Both the US and Iran are firing on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Are both sides acting lawfully?
Israel and Lebanon have a ceasefire, but global attention shouldn’t move on. This isn’t a tidy end to the war
Iran’s military forces combine state-of-the-art drones and hackers with out-of-date conventional weapons
Trump’s coercive tactics in Latin America evoke era of gunboat diplomacy – and the rise of anti-imperialism it helped spur
‘A whole civilisation will die tonight’: Trump’s genocide threat against Iran was another new low for America
The beloved emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now officially endangered. Here’s what can be done
Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves
You probably agree with the animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive – new research
Why do men sexually harass women at work? Science offers two explanations – but only one of them holds up
Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout
Oil price surge is hurting African economies: scholars in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa take stock
What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importanceListen
Iran’s military forces combine state-of-the-art drones and hackers with out-of-date conventional weaponsPaul J. Springer, Air University
Was Trump’s so-called ‘Jesus’ image blasphemy? A religious expert explainsPhilip C. Almond, The University of Queensland
Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal watersElizabeth Mendenhall, University of Rhode Island
Iran has a powerful new tool in the Strait of Hormuz that it can leverage long after the warAli Mamouri, Deakin University
Musk’s SpaceX is shaping up as the biggest IPO on record. It’s also bending the rules to do soMarta Khomyn, Adelaide University
He exposed corruption and walked across Hungary. Now Péter Magyar has defeated a powerful state machineRobert Horvath, La Trobe University