Archives for May, 2026

Traffic passes a billboard depicting Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and in Persian "Israel is weaker than a spider's web," Valiasr Square, Tehran, April 15, 2024. ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images.

Analysis

CIA report on Iran missiles undercuts Netanyahu as war euphoria dissipates

The findings cast doubt on Israel’s wartime gains and put pressure on Netanyahu’s campaign strategy ahead of elections.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

The Panama-flagged bulk carrier HMM Namu, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China January 5, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. HMM/Handout via REUTERS

South Korea begins probe into ship fire in Strait of Hormuz amid Iran dispute

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

Global perceptions of US fall below Russia under Trump, survey finds

Reuters

Iranian navy fires a missile, at an unknown location, in this still image taken from a video released May 8, 2026. Pool via WANA (West Asia News Agency)/ via REUTERS

UAE countering Iranian air attack after Trump says ceasefire still in effect

Reuters

Vietnam's Prime Minister Le Minh Hung poses for a photo with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife Liza Araneta Marcos during the welcome ceremony of the 48th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Cebu, Philippines, May 8, 2026. Ezra Acayan/Pool via REUTERS

Southeast Asian leaders seek strategy to ease impacts of Iran war

Reuters

US President Donald Trump is meeting China's President Xi Jinping for the second time since returning to power

Trump heads for Xi summit overshadowed by Iran war

Agence France-Presse

Australian Federal Police officers arrested the mother and daughter as they arrived at Melbourne International airport on Thursday evening.

IS-linked Australian women charged with keeping slave in Syria

Agence France-Presse

A general view of the Roj camp near Derik, Syria, April 24, 2026. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman/File Photo

Australia charges two women linked to ISIS with slavery after return from Syria

Reuters

In the hours after her death, young Palestinians described Shireen Abu Akleh as an inspiration, especially to women, many of whom were motivated to pursue journalism because of her

CPJ demands progress on US probe of journalist Abu Akleh killing, four years on

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump holds an event with UFC fighters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

Trump says 'great damage' done to Iranian attackers after US Navy destroyers came under fire

Reuters

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

US military says it carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Strait of Hormuz map is seen in this illustration taken April 15, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Iran accuses US of violating ceasefire with new attacks

Reuters

A surveillance aircraft launches from the flight deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran, March 31, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo

US navy came under missile fire after US attack on Iranian oil tanker, Iran state media says

Reuters

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets with U.S. President Donald Trump during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Al Drago

Trump says giving EU until July 4 to fulfill trade deal or will raise tariffs

Reuters

Prosecutors said Mohamed Soliman showed no remorse after the attack on a Jewish protest in Colorado last year that left one person dead and more than a dozen injured

Egyptian man jailed for life over deadly US fire attack on Jewish protest

Agence France-Presse

Boulder attack suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman poses for a jail booking photograph after his arrest in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 2, 2025. Boulder Police Department/Handout via REUTERS

Egyptian man who firebombed pro-Israel rally in Colorado sentenced to life in prison

Reuters