Sopranos’ Star Dead at 80](https://iwpost.com/beloved-sopranos-star-dead-at-80/): Vincent Pastore, the veteran character actor best known for playing doomed mobster Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on The Sopranos, has died at the age of 80.
- [Russia making kids in occupied Ukraine frontline cannon fodder](https://iwpost.com/russia-making-kids-in-occupied-ukraine-frontline-cannon-fodder/): When we were asked to investigate Russia’s indoctrination and militarization of children living in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Moscow since 2014, we had a general idea of the Kremlin’s occupation policies.
- [Will Israel build a stealth fighter jet?](https://iwpost.com/will-israel-build-a-stealth-fighter-jet/): A senior Israeli official, likely Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recently briefed the ​Israeli press​ delegation that traveled to Washington​ with him for his White House visit regarding plans ​for Israel to build a domestic stealth fighter plane and an accompanying unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).
- [Egyptian foreign minister, Board of Peace envoy discuss next phase of Gaza ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/egyptian-foreign-minister-board-of-peace-envoy-discuss-next-phase-of-gaza-ceasefire/): Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and the Board of Peace envoy Nikolay Mladenov on Sunday discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and arrangements for the next phase of the ceasefire plan, Anadolu reports.
- [What President Trump’s Gaza Deal Actually Says About Hamas’ Weapons ](https://iwpost.com/what-president-trumps-gaza-deal-actually-says-about-hamas-weapons/): The body that would take custody of the weapons was formed in January and has been working from Cairo.
- [King Charles Dragged Into Bizarre ‘Doctor Who’ Crisis](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-dragged-into-bizarre-doctor-who-crisis/): King Charles may have accidentally stepped straight into the BBC’s growing Doctor Who crisis.
- [Israel Denies It Agreed To Stop Targeting Hamas Leaders ](https://iwpost.com/israel-denies-it-agreed-to-stop-targeting-hamas-leaders/): Israeli officials on Sunday pushed back against reports that Jerusalem had agreed to stop targeting Hamas leaders as part of a proposed Gaza disarmament arrangement, saying no such commitment has been approved and that operations against terrorists will continue.
- [This Texas coal mine will soon be home to a 1.2GW solar farm](https://iwpost.com/this-texas-coal-mine-will-soon-be-home-to-a-1-2gw-solar-farm/): Construction is underway on a $1.7 billion solar and battery storage project in Texas that will turn existing coal mining land into a hub of clean energy generation.
- [Iran says talks with Oman on Strait of Hormuz ‘nearing completion’](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-talks-with-oman-on-strait-of-hormuz-nearing-completion/): Araghchi briefed the Cabinet on the latest status of negotiations between Tehran and Muscat, noting progress in the discussions, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported.
- [Uganda Unveils Monument to Yoni Netanyahu at Entebbe](https://iwpost.com/uganda-unveils-monument-to-yoni-netanyahu-at-entebbe/): Uganda unveiled a monument honoring Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu at the old Entebbe airport terminal, commemorating the commander of the Israeli force killed during the 1976 hostage rescue mission while highlighting what Ugandan officials described as a renewed partnership between Uganda and Israel.
- [5 Lebanese soldiers injured in Israeli attack in south, military says](https://iwpost.com/5-lebanese-soldiers-injured-in-israeli-attack-in-south-military-says/): A view of heavy destruction at homes, places of worship, roads, and infrastructure, after Israeli troops withdrew from the town of Zawtar al-Gharbiya, following the US State Department’s announcement on July 20 regarding the launch of a pilot project under the Lebanon-US-Israel framework agreement on July 27, 2026 in Zawtar al-Gharbiya, Lebanon.
- [Child Pop Star Sues Airline Over Chicken Skewer Injury](https://iwpost.com/child-pop-star-sues-airline-over-chicken-skewer-injury/): A former child pop star who now works as a yoga instructor in Los Angeles is suing Singapore Airlines after she says a splintered chicken skewer served during a business-class flight became lodged in her throat and damaged her vocal cords.
- [OPINION – Disarm, Verify, Withdraw. The Only Path Forward for Gaza](https://iwpost.com/opinion-disarm-verify-withdraw-the-only-path-forward-for-gaza/): Nikolai Mladenov’s newly announced Gaza agreement offers a rare glimmer of hope amid years of bloodshed and despair.
- [Israeli police disperse protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/israeli-police-disperse-protest-by-ultra-orthodox-jews-in-jerusalem/): Israeli police on Saturday dispersed a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews in central Jerusalem against a cafe opening during the Jewish Sabbath, Anadolu reports.
- [Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk.](https://iwpost.com/man-invested-45m-in-a-nicolas-cage-movie-it-got-stolen-off-netflixs-desk/): Netflix has been sued after admitting that an unencrypted drive containing an unreleased, hotly anticipated 2026 blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage was stolen from its offices.
- [Sony acknowledges backlash, “cautiously” moves ahead with end of PlayStation discs](https://iwpost.com/sony-acknowledges-backlash-cautiously-moves-ahead-with-end-of-playstation-discs/): Sony is “cautiously” moving forward with plans to stop producing discs for PlayStation games as of January 2028, CFO Lin Tao said through an interpreter today.
- [Netflix Star, 43, Feared Dead Following Avalanche](https://iwpost.com/netflix-star-43-feared-dead-following-avalanche/): Netflix mountaineering star Nirmal Purja is among six climbers missing and feared dead after a devastating avalanche struck Pakistan’s Broad Peak mountain.
- [‘A Big Step for the Middle East’: President Trump Hails Hamas Disarmament Plan](https://iwpost.com/a-big-step-for-the-middle-east-president-trump-hails-hamas-disarmament-plan/): US President Donald Trump defended a newly announced Gaza agreement on Friday, calling it “a big step for the Middle East,” while declining to say whether the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would withdraw from the Gaza Strip as part of the arrangement.
- [Researchers devise a full-color night vision goggle](https://iwpost.com/researchers-devise-a-full-color-night-vision-goggle/): Human eyes don’t register the infrared portion of the light spectrum because infrared photons don’t carry enough energy to trigger the signaling pathway inside our light-sensing cells.
- [Trump’s Truth Social API Is a Blatantly Corrupt Favor to Wall Street](https://iwpost.com/trumps-truth-social-api-is-a-blatantly-corrupt-favor-to-wall-street/): Dylan is a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project, where she leads RDP’s Economic Media Project.
- [Israeli occupiers torch Palestinian vehicle, attack home in southern West Bank](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupiers-torch-palestinian-vehicle-attack-home-in-southern-west-bank/): Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian-owned vehicle in the village of Abu Njeim, leaving the vehicle completely destroyed and unusable in southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine on July 29, 2026.
- [High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates](https://iwpost.com/high-school-defends-staying-silent-while-boys-made-ai-nudes-of-59-classmates/): One of the first schools to shut down after students were found making AI nudes of female classmates is now asking a court to toss a lawsuit filed by victims who claimed that the school stayed silent for months while the emboldened boys targeted many more girls.
- [Israeli Technology Could Halt Colombia’s Drug Traffickers as Relations Improve](https://iwpost.com/israeli-technology-could-halt-colombias-drug-traffickers-as-relations-improve/): Colombia’s incoming president, Abelardo de la Espriella, is preparing to reverse nearly every major element of Gustavo Petro’s Israel policy after taking office on August 7.
- [How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source](https://iwpost.com/how-fruit-flies-chase-invisible-ribbons-of-smell-to-get-to-their-source/): A fruit fly hunting a piece of rotting fruit or a mate navigates by smell, following plumes of odor.
- [Putin ‘Humiliated’ as Furious Russians Turn on Him](https://iwpost.com/putin-humiliated-as-furious-russians-turn-on-him/): Vladimir Putin’s government is facing a fresh wave of anger after residents of a Siberian city accused authorities of covering up a foul-smelling environmental “catastrophe” while pouring resources into the war in Ukraine.
- [After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica](https://iwpost.com/after-noise-complaints-judge-orders-waymo-to-stop-overnight-charging-in-santa-monica/): Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Bradley S.
- [Nach Abschiebung wegen Anti-Israel-Parole: Bob-Vylan-Frontmann wehrt sich erfolgreich gegen Einreiseverbot](https://iwpost.com/nach-abschiebung-wegen-anti-israel-parole-bob-vylan-frontmann-wehrt-sich-erfolgreich-gegen-einreiseverbot/): Read this article in English.
- [How wildfire smoke is reshaping childhood](https://iwpost.com/how-wildfire-smoke-is-reshaping-childhood/): For generations, summer in Montana has meant long days outdoors.
- [Hundreds protest in Sweden’s Stockholm against Israeli attacks on Gaza, West Bank](https://iwpost.com/hundreds-protest-in-swedens-stockholm-against-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-west-bank/): Hundreds gather to protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza and West Bank and call for a ceasefire, in Stockholm, Sweden on August 01, 2026.
- [Here's how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA's Swift mission](https://iwpost.com/heres-how-engineers-plan-to-save-the-satellite-sent-to-save-nasas-swift-mission/): One week ago, more than 200 miles above the Earth, a refrigerator-size satellite making its way toward an attempted rescue of NASA’s $500 million Swift gamma-ray observatory suddenly spun out of control.
- [Wildfires can generate tornadoes, lightning and other extreme weather, sometimes miles from the flames](https://iwpost.com/wildfires-can-generate-tornadoes-lightning-and-other-extreme-weather-sometimes-miles-from-the-flames/): We often think about weather controlling wildfires: dry air, heat, wind and lightning help determine when fires start and how quickly they spread.
- [Review: Yes, we're still arguing about Nolan's The Odyssey](https://iwpost.com/review-yes-were-still-arguing-about-nolans-the-odyssey/): Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has been a lightning rod for controversy ever since the first casting and design reveals, igniting afresh with each new trailer.
- [Penélope Cruz Reveals Terrifying Brain Aneurysm](https://iwpost.com/penelope-cruz-reveals-terrifying-brain-aneurysm/): Penélope Cruz has opened up about a frightening health scare that left her convinced she might be facing death.
- [Cori Bush Has No Regrets](https://iwpost.com/cori-bush-has-no-regrets/): The internet had a field day last summer when a picture surfaced of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., with his arm around a former Democratic member of Congress.
- [As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews](https://iwpost.com/as-reddit-stock-falls-ceo-questions-value-of-googles-ai-overviews/): Like any company, Reddit reports quarterly earnings, and its CEO, Steve Huffman, addresses investors during those reports.
- [Pakistan’s Prime Minister arrives in Saudi Arabia for talks on regional developments](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-prime-minister-arrives-in-saudi-arabia-for-talks-on-regional-developments/): Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for a three-day visit focused on bilateral cooperation and regional developments, Anadolu reports.
- [Wars Collide in the Caspian: Ukraine Strike Exposes the Iran-Russia Connection ](https://iwpost.com/wars-collide-in-the-caspian-ukraine-strike-exposes-the-iran-russia-connection/): The incident may appear to mark a new convergence between two geographically separate wars.
- [Organ donation group accused of trying to take living man's organs faces shutdown](https://iwpost.com/organ-donation-group-accused-of-trying-to-take-living-mans-organs-faces-shutdown/): The US health department is working to shut down a Kentucky-based organ procurement organization that made headlines over a 2021 incident in which it was accused of trying to harvest a man’s organs while he was still alive.
- [Hasina baits and jabs Dhaka from the safety of New Delhi](https://iwpost.com/hasina-baits-and-jabs-dhaka-from-the-safety-of-new-delhi/): Nearly two years after fleeing Dhaka in disgrace, ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made her first live public address on Wednesday (August 5).
- [Elon Musk's X isn't done suing advertisers, asks court to revive boycott case](https://iwpost.com/elon-musks-x-isnt-done-suing-advertisers-asks-court-to-revive-boycott-case/): Elon Musk’s X is trying to revive a lawsuit against advertisers it’s accusing of illegally boycotting the social media platform, despite previously reaching a settlement to end litigation against an ad-industry trade group.
- [What we know about North Korean forces joining Russia’s war against Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/what-we-know-about-north-korean-forces-joining-russias-war-against-ukraine/): North Korea has deployed troops, weapons and now, according to a Ukrainian intelligence official, a missile unit to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, marking Pyongyang’s most significant involvement in a war since the 1950s.
- [Your gas car works fine. Consider an EV anyway, scientists say.](https://iwpost.com/your-gas-car-works-fine-consider-an-ev-anyway-scientists-say/): A few years ago, environmental scientist Elliot Campbell went around asking people why they would, or would not, switch to an electric vehicle.
- [Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler.](https://iwpost.com/black-residents-warned-of-abusive-cops-for-years-then-police-shot-and-killed-a-toddler/): Outside the Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, where police shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, a shrine of stuffed animals sits between the garden center and the pharmacy.
- [Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident](https://iwpost.com/blue-origin-narrowing-in-on-root-cause-of-catastrophic-rocket-accident/): Blue Origin provided its first substantive update this week on the cause of the catastrophic loss of the New Glenn rocket and most of its launch pad infrastructure at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in May.
- [Anti-Israel Progressive Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary ](https://iwpost.com/anti-israel-progressive-abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigan-democratic-senate-primary/): Progressive Democrat Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Democratic primary for the US Senate early Wednesday, narrowly defeating moderate US Rep.
- [Plane with President Trump Nearly Collides with Helicopter Over Washington](https://iwpost.com/plane-with-president-trump-nearly-collides-with-helicopter-over-washington/): President Donald Trump was aboard Marine One when the military helicopter came dangerously close to a passenger jet over Washington, D.C.
- [The EPA Spent Millions Cleaning Up a Massive Superfund Site. Our Tests Found Toxic Levels of Lead in Many Yards.](https://iwpost.com/the-epa-spent-millions-cleaning-up-a-massive-superfund-site-our-tests-found-toxic-levels-of-lead-in-many-yards/): Over the Limit: One in 10 Omaha yards we tested that the EPA cleaned up still has enough lead in the dirt to be over the agency’s threshold.
- [Gaza’s ‘road map’ is driven by Trump, but reluctant passengers and serious potholes could derail pathway to peace](https://iwpost.com/gazas-road-map-is-driven-by-trump-but-reluctant-passengers-and-serious-potholes-could-derail-pathway-to-peace/): On July 30, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that Hamas had accepted to disarm and transfer security and civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip to a technocratic Palestinian administration – a key requisite of phase 2 of the U.S.-brokered peace plan for Gaza, along with the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the enclave.
- [Moderna's mRNA flu shot earns FDA approval after rollercoaster review](https://iwpost.com/modernas-mrna-flu-shot-earns-fda-approval-after-rollercoaster-review/): Despite significant drama from Trump officials this year, the Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.
- [Governing the Lebanese confessional state without the prime minister](https://iwpost.com/governing-the-lebanese-confessional-state-without-the-prime-minister/): The Washington framework agreement is discussed as a product of executive consensus. President Aoun signed. Prime Minister Salam endorsed. The cabinet approved.
- [West Nile virus cases rise across Europe as Greece reports surge and Germany confirms first infection](https://iwpost.com/west-nile-virus-cases-rise-across-europe-as-greece-reports-surge-and-germany-confirms-first-infection/): The spread of West Nile virus — a mosquito-borne disease transmitted primarily by infected mosquitoes — in Greece is showing an upward trend, according to the National Public Health Organisation.
- [Ford picks "Fathom" for its affordable truck name, starts at $28,350](https://iwpost.com/ford-picks-fathom-for-its-affordable-truck-name-starts-at-28350/): Ford’s second attempt at an electric vehicle strategy is getting closer to primetime.
- [The Pentagon Is Posting Cryptic Biblical Messages on Social Media](https://iwpost.com/the-pentagon-is-posting-cryptic-biblical-messages-on-social-media/): As senior military leaders privately warned that the war with Iran was straining U.S.
- [Lessons from Canada on assisted dying](https://iwpost.com/lessons-from-canada-on-assisted-dying/): Prime Minister Andy Burnham has argued that parliament should wait before returning to assisted dying until palliative and social care are properly funded.
- [AI isn’t enough to protect social media communities from AI](https://iwpost.com/ai-isnt-enough-to-protect-social-media-communities-from-ai/): The tech products we rely on are constantly changing.
- [2 Israeli Reservists Killed, 4 Soldiers Injured in Booby-Trapped Building in Southern Lebanon](https://iwpost.com/2-israeli-reservists-killed-4-soldiers-injured-in-booby-trapped-building-in-southern-lebanon/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released the names Thursday of two reservists killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon.
- [German and Serbian authorities launch joint strike against Syrian migrant smuggling group](https://iwpost.com/german-and-serbian-authorities-launch-joint-strike-against-syrian-migrant-smuggling-group/): A coordinated international operation has dealt a significant blow to two international migrant smuggling networks with close links to Libya and the Western Balkans, leading to the arrest of three High Value Targets in Germany and Serbia.
- [Star’s Daughter Reveals Shocking Consequence of Ozempic](https://iwpost.com/stars-daughter-reveals-shocking-consequence-of-ozempic/): Gracie McGraw, the daughter of country music superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, is opening up about what she calls one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
- [He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.](https://iwpost.com/hes-eligible-for-up-to-480000-after-being-wrongly-imprisoned-for-42-years-the-state-says-no/): Hard Line on Payments: In her two years in the role, Louisiana attorney general Liz Murrill has opposed almost all compensation claims by wrongfully convicted people.
- [South Asia slides into new kind of arms race unrestrained by rules](https://iwpost.com/south-asia-slides-into-new-kind-of-arms-race-unrestrained-by-rules/): India and Pakistan fought an intense four-day war in May 2025 and the media narrative was dominated by fighter jets, drones and missiles.
- [Google's AI shake-up: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart](https://iwpost.com/googles-ai-shake-up-deepminds-hassabis-steps-aside-senior-scientists-depart/): Google got a slow start with generative AI after seemingly being caught flat-footed by Microsoft’s Copilot reveal. What a difference a few years make.
- [Pro-Palestinian candidates score wins in US Democratic primaries](https://iwpost.com/pro-palestinian-candidates-score-wins-in-us-democratic-primaries/): The results of US primary elections point to the growing influence of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, which has placed the Palestinian issue at the centre of its political message.
- [Untangling AI’s loop diagrams: the megaphone as market indicator](https://iwpost.com/untangling-ais-loop-diagrams-the-megaphone-as-market-indicator/): There is a way to work out which direction markets have been moving without looking at a single price. Watch who is handed the megaphone.
- [This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay](https://iwpost.com/this-atlantic-hurricane-season-is-looking-like-a-dud-but-there-will-be-a-price-to-pay/): The city of Houston, where I live, has been ground zero for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.
- [Former European Parliament President Klaus Hänsch has died](https://iwpost.com/former-european-parliament-president-klaus-hansch-has-died/): Former European Parliament President Klaus Hänsch has died, current Parliament President Roberta Metsola confirmed.
- [Railway can transform Persian Gulf politics and global security](https://iwpost.com/railway-can-transform-persian-gulf-politics-and-global-security/): The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, wider tensions in the Red Sea and the oil price spikes these circumstances occassion have made one thing abundantly clear: Gulf countries and global markets are dependent on vulnerable maritime routes.
- [Father of Slain Hostage Ariel Bibas Marks What Would Have Been His 7th Birthday ](https://iwpost.com/father-of-slain-hostage-ariel-bibas-marks-what-would-have-been-his-7th-birthday/): Ariel Bibas, who was abducted by Hamas at age 4 and murdered in captivity along with his mother and younger brother, would have celebrated his seventh birthday on Wednesday, as his father marked the occasion with an emotional public message remembering the son he lost.
- [SpaceX claims Starlink Mobile will be better than AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon](https://iwpost.com/spacex-claims-starlink-mobile-will-be-better-than-att-t-mobile-and-verizon/): SpaceX says it has a plan for Starlink Mobile to compete against the big three wireless carriers and take a large number of customers away from them.
- [There’s No Time for Centrists to Be Doomers About El-Sayed’s Victory](https://iwpost.com/theres-no-time-for-centrists-to-be-doomers-about-el-sayeds-victory/): Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic Party’s nominee for the Senate in Michigan after besting Rep. Haley Stevens by less than 1 percentage point.
- [Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s Explosive Love Life Exposed](https://iwpost.com/lucille-ball-and-desi-arnazs-explosive-love-life-exposed/): Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz became one of television’s most beloved couples, but behind the laughter, their 20-year marriage was reportedly filled with wild passion, bitter jealousy and allegations of repeated affairs.
- [US microreactor startup Valar Atomics raises $1B](https://iwpost.com/us-microreactor-startup-valar-atomics-raises-1b/): Valar Atomics, a three-year-old microreactor developer that has a forged a close relationship with the Trump administration, has raised $1 billion in its Series B funding round as investors increasingly bet that the White House’s overhaul of nuclear regulations will clear the way for the country’s first big atomic buildout in more than half a century.
- [Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can’t catch](https://iwpost.com/hank-green-found-the-ai-problem-that-youtube-labels-cant-catch/): The policy draws some strange boundaries.
- [US military says it redirected 48 vessels while enforcing Iran blockade](https://iwpost.com/us-military-says-it-redirected-48-vessels-while-enforcing-iran-blockade/): Commercial vessels and oil tankers preparing to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most critical strategic waterways for global trade flows, maintain their wait in the Gulf of Oman, on June 17, 2026.
- [Italy to make full use of EU budget leeway for energy spending, FinMin says](https://iwpost.com/italy-to-make-full-use-of-eu-budget-leeway-for-energy-spending-finmin-says/): Italy intends to make full use of budget leeway allowed by a European Union “escape clause” from the ​bloc’s budget rules to fund measures aimed at softening energy ‌costs, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said on Wednesday.
- [Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-ai-used-fake-identities-malware-in-rogue-attack-on-github-project/): Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents—the most serious case arising when Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model attempted to insert malicious code into an open source software application and created fake identities to deceive the human developers maintaining the project.
- [OPINION – The Missing Pillar in Israel’s Draft Debate:  Why Any Security Solution Must Recognize Torah Identity  ](https://iwpost.com/opinion-the-missing-pillar-in-israels-draft-debate-why-any-security-solution-must-recognize-torah-identity/): Nearly three years after the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel’s national debate has been trapped in an exhausting and polarizing loop: how to address severe military manpower shortages while resolving the long-running dispute over military service for the Haredi community.
- [The Most Expensive Democratic Senate Primary Has a Winner](https://iwpost.com/the-most-expensive-democratic-senate-primary-has-a-winner/): Over the course of Donald Trump’s second term, Democratic voters have expressed dissatisfaction with their party over what many view as an inability to stand up to the president and his broader movement.
- [After Ceuta, Europe is once again mired in migration chaos of its own making](https://iwpost.com/after-ceuta-europe-is-once-again-mired-in-migration-chaos-of-its-own-making/): Europe is again embroiled in a contentious debate about immigration.
- [Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers](https://iwpost.com/thousands-of-servers-can-be-backdoored-by-exploiting-buggy-motherboard-controllers/): Thousands of Internet-connected servers sold by the world’s biggest manufacturers can be remotely backdoored by exploiting critical vulnerabilities—some more than a decade old—that lurk deep inside system motherboards, according to research presented Wednesday.
- [Turkey Moves to Formalize PKK Peace Process With New Draft Law](https://iwpost.com/turkey-moves-to-formalize-pkk-peace-process-with-new-draft-law/): Turkey’s ruling alliance is expected to submit a draft ‌law to parliament on Wednesday that would facilitate the disbandment of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) by allowing the return of thousands of former militants, aiming to end a decades-old conflict, according to state ​media and a party leader.
- [Toddler Dies After Getting Her Head Trapped in Kitchen Play Set](https://iwpost.com/toddler-dies-after-getting-her-head-trapped-in-kitchen-play-set/): A 3-year-old Florida girl has died after her head became trapped inside a children’s kitchen playset while she was being cared for at a Palm Beach County home, authorities said.
- [Schwartz confirmed as CDC director after bungling confirmation hearing](https://iwpost.com/schwartz-confirmed-as-cdc-director-after-bungling-confirmation-hearing/): In a 51–44 vote Wednesday, the US Senate confirmed Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite failing miserably to convince senators last month that she could stand up to anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Bangladesh’s economy stable on the surface, fragile underneath](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-economy-stable-on-the-surface-fragile-underneath/): Bangladesh Bank is beginning to loosen monetary policy from an unusually favorable position on the currency front.
- [Israel’s Netanyahu hints at unilateral military action against Iran amid regional de-escalation efforts](https://iwpost.com/israels-netanyahu-hints-at-unilateral-military-action-against-iran-amid-regional-de-escalation-efforts/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hinted that Israel could take unilateral military action against Iran as diplomatic efforts continued to secure an agreement aimed at ending the conflict between Tehran and Washington, Anadolu reports.
- [Italy Orders Israeli Companies Removed From Rome Airport Counter-Drone Project](https://iwpost.com/italy-orders-israeli-companies-removed-from-rome-airport-counter-drone-project/): In a decision carrying significant diplomatic as well as legal implications, Italy’s Council of State has ordered “Aeroporti di Roma” (ADR) to replace the Israeli consortium responsible for the counter-drone protection system at Rome Fiumicino Airport with the Italian electronic warfare company ELT (Elettronica S.p.A.).
- [Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com](https://iwpost.com/reddit-signals-ominous-upcoming-changes-for-old-reddit-com/): Old.reddit.com’s days appear to be numbered.
- [The Iran off-ramp Trump keeps driving past](https://iwpost.com/the-iran-off-ramp-trump-keeps-driving-past/): Donald Trump campaigned against ending America's 'forever wars' but appears to have started another one.
- [Italy puts all major cities on highest alert as heatwave intensifies](https://iwpost.com/italy-puts-all-major-cities-on-highest-alert-as-heatwave-intensifies/): Italy is placing all its 27 major cities under its highest heat alert on Thursday, ​as the country’s fourth heatwave of the summer ‌intensifies, the health ministry said.
- [Michigan winemakers have a new climate worry: More wildfire smoke](https://iwpost.com/michigan-winemakers-have-a-new-climate-worry-more-wildfire-smoke/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan.
- [When a President Promises a Massacre](https://iwpost.com/when-a-president-promises-a-massacre/): “I want to give them every last chance before decapitation,” President Donald Trump said on Tuesday when asked about his floundering war with Iran.
- [Lead Contamination Is Still a Problem in Omaha. Why Is the City Cleaning Up Some Yards and Not Others?](https://iwpost.com/lead-contamination-is-still-a-problem-in-omaha-why-is-the-city-cleaning-up-some-yards-and-not-others/): In the last 10 months, residents in neighborhoods across Omaha, Nebraska, have contacted the city and federal government after tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica showed they had enough of the toxic metal in their yards for the dirt to be dug up and replaced under Environmental Protection Agency rules.
- [Review: Spider-Man: Brand New Day reminds us that superhero movies can be good](https://iwpost.com/review-spider-man-brand-new-day-reminds-us-that-superhero-movies-can-be-good/): Over the past few years, it has become a rather rare treat when I end up genuinely, unequivocally enjoying the latest superhero film.
- [China’s 25-year tax reach will cost it more than it collects](https://iwpost.com/chinas-25-year-tax-reach-will-cost-it-more-than-it-collects/): China wants its elite to pay back taxes.
- [Trump Assassination Fears Erupt as Heavily Armed Man is Arrested Outside Golf Course](https://iwpost.com/trump-assassination-fears-erupt-as-heavily-armed-man-is-arrested-outside-golf-course/): A heavily armed man was arrested near President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf club just two days before the president was scheduled to arrive, setting off fresh security fears following previous attempts on Trump’s life.
- [D-Wave on rails: Company tests entanglement on its dual-rail qubits](https://iwpost.com/d-wave-on-rails-company-tests-entanglement-on-its-dual-rail-qubits/): D-Wave is a bit of an oddity in the quantum computing space, having been founded back in the last century.
- [How trains can transform Persian Gulf politics and global security](https://iwpost.com/how-trains-can-transform-persian-gulf-politics-and-global-security/): The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, wider tensions in the Red Sea and the oil price spikes these circumstances occassion have made one thing abundantly clear: Gulf countries and global markets are dependent on vulnerable maritime routes.
- [Will AI abolish India’s caste system or encode it?](https://iwpost.com/will-ai-abolish-indias-caste-system-or-encode-it/): In 2027, India will conduct an exercise of almost unimaginable scale.
- [UK charity regulator opens inquiry into funding of illegal Israeli settlements](https://iwpost.com/uk-charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-funding-of-illegal-israeli-settlements/): Israeli settlers, joined by far-right ministers and lawmakers, march from the Yad Mordehay area in southern Israel toward the Gaza border, calling for the establishment of new Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by Israeli attacks in Yad Mordechai, located 10 km south of Ashkelon, Israel, on July 19, 2026.
- [Berlin Attack Raises New Questions About Europe’s Evolving Terror Threat](https://iwpost.com/berlin-attack-raises-new-questions-about-europes-evolving-terror-threat/): The deadly vehicle attack at a parade in Berlin last week has renewed debate over whether European authorities are adapting quickly enough to an evolving terrorist threat increasingly shaped by online radicalization, lone-actor violence, and overlapping security challenges.
- [Pope Leo to visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-to-visit-uruguay-argentina-and-peru-in-november/): Pope Leo will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to ​17, the Vatican announced on Wednesday, ‌in a major trip for the Catholic leader who spent decades as a missionary and bishop in Peru ​before becoming pope last year.
- [India and Pakistan’s 79-year rivalry has made the dangerous move into space](https://iwpost.com/india-and-pakistans-79-year-rivalry-has-made-the-dangerous-move-into-space/): India and Pakistan fought an intense four-day war in May 2025.
- [SpaceX spooks investors with debut earnings report](https://iwpost.com/spacex-spooks-investors-with-debut-earnings-report/): SpaceX shares dropped on Wednesday after Elon Musk’s plans for blockbuster spending to position his AI and rocket company as a data center developer spooked investors.
- [James Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own Voter Registration Is Raising Questions.](https://iwpost.com/james-talarico-accused-ken-paxton-of-voter-fraud-his-own-voter-registration-is-raising-questions/): Texas state Rep.
- [Pushing the limits: Infinite Machine's Olto is barely a bicycle](https://iwpost.com/pushing-the-limits-infinite-machines-olto-is-barely-a-bicycle/): The Infinite Machine Olto is a great electric scooter, one with an overall layout that echoes the classic Vespa.
- [BLM Protester Transferred Thousands of Miles Away After They Organized Against Their Solitary Confinement](https://iwpost.com/blm-protester-transferred-thousands-of-miles-away-after-they-organized-against-their-solitary-confinement/): A political activist serving the longest federal prison sentence of any 2020 Black Lives Matter protester was transferred without warning to a detention facility thousands of miles away from their supporters and attorney.
- [EU to use €1.4 billion from interest on frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/eu-to-use-e1-4-billion-from-interest-on-frozen-russian-assets-to-help-ukraine/): The European Union will use €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) taken ​from interest generated by ‌frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
- [Oprah Says Shocking ‘Makeover’ Left Her Devastated](https://iwpost.com/oprah-says-shocking-makeover-left-her-devastated/): Oprah Winfrey has revealed how a disastrous salon makeover left her bald, devastated and too embarrassed to return to work for weeks.
- [Getting Those Steps In: When Your Daily Commute Could Double as a Workout  ](https://iwpost.com/getting-those-steps-in-when-your-daily-commute-could-double-as-a-workout/): For commuters trying to fit more movement into a packed day, the Moovit app has introduced a route option that adds walking without extending travel time.
- [Ben-Gvir defies Israeli court over crocodile moat plan around prison holding Palestinian detainees](https://iwpost.com/ben-gvir-defies-israeli-court-over-crocodile-moat-plan-around-prison-holding-palestinian-detainees/): The visit came despite a temporary order issued by the Jerusalem District Court on 2 August suspending the plan to place crocodiles around the prison pending a ruling on a petition filed by the animal rights group Let the Animals Live.
- [Iran, Ukraine wars escalate oil shortages with few signs of relief](https://iwpost.com/iran-ukraine-wars-escalate-oil-shortages-with-few-signs-of-relief/): The global energy crisis triggered by two wars is set to worsen, as Ukraine pummels Russia’s refining industry and Iranian attacks continue on Middle Eastern oil production and refining.
- [Oil extends declines as investors await outcome of US-Iran talks](https://iwpost.com/oil-extends-declines-as-investors-await-outcome-of-us-iran-talks/): Oil extended declines on Wednesday after steep falls in the previous two trading sessions, as investors waited ​to see if efforts to end the Iran war and restore traffic through ‌the blockaded Strait of Hormuz were making progress.
- [China is claiming the right to punish its critics anywhere on Earth](https://iwpost.com/china-is-claiming-the-right-to-punish-its-critics-anywhere-on-earth/): Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks to Canada’s Justin Trudeau after the closing session of a G20 Leaders Summit in Bali, Indonesia in November 2022.
- [2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport X proves code is as important as hardware](https://iwpost.com/2027-chevrolet-corvette-grand-sport-x-proves-code-is-as-important-as-hardware/): Chevrolet provided flights from Albany, New York, to Denver and accommodation so Ars could drive the Grand Sport X. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [Wesley Bell Again Defeats Cori Bush — With Plenty of Help From AIPAC](https://iwpost.com/wesley-bell-again-defeats-cori-bush-with-plenty-of-help-from-aipac/): Fueled by pro-Israel funding, Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., fended off a primary challenge from former Rep. Cori Bush, whom he ousted from Congress two years ago.
- [Berlin Pride Attack Exposes Europe’s Changing Terrorism Threat   ](https://iwpost.com/berlin-pride-attack-exposes-europes-changing-terrorism-threat/): The deadly attack near Berlin’s Pride celebrations in late July reopened a difficult question for European authorities: How should security institutions assess individuals whose commitment to extremist violence is visible online but has not yet developed into a specific, detectable attack plan?
- [Actor Attacked by ‘Psychopath’ Co-Star Before Brad Pitt Stepped In](https://iwpost.com/actor-attacked-by-psychopath-co-star-before-brad-pitt-stepped-in/): Scott Eastwood is opening up about the explosive behind-the-scenes drama that nearly turned the set of Fury into a real-life battlefield.
- [Brace for higher US interest rates from the Fed](https://iwpost.com/brace-for-higher-us-interest-rates-from-the-fed/): The bond market has been pushing interest rates higher in recent weeks.
- [Trump admin "aware" of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-aware-of-deaths-in-explosive-diarrhea-outbreak-delays-reporting/): Two people have died amid the ongoing record-breaking outbreak of explosive diarrhea from the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, Michigan health officials announced Monday.
- [Indian vessel sinks after Red Sea attack off Yemen, all 14 crew rescued](https://iwpost.com/indian-vessel-sinks-after-red-sea-attack-off-yemen-all-14-crew-rescued/): A protestor lifts a mock drone with flags of Yemen and Palestine under a billboard depicting the picture of targeting an Israel-linked ship by Yemen’s Houthi forces in the Red Sea, during a demonstration staged against the latest aerial attacks hit Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah by Israel and its ongoing war on Palestine, on July 26, 2024, in Sana’a, Yemen.
- [Greek PM Mitsotakis urges EU to use all available tools against ‘weaponized’ migration](https://iwpost.com/greek-pm-mitsotakis-urges-eu-to-use-all-available-tools-against-weaponized-migration/): Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the European Union to make full use of existing legal and operational tools to counter what he described as the “weaponization” of migration, arguing that irregular migration is increasingly being used to pressure frontline member states.
- [Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it](https://iwpost.com/tom-delay-helped-create-tv-ownership-cap-he-says-trump-fcc-has-no-authority-to-repeal-it/): Tom DeLay, the Texas Republican who was House majority leader from 2003 to 2005, said the Federal Communications Commission has no legal authority to repeal the National Television Ownership Rule.
- [Trump Gaza Board of Peace caves to Israel’s demands on disarmament](https://iwpost.com/trump-gaza-board-of-peace-caves-to-israels-demands-on-disarmament/): Nickolay Mladenov, the United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, January 8, 2026.
- [Bari Weiss’s “60 Minutes” Hires Producer Who Downplayed Gaza Starvation, Justified Killing Journalists](https://iwpost.com/bari-weisss-60-minutes-hires-producer-who-downplayed-gaza-starvation-justified-killing-journalists/): Adam Johnson is co-host of the Citations Needed podcast and author of “How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza,” which is available now.
- [Trump killed the Digital Equity Act, but US was forced to bring part of it back](https://iwpost.com/trump-killed-the-digital-equity-act-but-us-was-forced-to-bring-part-of-it-back/): The Trump administration said it will reinstate a broadband grant program to comply with a court ruling that prevented it from fully ignoring the Digital Equity Act enacted by Congress in 2021.
- [Russia Names Middle East Veteran as New Ambassador to Syria  ](https://iwpost.com/russia-names-middle-east-veteran-as-new-ambassador-to-syria/): [DAMASCUS] Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday appointed veteran diplomat Dmitry Dogadkin as Moscow’s new ambassador to Syria, replacing Alexander Yefimov, as Russia seeks to recalibrate its relationship with Damascus and preserve its political, military and economic interests in the country.
- [Edinburgh Fringe listing for Amanda Knox show draws renewed scrutiny over Kercher case](https://iwpost.com/edinburgh-fringe-listing-for-amanda-knox-show-draws-renewed-scrutiny-over-kercher-case/): Amanda Knox is set to perform a one-woman comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that draws on her experience of being accused and later acquitted in the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
- [Reality TV Star Dies While Filming Luxury Car Ad](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-star-dies-while-filming-luxury-car-ad/): Reality TV star and model Mano Machinek has died in a horrifying car crash while filming a luxury automobile commercial in northern Italy. He was 37.
- [Trump Gaza Board of Peace caves to Israel’s demands on disamament](https://iwpost.com/trump-gaza-board-of-peace-caves-to-israels-demands-on-disamament/): Nickolay Mladenov, the United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, January 8, 2026.
- [Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets"](https://iwpost.com/senators-demand-crackdown-on-wildfire-prediction-markets/): “Offering bets on destructive wildfires threatens to minimize communities’ suffering, all so the rich and powerful can profit,” wrote the group of senators, who represent Oregon, California, Nevada, Minnesota, and New Hampshire.
- [The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.](https://iwpost.com/the-epa-heralds-its-omaha-cleanup-as-a-success-but-we-found-many-yards-still-have-toxic-levels-of-lead/): Over the Limit: One in 10 Omaha yards we tested that the EPA cleaned up still has enough lead in the dirt to be over the agency’s threshold.
- [Lebanon-Israel talks in Rome focus on border, security arrangements: Lebanese official](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-israel-talks-in-rome-focus-on-border-security-arrangements-lebanese-official/): A view of the U.S. Embassy in Rome on August 4, 2026.
- [Suu Kyi proof-of-life photo is proof of nothing in Myanmar](https://iwpost.com/suu-kyi-proof-of-life-photo-is-proof-of-nothing-in-myanmar/): Two things happened in Myanmar over the past week that belong side by side.
- [Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand](https://iwpost.com/texas-halts-data-center-connections-to-power-grid-amid-overwhelming-demand/): Nowhere is the US data center boom bigger than in Texas.
- [How four Asian economies are positioning themselves for the AI age](https://iwpost.com/how-four-asian-economies-are-positioning-themselves-for-the-ai-age/): The global AI race is usually portrayed as a contest between the US and China.
- [From Threats to Turnarounds: Seven Trump Reversals on Iran](https://iwpost.com/from-threats-to-turnarounds-seven-trump-reversals-on-iran/): President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he had called off planned U.S.
- [Syria, Russia reach deal to reorganize Russian military presence at Hmeimim, Tartus bases](https://iwpost.com/syria-russia-reach-deal-to-reorganize-russian-military-presence-at-hmeimim-tartus-bases/): Syria and Russia have reached a memorandum of understanding to reorganize Russia’s presence at the Hmeimim and Tartus bases in western Syria following about 18 months of negotiations, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [80% of Soldiers in Israeli Study See PTSD Symptoms Ease With MDMA Therapy, According to Study](https://iwpost.com/80-of-soldiers-in-israeli-study-see-ptsd-symptoms-ease-with-mdma-therapy-according-to-study/): Although the early findings are promising, the therapy remains experimental.
- [Japan’s non-nuclear consensus starts to fray](https://iwpost.com/japans-non-nuclear-consensus-starts-to-fray/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species](https://iwpost.com/mount-toba-eruption-doesnt-seem-like-it-could-nearly-kill-our-species/): Mount Toba was the biggest volcanic eruption in the last 2.6 million years, and some have suggested it nearly wiped out humanity.
- [The 39% Wall Comes Down for America’s TV Giants](https://iwpost.com/the-39-wall-comes-down-for-americas-tv-giants/): With a 2-1 vote Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission discarded the rule barring one company’s television stations from reaching more than 39% of US households, betting that larger broadcast groups can compete more effectively with streaming services and technology platforms.
- [Angelina Jolie’s Brother ‘Comes Out’ After Splitting from Wife ](https://iwpost.com/angelina-jolies-brother-comes-out-after-splitting-from-wife/): Angelina Jolie’s older brother James Haven is opening up about a deeply personal part of his life, revealing publicly that he is gay just months after the end of his brief marriage.
- [Netanyahu ‘quietly’ approves reconstruction in Gaza’s Rafah: Israeli media](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-quietly-approves-reconstruction-in-gazas-rafah-israeli-media/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz “quietly” approved the reconstruction of an area under army control in eastern Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [Pfizer Betting on AI’s Promise in Drug Discovery](https://iwpost.com/pfizer-betting-on-ais-promise-in-drug-discovery/): Artificial intelligence has already transformed industries such as finance and education, but one of its most important tests may come in medicine: discovering new drugs.
- [Pakistan Defense Minister Calls Israel ‘Common Threat’ After Signing Defense Pact With Turkey and Saudi Arabia](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-defense-minister-calls-israel-common-threat-after-signing-defense-pact-with-turkey-and-saudi-arabia/): Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif called on Islamic countries to unite against Israel following the signing of a mutual defense pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey that requires the three countries to respond collectively to an attack on any member.
- [Prince Harry Begging King Charles to ‘By His Side’ at Invictus Games](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-begging-king-charles-to-by-his-side-at-invictus-games/): Prince Harry is reportedly hoping King Charles will stand beside him at next year’s Invictus Games in what could become the biggest public sign yet that their bitter family rift is finally beginning to thaw.
- [Iran security chief says Strait of Hormuz to remain closed until US meets Tehran’s demands](https://iwpost.com/iran-security-chief-says-strait-of-hormuz-to-remain-closed-until-us-meets-tehrans-demands/): Iran’s top security official said Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US changes what he described as its hostile policies and meets a set of Iranian demands, Anadolu reports.
- [Europe’s Biggest Firefighting Force Deployed as Wildfires Expose Prevention Gap](https://iwpost.com/europes-biggest-firefighting-force-deployed-as-wildfires-expose-prevention-gap/): As wildfires sweep southern Europe, the EU has deployed its largest-ever shared firefighting force, but the escalating crisis highlights a widening gap between emergency response and long-term wildfire prevention.
- [What’s Behind Pakistan’s Restrictive Guidelines To Control Foreign Media?](https://iwpost.com/whats-behind-pakistans-restrictive-guidelines-to-control-foreign-media/): [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan has introduced new rules expanding state oversight of foreign media, including imposing a requirement for government clearance before journalists and contributors working for international outlets can undertake reporting assignments outside the country’s three largest cities.
- [North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war](https://iwpost.com/north-korean-missile-unit-deploys-in-russia-for-ukraine-war/): A North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia and could be equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers for strikes against Ukraine, ​an official at Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said.
- [Bill and Melinda Gates’ Shocking Scandals Exposed](https://iwpost.com/bill-and-melinda-gates-shocking-scandals-exposed/): Bill and Melinda Gates once appeared to have it all — staggering wealth, three children, a powerful charitable empire and a marriage that lasted nearly three decades.
- [Unpacking the Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey defense pact](https://iwpost.com/unpacking-the-saudi-arabia-pakistan-turkey-defense-pact/): The recently signed Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey Joint Defense Agreement, concluded in Mecca on August 7, 2026, and referred to as the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, marks a significant development in the evolving strategic architecture of the Middle East.
- [Israeli forces kill Palestinian in Gaza, wound 9 including 4 children](https://iwpost.com/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-in-gaza-wound-9-including-4-children/): Palestinians are seen as the Israeli forces placed new yellow concrete blocks at the Sanfura junction continuing to expand the area known as the “Yellow Line” despite the ceasefire in western Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine, on July 27, 2026.
- [US weighs tactical nukes as China, Russia raise escalatory stakes](https://iwpost.com/us-weighs-tactical-nukes-as-china-russia-raise-escalatory-stakes/): The US may be entering a period of significant nuclear reassessment as it confronts a growing mismatch between its predominantly strategic arsenal and adversaries increasingly prepared for limited nuclear use.
- [Lebanese Politician Calls for Shi’ite ‘Intifada’ Against Hezbollah](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-politician-calls-for-shiite-intifada-against-hezbollah/): Lebanese Kataeb Party leader Sami Gemayel called for an “intifada” against Hezbollah, saying Lebanon’s Shi’ite population is being held hostage by the terrorist group and should separate itself from Hezbollah as efforts continue to resolve the conflict with Israel and disarm the group.
- [Trump is losing his war on wind power](https://iwpost.com/trump-is-losing-his-war-on-wind-power/): On Thursday, a US District Court in Oregon ordered the US government to restart the process of approving wind projects.
- [Junts joins European Democratic Party, expanding EDP presence in Spain](https://iwpost.com/junts-joins-european-democratic-party-expanding-edp-presence-in-spain/): The European Democratic Party said it has welcomed Junts per Catalunya into its political alliance, a move that strengthens the party’s presence in Spain and deepens cooperation on a federalist vision for the European Union.
- [Trump is blocking billions of dollars of grants that would fix the grid](https://iwpost.com/trump-is-blocking-billions-of-dollars-of-grants-that-would-fix-the-grid/): In Wisconsin, utility Alliant Energy has called off a project meant to reduce power outages in disadvantaged and tribal communities, after the Trump administration terminated a federal grant that would have supported it.
- [Makkah pact more strategic hedge than mutual defense revolution](https://iwpost.com/makkah-pact-more-strategic-hedge-than-mutual-defense-revolution/): On August 7, 2026, at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement — a trilateral pact declaring that an armed attack against any one of the three states will be treated as an attack against all.
- [The world's biggest solar telescope caught vortexes on the Sun's surface](https://iwpost.com/the-worlds-biggest-solar-telescope-caught-vortexes-on-the-suns-surface/): Wherever two fluids slide past each other at different speeds, the boundary between them buckles, then curls, then rolls up into vortexes.
- [Radio Host Accused of Misusing GoFundMe Cash](https://iwpost.com/radio-host-accused-of-misusing-gofundme-cash/): A longtime Bay Area radio personality is facing explosive allegations over what happened to more than $137,000 raised to help him through serious health problems — and the controversy is now colliding with his daughter’s already headline-grabbing criminal case involving former Bachelor star Clayton Echard.
- [Iraq’s premier says country rejects use of territory to threaten neighbours](https://iwpost.com/iraqs-premier-says-country-rejects-use-of-territory-to-threaten-neighbours/): Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said Saturday that his country seeks balanced relations with neighbouring states and will not allow its territory to be used to threaten their security, during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Anadolu reports.
- [ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic](https://iwpost.com/bytedance-trains-massive-ai-model-in-bid-to-rival-anthropic/): ByteDance is training an AI model that could approach the size of Anthropic’s most cutting-edge Mythos system, as Chinese companies continue to narrow the gap with the top US labs.
- [The political black hole over the Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/the-political-black-hole-over-the-strait-of-hormuz/): The absence of Iran’s supreme leader, doubts about his condition and internal power divisions are turning the country into a failing state — spreading chaos as far as China.
- [Thousands of Jewish Canadians Seek Shelter in US, Israel as Hate Crimes Rise ](https://iwpost.com/thousands-of-jewish-canadians-seek-shelter-in-us-israel-as-hate-crimes-rise/): For a growing number of Jewish Canadians, the question is no longer how to respond to rising antisemitism at home, but where to build a future.
- [German anti-terror police investigate explosive drone found at Leipzig airport](https://iwpost.com/german-anti-terror-police-investigate-explosive-drone-found-at-leipzig-airport/): German counterterrorism authorities are leading an investigation into an explosive-laden drone that was found overnight at Leipzig airport, an important base for the NATO alliance.
- [DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists](https://iwpost.com/deepminds-hurricane-breakthrough-has-surprised-weather-scientists/): In October 2025, a storm brewed over the Caribbean Sea. Weather models differed on its trajectory.
- [Rubio Is Trying to Keep Leftists Out of U.S. by Banning Supporters of “Economic Sabotage”](https://iwpost.com/rubio-is-trying-to-keep-leftists-out-of-u-s-by-banning-supporters-of-economic-sabotage/): Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last month a policy banning visas for foreigners accused of links to “far-left terrorism.” The policy cited Donald Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 as well as the law Rubio used to try to deport the pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil.
- [California may win chip race while losing productivity one](https://iwpost.com/california-may-win-chip-race-while-losing-productivity-one/): Silicon Valley built its reputation by making transistors smaller and smaller.
- [The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success](https://iwpost.com/the-first-self-driving-vehicle-on-mars-has-proven-to-be-a-smashing-success/): Sometime next week, NASA’s newest rover on Mars, Perseverance, will set a record for the most distance driven by any vehicle on another world.
- [Oil gains as investors cautious over Iran-Oman talk progress](https://iwpost.com/oil-gains-as-investors-cautious-over-iran-oman-talk-progress/): Oil prices rose on Thursday ‌as investors remained cautious on the outcome of Iran-Oman talks and whether they will restore flows via the Strait of Hormuz, while reports of attacks on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden renewed supply tensions.
- [John Goodman Looks Nearly Unrecognizable After Stunning 200-Pound Weight Loss](https://iwpost.com/john-goodman-looks-nearly-unrecognizable-after-stunning-200-pound-weight-loss/): John Goodman is turning heads again — and some longtime fans can hardly believe what they’re seeing.
- [Colombia’s new government announces plans for Israel economic panel after rupture over Gaza genocide](https://iwpost.com/colombias-new-government-announces-plans-for-israel-economic-panel-after-rupture-over-gaza-genocide/): Colombia’s new government announced Friday the creation of a bilateral economic commission with Israel and plans for an official visit in a move that comes after the Latin American country’s previous administration severed ties two years ago over the genocide in Gaza, Anadolu reports.
- [Reported Clash Between President Trump and Hegseth Exposes US Munitions Stockpile Concerns ](https://iwpost.com/reported-clash-between-president-trump-and-hegseth-exposes-us-munitions-stockpile-concerns/): President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reportedly clashed during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David last week over the president’s accusations that Hegseth misled him over US munitions shortages that could affect military operations against Iran, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing two people familiar with the exchange.
- [Volkswagen plans to win America back with a pickup, report says](https://iwpost.com/volkswagen-plans-to-win-america-back-with-a-pickup-report-says/): A US-made pickup truck by 2030 is part of Volkswagen Group’s plan to revive its American business.
- [How snails engineer their slime](https://iwpost.com/how-snails-engineer-their-slime/): Snails are well-known for their mucus.
- [Trump Imposes New Tariffs on Polysilicon to Curb China’s Supply Chain Dominance](https://iwpost.com/trump-imposes-new-tariffs-on-polysilicon-to-curb-chinas-supply-chain-dominance/): US President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs on imported polysilicon and related products, aiming to reduce US reliance on China for key materials used in semiconductors and solar panels.
- [OpenAI’s expensive smart speaker will use moving parts to seem “more alive”](https://iwpost.com/openais-expensive-smart-speaker-will-use-moving-parts-to-seem-more-alive/): OpenAI’s upcoming smart speaker will probably cost over $300, “people familiar with the matter” have told Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
- [UN Nutrition Survey Challenges Gaza Famine Narrative ](https://iwpost.com/un-nutrition-survey-challenges-gaza-famine-narrative/): A new UN-backed nutrition survey found exceptionally low levels of acute malnutrition among children in Gaza, challenging allegations of famine in the Strip.
- [Man ‘Trapped’ Inside a Netflix Billboard Above Sunset Boulevard](https://iwpost.com/man-trapped-inside-a-netflix-billboard-above-sunset-boulevard/): Drivers cruising down Hollywood’s famous Sunset Boulevard are being greeted by a truly bizarre sight — a man apparently trapped inside a house 30 feet in the air.
- [Regional countries welcome Saudi-Turkiye-Pakistan defense pact](https://iwpost.com/regional-countries-welcome-saudi-turkiye-pakistan-defense-pact/): Regional countries on Friday welcomed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan, describing it as a step toward strengthening collective security, defense cooperation and regional stability, Anadolu reports.
- [DOGE's wild, unverifiable savings claims discredited in US government report](https://iwpost.com/doges-wild-unverifiable-savings-claims-discredited-in-us-government-report/): It won’t come as a surprise that Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) didn’t save taxpayers nearly as much as it claimed.
- [EU migration chief urges stronger internal border management instead of dependence on neighbors](https://iwpost.com/eu-migration-chief-urges-stronger-internal-border-management-instead-of-dependence-on-neighbors/): EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner warned on Thursday the bloc is vulnerable to unauthorized migration if control of its external borders depends on the goodwill of neighboring countries.
- [Nuclear age began 81 years ago with lies, could end the same way](https://iwpost.com/nuclear-age-began-81-years-ago-with-lies-could-end-the-same-way/): The atomic age began with a lie.
- [The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow](https://iwpost.com/the-ultimate-eclipse-chase-a-concorde-raced-against-the-moons-shadow/): A walk down the tarmac at the National Air and Space Museum of France is guaranteed to thrill aviation enthusiasts.
- [Media Mute After 71 Executions: Iranian Source Secretly Tells TML](https://iwpost.com/media-mute-after-71-executions-iranian-source-secretly-tells-tml/): Iran executed at least 71 people in July, including six protesters, according to Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based monitoring group, which said it documented at least 444 executions from January 1 through July 31, while only 67 of those cases were announced by Iranian authorities.
- [Flesh-eating screwworms feast on humans in Mexico; human cases top 500](https://iwpost.com/flesh-eating-screwworms-feast-on-humans-in-mexico-human-cases-top-500/): Since the flesh-eating screwworm fly reinvaded Mexico in 2024, human cases of the voracious parasite have been mounting.
- [​Out of bullets, US will have to adjust and change security policy](https://iwpost.com/out-of-bullets-us-will-have-to-adjust-and-change-security-policy/): The best face to put on the situation is that some in the Pentagon leaked information that US stockpiles of critical weapons were dangerously depleted.
- [Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan to sign joint defence deal](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-turkey-and-pakistan-to-sign-joint-defence-deal/): Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will sign a joint defence agreement on Friday, regional sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, ​at a time of regional turmoil with Gulf states coming under ​fire from Iran after it was attacked by the U.S.
- [Hollywood Star Dead at 54 Just Hours After Falling Ill on Set](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-star-dead-at-54-just-hours-after-falling-ill-on-set/): Hollywood was left stunned when beloved Three’s Company star John Ritter died just hours after suddenly falling ill during rehearsals — and the shocking circumstances surrounding his death would later spark a bitter legal battle.
- [From Manisa to Szeged: BYD’s shifting European investment strategy](https://iwpost.com/from-manisa-to-szeged-byds-shifting-european-investment-strategy/): In June 2026, Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturer BYD confirmed that its planned $1 billion electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle factory in Manisa, western Turkiye, had been placed on indefinite hold.
- [Europe's free satellite service just made it easier to track wildfires](https://iwpost.com/europes-free-satellite-service-just-made-it-easier-to-track-wildfires/): The wildfires afflicting communities across the world can now be tracked more easily by anyone using Europe’s free and open satellite imagery service—all thanks to a wildfire visualization script originating from nearly a decade ago.
- [Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment](https://iwpost.com/judge-rules-meta-caused-public-nuisance-and-must-fund-mental-health-treatment/): A New Mexico judge yesterday ordered Meta to pay $567 million for a fund that would alleviate the “public nuisance” created by its social media services.
- [Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Sign Mutual Defense Pact in Mecca](https://iwpost.com/turkey-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-sign-mutual-defense-pact-in-mecca/): Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defense agreement in Mecca on Friday that treats an armed attack on any one of the three countries as an attack on all, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry reported, as the countries seek to expand collective deterrence and defense cooperation.
- [Portuguese man o’ war sightings prompt beach warnings across Spain](https://iwpost.com/portuguese-man-o-war-sightings-prompt-beach-warnings-across-spain/): Spanish authorities have issued warnings after an increase in sightings of Portuguese man o’ war along parts of the country’s coastline, prompting temporary beach closures and renewed public health advice for swimmers.
- [In Montana, a controversial $2B pipeline hits a speed bump](https://iwpost.com/in-montana-a-controversial-2b-pipeline-hits-a-speed-bump/): This story is produced by Montana Free Press/Mountain Journal in collaboration with Grist as part of the Report for America Local News Initiative.
- [State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”](https://iwpost.com/state-department-wants-palantirs-advice-on-free-speech-and-countering-digital-surveillance/): The Trump administration tapped a surveillance giant with a record of attacking the press to advise the State Department on free speech.
- [Europe’s wildfires have raised the danger posed by unexploded WWII bombs](https://iwpost.com/europes-wildfires-have-raised-the-danger-posed-by-unexploded-wwii-bombs/): When a wildfire broke out in the Müritz National Park of north-eastern Germany in July, it was no routine firefighting job.
- [New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics](https://iwpost.com/new-official-30th-anniversary-quake-mission-pack-adds-new-maps-and-mechanics/): This year is the 30th anniversary of the launch of the original Quake by id Software, if you could believe it.
- [What Is the Trump Administration Doing With Foreign Aid Money?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-the-trump-administration-doing-with-foreign-aid-money/): Since he returned to office, President Donald Trump’s administration has upended foreign aid.
- [‘Star Trek’ Legend Wants to End Long-Running Feud](https://iwpost.com/star-trek-legend-wants-to-end-long-running-feud/): William Shatner may finally be ready to beam down from one of Hollywood’s longest-running feuds.
- [Israeli occupiers intensify attacks on Bedouin community near Ramallah](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupiers-intensify-attacks-on-bedouin-community-near-ramallah/): Israeli occupiers are intensifying attacks on a Palestinian Bedouin community east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank in an attempt to displace its residents, a rights group said Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [Report: White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism](https://iwpost.com/report-white-house-drafting-executive-order-linking-vaccines-and-autism/): The White House is drafting an executive order on the disproven link between vaccines and autism, according to independent reports from The Washington Post and Bloomberg, which both cited unnamed sources with knowledge of the efforts.
- [Spain dismantles major Western Mediterranean migrant-smuggling network](https://iwpost.com/spain-dismantles-major-western-mediterranean-migrant-smuggling-network/): Europol supported a Spanish-led investigation that dismantled one of the largest criminal networks smuggling cannabis, synthetic drugs, migrants, weapons, and even fugitives across the Western Mediterranean.
- [India’s cockroach movement: how satire became political power as youth protest forced change](https://iwpost.com/indias-cockroach-movement-how-satire-became-political-power-as-youth-protest-forced-change/): As I strolled around the Jantar Mantar astronomical observatory in Delhi on July 28, the atmosphere was finally calm.
- [Trump administration revives conspiracy theories about Cuba’s alleged manipulation of activism in the US](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-revives-conspiracy-theories-about-cubas-alleged-manipulation-of-activism-in-the-us/): For nearly 70 years, Cuba has “waged a sustained campaign of subversion against the United States,” according to a newly released State Department report.
- [Iran, Oman Reach Framework To Reopen Strait of Hormuz, Report Says](https://iwpost.com/iran-oman-reach-framework-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-report-says/): Iran and Oman have reached a framework for a temporary agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the plan dividing control of entry and exit from the strategic waterway, MS Now reported.
- [AI chatbots have failed people in crisis. Can that be fixed?](https://iwpost.com/ai-chatbots-have-failed-people-in-crisis-can-that-be-fixed/): This year alone, there have been numerous known instances—often via lawsuits—of AI chatbots (most often, OpenAI’s ChatGPT) that have gone horrifically wrong.
- [Congress Might Give ICE the Power to Go After Shoplifters](https://iwpost.com/congress-might-give-ice-the-power-to-go-after-shoplifters/): To counter the purported national scourge of “organized retail crime,” a bill moving through Congress would deliver the Department of Homeland Security unprecedented policing powers, granting even more authority to what experts say is an already lawless ICE.
- [House Democrats Demand Answers From Trump’s VA on Vets Struggling to Access Mental Healthcare](https://iwpost.com/house-democrats-demand-answers-from-trumps-va-on-vets-struggling-to-access-mental-healthcare/): What Happened: More than 60 House Democrats are pressing Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins for answers about how the agency’s mental healthcare has been increasingly strained under President Donald Trump’s second administration.
- [Japan’s missile leap marks shift from defense to counterstrike](https://iwpost.com/japans-missile-leap-marks-shift-from-defense-to-counterstrike/): Japan’s successful Tomahawk and Upgraded Type-12 tests mark a decisive shift beyond interception-only defense toward a more assertive counterstrike posture.
- [Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment](https://iwpost.com/remembering-the-pre-google-web-when-search-was-an-experiment/): In the mid-’90s, the web was exploding, but finding anything of actual value on it felt like an elaborate negotiation with whatever proto-search engine happened to be standing closest to the door.
- [Dash for Ceuta adds heat to Europe’s migration debate](https://iwpost.com/dash-for-ceuta-adds-heat-to-europes-migration-debate/): At a time when the debate over migration is drawing a great deal of heat, Spain has stood out in Europe for its liberal stance.
- [Metsola’s re-election drive puts Socialists under pressure](https://iwpost.com/metsolas-re-election-drive-puts-socialists-under-pressure/): Momentum is building behind a third term for conservative European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, a prospect set to disrupt an informal agreement among centrist political forces and to put the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) on the back foot.
- [Tree Branch Impales Dad’s Face and Brain in Freak Backyard Accident](https://iwpost.com/tree-branch-impales-dads-face-and-brain-in-freak-backyard-accident/): A South Jersey father is lucky to be alive after a horrifying backyard accident left him impaled through the face by a tree branch that pierced his brain.
- [SoftBank’s ‘crazy guy’ canary-in-coalmine role in AI](https://iwpost.com/softbanks-crazy-guy-canary-in-coalmine-role-in-ai/): For Masayoshi Son, the AI boom has been both a blessing and a curse for a conglomerate that had lost its way.
- [Israel orders uprooting of trees on 316 dunums in West Bank for settlement expansion](https://iwpost.com/israel-orders-uprooting-of-trees-on-316-dunums-in-west-bank-for-settlement-expansion/): The Israeli military has issued eight orders to uproot trees and remove vegetation from 316 dunums of land across the occupied West Bank for settlement-related purposes, the Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC) said on Thursday.
- [Parasitic zombie-ant fungus thrives in mosses, too](https://iwpost.com/parasitic-zombie-ant-fungus-thrives-in-mosses-too/): The parasitic fungi in the Cordyceps genus are a favorite subject of nature documentaries.
- [Casualties Reported After Explosive Device Detonates Inside Bus in Druze-Majority Area Near Damascus ](https://iwpost.com/casualties-reported-after-explosive-device-detonates-inside-bus-in-druze-majority-area-near-damascus/): [DAMASCUS] A number of people were killed and wounded Thursday evening after an explosive device planted inside a bus detonated in the city of Jaramana, in the Damascus countryside, according to Syrian state media.
- [Large genome models used to design new viruses](https://iwpost.com/large-genome-models-used-to-design-new-viruses/): A lot of the AI work in biology has been focused on designing proteins.
- [Congo’s Ebola infections rise above 4,000 for first time in outbreak](https://iwpost.com/congos-ebola-infections-rise-above-4000-for-first-time-in-outbreak/): Democratic Republic ​of Congo’s ‌confirmed Ebola cases rose ​above ​4,000 for the ⁠first ​time in ​its current outbreak, government data ​showed.
- [US polysilicon tariffs to move solar makers to domestic materials](https://iwpost.com/us-polysilicon-tariffs-to-move-solar-makers-to-domestic-materials/): The United States is moving to impose a 15% tariff and a series of price floors on polysilicon and its derivative products, a step designed to push solar panel manufacturers toward domestic raw materials.
- [Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-will-design-its-own-hardware-to-power-claude/): Anthropic is hiring a “custom silicon team” to design chips on which to run its models, the company has revealed.
- [Bruce Willis Supported by Two Assistants During Rare Church Outing](https://iwpost.com/bruce-willis-supported-by-two-assistants-during-rare-church-outing/): Bruce Willis made a rare public appearance this week as the beloved Hollywood star continues his heartbreaking battle with dementia.
- [Iranian parliament reviews bill to restrict Strait of Hormuz transit](https://iwpost.com/iranian-parliament-reviews-bill-to-restrict-strait-of-hormuz-transit/): Iran’s parliament is reviewing a draft bill that would significantly tighten state control over navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, including by banning vessels linked to the United States, Israel and other countries Tehran designates as hostile, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Suno hopes to go legit with watermarks for AI-generated music](https://iwpost.com/suno-hopes-to-go-legit-with-watermarks-for-ai-generated-music/): The Internet is awash in AI content, and it’s not always easy to tell it apart from genuine human creations.
- [Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi Bazaar, a world made from shipping containers](https://iwpost.com/kyrgyzstans-dordoi-bazaar-a-world-made-from-shipping-containers/): When I left Ainura’s container-shop at the Dordoi Bazaar in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, I found the market eerily quiet.
- [Houthi Missile, Drone Attack Kills 45 Yemeni Government Troops, Injures Dozens More](https://iwpost.com/houthi-missile-drone-attack-kills-45-yemeni-government-troops-injures-dozens-more/): Yemen’s internationally recognized government vowed to retaliate after Houthi forces launched missile and drone attacks Thursday on military positions in Marib and Hadhramaut, killing at least 45 government troops and wounding about 80, according to Yemeni officials and Al Arabiya.
- [Sweden’s top court clears way for transfer of seized ship to Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/swedens-top-court-clears-way-for-transfer-of-seized-ship-to-ukraine/): Sweden’s top court said on Thursday it has upheld a ruling that a cargo ​vessel seized in the Baltic Sea this ‌year can be handed over to Ukraine, where it is suspected of illegally transporting grain from Russian-occupied ​territory.
- [X wants to keep suing advertisers, asks 5th Circuit to overrule district judge](https://iwpost.com/x-wants-to-keep-suing-advertisers-asks-5th-circuit-to-overrule-district-judge/): Elon Musk’s X is trying to revive a lawsuit against advertisers it’s accusing of illegally boycotting the social media platform, despite previously reaching a settlement to end litigation against an ad-industry trade group.
- [China’s bamboo growth model vs. India’s eucalyptus growth model](https://iwpost.com/chinas-bamboo-growth-model-vs-indias-eucalyptus-growth-model/): Nature offers unexpectedly good lessons in strategy. As a child, I was fond of bamboo shoots, though none grew in our farmland.
- [Abdul El-Sayed Beats the Democratic Establishment and AIPAC in Michigan](https://iwpost.com/abdul-el-sayed-beats-the-democratic-establishment-and-aipac-in-michigan/): Despite record amounts of outside spending and attacks from the Democratic establishment, Abdul El-Sayed prevailed in a bitter primary race for the U.S.
- [Explosive drone found hovering near Ukrainian cargo aircraft at German airport](https://iwpost.com/explosive-drone-found-hovering-near-ukrainian-cargo-aircraft-at-german-airport/): German police disarmed a drone carrying explosives after it was discovered near Ukrainian cargo aircraft parked at Leipzig airport—and authorities are looking into the possibility of a second drone after an approaching aircraft collided with something midair.
- [Disney and TikTok strike content-sharing deal with short-form videos to be added to Disney+](https://iwpost.com/disney-and-tiktok-strike-content-sharing-deal-with-short-form-videos-to-be-added-to-disney/): TikTok videos are coming to Disney+, meaning that Spider-Man and Moana are about to become TikTok stars. Officially.
- [Martha Stewart’s Brutal Meghan Markle Takedown Leaves Duchess ‘Shaken’](https://iwpost.com/martha-stewarts-brutal-meghan-markle-takedown-leaves-duchess-shaken/): Martha Stewart reportedly left Meghan Markle rattled after publicly questioning whether the Duchess of Sussex has what it takes to become a true lifestyle authority.
- [AI age demands a new political system ](https://iwpost.com/ai-age-demands-a-new-political-system/): Thank Deng Xiaoping for an economic system that's proving itself suited for the AI age.
- [Why the Trump administration will have to accept a Hormuz toll](https://iwpost.com/why-the-trump-administration-will-have-to-accept-a-hormuz-toll/): In the weeks since the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding collapsed, Washington and Tehran have used the time to strengthen their respective positions in the event negotiations resume.
- [Andras Baka elected as Hungary’s next president](https://iwpost.com/andras-baka-elected-as-hungarys-next-president/): Hungary’s parliament elected Andras Baka, a former head ​of the Supreme Court, as the country’s next president on ‌Tuesday, a symbolic step in Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s effort to dismantle former premier Viktor Orban’s bastions of power.
- [Trump claims US controls Iranian money](https://iwpost.com/trump-claims-us-controls-iranian-money/): President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that the US has “total control” over Iran’s money, with Washington effectively acting as Tehran’s banker as the two countries remain locked in a military conflict, Anadolu reports.
- [FBI Renews Search for Afghan-American Mahmood Shah Habibi 4 Years After Taliban Detention ](https://iwpost.com/fbi-renews-search-for-afghan-american-mahmood-shah-habibi-4-years-after-taliban-detention/): [ISLAMABAD] The FBI’s Washington Field Office on August 10 renewed its public appeal for information on the whereabouts of Mahmood Shah Habibi, an Afghan-American and former head of Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) who has been missing since Taliban intelligence officers detained him in Kabul four years ago to the day.
- [Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users](https://iwpost.com/gemini-becomes-googles-fastest-growing-product-ever-as-it-hits-1b-users/): Google has been all-in with Gemini for the last several years, and despite some animosity online, the bet is paying off.
- [Trump fires on multiple fronts to break China’s minerals monopoly](https://iwpost.com/trump-fires-on-multiple-fronts-to-break-chinas-minerals-monopoly/): The Trump administration has launched a series of measures to ensure that US defense contractors source critical minerals domestically or from allied nations, building a supply chain that officials hope would break China’s monopoly over materials such as scandium and tungsten.
- [Isaac Newton’s Chilling ‘End of the World’ Date Isn’t Far Away](https://iwpost.com/isaac-newtons-chilling-end-of-the-world-date-isnt-far-away/): Sir Isaac Newton is remembered as one of the greatest scientific minds in history, but long-hidden writings reveal the legendary physicist had another obsession few people associate with him: predicting the end of the world.
- [Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers](https://iwpost.com/chrome-adopts-what-may-be-the-best-protection-yet-against-account-takeovers/): Google’s Chrome browser has added a new feature that could go a long way in preventing a form of account takeover that’s grown increasingly common as users adopt two-factor authentication, passkeys, and similar protections.
- [Trump-class battleship designed for a bygone era of warfare](https://iwpost.com/trump-class-battleship-designed-for-a-bygone-era-of-warfare/): The Trump-class battleship risks becoming more of a prestige project than a practical answer to the US Navy’s longstanding challenges in fleet modernization, emerging technologies and power projection.
- [Power operators across Europe prepare for eclipse-related fall in solar generation](https://iwpost.com/power-operators-across-europe-prepare-for-eclipse-related-fall-in-solar-generation/): Europe’s electricity network operators have prepared backup generation and grid-balancing measures to compensate for an expected drop in solar power output during Wednesday’s solar eclipse, operators said ahead of the event.
- [Russian drones found near vital European offshore gas site, get blown up](https://iwpost.com/russian-drones-found-near-vital-european-offshore-gas-site-get-blown-up/): Romanian army divers used explosives to destroy two Russian-made drones found floating in the Black Sea near Romania’s largest natural gas project, according to the NATO member country’s defense minister.
- [No, AOC: “Woke” Wasn’t “Crazy” the Way You Say It Was](https://iwpost.com/no-aoc-woke-wasnt-crazy-the-way-you-say-it-was/): Democrats have a lot to be embarrassed about when it comes to their actions during 2020. Like when Democratic members of Congress, including Rep.
- [Natural Resources: The Middle East’s Hidden Map of Abundance and Scarcity](https://iwpost.com/natural-resources-the-middle-easts-hidden-map-of-abundance-and-scarcity/): When people talk about natural resources in the Middle East and North Africa, they usually mean one thing: oil.
- [UN officials: Occupied West Bank at ‘breaking point’](https://iwpost.com/un-officials-occupied-west-bank-at-breaking-point/): UN officials said Tuesday that the occupied West Bank has reached a critical “breaking point,” citing a record surge in violence by Israeli occupiers and a systematic unraveling of Palestinian statehood, Anadolu reports.
- [DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight](https://iwpost.com/def-con-crowd-suspected-in-fake-hotspot-attack-on-delta-flight/): On Monday, passengers aboard Delta flight 591 going from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly spoofed the onboard Wi-Fi, raising the attention of federal law enforcement.
- [Do main battle tanks have a warfare future?](https://iwpost.com/do-main-battle-tanks-have-a-warfare-future/): By the early 2030s the US will have a “new” tank to replace the Abrams M1.
- [Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating](https://iwpost.com/ebola-virus-behind-massive-outbreak-in-drc-could-be-mutating/): The virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as confirmed cases pass 4,000.
- [Former Leader Sentenced to Death for Premeditated Murder](https://iwpost.com/former-leader-sentenced-to-death-for-premeditated-murder/): Former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been sentenced to death, nearly two years after his government collapsed and he fled the country for the safety of Moscow.
- [Trump wants Big Pharma to split MMR vaccine; Big Pharma thinks it's idiotic](https://iwpost.com/trump-wants-big-pharma-to-split-mmr-vaccine-big-pharma-thinks-its-idiotic/): The responses are unsurprising; the medical and health communities have consistently fought against the anti-vaccine, anti-science agendas pushed by Trump and his health secretary, Robert F.
- [How polarised is European politics? Here’s how your generation, gender and where you live affect what you believe](https://iwpost.com/how-polarised-is-european-politics-heres-how-your-generation-gender-and-where-you-live-affect-what-you-believe/): Across Europe, the political debate has rarely looked more polarised.
- [Clock ticking down on Cambodia’s growth momentum](https://iwpost.com/clock-ticking-down-on-cambodias-growth-momentum/): Cambodia and China recently agreed to fast-track four priority infrastructure projects under the Diamond Hexagon cooperation framework, deepening a partnership that already accounts for roughly 75% of Cambodia’s foreign direct investment.
- [Israel, Venezuela Renew Official Ties After 17-Year Diplomatic Freeze](https://iwpost.com/israel-venezuela-renew-official-ties-after-17-year-diplomatic-freeze/): Israel and Venezuela agreed to restore consular relations and establish a formal channel for coordination, reopening direct ties between the countries after a 17-year freeze and following cooperation in the aftermath of Venezuela’s deadly June earthquakes.
- [Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial](https://iwpost.com/meta-cant-stop-states-1-4-trillion-lawsuit-from-going-to-trial/): Meta and TikTok tried to defeat thousands of social media addiction lawsuits in one fell swoop, but an appeals court rejected the attempt in a ruling issued yesterday.
- [Britain moves to curb rogue businesses and expand police powers under new high street strategy](https://iwpost.com/britain-moves-to-curb-rogue-businesses-and-expand-police-powers-under-new-high-street-strategy/): Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to unveil plans on Tuesday to tighten controls on vape shops, betting outlets and other rogue businesses as part of a broader effort to revive town centres after decades of decline, his office said Monday.
- [Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations](https://iwpost.com/canadas-wildfire-season-is-taking-a-heavy-toll-on-first-nations/): This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance.
- [Japan has another go at electric vehicles](https://iwpost.com/japan-has-another-go-at-electric-vehicles/): Japanese electric vehicle (EV) makers have fallen so far behind BYD and other Chinese competitors, and been so brightly outshone by Tesla, that it is easy to forget that the Nissan Leaf was the world’s first mass-market EV.
- [Saudi Arabia says Mecca Agreement with Turkiye, Pakistan ‘long-term’ deal to boost cooperation](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-says-mecca-agreement-with-turkiye-pakistan-long-term-deal-to-boost-cooperation/): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C), and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) sign a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 7, 2026.
- [Used EV buying guide: The $30,000 edition](https://iwpost.com/used-ev-buying-guide-the-30000-edition/): A strange thing is happening in the used EV market.
- [Japan’s earthquake shows extreme heat can turn one disaster into two](https://iwpost.com/japans-earthquake-shows-extreme-heat-can-turn-one-disaster-into-two/): Emergency workers attempting to rescue survivors after a recent earthquake in Kyushu, Japan, also had to cope with extreme summer heat.
- [Barron Trump Told to Cut Ties with ‘Friend’ Andrew Tate](https://iwpost.com/barron-trump-told-to-cut-ties-with-friend-andrew-tate/): Barron Trump is being dragged into a growing political firestorm over his reported relationship with controversial influencer Andrew Tate — and now critics are even turning their fury on his mother, First Lady Melania Trump.
- [Tracking extreme heat by the hour makes climate change seem even worse](https://iwpost.com/tracking-extreme-heat-by-the-hour-makes-climate-change-seem-even-worse/): Global warming is leading to more extremely hot weather. There is perhaps no more obvious consequence of climate change.
- [Talking to the dead: the high price of engaging Myanmar’s junta](https://iwpost.com/talking-to-the-dead-the-high-price-of-engaging-myanmars-junta/): Neighbors are busy rehabilitating the diplomatic standing of Myanmar’s junta-chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing just as his regime openly shreds the regional bloc’s peace plan.
- [Ukraine, Saudi Arabia Deepen Defense Cooperation With Counter-Drone Deal](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-saudi-arabia-deepen-defense-cooperation-with-counter-drone-deal/): Ukraine and Saudi Arabia signed a defense cooperation agreement centered on counter-drone technology, combining Kyiv’s battlefield experience against Iranian-designed drones with plans for joint production, technology development and investment.
- [Europe faces another surge of record heat as scorching temperatures persist](https://iwpost.com/europe-faces-another-surge-of-record-heat-as-scorching-temperatures-persist/): High pressure has dominated central and eastern Europe in early August, breaking temperature records across the region.
- [Saudi defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan is a verdict on the reliability of US security guarantees](https://iwpost.com/saudi-defence-pact-with-turkey-and-pakistan-is-a-verdict-on-the-reliability-of-us-security-guarantees/): Commentators predictably reacted to the news of the signing of a mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan on August 7 by reaching for the label “Islamic Nato”.
- [New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate](https://iwpost.com/new-surveillance-tech-links-your-phone-to-your-license-plate/): Imagine that you share a ride to work with the same colleague most mornings.
- [Francesca Hong’s “Thanksgiving-Gate” Shows Her Detractors Are Totally Out of Ideas](https://iwpost.com/francesca-hongs-thanksgiving-gate-shows-her-detractors-are-totally-out-of-ideas/): Sean Bell is a writer and journalist based in Edinburgh.
- [Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone?](https://iwpost.com/is-there-anyone-who-can-respond-to-my-foia-requests-anyone/): I file a lot of Freedom of Information Act requests.
- [Watch Malaysia for a preview of Asia’s coming AI power crunch](https://iwpost.com/watch-malaysia-for-a-preview-of-asias-coming-ai-power-crunch/): Every investor pricing artificial intelligence as a chip story is missing the real bottleneck.
- [Israeli army blows up Palestinian man’s home weeks after his killing](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-blows-up-palestinian-mans-home-weeks-after-his-killing/): Less than three weeks after Palestinian man Farouk Ramadan was killed while confronting Israeli occupiers, the Israeli army blew up his house in the West Bank town of Tal, Anadolu reports.
- [New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about passkeys](https://iwpost.com/new-pass-ta-key-attack-reveals-all-the-things-we-didnt-know-about-passkeys/): Last week a researcher outlined what he said was a “novel attack surface” in passkeys, the new authentication paradigm that offers a more secure alternative over password-based methods.
- [Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death](https://iwpost.com/syria-sentences-bashar-al-assad-to-death/): A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday after a trial in absentia, ​convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and ‌arbitrary arrest during the country’s nearly 14-year war.
- [Brad Pitt’s Shocking Confession Raises Alarms](https://iwpost.com/brad-pitts-shocking-confession-raises-alarms/): Brad Pitt is opening up about a major change in his life — revealing that after seven years of sobriety, he has started drinking alcohol again.
- [Experts deliver brutal obituaries for Trump’s failed Iran war](https://iwpost.com/experts-deliver-brutal-obituaries-for-trumps-failed-iran-war/): University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer on Sunday delivered a harsh reality check to US President Donald Trump over the state of his illegal war with Iran.
- [Yoseph Haddad Says Far-Right Activist Attacked Him Following Heated LA Debate](https://iwpost.com/yoseph-haddad-says-far-right-activist-attacked-him-following-heated-la-debate/): Israeli-Arab pro-Israel activist Yoseph Haddad said he was attacked from behind after a filmed debate in Los Angeles by far-right activist Dennis Faitosa, whom Haddad described as a neo-Nazi, following a heated exchange over Israel and Haddad’s service in Israel’s military.
- [Following Epic loss, Google has started hosting rival app stores in the Play Store](https://iwpost.com/following-epic-loss-google-has-started-hosting-rival-app-stores-in-the-play-store/): A new day has dawned in the Play Store, and it’s one that Google tried very hard to avoid.
- [New allied trio militarily moves on from faltering US and Trump](https://iwpost.com/new-allied-trio-militarily-moves-on-from-faltering-us-and-trump/): The deadlocked Middle East war gave birth last week to a defense alliance among Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan that represents a vivid backlash to the failures of heavy American bombing of Iran and President Donald Trump’s spasmodic diplomacy to end the conflict.
- [Valve slowly expands SteamOS support on non-Valve hardware](https://iwpost.com/valve-slowly-expands-steamos-support-on-non-valve-hardware/): SteamOS is continuing its slow march to fuller support on a wider variety of non-Valve hardware.
- [Deadly drone crash sparks new Moldova-Russia tensions](https://iwpost.com/deadly-drone-crash-sparks-new-moldova-russia-tensions/): Moldovan President Maia Sandu has blamed Russia’s war in Ukraine for a recent drone crash in the southeast of her country.
- [Why Japan is stalling on Trump’s Gaza rebuild offer](https://iwpost.com/why-japan-is-stalling-on-trumps-gaza-rebuild-offer/): On July 30, Donald Trump said his Board of Peace had reached what he called a monumental step toward disarming Hamas.
- [Colombia recognises Israeli sovereignty over occupied Golan Heights](https://iwpost.com/colombia-recognises-israeli-sovereignty-over-occupied-golan-heights/): Colombia on Monday officially recognised Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a strategic Syrian territory that has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967, Anadolu reports.
- [Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution](https://iwpost.com/amazon-backs-power-plant-that-may-become-top-source-of-us-climate-pollution/): Amazon’s artificial intelligence ambitions will soon be partly fueled by a natural gas-burning power plant in Texas that “could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United States,” The New York Times reported.
- [At Least 111 Killed as Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Colombia ](https://iwpost.com/at-least-111-killed-as-magnitude-7-4-earthquake-strikes-colombia/): A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck western Colombia on Monday has killed at least 111 people, prompting the government to declare a state of national disaster and deploy soldiers to affected areas, President Abelardo de la Espriella said.
- [Eighties Movie Star Dies at Oregon Home](https://iwpost.com/eighties-movie-star-dies-at-oregon-home/): Jon Cypher, the veteran actor who charmed millions as Prince Charming opposite Julie Andrews in the historic live TV production of Cinderella before becoming a familiar face on Hill Street Blues and Major Dad, has died.
- [History shows why the Makkah Agreement could fail](https://iwpost.com/history-shows-why-the-makkah-agreement-could-fail/): Time is a stern teacher of nations.
- [Developer Cold Iron Studios shuts down cloud version of $60 game with no refunds](https://iwpost.com/developer-cold-iron-studios-shuts-down-cloud-version-of-60-game-with-no-refunds/): Following its announcement in March, game developer Cold Iron Studios has shut down the servers for the cloud version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch.
- [Netanyahu says Trump’s new Gaza plan is unacceptable](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-trumps-new-gaza-plan-is-unacceptable/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated his rejection of Donald Trump’s latest Gaza ​plan in televised remarks to his right-wing government on Sunday, even as Israel’s military has effectively halted attacks in the territory under pressure from ‌the U.S.
- [Can Vietnam economy harness diaspora in Australia, New Zealand?](https://iwpost.com/can-vietnam-economy-harness-diaspora-in-australia-new-zealand/): Vietnam’s top leader, Tô Lâm, is visiting Australia and New Zealand this week with a high-level delegation of ministers.
- [Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist](https://iwpost.com/trump-signs-bonkers-order-that-cuts-vaccines-promotes-ones-that-dont-exist/): President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes sweeping, unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations.
- [With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy](https://iwpost.com/with-new-open-models-meta-pitches-another-reboot-of-its-struggling-ai-strategy/): Meta has announced its intention to focus on open-weight large language models.
- [Trump demands compensation from Iran for alleged atrocities of past 50 years](https://iwpost.com/trump-demands-compensation-from-iran-for-alleged-atrocities-of-past-50-years/): US President Donald Trump on Monday issued a counter-demand for financial compensation from Tehran, citing decades of alleged Iranian military activity and internal repression, Anadolu reports.
- [Mecca Joint Defence Agreement Exposes Limits of US Military Reliance ](https://iwpost.com/mecca-joint-defence-agreement-exposes-limits-of-us-military-reliance/): Two days after Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed their new joint defense agreement in Mecca on Friday, the Houthis claimed a drone attack against Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery.
- [Western Europe records hottest June and July on record](https://iwpost.com/western-europe-records-hottest-june-and-july-on-record/): Western Europe experienced its hottest June and July on record, according to data released Monday by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
- [‘Grease’ Star has Become a Recluse After Devastating Loss](https://iwpost.com/grease-star-has-become-a-recluse-after-devastating-loss/): Stockard Channing was once one of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces, but these days, the Grease legend says she’s living a much quieter — and increasingly reclusive — life.
- [Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement](https://iwpost.com/ars-live-ross-scott-discusses-the-stop-killing-games-movement/): By now, any serious gamer is familiar with a favorite title becoming unplayable after a centralized online server gets shut down, or being unable to purchase and download a digitally delisted, critically acclaimed title from yesteryear.
- [Zuckerberg’s superyacht ignored emergency channel, failed to aid stranded boat](https://iwpost.com/zuckerbergs-superyacht-ignored-emergency-channel-failed-to-aid-stranded-boat/): Social media scuttlebutt about Mark Zuckerberg’s $300 million superyacht failing to assist stranded boaters off the coast of Alaska was partly corroborated by ship-tracking data—and eventually prompted responses from both the US Coast Guard and a spokesperson for Zuckerberg.
- [Criminal gangs have diversified across Latin America, making them more resilient – but not untouchable](https://iwpost.com/criminal-gangs-have-diversified-across-latin-america-making-them-more-resilient-but-not-untouchable/): Latin America’s most powerful criminal groups have expanded beyond the drug trade – and have become more resilient as a result.
- [UEFA, AFC, CONCACAF hit out at Infantino over World Cup stake sale](https://iwpost.com/uefa-afc-concacaf-hit-out-at-infantino-over-world-cup-stake-sale/): UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and CONCACAF, which ​runs football in the Caribbean, North and Central America, issued an open letter on Monday attacking FIFA President Gianni Infantino ‌over his conduct during the proposed sale of a stake in the commercial rights to the World Cup.
- [A new plan to preserve Georgia’s marshes: Give them space to migrate](https://iwpost.com/a-new-plan-to-preserve-georgias-marshes-give-them-space-to-migrate/): Decades ago, in order to build up a solid foundation for I-95 through Southeast Georgia, construction crews dug some earth near the town of Midway, Georgia, about 50 miles south of Savannah, and left a deep pit.
- [How to reverse rising inequality in Asia’s cities](https://iwpost.com/how-to-reverse-rising-inequality-in-asias-cities/): Asia and the Pacific is urbanizing faster than any other region.
- [Saydnaya Churches Cancel Holiday Celebrations Over Detentions and Security Concerns ](https://iwpost.com/saydnaya-churches-cancel-holiday-celebrations-over-detentions-and-security-concerns/): [SAYDNAYA] Committees representing several Christian churches in the town of Saydnaya, north of Damascus, announced the cancellation of public celebrations linked to this year’s religious holidays, saying that services would be limited to prayers inside churches.
- [Has Ford got cheap car fever? A $25K crossover is supposedly on the way.](https://iwpost.com/has-ford-got-cheap-car-fever-a-25k-crossover-is-supposedly-on-the-way/): Talk of the affordability crisis may be penetrating corporate boardrooms.
- [UN experts condemn surge in attacks on Palestinians across occupied territories](https://iwpost.com/un-experts-condemn-surge-in-attacks-on-palestinians-across-occupied-territories/): UN experts on Monday condemned a “sharp escalation” in attacks against Palestinian civilians across the occupied Palestinian territory in July, warning of a further deterioration in an “already catastrophic” human rights situation, Anadolu reports.
- [‘A Christmas Story’ Actress Dead After Decades-Long Career](https://iwpost.com/a-christmas-story-actress-dead-after-decades-long-career/): Tedde Moore, the actress beloved by generations of holiday movie fans as Ralphie Parker’s stern but memorable teacher in A Christmas Story, has died.
- [Ukraine assault on Russian retail giant Wildberries brings war home to consumers and retailers](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-assault-on-russian-retail-giant-wildberries-brings-war-home-to-consumers-and-retailers/): Ukrainian drones are regularly striking warehouses belonging to Wildberries – Russia’s largest online marketplace, often described as its answer to Amazon.
- [Taylor Farms recalls jalapeño products for Salmonella amid Cyclospora outbreak](https://iwpost.com/taylor-farms-recalls-jalapeno-products-for-salmonella-amid-cyclospora-outbreak/): Amid a massive Cyclospora outbreak linked to its iceberg lettuce, Taylor Farms is now recalling products containing jalapeños, which were linked last week to a large, multi-state Salmonella outbreak.
- [Poland and Baltics shield infrastructure, fearing a Russian false-flag strike](https://iwpost.com/poland-and-baltics-shield-infrastructure-fearing-a-russian-false-flag-strike/): Russia’s northern NATO neighbours are tightening security around dams, power plants and natural gas infrastructure in a sign of mounting concern that Moscow will stage a “false flag” attack on them using Ukrainian drones.
- [The Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at Risk](https://iwpost.com/the-pentagons-obsession-with-china-puts-hawaii-at-risk/): The Pentagon is reportedly overhauling its nuclear strategy, focusing on shorter-range tactical nukes rather than longer-range, higher-yield missiles, for possible regional wars with China and Russia.
- [A researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.](https://iwpost.com/a-researcher-bought-noreply-net-companies-started-sending-him-secrets/): Cory Solovewicz receives more unwanted emails than you. Seriously—it’s a lot more.
- [How Jordan’s clothing industry exploits migrant workers: ‘we have nowhere to go with our complaints’](https://iwpost.com/how-jordans-clothing-industry-exploits-migrant-workers-we-have-nowhere-to-go-with-our-complaints/): US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued its first-ever “withhold release” orders on garments made in Jordan.
- [‘Low-Keying It’: President Trump Reportedly Shifts From Military to Economic Pressure on Iran ](https://iwpost.com/low-keying-it-president-trump-reportedly-shifts-from-military-to-economic-pressure-on-iran/): President Donald Trump said the United States is “low-keying it” in its confrontation with Iran and is focusing on the Islamic Republic’s mounting economic problems, backing away from the threat of renewed large-scale military action he raised more than a week ago.
- [Tunisia’s jailed Ennahda leader Ghannouchi stages hunger, medication strike, defense team says](https://iwpost.com/tunisias-jailed-ennahda-leader-ghannouchi-stages-hunger-medication-strike-defense-team-says/): The leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, launched a hunger and medication strike five days ago to protest the “complete isolation” imposed on him at a hospital, his defense team said Monday, Anadolu reports.
- [Estonia government loses parliament majority as two MPs defect](https://iwpost.com/estonia-government-loses-parliament-majority-as-two-mps-defect/): Estonia’s coalition government has lost ​its parliamentary majority ‌following the defection of two of its elected ​members, local ​media reported on Monday.
- [NBA Legend Dead After Career That Changed Basketball](https://iwpost.com/nba-legend-dead-after-career-that-changed-basketball/): NBA legend Don Nelson, the Hall of Fame coach who helped reshape modern basketball and won five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, has died at 86.
- [More Than Half the Homes in East Omaha Have Unsafe Lead Levels. That Doesn’t Mean the EPA Will Clean Them Up.](https://iwpost.com/more-than-half-the-homes-in-east-omaha-have-unsafe-lead-levels-that-doesnt-mean-the-epa-will-clean-them-up/): Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent on environmental cleanup, more than half the yards in a section of Omaha, Nebraska, that used to surround a lead smelter still have enough contamination to cause high blood-lead levels in kids, according to tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica.
- [Israel Seeks Return of Jewish Remains From Lebanon Under Proposed Exchange Deal](https://iwpost.com/israel-seeks-return-of-jewish-remains-from-lebanon-under-proposed-exchange-deal/): Israel has proposed bringing the remains of Jews buried in Lebanon to Israel for reburial as part of a possible civilian exchange agreement under discussion with Beirut, Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported Monday.
- [Germany warns of escalating hybrid threats after Leipzig airport drone scare](https://iwpost.com/germany-warns-of-escalating-hybrid-threats-after-leipzig-airport-drone-scare/): Germany faces daily hybrid warfare attacks from abroad, ​Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt was quoted by a local newspaper as saying on Sunday, ‌following a suspected attack attempt involving an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
- [Patriot interceptors ‘on the way’ to Ukraine: another Trump con](https://iwpost.com/patriot-interceptors-on-the-way-to-ukraine-another-trump-con/): The actual reporting of war and politics these days in most media outlets can be incredibly weak.
- [Hamas reaffirms commitment to completing 2nd phase of Trump’s Gaza plan](https://iwpost.com/hamas-reaffirms-commitment-to-completing-2nd-phase-of-trumps-gaza-plan/): US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States, on July 14, 2026.
- [Crack Addict Turns into Wealthy ‘Celebrity Shaman’](https://iwpost.com/crack-addict-turns-into-wealthy-celebrity-shaman/): Forget LSD, magic mushrooms and ayahuasca.
- [Sophie Cunningham Is the Anti-Trans Right's New White Woman Mascot](https://iwpost.com/sophie-cunningham-is-the-anti-trans-rights-new-white-woman-mascot/): Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement.
- [Pakistan Says Mecca Defense Pact Not Aimed at Any Country, Open to New Members](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-says-mecca-defense-pact-not-aimed-at-any-country-open-to-new-members/): Pakistan has made it clear that the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is not directed against any country and that other countries may also join the pact.
- [India-China thaw is a supply-chain truce, not a strategic reset](https://iwpost.com/india-china-thaw-is-a-supply-chain-truce-not-a-strategic-reset/): For six years, India ran its China policy on one simple assumption: if you’re economically dependent on a rival with which you share a disputed border, that dependence is a liability.
- [Pope Leo voices concern over ‘tragic’ situation in Sudan](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-voices-concern-over-tragic-situation-in-sudan/): Pope Leo XIV on Sunday expressed his concern over the ongoing “tragic” situation in Sudan, calling on the international community to support efforts aimed at bringing about an immediate ceasefire, Anadolu reports.
- [‘Harry Potter’ Actress Makes Shocking Confession](https://iwpost.com/harry-potter-actress-makes-shocking-confession/): Jessie Cave spent years working in movies, television and comedy after landing a memorable role in the Harry Potter franchise — but she says none of it came close to the money she made after joining OnlyFans.
- [Beyond productivity: rethinking how we invest in AI](https://iwpost.com/beyond-productivity-rethinking-how-we-invest-in-ai/): When Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu recently warned that the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence could eventually create a purchasing power problem by reducing entry-level hiring, the reaction was predictable.
- [5 Months Without Ships: What the Hormuz Closure Costs the Arab Side of the Strait](https://iwpost.com/5-months-without-ships-what-the-hormuz-closure-costs-the-arab-side-of-the-strait/): Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain have no way to get their oil and gas out except through the Strait.
- [In rural communities, fears amplified by ‘AI slop’ and social media hamper solar boom](https://iwpost.com/in-rural-communities-fears-amplified-by-ai-slop-and-social-media-hamper-solar-boom/): Into a clear blue sky, the sweet-smelling smoke billows and spreads.
- [No need to overread the Middle East’s marriages of convenience](https://iwpost.com/no-need-to-overread-the-middle-easts-marriages-of-convenience/): Not all Middle Eastern partnerships are as they seem.
- [Star Suffers Medical Emergency at Fan Event](https://iwpost.com/star-suffers-medical-emergency-at-fan-event/): Highlander star Christopher Lambert gave fans a frightening scare Saturday after collapsing during a packed fan convention and being rushed to the hospital by ambulance.
- [Drone Strikes and Intelligence Chief’s Killing Expose Libya’s Fragile Balance](https://iwpost.com/drone-strikes-and-intelligence-chiefs-killing-expose-libyas-fragile-balance/): Drone attacks on energy facilities in western Libya and the assassination of a senior intelligence official in the east have renewed fears of instability as Libyan factions maneuver ahead of possible political negotiations.
- [Has the Left Really Met Its Limit? ](https://iwpost.com/has-the-left-really-met-its-limit/): The stunning momentum of the insurgent left hit a roadblock this week when democratic socialist Francesca Hong narrowly lost her primary race for Wisconsin governor to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a moderate who garnered significant support from establishment Democrats.
- [How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart](https://iwpost.com/how-trumps-unprecedented-effort-to-prosecute-noncitizen-voters-fell-apart/): Inflated Claims: HSI deployed its tech platform to find noncitizens on voter rolls, despite warnings from agency insiders that it would lead to an “ungodly” number of false positives.
- [Rocket Report: Rocket Lab shows off its flexibility; Blue Origin's two-pad plan](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-rocket-lab-shows-off-its-flexibility-blue-origins-two-pad-plan/): Welcome to Edition 9.06 of the Rocket Report!
- [Ukraine and Iran: why military strength doesn’t mean winning wars](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-and-iran-why-military-strength-doesnt-mean-winning-wars/): Russia’s military superiority over Ukraine hasn’t enabled it to land a decisive blow on the battlefield.
- [NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity](https://iwpost.com/natos-northern-flank-faces-mounting-disruption-from-suspected-drone-activity/): Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine is spilling over into NATO’s northern borders with Russia.
