Pro-Shia Iraqi militias had launched drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities for two days running, and Riyadh had already warned Baghdad to ensure that its country did not become a launchpad for these attacks, otherwise it would face the consequences. And so it proved

And how many interceptors remain in the US arsenal? The costs of Operation Epic Fury, which began on 28 February and is receiving ever less support from both Democrats and Republicans

The Israeli Prime Minister travelled to the White House to try to limit Tehran’s ability to rebuild, rearm and move closer to acquiring a nuclear weapon. “On Iran, the President’s ego is at Israel’s expense. He has to tell his supporters that every decision is his alone. And whilst for America it is a war of choice, for Israel it is a war of necessity,” says Barnea

Now a century old, this road – forever etched in the minds of travellers – no longer exists, but lives on in a thousand fragments: motels, diners and neon signs. In a living mausoleum to the United States of yesteryear, and what remains of it

The alliance with the Saudis is, of course, not in question; it has endured for decades amidst contradictions and radical ambiguities, and has intensified with the Abraham Accords, extending to the Persian Gulf. What is in question is the claim to lead Israel as if it were a scale model of the sort used as ornaments in the Oval Office of the White House

Following Platner’s withdrawal, the Democratic Party’s most likely candidate appears to be Troy Jackson, who served as President of the State Senate between 2018 and 2024. When and if he is officially nominated, he will have just 101 days to campaign

In the United States, 66.4 million people watched the World Cup final; above all, it has become a daily habit for a great many people. This is partly because the World Cup has become Americanised