Israel-Gaza war live updates: Premature babies arrive in Egypt; Fighting rages around Gaza hospital

Israel has momentum in its battle with Hezbollah. But what comes next?

Israel is racking up military wins against its regional foes. But fighting multiple wars will take its toll, and experts wonder what the long-term strategy is....

No air raid sirens on Ukraine’s tallest mountain, just the promise of a future

Tens of thousands climb Mount Hoverla every year. During the war, it has become a pilgrimage for those seeking to lay down their grief and sorrow for a few hours....

Macron urges countries to ‘stop delivering weapons’ to Israel for war in Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron’s call comes as the war in Gaza grinds on and Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah escalates farther into Lebanon....

Macron calls for an end to arms shipments to Israel; strikes rock Beirut suburbs

Israeli forces issued fresh evacuation warnings for southern Beirut, as Hamas say one of its commanders was killed in Israeli strikes on Tripoli....

Hvaldimir autopsy finds no gunshot wounds in alleged Russian spy whale

Animal rights groups questioned the report’s conclusion that there were no human-caused injuries, and they called for further police investigation....

Ukraine left in security limbo with Zelensky U.S. trip results unclear

Since the U.S. visit, Ukraine is in an unsettling limbo — reliant on the United States as its main ally yet unsure how long that support will continue....

At least 41,825 people have been killed and 96,910 injured since the war began, according to...

Hamas built an underground war machine to ensure its own survival

Hamas turned a maze of tunnels in Gaza into weapons factories and well-stocked fortifications. A year after the war began, parts of the group remain deeply entrenched....

Lebanon war has displaced seeking safety in an unlikely place — Syria

Syria was a transit route for Lebanese fleeing past wars. But it is a much different path to tread now as the country still reels from the fallout of a civil war....

Years after his capture in Mariupol, his family received only his broken body

The case highlights Ukrainians’ desperation to get news about their loved ones missing in the war and fears over their fates in Russia....

How Joe Biden lost his grip on Israel’s war for ‘total victory’ in Gaza

28 health-care workers killed in Lebanon in past day, WHO says, as scope of Israeli invasion widens

Israel issued evacuation warnings for a swath of southern Lebanese villages on Thursday as it continued its attack on Hezbollah forces....

Israeli military deaths in Lebanon raise questions over war’s scope

Iran mustered fiercer attack than in the spring, warns of even worse

Putin signs law giving criminal defendants immunity if they join the army

With the new rule, Russia will be sending an additional 20,000 men under investigation or awaiting trial on charges to the front lines....

Ukraine’s east buckling under improved Russian tactics, superior firepower

In an arc of villages south of Pokrovsk, including Vuhledar, battlefields that have been stagnant for two and a half years are showing more movement than ever — in Russia’s favor....

Iran launched nearly 200 missiles at Israel, U.S. says

The attack came days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, a key Tehran ally, and as Israeli ground forces enter Lebanon, sparking fear of an even wider war....

Iran hits Israel with ballistic missiles; Netanyahu vows to strike back

Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel, the military said, an attack that came with little advance warning....

As war expands, Netanyahu thinks he’s winning

The dramatic, incendiary developments of recent days come at a possible turning point for Israel’s wily prime minister — and for the region....

A pianist, a shaman, a pacifist: Faces of the suffering in Putin’s prisons

The death of imprisoned pianist Pavel Kushnir while on a hunger strike has garnered attention, and the U.N. says all protest-related sentences in Russia are getting more severe....

U.S. sends more troops, warplanes to Middle East as bulwark against Iran

A timeline of conflict on the Israel-Lebanon border

For decades, Israel has seen Hezbollah as a major threat. But through rounds of conflict and war, it has not won a decisive victory....

Live updates: Hezbollah says it is ready for long war with Israel; IDF strikes central Beirut

An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment block in Beirut’s Cola neighborhood. Israel also struck targets across Lebanon and Yemen....

Israel’s escalating war in Lebanon brings calamity to a fragile state

More than 1,000 people have been killed in two weeks of intensifying Israeli strikes against Hezbollah and hundreds of thousands have been displaced....

Israelis cheer Nasrallah assassination but are wary of what comes next

Momentum for further action is building in Israel, where many believe their country has gained an upper hand against a longtime foe and should make the most of its advantage....

Israel eyes Lebanon offensive with lessons from past invasions

Israel remembers the 2006 war against Hezbollah as a defeat. But this time, the military has had years to prepare....

It was Ukraine’s ‘safe’ city. Then his whole family died.

The deaths of Yaroslav Bazylevych’s whole family — killed in Lviv by a Russian hypersonic missile — proved there was no sanctuary from the war....

Israeli troops on Lebanon border say they’re ready for ground invasion

While diplomats scrambled to avert all-out war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly that Israel would “fight until we achieve victory.”...

Netanyahu vows to continue Hezbollah war, defying U.S. cease-fire plan

Speaking at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country’s operation in Lebanon would grind on despite calls for a truce....

Who is Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah?

Nasrallah has not been seen in public since the beginning of the 2006 war with Israel, eschewing any public appearances out of fear of assassination....