Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump

It was a closely held, urgent meeting. Iran was pondering a response to President Trump’s letter seeking nuclear negotiations. So the country’s president, as well as the heads of the judiciary and Parliament huddled with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali…

U.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base

The U.S. military announced on Thursday that it had removed the commander of its Pituffik base in Greenland, adding that it would not tolerate any actions that go against President Trump’s agenda. The decision to remove Col. Susannah Meyers was…

Ukraine Questions Value of Black Sea Truce With Russia

The Ukrainian Navy patrol boat zipped across the Black Sea, its double-barreled, 25-millimeter machine gun locked on the horizon. The enemy, Russia, was nowhere in sight, yet ever-present. In the command room, Captain Mykhailo and his crew scanned screens showing…

Israel Says Its Account of Rescue Workers Killed in Gaza Was Partly ‘Mistaken’

The Israeli military on Saturday acknowledged that the initial accounts from troops involved in the killing last month of 15 people in southern Gaza — who the United Nations said were paramedics and rescue workers — had been partially “mistaken.”…

Trump Envoy Visits Lebanon Amid Fears Over a Shaky Cease-Fire

A top Trump administration envoy to the Middle East was in Lebanon on Saturday amid U.S. pressure on the country to crack down on Hezbollah and as tensions with Israel flare despite a U.S.-brokered cease-fire. Morgan Ortagus, President Trump’s deputy…

Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says

On a Monday morning last fall, Ukrainian drone pilots watched what had become a familiar scene unfold on a drone’s live feed: Russian soldiers pointed their guns at two Ukrainians, who seemingly surrendered. Then, the footage showed, the Russians shot…

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights on

A video recording, discovered on the cellphone of one of the paramedics who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a mass grave in the Gazan city of Rafah in late March and obtained by The New York…