A top European official on Tuesday laid out a sweeping framework aimed at rearming the continent, trying to fill a void as President Trump retreated from supporting Ukraine and pressured Europe to spend more on its own defense. The official,…
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Israel Strikes Syria Again as Tensions Rise
Israel has conducted new airstrikes on Syria’s coast and ground raids in the country’s south, part of a recent wave of attacks that Israel says are necessary for its security and that have raised tensions with Syria’s new government. The…
Zelensky Turns to Diplomacy in a War With ‘a Long Way to Go’
President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to Ukraine on Monday after a whirlwind diplomatic mission that included both humiliation, by President Trump, and a warm embrace, from European leaders. He vowed to use all diplomatic avenues to pursue an end to Ukraine’s…
Why Congo’s Vast Army Is Struggling to Fight M23
Its soldiers are underpaid and underarmed. Its ranks are riddled with factions pursuing their own interests. And successive presidents are said to have kept it weak for fear of a coup. The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has appeared too…
Europe Is Left with Hard Choices as Trump Sours on Ukraine
European leaders have dealt with President Trump’s return to office by trying to keep him cooperating on Ukraine while pushing to ramp up their own defense spending so they are less reliant on an increasingly fickle America. But Friday’s meeting…
How Oscar-Nominated ‘I’m Still Here’ May Hold Brazil’s Military Accountable
“I’m Still Here” — the Oscar best picture nominee about the murder of a Brazilian congressman by the country’s military dictatorship — concludes with a single sentence that delivers a gut punch of historical reality: The five soldiers charged in…
Gazans Mark a Somber Ramadan Amid the Rubble
Bags of fragrant spices, crates of dates, frozen chicken and fresh produce. Food and other goods that were scarce during the war have returned to the shops and street markets of Gaza in time for the holy fasting month of…
Shocked by Trump Meeting, Zelensky and Ukraine Try to Forge a Path Forward
For months leading into the American elections last fall, the prospect of a second Trump presidency deepened uncertainty among Ukrainians over how enduring American support would prove in a war threatening their national survival. After President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous meeting…
Ukrainians Blindsided by Deal’s Breakdown and by Trump’s Actions
Liudmyla Shestakova has lost a lot to this war — her son, and his wife, who died together on the front lines. But she’s a realist, like many in this mining region in central Ukraine. And ever since President Trump…
Zelensky, Seeking a Diplomatic Victory With Trump, Leaves With a Debacle
It was meant to be a moment of triumph for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, a chance after weeks of maneuvering for an Oval Office meeting to demonstrate American backing in Europe’s bloodiest war in generations. Instead, the meeting unraveled…