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Israeli Settlers Stop Soldiers From Returning Palestinians to Their Home
The Supreme Court had ordered the military to ensure a West Bank family that fled violence could go back. But settlers blocked the effort, with the authorities accused of not doing enough to confront them.
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Why the U.S. Is Imposing New Visa Restrictions on South Africa
The Trump administration announced new visa restrictions on the country days after receiving a letter that South African officials had hoped would bring down the temperature.
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Bomb by Bomb, the Slow Death of My Hometown in Ukraine
It was possible, for a time, to think that Kramatorsk, where I was born and raised, would survive the war mostly unscathed. Not any more.
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Tankers Are Loading Oil Again From a Vital Saudi Pipeline
Saudi authorities had taken the pipeline offline this month after it was damaged in a drone attack by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia.
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Dozens Killed in Myanmar Military Bombing
An airstrike on a bustling market in rebel territory left at least 50 people dead, in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months.
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A Knockout Show Resets the Record With ‘Krasner and Pollock’
She had to settle for the kitchen as her studio but Lee Krasner finally gets her share of the spotlight at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Enshrouded in Darkness: Lance Oppenheim, Merritt Wever, and Skyler Gisondo on “Primetime”
Blurring–or rather smudging–the lines between hunter and hunted, predator and prey, exploiter and exploited, director Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime” derives its deliciously devilish thrills through emphasizing contrast. Whether it is imbuing spiritual weight to the earthiness of its story, oversaturating its ordinary compositions with piercing, revealing light, or contrasting a histrionic performance from an unhinged Robert…
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“Silent Hill: Townfall” Gets Fogged in by Frustrating Gameplay
Konami’s “Silent Hill: Townfall” opens so promisingly. Sure, a first-person “Silent Hill” game feels very weird at first, but the atmosphere of the game’s setting, along with its early few hours of gameplay, place it atmospherically right in the heart of the series. It’s foggy, creepy, mysterious, and you can lock doors this time! A…
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Lucas Museum Opens in Los Angeles
An early September sky was filled with delightful clouds, as if paying tribute to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s design which, according to the museum’s own website, was conceived “as a sculptural, organic form shaped by light, clouds, and the surrounding tree canopy.” Our invite came with two warnings: Don’t line up early and lightsabers…
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Ukrainian Science Academy, Struck by Drone, Played Key Role in Research
Over 90 percent of Ukraine’s scientific discoveries have been attributed to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, including advancements in astronomy and military technology.