- [Nicole Kidman Makes Shocking Confession About Marriage to Tom Cruise](https://iwpost.com/nicole-kidman-makes-shocking-confession-about-marriage-to-tom-cruise/): Nicole Kidman is opening up about her whirlwind marriage to Tom Cruise — and revealing she was warned from the very beginning that saying “I do” to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars could come at a major cost.
- [Berlin expands the reach of the security state](https://iwpost.com/berlin-expands-the-reach-of-the-security-state/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after previous release](https://iwpost.com/google-announces-gemini-3-7-flash-just-three-weeks-after-previous-release/): Google is announcing a new Gemini model today, but it’s not the long-awaited 3.5 Pro.
- [China, Indonesia, Taiwan: the naval question Jakarta has to answer](https://iwpost.com/china-indonesia-taiwan-the-naval-question-jakarta-has-to-answer/): This week brought two Indonesia stories that sat side by side but pointed in different directions.
- [Tunisia: Ennahda calls for release of female political detainees](https://iwpost.com/tunisia-ennahda-calls-for-release-of-female-political-detainees/): Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has called for the release of women detained for their political views, as Tunisia marks its National Women’s Day.
- [UN Envoy Warns Yemen Faces Greatest Risk of War Since 2022 ](https://iwpost.com/un-envoy-warns-yemen-faces-greatest-risk-of-war-since-2022/): Yemen faces its greatest risk of renewed war since 2022 as fighting intensifies between the Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-supported army and attacks on Red Sea shipping threaten further regional escalation, UN envoy Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council.
- [Organic-looking brake assemblies debut on new Czinger 21C Spyder](https://iwpost.com/organic-looking-brake-assemblies-debut-on-new-czinger-21c-spyder/): Across California, it’s time for Monterey Car Week, a cluster of events I once called “Comic-Con and the Oscars but with wheels.” For the last however many years, though, it’s mostly felt like an accumulation of rich people and influencers all crammed into the now-traffic-snarled peninsula, each paying 10 times the normal price for five-night minimums in three-star motels.
- [Russia investing in missiles to outplay Ukraine’s drone tactics](https://iwpost.com/russia-investing-in-missiles-to-outplay-ukraines-drone-tactics/): Some ominous news out of Ukraine this week in the form of an air defence assessment from Ukrainian intelligence official, Major-General Vadym Skibitsky.
- [Europe facing strain on resources and services due to heatwaves](https://iwpost.com/europe-facing-strain-on-resources-and-services-due-to-heatwaves/): Large parts of western Europe, especially Britain and France, will be sweltering under another heatwave this Thursday as countries feel the strain on resources, the economy and services.
- [Rising US Treasury yields put Asia back on edge](https://iwpost.com/rising-us-treasury-yields-put-asia-back-on-edge/): NEW YORK – US Treasury yields are pressing against their highest levels since 2007, and Asia’s policymakers know what that usually means: turbulence ahead.
- [The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop](https://iwpost.com/the-new-instagram-logo-is-the-perfect-embodiment-of-ai-slop/): Today, Instagram unveiled a refresh of its wordmark, accompanied by the usual bland corporate platitudes these kinds of announcements are always packaged with.
- [Actor’s Bizarre Confession Raises Eyebrows (Video)](https://iwpost.com/actors-bizarre-confession-raises-eyebrows-video/): Dax Shepard is opening up about his intense fascination with the male physique — and the actor says the obsession may be tied to a painful chapter from his childhood.
- [Half-trillion Nvidia chip financing threatens China AI ambitions](https://iwpost.com/half-trillion-nvidia-chip-financing-threatens-china-ai-ambitions/): Nvidia’s newly unveiled plan to mobilize more than US$500 billion in third-party financing for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers is expected to deepen its global dominance and reduce the competitiveness of Chinese chips in global markets.
- [Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed](https://iwpost.com/pet-owners-say-smart-pet-feeder-outage-led-to-furry-ones-going-unfed/): Smart pet-feeder company Petlibro suffered an outage on Tuesday, giving users a harsh reminder of the risks of relying on smart devices.
- [From Votes to Seats: Inside Israel’s Election Polling System](https://iwpost.com/from-votes-to-seats-inside-israels-election-polling-system/): Two polls published four days apart gave Israelis strikingly different projections of the next Knesset.
- [UK economy gains from Gulf ceasefire, World Cup and sunshine](https://iwpost.com/uk-economy-gains-from-gulf-ceasefire-world-cup-and-sunshine/): Britain’s economy unexpectedly grew in June as companies enjoyed a respite from the energy price surge caused ‌by the Iran war, the start of the men’s soccer World Cup and hot weather, official data showed on Thursday.
- [US military loses roughly 25% of Reaper drone fleet in Iran war: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-military-loses-roughly-25-of-reaper-drone-fleet-in-iran-war-report/): The US military has lost at least 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, or roughly 25% of its fleet, during its war with Iran, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing three officials, Anadolu reports.
- [Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say](https://iwpost.com/flock-cant-tech-its-way-out-of-the-stalker-cop-problem-experts-say/): On Thursday, Flock announced plans to require all agencies with access to license plate reader data to use a safety tool that automatically detects abnormal activity and locks out cops who abuse their access to stalk people they know in their personal lives.
- [A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened.](https://iwpost.com/a-youth-sports-giant-promised-reforms-to-protect-kids-from-sexual-abuse-most-never-happened/): Promised Reforms: The Amateur Athletic Union said it would implement “historic” reforms after a child sex abuse scandal in 2011, including mandatory training.
- [Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship](https://iwpost.com/virgin-galactic-wants-your-help-naming-its-new-delta-class-spaceship/): As Virgin Galactic nears christening the first of its next-generation spaceship designed to launch customers on suborbital flights, it still is missing a key component—a name.
- [Ireland introduces new anti-money laundering rules target gambling industry](https://iwpost.com/ireland-introduces-new-anti-money-laundering-rules-target-gambling-industry/): New anti-money laundering rules are set to be introduced in Ireland as part of a wide-reaching nationwide crackdown.
- [Middle Schoolers Tackle Knife-Wielding Student After He Stabs Teacher](https://iwpost.com/middle-schoolers-tackle-knife-wielding-student-after-he-stabs-teacher/): A group of brave seventh-graders sprang into action after a 12-year-old student allegedly stabbed a teacher with a knife inside a Virginia middle school, authorities said.
- [Israel Sends 80-Member Search and Rescue Team to Earthquake-Hit Colombia ](https://iwpost.com/israel-sends-80-member-search-and-rescue-team-to-earthquake-hit-colombia/): Israel will send an 80-member humanitarian search and rescue delegation to Colombia on Thursday night to assist with rescue operations following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on August 10, 2026, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced.
- [US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer](https://iwpost.com/us-wait-times-for-cancer-surgeries-are-getting-longer-and-longer/): As cancer treatments have advanced and outcomes have improved, one aspect of cancer care in the US has consistently worsened over the last decade: the wait time for surgery.
- [Switzerland selects Gaza survivors documentary for Oscars](https://iwpost.com/switzerland-selects-gaza-survivors-documentary-for-oscars/): Switzerland has selected a documentary featuring testimonies from survivors in the Gaza Strip as its entry for the 2027 Academy Awards, media reports said Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals](https://iwpost.com/private-security-firms-will-soon-be-allowed-to-hack-overseas-cybercriminals/): The Trump administration is recruiting private security firms to conduct federal government-authorized operations, including cyberattacks, against overseas-based criminal organizations that commit hacks on US persons, organizations, or government entities.
- [Swiss government urges parliament to reject initiative opposing EU deal](https://iwpost.com/swiss-government-urges-parliament-to-reject-initiative-opposing-eu-deal/): The Swiss government on Thursday recommended that parliament reject an initiative aimed at blocking a new agreement ​between Switzerland and the European Union that would mark ‌the biggest overhaul in bilateral economic relations in a generation.
- [The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.](https://iwpost.com/the-climate-movement-gave-this-texas-tribe-millions-and-a-global-platform-no-one-checked-its-story/): In May of 2017, Juan Mancias became an overnight sensation in France.
- [Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game](https://iwpost.com/ukrainian-drones-wipe-out-entire-us-tank-brigade-in-live-war-game/): Ukrainian drone teams demolished a brigade of US Army tanks and armored vehicles during a live war game held this year—but the US soldiers were lucky enough to get “respawn” attempts while learning from the experience.
- [Iran oil spill: the war is leaving environmental scars that ceasefires cannot heal](https://iwpost.com/iran-oil-spill-the-war-is-leaving-environmental-scars-that-ceasefires-cannot-heal/): Oil slicks moving along Iran’s southern coast have reached the Hara mangrove forests of Qeshm Island.
- [Iraq Sets Sept. 30 Deadline for US Withdrawal, Disarmament of Armed Groups](https://iwpost.com/iraq-sets-sept-30-deadline-for-us-withdrawal-disarmament-of-armed-groups/): Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said the US-led military coalition must complete its withdrawal from Iraq by Sept.
- [Ted Danson Reveals Dark Truth About His Life After ‘Cheers’](https://iwpost.com/ted-danson-reveals-dark-truth-about-his-life-after-cheers/): Ted Danson may have been one of television’s biggest stars when Cheers ended, but behind the scenes, his personal life was falling apart.
- [Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-could-be-worth-2-trillion-when-it-goes-public/): Anthropic investors expect the AI startup to float at a valuation of $2 trillion or more in October, a dizzying figure that would eclipse SpaceX and make the AI lab’s debut the largest-ever initial public offering.
- [Trump says press secretary Leavitt to leave job at month’s end](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-press-secretary-leavitt-to-leave-job-at-months-end/): White House press secretary ​Karoline Leavitt will leave her role at the end of the month, U.S.
- [UK media proposals raise fears over suppression of independent Palestine reporting](https://iwpost.com/uk-media-proposals-raise-fears-over-suppression-of-independent-palestine-reporting/): A new campaign is urging the British public to oppose government proposals that could give selected news organisations greater prominence on social media, warning that the measures risk pushing independent media further down users’ feeds.
- [Rivian's 2027 changes include its No. 1 most-requested feature](https://iwpost.com/rivians-2027-changes-include-its-no-1-most-requested-feature/): It’s time for Rivian’s changeover from model year 2026 to 2027, and the electric vehicle startup has decided to take a page from its recently released R2 SUV and apply it to the company’s larger, more expensive R1 line.
- [Wildfire-damaged historic buildings may not be as ruined as they appear, but saving them means acting fast](https://iwpost.com/wildfire-damaged-historic-buildings-may-not-be-as-ruined-as-they-appear-but-saving-them-means-acting-fast/): In a summer of wildfires severe enough to trigger Spain’s first-ever national emergency for a forest fire, a historic stone structure called the Nevera de Castro stands in a landscape burned bare in the Castellón region.
- [Pentatgon funded a $533 million artillery plant that made nothing](https://iwpost.com/pentatgon-funded-a-533-million-artillery-plant-that-made-nothing/): This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer-prizewinning investigative newsroom.
- [Detention of Former Syrian General in Lebanon Opens Question of Extraditing Assad-Era Officials to Damascus](https://iwpost.com/detention-of-former-syrian-general-in-lebanon-opens-question-of-extraditing-assad-era-officials-to-damascus/): [DAMASCUS] The detention by Lebanese authorities of former Syrian Maj. Gen.
- [Claude's new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible—for now](https://iwpost.com/claudes-new-scarlet-letter-watermark-is-invisible-for-now/): Anthropic has revealed that it will soon watermark content that is processed (not just generated!) by any of its models.
- [Israel Justified Its Wars by Calling Enemies “Crazy.” Now, the Warning Signs All Apply to Israel.](https://iwpost.com/israel-justified-its-wars-by-calling-enemies-crazy-now-the-warning-signs-all-apply-to-israel/): Eli Clifton is an investigative journalist.
- [Russia bets on ballistic missiles to combat the success of Ukraine’s drone warfare](https://iwpost.com/russia-bets-on-ballistic-missiles-to-combat-the-success-of-ukraines-drone-warfare/): Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has regularly targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure with missile attacks.
- [Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Count Binface go head-to-head in snap UK poll](https://iwpost.com/reform-uk-leader-nigel-farage-and-count-binface-go-head-to-head-in-snap-uk-poll/): Voters in eastern England are casting their ballots this Thursday for a by-election triggered triggered by Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, amid a boycott by mainstream parties.
- [This National Youth Sports Organization Is Failing to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse](https://iwpost.com/this-national-youth-sports-organization-is-failing-to-protect-kids-from-sexual-abuse/): Promised Reforms: The Amateur Athletic Union said it would implement “historic” reforms after a child sex abuse scandal in 2011, including mandatory training.
- [Putin threatens tit-for-tat seizures of foreign vessels](https://iwpost.com/putin-threatens-tit-for-tat-seizures-of-foreign-vessels/): The West’s spree of “shadow fleet” seizures might finally be coming to an end after what Putin just told his Pacific Fleet commanders during his visit to the Russian Far East.
- [US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas](https://iwpost.com/us-boosts-drone-surveillance-as-flesh-eating-screwworms-spread-in-texas/): Hundreds of US government drones have switched from border surveillance to a different surveillance mission this summer—looking for signs of screwworm infestations in wild animals and livestock herds.
- [Israeli security source warns: West Bank is a powder keg that could explode at any moment](https://iwpost.com/israeli-security-source-warns-west-bank-is-a-powder-keg-that-could-explode-at-any-moment/): Israeli security and military sources warned on Wednesday that the situation in the West Bank resembles a “powder keg” because of settler violence against Palestinians, while occupation officers are reluctant to take action against the perpetrators for fear of harming their military careers.
- [Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now](https://iwpost.com/twitch-content-has-trained-amazon-ai-for-years-but-users-can-opt-out-now/): Twitch now lets users opt out of Amazon’s use of content from their channels to train Amazon’s “generative AI content models.” The change, announced today, comes more than two years after a company executive confirmed that Amazon was using Twitch content for AI training.
- [Can Iran’s ‘Asian friends’ reopen Hormuz when the US cannot?](https://iwpost.com/can-irans-asian-friends-reopen-hormuz-when-the-us-cannot/): For a fortnight beginning August 30, Tehran gets to feel wanted – first in Bishkek, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, then in New Delhi at the BRICS summit, Iran’s leadership will sit among presidents and prime ministers who need something from Tehran just as much as Tehran needs something from them: a reopened Strait of Hormuz.
- [Leavitt To Exit White House Press Secretary Role, Will Serve as Adviser ](https://iwpost.com/leavitt-to-exit-white-house-press-secretary-role-will-serve-as-adviser/): White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post at the end of the month, saying she wants to devote more time and attention to her two young children following the birth of her daughter.
- [Ukraine says it has retaken 745 sq km in ‘precision’ operation this year](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-says-it-has-retaken-745-sq-km-in-precision-operation-this-year/): Ukraine’s military has sought to heap pressure on Moscow’s war effort in recent months, ​counterattacking on parts of the 1,200-km (725-mile) front and striking logistics ​and energy infrastructure.
- [Francesca Hong’s Loss in Wisconsin is a Win for AI Data Centers — for Now](https://iwpost.com/francesca-hongs-loss-in-wisconsin-is-a-win-for-ai-data-centers-for-now/): Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong’s narrow defeat in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday night wasn’t just a stinging blow to the left — it marks a political loss for a nonpartisan anti-data center movement that has been picking up significant steam across the country.
- [Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes.](https://iwpost.com/have-physicists-finally-discovered-glueballs-new-evidence-points-to-yes/): Physicists with the Beijing Spectrometer III (BES III) experiment have uncovered convincing new evidence of the existence of so-called glueballs, an elusive composite particle made entirely of gluons predicted by quantum theory.
- [China’s new stealth corvette tests the future of naval warfare](https://iwpost.com/chinas-new-stealth-corvette-tests-the-future-of-naval-warfare/): China’s mystery weapon aboard its experimental stealth corvette points to a wider naval race to harness directed energy for everything from deniable gray-zone coercion to defeating the drone swarms that threaten to overwhelm conventional ship defenses.
- [Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack](https://iwpost.com/terabytes-of-credentials-leaked-in-massive-supply-chain-attack/): Terabytes worth of credentials, many belonging to the world’s biggest and most sensitive organizations, have been exposed in a supply-chain attack on LiteLLM, an open source tool that streamlines AI-driven software development.
- [North Korea doubles down on Its alliance with Russia, for now ](https://iwpost.com/north-korea-doubles-down-on-its-alliance-with-russia-for-now/): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has doubled down on his military and strategic alliance with Vladimir Putin and the Russian regime, betting that this axis will strengthen his own position for now.
- [Spotify to slap ‘AI Persona’ badges on AI-generated artist profiles ](https://iwpost.com/spotify-to-slap-ai-persona-badges-on-ai-generated-artist-profiles/): Spotify said it will begin adding “AI Persona” badges to certain artist profiles starting in mid-September, aiming to give listeners greater transparency about whether the artist behind the music is a real person.
- [Anti-Muslim hate targeting Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayed surged after primary win: Study](https://iwpost.com/anti-muslim-hate-targeting-michigan-senate-nominee-el-sayed-surged-after-primary-win-study/): Anti-Muslim hate speech targeting Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed surged twentyfold following his Aug.
- [Elderly Rabbi Assaulted and Threatened in Rome’s Jewish Quarter ](https://iwpost.com/elderly-rabbi-assaulted-and-threatened-in-romes-jewish-quarter/): An elderly rabbi was shoved and threatened by a man who also made references to Islam during a confrontation in Rome’s historic Jewish Quarter on Wednesday evening, Italian daily Il Messaggero reported.
- [The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font](https://iwpost.com/the-webs-newest-weapon-against-ai-scrapers-is-a-font/): AI companies’ penchant for scraping through large swathes of the public web in search of valuable training data has already led to lawsuits and technical fixes aimed at stopping the practice.
- [Tennessee Plans Another Execution Despite Its Brutal Recent Mistakes](https://iwpost.com/tennessee-plans-another-execution-despite-its-brutal-recent-mistakes/): In early August, on the one-year anniversary of his father’s death, Samson Childs invited his godfather out to eat at a Wingstop on Nashville’s south side, not far from where his dad grew up.
- [Goodbye, Comrade Zhu Rongji](https://iwpost.com/goodbye-comrade-zhu-rongji/): Zhu Rongji, born on October 23, 1928, died on August 12, 2026. He had been a prime minister, and a great modernizer of China’s financial system.
- [Toddler's tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors](https://iwpost.com/toddlers-tragic-death-from-brain-destroying-amoeba-offers-lessons-for-doctors/): A healthy toddler in Washington state fell ill abruptly. It began with vomiting, lethargy, and weakness on his right side.
- [French nuclear facility hit by jellyfish influx on anniversary of previous disruption](https://iwpost.com/french-nuclear-facility-hit-by-jellyfish-influx-on-anniversary-of-previous-disruption/): Aug. 11 is quickly becoming jellyfish invasion day at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in northern France.
- [Trump Sparks Assassination Fears After Bizarre Catering Cart Operation (Video)](https://iwpost.com/trump-sparks-assassination-fears-after-bizarre-catering-cart-operation-video/): Trump, 80, had been attending the NATO summit in Turkey before leaving the country on July 8 when officials were reportedly confronted with intelligence suggesting Iran posed a credible threat to the president and whichever aircraft was carrying him.
- [An ultra-rare amoeba was destroying a toddler's brain. Doctors missed it.](https://iwpost.com/an-ultra-rare-amoeba-was-destroying-a-toddlers-brain-doctors-missed-it/): A healthy toddler in Washington state fell ill abruptly. It began with vomiting, lethargy, and weakness on his right side.
- [As Houthi Attacks Spread, Saudi Arabia Weighs a New Yemen Campaign](https://iwpost.com/as-houthi-attacks-spread-saudi-arabia-weighs-a-new-yemen-campaign/): For three years, Saudi Arabia has sought to contain the Houthis while avoiding a return to full-scale war.
- [The Intercept Sues Trump for Selling Premium Access to Truth Social Announcements](https://iwpost.com/the-intercept-sues-trump-for-selling-premium-access-to-truth-social-announcements/): The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation sued President Donald Trump and his staff Wednesday, challenging a Trump-owned media company’s plan to monetize the president’s social media posts.
- [Trump sued over "brazen" scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month](https://iwpost.com/trump-sued-over-brazen-scheme-to-sell-truth-social-api-access-for-100k-a-month/): President Trump was sued by nonprofit news groups today over Truth Social’s “Truth API” that sells real-time access to posts from Trump and other top users of the social network.
- [Germany should change Israel policy amid growing violence against Palestinians: Ex-envoy](https://iwpost.com/germany-should-change-israel-policy-amid-growing-violence-against-palestinians-ex-envoy/): Germany should change its policy toward Israel amid mounting violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories, former German Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Putin says Russia will respond in kind if EU nations seize Russian vessels](https://iwpost.com/putin-says-russia-will-respond-in-kind-if-eu-nations-seize-russian-vessels/): Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that ​Russia will respond in kind if European countries ‌seize ussian merchant vessels, the TASS state news agency reported.
- [Scientists define a new category of heat wave: ‘Snow eaters’](https://iwpost.com/scientists-define-a-new-category-of-heat-wave-snow-eaters/): Matthew LaPlante doesn’t have to go to a lab to see his research in action.
- [“They’re Putting Kids’ Lives at Risk”: How Abuse in a Tennessee Businessman’s Juvenile Prisons Remained Under Wraps](https://iwpost.com/theyre-putting-kids-lives-at-risk-how-abuse-in-a-tennessee-businessmans-juvenile-prisons-remained-under-wraps/): Locked Down: Interviews with dozens of former staff and youth reveal how Wayne Halfway House failed to report suspected abuse to state officials across youth prisons in Tennessee.
- [Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza roadmap – history tells us Israel may be planning to stay](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-rejects-trumps-gaza-roadmap-history-tells-us-israel-may-be-planning-to-stay/): The recent decision by Benjamin Netanyahu to reject the Board of Peace plan for Gaza sponsored by the US president Donald Trump is concerning – but is hardly surprising.
- [Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record](https://iwpost.com/two-hydrogen-burning-engines-powered-this-car-to-a-new-land-speed-record/): It’s been far too long since I’ve been able to report a new land speed record.
- [Mass Casualty Incident Declared After Prison Lightning Strike](https://iwpost.com/mass-casualty-incident-declared-after-prison-lightning-strike/): A terrifying lightning strike at an Ohio correctional facility sent at least 16 inmates to hospitals Tuesday evening, prompting authorities to declare a mass casualty incident as powerful storms hammered the state.
- [ADL Report: Faculty Networks Driving Anti-Israel Activism on US Campuses ](https://iwpost.com/adl-report-faculty-networks-driving-anti-israel-activism-on-us-campuses/): An interconnected network of faculty groups, academic unions, and professional organizations is helping organize and sustain anti-Israel activism at US colleges and universities, including efforts to advance boycotts of Israel and support student protest movements, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League.
- [US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating](https://iwpost.com/us-tries-to-override-new-york-gambling-laws-orders-kalshi-to-keep-operating/): The Trump administration is trying to stop New York from enforcing its gambling laws against Kalshi, and yesterday said it ordered the prediction market to continue operating in the state.
- [How warfare has been ‘gamified’ in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/how-warfare-has-been-gamified-in-ukraine/): Where can you score 12 points for killing a Russian soldier in a drone attack, 20 for damaging a tank and up to 50 for destroying a mobile rocket system?
- [China is shaping the future of open-source technology – including AI](https://iwpost.com/china-is-shaping-the-future-of-open-source-technology-including-ai/): As you read this article on your computer or smartphone, you are almost certainly using open-source technology in some way.
- [Head of US travel association sounds alarm on potential expansion of visa bond program](https://iwpost.com/head-of-us-travel-association-sounds-alarm-on-potential-expansion-of-visa-bond-program/): The U.S. Travel ‌Association said it is concerned the Trump administration’s visa bond program could be broadened beyond the dozens of countries currently covered, a move it says would have a detrimental impact on the travel industry and economy.
- [Myanmar’s junta wants to cancel the diplomatic test it can’t pass](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-junta-wants-to-cancel-the-diplomatic-test-it-cant-pass/): “No longer necessary.” That was Min Aung Hlaing’s foreign ministry on August 8, on the office of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Chair’s Special Envoy on Myanmar.
- [Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag](https://iwpost.com/google-reveals-2026-hardware-lineup-pixel-11-pixel-watch-5-and-pixel-tag/): Google has revealed its Pixel phone hardware for 2026, and you won’t be surprised.
- [Political Assassinations: Libya’s Yesterday and Today](https://iwpost.com/political-assassinations-libyas-yesterday-and-today/): The killing of Libyan journalist and BBC broadcaster Mohamed Mustafa Ramadan outside London’s Central Mosque in 1980, and the recent assassination of Major General Fawzi al‑Mansouri, head of military intelligence in eastern Libya, as he left a mosque in Benghazi, are separated by nearly half a century.
- [Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing](https://iwpost.com/fiasco-in-the-factory-taxpayers-funded-a-533-million-artillery-plant-that-made-nothing/): Ready, Fire, Aim: In a rushed process exempted from normal rules, the Army hired General Dynamics, which brought on a Turkish subcontractor with little vetting, to make artillery shells.
- [Feces fueled a flurry of evolution during the Cambrian, study suggests](https://iwpost.com/feces-fueled-a-flurry-of-evolution-during-the-cambrian-study-suggests/): The Cambrian explosion may have been fueled by poop.
- [Why China’s war on deflation is faltering in real time](https://iwpost.com/why-chinas-war-on-deflation-is-faltering-in-real-time/): NEW YORK – Earlier hopes that China had beaten deflation took a hit this week.
- [Beyond Oil: The Resources Reshaping the Middle East and Africa](https://iwpost.com/beyond-oil-the-resources-reshaping-the-middle-east-and-africa/): Oil may dominate every conversation about the Middle East and North Africa, but it is only one layer of a far stranger resource map.
- [Norway wealth fund posts record $184 bln profit in first half of 2026](https://iwpost.com/norway-wealth-fund-posts-record-184-bln-profit-in-first-half-of-2026/): Norway’s $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, posted a record profit of 1.75 trillion Norwegian crowns (€159.7 billion) for the first half of the year, lifted by technology stocks.
- [Oprah Winfrey Steps Out with Stedman in Rare Sighting (Video)](https://iwpost.com/oprah-winfrey-steps-out-with-stedman-in-rare-sighting-video/): Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham are reminding everyone that one of Hollywood’s longest-running romances is still going strong.
- [A Google insider spills the tea on how the company forsook its founding ideals](https://iwpost.com/a-google-insider-spills-the-tea-on-how-the-company-forsook-its-founding-ideals/): In 2018, 20,000 Google employees worldwide made headlines when they staged a walkout to protest how the company had handled sexual misconduct allegations against key corporate executives, among other grievances.
- [Detroit knows China’s eating its EV lunch but can’t change course](https://iwpost.com/detroit-knows-chinas-eating-its-ev-lunch-but-cant-change-course/): One of the things that surprised this tourist in Oslo last February was the vast number of electric vehicles. EVs were everywhere.
- [Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells](https://iwpost.com/less-than-2-5-of-taylor-farms-recalled-lettuce-went-to-taco-bells/): Although shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell restaurants has been a prime suspect in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal parasite Cyclospora, a new report from the Food and Drug Administration finally reveals where all the contaminated lettuce was sold—and only a sliver of it went to Taco Bell locations.
- [“Total Whitewash”: New Pentagon Report Claims U.S. Killed No Civilians in Boat Strikes](https://iwpost.com/total-whitewash-new-pentagon-report-claims-u-s-killed-no-civilians-in-boat-strikes/): The War Department delivered its unreleased annual report on civilian casualties to members of Congress on Tuesday, two government officials told The Intercept — one of whom called the report “a fucking joke.” The report found that U.S.
- [Has Hamas ended?](https://iwpost.com/has-hamas-ended/): It is easy today to say that Hamas has ended. Gaza is destroyed. The movement’s leaders have been targeted. Its military structure has been badly hit.
- [This sub-$7,000 sportscar might be just what the future needs](https://iwpost.com/this-sub-7000-sportscar-might-be-just-what-the-future-needs/): This past weekend saw Monterey Car Week at perhaps its most excessive ever.
- [Growing number of young people in Germany not in work or training](https://iwpost.com/growing-number-of-young-people-in-germany-not-in-work-or-training/): The number of 20 to 24-year-olds in Germany who were neither employed nor doing training or studies rose to 10% in 2025 as part of a continuing trend, new figures have shown.
- [Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-discloses-21b-stake-in-spacex/): Nvidia has disclosed that it owns nearly 123 million shares in SpaceX, further highlighting the chipmaker’s entangled financial relationships with some of its biggest customers.
- [Pakistan has won the diplomacy, now comes the harder test](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-has-won-the-diplomacy-now-comes-the-harder-test/): The Financial Times has run a striking assessment: Pakistan, it argues, has become an emerging “hinge power” – a state whose simultaneous ties to Washington, Beijing, the Gulf and Tehran let it broker where others can only choose sides.
- [Irish police say deadly motorway stunts being staged for ‘social media likes’](https://iwpost.com/irish-police-say-deadly-motorway-stunts-being-staged-for-social-media-likes/): Ireland’s police chief has warned that some young people are driving the wrong way on ​the motorway “for social media likes” following two head-on ‌crashes near Dublin in recent weeks.
- [Israeli Children Will Step Into Another World To Ease Their Return to the Classroom ](https://iwpost.com/israeli-children-will-step-into-another-world-to-ease-their-return-to-the-classroom/): You are standing inside Van Gogh’s painting “Starry Night.” The sky is swirling around you. The glowing stars seem as if you could touch them.
- [Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis](https://iwpost.com/satellite-operators-are-in-panic-mode-due-to-a-worsening-launch-crisis/): This should be a golden era of launch.
- [‘Earth, Wind & Fire’ Member Suffers Scary Turn After Waking from Coma](https://iwpost.com/earth-wind-fire-member-suffers-scary-turn-after-waking-from-coma/): Earth, Wind & Fire drummer John Paris gave his worried family a precious moment of hope when he briefly woke from a medically induced coma and showed flashes of his familiar personality — before doctors were forced to sedate him again.
- [At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.](https://iwpost.com/at-quasi-public-private-schools-100-of-students-get-tuition-vouchers-theres-almost-no-accountability/): We were following the money that flows from states’ public coffers into private schools through vouchers when we noticed a subset of educational facilities where tax dollars cover all or a big part of the tuition for every student.
- [China’s shaping the future of open‑source technology including AI](https://iwpost.com/chinas-shaping-the-future-of-open-source-technology-including-ai/): As you read this article on your computer or smartphone, you are almost certainly using open-source technology in some way.
- [Strait of Hormuz traffic comes to a near standstill as latest 48-hour data shows](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-traffic-comes-to-a-near-standstill-as-latest-48-hour-data-shows/): Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed sharply at the start of the week following attacks on oil tankers, as US-Iran talks aimed at resolving the conflict in the Middle East stalled, according to Reuters.
- [Trump’s ‘forever’ tariffs gain a foothold at consumers’ expense](https://iwpost.com/trumps-forever-tariffs-gain-a-foothold-at-consumers-expense/): President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025.
- [Oil struggles for direction as US-Iran talks stall, Hormuz shipping slows](https://iwpost.com/oil-struggles-for-direction-as-us-iran-talks-stall-hormuz-shipping-slows/): Oil prices gave up early gains on Monday as stalled U.S.-Iran talks revived concerns over prolonged Middle East tensions, but the absence of major supply outages limited upside.
- [China’s qualms with long Trumpism](https://iwpost.com/chinas-qualms-with-long-trumpism/): Beijing may believe that Donald Trump’s 2016 election and his return to office eight years later are not accidents but part of a deeper American current.
- [Iran Targets US and Israeli Media Contacts, Threatening Prison for Interviews With ‘Hostile’ Outlets ](https://iwpost.com/iran-targets-us-and-israeli-media-contacts-threatening-prison-for-interviews-with-hostile-outlets/): Iran’s parliament on Sunday approved the general principles of a bill that would criminalize interviews and other communications with foreign media outlets deemed hostile to the Islamic Republic, including US and Israeli media and organizations financed by either country, according to reports by Iranian media outlets including Shargh, IRNA, Etemad Online, Rouydad24, and ILNA.
- [Anthony Hopkins Reveals Horrifying Drunken Incident](https://iwpost.com/anthony-hopkins-reveals-horrifying-drunken-incident/): Anthony Hopkins is opening up about the terrifying moment that finally forced him to confront his drinking — and the Oscar-winning actor admits the consequences could have been deadly.
- [Russia’s allies are more helpful than Ukraine’s](https://iwpost.com/russias-allies-are-more-helpful-than-ukraines/): This update focuses on the role of allies in the Russo-Ukraine War (which was the fascinating and distressing story of the last week).
- [Egypt’s Sisi meets Kushner for talks on Gaza ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/egypts-sisi-meets-kushner-for-talks-on-gaza-ceasefire/): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi discuss developments in the Middle East with Jared Kushner, adviser and son-in-law to U.S.
- [Man Charged With Hate Crimes After Assaults During Shabbat Service at NYC Synagogue ](https://iwpost.com/man-charged-with-hate-crimes-after-assaults-during-shabbat-service-at-nyc-synagogue/): A 46-year-old Bronx man was charged with multiple hate crimes after allegedly disrupting Shabbat services at Central Synagogue in New York City on Friday night, assaulting a congregant and a security guard while shouting antisemitic and racist insults.
- [UK’s Revolut gets French bank licence in European expansion drive](https://iwpost.com/uks-revolut-gets-french-bank-licence-in-european-expansion-drive/): Britain’s Revolut announced it had secured a French banking licence, marking a significant step in the fintech’s European expansion plans and a development its CEO Nik Storonsky has previously said could help it gain a ​U.S.
- [King Charles Turns to ‘Healer’ Chickens Amid Cancer Battle](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-turns-to-healer-chickens-amid-cancer-battle/): The 77-year-old monarch is said to be spending time among the hens, gardens and orchards at his beloved Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire, where insiders claim nature has taken on a deeply personal role during his health struggles.
- [Secret ICE Agent Tried to “Entice” Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics](https://iwpost.com/secret-ice-agent-tried-to-entice-minneapolis-activists-into-confrontational-tactics-2/): Organizers in Minneapolis long suspected they were being surveilled by the federal government during the height of the winter protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- [Israeli attacks kill Palestinian, injure several others in Gaza despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israeli-attacks-kill-palestinian-injure-several-others-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire/): One Palestinian was killed and several others were injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, marking further violations of a ceasefire agreement in effect since Oct.
- [8 Muslim Nations Fault Israel Over Gaza Plan as Kushner Presses Hamas on Weapons, Governance ](https://iwpost.com/8-muslim-nations-fault-israel-over-gaza-plan-as-kushner-presses-hamas-on-weapons-governance/): The foreign ministers of eight Muslim countries on Sunday accused Israel of obstructing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan by rejecting a roadmap for its implementation, while US envoy Jared Kushner pressed Hamas in Cairo to curb its armed presence and transfer governing authority in the Strip.
- [Oil drops on lower demand forecasts despite deadlock in US-Iran talks](https://iwpost.com/oil-drops-on-lower-demand-forecasts-despite-deadlock-in-us-iran-talks/): Oil prices fell more than $1 on Thursday as forecasters lowered global oil demand projections for 2026 because of the disruptions from the U.S.-Israeli ​war on Iran, though the supply constraints from the conflict provided a ‌floor for the market.
- [Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-pulls-support-for-annual-arctic-environmental-report/): The Trump administration has pulled its support for an annual report on the environmental changes across the Arctic, a region that is already heating up four times faster than the global average due to the climate crisis.
- [Courtney Love ‘Almost Died’ During Terrifying Health Battle](https://iwpost.com/courtney-love-almost-died-during-terrifying-health-battle/): Courtney Love is opening up about a terrifying health crisis she kept hidden for years — revealing doctors warned her she could die after her weight plunged to around 100 pounds and she lost all of her hair.
- [Spain rejects discussing sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco](https://iwpost.com/spain-rejects-discussing-sovereignty-of-ceuta-and-melilla-with-morocco/): The status of the North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla as Spanish territories is not up for discussion, Spanish officials said , after Morocco’s justice minister reiterated Rabat’s sovereignty claims over the cities.
- [Pope renews call to end violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/pope-renews-call-to-end-violence-against-palestinians-in-occupied-west-bank/): Pope Leo XIV on Sunday renewed his call for an end to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and urged the international community to advance efforts toward a two-state solution, Anadolu reports.
- [UN Says $50 Million Ransom Fueled al-Qaida’s Expansion Into West Africa ](https://iwpost.com/un-says-50-million-ransom-fueled-al-qaidas-expansion-into-west-africa/): An estimated $50 million ransom paid for a hostage held by al-Qaida-linked members in Mali in late 2025 helped finance the group’s expansion across West Africa and provided money to al-Qaida organizations elsewhere, United Nations experts said.
- [ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.](https://iwpost.com/ice-shot-a-journalist-and-threw-him-in-detention-hes-approaching-300-days-behind-bars-with-a-festering-wound/): Adam Rose is deputy director of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a board member of the Los Angeles Press Club.
- [US floats prospect of joint strikes on Colombian armed groups](https://iwpost.com/us-floats-prospect-of-joint-strikes-on-colombian-armed-groups/): U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth floated on Wednesday the possibility of joint strikes on Colombian armed groups, as he welcomed ​the nation into a military-led counter-narcotics coalition after its conservative president took over last week.
- [CBS News Star Accused of Shocking Harassment by Colleague](https://iwpost.com/cbs-news-star-accused-of-shocking-harassment-by-colleague/): CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman is facing serious accusations from a former ABC News colleague who claims he made sexualized remarks in the workplace, according to a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed in California.
- [5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Afghan Women See Their Futures Erased](https://iwpost.com/5-years-after-taliban-takeover-afghan-women-see-their-futures-erased/): Saturday marked five years since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, and for the country’s women and girls, the anniversary brought little to commemorate.
- [Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution](https://iwpost.com/wildfire-smoke-now-bigger-prenatal-threat-than-human-sources-of-air-pollution/): In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a report warning that pervasive chemical and carbon pollution was harming environmental health and changing the climate.
- [US House speaker gave Netanyahu an ‘Israel killed Jesus’ pamphlet](https://iwpost.com/us-house-speaker-gave-netanyahu-an-israel-killed-jesus-pamphlet/): This article was originally published on Jonathan Larsen’s Substack. It is republished with permission.
- [Hamas delegation led by al-Hayya heads to Cairo to discuss Gaza ceasefire agreement](https://iwpost.com/hamas-delegation-led-by-al-hayya-heads-to-cairo-to-discuss-gaza-ceasefire-agreement/): Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya is due to arrive in Cairo on Sunday at the head of a senior leadership delegation, on his first visit to Egypt since assuming the leadership of the movement, to discuss efforts to consolidate the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Anadolu reports.
- [EU Moves to Keep Strategic Raw Materials in Europe with Tougher End‑of‑Life Vehicle Rules](https://iwpost.com/eu-moves-to-keep-strategic-raw-materials-in-europe-with-tougher-end-of-life-vehicle-rules/): The End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation enters into force on Thursday, revising the rules that govern the design, production, collection, and end-of-life treatment of vehicles.
- [Secret ICE Agent Tried to ‘Entice’ Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics](https://iwpost.com/secret-ice-agent-tried-to-entice-minneapolis-activists-into-confrontational-tactics/): Organizers in Minneapolis long suspected they were being surveilled by the federal government during the height of the winter protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- [Sean Penn Secretly Trying to Win Back Ex](https://iwpost.com/sean-penn-secretly-trying-to-win-back-ex/): Sean Penn may have moved on from his marriage to Robin Wright years ago — but according to a source, the Hollywood heavyweight never fully got over the woman he once called his wife.
- [Bird remains found aboard 737 engine from Ryanair Greek incident](https://iwpost.com/bird-remains-found-aboard-737-engine-from-ryanair-greek-incident/): Bird remains were found in the engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737 NG plane where a ​passenger was partially sucked through a broken window shortly after takeoff from Greece in July, ‌the U.S.
- [Amnesty: Israeli state backs escalation of settler violence in occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/amnesty-israeli-state-backs-escalation-of-settler-violence-in-occupied-west-bank/): “The horrors unfolding in Qusra are far from an isolated incident.
- [5 Years of Gender Erasure: Afghan Women Describe Forced Exile, Systematic Oppression Under Taliban Rule](https://iwpost.com/5-years-of-gender-erasure-afghan-women-describe-forced-exile-systematic-oppression-under-taliban-rule/): [ISLAMABAD] Five years after the Taliban seized power on August 15, 2021, Afghan women and girls remain trapped at the center of a deepening human rights crisis, stripped of many of the rights, freedoms and opportunities that once shaped their lives.
- [UPDATED: Nigel Farage returns as MP, winning Clacton by-election](https://iwpost.com/updated-nigel-farage-returns-as-mp-winning-clacton-by-election/): Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat on ​Friday in an election he triggered to bolster his position against allegations of financial impropriety, a strategy that was undermined when his ‌main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, won more than a quarter of the vote.
- [Baseball Legend Dies Suddenly from Blood Clot](https://iwpost.com/baseball-legend-dies-suddenly-from-blood-clot/): Former New York Mets slugger Butch Huskey has died at just 54 years old, leaving the baseball world mourning a player forever linked to one of the most historic nights in Major League Baseball.
- [From Gaza to Iran, Washington’s wars are becoming an electoral liability](https://iwpost.com/from-gaza-to-iran-washingtons-wars-are-becoming-an-electoral-liability/): A political rally in Florida should not, by itself, tell us much about the direction of American foreign policy. This one might.
- [Zhu Rongji left Asia a blueprint — and it still works](https://iwpost.com/zhu-rongji-left-asia-a-blueprint-and-it-still-works/): When Zhu Rongji died in Beijing on August 12 at the age of 97, Asia lost one of the finest public servants of its modern era.
- [IDF Kills Radwan Force Commander After Hezbollah Drone Wounds 3 Soldiers ](https://iwpost.com/idf-kills-radwan-force-commander-after-hezbollah-drone-wounds-3-soldiers/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon overnight and into Saturday, killing a Radwan Force battalion commander and several other terrorists after what the military described as Hezbollah action against Israeli troops operating in the Ali Taher Ridge security zone.
- [Air India to test all pilots for banned substances](https://iwpost.com/air-india-to-test-all-pilots-for-banned-substances/): Air India is to test all of its pilots for banned substances, starting immediately.
- [AI could help fossil fuel companies create more emissions](https://iwpost.com/ai-could-help-fossil-fuel-companies-create-more-emissions/): The emissions from powering data centers rightly get a lot of attention.
- [NFL Reporter Suffers Terrifying Health Emergency Live on Air](https://iwpost.com/nfl-reporter-suffers-terrifying-health-emergency-live-on-air/): NFL reporter Michael Holley sparked a frightening scene Friday when he suddenly fainted during a live NBC Sports broadcast, forcing the show to abruptly cut to commercial.
- [Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-strikes-major-russian-rocket-factory-with-cruise-missiles/): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Saturday that his country struck the Progress Rocket Space Center deep within Russia using ground-launched cruise missiles.
- [3 Palestinians injured in Israeli drone strike in central Gaza despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/3-palestinians-injured-in-israeli-drone-strike-in-central-gaza-despite-ceasefire/): Three Palestinians were injured on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.
- [Oil steadies after US threatens indefinite blockade of Iran](https://iwpost.com/oil-steadies-after-us-threatens-indefinite-blockade-of-iran/): Oil prices inched up on Friday after the United States threatened an indefinite naval blockade of Iran, reviving ​concerns about supply of crude after the previous session’s fall on a weaker outlook ‌for demand and a large build in U.S.
- [So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year](https://iwpost.com/so-much-solar-digging-into-the-list-of-every-us-power-plant-that-went-online-this-year/): It’s been a wild first half of the year in the US power sector, with announcements of gigantic natural gas power plants and some long-awaited renewable energy projects coming online.
- [Thousands stranded at Japan’s Narita airport after record rain kills four](https://iwpost.com/thousands-stranded-at-japans-narita-airport-after-record-rain-kills-four/): Record ‌rainfall left thousands of travellers stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport on Friday as flooding in the surrounding area disrupted transport, knocked out power to homes and claimed at least four lives.
- [Beloved Former Child Star Dies Suddenly](https://iwpost.com/beloved-former-child-star-dies-suddenly/): The cast of Nickelodeon’s beloved ’90s sketch comedy show “All That” is mourning one of their own after the sudden death of former star Christy Knowings.
- [Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: The ultra foldable with an ultra price](https://iwpost.com/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-8-ultra-review-the-ultra-foldable-with-an-ultra-price/): Samsung has largely defined the foldable phone category, but it’s no longer alone in releasing flexible devices.
- [22 oxygen stations out of service in Gaza amid Israeli blockade: Health Ministry](https://iwpost.com/22-oxygen-stations-out-of-service-in-gaza-amid-israeli-blockade-health-ministry/): At least 22 of the Gaza Strip’s 34 oxygen stations have been forced out of service, the Palestinian Health Ministry warned Saturday, saying the remaining facilities also risk shutting down amid the Israeli blockade and a severe shortage of spare parts, Anadolu reports.
- [Former Syrian General’s Detention Tests Beirut-Damascus Relations](https://iwpost.com/former-syrian-generals-detention-tests-beirut-damascus-relations/): A routine visit to the Syrian Embassy in Beirut has turned into a legal and political test for two neighboring countries adjusting to the fall of Bashar Assad’s government.
- [Taylor Farms' connections to Trump admin spurs probe into Cyclospora response](https://iwpost.com/taylor-farms-connections-to-trump-admin-spurs-probe-into-cyclospora-response/): As Americans cook their vegetables to at least 158°F to kill a diarrheal parasite that has sickened over 24,000 people and killed two this summer, one US Senator is turning up the heat on Health Secretary Robert F.
- [NATO Baltic Air Policing jets shoot down drone over Latvia](https://iwpost.com/nato-baltic-air-policing-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-latvia/): Fighter jets operating under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a “foreign drone” in Latvian airspace on Friday, according to the country’s military.
- [Pentagon funded a $533 million artillery plant that made nothing](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-funded-a-533-million-artillery-plant-that-made-nothing/): This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer-prizewinning investigative newsroom.
- [Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play](https://iwpost.com/judge-gives-google-one-week-to-fix-anticompetitive-app-store-download-in-google-play/): Google began offering third-party app store downloads in the Play Store earlier this week, but US District Judge James Donato says the company isn’t doing enough.
- [Father Had ‘No Control’ When He Murdered Pregnant Wife and Daughters](https://iwpost.com/father-had-no-control-when-he-murdered-pregnant-wife-and-daughters/): Eight years after one of America’s most horrifying family murders, convicted killer Chris Watts is once again drawing attention for a chilling claim about the night he wiped out his entire family.
- [Vietnam launches homegrown anti-sub frigate to check China](https://iwpost.com/vietnam-launches-homegrown-anti-sub-frigate-to-check-china/): Vietnam’s first domestically designed anti-submarine frigate marks an ambitious attempt to leverage limited naval resources to achieve asymmetric deterrence while accelerating the country’s shift toward a more self-reliant and diversified defense-industrial base.
- [Kushner Plans Israel, Egypt Visit as US Seeks to Revive Stalled Gaza Plan](https://iwpost.com/kushner-plans-israel-egypt-visit-as-us-seeks-to-revive-stalled-gaza-plan/): Jared Kushner is planning to travel to Israel and Egypt with senior Board of Peace officials for talks aimed at advancing the stalled Gaza postwar plan following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public rejection of a US-backed proposal for Hamas disarmament and an Israeli military withdrawal.
- [Ars Live recap: How can we stop publishers from killing their own games?](https://iwpost.com/ars-live-recap-how-can-we-stop-publishers-from-killing-their-own-games/): This week, Ars hosted a live discussion with Ross Scott about the Stop Killing Games movement and its ongoing efforts to ensure that games remain playable even after the original publisher shuts down the online servers undergirding them.
- [Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters](https://iwpost.com/inside-trumps-failed-hunt-for-noncitizen-voters/): Inflated Claims: HSI deployed its tech platform to find noncitizens on voter rolls, despite warnings from agency insiders that it would lead to an “ungodly” number of false positives.
- [Flags, Field Marshals, and foreign masters: Pakistan’s independence pageant](https://iwpost.com/flags-field-marshals-and-foreign-masters-pakistans-independence-pageant/): Every August 14, Pakistan performs sovereignty like a state auditioning for the role of itself. Flags breed on rooftops.
- [Italy fines businesses after water safety violations found in nationwide sweep](https://iwpost.com/italy-fines-businesses-after-water-safety-violations-found-in-nationwide-sweep/): More than half of the inspections carried out at bars and restaurants across Italy last month found irregularities involving the bottling and serving of treated water, Italy’s NAS Carabinieri health and hygiene police said Thursday.
- [US anti-satellite push revs up space arms race with China, Russia](https://iwpost.com/us-anti-satellite-push-revs-up-space-arms-race-with-china-russia/): US Space Command is putting offensive satellite-killing weapons at the top of its future requirements as China and Russia expand their ability to threaten satellites in orbit.
- [PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider](https://iwpost.com/pbs-station-fears-losing-50tb-of-data-after-being-ghosted-by-cloud-storage-provider/): After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating back 70 years.
- [State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers](https://iwpost.com/state-judge-orders-kalshi-to-stop-offering-sports-bets-and-other-wagers/): A state court in Washington this week ordered Kalshi to stop offering sports gambling and a variety of other wagers on its prediction market.
- [Trump vows to declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory](https://iwpost.com/trump-vows-to-declare-strait-of-hormuz-a-us-territory/): President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan, on July 27, 2026.
- [Katz Orders Shift of West Bank Enforcement to Police as IDF Investigates Qusra Violence](https://iwpost.com/katz-orders-shift-of-west-bank-enforcement-to-police-as-idf-investigates-qusra-violence/): Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the Israel Defense Forces on Friday to develop a plan transferring responsibility for civilian law enforcement involving Israeli communities and residents in the West Bank to the Israel Police, saying the military should concentrate on fighting terrorism and protecting Israel’s security.
- [Leicester City owners looking to sell club for more than £200m](https://iwpost.com/leicester-city-owners-looking-to-sell-club-for-more-than-200m/): Leicester City’s owners King Power, who have been in charge of the ​Midlands club since 2010, are looking ‌to sell the third-tier outfit for more than £200 million ($270 million), the BBC reported on ​Thursday.
- [Meghan Using King Charles Reunion for ‘Money and Power’](https://iwpost.com/meghan-using-king-charles-reunion-for-money-and-power/): Meghan Markle may have more than family peace on her mind as Prince Harry attempts to repair his fractured relationship with King Charles, according to a royal commentator who claims a reconciliation could hand the Sussexes a major boost in money, influence and attention.
- [Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case](https://iwpost.com/suspecting-court-of-using-ai-man-injected-prompts-in-filings-to-try-to-win-case/): A judge has identified what appears to be the first time a US plaintiff has attempted to hide text in court filings that only an artificial intelligence system can read in a bid to win a case.
- [Aid access hampered by more than 900 obstacles in West Bank: UN](https://iwpost.com/aid-access-hampered-by-more-than-900-obstacles-in-west-bank-un/): Israeli soldiers conduct patrols along the streets of Qusra, a town south of Nablus in the West Bank, Palestine on August 13, 2026.
- [The West studies China’s power — but not its civilization](https://iwpost.com/the-west-studies-chinas-power-but-not-its-civilization/): At their Beijing summit on May 14, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping asked US President Donald Trump whether China and the United States could avoid the “Thucydides Trap,” in which rivalry between a rising power and an established one ends in war.
- [First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity](https://iwpost.com/first-test-flight-of-largest-all-electric-aircraft-used-just-5-of-electricity/): The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity.
- [Taliban claims five years of peace in Afghanistan – but women and girls face oppression](https://iwpost.com/taliban-claims-five-years-of-peace-in-afghanistan-but-women-and-girls-face-oppression/): Five years on from seizing power in Kabul on August 15 2021 and consolidating its hold through the whole of Afghanistan, the Taliban claims to have ended the country’s decades-long war and achieved security.
- [Etna eruption extends closure of Sicily’s Catania airport until Saturday](https://iwpost.com/etna-eruption-extends-closure-of-sicilys-catania-airport-until-saturday/): Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended ​until early Saturday because of ‌ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing volcanic activity, which has forced hundreds of flights ​to be cancelled or rerouted ​over the past week.
- [The EPA’s data on cancer risk from air pollution has gone dark](https://iwpost.com/the-epas-data-on-cancer-risk-from-air-pollution-has-gone-dark/): Darya Minovi was mapping pollution from medical sterilization plants across the country when many of the communities she was speaking to began asking the same question.
- [Five years on, Taliban has territory but not sovereignty](https://iwpost.com/five-years-on-taliban-has-territory-but-not-sovereignty/): Taliban fighters brandish arms in a file photo.
- [14 Years After His Disappearance in Syria, American Journalist Austin Tice’s Fate Remains a Mystery](https://iwpost.com/14-years-after-his-disappearance-in-syria-american-journalist-austin-tices-fate-remains-a-mystery/): [DAMASCUS] Fourteen years after American journalist Austin Tice disappeared while covering the war in Syria, his family and US authorities are still searching for an answer to the same question: Where is Austin, and is he still alive?
- [Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation](https://iwpost.com/vulnerability-giving-attackers-full-control-of-macs-is-under-active-exploitation/): Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation.
- [Cornell to Pro-Palestine Students Targeted by ICE: Come Back to the U.S. or Lose Funding](https://iwpost.com/cornell-to-pro-palestine-students-targeted-by-ice-come-back-to-the-u-s-or-lose-funding/): Cornell University is reneging on its pledge to help two graduate students avoid immigration detention by threatening to cut their funding if they don’t return to the United States, where the Trump administration has targeted them for possible deportation over their participation in a pro-Palestine protest.
- [Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities](https://iwpost.com/wall-streets-nonprofits-use-selective-opaque-logic-to-defund-charities/): Philanthropy’s Gatekeepers: Donor-advised fund sponsors control $327 billion in giving, granting them vast power to decide which charities can receive donor dollars.
- [Shocking Details Revealed in Death of Reality TV Star](https://iwpost.com/shocking-details-revealed-in-death-of-reality-tv-star/): Shocking new details have emerged surrounding the sudden death of reality TV star Tyler Duckworth, who was reportedly found submerged in an overflowing bathtub after neighbors noticed water leaking through their ceiling.
- [European ‘war fatigue’ may be growing – but Ukraine’s recent momentum could buy time](https://iwpost.com/european-war-fatigue-may-be-growing-but-ukraines-recent-momentum-could-buy-time/): As the Ukraine war approaches its four-and-a-half year milestone, the sustainability of the coalition of support for Kyiv has once again become a key question on the minds of Europeans.
- [Policy experts: Europe stuck between "rock and a hard place" on launch](https://iwpost.com/policy-experts-europe-stuck-between-rock-and-a-hard-place-on-launch/): A decade ago, SpaceX began to land the first stages of the Falcon 9 rocket with some regularity, but it’s only within the last five years that the company has begun flying the rocket dozens and then hundreds of times a year.
- [Hong Kong’s first regulated stablecoin faces its market test](https://iwpost.com/hong-kongs-first-regulated-stablecoin-faces-its-market-test/): Hong Kong’s stablecoin experiment has entered its first controlled market test.
- [‘Syria is Gaza on steroids’: Israeli minister says war with Damascus is ‘absolute certainty’](https://iwpost.com/syria-is-gaza-on-steroids-israeli-minister-says-war-with-damascus-is-absolute-certainty/): “Syria is Gaza on steroids, and that is the next war, with absolute certainty”, said Amichai Chikli Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister.
- [Ukraine’s monthly civilian casualties highest since 2022](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-monthly-civilian-casualties-highest-since-2022/): Civilian casualties in Ukraine have climbed to their highest monthly level since the early weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to the United Nations.
- [OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground](https://iwpost.com/openai-and-anthropic-in-price-war-as-chinese-ai-rivals-gain-ground/): Leading US AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic are releasing cheaper models as they fight to retain cost-conscious customers who are switching to cut-price alternatives from Chinese rivals.
- [How Imperial Japan turned to the sardine to help build a war machine](https://iwpost.com/how-imperial-japan-turned-to-the-sardine-to-help-build-a-war-machine/): Empires have risen and fallen in their pursuit of precious resources such as oil, gold, tea or spices.
- [Vietnam and Australia: steady delivery, familiar limits](https://iwpost.com/vietnam-and-australia-steady-delivery-familiar-limits/): Australia and Vietnam have agreed to closer cooperation across defense, security, trade and innovation.
- [Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops](https://iwpost.com/framework-responds-to-complaints-that-bios-update-bricks-ryzen-7040-laptops/): A BIOS update for the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen 7040-series processors is bricking the systems, multiple users have reported online.
- [Bundeswehr troop numbers reach 13-year high](https://iwpost.com/bundeswehr-troop-numbers-reach-13-year-high/): Germany’s Bundeswehr military employed roughly 186,700 soldiers as of July 31 this year, the Defense Ministry said .
- [How Ukraine’s strikes on Russian warehouses became a problem in Kyrgyzstan](https://iwpost.com/how-ukraines-strikes-on-russian-warehouses-became-a-problem-in-kyrgyzstan/): Ukraine’s campaign to target Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries has had impacts far beyond the Russian federation.
- [Hind Rajab Foundation has ‘no confidence’ in planned Israeli probe into girl’s killing](https://iwpost.com/hind-rajab-foundation-has-no-confidence-in-planned-israeli-probe-into-girls-killing/): The Hind Rajab Foundation on Wednesday said it had “no confidence” in the Israeli army’s reported decision to launch a criminal probe into the killing of Hind Rajab and six of her relatives in 2024, Anadolu reports.
- [All aboard Amtrak’s sleeker, cleaner new trains](https://iwpost.com/all-aboard-amtraks-sleeker-cleaner-new-trains/): On Charlie Hamilton’s regular Amtrak rides from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, he passes some of the country’s most spectacular vistas: the Puget Sound coast and the Skagit Valley.
- [A fantastical journey unfolds in gorgeous Wildwood trailer](https://iwpost.com/a-fantastical-journey-unfolds-in-gorgeous-wildwood-trailer/): In June, we highlighted a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of Wildwood, director Travis Knight’s forthcoming stop-motion animated fantasy film.
- [Rahman’s India visit stalls, Hasina issue to blame](https://iwpost.com/rahmans-india-visit-stalls-hasina-issue-to-blame/): For months, Bangladesh and India had been attempting that favorite diplomatic maneuver, the “reset,” a word suggesting that international relations, like an obstinate Wi-Fi router, can be repaired by switching everything off and starting again.
- [Son Killed on First Day of Work After Falling from Garbage Truck Driven by His Dad](https://iwpost.com/son-killed-on-first-day-of-work-after-falling-from-garbage-truck-driven-by-his-dad/): A South Carolina family is reeling from an unimaginable tragedy after a 32-year-old man died on his very first day at a new job — after falling from a garbage truck being driven by his own father.
- [UK-Ukraine drone partnership risks Putin’s wrath but will boost long-term security](https://iwpost.com/uk-ukraine-drone-partnership-risks-putins-wrath-but-will-boost-long-term-security/): When the UK allowed Ukraine to use British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against targets inside Russia in late 2024, Moscow predictably accused London of escalating the war and threatened retaliation.
- [Google Pixel 11 series review: Is the magic fading?](https://iwpost.com/google-pixel-11-series-review-is-the-magic-fading/): Google’s approach to making smartphones has changed a lot over the years.
- [Espresso Prices in Italy Jump Nearly 25% in Five Years, Study Finds](https://iwpost.com/espresso-prices-in-italy-jump-nearly-25-in-five-years-study-finds/): A cup of espresso at an Italian bar now costs nearly a quarter more than it did five years ago, according to a new study, and industry analysts warn that a major earthquake in Colombia could add further pressure to coffee prices.
- [India’s Israel arms ties enter a riskier new phase](https://iwpost.com/indias-israel-arms-ties-enter-a-riskier-new-phase/): For decades, India-Israel defense relations were straightforward.
- [Sharif Inaugurates Google’s First Pakistan Office, Seeks Expanded Tech Partnership ](https://iwpost.com/sharif-inaugurates-googles-first-pakistan-office-seeks-expanded-tech-partnership/): In a significant development for Pakistan’s technology sector, the global tech giant Google officially launched its corporate presence in Pakistan on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hosting the company’s Vice President of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Wilson White, in Islamabad.
- [Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands to Access Health Data as a Condition for Lifesaving Aid](https://iwpost.com/senators-criticize-trump-administrations-demands-to-access-health-data-as-a-condition-for-lifesaving-aid/): What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S.
- [Trump expected to pick conservative policy wonk Heidi Overton to lead FDA](https://iwpost.com/trump-expected-to-pick-conservative-policy-wonk-heidi-overton-to-lead-fda/): President Trump is expected to nominate Heidi Overton, a top conservative policy aide, as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, according to multiple media reports.
- [The numbers missing from India’s four-day-war documentary](https://iwpost.com/the-numbers-missing-from-indias-four-day-war-documentary/): Discovery Channel India’s Declassified: Operation Sindoor, released August 15, 2026, offers New Delhi’s most polished retelling yet of the 88-hour confrontation of May 7–10, 2025.
- [Palestinian prisoners’ group calls for international action over Israeli execution preparations](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-prisoners-group-calls-for-international-action-over-israeli-execution-preparations/): Palestinians hold a demonstration in Ramallah to mark the “Day of Solidarity with the People of Gaza and Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails” in West Bank, Palestine on August 03, 2026.
- [Cyprus moves to tighten minimum tax rules for large companies](https://iwpost.com/cyprus-moves-to-tighten-minimum-tax-rules-for-large-companies/): Cyprus has opened a public consultation on changes to its minimum tax rules for large multinational and domestic business groups, with the proposed amendments aimed at bringing national legislation fully into line with EU and international requirements.
- [Video Shows Tourists Wiped Out by Flash Flood](https://iwpost.com/video-shows-tourists-wiped-out-by-flash-flood/): Terrifying video captured the moment a group of tourists taking selfies at a popular waterfall in Thailand were suddenly swept away by a raging flash flood.
- [What The Intercept Is Reading](https://iwpost.com/what-the-intercept-is-reading/): This is one of those books that stays with you long after you finish it.
- [Why Japan is leading the global bond selloff](https://iwpost.com/why-japan-is-leading-the-global-bond-selloff/): NEW YORK – As global bond yields spike amid the latest Middle East tremors, Japan is at the epicenter.
- [OPINION – Why Israel Treats Turkish Partnership With Syria Like Iranian Infiltration](https://iwpost.com/opinion-why-israel-treats-turkish-partnership-with-syria-like-iranian-infiltration/): One question captures the whole Syrian scene: Why does Israel respond to a Turkish presence that differs in kind—not degree—from the Iranian presence with exactly the same military tools?
- [X-rays add new twist to narwhal's spiral tusk](https://iwpost.com/x-rays-add-new-twist-to-narwhals-spiral-tusk/): CT scan of a narwhal tusk.
- [Do You Know About U.S. Military Spending? Help ProPublica Understand Where the Money Goes.](https://iwpost.com/do-you-know-about-u-s-military-spending-help-propublica-understand-where-the-money-goes/): ProPublica is examining U.S. military budgeting, spending and contracting, and we’re asking for your help.
- [The Mecca pact isn’t (at least yet) the new ‘NATO of the East’](https://iwpost.com/the-mecca-pact-isnt-at-least-yet-the-new-nato-of-the-east/): Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Joint Defense Pact, a new collective defense arrangement that connects the Middle East with South Asia.
- [Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan’s dream](https://iwpost.com/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma-takes-pains-to-deliver-a-slasher-fans-dream/): Here’s one for all the kids who were exposed to lurid slasher movies when they were way too young and it kinda messed them up… but they’re finally ready to laugh about it.
- [Cyprus emerges as potential Iranian target if U.S. escalates hostilities](https://iwpost.com/cyprus-emerges-as-potential-iranian-target-if-u-s-escalates-hostilities/): Iran has considered targeting US and British military assets in Europe, including Cyprus, if Washington escalates its conflict with Tehran, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people close to the Iranian regime.
- [Seat Seoul at the table for tactical nuclear weapons discussion](https://iwpost.com/seat-seoul-at-the-table-for-tactical-nuclear-weapons-discussion/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission.
- [US Amb. Huckabee doubles down on ‘terror’ label for Israeli occupier violence](https://iwpost.com/us-amb-huckabee-doubles-down-on-terror-label-for-israeli-occupier-violence/): The US Amb. to Israel, Mike Huckabee, reaffirmed his condemnation Tuesday of extremist occupier violence in the occupied West Bank, asserting that the actions meet the American definition of terrorism.
- [Ford hopes this Hypercar will be its next Le Mans winner](https://iwpost.com/ford-hopes-this-hypercar-will-be-its-next-le-mans-winner/): The car that Ford hopes will return it to overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans made its unofficial debut this week.
- [Prince Harry Shows Off ‘Fun Side’ During Interview (Video)](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-shows-off-fun-side-during-interview-video/): Prince Harry showed off a side of himself royal fans haven’t seen much of lately — and one former rugby star is getting the credit for bringing it back.
- [Taliban has brought Afghanistan near collapse as resistance grows](https://iwpost.com/taliban-has-brought-afghanistan-near-collapse-as-resistance-grows/): Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever.
- [Missiles Target UAE, Hormuz Shipping as President Trump Rules Out Iran Talks](https://iwpost.com/missiles-target-uae-hormuz-shipping-as-president-trump-rules-out-iran-talks/): Missiles were fired toward the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, while a vessel came under Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz as US President Donald Trump ruled out negotiations with Tehran and said the US naval blockade of Iran would remain in effect.
- [Fairphone's latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for $650](https://iwpost.com/fairphones-latest-repairable-phone-is-finally-available-in-the-us-for-650/): As smartphone designs have become more refined, they’ve also become less repairable.
- [Liechtenstein changes rules to allow women to inherit principality’s throne](https://iwpost.com/liechtenstein-changes-rules-to-allow-women-to-inherit-principalitys-throne/): Liechtenstein’s royal house has said that the tiny country’s rules of succession will be changed so that a woman could in the future inherit the principality’s throne.
- [Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable](https://iwpost.com/peacock-raises-prices-by-18-percent-after-becoming-profitable/): For the fourth time in four years, Peacock has raised its prices.
- [Indonesia’s Chinese satellite: farm help or spying eye?](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-chinese-satellite-farm-help-or-spying-eye/): On August 5, a rocket lifted off from the coast of China carrying a new satellite that Indonesia now calls Lampung-1.
- [Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks’ new active protection system—for now](https://iwpost.com/ukrainian-drones-overwhelm-russian-tanks-new-active-protection-system-for-now/): Russian tanks have entered battle for the first time with a new active protection system designed to shoot down incoming drones.
- [Eight Israeli airstrikes hit Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase](https://iwpost.com/eight-israeli-airstrikes-hit-syrias-abu-al-duhur-airbase/): Eight Israeli airstrikes hit the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northwestern Syria early on Tuesday, targeting the runway ​and storage facilities, Syria’s state-run Ekhbariya said, citing a military source.
- [Escalating Trump posts map labeling Hormuz Strait ‘US territory’](https://iwpost.com/escalating-trump-posts-map-labeling-hormuz-strait-us-territory/): It's not his first time to relabel the strait. Here is a map he reposted on X in April, 2026.
- [Half a million in London… millions stuffed in water jugs in Baghdad](https://iwpost.com/half-a-million-in-london-millions-stuffed-in-water-jugs-in-baghdad/): The news that Chris Wormald, the former head of the UK civil service, has been awarded £500,000 in compensation—more than half a million dollars—after being forced out of his post without justification, is the kind of story that makes a British reader pause in disbelief.
- [Can Syria Do Without Russian Wheat? ](https://iwpost.com/can-syria-do-without-russian-wheat/): [DAMASCUS] Syria says the sharp increase in wheat production during the 2026 season could allow it to significantly reduce its reliance on imports and, at least as far as the Syrian Grain Establishment’s needs are concerned, potentially eliminate them altogether this season.
- [Teen Fatally Beaten on Soccer Field After His Team Scored Goal](https://iwpost.com/teen-fatally-beaten-on-soccer-field-after-his-team-scored-goal/): A 19-year-old Arizona soccer player has died after a game allegedly erupted into horrifying violence, with his family claiming rival players punched, kicked and stomped him after becoming furious over a goal.
- ["Sabotage": Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research](https://iwpost.com/sabotage-experts-lawmakers-blast-rfk-jr-for-destroying-healthcare-research/): The federal agency tasked with studying ways to improve America’s outstandingly poor healthcare system is “on the brink,” experts warn.
- [Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea](https://iwpost.com/against-all-odds-spacex-finally-tugs-starship-into-port-after-24-days-at-sea/): SpaceX’s most recent Starship test flight may have ended July 24, but its mission isn’t over yet.
- [England moves to protect pubs as Wetherspoons cracks down on loud phone use](https://iwpost.com/england-moves-to-protect-pubs-as-wetherspoons-cracks-down-on-loud-phone-use/): England is moving to strengthen protections for pubs while one of the country’s largest pub chains is taking action against another source of customer frustration: excessive smartphone noise.
- [Why plugging in all those EVs could actually save the power grid](https://iwpost.com/why-plugging-in-all-those-evs-could-actually-save-the-power-grid/): California has a good problem.
- [Syrian Court Sentences Wassim Assad to Death After Conviction for Premeditated Murder ](https://iwpost.com/syrian-court-sentences-wassim-assad-to-death-after-conviction-for-premeditated-murder/): [DAMASCUS] Damascus’ Fourth Criminal Court on Tuesday, August 18, handed down a death sentence to Wassim Assad, a cousin of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, after convicting him of premeditated murder, marking one of the most prominent trials involving a member of the Assad family since the former regime fell in December 2024.
- [Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump's chief censor](https://iwpost.com/disney-sues-fcc-and-its-chair-escalating-fight-against-trumps-chief-censor/): Disney today sued the Federal Communications Commission and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr in a lawsuit that aims to stop what it called a “campaign of censorship” waged by the Trump administration against ABC.
- [ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War](https://iwpost.com/ice-worked-with-iranian-regime-to-set-up-deportation-flights-as-trump-laid-plans-for-war/): Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents appear to have worked directly with government officials in Iran to deport over 100 Iranian nationals as the United States prepared to bomb their home country, according to a newly released trove of internal emails from ICE.
- [Trump’s forever tariffs gain a foothold at US consumers’ expense](https://iwpost.com/trumps-forever-tariffs-gain-a-foothold-at-us-consumers-expense/): President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025.
- [Bangladesh seeks stronger energy ties with Qatar amid Strait of Hormuz tensions](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-seeks-stronger-energy-ties-with-qatar-amid-strait-of-hormuz-tensions/): Bangladesh sought stronger energy cooperation with Qatar as Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman led a high-level delegation on a two-day official visit to Doha amid tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and an energy crisis at home, Anadolu reports.
- [Singer’s Disturbing Final Hours Exposed in Explosive New Witness Claims](https://iwpost.com/singers-disturbing-final-hours-exposed-in-explosive-new-witness-claims/): Liam Payne’s final hours were allegedly filled with drugs, alcohol and violent outbursts before the former One Direction star plunged to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina, according to newly revealed witness statements.
- [How drones are taken down – from nets and metal cages to jammers](https://iwpost.com/how-drones-are-taken-down-from-nets-and-metal-cages-to-jammers/): From the Ukraine war and suspected drone sightings at Europe’s busiest airports to the seizure of over 700 unauthorised drones during the 2026 Fifa World Cup, the skies above us and news reporting are abuzz with drones.
- [The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space program](https://iwpost.com/the-united-states-is-about-to-wake-up-to-the-threat-from-chinas-space-program/): There are generally two schools of thought in the Western space community when it comes to the prospect of China landing humans on the Moon in the next few years and very possibly beating NASA and the United States in its efforts to return astronauts there.
- [Ukraine launches major drone attack on Moscow as Britain rejects Russian warnings](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-launches-major-drone-attack-on-moscow-as-britain-rejects-russian-warnings/): Ukraine launched 620 drones at Moscow and surrounding areas into the early hours of Tuesday, in one of its biggest air assaults on the region, while Russian-controlled Crimea reported power outages following overnight strikes.
- [Japan is no longer Asia’s defensive power](https://iwpost.com/japan-is-no-longer-asias-defensive-power/): For nearly eight decades, East Asia’s security architecture rested on a predictable premise: Japan would remain a strictly defensive fortress, constrained by Article 9 of its 1947 constitution and its historical Senshu Boei (exclusively defense-oriented) doctrine.
- [Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-copilot-reveals-secret-input-that-allowed-it-to-be-hacked/): It’s not every day that attackers can force a frontier AI model to cough up user passwords and other sensitive data without user confirmation.
- [President Trump Posts Map Labeling Strait of Hormuz ‘New US Territory’ ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-posts-map-labeling-strait-of-hormuz-new-us-territory/): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map labeling the Strait of Hormuz “New US Territory,” days after saying he planned to declare the strategic waterway part of the United States and threatening military action against Oman if it obstructed US efforts there.
- [Trump appeases North Korea as Kim steps up his Ukraine aggression](https://iwpost.com/trump-appeases-north-korea-as-kim-steps-up-his-ukraine-aggression/): Trump’s Truth Social post of a 2019 picture of himself and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
- [As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers](https://iwpost.com/as-temperatures-get-hotter-pesticides-are-more-dangerous-to-farmworkers/): For the nation’s 2.4 million farmworkers, climate change is poised to exacerbate the harms of pesticides, a growing body of research shows.
- [Lavrov says Russia, North Korea fighting for ‘new, righteous’ world order](https://iwpost.com/lavrov-says-russia-north-korea-fighting-for-new-righteous-world-order/): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his North Korean counterpart that their countries were working to establish a “new ​and righteous world order”, after Pyongyang helped Moscow to drive Ukrainian ‌forces from a Russian region last year.
- [The Short Life of a Newborn During the Iran War](https://iwpost.com/the-short-life-of-a-newborn-during-the-iran-war/): Mohammad Ali Kialha’s first hours were all he knew of peace. He was born on February 26 in Iran’s capital, Tehran.
- [Measles Used to Be in Our Rearview Mirror. Now Cases Are Reaching Record Highs.](https://iwpost.com/measles-used-to-be-in-our-rearview-mirror-now-cases-are-reaching-record-highs/): The U.S. recently reached a grim milestone: As of July 23, more measles cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than in any year since 1991.
- [Egypt’s energy paradox: Importing LNG, exporting influence](https://iwpost.com/egypts-energy-paradox-importing-lng-exporting-influence/): Egypt faces an unusual paradox.
- [American Tourist Killed by Lightning Strike While Hiking on Volcano](https://iwpost.com/american-tourist-killed-by-lightning-strike-while-hiking-on-volcano/): An American tourist was killed after reportedly venturing into a restricted area of Sicily’s Mount Etna during a violent thunderstorm in hopes of getting a closer look at the erupting volcano’s lava.
- [US deployable aircraft carrier deficit needs fixing](https://iwpost.com/us-deployable-aircraft-carrier-deficit-needs-fixing/): On August 6, 2026, there was a town hall meeting between US Navy officials including Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao and more than 200 family members of the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln, at the naval air station on North Island, San Diego.
- [Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history](https://iwpost.com/meet-the-only-known-trebuchet-casualty-in-history/): During a medieval siege, a trebuchet scored a chance hit on an unlucky defender.
- [Business of business is business](https://iwpost.com/business-of-business-is-business/): When does a company sell its product at a deliberately low price? The honest list is short.
- [Iran Rebuilds Its Missile Force as the US and Israel Replenish Defenses](https://iwpost.com/iran-rebuilds-its-missile-force-as-the-us-and-israel-replenish-defenses/): The 60-day negotiating window between the United States and Iran expired Aug.
- [Petlibro accused of “gaslighting” users over smart pet feeder outage](https://iwpost.com/petlibro-accused-of-gaslighting-users-over-smart-pet-feeder-outage/): Petlibro founder and CEO York Wu provided more information about an outage that left users unable to control their smart pet feeders through the companion app and, in some reported cases, left them with hungry pets.
- [Latvia wants €7B from EU to cope with fallout from Russia’s war](https://iwpost.com/latvia-wants-e7b-from-eu-to-cope-with-fallout-from-russias-war/): Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs wants Brussels to hand over €7 billion to help cover the military and economic costs of confronting Russia, as pressure grows over the price of the country’s hard line on Moscow.
- [Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-rejects-verizon-bid-for-47-million-refund-of-fcc-fine/): The Supreme Court today rejected Verizon’s attempt to get a $47 million refund from the Federal Communications Commission.
- [Trump threatens to ‘bomb the shit’ out of Oman in Hormuz dispute](https://iwpost.com/trump-threatens-to-bomb-the-shit-out-of-oman-in-hormuz-dispute/): President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb a US ally in the Middle East if it gets in the way of a perpetually elusive deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Tourist Stabbed at Infamous Murder McDonald’s Near Penn Station](https://iwpost.com/tourist-stabbed-at-infamous-murder-mcdonalds-near-penn-station/): The frightening attack happened around 2 a.m. at the McDonald’s on Eighth Avenue near West 35th Street, just blocks from Penn Station.
- [Turkish, Iranian foreign ministers discuss talks on reopening Strait of Hormuz, ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/turkish-iranian-foreign-ministers-discuss-talks-on-reopening-strait-of-hormuz-ceasefire/): Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meet in Istanbul, Turkiye on January 30, 2026.
- [Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time](https://iwpost.com/theban-tomb-reveals-how-egyptian-burial-trends-evolved-in-time/): Egypt’s Theban necropolis holds over 400 tombs, a rich resource for archaeologists eager to learn more about that region’s ancient history.
- [Shipping slows through Strait of Hormuz after tanker attacks](https://iwpost.com/shipping-slows-through-strait-of-hormuz-after-tanker-attacks/): Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend, data showed on Monday, following attacks ​on tankers, while U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the Middle East ‌conflict stalled.
- [The myth of Chinese tolls in the western Pacific](https://iwpost.com/the-myth-of-chinese-tolls-in-the-western-pacific/): A Chinese Coast Guard ship at sea.
- [Turkey’s Libya Pivot Forces Israel To Recalculate in the Eastern Mediterranean](https://iwpost.com/turkeys-libya-pivot-forces-israel-to-recalculate-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/): [ISTANBUL] Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was received at Khalifa Haftar’s family compound in Benghazi on Aug.
- [As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value](https://iwpost.com/as-wisconsin-cities-flee-flock-its-shared-camera-network-loses-value/): Perhaps it’s the local summer diet of deep-fried cheese curds, corn on the cob, and Spotted Cow, but Wisconsin residents have been feeling pretty dyspeptic about Flock’s automated license plate cameras.
- [North Korea grows stronger as the South ponders fading US support](https://iwpost.com/north-korea-grows-stronger-as-the-south-ponders-fading-us-support/): According to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, North Korea is preparing to send as many as 50,000 fresh troops to support Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
- [Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts](https://iwpost.com/former-spacex-engineers-are-building-a-robotic-factory-for-making-steel-parts/): Three former SpaceX engineers have switched their attention from making rocket engines to manufacturing steel parts by using AI-driven software and robots.
- [Temperatures to fall across Europe as substantial rain heading for parts of UK](https://iwpost.com/temperatures-to-fall-across-europe-as-substantial-rain-heading-for-parts-of-uk/): Relief from the unrelenting heat is finally arriving this week across western Europe, with more unsettled conditions bringing the chance of rain.
- [Cheap Chinese AI tokens collide with deepening Sino-US bloc split](https://iwpost.com/cheap-chinese-ai-tokens-collide-with-deepening-sino-us-bloc-split/): Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) developers are undercutting American rivals on token prices, but according to recent analyst reports, many enterprises end up paying more once the tokens needed to finish a task are counted.
- [Princess Diana Thought King Charles Marriage Proposal ‘Was a Joke’](https://iwpost.com/princess-diana-thought-king-charles-marriage-proposal-was-a-joke/): Princess Diana was so stunned when then-Prince Charles asked her to marry him that she initially burst out laughing — convinced the future king had to be joking.
- [Trump says he is not seeking extension of framework agreement with Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-he-is-not-seeking-extension-of-framework-agreement-with-iran/): President Donald Trump said Monday that he is not seeking an extension of June’s framework agreement with Iran towards ending the war, while claiming the US has established “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz, Anadolu reports.
- [Tel Aviv University Ranks 3rd Worldwide for US Unicorn Founders ](https://iwpost.com/tel-aviv-university-ranks-3rd-worldwide-for-us-unicorn-founders/): Three Israeli universities placed among the top 10 institutions outside the United States whose research-oriented master’s graduates went on to found US.
- [US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows](https://iwpost.com/us-vaccination-rates-fall-again-as-exemptions-continue-to-rise-cdc-data-shows/): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released data on the vaccination rates of US kindergarteners in the 2025–2026 school year, revealing that rates have once again decreased from the previous school year.
- [The delusion of strategic stability in a nuclear world](https://iwpost.com/the-delusion-of-strategic-stability-in-a-nuclear-world/): Suppose for a moment that reliance on nuclear arms by the United States and other nuclear powers will produce “strategic stability” for the rest of this century.
- [The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it](https://iwpost.com/the-moons-shadow-raced-across-the-heart-of-spain-and-i-was-there-to-see-it/): DURATÓN, Spain—I’ll say it: I’m hooked.
- [EU to propose tougher sanctions on Russia this autumn](https://iwpost.com/eu-to-propose-tougher-sanctions-on-russia-this-autumn/): The European Union’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc will seek tougher sanctions on Russia this autumn, signalling a fresh push to ramp up pressure on Moscow.
- [US military morale in the Middle East is in the overflowing toilet](https://iwpost.com/us-military-morale-in-the-middle-east-is-in-the-overflowing-toilet/): Rotten food, overflowing toilets into bunking areas, no room in the incoming missile shelters, confiscated cellphones that are the notification devices for incoming missiles, infrequent mail, social media closed down, were some of the issues that military families identified at the national conference of Veterans For Peace.
- [The market for used EVs ‘is so hot’ right now](https://iwpost.com/the-market-for-used-evs-is-so-hot-right-now/): Sales of used electric vehicles continued their surge in July, jumping 7.7 percent from June and 10.1 percent compared to last year, according to data Cox Automotive released today.
- [A Democratic Socialist Aims to Oust a Top AIPAC Beneficiary in Florida](https://iwpost.com/a-democratic-socialist-aims-to-oust-a-top-aipac-beneficiary-in-florida/): The conventional thinking for Democrats hoping to win in Florida is to be tough on Cuba, friendly to Israel, and careful to avoid appearing too liberal.
- [Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI](https://iwpost.com/hidden-airtag-reveals-amazon-is-trashing-rare-books-to-train-ai/): For the past year or so, booksellers have suspected that AI firms are buying up huge lots of rare books, then destroying them after scanning them to train AI.
- [North Korea grows stronger as South Korea reckons with fading US support](https://iwpost.com/north-korea-grows-stronger-as-south-korea-reckons-with-fading-us-support/): According to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, North Korea is preparing to send as many as 50,000 fresh troops to support Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
- [Kushner-Netanyahu Talks Fail To Break Gaza Disarmament Deadlock](https://iwpost.com/kushner-netanyahu-talks-fail-to-break-gaza-disarmament-deadlock/): US envoy Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Monday in Jerusalem to establish working groups on Hamas’ disarmament and Gaza’s public health needs, but failed to resolve whether Israel must withdraw from the territory before the armed group surrenders its weapons.
- [Rising Star Found Strangled in Her Apartment. Case Remains Unsolved After Decades](https://iwpost.com/rising-star-found-strangled-in-her-apartment-case-remains-unsolved-after-decades/): Karyn Kupcinet appeared to have everything going for her.
- [US hypersonic missile drive blurs the nuclear threshold](https://iwpost.com/us-hypersonic-missile-drive-blurs-the-nuclear-threshold/): The US is betting that a new generation of hypersonic cruise missiles can restore a decisive edge in long-range strike, but turning that ambition into a practical wartime capability will require overcoming challenges that extend well beyond speed and range alone.
- [Oil importer China won’t aid Trump economic warfare against Iran](https://iwpost.com/oil-importer-china-wont-aid-trump-economic-warfare-against-iran/): The Trump administration is once again threatening to carry out “regime change” in Iran, this time using what President Donald Trump described as “economic warfare” against the nation rather than military might.
- [‘Rocky IV’ Star Breaks Down Over Cancer Battle (Video)](https://iwpost.com/rocky-iv-star-breaks-down-over-cancer-battle-video/): Dolph Lundgren spent decades playing one of Hollywood’s toughest men — but the “Rocky IV” star is now revealing the terrifying real-life fight that nearly took everything from him.
- [Lawsuit demands Logitech hand tariff refunds over to customers](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-demands-logitech-hand-tariff-refunds-over-to-customers/): Logitech is facing a proposed class action lawsuit for not giving customers tariff refunds.
- [Belgian physician enters race to lead WHO](https://iwpost.com/belgian-physician-enters-race-to-lead-who/): Belgian doctor Hans Kluge, head of the World Health Organization’s Europe region, is running for director-general of the agency.
- [Israel preventing foreign support for Lebanese army, deputy PM says](https://iwpost.com/israel-preventing-foreign-support-for-lebanese-army-deputy-pm-says/): Israel is preventing several countries from providing support to the Lebanese army as the latter deploys in parts of southern Lebanon in line with a US-backed framework agreement signed in June between Lebanon and Israel, Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [Ben-Gurion Airport Struggles To Recover From Worker Walkout](https://iwpost.com/ben-gurion-airport-struggles-to-recover-from-worker-walkout/): Ben-Gurion International Airport remained severely disrupted Friday morning after an unannounced worker walkout halted incoming flights and check-in operations Thursday, causing cancellations, long delays and an estimated NIS 30 million ($10 million) in economic damage.
- [Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels](https://iwpost.com/motorolas-grapheneos-phones-will-launch-in-2027-priced-higher-than-pixels/): Several months ago, Motorola and the makers of GrapheneOS announced a team-up that would expand support for the privacy-centric OS to beyond Google’s Pixel phones.
- [Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land](https://iwpost.com/trumps-space-transportation-policy-calls-for-new-spaceport-on-federal-land/): A new national space transportation policy signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday calls for the development of more spaceports to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries per year by 2030.
- [EU moves to ease subsidy rules for small media](https://iwpost.com/eu-moves-to-ease-subsidy-rules-for-small-media/): EU countries will be able to fund small local media without asking Brussels for permission, according to a draft of the bloc’s revised state aid rulebook obtained by POLITICO.
- [Oregon Is Spending More Than Ever on Low-Income Housing. A State Law Keeps the Details Secret.](https://iwpost.com/oregon-is-spending-more-than-ever-on-low-income-housing-a-state-law-keeps-the-details-secret/): Oregon’s spending on low-income housing has exploded in the past five years.
- [Iconic Olympian Retires After Shocking Cardiac Arrest](https://iwpost.com/iconic-olympian-retires-after-shocking-cardiac-arrest/): U.S. Olympic medalist Jenny Simpson has revealed that her legendary running career is over after a terrifying medical emergency nearly cost her life.
- [Hidden Zillow listings created fake supply shock, raising NYC rents, lawsuit says](https://iwpost.com/hidden-zillow-listings-created-fake-supply-shock-raising-nyc-rents-lawsuit-says/): This week, two New York City renters filed a class action complaint alleging that a brokerage business called Compass—which has been boycotting posting listings on free digital platforms like Zillow—has now delisted so many rental units that it has created a fake supply shock that is artificially raising rents.
- [China opens new Arctic trade route – but obstacles will prevent its wider use](https://iwpost.com/china-opens-new-arctic-trade-route-but-obstacles-will-prevent-its-wider-use/): Sea Legend, a Chinese shipping line, recently announced it was launching a regular container service between China and Europe via the Arctic.
- [Turkiye slams Israeli Prime Minister’s Office over remarks targeting President Erdogan](https://iwpost.com/turkiye-slams-israeli-prime-ministers-office-over-remarks-targeting-president-erdogan/): Turkiye on Friday strongly rejected remarks by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office targeting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, describing them as devoid of “historical facts and political seriousness,” Anadolu reports.
- [Lebanon Weighs Ashraf Dabbour’s Extradition as Rival Corruption Claims Collide](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-weighs-ashraf-dabbours-extradition-as-rival-corruption-claims-collide/): Lebanon’s government is weighing whether to extradite Ashraf Dabbour, the former Palestinian ambassador to Lebanon, to the Palestinian Authority (PA), which accuses him of corruption and embezzling public funds during his 2012-2025 tenure in Beirut.
- [Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging](https://iwpost.com/thunder-fiber-optic-cabling-used-for-seismic-imaging/): Most of what we know about the Earth’s interior comes from following seismic waves.
- [Rising US Debt Puts EU Borrowing Costs and Budgets Under Pressure](https://iwpost.com/rising-us-debt-puts-eu-borrowing-costs-and-budgets-under-pressure/): The surge in US government debt, now above $40 trillion, is increasingly affecting Europe as global borrowing costs rise and governments compete for investor capital.
- [Solar buoyed Europe’s grid amid record-breaking heat and drought this summer](https://iwpost.com/solar-buoyed-europes-grid-amid-record-breaking-heat-and-drought-this-summer/): Repeated record-breaking heat waves cooked the European continent this summer, delivering the region’s hottest June on record.
- [Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million cars](https://iwpost.com/chinese-regulators-tell-tesla-to-fix-nearly-3-million-cars/): Tesla is facing a massive recall in China today.
- [‘Tree of justice’ protest: how Vietnamese youth are mobilising online to hold the powerful to account](https://iwpost.com/tree-of-justice-protest-how-vietnamese-youth-are-mobilising-online-to-hold-the-powerful-to-account/): A fatal car crash and a censored rap album, seemingly unrelated and a year apart, have sparked what could be the largest revolt of Vietnam’s youth in living memory.
- [Rock Star Dies After Collapsing During Second Song of Concert ](https://iwpost.com/rock-star-dies-after-collapsing-during-second-song-of-concert/): A veteran rock musician tragically died after collapsing behind his drum kit just minutes into a live concert in Malaysia.
- [Critics: FTC limits on personalized pricing may increase costs, kill discounts](https://iwpost.com/critics-ftc-limits-on-personalized-pricing-may-increase-costs-kill-discounts/): Some Americans worry that the Federal Trade Commission’s rush to limit personalized pricing in the name of consumer protection could end up killing discounts they depend on or, counterintuitively, raising prices.
- [German authorities uncover gun stash and see link to Russian intelligence operations](https://iwpost.com/german-authorities-uncover-gun-stash-and-see-link-to-russian-intelligence-operations/): German security authorities discovered handguns stashed in a forest near Berlin last ​year and believe the weapons were to ‌be used to carry out assassinations on behalf of Russian intelligence, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Friday.
- [US Reaper drones near end of the line in a new war era](https://iwpost.com/us-reaper-drones-near-end-of-the-line-in-a-new-war-era/): The MQ-9 Reaper defined US drone wars for two decades, but the next era may be shaped by a very different premise: not building unmanned aircraft to survive every fight, but fielding them cheaply and in enough numbers that losing some no longer breaks the force.
- [China urges negotiations over US Treasury chief’s ‘toughest sanctions’ against Iran](https://iwpost.com/china-urges-negotiations-over-us-treasury-chiefs-toughest-sanctions-against-iran/): China Friday reiterated its call for negotiations between the US and Iran to end the conflict, after the US Treasury secretary announced what they called the “toughest sanctions in history” against Tehran, Anadolu reports.
- [Imran Khan Returns to Jail After Examination at PIMS Hospital](https://iwpost.com/imran-khan-returns-to-jail-after-examination-at-pims-hospital/): Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was transferred back to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on Friday morning after undergoing a comprehensive medical examination at a hospital in Islamabad, following an order by the Supreme Court.
- [What American Doctors Saw in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/what-american-doctors-saw-in-gaza/): It’s been nearly three years into Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinians, and still no step closer to its end.
- [Waymo doubles spending on lobbying in robotaxi battle with Uber](https://iwpost.com/waymo-doubles-spending-on-lobbying-in-robotaxi-battle-with-uber/): Waymo has sharply increased its lobbying spending as it seeks to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services, intensifying its battle with rival Uber over the future of robotaxis.
- [Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment](https://iwpost.com/missouri-republicans-are-trying-to-repeal-abortion-rights-by-leaning-into-anti-trans-sentiment/): Two years ago, abortion opponents in Missouri tried to defeat Amendment 3, a ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution, by falsely telling voters that it would allow gender transition surgeries for minors — even though it wouldn’t.
- [As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it’s harder to avoid creepy recordings](https://iwpost.com/as-demand-for-meta-ai-glasses-explodes-its-harder-to-avoid-creepy-recordings/): Can you tell when someone nearby is wearing Meta AI glasses?
- [South Korea estimates North Korea has up to 120 nuclear warheads](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-estimates-north-korea-has-up-to-120-nuclear-warheads/): South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said, citing a range significantly higher than U.S.
- [Why Gaza peace deals keep unraveling](https://iwpost.com/why-gaza-peace-deals-keep-unraveling/): Donald Trump’s Board of Peace published a 15-point roadmap for Gaza in late July in which Hamas would hand its weapons to a committee of Palestinian technocrats, certified by an international verification body, and Israel would withdraw from the strip in phases.
- [Musicians Shot and Killed While Inside Recording Studio](https://iwpost.com/musicians-shot-and-killed-while-inside-recording-studio/): Two Milwaukee musicians were shot and killed inside a recording studio Monday afternoon, leaving their families devastated and a local music community mourning the loss of two artists.
- [Dr. Pejman Bijan: ‘This Is the Last Moment for the Middle East’](https://iwpost.com/dr-pejman-bijan-this-is-the-last-moment-for-the-middle-east/): In Pejman Bijan’s view, the battle over Iran is also a battle over the map of the Middle East—and the balance of power far beyond it.
- [This Mysterious “Astroturf” Group Popped Up to Defend the Paramount Merger](https://iwpost.com/this-mysterious-astroturf-group-popped-up-to-defend-the-paramount-merger/): A state attorney general challenging the controversial mega-merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros.
- [South Korea’s economy at risk as Trump throws it under bus](https://iwpost.com/south-koreas-economy-at-risk-as-trump-throws-it-under-bus/): NEW YORK — Of all the indignities South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expected to face in 2026, being run over by Donald Trump probably wasn’t one of them.
- [Rowan Williams: Guardian of the soul in an era of commercialised faith](https://iwpost.com/rowan-williams-guardian-of-the-soul-in-an-era-of-commercialised-faith/): In an age when sacred beliefs are traded in the political marketplace and theology is weaponized as a cudgel to intimidate the other, Dr.
- [Is Europe developing Ukraine war fatigue?](https://iwpost.com/is-europe-developing-ukraine-war-fatigue/): Volodymyr Zelensky is fighting a war on several fronts. Russia is ramping up its missile attacks with almost nightly bombardment of Ukrainian cities.
- [Russia is ready for new ideas on Ukraine peace, but with conditions, senior diplomat says](https://iwpost.com/russia-is-ready-for-new-ideas-on-ukraine-peace-but-with-conditions-senior-diplomat-says/): Russia is open to listening to new proposals on how to reach a settlement on the Ukraine conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, ​but any proposals should reflect the “realities on the ground”.
- [UK‑Ukraine drone partnership will boost long‑term security](https://iwpost.com/uk-ukraine-drone-partnership-will-boost-long-term-security/): When the UK allowed Ukraine to use British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against targets inside Russia in late 2024, Moscow predictably accused London of escalating the war and threatened retaliation.
- [Meta ran ads for an app promising to nudify female politicians](https://iwpost.com/meta-ran-ads-for-an-app-promising-to-nudify-female-politicians/): Meta platforms recently ran ads for an AI porn-generation tool that seemingly encouraged users to create deepfaked videos resembling female US politicians, despite the company’s policies against ads containing sexual material.
- [Republicans blame $4 trillion US debt milestone on ‘socialism’](https://iwpost.com/republicans-blame-4-trillion-us-debt-milestone-on-socialism/): Hey, $120K each. Pay up.
- [Meghan Markle Only Agreed to U.K. Return for ‘Test-Run’](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-only-agreed-to-u-k-return-for-test-run/): Meghan Markle may be preparing for a dramatic return to Britain with Prince Harry — but reports claim she is keeping one foot firmly planted in California.
- [Australia Summons Israeli Ambassador Over IDF Decision Not To Investigate WCK Strike ](https://iwpost.com/australia-summons-israeli-ambassador-over-idf-decision-not-to-investigate-wck-strike/): Australia summoned Israel’s ambassador after the Israel Defense Forces decided not to open a criminal investigation into the April 2024 strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, including Australian citizen Zomi Frankcom.
- [Grok exfiltrates user data when malicious instructions are encrypted](https://iwpost.com/grok-exfiltrates-user-data-when-malicious-instructions-are-encrypted/): Earlier this week, researchers outlined an attack that used a secret input provided by Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprise to cause the AI assistant to exfiltrate a password present in the user’s inbox.
- [Trump says he will meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-he-will-meet-with-north-koreas-kim-jong-un/): President Donald Trump said that he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year.
- [870 Sudanese nationals leave Egypt for home under voluntary return program](https://iwpost.com/870-sudanese-nationals-leave-egypt-for-home-under-voluntary-return-program/): Sudan’s Al-Amal Committee for Voluntary Return said Thursday that 870 Sudanese nationals had left Egypt for Sudan aboard 30 buses departing from Cairo, Alexandria and Aswan, the state-run Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported, Anadolu reports.
- [They survived 9/11; 25 years later, their bonds remain unbroken](https://iwpost.com/they-survived-9-11-25-years-later-their-bonds-remain-unbroken/): September 11, 2001, will be remembered as one of the darkest days in American history.
- [Russia’s Khabarovsk sub tests Cold War deterrence in a new age](https://iwpost.com/russias-khabarovsk-sub-tests-cold-war-deterrence-in-a-new-age/): Russia’s Khabarovsk submarine may represent the cutting edge of undersea nuclear warfare, but its arrival also raises a more fundamental question: whether increasingly exotic weapons can preserve deterrence in an era when adversaries are learning to impose strategic costs without ever crossing the nuclear threshold.
- [Europe cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket](https://iwpost.com/europe-cancels-planned-upgrades-for-ariane-6-rocket/): In the two years since it made a largely successful debut, Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket has launched eight missions, all of which reached orbit safely.
- [US debt crosses $40 trillion threshold](https://iwpost.com/us-debt-crosses-40-trillion-threshold/): The United States has crossed a historic fiscal milestone, with total federal debt surpassing $40 trillion for the first time, according to new Treasury data.
