Explainers
Iran Declares the Strait of Hormuz Closed Again — CENTCOM Says Ship Traffic Is Actually Increasing
Iran's military declared on June 20 that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, citing continued Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon as a violation of...
DHS Is Giving Local Police ICE’s Facial Recognition App — Citizens Will Be Caught Up in It Too
A newly revealed Department of Homeland Security document outlines plans to issue local police departments access to the same facial recognition technology used by...
Trump Defends His Iran Deal at the G7 — “We’ll Bomb the Hell Out of You” If Iran Cheats
President Trump held an extraordinary hour-long press conference at the G7 summit in Evian, France on June 17, defending...
G7 Launches Critical Minerals Alliance as Global Supply Chain Risks Intensify
For much of modern economic history, oil has been the resource that shaped global politics, international alliances and economic...
Drone Strikes Have Killed More Than 1,000 Civilians in Sudan in 2026 — The UN Is Calling It a New Phase of War
UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 15 — the same...
109 Days of War — What It Cost and What Was Won
The United States-Iran war began on February 28, 2026, and ended — in its formal declaration — on June...
Israel Was Not at the Table — Netanyahu Demands a Meeting With Trump About the Iran Deal
Israel co-launched the February 28 strikes that began the Iran war but was not directly involved in the negotiations...
The Iran War Is Over — Trump and Iran Announce Peace Deal After 109 Days
President Donald Trump and the Iranian government announced on the evening of June 15, 2026, that the United States...