Russia, the armed wing of Iran's repressive regime
Without sending troops or becoming openly involved in the conflict, Moscow is bolstering Tehran's repressive regime with a mix of weaponry, technology and authoritarian know-how.
Gamblers bet on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei
You and I probably wouldn't immediately think of it and probably associate gambling mainly with sports games. Yet a number of people bet big, and also won money on the assassination of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This is what Reuters and Bloomberg are reporting.
Kuwait accidentally takes down three U.S. fighter jets
Kuwait's air defense systems have been a little too zealous and inadvertently downed three U.S. F-15 fighter jets.
Largest air traffic disruption since COVID-19 pandemic
More than five thousand flights were canceled in just over twenty-four hours, thousands of planes rerouted, hubs wiped out. After the United States and Israel's attacks on Iran and Tehran's response, global air traffic is experiencing the biggest disruption since the COVID-19 pandemic.
In London, a fountain with 'vomiting' statues denounces wastewater scandal
In the heart of London's South Bank, at Observation Point, a new kind of fountain has appeared: it celebrates neither heroes nor classical myths.
The United States and Israel attack Iran
The USA and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, as US President Donald Trump calls for the overthrow of the government.
Four years of war in Ukraine: how we got used to the horror
The emotional distance hasn't stopped growing. News flash by us, one after the other, superimposed over other emergencies. The daily suffering of an entire country has become a permanent backdrop.
A dinosaur bigger than the T-Rex discovered in the Sahara
When we think of the great predators of Earth's history, our mind immediately turns to the Tyrannosaurus rex, a pop icon, a film and documentary star, the very embodiment of primordial force.
129 journalists were killed worldwide in 2025
These journalists were killed because they were doing their job: documenting. Real journalists. Disturbing, invasive, nosy. In 2025 alone, 129 of them were murdered and, according to the annual report of the Committee to Protect Journalists, this is the highest figure ever recorded since CPJ began monitoring the situation thirty years ago.
Winner of Global Teacher Prize 2026: this teacher created hundreds of schools in slums
There are moments that change the course of life: for Rouble Nagi, it was meeting a child who had never held a pencil in his life.