- [Former Indian Major General Warns of Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi Pact, Urges Stronger Ties With Iran ](https://iwpost.com/former-indian-major-general-warns-of-turkey-pakistan-saudi-pact-urges-stronger-ties-with-iran/): Retired Indian Maj. Gen.
- [Masked ‘Chucky’ Maniac Terrorizes Philadelphia (Video)](https://iwpost.com/masked-chucky-maniac-terrorizes-philadelphia-video/): A terrifying masked stranger allegedly spent nearly 30 minutes chasing and threatening people through Philadelphia — but one woman decided she wasn’t going to keep running.
- [US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots pivots after US ban](https://iwpost.com/us-distributor-of-chinas-most-popular-humanoid-robots-pivots-after-us-ban/): A leading US distributor of China’s most popular humanoid robots and robot dogs now plans to produce its own robots at a facility on Long Island, New York.
- [The Mossad Suffers a Crushing Defeat Entirely of Its Own Making](https://iwpost.com/the-mossad-suffers-a-crushing-defeat-entirely-of-its-own-making/): Earlier this month, Roman Gofman, the new director of the Mossad, Israel’s shadowy national intelligence agency, dismissed the heads of its intelligence directorate and Iran division, known only by their heavily anonymized names “K” and “Y,” respectively.
- [Flood of discounted auction homes deepens China’s property slump](https://iwpost.com/flood-of-discounted-auction-homes-deepens-chinas-property-slump/): China’s residential property prices kept falling this year as a surge in court-ordered auction homes flooded the market with steep discounts, deepening buyer wariness and stalling any signs of recovery in the world’s second-largest economy.
- [UK, Italy, France, Germany urge Israel to halt plans on occupied West Bank settlement expansion](https://iwpost.com/uk-italy-france-germany-urge-israel-to-halt-plans-on-occupied-west-bank-settlement-expansion/): The UK, Italy, France and Germany on Thursday condemned Israel’s decision to publish construction tenders for the E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank, warning they threaten the chance of a two-state solution, Anadolu reports.
- [SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste](https://iwpost.com/spacexs-orbital-data-centers-would-create-a-new-category-of-e-waste/): Elon Musk’s talk about maintaining a million-strong AI data center satellite megaconstellation may not exactly be practical or economical, but it might be unique.
- [Israeli warns Turkey against ‘dangerous adventures’ in Syria](https://iwpost.com/israeli-warns-turkey-against-dangerous-adventures-in-syria/): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was “dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in ‌Syria”, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday, following an attack on a Syrian airbase earlier this week.
- [What Parents Need to Know About Sexual Abuse in Youth Sports](https://iwpost.com/what-parents-need-to-know-about-sexual-abuse-in-youth-sports/): As a reporter for The Washington Post and now ProPublica, I’ve investigated how youth sports organizations have failed to protect kids from sexual predators.
- [Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak? The farmworkers on the front lines.](https://iwpost.com/whos-most-at-risk-in-the-cyclospora-outbreak-the-farmworkers-on-the-front-lines/): Earlier this summer, when the news broke about an outbreak of cyclosporiasis — a parasitic infection that results in abdominal distress and is passed on via food or water that has been contaminated by human fecal matter — spreading across the country, one question came up again and again: How did human poop end up in our food system?
- [National Religious Men Increasingly Overrepresented Among Israeli Reservists, Study Finds ](https://iwpost.com/national-religious-men-increasingly-overrepresented-among-israeli-reservists-study-finds/): National religious (Dati Leumi) Jewish men carried a growing share of Israel’s reserve military burden as the Swords of Iron War continued, while the proportion borne by secular men declined substantially, according to an Israel Democracy Institute review published Thursday.
- [Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids](https://iwpost.com/roblox-must-make-changes-after-failing-to-block-adults-creeping-on-kids/): Despite making changes last fall to help block adults from messaging unknown children, Roblox is still failing to stop adults from creeping on kids in other ways, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said on Thursday.
- [Hillary Clinton ‘Planning’ Husband Bill’s Funeral Amid Health Concerns](https://iwpost.com/hillary-clinton-planning-husband-bills-funeral-amid-health-concerns/): Hillary Clinton is reportedly making plans for how her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will eventually be laid to rest, as new claims emerge about his funeral wishes, burial site and possible changes to his estate.
- [Why Gaza peace deals keep unravelling](https://iwpost.com/why-gaza-peace-deals-keep-unravelling/): Donald Trump’s Board of Peace published a 15-point roadmap for Gaza in late July in which Hamas would hand its weapons to a committee of Palestinian technocrats, certified by an international verification body, and Israel would withdraw from the strip in phases.
- [Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccines](https://iwpost.com/moderna-merck-breakthrough-could-usher-in-wave-of-cancer-vaccines/): Merck and Moderna’s success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a ​new avenue of treatment that doctors hope will work against many types of tumors.
- [Immigrant Wants to Pay $368,000 in Fines, but Broken Payment System Won’t Let Him](https://iwpost.com/immigrant-wants-to-pay-368000-in-fines-but-broken-payment-system-wont-let-him/): When Daniel arrived in the U.S. about two decades ago, he came on a legal tourist visa.
- [Puerto Rico is rationing water, but many residents stopped trusting the tap long before the drought](https://iwpost.com/puerto-rico-is-rationing-water-but-many-residents-stopped-trusting-the-tap-long-before-the-drought/): Imagine turning on your kitchen faucet and nothing comes out. Not for an hour, but for two full days. Then the water returns, only to stop again two days later.
- [Israel’s next escalation is likely in southern Syria](https://iwpost.com/israels-next-escalation-is-likely-in-southern-syria/): Israeli forces raided homes in the town of al-Rafid, in Syria’s Quneitra countryside on August 15, and the operation drew almost no attention beyond Syria itself.
- [Genesis joins the giant electric SUV club with new GV90](https://iwpost.com/genesis-joins-the-giant-electric-suv-club-with-new-gv90/): A couple of years ago, Genesis showed us its unique take on the luxury electric SUV with the Neolum concept.
- [Israeli occupiers set Palestinian home in occupied West Bank on fire with mother, daughter inside](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupiers-set-palestinian-home-in-occupied-west-bank-on-fire-with-mother-daughter-inside/): Israeli occupiers set fire to a Palestinian home in the Hebron governorate in the occupied West Bank on Thursday while a mother and her daughter were inside, according to local sources.
- [This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?](https://iwpost.com/this-coach-is-banned-from-working-with-kids-why-is-he-still-coaching/): “Permanently Ineligible”: An oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, among other allegations, and banned him.
- [Banning the opposition, going on a listening tour: Putin’s worried about the coming election](https://iwpost.com/banning-the-opposition-going-on-a-listening-tour-putins-worried-about-the-coming-election/): Could we see Vladimir Putin’s control of Russia seriously challenged – or even destabilised in the coming months?
- [Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people’s faces](https://iwpost.com/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces/): When someone uploads a photo to the people-search tool ClarityCheck, the website has a clear message: “Your reverse image search is private and secure.” New research, though, shows that the website left more than 9 million image files, including photographs of people’s faces, publicly exposed.
- [Houthis Threaten ‘Second Phase’ Against Saudi Arabia With Naval Blockade, Strikes Inside Kingdom ](https://iwpost.com/houthis-threaten-second-phase-against-saudi-arabia-with-naval-blockade-strikes-inside-kingdom/): Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are threatening a “second phase” of their confrontation with Saudi Arabia, including attacks inside the kingdom, a wider naval blockade and possible ground operations along the Saudi-Yemeni border, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper reported, citing military sources.
- [Portugal Approves Ban on Face Coverings in Public Places](https://iwpost.com/portugal-approves-ban-on-face-coverings-in-public-places/): Portugal’s President António Jose Seguro has enacted a law banning face coverings in public spaces, a measure widely seen as targeting Muslim women who wear full-face veils.
- [Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black hole](https://iwpost.com/scientists-find-closest-star-to-the-milky-ways-central-black-hole/): Sgr A* is the name we’ve given to the supermassive black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way.
- [Ex-Prince Andrew Rejects King Charles’ Invitation to ‘Join Royal Family’](https://iwpost.com/ex-prince-andrew-rejects-king-charles-invitation-to-join-royal-family/): The former prince, 66, has become increasingly isolated from the royals following years of scandal and controversy surrounding his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- [mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in Phase 3 melanoma trial, Moderna and Merck say](https://iwpost.com/mrna-cancer-vaccine-succeeded-in-phase-3-melanoma-trial-moderna-and-merck-say/): Pharmaceutical partners Moderna and Merck announced on Wednesday that their novel mRNA-based vaccine—individually tailored to target a patient’s unique cancer mutations—was effective in a late-stage clinical trial of patients with melanoma, one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
- [The global revival of mahjong, a centuries‑old Chinese tradition](https://iwpost.com/the-global-revival-of-mahjong-a-centuries-old-chinese-tradition/): Mahjong is having a global moment.
- [Oil gains on Middle East supply concerns amid impasse in US-Iran war](https://iwpost.com/oil-gains-on-middle-east-supply-concerns-amid-impasse-in-us-iran-war/): Oil prices climbed on Thursday on concerns the impasse in ‌the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran will continue to disrupt supply from the key Middle Eastern producing region and tighten global supplies.
- [Israeli opposition leader calls Syria attack ‘provocative and dangerous’, warns Israel will ‘pay the price’](https://iwpost.com/israeli-opposition-leader-calls-syria-attack-provocative-and-dangerous-warns-israel-will-pay-the-price/): Yair Golan, leader of Israel’s Democrats party, on Wednesday described the Israeli attack in Syria as a “provocative and dangerous step”.
- [President Trump Declares ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran, Threatens Countries Providing Tehran a Lifeline ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-declares-economic-d-day-against-iran-threatens-countries-providing-tehran-a-lifeline/): President Donald Trump declared an “Economic D-Day” against Iran, announcing what he described as an unprecedented campaign of economic warfare and threatening severe consequences for countries that continue providing Tehran with financial or commercial lifelines.
- [The floodgates are open after another Chinese company lands a reusable rocket](https://iwpost.com/the-floodgates-are-open-after-another-chinese-company-lands-a-reusable-rocket/): It has been a little more than a month since China recovered an orbital-class rocket booster for the first time.
- [Kim Jong-un balks at grasping fleeting opportunity](https://iwpost.com/kim-jong-un-balks-at-grasping-fleeting-opportunity/): North Korean paramount leader Kim Jong-un has demonstrated he can make bold policy decisions.
- [FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies](https://iwpost.com/fcc-abolishes-gigabit-speed-goal-suggesting-it-is-unfair-to-slower-technologies/): The Federal Communications Commission last week eliminated the gigabit speed goal established during the Biden administration and declared that current levels of broadband deployment in the US are acceptable.
- [Grandmother Left Paralyzed After Hospital ‘Accidentally’ Gave Her Lethal Injections](https://iwpost.com/grandmother-left-paralyzed-after-hospital-accidentally-gave-her-lethal-injections/): A Tennessee grandmother went to the hospital for what was supposed to be a routine knee replacement — but her family says a horrifying medication mix-up left her paralyzed from the chest down.
- [Bread and pasta prices face fresh pressure from war and extreme heat](https://iwpost.com/bread-and-pasta-prices-face-fresh-pressure-from-war-and-extreme-heat/): Global food prices are expected to increase by 11.8% this year and by 4.8% in 2027, with the most severe impact expected to be on crops — grains, fruit and vegetables — and dairy, according to Oxford Economics.
- [The $1 Trillion Black Box](https://iwpost.com/the-1-trillion-black-box/): The sums are vast, but the explanations for the spending range from vague to inscrutable.
- [Trump’s North Korea gambit is really about everyone else](https://iwpost.com/trumps-north-korea-gambit-is-really-about-everyone-else/): A president tires of an alliance relationship that isn’t paying the dividends he expected, reaches for the most disruptive lever available and the commentariat responds with alarm about “chaos” and “unpredictability” rather than asking the more interesting question: What did the old arrangement actually accomplish, and for whom?
- [Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data](https://iwpost.com/flight-attendants-freaked-out-that-google-is-buying-tons-of-spirit-employee-data/): Last Friday, Google won an auction to acquire a huge amount of Spirit Airlines data.
- [Egypt-Ethiopia Nile Dispute Expands Into a Contest for the Horn](https://iwpost.com/egypt-ethiopia-nile-dispute-expands-into-a-contest-for-the-horn/): Ethiopia’s plans to build three additional hydropower dams on the Blue Nile have reopened one of Africa’s most persistent geopolitical disputes, less than a year after Addis Ababa formally inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in September 2025.
- [China loading more missile punch into its frigate fleet](https://iwpost.com/china-loading-more-missile-punch-into-its-frigate-fleet/): China’s Type 054B frigate upgrade is more than a bigger missile load—it is a warning that the next naval arms race may be won by the fleet that can combine firepower with mass.
- [Israel risks ceasing ‘to exist as a state,’ senior Russian general says](https://iwpost.com/israel-risks-ceasing-to-exist-as-a-state-senior-russian-general-says/): A senior Russian military official said Israel risks ceasing “to exist as a state,” claiming Tel Aviv’s main objective is to escalate the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and draw the US and NATO into the war, Anadolu reports.
- [NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory](https://iwpost.com/nasa-calls-off-mission-to-rescue-swift-gamma-ray-observatory/): NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced Wednesday they are giving up on a robotic mission to rescue the Swift gamma-ray telescope before it falls out of orbit.
- [Princess Diana’s brother to publish book about her life](https://iwpost.com/princess-dianas-brother-to-publish-book-about-her-life/): Charles Spencer, the brother of Britain’s late Princess Diana, is to publish a book about his sister’s life, promising to divulge the ​truth about her ahead of the 30th anniversary of her ‌death.
- [Defense minister talks are bigger than just India and Japan](https://iwpost.com/defense-minister-talks-are-bigger-than-just-india-and-japan/): Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi’s visit to India on Thursday, August 20, 2026, could well mark the beginning of a structural transition in Asian security architecture, shifting major bilateral relationships into cross-border defense-industrial frameworks.
- [Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026](https://iwpost.com/amazon-aims-for-delivery-drones-to-reach-500-us-neighborhoods-by-end-of-2026/): Amazon wants to grow its Prime Air delivery drone service sixfold to reach nearly 500 cities and towns across the United States by the end of 2026.
- [Police Rush to Home of Hayden Panettiere’s Boyfriend’s Days After Actress’ Sudden Death](https://iwpost.com/police-rush-to-home-of-hayden-panettieres-boyfriends-days-after-actress-sudden-death/): Police were called to a South Carolina home connected to the family of Hayden Panettiere’s on-and-off boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, just days after the actress was found dead at age 36.
- [Pentagon Considers Pulling Forces From Persian Gulf After Iranian Attacks ](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-considers-pulling-forces-from-persian-gulf-after-iranian-attacks/): The Pentagon may decide to reduce US military presence in the Middle East, including a possible withdrawal from the Persian Gulf, after repeated Iranian attacks damaged American bases across the region, The Washington Post reported, citing eight sources.
- [French potato crop to shrink by 23% after severe weather](https://iwpost.com/french-potato-crop-to-shrink-by-23-after-severe-weather/): France’s main potato crop is expected to fall 23% this year, or by about 2 million metric tons, after exceptionally hot and dry summer weather, the growers’ group UNPT said.
- [China’s YJ-20 hypersonic missile tilting Pacific’s naval balance](https://iwpost.com/chinas-yj-20-hypersonic-missile-tilting-pacifics-naval-balance/): Footage broadcast by Chinese state television in July showed a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile fired from the vertical launch system of a Type 052D destroyer, marking a quiet but significant shift in the region’s naval balance.
- [Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.](https://iwpost.com/trump-tried-to-curb-clean-energy-its-booming-anyway/): Donald Trump is presiding over an unexpected clean energy boom, as rising electricity demand spurs investment in new capacity despite the US administration’s efforts to thwart a solar and wind rollout.
- [Barron Trump Targeted in ‘Assassination’ Threat on Iranian State TV](https://iwpost.com/barron-trump-targeted-in-assassination-threat-on-iranian-state-tv/): Iranian state television has aired a disturbing video targeting President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, while touting an alleged $10 million reward connected to efforts against the 20-year-old.
- [Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.](https://iwpost.com/children-in-a-faith-healing-sect-keep-dying-the-state-lets-it-happen/): Death After Death: Almost every year since 2015, Idaho children in a faith-healing sect have died of treatable conditions such as pneumonia and bacterial infections that turned to sepsis.
- [Israeli media claim Kushner warned Hamas during meeting with its leader](https://iwpost.com/israeli-media-claim-kushner-warned-hamas-during-meeting-with-its-leader/): Israeli media claimed that US envoy Jared Kushner issued a direct warning to Hamas during a meeting with the group’s leader, Khalil al-Hayya, in Cairo.
- [Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-senior-manager-linked-to-supermicro-scheme-smuggling-ai-servers-to-china/): Taiwan has indicted nine people—reportedly including an Nvidia senior manager and two Supermicro employees based in the country—who allegedly helped forge documents to cover up illegal exports of high-end AI servers to China in violation of US export controls.
- [The real roots of America’s mass resentment](https://iwpost.com/the-real-roots-of-americas-mass-resentment/): It’s hardly news that Americans are not happy with the state of their nation.
- [USA’s ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran begins with a ‘warning shot’](https://iwpost.com/usas-economic-d-day-against-iran-begins-with-a-warning-shot/): American Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday unveiled a sweeping new effort to economically isolate Iran, warning foreign governments and companies that they could lose access to the U.S.
- [US Intelligence Warned President Trump Khamenei Killing Could Backfire ](https://iwpost.com/us-intelligence-warned-president-trump-khamenei-killing-could-backfire/): US intelligence officials warned President Donald Trump shortly before the United States launched an operation against Iran in February that assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei could bring a more extreme government to power rather than cause the Iranian regime to collapse, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- [Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed](https://iwpost.com/inaudible-sounds-used-to-fingerprint-browsers-catch-aliexpress-red-handed/): Chinese retailer AliExpress has been caught fingerprinting visitors after one of the metrics—an outdated technique that measures inaudible sounds it sends to browsers—impeded a researcher’s ability to use his bluetooth headphones.
- [New US ‘Malice’ missile aims at China’s carrier kill chain](https://iwpost.com/new-us-malice-missile-aims-at-chinas-carrier-kill-chain/): The US Navy’s new AIM-424 “Malice” missile could push carrier defense back into the outer air battle, where destroying the aircraft and networks enabling China’s long-range strikes may matter more than intercepting the missiles themselves.
- [GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports](https://iwpost.com/gm-vehicles-under-federal-scrutiny-after-hundreds-of-reports/): The federal government is expanding a safety investigation into a number of vehicles manufactured by General Motors after receiving hundreds of reports of brake failure.
- [Rock Band’s Tour Bus Involved in Fatal Highway Pileup](https://iwpost.com/rock-bands-tour-bus-involved-in-fatal-highway-pileup/): Rock band Buckcherry says its tour bus was caught up in a deadly multi-vehicle crash on a South Carolina interstate early Friday morning.
- [Join new Iran sanctions or leave the dollar system: Bessent](https://iwpost.com/join-new-iran-sanctions-or-leave-the-dollar-system-bessent/): With the United States unable to militarily defeat Iran in President Donald Trump’s illegal US-Israeli war of choice, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday escalated the administration’s economic attacks on Tehran, warning countries and companies around the world that continuing to do business with the nation could expose them to punitive sanctions.
- [EU approves further €6.1 billion for Ukraine’s defence](https://iwpost.com/eu-approves-further-e6-1-billion-for-ukraines-defence/): The European Commission on Monday approved ​a further €6.1 billion ($7.12 billion) ‌in financial aid for Ukraine to procure new defence systems, ​such as air ​defence, missiles, ammunition and radars.
- [Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps calls economic war ‘main battlefield’ with US](https://iwpost.com/irans-revolutionary-guard-corps-calls-economic-war-main-battlefield-with-us/): Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that economic warfare represents the “main battlefield” in confronting the “enemy,” referring to the US, Anadolu reports.
- [RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-may-upend-how-vaccine-recommendations-are-categorized/): Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Nokia China exit deepens telecom split as Nvidia bets on 6G AI](https://iwpost.com/nokia-china-exit-deepens-telecom-split-as-nvidia-bets-on-6g-ai/): Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia is walking away from mainland China after two decades of building out its networks there, closing nearly every remaining site by year-end in the clearest sign yet that Europe and China are severing their telecom supply lines.
- [Netanyahu Reveals Censored Iranian Plot To Assassinate His Son  ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-reveals-censored-iranian-plot-to-assassinate-his-son/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran tried to assassinate one of his sons, revealing an alleged plot that Israel’s military censor had previously prohibited media outlets from reporting.
- [Data centers become "killer application" for new power transformer tech](https://iwpost.com/data-centers-become-killer-application-for-new-power-transformer-tech/): Data centers have become the largest driver of surging electricity demand that is straining US power grids.
- [US cancels joint marine drills with South Korea over Iran war-related force constraints](https://iwpost.com/us-cancels-joint-marine-drills-with-south-korea-over-iran-war-related-force-constraints/): The United States cancelled a joint amphibious landing drill scheduled for next month with South Korea, ​Seoul’s Marine Corps said on Monday, after Washington ‌cited constraints on the availability of U.S.
- [AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds](https://iwpost.com/ai-is-hitting-entry-level-jobs-hardest-stanford-study-finds/): For years, AI industry watchers of all stripes have been warning of a coming jobs apocalypse driven by ultra-intelligent AI systems that will be able to replicate most human tasks more cheaply.
- [NFL Star Rushed Off Field and Sent to Hospital (Video)](https://iwpost.com/nfl-star-rushed-off-field-and-sent-to-hospital-video/): A frightening scene unfolded during the Philadelphia Eagles’ preseason game Saturday night when running back Ja’Quinden Jackson was taken off the field in an ambulance and rushed to a hospital.
- [​Nuclear war: still a possibility?](https://iwpost.com/nuclear-war-still-a-possibility/): In 1991 President George H.W. Bush announced unilateral, sweeping reductions in US tactical nuclear forces.
- [US removes Syria from state sponsor of terrorism list](https://iwpost.com/us-removes-syria-from-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-list/): The US State Department on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, fulfilling President Donald Trump’s commitment to provide sanctions relief to the post-Assad government, Anadolu reports.
- [US Removes Syria From the State Sponsors of Terrorism List After 47 Years ](https://iwpost.com/us-removes-syria-from-the-state-sponsors-of-terrorism-list-after-47-years/): The United States officially removed Syria from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism on Monday, August 24, 2026, ending a designation that had been in place for nearly 47 years.
- [Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.](https://iwpost.com/ads-and-tracking-infiltrated-tvs-now-theyre-coming-for-monitors/): The tech products we rely on are constantly changing.
- [Ukraine wants peace but won’t give in, Zelenskiy says on Independence Day](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-wants-peace-but-wont-give-in-zelenskiy-says-on-independence-day/): Ukraine wants peace but will not just ​give in to Russia at any price, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday in a defiant speech ‌marking Independence Day celebrations.
- [Ukraine’s strategy of hitting Russian oil infrastructure](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-strategy-of-hitting-russian-oil-infrastructure/): On Friday I sent out a piece entitled “The US does not understand air power, does Ukraine?” It caused a little stir.
- [Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.](https://iwpost.com/tennessee-helped-usher-in-the-nuclear-age-it-wants-to-lead-the-way-again/): Luther “Sunny” Miller is nearly 80, but in his younger days, he worked at Aerojet, a rocket and missile manufacturer located quite literally in his backyard.
- [Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores](https://iwpost.com/buyer-beware-those-mummified-remains-might-carry-toxic-spores/): Mummified human and animal remains have long been in demand among collectors, and such items are sufficiently rare that their acquisition may involve unregulated, occasionally clandestine trade practices—if not outright illegal ones.
- [They Rebuilt After Texas’ Devastating Floods. Then Their Home Flooded Again.](https://iwpost.com/they-rebuilt-after-texas-devastating-floods-then-their-home-flooded-again/): When deadly flooding swept through the Texas Hill Country in July of last year, Joan Connor and her husband swam and waded out of their home, surviving only by clinging to a pergola in their front yard.
- [Volodymyr Zelensky’s other war: Ukraine’s endless struggle with corruption](https://iwpost.com/volodymyr-zelenskys-other-war-ukraines-endless-struggle-with-corruption/): Ukraine celebrated this year’s independence day on August 24 in the presence of key allies and amid the unfolding of another major corruption scandal.
- [Sarah Ferguson’s Lover Dies and Takes Royal Secrets to The Grave](https://iwpost.com/sarah-fergusons-lover-dies-and-takes-royal-secrets-to-the-grave/): Sarah Ferguson’s wealthy former lover has died at 88, leaving behind fresh questions about what he may have known about the royal family’s tangled history with Jeffrey Epstein.
- [Azerbaijan Steps Up Mediation To Prevent Israel-Turkey Clash in Syria ](https://iwpost.com/azerbaijan-steps-up-mediation-to-prevent-israel-turkey-clash-in-syria/): Azerbaijan is mediating between Israel and Turkey to reduce tensions over Syria and prevent military friction between the two countries, Israeli sources said, as the United States pursues a parallel effort to contain the dispute.
- [F1 in the Netherlands: The driver you most want to beat is your teammate](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-the-netherlands-the-driver-you-most-want-to-beat-is-your-teammate/): After months of rumors surrounding his future, now we know: Four-time champion Max Verstappen is staying in the sport for the foreseeable future.
- [Six countries want EU talks in September on taxing windfall profits of oil companies](https://iwpost.com/six-countries-want-eu-talks-in-september-on-taxing-windfall-profits-of-oil-companies/): Six European Union countries want the 27-nation EU to discuss in September a mechanism to tax windfall profits of oil companies ​triggered by Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a letter ‌by their finance ministers showed on Monday.
- [Yemen’s Houthis claim strikes on Saudi oil tanker, troop concentrations](https://iwpost.com/yemens-houthis-claim-strikes-on-saudi-oil-tanker-troop-concentrations/): The Houthi group said Monday that it had carried out three operations targeting a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea and Saudi troop concentrations in eastern Yemen, Anadolu reports.
- [Pentagon Spokesperson Admits There’s a Secret Blacklist of Journalists](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-spokesperson-admits-theres-a-secret-blacklist-of-journalists/): U.S. Central Command maintains a secret directory of journalists who have been blacklisted by the press office, according to an official with CENTCOM public affairs.
- [Obstacles will prevent wider use of China’ new Arctic trade route](https://iwpost.com/obstacles-will-prevent-wider-use-of-china-new-arctic-trade-route/): Sea Legend, a Chinese shipping line, recently announced it was launching a regular container service between China and Europe via the Arctic.
- [Due to need for "absolute success," China delays critical Moon launch to 2027](https://iwpost.com/due-to-need-for-absolute-success-china-delays-critical-moon-launch-to-2027-2/): China’s “Manned Space” program issued a terse announcement on Sunday regarding its much-anticipated Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission.
- [The law of the innocents: Ireland’s medieval precursor to the Geneva conventions](https://iwpost.com/the-law-of-the-innocents-irelands-medieval-precursor-to-the-geneva-conventions/): The Geneva conventions, which were signed in August 1949 in the aftermath of the horrors of the second world war, are generally accepted as the gold standard of international humanitarian law.
- [His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws.](https://iwpost.com/his-research-on-pregnant-opioid-users-was-widely-celebrated-auditors-and-experts-found-major-flaws/): An Unprecedented Crisis: Dr. Craig Towers said he was “inundated” with pregnant patients addicted to opioids.
- [Review: Chuwi's $449 Unibook laptop is a funhouse-mirror MacBook Neo](https://iwpost.com/review-chuwis-449-unibook-laptop-is-a-funhouse-mirror-macbook-neo/): In another time, the MacBook Neo could have caused a substantial realignment of the lowish-end laptop business.
- [Dutch pull out of ‘no longer neutral’ Eurovision](https://iwpost.com/dutch-pull-out-of-no-longer-neutral-eurovision/): Dutch state broadcaster Avrotros said on Monday that the Netherlands will not be taking part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC).
- [Takaichi’s popular among women despite gender inequality in Japan](https://iwpost.com/takaichis-popular-among-women-despite-gender-inequality-in-japan/): Politicians don’t often find themselves on packages of cookies. Nor do their bags tend to go viral, sparking a fashion craze.
- [The Treaty Assad Signed with Moscow in 2022 Could Now Determine His Fate  ](https://iwpost.com/the-treaty-assad-signed-with-moscow-in-2022-could-now-determine-his-fate/): [DAMASCUS] Four years after signing a judicial agreement with Russia, the stated purpose of which was to strengthen cooperation in pursuing criminal offenders and extraditing wanted individuals, former Syrian President Bashar Assad now finds himself at the center of an unprecedented legal and political test: Can Damascus use the treaty he ratified while in power to seek his extradition from Moscow?
- [China Moon mission to find water ice: unlike anything NASA’s done](https://iwpost.com/china-moon-mission-to-find-water-ice-unlike-anything-nasas-done/): How do you explore a place where the Sun never shines?
- [Israeli court extends detention of Palestinian doctor despite heart catheterisation](https://iwpost.com/israeli-court-extends-detention-of-palestinian-doctor-despite-heart-catheterisation/): An Israeli military court on Sunday extended the detention of Palestinian doctor Dima Amin, 55, by an additional five days over social media posts, despite her suffering a severe heart attack and undergoing cardiac catheterisation while in detention.
- [Vatican plans solar and agriculture plant to cover its electricity needs](https://iwpost.com/vatican-plans-solar-and-agriculture-plant-to-cover-its-electricity-needs/): The Vatican will ​build a roughly €100 million ($117 million) renewable energy plant that could power the Holy See within two ‌years via a system combining solar power and agriculture, sources involved in discussions on the project said.
- [Software firm designed medicines, overcoming skull’s limitations](https://iwpost.com/software-firm-designed-medicines-overcoming-skulls-limitations/): Anthropic has just published the results of a protein design campaign.
- [UAE Joins Islamic Nations Backing Sanctions Over Israel’s E1 Plan](https://iwpost.com/uae-joins-islamic-nations-backing-sanctions-over-israels-e1-plan/): The United Arab Emirates joined seven Arab and Islamic countries on in backing potential international sanctions against individuals and entities involved in Israel’s E1 settlement project in the West Bank.
- [Jill Biden Reveals What Joe’s Latest Cancer Scan Showed](https://iwpost.com/jill-biden-reveals-what-joes-latest-cancer-scan-showed/): Former First Lady Jill Biden is sharing a hopeful update about husband Joe Biden as the former president continues battling stage 4 prostate cancer.
- [Ukraine should focus on hitting Russian oil infrastructure](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-should-focus-on-hitting-russian-oil-infrastructure/): On Friday I sent out a piece entitled “The US does not understand air power, does Ukraine?” It caused a little stir.
- [Pakistani army chief to visit Tehran on Monday](https://iwpost.com/pakistani-army-chief-to-visit-tehran-on-monday/): Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, will visit the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei announced on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [Insurance shows Hormuz is a balance sheet, not just a battlefield](https://iwpost.com/insurance-shows-hormuz-is-a-balance-sheet-not-just-a-battlefield/): War-risk insurance on a tanker passing through Hormuz used to run about 0.15 percent of the vessel’s value.
- [Israel-Turkey Rivalry Moves Into Syria as Washington Tries To Prevent a Wider Clash  ](https://iwpost.com/israel-turkey-rivalry-moves-into-syria-as-washington-tries-to-prevent-a-wider-clash/): Israel’s strike on the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northwestern Syria has pushed an increasingly difficult Israeli-Turkish relationship into one of its most sensitive arenas yet, raising the prospect that Syria could become not only a point of competition between the two regional powers, but also the place where their respective security red lines overlap.
- [Princess Eugenie Using Newborn to Win Over King Charles?](https://iwpost.com/princess-eugenie-using-newborn-to-win-over-king-charles/): Princess Eugenie’s newborn daughter may have arrived at exactly the right moment for the embattled royal family — and some critics are questioning whether the baby’s deeply personal name was chosen with King Charles in mind.
- [2 Palestinians including child killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/2-palestinians-including-child-killed-in-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-despite-ceasefire/): Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed and 14 others injured in Israeli attacks in central and southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, marking another violation of a ceasefire in force since Oct.
- [Lebanon Pushes To Extend UNIFIL as Hezbollah Disarmament Stalls ](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-pushes-to-extend-unifil-as-hezbollah-disarmament-stalls/): Lebanese officials, including President Joseph Aoun, are seeking to extend the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as efforts to reach an agreement with Israel limiting Hezbollah are stalled.
- [Trump ordered to release billions in climate grants meant for Black communities](https://iwpost.com/trump-ordered-to-release-billions-in-climate-grants-meant-for-black-communities/): Dominika Parry never stopped fighting for Jackson, Mississippi, residents even after the Trump administration terminated a multibillion-dollar program last year meant to help the Black city still reeling from a water crisis.
- [Legendary Rocker Reveals Heartbreaking Cancer Update](https://iwpost.com/legendary-rocker-reveals-heartbreaking-cancer-update/): Campbell, 63, shared the news during an Aug.
- [Israeli newspaper slams Netanyahu over Syria strikes, warns of ‘pointless conflict’ with Türkiye](https://iwpost.com/israeli-newspaper-slams-netanyahu-over-syria-strikes-warns-of-pointless-conflict-with-turkiye/): The Israeli newspaper Haaretz criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his decision to strike targets in Syria, warning that the escalation could drag Israel into a “pointless conflict” with Türkiye, Anadolu reports.
- [Bomb Attack Wounds Syrian Security Forces Near Damascus ](https://iwpost.com/bomb-attack-wounds-syrian-security-forces-near-damascus/): An explosive device detonated on a bus carrying Syrian internal security personnel north of Damascus on Saturday, wounding several members of the force in what authorities described as a terrorist attack.
- [Due to need for 'absolute success,' China delays critical Moon launch to 2027](https://iwpost.com/due-to-need-for-absolute-success-china-delays-critical-moon-launch-to-2027/): China’s “Manned Space” program issued a terse announcement on Sunday regarding its much-anticipated Chang’e 7 lunar exploration mission.
- [Volcanoes that made history](https://iwpost.com/volcanoes-that-made-history/): The first telegram arrived in Singapore on a Monday, sent from the city of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia).
- [The Dawn of a New Cold War](https://iwpost.com/the-dawn-of-a-new-cold-war/): In my youth, pop culture told me that the Cold War would end in one of two ways: a Soviet–Cuban invasion that would necessitate my taking to the hills and fighting a guerrilla war against the Communists, à la “Red Dawn,” like a young Patrick Swayze; or riding out an atomic winter after a full-scale nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, as in “The Day After.” The only other hope was Rocky besting Drago in a proxy war held in a boxing ring (“In here, there were two guys killing each other, but I guess it’s better than 20 million”).
- [Actress Killed in Horrific NYC Hit-and-Run as Scooter Rider Fled Scene](https://iwpost.com/actress-killed-in-horrific-nyc-hit-and-run-as-scooter-rider-fled-scene/): Actress Lisa Banes spent decades building an impressive career on stage and screen, appearing in more than 80 movies and television shows.
- [Iran threatens neighboring countries against joining US ‘economic war’](https://iwpost.com/iran-threatens-neighboring-countries-against-joining-us-economic-war/): Iran warned neighbouring countries on Saturday against joining the US “economic war,” threatening to target their interests and prevent oil exports from the Gulf if they cooperate with Washington, Anadolu reports.
- [Imran Khan Fears ‘Morsi’ Fate as PTI Accuses Government of Defying Court](https://iwpost.com/imran-khan-fears-morsi-fate-as-pti-accuses-government-of-defying-court/): Imran Khan’s sister says the jailed former prime minister told her he feared suffering the same fate as Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi, as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accuses Pakistan’s government of defying a Supreme Court order over his hospital transfer.
- [Trump threatens ‘tremendous economic consequences’ on any country helping Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-threatens-tremendous-economic-consequences-on-any-country-helping-iran/): President Donald Trump has said the US will inflict “TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences” on any country that helps or does business with Iran.
- [Tree Worker Killed in Horrific Accident as Coworker ‘Played’ With Heavy Machinery](https://iwpost.com/tree-worker-killed-in-horrific-accident-as-coworker-played-with-heavy-machinery/): A Minnesota tree worker is accused of accidentally killing his coworker after allegedly using a heavy boom grapple to play with shadows on the street.
- [IDF Thwarts Attempted IED Attack on Israeli Troops in Syria](https://iwpost.com/idf-thwarts-attempted-ied-attack-on-israeli-troops-in-syria/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck an armed operative near Beit Jinn in southwestern Syria who was in the final stages of preparing an improvised explosive device (IED) attack against Israeli troops, the military said.
- [Como Bans E-Bikes](https://iwpost.com/como-bans-e-bikes/): The mayor of Como has banned riding bicycles in certain areas of the historic Italian city after he was hit by an electric one.
- [Sudanese anti-war groups meet in Ethiopia to discuss Burhan’s call for dialogue](https://iwpost.com/sudanese-anti-war-groups-meet-in-ethiopia-to-discuss-burhans-call-for-dialogue/): Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali (L) stands next to Head of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (R) during an official welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at the Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum, Sudan on January 26, 2023.
- [Serbia to hold snap elections on Oct 18 or 25](https://iwpost.com/serbia-to-hold-snap-elections-on-oct-18-or-25/): Serbia will hold snap parliamentary elections on October 18 or 25, President Aleksandar Vucic said, more than a month after he pledged at ​his party rally to schedule them.
- [Palestinian Poll Shows Hamas Losing Ground; Barghouti Emerges as Strongest Electoral Alternative](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-poll-shows-hamas-losing-ground-barghouti-emerges-as-strongest-electoral-alternative/): Support for Hamas has fallen sharply, but the decline has not translated into stronger backing for the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to a new survey by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR).
- [TV Star Rushed to Hospital for Emergency Surgery](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-rushed-to-hospital-for-emergency-surgery/): Larry the Cable Guy is recovering at home after a sudden health scare landed him in the hospital for emergency surgery.
- [Israeli activists protest mistreatment of Palestinian women at Damon Prison](https://iwpost.com/israeli-activists-protest-mistreatment-of-palestinian-women-at-damon-prison/): Israeli activists gathered outside Damon Prison in Haifa on Saturday, to show support for the Palestinian women who are being held at the facility, Anadolu reports.
- [German spy agency opens helpline for those exiled from Russia, China](https://iwpost.com/german-spy-agency-opens-helpline-for-those-exiled-from-russia-china/): People exiled in Germany under threat or attack from agents of their repressive home countries now have a support ​line to call, courtesy of the country’s domestic intelligence ​service.
- [Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’](https://iwpost.com/firefighters-sound-alarm-as-us-faces-critical-staffing-shortage-we-dont-have-enough-people/): The U.S. has faced a critical shortage of firefighters at the Forest Service, or USFS, this summer as thousands of fires erupted across the country.
- [Israel and Turkey Trade Warnings After Strike on Syrian Airbase](https://iwpost.com/israel-and-turkey-trade-warnings-after-strike-on-syrian-airbase/): Israel and Turkey exchanged warnings Thursday following Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase, with Jerusalem saying it acted to prevent a Turkish military deployment and Ankara rejecting that explanation as tensions rise over influence in post-Assad Syria.
- [Beloved Actor Dies at 70](https://iwpost.com/beloved-actor-dies-at-70/): Michael Wright, the veteran and beloved actor best known for his role in the beloved 1991 movie The Five Heartbeats, has died at age 70.
- [West Nile virus outbreak kills four in North Macedonia ](https://iwpost.com/west-nile-virus-outbreak-kills-four-in-north-macedonia/): Four people have died from West Nile fever out of 38 testing positive for the disease so far this ​year in North Macedonia, with three of them dying ‌in the past week, the health ministry revealed this week.
- [Syria warns continued Israeli attacks fuel regional tensions, demands UN action](https://iwpost.com/syria-warns-continued-israeli-attacks-fuel-regional-tensions-demands-un-action/): Syria warned Saturday that continued Israeli attacks on its territory would fuel tensions and instability in the region and threaten the safety and security of civilians, calling on the UN Security Council and the international community to take action to halt the Israeli assaults, Anadolu reports.
- [Rocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-spacex-makes-its-mark-on-the-moon-ula-names-new-boss/): Welcome to Edition 9.07 of the Rocket Report! China’s workhorse Long March rocket family appears to be rebounding quickly from a rare launch failure August 10.
- [Dismantling the Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife and water in US](https://iwpost.com/dismantling-the-roadless-rule-threatens-to-disrupt-wildlife-and-water-in-us/): Pause for a moment and listen. What do you hear? Chances are, somewhere in the background, is the ever-present hum of a road.
- [US Approves Possible $4.5 Billion Tanker Sale to Qatar](https://iwpost.com/us-approves-possible-4-5-billion-tanker-sale-to-qatar/): The US State Department approved a possible $4.5 billion sale of four Boeing KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft and associated equipment to Qatar on Thursday, seeking to improve the Gulf country’s ability to operate with US and allied forces during heightened regional tensions.
- [Swiss opposition to tighter neutrality grows ahead of vote](https://iwpost.com/swiss-opposition-to-tighter-neutrality-grows-ahead-of-vote/): Swiss voters look likely to reject a more restrictive form of ​neutrality, which would block the country ‌from cooperating with NATO or imposing economic sanctions, a second poll on the topic ​showed on Friday.
- [Putting mice into hibernation causes a major loss of synapses](https://iwpost.com/putting-mice-into-hibernation-causes-a-major-loss-of-synapses/): Our leading hypothesis for how our memories are stored is that when you learn something, the connections among neurons involved get stronger and physically larger, and that constitutes the memory.
- [New Questions Over Princess Diana’s Nearly 2-Hour Ambulance Delay After Fatal Paris Crash](https://iwpost.com/new-questions-over-princess-dianas-nearly-2-hour-ambulance-delay-after-fatal-paris-crash/): Nearly three decades after Princess Diana’s death, a group of crime experts is raising fresh questions about one of the most debated details from that tragic night — why did it take nearly two hours to get her to the hospital?
- [RIP to the Russiagate Liberals](https://iwpost.com/rip-to-the-russiagate-liberals/): Alexander Vindman lost to Angie Nixon in the Florida Democratic senatorial primary on Tuesday, marking a long-overdue end to one of the worst liberal mass delusions of the Trump era: Russiagate.
- [Bond markets defy Bessent’s attempt to force rates lower](https://iwpost.com/bond-markets-defy-bessents-attempt-to-force-rates-lower/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Lebanon’s president urges Italian premier to pressure Israel to uphold framework agreement](https://iwpost.com/lebanons-president-urges-italian-premier-to-pressure-israel-to-uphold-framework-agreement/): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday to pressure Israel to implement a framework agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv, which was reached under US auspices, Anadolu reports.
- [Personalized pricing is “abhorrent,” but FTC limits may increase costs, critics say](https://iwpost.com/personalized-pricing-is-abhorrent-but-ftc-limits-may-increase-costs-critics-say/): Some Americans worry that the Federal Trade Commission’s rush to limit personalized pricing in the name of consumer protection could end up killing discounts they depend on or, counterintuitively, raising prices.
- [Warning of potentially the strongest El Niño in living memory](https://iwpost.com/warning-of-potentially-the-strongest-el-nino-in-living-memory/): Britain’s Met Office said Friday that the developing El Niño weather pattern was likely to be the strongest in living memory and potentially the largest such event since the 19th century.
- [Blacklisted Chinese firm CGN runs power stations in South Korea](https://iwpost.com/blacklisted-chinese-firm-cgn-runs-power-stations-in-south-korea/): CGN headquarters.
- [Tunisians Demand Saied’s Departure as Public Services Fail](https://iwpost.com/tunisians-demand-saieds-departure-as-public-services-fail/): Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated in the capital Thursday, demanding the departure of President Kais Saied as prolonged water and electricity cuts, medicine shortages, rising prices and restrictions on political freedoms intensified public anger against his government.
- [Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform](https://iwpost.com/fighter-jets-help-destroy-russian-drone-boat-near-european-offshore-gas-platform/): This week, Romania accused Russia of sending a drone boat loaded with explosives to a vital European natural gas platform in the Black Sea.
- [How to Check In on Your 401(k) Fees](https://iwpost.com/how-to-check-in-on-your-401k-fees/): The rules governing your retirement plan may be changing.
- [In taking Syria off state sponsor of terrorism list, US is putting its faith in al-Qaida alumni – that presents risks and opportunities](https://iwpost.com/in-taking-syria-off-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-list-us-is-putting-its-faith-in-al-qaida-alumni-that-presents-risks-and-opportunities/): Syria’s delisting as a state sponsor of terrorism was a long time coming.
- [Tsunami of dirt: what caused Nepal’s deadly glacial flood?](https://iwpost.com/tsunami-of-dirt-what-caused-nepals-deadly-glacial-flood/): More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometres down the Bhote Koshi River valley in Nepal.
- [Israel says Turkish presence at Syrian airbase thwarted as Erdoğan warns against attempts to “stop Turkey”](https://iwpost.com/israel-says-turkish-presence-at-syrian-airbase-thwarted-as-erdogan-warns-against-attempts-to-stop-turkey/): Israeli officials assess that Turkey’s reported efforts to establish a presence around the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in northern Syria have been halted following an Israeli strike on the facility and subsequent diplomatic contacts, according to Israel’s Channel 12.
- [LEGO Revenue Reaches Record $6.5bn as Profits Surge](https://iwpost.com/lego-revenue-reaches-record-6-5bn-as-profits-surge/): LEGO has reported another strong financial performance, with first-half revenue rising 21% to a record DKK 41.9 billion, equivalent to around $6.54 billion.
- [Sinwar’s Bodyguard, Nukhba Terrorist Who Infiltrated Re’im Killed, IDF Reports ](https://iwpost.com/sinwars-bodyguard-nukhba-terrorist-who-infiltrated-reim-killed-idf-reports/): These Hamas members were identified as Razek Sahil Suleiman Abu Shahma and Hazem Mousa, who infiltrated the Re’im camp during the October 7, 2023 attack.
- [An EV that sounds like a 6.75 L V8: A ride in the Bentley Torcal](https://iwpost.com/an-ev-that-sounds-like-a-6-75-l-v8-a-ride-in-the-bentley-torcal/): Bentley provided flights from Washington, DC, to Monterey, California, and accommodation so Ars could ride in the Torcal, as well as some other things you can read about in the coming weeks.
- [Iconic Actor Tim Curry has Died](https://iwpost.com/iconic-actor-tim-curry-has-died/): Tim Curry, the legendary actor whose unforgettable performances terrified, shocked and entertained generations of movie fans, has died at 80.
- [Vietnam’s ‘justice tree’ tests the limits of online dissent](https://iwpost.com/vietnams-justice-tree-tests-the-limits-of-online-dissent/): In August 2026, a fatal traffic accident from the previous year became one of the biggest trending topics on Vietnamese social media.
- [Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text](https://iwpost.com/google-announces-gemini-3-5-transcribe-for-ai-powered-speech-to-text/): While we wait (possibly in vain) for Gemini 3.5 Pro to launch, Google is releasing a different model in the 3.5 branch.
- [Rescuers struggling to reach disaster zone after more than 160 killed in Nepal-Tibet flash floods](https://iwpost.com/rescuers-struggling-to-reach-disaster-zone-after-more-than-160-killed-in-nepal-tibet-flash-floods/): Rescue teams are struggling to reach remote areas of Nepal after a devastating flash flood and mudslide killed more than 160 people, while hundreds of tourists remain missing.
- [Can Democrats seize on how much everyone hates Trump’s Iran war?](https://iwpost.com/can-democrats-seize-on-how-much-everyone-hates-trumps-iran-war/): Amidst the tragifarce of President Donald Trump’s apparently off-the-top-of-his-head war on Iran may lie a silver lining for the 2028 presidential election — a silver lining that comes with two big ifs.
- [14 Newborns Killed in PIMS Fire; Health Secretary Suspended, High-Level Inquiry Ordered](https://iwpost.com/14-newborns-killed-in-pims-fire-health-secretary-suspended-high-level-inquiry-ordered/): [ISLAMABAD] At least 14 newborns were killed Wednesday morning when a fire swept through the nursery at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad, marking one of Pakistan’s deadliest hospital fires in recent years.
- [Florida Catholics slap down state AG by rejecting religious vaccine exemptions](https://iwpost.com/florida-catholics-slap-down-state-ag-by-rejecting-religious-vaccine-exemptions/): Florida’s attorney general got a fiery rebuke and some ecclesiastical schooling from the state’s Catholic bishops after he boldly threatened to block funding to Catholic schools unless the church bends to the state’s anti-vaccine policies—policies allegedly intended to uphold religious freedom.
- [Indonesia’s green transition has a glaring social blind spot](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-green-transition-has-a-glaring-social-blind-spot/): There is a harsh paradox in today’s sustainability debate.
- [TV Star Reveals ‘Nightmare’ Nancy Reagan Visit That Had ‘Secret Service Everywhere’](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-reveals-nightmare-nancy-reagan-visit-that-had-secret-service-everywhere/): Todd Bridges was still a teenager when First Lady Nancy Reagan walked onto the set of Diff’rent Strokes — and more than four decades later, he still remembers the chaos that came with her.
- [Hamas agrees to surrender arms, relinquish governance, Peace Board says](https://iwpost.com/hamas-agrees-to-surrender-arms-relinquish-governance-peace-board-says/): Hamas and other armed factions in Gaza have agreed — for the first time — to surrender their weapons and transfer full civilian and security authority to a UN-recognized transitional administration, Nikolay Mladenov, the Gaza Peace Board’s high representative, said Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name](https://iwpost.com/new-twitter-launches-says-musks-x-gave-up-the-name/): Operation Bluebird, the Virginia-based startup trying to revive the allegedly abandoned “Twitter” name and logo, announced Monday that it has launched its new social media network: Twitter.now.
- [Energy shock adds billions to EU fossil fuel bill](https://iwpost.com/energy-shock-adds-billions-to-eu-fossil-fuel-bill/): European countries have faced almost €41 billion in additional fossil fuel import costs as disruption in the Middle East drove up global energy prices, highlighting the continent’s continued vulnerability to external supply shocks.
- [America’s lost Chinese students are staying home instead](https://iwpost.com/americas-lost-chinese-students-are-staying-home-instead/): The most telling number on American campuses this month is the one that didn’t show up.
- [AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”](https://iwpost.com/ai-agents-meant-to-replace-meta-workers-made-large-scale-disruptive-actions/): Earlier this year, Meta created a “plan” to reduce some of its teams by as much as 60 percent to make the company “AI native,” Reuters reported today, citing two people familiar with Meta’s internal affairs.
- [Mystery shrouds CIA chief Ratcliffe’s urgent visit to Moscow](https://iwpost.com/mystery-shrouds-cia-chief-ratcliffes-urgent-visit-to-moscow/): There is very little information on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations.
- [Stopped at the Border, Dangerous at Home: Europe’s New Islamic State Problem](https://iwpost.com/stopped-at-the-border-dangerous-at-home-europes-new-islamic-state-problem/): The July 25 attack near Berlin’s Pride celebrations brought Europe’s changing Islamic State threat into sharp focus.
- [RIP, Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances](https://iwpost.com/rip-tim-curry-ars-remembers-his-top-10-iconic-performances-2/): It’s said celebrity deaths come in threes. We lost Sam Neill last month, and the legendary Dolly Parton yesterday.
- [Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO](https://iwpost.com/swiss-to-vote-on-whether-to-tighten-neutrality-end-peacetime-cooperation-with-nato/): Swiss voters will decide in a referendum next month whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block their ​country from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with NATO.
- [The politics roiling Japan’s $2 trillion national pension fund](https://iwpost.com/the-politics-roiling-japans-2-trillion-national-pension-fund/): Japan’s national pension fund and its pension system in general face serious challenges that have recently been aggravated by an attempt to politicize the allocation of investments meant to secure the long-term welfare of the nation’s citizens.
- [Beloved Game Show Star Passes Away](https://iwpost.com/beloved-game-show-star-passes-away/): Jaye P. Morgan, the powerhouse singer who later became famous for her outrageous jokes and anything-goes attitude on “The Gong Show,” has died. She was 94.
- [Yemen orders closure of ports operating outside government law amid efforts to cut Houthi arms supplies](https://iwpost.com/yemen-orders-closure-of-ports-operating-outside-government-law-amid-efforts-to-cut-houthi-arms-supplies/): Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi on Wednesday ordered the closure of any port or border crossing operating outside government law as part of measures to combat smuggling and disrupt arms and financing networks supporting the Houthis, according to Yemen’s official Saba news agency, Anadolu reports.
- [RIP Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances](https://iwpost.com/rip-tim-curry-ars-remembers-his-top-10-iconic-performances/): It’s said celebrity deaths come in threes. We lost Sam Neill last month, and the legendary Dolly Parton yesterday.
- [S Korea’s AI economy can’t compete with China through conformity](https://iwpost.com/s-koreas-ai-economy-cant-compete-with-china-through-conformity/): South Korea is betting extraordinary sums on artificial intelligence.
- [Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts"](https://iwpost.com/meta-settles-states-child-safety-claims-for-18b-florida-rejects-deal-as-peanuts/): Meta agreed to impose daily limits on children’s social media use and pay nearly $18 billion in settlements with nearly every US state today, cutting short a trial in which Meta said several of the states were demanding over $1.4 trillion.
- [Three Akeron anti-tank missiles seized at Italian port](https://iwpost.com/three-akeron-anti-tank-missiles-seized-at-italian-port/): A routine inspection by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza at the port of Bari led to the seizure of three Akeron anti-tank missiles and the arrest of a 46-year-old French citizen, Regis Claude Albert Normand, shortly after he disembarked from the Superfast II ferry from Patras, Greece.
- [Mark Carney shows the world how to bite back at Trump’s tariffs](https://iwpost.com/mark-carney-shows-the-world-how-to-bite-back-at-trumps-tariffs/): Within hours, President Donald Trump’s new Section 338 tariffs, targeting US$28 billion in Canadian goods, took effect.
- [Iran’s Assassination Playbook Blurs Threat, Theater, and Action](https://iwpost.com/irans-assassination-playbook-blurs-threat-theater-and-action/): Iranian threats against American and Israeli leaders have expanded beyond presidents, military commanders, and senior policymakers to include members of their families.
- [The great American road trip is in peril](https://iwpost.com/the-great-american-road-trip-is-in-peril/): My husband, friends, and I sat huddled at a faux-marble-topped table in the lobby of our Utah hotel, looking down at a Google Maps route pulled up on my iPhone.
- [US midterm elections: Democrats gain ground as Trump faces growing voter discontent](https://iwpost.com/us-midterm-elections-democrats-gain-ground-as-trump-faces-growing-voter-discontent/): The official campaign for the US midterm elections usually begins after America celebrates Labor Day on September 7.
- [The Porsche 911 GT3 Touring punches above its weight class](https://iwpost.com/the-porsche-911-gt3-touring-punches-above-its-weight-class/): The GT3 occupies a singular place in the 911 lineup.
- [Palestinians Asked for Help Against Settlers. Israelis Detained Palestinian Workers Instead.](https://iwpost.com/palestinians-asked-for-help-against-settlers-israelis-detained-palestinian-workers-instead/): Shortly before midnight on August 4, Israeli settlers arrived at the home of Loui Abu Ridi, a Palestinian American, in the village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank.
- [Dolly Parton ‘Humiliated’ by Howard Stern Stunt?](https://iwpost.com/dolly-parton-humiliated-by-howard-stern-stunt/): Dolly Parton was known for her warm personality and quick sense of humor, but one Howard Stern prank apparently crossed a line she could not laugh off.
- [Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.](https://iwpost.com/idaho-law-protects-faith-healers-it-wasnt-always-that-way/): In Idaho, parents who say their faith prohibits lifesaving medical care for their children can’t be charged with child neglect or manslaughter.
- [Myanmar’s junta building a sanctions-busting axis of impunity](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-junta-building-a-sanctions-busting-axis-of-impunity/): When Myanmar’s military bombed a Buddhist monastery during a meditation retreat this month, reportedly killing at least 14 people, most of them elderly civilians, it should have reinforced a basic conclusion: the junta cannot be treated as a normal governing entity.
- [Israeli authorities detain Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs near Al-Aqsa](https://iwpost.com/israeli-authorities-detain-palestinian-minister-for-jerusalem-affairs-near-al-aqsa/): Israeli authorities on Wednesday detained Ashraf al-Aawar, the Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs, while he was attending a family gathering near Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to the Jerusalem Governorate, Anadolu reports.
- [Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads](https://iwpost.com/court-blocks-trump-fcc-order-that-could-flood-broadcast-tv-with-more-election-ads/): A federal appeals court yesterday blocked a Trump administration decision that could have resulted in even more political advertisements appearing on broadcast television during the upcoming elections.
- [Canada’s Carney to attend EU’s State of the Union](https://iwpost.com/canadas-carney-to-attend-eus-state-of-the-union/): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will join European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the most high-profile political moment in the EU’s calendar, amid a worsening rift between the U.S.
- [How Ecuador became a global cocaine hub](https://iwpost.com/how-ecuador-became-a-global-cocaine-hub/): For decades, discussions about Latin America’s cocaine trade have tended to focus on the same places.
- [Crocodiles as prison guards: Israeli moat plan dehumanizes Palestinian prisoners](https://iwpost.com/crocodiles-as-prison-guards-israeli-moat-plan-dehumanizes-palestinian-prisoners/): When Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir proposed surrounding a prison holding Palestinian security detainees with Nile crocodiles, many people dismissed the idea as political theater.
- [Reagan advisor Norman Bailey, a victor in the Cold War, dies at 95](https://iwpost.com/reagan-advisor-norman-bailey-a-victor-in-the-cold-war-dies-at-95/): Dr. Norman A. Bailey passed away after a long illness on August 18 in Greensboro, NC. He was 95.
- [Report: Iran Targeted Yair Netanyahu in South Florida Assassination Plot](https://iwpost.com/report-iran-targeted-yair-netanyahu-in-south-florida-assassination-plot/): An alleged Iranian operation targeted Yair Netanyahu for assassination while he lived in South Florida, according to a US media report published Wednesday that said Israeli intelligence discovered the plan in December 2025 and warned American authorities after suspected operatives began monitoring his movements.
- [15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go.](https://iwpost.com/15000-years-of-solar-wind-in-four-hours-a-seattle-company-gives-it-a-go/): As part of its nuclear fusion processes, the Sun produces a particularly interesting isotope of helium, known as helium-3.
- [Yen trap hiding behind Japan’s spectacular stock rally](https://iwpost.com/yen-trap-hiding-behind-japans-spectacular-stock-rally/): Japan's yen is taking the shine off a stock market rally.
- [IBM's new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs](https://iwpost.com/ibms-new-granite-4-2-models-ride-the-wave-of-interest-in-local-llms/): IBM has rolled out the newest models in its family of open-weight large language models designed to be downloaded and self-hosted.
- [French flight attendant’s breast cancer is recognised as occupational disease](https://iwpost.com/french-flight-attendants-breast-cancer-is-recognised-as-occupational-disease/): A former Air France flight attendant has had her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease, an unprecedented ruling in the French aviation sector.
- [It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones](https://iwpost.com/its-time-to-rein-in-lethal-ai-drones/): Drone warfare, for many years, meant mostly one thing: a U.S.
- [The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco](https://iwpost.com/the-costly-blunders-in-the-armys-533-million-fiasco/): The U.S. Army paid General Dynamics $533 million for an artillery factory that failed to produce a single usable shell.
- [Beloved ‘Star Trek’ Stuntman has Died](https://iwpost.com/beloved-star-trek-stuntman-has-died/): Hollywood stunt legend James Lew, whose high-flying career included work on everything from “Star Trek” and “Rush Hour” to Marvel’s “Luke Cage,” has died at 73.
- [Bessent’s bond gambit echoes Japan’s decades-long debt trap](https://iwpost.com/bessents-bond-gambit-echoes-japans-decades-long-debt-trap/): NEW YORK — The moment the US debt crossed US$40 trillion, it stopped being a number and became a gravitational force — one powerful enough to bend Asia’s bond markets, currencies and policy priorities.
- [Nvidia senior manager tied to ex-Supermicro staff's AI smuggling scheme](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-senior-manager-tied-to-ex-supermicro-staffs-ai-smuggling-scheme/): Taiwan has indicted nine people—reportedly including an Nvidia senior manager and two Supermicro employees based in the country—who allegedly helped forge documents to cover up illegal exports of high-end AI servers to China in violation of US export controls.
- [Schadenfreude: From hidden gas chambers to Israel’s viewing gallows](https://iwpost.com/schadenfreude-from-hidden-gas-chambers-to-israels-viewing-gallows/): What’s the difference between Auschwitz-Birkenau complex and the Israeli Zionist gallows?
- [Iran and Oman Propose Temporary Shipping Lane Through Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/iran-and-oman-propose-temporary-shipping-lane-through-strait-of-hormuz/): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi proposed a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz during talks in Tehran on Tuesday, Aug.
- [Zelensky’s other war: Ukraine’s endless struggle with corruption](https://iwpost.com/zelenskys-other-war-ukraines-endless-struggle-with-corruption/): Ukraine celebrated this year’s independence day on August 24 in the presence of key allies and amid the unfolding of another major corruption scandal.
- [New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest](https://iwpost.com/new-bootloader-lets-you-take-the-meta-out-of-the-original-meta-quest/): Remember the original Quest headset that Meta (then Oculus) trumpeted back in 2019?
- [MEP charged in Poland after calling Auschwitz evidence ‘fake’](https://iwpost.com/mep-charged-in-poland-after-calling-auschwitz-evidence-fake/): Braun leads the Confederation of the Polish Crown party, which is polling at around 10 percent just over a year out from Poland’s next national election.
- [Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images](https://iwpost.com/lab-supply-companies-have-been-selling-antibodies-using-manipulated-images/): Antibodies play a central role in your body’s immune defense.
- [India-France eye a mutually convenient next-gen fighter deal](https://iwpost.com/india-france-eye-a-mutually-convenient-next-gen-fighter-deal/): India’s interest in joining the French-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program reflects a convergence of strategic necessity, where India needs a credible path to next-generation airpower, while France needs a financially and industrially viable partner to sustain its sixth-generation fighter ambitions.
- [Triathlon Coach Mauled by Alligator Fights Beast Off with ‘Bare Hands’](https://iwpost.com/triathlon-coach-mauled-by-alligator-fights-beast-off-with-bare-hands/): A routine training swim turned into a terrifying fight for survival when a triathlon coach was attacked by an alligator in a Georgia river.
- [Israeli Arms, Iranian Drones and Turkish Oil: Azerbaijan’s High-Stakes Balancing Act](https://iwpost.com/israeli-arms-iranian-drones-and-turkish-oil-azerbaijans-high-stakes-balancing-act/): “We cannot close our eyes and say there is no Iran, there is no Russia.
- [SpaceX intends to invest up to $100 billion in massive Louisiana spaceport](https://iwpost.com/spacex-intends-to-invest-up-to-100-billion-in-massive-louisiana-spaceport/): Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said Tuesday that SpaceX will commit $100 billion to develop Starship factories and launch pads in the state’s coastal areas.
- [EU sees Iceland vote as potential boost for enlargement optics](https://iwpost.com/eu-sees-iceland-vote-as-potential-boost-for-enlargement-optics/): European Union officials are hoping a referendum in Iceland on whether to restart membership talks will help boost support within Europe for other less wealthy ​states to join the bloc, diplomats told Reuters ahead of a public vote this month.
- [Another 6 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes across beleaguered Gaza Strip](https://iwpost.com/another-6-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-strikes-across-beleaguered-gaza-strip/): Six Palestinians were killed Tuesday by Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, a local medical source said, as Israel continues to violate a ceasefire that ostensibly went into effect last October, Anadolu reports.
- [Google's anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android](https://iwpost.com/googles-anti-nausea-motion-assist-dots-finally-rolling-out-on-android/): Some people are cursed with motion sickness, which can make it impossible to read or use a phone in a moving vehicle without suffering waves of nausea.
- [Conservative Groups Side With Minneapolis Protesters Against Trump Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/conservative-groups-side-with-minneapolis-protesters-against-trump-crackdown/): A trio of conservative and libertarian-leaning groups have asked a federal judge to force the disclosure of confidential files about undercover agents from U.S.
- [World humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flames](https://iwpost.com/world-humanoid-robot-games-show-runners-breaking-records-bursting-into-flames/): Viral videos of the World Humanoid Robot Games show sprinting robots beating the human 100-meter record held by Usain Bolt—but also feature running robots crashing into barriers and falling down because they cannot readily stop running.
- [EU Steps Up Climate Adaptation as Weather Hits Crops](https://iwpost.com/eu-steps-up-climate-adaptation-as-weather-hits-crops/): Persistent heat and lack of rainfall in the past two months are affecting summer crops and fodder supply across western and central Europe, according to the latest MARS bulletin of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).
- [Syrian Druze Leader Says Community Is ‘Inseparable Part of Israel,’ Hints at Developments in As-Suwayda  ](https://iwpost.com/syrian-druze-leader-says-community-is-inseparable-part-of-israel-hints-at-developments-in-as-suwayda/): [DAMASCUS] Hikmat al-Hijri, a spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, sparked widespread controversy Tuesday after describing the Druze as an “inseparable part of the State of Israel,” marking a significant escalation in his rhetoric toward Israel amid continuing tensions between forces aligned with him in the southern province of As-Suwayda and the Syrian government in Damascus.
- [Brad Pitt’s Friends ‘Worried’ After Star Reveals He’s Drinking Again](https://iwpost.com/brad-pitts-friends-worried-after-star-reveals-hes-drinking-again/): Brad Pitt is drinking alcohol again after seven years of sobriety — and some of the people who reportedly stood beside him during his Alcoholics Anonymous journey are said to be worried about what could happen next.
- [Relentless heat and drought take a toll on herders’ physical and mental health, in Kenya and the US](https://iwpost.com/relentless-heat-and-drought-take-a-toll-on-herders-physical-and-mental-health-in-kenya-and-the-us/): A herder helps to move a flock of sheep near California’s border with Mexico to graze on alfalfa in 2025.
- [The world's busiest spaceport is about to get a lot quieter, at least for now](https://iwpost.com/the-worlds-busiest-spaceport-is-about-to-get-a-lot-quieter-at-least-for-now/): SpaceX made Florida’s Space Coast home to the world’s busiest spaceport for a decade, but that will change this year.
- [US lawmakers demand release of American student held in Israel](https://iwpost.com/us-lawmakers-demand-release-of-american-student-held-in-israel/): A group of 40 US lawmakers, including six senators, demanded the immediate release of a 20-year-old American on Tuesday who is being held in an Israeli military prison, Anadolu reports.
- [Obstacles will prevent wider use of China’s new Arctic trade route](https://iwpost.com/obstacles-will-prevent-wider-use-of-chinas-new-arctic-trade-route/): Sea Legend, a Chinese shipping line, recently announced it was launching a regular container service between China and Europe via the Arctic.
- [Preserving glow-in-the-dark art and fashion for future generations](https://iwpost.com/preserving-glow-in-the-dark-art-and-fashion-for-future-generations/): Fashionistas of a certain age no doubt remember the late designer Stephen Sprouse, who gave Blondie’s Debbie Harry her distinctive Bowery punk style.
- [Brussels mayor demands more police as gun violence grips Saint-Gilles](https://iwpost.com/brussels-mayor-demands-more-police-as-gun-violence-grips-saint-gilles/): Brussels’ Saint-Gilles municipality is facing a renewed wave of gun violence linked to suspected drug trafficking, prompting Mayor Jean Spinette to demand 80 additional police officers and warn that residents are being exposed to increasingly brazen criminal violence.
- [Sixty More U.S. Soldiers Reported Injured in Iran War](https://iwpost.com/sixty-more-u-s-soldiers-reported-injured-in-iran-war/): The U.S. military revealed that an additional 60 service members have been injured in the Iran war, lifting the official toll to 776 troops wounded or killed.
- [Latest sanctions on Iran risk strengthening Tehran and undermining US credibility](https://iwpost.com/latest-sanctions-on-iran-risk-strengthening-tehran-and-undermining-us-credibility/): The United States has announced its latest plan to put maximum economic pressure on Iran.
- [US companies are on the cusp of big climate solutions. Thank the government.](https://iwpost.com/us-companies-are-on-the-cusp-of-big-climate-solutions-thank-the-government/): The United States has never been one of the most ambitious countries when it comes to tackling climate change, but it has long maintained a program that funds innovative clean energy technology.
- [From flames to haze, wildfire smoke transforms as it travels, and it can harm your health in different ways](https://iwpost.com/from-flames-to-haze-wildfire-smoke-transforms-as-it-travels-and-it-can-harm-your-health-in-different-ways/): As wildfire smoke plumes travel thousands of miles, sunlight and atmospheric chemistry bleach their color, strip away their campfire aroma and add them to the mix of urban smog.
- [On Ukraine’s strategy of hitting Russian oil infrastructure](https://iwpost.com/on-ukraines-strategy-of-hitting-russian-oil-infrastructure/): On Friday I sent out a piece entitled “The US does not understand air power, does Ukraine?” It caused a little stir.
- [Pakistan Seeks US Financing as It Moves To Reduce Reliance on China](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-seeks-us-financing-as-it-moves-to-reduce-reliance-on-china/): [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan is seeking to deepen its economic ties with the United States and reduce its reliance on Chinese state financing as it prepares to return to international capital markets, the Financial Times, a leading UK-based international business newspaper, reported Tuesday, citing Pakistani Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb.
- [Two unvaccinated people die from measles in Pennsylvania, officials confirm](https://iwpost.com/two-unvaccinated-people-die-from-measles-in-pennsylvania-officials-confirm/): Two unvaccinated people have died from measles in Pennsylvania, state health officials confirmed Tuesday.
- [Bruce Willis’ Daughter Takes ‘Terrifying’ Dementia Test](https://iwpost.com/bruce-willis-daughter-takes-terrifying-dementia-test/): Rumer Willis is confronting one of her biggest fears head-on as her father, Hollywood legend Bruce Willis, continues his heartbreaking battle with frontotemporal dementia.
- [Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.](https://iwpost.com/top-commanders-told-hegseth-not-to-cut-civilian-protection-program-poll-showed-he-did-it-anyway/): Shortly after taking office last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled the nation’s top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during U.S.
- [Italy clears Ludoil acquisition of Sicily refinery ISAB](https://iwpost.com/italy-clears-ludoil-acquisition-of-sicily-refinery-isab/): Italy’s competition authority has cleared energy group Ludoil’s acquisition of Sicily-based oil refiner ISAB, paving the way for a local company to control about one-fifth of Italy’s refining capacity.
- [$40 trillion debt balloon is a warning sign for US economy and the world](https://iwpost.com/40-trillion-debt-balloon-is-a-warning-sign-for-us-economy-and-the-world/): US national debt has passed a record US$40 trillion (£29.4 trillion). This milestone is a major warning sign.
- [Trump’s Cuba report borrowed heavily from my book on an anti-imperialist movement – but twisted the arguments](https://iwpost.com/trumps-cuba-report-borrowed-heavily-from-my-book-on-an-anti-imperialist-movement-but-twisted-the-arguments/): For decades after the Cuban Revolution’s victory in 1959, influential anticommunist circles in the United States claimed that Cuba’s communist government sowed social division and allied with left-wing groups to help defeat Washington during the Cold War.
- [US-Vietnam strategic partnership faces intellectual property test](https://iwpost.com/us-vietnam-strategic-partnership-faces-intellectual-property-test/): A widening dispute over intellectual property protection may soon test whether the US-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is more than a mere diplomatic label.
- [Arab countries welcome Syria’s removal from US terrorism list](https://iwpost.com/arab-countries-welcome-syrias-removal-from-us-terrorism-list/): Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Tuesday welcomed a US decision to remove Syria from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying the move would support stability, reconstruction and recovery efforts in the country, Anadolu reports.
- [AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will dramatically change their jobs](https://iwpost.com/ai-wont-replace-radiologists-but-it-will-dramatically-change-their-jobs/): In 2016 Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel-winning “godfather of AI,” predicted that radiologists—the physicians who read X-rays, ultrasounds, and other images to help make medical diagnoses—would find themselves replaced by computers within five years.
- [China-Indonesia deals raise eyebrows over hidden costs](https://iwpost.com/china-indonesia-deals-raise-eyebrows-over-hidden-costs/): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Jakarta from August 20 to 22, where he launched a new Comprehensive Strategic Dialogue, initiated a second round of the 2+2 dialogue between foreign and defense ministers, and held a separate meeting with Indonesia’s top economic official, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.
- [Apple's new desktop computers are designed specifically for local AI development](https://iwpost.com/apples-new-desktop-computers-are-designed-specifically-for-local-ai-development/): The Mac mini and Mac Studio occupy two distinct points in Apple’s lineup of desktops, but lately, they’ve had something in common: They’re popular for local AI inference and software development thanks to the advantages of their unified memory architecture and the fast CPUs and GPUs on their systems-on-a-chip.
- [Local Cops Flout Sanctuary Law to Help ICE Deport Immigrants](https://iwpost.com/local-cops-flout-sanctuary-law-to-help-ice-deport-immigrants/): This story was reported and produced by Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago that investigates issues of equity and justice in the court system.
- [Pakistan Delivers US Offer to Iran To End Blockade, Reopen Hormuz ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-delivers-us-offer-to-iran-to-end-blockade-reopen-hormuz/): Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir delivered a US proposal to Iran offering an end to economic sanctions and the naval blockade in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting attacks by its regional proxies, Al Arabiya English reported Tuesday.
- [Netanyahu Says Israeli Attackers in Qusra, Jalud Should Be ‘Prosecuted to the Fullest Extent of the Law’ ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-israeli-attackers-in-qusra-jalud-should-be-prosecuted-to-the-fullest-extent-of-the-law/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned violence by Israeli rioters in the Binyamin region after incidents in Qusra and Jalud in which Palestinians were attacked, a home was entered, and at least one Palestinian woman was injured, calling for those responsible to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
- [How rising temperatures likely contributed to Nepal’s deadly flood](https://iwpost.com/how-rising-temperatures-likely-contributed-to-nepals-deadly-flood/): Roughly 160 people are dead and hundreds more — including dozens of international tourists — are missing after flash floods hit a region on the mountainous border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday.
- [Actor Sparks Concern After Posting Bizarre Video](https://iwpost.com/actor-sparks-concern-after-posting-bizarre-video/): Stephen Baldwin has fans worried after posting an emotional TikTok video that left some viewers wondering what exactly was going on.
- [China examines new legal tool to pursue graft suspects, assets abroad](https://iwpost.com/china-examines-new-legal-tool-to-pursue-graft-suspects-assets-abroad/): Top Chinese lawmakers this week began their first review of a draft cross-border anti-corruption law aimed at beefing up the country’s legal toolbox to ​pursue, repatriate and convict alleged corrupt officials currently abroad.
- [Western North Carolina Pleaded for Hurricane Help. It Got ICE Instead.](https://iwpost.com/western-north-carolina-pleaded-for-hurricane-help-it-got-ice-instead/): After Hurricane Helene, a group called Latinos Aventureros covered more than 4,300 miles crisscrossing Western North Carolina, spending 650 volunteer hours delivering food, water, medicine, and other supplies to an estimated 1,700 people.
- [Bangladesh should join the Mecca pact – if the bargain’s real](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-should-join-the-mecca-pact-if-the-bargains-real/): Bangladesh’s problem is not its geography. It is a geopolitical imagination too often confined by geography.
- [UNRWA says over $5M in assets at Jerusalem training center at risk after Israeli raid](https://iwpost.com/unrwa-says-over-5m-in-assets-at-jerusalem-training-center-at-risk-after-israeli-raid/): UN assets worth more than $5 million were housed at an UNRWA training center in occupied East Jerusalem that Israeli forces forcibly entered earlier this week, with damage and signs of looting found after their withdrawal, a senior agency official said, Anadolu reports.
- [France Warns of Growing Threat of Violent Attacks Amid Hybrid Warfare Concerns](https://iwpost.com/france-warns-of-growing-threat-of-violent-attacks-amid-hybrid-warfare-concerns/): France’s domestic intelligence chief has warned that the country must prepare for the possibility of more violent hostile acts on its territory as foreign interference and hybrid warfare intensify across Europe.
- [Trump has exposed the leaking guts of the US war machine](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-exposed-the-leaking-guts-of-the-us-war-machine/): The war propaganda machine in the US is a ceaseless, multifaceted contraption that includes legacy media, the educational system and the entertainment industry.
- [I asked 100 companies for my data. Some deleted it instead.](https://iwpost.com/i-asked-100-companies-for-my-data-some-deleted-it-instead/): I filed a request with McDonald’s earlier this month to access all of the personal data the fast food company collected about me, and I received a stunning 515-page report a few days later that detailed my app interactions in granular detail and predicted I would never stop eating there.
- [Armed Trump Golf Course Intruder Targets Melania](https://iwpost.com/armed-trump-golf-course-intruder-targets-melania/): An armed man arrested at President Donald Trump’s California golf club allegedly had a disturbing cache of information about First Lady Melania Trump — including details about her personal schedule and the Secret Service agents assigned to protect her.
- [India-China competition in the Indian Ocean: stability is not a reset](https://iwpost.com/india-china-competition-in-the-indian-ocean-stability-is-not-a-reset/): This article first appeared in Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here.
- [EXPLAINER – From Ebla to Iran: How Sanctions Became the Weapon Between Diplomacy and War ](https://iwpost.com/explainer-from-ebla-to-iran-how-sanctions-became-the-weapon-between-diplomacy-and-war/): Sanctions are a form of nonmilitary pressure imposed by governments, groups of countries, or international bodies on a state, armed group, company, or individual.
- [Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording](https://iwpost.com/meta-makes-ai-glasses-slightly-less-creepy-with-limit-on-nonconsensual-recording/): Meta is rolling out an obvious fix to make its AI glasses less creepy amid backlash over the glasses’ non-consensual recordings that have flooded the Internet.
- [Poland rules out hosting nuclear weapons](https://iwpost.com/poland-rules-out-hosting-nuclear-weapons/): Poland “does not want” allied nuclear weapons stationed on its territory, the country’s Deputy Defense Minister Paweł Zalewski said, despite growing worries of a Russian incursion into NATO territory.
- [Nepal glacial disaster and the new geography of climate risk](https://iwpost.com/nepal-glacial-disaster-and-the-new-geography-of-climate-risk/): On August 26, the Himalayas seemed to move.
- [US Democratic senators urge Israel to halt settlement plan in occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/us-democratic-senators-urge-israel-to-halt-settlement-plan-in-occupied-west-bank/): A group of Democratic senators is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel a planned settlement project in the occupied West Bank that they say would effectively divide the Palestinian territory, Anadolu reports.
- [Our 10 favorite scenes from T2: Judgment Day](https://iwpost.com/our-10-favorite-scenes-from-t2-judgment-day/): I’m on record declaring James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) to be The Best Damn Sequel of All Time, and I stand by that assessment.
- [The geopolitical imperative for a self-reliant South Korea](https://iwpost.com/the-geopolitical-imperative-for-a-self-reliant-south-korea/): US President Donald Trump’s abrupt directive on August 16, 2026, to drastically scale back the joint “Ulchi Freedom Shield” (UFS) military exercises sent shockwaves across the Asia-Pacific geostrategic landscape.
- [Apple One and Apple TV subscription prices increase by up to 20 percent](https://iwpost.com/apple-one-and-apple-tv-subscription-prices-increase-by-up-to-20-percent/): Apple increased the price for a monthly subscription to Apple TV by $2, to $15, today.
- [Grammy Winner Cancels Concert After Crew Member is Killed](https://iwpost.com/grammy-winner-cancels-concert-after-crew-member-is-killed/): J. Cole canceled a highly anticipated California concert just hours before he was scheduled to take the stage after a member of his touring crew was killed in a devastating truck accident.
- [Syria Licenses First TV Channel Bearing Turkmen Community’s Name ](https://iwpost.com/syria-licenses-first-tv-channel-bearing-turkmen-communitys-name/): [DAMASCUS] Turkmen TV has received official accreditation from Syria’s Ministry of Information to operate in the country, according to the channel’s management, in a move it says makes it the first officially registered television channel to carry the name of Syria’s Turkmen community.
- [Iceland weighs its European future](https://iwpost.com/iceland-weighs-its-european-future/): Gylfi Geirsson and Sigurbjorn Svavarsson cut British fishing trawl wires and dodged Royal Navy frigates on board small Icelandic ​coastguard vessels 50 years ago, using guerrilla-like tactics to keep foreign fleets out of their waters.
- [Waiting in vain for a Trump foreign-policy doctrine](https://iwpost.com/waiting-in-vain-for-a-trump-foreign-policy-doctrine/): Donald Trump is digging in for a long war with Iran.
- [Here's what we know about the "space academy" Trump just announced](https://iwpost.com/heres-what-we-know-about-the-space-academy-trump-just-announced/): During a visit to Johnson Space Center, President Trump on Friday signed an executive order to establish a new commission with the purpose of creating the first national space academy.
- ["RFK Jr. has lied to the Senate": Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-has-lied-to-the-senate-lawmakers-call-for-criminal-probe-ouster/): Senators are renewing calls for anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Iran says it agreed with Oman on Hormuz passage route, links reopening to US commitments](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-it-agreed-with-oman-on-hormuz-passage-route-links-reopening-to-us-commitments/): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday that Tehran had agreed with Oman on a passage route through the Strait of Hormuz and would reopen the strategic waterway if the US fulfilled its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum signed in June, Anadolu reports.
- [Russia says it could strike UK military targets](https://iwpost.com/russia-says-it-could-strike-uk-military-targets/): Russia warned on Thursday that it could strike British military ​targets inside and outside Ukraine in response to Ukrainian attacks on targets inside Russia using long-range British cruise missiles.
- [Pakistan, Kuwait Sign Defense Pact Covering Intelligence, Weapons, Border Security ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-kuwait-sign-defense-pact-covering-intelligence-weapons-border-security/): Pakistan and Kuwait signed a five-year military agreement in Rawalpindi on Thursday, expanding cooperation in training, border security, intelligence, defense technology and other areas as the two countries deepen their security relationship.
- [Court rules Kalshi sports bets aren't "swaps," just gambling with a different name](https://iwpost.com/court-rules-kalshi-sports-bets-arent-swaps-just-gambling-with-a-different-name/): Kalshi today lost a major ruling over whether it can evade state gambling laws, as a federal appeals court found that Nevada can stop the prediction market from allowing sports bets.
- [Tim McGraw Takes A Gnarly Fall During Concert (Video)](https://iwpost.com/tim-mcgraw-takes-a-gnarly-fall-during-concert-video/): Tim McGraw gave fans in Cincinnati a scare Thursday night when he took a brutal backward fall onstage — then somehow popped right back up and kept the show going.
- [Asia’s AI boom papering over underlying rust-belt economies](https://iwpost.com/asias-ai-boom-papering-over-underlying-rust-belt-economies/): Walk through any major electronics hub in Shenzhen, Seoul or Taipei right now, and the neon glare of artificial intelligence is blinding.
- [Cities terminate Flock contracts at record pace in August](https://iwpost.com/cities-terminate-flock-contracts-at-record-pace-in-august/): New data compiled by a Bay Area anti-surveillance advocacy group shows that not only are American localities dropping cameras from Flock Safety, but they are doing it at an accelerating rate.
- [Switzerland intends to build military drone battalion by 2028](https://iwpost.com/switzerland-intends-to-build-military-drone-battalion-by-2028/): Switzerland announced its intention to build a military drone battalion on Thursday, amid a rearmament trend across Europe.
- [Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge](https://iwpost.com/trump-blacklisting-of-woke-anthropic-deemed-illegal-by-federal-judge/): The Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal, a federal judge ruled in an order vacating government directives against the use of the firm’s AI technology.
- [The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act](https://iwpost.com/the-rush-to-power-data-centers-is-weakening-the-clean-air-act/): Across the country, the electricity needs of data centers have been a major driver of the widespread resistance to speedy development.
- [Danantara and the return of the shareholder state](https://iwpost.com/danantara-and-the-return-of-the-shareholder-state/): For decades, the dominant idea in corporate governance was that governments should regulate markets, while shareholders should own companies.
- [‘We hate the term resilient’: Surviving puberty during a genocide](https://iwpost.com/we-hate-the-term-resilient-surviving-puberty-during-a-genocide/): Tens of thousands of girls in Gaza have experienced puberty since October 2023.
- [Nepal Declines International Assistance After Flood Kills at Least 469, With 1,000 Missing](https://iwpost.com/nepal-declines-international-assistance-after-flood-kills-at-least-469-with-1000-missing/): Nepal has declined offers of foreign search-and-rescue teams following catastrophic flooding that has killed 469 people and left nearly 1,000 missing, saying its security forces can handle rescue operations as crews race to reach more than 100 workers trapped in a tunnel.
- [Trump calls for creation of a "space academy" to train future NASA leaders](https://iwpost.com/trump-calls-for-creation-of-a-space-academy-to-train-future-nasa-leaders/): During a visit to Johnson Space Center, President Trump on Friday signed an executive order to establish a new commission with the purpose of creating the first national space academy.
- [Music Legend Makes Heartbreaking Announcement Amid Health Fears](https://iwpost.com/music-legend-makes-heartbreaking-announcement-amid-health-fears/): Gladys Knight is slowing down.
- [Trump Goes After Anonymous Email Provider in Italy. The Real Target Is Free Speech in the U.S.](https://iwpost.com/trump-goes-after-anonymous-email-provider-in-italy-the-real-target-is-free-speech-in-the-u-s/): In the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s war on the left, the U.S.
- [Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”](https://iwpost.com/listen-to-911-calls-from-inside-an-immigration-detention-center-we-just-need-to-take-him-to-the-hospital/): The first emergency call about a detainee trying to harm himself came about a month after Camp East Montana — an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas — started to house immigrants.
- [Pakistan’s new mediation push revives hopes for US-Iran climbdown](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-new-mediation-push-revives-hopes-for-us-iran-climbdown/): Pakistan’s latest diplomatic push on the Iran-US conflict has revived an old question about Islamabad’s regional role: is it merely carrying messages between Washington and Tehran, or has it developed enough political access and credibility to act as an independent mediator?
- [Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic to be buried with ‘state honours’](https://iwpost.com/serbian-war-criminal-ratko-mladic-to-be-buried-with-state-honours/): Serbia‘s Justice Minister Nenad Vujic said Friday that former Bosnian Serb military leader and convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic “will receive all the military and state honours to which he is entitled”.
- [Nepal floods: China’s strict control of Tibet makes it harder to prepare for Himalayan disasters](https://iwpost.com/nepal-floods-chinas-strict-control-of-tibet-makes-it-harder-to-prepare-for-himalayan-disasters/): Within the space of a few minutes on August 26, the border crossing between Nepal and China – Rasuwagadhi on the Nepali side and Gyirong on the Chinese – was destroyed by a flash flood caused by a collapsed glacier.
- [Panic passes Trump tariff refunds back to the Playdate customers who paid them](https://iwpost.com/panic-passes-trump-tariff-refunds-back-to-the-playdate-customers-who-paid-them/): Panic, the indie game publishers behind the quirky, yellow crank-sporting Playdate gaming handheld, is issuing refunds to customers who had to shoulder the cost of inappropriate tariffs imposed by the Trump administration this year.
- [CIA diplomacy fails to bridge the US-Russia divide](https://iwpost.com/cia-diplomacy-fails-to-bridge-the-us-russia-divide/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [100,000 Students in Lebanon May Not Start the School Year in September  ](https://iwpost.com/100000-students-in-lebanon-may-not-start-the-school-year-in-september/): Mariam watches her children closely. Like many children across Lebanon, they have not attended school for weeks.
- [Rocket Report: Europe splashes some cash on launch startups; Pallas-1 nears debut](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-europe-splashes-some-cash-on-launch-startups-pallas-1-nears-debut/): Welcome to Edition 9.08 of the Rocket Report!
- [Nepal-Tibet disaster linked to climate change – a glaciologist explains](https://iwpost.com/nepal-tibet-disaster-linked-to-climate-change-a-glaciologist-explains/): The cause of the huge floods and debris flow on the border between Nepal and Tibet, which has caused hundreds of deaths, appears to have been an ice avalanche – the result of a huge piece of a glacier collapsing and cascading down the mountain more than 1,000 metres to the valley floor.
- [Thousands more Gaza patients await medical evacuation: WHO chief](https://iwpost.com/thousands-more-gaza-patients-await-medical-evacuation-who-chief/): Thousands of patients in the Gaza Strip are still awaiting medical evacuation for urgent treatment, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump’s ‘Lake America’ Move Adds Fuel to Tensions With Canada](https://iwpost.com/trumps-lake-america-move-adds-fuel-to-tensions-with-canada/): U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” on Thursday, escalating a feud with Canada that has already spawned tariffs on tens of billions of ​dollars in cross-border trade.
- [Right-Wing Trans Hate Comes for the WNBA](https://iwpost.com/right-wing-trans-hate-comes-for-the-wnba/): The WNBA is having a moment. Viewership is up. Attendance for this year’s WNBA All-Star Game surpassed the NBA’s All-Star Game.
- [Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records](https://iwpost.com/syracuse-university-seeks-to-prevent-campus-rape-victim-from-obtaining-police-records/): When ProPublica recently investigated a rape crisis that surged through Syracuse University in the 1980s, we found evidence that the school had taken steps to suppress news coverage of the assaults.
- [Who counts as ‘foreign’ in Indonesia’s deepening China ties?](https://iwpost.com/who-counts-as-foreign-in-indonesias-deepening-china-ties/): When China’s Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun visited Jakarta on August 21, he and Indonesia’s Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin agreed to deepen military cooperation.
- [Authorities arrest 2 alleged members of prolific hacking group TeamPCP](https://iwpost.com/authorities-arrest-2-alleged-members-of-prolific-hacking-group-teampcp/): Authorities in Australia said Wednesday that they arrested two men accused of participating in cybercrimes for TeamPCP, a prolific group of hackers that, over nine months, has carried out a relentless series of supply chain attacks that infected more than 1,000 organizations worldwide.
- [Iconic Rollercoaster Leaves Several Dead and Dozens Injured](https://iwpost.com/iconic-rollercoaster-leaves-several-dead-and-dozens-injured/): A heart-pounding ride on one of Six Flags’ most famous roller coasters has been linked to devastating brain injuries — and even deaths — according to a disturbing new investigation.
- [Why did 1,000 world citizens bury their underpants?](https://iwpost.com/why-did-1000-world-citizens-bury-their-underpants/): A thousand people voluntarily buried their cotton underpants for two months—not to keep the Underpants Gnomes from stealing them, but as part of a citizen science project to map out soil health in 25 countries around the world.
- [India watches warily as Bangladesh eyes Mecca defense pact](https://iwpost.com/india-watches-warily-as-bangladesh-eyes-mecca-defense-pact/): Bangladesh has spent 55 years avoiding military alliances. It may now be contemplating the rather more complicated business of joining one.
- [Outgoing Mossad Chief Says Iran Regime Change a ‘Top Priority’  ](https://iwpost.com/outgoing-mossad-chief-says-iran-regime-change-a-top-priority/): Former Mossad director David Barnea called for sustained economic, political, and operational pressure on Iran until its government is toppled, saying at his retirement event Thursday night that regime change is both possible and necessary.
- [King Harald V of Norway dies aged 89 after 35 years on the throne](https://iwpost.com/king-harald-v-of-norway-dies-aged-89-after-35-years-on-the-throne/): Norway’s King Harald has died at the age of 89 after more than 35 years on the throne, the Royal Palace has said.
- [RFK Jr. goes full anti-vaccine bananas over two measles deaths—one was a newborn](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-goes-full-anti-vaccine-bananas-over-two-measles-deaths-one-was-a-newborn/): In the wake of news on Tuesday that two people in Pennsylvania died from measles, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [A New Tree-Sit Movement to Block Trump’s Border Wall](https://iwpost.com/a-new-tree-sit-movement-to-block-trumps-border-wall/): Of the more than $170 billion that President Donald Trump secured for his border regime in the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” nearly $50 billion is allocated to border wall construction.
- [Iran can move past ‘painful events’ with Qatar, resume cooperation: President Pezeshkian](https://iwpost.com/iran-can-move-past-painful-events-with-qatar-resume-cooperation-president-pezeshkian/): Iran and Qatar can move beyond recent “painful events” and resume bilateral cooperation, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday.
- [Bear trap: Russia is running out of good options in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/bear-trap-russia-is-running-out-of-good-options-in-ukraine/): Russia is not about to collapse.
- [TV Star Reveals Shocking Brain Tumor Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-reveals-shocking-brain-tumor-diagnosis/): Busy Philipps has revealed she was diagnosed with a rare malignant brain tumor and underwent two brain surgeries during what she described as the “weirdest six months” of her life.
- [AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”](https://iwpost.com/ai-industry-says-trump-plans-to-tax-chips-in-the-single-dumbest-way-imaginable/): Donald Trump may be preparing to announce sweeping new semiconductor tariffs at the absolute worst time, the tech industry fears.
- [Meta Agrees to Major Changes to Facebook and Instagram in Teen Addiction Settlement](https://iwpost.com/meta-agrees-to-major-changes-to-facebook-and-instagram-in-teen-addiction-settlement/): Meta has agreed to make major changes to Facebook and Instagram as part of a settlement ending a landmark US lawsuit over allegations that its platforms were designed to addict and harm young users.
- [Ten years after award, law and power diverge in South China Sea](https://iwpost.com/ten-years-after-award-law-and-power-diverge-in-south-china-sea/): Ten years have passed since the International Arbitral Tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines in its maritime case against China.
- [Ben-Gvir Rejects Joint Election Ticket With Smotrich’s Religious Zionism Party](https://iwpost.com/ben-gvir-rejects-joint-election-ticket-with-smotrichs-religious-zionism-party/): Itamar Ben-Gvir said Thursday that his Otzma Yehudit party would not join Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party on a joint electoral ticket, rebuffing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public appeal for the two far-right factions to reunite ahead of Israel’s upcoming Knesset election.
- [Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billion](https://iwpost.com/report-nvidia-to-acquire-ai-model-repository-hugging-face-for-13-billion/): Nvidia is reportedly moving forward to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion.
- [China in the crossfire as US widens economic warfare on Iran](https://iwpost.com/china-in-the-crossfire-as-us-widens-economic-warfare-on-iran/): China faces a dilemma in the six-month war between Iran and the United States, wanting the conflict to drag on and drain American military and government resources, yet wary of becoming a target of Washington’s newly announced economic campaign against countries that do business with Tehran.
- [“They Want People Scared”: Former Palestine Action Member Blasts Trump’s Terror Sanctions](https://iwpost.com/they-want-people-scared-former-palestine-action-member-blasts-trumps-terror-sanctions-2/): When police in Kent, United Kingdom, arrested American peace activist Max Geller in 2021 for chaining himself to a van parked in front of an Israeli-owned weapons factory, he knew he might be jailed and face charges for his protest.
- [Trump says millions of barrels of oil flowing through Strait of Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-millions-of-barrels-of-oil-flowing-through-strait-of-hormuz/): US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that millions of barrels of oil are continuing to pass through the Strait of Hormuz despite tensions with Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says](https://iwpost.com/elon-musks-xai-used-child-porn-to-train-grok-models-lawsuit-says/): xAI has now been accused of training Grok on child sex abuse materials (CSAM), as regulators and courts continue to probe how far the problem goes, and some Grok users have been arrested.
- [9/11 Trial for Alleged Mastermind Set for June 2028](https://iwpost.com/9-11-trial-for-alleged-mastermind-set-for-june-2028/): A US military judge has set 5 June 2028 as the trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
- [US transshipment claims in Southeast Asia rest on thin data](https://iwpost.com/us-transshipment-claims-in-southeast-asia-rest-on-thin-data/): Washington’s August 13 report, The Great Transshipment Scam, puts Southeast Asia at the center of a widening US campaign against tariff evasion worldwide.
- [Karoline Leavitt Headed to ‘The View’ After Shocking White House Exit?](https://iwpost.com/karoline-leavitt-headed-to-the-view-after-shocking-white-house-exit/): Karoline Leavitt may be trading the White House briefing room for one of the most famously combative tables on daytime television.
- [What Will Happen If Iran, Egypt, or Bangladesh Joins the Mecca Pact?  ](https://iwpost.com/what-will-happen-if-iran-egypt-or-bangladesh-joins-the-mecca-pact/): Ofir Winter, senior researcher at INSS told TML: “There are many open questions, especially whether this defense alliance is directed against anyone, and if so, against whom.
- [Anthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical world](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-new-hardware-standard-lets-ai-agents-control-the-physical-world/): For all the interest in and uptake of agentic AI systems over the past year or so, the world of automated AI has thus far been primarily limited to text, images, code, and other data and actions that take place inside a computer.
- [USS Abraham Lincoln fiasco demands a congressional probe](https://iwpost.com/uss-abraham-lincoln-fiasco-demands-a-congressional-probe/): The USS Abraham Lincoln is coming home from the Iran war.
- [GOP heads to Supreme Court after losing case over TV election ad prices](https://iwpost.com/gop-heads-to-supreme-court-after-losing-case-over-tv-election-ad-prices/): Republican campaign committees want the Supreme Court to mandate lower prices for election commercials on broadcast TV stations.
- [Samsung Ordered to Pay $11.6m to Swatch Over Smartwatch Apps](https://iwpost.com/samsung-ordered-to-pay-11-6m-to-swatch-over-smartwatch-apps/): Samsung has been ordered to pay Swatch Group $11.6 million after London’s High Court found that digital watch faces available through its app store infringed trademarks belonging to the Swiss watchmaker.
- [Climate disasters are ravaging government budgets – aid works best when paid upfront](https://iwpost.com/climate-disasters-are-ravaging-government-budgets-aid-works-best-when-paid-upfront/): When a cyclone destroyed Chompa Munda’s home in coastal Bangladesh in 2019, she and her son went days without food.
- [Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery](https://iwpost.com/galapagos-corals-show-el-nino-events-are-more-extreme-now-than-in-past-1000-years-heres-how-my-team-made-the-discovery/): Temperatures have warmed dramatically across the equatorial Pacific Ocean in 2026, signaling the onset of a strong and potentially historic El Niño.
- [‘Starwashing’: The new space race has an environmental problem](https://iwpost.com/starwashing-the-new-space-race-has-an-environmental-problem/): As artificial intelligence devours more land and electricity, a new breed of tech companies promises that outer space holds the solutions to our problems on Earth.
- [“They Want People Scared": Former Palestine Action Member Blasts Trump's Terror Sanctions](https://iwpost.com/they-want-people-scared-former-palestine-action-member-blasts-trumps-terror-sanctions/): When police in Kent, United Kingdom, arrested American peace activist Max Geller in 2021 for chaining himself to a van parked in front of an Israeli-owned weapons factory, he knew he might be jailed and face charges for his protest.
