The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The verified footage captures one of two known explosions near a school in service on February 28, the first day of US-Israeli attacks.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: From the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro to the war in the Middle East, 2026 has served as a powerful reminder of oil’s enduring influence in geopolitics and the global economy.

The famous quote from a Bush official about how ‘when we act, we create our own reality’ directly anticipated the Trump-era belief that ‘you can just do things.’

New technologies make new political forms possible — for good and for ill.

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran’s new Supreme Leader after the death of his father, but little is known about the powerful cleric. Here’s what we know.

Iran’s top national security official says Tehran will not surrender and vowed to hold President Donald Trump responsible for killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

A steady line of American Presidents have chipped away at a foundational principal of American democracy — unless the US is under attack, the power to declare war remains with Congress

The US strike on Iranian frigate, the IRIS Dena, which killed at least 84 of those on board has become a political nightmare for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

There are two key weaknesses the US president saw in Iran before launching joint strikes with Israel.

WATCH: A torpedo launched from a US Navy submarine struck a vessel in combat, sending the Iranian frigate Iris Dena to the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

Expanding the battlefield is Iran’s strategy to exhaust the immense firepower of America and Israel.

When Nicolás Maduro and his wife walked into their apartment deep in a Caracas military base, they had no way of knowing that their every movement was being tracked.

Iran broadened its retaliatory attacks on American targets in the Gulf region Monday and early Tuesday, as Trump and other top officials signalled that strikes could intensify and continue for weeks or more.

After three days of bombardment, the assault in Tehran seems to be only intensifying.

If the Iranian government unleashes more aggressive retaliation, the world will face a classic pathway to a downturn.