It also argues against prestige platforms: rather than pouring resources into big hulls, Taipei should prioritize a resilient, space-enabled kill web that can survive, see and shoot when contested.

A volcano near the Iran-Pakistan border rose multiple inches between 2023 and 2024 — raising alarm that it may be nearing an ...

Iran and Israel fought a 12-day war in June. Although a ceasefire was declared the same month, news coverage of Iran ...

In the world after October 7, 2023, everything changed — not only within the borders of occupied Palestine but within the ...

The Iranian middle class, long a force of political moderation, stability, economic growth, and the base of the country’s reform movement, is shrinking fast under the pressure of Western sanctions, ...

For decades, the colossal Taftan volcano of eastern Iran appeared a lifeless piece of history. It towered nearly 13,000 feet ...

Since its brief June war with Israel, Iran has throttled internet traffic and jammed GPS, making day-to-day tasks online a ...

A return to Afghanistan would confer advantages to Washington while triggering second-order geopolitical repercussions among ...

In reality, the two countries are separated by the Persian Gulf, with the closest point across the water approximately 119 miles. Kimmel quipped, “Unless you’re Jesus, you cannot walk there.” The ...

Women have been barred from most public spaces. Afghan citizens are being deported by nearby countries. And marginalized ...

A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since American and Israeli airstrikes in June, but on a recent visit to the capital, ...

Iran faces a grave threat and needs to rethink its catastrophic mismanagement of water. Many of the world’s top water scientists are Iranian, who have been forced into exile or sidelined at home by ...