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Latest News Update U.S. embassy personnel inspect the damage caused by an attack on the building in Baghdad on Saturday. In-Depth Context: Iranian Americans Iranian-Americans, also known as Persian Americans, are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship. According to the National Organization for Civil Registration, an organization of the Ministry of Interior of Iran, the United States has the greatest number of Iranians outside the country. Most Iranian-Americans arrived in the United States after 1979 in the wake of the Iranian Revolution and the fall of the Iranian monarchy. Over 40% of them settled in California, specifically Los Angeles, where they formed distinct ethnic enclaves, such as the Angelino community of "Tehrangeles" in Westwood, Los Angeles. Research by the Iranian Studies Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004 estimated the number of Iranian-Americans at 691,...

Latest News Update Growing numbers of young men are going to great lengths to achieve what they see as the perfect face. Growing numbers of young men are going to great lengths to achieve what they see as the perfect face. In-Depth Context: Search engine optimization Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of improving the visibility and performance of websites and web pages in search engine results pages (SERPs). It focuses on increasing the quantity and quality of traffic from unpaid (organic) search results rather than paid advertising. SEO applies to multiple search formats, including web, image, video, news, academic, and vertical search engines, as well as AI-assisted search interfaces. SEO is commonly used as part of a broader digital marketing strategy and involves optimizing technical infrastructure, content relevance, and authority signals to improve rankings for user queries. The objective of SEO is to attract users who are actively searchin...

Latest News Update Voters across France choose mayors this week. The far right is performing strongly in the country’s second city, making the contest there a test of national shifts. Supporters of Benoît Payan, the incumbent mayor of Marseille, France, distributing leaflets in the city on Friday. Mr. Payan is competing in a tight race featuring a strong far-right candidate. In-Depth Context: Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (French: [ɔlɛ̃pik də maʁsɛj], locally [olɛ̃ˈpikə də maχˈsɛjə]; Occitan: Olimpic de Marselha, pronounced [ulimˈpi de maʀˈsejɔ]), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (IPA: [o.ɛm], locally [oˈɛmə]), is a French professional football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Founded in 1899, OM has won 26 domestic trophies: ten league titles, ten Coupe de France, three Coupe de la Ligue, and three Trophée des Champions. Continentally, the club holds a joint national ...

Latest News Update To defend allies from Iran, the continent’s powers have mounted a rare show of force. But those efforts have diverted limited resources from other hot spots. President Emmanuel Macron of France singing the French national anthem in Cyprus on Monday with the crew of an aircraft carrier deployed in the Mediterranean Sea. In-Depth Context: United States military beret flash In the United States (US) military, a beret flash is a shield-shaped embroidered cloth that is typically 2.25 in (5.72 cm) tall and 1.875 in (4.76 cm) wide with a semi–circular base that is attached to a stiffener backing of a military beret. These flashes—a British English word for a colorful cloth patch attached to military headgear made popular in US military lexicon by Lieutenant General William P. Yarborough (Ret.)—are worn over the left eye with the excess cloth of the beret shaped, folded, and pulled over the right ear giving it a distinctive appearance. Army soldiers ...

Latest News Update The latest clash between the two countries illustrates the depths to which relations have sunk and the struggle to forge a new path forward. Brent Bozell in New Orleans in 2019. In-Depth Context: Monica Lewinsky Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American activist. She became internationally known in the late 1990s after U.S. president Bill Clinton admitted to having had an affair with her during her days as a White House intern between 1995 and 1997. The affair and its repercussions (which included Clinton's impeachment) became known as the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal. Following the scandal, Lewinsky designed a line of handbags under her name, served as an advertising spokesperson for a diet plan, and worked as a television personality. She obtained a master's degree in psychology from the London School of Economics in 2006. In 2014, Lewinsky began speaking out as an activist against cyberbullying. == Early life == Lewin...

Latest News Update The president said all countries that use the vital shipping route should send warships. Iran has effectively choked off traffic in the narrow waterway, through which a fifth of the world’s oil must transit. The president said all countries that use the vital shipping route should send warships. Iran has effectively choked off traffic in the narrow waterway, through which a fifth of the world’s oil must transit. In-Depth Context: Second presidency of Donald Trump Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. He lost re-election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden in 2020, and then won against Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in 2024, who replaced Biden following his withdrawal from the race on July 21. Trump is the second former U.S. president to return to offic...

Latest News Update Voters across France choose mayors this week. The far right is performing strongly in the country’s second city, making the contest there a test of national shifts. Supporters of Benoît Payan, the incumbent mayor of Marseille, France, distributing leaflets in the city on Friday. Mr. Payan is competing in a tight race featuring a strong far-right candidate. In-Depth Context: Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (French: [ɔlɛ̃pik də maʁsɛj], locally [olɛ̃ˈpikə də maχˈsɛjə]; Occitan: Olimpic de Marselha, pronounced [ulimˈpi de maʀˈsejɔ]), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (IPA: [o.ɛm], locally [oˈɛmə]), is a French professional football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Founded in 1899, OM has won 26 domestic trophies: ten league titles, ten Coupe de France, three Coupe de la Ligue, and three Trophée des Champions. Continentally, the club holds a joint national ...