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Driving up Vali Asr a few days ago before the strikes ln the oil storage facilities in Tehran turned the skies dark. Can see the Alborz mountains in the back. @CNN

Sorry. Phone died. What did I miss? In the meantime, I wrote a book

This is why it matters to have journalists working for American news operations on the ground

Trump is obviously a constitutional originalist who believes that the supreme leader must be a marja'

@_kotelnaya_ clovelly is in devon! i live 15 mins away from it

My monthly trip to Falanster to pick up Russian journals followed by a walk to Clovelly, a pub in Moscow made up completely of antique furniture from a village in Cornwall

Have been too shattered to write this but for the sake of clarity — I have also been laid off by the Post. I was one of the few journalists still working inside Russia. My last story went on the front page and featured rare testimonies from wounded soldiers criticizing the war.

@jordanbhx I should have guessed you were a Chamberlain stan, JQ

Ms. Rodríguez is a follower of the Indian guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who died in 2011, and faced claims of sexual abuse and money laundering. In Venezuela, other prominent followers of the guru include Mr. Maduro, and his wife, Ms. Flores.

@baylissbaghdad in large part this is because for whatever reason, Iran does seem quite a bit less inhospitable to French media etc than it is to anglos, who are generally not able to be there full-time (or at all, mostly)

French media has been far better.

As with the sectarian violence in Syria in 2025, we now have another story in the Middle East that English-speaking audiences have almost no reliable reporting to go on. Mainstream outlets have barely touched it, but there's loads of excitable commentary from independent sources.

As a teen, Dmitriev praised Ukrainian independence. Today, his Kyiv childhood friend is wounded fighting for Ukraine - while he has become a key Putin loyalist. My profile of a man back in the spotlight he has always relished. theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…

Reuters journalist Raneen Sawafta and security advisor Grant Bowden were injured in an Israeli settler attack while covering an olive harvest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank over the weekend. Such incidents are rarely investigated by Israeli authorities & perpetrators rarely held to account, activists say. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

A beautiful obituary by Simon Kuper about my father, who somehow managed to live seven lives in one ft.com/content/83da19…

#OpEd "The flame of independent journalism Derk lit 30 years ago has not been extinguished. And we will bring it back to Russia," writes Moscow Times publisher Alexander Gubsky. themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/01/inf…

This is a breathtaking, devastating loss. Derk was a pioneer of independent media in Russia and was its mainstay and supporter even after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and institution of military censorship in Russia.

Our father, Derk Sauer, has passed away. It’s an immeasurable loss, and no words can truly capture what a remarkable father and husband he was. He dedicated his life to defending independent Russian media. In his final days, he asked that people continue to support the free press

@Paul_Osterlund Very sorry this is happening, Paul

Leaving Istanbul (For Now) After my residence permit renewal was recently denied, I have to leave The City this weekend and can't return to Turkey for 90 days. Here are some reflections on that and what I plan to do next: flanor.substack.com/p/leaving-ista…

A quick update: delighted to be moving to Kazakhstan in October as @Reuters Central Asia correspondent. Sad to be leaving wonderful Georgia, but excited to get to grips with a new adventure. If you're involved with the region at all, I'd love to chat!

But since the text of the still-unsigned treaty was agreed on March 13, authorities on both sides have reported ceasefire violations 26 times. Multiple incidents have been reported on several days in the last month. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

@ThatchEffendi doli

Where should I eat in Telavi?

With @Jack_Watling - We take a look at what the requirements might look like for a European force in Ukraine. Bottom line, this is not an insurmountable task, but will require proper resourcing and difficult political choices. @WarOnTheRocks warontherocks.com/2025/03/willpo…