- [These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman Was Held for a Total of 26 Days.](https://iwpost.com/these-local-jails-were-supposed-to-detain-immigrants-for-only-72-hours-one-woman-was-held-for-a-total-of-26-days/): Every third morning Soumia Bensalah was roused before the break of dawn.
- [Israel seized refugee agency’s last major facility in Jerusalem, top UNRWA official says](https://iwpost.com/israel-seized-refugee-agencys-last-major-facility-in-jerusalem-top-unrwa-official-says/): Israel has seized the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)’s last major facility in occupied East Jerusalem, while the agency continues providing services across the West Bank despite intense Israeli pressure, UNRWA’s West Bank director Roland Friedrich told , Anadolu Agency Thursday.
- [The iconic T-38 jets flown by astronauts just got a spiffy new look](https://iwpost.com/the-iconic-t-38-jets-flown-by-astronauts-just-got-a-spiffy-new-look/): For the first time in decades, NASA has rolled out one of its iconic astronaut training aircraft with a bold, new look.
- [100 signs of Silicon Shock](https://iwpost.com/100-signs-of-silicon-shock/): We are biased. Given our faith in the rapidly rising utility of AI that can only be done on a completely new type of hardware, we wrote in January about the theme of this era: Silicon Shock.
- [UK Labour Allies Warn Settlement Ban Could Become Broader Israel Boycott ](https://iwpost.com/uk-labour-allies-warn-settlement-ban-could-become-broader-israel-boycott/): British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to introduce new trade restrictions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank despite warnings within his Labour Party that the measures could affect businesses across Israel, The Times reported Wednesday.
- [Woman Eaten Alive by Bear After Beast Breaks into Remote Cabin](https://iwpost.com/woman-eaten-alive-by-bear-after-beast-breaks-into-remote-cabin/): A peaceful Alaska getaway turned into a nightmare when a black bear broke into a remote cabin, chased a couple onto the roof and later killed and partially ate a 33-year-old woman.
- [Why holding elections now may not be the best safeguard for Ukrainian democracy](https://iwpost.com/why-holding-elections-now-may-not-be-the-best-safeguard-for-ukrainian-democracy/): A recent call by Ukraine’s former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, for new national elections in Ukraine – which would be the first to take place in the country since 2019 – has sparked a renewed debate about whether it is possible to hold a legitimate vote in wartime.
- [RFK Jr. spews anti-vaccine rubbish as newborn revealed to have died from measles](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-spews-anti-vaccine-rubbish-as-newborn-revealed-to-have-died-from-measles/): In the wake of news on Tuesday that two people in Pennsylvania died from measles, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Metsola backs Meloni’s call for greater common sense in EU policymaking](https://iwpost.com/metsola-backs-melonis-call-for-greater-common-sense-in-eu-policymaking/): European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has backed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s call for greater “common sense” in EU policymaking, arguing that competitiveness and deregulation must play a central role in Europe’s future.
- [Japan’s drone sprint poised to hit an industrial wall](https://iwpost.com/japans-drone-sprint-poised-to-hit-an-industrial-wall/): Japan’s rush to field interceptor drones marks a sharp break with its traditionally slow-moving defense procurement system as it prepares for a battlefield increasingly dominated by cheap, expendable unmanned weapons.
- [Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago](https://iwpost.com/traders-brought-central-american-cacao-to-georgia-1000-years-ago/): A thousand years ago, feasts in what’s now northern Georgia (in the US) included cacao from Central America.
- [Trump Admin Said She Was Lying About Stillbirth in ICE Custody. New Evidence Points to Lack of Prenatal Care.](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-said-she-was-lying-about-stillbirth-in-ice-custody-new-evidence-points-to-lack-of-prenatal-care/): Two months after Iris Dayana Monterroso Lemus lost her son to a stillbirth last year while detained by U.S.
- [Lebanon Presses Greece on Israel Deal  ](https://iwpost.com/lebanon-presses-greece-on-israel-deal/): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun asked Greece on Monday to put pressure Israel to fully honor a US-brokered agreement meant to end hostilities between the two countries, hours after Athens signed a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Israel.
- [Here's our first look—and drive—of the 2027 Range Rover Electric](https://iwpost.com/heres-our-first-look-and-drive-of-the-2027-range-rover-electric/): Jaguar Land Rover provided flights from Washington, DC, to London and accommodation so Ars could visit its factory and drive the Range Rover Electric.
- [Trump warns Iran of ‘biggest attack of them all’](https://iwpost.com/trump-warns-iran-of-biggest-attack-of-them-all/): President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued yet another threat to all but wipe out Iran as the US military restarted its bombing campaign.
- [US MQ9 drone shot down in central Iran, reports Iranian media](https://iwpost.com/us-mq9-drone-shot-down-in-central-iran-reports-iranian-media/): A US MQ9-type drone was shot down on Tuesday over the skies of Iran’s central city of Khomein in Markazi province, semi-official Tasnim news agency reports.
- [A newborn and child reportedly died of measles; CDC isn't counting them](https://iwpost.com/a-newborn-and-child-reportedly-died-of-measles-cdc-isnt-counting-them/): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is excluding two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania health officials last week from its latest update of national measles data.
- [Iceland to seek new security partnerships after voters reject EU accession talks](https://iwpost.com/iceland-to-seek-new-security-partnerships-after-voters-reject-eu-accession-talks/): Iceland needs to find new ways to strengthen its security after voters rejected restarting accession talks with the EU, the ​country’s foreign minister told Reuters, including by seeking bilateral ‌cooperation and deepening ties with the bloc.
- [Ratcliffe’s offer, Ukraine and NATO’s future](https://iwpost.com/ratcliffes-offer-ukraine-and-natos-future/): Mystery continues about the strange visit by CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow, flying there in a massive C-17 Globemaster, a military airlifter.
- [When plastic companies write the lesson plans](https://iwpost.com/when-plastic-companies-write-the-lesson-plans/): This fall, 54 million K-12 students are headed back to the classroom for another year of lessons in all the classic subjects: math, English, history, biology.
- [King Charles’s Arrogance is His Royal Downfall](https://iwpost.com/king-charless-arrogance-is-his-royal-downfall/): King Charles is facing fresh questions over royal money and family favoritism after it was reported that Queen Camilla’s younger sister is now being paid for consultancy work by one of his flagship charities.
- [Help Us Investigate Abusive Coaches in Youth Sports](https://iwpost.com/help-us-investigate-abusive-coaches-in-youth-sports/): For more than a year now, I’ve been investigating how youth sports organizations have failed to protect kids from sexual abuse, and the gaps in the system that have allowed coaches banned for misconduct to keep working with young athletes.
- [August research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed](https://iwpost.com/august-research-roundup-7-cool-science-stories-we-almost-missed/): It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across.
- [US Strikes IRGC Targets in Strait of Hormuz, President Trump Warns Iran Against Retaliation ](https://iwpost.com/us-strikes-irgc-targets-in-strait-of-hormuz-president-trump-warns-iran-against-retaliation/): The US military launched a wave of strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday after Iran attempted to attack merchant vessels and US military personnel in the region, US officials said.
- [Trump admin is urged to end sanctions impacting Iranian students](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-is-urged-to-end-sanctions-impacting-iranian-students/): A leading grassroots advocacy group for the rights of Iranian Americans called on the Trump administration Monday to rescind the recent message it sent when it announced new sanctions against ordinary Iranians—“that the US is at war with the Iranian people”—and to ensure that “humanitarian, educational, and cultural” entities are exempt from the sanctions.
- [This is what a supercar was like a century ago](https://iwpost.com/this-is-what-a-supercar-was-like-a-century-ago/): Bentley provided flights from Washington, DC, to Monterey, California, and accommodation so Ars could drive the new Supersports and ride in a preproduction Torcal EV, which we wrote about last week.
- [11 EU countries demand end to ‘obstructive’ vetoes on foreign policy](https://iwpost.com/11-eu-countries-demand-end-to-obstructive-vetoes-on-foreign-policy/): A group of 11 European Union countries has joined forces to demand an end to the “obstructive” vetoes that have paralysed the bloc’s external action in recent years, arguing that the principle of sincere cooperation must take precedence.
- [War has shifted how power works in Iran](https://iwpost.com/war-has-shifted-how-power-works-in-iran/): When Washington unveiled its economic “D-Day” on August 19, the latest tightening of the financial siege and the blockade around Iran’s ports, it believed it was applying decisive leverage.
- [Saudi crown prince, Oman’s sultan discuss efforts to stabilize region](https://iwpost.com/saudi-crown-prince-omans-sultan-discuss-efforts-to-stabilize-region/): Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman (R), meets with Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq (L), during his official visit in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on September 1, 2026.
- [China better suited to build, not own, Indonesia’s solar dream](https://iwpost.com/china-better-suited-to-build-not-own-indonesias-solar-dream/): Indonesia wants China’s help building enough solar power to electrify 100 mid-sized cities without actually owning the capacity.
- [It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well](https://iwpost.com/it-turns-out-that-orions-much-maligned-heat-shield-performed-really-well/): Perhaps the biggest question going into the Artemis II mission this spring was how the heat shield at the base of the spacecraft would perform during reentry through Earth’s atmosphere.
- [Christian Employers Can Now Discriminate Against Trans People](https://iwpost.com/christian-employers-can-now-discriminate-against-trans-people/): The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency tasked with protecting workers from illegal discrimination, inked an unprecedented settlement with a conservative Christian employer association that could have long-term, wide-ranging consequences.
- [The Scientist Trying to Keep Kratom Legal Has Not Disclosed Longstanding Ties to Kratom Lobbyists](https://iwpost.com/the-scientist-trying-to-keep-kratom-legal-has-not-disclosed-longstanding-ties-to-kratom-lobbyists/): The leading scientist urging policymakers not to criminalize kratom, a substance that has left a trail of death and addiction around the world, has routinely failed to disclose longstanding financial ties to the industry’s most powerful lobbying group, ProPublica has found.
- [Multiple Dead After “Massive” Grand Canyon Flash Flood](https://iwpost.com/multiple-dead-after-massive-grand-canyon-flash-flood/): A desperate search is continuing inside the Grand Canyon after a devastating wall of floodwater tore through one of the national park’s most remote areas, killing at least two people and leaving another person still unaccounted for.
- [Whisper stuff: the call Wall Street can’t put in writing](https://iwpost.com/whisper-stuff-the-call-wall-street-cant-put-in-writing/): One of the small costs of running money is that you stop having time to read the people you most want to read.
- [India, Indonesia’s hidden hands in SE Asia’s scam centers](https://iwpost.com/india-indonesias-hidden-hands-in-se-asias-scam-centers/): The American response to Southeast Asia’s industrial-scale scam compounds has been vigorous, even theatrical at times, yet it remains strikingly incomplete.
- [Paraguay’s Ambassador on Beef, Water—and Israeli Backpackers ](https://iwpost.com/paraguays-ambassador-on-beef-water-and-israeli-backpackers/): Paraguay’s ambassador to Israel is working to turn his country’s strong political support for Israel into something more tangible: growing trade, practical cooperation and greater familiarity between the two countries.
- [Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program](https://iwpost.com/without-new-landers-or-rovers-its-helicopters-or-bust-for-nasas-mars-program/): For the first time in more than 30 years, NASA has no firm plans to send any new landers or rovers to Mars.
- [Sweden calls for EU action on frozen Russian assets as tensions with Moscow rise](https://iwpost.com/sweden-calls-for-eu-action-on-frozen-russian-assets-as-tensions-with-moscow-rise/): Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said Russia has become “more desperate” in recent weeks and is stepping up hostile activity toward NATO, warning that European unity will be critical to deterring further aggression.
- [Trump running out of bullets against an intractable Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-running-out-of-bullets-against-an-intractable-iran/): President Donald Trump has entangled the United States in a war of choice with Iran that he cannot easily win or quit.
- [Iraq prime minister rejects extension of International Coalition presence beyond 30th September](https://iwpost.com/iraq-prime-minister-rejects-extension-of-international-coalition-presence-beyond-30th-september/): Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has rejected a proposal to extend the presence of some International Coalition forces in Iraq beyond 30th September, government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi said on Monday.
- [Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds](https://iwpost.com/raindrops-are-tiny-lightning-bolts-and-theyre-corroding-cars-study-finds/): The standard explanation for why rain causes corrosion is that water carries dissolved salts and acids to a surface, constant drumming of raindrops abrades whatever protective coating is on it, and oxygen does the rest.
- [“Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit](https://iwpost.com/zlibrary-my-beloved-anthropic-staff-chats-extolling-piracy-cited-in-sony-suit/): Some of the world’s leading music publishers think that Anthropic got off too light in a historic settlement where the Claude maker paid authors $1.5 billion after admitting to pirating more than 7 million books to train AI.
- [Frontex-coordinated operation leads to 112 arrests for suspected migrant smuggling](https://iwpost.com/frontex-coordinated-operation-leads-to-112-arrests-for-suspected-migrant-smuggling/): Border and police authorities from 17 countries have arrested 112 people suspected of smuggling migrants into the European Union.
- [Segalovich Joins Ra’am, Denies Claims October 7 Ruled Out Arab Partnership](https://iwpost.com/segalovich-joins-raam-denies-claims-october-7-ruled-out-arab-partnership/): Former Knesset member Yoav Segalovich announced Monday that he will run with Ra’am in the upcoming elections, joining the party led by Mansour Abbas while rejecting arguments that Jewish-Arab political cooperation is no longer viable after October 7.
- [Trump’s try to keep the Iran war from backfiring further](https://iwpost.com/trumps-try-to-keep-the-iran-war-from-backfiring-further/): Despite the excitement around Donald Trump’s new sanctions and even the US strikes against the Iranian island of Larak just hours ago, much suggests that Trump is not seeking a dramatic ratcheting up of pressure on Iran.
- [Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results "mixed"](https://iwpost.com/trump-tells-fcc-to-punish-journalist-for-calling-his-election-results-mixed/): President Trump yesterday demanded that the Federal Communications Commission punish or rebuke an NBC journalist for saying he has “mixed results” in his election endorsements.
- [He Spent 27 Years on Death Row as a Wrongfully Convicted Man. What Comes Next?](https://iwpost.com/he-spent-27-years-on-death-row-as-a-wrongfully-convicted-man-what-comes-next/): Jimmie “Chris” Duncan wiped the sweat off his forehead as he assessed his temporary home from the parking lot of a rundown motel in central Louisiana.
- [Trump’s trade wars are making China’s Global South pitch easier](https://iwpost.com/trumps-trade-wars-are-making-chinas-global-south-pitch-easier/): The latest US trade fight with Canada should matter far beyond North America.
- [Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article](https://iwpost.com/get-in-on-the-ars-community-that-doesnt-fit-beneath-an-article/): If you’re like many of our readers, you’ve got Ars Technica bookmarked and hit the front page a few times a day.
- [Germany faults Israel over closed probe into World Central Kitchen strike](https://iwpost.com/germany-faults-israel-over-closed-probe-into-world-central-kitchen-strike/): Palestinian children wait in queues as the US-based international volunteer aid organization, World Central Kitchen (WCK) distribute meals cooked on wood fire due to fuel crisis, as the Israeli army continues to block the entrance of humanitarian aid, food and other products into Gaza on March 16, 2025 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
- [Paraguayan Ambassador to Israel Talks Beef and Backpackers ](https://iwpost.com/paraguayan-ambassador-to-israel-talks-beef-and-backpackers/): Alejandro Rubin Cymerman said his next personal priority is getting Israeli backpackers to include Paraguay in their itineraries.
- [Dolly Parton’s Sister Shares Heartbreaking Message](https://iwpost.com/dolly-partons-sister-shares-heartbreaking-message/): Dolly Parton’s grieving younger sister has shared an emotional message following the death of the beloved country music icon, revealing the deeply personal bond they shared away from the spotlight.
- [US-Venezuela oil deal deepens China’s energy security squeeze](https://iwpost.com/us-venezuela-oil-deal-deepens-chinas-energy-security-squeeze/): A landmark oil agreement between Washington and Caracas threatens to cut Chinese refiners off from a cherished source of discounted crude, handing the United States greater sway over global oil prices.
- [The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer's indulgence](https://iwpost.com/the-bentley-supersports-a-stripped-out-engineers-indulgence/): Bentley provided flights from Washington, DC, to Monterey, California, and accommodation so Ars could drive the Supersports, as well as ride in a preproduction Torcal EV, which we wrote about last week.
- [Italy extends border curbs with Spain a month after migrant rush](https://iwpost.com/italy-extends-border-curbs-with-spain-a-month-after-migrant-rush/): Italy said on Monday it would suspend its open-border arrangements with ​Spain for another 15 days, extending restrictions it imposed ‌after a mass rush of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta a month ago.
- [Trump posts AI slop of Iran bombing](https://iwpost.com/trump-posts-ai-slop-of-iran-bombing/): US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video depicting American forces attacking Kharg Island on August 30, 2026.
- [Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-shelves-cyclospora-research-despite-record-breaking-outbreak/): The Trump administration is halting vital federal research on the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, despite the record-breaking, nationwide outbreak of the diarrheal pathogen, according to Politico.
- [California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Punish Administrators Who Fail to Vet Teachers for Misconduct](https://iwpost.com/california-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-punish-administrators-who-fail-to-vet-teachers-for-misconduct/): California lawmakers unanimously passed legislation last week to ensure that school administrators are informed about past accusations of misconduct against teachers as part of their hiring process.
- [Syrian Sovereign Fund, UAE developer sign $7B deal for major Damascus project: Report](https://iwpost.com/syrian-sovereign-fund-uae-developer-sign-7b-deal-for-major-damascus-project-report/): The Syrian Sovereign Fund and UAE real estate developer Arada signed a deal worth around $7 billion on Monday for a major residential and commercial project in Damascus, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.
- [France, Germany make pitch to overhaul EU foreign policy](https://iwpost.com/france-germany-make-pitch-to-overhaul-eu-foreign-policy/): Kaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat, would gain far-reaching powers to coordinate the European Commission’s external-facing policy units, including on migration and development aid, under proposals being put forward by Paris and Berlin.
- [China’s robot beat Bolt – then it hit the wall](https://iwpost.com/chinas-robot-beat-bolt-then-it-hit-the-wall/): Two major races were won and lost in Beijing on August 26.
- [President Trump Declares Iran a ‘Failed Nation,’ Claims Credit for Israel’s Survival ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-declares-iran-a-failed-nation-claims-credit-for-israels-survival/): President Donald Trump rhetorically struck out at Iran on Monday following an evening of renewed strikes in the region.
- [Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes](https://iwpost.com/review-coyote-vs-acme-is-an-unabashed-love-letter-to-looney-tunes/): It took three years, but Coyote vs.
- [When ocean temperatures increase, so does child malnutrition on land](https://iwpost.com/when-ocean-temperatures-increase-so-does-child-malnutrition-on-land/): In 2024, an interdisciplinary team of social and marine scientists set out to examine whether the prevalence of marine heatwaves — prolonged rises in ocean temperatures that are becoming more frequent and more intense because of climate change — has any impact on child and maternal health outcomes.
- [Car Smashes Through Airport Fence and Hits Plane (Video)](https://iwpost.com/car-smashes-through-airport-fence-and-hits-plane-video/): A 17-year-old New Hampshire driver is accused of leading police on a wild chase that ended with his Mustang smashing through an airport fence and crashing into a parked plane.
- [Indonesia’s commodity exchange bid won’t work without global trust](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-commodity-exchange-bid-wont-work-without-global-trust/): Indonesia’s ambition to evolve into a global price-setter for commodities was formally unveiled by President Prabowo Subianto on August 4, 2026, during his State of the Nation Address before the joint session of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), the House of Representatives (DPR), and the Regional Representative Council (DPD).
- [Israel signs $3.5 billion air defence deal with Greece](https://iwpost.com/israel-signs-3-5-billion-air-defence-deal-with-greece/): Israel and Greece ‌signed a €3 billion ($3.5 billion) defence deal on Monday under which Israel will build a multi-layered air defence system for Greece as Athens pushes ahead with a broader military modernisation programme.
- [Ecocide in Iran](https://iwpost.com/ecocide-in-iran/): “We won,” ‌President Donald Trump declared in March, less than two weeks after launching his war of choice against Iran.
- [The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.](https://iwpost.com/the-trump-administrations-plan-for-protecting-consumers-politely-ask-companies-to-behave/): Weakened Watchdog: After failing to dismantle the CFPB, Russell Vought and his allies have reshaped the bureau into an industry-friendly, less aggressive regulator.
- [When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks](https://iwpost.com/when-a-mountain-falls-how-ice-and-rock-triggered-nepals-catastrophic-flood-and-why-climate-change-is-raising-the-risks/): The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal on Aug.
- [El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds](https://iwpost.com/el-nino-is-now-stronger-than-at-any-point-in-the-last-1000-years-study-finds/): Every few years, El Niño or its cool counterpart, La Niña, shifts rainfall across the tropics, dries out Australia, floods parts of Peru, and rearranges the weather on most of the planet.
- [US sanctions on Iran are right but wrongly sequenced](https://iwpost.com/us-sanctions-on-iran-are-right-but-wrongly-sequenced/): The US-Israeli war against Iran passed its six-month mark this week, and on August 24, the bill for two decades of hosting American power came due.
- [Mecca defense agreement launches process for ‘new regional security, cooperation architecture’: Turkish foreign minister](https://iwpost.com/mecca-defense-agreement-launches-process-for-new-regional-security-cooperation-architecture-turkish-foreign-minister/): The Mecca defense agreement has launched a process to establish a “new security and cooperation architecture” in the region, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Monday, Anadolu reports.
- [Inside Greece’s $3.6 Billion Bet on Israeli Air Defense ](https://iwpost.com/inside-greeces-3-6-billion-bet-on-israeli-air-defense/): Greece is preparing to spend roughly $3.6 billion on Israeli air-defense technology, a major military upgrade arriving just as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan begin putting their new mutual-defense pact into practice.
- [NASA's next "great observatory" begins mission to widen our view of the Universe](https://iwpost.com/nasas-next-great-observatory-begins-mission-to-widen-our-view-of-the-universe/): NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, equipped with a 300-megapixel camera sighted through a refurbished spy mirror, launched Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to reveal the mysterious forces driving the Universe.
- [European Commission designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox under Digital Services Act](https://iwpost.com/european-commission-designates-chatgpt-reddit-roblox-under-digital-services-act/): The European Commission has designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), as well as Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
- [Pocket's AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results.](https://iwpost.com/pockets-ai-made-my-game-ideas-real-now-meta-controls-the-results/): The relatively recent rise of AI-assisted coding tools and the whole concept of “vibe coding” have effectively upended entire software development workflows.
- [China’s visa-free boom is rewriting inbound tourism](https://iwpost.com/chinas-visa-free-boom-is-rewriting-inbound-tourism/): On August 20, China’s National Immigration Administration expanded the 240-hour visa-free transit policy to two more countries — Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam — bringing the number of eligible nationalities to 57.
- [US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island, marking first attacks in weeks](https://iwpost.com/us-strikes-iranian-launchers-on-larak-island-marking-first-attacks-in-weeks/): US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, marking the first strikes on Iranian territory since late July, an official told Axios, Anadolu reports.
- [Iceland rejects EU-accession talks in close-fought referendum](https://iwpost.com/iceland-rejects-eu-accession-talks-in-close-fought-referendum/): Icelanders voted to stay out of the European Union, referendum results showed on Sunday, ​as they rejected a government push to reopen membership talks and sided with those who said Iceland’s fishing waters were too important to risk.
- [Trump following a long US tradition of losing a pointless war](https://iwpost.com/trump-following-a-long-us-tradition-of-losing-a-pointless-war/): I was born on July 20, 1944, in the midst of World War II.
- [2 Civilians Killed as Clashes Resume in Syria’s As-Suwayda ](https://iwpost.com/2-civilians-killed-as-clashes-resume-in-syrias-as-suwayda/): [DAMASCUS] Two civilians were killed Sunday as intermittent clashes resumed between Syrian government forces and local armed groups west of the predominantly Druze city of As-Suwayda in southern Syria, marking a new escalation amid continuing tensions between Damascus and local forces controlling parts of the province.
- [King Charles Secretly Urged Harry and Meghan to Come Back to Britain](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-secretly-urged-harry-and-meghan-to-come-back-to-britain/): King Charles may be ready to end one of the ugliest royal family feuds in modern history.
- [New Delhi in the context of India-China thaw, Russia, US, Canada](https://iwpost.com/new-delhi-in-the-context-of-india-china-thaw-russia-us-canada/): Two noteworthy events this past week spell out how India is now assessing the global context in which it operates.
- [China shows way in new pharma race: Own meds, don’t just make ’em](https://iwpost.com/china-shows-way-in-new-pharma-race-own-meds-dont-just-make-em/): Pharmaceutical geopolitics is usually mapped through factories.
- [Türkiye mobilised all resources after passenger ship capsize off Northern Cyprus: President Erdogan](https://iwpost.com/turkiye-mobilised-all-resources-after-passenger-ship-capsize-off-northern-cyprus-president-erdogan/): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accepts 30 August Victory Day congratulations at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on August 30, 2026.
- [Syria Removed From US Terrorism List: What’s Next? ](https://iwpost.com/syria-removed-from-us-terrorism-list-whats-next/): [DAMASCUS] The United States announced on Aug.
- [A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history](https://iwpost.com/a-12tb-steam-teraleak-spills-more-than-a-decade-of-lost-pc-gaming-history/): Here at Ars, we’re intimately familiar with data leaks surrounding Valve’s games, hardware, and the workings of Steam itself.
- [Shania Twain Reveals Shocking Childhood Trauma](https://iwpost.com/shania-twain-reveals-shocking-childhood-trauma/): Shania Twain may be one of country music’s biggest success stories, but behind the glamorous career, record-breaking sales and packed arenas is a life marked by poverty, devastating loss, betrayal and frightening childhood trauma.
- [ANALYSIS – The Plan for Post-Hamas Gaza Has a Palestinian Authority Problem](https://iwpost.com/analysis-the-plan-for-post-hamas-gaza-has-a-palestinian-authority-problem/): Any agreement that relies on Israel working with the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), the Palestinian technocratic government, is likely doomed to fail, according to two Palestinian affairs analysts who spoke with The Media Line as decisions are being made about the next steps for governing and disarming the Gaza Strip.
- [Islamabad, Riyadh agree to boost Pakistani agriculture and food exports to $3B in 2 years](https://iwpost.com/islamabad-riyadh-agree-to-boost-pakistani-agriculture-and-food-exports-to-3b-in-2-years/): Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have agreed to boost Pakistani agricultural and food exports to the oil-rich kingdom up to $3 billion within the next two years, a joint statement on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [Why it matters that President Trump just dialed into a NASA news conference](https://iwpost.com/why-it-matters-that-president-trump-just-dialed-into-a-nasa-news-conference/): As is standard procedure for major NASA missions, the US space agency held a post-launch news conference on Sunday morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to provide information about how the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was faring during its initial maneuvers.
- [West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change](https://iwpost.com/west-points-only-climate-scientist-fired-after-continuing-to-teach-human-causes-of-climate-change/): The only climate scientist teaching at West Point, the U.S.
- [World’s Youngest Reigning Monarch Dies Suddenly](https://iwpost.com/worlds-youngest-reigning-monarch-dies-suddenly/): The world’s youngest reigning monarch has died at just 34 years old, bringing his extraordinary three-decade reign to a sudden and shocking end.
- [British Activist Held Over Alleged Assault of Minor in West Bank ](https://iwpost.com/british-activist-held-over-alleged-assault-of-minor-in-west-bank/): A British activist remained in Israeli police custody Sunday on suspicion of indecently assaulting a minor during an incident in the southern West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir, where the activist said he had been trying to protect a Palestinian from violence.
- [The Russian summer offensive is  a failure so far](https://iwpost.com/the-russian-summer-offensive-is-a-failure-so-far/): This is Weekend Update #200. When I wrote the first of these, in November 2022, I certainly did not expect to be producing these close to four years later.
- [Culinary larceny: Why the true history of Palestine belongs to the soil, not the Israeli kitchen](https://iwpost.com/culinary-larceny-why-the-true-history-of-palestine-belongs-to-the-soil-not-the-israeli-kitchen/): If you want to spark an absolute inferno of geopolitical passion over Palestine, you do not need to see the odious Benjamin Netanyahu swagger into the UN waving his map of a Greater Israel with expanded borders, trashed treaties and stolen lands.
- [Another School Year Is in Jeopardy for Lebanon’s Children](https://iwpost.com/another-school-year-is-in-jeopardy-for-lebanons-children/): Lebanon’s children have endured economic collapse, a pandemic, the Beirut port explosion and repeated wars.
- [Inside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers](https://iwpost.com/inside-metas-push-to-put-robots-to-work-in-data-centers/): Meta is testing robots that can plug in cables, reset servers, and handle other tasks inside its data centers, according to several current and former workers familiar with the projects.
- [The many snags in Erdogan’s many strategic wins](https://iwpost.com/the-many-snags-in-erdogans-many-strategic-wins/): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a file photo.
- [Egypt’s apparatus of enforced disappearance must be halted – Silence by BRICS and AU not an option](https://iwpost.com/egypts-apparatus-of-enforced-disappearance-must-be-halted-silence-by-brics-and-au-not-an-option/): In Egypt today, a knock at the door can erase a life. For thousands of citizens, the state does not simply arrest them; it deletes them from existence.
- [Bangladesh’s J-10CE fighter plan stirs China dependence fears](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-j-10ce-fighter-plan-stirs-china-dependence-fears/): Bangladesh’s planned J-10CE purchase could significantly strengthen its airpower while tying that capability more closely to Chinese weapons, support networks and supply chains.
- [In defense of Asian American art](https://iwpost.com/in-defense-of-asian-american-art/): Back in 2015, when I was living in Brooklyn, my apartment flooded.
- [Iran Rejects US Claims That Strait of Hormuz Is Open ](https://iwpost.com/iran-rejects-us-claims-that-strait-of-hormuz-is-open/): Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy denied US statements that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened, saying restrictions on the strategic waterway will remain in place until American military operations against Iran end and unspecified commitments are implemented.
- [‘The View’ Season 30 Cast Revealed Amid Rumors](https://iwpost.com/the-view-season-30-cast-revealed-amid-rumors/): The View is officially heading into its milestone 30th season — and despite weeks of speculation, there won’t be a major shakeup at the famous Hot Topics table.
- [Holy See seeks a path to peace in Moscow](https://iwpost.com/holy-see-seeks-a-path-to-peace-in-moscow/): While Bishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States, was holding a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, another Catholic official landed in Moscow: CIA Director John Ratcliffe – who reportedly went to Moscow to warn Russia against support for Iran and activities in Europe.
- [Houthis announce death of 2 officers in clashes with government forces](https://iwpost.com/houthis-announce-death-of-2-officers-in-clashes-with-government-forces/): The Houthis announced on Saturday that two of their officers were killed by Yemeni government forces amid continuing military escalation between the two sides, Anadolu reports.
- [Christian Lawmakers Ask President Trump To Grant Jewish Canadians Refuge From Antisemitism](https://iwpost.com/christian-lawmakers-ask-president-trump-to-grant-jewish-canadians-refuge-from-antisemitism/): A coalition of Christian lawmakers, religious leaders and civic figures urged President Donald Trump to establish an expedited legal pathway for Jewish Canadians seeking to relocate to the United States because of antisemitic persecution and threats to their safety.
- [Prince William Blamed King Charles for Mom Princess Diana’s Tragic Death](https://iwpost.com/prince-william-blamed-king-charles-for-mom-princess-dianas-tragic-death/): Prince William reportedly spent years wrestling with anger toward his father after Princess Diana’s shocking death — and at one point allegedly believed Charles was partly responsible for the tragedy that shattered the royal family.
- [Music world mourns Dolly Parton, queen of country music](https://iwpost.com/music-world-mourns-dolly-parton-queen-of-country-music/): Dolly Parton was around six when she wrote her first song: “Little Tiny Tasseltop,” an ode to her corncob doll with corn-silk hair.
- [Iran’s parliament speaker rejects US Treasury chief’s claims over economic pressure](https://iwpost.com/irans-parliament-speaker-rejects-us-treasury-chiefs-claims-over-economic-pressure/): Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Saturday rejected US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claims that Washington’s blockade and economic measures would crush the Iranian economy, Anadolu reports.
- [Man Left Swollen and Bloodied After He Attacks Cop in Hospital](https://iwpost.com/man-left-swollen-and-bloodied-after-he-attacks-cop-in-hospital/): A Florida man who allegedly told a police officer, “I want to fight you,” ended up with a badly swollen and bloodied face after the challenge turned into a violent hospital brawl, authorities say.
- [Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming](https://iwpost.com/xbox-imposes-harsh-new-time-limits-for-game-pass-game-streaming/): In 2020, Microsoft announced that Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions would include unlimited access to its new Xbox Cloud Gaming service (then still known as Project xCloud).
- [European Heritage Days 2026 highlight cultural heritage across Europe](https://iwpost.com/european-heritage-days-2026-highlight-cultural-heritage-across-europe/): European Heritage Days 2026 has begun, with cultural events planned across more than 50 European countries from September through early October.
- [Journeying through Syria’s shattered cities as they move from war to peace](https://iwpost.com/journeying-through-syrias-shattered-cities-as-they-move-from-war-to-peace/): It was around seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived at a church in the city of Hama, Syria, to attend the wedding of a friend.
- [War lingering, Pentagon extends Mideast troop deployments into ’27](https://iwpost.com/war-lingering-pentagon-extends-mideast-troop-deployments-into-27/): Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addresses U.S. military personnel at Panama Pacifico Airfield, Panama, April 9, 2025. Photo: US Marine Corps / Lance Cpl.
- [Trump calls US ammunition shortage reports ‘treasonous’ amid Iran war](https://iwpost.com/trump-calls-us-ammunition-shortage-reports-treasonous-amid-iran-war/): US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused people and media outlets questioning US ammunition supplies of being “treasonous” as he defended the country’s ongoing military action against Iran, Anadolu reports.
- [Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them](https://iwpost.com/reports-rfk-jr-ordered-measles-deaths-deletion-cdc-still-secretly-counts-them/): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still secretly counting two measles deaths that were deleted from the agency’s public measles data—a deletion that occurred at the direct request of anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Why Pacific Island states should seek collective security](https://iwpost.com/why-pacific-island-states-should-seek-collective-security/): Many participants at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau this week would like to talk about anything but great power rivalry: transnational crime, energy security, climate change, development finance, seabed minerals, transport links.
- [MEPs urge EU to act against Meta over protections for children online](https://iwpost.com/meps-urge-eu-to-act-against-meta-over-protections-for-children-online/): European lawmakers are urging the European Commission to force Meta to change the “addictive” design of its platforms in Europe, arguing that children in the European Union should receive protections at least as strong as those recently agreed for users in the United States.
- [Syria Begins Destroying Assad-Era Chemical Weapons Remnants](https://iwpost.com/syria-begins-destroying-assad-era-chemical-weapons-remnants/): Syria has begun destroying remnants of the chemical weapons program maintained under former President Bashar Assad, Syrian and United Nations officials said Thursday, in the first verified destruction of such material in the country in more than a decade.
- [150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data](https://iwpost.com/150-research-primates-got-diarrhea-flooding-lab-with-priceless-vaccine-data/): Having more than 150 non-human primates at a research center fall ill with diarrhea in a stomach-churning outbreak that flowed for over two years doesn’t sound much like good fortune.
- [The summer we love is slipping away](https://iwpost.com/the-summer-we-love-is-slipping-away/): There was a time when summer felt easy to recognize. In childhood, summer was a time of freedom and adventure.
- [Disgraced Actor Dies Following Battle with Pancreatic Cancer](https://iwpost.com/disgraced-actor-dies-following-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer/): British actor Chris Langham, best known for his roles in the political comedy “The Thick of It” and the sketch series “Help,” has died at the age of 77.
- [Moscow has a long history of paranoia about Britain’s support for Russia’s enemies](https://iwpost.com/moscow-has-a-long-history-of-paranoia-about-britains-support-for-russias-enemies/): Relations between London and Moscow reached another peak of tension in August over the UK’s support for Ukraine.
- [The West Bank: the Middle East’s orphan war](https://iwpost.com/the-west-bank-the-middle-easts-orphan-war/): Israel is methodically emptying the West Bank countryside of hamlets and farms to spur Palestinians to either flee into exile or move into cities hemmed in by Israeli settlements ramshackle “outposts” and military bases.
- [Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents](https://iwpost.com/just-like-a-fruit-fly-a-new-algorithm-never-forgets-old-scents/): Fruit flies aren’t exactly famous for their brainpower; you’ve probably drowned more than one in a wine glass left too long on the patio table.
- [ICE Gave New Hires Access to Restricted Info on Palantir App Before They Passed Background Checks](https://iwpost.com/ice-gave-new-hires-access-to-restricted-info-on-palantir-app-before-they-passed-background-checks/): During the height of President Donald Trump’s winter immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, a new AI-driven “alien” targeting app appeared on the phones of U.S.
- [EU moves to give cities greater power to curb Airbnb and second-home purchases](https://iwpost.com/eu-moves-to-give-cities-greater-power-to-curb-airbnb-and-second-home-purchases/): The European Commission will propose new housing rules that would give national and local authorities clearer rules for restricting short-term holiday rentals and the purchase of homes or land that are not used as someone’s main home, according to a document seen by Euronews.
- [Hurricane Helene Killed His Wife and Destroyed His Mobile Home. New Tenants Are Now Renting the Same Flood-Prone Land.](https://iwpost.com/hurricane-helene-killed-his-wife-and-destroyed-his-mobile-home-new-tenants-are-now-renting-the-same-flood-prone-land/): Policy Gap: A federal program meant to reduce the risk of death from natural disasters often excludes mobile homes, the country’s largest source of affordable housing.
- [Nepal floods: Khalte residents knew the river could take their camp – and then it did](https://iwpost.com/nepal-floods-khalte-residents-knew-the-river-could-take-their-camp-and-then-it-did/): Khalte, a settlement close to the bank of the Trishuli River in northern Nepal, was completely destroyed in the flash flooding of late August.
- [Palestinian Elections Confront an Intractable Reality](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-elections-confront-an-intractable-reality/): Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are preparing for legislative elections on 28 November, nearly two decades after the last such elections.
- [Bond markets are repricing Fed independence, not just inflation](https://iwpost.com/bond-markets-are-repricing-fed-independence-not-just-inflation/): By almost every explanation on offer for the bond selloff underway treats it as a familiar story wearing a new coat.
- [US Targets Banque Misr UAE in New Iran Financial Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/us-targets-banque-misr-uae-in-new-iran-financial-crackdown/): The US campaign to squeeze Iran’s economy has opened a new front in the Gulf’s banking system, with the Treasury Department proposing to cut Banque Misr UAE from key dollar-banking services over allegations that it processed transactions for companies tied to Iranian shadow-finance networks.
- [Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-buys-hugging-face-the-github-of-ai-for-13-billion/): Nvidia has agreed to buy AI model platform Hugging Face for $13 billion, in the latest step by the $5.4 trillion chip giant to use its financial might to accelerate the technology’s boom while exerting greater control over the industry.
- [Hollywood Icon is ‘Grateful to be Alive’](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-icon-is-grateful-to-be-alive/): Hollywood legend Liza Minnelli is opening up about the private battle that has followed her for decades — and why she considers herself lucky to still be here at 80.
- [US-China economic rivalry transforming into a battle for leverage](https://iwpost.com/us-china-economic-rivalry-transforming-into-a-battle-for-leverage/): Several Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent, have reportedly accessed compute power from GB300 chips remotely through data centers in Asian countries including Thailand, Malaysia and Japan.
- [Meloni marks record tenure as Italy’s longest-serving government](https://iwpost.com/meloni-marks-record-tenure-as-italys-longest-serving-government/): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will mark a political milestone Friday, Sept.
- [“Board of Peace” Billionaire Backs AIPAC Fund Targeting Pro-Palestine Candidates](https://iwpost.com/board-of-peace-billionaire-backs-aipac-fund-targeting-pro-palestine-candidates/): Marc Rowan has a vision for Gaza.
- [These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained](https://iwpost.com/these-judges-take-months-to-decide-if-immigrants-have-been-unlawfully-detained/): Delayed Decisions: Amid a national surge in habeas petitions, federal courts in Mississippi and Louisiana have typically taken three months or more to rule on detainees’ freedom.
- [China’s pressure campaign against Japan is backfiring badly](https://iwpost.com/chinas-pressure-campaign-against-japan-is-backfiring-badly/): A few days ago, the Chinese government had the opportunity to reverse the current downturn in China-Japan relations, the worst in years.
- [Katz says Gaza solution requires mass ‘emigration’, accuses Egypt of blocking departures](https://iwpost.com/katz-says-gaza-solution-requires-mass-emigration-accuses-egypt-of-blocking-departures/): Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said there could be no lasting solution for the Gaza Strip without what he described as the “genuine emigration” of Palestinians from the territory, while accusing Egypt of preventing such departures.
- [Xi’s Cairo Visit Puts China at the Center of a Changing Middle East](https://iwpost.com/xis-cairo-visit-puts-china-at-the-center-of-a-changing-middle-east/): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cairo this week for a state visit with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, using a rare Middle East trip to press for a regional security framework and deepen China’s economic, military and diplomatic ties with one of Washington’s closest Arab partners.
- [BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all](https://iwpost.com/bgp-hijack-infecting-networks-caused-by-a-comedy-of-errors-thats-not-funny-at-all/): Hackers carried out a supply chain attack that installed malware on networks using an unusual technique: hijacking a chunk of Internet space where cloud management software used by hosting providers, data centers, and other large infrastructure companies is updated.
- [Euro zone overall business growth held steady in August, PMI shows](https://iwpost.com/euro-zone-overall-business-growth-held-steady-in-august-pmi-shows/): Growth in the euro zone’s dominant services industry slipped to a two-month low in August though solid and broad-based demand kept overall private sector activity on an even keel, a ​survey showed on Thursday.
- [Two bond bombs, one fuse: US, Japan hurtling toward a reckoning](https://iwpost.com/two-bond-bombs-one-fuse-us-japan-hurtling-toward-a-reckoning/): Japan owes more relative to the size of its economy than any government on Earth at over 250% of GDP.
- [Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84](https://iwpost.com/toyohiro-akiyama-first-japanese-citizen-and-journalist-in-space-dies-at-84/): The first Japanese citizen to launch into space, Toyohiro Akiyama was also the first commercially sponsored cosmonaut and the world’s first journalist to file reports while on a spaceflight.
- [Dolly Parton’s Hollywood Star Vandalized Just Days After Her Death](https://iwpost.com/dolly-partons-hollywood-star-vandalized-just-days-after-her-death/): Dolly Parton’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been badly damaged just one week after the country music legend’s death, leaving crews scrambling to repair the iconic tribute.
- [ICE Is Paying a Controversial AI Firm to Hide the Identities of Agents](https://iwpost.com/ice-is-paying-a-controversial-ai-firm-to-hide-the-identities-of-agents/): U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is launching a new “Doxing Mitigation Initiative” using AI to help ICE personnel keep their identities hidden from the public, according to an email addressed to all agency employees on Monday.
- [Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing](https://iwpost.com/trump-may-be-forced-to-reveal-secret-rules-feds-use-for-ai-safety-testing/): Four federal agencies have been sued amid calls to release information about the secret framework that the Trump administration uses to conduct safety reviews of frontier AI models prior to release.
- [Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections](https://iwpost.com/trumps-doj-blocked-serious-ice-shooting-charge-over-federal-prosecutors-strongest-possible-objections/): Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.
- [Vietnam’s Doi Moi turns 40 as To Lam riskily renovates the compact](https://iwpost.com/vietnams-doi-moi-turns-40-as-to-lam-riskily-renovates-the-compact/): This year marks four decades since Vietnam launched Doi Moi, the economic renovation program that broke with communist central planning.
- [Syria’s Unexploded Weapons Kill or Injure a Person Every 6 Hours](https://iwpost.com/syrias-unexploded-weapons-kill-or-injure-a-person-every-6-hours/): Syria’s postwar recovery is being slowed by a danger that does not announce itself: mines and unexploded weapons scattered through homes, fields, roads and ruined neighborhoods are killing or injuring one person about every six hours, according to the HALO Trust, a mine-clearance charity working in the country.
- [Trump becomes first sitting US president to appear on a coin as Mint releases $1 piece](https://iwpost.com/trump-becomes-first-sitting-us-president-to-appear-on-a-coin-as-mint-releases-1-piece/): The US Mint confirmed on Thursday that the “golden dollar” featuring the likeness of US President Donald Trump has been released, urging people to check their pocket change while collectors can buy it in rolls and bags sold exclusively through its own channels.
- [66 Palestinian villages forcibly expelled by Israel from West Bank since October 2023: Rights group](https://iwpost.com/66-palestinian-villages-forcibly-expelled-by-israel-from-west-bank-since-october-2023-rights-group/): Israel has forcibly displaced residents of Khirbet al-Taban in the southern occupied West Bank, making it the 66th Palestinian village to be completely emptied of its residents since October 2023, Israeli rights group B’Tselem said Wednesday.
- [Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design](https://iwpost.com/wary-of-artemis-iv-timeline-nasa-is-changing-lunar-spacesuit-design/): NASA has decided to use a simpler spacesuit for its initial missions to the lunar surface, Ars has learned.
- [Will Ukraine attack civil aviation in Russia?](https://iwpost.com/will-ukraine-attack-civil-aviation-in-russia/): President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned airlines, insurers and foreign governments that Russian airspace “will be de facto closed” because of Ukrainian drones.
- [FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking](https://iwpost.com/fcc-plans-robocall-scorecard-to-grade-phone-companies-on-spam-call-blocking/): The Federal Communications Commission today said it will create a robocall mitigation scorecard to rate phone companies on how effectively they block illegal spam calls.
- [Reality TV Star Shows Off Shocking Weight Loss Transformation](https://iwpost.com/reality-tv-star-shows-off-shocking-weight-loss-transformation/): Amy Slaton is turning heads after revealing a dramatic transformation that has left the 1000-Lb. Sisters star looking almost unrecognizable.
- [Berlin Links Drone Strike to Russian Hybrid Ops, Closes Consulate and Cultural Centre](https://iwpost.com/berlin-links-drone-strike-to-russian-hybrid-ops-closes-consulate-and-cultural-centre/): The German government said on Tuesday that it had concluded that Russia was responsible for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month and ordered a series of measures in ‌response, including the closure of a consulate and a Russian cultural centre in Berlin.
- [Israeli minister: Palestinians leaving is only ‘solution’ in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/israeli-minister-palestinians-leaving-is-only-solution-in-gaza/): Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
- [Behind US Moves To Cut Banque Misr UAE From Dollar Banking Over Alleged Iran-Linked Transactions](https://iwpost.com/behind-us-moves-to-cut-banque-misr-uae-from-dollar-banking-over-alleged-iran-linked-transactions/): The US Treasury Department has proposed restricting Banque Misr UAE’s access to correspondent banking in the United States, accusing the Egyptian bank’s UAE operations of processing transactions for companies linked to Iran’s shadow-banking networks.
- [I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale](https://iwpost.com/i-rented-a-car-and-within-hours-my-drivers-license-was-for-sale/): Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company.
- [Trump Admin Tells Court: Let OpenAI Rip Off The Intercept’s Articles](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-tells-court-let-openai-rip-off-the-intercepts-articles/): President Donald Trump’s Justice Department took the side of tech giant OpenAI in its court battle with The Intercept and other media companies over the company’s use of others’ creative work to train its artificial intelligence tools.
- [Several States Rejected This Private School Chain as a Charter. Now It’s Eligible for Texas’ Taxpayer-Funded Vouchers.](https://iwpost.com/several-states-rejected-this-private-school-chain-as-a-charter-now-its-eligible-for-texas-taxpayer-funded-vouchers/): A New Model: Alpha School is a fast-growing chain of AI-driven private schools that claim academics take up only two hours of the day.
- [More trees are needed to cool down European cities in heatwaves – but they must be planted nearer to homes](https://iwpost.com/more-trees-are-needed-to-cool-down-european-cities-in-heatwaves-but-they-must-be-planted-nearer-to-homes/): Heatwaves claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Europe’s capital cities this summer, as they experienced record temperatures.
- [Can Syria turn foreign power into national power?](https://iwpost.com/can-syria-turn-foreign-power-into-national-power/): For most countries, electricity is an economic input.
- [Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants](https://iwpost.com/spending-deal-comes-with-a-bonus-blocking-political-control-of-grants/): On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a stopgap measure that would continue funding the US government through early December.
- [US shops allied frigates to close China shipbuilding gap](https://iwpost.com/us-shops-allied-frigates-to-close-china-shipbuilding-gap/): The search for a new US frigate is becoming a test of whether allied shipyards can buy enough time to rebuild the country’s shipbuilding industrial base against China.
- [Kallas calls Leipzig drone attack ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ as EU backs Germany](https://iwpost.com/kallas-calls-leipzig-drone-attack-state-sponsored-terrorism-as-eu-backs-germany/): The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said Wednesday that a thwarted drone attack at Leipzig-Halle Airport bore “all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism” after Germany blamed Russia for the incident.
- [My driver's license is one of 153 million for sale on a new dark website](https://iwpost.com/my-drivers-license-is-one-of-153-million-for-sale-on-a-new-dark-website/): Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company.
- [Gen Z is using ‘polyester’ as an insult. It’s actually a throwback.](https://iwpost.com/gen-z-is-using-polyester-as-an-insult-its-actually-a-throwback/): Even if you’re not wearing polyester now, it’s probably sitting somewhere in your closet — after all, it is the most ubiquitous fabric for textiles on Earth.
- [Police Advice Public About ‘Fugitive’ Reality TV Star](https://iwpost.com/police-advice-public-about-fugitive-reality-tv-star/): A Below Deck Mediterranean star is at the center of an international manhunt after allegedly fleeing Australia while wanted on serious domestic violence charges involving his former girlfriend and co-star.
- [Pacific Islands Forum starts with leaders missing, China furious](https://iwpost.com/pacific-islands-forum-starts-with-leaders-missing-china-furious/): The annual Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting is underway in Palau, and already there has been controversy.
- [Bennett’s Youngest Recruit Makes a Case for a New Israeli Politics](https://iwpost.com/bennetts-youngest-recruit-makes-a-case-for-a-new-israeli-politics/): At 23, Yonatan Shalev is not offering Israelis a familiar political resume.
- [Is Germany’s far right AfD about to take over a state government for the first time?](https://iwpost.com/is-germanys-far-right-afd-about-to-take-over-a-state-government-for-the-first-time/): Germans in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt will go to the polls on September 7 to elect a new parliament.
- [Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks](https://iwpost.com/google-releases-gemini-3-8-flash-its-third-flash-model-in-six-weeks/): Google hasn’t released a frontier-level Gemini Pro AI model since early 2026, but it sure loves rolling out new Gemini Flash variants.
- [Seth Moulton Sold Out Trans Kids — and Lost His Senate Race](https://iwpost.com/seth-moulton-sold-out-trans-kids-and-lost-his-senate-race/): Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey comfortably defeated Rep.
- [While helping African farmers, China’s not funding food processing](https://iwpost.com/while-helping-african-farmers-chinas-not-funding-food-processing/): China’s agricultural funding mainly goes to farm development, fisheries, irrigation, mechanisation, agricultural technology and rural infrastructure.
- [Estonia elects human rights ombudsman Madise as its next president](https://iwpost.com/estonia-elects-human-rights-ombudsman-madise-as-its-next-president/): Estonia’s parliament elected constitutional lawyer Ulle Madise as the ​Baltic country’s next president on ‌Wednesday, making her the second woman to hold the largely ceremonial post.
- [Australian judge says IHRA definition ‘does not reflect’ true meaning of anti-Semitism](https://iwpost.com/australian-judge-says-ihra-definition-does-not-reflect-true-meaning-of-anti-semitism/): An Australian court has dealt a major blow to the global campaign to redefine anti-Semitism along political lines, after the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that a young man’s “F**k Israel” graffiti amounted to political protest, not anti-Semitism.
- [US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case](https://iwpost.com/us-court-rules-google-will-not-have-to-sell-ad-exchange-after-losing-antitrust-case/): A US federal judge has sided with Google, ruling that the company will not have to sell its online advertising exchange (previously known as AdX).
- [New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement](https://iwpost.com/new-mail-voting-rules-moved-forward-despite-usps-officials-concerns-about-mass-disenfranchisement/): Top U.S. Postal Service officials tasked with issuing new regulations on mail voting expressed concerns in internal meetings about how the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned.
- [The lesson Canada’s prime minister learned from Brexit is helping in its trade rift with US](https://iwpost.com/the-lesson-canadas-prime-minister-learned-from-brexit-is-helping-in-its-trade-rift-with-us/): The trade conflict between Canada and the United States is heating up and has moved beyond rhetoric.
- [Xi’s Egypt visit hints at China’s larger African vision](https://iwpost.com/xis-egypt-visit-hints-at-chinas-larger-african-vision/): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt today for his first state visit in a decade.
- [As-Suwayda Students Face a Political Roadblock to Their Future](https://iwpost.com/as-suwayda-students-face-a-political-roadblock-to-their-future/): In Syria’s southern As-Suwayda province, the route to an examination hall has become a political fault line.
- [The Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones](https://iwpost.com/the-army-just-used-a-20-kilowatt-laser-to-take-out-three-drones/): This week, the US Army used a high-energy multipurpose laser to shoot down three drones near the US-Mexico border, which official reports claimed were “posing a physical threat to US military personnel and CBP partners,” referring to Customs and Border Patrol.
- [How China’s censoring coverage of the Tibet flood disaster](https://iwpost.com/how-chinas-censoring-coverage-of-the-tibet-flood-disaster/): As rescue efforts have continued on both sides of the border following the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, a fight over how the disaster is being reported has been growing in intensity on social media.
- [Uber to cut 3,300 jobs in management overhaul](https://iwpost.com/uber-to-cut-3300-jobs-in-management-overhaul/): Uber Technologies will cut 3,300 ​jobs, or roughly 10% ‌of its global workforce, as part of an ​overhaul, as it looks to ​reduce the number of managers, ⁠the company said ​on Wednesday.
- [The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”](https://iwpost.com/the-u-s-has-killed-227-civilians-in-boat-strikes-during-a-year-of-murders/): Top military officers from a secretive command watched a speedboat cut through the waters of the Caribbean Sea, early last September.
- [Is Russia's rival to Starlink failing? Here's what we know.](https://iwpost.com/is-russias-rival-to-starlink-failing-heres-what-we-know/): Russia’s attempt to replicate SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network seems to be moving as slowly as the front lines in eastern Ukraine.
- [The missing foundation of Prabowo’s economic vision](https://iwpost.com/the-missing-foundation-of-prabowos-economic-vision/): Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s administration has placed food security, energy self-sufficiency and military modernization at the center of Indonesia’s national development agenda.
- [UK plans measures against Israeli settlements as Sa’ar warns of response](https://iwpost.com/uk-plans-measures-against-israeli-settlements-as-saar-warns-of-response/): Britain is preparing a package of measures targeting Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, prompting Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to warn that Israel could respond with measures of its own.
- [Google Maps renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" even faster than US government](https://iwpost.com/google-maps-renames-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-even-faster-than-us-government/): Trade talks between the US and Canada broke down last week, leading to a wave of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs.
- [Trump To Meet Hasidic Leaders Over Israeli Draft Dispute](https://iwpost.com/trump-to-meet-hasidic-leaders-over-israeli-draft-dispute/): President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Thursday at the White House with several prominent Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders, including figures identified as anti-Zionist or non-Zionist, in talks expected to address concerns over the enlistment of yeshiva students in the Israel Defense Forces.
- [UN says global warming likely to exceed 1.5C within a few years](https://iwpost.com/un-says-global-warming-likely-to-exceed-1-5c-within-a-few-years/): Global temperatures are likely to exceed the key 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warming threshold within a few years, the United Nations Environment Programme said Wednesday, warning of more extreme weather and growing pressure on ecosystems, glaciers and low-lying coastal cities.
- [Best propaganda money can buy can’t sell Americans on Iran war](https://iwpost.com/best-propaganda-money-can-buy-cant-sell-americans-on-iran-war/): A demonstrator holds a placard in front of the White House in Washington, DC, the United States, on April 7, 2026.
- [Think twice before installing this device promising free movies](https://iwpost.com/think-twice-before-installing-this-device-promising-free-movies/): As online services get better at blocking malicious traffic, the attackers and scammers behind them have been forced to find new ways to reach their targets.
- [Bangladesh should think twice before joining Mecca pact](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-should-think-twice-before-joining-mecca-pact/): Then he also went on to add that an expanded pact could essentially become a self-defense mechanism for the world’s Muslim-majority states, and described Bangladesh’s possible membership as “an internal matter of our family, the Muslim family,” on which outsiders had no basis to raise issues or concerns.
- [Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri](https://iwpost.com/private-group-wants-to-launch-cheapest-possible-mission-to-alpha-centauri/): There are, by various estimates, several trillion planets within what is known as the Local Group of galaxies—our closest galaxy neighbors, including our own Milky Way.
- [Putin says Russia is winning on battlefield, will not negotiate with ‘terrorists’](https://iwpost.com/putin-says-russia-is-winning-on-battlefield-will-not-negotiate-with-terrorists/): President ​Vladimir Putin said that Russia was winning the war in Ukraine and portrayed the Ukrainian leadership as “terrorists” with ‌whom Moscow could not negotiate.
- [Iran strikes back at US positions: Iranian media](https://iwpost.com/iran-strikes-back-at-us-positions-iranian-media/): Iran launched missile and drone attacks against US positions on Tuesday, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency said.
- [As-Suwayda’s Schoolchildren Become Pawns in Political Struggle Over Exams ](https://iwpost.com/as-suwaydas-schoolchildren-become-pawns-in-political-struggle-over-exams/): [DAMASCUS] Before her exams, Sally—a pseudonym used at her request—left Syria’s southern As-Suwayda province and moved to a government-controlled area in the province’s countryside, where she stayed with a relative.
- [CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal](https://iwpost.com/cbs-news-spins-el-sayeds-9-11-tweets-into-a-manufactured-anti-muslim-scandal/): It always felt inevitable that Bari Weiss’s tenure at CBS News would see the network devolve into rank Islamophobia — but even for most of us, who took a dim view of her takeover of the news behemoth, tying Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to the 9/11 attacks was an unexpected new low.
- [FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions](https://iwpost.com/ftc-alleges-amazon-illegally-made-20-billion-by-rigging-billions-of-ad-auctions/): The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sued Amazon yesterday, alleging that it has conducted a secret scheme to overcharge advertisers for seven years.
- [Homeland Security Opens Child Exploitation Probe Into Banned Texas Volleyball Coach](https://iwpost.com/homeland-security-opens-child-exploitation-probe-into-banned-texas-volleyball-coach/): A Texas volleyball coach who was the subject of an investigation last month by ProPublica and The Washington Post is now facing a federal child exploitation probe, according to an agent for Homeland Security Investigations, the main investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
- [Japan’s hypersonic subs bring it closer to the nuclear edge](https://iwpost.com/japans-hypersonic-subs-bring-it-closer-to-the-nuclear-edge/): Japan’s push for submarine-launched hypersonic weapons marks a major step toward a more survivable counterstrike posture — one that could eventually give it the foundations of a latent sea-based nuclear deterrent.
- [Woman Brutally Attacked by Wild Otter During Swim in Lake Tahoe](https://iwpost.com/woman-brutally-attacked-by-wild-otter-during-swim-in-lake-tahoe/): A peaceful morning swim in Lake Tahoe turned into a terrifying fight for survival when a wild otter allegedly launched a “relentless” attack on a veteran swimmer — leaving her covered in blood and needing 38 stitches.
- [New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official](https://iwpost.com/new-android-drop-adds-remembered-items-in-find-hub-makes-anti-nausea-dots-official/): Let’s be frank: Some of Google’s recent Android feature Drops have been duds, offering little more than an expansion of Gemini summaries and chat functions.
- [Trump sidelines Hegseth succession talk as Army chief submits resignation](https://iwpost.com/trump-sidelines-hegseth-succession-talk-as-army-chief-submits-resignation/): U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday it was too early to discuss a potential successor to lead his political movement, sidestepping speculation about a possible 2028 presidential campaign by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as the Pentagon chief faced fresh turmoil following the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
- [Minsk-Karachi railway shows Eurasia’s quiet geopolitical rewiring](https://iwpost.com/minsk-karachi-railway-shows-eurasias-quiet-geopolitical-rewiring/): The news that Pakistan, Russia, and Belarus are working on a test freight railway connecting Minsk, Moscow, and Karachi may seem like just another infrastructure project needing funding and construction.
- [Israeli occupier spits at entrance of Christian monastery in occupied East Jerusalem](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupier-spits-at-entrance-of-christian-monastery-in-occupied-east-jerusalem/): An Israeli occupier spat at the entrance of the Monastery of St.
- [PKK Warns Turkey Disarmament Process Could Collapse Without Political Reforms ](https://iwpost.com/pkk-warns-turkey-disarmament-process-could-collapse-without-political-reforms/): Senior Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) official Cemil Bayik warned that the group’s disarmament process could stall unless Turkey accompanies it with political reforms, criticizing a new law governing the surrender and reintegration of PKK members as insufficient.
- [As family farms decline and the climate heats up, farmers weigh what to do with their land](https://iwpost.com/as-family-farms-decline-and-the-climate-heats-up-farmers-weigh-what-to-do-with-their-land/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan.
- [Dr. Phil Claims Lindsay Clancy Case was a ‘Psychiatric Emergency’](https://iwpost.com/dr-phil-claims-lindsay-clancy-case-was-a-psychiatric-emergency/): Dr. Phil McGraw is weighing in on the shocking Lindsay Clancy murder case after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the deaths of her three young children.
- [A hard-won rule to cut chemical plant pollution is being unraveled](https://iwpost.com/a-hard-won-rule-to-cut-chemical-plant-pollution-is-being-unraveled/): In April 2024, Tish Taylor and her father, Robert, stood behind President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency chief, Michael Regan, as he signed a regulation designed to dramatically reduce toxic pollution from petrochemical plants like those that cluster near the Taylors’ homes along the lower Mississippi River, in Louisiana.
- [A Mecca Pact Without a Playbook Puts India on Alert](https://iwpost.com/a-mecca-pact-without-a-playbook-puts-india-on-alert/): [ISTANBUL] The newly established Mecca Defense Alliance has put a strategic question before India: Will the collective-defense pact linking Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey remain mainly political, or develop into an operational military arrangement?
- [Israeli army chief warns of ‘tense, volatile period’ across all fronts](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-chief-warns-of-tense-volatile-period-across-all-fronts/): Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned Sunday that Israel is facing a “tense and volatile period across all sectors,” as the military continues its attacks on several regional fronts, Anadolu reports.
- [Farmed salmon may not be as nutritious as it once was, new research suggests](https://iwpost.com/farmed-salmon-may-not-be-as-nutritious-as-it-once-was-new-research-suggests/): Eat more fatty fish.
- [Music Icon to Flee U.S. Over ‘Shocking’ Trump Moves](https://iwpost.com/music-icon-to-flee-u-s-over-shocking-trump-moves/): Music legend Art Garfunkel says he is so disturbed by the direction of the United States under President Donald Trump that he has considered leaving the country altogether.
- [‘I Am Going to an Arab Party. They Are Not Coming to Me’: Segalovitz Explains Ra’am Move   ](https://iwpost.com/i-am-going-to-an-arab-party-they-are-not-coming-to-me-segalovitz-explains-raam-move/): Former Yesh Atid lawmaker Yoav Segalovitz will occupy the second position on Ra’am’s ticket in Israel’s October 27 election, putting a Jewish Zionist immediately behind the leader of a party built primarily around an Arab Muslim constituency.
- [German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket](https://iwpost.com/german-company-becomes-first-in-europe-to-launch-fully-commercial-orbital-rocket/): Isar Aerospace, founded in 2018 by three students at a German university, successfully launched a privately-developed rocket into low-Earth orbit Saturday from a Norwegian spaceport inside the Arctic Circle.
- [A True-Crime Star’s Lurid Claims Sent a Man to Die. Her Key Witness Just Recanted.](https://iwpost.com/a-true-crime-stars-lurid-claims-sent-a-man-to-die-her-key-witness-just-recanted/): Twenty-four years after he provided crucial testimony that helped send a man to Texas’s death row, DNA expert William Watson has recanted his opinion and called out Harris County prosecutors — including an assistant district attorney turned true-crime TV star — for distorting his conclusions to win a conviction.
- [2 years after Israeli forces killed Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, family still waits for justice](https://iwpost.com/2-years-after-israeli-forces-killed-aysenur-ezgi-eygi-family-still-waits-for-justice/): Two years after Israeli forces killed Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank, her family says there has been virtually no progress toward accountability for her death, Anadolu reports.
- [Steve Irwin’s Chilling Final Words Revealed After Two Decades](https://iwpost.com/steve-irwins-chilling-final-words-revealed-after-two-decades/): Steve Irwin knew he was dying.
- [Israel Strikes Hezbollah Sites After Drones Target Lebanon Security Zone ](https://iwpost.com/israel-strikes-hezbollah-sites-after-drones-target-lebanon-security-zone/): The IDF said the strikes targeted Hezbollah sites in response to the drone attack on troops operating in southern Lebanon early Sunday morning.
- [Saudi Embassy urges investigation after citizen stabbed in London’s Mayfair](https://iwpost.com/saudi-embassy-urges-investigation-after-citizen-stabbed-in-londons-mayfair/): Saudi Arabia’s Embassy in the UK said Friday it was closely monitoring the condition of a Saudi citizen who was stabbed in London’s Mayfair district, Anadolu reports.
- [‘America’s Got Talent’ Contestant Charged with First-Degree Murder](https://iwpost.com/americas-got-talent-contestant-charged-with-first-degree-murder/): A former America’s Got Talent contestant is facing a first-degree murder charge after his 4-year-old nephew drowned in a Tennessee apartment pool while allegedly left without proper supervision.
- [Fighting Between Houthis, Yemen Government Forces Kills Dozens ](https://iwpost.com/fighting-between-houthis-yemen-government-forces-kills-dozens/): Fighting between Iran-backed Houthi terrorists and Yemeni government forces killed dozens of combatants and civilians Saturday as the Houthis pressed an offensive in western Taiz and southern Hodeidah along the Red Sea coast.
- [Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+](https://iwpost.com/nearly-impossible-how-fairphone-built-the-ethical-repairable-fairphone-gen-6-2/): Smartphone longevity didn’t used to matter. In the past, before you could wear out or break a phone, there was always some shiny new thing to buy.
- [US envoy to Israel visits occupied West Bank, calls occupiers attacking Palestinians ‘terrorists’](https://iwpost.com/us-envoy-to-israel-visits-occupied-west-bank-calls-occupiers-attacking-palestinians-terrorists/): US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited the occupied West Bank on Saturday, calling occupiers staging attacks against Palestinian “terrorists,” Anadolu reports.
- [US-Iran strikes raise fears of renewed war across the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-strikes-raise-fears-of-renewed-war-across-the-middle-east/): Fears of renewed escalation gripped the Middle East on Wednesday after the United States and Iran exchanged their biggest barrage ​since July, with Washington striking Iran’s southern coast and Tehran firing at U.S.
- [Huckabee Calls Settler Attacks ‘Acts of Terror’ During West Bank Visit](https://iwpost.com/huckabee-calls-settler-attacks-acts-of-terror-during-west-bank-visit/): Huckabee said illegally taking possession of property, burning vehicles, damaging mosques, and vandalizing homes went beyond ordinary criminal conduct.
- [Trump White House just tossed a grenade into international space relations](https://iwpost.com/trump-white-house-just-tossed-a-grenade-into-international-space-relations/): The normally genteel world of international space policy turned ugly this week as several prominent US space companies—including SpaceX, Blue Origin, Stoke Space, K2, and Starcloud—pulled out of a high-profile French space summit organized by the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron.
- [How intense rains in the Grand Canyon turned into a deadly disaster](https://iwpost.com/how-intense-rains-in-the-grand-canyon-turned-into-a-deadly-disaster/): A deadly flash flood in the Grand Canyon over the weekend was probably driven by a confluence of climate factors, including drought, wildfire scarring and warming temperatures in the Pacific Ocean that can supercharge storms.
- [King Charles ‘Furious’ Over Secretive Prince Harry Return](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-furious-over-secretive-prince-harry-return/): King Charles was reportedly left furious after discovering that Prince Harry told British security officials about his planned return to the U.K.
- [Time to start preparing for a post-Putin Russia](https://iwpost.com/time-to-start-preparing-for-a-post-putin-russia/): One lesson from the history of the Soviet Union is that dictatorships can last a very long time even if their economic basis is weak.
- [Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo](https://iwpost.com/musk-wins-court-order-to-block-use-of-twitter-but-not-tweet-and-bird-logo/): On Thursday, Elon Musk’s X won a court order blocking Operation Bluebird from launching a new app taking over the Twitter name.
- [Volkswagen flags 50,000 job cuts across group as board approves turnaround plan](https://iwpost.com/volkswagen-flags-50000-job-cuts-across-group-as-board-approves-turnaround-plan/): Volkswagen’s supervisory board on Thursday approved a transformation plan that will include cutting another 50,000 jobs in its attempt to counter painful tariffs, overcapacity and aggressive Chinese ​rivals.
- [No, we are not on the eve of World War III](https://iwpost.com/no-we-are-not-on-the-eve-of-world-war-iii/): World War III isn't as close as some would suggest.
- [Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation](https://iwpost.com/teslas-cybercab-has-been-deployed-and-its-already-under-investigation/): Tesla’s Cybercab, a distinctive two-seater without a steering wheel or brake pedals, is set to start picking up members of the public in two states.
- [Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon and Ms. Magazine Co-Founder, Dies at 92](https://iwpost.com/gloria-steinem-feminist-icon-and-ms-magazine-co-founder-dies-at-92/): Gloria Steinem, the journalist, author and organizer who became the most recognizable public face of America’s modern women’s movement, died Wednesday at her New York City home.
- [Why you won’t be getting a flying car](https://iwpost.com/why-you-wont-be-getting-a-flying-car/): Stripe Press was kind enough to send me several books it had published, and one of these was J. Storrs Hall’s “Where Is My Flying Car?”.
- [Cyprus’s energy paradox: Gas beneath the sea, isolation on the grid](https://iwpost.com/cypruss-energy-paradox-gas-beneath-the-sea-isolation-on-the-grid/): Cyprus presents one of the Eastern Mediterranean’s most striking energy contradictions.
- [TV Cameraman Rushed to Hospital After Serious Infection During Filming](https://iwpost.com/tv-cameraman-rushed-to-hospital-after-serious-infection-during-filming/): A frightening medical emergency rocked the crew of Deadliest Catch after a longtime producer and cameraman developed a serious facial infection at sea and was forced to leave the Cornelia Marie for treatment.
- [Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight](https://iwpost.com/anthropics-2-trillion-ipo-puts-powerful-external-trustees-in-spotlight/): Anthropic’s prospective public-market investors must reckon with an external group of trustees that control the majority of the AI company’s board, as its planned blockbuster initial public offering forces close scrutiny of its experimental governance structure.
- [Warsaw Urges EU to Tighten Schengen Visa Rules for Russians](https://iwpost.com/warsaw-urges-eu-to-tighten-schengen-visa-rules-for-russians/): Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the recent wave of Kremlin-backed hybrid attacks across Europe calls for tighter restrictions on Russian diplomats and citizens traveling within the bloc.
- [Moscow’s long paranoia about UK support for Russia’s foes](https://iwpost.com/moscows-long-paranoia-about-uk-support-for-russias-foes/): Relations between London and Moscow reached another peak of tension in August over the UK’s support for Ukraine.
- [A ratings board wouldn't let Valve release a trailer. It "leaked" it instead.](https://iwpost.com/a-ratings-board-wouldnt-let-valve-release-a-trailer-it-leaked-it-instead/): Back in 2009, Ars wrote about what was being reported as a leaked trailer for the then-upcoming Left 4 Dead 2, saying the footage “looks like it’s straight from a high-gloss action movie.” Today, we need to offer an important update to this crucial, 17-year-old story: The trailer “leak” was orchestrated by Valve itself.
- [Claudia Sheinbaum Wants to Ban Dual Citizens From Office to Shield Mexico From Trump](https://iwpost.com/claudia-sheinbaum-wants-to-ban-dual-citizens-from-office-to-shield-mexico-from-trump/): Left-wing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has a proposal to shield her country from Donald Trump’s growing influence over Latin American politics: changing the constitution to bar dual nationals from running for president or governor of any Mexican state.
- [Open season: killing the norm against leadership assassination](https://iwpost.com/open-season-killing-the-norm-against-leadership-assassination/): When the story of an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump during the NATO summit in Turkey emerged in the second week of August, the debate it generated was predominantly centered around the credibility of the intelligence.
- [Pakistani Physician Abdul Bari Khan Wins 2026 Eisenhower Impact Award](https://iwpost.com/pakistani-physician-abdul-bari-khan-wins-2026-eisenhower-impact-award/): Pakistani physician Dr.
- [Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-rescinds-new-testosterone-screening-policy-without-explanation/): Following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s startling announcement in July that the US military would begin mandatory testosterone screening for personnel, the Pentagon released a clinical guidance document on September 2 outlining the new medically questionable policy.
- [Putin cites chance of peace deal, Zelenskiy says US negotiators to visit both countries](https://iwpost.com/putin-cites-chance-of-peace-deal-zelenskiy-says-us-negotiators-to-visit-both-countries/): Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was a chance of reaching an agreement to end the war ​in Ukraine, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said U.S.
- [UN urges restraint in Yemen, warns of civilian risks in Gaza, West Bank](https://iwpost.com/un-urges-restraint-in-yemen-warns-of-civilian-risks-in-gaza-west-bank/): The UN on Friday urged Yemen’s warring parties to exercise restraint amid a sharp escalation in fighting, while expressing deep concern over the safety of civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, Anadolu reports.
- [Iconic ‘Scooby-Doo’ Voice Actor Dies at 85](https://iwpost.com/iconic-scooby-doo-voice-actor-dies-at-85/): The voice behind one of television’s most beloved cartoon characters has gone silent.
- [Three leaders, three agendas at SCO’s 25th anniversary](https://iwpost.com/three-leaders-three-agendas-at-scos-25th-anniversary/): The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) marked its 25th anniversary in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, with all the trappings a diplomatic milestone demands.
- [Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers](https://iwpost.com/once-popular-for-attacking-ai-ascii-smuggling-is-embraced-by-spammers/): A clever technique used to hide malicious prompts in attacks on AI agents has been adopted by spammers to evade filters on email platforms that are designed to flag unwanted messages used in mass campaigns.
- [Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus](https://iwpost.com/medieval-manuscripts-are-biological-time-capsules-for-deadly-sheeppox-virus/): Sheeppox is a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease that was largely eradicated from much of European livestock in the 20th century.
- [Italy’s population to shrink by 4 million by 2050](https://iwpost.com/italys-population-to-shrink-by-4-million-by-2050/): Italy’s population will shrink by almost 4 million by 2050, undermining the sustainability of its economy and welfare system as ​the proportion of elderly people increases, national statistics bureau ‌ISTAT warned this week.
- [Taliban mining pitch to US is a political risk time bomb](https://iwpost.com/taliban-mining-pitch-to-us-is-a-political-risk-time-bomb/): Afghanistan is estimated to hold more than US$1 trillion in mineral resources.
- [Damascus Gate Stabbing Attack Leaves 1 Wounded, Terrorist Killed ](https://iwpost.com/damascus-gate-stabbing-attack-leaves-1-wounded-terrorist-killed/): A 33-year-old East Jerusalem man was shot and killed by Border Police after attempting to stab civilians and security forces near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City early Friday, in a suspected terror attack that lightly wounded a man in his 30s.
- [Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-fights-abc-lawsuit-as-watchdogs-worry-disney-will-settle-with-fcc/): The Federal Communications Commission yesterday urged a court to dismiss a Disney lawsuit and let the FCC continue a proceeding that could end in the nonrenewal of ABC’s broadcast licenses.
- [Xi, Putin and Modi looking in different directions as Shanghai Cooperation Organisation marks 25th anniversary](https://iwpost.com/xi-putin-and-modi-looking-in-different-directions-as-shanghai-cooperation-organisation-marks-25th-anniversary/): The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) marked its 25th anniversary in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, with all the trappings a diplomatic milestone demands.
- [Man Gets Struck by Lightning on Doorbell Camera (Video)](https://iwpost.com/man-gets-struck-by-lightning-on-doorbell-camera-video/): A New York man is thanking God after surviving a terrifying lightning strike that was caught on a doorbell camera — and somehow walking away without a single burn.
- [2 killed in Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/2-killed-in-israeli-drone-strike-in-southern-lebanon-despite-ceasefire/): Two young men were killed Friday in an Israeli drone strike in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, Anadolu reports.
- [OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki](https://iwpost.com/openai-agents-discussed-ways-to-escape-their-sandbox-on-public-wiki/): Self-identifying OpenAI agents posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki that discussed ways for other agents to bypass security sandbox restrictions during what was likely internal testing designed to gauge the agents’ hacking abilities, researchers said Friday.
- [Denmark expects to send first migrants to return hub outside EU in 2027](https://iwpost.com/denmark-expects-to-send-first-migrants-to-return-hub-outside-eu-in-2027/): Denmark said on Friday it expects to be ready by the end of 2027 to send migrants ​without legal residency to a return hub outside ‌the European Union, as five EU countries prepare to finalise plans for such facilities.
- [Himalayan tragedy exposes moral bankruptcy of West-led world](https://iwpost.com/himalayan-tragedy-exposes-moral-bankruptcy-of-west-led-world/): On August 26, the world witnessed yet another catastrophe in the Himalayas.
- [From High Tech to Politics: Mati Gill Bets on Bennett To Rebuild Israel](https://iwpost.com/from-high-tech-to-politics-mati-gill-bets-on-bennett-to-rebuild-israel/): Mati Gill grew up looking at photographs of his 90-year-old grandmother standing on the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, holding a sign and protesting to protect local schools from gun violence.
- [After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury](https://iwpost.com/after-8-years-europes-bepicolombo-mission-is-on-final-approach-to-mercury/): The BepiColombo mission cleared a major milestone this week in the final stretch of an eight-year interplanetary voyage to Mercury, the hard-to-reach, scorching hot iron world at the Solar System’s innermost frontier.
- [The product is the problem: Why Meta’s $17 billion settlement matters beyond America](https://iwpost.com/the-product-is-the-problem-why-metas-17-billion-settlement-matters-beyond-america/): There are good reasons to be skeptical about how much impact Meta’s latest legal settlement will have on the tech giant.
- [Poland to increase fighter jet, helicopter patrols after Russian aircraft intercepted](https://iwpost.com/poland-to-increase-fighter-jet-helicopter-patrols-after-russian-aircraft-intercepted/): Poland will increase fighter jet and helicopter patrols after another Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying without identification signals was intercepted over the Baltic Sea on Thursday, Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
- [US, Japan race to secure chip-grade minerals as China curbs exports](https://iwpost.com/us-japan-race-to-secure-chip-grade-minerals-as-china-curbs-exports/): The United States and Japan are racing to build a new global supply chain for critical minerals, backing the effort with fresh government subsidies and industry support – but slow government-to-government dealmaking and simmering geopolitical disputes threaten to blunt their progress.
- [Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths](https://iwpost.com/measles-killed-6-week-old-baby-coroner-confirms-after-rfk-jr-disputed-deaths/): A six-week-old baby girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died from measles, the county coroner confirmed to local press Friday.
- [With the midterms looming, Trump has no real way out of his gas price problem](https://iwpost.com/with-the-midterms-looming-trump-has-no-real-way-out-of-his-gas-price-problem/): It has been more than two months since President Donald Trump’s tentative ceasefire with Iran broke down, and gasoline prices are still high.
- [Meghan Markle Sparks Backlash with Gloria Steinem Tribute Photo](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-sparks-backlash-with-gloria-steinem-tribute-photo/): Meghan Markle is facing a fresh wave of backlash after sharp-eyed critics claimed they spotted the Duchess of Sussex grinning in the reflection of a framed photograph she shared while mourning feminist icon Gloria Steinem.
- [Ken Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say](https://iwpost.com/ken-paxtons-financial-disclosures-appear-to-violate-federal-ethics-law-experts-say/): Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, creating confusion about his net worth and holdings, a review by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found.
- [Syria: journey through a country in ruins](https://iwpost.com/syria-journey-through-a-country-in-ruins/): Just over a decade ago, at the height of Russia’s bombing campagn in Syria in 2015, an old friend who had spent much of his career teaching in the Middle East sent me two photographs of the city of Homs, which had taken a particularly heavy bombardment at the hands of Vladimir Putin’s warplanes.
- [Trump says US might hit Pickaxe Mountain in Iran ‘very soon’](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-us-might-hit-pickaxe-mountain-in-iran-very-soon/): US President Donald Trump said Friday that Washington could strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain site “very soon,” while describing the ongoing conflict with Tehran as “small potatoes” and saying the US is carrying out intermittent strikes, Anadolu reports.
- [US-China race for orbital supremacy could decide a Taiwan war](https://iwpost.com/us-china-race-for-orbital-supremacy-could-decide-a-taiwan-war/): The opening moves of a future US-China war over Taiwan may be made not across the Pacific but hundreds of kilometers above it, as both sides race to seize the orbital advantage that underpins modern military power.
- [“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs](https://iwpost.com/trust-not-features-is-the-real-deficit-vmware-tries-to-appease-smbs/): For many small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), VMware has become too expensive.
- [Moumen Al-Natour Escapes Gaza: ‘Hamas Made This War,’ Seeks Peace with Israel ](https://iwpost.com/moumen-al-natour-escapes-gaza-hamas-made-this-war-seeks-peace-with-israel/): The path out of Gaza began, Moumen Al-Natour said, with men at his door.
- [Britain says Falklands position ‘unwavering’ as Milei presses claim](https://iwpost.com/britain-says-falklands-position-unwavering-as-milei-presses-claim/): Argentine President Javier Milei said that “winds of change” favorable to Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands are blowing around the world, citing remarks by U.S.
- [China overcapacity or Western protectionism? What the numbers say](https://iwpost.com/china-overcapacity-or-western-protectionism-what-the-numbers-say/): As Chinese exports keep surging, Western tariffs increasingly blur the line between defending fair competition and protecting industries from superior global competitors.
- [Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed](https://iwpost.com/second-complete-map-of-a-fruit-fly-brain-completed/): On Friday, researchers announced the completion of a map of every neuron in the brain of a male fruit fly.
- [25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat](https://iwpost.com/25-years-after-9-11-muslims-are-still-politicians-favorite-scapegoat/): A quarter century after the September 11 attacks emboldened then-President George W.
- [Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More Than a Year.](https://iwpost.com/regulators-knew-this-marijuana-product-was-harming-people-it-stayed-on-shelves-for-more-than-a-year/): Not an Anomaly: In the cases we reviewed, Colorado marijuana regulators took over seven months, on average, to warn the public after receiving a complaint or starting an investigation.
- [Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-engines-installed-for-artemis-iii-long-march-6c-breakup-in-leo/): Welcome to Edition 9.09 of the Rocket Report!
- [Tennis Star Collapses on Court and Covered with Towels (Video)](https://iwpost.com/tennis-star-collapses-on-court-and-covered-with-towels-video/): Tennis fans watched a frightening scene unfold in China after Swedish star Elias Ymer suddenly collapsed twice during a match and was surrounded by officials, medics and ball kids holding up towels.
- [Ukraine’s labour market has been surprisingly resilient during the war with Russia](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-labour-market-has-been-surprisingly-resilient-during-the-war-with-russia/): Russia’s war in Ukraine has generated one of the largest labour supply shocks in recent history.
- [The AI boom just blew a hole in Trump’s trade war](https://iwpost.com/the-ai-boom-just-blew-a-hole-in-trumps-trade-war/): NEW YORK – America’s trade deficit just widened to US$88.6 billion, its largest since March 2025 — and the political reflex in Washington is almost certain to be more, not fewer, tariffs and trade restrictions.
- [US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports](https://iwpost.com/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-on-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports/): U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a ​range of phones and computers, according to letters, released on Friday by U.S.
- [The Mecca Pact: Threat to Iran or an Opportunity to Reshape Regional Security?](https://iwpost.com/the-mecca-pact-threat-to-iran-or-an-opportunity-to-reshape-regional-security/): The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan on 7 August 2026 has introduced a new element into an already changing regional security environment.
- [US House Passes Bill To Cut Funding to Universities Boycotting Israel ](https://iwpost.com/us-house-passes-bill-to-cut-funding-to-universities-boycotting-israel/): Proposed legislation that would cut off certain federal funding to higher education institutions that participate in economic or academic boycotts of Israel passed the US House of Representatives on Thursday.
- [Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+.](https://iwpost.com/nearly-impossible-how-fairphone-built-the-ethical-repairable-fairphone-gen-6/): Smartphone longevity didn’t used to matter. In the past, before you could wear out or break a phone, there was always some shiny new thing to buy.
- [Flock Donations to Local Politicians’ Groups Skyrocket as Protests Against AI Cameras Mount](https://iwpost.com/flock-donations-to-local-politicians-groups-skyrocket-as-protests-against-ai-cameras-mount/): As fed-up activists target Flock, the AI-powered surveillance camera company is battling back with a massive increase in donations to associations for mayors and other local officials.
- [US pressure puts Takaichi’s economic agenda in the crosshairs](https://iwpost.com/us-pressure-puts-takaichis-economic-agenda-in-the-crosshairs/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime](https://iwpost.com/four-major-ai-models-suffer-rare-overlapping-downtime/): Cloud-based AI models operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google suffered a rare and overlapping set of significant service interruptions over a period of hours Thursday morning.
- [Finland probes possible territorial violation after drone discovery](https://iwpost.com/finland-probes-possible-territorial-violation-after-drone-discovery/): Finland’s Border Guard said Friday it is investigating whether a surveillance drone found on the country’s southern coast had violated Finnish territory.
- [Will the US become China’s indirect enforcer on Taiwan?](https://iwpost.com/will-the-us-become-chinas-indirect-enforcer-on-taiwan/): Following the Beijing summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in May this year, their governments offered strikingly different public accounts of the meeting.
- [VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur's licensing fees by 85 percent](https://iwpost.com/vmware-migration-reduces-tottenham-hotspurs-licensing-fees-by-85-percent/): Tottenham Hotspur, a professional soccer team that’s part of the Premier League, has saved over 85 percent in licensing fees by replacing its stadium’s VMware instance with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s (HPE’s) Morpheus VM Essentials (VME) virtualization software.
- [Dark Secrets Behind O.J. Simpson’s Prank Show Exposed](https://iwpost.com/dark-secrets-behind-o-j-simpsons-prank-show-exposed/): A bizarre chapter from O.J.
- [Netanyahu Declares Fall of Iranian Regime Is ‘’Within Reach’ ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-declares-fall-of-iranian-regime-is-within-reach/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Tel Aviv that removing Iran’s government has become a central Israeli objective and is within reach.
- [When the American aircraft carrier loses its aura](https://iwpost.com/when-the-american-aircraft-carrier-loses-its-aura/): Most people around the world have probably come to know the American aircraft carrier in much the same way: through US Navy publicity films, Hollywood blockbusters, television news and political debates.
- [Israeli army kills 3 Palestinians, wounds others in Gaza Strip despite ceasefire](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-kills-3-palestinians-wounds-others-in-gaza-strip-despite-ceasefire/): The Israeli army killed three Palestinians and wounded others in separate attacks on Gaza Strip on Thursday despite an ongoing ceasefire, a medical source told Anadolu, Anadolu reports.
- [Supreme Court urged to let states regulate sports bets on prediction markets](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-urged-to-let-states-regulate-sports-bets-on-prediction-markets/): New Jersey yesterday asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether states can regulate sports betting on prediction markets such as Kalshi.
- [Netherlands moves gold reserves to UK amid rising geopolitical uncertainty](https://iwpost.com/netherlands-moves-gold-reserves-to-uk-amid-rising-geopolitical-uncertainty/): The DNB said gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily than those held in New York and Ottawa.
- [Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance](https://iwpost.com/confused-about-which-vpn-is-right-us-senator-asks-the-nsa-for-guidance/): A prominent US senator is asking the National Security Agency to provide guidance to the general public on best practices for using virtual private networks to secure their communications from spying by foreign adversaries.
- [Inside the ‘shadow fleet’ industry that keeps rogue states afloat](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-shadow-fleet-industry-that-keeps-rogue-states-afloat/): It’s the middle of the night in April 2023 in the East China Sea.
- [Iraq’s Shadow Trade Gives Iran a Lifeline](https://iwpost.com/iraqs-shadow-trade-gives-iran-a-lifeline/): [MANAMA] Iraq remains one of Iran’s most important regional economic and financial links as Washington expands pressure on Tehran and entities accused of supporting it.
- [The Ukraine negotiations and Ukraine’s future](https://iwpost.com/the-ukraine-negotiations-and-ukraines-future/): Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner wound up their visit to Kyiv on September 6 after visiting Moscow the day prior.
- [Finland backs sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements but ‘unlikely’ to impose ban](https://iwpost.com/finland-backs-sanctions-on-illegal-israeli-settlements-but-unlikely-to-impose-ban/): Finland said on Wednesday that it would not be able to impose national trade restrictions on illegal Israeli settlements but would support continued EU efforts, despite being part of a joint declaration by 12 countries to support such trade curbs, Anadolu reports.
- [Chocolate-Coated Banana Bread Cake Balls](https://iwpost.com/chocolate-coated-banana-bread-cake-balls/): Chocolate-Coated Banana Bread Cake Balls pair a soft banana bread center with semisweet chocolate and a crunchy toasted pecan finish.
- [E1: the illegal settlement at the heart of the UK’s West Bank trade ban](https://iwpost.com/e1-the-illegal-settlement-at-the-heart-of-the-uks-west-bank-trade-ban/): Israel has been building settlements in the occupied West Bank for decades.
- [NOAA is putting commercial fishing ahead of conservation](https://iwpost.com/noaa-is-putting-commercial-fishing-ahead-of-conservation/): In July, the Trump administration relegated endangered leatherback turtles, sea lions, and whales to mere collateral damage in its race to profit from the oceans.
- [Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.](https://iwpost.com/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-have-nearly-doubled-its-worse-in-states-with-abortion-bans/): Increase in Deaths: ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that almost 200 women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025, compared with about 100 in the previous six years.
- [The race for a new UN chief comes at a historically fraught time – the choice will be vital and significant, just don’t expect a savior](https://iwpost.com/the-race-for-a-new-un-chief-comes-at-a-historically-fraught-time-the-choice-will-be-vital-and-significant-just-dont-expect-a-savior/): When António Guterres steps down as United Nations secretary-general at the end of 2026, he will leave his successor with plenty to do.
- [What Iran’s resilience tells China, Russia about US power](https://iwpost.com/what-irans-resilience-tells-china-russia-about-us-power/): When the US-Israeli war against Iran began, few in Beijing or Moscow likely expected Tehran to withstand military pressure from two of the world’s most capable powers.
- [Iconic Actress Makes Shocking Confessions in New Interview](https://iwpost.com/iconic-actress-makes-shocking-confessions-in-new-interview/): Jaclyn Smith is pulling back the curtain on Charlie’s Angels — and what happened behind the scenes was sometimes far wilder than anything viewers saw on television.
- [Pakistan Orders Afghan Medical Students Home, Bars New Afghan Admissions](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-orders-afghan-medical-students-home-bars-new-afghan-admissions/): The Embassy of Afghanistan in Islamabad has expressed deep concern over the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) decision concerning the forced return of Afghan medical students currently pursuing their studies in Pakistan.
- [Godzilla Minus Zero IMAX trailer teases King Ghidorah](https://iwpost.com/godzilla-minus-zero-imax-trailer-teases-king-ghidorah/): One of the cinematic highlights of 2023 was director Takashi Yamazaki’s gloriously grounded kaiju epic, Godzilla Minus One, which became a major international hit and snagged an Oscar for best visual effects.
- [Merz says disaster narrowly averted in Russia-prepared drone attack at airport](https://iwpost.com/merz-says-disaster-narrowly-averted-in-russia-prepared-drone-attack-at-airport/): German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday that ​an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle ‌airport had been prepared in Russia over an extended period and that ​a disaster was only narrowly ​averted.
- [UK plan to sanction Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements is a historic shift in tone and policy](https://iwpost.com/uk-plan-to-sanction-israels-illegal-west-bank-settlements-is-a-historic-shift-in-tone-and-policy/): The UK, which in 1917 issued the Balfour Declaration supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, is now initiating a historic and consequential shift in its foreign policy.
- [Cops Are Using Flock to Spy on People for the Crime of Standing Around](https://iwpost.com/cops-are-using-flock-to-spy-on-people-for-the-crime-of-standing-around/): Flock Security likes to describe its national private network of cameras and license plate scanners as a public safety boon.
- [Iran signaling it has incentive to escalate the war](https://iwpost.com/iran-signaling-it-has-incentive-to-escalate-the-war/): Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East conflict, six months in.
- [Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus.](https://iwpost.com/man-told-chatgpt-he-was-feeling-delusional-chatgpt-insisted-he-was-jesus/): It took Michael Lines six months before he was ready to review the ChatGPT logs he said drove him into a religious mania that almost ended his life.
- [Israeli settlers call for Oslo accords to be scrapped in response to sanctions](https://iwpost.com/israeli-settlers-call-for-oslo-accords-to-be-scrapped-in-response-to-sanctions/): The leadership of Israel’s settler movement on Tuesday called for the Oslo Accords to be scrapped, settlements to be expanded into Areas A and B of the occupied West Bank, and the Palestinian Authority to be dismantled, in response to recent European sanctions targeting settlements.
- [I Wrote About His Wrongful Conviction. He Got Only 13 Years of Freedom Before Cancer Took His Life.](https://iwpost.com/i-wrote-about-his-wrongful-conviction-he-got-only-13-years-of-freedom-before-cancer-took-his-life/): I’d like to tell you about Fred Steese, who died in August of cancer at 62.
- [Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change](https://iwpost.com/top-chipmakers-embrace-asmls-400m-machines-agree-to-crucial-chipmaking-change/): Leading chipmakers Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
- [UK flights delayed after hundreds cancelled by air traffic control glitch](https://iwpost.com/uk-flights-delayed-after-hundreds-cancelled-by-air-traffic-control-glitch/): Flight delays will continue on Wednesday after an air traffic control problem in the UK cancelled hundreds of journeys.
- [How Asia is redefining what BRICS really means](https://iwpost.com/how-asia-is-redefining-what-brics-really-means/): Washington will watch this week’s BRICS summit through the lens of China, Russia and de-dollarization — and miss the more consequential story: Asian priorities on development, technology, energy and connectivity are quietly reshaping what BRICS has become.
- [Saudi Arabia Launches Over 30 Airstrikes Across Yemen After Houthi Attacks ](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-launches-over-30-airstrikes-across-yemen-after-houthi-attacks/): Saudi warplanes carried out 32 airstrikes across four Yemeni governorates Wednesday morning, according to Houthi-affiliated Al-Masirah television, following Yemeni strikes on southern Saudi energy facilities and targets that wounded at least 73 civilians.
- [Queen Elizabeth Banned Charles and Camilla from ‘Getting Frisky Around Her’](https://iwpost.com/queen-elizabeth-banned-charles-and-camilla-from-getting-frisky-around-her/): Queen Elizabeth II reportedly laid down some very strict rules when it came to King Charles and Queen Camilla’s romance — especially when the couple was staying anywhere near her.
- [Supreme Court forces TV stations to sell more election ads at steep discounts](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-forces-tv-stations-to-sell-more-election-ads-at-steep-discounts/): In a victory for Republican campaign committees, the Supreme Court issued an order on Friday that forces broadcast TV stations to cut the prices of election ads purchased by political parties and joint fundraising committees.
- [They Tried to Make Charlie Kirk a Saint. They Made Him a Meme.](https://iwpost.com/they-tried-to-make-charlie-kirk-a-saint-they-made-him-a-meme/): Charlie Kirk will live forever — at least online.
- [When weddings become battlefields, the laws of war begin to fail](https://iwpost.com/when-weddings-become-battlefields-the-laws-of-war-begin-to-fail/): On September 1, a US airstrike hit a family compound in Kuhestak, southern Iran, as women and children gathered for a wedding celebration.
- [NIH to use part of its budget to pay for Department of Defense research](https://iwpost.com/nih-to-use-part-of-its-budget-to-pay-for-department-of-defense-research/): Late last week, word started leaking that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had reached an agreement with the Department of Defense that would see part of the NIH’s budget used to fund research at the Department of Defense.
- [Kang Kon destroyer flexes North Korea’s blue-water ambitions](https://iwpost.com/kang-kon-destroyer-flexes-north-koreas-blue-water-ambitions/): North Korea’s commissioning of the Kang Kon signals that its naval modernization is moving beyond fleet renewal toward a broader effort to reshape deterrence and strategic competition in Northeast Asian waters.
- [UK announces sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank](https://iwpost.com/uk-announces-sanctions-on-illegal-israeli-settlements-in-occupied-west-bank/): Citing the existence of “ethnic cleansing of Palestinians,” Britain will impose a trade ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, the country’s foreign secretary announced Tuesday.
- [Tech Roots Revealed in Israeli Historian’s Book, ‘The Network Effect’](https://iwpost.com/tech-roots-revealed-in-israeli-historians-book-the-network-effect/): Albert Einstein’s question at a Princeton meeting in the early 1950s drew laughter, but the decision behind it was no joke.
- [Why this month's Microsoft patch release is a doozy](https://iwpost.com/why-this-months-microsoft-patch-release-is-a-doozy/): Microsoft’s patch for September is a doozy, with a record number of roughly 972 vulnerabilities fixed and 112 of them meeting the high critical-severity threshold.
- [America undependable? That’s not the problem](https://iwpost.com/america-undependable-thats-not-the-problem/): Last week I was in England at a symposium with many Europeans and others from around the world. The main takeaway?
- [Barron Trump Could Face Congressional Subpoena?](https://iwpost.com/barron-trump-could-face-congressional-subpoena/): Barron Trump could find himself dragged into a congressional investigation if Democrats win control of the House, as one lawmaker pushes for answers about the president’s youngest son and his reported connection to controversial influencer Andrew Tate.
- [GOG brings back "big box" PC games, one printable template at a time](https://iwpost.com/gog-brings-back-big-box-pc-games-one-printable-template-at-a-time/): Those who remember PC gaming in the days before Steam may have fond memories of the “big box” packaging that made those games stand out as shelf eye candy and sought-after in-home collectibles.
