Russia Sends Waves of Troops to the Front in a Brutal Style of Fighting
May was a particularly deadly month for the Russian army in Ukraine, with an average of more than 1,000 of its soldiers injured or killed...
How to Escape From the Russian Army
He didn’t have any documents. Or money. Or even a phone. He was wrapped in bandages and 2,500 miles from his village in the Himalayas....
China Levels Graft Charges Against Former Defense Ministers
China’s leadership accused two former defense ministers on Thursday of taking “huge” bribes and of other acts of corruption that compromised military promotions and the...
Rich Gulf States Have Huge Ambitions. Will Extreme Heat Hold Them Back?
The wealthy petrostates of the Persian Gulf have big plans for the future, hoping to increasingly attract tourists and investors, host marquee sporting events, build...
Israeli Soldier Is Killed During Raid in West Bank, IDF Says
An Israeli soldier was killed and another was severely wounded overnight during a raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the...
A Bird-watchers Paradise, Opened Up by Colombia’s Peace Deal
A Bird-watchers Paradise, Opened Up by Colombia’s Peace Deal...
Israel-Hamas War in Gaza: Live Updates
A panel of global hunger experts warned this week that the Gaza Strip was on the brink of famine, but to many Gazans, it feels...
A Tiny Circle of Advisers Helped Prod Macron to Take a Giant Risk
His prime minister was among the last to know. That is how secretive, how confined to a small group of advisers President Emmanuel Macron’s shock...
Israeli Officials Tour Lebanon Border Amid Escalating Tensions With Hezbollah
Israeli news media on Wednesday reported that more troops were being sent to the northern border region. On Sunday, Mr. Netanyahu said in a television...
Amsterdam Museum to Return a Matisse Work Sold Under Duress in World War II
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam says it will return an Henri Matisse painting that has been in its collection since 1941 to the heirs of...
Shahjahan Bhuiya, Executioner Turned TikTok Star, Dies in Bangladesh
Shahjahan Bhuiya, who hanged some of Bangladesh’s highest-profile death row inmates in exchange for reductions in his own robbery and murder sentences, then briefly became...
‘We Have Been Going Backward’
Central Tehran is ablaze this week with posters and billboards of the six candidates in Friday’s presidential election, and the streets are jammed with buses...
From Hacker to Hunted Figure, the Polarizing Legacy of Julian Assange
In his two-decade odyssey from Australian hacker to new-age media celebrity, hunted figure, perennial prisoner and finally, a free man, Julian Assange has always been...
Trump Eyes Bigger Trade War in Second Term
In March 2018, a day after announcing sweeping tariffs on metals imported from America’s allies and adversaries alike, President Donald J. Trump took to social...