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The Middle East is on the precipice of the wider war no one wants

“Praying that things stay calm,” one official messaged as Israel braced for a possible attack from Iran

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When will the Ukraine war end? I answered your questions.

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How Ukraine’s tech army is taking the fight to Russia

Life-or-death pressure to innovate has produced a weird fusion of Silicon Valley and trench warfare.

‘A lot of grim realism’: What our columnists heard in Ukraine

On the latest episode of Impromptu, David Ignatius and Jim Geraghty share their impressions with Charles Lane.

The agonizing story told by two Israeli airstrikes

Israel has a righteous cause in combating Hamas. But security cannot be achieved by force alone.

Zelensky: ‘We are trying to find some way not to retreat’

The Ukrainian president explains how the U.S. dispute over aid has severely limited his country’s battlefield options.

Liz Cheney still plans to make a difference in the election

Trump is vulnerable in the middle of the electorate, where the ousted chair of the House Republican Conference has the most sway.

The Biden-Netanyahu rift goes much deeper than Rafah

As Israel delays its push into the city, harder questions still revolve around what happens “the day after.”

A cry for the refugees of emptied Nagorno-Karabakh: ‘We are nobody’

Since Azerbaijan seized control, ethnic Armenians have fled a “ghost country.”