Trump and Putin talked for an hour after the envoys' trip, the Kremlin says — both sides remain dug in on goals Ukraine war ...

Stephen Silver aggregates the weekend’s resumed fire between Washington and Tehran: CENTCOM’s strike on IRGC minelaying crews and its flat denial that any ship has hit a mine, Jordan and UAE responses ...

Going dark hides tankers from Iranian targeting and from the commercial trackers at the same time, which is why public counts show a trickle while officials describe a steady nightly flow. Central ...

British intelligence now puts Russia’s war dead — dead, not wounded — near half a million, a number even analysts struggle to accept. Meanwhile Ukraine’s 1,900-mile missile keeps hitting one obscure ...

Georgia Gilholy reports on Ukraine’s deepest strike wave yet: a Yaroslavl refinery burning six hundred miles behind the front, a bomber hit at Engels, Moscow drivers hunting for fuel, and the Kremlin ...

August set a record for strikes on refineries, four of them among Russia’s ten largest. Petrol production and deliveries fell by roughly a fifth year on year, diesel by nearly a quarter, and S&P ...

Trump, it’s clear, has decided to nationalize the race and make it about him and his presidency — despite an approval rating in the 30s. Trump’s argument is that Democrats are seeking to nationalize ...

Jack Buckby reports that Iran’s new supreme leader has urged Gulf neighbors to unite against their real enemy in his first major message since February, even as Tehran arrests last winter’s protest ...

CNN has reported that plans to seize Kharg Island were drawn up months ago and repeatedly set aside as too dangerous, according to a senior Pentagon official and two other administration officials.

The IRGC says a supertanker struck two sea mines and caught fire while crossing Hormuz without permission. CENTCOM’s answer came in capitals: FALSE. With a fifth of the world’s oil and gas once moving ...

Shay Bottomley weighs Trump’s next move in month seven of the Iran war: a slow economic squeeze or a return to strikes before the midterms. President Donald Trump hosts an expanded bilateral meeting ...

Ukraine isn’t prepared for what might be coming. Beyond its interceptor shortage, the country still hasn’t secured sufficient backup power for critical heating and water infrastructure. Putin in 2023.