Netanyahu Ordered the Military to Expand Control Over Gaza From 60% to 70% of the Territory
The Move Comes Despite an Existing Ceasefire Under Which Israel Was Supposed to Withdraw Troops From the Enclave
Trump’s Administration Is Preparing for a Possible Collapse of Cuba’s Regime as Early as This Summer—and Is Developing Military Response Options
The White House Is Betting on the Island’s Economic Strangulation in a Strategy Officials Call “Accelerationism”
White House Concert for America’s 250th Anniversary Is Falling Apart—Five of Nine Artists Have Refused to Perform
Poison Rock Musician Bret Michaels Is the Latest to Withdraw, Citing a “Toxic Atmosphere” and Threats Against His Team and Family
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Wants the “Soft Return” of 8 Million Refugees and Promises to Create the Necessary Conditions—Without Specifying Them
The Country Continues to Face Shelling, Forced Mobilization by Recruitment Centers and Military Registration for Teenagers From the Age of 17
Zelensky Threatens Belarus With a Pre-Emptive Strike, Though His Border Guards See No Preparations for an Attack There
Minsk Is Moving Closer to Washington for the First Time in Years, and Kyiv Is Trying to Prevent It
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s $1.77 Billion Fund to Compensate Victims of the “Weaponization of Government.”
The Justice Department Will Not Be Able to Transfer Funds to the Fund Until the Case Is Resolved
Hegseth Arrives in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue and Holds Meetings With U.S. Partners in Asia
Washington Discusses Security With Singapore, Expands Defense Cooperation With Vietnam and Prepares a New Statement With Thailand
Anthropic Surpassed OpenAI in Valuation After a New Funding Round
Claude’s Developer Was Valued at $965 Billion, While OpenAI Was Worth $852 Billion in Its Latest Round
In Switzerland’s Winterthur, a Man With a Knife Wounded Three People at a Train Station—He Had Just Been Released From a Psychiatric Clinic
The Attacker Shouted “Allahu Akbar,” and Authorities Are Treating the Incident as a Terrorist Attack With a Jihadist Motive
A Russian Drone Crashed Into a Residential Building in Romania’s Galați—Two People Were Injured and 70 Residents Evacuated
Bucharest Called the Incident a “Serious Escalation” by Russia and Asked NATO to Accelerate Deliveries of Counter-Drone Systems
Ukrainian Gymnast Sofia Krainska Covered Her Face With Her Hands and Put On Headphones During the Russian Anthem at the European Championships Medal Ceremony in Varna
May 29, 2026, Reuters
Russia Has Benefited More Than Anyone Else From the War in the Middle East
How Iran’s Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Crippled Persian Gulf Supplies and Redirected China’s and India’s Oil Flows Toward Moscow—A Deep Dive
The EU Is Looking for a Negotiator With Putin and Discussing Merkel, Draghi and Stubb
But the Point of These Initiatives Is Not the Outcome, but Europe’s Attempt to Prove the War Will Not End Without It
Lech Wałęsa Removed the Ukrainian Flag From His Jacket and Withdrew Support for Zelensky After the Reburial of OUN Leader Melnyk
The Former Polish President Said Zelensky Had “Honored UPA Bandits” and Insulted All Murdered Poles
Ukraine’s Commitments Under the EU’s €90 Billion Loan Have Been Published—Scrapping Exemptions for International Parcels, Taxing Digital-Platform Income and Extending the Military Levy for Three Years
The Money Will Come in Three Tranches and Is Strictly Tied to Tax Reforms and Anti-Corruption Policy
Netflix Released the Trailer for In the Hand of Dante—Julian Schnabel’s Film About the Search for a Manuscript of The Divine Comedy
Oscar Isaac Plays Both a Modern Writer and Dante Alighieri, Joined by Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Gerard Butler, Al Pacino, John Malkovich and Martin Scorsese
Uniform MiCA Rules for the Crypto Market Take Effect Across the EU on July 1
What Changes for Exchanges, Stablecoins, Tax Reporting and Cold Wallets
Trump Is Close to a Deal With Iran That Could Leave Tehran in a Stronger Position Than Before the War
Iran Would Reopen the Strait of Hormuz in Exchange for Sanctions Relief but Keep Its Nuclear Program and the Ability to Block the Route Again at Any Time
Trump Says Talks With Iran to End the War Are Not Satisfactory
The U.S. Rejects Iran’s Draft Hormuz Deal and Has Not Promised Sanctions Relief for Giving Up Uranium
