Russia’s Transport Ministry has confirmed an attack on a Russian gas carrier in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Arctic Metagaz, which was sailing from Murmansk “with cargo documented in full compliance with international rules,” was attacked on March 3 …
Amy B. Zegart
Russia’s Transport Ministry has confirmed an attack on a Russian gas carrier in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Arctic Metagaz, which was sailing from Murmansk “with cargo documented in full compliance with international rules,” was attacked on March 3 …


The Trump administration's move to launch a large-scale strike operation in Iran has seen state-on-state war return to the Middle East with a vengeance.
Hours after the first U.S. and Israeli strikes began hitting the country on Feb. 28, Tehran — …







Does a viral photo show the damage from an airstrike against an early warning radar system in Qatar? No, that's not true: This picture is fake and does not show the radar system in question. There are many differences between the fake image and the …
Did Variety report that Ian Miles Cheong was killed by an Iranian missile in Dubai? No, that's not true: Only one story on the Variety website mentions Cheong, and it was published five months before the Iranian strikes on the city in the United Arab …
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it detained an alleged FSB agent who tried to get a job at a Territorial Recruitment Center in the Kharkiv region to gather information on Ukrainian service members and pass it to Russia’s security services. …
Is this picture showing the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia on fire after a drone attack real? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the image 99.7% likely to be AI-generated. Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defense said there was "limited fire …
Does a viral video show soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo leaving a resort in Dubai after an Iranian missile hit his car in March 2026? No, that's not true: The clip predates the most recent escalation in the Middle East. The original video was posted …

Is this a real video of a burning plane and airport terminal in Dubai? No, that's not true: An online detection tool rated the video as 99.8% likely to be AI-generated. Dubai International Airport did sustain "minor damage" following an Iranian …
Ukraine and Hungary can rebuild their relationship if Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz party loses April’s parliamentary elections, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Italy’s Corriere della Sera.
“I believe …

No regime invokes international law more fervently than when it sees its power being challenged. The moment American and Israeli forces struck Iranian targets, officials in Moscow and Tehran rushed to rediscover the UN Charter, denouncing the …