What’s Going On in the Middle East?
In sweeping attacks that started Friday, Israel struck at the regime in Tehran, hitting Iranian nuclear and military assets. Iran retaliated with barrages of ballistic missiles and drones. It is…
How ‘Daniel’ Led Our Reporters to an Assembly Line for Russian Spies
For years, Russia used Brazil as a launchpad for its most elite intelligence officers, known as illegals. They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over…
Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’
When President Trump declared from the stage of an opulent ballroom in Saudi Arabia that the United States was done nation-building and intervening, that the world’s superpower would no longer…
How Macron Became a Close Zelensky Ally
It sounded as if a friend were calling. “Sorry, Emmanuel,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, answering his phone in the middle of an online news conference in late March.…
India Strikes Pakistan Two Weeks After Kashmir Terrorist Attack
India said early Wednesday that it had conducted strikes on Pakistan, two weeks after 26 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. The Indian government said its…
Pakistan’s Most Powerful Man Steps Out of the Shadows to Confront India
Until recently, Pakistan’s most powerful man preferred to stay behind the scenes, tightly controlling his public profile and limiting his pronouncements mostly to choreographed addresses at set-piece military events. But…