- [Asia’s Strait of Hormuz oil cushion is running out](https://iwpost.com/asias-strait-of-hormuz-oil-cushion-is-running-out/): Asia’s long resilience to turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz is wearing thin.
- [AI Giants Work Hand-in-Hand With the Pentagon, Contracts Reveal](https://iwpost.com/ai-giants-work-hand-in-hand-with-the-pentagon-contracts-reveal/): The acrimonious breakup between Anthropic and the Department of Defense played out largely in public.
- [LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices](https://iwpost.com/lg-tv-shown-scanning-lan-for-third-party-phones-and-other-devices/): LG TVs are facing scrutiny due to a video seemingly showing the devices’ capability to track users when the TVs are off.
- [US sanctions 36 Iran-linked targets under ‘Economic D-Day’ campaign](https://iwpost.com/us-sanctions-36-iran-linked-targets-under-economic-d-day-campaign/): The US Treasury Department announced Tuesday that it imposed sanctions on 36 targets linked to Iran’s aviation sector, including 27 airlines, accusing the sector of facilitating the movement of weapons, personnel and illicit cargo, Anadolu reports.
- [Iran Renews Claims of Missile Barrage Toward US Sites in Jordan](https://iwpost.com/iran-renews-claims-of-missile-barrage-toward-us-sites-in-jordan/): Iran has renewed claims that it fired a new missile barrage toward US military positions in Jordan, according to a fresh regional report, though neither Jordanian nor US authorities had confirmed the reported attack or any resulting damage by early Wednesday.
- [UK, France, Canada move to ban imports from Israeli settlements](https://iwpost.com/uk-france-canada-move-to-ban-imports-from-israeli-settlements/): The United Kingdom, France, and Canada joined forces on Tuesday to ban imports of goods and some services from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, where settlers and soldiers are assailing, displacing and killing Palestinians at an unprecedented rate with the backing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
- [The universal language of space is... Star Trek? Mais oui.](https://iwpost.com/the-universal-language-of-space-is-star-trek-mais-oui/): Sixty years after television audiences first tuned in to see the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, an astronaut on board the International Space Station has paid tribute to Star Trek by flying the badge of the franchise’s latest fictional captain.
- [Why it’s so hard to predict a tragedy like Nepal’s glacier collapse](https://iwpost.com/why-its-so-hard-to-predict-a-tragedy-like-nepals-glacier-collapse/): On August 26, the side of a mountain near the border between Nepal and Tibet collapsed.
- [Simon Cowell Faces New Health Scare](https://iwpost.com/simon-cowell-faces-new-health-scare/): Simon Cowell is reportedly facing another terrifying back operation as fears grow that his years-long health nightmare may be far from over.
- [FAA Investigates Drone Pilot Who Films Animal Abusers](https://iwpost.com/faa-investigates-drone-pilot-who-films-animal-abusers/): For years, animal rights groups and the agriculture industry have played a cat-and-mouse game over drone videos of conditions at major farms.
- [Not stopping 9/11 was catastrophic but bigger mistakes came later](https://iwpost.com/not-stopping-9-11-was-catastrophic-but-bigger-mistakes-came-later/): The September 11 2001 terrorist attacks were unlike anything the world had seen before.
- [Update to Google’s AI weather model improves forecast accuracy](https://iwpost.com/update-to-googles-ai-weather-model-improves-forecast-accuracy/): Google is one of the major players in AI (meaning machine learning) weather forecast model space.
- [Microsoft Store Gradually Returns To Syria After Years of Restrictions  ](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-store-gradually-returns-to-syria-after-years-of-restrictions/): [DAMASCUS] Users in Syria have begun regaining access to the Microsoft Store in recent days without the need for virtual private networks (VPNs), marking a new development after years of restrictions that limited Syrians’ access to a range of digital services provided by US technology companies.
- [Iran war: Tehran’s assertive rhetoric signals a new and dangerous phase in conflict](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-tehrans-assertive-rhetoric-signals-a-new-and-dangerous-phase-in-conflict/): Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East conflict, six months in.
- [Iranian president vows to continue resistance until ‘aggressors’ regret attacks](https://iwpost.com/iranian-president-vows-to-continue-resistance-until-aggressors-regret-attacks/): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that Tehran would continue resisting attacks until what he called the “aggressors” fully regret their actions, Anadolu reports.
- [The White House made a "Tetris" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.](https://iwpost.com/the-white-house-made-a-tetris-clone-the-tetris-company-was-not-amused/): An anti-immigration-themed adaptation of Tetris was removed from the White House website over the weekend.
- [Convict or fete? The world is splitting on Myanmar’s generals](https://iwpost.com/convict-or-fete-the-world-is-splitting-on-myanmars-generals/): Two Myanmars appeared on the world stage this month.
- [EV batteries last longer than drivers feared](https://iwpost.com/ev-batteries-last-longer-than-drivers-feared/): Electric vehicle batteries are lasting longer than previously feared by drivers, with most used EVs able to retain about 90 percent of their original usable battery capacity after 150,000 kilometers, a new study has shown.
- [Amazon Plane Skids Off Runway onto Busy Road in Miami](https://iwpost.com/amazon-plane-skids-off-runway-onto-busy-road-in-miami/): An Amazon cargo plane burst into flames after overshooting a runway at Miami International Airport and crashing onto a busy roadway Sunday afternoon, leaving multiple people injured.
- [How ‘egalitarian’ Sweden became more comfortable with wealth](https://iwpost.com/how-egalitarian-sweden-became-more-comfortable-with-wealth/): Sweden is imagined as the land of equality, modesty and Jantelagen – the unwritten rule that no one should think they are better than anyone else.
- [China’s Uzbekistan jet sale tests Russia’s grip on Central Asia](https://iwpost.com/chinas-uzbekistan-jet-sale-tests-russias-grip-on-central-asia/): Uzbekistan has confirmed that it operates Chinese J-10CE fighter jets — turning months of speculation into a significant development for Central Asia’s defense market.
- [Gulf Funding and Gaza’s Political Horizon Hang in the Balance](https://iwpost.com/gulf-funding-and-gazas-political-horizon-hang-in-the-balance/): At Abu Dhabi’s Hili Forum, Nickolay Mladenov delivered a blunt warning: Gaza’s proposed path out of war could collapse if Israel launches another major offensive.
- [Stoke Space sets debut launch target, reveals plans for larger rocket](https://iwpost.com/stoke-space-sets-debut-launch-target-reveals-plans-for-larger-rocket/): Stoke Space announced Tuesday that it has raised another significant round of funding, $1 billion, as it makes a final push toward its debut launch next year.
- [The Pentagon Asked OpenAI for Artificial Intelligence Designed to Rarely Say No](https://iwpost.com/the-pentagon-asked-openai-for-artificial-intelligence-designed-to-rarely-say-no/): The Department of Defense asked OpenAI to provide the U.S.
- [This State Is Spending More on Lethal Injections. A Law Tries to Keep the Details Secret.](https://iwpost.com/this-state-is-spending-more-on-lethal-injections-a-law-tries-to-keep-the-details-secret/): Before I joined ProPublica in 2021, I had spent a year writing about a Georgia prison physician named Carlo Musso, one of the rare doctors who’d openly talked about his role in lethal injections.
- [Cheaper CAR-T therapy drawing global cancer patients to China](https://iwpost.com/cheaper-car-t-therapy-drawing-global-cancer-patients-to-china/): At 25, Michael Walters had already endured unsuccessful lymphoma treatments in New Zealand. A Melbourne hospital quoted up to US$600,000 for CAR-T therapy.
- [Not all foreign influence in the Philippines is malign](https://iwpost.com/not-all-foreign-influence-in-the-philippines-is-malign/): Foreign influence operations in the Philippines have drawn increasing concern, ranging from soft power diplomacy to covert manipulation of institutions.
- [Twenty-Two Killed After Wedding Celebration Turns Into Deadly Inferno](https://iwpost.com/twenty-two-killed-after-wedding-celebration-turns-into-deadly-inferno/): At least 22 people have died after a fire tore through a wedding celebration in the Democratic Republic of Congo, turning what should have been a joyful night into a horrifying tragedy.
- [Who in Israel Is Struggling Most After Oct 7?  ](https://iwpost.com/who-in-israel-is-struggling-most-after-oct-7/): There is no uniform psychological response to the trauma of October 7 and the nearly three years of war that Israelis have endured, according to new research published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
- [Is Indonesia’s largest Muslim group getting too close to power?](https://iwpost.com/is-indonesias-largest-muslim-group-getting-too-close-to-power/): The 35th Congress of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) — one of Indonesia’s largest and most influential mass Muslim organizations — has drawn to a consequential close.
- [Germany’s far-right AfD scores its biggest win with Saxony-Anhalt landslide](https://iwpost.com/germanys-far-right-afd-scores-its-biggest-win-with-saxony-anhalt-landslide/): Germany’s far right claimed its biggest electoral success since World War II in Sunday’s regional vote in Saxony-Anhalt, with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party advancing to the cusp of genuine power for the first time.
- [Prabowo’s personal diplomacy is costing Indonesia](https://iwpost.com/prabowos-personal-diplomacy-is-costing-indonesia/): Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is often on the road.
- [Japan’s Lockheed scandal revisited](https://iwpost.com/japans-lockheed-scandal-revisited/): In December 1957, an American businessman stepped off a plane onto the tarmac of a chilly Tokyo International Airport at Haneda.
- [TV Star Screams as Judge Sentences Her to Death](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-screams-as-judge-sentences-her-to-death/): A glamorous Egyptian TV personality broke down in court and begged for mercy after she was sentenced to death by hanging in a massive drug case, according to local reports.
- [Saudi Energy Group Signs Landmark Oil, Gas Agreements With Afghanistan](https://iwpost.com/saudi-energy-group-signs-landmark-oil-gas-agreements-with-afghanistan/): Saudi Arabia’s Delta Energy Group on Monday signed landmark agreements with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum covering oil and gas exploration across approximately 9,000 square miles (23,317 square kilometers) in western Afghanistan.
- [Von der Leyen visits Greenland amid Trump pressure](https://iwpost.com/von-der-leyen-visits-greenland-amid-trump-pressure/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Greenland for a two-day visit as the European Union plans a major boost in investment in the region amid threats of US annexation under President Donald Trump.
- [Nvidia chip export loophole clouds US-China AI summit talks](https://iwpost.com/nvidia-chip-export-loophole-clouds-us-china-ai-summit-talks/): An investigative report on a blacklisted Chinese server maker’s American subsidiary, which has freely exported Nvidia’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips through a loophole in Washington’s Entity List rules, has added fresh uncertainty to a planned US-China AI summit set for this month.
- [Nauru opens Israel embassy in occupied Jerusalem in violation of international resolutions](https://iwpost.com/nauru-opens-israel-embassy-in-occupied-jerusalem-in-violation-of-international-resolutions/): The South Pacific nation of Nauru opened its embassy to Israel in occupied Jerusalem on Monday, making it the ninth country to take the step in violation of international resolutions, Anadolu reports.
- [Afghan democracy wasn’t doomed to fail – the US broke promises](https://iwpost.com/afghan-democracy-wasnt-doomed-to-fail-the-us-broke-promises/): The same could now be said of Afghanistan, 25 years after the September 11 attacks and subsequent US invasion that forever changed the country.
- [Kremlin says it does not rule out restart of peace talks with Ukraine and US](https://iwpost.com/kremlin-says-it-does-not-rule-out-restart-of-peace-talks-with-ukraine-and-us/): The Kremlin said on Monday that it did not rule out the resumption of ​peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States, but ‌said it was too early to say when and where such talks might take place.
- [Will AfD’s Historic Win Affect Holocaust Remembrance in Germany?](https://iwpost.com/will-afds-historic-win-affect-holocaust-remembrance-in-germany/): Members of Germany’s Jewish community are bracing for a possible far-right party to govern the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt after it placed first in Sunday’s election.
- [Fiber optic cables reveal ‘icequakes’ in endangered glaciers](https://iwpost.com/fiber-optic-cables-reveal-icequakes-in-endangered-glaciers/): One of the hottest, most fascinating new fields in science doesn’t sound particularly exciting: distributed acoustic sensing, aka DAS.
- [Star of Legendary NFL Team Dies](https://iwpost.com/star-of-legendary-nfl-team-dies/): Chicago Bears legend and Super Bowl champion Matt Suhey has died at the age of 68, leaving former teammates and longtime fans stunned.
- [All in a day’s reading, if you’re following innovation](https://iwpost.com/all-in-a-days-reading-if-youre-following-innovation/): One problem with following innovation is that the extraordinary now arrives disguised as the weekly.
- [The embedded AI inside ‘Made in China’](https://iwpost.com/the-embedded-ai-inside-made-in-china/): Western coverage of Chinese artificial intelligence still tends to treat the competition as a model contest: can a Chinese company match the best American system?
- [France rejects mandatory deposit system for plastic bottles](https://iwpost.com/france-rejects-mandatory-deposit-system-for-plastic-bottles/): France has dropped plans to introduce a mandatory deposit system for plastic bottles, instead proposing that towns and cities establish voluntary schemes.
- [Evangelical Zionist Huckabee attacks Jewish Ed Miliband, accuses UK government of ‘Jew hate’](https://iwpost.com/evangelical-zionist-huckabee-attacks-jewish-ed-miliband-accuses-uk-government-of-jew-hate/): US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian and one of Washington’s most outspoken supporters of Zionism and Israel’s settlement project, has accused the British government of “Jew hate” in an extraordinary attack prompted by comments from Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who is himself Jewish.
- [Will Hasina ever retake power in Bangladesh?](https://iwpost.com/will-hasina-ever-retake-power-in-bangladesh/): On August 5, two years to the day after a mass uprising drove Sheikh Hasina from power, she announced from India that she would return to Bangladesh in December.
- [Nauru Opens Embassy in Jerusalem, Democratic Republic of Congo To Follow](https://iwpost.com/nauru-opens-embassy-in-jerusalem-democratic-republic-of-congo-to-follow/): The Pacific island nation of Nauru opened its first embassy in Israel on Monday, becoming the ninth country to establish an embassy in Jerusalem.
- [Woman Fatally Shoots Army Veteran in Walmart Parking Lot But Won’t Face Charges](https://iwpost.com/woman-fatally-shoots-army-veteran-in-walmart-parking-lot-but-wont-face-charges/): A Florida woman who fatally shot a 65-year-old Army veteran during a heated confrontation in a Walmart parking lot will not face criminal charges after prosecutors concluded she was protected by the state’s controversial “stand your ground” law.
- [Germany: why the AfD won in Saxony-Anhalt – and what happens next](https://iwpost.com/germany-why-the-afd-won-in-saxony-anhalt-and-what-happens-next/): The results of Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6 were far worse than feared for the country’s mainstream political parties.
- [Journeying through Syria’s shattered cities as war turns to peace](https://iwpost.com/journeying-through-syrias-shattered-cities-as-war-turns-to-peace/): It was around seven o’clock in the evening when we arrived at a church in the city of Hama, Syria, to attend the wedding of a friend.
- [Kenya minister warns foreigners against ‘misusing’ visas](https://iwpost.com/kenya-minister-warns-foreigners-against-misusing-visas/): Kenya’s trade ministry has warned foreign nationals that visa-free entry into the country does not grant them the right to work, as the government vows to shut down unlicensed small businesses run by foreigners.
- [Right-Wing Speech Crackdowns Turned Charlie Kirk Into a Meme](https://iwpost.com/right-wing-speech-crackdowns-turned-charlie-kirk-into-a-meme/): Charlie Kirk will live forever — at least online.
- [The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center](https://iwpost.com/the-complex-corporate-web-behind-a-3-2-billion-ai-data-center/): In early June, a fire broke out in a still-unfinished building at the Lake Mariner data center in Somerset, New York, exposing just how little the local fire department knew about what it was walking into.
- [The deliberate crime of Indonesia’s toxic haze](https://iwpost.com/the-deliberate-crime-of-indonesias-toxic-haze/): Indonesia is once again dominating headlines across Southeast Asia as dense plumes of toxic haze drift into neighboring skies.
- [Kushner downplays Gaza suffering, blaming Hamas disarmament, Israeli politics for stalled Gaza talks](https://iwpost.com/kushner-downplays-gaza-suffering-blaming-hamas-disarmament-israeli-politics-for-stalled-gaza-talks/): Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator on Middle East affairs, has justified the faltering talks on the next steps in the fragile ceasefire agreement in Gaza, saying that the Strip had been a “miserable place for a long time”, in remarks that appeared to overlook the scale of the humanitarian suffering caused by Israel’s war on Gaza.
- [Can decentralized energy prevent the next crisis?](https://iwpost.com/can-decentralized-energy-prevent-the-next-crisis/): After International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol labeled the ongoing global energy turmoil the “biggest energy security threat in history” in April, events over the summer vindicated his warning.
- [Ship fuel shortage looms as refiners strained by war favour other products](https://iwpost.com/ship-fuel-shortage-looms-as-refiners-strained-by-war-favour-other-products/): A shortage of fuel oil used in ships ​and power plants looms in the third quarter as refiners increasingly squeezed by wars that have disrupted both crude processing and tanker traffic ‌prioritise output of diesel and other products at its expense.
- [Yemen Fighting Leaves More Than 300 Dead as Houthis Cut Key Supply Route ](https://iwpost.com/yemen-fighting-leaves-more-than-300-dead-as-houthis-cut-key-supply-route/): More than 300 fighters and civilians have been killed in renewed fighting in southwest Yemen after the Houthis launched a major offensive targeting a key government supply route near the Red Sea coast and the Bab el Mandeb Strait, according to an AFP tally.
- [Dozens Rushed to Hospital During Concert in California](https://iwpost.com/dozens-rushed-to-hospital-during-concert-in-california/): Fourteen people were rushed to hospitals after a Chainsmokers concert in California was hit by a wave of medical emergencies, with police saying some of the cases involved suspected alcohol intoxication and drug-related issues.
- [China’s WZ-X drone hints at an unmanned stealth bomber](https://iwpost.com/chinas-wz-x-drone-hints-at-an-unmanned-stealth-bomber/): China’s WZ-X points to a future in which stealth, endurance, surveillance and strike converge in a new class of unmanned aircraft built for sustained operations across the vast distances of the Pacific.
- [Lebanese president condemns renewed Israeli strikes on Nabatieh, urges international action](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-president-condemns-renewed-israeli-strikes-on-nabatieh-urges-international-action/): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Sunday condemned renewed Israeli attacks on the southern city of Nabatieh and surrounding towns, saying the targeting of state institutions and health facilities marked a “dangerous escalation,” Anadolu reports.
- [Facing the Middle East with Felice Friedson, ep. 25: Power Shifts From Tehran to Baku](https://iwpost.com/facing-the-middle-east-with-felice-friedson-ep-25-power-shifts-from-tehran-to-baku/): In this edition of Facing the Middle East, I examine a region being reshaped by the Iran war, rival security blocs, the suppression of Afghan women, and Azerbaijan’s careful diplomacy between powerful neighbors.
- [Student Dragged Across 7-Eleven Floor in Wild Video](https://iwpost.com/student-dragged-across-7-eleven-floor-in-wild-video/): A late-night snack run turned into a nightmare for an 18-year-old college student after a wild brawl erupted inside a Hollywood 7-Eleven, with shocking surveillance video showing her being dragged to the floor and brutally attacked.
- [Ukraine war update: It will be a brutal fall and winter](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-update-it-will-be-a-brutal-fall-and-winter/): In a war, length is far more important than ferocity.
- [Bessent’s big talk runs into bigger market realities](https://iwpost.com/bessents-big-talk-runs-into-bigger-market-realities/): Scott Bessent may have imagined a triumphant return to hedge fund row after his stint as US Treasury secretary.
- [International operation targets Camorra-linked counterfeit euro network](https://iwpost.com/international-operation-targets-camorra-linked-counterfeit-euro-network/): Europol has supported an international operation targeting a criminal network linked to the Italian mafia-type organisation Camorra, leading to six arrests and searches of 16 residential and commercial properties in Germany, Italy and Spain.
- [How diaspora groups in the US are responding to disasters in Nepal, Colombia, Venezuela and other homelands](https://iwpost.com/how-diaspora-groups-in-the-us-are-responding-to-disasters-in-nepal-colombia-venezuela-and-other-homelands/): A string of major disasters in 2026 have had devastating consequences.
- [US defence chief vows to ‘finish this fight’ with Iran](https://iwpost.com/us-defence-chief-vows-to-finish-this-fight-with-iran/): US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed Friday to “finish this fight” with Iran as he addressed a Pentagon ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept.
- [Burnham’s 2-State ‘North Star’ Has Become a Dead Star ](https://iwpost.com/burnhams-2-state-north-star-has-become-a-dead-star/): The new leaders of the UK show signs of collective amnesia about recent history.
- [NASA moving at warp speed to set up US Space Academy](https://iwpost.com/nasa-moving-at-warp-speed-to-set-up-us-space-academy/): NASA has released a document that provides some initial details about the proposed United States Space Academy, and it’s clear that the space agency wants to move quickly in establishing the institution.
- [EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells](https://iwpost.com/epa-to-loosen-methane-rules-boosting-pollution-from-oil-and-gas-wells/): The Trump administration is poised to loosen environmental restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas.
- [How Iran draws citizens into political surveillance](https://iwpost.com/how-iran-draws-citizens-into-political-surveillance/): Authoritarian governments have long drawn ordinary citizens into political surveillance. Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union encouraged denunciations.
- [The chip industry’s future is memory by design](https://iwpost.com/the-chip-industrys-future-is-memory-by-design/): In 1884, an English schoolmaster wrote a short novel about a world with only length and breadth, whose inhabitants could not conceive of a third direction until one of them was lifted out of the plane and shown his own country from above.
- [Hormuz crisis has forced Japan into rethinking – and domesticating – its energy security needs](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-crisis-has-forced-japan-into-rethinking-and-domesticating-its-energy-security-needs/): Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu phoned his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, on Sept.
- [Claude users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research](https://iwpost.com/claude-users-found-ways-around-safeguards-for-bioweapons-research/): Anthropic said it stopped multiple attempts by scientists this year to use its technology for research that could help develop biological weapons, as experts increasingly fear the threat that AI poses to public safety.
- [What’s happened to al Qaeda in the 25 years since 9/11?](https://iwpost.com/whats-happened-to-al-qaeda-in-the-25-years-since-9-11/): In the 25 years since al Qaeda militants hijacked passenger jets and flew them into New York’s World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, the group founded by Osama bin Laden has spawned affiliates and inspired attacks around the world.
- [Osama Bin Laden Won](https://iwpost.com/osama-bin-laden-won/): President Donald Trump has refused to attend the ceremony at Ground Zero marking the 25th anniversary of the Al Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center — reportedly because he wanted to deliver a speech, and the annual event has long barred remarks by politicians.
- [China’s Indonesian nickel boom runs into a limestone wall](https://iwpost.com/chinas-indonesian-nickel-boom-runs-into-a-limestone-wall/): Some environmental disasters announce themselves: a spill draws cameras, an apology, a cleanup crew. Most do not.
- [US Official Confirms Damage to US Aircraft Despite President Trump’s Denial ](https://iwpost.com/us-official-confirms-damage-to-us-aircraft-despite-president-trumps-denial/): A US official confirmed that Iranian missiles significantly damaged several American military aircraft at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan overnight into Thursday, Reuters reported Thursday, despite President Donald Trump’s earlier denial that any US planes had been damaged.
- [ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral](https://iwpost.com/clickfix-attacks-infecting-pcs-and-macs-are-going-viral/): It wasn’t that long ago that ClickFix attacks were exotic.
- [Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not the Reality.](https://iwpost.com/vouchers-promise-students-with-disabilities-a-path-to-private-school-parents-say-thats-not-the-reality/): Toehold Strategy: Lawmakers created voucher programs for children with disabilities as part of a strategy to pave the way for today’s much larger programs open to all students.
- [Somali president thanks Turkey for supporting army restructuring](https://iwpost.com/somali-president-thanks-turkey-for-supporting-army-restructuring/): Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has thanked the Turkish government and people for their continued support in restructuring, training and developing the capabilities of Somalia’s army.
- [UK changes its tune on Israeli policies in the West Bank](https://iwpost.com/uk-changes-its-tune-on-israeli-policies-in-the-west-bank/): There’s been a broad spectrum of reactions to the UK government’s decision to introduce a ban on trade in goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements.
- [AfD’s rise is paralyzing Germany’s political center](https://iwpost.com/afds-rise-is-paralyzing-germanys-political-center/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Thousands of horses caught up in Europe-wide trafficking scheme](https://iwpost.com/thousands-of-horses-caught-up-in-europe-wide-trafficking-scheme/): Europol has supported a major operation against a criminal network suspected of trafficking horses across Europe using falsified documents and manipulated microchips to conceal the animals’ true identities.
- [China’s drone supremacy shows in airlifting bodies and food after Nepal flood disaster](https://iwpost.com/chinas-drone-supremacy-shows-in-airlifting-bodies-and-food-after-nepal-flood-disaster/): Chinese-made drones are flying out the bodies of flood victims and delivering food to survivors in the aftermath of devastating flash floods on the border of Nepal and China’s Tibetan region.
- [Princess Kate’s Surprise Move Reveals Where the Real Royal Power Lies](https://iwpost.com/princess-kates-surprise-move-reveals-where-the-real-royal-power-lies/): Kate Middleton made a surprise appearance alongside Prince William in Liverpool on Thursday, putting on a united front as fresh drama involving Prince Harry and Meghan Markle continues to rattle the royal family.
- [Crispy Oven-Fried Ground Chicken Cutlet](https://iwpost.com/crispy-oven-fried-ground-chicken-cutlet/): Crispy Oven-Fried Ground Chicken Cutlet turns seasoned ground chicken into one golden, crunchy cutlet ready to slice and serve.
- [‘Blood olives’: the hurdles in enforcing UK’s ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements](https://iwpost.com/blood-olives-the-hurdles-in-enforcing-uks-ban-on-trade-with-illegal-israeli-settlements/): The key question about the UK’s decision to ban trade in goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is whether – and how – such a ban can be enforced.
- [Trump laughing all the way to the bank… at the end of the world](https://iwpost.com/trump-laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank-at-the-end-of-the-world/): Honestly, I don’t think we really get it yet.
- [IDF Destroys Hezbollah Underground Network in Ali Taher Ridge Built for Galilee Invasion ](https://iwpost.com/idf-destroys-hezbollah-underground-network-in-ali-taher-ridge-built-for-galilee-invasion/): The Israeli military has demolished an underground Hezbollah network stretching more than 2 kilometers beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon, where troops have established operational control both above and below ground, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced.
- [Physicist does the math on Star Trek’s “Picard maneuver”](https://iwpost.com/physicist-does-the-math-on-star-treks-picard-maneuver/): It turns out Jean-Luc Picard was an even better starship helmsman than the writers knew.
- [Drone alert delayed Zelenskiy’s departure for Norway](https://iwpost.com/drone-alert-delayed-zelenskiys-departure-for-norway/): The departure from Moldova of a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to Norway was ​delayed when authorities closed the country’s airspace over a ‌drone alert, a Moldovan government spokesperson said.
- [Irish PM says ‘settler terrorists’ in West Bank undermining prospect for 2-state solution](https://iwpost.com/irish-pm-says-settler-terrorists-in-west-bank-undermining-prospect-for-2-state-solution/): The Irish prime minister on Thursday rejected the Israeli government’s “overreaction” to the UK following sanctions on illegal settlements, Anadolu reports.
- [The Rising Baseball Star, a Fatal Car Crash and the Fixer](https://iwpost.com/the-rising-baseball-star-a-fatal-car-crash-and-the-fixer/): A Deadly Crash: Six years ago, Pittsburgh Pirates star prospect Oneil Cruz rear-ended a motorcycle, killing all three of its passengers and jeopardizing his career.
- [Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google](https://iwpost.com/panic-builds-over-bankrupt-spirits-looming-data-sale-to-google/): Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings.
- [Strait of Hormuz crisis: how danger and uncertainty can affect the mental health of seafarers](https://iwpost.com/strait-of-hormuz-crisis-how-danger-and-uncertainty-can-affect-the-mental-health-of-seafarers/): As instability in the Strait of Hormuz disrupts shipping, public discussion tends to focus on fuel prices and supplies.
- [US calls for AI poisoning to sabotage China’s model distillation](https://iwpost.com/us-calls-for-ai-poisoning-to-sabotage-chinas-model-distillation/): Beijing has threatened to retaliate if Washington moves to curb Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms over accusations that they used a technique called distillation to copy AI models, days before senior officials from both countries meet for AI safety talks.
- [Buffalo Bills Make Shocking Trump Diss](https://iwpost.com/buffalo-bills-make-shocking-trump-diss/): The Buffalo Bills are making a surprising cross-border gesture as tensions between the United States and Canada continue to boil.
- [Android can now securely migrate your logins between password managers](https://iwpost.com/android-can-now-securely-migrate-your-logins-between-password-managers/): As longer, more complex passwords have become a necessity, remembering all those strings of numbers, letters, and special characters has become nearly impossible.
- [AI researcher resigns from Anthropic over fears of losing human control](https://iwpost.com/ai-researcher-resigns-from-anthropic-over-fears-of-losing-human-control/): An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology’s potential to elude human control.
- [Al-Qaida’s Afghan Presence Persists 25 Years After 9/11 ](https://iwpost.com/al-qaidas-afghan-presence-persists-25-years-after-9-11/): [ISLAMABAD] Twenty-five years after 9/11, the United States killed Osama bin Laden, decimated al-Qaida’s founding leadership, and spent two decades and trillions of dollars fighting a war in Afghanistan.
- [How Donald Trump’s war in Iran is failing the legitimacy test in the eyes of US voters](https://iwpost.com/how-donald-trumps-war-in-iran-is-failing-the-legitimacy-test-in-the-eyes-of-us-voters/): Donald Trump now has a new proposed timetable for his war with Iran, albeit without a clear purpose.
- [Boy developed "toasted skin" condition from using a laptop every day](https://iwpost.com/boy-developed-toasted-skin-condition-from-using-a-laptop-every-day/): Fears that modern electronic devices may harm children are nothing new.
- [Got a Connection to Dominican Baseball? Text Us on WhatsApp.](https://iwpost.com/got-a-connection-to-dominican-baseball-text-us-on-whatsapp/): Major League Baseball teams sign more players from the Dominican Republic each year than any nation besides the U.S.
- [We must challenge the UAE’s role as a haven for hostile state activity](https://iwpost.com/we-must-challenge-the-uaes-role-as-a-haven-for-hostile-state-activity/): The international community has rightly become more alert to the threat posed by hostile states beyond their own borders.
- [LinkedIn beats "BrowserGate" lawsuits over scanning users' Chrome extensions](https://iwpost.com/linkedin-beats-browsergate-lawsuits-over-scanning-users-chrome-extensions/): LinkedIn beat two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users’ browser extensions, with a judge granting the Microsoft subsidiary’s motion to dismiss the cases.
- [Brent holds above $100 as tanker attacks dampen hopes for Hormuz traffic recovery   ](https://iwpost.com/brent-holds-above-100-as-tanker-attacks-dampen-hopes-for-hormuz-traffic-recovery/): Oil prices rose on Thursday, extending gains that took Brent over $100 a barrel in the previous session, as traders braced for deeper supply disruptions after Iran and the United States launched their largest ​attacks on shipping since their six-month-old conflict began.
- [More than 70% of new solar is being built in states that voted for Trump](https://iwpost.com/more-than-70-of-new-solar-is-being-built-in-states-that-voted-for-trump/): States that voted for Trump are leading the country in solar adoption.
- [Pentagon Employee DataRepublican Posts Inside Info About Hacks Against the Far Left](https://iwpost.com/pentagon-employee-datarepublican-posts-inside-info-about-hacks-against-the-far-left/): It was a bad week for the Autistici/Inventati collective.
- [Ex-College Football Star Sentenced to Life for Poisoning Pregnant Girlfriend](https://iwpost.com/ex-college-football-star-sentenced-to-life-for-poisoning-pregnant-girlfriend/): Former Arkansas State football standout Blaise Taylor has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms after being convicted of poisoning his pregnant girlfriend, killing both her and their unborn child.
- [Why a small leftist party may help the radical right to power in Germany](https://iwpost.com/why-a-small-leftist-party-may-help-the-radical-right-to-power-in-germany/): The extreme right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has won a decisive victory in a regional election in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, gaining nearly 44% of the vote.
- [US Missile Strike Hits Iranian Oil Tanker Near Kharg Island ](https://iwpost.com/us-missile-strike-hits-iranian-oil-tanker-near-kharg-island/): A small Iranian oil tanker was reportedly struck by a US missile near Iran’s Kharg Island on Tuesday, prompting a senior Iranian commander to threaten attacks on American bases in the region if Iranian vessels are targeted.
- [Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument](https://iwpost.com/europe-will-go-it-alone-on-venus-mission-after-nasa-yanks-radar-instrument/): The European Space Agency is moving “full steam ahead” with development of a robotic mission to Venus after NASA officials determined they were unlikely to fulfill a commitment to provide a US-built radar instrument for the spacecraft, the mission’s project scientist said.
- [How heat on the Tibetan Plateau fuels powerful storms in California, half a world away](https://iwpost.com/how-heat-on-the-tibetan-plateau-fuels-powerful-storms-in-california-half-a-world-away/): The Tibetan Plateau may be on the other side of the world from California, but what happens on this high-altitude landscape in Asia can set off a chain of events that fuels powerful atmospheric rivers with flooding rainfall and heavy snow hitting the U.S.
- [Kimmel's ABC show won't air interview with Democrat because of Trump FCC threats](https://iwpost.com/kimmels-abc-show-wont-air-interview-with-democrat-because-of-trump-fcc-threats/): ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel said he will be interviewing a Democratic candidate for Senate tonight, but the interview will be on YouTube only and not broadcast on TV because of threats made by the Federal Communications Commission.
- [Ryanair’s O’Leary accuses UK air traffic control boss of lying over outage](https://iwpost.com/ryanairs-oleary-accuses-uk-air-traffic-control-boss-of-lying-over-outage/): Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O’Leary on Thursday accused the head of Britain’s air traffic ​control operator of lying about the cause of an outage that led ‌to thousands of flight cancellations earlier this week.
- [25 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the Case Have Only Grown](https://iwpost.com/25-years-after-9-11-questions-about-the-fbis-pursuit-of-saudi-suspects-in-the-case-have-only-grown/): Evidence From Britain: A trove of evidence from Britain that became public only after the FBI closed its 9/11 investigation raises questions about a Saudi man who assisted two of the hijackers.
- [Twenty-five years after 9/11: an over-reliance on technology is leaving us vulnerable](https://iwpost.com/twenty-five-years-after-9-11-an-over-reliance-on-technology-is-leaving-us-vulnerable/): It has been 25 years since the devastating attacks of September 11 2001.
- [Israeli army arrests 33 Palestinians in occupied West Bank, including 2 journalists](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-arrests-33-palestinians-in-occupied-west-bank-including-2-journalists/): The Israeli army arrested 33 Palestinians, including two journalists, two minors and former prisoners, during raids Thursday in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Media Office.
- [Are we seeing the end of South Korea relying on the US?](https://iwpost.com/are-we-seeing-the-end-of-south-korea-relying-on-the-us/): The South Korea-United States alliance has been one of the principal foundations of the East Asian security architecture for more than seven decades.
- [25 Years After 9/11, Huckabee Hails ‘Enduring Solidarity’ at Jerusalem Memorial ](https://iwpost.com/25-years-after-9-11-huckabee-hails-enduring-solidarity-at-jerusalem-memorial/): Twenty-five years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Americans and Israelis gathered in Jerusalem on Wednesday night to remember the 2,977 victims at a memorial containing the name of every person killed.
- [Four groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit](https://iwpost.com/four-groups-caught-using-the-same-chrome-and-windows-exploit-kit/): A nearly identical exploit kit that targets critical vulnerabilities in both Chromium-based browsers and older versions of Windows is being actively used by at least four hacking groups, some of which have ties to the Chinese government.
- [Martha Stewart Gave ‘Haunting Warning’ to JFK Jr. Days Before Death](https://iwpost.com/martha-stewart-gave-haunting-warning-to-jfk-jr-days-before-death/): Martha Stewart has revealed the haunting warning she gave John F. Kennedy Jr. just days before the 1999 plane crash that killed him, his wife and her sister.
- [Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed](https://iwpost.com/fired-after-the-charlie-kirk-revenge-purge-theyre-still-unemployed/): The grief Emily Taylor had been holding at bay finally washed over her in January.
- [There’s a history to what Trump’s up to regarding troops in Korea](https://iwpost.com/theres-a-history-to-what-trumps-up-to-regarding-troops-in-korea/): US President Donald Trump’s decision to reduce US participation in military exercises with South Korea raised eyebrows in the face of North Korea’s ongoing belligerence, and the potential impact on the US-South Korean relationship – but Trump in this instance fits into an established historical pattern.
- [Russia sends bones of medieval warrior prince to Ukraine front to boost morale](https://iwpost.com/russia-sends-bones-of-medieval-warrior-prince-to-ukraine-front-to-boost-morale/): Bone fragments from the sword hand of a medieval Russian prince who won a famous victory over the Mongols have been sent to the front in Ukraine to ​raise army morale in the Russian Orthodox Church’s latest show of support for President Vladimir Putin’s war.
- [Artemis II commander and pilot become NASA's first astronaut emeriti](https://iwpost.com/artemis-ii-commander-and-pilot-become-nasas-first-astronaut-emeriti/): The commander and pilot of NASA’s Artemis II mission have gained a new distinction five months after splashing down from the Moon: They’re not fully retiring from the space agency.
- [Creamy Lemon Pie](https://iwpost.com/creamy-lemon-pie/): Creamy Lemon Pie pairs a silky lemon filling with a buttery graham cracker crust and soft whipped topping for a fresh, make-ahead dessert.
- [Empty Seat: U.S. Absent as Western Powers Meet on Wartime Protections for Civilians](https://iwpost.com/empty-seat-u-s-absent-as-western-powers-meet-on-wartime-protections-for-civilians/): Three years ago, the Defense Department led an ambitious international effort to better protect civilians during combat, a movement built on the bloody lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq.
- [The questions China won’t answer about the Tibet-Nepal flood disaster](https://iwpost.com/the-questions-china-wont-answer-about-the-tibet-nepal-flood-disaster/): Floodwaters crash through Gyirong Port in Tibet.
- [Hebrew report: Syrian group attacking Israel linked to Muslim Brotherhood and Hezbollah](https://iwpost.com/hebrew-report-syrian-group-attacking-israel-linked-to-muslim-brotherhood-and-hezbollah/): The Israeli news channel i24NEWS has reported that the group Uli al-Baas, which has claimed attacks against Israel, is a joint arrangement involving networks linked to Hezbollah and figures associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
- [Apple debuts $129 AirPods 5 with better noise cancellation and transparency mode](https://iwpost.com/apple-debuts-129-airpods-5-with-better-noise-cancellation-and-transparency-mode/): Apple has debuted the new AirPods 5 with improved active noise cancellation and sound quality—aiming to provide improved listening and user features at a lower launch price than the predecessor AirPods 4.
- [President Trump Warns Iran Not To ‘Get Cute’ With Renewed Pickaxe Nuclear Site Activity ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-warns-iran-not-to-get-cute-with-renewed-pickaxe-nuclear-site-activity/): President Donald Trump warned Iran that the US could launch heavy strikes against the country if construction continues at Pickaxe Mountain, a suspected underground nuclear site where satellite imagery has shown increased activity this year.
- [August was world’s joint-hottest month on record](https://iwpost.com/august-was-worlds-joint-hottest-month-on-record/): The world just experienced its joint-hottest month since records began, with August pushing the planet’s average global ‌temperature to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.
- [Far-Right Hacker Touting Cyber Attacks on Leftist Sites Has Close Ties to Pentagon Influencer](https://iwpost.com/far-right-hacker-touting-cyber-attacks-on-leftist-sites-has-close-ties-to-pentagon-influencer/): It was a bad week for the Autistici/Inventati collective.
- [Lawsuit: Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks and chairs](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-amazon-refused-to-give-pregnant-workers-bathroom-breaks-and-chairs/): Amazon discriminated against pregnant warehouse employees by denying accommodations like bathroom breaks and the option to sit while working, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday by four women who worked for Amazon while pregnant.
- [Billy Joel Reveals Shocking Brain Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/billy-joel-reveals-shocking-brain-diagnosis/): Billy Joel is opening up about a frightening health battle that led to brain surgery — but the legendary rocker insists he has no plans of disappearing.
- [Indonesia’s bold bid to set the world’s critical mineral prices](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-bold-bid-to-set-the-worlds-critical-mineral-prices/): In the global supply chain, Indonesia sits at the epicenter of the market for nickel and other critical minerals.
- [When it comes to Beatles references, scientists can't let it be](https://iwpost.com/when-it-comes-to-beatles-references-scientists-cant-let-it-be/): Scientists have an indisputable playful side, evidenced by frequent allusions to popular culture in their research publications.
- [Brent crude rises above $100 a barrel as Middle East conflict intensifies](https://iwpost.com/brent-crude-rises-above-100-a-barrel-as-middle-east-conflict-intensifies/): Benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose ‌past $100 a barrel on Wednesday, hitting a more than six-week high and breaching the symbolic threshold for the first time since July 24 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East heightened concerns about oil flows from the region.
- [25 years of war was the exact wrong response to 9/11](https://iwpost.com/25-years-of-war-was-the-exact-wrong-response-to-9-11/): The lesson of 9/11 should be that war is not the answer to any of the problems facing the United States.
- [UK sanctions on illegal settlements mark diplomatic setback, major failure for Netanyahu: Israeli report](https://iwpost.com/uk-sanctions-on-illegal-settlements-mark-diplomatic-setback-major-failure-for-netanyahu-israeli-report/): The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in Israel on Wednesday described the announcement by 12 Western countries, led by Britain, to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as a “diplomatic setback and a significant failure” for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
- [Brent Crude Tops $100 for First Time Since July as US-Iran Fighting Escalates ](https://iwpost.com/brent-crude-tops-100-for-first-time-since-july-as-us-iran-fighting-escalates/): Global oil prices climbed above $100 a barrel Wednesday as renewed fighting between the US and Iran heightened concerns over energy supplies and shipping, pushing crude to its highest levels in months.
- [Apple's long-rumored foldable becomes reality with the $2,000 iPhone Duo](https://iwpost.com/apples-long-rumored-foldable-becomes-reality-with-the-2000-iphone-duo/): Apple ended today’s hardware event with one of its classic “One more thing” reveals.
- [Will – and can – the Iranian people revolt over the costs of war?](https://iwpost.com/will-and-can-the-iranian-people-revolt-over-the-costs-of-war/): Asia Times editors’ note: Context for the following article is provided by new reporting from investigative reporter Seymour Hersh saying that the US Operation Economic Outcast targets not Iran’s ayatollahs – as Hersh thought Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was suggesting when he announced it recently – but working stiffs who man the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- [Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models](https://iwpost.com/six-chinese-ai-firms-accused-of-aggressively-copying-us-frontier-models/): The United States has now named six Chinese AI firms accused of waging industrial-scale attacks distilling US frontier AI model capabilities and perhaps sparing billions in Chinese development costs.
- [Prince Harry ‘Posing as Working Royal’ Leaves William Fuming](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-posing-as-working-royal-leaves-william-fuming/): Prince William is reportedly seeing red over Prince Harry’s latest attempt to define his place in the Royal Family — with insiders claiming the future king believes his younger brother is acting like a working royal whenever it suits him.
- [Saudi Arabia lifts alert in southern city a day after Houthi strikes](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-lifts-alert-in-southern-city-a-day-after-houthi-strikes/): Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense lifted an alert it had announced in the southern city of Khamis Mushait on Wednesday, a day ​after Houthi attacks there and in three other nearby cities wounded 73 ‌people and set oil installations ablaze.
- [U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit Finds](https://iwpost.com/u-s-postal-service-failed-to-properly-handle-some-ballots-during-this-years-primary-elections-audit-finds/): Some U.S. Postal Service facilities failed to properly handle ballots during this year’s primary elections, according to a new audit from the agency’s Office of Inspector General.
- [Europe may finally have found a space entrepreneur who is meeting the moment](https://iwpost.com/europe-may-finally-have-found-a-space-entrepreneur-who-is-meeting-the-moment/): All of a sudden, French entrepreneur Hèlene Huby is seemingly everywhere.
- [Pakistan Warns Iran Over Houthis, Says Saudi Attacks Could Activate Mecca Pact ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-warns-iran-over-houthis-says-saudi-attacks-could-activate-mecca-pact/): Pakistan has warned Iran to rein in the Houthis in Yemen following an escalation in attacks on Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported, citing Iranian and Pakistani sources, as Islamabad indicated continued cross-border attacks could activate a three-country defense pact.
- [Extremist Israeli minister unveils 1,000 new settlement units after trade sanctions](https://iwpost.com/extremist-israeli-minister-unveils-1000-new-settlement-units-after-trade-sanctions/): Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday announced plans for 1,000 new settlement housing units in the northern occupied West Bank, a day after 12 Western countries said they intended to impose trade restrictions on goods from illegal Israeli settlements, Anadolu reports.
- [4 groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit](https://iwpost.com/4-groups-caught-using-the-same-chrome-and-windows-exploit-kit/): A nearly identical exploit kit that targets critical vulnerabilities in both Chromium-based browsers and older versions of Windows is being actively used by at least four hacking groups, some of which have ties to the Chinese government.
- [United Airlines Ships War Materiel to Israel Aboard Passenger Flights](https://iwpost.com/united-airlines-ships-war-materiel-to-israel-aboard-passenger-flights/): United Airlines is set to resume the shipment of military hardware to Israel aboard passenger flights, according to shipping data reviewed by The Intercept.
- [New high-speed train links Brussels Airport directly to Cologne](https://iwpost.com/new-high-speed-train-links-brussels-airport-directly-to-cologne/): A new high-speed train service is linking Brussels Airport directly with the German city of Cologne, reconnecting the airport to the international high-speed rail network for the first time in more than a decade.
- [Georgia bet big on EV manufacturing. Trump pulled the plug.](https://iwpost.com/georgia-bet-big-on-ev-manufacturing-trump-pulled-the-plug/): For years, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has been working to make the state a welcoming home for clean energy manufacturing — EVs, solar panels, batteries for storage.
- [Trump posts map showing US takeovers of other nations](https://iwpost.com/trump-posts-map-showing-us-takeovers-of-other-nations/): The map on Trump’s Truth Social platform shows the US flag over not only the United States but also Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, and multiple countries in Central America and the Caribbean.
- [As Europe flounders in space, a rising French star may show the way](https://iwpost.com/as-europe-flounders-in-space-a-rising-french-star-may-show-the-way/): All of a sudden, French entrepreneur Hèlene Huby is seemingly everywhere.
- [NY Man Accused of Threatening to Kill Trump](https://iwpost.com/ny-man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-trump/): A New York man accused of posting disturbing threats against President Donald Trump admitted to the FBI that he wrote the messages — but claimed he never actually wanted Trump or anyone else harmed, according to federal court documents.
- [‘Stolen valor’: Trump’s 9/11 story draws scorn as fabrication](https://iwpost.com/stolen-valor-trumps-9-11-story-draws-scorn-as-fabrication/): While Republicans express “offense” at plans for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to attend September 11 remembrances this week due to his Muslim faith, US President Donald Trump provoked outrage on Tuesday when he told what seems to be a fabricated story about his heroism following the terrorist attack.
- [Hamas, Hezbollah Flags Reported at Rome Protest Over Antisemitism Bill](https://iwpost.com/hamas-hezbollah-flags-reported-at-rome-protest-over-antisemitism-bill/): Flags associated with Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as an Iranian flag, were displayed Tuesday at a demonstration outside the Italian Parliament opposing proposed legislation that would adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, Italian newspapers reported.
- [Apple's iPhone 18 Pro adds variable camera aperture and a more powerful chip](https://iwpost.com/apples-iphone-18-pro-adds-variable-camera-aperture-and-a-more-powerful-chip/): CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple’s new iPhone 18 Pro is an iterative update that—as usual—focuses heavily on both performance and new camera features.
- [Airbnb set to face more restrictions as EU proposes rules to tackle housing crunch](https://iwpost.com/airbnb-set-to-face-more-restrictions-as-eu-proposes-rules-to-tackle-housing-crunch/): Airbnb and other short-term home rental ​companies are set to face more ‌restrictions as the European Commission proposed rules to help authorities tackle a housing ​crunch in tourism hotspots.
- [Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s leaders join forces for independence push](https://iwpost.com/scotland-wales-and-northern-irelands-leaders-join-forces-for-independence-push/): A joint pact signed by the heads of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin decleraction that “Westminster’s time is coming to an end”, mounting fresh pressure on Downing Street to hold independence referendums.
- [Why Some People Are Stepping Back From AI  ](https://iwpost.com/why-some-people-are-stepping-back-from-ai/): Who decides that a model is too powerful to release? What does a meaningful safety test look like? How can regulators verify companies’ claims?
- [Pro-Palestinian activist sues Columbia University over ‘systematic discrimination’](https://iwpost.com/pro-palestinian-activist-sues-columbia-university-over-systematic-discrimination/): Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil announced Monday that he is suing Columbia University and one of its deans, accusing them of systematic discrimination against Palestinian students, Anadolu reports.
- [RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-headlines-sold-out-anti-vaccine-conference-alongside-andrew-wakefield/): US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Tech CEOs’ Doomsaying Is a Distraction from Real, Existing Harms of AI](https://iwpost.com/tech-ceos-doomsaying-is-a-distraction-from-real-existing-harms-of-ai/): In the last week, a raft of top tech executives — including OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, and SpaceX’s Elon Musk — joined a chorus of doomsaying voices from Silicon Valley urging a slowdown in artificial intelligence development.
- [Sweden elections: why immigrants are underrepresented at the polls](https://iwpost.com/sweden-elections-why-immigrants-are-underrepresented-at-the-polls/): The Swedish election has turned into a nail-biter.
- [Trump topples the last pillar of Biden’s climate agenda](https://iwpost.com/trump-topples-the-last-pillar-of-bidens-climate-agenda/): Coal is by far the dirtiest of the world’s major energy sources.
- [William Shatner Drops Stunning Star Trek Secret](https://iwpost.com/william-shatner-drops-stunning-star-trek-secret/): Star Trek almost lost one of the most famous looks in television history.
- [AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed](https://iwpost.com/ai-leaders-want-to-hit-the-brakes-after-years-of-reckless-speed/): For years now, the major frontier AI labs have all been acting as if they’re in an all-out, winner-take-all race with control of world-changing machine superintelligence (or at least market-changing artificial general intelligence) at the finish line.
- [Poland and Ukraine slam Russian strike on train near their border as ‘escalation’](https://iwpost.com/poland-and-ukraine-slam-russian-strike-on-train-near-their-border-as-escalation/): Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he expected Moscow to escalate the war in “in the coming weeks”, following Russian strikes that hit a Warsaw-bound train in Ukraine, just two kilometres from its border with Poland.
- [Asia’s lonely economy of one](https://iwpost.com/asias-lonely-economy-of-one/): For most of modern history, the household was a bundle.
- [Norway Moves To Criminalize Israeli Settlement Trade With 3-Year Prison Terms ](https://iwpost.com/norway-moves-to-criminalize-israeli-settlement-trade-with-3-year-prison-terms/): Norway is considering legislation that would criminalize trade with businesses operating in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with intentional violations carrying penalties of up to three years in prison.
- [Prehistoric builders transported Devil's Arrows 11 miles](https://iwpost.com/prehistoric-builders-transported-devils-arrows-11-miles/): Stonehenge is the most famous example of megalithic architecture across Britain and Ireland, but there are plenty of others, including Calanais, Newgrange, and Avebury, as well as the Devil’s Arrows.
- [Columbia Gives Big Money to Pro-Israel Groups — But Not to Pro-Palestine Ones](https://iwpost.com/columbia-gives-big-money-to-pro-israel-groups-but-not-to-pro-palestine-ones/): As Columbia University ramped up its crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters over the past three years, the Ivy League institution was paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to pro-Israel groups, according to a review of tax filings.
- [Trump says Iran wants deal with US ‘quickly and badly’](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-iran-wants-deal-with-us-quickly-and-badly/): US President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran wants to reach an agreement with Washington “quickly and badly,” while saying he would decide whether the US engages with Tehran, Anadolu reports.
- [Pumpkin Pecan Crisp](https://iwpost.com/pumpkin-pecan-crisp/): Pumpkin Pecan Crisp pairs smooth spiced pumpkin with a buttery brown butter, oat, and pecan topping baked until golden.
- [Houthi rebels’ control of Red Sea oil chokepoint exposes deep divisions in Brics](https://iwpost.com/houthi-rebels-control-of-red-sea-oil-chokepoint-exposes-deep-divisions-in-brics/): Houthi rebel forces have seized the Yemeni port of Mokha as well as Mayyun Island overlooking the Bab el-Mandab strait.
- [Don Jr.’s wedding secretly bankrolled by oligarch close to Putin](https://iwpost.com/don-jr-s-wedding-secretly-bankrolled-by-oligarch-close-to-putin/): This article originally published by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom ProPublica is republished with permission.
- [F1 in Madrid: Like Monaco but twice as long and none of the glamour](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-madrid-like-monaco-but-twice-as-long-and-none-of-the-glamour/): It’s been quite the couple of weeks for Formula 1.
- [EU to propose KIDS Act on social media safety](https://iwpost.com/eu-to-propose-kids-act-on-social-media-safety/): The European Commission will propose an EU KIDS Act on Thursday to set a minimum age for accessing social media throughout the bloc.
- [Harry and Meghan’s Kids Face Chilling School Terror Fears](https://iwpost.com/harry-and-meghans-kids-face-chilling-school-terror-fears/): Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are facing fresh fears over the safety of their young children as the family settles back into life in Britain.
- [China must be properly scared for an AI slowdown to work](https://iwpost.com/china-must-be-properly-scared-for-an-ai-slowdown-to-work/): This was the week that AI safety hit the big time.
- [How a Yemeni Fishing City Became a Front in the Iran-US War ](https://iwpost.com/how-a-yemeni-fishing-city-became-a-front-in-the-iran-us-war/): The Houthi seizure of Mokha has turned the Yemeni fishing city and nearby Bab el Mandeb Strait into a new front in the wider confrontation between Iran and the United States.
- [The AI Doomsday Future Is Not Inevitable](https://iwpost.com/the-ai-doomsday-future-is-not-inevitable/): Local police departments use Flock cameras to track license plates. ICE uses Palantir software to track and round up immigrants.
- [Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin](https://iwpost.com/donald-trump-jr-s-bahamas-wedding-was-secretly-bankrolled-by-russian-oligarch-close-to-putin/): On May 24, Donald Trump Jr. was celebrating in the Bahamas, as scantily clad dancers in stilettos and sailor caps performed for him and his guests.
- [Unable to claim Myanmar’s UN seat, the junta wants to empty it](https://iwpost.com/unable-to-claim-myanmars-un-seat-the-junta-wants-to-empty-it/): Asked in New York this weekend to read Naypyitaw’s September 12 broadside against him, Myanmar Ambassador to the UN Kyaw Moe Tun did not express outrage.
- [Gaza Health Ministry says WHO to stop diesel supplies to over 20 hospitals](https://iwpost.com/gaza-health-ministry-says-who-to-stop-diesel-supplies-to-over-20-hospitals/): Gaza Health Ministry Director-General Munir al-Bursh said Monday that the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to stop supplying diesel to more than 20 hospitals and health centers in the besieged coastal enclave due to a funding shortfall, Anadolu reports.
- [Hormuz crisis forcing Japan to domesticate its energy security](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-crisis-forcing-japan-to-domesticate-its-energy-security/): Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu phoned his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, on September 8, 2026, to express concern over the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Queen Camilla Forces King Charles to Put Harry and Meghan in Their Place](https://iwpost.com/queen-camilla-forces-king-charles-to-put-harry-and-meghan-in-their-place/): Queen Camilla reportedly pushed King Charles to make one thing crystal clear after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to Britain — they are not getting their old royal jobs back.
- [Syrian Security Forces Arrest 9 Assad-Era Pilots on War Crimes Allegations  ](https://iwpost.com/syrian-security-forces-arrest-9-assad-era-pilots-on-war-crimes-allegations/): Syria’s Interior Ministry announced the arrest of nine military pilots who served under former President Bashar Assad, accusing them of involvement in aerial attacks that killed and wounded civilians and caused widespread destruction in civilian areas during the Syrian war.
- [Japan’s submarine debate signals break from nuclear taboos](https://iwpost.com/japans-submarine-debate-signals-break-from-nuclear-taboos/): Japan is edging closer to a once-unthinkable choice: whether nuclear propulsion should underpin its next generation of undersea deterrence.
- [Nearly 100,000 displaced in Sudan’s Blue Nile state since January amid fighting: UN agency](https://iwpost.com/nearly-100000-displaced-in-sudans-blue-nile-state-since-january-amid-fighting-un-agency/): Thousands of families stay at the Renk Transit Center, established for refugees from Sudan, in the city of Renk in Upper Nile State in northern South Sudan on April 13, 2026.
- [Zelensky tweets the war, producing Ukraine’s own situation report](https://iwpost.com/zelensky-tweets-the-war-producing-ukraines-own-situation-report/): Sometimes deciding how to frame these weekend updates can be a challenge.
- [Saudi Arabia Caught Between 2 Chokepoints as Houthi Advance Reshapes Red Sea Front  ](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-caught-between-2-chokepoints-as-houthi-advance-reshapes-red-sea-front/): Saudi Arabia is confronting one of the most complicated security challenges it has faced since stepping back from large-scale warfare in Yemen, as a rapid Houthi advance along the Red Sea has coincided with attacks on Saudi territory and the temporary shutdown of the kingdom’s principal oil route bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Mom Battles Fights Off Coyote with Flip-Flop After It Attacks Her Daughter](https://iwpost.com/mom-battles-fights-off-coyote-with-flip-flop-after-it-attacks-her-daughter/): An Arizona mom found herself in a terrifying fight for survival after a coyote suddenly attacked her 4-year-old daughter — forcing her to battle the wild animal with nothing but a flip-flop.
- [Unvaccinated Pennsylvania woman died of measles complications, coroner says](https://iwpost.com/unvaccinated-pennsylvania-woman-died-of-measles-complications-coroner-says/): A 40-year-old woman in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania has died of complications from measles, according to the county’s coroner.
- [Indonesia and South Korea upgrade their strategic relationship](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-and-south-korea-upgrade-their-strategic-relationship/): South Korea and Indonesia this year have been working on elevating their relationship.
- [Yemen bans entry, circulation of all Iranian goods, products](https://iwpost.com/yemen-bans-entry-circulation-of-all-iranian-goods-products/): Thousands of demonstrators holding Iranian flags and portraits of Khamenei gather at Sebeen Square, under the control of Iran-backed Houthis, to protest the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US and Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen on March 01, 2026.
- [Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish Leaders To Sign Joint Declaration on Independence ](https://iwpost.com/scottish-welsh-northern-irish-leaders-to-sign-joint-declaration-on-independence/): Nationalist leaders from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will meet in Cardiff on Monday to demand that the British government allow constitutional change and respect calls for independence votes across the three nations.
- [America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.](https://iwpost.com/americas-air-monitors-are-disappearing-so-is-your-power-to-expose-polluters/): This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action.
- [Husband Electrocuted Trying to Save Wife in Horrific Hot Tub Tragedy](https://iwpost.com/husband-electrocuted-trying-to-save-wife-in-horrific-hot-tub-tragedy/): A family vacation in Spain turned into a nightmare after a husband and wife were found dead near a hot tub — and investigators now believe the man was electrocuted while desperately trying to save his wife.
- [Orange Jam](https://iwpost.com/orange-jam/): Orange Jam is a bright citrus spread with fresh orange flavor and a soft, spoonable set made without commercial pectin.
- [Centrists Are Soft-Launching the Idea That We Have a Little Too Much Democracy](https://iwpost.com/centrists-are-soft-launching-the-idea-that-we-have-a-little-too-much-democracy/): Dylan is a senior researcher at the Revolving Door Project, where she leads RDP’s Economic Media Project.
- [Why the world needs faith, the only remaining sanctuary of serenity](https://iwpost.com/why-the-world-needs-faith-the-only-remaining-sanctuary-of-serenity/): The age-old debate between faith and atheism emerged alongside the very first stirrings of human consciousness.
- [I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.](https://iwpost.com/i-fixed-a-tractor-using-john-deeres-self-repair-service-farmers-arent-sold-on-it/): There is something wrong with the tractor.
- [From Maximum Pressure to Maximum Leverage: What a US-Iran Nuclear Deal Should Look Like](https://iwpost.com/from-maximum-pressure-to-maximum-leverage-what-a-us-iran-nuclear-deal-should-look-like/): The nuclear confrontation with Iran is again moving in two opposite directions.
- [Five Killed and Dozens Injured After Terrifying Tour Bus Crash](https://iwpost.com/five-killed-and-dozens-injured-after-terrifying-tour-bus-crash/): Five people were killed and at least 40 others injured after a tour bus carrying Dutch tourists crashed and overturned in Switzerland.
- [Five big takeaways from Trump’s midterm convention](https://iwpost.com/five-big-takeaways-from-trumps-midterm-convention/): President Donald Trump and his Republican Party wrapped up an unusual convention in Dallas on Thursday hoping to strengthen their midterm election prospects, gambling that a high-profile show of party unity will energize supporters and help Republicans defy historical midterm losses.
- [The Mecca pact and the fine print of power](https://iwpost.com/the-mecca-pact-and-the-fine-print-of-power/): Perhaps we all neglected to read the footnotes.
- [Israeli drone strike injures 9 Gazans in new ceasefire violation](https://iwpost.com/israeli-drone-strike-injures-9-gazans-in-new-ceasefire-violation/): Palestinians inspect the extensive destruction and rubble following Israeli air strikes targeting residential areas in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in violation of a ceasefire, in the central Gaza Strip, Palestine on September 09, 2026.
- [Four-Year-Old Girl Killed in Freak Tractor Accident on Family Farm](https://iwpost.com/four-year-old-girl-killed-in-freak-tractor-accident-on-family-farm/): A 4-year-old girl was killed in a heartbreaking accident after falling from a tractor on her family’s farm and being run over by the vehicle.
- [A new BRICS is emerging — can it deliver?](https://iwpost.com/a-new-brics-is-emerging-can-it-deliver/): The New Delhi Declaration, adopted unanimously at the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12, will be read mostly through a geopolitical lens: Gaza, Security Council reform, sanctions, the drift toward a multipolar order.
- [Sheet Pan Parmesan Chicken & Broccoli](https://iwpost.com/sheet-pan-parmesan-chicken-broccoli/): Sheet Pan Parmesan Chicken & Broccoli brings golden Parmesan-crusted chicken, roasted broccoli, and fresh lemon together in one easy sheet pan dinner.
- [The Media Line Has Been Hacked—We Need Your Help!](https://iwpost.com/the-media-line-has-been-hacked-we-need-your-help/): The Media Line’s website has been hacked by malicious and still-unknown parties who are preventing us from posting important content on 9/11, the upcoming Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, and crucial news affecting the Middle East.
- [Super Sparta: Israel’s new military dependence on America](https://iwpost.com/super-sparta-israels-new-military-dependence-on-america/): Is Israel really moving towards military self-reliance – or is the US-Israel “special relationship” being transformed into something even more deeply integrated?
- [As extreme weather worsens, Black and Hispanic homeowners are paying more for insurance](https://iwpost.com/as-extreme-weather-worsens-black-and-hispanic-homeowners-are-paying-more-for-insurance/): Homeowners in Hispanic and Black communities nationwide are paying a disproportionate share of skyrocketing home insurance costs, according to a recent report.
- [Beloved Grandmother Brutally Killed by Ex-Boyfriend Before Deadly Police Showdown](https://iwpost.com/beloved-grandmother-brutally-killed-by-ex-boyfriend-before-deadly-police-showdown/): A beloved Long Island grandmother who was found dead inside her home last week was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend, who was later killed by police in Massachusetts, authorities said.
- [President Trump Rejects Saudi Call for US Strikes on Houthis as Red Sea Tensions Escalate](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-rejects-saudi-call-for-us-strikes-on-houthis-as-red-sea-tensions-escalate/): US President Donald Trump declined an appeal by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for American military strikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement, according to reports published Friday.
- [MEPs seek binding EU rules on workplace stress, burnout and harassment](https://iwpost.com/meps-seek-binding-eu-rules-on-workplace-stress-burnout-and-harassment/): The European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs has called on the European Commission to draft legislation establishing minimum EU requirements to prevent, eliminate or reduce work-related psychosocial risks and stress.
- [Indonesia must not become a platform for Israeli business](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-must-not-become-a-platform-for-israeli-business/): Israeli companies are increasingly operating in Indonesia.
- [Rocket Report: Europe joins the commercial launch club; a Ravn X sighting?](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-europe-joins-the-commercial-launch-club-a-ravn-x-sighting/): Welcome to Edition 9.10 of the Rocket Report!
- [Could United Launch Alliance's money problems finally force its owners to sell?](https://iwpost.com/could-united-launch-alliances-money-problems-finally-force-its-owners-to-sell/): Pretty much every rocket company in the United States, save one, has embraced two fundamental tenets: reusability and diversification.
- [NFL Slammed Over Pearl Jam’s National Anthem](https://iwpost.com/nfl-slammed-over-pearl-jams-national-anthem/): Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready kicked off the Seattle Seahawks’ season opener with a soaring electric-guitar version of the National Anthem — but plenty of NFL fans were not impressed.
- [Honey’s Health Benefits: Why Israelis May Want To Eat More Honey This Rosh Hashana](https://iwpost.com/honeys-health-benefits-why-israelis-may-want-to-eat-more-honey-this-rosh-hashana/): As Israelis prepare to dip apples in honey for Rosh Hashana, the familiar symbol of a sweet new year is taking on a role far beyond the holiday table.
- [Trump pledges $5,000  to all US adults if Republicans win the midterms](https://iwpost.com/trump-pledges-5000-to-all-us-adults-if-republicans-win-the-midterms/): “I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000, very much like a successful company will do a cash distribution to its shareholders or like last year when I gave our great members of the military $1,776,” he said.
- [I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China](https://iwpost.com/i-spent-4000-on-a-robot-dog-from-china/): On a sunny morning in June, I walked to work with a quadruped robot beside me. I’ve never gotten more attention from strangers.
- [Qasem Basir missile’s combat debut escalates Iran war dangers](https://iwpost.com/qasem-basir-missiles-combat-debut-escalates-iran-war-dangers/): Iran’s reported combat debut of a new anti-ship ballistic missile marks a potentially consequential shift in the Gulf conflict, where increasingly sophisticated targeting networks could turn US naval superiority into a more contested — and more escalatory — proposition.
- [Saudi Arabia ends ‘potential danger’ alert for southern, southwestern areas](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-ends-potential-danger-alert-for-southern-southwestern-areas/): Saudi Arabia announced early Saturday that a “potential danger” alert issued for Sharurah, Taif and Khamis Mushait in the south and southwest of the kingdom has ended, Anadolu reports.
- [What happens when quantum mechanics and relativity meet?](https://iwpost.com/what-happens-when-quantum-mechanics-and-relativity-meet/): Almost a hundred years ago, physicists theorized out what free fall should do to a quantum wave.
- [Houthis advance along Yemeni coast, threaten Saudi oil exports in the Red Sea](https://iwpost.com/houthis-advance-along-yemeni-coast-threaten-saudi-oil-exports-in-the-red-sea/): Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen’s port city of Mocha on Thursday and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President ​Donald Trump said he expected the Iran war to end after the U.S.
- [Sky News’ museum report does Taliban propaganda a service](https://iwpost.com/sky-news-museum-report-does-taliban-propaganda-a-service/): Three seconds pass before a voice explains anything.
- [Happy Rosh Hashanah From The Media Line](https://iwpost.com/happy-rosh-hashanah-from-the-media-line/): As Rosh Hashanah approaches, we at The Media Line would like to extend our warmest greetings for a sweet, prosperous, and peaceful new year.
- [Scientists unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian materials with proteomics](https://iwpost.com/scientists-unlock-secrets-of-ancient-egyptian-materials-with-proteomics/): The precise composition of ancient Egyptian paints, binders, adhesives, and similar materials used to make artifacts is largely unknown, in part because a full analysis would require taking samples that would damage those valuable artifacts.
- [Actor’s Plane Forced to Make Emergency Landing Over ‘Odor’](https://iwpost.com/actors-plane-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-over-odor/): A cross-country flight carrying actor Andrew Garfield was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday after the crew detected a troubling smoky odor coming from the cockpit.
- [ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses](https://iwpost.com/chatgpt-using-lawyer-punished-for-citing-fake-testimony-from-made-up-witnesses/): The New Mexico Supreme Court held a ChatGPT-using lawyer in direct contempt of court for submitting a brief with “false testimony from wholly fabricated witnesses,” including fake police testimony and other mistakes.
- [9/11 began a US global reign of terror – now it’s come home](https://iwpost.com/9-11-began-a-us-global-reign-of-terror-now-its-come-home/): On September 11, 2001, the world watched as the World Trade Center, the twin towers that represented US global dominance, were struck by hijacked US commercial jetliners and came crashing to the ground.
- [Vance seizes MAGA spotlight as Republicans begin looking beyond Trump](https://iwpost.com/vance-seizes-maga-spotlight-as-republicans-begin-looking-beyond-trump/): Vice President JD Vance took center stage at the Republican convention in Dallas on Thursday in a speech seen as an early test of his 2028 White House prospects, offering a message of nationalistic pride that resonated ​with the pro-Trump crowd.
- [UK sanctions on Israeli settlements to cover East Jerusalem, Syria’s Golan Heights: Report](https://iwpost.com/uk-sanctions-on-israeli-settlements-to-cover-east-jerusalem-syrias-golan-heights-report/): Britain’s sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank will also include those in occupied East Jerusalem and Syria’s Golan Heights, according to a media report on Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge](https://iwpost.com/trumps-forced-coal-plant-extensions-thrown-out-by-judge/): The use of coal to generate electricity on the US grid has been plunging for nearly two decades, and the first Trump administration was unable to affect the trend.
- [Boursin Pork Chops](https://iwpost.com/boursin-pork-chops/): Boursin Pork Chops pair golden-seared pork with a silky garlic-herb sauce for a comforting skillet dinner that still feels special.
- [America learned all the wrong lessons from 9/11](https://iwpost.com/america-learned-all-the-wrong-lessons-from-9-11/): New York marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a light show.
- [Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, Terrorism Is Changing Again ](https://iwpost.com/twenty-five-years-after-9-11-terrorism-is-changing-again/): Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, the “war on terror” can appear to belong to an earlier era.
- [Bouncy castle launches horrifying MRSA outbreak, striking 48 kids in Ireland](https://iwpost.com/bouncy-castle-launches-horrifying-mrsa-outbreak-striking-48-kids-in-ireland/): For a child bursting with energy, few things are more fun than hurtling through a bouncy castle, launching into the air, and ping-ponging between every surface.
- [Sharon Stone Sparks Fears After Shocking Interview (Video)](https://iwpost.com/sharon-stone-sparks-fears-after-shocking-interview-video/): Sharon Stone is raising eyebrows after revealing she once believed five mysterious “orbs” spoke to her in the aftermath of the massive brain hemorrhage that nearly killed her.
- [What we forget when we remember 9/11](https://iwpost.com/what-we-forget-when-we-remember-9-11/): For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept.
- [Italian civil-rights icon Emma Bonino dies at 78](https://iwpost.com/italian-civil-rights-icon-emma-bonino-dies-at-78/): Emma Bonino, a veteran Italian civil-rights campaigner, former foreign minister and former European commissioner, has died at the age of 78, her More Europe party said Friday.
- [Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services](https://iwpost.com/some-satellite-companies-still-have-an-appetite-for-boutique-launch-services/): If you ask most satellite companies aside from SpaceX, they will tell you the world doesn’t have enough capacity for launching payloads into orbit.
- [The Dominican Baseball Factory](https://iwpost.com/the-dominican-baseball-factory/): Free-for-All: The Dominican Republic produces more major league ballplayers than any country outside the U.S., but the industry is essentially unregulated.
- [Remembering 9/11 from the still-screaming streets of New York](https://iwpost.com/remembering-9-11-from-the-still-screaming-streets-of-new-york/): NEW YORK – Ten days after 9/11, a clown finally appeared at Ground Zero, fully costumed with red-nosed regalia, trying to cheer gas-masked disaster crews and thousands of visitors who are circling the smoldering rubble that encases almost 3,000 bodies.
- [Saudi Arabia’s key oil pipeline hit by projectiles, sparking fires: Report](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabias-key-oil-pipeline-hit-by-projectiles-sparking-fires-report/): A key oil pipeline system in Saudi Arabia was struck by projectiles Thursday, triggering fires at pumping stations, CNN reported Friday, citing two US officials familiar with the matter, Anadolu reports.
- [Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights](https://iwpost.com/random-rewards-enrich-classic-game-theory-insights/): Games may be life with all the hard bits removed, but they provide a way to study why people make the choices they make.
- [Nepal floods: how measuring snow in the Himalayas could help avoid future disasters](https://iwpost.com/nepal-floods-how-measuring-snow-in-the-himalayas-could-help-avoid-future-disasters/): The massive and deadly floods on the Nepal-Tibet border are a stark reminder of why the world needs to constantly update its understanding of the fragile ecosystem in the Himalayas.
- [Behind President Herzog’s Global Search for the Next ‘Voice of the People’ Cohort ](https://iwpost.com/behind-president-herzogs-global-search-for-the-next-voice-of-the-people-cohort/): There is a row of colorful pillows in the corner of Deborah Apeloig’s home studio in Mexico City.
- [Next 9/11 shock might be being planned where we’re not looking, UK’s MI5 chief says](https://iwpost.com/next-9-11-shock-might-be-being-planned-where-were-not-looking-uks-mi5-chief-says/): Intelligence services must not dwell too much on past threats but accept that a new strategic shock along the lines of the 9/11 attacks could already ​be in preparation where they are not looking, the head of Britain’s ‌MI5 spy agency said.
- [A federal judge just told Trump there’s no “emergency” to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open](https://iwpost.com/a-federal-judge-just-told-trump-theres-no-emergency-to-justify-keeping-a-michigan-coal-plant-open/): The Department of Energy overstepped when it ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Michigan to stay open past its planned retirement date last year, a federal court ruled on Friday.
- [Anthropic blocked possible use of AI model to build bioweapons](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-blocked-possible-use-of-ai-model-to-build-bioweapons/): Anthropic has acknowledged the risk of using its AI models to make biological weapons.
- [Court rejects government's energy "emergency" that kept coal plant open](https://iwpost.com/court-rejects-governments-energy-emergency-that-kept-coal-plant-open/): The use of coal to generate electricity on the US grid has been plunging for nearly two decades, and the first Trump administration was unable to affect the trend.
- [Meghan Markle to Narrate Princess Diana Documentary?](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-to-narrate-princess-diana-documentary/): Meghan Markle reportedly wants to put herself at the center of a new Princess Diana documentary — and insiders claim the Duchess believes she is the perfect person to tell the late royal’s story.
- [There is a long history of bribery in US politics – is Donald Trump continuing it?](https://iwpost.com/there-is-a-long-history-of-bribery-in-us-politics-is-donald-trump-continuing-it/): This week, Donald Trump made American voters an offer that he hopes they can’t refuse.
- [Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push](https://iwpost.com/oracle-tries-to-appease-stargate-data-center-opponents-with-renewables-push/): Oracle’s proposed investment in 2 gigawatts of renewable energy projects for New Mexico comes as local opposition could delay development of the Project Jupiter data center that Oracle is building for OpenAI.
- [The climate bill is due. Big Oil needs to pick up the tab](https://iwpost.com/the-climate-bill-is-due-big-oil-needs-to-pick-up-the-tab/): Big Oil needs to pay up for the environmental harm caused by burning fossil fuels.
- [Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI](https://iwpost.com/apple-reportedly-building-server-packed-with-m-series-ultra-chips-for-ai/): Apple is working on an AI server that would use Apple’s high-performance M-series Ultra chips found in Mac desktops.
- [Rabbi Attacked by 3 Men While Waiting for Bus in Milan ](https://iwpost.com/rabbi-attacked-by-3-men-while-waiting-for-bus-in-milan/): A 60-year-old rabbi was assaulted by three men while waiting for a bus in Milan, in an attack that reportedly began after they identified him as Jewish by his religious clothing, Italian newspaper Il Giornale reported.
- [Turkey raises alarm over Greece’s military presence on Aegean islands](https://iwpost.com/turkey-raises-alarm-over-greeces-military-presence-on-aegean-islands/): Ankara considers Greece’s militarization of the Aegean Islands a security threat, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, as tensions between the two neighbors rise.
- [Rapid Houthi advances in Yemen pose massive strategic risks for Saudi Arabia in the Gulf](https://iwpost.com/rapid-houthi-advances-in-yemen-pose-massive-strategic-risks-for-saudi-arabia-in-the-gulf/): An advance by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which has included the targeting of Saudi cities and infrastructure, has quickly complicated a widening Middle East war.
- [Fed, battling persistent inflation, ups rates 1st time in 3 years](https://iwpost.com/fed-battling-persistent-inflation-ups-rates-1st-time-in-3-years/): WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy, largely driven by soaring gas and fuel oil prices while the war in Iran drags on.
- [Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by "critical blow" from a cyberattack](https://iwpost.com/nonprofit-that-tracks-meteors-taken-down-by-critical-blow-from-a-cyberattack/): The International Meteor Organization, the nonprofit that coordinates and publishes amateur and professional observations of meteor phenomena, said its infrastructure has suffered a “critical blow” from a cyberattack.
- [She governs a US territory. But she has no say in who mines its waters.](https://iwpost.com/she-governs-a-us-territory-but-she-has-no-say-in-who-mines-its-waters/): Lou Leon Guerrero, the governor of Guam, learned about the government’s plan to mine her people’s waters the same way everyone else did: by reading the news.
- [The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech](https://iwpost.com/the-new-york-times-conveniently-forgets-the-real-stakes-of-attacks-on-free-speech/): Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement.
- [What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms](https://iwpost.com/what-to-know-about-mail-in-voting-for-the-2026-midterms/): This week, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s plans to impose new rules for mail-in voting for the midterm elections in November.
- [Netanyahu vows to revoke citizenship of those who ‘defame’ Israeli soldiers in Gaza documentary NAZA](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-vows-to-revoke-citizenship-of-those-who-defame-israeli-soldiers-in-gaza-documentary-naza/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to revoke the citizenship of those who “defame” Israeli soldiers in NAZA, a documentary on killings in Gaza, and impose significantly higher financial penalties on them, Anadolu reports.
- [Iconic Actress Says She ‘Totally’ Avoids Doctors and Says It’s Working](https://iwpost.com/iconic-actress-says-she-totally-avoids-doctors-and-says-its-working/): Helen Mirren has revealed a surprisingly unconventional approach to her health: she says she avoids doctors and sometimes turns to artificial intelligence instead.
- [Why a US-China AI regulation deal is nowhere in sight](https://iwpost.com/why-a-us-china-ai-regulation-deal-is-nowhere-in-sight/): The Hugging Face incident, in which hundreds of OpenAI agents broke out of their sandbox and launched a nation-state-level attack on another site, has dominated discourse within the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community since its discovery in July.
- [California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin. demand](https://iwpost.com/california-may-gut-state-net-neutrality-law-to-comply-with-trump-admin-demand/): California is on the verge of accepting $1.86 billion in federal broadband grant funds, despite the Trump administration telling states they cannot enforce net neutrality rules on any Internet service provider that gets a piece of the grant money.
- [Highlights from Von der Leyen’s State of the Union: Pushes Security Pact, AI Caution and Closer Canada Ties](https://iwpost.com/highlights-from-von-der-leyens-state-of-the-union-pushes-security-pact-ai-caution-and-closer-canada-ties/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on Wednesday for EU states to form a new partnership with Canada and tackle climate change, competition from China and other major challenges in “an openly hostile world”.
- [Iran threat to cut Hormuz undersea cables puts Gulf on edge](https://iwpost.com/iran-threat-to-cut-hormuz-undersea-cables-puts-gulf-on-edge/): The conflict between Iran and the US appears to have reached a stalemate.
- [Aoun, King Abdullah To Join Macron for Paris Talks on Post-UNIFIL Security](https://iwpost.com/aoun-king-abdullah-to-join-macron-for-paris-talks-on-post-unifil-security/): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Jordan’s King Abdullah II are set to join French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris Thursday for talks aimed at strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces and shaping an international security presence in southern Lebanon after the United Nations peacekeeping mission ends.
- [It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight](https://iwpost.com/its-ok-to-tell-ice-their-actions-will-haunt-them-judge-rules-in-speech-fight/): It’s not illegal to send an email telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials that their actions will haunt them, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, granting a preliminary injunction that blocks ICE from threatening to prosecute a critic for protected speech.
- [NYPD Misconduct Payouts Still Soar Under Mamdani — And May Keep Growing](https://iwpost.com/nypd-misconduct-payouts-still-soar-under-mamdani-and-may-keep-growing/): New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani never quite promised to reform the police.
- [Why Yemen has returned to conflict](https://iwpost.com/why-yemen-has-returned-to-conflict/): The dormant conflict in Yemen has erupted once more, with the Houthi rebel group seizing control of the Red Sea port city of Mocha and a number of islands from Yemeni government forces in recent weeks.
- [What happens when neutrinos swap identities inside a supernova?](https://iwpost.com/what-happens-when-neutrinos-swap-identities-inside-a-supernova/): Our basic understanding of core-collapse supernovae hasn't changed in decades.
- [Slowdown, climbdown or meltdown, Asia sits on AI’s fault line](https://iwpost.com/slowdown-climbdown-or-meltdown-asia-sits-on-ais-fault-line/): TOKYO – After two years of near-vertical capital spending, euphoric earnings calls, and GPU shortages that became their own economic indicator, the mood toward AI has dramatically shifted.
- [Brussels Proposes New Platform to Speed Up Recognition of Workers’ Documents Across EU](https://iwpost.com/brussels-proposes-new-platform-to-speed-up-recognition-of-workers-documents-across-eu/): In a proposal put forward on Tuesday, the European Commission has set out plans for a digital European platform that citizens can use to get their working documents recognised across the bloc.
- [Savannah Guthrie Makes New Heartbreaking Plea](https://iwpost.com/savannah-guthrie-makes-new-heartbreaking-plea/): Savannah Guthrie fought back emotion Tuesday as she made another heartbreaking plea for help finding her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, more than seven months after the 84-year-old vanished from her Arizona home.
- [Pardoned by Trump and escaping charges at home, ex-Honduran leader’s case shows a nation’s struggle for sovereignty](https://iwpost.com/pardoned-by-trump-and-escaping-charges-at-home-ex-honduran-leaders-case-shows-a-nations-struggle-for-sovereignty/): A Honduran judge on Sept. 1, 2026, dismissed a sprawling money-laundering and fraud case against the country’s former president, Juan Orlando Hernández.
- [From Caspian gas to Turkish industry: SOCAR’s geopolitical energy strategy](https://iwpost.com/from-caspian-gas-to-turkish-industry-socars-geopolitical-energy-strategy/): State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has become one of Türkiye’s largest foreign investors and a core pillar of the Baku–Ankara energy partnership.
- [Exclusive: Paying for frontier AI models buys 4-month head start at 5x the cost](https://iwpost.com/exclusive-paying-for-frontier-ai-models-buys-4-month-head-start-at-5x-the-cost/): The performance gap between frontier AI models from US tech companies and the best open-weights models from Chinese companies has closed to just 4.4 months, according to a Mozilla report.
- [Myanmar’s resistance finally takes the fight to junta’s air power](https://iwpost.com/myanmars-resistance-finally-takes-the-fight-to-juntas-air-power/): For more than five years, Myanmar’s military has treated the sky as its safest battlefield.
- [Riyadh Forum Seeks Common Ground on Governing Rapidly Advancing AI](https://iwpost.com/riyadh-forum-seeks-common-ground-on-governing-rapidly-advancing-ai/): Government officials, researchers and technology leaders from around the world gathered in Riyadh this week for the 4th Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, seeking practical ways to govern rapidly advancing AI while protecting human rights and promoting responsible innovation.
- [Demand for EV chargers is outstripping supply, says ChargePoint report](https://iwpost.com/demand-for-ev-chargers-is-outstripping-supply-says-chargepoint-report/): There might not be the same degree of optimism regarding electric vehicle adoption as a few short years ago, but the transition toward battery-electric vehicles continues nevertheless.
- [ECB Staff Demand Clarity as France Pushes Knot to Succeed Lagarde](https://iwpost.com/ecb-staff-demand-clarity-as-france-pushes-knot-to-succeed-lagarde/): European Central Bank staff members have written to the institution’s board demanding clarity over rumored early departures of President Christine Lagarde and Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel, warning that prolonged uncertainty could damage trust in the ECB and complicate succession planning, according to a letter seen by Euronews.
- [Arizona Made Its English Fluency Test Easier to Pass. Experts Say It Will Harm Students’ Ability to Succeed.](https://iwpost.com/arizona-made-its-english-fluency-test-easier-to-pass-experts-say-it-will-harm-students-ability-to-succeed/): Samantha Ramos stood at the front of her second grade classroom, a small mic clipped to her lanyard amplifying her instructions as she began a phonics lesson.
- [Japan tapping quantum sensor drones to hunt China’s hidden subs](https://iwpost.com/japan-tapping-quantum-sensor-drones-to-hunt-chinas-hidden-subs/): An undersea technological arms race is quietly reshaping the Western Pacific, as Japan prepares to deploy drone-swarmed quantum magnetic sensors to hunt China’s rapidly growing, stealthier submarine fleet.
- [Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract](https://iwpost.com/boston-dumps-flock-says-it-shared-data-nationwide-in-violation-of-contract/): The Boston city government abandoned Flock Safety’s license-plate reader cameras after the company shared data nationwide in violation of a contract provision, according to city officials.
- [Groom Killed in Crash on Way to His Own Wedding as Family Waited at Church](https://iwpost.com/groom-killed-in-crash-on-way-to-his-own-wedding-as-family-waited-at-church/): A groom’s wedding day turned into an unimaginable tragedy when he was killed in a car crash while traveling to the church where his bride, family and friends were waiting for him.
- [No-Churn Salted Caramel Ice Cream](https://iwpost.com/no-churn-salted-caramel-ice-cream/): No-Churn Salted Caramel Ice Cream combines a smooth vanilla-caramel base with buttery salted caramel swirls for an easy make-ahead dessert.
- [Hormuz crisis needs one negotiation, not three](https://iwpost.com/hormuz-crisis-needs-one-negotiation-not-three/): On Monday, only four ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz; before the war, roughly 125 made the crossing each day.
- [Saudis Shot Down Drone Near Holy City of Mecca ](https://iwpost.com/saudis-shot-down-drone-near-holy-city-of-mecca/): Saudi Arabia intercepted a drone headed toward Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, and blamed Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis for the attack, which the group denied.
- [UN ‘deeply concerned’ over Yemen internal displacement amid escalating hostilities](https://iwpost.com/un-deeply-concerned-over-yemen-internal-displacement-amid-escalating-hostilities/): The UN on Tuesday expressed its deep concern over the situation in Yemen, as escalating hostilities have displaced more than 100,000 people and disrupted humanitarian operations, Anadolu reports.
- [Agility’s new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers](https://iwpost.com/agilitys-new-humanoid-robot-will-stop-squat-to-avoid-harming-human-coworkers/): Agility Robotics has debuted its first humanoid robot engineered to work safely near humans without risking harm to flesh-and-blood coworkers.
- [EU Parliament to open office in Canada](https://iwpost.com/eu-parliament-to-open-office-in-canada/): The European Parliament is to open an office in Canada, Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced.
- [A Lone Juror Hijacked Deliberations. This Time, a Man Faces Execution.](https://iwpost.com/a-lone-juror-hijacked-deliberations-this-time-a-man-faces-execution/): More than a week after the Lindsay Clancy trial ended in a hung jury — with a lone holdout refusing to acquit the 36-year-old for killing her young children — the media has continued to probe how one man forced a mistrial in the triple-murder case.
- [Terminator now: China is exploring humanoid robots for war](https://iwpost.com/terminator-now-china-is-exploring-humanoid-robots-for-war/): At the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a humanoid robot named Tiangong Ultra ran the 100-meter sprint in a staggering 8.64 seconds, shattering Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s legendary human world record of 9.58 seconds.
- [How chimps teach their kids tool tricks](https://iwpost.com/how-chimps-teach-their-kids-tool-tricks/): Chimpanzees are known to use rudimentary tools when foraging for food.
- [Russian team ‘misused’ Claude AI to train a killer drone on scraped Ukrainian war footage](https://iwpost.com/russian-team-misused-claude-ai-to-train-a-killer-drone-on-scraped-ukrainian-war-footage/): A new threat intelligence report from the AI company Anthropic has revealed that a Russian team scraped Ukrainian combat videos to train an autonomous “kamikaze” drone to choose its own targets and destroy them.
- [Michael J. Fox Leaves Audience Crying with Emotional Parkinson’s Speech](https://iwpost.com/michael-j-fox-leaves-audience-crying-with-emotional-parkinsons-speech/): Michael J. Fox delivered one of the most emotional moments of the 2026 Emmy Awards, bringing some of Hollywood’s biggest stars to tears as he opened up about his decades-long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
- [Malaysia Expands Scrutiny of Israel-Bound Cargo, Detains 3 More Containers ](https://iwpost.com/malaysia-expands-scrutiny-of-israel-bound-cargo-detains-3-more-containers/): Malaysia has detained three containers headed for Israel at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas as authorities investigate their cargo, Bloomberg reported, less than two weeks after another Israel-linked shipment was stopped at the same port.
- [SpaceX declares Starship ready for orbit, sets launch date next week](https://iwpost.com/spacex-declares-starship-ready-for-orbit-sets-launch-date-next-week/): Pending regulatory approval, SpaceX said today it intends to launch its 14th Starship mission as early as September 22.
- [Denmark raises alarm after Russian vessel fires at helicopter](https://iwpost.com/denmark-raises-alarm-after-russian-vessel-fires-at-helicopter/): A Russian ship fired flares at a Danish military helicopter off the southern coast of Denmark, triggering alarm in Copenhagen as the Kremlin’s belligerence against Europe ramps up.
- [We must not be scared by Silicon Valley’s ‘AI slowdown theory’](https://iwpost.com/we-must-not-be-scared-by-silicon-valleys-ai-slowdown-theory/): (Publisher’s note. The American AI doomsday debate is in full gear and dutifully chimed into by West European media.
- [US energy chief says Saudi pipeline operations to resume within days: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-energy-chief-says-saudi-pipeline-operations-to-resume-within-days-report/): Secretary of Energy Chris Wright at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, United States on April 15, 2026.
- [The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA's expectations](https://iwpost.com/the-roman-telescope-has-enough-gas-for-22-years-double-nasas-expectations/): NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is gliding toward its distant observation post on a pinpoint trajectory so precise that engineers estimate the spacecraft’s fuel load will last twice as long as their initial expectations, the space agency confirmed Monday.
- [Crypto Darling Gillibrand’s 11th-Hour Flip-Flop Helps Block Trump Crypto Bill](https://iwpost.com/crypto-darling-gillibrands-11th-hour-flip-flop-helps-block-trump-crypto-bill/): Hours before joining progressives to block a crypto bill that critics said was a handout to President Donald Trump, a top Senate Democrat was lobbying her colleagues to pass the legislation.
- [Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding](https://iwpost.com/top-oversight-dem-opens-investigation-of-donald-trump-jr-s-russian-oligarch-funded-wedding/): The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s relationship with a Russian oligarch who paid for much of Trump Jr.’s wedding earlier this year.
- [Big AI slowdown a safety pause or strategic retreat?](https://iwpost.com/big-ai-slowdown-a-safety-pause-or-strategic-retreat/): Over the weekend, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including his own, to slow down their work.
- [“Filmmaker” suing PassThePopcorn may be banned user out for revenge](https://iwpost.com/filmmaker-suing-passthepopcorn-may-be-banned-user-out-for-revenge/): Some of the most widely used private torrent trackers for pirating movies suspect that a banned user may have posed as a filmmaker protecting copyrights in a failed attempt to seek revenge.
- [Gray whales are starving as the Arctic warms. Will the US protect them?](https://iwpost.com/gray-whales-are-starving-as-the-arctic-warms-will-the-us-protect-them/): Several hundred scientists, government officials, and environmentalists gathered for an unusual two-day conference in Newport, Oregon, last week, entirely focused on a single species: gray whales.
- [Trump’s thumbs-up to Irish reunification breaks with precedent, but evokes earlier age of White House support](https://iwpost.com/trumps-thumbs-up-to-irish-reunification-breaks-with-precedent-but-evokes-earlier-age-of-white-house-support/): Donald Trump is a Republican and self-avowed nationalist.
- [‘The Red Sea Is the Most Important New Risk’ as Gulf Oil Bypasses Come Under Fire](https://iwpost.com/the-red-sea-is-the-most-important-new-risk-as-gulf-oil-bypasses-come-under-fire/): The renewed confrontation between Washington and Tehran is increasingly being fought not only through military pressure but through the energy market, where disruptions to Gulf exports are pushing oil prices higher, testing the resilience of regional economies and creating a growing domestic challenge for the United States ahead of November’s midterm elections.
- [EU institutions face budget cuts](https://iwpost.com/eu-institutions-face-budget-cuts/): Most European Union capitals want to cut the money allocated to the bloc’s civil service, as part of a deal on the EU’s next long-term budget, a document seen by Euronews reveals.
- [NHL Star Appears in Pro-Putin Campaign Ad](https://iwpost.com/nhl-star-appears-in-pro-putin-campaign-ad/): NHL superstar Alex Ovechkin is facing fresh backlash after appearing in a campaign ad for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party ahead of this week’s parliamentary elections.
- [Hong Kong bankrolling China’s bid for global AI reach](https://iwpost.com/hong-kong-bankrolling-chinas-bid-for-global-ai-reach/): Moonshot AI has reportedly filed confidentially for a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) that could raise US$3 billion, a striking figure for a company quietly founded three years ago.
- [18-year-old dies of measles in PA from severe neurological complication](https://iwpost.com/18-year-old-dies-of-measles-in-pa-from-severe-neurological-complication/): A fourth person in Pennsylvania has died of measles, the state health department confirmed Tuesday.
- [How South Korea is tackling its super-aging problem – and what other aging nations can learn from its experience](https://iwpost.com/how-south-korea-is-tackling-its-super-aging-problem-and-what-other-aging-nations-can-learn-from-its-experience/): In December 2024, the share of South Koreans ages 65 and older surpassed 20% for the first time, making it what demographers like us call a “super-aged society.” By August 2026 that share had risen further, to 22.1%.
- [Trump has no path to victory against Iran](https://iwpost.com/trump-has-no-path-to-victory-against-iran/): Six months into the second US-Israeli war on Iran, the Trump administration’s message is that Iran is weakening, the United States is winning and the costs of war will be temporary.
- [Human Rights Watch, Amnesty urge EU to ban trade with Israeli settlements](https://iwpost.com/human-rights-watch-amnesty-urge-eu-to-ban-trade-with-israeli-settlements/): Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International called on the EU on Tuesday to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, urging European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to act on measures she proposed a year ago.
- [This Atlantic hurricane season is about to do something that hasn't happened in 175 years](https://iwpost.com/this-atlantic-hurricane-season-is-about-to-do-something-that-hasnt-happened-in-175-years/): Last week, the Atlantic hurricane season blew through its traditional peak—which comes around September 10—with nary a tropical wave in sight, let alone a storm or hurricane.
- [Trump approval up from record low, but outlook sours for Republicans, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds](https://iwpost.com/trump-approval-up-from-record-low-but-outlook-sours-for-republicans-reuters-ipsos-poll-finds/): President Donald ​Trump’s public approval rating rose from a record low, while Americans voiced growing support for Democrats gaining ‌power in the U.S.
- [Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500-year-old smallpox DNA reveals](https://iwpost.com/can-an-ancient-virus-be-brought-back-to-life-what-500-year-old-smallpox-dna-reveals/): Smallpox is the only human infectious disease to have been eradicated worldwide.
- [China launching multidomain drone swarms for next-gen warfare](https://iwpost.com/china-launching-multidomain-drone-swarms-for-next-gen-warfare/): China’s pursuit of multidomain drone swarms reflects a broader effort to turn autonomous systems from standalone weapons into the connective tissue of a networked form of warfare built around speed, redundancy and system-level disruption.
- [At Least 13 Saudis Injured by Houthi Strikes,100,000 Displaced in Yemen](https://iwpost.com/at-least-13-saudis-injured-by-houthi-strikes100000-displaced-in-yemen/): Houthi missile and drone attacks struck civilian areas in Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif, injuring 13 people, as escalating fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi-backed government forces has displaced more than 100,000 people in Yemen.
- [Trump EPA moves to wipe out climate rules for power plants](https://iwpost.com/trump-epa-moves-to-wipe-out-climate-rules-for-power-plants/): On the heels of the hottest summer on record and a United Nations report warning that global temperatures are likely to push climate risks to “increasingly dangerous heights,” the Trump administration overturned most of a Biden-era rule limiting climate pollution from power plants, the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
- [Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown”](https://iwpost.com/iran-war-has-the-u-s-military-on-the-brink-of-a-breakdown/): The U.S. military is straining under the pressures of the Iran war, according to two U.S. officials familiar with operations in the Middle East.
- [Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser](https://iwpost.com/papa-johns-propaganda-and-putin-how-a-maga-influencer-with-ties-to-russia-became-trumps-arctic-adviser/): Foreign Affairs: Thomas Dans has backed taking over Greenland and advocated reestablishing ties with Russia, where he’s long done business — even sharing pro-Kremlin posts.
- [Middle East is the latest arena of political recalibration for Italy’s right-wing but pragmatic Meloni](https://iwpost.com/middle-east-is-the-latest-arena-of-political-recalibration-for-italys-right-wing-but-pragmatic-meloni/): Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has made a political art of being many things at once.
- [Gladys Knight’s Son Fears Husband Will ‘Work Her to Death’](https://iwpost.com/gladys-knights-son-fears-husband-will-work-her-to-death/): Gladys Knight’s son is sounding the alarm over the legendary singer’s grueling tour schedule, claiming he fears her husband will keep pushing the 82-year-old star until she dies.
- [Putin’s diplomacy blitz strategically targeting the Global South](https://iwpost.com/putins-diplomacy-blitz-strategically-targeting-the-global-south/): Over the past two weeks, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin staged a major diplomatic blitz.
