Anthropic Sues U.S. Defense Department, Pete Hegseth for Targeting the Company

AI company names other agencies, officials as defendants as it alleges retaliation for policy disagreement

Trump Says Iran War Is ‘Very Complete’ and ‘Very Far’ Ahead of Schedule

Hits on critical infrastructure were exchanged, with Israeli strikes on Iranian fuel-storage complexes lighting up the Tehran skyline

Oil, Gas Prices Surge as Iran War Forces Gulf Producers to Cut Output

Over the weekend Kuwait began cutting production, the latest regional supplier to rein in output after Iraq and Qatar

The Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt, unleashing the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s and threatening the global economy

Iran Picks Supreme Leader’s Son to Run Country

A council known as the Assembly of Experts picked Mojtaba Khamenei as the Islamic Republic’s top political authority

Attacks on Desalination Drag Water Supplies Into the War With Iran

Bahrain, which says Iran damaged a plant, depends heavily on purified seawater

For Some Influencers, Epstein Conspiracy Theories Are Big Business

Documents meant to shed light on Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes are feeding unfounded theories online about baby farms, murder and cloning

U.S. Army Sends Ukraine-Tested Drones to Hit Iran’s Drones

Merops drones, from a company owned by Google’s Eric Schmidt, are favored by Kyiv’s troops against Russian Shahed attacks

A London Shopping Mall Was Dying. Then Taylor Swift Put It in a Music Video.

A shot of the pop star on an escalator holding a pretzel injected life into a decrepit shopping center in Croydon; ‘This could be the start of something.’

Everybody Loves to Hate Dubai. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

The city, under fire from Iran and assailed by critics, is a beacon of opportunity for people around the world

China Suspected in Breach of FBI Surveillance Network

The FBI said it has addressed ‘suspicious activities’ on its networks

DOJ Says Epstein Files About Trump Were Mistakenly Held Back as Duplicates

Government releases FBI interview notes with accuser in latest batch of Epstein files

King Charles Has Renounced His Brother. Is It Enough to Save His Own Approval Rating?

The investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor comes at a shaky moment for the British royal family, and for the king himself.

Google’s Rush to Get 1,000 of Its People Out of Dubai When War Erupted

The glut of stranded staff was a notable example of outsize evacuations by large companies from Gulf states

Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead.

A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him.

Tehran Is Fighting With Jets That Date Back to the Vietnam War

Held together with scrounged parts and ingenuity, Iran’s aging jets are falling in dogfights

In Iowa, Grief and Pride as Middle East Conflict Takes Local Lives

America’s military operations abroad have landed with particular force across Iowa in recent months. ‘You never think it’s gonna be your family.’

Why the First Shots in an Iran Ground War Could Come From the Kurds

Israel and the U.S. have been courting ethnic group frustrated by rule from Tehran

Saudi Arabia Starts to Shift Crude Exports to Red Sea as Hormuz Disruption Mounts

The kingdom’s ability to reroute oil flows relies on its East-West pipeline

Iran’s Underground ‘Missile Cities’ Have Become One of Its Biggest Vulnerabilities

U.S. and Israeli aircraft are circling over the subterranean bases, destroying missile launchers as they emerge to fire