Russia’s Sergey Lavrov warns NATO countries in UNGA speech after Trump shifts tone on Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov used his address to the United Nations General Assembly (UGNA) Saturday to deliver one of...
Nuclear
UN Security Council rejects China-Russia resolution extending Iran nuclear sanctions relief before deadline
The United Nations on Friday failed to adopt a resolution brought by China and Russia that would have extended sanctions...
Iranian-Americans and dissidents rallied against ‘murderous regime agents’ as Iran’s president addressed UNGA
As Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, accusing the United...
Reporter’s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza
I’ve been reporting from the Mideast for some 25 years now. And that hackneyed cliche still works: "The more things...
Trump: US trying to get Bagram Airbase ‘back’ from Taliban in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump on Thursday said his administration is "trying" to get the former U.S. Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan "back"...
Spain’s prime minister sparks outrage over alleged nuclear threat against Israel
The anti-Israel Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, is under fire from Israel and Spaniards alike for his alleged comments...
Pentagon Barred Senior House Staffers From Briefing on Venezuela Boat Strike
The Department of War is thwarting congressional oversight of the Trump administration’s attack on a boat off the coast of...
WNBA player Natasha Cloud deletes post about Charlie Kirk assassination suspect
New York Liberty player Natasha Cloud unleashed a torrent of racially-charged posts on X Friday after the identity of the...
Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on Civilians
The lethal strike on a boat in the Caribbean on Tuesday was a criminal attack on civilians, according to a...
Trump Boasts of Strike on “Drug-Carrying Boat” from Venezuela
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel...
Putin, Xi champion ‘unprecedentedly high’ ties as Iran and North Korea leaders arrive in Beijing
Russian President Vladimir Putin, alongside his "dear friend" Chinese President Xi Jinping, championed the duo’s "unprecedentedly high" ties as the...
Kim Jong Un takes ‘moving fortress’ bulletproof train to meet Putin and Xi at Beijing military parade
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is en route to China aboard one of his heavily armored, fortress-style trains, state...
Russia blames Trump for Iran nuclear crisis, says E3 has turned to ‘diplomacy at the barrel of the gun’
Russia on Thursday struck out against President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the U.S. from the 2015 nuclear agreement with...
UK, France, Germany trigger UN sanctions on Iran over ‘significant’ nuclear program defiance
Europe’s powerhouse trio, the U.K., France and Germany (E3), on Thursday initiated the process to reimpose sweeping sanctions against Iran...
What The Intercept Is Reading
Nonfiction “Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty Book,” Adam Kucharski (2025) My summer reading was a little unusual this year,...