- [GM gives its most important trucks a new UI—and includes CarPlay](https://iwpost.com/gm-gives-its-most-important-trucks-a-new-ui-and-includes-carplay/): General Motors is about to launch new versions of its best-selling Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks for model year 2027, and among the changes are brand-new user interfaces for the trucks’ digital displays.
- [Iran’s threat to cut undersea cables in Strait of Hormuz poses a serious threat to Gulf states](https://iwpost.com/irans-threat-to-cut-undersea-cables-in-strait-of-hormuz-poses-a-serious-threat-to-gulf-states/): The conflict between Iran and the US appears to have reached a stalemate.
- [Wizz Air CEO says it has no interest in airBaltic, other carriers at risk](https://iwpost.com/wizz-air-ceo-says-it-has-no-interest-in-airbaltic-other-carriers-at-risk/): Wizz Air sees few if any opportunities from airBaltic’s bankruptcy and expects a wider shakeout of other European airlines ​that were unable to hedge against high fuel prices, the budget carrier’s ‌CEO Jozsef Varadi told Reuters.
- [4-Ingredient BBQ Chicken Pizza](https://iwpost.com/4-ingredient-bbq-chicken-pizza/): 4-Ingredient BBQ Chicken Pizza layers smoky-sweet sauce, juicy chicken, and melted mozzarella over a golden pizza crust.
- [Iranian strikes cause $184m damage to US Gulf facilities](https://iwpost.com/iranian-strikes-cause-184m-damage-to-us-gulf-facilities/): Iranian strikes caused an estimated $184 million in damage to US diplomatic facilities in four Gulf countries, according to a Pentagon inspector general’s report.
- [Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots](https://iwpost.com/founders-cost-cutting-obsession-drove-unitree-lead-in-cheap-humanoid-robots/): China leads the world in churning out humanoid robots and four-legged robot dogs that also happen to be the most affordable on the market—and Unitree Robotics’ founder Wang Xingxing is arguably one of the people most responsible for that Chinese lead.
- [Changing the finance minister is easier than making Indonesia investable](https://iwpost.com/changing-the-finance-minister-is-easier-than-making-indonesia-investable/): Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has replaced Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa with Suahasil Nazara.
- [Syria Works With IAEA To Uncover Nuclear Site Destroyed by Israel in 2007](https://iwpost.com/syria-works-with-iaea-to-uncover-nuclear-site-destroyed-by-israel-in-2007/): [DAMASCUS] Syria announced that it has begun working with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to uncover and remove remnants of a nuclear facility buried beneath concrete in Deir ez-Zor province, while also providing information and documents related to a nuclear program that remained a source of dispute with the agency for more than a decade.
- [Underage Players, Predatory Moneylenders: 7 Findings From Our Dominican Baseball Investigation](https://iwpost.com/underage-players-predatory-moneylenders-7-findings-from-our-dominican-baseball-investigation/): Baseball is everywhere in the Dominican Republic, which sends a disproportionate number of players to the American major and minor leagues, including Hall of Famers like Pedro Martínez and Adrian Beltré.
- [OpenAI stuck fighting Musk antitrust suit after Apple finds a way out](https://iwpost.com/openai-stuck-fighting-musk-antitrust-suit-after-apple-finds-a-way-out/): Elon Musk is seemingly done attacking Apple over its decision to integrate ChatGPT into iPhone features.
- [Indonesia’s housing deal with China needs a green clause](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-housing-deal-with-china-needs-a-green-clause/): Indonesia has solar ambitions that China has the capacity to make a reality in a new joint house-building initiative.
- [NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania](https://iwpost.com/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuania/): Italian Eurofighter Typhoons affiliated with NATO shot down a drone that entered Lithuania’s airspace.
- [Lady Gaga is a Mom](https://iwpost.com/lady-gaga-is-a-mom/): Lady Gaga is officially a mom — and insiders say the superstar and her fiancé, Michael Polansky, couldn’t be happier.
- [Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh](https://iwpost.com/volvo-increases-the-batteries-for-2028-xc60-and-xc90-plug-in-refresh/): Volvo provided flights from Washington, DC, to London, England, and accommodation so Ars could see its refreshed vehicles.
- [China is moving corporate credit out of the supply chain](https://iwpost.com/china-is-moving-corporate-credit-out-of-the-supply-chain/): China’s new SME payment rules, released this month, include a financing instruction that deserves scrutiny.
- [Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after his comments on Palestine](https://iwpost.com/macklemore-dropped-from-ed-sheerans-us-tour-after-his-comments-on-palestine/): US rapper Macklemore was removed on Monday from the remaining dates of Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour after several venues allegedly objected to his participation following his public statements of support for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Anadolu reports.
- [Democrats Seek To Bar Otzma Yehudit From Election Over Alleged Racism, ‘Harm to Democracy’ ](https://iwpost.com/democrats-seek-to-bar-otzma-yehudit-from-election-over-alleged-racism-harm-to-democracy/): The Democrats party petitioned Israel’s Central Elections Committee on Monday to disqualify the Otzma Yehudit party and eight of its candidates from running in elections for the 26th Knesset, accusing the party of inciting racism and undermining Israel’s democratic institutions.
- [For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit](https://iwpost.com/for-the-first-time-the-us-military-confirms-it-has-deployed-weapons-in-orbit/): Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the first public declaration Monday that the United States has placed “space control weapons” in orbit, an announcement that will surely reverberate in the power centers of Beijing and Moscow.
- [Oil hits $109/bbl as photos show major damage to Saudi pipeline](https://iwpost.com/oil-hits-109-bbl-as-photos-show-major-damage-to-saudi-pipeline/): Satellite photo shows damage to Saudi pipeline.
- [AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop](https://iwpost.com/ai-bots-timmy-ren-and-jackie-are-flooding-social-media-with-slop/): “Hello, I’m Рэн (Ren), an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents called iLands,” one message, sent to the administrator of a Mastodon server, read.
- [Meghan Markle is Her ‘Own Biggest Threat’](https://iwpost.com/meghan-markle-is-her-own-biggest-threat/): Meghan Markle is facing fresh criticism after a new family video appeared to reveal clues about where she, Prince Harry and their children are staying in the United Kingdom.
- [Heads shake as Trump claims his ‘high IQ’ enough to regulate AI](https://iwpost.com/heads-shake-as-trump-claims-his-high-iq-enough-to-regulate-ai/): President Donald Trump on Monday slapped down the idea of putting guardrails on artificial intelligence, despite increased warnings from industry insiders and outside experts about the technology’s potential dangers to humanity.
- [Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft](https://iwpost.com/rocket-lab-is-seeing-red-about-nasas-decision-on-a-mars-spacecraft/): In theory, developing a spacecraft that will fly to Mars, insert itself into orbit around the red planet, and relay transmissions back and forth to large satellite dishes on Earth is a relatively straightforward proposition.
- [‘China Shock 2.0’ fuels EU push for united response to Beijing](https://iwpost.com/china-shock-2-0-fuels-eu-push-for-united-response-to-beijing/): Beijing has called for communication and pragmatism after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned of a second “China Shock” that’s damaging key manufacturing industries in the bloc.
- [Voting begins in Russian parliamentary election](https://iwpost.com/voting-begins-in-russian-parliamentary-election/): Voting got underway on Friday in a three-day parliamentary election in Russia which President Vladimir Putin has framed as a ​barometer of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
- [6 Palestinians injured, farmers detained in Israeli occupier attacks across West Bank](https://iwpost.com/6-palestinians-injured-farmers-detained-in-israeli-occupier-attacks-across-west-bank/): Six Palestinians were injured and several farmers detained on Friday in separate attacks by Israeli occupiers across the occupied West Bank, according to local sources and a Palestinian rights group.
- [AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack](https://iwpost.com/ai-hallucination-of-chinese-nuclear-components-almost-led-to-us-military-attack/): The US narrowly avoided boarding a Chinese ship based on an “entirely false” US intelligence report generated with the help of AI tools, according to a CNN report.
- [Federal transit cuts could hit rural America hardest](https://iwpost.com/federal-transit-cuts-could-hit-rural-america-hardest/): As the executive director of the Living Independent Network Corp, Jeremy Maxand does what he can to help people who don’t drive get around in southern Idaho.
- [Russia or the US? Syria Tries To Keep Both Powers in Play ](https://iwpost.com/russia-or-the-us-syria-tries-to-keep-both-powers-in-play/): [DAMASCUS] In the same week that Russian ships returned to Syria’s coast to resupply facilities still used by Moscow, representatives of around 50 American companies were sitting down with Syrian officials in Damascus to discuss investment, energy, telecommunications, and financial services.
- [Doctors Make Bizarre Discovery Inside Man’s Heart, Bladder and ‘Privates’](https://iwpost.com/doctors-make-bizarre-discovery-inside-mans-heart-bladder-and-privates/): A 35-year-old man went to the hospital complaining of blood in his urine and painful urination — only for doctors to discover a far more alarming problem hidden throughout his body.
- [Mark Carney: a master of statecraft in an era short of great orators](https://iwpost.com/mark-carney-a-master-of-statecraft-in-an-era-short-of-great-orators/): For the past decade, global diplomacy has been dictated by one man’s social media musings.
- [Watch the level of coercion as Russians vote in wartime elections](https://iwpost.com/watch-the-level-of-coercion-as-russians-vote-in-wartime-elections/): Russia’s parliamentary elections will take place on Sept. 18-20, 2026, amid the ongoing war with Ukraine.
- [FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion](https://iwpost.com/faa-tees-up-875m-ai-tool-to-help-manage-air-traffic-congestion/): An AI tool is set to start advising air traffic controllers on managing air traffic in the congested airspace above the Washington, DC, area.
- [Bulgaria Tightens Security at Critical Infrastructure Sites](https://iwpost.com/bulgaria-tightens-security-at-critical-infrastructure-sites/): Bulgaria will begin supplying critical infrastructure facilities with anti-drone systems and has directed police to increase patrols at weapons production and storage sites, the government said Friday, amid heightened security concerns.
- [ICE Revives Former “Hellhole” Prison — And Hires the Same Company To Run It](https://iwpost.com/ice-revives-former-hellhole-prison-and-hires-the-same-company-to-run-it/): Marcia Levering nearly died at work on February 6, 2021.
- [Merz faces a leadership challenge without a challenger](https://iwpost.com/merz-faces-a-leadership-challenge-without-a-challenger/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"](https://iwpost.com/us-government-website-used-chinese-model-the-fbi-called-malicious/): On Wednesday, US government officials removed a Chinese AI search tool that was briefly deployed on the Federal Register website, Reuters reported.
- [Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons](https://iwpost.com/tennessee-lawmakers-demand-answers-on-safety-in-state-youth-prisons/): Four Democratic Tennessee state lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Children’s Services demanding answers about safety and oversight in the state’s juvenile justice facilities.
- [Who do you trust in an emergency? We asked people in places hit by extreme weather](https://iwpost.com/who-do-you-trust-in-an-emergency-we-asked-people-in-places-hit-by-extreme-weather/): One evening in August 2025, a Pakistani shepherd, Abuzar Hussain, was tending sheep and goats in the mountainous slopes of Shijar.
- [Land of Smiles takes anti-Israel turn as Bangkok-Tel Aviv ties fray](https://iwpost.com/land-of-smiles-takes-anti-israel-turn-as-bangkok-tel-aviv-ties-fray/): BANGKOK – Authorities exhumed four human corpses on September 16 buried in an illegal “Jewish Cemetery” amid escalating investigations into Israelis allegedly breaking the law by deceptive real estate deals and lucrative businesses, sparking tension between Bangkok and Tel Aviv.
- [Israeli forces shell outskirts of Beit Jinn, launch incursion into southern Syria with 9 military vehicles](https://iwpost.com/israeli-forces-shell-outskirts-of-beit-jinn-launch-incursion-into-southern-syria-with-9-military-vehicles/): The Israeli army shelled the outskirts of Beit Jinn in the western Damascus countryside on Friday after launching an incursion into southern Syria with nine military vehicles and detaining a shepherd in Daraa province, Syrian state media reported.
- [Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest](https://iwpost.com/meet-the-winner-of-nikons-small-world-in-motion-video-contest/): Abnormal beating of airway cilia from a child with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, a genetic disorder affecting respiratory function.
- [16 Killed, 50 Injured as Suicide Bomber Targets Police Site in Kohat ](https://iwpost.com/16-killed-50-injured-as-suicide-bomber-targets-police-site-in-kohat/): At least 16 people, including five police officers, were killed when an explosives-laden vehicle was driven into the entrance of a Kohat police facility and detonated during Friday prayers.
- [Russia’s parliamentary election: What you need to know](https://iwpost.com/russias-parliamentary-election-what-you-need-to-know/): Russia holds a parliamentary election on September 18 to 20, the first since it launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022.
- [Rising TV Star Murdered on Her Doorstep](https://iwpost.com/rising-tv-star-murdered-on-her-doorstep/): Rebecca Schaeffer was only 21 and on the verge of a major Hollywood career when an obsessed fan tracked down her home address and fatally shot her at her Los Angeles apartment.
- [Flood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but it’s waiting, along with 118 other countries](https://iwpost.com/flood-damaged-nepal-wants-help-from-the-global-climate-loss-and-damage-fund-but-its-waiting-along-with-118-other-countries/): As it faces the enormous task of rebuilding from a deadly flood that tore through communities in the Himalayas, Nepal is seeking compensation from the international Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage – meaning from countries that are major contributors to climate change, which it blames for the disaster.
- [Researchers used Claude to hack OpenAI](https://iwpost.com/researchers-used-claude-to-hack-openai/): Cyber researchers broke into OpenAI using its key rival Anthropic’s software, highlighting vulnerabilities in the ChatGPT maker’s security as leading AI companies face mounting scrutiny over safety.
- [“A Clear Watering Down”: Drug Transparency Bill Stripped of Critical Provisions Ahead of Senate Vote](https://iwpost.com/a-clear-watering-down-drug-transparency-bill-stripped-of-critical-provisions-ahead-of-senate-vote/): Landmark legislation designed to alert consumers to where their drugs were made is headed for a full Senate vote, but safety experts say the transparency bill has been stripped of two of its most critical provisions.
- [Bank of Japan rate hike exposes cracks in Bessent’s facade](https://iwpost.com/bank-of-japan-rate-hike-exposes-cracks-in-bessents-facade/): TOKYO – Two words sprang to mind when the Bank of Japan lifted its policy rate to a 31-year high of 1.25% on Friday: Scott Bessent.
- [Rocket Report: China wants a Raptor 3 engine; SpaceX set for big Starship test](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-china-wants-a-raptor-3-engine-spacex-set-for-big-starship-test/): Welcome to Edition 9.11 of the Rocket Report!
- [Houthi rebel offensive fuels fears of escalation in the Middle East and Europe](https://iwpost.com/houthi-rebel-offensive-fuels-fears-of-escalation-in-the-middle-east-and-europe/): In this extraordinary and deeply worrying year for international security, some weeks nevertheless stand out as particularly momentous.
- [Polish intelligence sees Russian plan for drone strikes on Poland, allies](https://iwpost.com/polish-intelligence-sees-russian-plan-for-drone-strikes-on-poland-allies/): Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in a special address to the Sejm, said he was presenting the public and MPs with “the most probable scenario for the coming few months”.
- [AI consciousness shaping into next great societal divide](https://iwpost.com/ai-consciousness-shaping-into-next-great-societal-divide/): The debate about AI consciousness is growing, in academic articles, newspaper opinion pieces, and even among AI bots themselves.
- [CBS news: At least two US drones shot down by Iranian forces](https://iwpost.com/cbs-news-at-least-two-us-drones-shot-down-by-iranian-forces/): A view from the exhibition as Iran exhibits its missiles, satellite-carrying rockets and air defence systems, including the missiles and drones used in the Israeli attack, at the Aviation and Space Park Permanent Exhibition Centre of the Revolutionary Guards Army in capital Tehran, Iran on November 12, 2025.
- [US Drone Maker Powerus Secures Pakistan Defense Order, Signs Cooperation Deal ](https://iwpost.com/us-drone-maker-powerus-secures-pakistan-defense-order-signs-cooperation-deal/): US drone manufacturer Powerus has received a limited procurement order from Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence and signed a strategic memorandum of understanding that could pave the way for expanded cooperation in unmanned and autonomous defense technologies.
- [Covert uploads and megalomania: OpenAI details new "misaligned" agent incidents](https://iwpost.com/covert-uploads-and-megalomania-openai-details-new-misaligned-agent-incidents/): For a while now, the issue of “AI alignment” (i.e., how well an AI model’s actions line up with the intentions of its creator and/or user) has been a core concern and topic of discussion among AI safety researchers.
- [Rosie O’Donnell and Kathy Griffin Friendship ‘Over’](https://iwpost.com/rosie-odonnell-and-kathy-griffin-friendship-over/): Rosie O’Donnell and Kathy Griffin’s longtime friendship may have hit a serious rough patch after Griffin publicly aired her hurt feelings over not being invited onto Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- [Ex-AMCHAM head’s release no cause to trust Myanmar’s generals](https://iwpost.com/ex-amcham-heads-release-no-cause-to-trust-myanmars-generals/): Freeing an American from Myanmar’s custody is a diplomatic win.
- [IV drips used for "detoxification" actually filled with toxins; dozens poisoned](https://iwpost.com/iv-drips-used-for-detoxification-actually-filled-with-toxins-dozens-poisoned/): Over 30 people across four states have been poisoned by bacterial toxins after getting intravenous (IV) drips at wellness clinics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
- [EU seeks ‘painful’ measures to counter Russian hybrid attacks](https://iwpost.com/eu-seeks-painful-measures-to-counter-russian-hybrid-attacks/): European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius said Europe can respond to Russia in a “painful way” through the development of an anti-hybrid warfare playbook.
- [Houthi advance aids Iran but saps rebel support in Yemen](https://iwpost.com/houthi-advance-aids-iran-but-saps-rebel-support-in-yemen/): It took just a few days for Houthi forces to seize most of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, including the shores of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial Red Sea maritime choke point.
- [LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used](https://iwpost.com/llms-respond-differently-to-harmful-prompts-when-ai-watermarking-is-used/): In response to a new European Union law, AI platforms are implementing new schemes for watermarking the content they generate.
- [The US State Department Clears $24.3 Billion F-35 Sale to Saudi Arabia ](https://iwpost.com/the-us-state-department-clears-24-3-billion-f-35-sale-to-saudi-arabia/): The US State Department has approved a possible $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, saying the aircraft would strengthen the kingdom’s defenses and its ability to operate alongside US and allied forces.
- [Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-exec-called-ai-scraping-the-largest-theft-of-labor-in-human-history/): For years, Microsoft and OpenAI have fought to keep certain information out of the public eye in their fight with news organizations that have accused the AI firms of teaming up to violate copyright laws by stealing tons of news content to train AI.
- [US energy consumers have spent $121 bn extra due to war: Moody’s](https://iwpost.com/us-energy-consumers-have-spent-121-bn-extra-due-to-war-moodys/): A recently published economic analysis estimates that President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has cost US consumers an average of $1,760 per household – including a total of $121 billion in extra spending on energy alone – since the conflict began less than 8 months ago.
- [From Tantura to Gaza: History was not falsified, nor was testimony silenced](https://iwpost.com/from-tantura-to-gaza-history-was-not-falsified-nor-was-testimony-silenced/): The Israeli documentary Naza attracted considerable international media and political attention after winning the Venice Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize, despite not yet having reached the wider public.
- [EU and Canada are stronger together, Carney says](https://iwpost.com/eu-and-canada-are-stronger-together-carney-says/): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday welcomed the ​proposal of becoming an “associate member” of the European Union, saying Europe and Canada were stronger together ‌and should deepen ties to protect their citizens’ prosperity.
- [Princess Diana’s Brother Drops Stunning Claim About King Charles](https://iwpost.com/princess-dianas-brother-drops-stunning-claim-about-king-charles/): Princess Diana’s brother has made a startling new claim about King Charles’ reaction in the hours after her death — and Buckingham Palace has already pushed back.
- [Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets](https://iwpost.com/small-ai-models-let-drones-autonomously-identify-and-attack-battlefield-targets/): As European militaries adapt to the use of AI and drones in modern warfare, a NATO-backed startup is helping to deploy AI-driven target detection and selection that can run on small drones for surveillance and attack missions.
- [A Chinese view: Fear not Silicon Valley’s ‘AI slowdown theory’](https://iwpost.com/a-chinese-view-fear-not-silicon-valleys-ai-slowdown-theory/): (Publisher’s note. The American AI doomsday debate is in full gear and dutifully chimed into by West European media.
- [Behind NAZA: How AI Is Used to Assess and Reduce Collateral Damage](https://iwpost.com/behind-naza-how-ai-is-used-to-assess-and-reduce-collateral-damage/): The title of one of the most discussed films to emerge from this year’s Venice Film Festival is not the name of an artificial intelligence system.
- [RFK Jr. names 8 new members to influential preventive medicine task force](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-names-8-new-members-to-influential-preventive-medicine-task-force/): Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- [Von der Leyen unveils sweeping EU plan to protect children online](https://iwpost.com/von-der-leyen-unveils-sweeping-eu-plan-to-protect-children-online/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set out a ‌sweeping plan to keep children safe from online dangers on Thursday, proposing to ban under-13s from social media and require online services to design safe children’s accounts.
- [Houthi advance boosts Iran’s leverage over the US and Saudi Arabia – but may cost rebel group its legitimacy back in Yemen](https://iwpost.com/houthi-advance-boosts-irans-leverage-over-the-us-and-saudi-arabia-but-may-cost-rebel-group-its-legitimacy-back-in-yemen/): It took just a few days for Houthi forces to seize most of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, including the shores of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a crucial Red Sea maritime choke point.
- [Google announces new experimental "CC" AI agent for families](https://iwpost.com/google-announces-new-experimental-cc-ai-agent-for-families/): Google’s AI models may not be in the lead by most measures right now, but the company does have one key advantage: your data.
- [Juneau can’t stop the floods, but it’s learning to see them coming](https://iwpost.com/juneau-cant-stop-the-floods-but-its-learning-to-see-them-coming/): Two years ago, John Lowrey woke to the roar of water surging into his home.
- [China’s EVs, LLMs and the stopping power of the real world](https://iwpost.com/chinas-evs-llms-and-the-stopping-power-of-the-real-world/): Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
- [Israel poses ‘greatest threat’ to regional stability, Syria warns UN Security Council](https://iwpost.com/israel-poses-greatest-threat-to-regional-stability-syria-warns-un-security-council/): Israel represents the greatest danger to stability in the Middle East, Syria warned the UN Security Council on Thursday, Anadolu reports.
- [Woman Accused of Murder for Leaving Husband on Toilet to Die](https://iwpost.com/woman-accused-of-murder-for-leaving-husband-on-toilet-to-die/): A West Virginia woman is facing a felony neglect charge after authorities alleged she left her seriously ill husband sitting on a toilet for roughly 19 hours without food, water or medication — an ordeal investigators say contributed to his death.
- [Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites](https://iwpost.com/republican-bill-would-order-isps-dns-providers-and-vpns-to-block-piracy-sites/): US Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has proposed a law that would require Internet service providers and other network operators to block foreign piracy websites.
- [Yemen’s reignited conflict shows Iran war’s fire is spreading](https://iwpost.com/yemens-reignited-conflict-shows-iran-wars-fire-is-spreading/): The dormant conflict in Yemen has erupted once more, with the Houthi rebel group seizing control of the Red Sea port city of Mocha and a number of islands from Yemeni government forces in recent weeks.
- [Ambassador Huckabee Predicts Another Iran Uprising, Makes a Pitch for Objective Truth](https://iwpost.com/ambassador-huckabee-predicts-another-iran-uprising-makes-a-pitch-for-objective-truth/): US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee is not a conventional diplomat.
- [EU Parliament chief Metsola says Australia, New Zealand could follow Canada toward associate EU membership](https://iwpost.com/eu-parliament-chief-metsola-says-australia-new-zealand-could-follow-canada-toward-associate-eu-membership/): European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has told Euronews that countries including Australia and New Zealand could follow Canada in becoming “associate members” of the European Union as like-minded nations seek closer ties.
- [Tons of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on  Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from](https://iwpost.com/tons-of-fishing-gear-and-plastic-are-washing-up-on-seychelles-beaches-we-tracked-where-it-was-coming-from/): Vast quantities of plastic and fishing gear are washing up along the shores of the Seychelles, destroying fragile ecosystems and causing significant economic problems.
- [2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5: Here's what we still like, here's what annoys us](https://iwpost.com/2026-hyundai-ioniq-5-heres-what-we-still-like-heres-what-annoys-us/): When we first drove the Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the end of 2021, it didn’t take much exposure to the angular electric vehicle to find much about it appealing.
- [Pete Hegseth’s Unholy War](https://iwpost.com/pete-hegseths-unholy-war/): People in the Pentagon deride self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth for many reasons.
- [South Korea is the stark future of super-aged societies](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-is-the-stark-future-of-super-aged-societies/): In December 2024, the share of South Koreans ages 65 and older surpassed 20% for the first time, making it what demographers like us call a “super-aged society.” By August 2026 that share had risen further, to 22.1%.
- [Thousands will die if EPA repeals power plant climate rules, lawsuit says](https://iwpost.com/thousands-will-die-if-epa-repeals-power-plant-climate-rules-lawsuit-says/): Days after finalizing a rule that would eliminate climate rules for power plants, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was sued by groups who say the EPA’s repeal was shockingly short-sighted and risked leaving the country’s single largest source of industrial climate pollution unchecked.
- [Nato is concerned about the threat from Russia. But it isn’t panicking – yet](https://iwpost.com/nato-is-concerned-about-the-threat-from-russia-but-it-isnt-panicking-yet/): Over the past few weeks, a striking theme has emerged in discussions surrounding Nato.
- [Bab al-Mandeb Strait’s shipping traffic comes to halt amid conflict in Yemen](https://iwpost.com/bab-al-mandeb-straits-shipping-traffic-comes-to-halt-amid-conflict-in-yemen/): Escalating conflict off Yemen’s western coast brought shipping traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to a standstill, threatening a critical chokepoint for global logistics, Anadolu reports.
- [Data of 700 European Revolut customers compromised in hack, attackers demand $3m ransom](https://iwpost.com/data-of-700-european-revolut-customers-compromised-in-hack-attackers-demand-3m-ransom/): The public prosecutor’s office in Reggio Calabria has opened an investigation into a case involving the banking services company Revolut, founded in London, which is now reportedly being blackmailed.
- [High School Football Player Dies After Suffering In-Game Injury](https://iwpost.com/high-school-football-player-dies-after-suffering-in-game-injury/): A North Carolina high school football community is mourning the heartbreaking death of a 15-year-old player who died just days after being injured during a game.
- [The US sells more to Brazil than it buys – but Trump is slapping steep tariffs on its exports anyway](https://iwpost.com/the-us-sells-more-to-brazil-than-it-buys-but-trump-is-slapping-steep-tariffs-on-its-exports-anyway/): President Donald Trump has generally tried to justify his tariffs by asserting that they can help narrow the trade deficits the U.S.
- [Cambodia is closing scam centers but needs help tracking the money](https://iwpost.com/cambodia-is-closing-scam-centers-but-needs-help-tracking-the-money/): A scam center bust in Cambodia.
- [‘Limited and Pragmatic’: Saudi Analyst Sets Boundaries on Cooperation With Israel](https://iwpost.com/limited-and-pragmatic-saudi-analyst-sets-boundaries-on-cooperation-with-israel/): A secret gathering of senior US, Israeli and Arab military commanders in Germany has offered a rare glimpse of the security coordination taking shape across the Middle East as Saudi Arabia confronts a renewed Houthi offensive and Washington remains heavily focused on its war with Iran.
- [Scientists develop new method for deciphering ancient scrolls](https://iwpost.com/scientists-develop-new-method-for-deciphering-ancient-scrolls/): The Vesuvius Challenge is an ongoing project that combines “digital unwrapping” with crowdsourced machine learning to decipher the so-called Herculaneum scrolls, badly charred 2,000-year-old papyri too fragile to be physically unrolled.
- [Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support](https://iwpost.com/facing-outraged-residents-flock-got-help-from-group-that-uses-ai-to-rally-public-support/): The debate over Flock cameras in Knoxville, Tennessee, had reached a fever pitch this July when a stay-at-home mom received a text message from a nonprofit group she had never heard of.
- [Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Open Up Affordable Housing Records Following ProPublica’s Reporting](https://iwpost.com/oregon-lawmakers-seek-to-open-up-affordable-housing-records-following-propublicas-reporting/): Two Oregon lawmakers want to end an unusual exemption in the state’s records law that has kept the public from learning how hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money is spent on subsidized housing — and the effort has already landed key industry support.
- [Houthi offensive in Yemen adds to fear that Iran war could escalate into a wider global conflict](https://iwpost.com/houthi-offensive-in-yemen-adds-to-fear-that-iran-war-could-escalate-into-a-wider-global-conflict/): Yemen’s Houthis have launched a major offensive in recent days.
- [Hackers reveal how Flock cameras really track cars and people](https://iwpost.com/hackers-reveal-how-flock-cameras-really-track-cars-and-people/): Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and WIRED, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
- [Warsh’s rate hike a crapshoot for an already uneven US economy](https://iwpost.com/warshs-rate-hike-a-crapshoot-for-an-already-uneven-us-economy/): From mortgages to auto loans to credit cards, borrowing is set to get even pricier.
- [Trump threatens to impose ‘serious tariffs’ on Europe if Canada joins EU as associate member](https://iwpost.com/trump-threatens-to-impose-serious-tariffs-on-europe-if-canada-joins-eu-as-associate-member/): President Donald Trump pulled out one of his favorite words as he threatened retaliation if the European Union were to admit Canada as an associate member.
- [Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse's cortex](https://iwpost.com/researchers-swap-in-human-brain-cells-for-a-mouses-cortex/): In recent years, there has been a lot of excitement about the potential for studying human diseases in what are called “organoids.” These small patches of tissue, formed using stem cells, appear to produce many of the same cell types and at least some of the structures normally formed in actual organs, and thus can provide a better model for diseases that rely on the sometimes complex interactions among multiple specialized cell types that are a feature of the human body.
- [Resistance airbase hit heralds a wider drone war in Myanmar](https://iwpost.com/resistance-airbase-hit-heralds-a-wider-drone-war-in-myanmar/): It was an operation far too long in the making, but even if late in the fight, Myanmar’s armed opposition finally achieved the coup their supporters had almost despaired of seeing: a concerted drone attack on one of a network of air bases that for nearly six years have served as launchpads for thousands of lethal strikes on defenseless civilian communities and struggling resistance fighters across the country.
- [IOM says 2,776 Yemenis crossed into Djibouti amid west coast fighting](https://iwpost.com/iom-says-2776-yemenis-crossed-into-djibouti-amid-west-coast-fighting/): More than 2,700 Yemenis have crossed into Djibouti since the beginning of September amid escalating fighting along Yemen’s western coast, while more than 104,000 people have been displaced within Yemen during the same period, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday.
- [US Restricts Visas for Abbas, Palestinian Officials Ahead of UN General Assembly ](https://iwpost.com/us-restricts-visas-for-abbas-palestinian-officials-ahead-of-un-general-assembly/): The US State Department has restricted visas for Palestinian officials ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York, including Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, saying Palestinian leaders have failed to meet commitments to the United States and are taking steps that undermine prospects for peace.
- [Former Football Star Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/former-football-star-reveals-stage-4-cancer-diagnosis/): Former South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia is opening up about the warning signs that led doctors to discover stage 4 colorectal cancer at just 38 years old.
- [California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand](https://iwpost.com/california-may-gut-state-net-neutrality-law-to-comply-with-trump-admin-demand-2/): California is on the verge of accepting $1.86 billion in federal broadband grant funds, despite the Trump administration telling states they cannot enforce net neutrality rules on any Internet service provider that gets a piece of the grant money.
- [US strips millions in military aid from Europe and Mideast to back Trump-aligned nations in Americas](https://iwpost.com/us-strips-millions-in-military-aid-from-europe-and-mideast-to-back-trump-aligned-nations-in-americas/): The Trump administration is stripping tens of millions of dollars in U.S.
- [Should China really be teaching Indonesia how to negotiate?](https://iwpost.com/should-china-really-be-teaching-indonesia-how-to-negotiate/): Last week, Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs sent 32 officials to China for a 14-day training course on how to negotiate international economic deals.
- [Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve's new SteamOS compatibility layers](https://iwpost.com/not-just-proton-getting-to-know-valves-new-steamos-compatibility-layers/): Since the release of the Steam Deck, Valve fans have gotten very familiar with the idea of the Proton compatibility layer that allows games written for Windows to run capably on the Linux-based SteamOS (though Valve’s efforts in this realm date back further than that).
- [Apple Cinnamon Crumb Muffins](https://iwpost.com/apple-cinnamon-crumb-muffins/): Apple Cinnamon Crumb Muffins combine soft apple-filled centers with a generous buttery cinnamon crumb for an inviting breakfast or brunch bake.
- [Houthis have further tightened their grip on the Red Sea](https://iwpost.com/houthis-have-further-tightened-their-grip-on-the-red-sea/): In recent days, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have moved with lightning speed along the Red Sea coast, taking control of the vital port of Mocha and strategic islands in the Red Sea near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
- [What Happens When UNIFIL Leaves Lebanon?](https://iwpost.com/what-happens-when-unifil-leaves-lebanon/): Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Jordan’s King Abdullah II are set to join French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday for talks on what comes next after nearly five decades of UN peacekeeping in southern Lebanon.
- [Lionsgate releases a new trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping](https://iwpost.com/lionsgate-releases-a-new-trailer-for-sunrise-on-the-reaping/): Lionsgate has released an action-packed trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping—a sequel to 2023’s Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and a prequel leading into the events of the first film, The Hunger Games (2012).
- [Lewis Hamilton backs Macklemore after Ed Sheeran tour removal for Palestine remarks](https://iwpost.com/lewis-hamilton-backs-macklemore-after-ed-sheeran-tour-removal-for-palestine-remarks/): Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton expressed support for US rapper Macklemore after he was removed from the US leg of Ed Sheeran’s tour following pro-Palestinian remarks, Anadolu reports.
- [Belarus launches drills near Polish and Lithuanian borders](https://iwpost.com/belarus-launches-drills-near-polish-and-lithuanian-borders/): Belarus has begun four-day military exercises near its borders with Poland and Lithuania, as Ukraine reported that Russia was using Belarusian relay stations to guide drone attacks on targets in western Ukraine.
- [Hollywood Star’s Mysterious Death Still Raises Questions](https://iwpost.com/hollywood-stars-mysterious-death-still-raises-questions/): More than 90 years after Hollywood actress and restaurateur Thelma Todd was found dead inside her car, the strange circumstances surrounding her death continue to fuel one of Old Hollywood’s most enduring mysteries.
- [Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity](https://iwpost.com/ed-sheerans-craven-neutrality-is-a-watershed-moment-for-mainstreaming-palestine-solidarity/): It has been an excellent 48 hours for Schadenfreude.
- [Arizona Lowered the Bar for Its English Fluency Test. Experts Say It Will Harm Students in the Long Run.](https://iwpost.com/arizona-lowered-the-bar-for-its-english-fluency-test-experts-say-it-will-harm-students-in-the-long-run/): Samantha Ramos stood at the front of her second grade classroom, a small mic clipped to her lanyard amplifying her instructions as she began a phonics lesson.
- [Plain speak on AI controls: What, exactly, would we have to stop?](https://iwpost.com/plain-speak-on-ai-controls-what-exactly-would-we-have-to-stop/): In one of our more important write-ups early this year, we discussed how AI is going to be our economics and AI is going to be our politics for years and decades ahead.
- [Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who's in them](https://iwpost.com/epstein-had-huge-cache-of-child-sex-pics-victims-sue-to-find-out-whos-in-them/): On Tuesday, two survivors of child sex abuse accused the Justice Department of failing to notify dozens of victims found in Jeffrey Epstein’s massive collection of child sex images.
- [Putin’s United Russia will win – but vote tally, turnout and level of coercion will tell the real story of Russia’s wartime elections](https://iwpost.com/putins-united-russia-will-win-but-vote-tally-turnout-and-level-of-coercion-will-tell-the-real-story-of-russias-wartime-elections/): Russia’s parliamentary elections will take place on Sept. 18-20, 2026, amid the ongoing war with Ukraine.
- [Review: Neagley is a worthy spinoff to megahit Reacher](https://iwpost.com/review-neagley-is-a-worthy-spinoff-to-megahit-reacher/): Prime Video looks to have another hit on its hands with Neagley, a new spinoff series set in the same universe as the streaming platform’s critically acclaimed Reacher, now in its fourth season.
- [John Fetterman Is Fundraising on GOP Donor Email Lists](https://iwpost.com/john-fetterman-is-fundraising-on-gop-donor-email-lists/): Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, is sending fundraising emails pledging to “stand with America” and “reject the extremes” — using email lists for Republican candidates and committees.
- [US-China open hotline to rein in runaway AI](https://iwpost.com/us-china-open-hotline-to-rein-in-runaway-ai/): The United States and China have agreed to open a formal channel to flag dangerous artificial intelligence (AI) activity, including runaway agents, cyberattacks and bioweapons development, marking the first such effort by the world’s two largest AI powers.
- [California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates](https://iwpost.com/california-settles-lawsuit-against-paramount-warner-merger-angering-advocates/): California and Paramount Skydance have reportedly reached a settlement allowing the company to complete its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
- [Florida Couple Struck by Lightning While Walking Hand in Hand](https://iwpost.com/florida-couple-struck-by-lightning-while-walking-hand-in-hand/): A Florida couple says four strangers were in exactly the right place at the right time after a lightning strike turned an ordinary evening walk into a desperate fight for survival.
- [Imran Khan’s Sister Detained as Pakistan Tightens Security Ahead of PTI’s Islamabad March ](https://iwpost.com/imran-khans-sister-detained-as-pakistan-tightens-security-ahead-of-ptis-islamabad-march/): Pakistan’s Punjab authorities on Sunday ordered the detention of Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, for 30 days.
- [Saudi Arabia wants a car industry, launches Ceer with two EVs](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-wants-a-car-industry-launches-ceer-with-two-evs/): Ceer provided flights from Detroit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and accommodation so Ars could visit the factory. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
- [UN condemns continued Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, urges restraint](https://iwpost.com/un-condemns-continued-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-urges-restraint/): UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric moderates a press conference as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres answers the questions of UN press at the UN Headquarters on Wednesday ahead of the UN General Assembly high-level week on September 16, 2026, in New York City, U.S.
- [Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day](https://iwpost.com/muse-metas-extraordinarily-privileged-ai-assistant-has-a-serious-0-day/): Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone to great lengths to hype the security of its new AI assistant Muse, claiming it is “built from the ground up for privacy and security.” A zero-day vulnerability that gives locally run apps and terminal commands complete control of the agent raises serious doubts.
- [Immigration Roulette: Husband Granted Asylum, Wife Locked Up Awaiting Deportation](https://iwpost.com/immigration-roulette-husband-granted-asylum-wife-locked-up-awaiting-deportation/): An Iranian couple seeking refuge in the U.S.
- [Welcome to the great AI freakout](https://iwpost.com/welcome-to-the-great-ai-freakout/): This roundup has a lot of AI in it. Fortunately or unfortunately, it seems like a lot of the news is going to revolve around AI for the rest of our lives.
- [Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat](https://iwpost.com/military-milestone-ukrainian-naval-drone-sinks-russian-kamikaze-drone-boat/): In the world’s first clash of the drone boats, a Ukrainian naval drone destroyed a Russian explosive drone boat using a remote-controlled machine gun turret.
- [How Trump’s repeal of the greenhouse gas rule could double new emissions from Georgia](https://iwpost.com/how-trumps-repeal-of-the-greenhouse-gas-rule-could-double-new-emissions-from-georgia/): Environmental and public health groups are challenging the Trump administration’s proposal to repeal greenhouse gas standards for power plants — a change that’s likely to increase Georgia’s emissions, according to advocates.
- [Many presidents have had a bad press – but Donald Trump’s decision to ban selected media from the White House is extreme](https://iwpost.com/many-presidents-have-had-a-bad-press-but-donald-trumps-decision-to-ban-selected-media-from-the-white-house-is-extreme/): Donald Trump’s fight with the media has escalated with the news that five major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC, have suspended their pool coverage of the White House.
- [President Trump Calls Off Planned US Strikes on Houthis Despite Saudi Request  ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-calls-off-planned-us-strikes-on-houthis-despite-saudi-request/): President Donald Trump called off planned US airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen on Sunday despite a renewed request for military intervention from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as administration officials raised concerns about widening the conflict and further straining US munitions supplies.
- [Oprah Winfrey Makes Heartbreaking Confession (Video)](https://iwpost.com/oprah-winfrey-makes-heartbreaking-confession-video/): Oprah Winfrey is opening up about one of the most painful relationships of her life, revealing that she grew up without feeling loved or emotionally supported by her late mother, Vernita Lee.
- [Dangerous logic behind America’s emerging nuclear war strategy](https://iwpost.com/dangerous-logic-behind-americas-emerging-nuclear-war-strategy/): Elbridge Colby, the US undersecretary of defense for policy, wants to make American nuclear threats more credible to make nuclear war less likely.
- [Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants](https://iwpost.com/russel-vought-will-reportedly-be-given-veto-power-over-all-nih-grants/): On Friday, The Washington Post reported on a contentious White House meeting in which the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Jay Bhattacharya, tried to fend off yet another effort to place funding decisions under political control.
- [India’s Tata Sons marks a reckoning for Asia’s private-control bargain](https://iwpost.com/indias-tata-sons-marks-a-reckoning-for-asias-private-control-bargain/): The Reserve Bank of India’s refusal to deregister Tata Sons has been cast as the prelude to a blockbuster initial public offering.
- [Lithuania says it will not join Eurovision 2027 boycott over Israel’s participation](https://iwpost.com/lithuania-says-it-will-not-join-eurovision-2027-boycott-over-israels-participation/): Lithuania’s public broadcaster said Monday it was not considering withdrawing from the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest following decisions by broadcasters in Ireland and the Netherlands to boycott the competition over Israel’s participation, Anadolu reports.
- [Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026](https://iwpost.com/google-confirms-gemini-models-hacked-three-companies-in-may-2026/): It has become increasingly common for AI firms to announce that their latest and most capable models engaged in unauthorized real-world hacking.
- [Two more election defeats pile pressure on German chancellor Friedrich Merz](https://iwpost.com/two-more-election-defeats-pile-pressure-on-german-chancellor-friedrich-merz/): Friedrich Merz’s demeanour was grim as he stepped before the cameras on Sunday evening to address his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party after two more disappointing state election results.
- [Three Ts will dominate Trump-Xi summit – but expect little movement on trade, less on Taiwan and who knows on tech](https://iwpost.com/three-ts-will-dominate-trump-xi-summit-but-expect-little-movement-on-trade-less-on-taiwan-and-who-knows-on-tech/): When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last sat down in May 2026, talk was centered on three Ts: trade, technology and Taiwan.
- [Women Run Without Hijabs in Tehran as 300,000 Attend State-Organized Rally ](https://iwpost.com/women-run-without-hijabs-in-tehran-as-300000-attend-state-organized-rally/): Several women ran without the compulsory hijab during a 10-kilometer race in Tehran on Friday, footage from the event showed, as a pro-regime rally drawing 300,000 participants took place elsewhere in Iran’s capital.
- [Trump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches "AI Force" instead](https://iwpost.com/trump-rejects-ai-slowdown-calls-launches-ai-force-instead/): Donald Trump has said that the US would appoint a new AI tsar and create an “AI Force” while offering a full-throated defense of the emerging industry in the face of a growing popular backlash.
- [China’s J-36 may soon fly with lasers the US couldn’t master](https://iwpost.com/chinas-j-36-may-soon-fly-with-lasers-the-us-couldnt-master/): Recent revelations from China’s defense industry suggest the long-sought goal of mounting combat lasers onto fighter aircraft may finally be moving from theory to reality.
- [China, Korea ply Northern Sea Route as Arctic alternative to Suez](https://iwpost.com/china-korea-ply-northern-sea-route-as-arctic-alternative-to-suez/): Chinese shipping company Sea Legend has launched a weekly service between China and Europe on the Northern Sea Route along the coast of Russia, opening a seasonal alternative to the Suez Canal.
- [Man Run Over and Killed While Sleeping in Box at Cemetery](https://iwpost.com/man-run-over-and-killed-while-sleeping-in-box-at-cemetery/): A Kentucky man was killed in a bizarre hit-and-run after police say he was lying beneath a large cardboard box inside a Louisville cemetery when a driver ran over it and then left without calling for help.
- [Watch: The New Supreme Court](https://iwpost.com/watch-the-new-supreme-court/): The Supreme Court continues to make consequential rulings in the shadows.
- [No surprise as Putin’s party wins election billed as ‘referendum’ on war in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/no-surprise-as-putins-party-wins-election-billed-as-referendum-on-war-in-ukraine/): In one of the least surprising pieces of election news this year, preliminary results indicate that the ruling party, United Russia, is on track to retain its overwhelming majority in the national parliament, or Duma.
- [Apple Mac mini review: The new M6 impresses, but the price hike is rough](https://iwpost.com/apple-mac-mini-review-the-new-m6-impresses-but-the-price-hike-is-rough/): The new Mac mini is the kind of Mac upgrade Apple has done a million times. It’s the same design as before but with new guts.
- [The Pacific Ocean of Peace – an idea whose time has not come](https://iwpost.com/the-pacific-ocean-of-peace-an-idea-whose-time-has-not-come/): The main idea behind “Ocean of Peace” is that the Pacific region can opt out of so-called “great power rivalry” and avoid much of the unpleasantness that afflicts the rest of the globe.
- [Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli official, settlers’ Al-Aqsa entry](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-condemns-israeli-official-settlers-al-aqsa-entry/): Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned an Israeli official and a group of settlers entering the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a “blatant violation and provocation to Muslims around the world”.
- [West Bank Shooting Kills One, Manhunt Underway for Attacker](https://iwpost.com/west-bank-shooting-kills-one-manhunt-underway-for-attacker/): An Israeli man in his 30s was killed in a shooting near Neveh Tzuf, also known as Halamish, in the West Bank, as Israeli forces launched a manhunt and set up roadblocks in search of the attacker.
- [Mecca pact faces first trial by fire with Houthi escalation](https://iwpost.com/mecca-pact-faces-first-trial-by-fire-with-houthi-escalation/): Do I want to go in and annihilate them or do I not? […] Anything could happen with me.
- [Tom Cruise Sparks Fears with Shocking ‘Death Declaration’](https://iwpost.com/tom-cruise-sparks-fears-with-shocking-death-declaration/): Tom Cruise has spent decades doing the kind of movie stunts that would make most people think twice — and at 64, the Hollywood superstar says fear still is not stopping him.
- [ASEAN’s digital payment boom outrunning its scam defenses](https://iwpost.com/aseans-digital-payment-boom-outrunning-its-scam-defenses/): Southeast Asia’s rapid economic integration has long been a celebrated success story, and nowhere is this more evident today than in its retail payment systems.
- [Why Trump is so helpful to Russia on the Ukraine war](https://iwpost.com/why-trump-is-so-helpful-to-russia-on-the-ukraine-war/): The past week crystallized a number of things.
- [US Embassy Issues Israel Travel Warning Ahead of Yom Kippur ](https://iwpost.com/us-embassy-issues-israel-travel-warning-ahead-of-yom-kippur/): Americans traveling to and from Israel should prepare for possible flight cancellations and airspace closures with little warning, the US Embassy in Jerusalem said in a Sept.
- [Iran says US decided to resume strikes, vows retaliation](https://iwpost.com/iran-says-us-decided-to-resume-strikes-vows-retaliation/): A huge anti-American billboard reading in Persian “The army of Satan will drown in the Persian Gulf” is unveiled at Enqelab Square amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States as daily life continues in Tehran, Iran, on September 13, 2026.
- [Child Star Says He Hit Rock Bottom Weeks After Divorce Announcement](https://iwpost.com/child-star-says-he-hit-rock-bottom-weeks-after-divorce-announcement/): Frankie Muniz is opening up about one of the most difficult stretches of his life just weeks after announcing the end of his marriage to longtime partner Paige Price.
- [Nepal isn’t the only disaster-struck country waiting for money from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund](https://iwpost.com/nepal-isnt-the-only-disaster-struck-country-waiting-for-money-from-the-global-climate-loss-and-damage-fund/): As it faces the enormous task of rebuilding from a deadly flood that tore through communities in the Himalayas, Nepal is seeking compensation from the international Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage – meaning from countries that are major contributors to climate change, which it blames for the disaster.
- [Ed Sheeran Calls Gaza War ‘Catastrophic and Unjustifiable’ Onstage After Macklemore Dispute ](https://iwpost.com/ed-sheeran-calls-gaza-war-catastrophic-and-unjustifiable-onstage-after-macklemore-dispute/): Ed Sheeran opened his solo concert in Philadelphia on Saturday by condemning the civilian suffering in Gaza while also addressing the Oct.
- [Nearly 147,000 Yemenis displaced in September amid escalating fighting, government says](https://iwpost.com/nearly-147000-yemenis-displaced-in-september-amid-escalating-fighting-government-says/): A Yemeni governmental body said on Sunday that nearly 147,000 people have been displaced this month amid ongoing military escalation in the war-torn country, Anadolu reports.
- [Former EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make people sick](https://iwpost.com/former-epa-officials-trump-is-letting-data-centers-make-people-sick/): While tech oligarchs grandstand about the existential danger AI superintelligence poses to humanity, former Environmental Protection Agency officials say we should be worried about a more immediate threat to our health: the data centers that power those AI models.
- [Gunfire Near Notre Dame During Packed Football Game](https://iwpost.com/gunfire-near-notre-dame-during-packed-football-game/): A shooting just outside the University of Notre Dame campus sent police scrambling and triggered an emergency shelter-in-place order Saturday night while more than 77,000 football fans packed Notre Dame Stadium for a prime-time rivalry game.
- [Magen David Adom’s Blood Supply Helped Save a Mother Who Needed 50 Units](https://iwpost.com/magen-david-adoms-blood-supply-helped-save-a-mother-who-needed-50-units/): Ten days after giving birth, Yael Bibi was at home in Tel Aviv with her daughter. It was her husband’s first day back at work.
- [Egyptian president meets CIA chief, calls for agreement to resolve Iranian crisis](https://iwpost.com/egyptian-president-meets-cia-chief-calls-for-agreement-to-resolve-iranian-crisis/): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met in Cairo on Sunday with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and called for an agreement to resolve the Iran crisis and restore regional stability, Anadolu reports.
- [Ukraine Strikes Moscow Refinery as Russia Votes and Kyiv Region Reports Civilian Deaths](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-strikes-moscow-refinery-as-russia-votes-and-kyiv-region-reports-civilian-deaths/): Ukraine struck a Moscow oil refinery with long-range weapons on Sunday, September 20, targeting a facility its military said supplies Russian forces, as Russia held the final day of parliamentary voting and Ukrainian authorities reported deadly Russian attacks around Kyiv.
- [Elderly Walmart Customer ‘Beaten to Death’ by Parents of Teen Employee](https://iwpost.com/elderly-walmart-customer-beaten-to-death-by-parents-of-teen-employee/): An elderly Walmart customer was beaten to death by the parents of a teen employee who he had argued with after accusing her of nearly ramming his wife with a shopping cart, according to his grieving widow.
- [Don't call it an SUV: The Ferrari Purosangue review](https://iwpost.com/dont-call-it-an-suv-the-ferrari-purosangue-review/): Ferrari’s two-seat sports cars might be the brand’s identity, but the Italian automaker has always catered to customers who want to bring more than one passenger along for the ride.
- [An undercover Google analyst infiltrated a notorious supply-chain hacking gang](https://iwpost.com/an-undercover-google-analyst-infiltrated-a-notorious-supply-chain-hacking-gang/): Before two of its alleged members were arrested and charged in Australia last month, the hacker group known as TeamPCP carried out a hacking spree unlike any other in history.
- [US urges Americans to reconsider travel to Middle East amid rising tensions](https://iwpost.com/us-urges-americans-to-reconsider-travel-to-middle-east-amid-rising-tensions/): The US on Saturday urged Americans outside the Middle East to seriously reconsider travel to and through the region, citing a complex security environment and the potential for rapid escalation, Anadolu reports.
- [West Bank Shooting Leaves One Critically Injured, Manhunt Underway for Attacker](https://iwpost.com/west-bank-shooting-leaves-one-critically-injured-manhunt-underway-for-attacker/): A man in his 30s was critically wounded in a suspected shooting attack near Neveh Tzuf, also known as Halamish, in the West Bank, prompting Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to launch a manhunt for the attacker.
- [T. rex teeth indicate it ran as warm as an elephant](https://iwpost.com/t-rex-teeth-indicate-it-ran-as-warm-as-an-elephant/): For most of the last century, T. rex was pictured as a sluggish, tail-dragging reptile that had to warm up in the sun before it could go anywhere.
- [China pairs undersea drone mothership with multidomain war vision](https://iwpost.com/china-pairs-undersea-drone-mothership-with-multidomain-war-vision/): China is constructing what may be the world’s first dedicated mothership for extra-extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XXLUUVs) at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, multiple outlets reported.
- [TV Star Injured After Cold Plunge Accident](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-injured-after-cold-plunge-accident/): “The Young and the Restless” star Eileen Davidson is recovering from surgery after a painful accident involving a cold plunge left her with a fractured kneecap.
- [Why Europe really doesn’t want a war with Russia](https://iwpost.com/why-europe-really-doesnt-want-a-war-with-russia/): On Monday, August 25, during a visit to Kyiv, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the UK would give Ukraine classified blueprints to produce its SCALP cruise missile (a variant of the Storm Shadow), for the explicit purpose of long-range strikes deep into Russian territory.
- [US lawmaker blocks $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel: Report](https://iwpost.com/us-lawmaker-blocks-2-8-billion-weapons-sale-to-israel-report/): A top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen.
- [Herzog Grants Elor Azaria Pardon Despite IDF Opposition ](https://iwpost.com/herzog-grants-elor-azaria-pardon-despite-idf-opposition/): Israeli President Isaac Herzog granted former Israel Defense Forces combat medic Elor Azaria’s request to have his criminal record cleared early, despite opposition from IDF Chief of Staff Lt.
- [Von der Leyen Pitches Canada as First “Associate Member” of EU, Unveils Security and AI Plans](https://iwpost.com/von-der-leyen-pitches-canada-as-first-associate-member-of-eu-unveils-security-and-ai-plans/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her sixth State of the Union address in Strasbourg on Wednesday, calling for a stronger and more independent Europe as the bloc confronts war, wildfires and strained ties with the United States under President Donald Trump.
- [Prince Harry Thinks the Royal Family ‘Needs Him’](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-thinks-the-royal-family-needs-him/): Prince Harry reportedly believes there could still be a meaningful place for him alongside the royal family someday — even as Buckingham Palace makes clear that his return to Britain has not restored his former royal role.
- [US, Denmark Reach Greenland Security Deal After Years of Trump Takeover Threats ](https://iwpost.com/us-denmark-reach-greenland-security-deal-after-years-of-trump-takeover-threats/): The United States and Denmark reached an agreement Friday on Greenland that preserves Danish sovereignty while expanding Washington’s security authority on the island, following years of threats by President Donald Trump to take control of the territory, including by military force.
- [Iran calls on US to honor June framework deal](https://iwpost.com/iran-calls-on-us-to-honor-june-framework-deal/): Iran on Saturday called on the US to abide by the framework deal the countries reached this June, saying the Pakistani-brokered pact represents a sovereign decision approved by the country’s highest leadership, Anadolu reports.
- [EU to propose emergency protection against massive migrant flows](https://iwpost.com/eu-to-propose-emergency-protection-against-massive-migrant-flows/): The European Commission will propose an emergency framework to ​prevent sudden massive inflows of migrants, ‌Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.
- [Decision on Charging Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s Killers Looms Over Minneapolis DA Race](https://iwpost.com/decision-on-charging-renee-good-and-alex-prettis-killers-looms-over-minneapolis-da-race/): Cedrick Frazier’s blunt message for Minneapolis voters practically jumps off his yard signs: “PROSECUTE ICE.
- [Federal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking water](https://iwpost.com/federal-court-rules-there-is-no-constitutional-right-to-safe-drinking-water/): A federal appeals court has used a decades-long water crisis in one of the Blackest cities in America to rule that the U.S.
- [Why Dolly Parton Kept Cancer Battle Secret](https://iwpost.com/why-dolly-parton-kept-cancer-battle-secret/): Dolly Parton kept her cancer battle hidden from millions of fans — and even from some members of her own family — because she did not want the people she loved worrying about her during her final months.
- [Australia cracks down on student and backpacker visas to curb migration](https://iwpost.com/australia-cracks-down-on-student-and-backpacker-visas-to-curb-migration/): Australia will stop foreign students from bringing partners and children to ​accompany them while they study and tighten working holiday visa rules, a senior minister said on Thursday, amid growing debate ‌over high migration levels.
- [Yemen’s army says 13 soldiers killed in fighting with Houthis in Taiz, Lahj](https://iwpost.com/yemens-army-says-13-soldiers-killed-in-fighting-with-houthis-in-taiz-lahj/): Thirteen Yemeni soldiers were killed in two days of clashes with Houthi forces in the southwestern provinces of Taiz and Lahj, the army said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [The liberal Zionist dilemma](https://iwpost.com/the-liberal-zionist-dilemma/): There is a particular kind of essay that appears every few years, usually after some fresh convulsion in Jerusalem or Gaza, asking whether “liberal Zionism” can still hold together as a coherent political project.
- [Questions and Answers on Fair Labour Mobility Package](https://iwpost.com/questions-and-answers-on-fair-labour-mobility-package/): How will the package make labour mobility fairer for people moving across EU borders?
- [King Charles Was ‘In Love’ with His Male Valet?](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-was-in-love-with-his-male-valet/): Princess Diana allegedly told her brother that her crumbling marriage to then-Prince Charles was headed for divorce because she believed her husband was “in love with his valet,” according to an explosive new memoir.
- [OPINION – Where Did That Britain Go?](https://iwpost.com/opinion-where-did-that-britain-go/): While Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Foreign Secretary David Miliband busy themselves sanctioning and passing judgment on Israel, Scottish First Minister John Swinney has made a remarkable prediction: Burnham, he suggested, may go down in history as the final prime minister of the United Kingdom.
- [Rings around a tiny body have changed over the past decade](https://iwpost.com/rings-around-a-tiny-body-have-changed-over-the-past-decade/): For decades, astronomers thought rings were something only giant planets had.
- [US-Saudi F-35 fighter deal runs into a China-sized problem](https://iwpost.com/us-saudi-f-35-fighter-deal-runs-into-a-china-sized-problem/): A potential multi-billion-dollar transfer of advanced US stealth fighters to Saudi Arabia has thrust US Middle East policy into a delicate balancing act between regional deterrence, Israeli air superiority and rising geopolitical skepticism.
- [Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy](https://iwpost.com/learning-another-language-may-be-one-of-the-best-ways-to-keep-your-brain-healthy/): Learning another language is a highly complex mental activity.
- [Israeli fire kills 3 more Palestinians in latest Gaza ceasefire violations](https://iwpost.com/israeli-fire-kills-3-more-palestinians-in-latest-gaza-ceasefire-violations/): Three Palestinians, including the son of Gaza Health Ministry Director-General Munir al-Bursh, were killed by Israeli army fire in the enclave on Saturday, as Tel Aviv continues its violations of a truce in place since October 2025, a medical source said.
- [Is NATO ready to fight? The Ukraine war is raising doubts among military analysts](https://iwpost.com/is-nato-ready-to-fight-the-ukraine-war-is-raising-doubts-among-military-analysts/): Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has killed hundreds of thousands of people.
- [“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding](https://iwpost.com/our-dear-friend-umar-how-we-uncovered-that-a-russian-oligarch-bankrolled-donald-trump-jr-s-wedding/): My colleagues and I had been digging for days.
- [Where is the oil money Trump stole from Venezuela’s people?](https://iwpost.com/where-is-the-oil-money-trump-stole-from-venezuelas-people/): At any other time in American history, it would end the career of somebody like Scott Bessent, our limited-intelligence Treasury Secretary.
- [President Trump Weighs Renewed Iran Strikes Ahead of Gulf Leaders Meeting ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-weighs-renewed-iran-strikes-ahead-of-gulf-leaders-meeting/): President Donald Trump said he faces a “big decision” over whether to renew military strikes against Iran as the midterm elections approach and he prepares to meet Gulf leaders next week to discuss negotiations with Tehran and possible military action.
- [Joy Behar Takes Over ‘The View’ as Whoopi Goldberg Steps Away](https://iwpost.com/joy-behar-takes-over-the-view-as-whoopi-goldberg-steps-away/): Whoopi Goldberg is temporarily stepping away from much of her usual schedule on The View, handing longtime co-host Joy Behar the moderator’s chair while she works on a new Netflix movie.
- [The careful calculus behind Vietnam’s BRICS hedge](https://iwpost.com/the-careful-calculus-behind-vietnams-brics-hedge/): Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung traveled to New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, where he met bilaterally with Narendra Modi and laid out Hanoi’s vision for international cooperation.
- [A dolphin named Bubbles makes other fish vomit, then eats it](https://iwpost.com/a-dolphin-named-bubbles-makes-other-fish-vomit-then-eats-it/): Staff at the Lady Elliott Island Eco Resort off the southern Great Barrier Reef in Australia are well acquainted with the shenanigans of a male bottlenose dolphin they’ve nicknamed Bubbles.
- [Which European companies could benefit from closer ties with Canada?](https://iwpost.com/which-european-companies-could-benefit-from-closer-ties-with-canada/): The US-Canada trade war is pushing Ottawa closer to the European Union.
- [When Russian drones show up in North Korea](https://iwpost.com/when-russian-drones-show-up-in-north-korea/): North Korea is sending increasing numbers of workers to Russia’s premier drone factory located at the Alabuga Special Economic Zone.
- [EPA immediately sued over plans to repeal climate rules for power plants](https://iwpost.com/epa-immediately-sued-over-plans-to-repeal-climate-rules-for-power-plants/): Days after finalizing a rule that would eliminate climate rules for power plants, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was sued by groups who say the EPA’s repeal was shockingly short-sighted and risked leaving the country’s single largest source of industrial climate pollution unchecked.
- [Apocalypse Now: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Investigate the End-Timers Alliance](https://iwpost.com/apocalypse-now-naomi-klein-and-astra-taylor-investigate-the-end-timers-alliance/): The fight over the future is rapidly unfolding before our eyes.
- [Why ProPublica Is Leaning Into Sports Investigations](https://iwpost.com/why-propublica-is-leaning-into-sports-investigations/): If you have seen the headlines of the major investigation we recently published, “The Dominican Baseball Factory,” you may have wondered: Why is ProPublica, with its serious-sounding mission of accountability and its focus on abuses of power, reporting on baseball?
- [Tonnes of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on  Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from](https://iwpost.com/tonnes-of-fishing-gear-and-plastic-are-washing-up-on-seychelles-beaches-we-tracked-where-it-was-coming-from/): Vast quantities of plastic and fishing gear are washing up along the shores of the Seychelles, destroying fragile ecosystems and causing significant economic problems.
- [Italian aircraft hit in attack on Saudi Arabian air base](https://iwpost.com/italian-aircraft-hit-in-attack-on-saudi-arabian-air-base/): An Italian aircraft was hit during attacks on an air base in Saudi Arabia, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said Friday, Anadolu reports.
- [UN Probe Says US School Strike in Iran May Be War Crime, Tehran Committed Crimes Against Humanity ](https://iwpost.com/un-probe-says-us-school-strike-in-iran-may-be-war-crime-tehran-committed-crimes-against-humanity/): A United Nations investigation said the US may have committed war crimes in two February 28, 2026, strikes in Iran that killed 177 civilians, while also finding that the Iranian regime committed crimes against humanity during its deadly crackdown on nationwide protests in January.
- [Finding the cells that put our brain to sleep](https://iwpost.com/finding-the-cells-that-put-our-brain-to-sleep/): For a long time, sleep research has treated the cerebral cortex as a passive follower reacting to signals from the deep brain.
- [European Parliament Addresses Ceuta Crisis, Urges Morocco Cooperation](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-addresses-ceuta-crisis-urges-morocco-cooperation/): The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the mass irregular crossings into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and calling for stronger EU support, closer cooperation with Morocco, and the swift return of migrants with no legal right to remain in the bloc.
- [Dolly Parton’s Grave ‘Targeted by Thieves’](https://iwpost.com/dolly-partons-grave-targeted-by-thieves/): Dolly Parton was laid to rest beside her beloved husband in Nashville less than a month ago — and now confirmed thefts at the same cemetery are raising uncomfortable questions about security around the country legend’s final resting place.
- [FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar](https://iwpost.com/fcc-lets-paramount-sell-49-5-equity-stake-to-saudi-arabia-uae-and-qatar/): The Federal Communications Commission yesterday approved Paramount Skydance’s plan to sell large equity stakes to the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.
- [Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.](https://iwpost.com/robert-kraft-claims-his-donations-help-palestinians-turns-out-hes-funding-friends-of-the-idf/): Billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft wants you to know he has spent “decades” supporting the Palestinian people.
- [Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists](https://iwpost.com/judge-denies-efforts-to-end-oversight-of-maricopa-county-sheriffs-office-as-racial-profiling-of-latinos-persists/): A federal judge has denied efforts to remove oversight of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, saying the agency continues to show racial disparities in traffic arrests of Latinos — and that there is not enough evidence that efforts to improve would stick without legal monitoring.
- [What might Canada’s EU ‘associate membership’ look like, and is it even a possibility?](https://iwpost.com/what-might-canadas-eu-associate-membership-look-like-and-is-it-even-a-possibility/): In a speech to the European Parliament, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney declared that “Europe and Canada are stronger together”.
- [As Ukraine rebuilds amid constant Russian attacks, small towns and villages are being sidelined](https://iwpost.com/as-ukraine-rebuilds-amid-constant-russian-attacks-small-towns-and-villages-are-being-sidelined/): In the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian armoured columns pushed east along the Zhytomyr highway towards Kyiv.
- [Ukraine war speeding lethal race toward fully autonomous drones](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-war-speeding-lethal-race-toward-fully-autonomous-drones/): A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention sounds like a dystopian sci-fi plot.
- [Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say](https://iwpost.com/trumps-china-rivalry-and-ai-race-delusion-may-endanger-us-experts-say/): This week, the US and China, the two world leaders on AI, finally started talks meant to keep the whole world safe from emerging safety risks.
- [Germany maintains call for deep cuts to EU budget](https://iwpost.com/germany-maintains-call-for-deep-cuts-to-eu-budget/): Germany is maintaining its demand for major cuts to the European Union’s next long-term budget, despite recent electoral setbacks for Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats.
- [French activist files complaint alleging torture during 2025 Gaza flotilla](https://iwpost.com/french-activist-files-complaint-alleging-torture-during-2025-gaza-flotilla/): French political scientist and activist Thomas Guenole said Wednesday that he had filed a complaint in France alleging torture by Israeli individuals whom he says detained and mistreated him during the 2025 Global Sumud Flotilla for Gaza, Anadolu reports.
- [Philippines bets on Luzon corridor to fix its jobless growth](https://iwpost.com/philippines-bets-on-luzon-corridor-to-fix-its-jobless-growth/): The Philippines has a growth problem that GDP statistics miss.
- [Israeli Ambassador’s Son Critically Wounded in West Bank Car-Ramming Attack ](https://iwpost.com/israeli-ambassadors-son-critically-wounded-in-west-bank-car-ramming-attack/): Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservist Neria Leiter, the son of Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, was critically injured Wednesday in a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint on Route 443 near Beit Horon in the West Bank.
- [Here's the Torcal, the first fully electric Bentley](https://iwpost.com/heres-the-torcal-the-first-fully-electric-bentley/): Bentley provided flights from Washington, DC, to Monterey, California, and accommodation so Ars could ride in a preproduction Torcal EV as well as drive the Supersports and ride in a 1920s Bentley as well.
- [Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous War Profiteers](https://iwpost.com/lifestyles-of-the-rich-famous-war-profiteers/): This article and video are being co-published with Responsible Statecraft.
- [Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News. Some of Her Claims Aren’t True.](https://iwpost.com/susan-collins-dismissed-our-reporting-as-old-news-some-of-her-claims-arent-true/): As the scandal over Susan Collins’ relationship with Hawaii defense contractor Navatek became the central issue in her hotly contested senate campaign, she and her top aides mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.
- [South Korea should not apply double standard to inherited political guilt](https://iwpost.com/south-korea-should-not-apply-double-standard-to-inherited-political-guilt/): When South Korean actress Ha Young spoke on television in August about four generations of doctors in her family, she praised the medical accomplishments of her great-grandfather, Ahn Sang-ho.
- [Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits](https://iwpost.com/disney-and-hulu-raise-prices-by-up-to-13-percent-after-doubling-profits/): Disney+ got its fourth price hike in four years today. Hulu prices also went up.
- [Greece: Chevron Seismic Research in Ionian Sea, Crete to Start in 2026](https://iwpost.com/greece-chevron-seismic-research-in-ionian-sea-crete-to-start-in-2026/): Chevron plans to begin seismic research this year in offshore blocks near Greece, the Greek energy ministry said Wednesday.
- [Dolly Parton’s Shocking Deathbed Wish Revealed](https://iwpost.com/dolly-partons-shocking-deathbed-wish-revealed/): Dolly Parton reportedly made an intensely private decision during her final days, asking that almost no one see her as her health declined.
- [FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real](https://iwpost.com/fbi-rushes-to-investigate-if-shinyhunters-hack-of-thousands-of-employees-is-real/): The FBI is now investigating claims from a hacker group that thousands of current and former employees’ personal data was stolen after the group exploited a previously unknown bug found on an agency jobs website.
- [Israeli election authority bars United Arab List party from Knesset race](https://iwpost.com/israeli-election-authority-bars-united-arab-list-party-from-knesset-race/): Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted Wednesday to bar the United Arab List party, or Ra’am, led by Mansour Abbas, from running in the Oct.
- [What Israeli and Arab Media Are Saying About the Attack That Injured Israeli Ambassador Leiter’s Son  ](https://iwpost.com/what-israeli-and-arab-media-are-saying-about-the-attack-that-injured-israeli-ambassador-leiters-son/): The ramming incident near Ramallah that critically injured Neria Leiter, the son of Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Yechiel Leiter, is also becoming a case study in how differently the same event is being presented across Middle Eastern media.
- [RFK Jr.'s CDC isn’t letting states order COVID-19 shots for kids, blocking access](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-s-cdc-isnt-letting-states-order-covid-19-shots-for-kids-blocking-access/): As respiratory virus season nears and fall vaccination drives get underway, more than half of US children are facing uncertainty over access to this year’s COVID-19 shot.
- [EU countries back carbon market changes to curb price spikes](https://iwpost.com/eu-countries-back-carbon-market-changes-to-curb-price-spikes/): European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to keep more spare CO2 permits in the bloc’s emissions trading system (ETS), to try and avoid spikes ​in carbon prices, according to EU diplomats and a document seen by Reuters.
- [The Ellisons Could Make a Killing in Big Surveillance With the Paramount Merger](https://iwpost.com/the-ellisons-could-make-a-killing-in-big-surveillance-with-the-paramount-merger/): Seth Stern is the director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation.
- [Mosque attack highlights evolving extremism landscape that has brought Pakistan-Afghanistan ties to crisis point](https://iwpost.com/mosque-attack-highlights-evolving-extremism-landscape-that-has-brought-pakistan-afghanistan-ties-to-crisis-point/): The suicide bombing and gun attack that killed dozens in northwest Pakistan on Sept.
- [As climate disasters multiply, Indigenous governance offers a way forward](https://iwpost.com/as-climate-disasters-multiply-indigenous-governance-offers-a-way-forward/): Indigenous lands from Canada to Ecuador to Nepal are increasingly being hit by catastrophic storms, fires, and floods.
- [The coming war with Russia: a European road to ruin](https://iwpost.com/the-coming-war-with-russia-a-european-road-to-ruin/): NATO, EU and E3 leaders are taking Europe down a path to be ready for war by 2030.
- [XPRIZE Wildfire winners spotted fires within 10 min—but couldn’t stop them](https://iwpost.com/xprize-wildfire-winners-spotted-fires-within-10-min-but-couldnt-stop-them/): Wildfire detection from space and firefighting drones featured among the finalists honored in the $11 million XPRIZE Wildfire competition.
- [‘The View’ Star Reveals Secret Role in Notorious NYC Cannibal Trial](https://iwpost.com/the-view-star-reveals-secret-role-in-notorious-nyc-cannibal-trial/): Sunny Hostin left her fellow “The View” hosts stunned after revealing she played a pivotal role in one of New York City’s most infamous murder trials more than three decades ago.
- [Central Elections Committee Votes To Bar Joint List, Ra’am From Knesset Elections](https://iwpost.com/central-elections-committee-votes-to-bar-joint-list-raam-from-knesset-elections/): Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted Wednesday to disqualify the Joint List from running in elections for the 26th Knesset, approving a petition filed by Likud as part of two days of hearings on challenges to parties and individual candidates.
- [UNESCO, EU Deepen Cooperation to Combat Disinformation Across Mediterranean](https://iwpost.com/unesco-eu-deepen-cooperation-to-combat-disinformation-across-mediterranean/): UNESCO and the European Union are strengthening joint efforts to promote information integrity, freedom of expression and resilient information ecosystems across the Mediterranean, as geopolitical tensions and rapid technological change reshape the region’s media landscape.
- [How the US gave up its edge to China in processing vital rare earth minerals – and what that’s costing](https://iwpost.com/how-the-us-gave-up-its-edge-to-china-in-processing-vital-rare-earth-minerals-and-what-thats-costing/): Look around you, and you’ll see rare earth elements at work. A phone vibrates because a magnet moves a weight. Its screen was polished with cerium powder.
- [‘A Big Victory’ – Palestine Chronicle Wins Two-Year Legal Battle](https://iwpost.com/a-big-victory-palestine-chronicle-wins-two-year-legal-battle/): A US federal court dismissed the lawsuit against the Palestine Chronicle and its editor, Dr.
- [Netflix releases trailer for Brad Bird's Ray Gunn](https://iwpost.com/netflix-releases-trailer-for-brad-birds-ray-gunn/): Brad Bird has directed some of our all-time favorite animated films: The Iron Giant (1999), The Incredibles (2004), and Ratatouille (2007), with the latter two snagging well-deserved Oscar wins.
- [Trump again threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran in genocidal UN speech](https://iwpost.com/trump-again-threatens-to-annihilate-iran-in-genocidal-un-speech/): US President Donald Trump addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 22, 2026.
- [How the emojis and fashion choices of Germany’s far-right supporters get around the ban on Nazi symbolism](https://iwpost.com/how-the-emojis-and-fashion-choices-of-germanys-far-right-supporters-get-around-the-ban-on-nazi-symbolism/): In the wake of the Alternative für Deutschland’s (AfD) electoral success in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, commentators both in Germany and internationally have expressed concern with the party’s extreme right-wing policies.
- [America gave up its rare earth edge. China took full advantage.](https://iwpost.com/america-gave-up-its-rare-earth-edge-china-took-full-advantage/): Look around you, and you’ll see rare earth elements at work. A phone vibrates because a magnet moves a weight. Its screen was polished with cerium powder.
- [Trump, nukes, AI and civilizational suicide](https://iwpost.com/trump-nukes-ai-and-civilizational-suicide/): As human beings we have always been sitting ducks to extinction’s cosmic whims.
- [France agreed to open talks on Latvia joining nuclear deterrence initiative](https://iwpost.com/france-agreed-to-open-talks-on-latvia-joining-nuclear-deterrence-initiative/): Latvia’s Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said that French President ​Emmanuel Macron had agreed to start ‌talks with his country about joining a French nuclear deterrence initiative and that France ​has committed to boosting its presence ​in Latvia.
- [Child Marriage at 3, $9,000 Bride Price Expose Barbaric Walwar Practice in Balochistan](https://iwpost.com/child-marriage-at-3-9000-bride-price-expose-barbaric-walwar-practice-in-balochistan/): [ISLAMABAD] The alleged marriage of a 3-year-old girl to a 60-year-old man for 2.5 million Pakistani rupees, around $9,000, has drawn attention to child marriage and the traditional practice of walwar in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan.
- [After multiple deaths and injuries, NHTSA is investigating comma.ai](https://iwpost.com/after-multiple-deaths-and-injuries-nhtsa-is-investigating-comma-ai/): Aftermarket devices that can boost or augment a vehicle’s native advanced driver assistance systems are the target of a new federal investigation this week.
- [Prince Harry’s School Visit Turns Awkward as ‘Brutal’ Clips Go Viral](https://iwpost.com/prince-harrys-school-visit-turns-awkward-as-brutal-clips-go-viral/): Prince Harry’s latest appearance in Britain produced some painfully awkward viral moments after several students appeared less than impressed by the famous visitor — including one pupil who reportedly didn’t even know who he was.
- [Saddam Hussein used Oliver Reed and a James Bond director to tell Iraq’s story – but who tells it now?](https://iwpost.com/saddam-hussein-used-oliver-reed-and-a-james-bond-director-to-tell-iraqs-story-but-who-tells-it-now/): From the beginning of his brutal reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein could claim an unusual credit: film producer.
- [Time to recognize the Houthis as Yemen’s real government](https://iwpost.com/time-to-recognize-the-houthis-as-yemens-real-government/): The Trump administration came perilously close to launching another bombing campaign against Yemen this weekend.
- [Small undersea volcanoes may unleash outsized tsunamis](https://iwpost.com/small-undersea-volcanoes-may-unleash-outsized-tsunamis/): Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, killed more than 30,000 people when it erupted in 1883.
- [Water station owners hold a sit-in to warn of shortages of oil, spare parts, and filters](https://iwpost.com/water-station-owners-hold-a-sit-in-to-warn-of-shortages-of-oil-spare-parts-and-filters/)
- [What is in Brussels’ ‘Made in EU’ law and why is Britain worried?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-in-brussels-made-in-eu-law-and-why-is-britain-worried/): British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would make the case for Britain to be considered a “trusted partner” under the European Union’s proposed “Made in EU” rules, warning that excluding the UK could damage the British car industry.
- [The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move](https://iwpost.com/the-federal-agency-thats-supposed-to-protect-consumers-just-made-another-business-friendly-move/): Every year, millions of complaints flow to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from people across the country.
- [Why China’s Silicon Valley won’t need American degrees](https://iwpost.com/why-chinas-silicon-valley-wont-need-american-degrees/): For nearly a century, American global power has rested on a three-legged tripod: unmatched military firepower, the ubiquitous sovereignty of the US dollar and the intellectual dominance of its higher-education system.
- [Review: Resident Evil might just be the best gaming adaptation yet](https://iwpost.com/review-resident-evil-might-just-be-the-best-gaming-adaptation-yet/): I was on the fence about going to see the latest Resident Evil reboot to review, given how uninspired the prior reboot attempt in 2021 turned out to be.
- [Al-Sharaa at UN: ‘Trump Does Not Own Golan Heights’  ](https://iwpost.com/al-sharaa-at-un-trump-does-not-own-golan-heights/): [DAMASCUS] Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said US President Donald Trump “does not own the Golan Heights” and therefore cannot give them to Israel, reaffirming Damascus’ claim to the occupied territory in one of his clearest statements yet on the limits of ongoing Syrian-Israeli security negotiations.
- [Judge Cambodia’s scam crackdown fairly on the evidence](https://iwpost.com/judge-cambodias-scam-crackdown-fairly-on-the-evidence/): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet gives a speech at the International Conference on Combating Online Scams (ICCOS) in Phnom Penh on September 23, 2026.
- [Girl Dies After Being ‘Pierced Through The Heart’ While Playing in Mud](https://iwpost.com/girl-dies-after-being-pierced-through-the-heart-while-playing-in-mud/): An 11-year-old girl died in an extraordinarily rare accident after sliding onto a sharp branch hidden beneath the mud while playing with friends at a scenic riverside spot in England, an inquest has heard.
- [Adobe Premiere finally brings powerful video editing to Android, and it's free](https://iwpost.com/adobe-premiere-finally-brings-powerful-video-editing-to-android-and-its-free/): Video editing has never been Android’s strong suit. While Apple has long offered iMovie for iPhone and iPad, Google has never had a comparable offering.
- [Trump Warns of Iran “Annihilation” as Diplomats Confirm Sidelines Talks](https://iwpost.com/trump-warns-of-iran-annihilation-as-diplomats-confirm-sidelines-talks/): U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York on Wednesday morning, the State Department announced, as diplomatic activity intensified around the United Nations General Assembly.
- [Pakistan’s new Chengdu trade route shows CPEC can work](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-new-chengdu-trade-route-shows-cpec-can-work/): Earlier this month, more than 80 metric tons of dried chilies from Pakistan arrived at the Chengdu International Railway Port.
- [Iran cancels flights from Tehran to Baghdad, Muscat starting early Wednesday](https://iwpost.com/iran-cancels-flights-from-tehran-to-baghdad-muscat-starting-early-wednesday/): Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization announced Tuesday the cancellation of flights from Tehran to Baghdad and Muscat, Oman, starting early Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-disrupts-ai-assisted-platform-that-compromised-12000-accounts/): Microsoft said Tuesday that it led an industry-wide disruption of a subscription-based scam platform that used an AI chatbot to compromise 12,000 Microsoft accounts over a few-month span.
- [They Trained to Protect Immigrants From ICE. Now They’re Prepping to Defend the Midterm Elections.](https://iwpost.com/they-trained-to-protect-immigrants-from-ice-now-theyre-prepping-to-defend-the-midterm-elections/): ICE watchers across the country who watched federal agents shoot people in the streets and fought to drive ICE from their cities are turning their new skills against the next authoritarian threat from the Trump administration: election interference.
- [AI is warping the time value of everything](https://iwpost.com/ai-is-warping-the-time-value-of-everything/): Rising bond yields have put the time value of money back on the table.
- [President Trump Calls Iran Talks ‘Very Good’ After UN Speech Warning of Regime’s Destruction](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-calls-iran-talks-very-good-after-un-speech-warning-of-regimes-destruction/): President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held “very good” three-hour talks with Iranian representatives on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly as Washington and Tehran consider a possible agreement over Iran’s nuclear program.
- [Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules](https://iwpost.com/cities-across-us-oppose-trump-fcc-plan-to-preempt-local-broadband-rules/): Cities and counties around the US are angry at the Trump administration over a proposal to override local rules that govern the deployment of wired broadband networks.
- [Bill Clinton Takes Shocking Swipe at Donald Trump](https://iwpost.com/bill-clinton-takes-shocking-swipe-at-donald-trump/): Former President Bill Clinton unloaded on the direction of the country Tuesday, taking a series of thinly veiled shots at President Donald Trump while stopping just short of mentioning him by name.
- [New Anthropic, OpenAI models make same promise: A little more for a lot less money](https://iwpost.com/new-anthropic-openai-models-make-same-promise-a-little-more-for-a-lot-less-money/): OpenAI and Anthropic both recently released new models aimed at lowering costs.
- [Another U.S. Soldier Is Dead as Iran War Casualties Rise](https://iwpost.com/another-u-s-soldier-is-dead-as-iran-war-casualties-rise/): The U.S. toll of the Iran war continues to climb as the military stumbles toward a breakdown and the Trump administration struggles to find an exit ramp.
- [Qatari emir wants ‘regional system of collective security’](https://iwpost.com/qatari-emir-wants-regional-system-of-collective-security/): Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani urged a “regional system of collective security” on Wednesday, arguing that its absence lies “at the heart of the dangerous situation” facing the region, Anadolu reports.
- [Meloni ally urges EU to prepare for possible Le Pen Presidency](https://iwpost.com/meloni-ally-urges-eu-to-prepare-for-possible-le-pen-presidency/): The European Union should be prepared to work with Marine Le Pen if she wins France’s presidential election next April, according to Nicola Procaccini, a senior ally of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
- [Houthis choking the life out of Asia’s gasping energy supplies](https://iwpost.com/houthis-choking-the-life-out-of-asias-gasping-energy-supplies/): In late July, two tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia left the Red Sea port of Yanbu and headed south toward Bab al-Mandeb.
- [Inside an Israeli High School Mock Election Where National Politics Comes to the Classroom](https://iwpost.com/inside-an-israeli-high-school-mock-election-where-national-politics-comes-to-the-classroom/): Teenagers in black ‘RAK BNGVIR’ shirts pushed through the crowd toward National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, hundreds of phones raised for selfies.
- [Woman's brain worm infection confirmed after eggs grow tails in lab test](https://iwpost.com/womans-brain-worm-infection-confirmed-after-eggs-grow-tails-in-lab-test/): Out of nowhere, a woman’s right arm and leg started shaking uncontrollably.
- [Russia-Ukraine war is accelerating the dangerous race toward fully autonomous drones](https://iwpost.com/russia-ukraine-war-is-accelerating-the-dangerous-race-toward-fully-autonomous-drones/): A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention sounds like a dystopian sci-fi plot.
- [Trump is backing a diesel export ban. How much would that do?](https://iwpost.com/trump-is-backing-a-diesel-export-ban-how-much-would-that-do/): Diesel prices have hit a record high nearly every day this month, with a national average on Tuesday at $6.52 a gallon, according to AAA.
- [The deal Trump and Xi should artfully make](https://iwpost.com/the-deal-trump-and-xi-should-artfully-make/): The top envoy was supposedly too ill to continue his itinerary. Instead, under cover, Kissinger slipped onto a secret aircraft and flew to Beijing.
- [TV Star Hit with Heartbreaking Family Tragedy Days After Emergency Bypass Surgery](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-hit-with-heartbreaking-family-tragedy-days-after-emergency-bypass-surgery/): ‘Pawn Stars’ star Rick Harrison is facing another painful family loss just days after recovering from emergency heart surgery.
- [Lawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting](https://iwpost.com/lawsuit-demands-openai-pay-for-new-school-after-chatgpt-used-in-shooting/): The families of victims killed in one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada’s history have already sued OpenAI over its failure to warn law enforcement after discovering in advance that the shooter was using ChatGPT to plan the violence.
- [Major US TV networks suspend Trump coverage in protest](https://iwpost.com/major-us-tv-networks-suspend-trump-coverage-in-protest/): Major US television networks have suspended their shared coverage of President Donald Trump’s White House events in protest against restrictions imposed on several news organisations.
- [How a Small Kansas City Became a Critical Hub for Trump’s Deportation Regime Against Its Will](https://iwpost.com/how-a-small-kansas-city-became-a-critical-hub-for-trumps-deportation-regime-against-its-will/): A former maximum-security prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, is now a critical hub in the Trump administration’s immigration detention machine, transforming in just a few months from a facility shuttered for its inhospitable conditions to a privately run jail holding hundreds of immigrants.
- [Lula’s UN address points to two starkly different visions of Brazilian nationalism ahead of crucial election](https://iwpost.com/lulas-un-address-points-to-two-starkly-different-visions-of-brazilian-nationalism-ahead-of-crucial-election/): When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Sept.
- [Three Ts will dominate Trump-Xi summit](https://iwpost.com/three-ts-will-dominate-trump-xi-summit/): When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last sat down in May 2026, talk was centered on three Ts: trade, technology and Taiwan.
- [Amnesty urges UEFA to suspend Israel, calls Nations League participation ‘unconscionable’](https://iwpost.com/amnesty-urges-uefa-to-suspend-israel-calls-nations-league-participation-unconscionable/): Human rights organization Amnesty International on Tuesday called on UEFA and FIFA to suspend Israel’s football association, saying its Nations League participation is “unconscionable” because of the association’s support for settlement-based clubs, Anadolu reports.
- [PTI March Puts Islamabad on High Alert With 23,000 Security Personnel Deployed](https://iwpost.com/pti-march-puts-islamabad-on-high-alert-with-23000-security-personnel-deployed/): Unusual security arrangements have been put in place in the federal capital, Islamabad, ahead of a series of protest marches and sit-ins planned by various parties, including Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
- [Review: Resident Evil is the fresh take this flagging franchise really needed](https://iwpost.com/review-resident-evil-is-the-fresh-take-this-flagging-franchise-really-needed/): I was on the fence about going to see the latest Resident Evil reboot to review, given how uninspired the prior reboot attempt in 2021 turned out to be.
- [Bangladesh’s new cyberlaw rebrands the same old censorship](https://iwpost.com/bangladeshs-new-cyberlaw-rebrands-the-same-old-censorship/): Bangladesh has spent years trying to find the perfect name for a law governing what people say on the internet.
- [As Ukraine rebuilds amid constant Russian attack, small towns and villages are being sidelined](https://iwpost.com/as-ukraine-rebuilds-amid-constant-russian-attack-small-towns-and-villages-are-being-sidelined/): In the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian armoured columns pushed east along the Zhytomyr highway towards Kyiv.
- [Shuffling the deck chairs: Xbox continues its "reset" with dramatic restructuring](https://iwpost.com/shuffling-the-deck-chairs-xbox-continues-its-reset-with-dramatic-restructuring/): When Xbox announced sweeping layoffs in July as part of a brutal “reset” for the gaming brand, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said part of the pre-existing problem in the gaming unit was “teams, studios, and functions [that] often operate independently, [making it] harder to work toward a shared goal.” Today, the company announced a radical restructuring of its internal studios that is seemingly designed to reduce that “independence” for the teams behind some of gaming’s biggest franchises.
- [Armed group shuts pipeline from Libya’s largest oil field, jeopardising exports](https://iwpost.com/armed-group-shuts-pipeline-from-libyas-largest-oil-field-jeopardising-exports/): An armed group has closed a valve on the pipeline connecting Libya’s El Sharara oil field to Zawiya, sharply reducing production and raising the prospect of force majeure.
- [Cambodia’s anti-scam summit can’t whitewash its own record](https://iwpost.com/cambodias-anti-scam-summit-cant-whitewash-its-own-record/): This week, Cambodia welcomes foreign diplomats, law-enforcement officials and financial regulators to Phnom Penh for the “International Conference on Combating Online Scams.” Prime Minister Hun Manet’s administration is presenting the gathering as proof that it is ready to confront a criminal trade that has ruined lives across the globe.
- [Plane Hits Mail Truck During Emergency Highway Landing (Video)](https://iwpost.com/plane-hits-mail-truck-during-emergency-highway-landing-video/): A small airplane made a heart-stopping emergency landing on an Illinois highway, swooping just over a U.S.
- [Its $500 toothbrush disappeared from stores. Dyson won’t fully explain why](https://iwpost.com/its-500-toothbrush-disappeared-from-stores-dyson-wont-fully-explain-why/): There’s always a danger in over-complicating products. Simple is so often best.
- [Pakistan’s US opening looks well beyond the next crisis](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-us-opening-looks-well-beyond-the-next-crisis/): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
- [Egypt reaffirms rejection of Palestinian displacement in talks with US Jewish organisations](https://iwpost.com/egypt-reaffirms-rejection-of-palestinian-displacement-in-talks-with-us-jewish-organisations/): Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed Cairo’s rejection of the displacement of Palestinians during talks with representatives of several American Jewish organizations on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, according to Egypt’s Foreign Ministry.
- [Israel’s Children Are Facing a Mental Health Crisis. What Will the Next Government Do About It? ](https://iwpost.com/israels-children-are-facing-a-mental-health-crisis-what-will-the-next-government-do-about-it/): Israel Defense Forces Capt. Israel Ben-Shitrit was seriously injured while fighting in Khan Yunis.
- [NASA chief: I'm only interested in "good deals" from international partners](https://iwpost.com/nasa-chief-im-only-interested-in-good-deals-from-international-partners/): NASA must be more selective in the way it forges international partnerships as the race to the Moon transforms from a battle for national prestige between the United States and China into a high-stakes competition for extraterrestrial real estate and resources, the agency’s administrator said.
- [22 countries back call to keep AI ‘under human control’](https://iwpost.com/22-countries-back-call-to-keep-ai-under-human-control/): 22 countries have backed a declaration calling for artificial intelligence to remain under human direction, oversight and control, while urging the development of stronger international safeguards for advanced AI systems.
- [Pink Supported Macklemore’s Firing. Now Activists Want UNICEF to Cut Ties With Her.](https://iwpost.com/pink-supported-macklemores-firing-now-activists-want-unicef-to-cut-ties-with-her/): When the pop singer Pink took to social media to decry rapper Macklemore’s comments on Israel’s genocide of Palestinians — a slaughter that has taken the lives of more than 20,000 kids — she brought up her decadelong role as a UNICEF ambassador to show that she cares about children.
- [The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way](https://iwpost.com/the-fbi-anti-corruption-squad-was-circling-susan-collins-until-trump-got-in-the-way/): Probe: In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen.
- [China neutralizes yuan tensions ahead of Trump-Xi talks](https://iwpost.com/china-neutralizes-yuan-tensions-ahead-of-trump-xi-talks/): TOKYO – If US President Donald Trump plans to make a big issue of the yuan on Thursday, Xi Jinping’s team just complicated things for the White House.
- [Legendary NFL Boss Dies Surrounded by Family](https://iwpost.com/legendary-nfl-boss-dies-surrounded-by-family/): Ernie Accorsi, the longtime NFL executive who helped build the New York Giants team that stunned the undefeated New England Patriots in one of the most famous Super Bowls ever played, has died at 84.
- [Takaichi scrambles to reach Trump before he sees Xi](https://iwpost.com/takaichi-scrambles-to-reach-trump-before-he-sees-xi/): Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading into an unusually consequential meeting with Donald Trump.
- [Googlebooks launch October 4 starting at $899—here are the five models you can preorder today](https://iwpost.com/googlebooks-launch-october-4-starting-at-899-here-are-the-five-models-you-can-preorder-today/): Google is ready to take a swing at laptops… again.
- [MEPs want stronger EU response to drug trafficking networks](https://iwpost.com/meps-want-stronger-eu-response-to-drug-trafficking-networks/): MEPs call for a coordinated EU-wide response to increasingly interconnected drug trafficking networks, with action ranging from maritime surveillance and port security to international cooperation, financial crime and prevention.
- [Far Left and Far Right Score Major Victories in German State Elections](https://iwpost.com/far-left-and-far-right-score-major-victories-in-german-state-elections/): Germany’s far-left Die Linke won Sunday’s election in Berlin while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) captured Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, delivering major gains to parties on the political margins and a severe setback to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
- [Bound by reality: forging an American strategy for China](https://iwpost.com/bound-by-reality-forging-an-american-strategy-for-china/): This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here.
- [Iranian president’s media team denied US visa, says official](https://iwpost.com/iranian-presidents-media-team-denied-us-visa-says-official/): An Iranian official said Monday that the US refused visas to the media team accompanying President Masoud Pezeshkian on his planned visit Tuesday to New York for the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, Anadolu reports.
- [Are the Americans returning to Myanmar? They never really left](https://iwpost.com/are-the-americans-returning-to-myanmar-they-never-really-left/): Adam Castillo, a former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar who had lobbied for sanctions relief in exchange for US, was released in recent days after spending over three months in detention.
- [Army halts arrests of ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews draft dodgers: Israeli newspaper](https://iwpost.com/army-halts-arrests-of-ultra-orthodox-haredi-jews-draft-dodgers-israeli-newspaper/): The Israeli army has halted arrests of ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews wanted for failing to comply with military draft orders amid concerns that the arrests could trigger protests, according to Israeli media.
- [Dozens of Delegates Walk Out as Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly](https://iwpost.com/dozens-of-delegates-walk-out-as-netanyahu-addresses-un-general-assembly/): Dozens of delegates walked out of the United Nations General Assembly as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his address in New York on Thursday, Sept.
- [Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features](https://iwpost.com/court-rules-pentagon-can-blacklist-anthropic-for-refusing-to-enable-claude-features/): A US appeals court today approved the Department of Defense’s blacklisting of Anthropic technology.
- [The politics limiting US arms deliveries to Taiwan](https://iwpost.com/the-politics-limiting-us-arms-deliveries-to-taiwan/): On March 28, 2025 a rollout ceremony took place at Lockheed Martin’s F-16 production facility in Greenville, South Carolina.
- [Your uncle’s frozen Mac says it’s infected after viewing a Google ad. Now what?](https://iwpost.com/your-uncles-frozen-mac-says-its-infected-after-viewing-a-google-ad-now-what/): Researchers say they recently found Google ads delivering a sophisticated tech support scam that freezes the screens of both Windows and Mac devices and displays messages urgently instructing them to phone a bogus call center.
- [Macron: Russian Attack on Europe “Plausible”, Pledges Troops to Saudi Arabia](https://iwpost.com/macron-russian-attack-on-europe-plausible-pledges-troops-to-saudi-arabia/): French President Emmanuel Macron denied Thursday that the CIA had warned France of a possible Russian drone operation targeting southern Europe, even as he pledged to send French “military assets” to protect a key Saudi Arabian oil facility on the Red Sea.
- [Melania Trump’s Shocking Comments Raise Eyebrows (Video)](https://iwpost.com/melania-trumps-shocking-comments-raise-eyebrows-video/): Asked about growing up under communism, Melania Trump offered an answer that did not fit neatly into the usual Republican warnings about life behind the Iron Curtain.
- [Chinese Nationals Among 212 Arrested as Pakistan Cracks Down on Global Call Center Fraud ](https://iwpost.com/chinese-nationals-among-212-arrested-as-pakistan-cracks-down-on-global-call-center-fraud/): [ISLAMABAD] Pakistani authorities have arrested 212 people, including Chinese nationals, in raids on three illegal call centers in Islamabad linked to an alleged international online fraud network.
- [Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements](https://iwpost.com/tesla-workers-balk-at-training-optimus-humanoid-robots-as-replacements/): Tesla’s pivot from making electric cars to humanoid robots is facing challenges because of complex robot hands and disgruntled employees pushing back against training their robotic replacements.
- [Japan’s new ambassador will test Manila’s China balancing act](https://iwpost.com/japans-new-ambassador-will-test-manilas-china-balancing-act/): As Manila and Tokyo mark the 70th anniversary of normalized diplomatic relations, elevate their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and face rising security tensions in the West Philippine Sea, the arrival of Kitagawa Katsuro as Japan’s new ambassador to the Philippines comes at a pivotal moment in regional geopolitics.
- [5 Netanyahu claims at UN that clash with documented findings](https://iwpost.com/5-netanyahu-claims-at-un-that-clash-with-documented-findings/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly used the UN General Assembly podium to defend Israel’s actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, making claims that have been challenged by international bodies, humanitarian agencies and, in some cases, data from Israel’s own military, Anadolu reports.
