Israel pulled its troops from towns and villages in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to the United Nations, but held onto strategic positions along the border as a deadline elapsed for both Israel and Hezbollah to fully withdraw from the…
Tag: International Relations
USAID Climate Programs Fighting Extremism and Unrest Are Closing Down
Numerous programs aimed at averting violence, instability and extremism worsened by global warming are ensnared in the effort to dismantle the main American aid agency, U.S.A.I.D. One such project helped communities manage water stations in Niger, a hotbed of Islamist…
Europe, Dazed by Trump, Confronts Hard Choices in Ukraine
For years, European leaders have fretted about reducing their dependence on a wayward United States. On Monday, at a hastily arranged meeting in Paris, the hand-wringing gave way to harried acceptance of a new world in which Europe’s most powerful…