Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III stripped his appointee of plea deal authority in a memo on Monday, which the Pentagon has not yet made public.
Rebel groups have launched the largest offensive in years against government forces in the northwest....
A cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah allowed those displaced by the war to return to their homes. Many found buildings cleaved in half, crushed cars and ruined towns....
Ukraine said the attacks targeted energy infrastructure. President Vladimir V. Putin said they were retaliation for Kyiv’s use of long-range American missiles....
Israel’s military said it had fired on people arriving in parts of southern Lebanon because they were violating a cease-fire agreement with the militant group Hezbollah....
Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country tries to dim the sun....
A member of one of the U.S. Army’s all-Black regiments, formed after the Civil War, he trained West Point cadets in horsemanship during World War II....
Regulators are demanding information from the company on its cloud computing, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity products....
The cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah began on Wednesday, but much hardship and uncertainty lie ahead after a yearlong war that killed thousands and left widespread destruction in Lebanon....
Israel has decimated Hezbollah’s senior leadership and military infrastructure....
Also, Trump picked an envoy for Russia and Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday....
The German government denied it had taken action against Russia’s Channel One office in Berlin but said two Russian journalists no longer had residency permits....
The Foreign Ministry did not say outright that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would be free to travel to France, but it argued that an I.C.C. rule on immunity may apply to him....
A series of swipes at American companies show how China could take the initiative in a new trade war, using its economic dominance to exact pain....
Thirteen months of war left Hezbollah weakened, isolated and desperate for a way to stop the fighting....
The weapon used for the first time against Ukraine last week is capable of carrying nuclear weapons....
Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue was recently selected to lead the U.S. Army’s Europe Command as the war in Ukraine heads into its fourth year....
With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the president turns his attention back to stopping the war in Gaza before leaving office....
Top diplomats from the Group of 7 nations tried to project unity on Ukraine while discussing differences over Israel and anticipating the return of Donald J. Trump....
Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission....
On Tuesday, Ukraine also reported enduring an immense Russian air assault overnight that involved nearly 200 drones, as both sides intensified air attacks....
The country is home to thousands of years’ worth of antiquities. Some have already been damaged or destroyed in the war, alarming the conservationists trying to protect them....
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to present a deal mediated by U.S. and French diplomats to end the fighting. The Israeli military kept up the pressure with a strike in Beirut and evacuation warnings....
Researchers are trying to understand why resistant pathogens are so prevalent in the war-torn nations of the Middle East....
While China could offset American tariffs by letting its currency fall, that might endanger Beijing’s recent efforts to stabilize the economy....
For Volodymyr Nikulin, being a wartime police officer means aiding evacuees, surviving a shrapnel wound and tackling looters. It also means quickly switching cities when one falls to the invaders....
Focusing on your own life and disengaging from politics can be appealing. But it is a abdication of responsibility....
After a war of words with Drake that yielded one of the biggest hits of Lamar’s career, the Los Angeles rapper is eager to shift back on his sixth album....
Every night, dozens gather at the hillside to watch airstrikes rain down on the city’s southern suburbs. The ritual offers a window into the war — and proof that the once unimaginable is really happening....
West Bank residents say Israeli forces are adopting tactics similar to the ones they are deploying in Gaza, including airstrikes and the use of Palestinians as human shields....
Much has changed since the show debuted on Broadway in 1966, but it’s what hasn’t changed that should worry us....