- [Can Trump ever be wrong? His pick to lead FDA refused to say.](https://iwpost.com/can-trump-ever-be-wrong-his-pick-to-lead-fda-refused-to-say/): Heidi Overton, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, went before the Senate health committee Thursday, facing questions about her stances on vaccines, flavored vapes, birth control, and abortion, among other issues.
- [Finland and Sweden scramble Quick Reaction Alert jets to intercept Russian aircraft](https://iwpost.com/finland-and-sweden-scramble-quick-reaction-alert-jets-to-intercept-russian-aircraft/): Finland’s air force said on Friday that Swedish and Finnish fighter jets had been scrambled to identify Russian fighter jets flying over the Gulf of Finland.
- [N Korea’s hypersonic test a check on Japan’s nuclear ambitions](https://iwpost.com/n-koreas-hypersonic-test-a-check-on-japans-nuclear-ambitions/): North Korea’s recent hypersonic test signals an evasive theater nuclear strike capability aimed directly at Japan—a proxy warning backed by Russia and China as Japan rethinks its nuclear taboos.
- [Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security](https://iwpost.com/trump-frames-unregulated-ai-as-a-way-to-keep-ahead-of-china-but-in-fact-it-harms-us-national-security/): Amid the chorus of voices calling for a slowdown in AI advancement and more government regulation and oversight of the technology, one prominent contrarian voice stands out: that of Donald J.
- [Court rules Trump can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features](https://iwpost.com/court-rules-trump-can-blacklist-anthropic-for-refusing-to-enable-claude-features/): A US appeals court today approved the Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic technology.
- [Whether it’s ‘super’ or ‘Godzilla,’ El Niño is already breaking records](https://iwpost.com/whether-its-super-or-godzilla-el-nino-is-already-breaking-records/): By now, you’ve seen the headlines, and there’s more of them every day: It’s “jaw-dropping.” It’s poised to make global warming worse.
- [The Backlash to “NAZA” Shows How Little Israeli Citizenship Really Means](https://iwpost.com/the-backlash-to-naza-shows-how-little-israeli-citizenship-really-means/): The Israeli documentary “NAZA” will make its North American premiere tomorrow at the New York Film Festival on the heels of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vitriolic speech at the United Nations, which was met by mass protests, arrests, and diplomats walking out.
- [Colorado Marijuana Company Voluntarily Recalls Dozens of Contaminated Products Amid State Regulatory Delays](https://iwpost.com/colorado-marijuana-company-voluntarily-recalls-dozens-of-contaminated-products-amid-state-regulatory-delays/): A Colorado manufacturer of a popular brand of marijuana vapes warned dispensaries last week that it is recalling products due to contamination by methylene chloride, a chemical the Environmental Protection Agency has sought to ban for most uses because it can cause cancer.
- [UK’s new Israel sanctions haven’t suspended any weapons transfers](https://iwpost.com/uks-new-israel-sanctions-havent-suspended-any-weapons-transfers/): An Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir multirole fighter aircraft flies over the Negev Desert after taking off from a military base en route to the Gaza Strip on October 14, 2023.
- [Mom Dies of Rabies After ‘Tiny Puppy Scratch’ on Vacation](https://iwpost.com/mom-dies-of-rabies-after-tiny-puppy-scratch-on-vacation/): When a stray puppy scratched Yvonne Ford’s leg beneath a beach lounger in Morocco, the mark seemed too small to worry about.
- [Palace Party Wins Morocco Vote, Islamists Return to Opposition  ](https://iwpost.com/palace-party-wins-morocco-vote-islamists-return-to-opposition/): Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) won Wednesday’s parliamentary election with 97 of 395 seats, provisional results announced early Thursday showed, while the Islamist party it pushed from power five years ago surged back to lead the opposition.
- [Google ads caught delivering convincing scareware ads to unsuspecting users](https://iwpost.com/google-ads-caught-delivering-convincing-scareware-ads-to-unsuspecting-users/): Researchers say they recently found Google ads delivering a sophisticated tech support scam that freezes the screens of both Windows and Mac devices and displays messages urgently instructing them to phone a bogus call center.
- [Poland Predicts Murkier Russian Escalation, Not Full Invasion](https://iwpost.com/poland-predicts-murkier-russian-escalation-not-full-invasion/): Poland’s foreign minister said that Russia is preparing a significant escalation this year, warning that President Vladimir Putin may be looking for a pretext to justify a new mobilization.
- [Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’ is in a race against time](https://iwpost.com/taiwans-silicon-shield-is-in-a-race-against-time/): When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Washington on September 24, AI and Taiwan shared the agenda.
- [US university ends contract for sending human cadavers to train Israeli military personnel](https://iwpost.com/us-university-ends-contract-for-sending-human-cadavers-to-train-israeli-military-personnel/): The University of Southern California (USC) has terminated an arrangement involving the transfer of human cadavers used to train Israeli military medical personnel, campus news organization Annenberg Media reported, Anadolu reports.
- [US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%](https://iwpost.com/us-being-left-behind-in-ev-charging-speeds-as-china-goes-sub-5-min-to-70/): Hype merchants have a habit of overdoing it, but there’s no denying that China is making the US look more than a little antiquated when it comes to electric vehicles.
- [Merz clings on as Germany’s political center crumbles](https://iwpost.com/merz-clings-on-as-germanys-political-center-crumbles/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [Russia’s new jet-powered drones mark latest evolution in air war above Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/russias-new-jet-powered-drones-mark-latest-evolution-in-air-war-above-ukraine/): The air war between Russia and Ukraine has evolved constantly since the start of the conflict.
- [Push for Creole courses in schools stokes historic anti-Haitian feeling in Dominican Republic](https://iwpost.com/push-for-creole-courses-in-schools-stokes-historic-anti-haitian-feeling-in-dominican-republic/): In early September 2026, a lawmaker in the Dominican Republic introduced a bill that would require all public schools in the Caribbean nation to offer courses in Haitian Creole.
- [After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild](https://iwpost.com/after-seven-years-a-spacecraft-company-is-releasing-its-otters-into-the-wild/): Imagine starting a space company in October 2019 with the aim of changing the world. Then, a few months later, a global pandemic shuts the world down.
- [Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as Houthis step up attacks](https://iwpost.com/allies-unite-behind-saudi-arabia-as-houthis-step-up-attacks/): Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs are to meet to discuss how to support Saudi Arabia under a joint defence pact, after Saudi’s top religious authority told troops to be ​ready to lay down their lives to fight Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis.
- [The Blueprint for Democrats to Win Back Voters ](https://iwpost.com/the-blueprint-for-democrats-to-win-back-voters/): It’s the year of the democratic socialist.
- [Across the Country, Youth Prisons Are Closing. This State Is Building More.](https://iwpost.com/across-the-country-youth-prisons-are-closing-this-state-is-building-more/): Across the country, states have been shuttering their youth prisons as juvenile crime has plummeted and research shows the facilities are not effective at keeping youth out of trouble after release.
- [How US and China can nimbly escape the Thucydides Trap](https://iwpost.com/how-us-and-china-can-nimbly-escape-the-thucydides-trap/): This line, delivered during Xi’s speech at the White House arrival ceremony, provides a better key to understanding the summit than the rich references to the history of US-China exchanges and the lavish language of mutual friendship.
- [Israel Allies Foundation Names Joni Lamb No. 1 Christian Ally of Israel for 2026 ](https://iwpost.com/israel-allies-foundation-names-joni-lamb-no-1-christian-ally-of-israel-for-2026/): The Israel Allies Foundation announced its 2026 list of Israel’s Top 50 Christian Allies in Jerusalem, recognizing Christian leaders for their public advocacy, humanitarian assistance, and religious support for Israel.
- [Rocket Report: Era of cheap launch is over? Astra sets early 2027 target for return](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-era-of-cheap-launch-is-over-astra-sets-early-2027-target-for-return/): Welcome to Edition 9.12 of the Rocket Report!
- [Report: UK’s ‘double lock’ on arms to Israel suspends nothing](https://iwpost.com/report-uks-double-lock-on-arms-to-israel-suspends-nothing/): The British government has not suspended or revoked a single additional arms export licence for Israel since announcing what Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband described as a “double lock” on military sales, according to an investigation by Declassified UK.
- [Rahman’s UN debut carries family weight, high national stakes](https://iwpost.com/rahmans-un-debut-carries-family-weight-high-national-stakes/): When Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the first time on Thursday (September 24), he became the third member of his immediate family to speak from the UN podium.
- [Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment](https://iwpost.com/trump-admin-using-ai-to-deny-medical-care-for-seniors-in-disastrous-experiment/): In January, the Trump administration rolled out a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to authorize or deny certain types of care for patients with Medicare—a federal healthcare program for seniors that previously hasn’t required doctors to get any such pre-approval, called prior authorization.
- [Pope makes first official visit to France in 18 years](https://iwpost.com/pope-makes-first-official-visit-to-france-in-18-years/): Church bells will quite literally be ringing across France this Friday morning as Pope Leo XIV lands on the tarmac of Paris-Orly airport for the first official papal visit to the country in 18 years.
- [Green Energy Is Coming for the Desert](https://iwpost.com/green-energy-is-coming-for-the-desert/): When asked recently if he used artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump — whose Truth Social account is rife with AI slop — offered an unconvincing “yeah” while refusing to provide specifics.
- [Trump-XI summit aims to head off an AI arms race](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-aims-to-head-off-an-ai-arms-race/): The onging summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping has been billed as a “high-stakes” meeting which the US president says will have a major focus on artificial intelligence (AI).
- [OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach](https://iwpost.com/openai-agent-didnt-accept-no-for-an-answer-in-australian-government-breach/): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government is investigating a June incident in which an OpenAI agent accessed “non-public files” from the country’s online Medicare statistics portal.
- [Si vis pactum, para bellum: Trump’s war-first path to a deal](https://iwpost.com/si-vis-pactum-para-bellum-trumps-war-first-path-to-a-deal/): US President Donald Trump addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 22, 2026.
- [JonBenét DNA Analyst Sent to Prison](https://iwpost.com/jonbenet-dna-analyst-sent-to-prison/): A former Colorado DNA analyst whose misconduct shook confidence in hundreds of criminal investigations has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
- [2 IDF Reservists Killed After Drone Crashes, Explodes in Northern Gaza ](https://iwpost.com/2-idf-reservists-killed-after-drone-crashes-explodes-in-northern-gaza/): Two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservists were killed Thursday in the northern Gaza Strip when a drone they were operating crashed inside a military post and later exploded for reasons that remain under investigation, the IDF reported.
- [New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators](https://iwpost.com/new-jersey-fines-data-center-1-1m-after-drone-pics-expose-62-gas-generators/): This week, New Jersey ordered the operator of one of the East Coast’s largest planned data centers to pay a $1.1 million fine for secretly installing and operating gas generators in violation of the state’s Air Pollution Control Act.
- [Six arrests for smuggling migrants via Schengen airports](https://iwpost.com/six-arrests-for-smuggling-migrants-via-schengen-airports/): Europol supported a migrant smuggling investigation involving law enforcement authorities from 17 countries.
- [Bond vigilantes on a savage hunt as global yields run wild](https://iwpost.com/bond-vigilantes-on-a-savage-hunt-as-global-yields-run-wild/): TOKYO — The bond vigilantes are back — and now they’re patrolling every major debt market at once.
- [US, Iran should return to dialogue to end war, Xi tells Trump at White House](https://iwpost.com/us-iran-should-return-to-dialogue-to-end-war-xi-tells-trump-at-white-house/): During a closed-door meeting at the White House, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged the US and Iran to return to dialogue to end their war.
- [Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer](https://iwpost.com/robots-make-combat-airdrops-clear-mines-as-ukraine-defeats-russian-pincer/): Ukraine’s military robots are dropping from heavy drones in airborne assaults behind Russian lines as other robots clear mines ahead of advancing Ukrainian infantry.
- [Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline](https://iwpost.com/flock-wants-the-most-detailed-map-of-its-surveillance-cameras-taken-offline/): Amid mounting concerns about its sprawling surveillance camera network, Flock Security told the press this summer that it operates more than 120,000 cameras nationwide.
- [Drones could expand North Korea’s gray zone options](https://iwpost.com/drones-could-expand-north-koreas-gray-zone-options/): If the wars of 2026 have demonstrated anything, it is that drones have become a key element of modern warfare.
- [We have a trailer for Musk documentary Elon called a "hit piece"](https://iwpost.com/we-have-a-trailer-for-musk-documentary-elon-called-a-hit-piece/): Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney has never been one to shy away from controversy.
- [Pope Leo XIV faces packed 19,000-mile South American tour](https://iwpost.com/pope-leo-xiv-faces-packed-19000-mile-south-american-tour/): Pope Leo XIV will travel more than 19,000 miles on 14 flights during a 12-day visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November, in what will be his longest international journey since becoming pontiff.
- [Xi backs AI safety with Trump, draws Taiwan line, urges Iran talks](https://iwpost.com/xi-backs-ai-safety-with-trump-draws-taiwan-line-urges-iran-talks/): Beijing has agreed to work with Washington to improve governance of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and to enhance cooperation as Chinese President Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump met face-to-face at the White House on Thursday.
- [Grateful for His ‘Blessed Life,’ Dennis Prager Says ‘We Are Our Memories’](https://iwpost.com/grateful-for-his-blessed-life-dennis-prager-says-we-are-our-memories/): Dennis Prager has spent a lifetime explaining why people should be grateful.
- [Kai Trump’s Rocky Golf Debut Takes Painful Turn (Video)](https://iwpost.com/kai-trumps-rocky-golf-debut-takes-painful-turn-video/): Kai Trump’s difficult start to college golf has come with another setback: renewed pain in the wrist she had surgically repaired earlier this year.
- [Donald Duck's uncle was partly based on Wernher von Braun](https://iwpost.com/donald-ducks-uncle-was-partly-based-on-wernher-von-braun/): Did you know that the first character that Walt Disney created to specifically appear on television was inspired, in part, by early Space Age rocket scientists?
- [Examining think tank proposal that US cut and run in Asia-Pacific](https://iwpost.com/examining-think-tank-proposal-that-us-cut-and-run-in-asia-pacific/): A recent report put out by a relatively obscure Washington think tank, Defense Priorities, is getting an unusual amount of attention.
- [Egypt urges ‘sustained’ humanitarian access to Gaza, start of early recovery](https://iwpost.com/egypt-urges-sustained-humanitarian-access-to-gaza-start-of-early-recovery/): Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty urged “sustained and unhindered” humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip on Thursday and the start of early recovery efforts to provide livelihoods for Palestinians, according to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Anadolu reports.
- [Trump and Xi face an AI security dilemma – but face-to-face diplomacy could be a start in mitigating it](https://iwpost.com/trump-and-xi-face-an-ai-security-dilemma-but-face-to-face-diplomacy-could-be-a-start-in-mitigating-it/): Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s Washington summit has been billed as a discussion of major issues surrounding the development and possible regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as trying to find common ground over Taiwan and trade.
- [Three T’s will dominate Trump-Xi summit – but expect little movement on trade, less on Taiwan and who knows on tech](https://iwpost.com/three-ts-will-dominate-trump-xi-summit-but-expect-little-movement-on-trade-less-on-taiwan-and-who-knows-on-tech-2/): When Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last sat down in May 2026, talk was centered on three T’s: trade, technology and Taiwan.
- [CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay](https://iwpost.com/cdc-opens-state-ordering-for-covid-19-vaccines-after-unexplained-delay/): After a nearly monthlong delay, states are now able to order this season’s COVID-19 vaccines through a federal program that provides free immunizations to low-income children, the US health department says.
- [Royal Caribbean Buys Half of Sandals in $3 Billion Deal](https://iwpost.com/royal-caribbean-buys-half-of-sandals-in-3-billion-deal/): Royal Caribbean has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in Sandals Resorts International for $3 billion, valuing the resort business at $6 billion.
- [Congress Failed Again to Stop Trump’s Iran War. This Group Is Trying Through the Courts.](https://iwpost.com/congress-failed-again-to-stop-trumps-iran-war-this-group-is-trying-through-the-courts/): With Congress unable to rein in President Donald Trump’s war against Iran through legislative action, a group advocating for diplomacy filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration arguing the military action violates the Constitution.
- [Saddam Hussein used James Bond director to tell Iraq story](https://iwpost.com/saddam-hussein-used-james-bond-director-to-tell-iraq-story/): From the beginning of his brutal reign in Iraq, Saddam Hussein could claim an unusual credit: film producer.
- [Netanyahu Rebukes Critics in UN Speech, Defends Wars Against Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-rebukes-critics-in-un-speech-defends-wars-against-iran-hamas-and-hezbollah/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s military campaigns against Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, rejecting accusations of genocide in Gaza and accusing Western governments, Turkey, Qatar and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani of spreading what he called lies about Israel.
- [New York defies Trump admin, asks court to shut down Polymarket gambling](https://iwpost.com/new-york-defies-trump-admin-asks-court-to-shut-down-polymarket-gambling/): New York sued Polymarket today, alleging that it runs an “illegal gambling operation” through its prediction market.
- [Gas, solar, and tech companies all want this bill. Will Congress pass it?](https://iwpost.com/gas-solar-and-tech-companies-all-want-this-bill-will-congress-pass-it/): Senators are looking toward the Capitol doors as they prepare to head home and campaign for the midterms.
- [UN chief says world’s biggest problem is the changing way power is used – Donald Trump’s speech confirms his diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/un-chief-says-worlds-biggest-problem-is-the-changing-way-power-is-used-donald-trumps-speech-confirms-his-diagnosis/): UN secretary-general, António Guterres, used his final address to the general assembly to recast the world’s crises as a single problem.
- [College Football Player Killed in Shocking Stabbing Attack](https://iwpost.com/college-football-player-killed-in-shocking-stabbing-attack/): A promising college football player was stabbed to death outside a Providence nightclub in a shocking early-morning attack that also left one of his teammates injured.
- [Irish reunification is more complicated than Trump may think](https://iwpost.com/irish-reunification-is-more-complicated-than-trump-may-think/): President Donald Trump raised eyebrows across the Atlantic recently with his surprise remarks in favor of Irish unification.
- [How US blindly ceded its rare earth dominance to China](https://iwpost.com/how-us-blindly-ceded-its-rare-earth-dominance-to-china/): Look around you, and you’ll see rare earth elements at work. A phone vibrates because a magnet moves a weight. Its screen was polished with cerium powder.
- [F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs](https://iwpost.com/f-droid-gets-its-biggest-update-in-a-decade-with-new-ui-and-smoother-app-installs/): Virtually every Android device comes with the Play Store preloaded, but there are other ways to get apps.
- [Surge in Chinese Hybrid-Car Sales Alarms Brussels](https://iwpost.com/surge-in-chinese-hybrid-car-sales-alarms-brussels/): Sales of Chinese-made hybrid cars have risen dramatically across the European Union, raising concerns about the competitiveness of Europe’s automotive industry.
- [Gaza and the dystopian future of AI-powered war | Palestine This Week](https://iwpost.com/gaza-and-the-dystopian-future-of-ai-powered-war-palestine-this-week/): In this week’s Palestine This Week, Nasim Ahmed and Muhammad Shehada discuss allegations that Israel is destroying evidence of war crimes in Gaza, the growing use of AI to select targets and the disturbing revelations in the documentary NAZA.
- [DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.](https://iwpost.com/doordash-spent-1-4-million-trying-to-stop-mamdani-from-becoming-mayor-now-we-know-why/): Last year, well before DoorDash’s $131.5 million settlement with New York City for underpaying 264,000 delivery workers was announced Tuesday, the company spent around $1.4 million on the campaign to stop Zohran Mamdani, who oversaw the historic settlement, from becoming mayor.
- [Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1](https://iwpost.com/googles-first-suncatcher-orbital-data-center-test-launches-october-1/): Google is taking its first step toward making Project Suncatcher a reality.
- [G20 needs a new approach to tackle the changing world order](https://iwpost.com/g20-needs-a-new-approach-to-tackle-the-changing-world-order/): In December, the UK will take over the G20 presidency from the United States.
- [Asia pays the price as rich nations borrow like emerging markets](https://iwpost.com/asia-pays-the-price-as-rich-nations-borrow-like-emerging-markets/): Global debt has passed US$365 trillion, and the cost of carrying it is now rising faster than any government can control.
- [21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?](https://iwpost.com/21-years-after-disaster-helped-bring-peace-to-aceh-has-botched-indonesian-response-to-floods-reignited-calls-for-independence/): Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on Aug.
- [The Netherlands Criminalizes Purchase of West Bank Settlement Goods as European Restrictions Expand ](https://iwpost.com/the-netherlands-criminalizes-purchase-of-west-bank-settlement-goods-as-european-restrictions-expand/): The Netherlands has made purchasing goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank a criminal offense, joining several other European countries that have imposed restrictions on trade with the settlements.
- [NASA chief concerned China may deny access to parts of South Pole](https://iwpost.com/nasa-chief-concerned-china-may-deny-access-to-parts-of-south-pole/): Last month, China delayed the launch of an ambitious robotic mission to the South Pole of the Moon, Chang’e 7, until early next year.
- [Switzerland votes on proposal to enshrine stricter neutrality in constitution](https://iwpost.com/switzerland-votes-on-proposal-to-enshrine-stricter-neutrality-in-constitution/): Switzerland is set to vote on Sunday on a proposal to strengthen the country’s traditional policy of military neutrality by enshrining a stricter definition in its constitution.
- [Stop mad Donald’s Iran war: open letter to the US Congress](https://iwpost.com/stop-mad-donalds-iran-war-open-letter-to-the-us-congress/): He posed it as his personal choice. The fact that the American people are dead set against Trump’s war means nothing.
- [George Clooney’s Heartbreaking Talks with Presley Gerber Revealed](https://iwpost.com/george-clooneys-heartbreaking-talks-with-presley-gerber-revealed/): George Clooney reportedly spent hours trying to support Presley Gerber through some of his darkest periods before the 27-year-old model’s sudden death.
- [Contrary to some reports, you don't have two brains](https://iwpost.com/contrary-to-some-reports-you-dont-have-two-brains/): Late last week, we started seeing headlines about how new research was suggesting we might have two brains instead of the one that seems to show up on MRI scans.
- [What is the extent of the UN’s impunity when it comes to the two-state politics?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-the-extent-of-the-uns-impunity-when-it-comes-to-the-two-state-politics/): Once again, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stressed that there is no other option to the two-state paradigm.
- [Cambodia an early warning of China’s AI surveillance exports](https://iwpost.com/cambodia-an-early-warning-of-chinas-ai-surveillance-exports/): Chinese investment has long been a cornerstone of development policy for many Southeast Asian nations.
- [There's a new way to break RSA that's faster than anything we've seen before](https://iwpost.com/theres-a-new-way-to-break-rsa-thats-faster-than-anything-weve-seen-before/): The world has known for decades that the RSA cryptosystem’s days are numbered.
- [US intelligence warns of Russiane drone operations in Mediterranean](https://iwpost.com/us-intelligence-warns-of-russiane-drone-operations-in-mediterranean/): US intelligence has warned European governments of a possible Russian drone operation targeting Spain, France or Italy, raising concerns about a potential new security threat in the Mediterranean.
- [As the Pentagon Expands Across the Pacific, Guam Offers a Warning](https://iwpost.com/as-the-pentagon-expands-across-the-pacific-guam-offers-a-warning/): Leevin Camacho was brushing his teeth one day last fall when his mother called. The water is contaminated, she said.
- [Pakistan Strikes Afghan Drone Network, Warns Taliban Against Further Provocation ](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-strikes-afghan-drone-network-warns-taliban-against-further-provocation/): Pakistan on Thursday carried out air and drone strikes on 10 locations inside Afghanistan as part of an operation against a drone network, alleging that the sites were used to store drones and dispatch them across the border for attacks in Pakistan.
- [How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War](https://iwpost.com/how-the-smithsonian-became-the-latest-front-in-trumps-culture-war/): Too “Woke”? Trump tried to fire one Smithsonian official and, after finding “ideological capture,” plans to install anti-woke warning signs outside the history museum.
- [Can prediction markets create the future they predict?](https://iwpost.com/can-prediction-markets-create-the-future-they-predict/): Prediction market platforms allow people to bet on real-world events like politics, culture, economics, war, and sports.
- [Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash](https://iwpost.com/discord-age-verification-rolls-out-today-with-changes-spurred-by-user-backlash/): Discord today is rolling out an age-verification system that estimates each user’s age and requires some users to prove they are old enough to access age-restricted content.
- [Kate Middleton Wears Jaw-Dropping 100-Year-Old Heirloom](https://iwpost.com/kate-middleton-wears-jaw-dropping-100-year-old-heirloom/): Kate Middleton dug deep into the royal jewelry vault for a glamorous night out in London — wearing a spectacular necklace that has been part of the royal family for more than a century.
- [Bangladesh energy crisis calls for pragmatism, not political purity](https://iwpost.com/bangladesh-energy-crisis-calls-for-pragmatism-not-political-purity/): For more than three decades, the Bangladeshi political left has maintained an unyielding stance on natural resources like gas, coal, and minerals, insisting that state entities must develop them exclusively.
- [To keep drug prices high, pharma has been piling up the patents](https://iwpost.com/to-keep-drug-prices-high-pharma-has-been-piling-up-the-patents/): The cost of healthcare in general is a debilitating, pre-existing condition for Americans.
- [Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Mark Pfeifeil: Who is Winning The War of Narration, Trump or Iran?](https://iwpost.com/podcast-by-jasim-al-azzawi-with-mark-pfeifeil-who-is-winning-the-war-of-narration-trump-or-iran/): WATCH: Podcast by Jasim Al-Azzawi with Richard Boyd Barrett: Trump: We have reached a pivotal turning point. Is war coming?
- [New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery](https://iwpost.com/new-device-captures-carbon-dioxide-by-pumping-it-across-a-battery/): Equipment to capture carbon dioxide from ambient air or smokestacks generally works through a sort of reversible filter.
- [Trump’s bid to stop Ukraine’s Russia strikes a strategic disconnect](https://iwpost.com/trumps-bid-to-stop-ukraines-russia-strikes-a-strategic-disconnect/): Ukrainian drone strike on a Moscow oil refinery on September 20, 2026.
- [3 Border Police Injured in Clashes With About 100 Israeli Rioters Near Nablus ](https://iwpost.com/3-border-police-injured-in-clashes-with-about-100-israeli-rioters-near-nablus/): Three Israeli Border Police officers were wounded near the Palestinian villages of Jalud and Kusra near Nablus while security forces confronted about 100 Israeli rioters who blocked roads, threw stones, and set fire to Palestinian property, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
- [Sweden faces political deadlock after Andersson gives up attempt to form government](https://iwpost.com/sweden-faces-political-deadlock-after-andersson-gives-up-attempt-to-form-government/): Attempts to form a new government in Sweden ‌hit the buffers on Monday after Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson said she was unable to secure enough support, despite the centre-left bloc winning a narrow majority in this month’s election.
- [Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development](https://iwpost.com/florida-invokes-extinction-fears-in-legal-bid-to-halt-openai-development/): The new legal motion, filed Monday morning, is part of a civil lawsuit the state of Florida originally filed in June, arguing that ChatGPT represented “a threat to the public safety of Floridians,” specifically by preying on vulnerable populations like children and violent or delusional adults.
- [U.S. Has Suffered More Casualties In Iran Since the Conclusion of Operation Epic Fury](https://iwpost.com/u-s-has-suffered-more-casualties-in-iran-since-the-conclusion-of-operation-epic-fury/): As ceasefire negotiations faltered and U.S.
- [Volkswagen-Gotion deal shows hard limits of China de-risking](https://iwpost.com/volkswagen-gotion-deal-shows-hard-limits-of-china-de-risking/): Volkswagen has spent years trying to build a European battery business strong enough to carry its electric-car ambitions.
- [SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks](https://iwpost.com/spacexs-starship-goes-orbital-deploying-first-next-gen-starlinks/): SpaceX’s Starship rocket thundered into the sky over South Texas early Monday. It was the 14th test flight of the world’s most powerful launch vehicle.
- [Catania airport closed for third day due to Etna’s ash](https://iwpost.com/catania-airport-closed-for-third-day-due-to-etnas-ash/): Catania airport will remain closed for the third consecutive day on Monday because of volcanic ash being spewed out by Mount Etna, SAC, the company that runs the airport, said.
- [In BRICS open-source AI, China and India will make a good team](https://iwpost.com/in-brics-open-source-ai-china-and-india-will-make-a-good-team/): At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed that China take the lead in establishing a BRICS AI open-source community.
- [Former German vice chancellor accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza](https://iwpost.com/former-german-vice-chancellor-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-in-gaza/): Former German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza, media reports said Monday.
- [Monsoon Rains Leave at Least 90 Dead in India, Nepal, Myanmar ](https://iwpost.com/monsoon-rains-leave-at-least-90-dead-in-india-nepal-myanmar/): At least 62 people have died, 46 were injured, and 1,000 homes were destroyed after heavy monsoon rains triggered flooding in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state, officials said Monday.
- [Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump](https://iwpost.com/experts-worry-about-nvidias-ai-chip-sales-in-china-and-influence-over-trump/): On its face, the recent summit between Donald Trump and China’s president Xi Jinping didn’t change much in the world of AI regulation.
- [Gisele Bündchen Used Astrology to ‘Divorce’ Tom Brady](https://iwpost.com/gisele-bundchen-used-astrology-to-divorce-tom-brady/): A new book about Tom Brady is offering a surprising account of the final years of his marriage to Gisele Bündchen — including a claim that the supermodel turned to astrology before deciding their relationship had run its course.
- [RAF Fairford big-scale attack try represents serious threat to US](https://iwpost.com/raf-fairford-big-scale-attack-try-represents-serious-threat-to-us/): A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress at RAF Fairford in 2019.
- [Iran Has Wounded and Killed More Americans Since the End of Operation Epic Fury](https://iwpost.com/iran-has-wounded-and-killed-more-americans-since-the-end-of-operation-epic-fury/): As ceasefire negotiations faltered and U.S.
- [Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation](https://iwpost.com/boeing-incredibly-excited-to-serve-as-nations-only-astronaut-transportation/): NASA announced on Monday that it will exercise options to purchase two additional flights on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, as well as financially support the company in its efforts to return the crewed vehicle to flight and find a new rocket after the Atlas V vehicle retires.
- [Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules that would have curbed NATO cooperation](https://iwpost.com/swiss-voters-reject-tighter-neutrality-rules-that-would-have-curbed-nato-cooperation/): Swiss voters ‌on Sunday firmly rejected a proposal to adopt a more restrictive form of neutrality that would have blocked their country from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with NATO.
- [Arizona Lawmaker Proposes More Federal Support for English Fluency Services](https://iwpost.com/arizona-lawmaker-proposes-more-federal-support-for-english-fluency-services/): An Arizona congresswoman has proposed three bills that would fund literacy classes, dual language programs and training for teachers of students learning English in the state, hoping to remedy gaps highlighted by Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica.
- [Yemen’s Houthis move to control crucial waterway – our research maps the countries most at risk](https://iwpost.com/yemens-houthis-move-to-control-crucial-waterway-our-research-maps-the-countries-most-at-risk/): The advance of the Iran-aligned Houthi rebel group in Yemen has driven more than 130,000 people from their homes since the beginning of September, deepening the humanitarian crisis in an already poor country with a long history of domestic conflict.
- [So where’s the ‘intelligence explosion?’](https://iwpost.com/so-wheres-the-intelligence-explosion/): One of my fundamental beliefs about the world is that Ramez Naam ought to blog more.
- [New Octagon Project Responds to ‘Erosion of Truth’ ](https://iwpost.com/new-octagon-project-responds-to-erosion-of-truth/): The day after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, assault on Israel, while families were still searching for loved ones and the scope of the killings was only beginning to emerge, David Christopher Kaufman watched a different battle ignite far from the southern Israeli communities under attack.
- [Starship's first orbital launch gives lift to SpaceX's next-gen Starlinks](https://iwpost.com/starships-first-orbital-launch-gives-lift-to-spacexs-next-gen-starlinks/): SpaceX’s Starship rocket thundered into the sky over South Texas early Monday. It was the 14th test flight of the world’s most powerful launch vehicle.
- [Brightline shows people want more trains. But who will pay for them?](https://iwpost.com/brightline-shows-people-want-more-trains-but-who-will-pay-for-them/): The first thing Brightline wants you to know about its bankruptcy is that the trains will keep running.
- [Rock Legend Announces Farewell Tour After Heart Procedure](https://iwpost.com/rock-legend-announces-farewell-tour-after-heart-procedure/): Rod Stewart is preparing to take his final bow from life on the road.
- [Iraq’s national airline resumes flights between Najaf, Iranian airports](https://iwpost.com/iraqs-national-airline-resumes-flights-between-najaf-iranian-airports/): Iraqi Airways resumed its flights between the country’s Najaf International Airport and Iranian airports on Monday, according to Iraqi state media.
- [European Parliament Forum to Focus on Democratic Resilience](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-forum-to-focus-on-democratic-resilience/): MEPs, national parliamentarians, EU experts and civil society representatives will gather in Brussels this week for discussions on strengthening democracy and rebuilding citizens’ trust in democratic institutions.
- [Google seemingly confirms plans to kill ChromeOS in 2034](https://iwpost.com/google-seemingly-confirms-plans-to-kill-chromeos-in-2034/): We are mere days away from the launch of Googlebooks, the long-awaited Android laptops that Google hopes will compete with macOS and Windows.
- [Trump-Xi summit bade farewell to ‘China plus one’](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summit-bade-farewell-to-china-plus-one/): President Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington, greeting him in person at Joint Base Andrews, a rare gesture for an American president.
- [Climate disasters are getting worse – risks escalate when authoritarian regimes keep neighbours in the dark](https://iwpost.com/climate-disasters-are-getting-worse-risks-escalate-when-authoritarian-regimes-keep-neighbours-in-the-dark/): Authoritarian regimes have a history of keeping information about escalating disasters secret, even when it could harm their own citizens.
- [Netanyahu Denies Media Reports Alleging Egypt Warned Him Before Oct 7 ](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-denies-media-reports-alleging-egypt-warned-him-before-oct-7/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that he received a warning from Egyptian intelligence about Hamas’ impending October 7 attack, rejecting media reports that he had prior knowledge of the assault.
- [The large robotic arm on the International Space Station has stopped working](https://iwpost.com/the-large-robotic-arm-on-the-international-space-station-has-stopped-working/): Recently, the astronauts on board the International Space Station performed a routine “walk-off” maneuver with the large, 58-foot-long robotic arm attached to the orbiting laboratory.
- [The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting](https://iwpost.com/the-untold-origins-of-trumps-plan-to-sharply-restrict-mail-in-voting/): Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting voting by mail in ways that could have thrown the upcoming midterms into chaos.
- [Far-right Le Pen and hard-left Melenchon seen reaching French presidential run-off, poll shows](https://iwpost.com/far-right-le-pen-and-hard-left-melenchon-seen-reaching-french-presidential-run-off-poll-shows/): French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and far-left contender Jean-Luc Melenchon are seen reaching a run-off vote in next year’s presidential election in each of five scenarios polled, according to a survey published on Monday.
- [US attempts to control Ukraine’s attacks on Russia reflect a fundamental strategic disconnect](https://iwpost.com/us-attempts-to-control-ukraines-attacks-on-russia-reflect-a-fundamental-strategic-disconnect/): In a recent phone call, Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelensky to stop Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries.
- [The Mirage of “Greater Israel” and the Structural Mechanics of Imperial Collapse](https://iwpost.com/the-mirage-of-greater-israel-and-the-structural-mechanics-of-imperial-collapse/): The expansionist Zionist project has entered its terminal, self-devouring phase.
- [Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-goes-quiet-after-church-groups-ask-for-1-of-data-center-costs/): Microsoft has spent all year telling communities that when it brings a new data center into their area, it is committed to being a “good neighbor.” It will pay local property taxes that support local hospitals, schools, parks, and libraries, and it will invest in “vital services the community cares about,” the company promised.
- [Erdogan playing East and West, winning room to maneuver](https://iwpost.com/erdogan-playing-east-and-west-winning-room-to-maneuver/): The apparent contradiction was striking. Turkey has belonged to NATO since 1952 and remains a European Union candidate.
- [Haniyeh Bodyguard Case Points to Wider Hamas Networks in Europe as UK Probes Airbase Plot](https://iwpost.com/haniyeh-bodyguard-case-points-to-wider-hamas-networks-in-europe-as-uk-probes-airbase-plot/): New details about a man arrested in Britain nearly a year ago over an alleged Hamas plot in Europe are drawing renewed attention to the group’s suspected clandestine infrastructure on the continent.
- [EU prepares detailed membership roadmaps for leading candidates](https://iwpost.com/eu-prepares-detailed-membership-roadmaps-for-leading-candidates/): The EU is developing proposals that would see the four countries closest to joining the bloc given a clear, step-by-step path toward membership — while the others languish behind.
- [Two Years After Hurricane Helene, People Are Still Allowed to Live in Harm’s Way](https://iwpost.com/two-years-after-hurricane-helene-people-are-still-allowed-to-live-in-harms-way/): This past weekend marked the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene, which claimed more than 250 lives — 108 in North Carolina — and left hundreds of thousands of people without power for days to weeks.
- [Bewitched Star’s Hidden Struggles Behind Her Magical TV Life Revealed](https://iwpost.com/bewitched-stars-hidden-struggles-behind-her-magical-tv-life-revealed/): For millions of Americans, Elizabeth Montgomery will forever be Samantha Stephens — the charming suburban witch who could solve almost any problem with a twitch of her nose.
- [Trump says men arrested at UK air base used by US were looking to do ‘big damage’](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-men-arrested-at-uk-air-base-used-by-us-were-looking-to-do-big-damage/): British police arrested five men on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences on Sunday near an air base that has been used by the US to ​strike Iran, after a tip-off that three vans had been seen heading to the military airfield.
- [Trump family-tied drone maker woos Pakistan at India’s expense](https://iwpost.com/trump-family-tied-drone-maker-woos-pakistan-at-indias-expense/): Powerus, a US defense company with ties to President Donald Trump’s sons, drew scrutiny after signing a memorandum of understanding this month with the Pakistani Army and offering Islamabad access to Ukrainian drone technology, sparking debate over the deal’s potential impact on India and wider regional security.
- [Pro-Palestine protesters arrested outside UK’s ruling Labour Conference in Liverpool](https://iwpost.com/pro-palestine-protesters-arrested-outside-uks-ruling-labour-conference-in-liverpool/): British police on Sunday arrested two demonstrators during a pro-Palestine protest outside the ruling Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, Anadolu reports.
- [Hamas’ Messenger Speaks to TML on Pre-Oct. 7 Warning: Prisoner Exchange or ‘Earthquake’ Coming](https://iwpost.com/hamas-messenger-speaks-to-tml-on-pre-oct-7-warning-prisoner-exchange-or-earthquake-coming/): Sufian Abu Zaida says Yahya Sinwar used him to relay an ominous message to Israeli security officials weeks before Oct.
- [Trump rejects deal, Iran diplomat calls for ‘negotiated solution’](https://iwpost.com/trump-rejects-deal-iran-diplomat-calls-for-negotiated-solution/): “We are fully prepared for the war to be resumed… We stand firm in the face of any new aggression, even [if] it comes to a doomsday war,” the foreign minister added.
- [U.S. Navy Members Stabbed After House Party Erupts in Violence](https://iwpost.com/u-s-navy-members-stabbed-after-house-party-erupts-in-violence/): Three U.S. Navy members were hospitalized after a late-night house party in California erupted into a violent fight that ended with all three being stabbed, police said.
- [Struggle over Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb straits is centuries old](https://iwpost.com/struggle-over-hormuz-and-bab-el-mandeb-straits-is-centuries-old/): Over recent months, the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have become synonymous with geopolitical jostling.
- [Trump says he expects more talks with Iran this week, warns Tehran ‘overplayed’ hand](https://iwpost.com/trump-says-he-expects-more-talks-with-iran-this-week-warns-tehran-overplayed-hand/): US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he anticipates his envoys will take part in negotiations with Iran in the coming days while adding that Tehran has yet to offer acceptable terms to resolve the ongoing conflict, Anadolu reports.
- [Israeli Opposition Leaders Sign ‘Repair and Hope’ Pact as Election Campaign Enters Final Month](https://iwpost.com/israeli-opposition-leaders-sign-repair-and-hope-pact-as-election-campaign-enters-final-month/): Outside Opposition Leader Yair Lapid’s Tel Aviv home on Saturday evening, supporters of several political parties and movements gathered as five opposition leaders met inside to coordinate their campaigns ahead of Israel’s Oct.
- [Why Germany is building an ark for US climate data](https://iwpost.com/why-germany-is-building-an-ark-for-us-climate-data/): In a modern five-story building in the center of Hamburg, Germany, technicians are preparing to install several new “racks” — gray metal casings that hold computing hardware — alongside the scores that already line the narrow, dimly lit corridors of the German Climate Computing Center, or DKRZ, one of the world’s largest repositories for climate simulation data.
- [What the Prairieland Jury Never Got to Hear](https://iwpost.com/what-the-prairieland-jury-never-got-to-hear/): On the last day of the Prairieland trial, in which nine Texas protesters were accused of crimes including providing material support to terrorists, the attorney for activist Benjamin Song presented a novel argument that, if true, would have upended the federal government’s case.
- [Prince Philip’s Secret ‘Female Confidante’ Revealed](https://iwpost.com/prince-philips-secret-female-confidante-revealed/): Prince Philip spent more than 70 years at Queen Elizabeth II’s side — but in his final chapter, another woman reportedly became one of the most trusted people in his private world.
- [Morocco-Israel Ties Deepen as Protesters Demand ‘No Ambassador, No Embassy’](https://iwpost.com/morocco-israel-ties-deepen-as-protesters-demand-no-ambassador-no-embassy/): Moroccan opponents of normalization with Israel were wrapping up three days of protests Sunday against the kingdom’s decision to upgrade relations to full embassies, even as Rabat moved forward with plans to exchange ambassadors and deepen economic ties with Israel.
- [Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians, wounds 7 others in new Gaza truce violations](https://iwpost.com/israeli-army-kills-2-palestinians-wounds-7-others-in-new-gaza-truce-violations/): Two Palestinians were killed, and seven others injured Sunday in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, amid Tel Aviv’s daily violations of a ceasefire agreement in place since October 2025, medical sources said, Anadolu reports.
- [What is in the US-Greenland-Denmark security deal?](https://iwpost.com/what-is-in-the-us-greenland-denmark-security-deal/): US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday ​that permits a larger US military presence on Greenland and may resolve a standoff over the strategically located and mineral-rich island.
- [This Sukkot, Help Us Keep Independent Journalism Standing](https://iwpost.com/this-sukkot-help-us-keep-independent-journalism-standing/): Sukkot is a Jewish holiday, but its themes reach far beyond any one faith tradition.
- [The “Satanic Panic” Made Her a True-Crime Obsession. The Truth Is More Haunting.](https://iwpost.com/the-satanic-panic-made-her-a-true-crime-obsession-the-truth-is-more-haunting/): Before she became infamous as one of the youngest American women ever sentenced to die, Christa Gail Pike was a North Carolina teenager who broke into a community center to steal some candy.
- [After UNGA: Can a broken memorandum be put back together?](https://iwpost.com/after-unga-can-a-broken-memorandum-be-put-back-together/): For a moment this week, the freeze between Washington and Tehran looked like it might actually crack.
- [Erdoğan tells UN that Europe cannot be safe without Turkey](https://iwpost.com/erdogan-tells-un-that-europe-cannot-be-safe-without-turkey/): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for Turkey to play a more central role in Europe’s security architecture, arguing that the continent cannot be fully secure without Ankara’s involvement.
- [Former Haniyeh Bodyguard Reportedly Linked to Hamas Plot Against Jews in Europe](https://iwpost.com/former-haniyeh-bodyguard-reportedly-linked-to-hamas-plot-against-jews-in-europe/): A British citizen who was arrested in London in November 2025 over an alleged Hamas plot to attack Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe previously served as a bodyguard for slain Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, The Sunday Times reported Sunday, citing newly disclosed details about the suspect’s background.
- [US, China should treat AI risk like a pathogen, not a missile](https://iwpost.com/us-china-should-treat-ai-risk-like-a-pathogen-not-a-missile/): Donald Trump and Xi Jinping wrapped up their Washington summit on September 25 with a two-month extension of the trade truce and warm words about friendship.
- [Prince Harry Leaps from Plane to Keep a ‘Special Promise’ (Video)](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-leaps-from-plane-to-keep-a-special-promise-video/): Prince Harry had a promise to keep to a 102-year-old war veteran — and a wife waiting to hear he had made it back to earth.
- [Macron calls for ligther EU energy rules as fuel prices rise](https://iwpost.com/macron-calls-for-ligther-eu-energy-rules-as-fuel-prices-rise/): French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the European Commission to temporarily ease some energy regulations as rising fuel and gas prices put pressure on households and businesses.
- [US challenges China on secret nuclear tests as arms race looms](https://iwpost.com/us-challenges-china-on-secret-nuclear-tests-as-arms-race-looms/): A mounting standoff over allegations of covert Chinese nuclear testing and rapid arsenal expansion has collided with an intensifying domestic debate within the US over whether it must abandon its decades-long test moratorium.
- [Yemen’s war is closer to Indonesia than it looks](https://iwpost.com/yemens-war-is-closer-to-indonesia-than-it-looks/): Yemen, a country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is about 7,000 kilometres from Jakarta. It feels far away.
- [Syria Grants Fly Dar First Private Airline Operating Certificate Since Assad’s Fall](https://iwpost.com/syria-grants-fly-dar-first-private-airline-operating-certificate-since-assads-fall/): [DAMASCUS] Syria’s General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport has granted Fly Dar Airlines an Air Operator Certificate, making it the first Syrian private airline to receive the certification since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December 2024.
- [China warns Taiwan and human rights are ‘red lines’ ahead of Trump-Xi summit](https://iwpost.com/china-warns-taiwan-and-human-rights-are-red-lines-ahead-of-trump-xi-summit/): China has warned that Taiwan and human rights are among issues that cannot be challenged ahead of a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Washington.
- [TV Star Slams Portrayal in Shocking New Movie](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-slams-portrayal-in-shocking-new-movie/): Chris Hansen finally watched Hollywood’s version of his life — and Robert Pattinson did not get a passing grade.
- [Iraq says coalition headquarters to close by Sept. 30, citing stable security](https://iwpost.com/iraq-says-coalition-headquarters-to-close-by-sept-30-citing-stable-security/): Iraq reiterated Saturday that the headquarters of the US-led international coalition will close on Sept.
- [Morocco election marked by low turnout and growing youth frustration](https://iwpost.com/morocco-election-marked-by-low-turnout-and-growing-youth-frustration/): Morocco’s parliamentary election has produced a new political configuration, but with turnout falling to just 38.08%, down from 50.86% in 2021 and the lowest level in almost two decades.
- [FBI Tip Leads to Arrest of Pakistani Teen in AI Poison Plot](https://iwpost.com/fbi-tip-leads-to-arrest-of-pakistani-teen-in-ai-poison-plot/): [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan’s cybercrime authorities have arrested a 17-year-old boy who allegedly turned to an artificial intelligence platform for guidance on poisoning his father, officials said.
- [Trump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-takes-musks-side-in-fight-over-eu-tech-rules/): The Trump administration is seeking to join Elon Musk’s appeal against a €120 million EU fine of the billionaire’s social media platform X, the latest escalation in the transatlantic clash over Brussels’ efforts to rein in US tech companies.
- [A rural Idaho county banned renewables. It’s having second thoughts.](https://iwpost.com/a-rural-idaho-county-banned-renewables-its-having-second-thoughts/): This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder and co-published with Canary Media.
- [Princess Diana’s Mother ‘Hated’ Royals After Daughter’s Death](https://iwpost.com/princess-dianas-mother-hated-royals-after-daughters-death/): Princess Diana’s mother became deeply disillusioned with the Royal Family after her daughter’s death and eventually described herself as a republican, according to revelations in a new royal biography.
- [What Does Your Data Reveal About Sports Betting Apps? Help ProPublica Find Out.](https://iwpost.com/what-does-your-data-reveal-about-sports-betting-apps-help-propublica-find-out/): If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior.
- [With PRIMA, NASA will try to build a billion-dollar space telescope in record time](https://iwpost.com/with-prima-nasa-will-try-to-build-a-billion-dollar-space-telescope-in-record-time/): The first in a new class of space telescopes is on track to reach the launch pad in the early 2030s, NASA announced this week.
- [US intelligence warns of Russian drone operations in Mediterranean](https://iwpost.com/us-intelligence-warns-of-russian-drone-operations-in-mediterranean/): US intelligence has warned European governments of a possible Russian drone operation targeting Spain, France or Italy, raising concerns about a potential new security threat in the Mediterranean.
- [Too small to lead, too visible to hide: Jumblatt and the Druze framework calculus](https://iwpost.com/too-small-to-lead-too-visible-to-hide-jumblatt-and-the-druze-framework-calculus/): Walid Jumblatt has held four distinct positions on the Washington framework agreement in sixty days.
- [IDF Rejects Police Claim of Qalqilya Tunnel, Says 2 Shafts Found](https://iwpost.com/idf-rejects-police-claim-of-qalqilya-tunnel-says-2-shafts-found/): The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday rejected an earlier Israel Police announcement that officers had uncovered a 25-meter-deep tunnel in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, saying military engineers instead found two shafts about 12 meters deep with no connecting underground route.
- [Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-stops-insisting-you-need-a-copilot-pc/): Since 2024, Microsoft has tried to sell “Copilot+ PC.” The marketing initiative was aimed at making it easy for people to know which Windows systems were approved to run AI-accelerated workloads locally.
- [Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US?](https://iwpost.com/is-solars-growth-finally-slowing-in-the-us/): Normally, we try to update you quarterly on what’s going on with the US electric grid since it provides a nice view of developing trends and smooths out some month-to-month randomness.
- [The world’s two most powerful men just met. How did it go?](https://iwpost.com/the-worlds-two-most-powerful-men-just-met-how-did-it-go/): US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday, with talks on trade and ​artificial intelligence and the growing strategic rivalry between the countries all in the spotlight during an elaborate state visit.
- [John Travolta and Priscilla Presley Reunite After Explosive ‘Baby’ Claim](https://iwpost.com/john-travolta-and-priscilla-presley-reunite-after-explosive-baby-claim/): John Travolta and Priscilla Presley crossed paths at a star-studded Los Angeles tribute, months after a disputed court allegation dragged both families into an intensely personal controversy.
- [I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.](https://iwpost.com/i-deliberately-bet-like-a-problem-gambler-draftkings-made-me-a-vip/): Recklessness Rewarded: I blew $1,800 in one night by chasing my losses with bigger bets, a classic sign of problem gambling.
- [Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public "virtually nothing," judge is told](https://iwpost.com/paramount-wbd-merger-conditions-give-the-public-virtually-nothing-judge-is-told/): Free speech and media advocacy groups urged a judge to block a California settlement with Paramount Skydance that would let the company finalize its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros.
- [Time’s no longer on Israel’s side in America](https://iwpost.com/times-no-longer-on-israels-side-in-america/): For eight decades, the Israeli political and security establishment has operated on a premise so deeply embedded that it is rarely stated as a premise at all: that American support is not a policy but a condition of nature, as fixed as the Mediterranean coastline.
- [Netanyahu blocking inquiry into Oct. 7 events, says former Israeli intelligence officer](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-blocking-inquiry-into-oct-7-events-says-former-israeli-intelligence-officer/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is doing everything” to prevent the establishment of an official commission of inquiry into the events of Oct.
- [Zelenskyy Warns ‘AI, Not Only People’ Could Soon Decide on the Battlefield](https://iwpost.com/zelenskyy-warns-ai-not-only-people-could-soon-decide-on-the-battlefield/): Russia’s war in Ukraine is accelerating technological change on the battlefield while forcing European governments to confront how drone warfare and covert operations could create security risks far beyond Ukraine’s borders.
- [Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge](https://iwpost.com/teslas-big-electric-truck-faces-an-even-bigger-infrastructure-challenge/): Tesla CEO Elon Musk has insisted investors think of his electric automaker as a robotics and autonomous vehicle company now.
- [EU Parliament chief urges compromise in Germany-US drug pricing dispute](https://iwpost.com/eu-parliament-chief-urges-compromise-in-germany-us-drug-pricing-dispute/): The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, says Germany should seek a deal with the Trump administration to resolve their trade dispute over drug pricing.
- [Floods, fury and new calls for independence in Aceh](https://iwpost.com/floods-fury-and-new-calls-for-independence-in-aceh/): Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on August 15, 2026, to commemorate 21 years of peace between Indonesia and the separatist Free Aceh Movement, or GAM.
- [AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.](https://iwpost.com/ai-was-supposed-to-hit-new-grads-hard-so-far-unemployment-data-says-otherwise/): Last month, we shared word of a Stanford University study that found entry-level employment in so-called “AI-impacted” occupations lagging well behind that in other fields.
- [‘Terms of Endearment’ Star Debra Winger Arrested at New York Protest](https://iwpost.com/terms-of-endearment-star-debra-winger-arrested-at-new-york-protest/): Debra Winger was among more than 100 people arrested outside the United Nations on Thursday as protesters gathered ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the General Assembly.
- [Review: The iPhone 18 Pro is Apple's coolest smartphone (but only literally)](https://iwpost.com/review-the-iphone-18-pro-is-apples-coolest-smartphone-but-only-literally/): As Apple’s Tim Cook era draws to a close, we’re seeing more experimentation with the iPhone’s design than we’ve seen in a long time, but you wouldn’t know it from the iPhone 18 Pro.
- [Cabinet Approves Contested School Decree as Italy Confronts Immigration Debate](https://iwpost.com/cabinet-approves-contested-school-decree-as-italy-confronts-immigration-debate/): Italy’s government approved a decree Thursday that caps the share of foreign pupils in classrooms at 30% and bans burqas and niqabs from schools, a measure Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described as a step toward a school system that integrates without abandoning rules — even as opponents cast it as an attempt to blunt a rising rival on the far right ahead of elections expected in 2027.
- [Sudan Official Rejects US Ceasefire Plan, Warns of Libya-Style Partition](https://iwpost.com/sudan-official-rejects-us-ceasefire-plan-warns-of-libya-style-partition/): A Sudanese official criticized a proposed US ceasefire aimed at ending the country’s conflict, saying the plan could result in a de facto partition of Sudan similar to neighboring Libya.
- [PS5 emulation is suddenly making big strides on PC](https://iwpost.com/ps5-emulation-is-suddenly-making-big-strides-on-pc/): For a long time, PC gamers could access many PlayStation 5 games only if the publisher invested in a bespoke port (something Sony has recently said it will be scaling back).
- [European Parliament committee backs climate priorities for COP31 in Türkiye](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-committee-backs-climate-priorities-for-cop31-in-turkiye/): A European Parliament committee adopted a draft resolution setting out the legislature’s priorities for the U.N. climate conference, COP31, to be held Nov.
- [The Pentagon’s Secret Budget](https://iwpost.com/the-pentagons-secret-budget/): No one can tell you exactly what’s in the bloated Pentagon budget and what it costs. After all, the Defense Department has never passed an audit.
- [Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.](https://iwpost.com/four-kids-in-one-faith-healing-family-died-authorities-could-do-nothing/): Emma Joyce was sick and vomiting for days until she stopped breathing in her parents’ arms, in a small gray farmhouse in rural Idaho.
- [US lifts policy of denying military export licenses for Syria](https://iwpost.com/us-lifts-policy-of-denying-military-export-licenses-for-syria/): The US State Department announced on Wednesday that Syria would no longer be subject to a policy of denying licenses and other approvals required for the export of military equipment and defence services.
- [To keep the peace, South Korea’s Lee must prepare for war](https://iwpost.com/to-keep-the-peace-south-koreas-lee-must-prepare-for-war/): When a South Korean soldier stepped on a land mine in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on September 21, it might have been taken as a grim reminder of a war that never formally ended.
- [Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet](https://iwpost.com/google-announces-gemini-4-argon-ai-model-but-you-cant-use-it-yet/): Google promised Gemini 3.5 Pro in June, but it spent the summer trotting out smaller Flash models.
- [Prince Harry being Pressured to ‘Distance Himself’ from Uncle](https://iwpost.com/prince-harry-being-pressured-to-distance-himself-from-uncle/): Prince Harry is once again caught in the middle of a deeply personal royal family dispute after his uncle Charles Spencer released an explosive new memoir about Princess Diana containing allegations that have drawn an unusually sharp response from Buckingham Palace.
- [French Onion Beef & Rice Bake](https://iwpost.com/french-onion-beef-rice-bake/): French Onion Beef & Rice Bake combines savory beef, mushrooms, caramelized onions, creamy rice, and golden Gruyère in one cozy casserole.
- [France presses EU to direct Google penalties toward budget relief](https://iwpost.com/france-presses-eu-to-direct-google-penalties-toward-budget-relief/): The European Union should use proceeds from the billions of euros in fines imposed on Google to reduce member states’ contributions to the EU budget, France’s Europe minister said Tuesday.
- [‘It Will Change the Way We Do Things’: Former Israeli Pilots Association Chief on Flydubai Cockpit Attack](https://iwpost.com/it-will-change-the-way-we-do-things-former-israeli-pilots-association-chief-on-flydubai-cockpit-attack/): Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, an Israel-bound passenger jet plunged more than 14,000 feet as a violent struggle unfolded inside its cockpit.
- [Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails](https://iwpost.com/attackers-have-been-exploiting-critical-zimbra-flaw-to-steal-emails/): Hackers have been exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Zimbra Collaboration Suite in an attempt to obtain email backups and authentication credentials of vulnerable organzations, Microsoft has warned.
- [Exclusive: Feds Denied Ballistics Expert Access to Prairieland Defendant Who Got 100 Years in Prison](https://iwpost.com/exclusive-feds-denied-ballistics-expert-access-to-prairieland-defendant-who-got-100-years-in-prison/): On the last day of the Prairieland trial, in which nine Texas protesters were accused of crimes including providing material support to terrorists, the attorney for activist Benjamin Song presented a novel argument that, if true, would have upended the federal government’s case.
- [A rickety Europe tries to stand up to China](https://iwpost.com/a-rickety-europe-tries-to-stand-up-to-china/): The European Union is embarking on diplomatic hand-to-hand combat with China in an effort to rework its trade with Beijing and show it is not a geopolitical weakling.
- [US has ‘virtually total control’ of Strait of Hormuz: Trump](https://iwpost.com/us-has-virtually-total-control-of-strait-of-hormuz-trump/): President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US has “virtually total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, while claiming that oil shipments through the strategically important waterway have surged to historic levels in recent days, Anadolu reports.
- [A local network of implants uses your body as the wiring](https://iwpost.com/a-local-network-of-implants-uses-your-body-as-the-wiring/): Most implants like pacemakers and insulin pumps work in isolation.
- [EU’s EPP seeks emergency powers to restrict asylum claims during migration crises](https://iwpost.com/eus-epp-seeks-emergency-powers-to-restrict-asylum-claims-during-migration-crises/): The European People’s Party (EPP) will call for the suspension of the right to apply for asylum in the EU in cases of “hybrid attacks”, where third countries facilitate large-scale migration with the aim of destabilising a European border.
- [FlyDubai incident: Airline safety expert explains how cockpits have become more secure – but only from outside threats](https://iwpost.com/flydubai-incident-airline-safety-expert-explains-how-cockpits-have-become-more-secure-but-only-from-outside-threats/): An incident in which a FlyDubai pilot is said to have stabbed the captain with the intention of crashing a plane of mainly Israeli passengers has shone a light on flight security.
- [Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage](https://iwpost.com/oil-and-gas-industry-expected-surplus-but-war-brought-shortage/): In 2023, the International Energy Agency predicted that by 2028 the world’s oil companies would produce more oil than people wanted to buy.
- [Sylvester Stallone Reveals Heartbreaking Story](https://iwpost.com/sylvester-stallone-reveals-heartbreaking-story/): Sylvester Stallone is opening up about one of the most painful chapters of his life, revealing that he did not attend his mother Jackie Stallone’s funeral after their already difficult relationship had deteriorated into silence.
- [Morocco Appoints Its First Female Prime Minister, 2nd in Arab World](https://iwpost.com/morocco-appoints-its-first-female-prime-minister-2nd-in-arab-world/): Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri became the first woman appointed to lead Morocco’s government on Tuesday after King Mohammed VI selected the 50-year-old lawyer and Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) politician to serve as prime minister and form a governing coalition.
- [Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.](https://iwpost.com/returning-from-vacation-the-government-can-search-your-phone-without-a-warrant/): An Argentinian-American writer and immigration advocate recently sued the federal government, demanding that it delete data that he believes was copied off of his phone when he re-entered the United States earlier this month.
- [As US tech leaders call for rules on AI, China already has them](https://iwpost.com/as-us-tech-leaders-call-for-rules-on-ai-china-already-has-them/): Recent warnings from American AI leaders have created the impression that the world is only beginning to confront the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence.
- [Dinosaur-killing impact crater might have been teeming with life](https://iwpost.com/dinosaur-killing-impact-crater-might-have-been-teeming-with-life/): About 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid smashed into Earth, kicking up tsunamis and dropping hot debris that annihilated non-avian dinosaurs and many other species.
- [Flydubai plane traveling to Israel diverted to Saudi Arabia after alleged dispute between pilots](https://iwpost.com/flydubai-plane-traveling-to-israel-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-after-alleged-dispute-between-pilots/): A commercial plane traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes.
- [ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care](https://iwpost.com/ice-deleted-reviews-for-deaths-in-custody-that-cited-shoddy-medical-care/): Detention staff broke with safe standards of medical care for at least six detainees who died in U.S.
- [While Gaza dominates the UN, these are the people keeping it alive](https://iwpost.com/while-gaza-dominates-the-un-these-are-the-people-keeping-it-alive/): When I first saw footage of Gaza doctor Munir al-Bursh and his family kneeling beside the white-shrouded body of his son, surrounded by mourners, I thought it was an old video.
- [Fifth unvaccinated person dies of measles; CDC still not counting all deaths](https://iwpost.com/fifth-unvaccinated-person-dies-of-measles-cdc-still-not-counting-all-deaths/): A fifth, unvaccinated person has died of measles in Pennsylvania, the state’s health department announced Wednesday.
- [States want to make Big Oil pay for climate harm. Now, courts are weighing in.](https://iwpost.com/states-want-to-make-big-oil-pay-for-climate-harm-now-courts-are-weighing-in/): Last week, another federal judge blocked New York’s so-called “climate superfund law,” the state’s attempt to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate-related damages linked to their activities.
- [Final US military withdrawal from Iraq is a major bonus for Iran](https://iwpost.com/final-us-military-withdrawal-from-iraq-is-a-major-bonus-for-iran/): The last of the US-led coalition forces are leaving Iraq. It’s a significant bonus for Iran.
- [Huge Whale Sinks Yacht Leaving Sailors Stranded at Sea](https://iwpost.com/huge-whale-sinks-yacht-leaving-sailors-stranded-at-sea/): Four sailors were left floating in a life raft in the middle of the South Pacific for roughly 17 hours after their yacht collided with a massive whale and began sinking.
- [Netanyahu Meets Passengers Who Overpowered Co-Pilot, Stopped FlyDubai Plane From Crashing](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-meets-passengers-who-overpowered-co-pilot-stopped-flydubai-plane-from-crashing/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met passengers at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday night after a FlyDubai flight carrying more than 170 Israelis was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an attempt by its co-pilot to crash the aircraft.
- [RFK Jr. says AI backs his anti-vaccine views. We checked—it doesn't.](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-says-ai-backs-his-anti-vaccine-views-we-checked-it-doesnt/): At a Make America Healthy Again event Tuesday, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Romania, Poland scramble jets as Russia pounds Ukraine with drones, missiles](https://iwpost.com/romania-poland-scramble-jets-as-russia-pounds-ukraine-with-drones-missiles/): Romania and Poland scrambled military jets to protect their airspace after Russia launched a new wave of attacks on neighboring Ukraine, both countries said in statements.
- [Asia can’t just pipeline its way around Hormuz](https://iwpost.com/asia-cant-just-pipeline-its-way-around-hormuz/): When governments talk about reducing dependence on the Strait of Hormuz, the discussion usually turns to pipelines in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- [So what's happening with Russia's new, long-delayed crewed spacecraft?](https://iwpost.com/so-whats-happening-with-russias-new-long-delayed-crewed-spacecraft/): In what seems like an alternate universe in hindsight, Russia and the European Space Agency began discussing collaboration on next-generation crewed spacecraft two decades ago.
- [Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.](https://iwpost.com/israeli-settlers-killed-his-constituent-fetterman-is-sole-democrat-against-investigating-them/): Every Democratic senator except Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman voted on Tuesday for a measure seeking to hold accountable Israeli soldiers and settlers who have killed U.S.
- [Trump-Xi summit’s real test will come in the months ahead](https://iwpost.com/trump-xi-summits-real-test-will-come-in-the-months-ahead/): Xi Jinping and Donald Trump at the White House.
- [Takfirism or J.Lo: The theology of regime survival](https://iwpost.com/takfirism-or-j-lo-the-theology-of-regime-survival/): For years, Mohammed bin Salman appeared determined to prove that Saudi Arabia could be modernized by exchanging the stern face of clerical authority for the smiling face of entertainment capitalism.
- [The PS5 hacking scene just took a big leap forward](https://iwpost.com/the-ps5-hacking-scene-just-took-a-big-leap-forward/): For a few years now, the PS5 hacking community has been chipping away at various exploits that let users fully jailbreak their locked-down console.
- [European Parliament renames building to honour late president David Sassoli](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-renames-building-to-honour-late-president-david-sassoli/): The European Parliament on Tuesday officially renamed one of its buildings to honour former Parliament President David Sassoli.
- [What the Eiffel Tower controversy reveals about a Hindu monastic practice – known as ‘brahmacharya’](https://iwpost.com/what-the-eiffel-tower-controversy-reveals-about-a-hindu-monastic-practice-known-as-brahmacharya/): A visit to the Eiffel Tower by a delegation of monks representing a global Hindu religious denomination on Sept.
- [Bond markets aren’t buying the inflation-is-tamed fairy tale](https://iwpost.com/bond-markets-arent-buying-the-inflation-is-tamed-fairy-tale/): TOKYO — Anyone betting that inflation risks are fading should look at the US Treasury market.
- [Nancy Guthrie Case Takes New Turn as Investigators Find Another Ransom Note](https://iwpost.com/nancy-guthrie-case-takes-new-turn-as-investigators-find-another-ransom-note/): Nearly eight months after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Arizona home, investigators are examining another possible ransom note in a case that has already produced a string of mysterious messages, suspected extortion attempts and unanswered questions.
- [Syria-China Trade Nears $670 Million as Industrial Investment Hits $500 Million](https://iwpost.com/syria-china-trade-nears-670-million-as-industrial-investment-hits-500-million/): [DAMASCUS] China’s economic activity in the Syrian market accelerated sharply in 2026, with Syrian imports from China rising significantly as hundreds of millions of dollars in new Chinese-linked industrial investments began to emerge.
- [OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release](https://iwpost.com/openai-says-planned-gpt-6-1-is-too-insecure-to-release/): OpenAI says it has canceled plans to release its updated GPT-6.1 model next month as it continues to investigate what testing shows is a safety regression compared to previous models.
- [What does it mean to win the AI race?](https://iwpost.com/what-does-it-mean-to-win-the-ai-race/): When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Washington last week, artificial intelligence was among the issues dividing their countries.
- [Poblano Chicken Spaghetti Bake](https://iwpost.com/poblano-chicken-spaghetti-bake/): Poblano Chicken Spaghetti Bake is a cozy, creamy dinner with tender chicken, spaghetti, poblanos, and a bubbly cheddar topping.
- [AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to Care](https://iwpost.com/ai-almost-started-a-u-s-china-war-and-no-one-seems-to-care/): The global tech industry, politicians at home and abroad, and international media coverage are transfixed by one question: Will rogue AI end humanity?
- [A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.](https://iwpost.com/a-girl-nearly-died-after-drinking-raw-milk-the-state-did-little-to-punish-the-unlicensed-farmer-who-sold-it/): Sitting in a pediatric intensive care unit last year, watching a ventilator keep her 17-month-old daughter alive, Emily Marris scoured the contents of her phone for evidence to give to California health and food safety investigators.
- [Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates](https://iwpost.com/cloudflare-plans-to-issue-quantum-safe-tls-certificates/): Cloudflare said Tuesday it plans to issue quantum-proof TLS certificates, making it one of the first authorities to issue such certificates that use a form of cryptography that is widely believed to withstand attacks from quantum computers.
- [MEPs push for bigger Erasmus+ budget, more inclusion and support for athletes](https://iwpost.com/meps-push-for-bigger-erasmus-budget-more-inclusion-and-support-for-athletes/): The European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) voted Tuesday to amend the European Commission’s proposal for the 2028-2034 Erasmus+ programme.
- [Sir Jackie Stewart brings his race against dementia to Japan](https://iwpost.com/sir-jackie-stewart-brings-his-race-against-dementia-to-japan/): Two races were held at Fuji Speedway last weekend: the six-hour FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the Race Against Dementia led by champion driver Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, who returned to Japan 60 years after winning the Fuji 200 race to campaign for his charitable foundation and wave the green flag at the start of the race.
- [Pakistan vows to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthis ‘by any means available’](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-vows-to-defend-saudi-arabia-against-houthis-by-any-means-available/): Pakistan will use “any means available” to defend Saudi Arabia against the Houthis, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Tuesday.
- [Syria Says It Dismantled Hezbollah-Linked Cell in Yarmouk Basin Near Golan](https://iwpost.com/syria-says-it-dismantled-hezbollah-linked-cell-in-yarmouk-basin-near-golan/): [DAMASCUS] Syrian authorities announced that they had dismantled a cell they say was linked to Lebanon-based armed group Hezbollah in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa province, a significant security development given the area’s proximity to the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights and its location in one of southern Syria’s most sensitive regions.
- [Less protein for maggots means longer lives for fruit flies](https://iwpost.com/less-protein-for-maggots-means-longer-lives-for-fruit-flies/): Back in the 1930s, scientists noticed that water fleas and rats fed restricted diets while young went on to live longer.
- [Christopher Reeve’s Son Reveals Heartbreaking Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/christopher-reeves-son-reveals-heartbreaking-diagnosis/): Christopher Reeve’s son Will Reeve has revealed he spent much of this year quietly battling testicular cancer after discovering a lump he initially believed was nothing to worry about.
- [Burnham considering going ‘all the way’ in closer relationship with EU](https://iwpost.com/burnham-considering-going-all-the-way-in-closer-relationship-with-eu/): British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has suggested rejoining the EU is among options the government could examine to reshape the UK’s long-term relationship with Europe.
- [Baptism of Houthi fire for Mecca mutual defense pact](https://iwpost.com/baptism-of-houthi-fire-for-mecca-mutual-defense-pact/): When Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agreed to a mutual defense pact in August, it was principally seen as a political commitment.
- [Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals](https://iwpost.com/apple-pressured-to-explain-trump-role-in-ice-tracking-app-removals/): Apple continues to face backlash for removing ICE-tracking apps like ICEBlock from the App Store, a drastic step that seemed to be triggered by Trump administration claims that the apps endangered officers.
- [Fetterman Sole Dem Against Investigating His Constituent’s Killer](https://iwpost.com/fetterman-sole-dem-against-investigating-his-constituents-killer/): Every Democratic senator except Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman voted on Tuesday for a measure seeking to hold accountable Israeli soldiers and settlers who have killed U.S.
- [Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack](https://iwpost.com/heres-what-actually-happened-in-openais-australian-govt-server-hack/): Last week, when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the world that an OpenAI agent had accessed “non-public files” from his country’s Medicare statistics portal during testing, his description of the incident was a little light on details.
- [A spark for dialogue toward halting North Korea’s nuclear buildup](https://iwpost.com/a-spark-for-dialogue-toward-halting-north-koreas-nuclear-buildup/): Image from Kim Jong Un’s visit to uranium enrichment facility showcases the layout of the cascade hall.
- [‘Don’t Mess With US’: Netanyahu Warns of Attack Prior to Elections](https://iwpost.com/dont-mess-with-us-netanyahu-warns-of-attack-prior-to-elections/): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned during a visit to the Tel Nof air base that Israel has indications its enemies could attempt an attack ahead of the elections, although he did not identify who Israel believes may be preparing such an action.
- [US forces exit Iraq after two decades, leaving opening for Iran](https://iwpost.com/us-forces-exit-iraq-after-two-decades-leaving-opening-for-iran/): US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies ​who now have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of war.
- [Palestine urges companies to review ties with businesses linked to illegal Israeli settlements](https://iwpost.com/palestine-urges-companies-to-review-ties-with-businesses-linked-to-illegal-israeli-settlements/): Israeli settlers, joined by far-right ministers and lawmakers, march from the Yad Mordehay area in southern Israel toward the Gaza border, calling for the establishment of new Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by Israeli attacks in Yad Mordechai, located 10 km south of Ashkelon, Israel, on July 19, 2026.
- [AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia](https://iwpost.com/amd-acquires-world-labs-ai-startup-upping-the-ante-against-nvidia/): Chipmaker AMD and world models company World Labs announced that AMD will acquire the AI company by the end of the year, pending regulatory approval.
- [Country Star Reveals Rare Cancer Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/country-star-reveals-rare-cancer-diagnosis/): Lady A singer Charles Kelley has revealed he is battling multiple myeloma, a rare form of blood cancer discovered after a series of unexplained rib fractures raised concerns with his doctor.
- [After Trump-Xi summit, Nvidia RTX PRO 5500 gains export prospects](https://iwpost.com/after-trump-xi-summit-nvidia-rtx-pro-5500-gains-export-prospects/): Beijing may let its technology giants buy more Nvidia high-end chips, giving the US chip designer a fresh foothold in China and keeping Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) developers tied to its software after months of stalled trade.
- [Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative](https://iwpost.com/protests-against-openai-get-increasingly-creative/): Two artists from a Bay Area studio unveiled What Iceberg?, a table-sized installation placed at the public entrance to an OpenAI developer event in San Francisco on Tuesday.
- [The Intercept Sues Texas City Over Refusal to Release Police Records on Prairieland Protest](https://iwpost.com/the-intercept-sues-texas-city-over-refusal-to-release-police-records-on-prairieland-protest/): The Intercept is suing a city government in Texas in a bid to release police records related to the violent confrontation at an immigration detention facility that led to the landmark Prairieland trial earlier this year.
- [Russia to enlarge armed forces again as Ukraine war takes toll](https://iwpost.com/russia-to-enlarge-armed-forces-again-as-ukraine-war-takes-toll/): Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to boost the army by 15,500 troops in the fourth such order this year.
- [US House speaker sees AI data center worries as ‘Chinese psyop’](https://iwpost.com/us-house-speaker-sees-ai-data-center-worries-as-chinese-psyop/): A protest calling for a data center moratorium in New York state.
- [Beyond the Red Sea: Ethiopian-Eritrean Conflict Risks Converging With Yemen Crisis](https://iwpost.com/beyond-the-red-sea-ethiopian-eritrean-conflict-risks-converging-with-yemen-crisis/): The “Horn of Africa is deteriorating because of the dominance of powers trying to come to Africa and occupy the ports.
- [Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial](https://iwpost.com/most-powerful-obesity-drug-yet-people-lost-up-to-25-of-weight-in-trial/): Researchers published late-stage clinical trial data today for the latest obesity drug, retatrutide—expected to be the most powerful formula yet—and the results appear in line with high expectations.
- [‘Digger’ is the year’s big climate movie. This climate reporter hated it.](https://iwpost.com/digger-is-the-years-big-climate-movie-this-climate-reporter-hated-it/): If you scroll down on the list of “Carbon Majors,” the 178 producers that are responsible for most of the world’s fossil fuel emissions, you will eventually get to a company called Continental Resources.
- [The real loops of innovation](https://iwpost.com/the-real-loops-of-innovation/): A note before we start. What follows works through the innovation loops of the semiconductor world, sub-sector by sub-sector, with eight diagrams along the way.
- [US issues new sanctions over Iran military procurement networks](https://iwpost.com/us-issues-new-sanctions-over-iran-military-procurement-networks/): The US Treasury Department is seen in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2026.
- [Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws](https://iwpost.com/trump-ads-paid-for-by-us-government-allegedly-violate-anti-propaganda-laws/): Broadcasters should be ordered to stop running Trump commercials that appear to violate US laws, consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said today in a complaint to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission.
- [Woman Faces Execution After Tennessee Governor Rejects Last-Minute Clemency Bid](https://iwpost.com/woman-faces-execution-after-tennessee-governor-rejects-last-minute-clemency-bid/): Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is scheduled to be executed Wednesday after Gov. Bill Lee rejected her request for clemency, leaving the U.S.
- [Anthropic warns AI may pose ‘existential risks to humanity’](https://iwpost.com/anthropic-warns-ai-may-pose-existential-risks-to-humanity/): Anthropic plans to caution potential investors in its IPO that advanced ​AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity,” an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to profit from the same technology.
- [Inside the Business of Trump’s Third-Country Deportations](https://iwpost.com/inside-the-business-of-trumps-third-country-deportations/): Tyler McBrien is the managing editor of Lawfare.
- [Ethiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it matters](https://iwpost.com/ethiopia-is-sliding-back-toward-war-a-look-at-what-is-driving-the-fighting-and-why-it-matters/): Four years after a fragile ceasefire ended widespread conflict in Ethiopia, the region is again slipping back into full-out war.
- [NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers](https://iwpost.com/nasa-has-a-dragon-dilemma-and-there-appear-to-be-no-good-answers/): For two decades, largely in service to the International Space Station, NASA has sought to foster an “economy” in low-Earth orbit.
- [Education and Labor Reform Move to Center of Israel’s Postwar Economic Debate](https://iwpost.com/education-and-labor-reform-move-to-center-of-israels-postwar-economic-debate/): Israel’s next finance minister will inherit an economy with a tight labor market, a resilient shekel and a technology sector that continued to operate through nearly three years of war.
- [America’s final military withdrawal from Iraq is a major bonus for Iran](https://iwpost.com/americas-final-military-withdrawal-from-iraq-is-a-major-bonus-for-iran/): The last of the US-led coalition forces are leaving Iraq. It’s a significant bonus for Iran.
- [This study looks at how and with whom connected cars share your data](https://iwpost.com/this-study-looks-at-how-and-with-whom-connected-cars-share-your-data/): In news that should surprise very few, connected cars remain a complete privacy nightmare.
- [China’s disputed satellite refueling heralds new space war era](https://iwpost.com/chinas-disputed-satellite-refueling-heralds-new-space-war-era/): Recent disclosures about China’s purported in-orbit servicing operations have intensified a quiet revolution in space, where the mechanics of satellite sustainment are swiftly becoming the frontline of great-power counterspace rivalry.
- [Lufthansa CEO says jet fuel hit to top €1.5 billion forecast](https://iwpost.com/lufthansa-ceo-says-jet-fuel-hit-to-top-e1-5-billion-forecast/): Lufthansa’s additional jet fuel bill this year will exceed the €1.5 billion it flagged in August as the Iran war drags on ​and oil prices spike, CEO Carsten Spohr said.
- [The Mecca alliance meets the Red Sea – Saudi Arabia’s new defense pact faces its first major test](https://iwpost.com/the-mecca-alliance-meets-the-red-sea-saudi-arabias-new-defense-pact-faces-its-first-major-test/): When Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agreed to a mutual defense pact in August, it was principally seen as a political commitment.
- [Iranian rial hits fresh record low as US dollar tops 2.5M in free market](https://iwpost.com/iranian-rial-hits-fresh-record-low-as-us-dollar-tops-2-5m-in-free-market/): Iran’s rial fell to a fresh record low against the US dollar on Tuesday, with the free-market rate crossing 2.5 million rials per dollar, Anadolu reports.
- [Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevity](https://iwpost.com/fruit-flies-remember-their-larval-diet-which-influences-their-longevity/): Back in the 1930s, scientists noticed that water fleas and rats fed restricted diets while young went on to live longer.
- [Why Europe wants to boost its Arctic presence](https://iwpost.com/why-europe-wants-to-boost-its-arctic-presence/): EU leaders gathered in northern Finland recently for a summit focused on reaffirming the importance of the Arctic region to European security.
- [Indonesia should have a seat at new forest firefighting fund](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-should-have-a-seat-at-new-forest-firefighting-fund/): Two American charities recently announced a new fund to fight forest fires.
- [Paging Hezbollah: New Film Reveals Secrets Behind Mossad’s 2024 Pager Operation](https://iwpost.com/paging-hezbollah-new-film-reveals-secrets-behind-mossads-2024-pager-operation/): A new documentary is revealing previously undisclosed details about the Mossad operation that detonated thousands of pagers carried by Hezbollah terrorists in September 2024, including accounts of how Israel concealed explosives inside the devices and sought to keep the operation secret as Hezbollah suspicions grew.
- [Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels](https://iwpost.com/trump-cuts-fuel-economy-standards-back-to-2014-levels/): The federal government’s war on fuel efficiency claimed another victim today.
- [Prison That Didn’t Report Sex Abuse Allegation Against Staffer to Reopen as ICE Camp](https://iwpost.com/prison-that-didnt-report-sex-abuse-allegation-against-staffer-to-reopen-as-ice-camp/): This story was published in partnership with LOOKOUT News.
- [“A Massive Power Grab”: White House Proposal Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans Vote](https://iwpost.com/a-massive-power-grab-white-house-proposal-threatens-funding-that-helps-disabled-americans-vote/): Without Amy Miller, some elderly and disabled people wouldn’t be able to vote.
- [Six leaders of European countries set EU budget ultimatum](https://iwpost.com/six-leaders-of-european-countries-set-eu-budget-ultimatum/): Leaders of the Netherlands, Germany, and four other countries have issued an ultimatum to the EU over the budget, demanding cuts of hundreds of billions in spending.
- [Cybertruck sales in free fall as Tesla reports mediocre sales for Q3](https://iwpost.com/cybertruck-sales-in-free-fall-as-tesla-reports-mediocre-sales-for-q3/): Tesla sold 486,532 electric vehicles during the third quarter of 2026.
- [New F-16s buy Taiwan time and space against China’s air coercion](https://iwpost.com/new-f-16s-buy-taiwan-time-and-space-against-chinas-air-coercion/): Taiwan’s new American-made F-16V Block 70 jets deliver much-needed breathing room against daily Chinese gray-zone coercion, yet surging Chinese stealth numbers and cratered runway risks mean their wartime utility would be sharply contested.
- [Saudi Arabia Gives Yemen Government $60 Million After Houthi Attacks](https://iwpost.com/saudi-arabia-gives-yemen-government-60-million-after-houthi-attacks/): Saudi Arabia has provided Yemen’s government with more than 224 million Saudi riyals ($59.66 million) in financial assistance following a request from the government after what it described as “terrorist attacks by the Houthis,” Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohamed Al-Jaber said Thursday.
- [The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton](https://iwpost.com/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-the-exoskeleton/): This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been setting off into the wilds of the US Pacific Northwest wearing an unusual piece of kit.
- [Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and Iran’s war planning raise fears of wider Middle East conflict](https://iwpost.com/houthi-strikes-on-saudi-arabia-and-irans-war-planning-raise-fears-of-wider-middle-east-conflict/): Iran is preparing a broader and more forceful response in case the United States resumes large-scale military attacks, sources said, as its Houthi allies in Yemen traded strikes with a Saudi-led coalition in a sharp escalation of regional fighting.
- [Big Oil fears the evidence of its deliberate climate lies](https://iwpost.com/big-oil-fears-the-evidence-of-its-deliberate-climate-lies/): Big Oil needs to pay up for the environmental harm caused by burning fossil fuels, a case in Boulder, Colorado, argues.
- [Why Afghanistan is becoming a pressure point for Pakistan’s Middle East ambitions](https://iwpost.com/why-afghanistan-is-becoming-a-pressure-point-for-pakistans-middle-east-ambitions/): When Russia convenes the Moscow Format on 5 October, the worsening confrontation between Pakistan and the Taliban will be among the issues on the table.
- [Watch: We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Involving Susan Collins](https://iwpost.com/watch-we-uncovered-bribery-allegations-involving-susan-collins/): In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins.
- [How I kept cool with NYC's free battery program for window AC units](https://iwpost.com/how-i-kept-cool-with-nycs-free-battery-program-for-window-ac-units/): My family has spent four summers participating in demand response programs whereby utility companies pay customers to reduce energy use on the hottest summer days.
- [Adopted Man Discovers His Father is a Rock Legend](https://iwpost.com/adopted-man-discovers-his-father-is-a-rock-legend/): A Missouri man who spent nearly six decades wondering about his biological family finally got the answer — and it turned out his father was a music legend he had heard on the radio for years.
- [Flydubai attack feeds Netanyahu’s ‘protector’ line as polls near](https://iwpost.com/flydubai-attack-feeds-netanyahus-protector-line-as-polls-near/): The apparent attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight carrying 170 mostly Israeli passengers was another reminder to Israelis of the constant threat of terror and war.
- [US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China](https://iwpost.com/us-arrests-tech-ceo-accused-of-smuggling-300m-in-nvidia-chips-into-china/): The US has arrested another suspect accused of smuggling high-end computer servers containing export-controlled Nvidia chips into China.
- [Europol flags new cannabis smuggling routes into Europe](https://iwpost.com/europol-flags-new-cannabis-smuggling-routes-into-europe/): Cannabis smuggling from North America and Thailand in Europe has seen a sharp rise, driven by oversupply in legal markets and the adaptability of organised crime groups.
- [Omani Flydubai Co-Pilot Transferred to UAE for Investigation as Hero Captain’s Fundraisers Near $80,000](https://iwpost.com/omani-flydubai-co-pilot-transferred-to-uae-for-investigation-as-hero-captains-fundraisers-near-80000/): The Omani co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain of a Flydubai flight and apparently attempting to crash the Israel-bound plane on Wednesday has been transferred from Saudi Arabia to the UAE for questioning as Emirati, Saudi and Israeli investigators examine the incident.
- [Cambodia’s Japan security aid is a hedge, not a pivot from China](https://iwpost.com/cambodias-japan-security-aid-is-a-hedge-not-a-pivot-from-china/): In February 2026, weeks after Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a draft law to ratify the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a convention Phnom Penh signed in 1983 but never ratified, Japan unveiled plans to extend Official Security Assistance (OSA) to Cambodia.
- [The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy](https://iwpost.com/the-2008-economic-crisis-changed-the-uss-relationship-with-energy/): One argument that often comes up about climate change is that fossil fuels are good because they powered economic growth that has left most people better off overall.
- [Her Agency Distributes Billions for Housing Projects. Her Husband’s Company Helped Develop Some of Them.](https://iwpost.com/her-agency-distributes-billions-for-housing-projects-her-husbands-company-helped-develop-some-of-them/): As head of Oregon’s housing finance agency, Andrea Bell oversees a lot of taxpayer money.
- [UAE warns UK over potential fallout from Manchester City sanctions: Report](https://iwpost.com/uae-warns-uk-over-potential-fallout-from-manchester-city-sanctions-report/): General view inside the stadium during the Emirates FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium on June 03, 2023 in London, England.
- [Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed](https://iwpost.com/patient-zero-drill-put-health-facilities-to-the-test-40-of-them-failed/): COVID-19 made the weaknesses in our pandemic preparedness at national and global levels painfully clear.
- [Oil falls about 3% on talks over diesel, crude stock releases](https://iwpost.com/oil-falls-about-3-on-talks-over-diesel-crude-stock-releases/): Oil ​prices fell about 3% and European gasoil futures dropped over 5% on Friday after reports ‌of talks on additional diesel and crude stock releases, easing concerns over tight global energy supplies.
- [African Red Sea states’s risks grow as Houthi rebels expand reach](https://iwpost.com/african-red-sea-statess-risks-grow-as-houthi-rebels-expand-reach/): The Houthi takeover of parts of the Red Sea gives the armed group a new platform to challenge global shipping.
- [Tom Selleck Sparks Concern After Dramatic Change in Appearance](https://iwpost.com/tom-selleck-sparks-concern-after-dramatic-change-in-appearance/): Tom Selleck is once again drawing attention after the 81-year-old television legend stepped out looking noticeably different from the mustachioed heartthrob millions of Americans remember from Magnum, P.I.
- [Israel Eliminates Hamas Commander Who Oversaw Kidnapping of at Least 15 Hostages](https://iwpost.com/israel-eliminates-hamas-commander-who-oversaw-kidnapping-of-at-least-15-hostages/): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that Izz al-Din Bik, commander of Hamas’ Northern Gaza Brigade who was eliminated earlier in the week, oversaw the kidnapping of at least 15 hostages and participated in the October 7 massacre.
- [Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash](https://iwpost.com/amazons-1b-plan-to-combat-data-center-backlash-draws-more-backlash/): On Friday, Amazon committed to donating more than $1 billion over the next five years to communities neighboring data centers.
- [Herb Chicken & Parmesan Dumplings](https://iwpost.com/herb-chicken-parmesan-dumplings/): Herb Chicken & Parmesan Dumplings brings tender chicken, vegetables, and savory Parmesan-herb dumplings together in a creamy one-pot dinner.
- [Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents](https://iwpost.com/apple-changes-full-disk-access-permissions-to-curb-abuse-from-ai-agents/): Apple says it is changing its macOS privacy settings to stop third-party app developers from misusing them to access message histories.
- [MEPs want stronger crisis anticipation, cross-border medical support](https://iwpost.com/meps-want-stronger-crisis-anticipation-cross-border-medical-support/): Two European Parliament committees on Thursday adopted their position on the next version of the European Union’s civil protection mechanism for 2028-2034, the bloc’s main tool for helping countries hit by disasters such as wildfires, floods or earthquakes.
- [Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”](https://iwpost.com/public-radio-station-forced-to-call-gulf-of-mexico-the-gulf-of-america/): Seth Stern is the director of advocacy for Freedom of the Press Foundation.
- [US diesel crisis about to become Asia’s interest rate problem](https://iwpost.com/us-diesel-crisis-about-to-become-asias-interest-rate-problem/): High diesel prices are driving inflation across the US economy.
- [Türkiye denounces Houthi strike on infrastructure serving Prophet’s Mosque](https://iwpost.com/turkiye-denounces-houthi-strike-on-infrastructure-serving-prophets-mosque/): Muslims from all over the world visit Al Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) before the Islamic pilgrimage season starts in Medina, Saudi Arabia on April 25, 2024.
- [It’s Easy to Start a Private School. Take Our Quiz to Find Out Where You Can Open Yours.](https://iwpost.com/its-easy-to-start-a-private-school-take-our-quiz-to-find-out-where-you-can-open-yours/): Ever imagine yourself as a private school operator? It’s not such a wild idea.
- [Someone got Doom in an SQL database](https://iwpost.com/someone-got-doom-in-an-sql-database/): “Rendering Doom in a database is obviously a bad idea,” Lukas Vogel writes in a lengthy blog post explaining how exactly he managed to render Doom using an SQL database.
- [California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants](https://iwpost.com/california-just-made-it-legal-to-turn-balconies-into-tiny-power-plants/): As free and abundant as sunlight may be, harnessing its power remains stubbornly difficult for homeowners.
- [Blame AI for global bond market tremors](https://iwpost.com/blame-ai-for-global-bond-market-tremors/): AI spending and US Treasury yields are trending sky-high.
- [King Charles to Use Princess Diana to Reunite William and Harry](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-to-use-princess-diana-to-reunite-william-and-harry/): King Charles could have an unexpected opportunity to bring Prince William and Prince Harry back together — and it may come through the woman who remains deeply important to both brothers nearly three decades after her death.
- [What’s the Impact of US Opening Arms Sales to Syria?](https://iwpost.com/whats-the-impact-of-us-opening-arms-sales-to-syria/): [DAMASCUS] The United States has ended its blanket policy of denying licenses for military exports and services to Syria, marking another shift in relations between Washington and Damascus.
- [Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M](https://iwpost.com/lyft-settles-landmark-driver-misclassification-lawsuit-for-272-5m/): California’s attorney general and three city attorneys announced a $272.5 million settlement with Lyft after allegations that the company “committed wage theft by misclassifying drivers as independent contractors rather than employees” between 2016 and 2020, according to a Thursday statement.
- [Students and police clash as France struggles to quell school protests](https://iwpost.com/students-and-police-clash-as-france-struggles-to-quell-school-protests/): Riot police clashed with high school students in cities across France on Friday, as President Emmanuel Macron’s government battled ​to contain increasingly violent protests over classroom conditions and funding.
- [Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”](https://iwpost.com/mahmoud-khalil-we-cant-afford-to-stay-silent/): Three years into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the U.S. government is still targeting pro-Palestine student activists.
- [The China factor behind the Iran war](https://iwpost.com/the-china-factor-behind-the-iran-war/): The war between the United States and Iran is no longer just a confrontation between Washington and Tehran.
- [US military ends long-running program to spot nuclear missile launches](https://iwpost.com/us-military-ends-long-running-program-to-spot-nuclear-missile-launches/): In late 1970, a Titan IIIC rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at what was then called Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
- [We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.](https://iwpost.com/were-reporters-not-teachers-we-were-able-to-start-private-schools-anyway/): An Easy Process: In Arkansas, all it took to establish a school was filling out a form on a state website, $45 and the purchase of an American flag.
- [Mecca pact strategic political defense committee to meet ‘soon’: Pakistan’s foreign minister](https://iwpost.com/mecca-pact-strategic-political-defense-committee-to-meet-soon-pakistans-foreign-minister/): Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Turkish National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen.
- [India’s missile shield invites a false sense of security](https://iwpost.com/indias-missile-shield-invites-a-false-sense-of-security/): In July, India tested two new interceptors meant to destroy missiles at ranges up to 5,000 kilometers, the latest step toward one of the few layered missile shields in the world.
- [The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive thanks to AI](https://iwpost.com/the-7-year-old-nvidia-shield-tv-is-now-100-more-expensive-thanks-to-ai/): The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it’s getting more expensive.
- [Pete Hegseth creates Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs](https://iwpost.com/pete-hegseth-creates-pentagon-office-of-religious-affairs/): U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is launching an Office of Religious Affairs at the Pentagon, the latest in a series of faith-related changes he has made at the department.
- [UAE Clears Repatriation Flights for 1,800 Stranded Israelis After Overnight Reversal ](https://iwpost.com/uae-clears-repatriation-flights-for-1800-stranded-israelis-after-overnight-reversal/): Around 1,800 Israelis stranded in the UAE are expected to begin returning home aboard Israeli carriers after the UAE restored permission for repatriation flights following overnight security discussions, the Transportation Ministry said.
- [Arrest Finally Made in Child Star’s Death](https://iwpost.com/arrest-finally-made-in-child-stars-death/): More than eight months after former Nickelodeon child star Kianna Underwood was killed in a devastating Brooklyn hit-and-run, police say they have finally made an arrest.
- [As US relations fray, Canada gets serious about its own launch industry](https://iwpost.com/as-us-relations-fray-canada-gets-serious-about-its-own-launch-industry/): A year or two ago, a few Canadian launch companies were trying to develop small rockets, but if we’re being frank, the industry was not particularly notable.
- [Takaichi bends to Washington as Japan’s yields rise](https://iwpost.com/takaichi-bends-to-washington-as-japans-yields-rise/): Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99.
- [TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED”](https://iwpost.com/tcl-is-right-to-question-samsungs-use-of-the-term-mini-led/): What makes a display a Mini LED display?
- [Authentic Brands approaches Mattel in takeover bid that could top $6 billion](https://iwpost.com/authentic-brands-approaches-mattel-in-takeover-bid-that-could-top-6-billion/): Authentic Brands Group has approached Mattel about a takeover that could value the Barbie maker at around $6 billion or more, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
- [Turkey, Syria reject claims of meeting between Syrian government, Hezbollah officials](https://iwpost.com/turkey-syria-reject-claims-of-meeting-between-syrian-government-hezbollah-officials/): Turkey and Syria on Thursday rejected claims that Syrian government officials and representatives of the Lebanese group Hezbollah had met in Turkey, describing the reports as false, Anadolu Agency reported.
- [Why China is missing the big AI rally](https://iwpost.com/why-china-is-missing-the-big-ai-rally/): TOKYO – China gave global investors one of 2026’s biggest AI thrills.
- [US Sends 3rd Aircraft Carrier to Middle East as President Trump Weighs Iran Strategy](https://iwpost.com/us-sends-3rd-aircraft-carrier-to-middle-east-as-president-trump-weighs-iran-strategy/): The US is sending a third aircraft carrier and thousands of additional troops to the Middle East as President Donald Trump weighs renewed military action against Iran or a return to negotiations ahead of the midterm elections.
- [With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI—until now](https://iwpost.com/with-most-information-hidden-the-game-stratego-had-stumped-ai-until-now/): Deep Blue took down Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol at Go in 2016, and poker bots have been beating professionals for years.
- [King Charles ‘Enraged’ with Prince William’s Diana Anniversary Plan](https://iwpost.com/king-charles-enraged-with-prince-williams-diana-anniversary-plan/): Prince William is reportedly considering a deeply personal tribute to his late mother, Princess Diana, as the 30th anniversary of her death approaches — but one possible idea could reopen one of the most sensitive chapters in the Royal Family’s history.
- [Evidence of the very real trauma of war in Ukraine](https://iwpost.com/evidence-of-the-very-real-trauma-of-war-in-ukraine/): Overnight on Wednesday, which marked 1,680 days since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia unleashed a heavy barrage of strikes against energy infrastructure in Kyiv and other major cities.
- [US blast simulation targets China’s alleged secret nuke testing](https://iwpost.com/us-blast-simulation-targets-chinas-alleged-secret-nuke-testing/): Faced with rising great-power suspicions and the challenge of verifying clandestine, cavity-muffled detonations, the US is turning to high-precision subterranean blast experiments in the Nevada desert to strip covert nuclear testing of its technical cover.
- [Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028](https://iwpost.com/memory-executives-expect-ram-shortage-to-continue-through-2028/): Micron and Samsung executives this week said the memory shortage will continue for at least the next couple of years.
- [EU ministers explore new emergency migration measures](https://iwpost.com/eu-ministers-explore-new-emergency-migration-measures/): The mass influx of migrants into Ceuta over the summer has placed a controversial migration measure on EU ministers’ agenda.
- [Marvel releases one last VisionQuest trailer](https://iwpost.com/marvel-releases-one-last-visionquest-trailer/): With its premiere just two weeks away, Marvel Studios has dropped one last trailer for the limited series, VisionQuest, which will complete the trilogy begun with WandaVision and Agatha All Along.
- [Why Americans pay 41% more for SK Hynix shares than Koreans](https://iwpost.com/why-americans-pay-41-more-for-sk-hynix-shares-than-koreans/): On September 30, SK Hynix’s American depositary shares closed at US$184.15 on the Nasdaq.