Ukrainian Military Influencer Yevhen Karas Confronted a Rapper From Kremenchuk—Demanding That He Delete a Track About Military Recruitment Centers and Apologize
Israel Carried Out More Than 120 Airstrikes on Lebanon in a Single Day—Netanyahu Announced an Intensified Offensive Against Hezbollah
The Ceasefire Is on the Verge of Collapse, Complicating U.S. Talks With Iran as Tehran Demanded an End to the Lebanon Operation as a Condition for a Deal
Ukraine Could Receive Its First Swedish Gripen Jets as Early as 2027 and Buy Up to 20 Newer Gripen E Fighters After 2030
The Aircraft Will Be Equipped With Meteor Missiles, Which Kyiv Hopes to Use to Push Russian Guided-Bomb Carriers Away From the Front
Latvia Has Begun Installing Anti-Tank “Dragon’s Teeth” on Its Border With Russia—on Land Seized From Local Residents
The Country Is Building the Baltic Defense Line With Lithuania, Estonia and Poland and Plans to Complete It by 2028
Merz Ranks Last in a German Politician Approval Rating
The Chancellor’s Performance Is Viewed Negatively by 62% of INSA Poll Respondents
Norway Is Joining France’s “Nuclear Umbrella” Amid Fears of Reduced U.S. Military Support
Poland and Lithuania Have Already Joined Paris’s Umbrella
AI Is Increasingly Changing School Education in the U.S.—but Eight in 10 Teachers Receive No Official Guidance on How to Work With It
Most Are Not Told How to Use AI to Grade Assignments, Analyze Performance and Prepare Materials
French Prosecutors Are Investigating Child-Abuse Allegations in More Than 100 Kindergartens and Schools
Staff From After-School Care Programs Are Under Suspicion, and the Cases Include Alleged Rapes of Children Aged Three and Four
“Russia Is Looking for Ukraine’s Leadership.”
Zelensky Is Amplifying Fears of Strikes on Bankova and an Offensive From Belarus as His Own Political Vulnerability Grows
Uganda Closed Its Border With Congo Over the Ebola Outbreak
The Country Has Already Confirmed Seven Infections, While the WHO Warns of the Risks of a Full Border Closure
Servant of the People Lawmaker Criticized the Army Reform Presented by Defense Minister Fedorov
Kaptelov Called the Minister a “Master of Presentations,” Detached From Reality, and Said He Had Not Answered a Single Question About Mobilization Problems
The U.S. Warned the European Union Against Punishing Google Under the Digital Markets Act
Washington Views a Possible Fine as an Attack on American Companies
Xi Hosted Putin in Beijing a Week After Talks With Trump—and Publicly Called for an End to the War With Iran
Beijing Depends on the Strait of Hormuz for 40% of Its Oil Imports and Fears Becoming Too Tightly Tied to a Single Energy Supplier
Merz Invites Ukraine Into the EU as an Observer
Full Membership Is Too Expensive for Brussels, but Keeping Kyiv as an Eastern Buffer Is a Matter of Principle
China Executed a Former Yoozoo Games Executive for Killing the Company’s Founder
Xu Yao Poisoned Lin Qi After a Dispute Over Business Management and “The Three-Body Problem” Series
Trump Called Biden a “Dishonest Politician” Over His Lawsuit Against the Justice Department
Biden Is Trying to Block the Release of Interview Recordings That Became a Key Part of the Investigation Into His Handling of Classified Documents
Closed Discussions Have Begun Inside Merz’s CDU Over a Possible Replacement for the Chancellor
The Candidates Include the Premiers of Three Federal States, and the Chancellor Can Be Removed Through a No-Confidence Vote in the Bundestag
Scotland’s Parliament Backed a New Referendum on Independence From Britain
The Region Is Now Demanding That London Transfer Powers to Organize the Vote—72 Lawmakers Supported the Initiative and 55 Opposed It
Rubio Signed an Agreement in Yerevan on the “Trump Route” Through Armenia’s Syunik Region
The Railway Is Meant to Connect Azerbaijan With Nakhchivan and Turkey With U.S. Participation
The U.S. Plans to Sharply Reduce Its Military Contribution to NATO—Fighter Jets, Bombers, Ships and Submarines
Primary Responsibility for Europe’s Defense Is to Shift to European Countries Themselves, and Washington Will Present the New Model at the Ankara Summit
Science Has Learned to Make Vaccines in Record Time, but the World Has Forgotten How to Act Together
New Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Show How Much Global Readiness for the Next Pandemic Has Weakened