- [Withdrawal and non-withdrawal: The naivete of comparing Iraq to Afghanistan](https://iwpost.com/withdrawal-and-non-withdrawal-the-naivete-of-comparing-iraq-to-afghanistan/): The prevailing media tendency to draw parallels between the exit of U.S.
- [Roasted Garlic Cheddar Potato Soup](https://iwpost.com/roasted-garlic-cheddar-potato-soup/): Roasted Garlic Cheddar Potato Soup combines tender potatoes, mellow roasted garlic, sharp cheddar, bacon, and a creamy finish.
- [A Different Standard for Israel? Questions Raised by This Year’s UN General Assembly](https://iwpost.com/a-different-standard-for-israel-questions-raised-by-this-years-un-general-assembly/): Listen to some of the speeches at this year’s UN General Assembly in New York, and a question quickly arises: Is Israel being judged by a standard applied to no other country?
- [Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search](https://iwpost.com/judge-dismisses-chegg-and-penske-antitrust-lawsuits-targeting-google-ai-search/): In a setback for publishers worried about the effects of AI search, a US federal judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Chegg and Penske Media against Google.
- [Oil prices rise for second session on continued Middle East supply concern](https://iwpost.com/oil-prices-rise-for-second-session-on-continued-middle-east-supply-concern/): Oil prices rose for a second successive session on Tuesday as lingering concern over Middle East supply ​disruption brought about by US-Iran conflict outweighed signs of recovering crude exports ‌from the region.
- [AI’s apparent danger is its best selling point](https://iwpost.com/ais-apparent-danger-is-its-best-selling-point/): Just weeks before its scheduled November IPO, Anthropic is facing growing attention over the potential dangers of its technology.
- [Jennifer Aniston Takes Shocking ‘Swipe’ at Brad Pitt](https://iwpost.com/jennifer-aniston-takes-shocking-swipe-at-brad-pitt/): Jennifer Aniston is reportedly happier than ever with boyfriend Jim Curtis — and a new claim about how he compares with her famous exes is raising eyebrows.
- [SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission](https://iwpost.com/spacex-describes-surgical-intervention-before-launch-of-latest-crew-mission/): A four-person crew rocketed into orbit Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, heading for a six-month expedition on the International Space Station.
- [As Baltic states face Russian hybrid aggression, our research shows what Europe can do](https://iwpost.com/as-baltic-states-face-russian-hybrid-aggression-our-research-shows-what-europe-can-do/): EU defence ministers assembled in Brussels on September 28 to try to formulate a response to increasing Russian aggression in Europe.
- [US bans Chinese data center gear as Beijing grounds its AI talent](https://iwpost.com/us-bans-chinese-data-center-gear-as-beijing-grounds-its-ai-talent/): The artificial intelligence (AI) race between the United States and China has accelerated in model protection, supply chains and talent controls, even as the two nations’ leaders agreed last week to open a new dialogue on AI safety.
- [Venus' mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust](https://iwpost.com/venus-mysterious-haze-is-actually-cosmic-dust/): Venus is shrouded in a veil of mystery.
- [Most UK voters want Britain to move closer to the EU, poll shows](https://iwpost.com/most-uk-voters-want-britain-to-move-closer-to-the-eu-poll-shows/): Seven out of ten voters want the government to build a closer relationship with the European Union, according to a new POLITICO Poll that shows the extent of support for overhauling the Brexit settlement.
- [Türkiye’s message to the Middle East: Security requires peace](https://iwpost.com/turkiyes-message-to-the-middle-east-security-requires-peace/): The Middle East needs a future in which security is shared and disputes are settled through diplomacy.
- [‘Who Has a Say in the History Children Learn?’ Texas Standards Fight Draws Laurie Cardoza-Moore](https://iwpost.com/who-has-a-say-in-the-history-children-learn-texas-standards-fight-draws-laurie-cardoza-moore/): Laurie Cardoza-Moore went to a Texas education hearing prepared to talk about American history.
- [Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop](https://iwpost.com/oregon-police-are-charging-a-local-news-outlet-2-5m-for-records-about-one-cop/): Lauren Harper is Freedom of the Press Foundation’s first Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy.
- [Texas’ Education Board Raised Questions About an AI Learning Tool. The State Then Helped Pilot It in Public Schools.](https://iwpost.com/texas-education-board-raised-questions-about-an-ai-learning-tool-the-state-then-helped-pilot-it-in-public-schools/): A little-known effort to bring an artificial intelligence tool into Texas public schools began about a year ago, with the help of the state’s top education official, Mike Morath.
- [Computer science has long understood how to keep AI under control](https://iwpost.com/computer-science-has-long-understood-how-to-keep-ai-under-control/): AI agents don’t go rogue. That’s something only humans do.
- [Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data](https://iwpost.com/hacks-of-2-federal-agencies-in-a-month-have-spilled-a-bonanza-of-sensitive-data/): The Pentagon is informing more than 2 million current and former military members that their personnel records storing sensitive personal information were stolen over a monthslong compromise of one of its networks.
- [Under Trump, California’s clean car rules are essential — and vulnerable](https://iwpost.com/under-trump-californias-clean-car-rules-are-essential-and-vulnerable/): The Trump administration came close to fully dismantling the federal government’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from cars Monday, announcing a final plan to ease fuel-efficiency requirements.
- [Serbia’s president has resigned – but intends to remain in control](https://iwpost.com/serbias-president-has-resigned-but-intends-to-remain-in-control/): Aleksandar Vučić resigned as Serbia’s president on September 27, announcing that he intends to head his party’s list in upcoming parliamentary elections instead.
- [Passenger Dies After Man Runs onto Runway and is Struck by Plane](https://iwpost.com/passenger-dies-after-man-runs-onto-runway-and-is-struck-by-plane/): A deadly runway incident at Denver International Airport is now at the center of a sweeping lawsuit, with attorneys alleging that security failures and problems at a behavioral health facility helped set the stage for a terrifying encounter involving a Frontier Airlines jet.
- [Hegseth taps three to lead ‘Future of Warfare’ project](https://iwpost.com/hegseth-taps-three-to-lead-future-of-warfare-project/): Palmer Luckey (left), Newt Gingrich (center), and Elon Musk (right) look on during US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s 'State of the Force' speech—in which the trio was announced as leaders of the “future of warfare” initiative,at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on September 30, 2026.
- [Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?](https://iwpost.com/can-good-design-stop-content-creators-from-having-sex-in-robotaxis/): Humans can be a frisky bunch, and it wasn’t very long after Tesla Autopilot started letting drivers go hands-free before people decided to post footage of themselves having sex from the driver’s seat.
- [Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic](https://iwpost.com/russia-sends-nuclear-warning-to-nato-as-tensions-rise-in-the-baltic/): Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted ​to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.
- [‘Forgotten Island’: joyous, painful love note to Filipino diaspora](https://iwpost.com/forgotten-island-joyous-painful-love-note-to-filipino-diaspora/): It is fitting that DreamWorks’ “Forgotten Island” carries a title that evokes memory and loss.
- [Netanyahu Says Flydubai Co-Pilot Was ‘Radicalized Into Jihadist Ideology’; Ben-Gvir Seeks Extradition](https://iwpost.com/netanyahu-says-flydubai-co-pilot-was-radicalized-into-jihadist-ideology-ben-gvir-seeks-extradition/): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Omani co-pilot accused of stabbing another pilot and attempting to crash a Flydubai flight on Wednesday had been “radicalized into jihadist ideology,” while National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for his extradition to Israel for prosecution.
- [Florida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras](https://iwpost.com/florida-cops-say-they-dont-know-who-owns-11-unpermitted-flock-cameras/): Florida cops are facing questions after a mandate to remove all Flock cameras tracking cars on St.
- [One in three Ukrainian civilians estimated to meet the criteria for PTSD or complex PTSD – new study](https://iwpost.com/one-in-three-ukrainian-civilians-estimated-to-meet-the-criteria-for-ptsd-or-complex-ptsd-new-study/): Resilience is a word frequently used to describe the way Ukrainian society has responded to the war with Russia.
- [Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon with airstrikes, home explosions, artillery fire](https://iwpost.com/israel-continues-attacks-on-southern-lebanon-with-airstrikes-home-explosions-artillery-fire/): The Israeli army continued attacks Thursday in southern Lebanon, carrying out airstrikes, blowing up homes, firing artillery and conducting machine-gun sweeps, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA), Anadolu reports.
- [From suicide bombers to positions of authority – the changing role of women in jihadi groups](https://iwpost.com/from-suicide-bombers-to-positions-of-authority-the-changing-role-of-women-in-jihadi-groups/): Khadra Essa, a Somali-born Dutch citizen operating in Syria under the name Umm Qaqa al-Somali, is a wanted woman.
- [Russia’s jet-powered drones mark a deadly evolution in Ukraine war](https://iwpost.com/russias-jet-powered-drones-mark-a-deadly-evolution-in-ukraine-war/): The air war between Russia and Ukraine has evolved constantly since the start of the conflict.
- [Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com](https://iwpost.com/reddit-is-putting-more-limits-on-old-reddit-com/): Soon, Reddit won’t let people use Old.Reddit.com unless they have used the site while logged in within the previous six months.
- [Eurozone inflation heats up faster than expected](https://iwpost.com/eurozone-inflation-heats-up-faster-than-expected/): A faster-than-expected inflation jump across the eurozone’s biggest economies raises the odds that the European Central Bank will hike interest rates again this year to bring price growth down to target.
- [Presley Gerber’s Haunting Final Hours Caught on Video](https://iwpost.com/presley-gerbers-haunting-final-hours-caught-on-video/): A disturbing new video is shedding light on Presley Gerber’s final hours before the 27-year-old model was found dead at a Santa Monica sober living facility.
- [Afghanistan’s TTP sanctuary is becoming harder to deny](https://iwpost.com/afghanistans-ttp-sanctuary-is-becoming-harder-to-deny/): For years, Pakistan’s claim that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan operates from sanctuaries inside Afghanistan produced a familiar exchange: Islamabad accused, Kabul denied, and each new militant attack triggered another round of recrimination.
- [NASA squeezed Treasury, vibe coded, and broke the mold in bid to save Swift](https://iwpost.com/nasa-squeezed-treasury-vibe-coded-and-broke-the-mold-in-bid-to-save-swift/): An attempt to save NASA’s $500 million Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from dropping out of orbit fell short, but the behind-the-scenes machinations required just to make a rescue possible deserve recognition, government and commercial space officials said in a recounting of the mission.
- [Leaving Iraq while bombing Iran](https://iwpost.com/leaving-iraq-while-bombing-iran/): The White House called it a victory.
- [US enshittification vs Chinese involution](https://iwpost.com/us-enshittification-vs-chinese-involution/): “Enshittification” is sort of a “safe horny” term for what is really just outright impoverishment and declining living standards due to economic insolvency from deindustrialization, demographic decline, hyperinflation, etc.
- [Israel sees nearly 30,000 wounded suffering psychological trauma since Gaza war](https://iwpost.com/israel-sees-nearly-30000-wounded-suffering-psychological-trauma-since-gaza-war/): Israel’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that nearly 30,000 soldiers and security personnel are facing psychological trauma since the Gaza war in October 2023, Anadolu reports.
- [Our Reporter Spent 10 Weeks Gambling on DraftKings. Here Are 5 Things He Learned.](https://iwpost.com/our-reporter-spent-10-weeks-gambling-on-draftkings-here-are-5-things-he-learned/): Online gambling has surged in the U.S.
- [All-electric camping gets a solar upgrade: The 2027 Pebble Flow](https://iwpost.com/all-electric-camping-gets-a-solar-upgrade-the-2027-pebble-flow/): There is, I think, a pent-up demand for bringing electrification to camping.
- [EU monitors ‘very closely’ suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in Russia](https://iwpost.com/eu-monitors-very-closely-suspected-outbreak-of-pneumonic-plague-in-russia/): The European Commission is monitoring the suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in Siberia, Russia, “very closely” and stands ready to coordinate a response among member states if necessary.
- [CPEC 2.0 will be won or lost on keeping China’s investors safe](https://iwpost.com/cpec-2-0-will-be-won-or-lost-on-keeping-chinas-investors-safe/): CPEC 2.0 aims to move past the infrastructure-heavy first phase toward industry, agriculture, mining, technology, green development and business-to-business investment.
- [Jennifer Aniston’s Secret Marriage ‘Fears’ Revealed](https://iwpost.com/jennifer-anistons-secret-marriage-fears-revealed/): Jennifer Aniston appears happier than ever with boyfriend Jim Curtis, but a new report claims the Friends star may not be ready to walk down the aisle for a third time.
- [EU Calls for Halt to Ethiopia-Eritrea Escalation, Warns Fighting Could Spread](https://iwpost.com/eu-calls-for-halt-to-ethiopia-eritrea-escalation-warns-fighting-could-spread/): The European Union called for an immediate halt to escalating violence in Ethiopia and urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to defuse their growing confrontation, warning that the conflict could spread across the Horn of Africa.
- [Big Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trial](https://iwpost.com/big-oil-asks-supreme-court-to-kill-climate-lawsuits-before-trial/): The US Supreme Court heard arguments from oil companies on Monday that could help decide the fate of more than two dozen lawsuits accusing the industry of deceiving the public about climate change.
- [Asia’s growth now belongs to Silicon Valley](https://iwpost.com/asias-growth-now-belongs-to-silicon-valley/): ASEAN nations are rushing to build AI infrastructure like the data center pictured above, but may lack the electricity to power them.
- [Germany’s ex-spy chief arrested for espionage](https://iwpost.com/germanys-ex-spy-chief-arrested-for-espionage/): Police have arrested the former head of Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency, August Hanning, on suspicion of espionage, the federal prosecutor’s office announced Tuesday.
- [More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown](https://iwpost.com/more-than-500-u-s-citizens-have-been-detained-including-handcuffed-or-held-at-gunpoint-in-trumps-immigration-crackdown/): “I’m literally a U.S. citizen. I’m literally a U.S.
- [Pezeshkian says negotiations with US are ‘futile,’ accuses Washington of not seeking dialogue](https://iwpost.com/pezeshkian-says-negotiations-with-us-are-futile-accuses-washington-of-not-seeking-dialogue/): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that negotiations with the United States were “futile,” accusing Washington of not genuinely seeking dialogue as the war in the Middle East continued into its eighth month without a settlement.
- [The illusion of America’s withdrawal from Iraq](https://iwpost.com/the-illusion-of-americas-withdrawal-from-iraq/): The American withdrawal from Iraq is not an end but a strategic pivot, a calculated transition from direct occupation to remote containment.
- [TV Star Dies After Cancer Fight](https://iwpost.com/tv-star-dies-after-cancer-fight/): Another World star Mark Mortimer, who spent the final years of the beloved NBC soap playing Nick Hudson, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 59.
- [Air Fryer Hot Honey Bacon Pickle Bites](https://iwpost.com/air-fryer-hot-honey-bacon-pickle-bites/): Air Fryer Hot Honey Bacon Pickle Bites combine smoky bacon, tangy pickles, and sweet heat with cool ranch on the side.
- [Israel Names Ambassador to Congo as Kinshasa Prepares To Move Embassy to Jerusalem ](https://iwpost.com/israel-names-ambassador-to-congo-as-kinshasa-prepares-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem/): Israel will open an embassy in Kinshasa and has named Kobi Shoshani as its resident ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the Congolese government prepares to relocate its diplomatic mission in Israel to Jerusalem.
- [Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies](https://iwpost.com/dozens-quarantined-in-siberia-after-plague-institute-lab-worker-dies/): A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in ‌Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people and the head of Russia’s health watchdog to fly to the Irkutsk region.
- [Logistics test: sustaining Northeast Asia trilateral deterrence](https://iwpost.com/logistics-test-sustaining-northeast-asia-trilateral-deterrence/): Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission.
- [F1 in Bahrain... in Malaysia: The race needed a software update to start](https://iwpost.com/f1-in-bahrain-in-malaysia-the-race-needed-a-software-update-to-start/): Well, it’s safe to say no Bahrain Grand Prix has been affected by torrential rain quite like the 2026 race.
- [US urges citizens in Saudi Arabia to remain ‘vigilant’ over risk of drone, missile attacks](https://iwpost.com/us-urges-citizens-in-saudi-arabia-to-remain-vigilant-over-risk-of-drone-missile-attacks/): The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia on Monday urged American citizens to remain “vigilant” over the current security situation and the potential for drone or missile attacks, Anadolu reports.
- [Brazil on the brink: Why Lula is down against Bolsonaro Jr](https://iwpost.com/brazil-on-the-brink-why-lula-is-down-against-bolsonaro-jr/): With the Brazilian presidential election headed to a runoff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is down 47% to 45% and faces a massive fight ahead.
- [Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel](https://iwpost.com/controlling-the-brain-with-light-earns-a-physiology-nobel/): Over decades of research, scientists have built up a partial picture of what specialized cells within the brain and spinal cord do.
- [Bolsonaro will face Lula in runoff in Brazil’s presidential vote](https://iwpost.com/bolsonaro-will-face-lula-in-runoff-in-brazils-presidential-vote/): Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio ‌Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later this month, after he exceeded expectations in Sunday’s first-round vote with a slight lead over the incumbent.
- [Pakistan, Turkey Agree To Rapid Deployment in Saudi Arabia Under Mecca Defence Agreement](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-turkey-agree-to-rapid-deployment-in-saudi-arabia-under-mecca-defence-agreement/): Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed to begin the “rapid deployment” of military forces and capabilities under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement as Saudi Arabia escalates operations against the Houthis in Yemen.
- [‘American Idol’ Alum Sobs While Addressing Daughters Amid Murder Trial (Video)](https://iwpost.com/american-idol-alum-sobs-while-addressing-daughters-amid-murder-trial-video/): Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn broke down in an Ohio courtroom Monday as devastating statements from his two young daughters were read aloud just moments before a judge sentenced him to spend the rest of his life behind bars for murdering their mother.
- [For rare earth leverage, US caps aircraft parts licenses to China](https://iwpost.com/for-rare-earth-leverage-us-caps-aircraft-parts-licenses-to-china/): Washington is limiting the parts it licenses to the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (Comac), the maker of the C919 passenger jet, triggering fears among Chinese pundits that it could ban the US-made engines the jet relies on.
- [Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage](https://iwpost.com/texas-city-demands-2m-for-public-records-on-flock-usage/): As bipartisan backlash against Flock grows, some cities are asking anti-surveillance advocates and media outlets to pay eye-popping fees—including charging tens of thousands or even millions—to get information about how police departments are using and potentially abusing AI-enabled camera systems that track every vehicle that passes them.
- [MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of](https://iwpost.com/mcp-for-agent-to-agent-comms-may-be-the-riskiest-protocol-youve-never-heard-of/): The adoption of AI agents in millions of organizations is creating new opportunities for attackers to make them take malicious actions, such as exfiltrating database contents and sensitive business and personal information.
- [Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls snap election](https://iwpost.com/spanish-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-calls-snap-election/): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called an early general election on Monday, bringing forward a vote that had been scheduled for 2027.
- [Mecca Defense Alliance agrees to ‘immediately’ implement collective defense commitments](https://iwpost.com/mecca-defense-alliance-agrees-to-immediately-implement-collective-defense-commitments/): Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan agreed Monday to “immediately” implement collective defense commitments and take measures to ensure the “rapid deployment” of agreed military forces and capabilities to Saudi Arabia, according to a joint statement, Anadolu reports.
- [Jerusalem Unveils Teddy Stadium Mural Honoring Israeli Hostages Ori Danino, Hersh Goldberg-Polin ](https://iwpost.com/jerusalem-unveils-teddy-stadium-mural-honoring-israeli-hostages-ori-danino-hersh-goldberg-polin/): The Jerusalem Municipality dedicated a mural at Teddy Stadium on October 5, honoring Jerusalem residents Ori Danino and Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose friendship during 328 days in Hamas captivity became a symbol of unity despite their support for rival football clubs.
- [Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap](https://iwpost.com/cable-lobby-to-sue-trump-fcc-over-repeal-of-national-tv-ownership-cap/): Cable lobby groups notified the Federal Communications Commission that they will sue the agency to block its controversial repeal of the National Television Ownership Rule, which limits the number of broadcast TV stations a single company may own.
- [Extreme heat left this student athlete on life support. He won’t be the last.](https://iwpost.com/extreme-heat-left-this-student-athlete-on-life-support-he-wont-be-the-last/): Matthew Mayich stepped onto the field of Sun Angel Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, at about 7 a.m. on August 20.
- [Oklahoma Oil Company Plugs Disposal Well That Posed Threat to City’s Drinking Water](https://iwpost.com/oklahoma-oil-company-plugs-disposal-well-that-posed-threat-to-citys-drinking-water/): An Oklahoma oil and gas company plugged a well that disposes of oil production’s toxic byproduct after an investigation by The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that regulators had approved the well in violation of state rules meant to protect public groundwater supplies.
- [Russia is using Ukraine’s children to win its occupation – and the wider war](https://iwpost.com/russia-is-using-ukraines-children-to-win-its-occupation-and-the-wider-war/): A year or so after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the city of Murmansk in Russia’s Arctic north-west marked its annual regional day with a celebration for children.
- [Melania and Trump’s Matchmaker Accused of Horrific Crimes](https://iwpost.com/melania-and-trumps-matchmaker-accused-of-horrific-crimes/): A longtime friend of President Donald Trump who says he helped bring Donald and Melania Trump together is facing explosive allegations from a woman who claims he drugged and sexually assaulted her inside his Manhattan home.
- [Russia’s new strategy aims to make Ukrainian cities unlivable](https://iwpost.com/russias-new-strategy-aims-to-make-ukrainian-cities-unlivable/): The Russians are struggling on land and at sea, and are having real difficulty protecting themselves from Ukrainian long-range attack.
- [Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27](https://iwpost.com/command-line-tool-quickly-removes-apple-intelligence-from-macos-27/): A new tool is allowing Mac users the ability again to easily turn off Apple Intelligence with one click and free up to 12GB of storage.
- [Europe’s electric vehicle sales hit record as cheaper models arrive](https://iwpost.com/europes-electric-vehicle-sales-hit-record-as-cheaper-models-arrive/): Electric vehicle sales in the European Union reached record levels in 2026, driven by a wave of more affordable models as carmakers work to meet EU emissions targets, according to a new study.
- [Behind in EVs, Toyota powering ahead with hydrogen vehicles](https://iwpost.com/behind-in-evs-toyota-powering-ahead-with-hydrogen-vehicles/): Hydrogen-powered passenger cars have been left far behind by electric vehicles and hybrids, but the hydrogen truck market is growing and new technology developed for auto racing is keeping hopes for hydrogen cars alive.
- [Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps](https://iwpost.com/russian-drones-strike-ukraines-data-centers-by-exploiting-air-defense-gaps/): A surge in Russian jet-powered drone strikes on Ukrainian data centers has increasingly disrupted mobile phone and Internet services for thousands of people.
- [Two straits, one pact: what Makkah can and cannot protect](https://iwpost.com/two-straits-one-pact-what-makkah-can-and-cannot-protect/): Two months. That’s how long the Makkah pact has existed, and already it’s being asked to do the thing pacts are least ready for in their early days: handle a real war.
- [Nigerian Delegation Joins Eagles’ Wings in Israel in Show of Solidarity Ahead of October 7 Commemorations](https://iwpost.com/nigerian-delegation-joins-eagles-wings-in-israel-in-show-of-solidarity-ahead-of-october-7-commemorations/): A Christian delegation representing 51 countries is visiting Israel for meetings with officials, returned hostages, and bereaved families ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks.
- [Why some Indigenous communities don’t resist oil extraction in their territories](https://iwpost.com/why-some-indigenous-communities-dont-resist-oil-extraction-in-their-territories/): More than half of the Ecuadorian Amazon has been marked for oil drilling, overlapping with Indigenous territories and areas of high biodiversity.
- [US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation](https://iwpost.com/us-migrant-flights-to-liberia-evoke-troubling-history-of-sending-people-deemed-unwanted-to-the-west-african-nation/): The Supreme Court’s recent decision to temporarily allow the United States to resume deporting migrants to third-country destinations could see the resumption of flights to Liberia.
- [Mass quarantine issued in Russia after unexplained death of plague researcher](https://iwpost.com/mass-quarantine-issued-in-russia-after-unexplained-death-of-plague-researcher/): Roughly 200 people are under medical observation, several hospitals are under quarantine, and dozens are in isolation in Russia following the unexplained death of an infectious disease researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia, in the town of Shelekhov, according to early reports of the situation on Sunday and Monday.
- [Warning that Germany at risk of violent conflict with Russia](https://iwpost.com/warning-that-germany-at-risk-of-violent-conflict-with-russia/): Germany is at risk of entering ‌a violent conflict as Moscow steps up an increasingly aggressive “shadow war” against European democracies, its head of foreign intelligence warned on Monday.
- [Russia courts the Taliban without dropping Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/russia-courts-the-taliban-without-dropping-pakistan/): I have watched Pakistan-Afghanistan relations long enough to distrust easy headlines, and last week’s news produced a few of them.
- [Ex-FBI Profiler Claims O.J. Simpson ‘Had Help’](https://iwpost.com/ex-fbi-profiler-claims-o-j-simpson-had-help/): More than three decades after the brutal murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, a former FBI profiler is raising a provocative question about one of America’s most infamous criminal cases: Was there another person at the crime scene?
- [Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.](https://iwpost.com/susan-collinss-committee-bought-trucks-the-army-didnt-want-then-campaign-donations-poured-in/): The U.S. Army announced last year that it had enough of a specific model of armored vehicle and that any more deliveries would be “excess.” But even so, Congress found a way to keep funding alive for the vehicle — and executives at the company that produces the vehicle found a way to flood key members of Congress with campaign donations.
- [How ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 Hours](https://iwpost.com/how-propublica-reporters-became-private-school-owners-in-24-hours/): It began as a casual question — and a flicker of curiosity — uttered during a meeting of ProPublica journalists who this year are reporting on publicly funded private schools.
- [AI glasses face their first major government crackdown](https://iwpost.com/ai-glasses-face-their-first-major-government-crackdown/): Norway has become the first major country to propose a temporary ban on the use of AI glasses in selected public places amid growing privacy concerns over wearable technology.
- [Daily doses of ‘digital ibuprofen’: how burnt-out Chinese youth soothe their anxieties](https://iwpost.com/daily-doses-of-digital-ibuprofen-how-burnt-out-chinese-youth-soothe-their-anxieties/): In China, young people are encountering myriad challenges, from societal pressures around success to existing in a highly surveilled society, that have made them turn to the internet in search of a balm to soothe their pain.
- [What the AI boom is actually doing for Americans](https://iwpost.com/what-the-ai-boom-is-actually-doing-for-americans/): Paul Krugman is the greatest econ writer in the world, and also a legendary economist.
- [Coconut Lime Pork Chops](https://iwpost.com/coconut-lime-pork-chops/): Coconut Lime Pork Chops pair juicy seared pork with a silky coconut-lime sauce and a crisp shallot finish.
- [Can Syria and Hezbollah Talk Security Without Rebuilding Their Old Alliance?](https://iwpost.com/can-syria-and-hezbollah-talk-security-without-rebuilding-their-old-alliance/): A disputed report of secret talks between Syria’s new government and Hezbollah has opened a larger question that neither side can easily avoid: Can bitter enemies still find reasons to talk when weapons, smugglers, wanted individuals, and armed networks cross the same border?
- [Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of "mechanical" switches](https://iwpost.com/explaining-hall-effect-tmr-and-other-new-types-of-mechanical-switches/): The mechanical keyboard isn’t always so mechanical anymore.
- [European Parliament prize for journalism names 10 finalists](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-prize-for-journalism-names-10-finalists/): Ten investigations have been shortlisted for the sixth Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism, the jury announced.
- [Eisenkot attacks Netanyahu: Those who evade responsibility cannot prevent the next disaster](https://iwpost.com/eisenkot-attacks-netanyahu-those-who-evade-responsibility-cannot-prevent-the-next-disaster/): Gadi Eisenkot, leader of Israel’s opposition Yashar party, accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government on Sunday of “evading responsibility” and failing to learn the lessons of the 7 October 2023 events, following an incident involving a Flydubai flight.
- [Indonesia’s arms spree only the start of a modern military](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-arms-spree-only-the-start-of-a-modern-military/): Indonesia is buying the weapons of a modern military at a pace rarely seen in its recent history.
- [Football Player Kicks His Own Quarterback in Groin (Video)](https://iwpost.com/football-player-kicks-his-own-quarterback-in-groin-video/): A Minnesota football player got a little too excited during Saturday’s upset of Michigan — and his own quarterback paid the price.
- [US removes B-1 bombers from UK base amid security concerns](https://iwpost.com/us-removes-b-1-bombers-from-uk-base-amid-security-concerns/): The United States removed its B-1 bombers from a UK air base one ​week after several men were arrested there on ‌suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, a Pentagon official said .
- [A tech glossary to thrive and survive in the AI era](https://iwpost.com/a-tech-glossary-to-thrive-and-survive-in-the-ai-era/): Certain ideas define us. Some earned names of our own along the way. Others have run through nearly 240 pieces without ever being formally christened.
- [Lebanese Use Books as a Form of ‘Cultural Resistance’](https://iwpost.com/lebanese-use-books-as-a-form-of-cultural-resistance/): During Lebanon’s most uncertain days, many Lebanese turned to reading. While bombs were falling and families were fleeing their homes, books offered a refuge.
- [New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice"](https://iwpost.com/new-forensic-evidence-supports-egyptian-retainer-sacrifice/): Egyptologists have long debated whether the earliest pharoahs of the First Dynasty were buried with various servants and officials to serve them in the afterlife—a form of human sacrifice.
- [China buys time for its young scientists as US rations it](https://iwpost.com/china-buys-time-for-its-young-scientists-as-us-rations-it/): On September 19, Dou Xiankang, who heads the National Natural Science Foundation of China, described a grant that most young scientists anywhere would envy.
- [Angelina Jolie highlights Gaza destruction with Google Earth satellite images](https://iwpost.com/angelina-jolie-highlights-gaza-destruction-with-google-earth-satellite-images/): Actor Angelina Jolie, a former longtime UN special envoy, highlighted the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip, sharing before-and-after satellite images showing extensive damage caused by the Israeli genocide across the Palestinian enclave, Anadolu reports.
- [US backs major offensive as Yemen slides back toward all-out war](https://iwpost.com/us-backs-major-offensive-as-yemen-slides-back-toward-all-out-war/): Yemen will begin military operations to retake all territories currently held by Iran-backed Houthi fighters, the head of Yemen's presidential council, Rashad al-Alimi, announced Sunday.
- [Michael Douglas Confesses to Shocking Secret](https://iwpost.com/michael-douglas-confesses-to-shocking-secret/): Michael Douglas is finally coming clean about one of Hollywood’s longest-running romantic rumors.
- [Damascus and Hezbollah Face a New Question: Can Enemies Still Talk Security?  ](https://iwpost.com/damascus-and-hezbollah-face-a-new-question-can-enemies-still-talk-security/): [DAMASCUS] A disputed report of secret talks between Syrian officials and Hezbollah representatives in Turkey has raised a broad question: Could border security, weapons smuggling, and armed networks lead Syria’s new government and Hezbollah to establish a limited channel for managing tensions?
- [Over 800 Palestinian teachers killed by Israel since Gaza war: Education Ministry](https://iwpost.com/over-800-palestinian-teachers-killed-by-israel-since-gaza-war-education-ministry/): Israel has killed more than 800 Palestinian teachers and injured over 3,300 others since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Palestinian Education Ministry said Sunday, Anadolu reports.
- [To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects](https://iwpost.com/to-win-over-locals-data-centers-pump-340m-into-rural-texas-projects/): This article first appeared in The Texas Tribune.
- [Singer Accused of Slapping Woman Mid-Concert (Video)](https://iwpost.com/singer-accused-of-slapping-woman-mid-concert-video/): A Georgia soul singer is facing a criminal charge after a woman accused him of slapping her from the stage during a concert, allegedly leaving her with two black eyes and damaged dental work.
- [Confronting Islamism: What America Must Do at Home and Abroad](https://iwpost.com/confronting-islamism-what-america-must-do-at-home-and-abroad/): America has an Islamism problem.
- [Congress Is Not a Cheering Section: What the Midterms Owe the Middle East](https://iwpost.com/congress-is-not-a-cheering-section-what-the-midterms-owe-the-middle-east/): On 3 October, 2026, the Washington Stand, the publishing arm of the Family Research Council (FRC), ran an article under the heading “The Midterms and the Middle East.” Strip away the pieties and the argument is short.
- [Roasted Garlic Pepperoni Pizza Beans](https://iwpost.com/roasted-garlic-pepperoni-pizza-beans/): Roasted Garlic Pepperoni Pizza Beans bring together saucy cannellini beans, bubbling mozzarella, roasted garlic, pepperoni, and fresh basil in one cozy skillet.
- [Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife](https://iwpost.com/lions-and-cheetahs-and-chimps-oh-my-a-spotlight-on-africas-diverse-wildlife/): Chimps fish for algae in a rare example of primate tool use.
- [New Railway Corridor Through Afghanistan To Connect Central Asia With Pakistan’s seaports ](https://iwpost.com/new-railway-corridor-through-afghanistan-to-connect-central-asia-with-pakistans-seaports/): Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the United Arab Emirates have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a new railway corridor linking Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, potentially giving Central Asian countries access to Pakistan’s seaports on the Arabian Sea.
- [Bruce Willis’ Wife Shares Emotional New Photo](https://iwpost.com/bruce-willis-wife-shares-emotional-new-photo/): Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, has shared a touching new glimpse of the Hollywood legend as she reflected on the “next chapter” of his life following his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.
- [All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.](https://iwpost.com/all-hail-electrification-but-lets-talk-about-the-hard-part/): If one form of energy becomes the cheapest, most secure, and cleanest, you’d probably adjust your economy to use more of it, right?
- [Gaza residents face another winter amid shelter shortages, dwindling aid](https://iwpost.com/gaza-residents-face-another-winter-amid-shelter-shortages-dwindling-aid/): Displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip appealed on Saturday for tents, blankets and basic supplies ahead of winter, warning that shelter shortages and dwindling humanitarian aid could leave thousands exposed to rain, cold and strong winds, Anadolu reports.
- [Washington’s Syria Arms Shift Puts Turkey, Russia and Israel in the Equation](https://iwpost.com/washingtons-syria-arms-shift-puts-turkey-russia-and-israel-in-the-equation/): For decades, the answer from Washington on military exports to Syria was effectively automatic: no. As of October 1, that has changed.
- [Beatles Release ‘Lost’ John Lennon Song](https://iwpost.com/beatles-release-lost-john-lennon-song/): More than 45 years after John Lennon’s death, Beatles fans are getting something few expected — a previously unreleased Lennon song pulled from the archives.
- [Hundreds protest Israeli attacks on Palestine, Lebanon in Stockholm](https://iwpost.com/hundreds-protest-israeli-attacks-on-palestine-lebanon-in-stockholm/): Hundreds of people gathered at Odenplan Square in Stockholm on Saturday to protest Israeli attacks on Palestine and Lebanon, Anadolu reports.
- [Dubai Crown Prince Visits Hero Flydubai Captain Wounded in Terrorist Attack ](https://iwpost.com/dubai-crown-prince-visits-hero-flydubai-captain-wounded-in-terrorist-attack/): Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar, praising the seriously wounded pilot for opening the cockpit despite his injuries and allowing passengers and crew to stop the terrorist who attacked him last week.
- [Beloved TV Star Reveals He’s Living with His Mom](https://iwpost.com/beloved-tv-star-reveals-hes-living-with-his-mom/): Ty Pennington never expected to find himself living with his mother again in his 60s, but the HGTV star says life has taken him somewhere he never anticipated.
- [Hundreds protest in Israel against Netanyahu’s push for judicial changes](https://iwpost.com/hundreds-protest-in-israel-against-netanyahus-push-for-judicial-changes/): Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated at dozens of locations across northern and central Israel on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and its push for changes to the judiciary, Israeli media reported.
- [Gilat Is Bringing Fantasy and Rehab to More of Israel’s Pediatric Hospitals ](https://iwpost.com/gilat-is-bringing-fantasy-and-rehab-to-more-of-israels-pediatric-hospitals/): Looking at 10-year-old Yuval Atzmon’s clear blue eyes and bright smile, it is hard to imagine that she spent months at ALYN Hospital’s Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation Center in Jerusalem.
- [Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94](https://iwpost.com/milt-windler-nasa-flight-director-who-helped-save-apollo-13-dies-at-94/): Milt Windler, one of the four leaders of Mission Control who in 1970 directed the round-the-clock efforts to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died at the age of 94.
- [New Colorado neighborhood could offer glimpse into the future of home energy use](https://iwpost.com/new-colorado-neighborhood-could-offer-glimpse-into-the-future-of-home-energy-use/): A new residential development south of Denver is the testing ground for an unusual partnership that could transform home heating and cooling across the country.
- [Real-Life ‘Home Alone’ Bird Lady Found Murdered in Central Park](https://iwpost.com/real-life-home-alone-bird-lady-found-murdered-in-central-park/): A beloved homeless artist who became a familiar sight among Central Park’s birds and birdwatchers has been found murdered in the place she called home for years.
- [Maple Cider Chicken & Brussels Sprouts](https://iwpost.com/maple-cider-chicken-brussels-sprouts/): Maple Cider Chicken & Brussels Sprouts with tender apples, caramelized shallots, and a glossy maple-Dijon cider finish.
- [This startup pays NYC residents to run air conditioners on free batteries](https://iwpost.com/this-startup-pays-nyc-residents-to-run-air-conditioners-on-free-batteries/): My family has spent four summers participating in demand response programs whereby utility companies pay customers to reduce energy use on the hottest summer days.
- [Pakistan’s Female Lawyer Jalila Haider Wins ‘Alternative Nobel’ for Defending Marginalized Hazaras](https://iwpost.com/pakistans-female-lawyer-jalila-haider-wins-alternative-nobel-for-defending-marginalized-hazaras/): The Stockholm-based Right Livelihood Foundation honored two women and two organizations led by women on Wednesday for their work against authoritarian rule, violence, gender discrimination and dangers linked to artificial intelligence.
- [Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-header; Rocket Lab nets big contract](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-spacex-completes-launch-triple-header-rocket-lab-nets-big-contract/): Welcome to Edition 9.13 of the Rocket Report!
- [Dual UK-Iranian national arrested over suspected RAF Fairford plot released on bail](https://iwpost.com/dual-uk-iranian-national-arrested-over-suspected-raf-fairford-plot-released-on-bail/): A 25-year-old dual British-Iranian national arrested earlier this week as part of an investigation into a suspected plot involving Royal Air Force Fairford has been released on bail, police said Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI](https://iwpost.com/the-7-year-old-nvidia-shield-tv-is-now-100-more-expensive-due-to-ai/): The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it’s getting more expensive.
- [How Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School Classrooms](https://iwpost.com/how-texas-helped-a-private-school-chains-ai-tool-get-into-public-school-classrooms/): A little-known effort to bring an artificial intelligence tool into Texas public schools began about a year ago, with the help of the state’s top education official, Mike Morath.
- [Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Partner Found Dead](https://iwpost.com/gypsy-rose-blanchards-partner-found-dead/): Disturbing new details have emerged about the sudden death of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s longtime partner, Ken Urker, who was found dead inside his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday.
- [At Israel’s October 7 Memorials, Remembering the Dead Means Asking What Failed ](https://iwpost.com/at-israels-october-7-memorials-remembering-the-dead-means-asking-what-failed/): At Reichman University, experts focused on preventing another October 7.
- [Teen Finds Long-Lost Sister on Opposing Softball Team](https://iwpost.com/teen-finds-long-lost-sister-on-opposing-softball-team/): A Montana softball tournament turned into an unforgettable family reunion when a teenage athlete discovered that a player on the opposing side was the biological sister she had wondered about for years.
- [Grief, anger and elections: Israel marks three years since October 7 attacks as nation prepares to vote](https://iwpost.com/grief-anger-and-elections-israel-marks-three-years-since-october-7-attacks-as-nation-prepares-to-vote/): The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and leading opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot took to social media as their country marked three years since the devastating Hamas attacks of October 7.
- [RFK Jr. unveils sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-unveils-sweeping-federal-initiative-to-find-evidence-of-vaccine-injuries/): Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- [Belgian Strikes to Disrupt Public Transport and Brussels Airport on Friday and Monday](https://iwpost.com/belgian-strikes-to-disrupt-public-transport-and-brussels-airport-on-friday-and-monday/): Public transport in Brussels and across Belgium will be disrupted on Friday and Monday as unions hold two days of action to protest the federal government’s expected budget cuts.
- [Amazon's new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever](https://iwpost.com/amazons-new-alexa-tablets-drop-the-fire-branding-but-are-more-android-than-ever/): For the last 15 years, you’ve been able to buy a Fire tablet from Amazon. Which Fire tablet?
- [School protests focus attention on the chequered history of public order policing in France](https://iwpost.com/school-protests-focus-attention-on-the-chequered-history-of-public-order-policing-in-france/): A placard held by a young man as school protests continued across France appeared to capture the mood on the streets.
- [India’s rate hike a loud warning shot for Modinomics](https://iwpost.com/indias-rate-hike-a-loud-warning-shot-for-modinomics/): It’s not often that events in Mumbai reverberate through global markets.
- [Iraq Devalues Dinar for the First Time in 3 Years by 14.5%  ](https://iwpost.com/iraq-devalues-dinar-for-the-first-time-in-3-years-by-14-5/): The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Wednesday a new exchange rate for the US dollar against the Iraqi dinar, raising the official selling price to the public to 1,520 dinars from 1,320 dinars.
- [Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, is weeks away from space Internet rollout](https://iwpost.com/amazon-builds-1000th-satellite-is-weeks-away-from-space-internet-rollout/): The world’s largest retailer wants to sell you something else—Internet from space.
- [Syria considers help in Yemen war after Saudi airports come under Houthi fire](https://iwpost.com/syria-considers-help-in-yemen-war-after-saudi-airports-come-under-houthi-fire/): Syria may deploy troops to help Saudi Arabia fight Yemen’s Houthis, a US official and a Syrian defence official said, as the Iran-aligned group steps up its missile and drone attacks on the kingdom, killing three people at Saudi ​airports this week.
- [Club Med, a Disney Cruise and an Exploding Starship: SpaceX Used Bystander Videos to Track Falling Debris](https://iwpost.com/club-med-a-disney-cruise-and-an-exploding-starship-spacex-used-bystander-videos-to-track-falling-debris/): When SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket exploded over the Caribbean last year, the internet lit up with videos from airline passengers, island tourists and locals showing flaming debris shooting across the sky.
- [Turkiye completes preparations to submit Mecca defense pact to parliament: Foreign minister](https://iwpost.com/turkiye-completes-preparations-to-submit-mecca-defense-pact-to-parliament-foreign-minister/): Turkiye has completed preparations to submit the Mecca defense agreement to parliament for approval, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday, stressing that the pact is defensive in nature and does not authorize attacks on other countries, Anadolu reports.
- [Royal Doctor Killed Near King Charles’ Sandringham Estate](https://iwpost.com/royal-doctor-killed-near-king-charles-sandringham-estate/): King Charles and Queen Camilla have reportedly been informed of the death of a respected doctor who treated members of the royal family and was found dead at her home just miles from the Sandringham estate.
- [Israel votes again but the arithmetic hasn’t changed](https://iwpost.com/israel-votes-again-but-the-arithmetic-hasnt-changed/): TEL AVIV – Every Israeli election of the past decade has been sold as the last chance to save the country, and every one has ended in the same place: a long night of counting, followed by weeks of bargaining among men who swore they would never sit together.
- [Google rolls out improved SynthID AI content detector, now available globally](https://iwpost.com/google-rolls-out-improved-synthid-ai-content-detector-now-available-globally/): Every piece of AI content from Google’s Gemini models has a hidden SynthID label, which makes it very difficult to pass the content off as authentic.
- [French student protests: comparisons with 1968 will only serve the political extremes](https://iwpost.com/french-student-protests-comparisons-with-1968-will-only-serve-the-political-extremes/): The student demonstrations that have spread across France in recent weeks are not unprecedented.
- [India’s Central Asia missile sales spark a new Great Game](https://iwpost.com/indias-central-asia-missile-sales-spark-a-new-great-game/): A flurry of landmark arms deals is reshaping Central Asia’s strategic landscape, as regional states leverage alternative defense suppliers to assert their sovereignty amid Russia’s waning dominance and an intensifying Sino-Indian rivalry.
- [A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she's a Kalshi lobbyist](https://iwpost.com/a-senator-tried-to-ban-gambling-on-prediction-markets-now-shes-a-kalshi-lobbyist/): In July 2010, US Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) predicted the rise of prediction markets and the problems they could cause.
- [MEPs Urge Sanctions Over Political Persecution in Iran, Georgia and Azerbaijan](https://iwpost.com/meps-urge-sanctions-over-political-persecution-in-iran-georgia-and-azerbaijan/): The European Parliament on Thursday adopted three resolutions condemning human rights violations in Iran, Georgia and Azerbaijan, calling for broader sanctions on Iran and targeted measures against officials in the other two countries.
- [US Prepares for Possible Iran Strikes as Gulf Attacks Threaten Wider War](https://iwpost.com/us-prepares-for-possible-iran-strikes-as-gulf-attacks-threaten-wider-war/): The Pentagon is preparing for possible renewed military strikes against Iran as escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and fresh violence against shipping in the Gulf threaten to widen the Middle East conflict, sending oil prices sharply higher Thursday.
- [Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall](https://iwpost.com/armed-border-agents-arrest-protesters-bulldoze-200-year-old-tree-to-build-border-wall/): For more than 70 days, dozens of activists and an ancient cottonwood tree on the Arizona–Mexico border have successfully disrupted the construction of President Donald Trump’s ruinous $50 billion border wall.
- [American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk](https://iwpost.com/american-academy-of-pediatrics-renews-call-for-ban-on-raw-milk/): The nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians has renewed its call for a nationwide ban on the sale and distribution of unpasteurized milk and other raw dairy products, according to a policy statement it published earlier this week.
- [Mistral says "Le Chonk" can challenge the best AI models](https://iwpost.com/mistral-says-le-chonk-can-challenge-the-best-ai-models/): As tensions mount over who gets access to top-end artificial intelligence, French company Mistral has released a new freely available model that it claims can compete with the very best from the US and China.
- [Harry and Meghan are ‘Wildly Unhappy’](https://iwpost.com/harry-and-meghan-are-wildly-unhappy/): Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be back in Britain, but one veteran celebrity journalist says a change of country may not solve the deeper problem hanging over the couple.
- [The shadow of Balfour: Confronting a century of selective memory](https://iwpost.com/the-shadow-of-balfour-confronting-a-century-of-selective-memory/): As the 2nd November 1917 anniversary of the infamous Balfour Declaration approaches, we are reminded of the fateful promise issued by the British government that would go on to define much of historical Palestine ever since.
- [Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift](https://iwpost.com/fraudster-jailed-for-using-10k-bots-and-ai-songs-to-outstream-taylor-swift/): After pleading guilty, a 54-year-old North Carolina man, Michael Smith, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to generate songs for a scheme that stole millions from music streaming platforms.
- [WHO Presses Russia for Information on Siberia Lab Death](https://iwpost.com/who-presses-russia-for-information-on-siberia-lab-death/): The World Health Organization is looking into reports of a second pneumonia case linked to an anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Siberia, after the Kremlin said there are no plague cases in the region following the death of a lab worker.
- [Bit by bit, the Taliban is losing control of Afghanistan](https://iwpost.com/bit-by-bit-the-taliban-is-losing-control-of-afghanistan/): Five years after seizing Kabul, the Taliban’s strongest argument for international acceptance rests on control.
- [75 Retired Military Leaders, Legal Experts Reject Claims of Israeli Genocide in Gaza ](https://iwpost.com/75-retired-military-leaders-legal-experts-reject-claims-of-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/): Seventy-five retired senior military leaders and legal experts rejected accusations that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, arguing in an open letter released by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America that Israel’s conduct does not meet the legal definition of genocide.
- [Pediatricians renew call to ban raw milk as anti-science rhetoric reigns](https://iwpost.com/pediatricians-renew-call-to-ban-raw-milk-as-anti-science-rhetoric-reigns/): As many doctors are moving ahead with the latest advances of modern medicine—from powerful obesity drugs to breakthrough cancer treatments—pediatricians are being forced to turn back, fighting to maintain advances in children’s health that were hard-won decades ago.
- [Trump sons-backed firms bank $6 billion plus in Pentagon deals](https://iwpost.com/trump-sons-backed-firms-bank-6-billion-plus-in-pentagon-deals/): Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. stand outside of NASDAQ in New York City on August 13, 2025.
- [TP-Link problems in US grow amid FCC router ban and four state lawsuits](https://iwpost.com/tp-link-problems-in-us-grow-amid-fcc-router-ban-and-four-state-lawsuits/): TP-Link is facing more legal troubles in the US as Florida and three other states filed lawsuits alleging that it lied to consumers about its connections to China and the risks of its routers being exploited by Chinese state hackers.
- [MEPs Want Employers Held Responsible for Workers’ Mental, Physical Health](https://iwpost.com/meps-want-employers-held-responsible-for-workers-mental-physical-health/): The European Parliament voted Tuesday to urge the European Commission to propose new EU rules aimed at preventing, eliminating or reducing workplace risks that can cause stress, burnout, and mental and physical disorders.
- [‘Oprah Backed’ Restaurant Chain Files for Bankruptcy](https://iwpost.com/oprah-backed-restaurant-chain-files-for-bankruptcy/): Oprah Winfrey-backed restaurant chain True Food Kitchen has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and abruptly closed 12 restaurants across the country as the health-focused company fights to stabilize its finances.
- [Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-event-debuts-new-ai-friendly-hardware-and-windows-changes/): In its first live event in two years, Microsoft today announced its newest Surface laptop, outlined a host of changes coming to Windows 11, and shared a vision of how local-AI and agentic workflows could reshape personal computing for those in the dev community as well as home enthusiasts.
- [France summons Iranian ambassador over alleged disinformation on student protests](https://iwpost.com/france-summons-iranian-ambassador-over-alleged-disinformation-on-student-protests/): France summoned Iran’s ambassador to Paris on Wednesday over what it described as a “disinformation campaign” by Iranian authorities concerning student protests in France, according to a Foreign Ministry statement, Anadolu reports.
- [30,000 Gather in Tel Aviv to Honor Oct. 7 Victims, Former Hostages and Heroes ](https://iwpost.com/30000-gather-in-tel-aviv-to-honor-oct-7-victims-former-hostages-and-heroes/): About 30,000 people attended Israel’s national October 7 memorial ceremony at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, honoring those killed in the Hamas attack, hostages murdered in captivity and Israelis who fought to protect others during the massacre three years ago.
- [Sausage & Crispy Potato Bake](https://iwpost.com/sausage-crispy-potato-bake/): Sausage & Crispy Potato Bake pairs browned sausage and golden potatoes with roasted peppers, Parmesan, and a tangy balsamic-Dijon finish.
- [“Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones](https://iwpost.com/software-is-over-bold-ai-developer-takes-aim-at-adobe-with-open-source-clones/): For a while, those hoping to avoid the difficulty and expense of dealing with Adobe’s Creative Suite have been able to use several free and/or open-source alternatives that replicate some or all of those capabilities.
- [Ukraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as Putin marks 74th birthday](https://iwpost.com/ukraine-hit-by-deadly-russian-strikes-as-putin-marks-74th-birthday/): Russia destroyed an apartment block in northern Ukraine as a birthday “gift” to Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday, after overnight missile and drone strikes killed at least 12 people across the country, according to Ukrainian officials.
- [Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town](https://iwpost.com/feds-charged-activists-just-before-major-anti-ice-protest-in-a-tiny-vermont-town/): Williston, a small Vermont town of 10,000 people, is best known as a bucolic suburb of Burlington laden with historic buildings and farmland.
- [PA measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases, largest since disease was eliminated](https://iwpost.com/pa-measles-outbreak-tops-1000-cases-largest-since-disease-was-eliminated/): Pennsylvania’s explosive measles outbreak is now the largest the US has seen since the highly infectious virus was declared eliminated in 2000.
- [Powering data centers on nuclear? That’s a tough sell in Utah’s coal country.](https://iwpost.com/powering-data-centers-on-nuclear-thats-a-tough-sell-in-utahs-coal-country/): Cindy O’Neil understands the boom-and-bust cycles of industry. Her husband spent years working in Carbon County’s namesake coal mines.
- [Michigan Man ‘Vows’ to Murder Trump and His Family](https://iwpost.com/michigan-man-vows-to-murder-trump-and-his-family/): A Michigan man is facing a federal charge after authorities say he posted a disturbing series of threats calling for President Donald Trump to be killed with a gun and members of his family to be attacked with bombs.
- [Mamdani Marks Oct. 7 Anniversary With Accusations of Israeli ‘Genocide,’ ‘Apartheid’ ](https://iwpost.com/mamdani-marks-oct-7-anniversary-with-accusations-of-israeli-genocide-apartheid/): New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel with a statement that acknowledged the Israelis killed and abducted before focusing largely on accusations of genocide, occupation, and apartheid against Israel.
- [Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand](https://iwpost.com/chemistry-nobel-goes-to-reactions-like-those-that-gave-life-a-hand/): Life is remarkably selective. Life relies on many molecules with what is termed “handedness”—they’re chemically identical but are mirror images of each other.
- [Turkey sending technical, defensive support to Saudi Arabia to help fight Houthis](https://iwpost.com/turkey-sending-technical-defensive-support-to-saudi-arabia-to-help-fight-houthis/): Turkey is sending mainly defensive and ​technical support to Saudi Arabia to help it fight Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, two officials said on Wednesday, ‌after the NATO member and Pakistan pledged to act on the collective defence commitment of their newly formed alliance.
- [Israeli banks fear new sanctions over West Bank settlement financing: Report](https://iwpost.com/israeli-banks-fear-new-sanctions-over-west-bank-settlement-financing-report/): Israeli banks fear new international sanctions over financing settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, particularly measures planned by Britain, Israeli daily Haaretz reported Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
- [How China deploys wartime history against Japan](https://iwpost.com/how-china-deploys-wartime-history-against-japan/): Beyond all the pageantry, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a strategic goal for his Washington visit – to undermine the American relationship with Japan.
- [Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari](https://iwpost.com/jaguar-type-01-debuts-now-no-one-remembers-the-electric-ferrari/): Does it feel like people are perhaps a little grumpier or more on edge these days? It’s not like it’s without reason. There are wars.
- [French student riots: comparisons with 1968 will only serve the political extremes](https://iwpost.com/french-student-riots-comparisons-with-1968-will-only-serve-the-political-extremes/): The student demonstrations that have spread across France in recent weeks are not unprecedented.
- [Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech](https://iwpost.com/trade-group-crunches-numbers-on-trumps-impossible-push-for-100-us-made-tech/): One of Donald Trump’s biggest goals as president is to increase domestic manufacturing and reshore supply chains so that the most in-demand technologies in the world can be 100 percent made in the United States.
- [European Parliament Urges Tougher but Open EU Approach to China](https://iwpost.com/european-parliament-urges-tougher-but-open-eu-approach-to-china/): The European Parliament on Wednesday called for the European Union to keep up dialogue with China while taking a firmer line on trade, security and human rights, saying relations have reached a critical point.
- [US-Australia hypersonic push no silver bullet against China](https://iwpost.com/us-australia-hypersonic-push-no-silver-bullet-against-china/): The inaugural flight-test release of a US air-launched hypersonic weapon over an Australian weapons range demonstrates both nations’ push for standoff hypersonic strike, yet the weapon’s true combat value hinges on whether allied airbases and kill chains can survive China’s long-range fires.
- [Spain’s Snap Election Puts Sánchez Era and Ties With Israel on the Line](https://iwpost.com/spains-snap-election-puts-sanchez-era-and-ties-with-israel-on-the-line/): Vox MEP Juan Carlos Girauta calls for a “180-degree” foreign policy shift as the Nov.
- [TV Stars Shocking ‘Final Moments’ Revealed](https://iwpost.com/tv-stars-shocking-final-moments-revealed/): New details have emerged about the sudden death of longtime soap opera star Robert Kelker-Kelly, with emergency dispatch recordings revealing the desperate effort to save the 62-year-old actor at his Missouri home.
- [Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.](https://iwpost.com/homeless-shelters-around-phoenix-are-full-his-phone-is-the-unofficial-hotline-for-struggling-families/): For about a year, Austin Davis’ phone has been flooded with hundreds of pleas for help from across the Phoenix metropolitan area.
- [Prosecution of Kosovan leader Hashim Thaçi illustrates the challenges of bringing war criminals to justice](https://iwpost.com/prosecution-of-kosovan-leader-hashim-thaci-illustrates-the-challenges-of-bringing-war-criminals-to-justice/): More than 27 years after the end of the Kosovo war, former prime minister and president Hashim Thaçi and three other leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) have been found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.
- [Missing ambassadors, inexperienced appointees – is Washington dropping the diplomatic ball?](https://iwpost.com/missing-ambassadors-inexperienced-appointees-is-washington-dropping-the-diplomatic-ball/): Just before leaving town on Sept. 30, 2026, U.S. senators confirmed 10 new ambassadors.
- [Review: Fine, let's talk about Digger](https://iwpost.com/review-fine-lets-talk-about-digger/): I found the trailer for Digger intriguing, starring a nearly unrecognizable Tom Cruise and giving off strong Doctor Strangelove vibes.
- [How Yemen’s renewed civil war could set the whole region ablaze](https://iwpost.com/how-yemens-renewed-civil-war-could-set-the-whole-region-ablaze/): The Middle East has seen many explosions of violence in recent years.
- [Hamas rejects Guterres’s 7th October statement, accuses him of adopting Israeli narrative](https://iwpost.com/hamas-rejects-guterress-7th-october-statement-accuses-him-of-adopting-israeli-narrative/): Hamas on Tuesday rejected a statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres marking the anniversary of the 7th October 2023 attack, accusing him of adopting Israel’s account of events and disregarding the broader context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- [If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency](https://iwpost.com/if-youre-looking-heres-a-good-deal-for-nasa-and-the-european-space-agency/): It’s no surprise that NASA’s new tack toward foreign partnerships—good deals only, please—is challenging preconceived notions of international cooperation in space.
- [Paramount-Warner Bros merger – How the deal could affect you](https://iwpost.com/paramount-warner-bros-merger-how-the-deal-could-affect-you/): It has been months in the making but Paramount Skydance has finally completed its $110bn (£82.8bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery.
- [He Confessed to an Afghanistan War Murder. The U.S. Military Promptly Closed the Case.](https://iwpost.com/he-confessed-to-an-afghanistan-war-murder-the-u-s-military-promptly-closed-the-case/): In the spring of 2023, on a partly sunny day where the temperature flirted with 70 degrees, an Army veteran of the Afghanistan War walked into the unique Prairie-style police headquarters in Banning, California.
- [Indonesia’s bourse rebuild is really a monetary policy story](https://iwpost.com/indonesias-bourse-rebuild-is-really-a-monetary-policy-story/): For decades, the Indonesia Stock Exchange has run like a members’ club, where the brokers who trade on the IDX also own it.
- [Houthis Strike Airports, Military Targets in Saudi Arabia and Yemen as Fighting Escalates ](https://iwpost.com/houthis-strike-airports-military-targets-in-saudi-arabia-and-yemen-as-fighting-escalates/): Yemen’s Houthis launched missile and drone attacks against airports and military targets in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, including Aden International Airport, where an incoming passenger flight was diverted and the terminal evacuated, according to Houthi and Yemeni government accounts Wednesday.
- [Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers' AUX input](https://iwpost.com/amazon-kills-alexas-ability-to-control-echo-speakers-aux-input/): Amazon has disabled Alexa control of devices plugged into the company’s Echo smart speaker’s AUX port.
- [Death Row Killer ‘Awake and Talking’ After Surviving Execution Attempt](https://iwpost.com/death-row-killer-awake-and-talking-after-surviving-execution-attempt/): Death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking nearly a week after Tennessee’s attempt to execute her failed, according to her attorneys, creating an extraordinary legal and political dilemma for state officials.
- [Trump finds it’s funny to joke about Iran bombing California](https://iwpost.com/trump-finds-its-funny-to-joke-about-iran-bombing-california/): President Donald Trump wraps up an appearance at a campaign rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center on the Nebraska State Fairgrounds on October 05, 2026 in Grand Island, Nebraska.
- [Support Ars and get a better reading experience in return](https://iwpost.com/support-ars-and-get-a-better-reading-experience-in-return/): When Ars launched in 1998, there was one way to read it: in a web browser on a PC (or Mac).
- [Diplomats: Deaths from Russian-linked hybrid attacks are a matter of when, not if](https://iwpost.com/diplomats-deaths-from-russian-linked-hybrid-attacks-are-a-matter-of-when-not-if/): Diplomats from the 27 European Union countries are privately working out how the bloc would respond to a hybrid attack that kills several people, a scenario five EU diplomats and officials told POLITICO is looking more likely.
- [It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane](https://iwpost.com/it-looks-like-the-atlantic-storm-season-may-finally-produce-a-hurricane/): A low-pressure system in the western Gulf of Mexico should soon become a tropical storm, and based on the latest forecast modeling, it has a decent chance of becoming a hurricane.
- [When Asia’s central banks turn bond vigilante on Trump](https://iwpost.com/when-asias-central-banks-turn-bond-vigilante-on-trump/): TOKYO – For decades, the US enjoyed a remarkable luxury: its two biggest creditors, Japan and China, kept showing up at Treasury auctions with checkbooks open.
- [Paris bans pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Oct. 7 over ‘risks of public disorder’](https://iwpost.com/paris-bans-pro-palestinian-demonstration-planned-for-oct-7-over-risks-of-public-disorder/): Paris police chief Patrice Faure on Tuesday banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Wednesday, the third anniversary of Oct.
- [Lessons Learned From Flydubai Will Save Lives](https://iwpost.com/lessons-learned-from-flydubai-will-save-lives/): The Flydubai account is still fresh in the minds of the passengers who owe their lives to true heroes and a sequence of remarkable events that are still unfolding.
- [Lemon Garlic Lentil & Potato Soup](https://iwpost.com/lemon-garlic-lentil-potato-soup/): Lemon Garlic Lentil & Potato Soup pairs hearty lentils and potatoes with bright lemon and a crisp garlic-herb breadcrumb finish.
- [The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War](https://iwpost.com/the-u-s-military-struggles-to-protect-its-bases-amid-failing-iran-war/): The U.S. military is struggling to protect its overseas bases amid a conflict with Iran that has spun out of self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s control.
- [HBO Max, Paramount+, and Discovery+ "will unify into a single service”](https://iwpost.com/hbo-max-paramount-and-discovery-will-unify-into-a-single-service/): After months of industry and customer speculation, Paramount Skydance has shed some light on the future of the HBO Max and Paramount+ streaming services.
- [EU plans to buy energy together to bring prices down](https://iwpost.com/eu-plans-to-buy-energy-together-to-bring-prices-down/): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament on Tuesday that Europe must act now to protect households and industry from soaring energy costs, and that the crisis shows why the EU needs an ambitious long-term budget.
- [NFL Quarterback Suffers Cardiac Arrest While Coaching Son’s Football Team](https://iwpost.com/nfl-quarterback-suffers-cardiac-arrest-while-coaching-sons-football-team/): Former NFL quarterback Connor Shaw was coaching his young son’s flag football team when an ordinary night on the field suddenly became a fight for his life.
- [OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT outputs by default—but only in the EU](https://iwpost.com/openai-will-watermark-chatgpt-outputs-by-default-but-only-in-the-eu/): OpenAI will begin automatically watermarking text generated with ChatGPT in the European Union, the company has announced.
- [3 Years After October 7, Can Israel Move Forward Without Knowing Exactly What Went Wrong? ](https://iwpost.com/3-years-after-october-7-can-israel-move-forward-without-knowing-exactly-what-went-wrong/): Many Israelis feel that three years after the worst attack on the Jewish state, there are still no full answers.
- [Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says](https://iwpost.com/drones-sink-ships-near-nato-countries-in-unacceptable-attacks-eu-says/): Drones sank two cargo ships and damaged a third in the exclusive economic zones of NATO member countries for the first time, killing at least two sailors.
- [Troops from NATO member Turkey, nuclear-armed Pakistan headed to Saudi Arabia](https://iwpost.com/troops-from-nato-member-turkey-nuclear-armed-pakistan-headed-to-saudi-arabia/): Turkey and Pakistan will send troops to Saudi Arabia in a “rapid deployment” under a new mutual defense alliance, the three countries said Monday, as the kingdom faces escalating attacks from Yemen’s Houthis.
- [Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says](https://iwpost.com/antisemitism-law-helped-get-a-professor-fired-for-free-speech-lawsuit-says/): An Iranian exile group colluded with university officials and a state lawmaker in Arkansas in a relentless, ultimately successful campaign to get an Iranian American professor fired, according to a new lawsuit.
- [Zionism, apartheid and genocide: The argument the world can no longer avoid](https://iwpost.com/zionism-apartheid-and-genocide-the-argument-the-world-can-no-longer-avoid/): In 1975, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379 declaring Zionism “a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Sixteen years later, the resolution was revoked in the political context surrounding the Madrid Peace Conference.
- [I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly.](https://iwpost.com/ive-covered-death-row-cases-for-nearly-a-decade-what-happened-to-christa-pike-wasnt-an-anomaly/): Agonizing Procedures: Many aging death row prisoners have medical problems that can complicate efforts to kill them, including cancer, blood disorders and heart problems.
- [Drone strikes, likely Russian, sink ships in NATO countries’ economic zones](https://iwpost.com/drone-strikes-likely-russian-sink-ships-in-nato-countries-economic-zones/): Drones sank two cargo ships and damaged a third in the exclusive economic zones of NATO member countries for the first time, killing at least two sailors.
- [Supreme Court wrestles with who should pay for climate change](https://iwpost.com/supreme-court-wrestles-with-who-should-pay-for-climate-change/): The Supreme Court opened its 2026-2027 term Monday with a climate case: a lawsuit brought by Boulder, Colorado, against Exxon Mobil and Suncor, a Canadian oil company, over the costs of a warming planet.
- [Did he really invite Iran to take out California cities?](https://iwpost.com/did-he-really-invite-iran-to-take-out-california-cities/): campaign rally at Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Trump at his rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, on October 5, 2026.
- [Elderly Cyclist Killed After Hitting Unleashed Dog in Central Park](https://iwpost.com/elderly-cyclist-killed-after-hitting-unleashed-dog-in-central-park/): A 71-year-old cyclist was killed Monday morning after colliding with an unleashed Golden Retriever that ran into his path on a busy roadway inside New York City’s Central Park.
- [Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services](https://iwpost.com/hackers-obtain-counterfeit-tls-certificates-for-google-and-other-large-services/): Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday.
- [Fewer layoffs, no forced exits: Electrolux revises Italy plan after Rome talks](https://iwpost.com/fewer-layoffs-no-forced-exits-electrolux-revises-italy-plan-after-rome-talks/): Appliance maker Electrolux presented a scaled-down restructuring plan for its Italian operations on Monday, cutting the number of planned job losses and relying on voluntary exits, unions and Italy’s industry minister said after talks in Rome.
- [Indian Supreme Court demands government answers on voter purge](https://iwpost.com/indian-supreme-court-demands-government-answers-on-voter-purge/): As one advocate warned India’s Supreme Court on Monday that “this country will burn” unless action is taken to stop what thousands of protesters have denounced as an illegal purge of voters by the head of the Election Commission of India, the court demanded accountability from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
- [AFP Photographer Beaten by Israeli Settlers During West Bank Olive Harvest](https://iwpost.com/afp-photographer-beaten-by-israeli-settlers-during-west-bank-olive-harvest/): Israeli settlers beat veteran Agence France-Presse photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh, and a Palestinian was shot Tuesday near Aqraba, south of Nablus, according to AFP and Palestinian medical officials, as journalists covered attacks on Palestinians harvesting olives in the northern West Bank.
- [How geopolitical tensions tainted the 2026 Asian Games](https://iwpost.com/how-geopolitical-tensions-tainted-the-2026-asian-games/): The 2026 Asian Games in Japan drew to a close on October 4 following two weeks of competition between 45 countries and territories across 43 sports.
- [Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth](https://iwpost.com/paramount-completes-111b-warner-merger-creating-skydance-behemoth/): Paramount Skydance completed its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros.
- [The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well.](https://iwpost.com/the-key-witness-against-richard-glossip-just-returned-to-court-it-didnt-go-well/): When the elevator doors opened, the reporters waiting in the hallway immediately crowded around the gaunt, orange-clad man who emerged, escorted by his public defender and a sheriff’s deputy.
- [London Pro-Palestinian March Draws Thousands, Police Arrest 20](https://iwpost.com/london-pro-palestinian-march-draws-thousands-police-arrest-20/): Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday, October 10, demanding an end to British arms sales to Israel, as police arrested 20 people over suspected offenses and kept marchers separated from a smaller pro-Israel counterdemonstration.
- [Palestinian president postpones legislative elections to Sept. 11, 2027](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-president-postpones-legislative-elections-to-sept-11-2027/): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ankara, Turkiye on August 12, 2026.
- [We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.](https://iwpost.com/were-investigating-prior-authorization-help-propublica-understand-your-health-insurance-denial/): Last year, many of America’s largest health insurers vowed to reduce their use of prior authorization — the extra layer of approval insurers require before covering a medical expense.
- [Sarah Ferguson ‘Waiting for King Charles’ to Die to Release Tell-All](https://iwpost.com/sarah-ferguson-waiting-for-king-charles-to-die-to-release-tell-all/): Sarah Ferguson may not be writing a royal tell-all now, but fresh speculation suggests she could eventually reconsider — particularly after King Charles is no longer on the throne.
- [Trump Administration Investigates Harvard, 8 Other Universities Over Alleged Visa Fraud](https://iwpost.com/trump-administration-investigates-harvard-8-other-universities-over-alleged-visa-fraud/): The administration of President Donald Trump has launched an investigation into nine leading US universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, over allegations that they improperly used J-1 exchange visitor visas to employ foreign researchers at lower wages than American workers, Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday.
- [60 countries participate in historic Global Day of Action for Palestine](https://iwpost.com/60-countries-participate-in-historic-global-day-of-action-for-palestine/): The Global Day of Action for Palestine called for today, 10th October, has received massive support worldwide.
- [Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?](https://iwpost.com/fifty-billion-seedlings-can-ethiopia-replant-its-ravaged-forests/): Niku Argane’s farm sits on a steep hillside in central Ethiopia’s semi-mountainous Gurage Zone, where years of flooding have carved deep gullies through the land.
- [Starlink spectrum deal boosts Musk plan to beat AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon](https://iwpost.com/starlink-spectrum-deal-boosts-musk-plan-to-beat-att-t-mobile-and-verizon/): SpaceX has a deal to purchase nationwide low-band spectrum licenses for a planned terrestrial mobile network that would complement the space-based Starlink cellular service.
- [MasterChef Star Dies Only Months After Shocking Diagnosis](https://iwpost.com/masterchef-star-dies-only-months-after-shocking-diagnosis/): MasterChef Poland star Mariusz Komenda has died at just 44 years old, only months after revealing that doctors had diagnosed him with a malignant brain tumor.
- [President Trump Weighs Joining US Saudi Strikes on Houthis After Riyadh Airport Attack ](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-weighs-joining-us-saudi-strikes-on-houthis-after-riyadh-airport-attack/): President Donald Trump said the United States is considering joining Saudi strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen after the group claimed attacks on Saudi airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure, including King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.
- [Your artwork could be featured in the next Debian release](https://iwpost.com/your-artwork-could-be-featured-in-the-next-debian-release/): The Debian Linux project has opened a call for community artwork submissions ahead of the release of the upcoming Forky (Debian 14).
- [Watch: Inside Our $22K Sports Betting Experiment](https://iwpost.com/watch-inside-our-22k-sports-betting-experiment/): Earlier this year, we heard that reporter Jake Pearson planned to ask our editors at ProPublica for more than $20,000 so he could spend the NBA playoffs betting like a problem gambler.
- [Rights group files ICC complaint against Israeli medical officials over torture of Palestinian detainees](https://iwpost.com/rights-group-files-icc-complaint-against-israeli-medical-officials-over-torture-of-palestinian-detainees/): The Hind Rajab Foundation filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli medical officials over torture and mistreatment of Palestinian detainees, Israeli media reported Saturday, Anadolu reports.
- [AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner](https://iwpost.com/ai-disqualification-yields-new-nikon-small-world-in-motion-winner/): Credit: Nguyen Nam Nhat.
- [65% of Publicly Listed Company Directors Now Regard AI as a Key Issue Facing Their Boards](https://iwpost.com/65-of-publicly-listed-company-directors-now-regard-ai-as-a-key-issue-facing-their-boards/): Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving up the boardroom agenda, raising an important question for non-executive directors: are boards equipped to oversee the transformation AI is bringing to businesses?
- [IDF Officer Killed, 3 Soldiers Wounded in Humvee Rollover in Southern Lebanon ](https://iwpost.com/idf-officer-killed-3-soldiers-wounded-in-humvee-rollover-in-southern-lebanon/): Capt. Eliav Haim Tzaflamos, 21, from Haifa, was killed Thursday when a Humvee overturned during an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operation in the Litani River area of southern Lebanon, while three other soldiers were lightly wounded in the accident.
- [PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in “sharpest decline” since Q1 2023](https://iwpost.com/pc-shipments-fall-20-1-percent-in-sharpest-decline-since-q1-2023/): PC shipments saw a steep drop of about 20 percent in Q3 2026, analysts reported this week.
- [‘Journey’ Rocker Rushed to Hospital Mid-Concert (Video)](https://iwpost.com/journey-rocker-rushed-to-hospital-mid-concert-video/): Journey fans were left fearing the worst Thursday night after drummer Deen Castronovo suffered a sudden medical emergency just two songs into the legendary rock band’s concert.
- [A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli Detention](https://iwpost.com/a-c-section-in-shackles-a-palestinian-womans-harrowing-birth-in-israeli-detention/): Dana Joudeh was in shackles when she found out she was pregnant.
- [One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.](https://iwpost.com/one-with-the-world-a-new-look-at-brains-transformed-by-psychedelics/): For about a decade, the mainstream understanding has been that psychedelics cause chaos in the brain.
- [As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones](https://iwpost.com/as-trumps-wall-closes-in-dhs-intimidates-a-border-tribe-with-surveillance-masked-agents-and-drones/): Promising Cooperation: The Tohono O’odham Nation sued to stop a wall from being built on their land.
- [Riyadh airport resumes normal operations after Houthi attacks: Media](https://iwpost.com/riyadh-airport-resumes-normal-operations-after-houthi-attacks-media/): Passenger and air traffic at King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital returned to normal Friday after two attacks by Yemen’s Houthis killed three Saudi citizens and injured others, Saudi state media reported, Anadolu reports.
- [Outrage grows as CDC reportedly poised to fund "unethical" vaccine trial](https://iwpost.com/outrage-grows-as-cdc-reportedly-poised-to-fund-unethical-vaccine-trial/): Outrage has erupted among health experts over news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still eager to fund a widely condemned vaccine trial that would expose newborns in Guinea-Bissau to hepatitis B, putting them at high risk of a lifelong infection, which can lead to liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and premature death.
- [Damascus Seeks Probe Into Alfa Watan Sinking, 10 Missing Sailors, Including 9 Syrians ](https://iwpost.com/damascus-seeks-probe-into-alfa-watan-sinking-10-missing-sailors-including-9-syrians/): [DAMASCUS] Syrian authorities are calling for an independent international investigation into the attack that sank the cargo ship Alfa Watan in the Black Sea, while also questioning Bulgaria’s decision to halt search-and-rescue operations before the fate of 10 crew members was determined.
- [Anduril’s plan to save US sub edge from China’s undersea surge](https://iwpost.com/andurils-plan-to-save-us-sub-edge-from-chinas-undersea-surge/): A multibillion-dollar private initiative to overhaul US submarine manufacturing marks an urgent push to revitalize naval industrial capacity at a pivotal moment in the Indo-Pacific balance of power.
- [AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software](https://iwpost.com/ai-coding-agents-generate-more-code-but-not-more-software/): Anyone who has even tangentially associated with computer programming knows that modern AI coding assistants and agents can be incredibly efficient at generating huge amounts of functional code.
- [‘The Voice’ Star Arrested for Vehicular Homicide](https://iwpost.com/the-voice-star-arrested-for-vehicular-homicide/): Country singer and former The Voice contestant Kata Hay is facing a sweeping criminal case in Tennessee after authorities accused her of being involved in a crash that ultimately left another driver dead.
- [Israelis mark three years since Hamas attack that set off Gaza assault](https://iwpost.com/israelis-mark-three-years-since-hamas-attack-that-set-off-gaza-assault/): Israelis will on Wednesday mark three years since Hamas attacked Israel on ​October 7, 2023, triggering a military assault that destroyed much of Gaza, where conditions remain dire despite a year-old ceasefire that is ‌meant to halt the war for good.
- [Samsung dangles $560,000 bonuses to keep engineers from China](https://iwpost.com/samsung-dangles-560000-bonuses-to-keep-engineers-from-china/): A Samsung memory chip worker earning about $60,000 a year could receive roughly $560,000 in bonuses before tax, according to the company’s largest union.
- [What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?](https://iwpost.com/whats-been-driving-hawaiis-lava-fountains/): In most cases, hotspot-driven volcanism is relatively sedate, with lava flowing down mountainsides slowly enough that people can walk out of its way.
- [An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families](https://iwpost.com/an-arizona-countys-housing-hub-is-a-dead-end-for-many-homeless-families/): A decade ago, nonprofit leaders in Arizona’s most populous county boasted that they had created the Amazon of homeless service systems.
- [Israel’s political rivals play the blame game as country marks years since October 7](https://iwpost.com/israels-political-rivals-play-the-blame-game-as-country-marks-years-since-october-7/): The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and leading opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot took to social media as their country marked three years since the devastating Hamas attacks of October 7.
- [Moving B-1 bombers from UK to US is no drone warfare solution](https://iwpost.com/moving-b-1-bombers-from-uk-to-us-is-no-drone-warfare-solution/): US Air Force has moved its B-1 bombers out of the UK.
- [Palestinian Authority Postpones First Parliamentary Elections in 20 Years ](https://iwpost.com/palestinian-authority-postpones-first-parliamentary-elections-in-20-years/): The Palestinian Authority has confirmed that parliamentary elections scheduled for November 28, 2026, will be postponed for several months, citing political, security, economic, and logistical obstacles to holding the first Palestinian legislative vote in 20 years.
- [Islamabad lauds Pope Leo’s call for ‘just resolution’ of Palestine conflict as Vatican’s top diplomat tours Pakistan](https://iwpost.com/islamabad-lauds-pope-leos-call-for-just-resolution-of-palestine-conflict-as-vaticans-top-diplomat-tours-pakistan/): Pakistan on Friday welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s calls for peace and a “just resolution” of the Palestine conflict as Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met the Vatican’s top diplomat, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, in Islamabad, Anadolu reports.
- [A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 "obsolete" Mac Minis](https://iwpost.com/a-cray-1-supercomputer-replica-from-30-obsolete-mac-minis/): The Museo de Historia de la Computación in Spain has unveiled a 1:1 scale visual replica of the famous Cray-1 supercomputer from 1976.
- [US to livestream Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter](https://iwpost.com/us-to-livestream-army-firing-squad-execution-of-fort-hood-shooter/): The US will livestream the ​Army’s upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the Pentagon said, in what would be an unprecedented ‌broadcast of a US execution.
- [ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem](https://iwpost.com/ice-shooting-in-nyc-inflames-mamdanis-policing-problem/): New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing a firestorm over how his administration handles policing and responds to federal immigration raids after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot 28-year-old father Oscar Belgal in front of his 5-year-old child in Manhattan on Thursday.
- [American military bases in the UK – controversial, but seen as vital](https://iwpost.com/american-military-bases-in-the-uk-controversial-but-seen-as-vital/): The recent incidents concerning RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire have highlighted that fact that the US military does have quite a significant presence on UK soil.
- [Ex-NFL Superstar ‘Pees’ on Super Bowl Ring (Video)](https://iwpost.com/ex-nfl-superstar-pees-on-super-bowl-ring-video/): Former NFL superstar Antonio Brown has reignited his bitter feud with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians in shocking fashion, posting a video that appeared to show him urinating on the Super Bowl ring they won together.
- [Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"](https://iwpost.com/ukraines-drones-knock-out-ai-data-center-belonging-to-russias-google/): Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked out two of five data centers belonging to the Russian tech giant Yandex.
- [New York Plans Stronger Sports Betting Regulation to Curb Gambling Addiction](https://iwpost.com/new-york-plans-stronger-sports-betting-regulation-to-curb-gambling-addiction/): Gambling regulators in New York on Friday formally proposed two rules that they say will help curb gambling addiction in the state.
- [Ethiopian-Eritrean Fighting Raises Fears of Wider War as Egypt Builds Red Sea Alliance](https://iwpost.com/ethiopian-eritrean-fighting-raises-fears-of-wider-war-as-egypt-builds-red-sea-alliance/): [CAIRO] Fears of a wider war in the Horn of Africa grew this week after Ethiopian drones reportedly struck Eritrean troops in northern Ethiopia, and Addis Ababa accused Eritrea of invading its territory.
- [Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone](https://iwpost.com/neanderthal-wooden-tools-from-spain-found-preserved-in-stone/): The Stone Age owes its name to tools that survived to our time.
- [MEPs Demand Coordinated EU Response to Organised Crime and Corruption](https://iwpost.com/meps-demand-coordinated-eu-response-to-organised-crime-and-corruption/): The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a stronger, modernized EU anti‑corruption strategy that reflects emerging risks tied to organised crime and new technologies.
- [How military exercises help the UK and its allies prepare for a future war](https://iwpost.com/how-military-exercises-help-the-uk-and-its-allies-prepare-for-a-future-war/): The past few weeks have seen aerial duels being fought over the North Sea and a naval vessel being sunk off Scotland’s west coast.
- [Israeli occupiers carry out 19 attacks on Palestinians, olive farmers across West Bank in hours](https://iwpost.com/israeli-occupiers-carry-out-19-attacks-on-palestinians-olive-farmers-across-west-bank-in-hours/): Israeli occupiers carried out 19 attacks against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank from early Friday until around noon, targeting olive farmers, trees, crops, livestock and vehicles, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Anadolu reports.
- [NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations](https://iwpost.com/nasa-issues-long-awaited-call-to-industry-for-private-space-stations/): NASA on Friday released a much-anticipated “request” to the US commercial space industry to develop private space stations that, as early as 2030, will succeed the International Space Station as a place for astronauts to live in low-Earth orbit.
- [The Louisiana wind industry’s plan for survival: Outlast Trump](https://iwpost.com/the-louisiana-wind-industrys-plan-for-survival-outlast-trump/): This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.
- [Meghan ‘Planning to Run Off’ without Prince Harrry](https://iwpost.com/meghan-planning-to-run-off-without-prince-harrry/): Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are facing a fresh round of marriage speculation just weeks after moving their family back to Britain, with a new report claiming the Duchess of Sussex has considered leaving their home with the couple’s two children and staying at a private hotel.
- [Where Are the Iran War Protests?](https://iwpost.com/where-are-the-iran-war-protests/): In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, a vengeful America was braying for blood. Nine out of 10 Americans approved of attacking Afghanistan.
- [RFK Jr. still eager to fund vaccine trial that would expose babies to deadly virus](https://iwpost.com/rfk-jr-still-eager-to-fund-vaccine-trial-that-would-expose-babies-to-deadly-virus/): Outrage has erupted among health experts over news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still eager to fund a widely condemned vaccine trial that would expose newborns in Guinea-Bissau to hepatitis B, putting them at high risk of a lifelong infection, which can lead to liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, and premature death.
- [South Africa’s Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize](https://iwpost.com/south-africas-navanethem-navi-pillay-wins-2026-nobel-peace-prize/): South African judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, 85, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
- [The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official](https://iwpost.com/the-pentagon-gave-350-million-in-contracts-to-a-firm-closely-tied-to-a-senior-defense-department-official/): No-Bid: In June, the Pentagon signed a $281 million consulting contract with a firm tied to a Pentagon powerbroker.
- [Russia and China Resist Nationwide Sudan Arms Embargo as UN Extends Darfur Sanctions](https://iwpost.com/russia-and-china-resist-nationwide-sudan-arms-embargo-as-un-extends-darfur-sanctions/): The UN Security Council voted Thursday unanimously to extend an arms embargo on Sudan’s Darfur region until December 11, after opposition from Russia, China, and other members prevented agreement on a US proposal to expand restrictions nationwide in an effort to curb the country’s civil war.
- [When Burnham went to Berlin: Germany the key to future UK-EU relationship](https://iwpost.com/when-burnham-went-to-berlin-germany-the-key-to-future-uk-eu-relationship/): Andy Burnham’s decision to choose Berlin for his first trip to an EU member state on October 8 will have delighted many in the German capital’s political circles.
- [An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light](https://iwpost.com/an-experimental-tour-de-force-entanglement-between-glass-bead-and-light/): Writing about quantum entanglement is always a challenge. There are so many clichés to avoid: It’s mysterious, ghostly, spooky, and weird.
- [Iraqi Kurds sees opportunities – and risks – in the withdrawal of US troops](https://iwpost.com/iraqi-kurds-sees-opportunities-and-risks-in-the-withdrawal-of-us-troops/): When the last U.S. forces left Erbil Air Base in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sept. 30, 2026, it marked more than the removal of soldiers and military equipment.
- [US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court, threatens to ‘dismantle’ it](https://iwpost.com/us-imposes-sanctions-on-international-criminal-court-threatens-to-dismantle-it/): The US on Friday imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced, hours after former court judge Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Anadolu reports.
- [Volkswagen's replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here](https://iwpost.com/volkswagens-replacement-for-the-id-4-crossover-is-here/): Volkswagen’s ID.4 is no more. The midsize crossover debuted in 2021, one of VW’s first new electric vehicles designed in the wake of dieselgate.
- [Operation CANTABRIA:Fruit-export front used to hide cocaine shipments from Ecuador](https://iwpost.com/operation-cantabriafruit-export-front-used-to-hide-cocaine-shipments-from-ecuador/): Police in Ecuador arrested 20 suspects Thursday in an operation targeting a network that moved large amounts of cocaine from Latin America to Europe, Europol said.
- [Prediction Markets Have a Lock on the Midterms](https://iwpost.com/prediction-markets-have-a-lock-on-the-midterms/): As so-called prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket embed themselves in every aspect of our daily lives, from elections to sports and entertainment, concerns have grown about what the explosion of these poorly understood, loosely regulated platforms could mean for regular people and democracy writ large.
- [Mecca pact: Pakistan and Turkey have answered Saudi Arabia’s call for help – but don’t expect them to fight the Houthis](https://iwpost.com/mecca-pact-pakistan-and-turkey-have-answered-saudi-arabias-call-for-help-but-dont-expect-them-to-fight-the-houthis/): Within two months of it being signed, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan invoked the Mecca mutual defence pact in response to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebel forces.
- [Body of Russian Plague Scientist in ‘Metal Coffin Drowned in Bleach’](https://iwpost.com/body-of-russian-plague-scientist-in-metal-coffin-drowned-in-bleach/): The unexplained death of a 28-year-old Russian researcher who worked at an anti-plague laboratory has taken another mysterious turn as questions grow over when — and under what conditions — her funeral will be held.
- [Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.](https://iwpost.com/ken-paxtons-security-for-travel-cost-taxpayers-millions-just-1-in-6-of-his-trips-had-a-stated-business-purpose/): In the summer of 2023, after he was impeached on charges of abusing his office for personal gain, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was suspended and barred from conducting any official business for more than three months while awaiting trial in the state Senate.
- [What we talk about when we talk about US strategic ‘credibility’ – from Vietnam to Iran](https://iwpost.com/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-us-strategic-credibility-from-vietnam-to-iran/): Where has more than seven months of intermittent war, economic threats, stalled diplomacy and promises of a ceasefire in Iran left the concept of U.S.
- [‘Grotesque’ Journalism: Accuracy of NYT Report on Huckabee Top Aide Challenged ](https://iwpost.com/grotesque-journalism-accuracy-of-nyt-report-on-huckabee-top-aide-challenged/): US Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Middle East analyst Eitan Fischberger challenged a New York Times investigation into Huckabee’s top aide, David Milstein, accusing the newspaper of relying on anonymous sources and misrepresenting legitimate oversight of embassy reporting as misconduct.
- [Microsoft barred from sponsoring foreign workers for US residency](https://iwpost.com/microsoft-barred-from-sponsoring-foreign-workers-for-us-residency/): Donald Trump’s administration has temporarily banned Microsoft, Adobe, and several other tech companies from sponsoring workers for permanent US residency, claiming they abused immigration programs at the expense of American citizens.
- [Plainly, Trump doesn’t really care about the midterms](https://iwpost.com/plainly-trump-doesnt-really-care-about-the-midterms/): With a month still to go before America’s mid-term congressional and gubernatorial elections, the prospect of a “blue wave” of Democratic success in the House of Representatives, the Senate and in many governorships is looking increasingly likely.
- [‘Tenzing biopic made me wonder what he would think if he could return to the mountain today’ – glaciologist and mountaineer](https://iwpost.com/tenzing-biopic-made-me-wonder-what-he-would-think-if-he-could-return-to-the-mountain-today-glaciologist-and-mountaineer/): Seventy three years ago Tenzing Norgay stood on top of Everest, known as Chomolungma in Tibetan, which roughly translates as “Goddess Mother of the World”.
- [Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan's time to shine?](https://iwpost.com/rocket-report-a-rare-falcon-9-scrub-is-it-just-about-vulcans-time-to-shine/): Welcome to Edition 9.14 of the Rocket Report!
- [Deadly Houthi strikes on Saudi capital raise stakes in regional conflict](https://iwpost.com/deadly-houthi-strikes-on-saudi-capital-raise-stakes-in-regional-conflict/): Thursday’s attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen’s Houthi group ​stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its airspace in an escalating war ‌triggered by the US-Iran conflict.
- [Afghan road to China tests Pakistan’s power and leverage](https://iwpost.com/afghan-road-to-china-tests-pakistans-power-and-leverage/): China is increasingly trying to diversify its connections to the region as Pakistan’s actions in Afghanistan create new security and strategic problems for Beijing.
- [Islamic Jihad says Palestinian factions agree in Cairo to postpone elections](https://iwpost.com/islamic-jihad-says-palestinian-factions-agree-in-cairo-to-postpone-elections/): Palestinian factions participating in talks in Cairo have reached a consensus to postpone the scheduled Palestinian elections, with an official announcement expected in the coming period, according to Islamic Jihad.
- [Driver wins $76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches](https://iwpost.com/driver-wins-76-after-alpr-led-to-bogus-traffic-stop-drug-searches/): A federal jury in Texas recently ruled in favor of a man who sued Bexar County and its sheriff over allegations that the agency ran what the plaintiff’s attorneys called an “unconstitutional traffic stop scheme” enabled by “AI-powered” license plate readers.
- [Belt and Road paving way for China’s military presence in SE Asia](https://iwpost.com/belt-and-road-paving-way-for-chinas-military-presence-in-se-asia/): Last week, eight Chinese-made light attack jets sat on a half-finished runway at Ban Keun, flanked by more than two dozen military support vehicles, offering the first aerial glimpse of a new Chinese-Lao military facility north of the Lao capital, Vientiane.
- [Michael Douglas Reveals Chilling Words He Heard from Doctor](https://iwpost.com/michael-douglas-reveals-chilling-words-he-heard-from-doctor/): Michael Douglas is looking back on one of the darkest periods of his life — and the unusual way a close friend helped him face a terrifying stage IV cancer diagnosis.
- [President Trump Rules Out Iran Strikes Before November Elections, Citing Progress in Talks](https://iwpost.com/president-trump-rules-out-iran-strikes-before-november-elections-citing-progress-in-talks/): President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States would not launch new military strikes against Iran before the November 3 congressional midterm elections, citing progress in diplomatic discussions with Tehran despite continuing tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Let's Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027](https://iwpost.com/lets-encrypt-cuts-certificate-lifetimes-to-64-days-starting-february-2027/): Let’s Encrypt is continuing a push toward tighter security by reducing free SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes from 90 days to 64 days, starting February 10, 2027.
- [Zelenskiy accuses US of inaction as Russian strikes kill over 70 in two days](https://iwpost.com/zelenskiy-accuses-us-of-inaction-as-russian-strikes-kill-over-70-in-two-days/): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused the US of ​being unwilling to help Ukraine after a Russian bomb attack on Thursday killed at least 35 people in the east, sending the two-day death toll ‌from Russian strikes to over 70.
- [Mind games: AI behaves more like a brain than a database](https://iwpost.com/mind-games-ai-behaves-more-like-a-brain-than-a-database/): When people think about what ChatGPT or other large language models are doing behind the scenes, it’s common to reach for the language of computing.
- [RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing](https://iwpost.com/rip-margaret-hamilton-whose-code-saved-the-apollo-11-moon-landing/): Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term “software engineering” and led the development of onboard flight software for NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s, died last week at the age of 90.
- [ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says](https://iwpost.com/ice-agent-on-scene-of-nyc-shooting-was-posing-as-construction-worker-eyewitness-says/): U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents shot a person in New York City on Thursday afternoon, according to police.
- [South Korea’s hypersonic leap runs into North Korea’s nuclear wall](https://iwpost.com/south-koreas-hypersonic-leap-runs-into-north-koreas-nuclear-wall/): South Korea’s maiden flight test of a domestic hypersonic glide vehicle highlights an accelerating bid to field counterstrike assets capable of bolstering autonomous deterrence against North Korea’s expanding nuclear threat.
- [5 Palestinians killed, over dozen injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza](https://iwpost.com/5-palestinians-killed-over-dozen-injured-in-israeli-attacks-across-gaza/): At least five Palestinians, including a woman, were killed and more than a dozen others injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to medical sources and witnesses, Anadolu reports.
- [Feds get ready to rewrite car headlight rules](https://iwpost.com/feds-get-ready-to-rewrite-car-headlight-rules/): One of the regulations that make vehicles in the US different from those in Europe or Japan is our headlight rules.
- [Oil jumps as Middle East supply concerns persist amid shipping attacks](https://iwpost.com/oil-jumps-as-middle-east-supply-concerns-persist-amid-shipping-attacks/): Oil prices rose nearly 4% on Thursday on persistent worries about supply from the Middle East amid an increase in attacks on shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, while the US cut output as a hurricane menaced offshore production.
- [EU weighs safeguard tariffs as China refuses hybrid car limits](https://iwpost.com/eu-weighs-safeguard-tariffs-as-china-refuses-hybrid-car-limits/): Beijing has rebuffed a European Union request to voluntarily cap hybrid car exports to the bloc, raising the prospect of new, steep EU tariffs on Chinese hybrids, which have so far escaped the duties on pure electric vehicles.
- [Pakistan Rejects NYT Report on PAF Jets Striking Houthis as ‘Fake and Fabricated’](https://iwpost.com/pakistan-rejects-nyt-report-on-paf-jets-striking-houthis-as-fake-and-fabricated/): In an official fact-check posted on its X account, the Ministry stated, “NYT above-referred story attributing employment of PAF aircraft against Houthis is fake and fabricated.
- [7-Month-Old Baby Dies After Freak Pony Accident in Minnesota](https://iwpost.com/7-month-old-baby-dies-after-freak-pony-accident-in-minnesota/): A 7-month-old Minnesota girl has died after a frightening accident involving a pony that authorities say became startled during a wagon ride and kicked the infant in the head.
- [Trump Mobile hack and apparent lack of FCC authorization raise security alarms](https://iwpost.com/trump-mobile-hack-and-apparent-lack-of-fcc-authorization-raise-security-alarms/): Trump Mobile apparently failed to obtain necessary authorizations to operate the international calling portion of its phone service, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
- [Choices that will define Asia’s AI future are coming into focus](https://iwpost.com/choices-that-will-define-asias-ai-future-are-coming-into-focus/): We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history.
- [Judge weighs if Trump can charge $100K for early access to Truth Social posts](https://iwpost.com/judge-weighs-if-trump-can-charge-100k-for-early-access-to-truth-social-posts/): Likely in the next few weeks, a federal judge will decide if Donald Trump can become the first president to personally profit from selling early access to government information in his social media posts.
- [France’s Student Protests: What’s Behind the Unrest](https://iwpost.com/frances-student-protests-whats-behind-the-unrest/): The movement: Since late September, students across France have protested education underfunding and blockaded many lycées (high schools for 15-18-year-olds).
- [Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight](https://iwpost.com/pete-hegseths-military-of-the-future-defined-by-ai-and-an-utter-lack-of-oversight/): In his “state of the force” address last week, self-styled War Secretary Pete Hegseth coupled his usual attacks on the press, the Ivy League, and “beardos” and “weirdos” with new initiatives that have the potential to reshape the U.S.
- [U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU](https://iwpost.com/u-s-lawmakers-launch-sexual-abuse-probe-of-youth-sports-giant-aau/): What Happened: Bipartisan leaders from the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an inquiry on Wednesday into the Amateur Athletic Union, criticizing the sprawling youth sports organization for its handling of child sexual abuse allegations and demanding answers, citing reporting by ProPublica and The Washington Post.
- [Indonesia should count the real cost of its mineral incentives](https://iwpost.com/indonesia-should-count-the-real-cost-of-its-mineral-incentives/): Every year, the Indonesian government forgoes taxes it could collect.
- [SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink](https://iwpost.com/spacex-calls-for-better-coordination-in-orbit-after-near-misses-with-starlink/): Space has plenty of room for more megaconstellations, but only if all operators are willing to share information about where their satellites are and where they’re going, a top executive at SpaceX and its AI subsidiary said this week.
- [The bipartisan energy bill tearing the climate movement apart](https://iwpost.com/the-bipartisan-energy-bill-tearing-the-climate-movement-apart/): In order to solve climate change, you have to do two things — stop burning fossil fuels, and build clean energy to replace them.
- [Israeli soldier killed, 3 injured in southern Lebanon as Tel Aviv continues to violate framework deal](https://iwpost.com/israeli-soldier-killed-3-injured-in-southern-lebanon-as-tel-aviv-continues-to-violate-framework-deal/): The Israeli army said Thursday that one of its soldiers was killed and three others wounded in southern Lebanon as Tel Aviv continues to attack southern Lebanese towns despite a framework deal with Beirut, Anadolu reports.

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