North Korea’s Kim Jong Un shown with coffins of his soldiers killed in Russia

Iranian authorities make sweeping arrests in wake of war with Israel

The arrests have raised fears that a new wave of repression is coming, as the government seeks to root out spy networks and clamp down on any dissent....

Russia unleashes its summer offensive with an army mired in problems

Russia’s army has vast manpower and equipment advantages over Ukraine but its progress has been slow and Russian military bloggers blame a culture of military corruption....

In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials....

Ceasefire in Iran gives rise to new calls for a deal to end Gaza war

Arab governments emphasized this week that a main cause of instability in the region — the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict — must be resolved....

Prodded by Trump, an uneasy Germany embarks on military expansion

German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World War II leave many Germans uneasy about militarization....

With no end to war in sight, Ukraine’s economy teeters on the edge

President Donald Trump’s election brought high expectations that there would be at least a ceasefire this year, but the conflict looks set to only intensify....

U.K. to buy jets that can carry nuclear bombs as part of military buildup

Britain says it will buy the 12 Lockheed Martin-designed F-35As to shore up its defenses against Russia and hedge against a U.S. drawdown in Europe....

With the exception of communities neighboring Gaza, Israel will lift its wartime measures and revert back...

With much to lose, China sat on Israel-Iran war’s sidelines as U.S. flexed

NATO summit sidesteps question of Trump ending military aid to Ukraine

Weapons deliveries approved by the Biden administration are running out and European officials concede that the Trump administration does not want to offer new aid....

Where are the world’s nuclear weapons, and who owns them?

The war between Israel and Iran and President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites have brought renewed attention to where global nuclear stockpiles are kept....

Iran appears to confirm its military will cease operations against Israel

President Trump announced on social media that Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire, ending a war he said could have “destroyed the entire Middle East.”...

Iran fires on U.S. air base as Israel broadens strikes on Tehran

It remained to be seen whether the attack would ignite a regional war or provide the U.S. and Iran with an off-ramp from their intensifying confrontation....

Netanyahu decided on Iran war last year, then sought to recruit Trump

The Israeli prime minister had set in motion plans to attack Iran long before President Trump began efforts to resolve nuclear concerns through negotiations....

U.S. strikes on Iran upstage NATO leaders summit tailored for Trump

European allies meeting in the Hague confront the prospect of another U.S.-led war. At the summit, some hope to press Trump against a wider escalation with Iran....

Ukraine intelligence chief gives new details on Spiderweb drone operation

The operation a year and a half in the making involved secret cooperation between agents, drone operators and technicians in the intelligence service....

Israeli warning call to top Iranian general: ‘You have 12 hours to escape’

An audio recording obtained exclusively by The Washington Post is a window into the covert campaign by Israeli intelligence to intimidate Iranian military officials....

Nine dead in Kyiv after another night of Russian bombardment of Ukraine

The heavy attack on the capital came the same day Russia said it would be reaching out to Ukraine to set a date for the next round of peace negotiations....

Russia condemns U.S. strikes on Iran but takes no concrete actions

Iran’s foreign minister is in Moscow seeking support, but other than condemning the attack, Putin has not made any major moves to back Iran....

Arab states fear they’ll pay a price if strikes on Iran prompt wider war

Israel-Iran live updates: U.N. chief warns of ‘perilous turn’ as Security Council meets on U.S. strikes on Iran

Trump said the U.S. hit the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites. Iran’s foreign minister called it a “dangerous military operation” against his country....

U.S. officials detail Iran bombing raid, noting limited attack for now

Top U.S. officials detailed a devastating but “limited” strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, warning that future attacks could follow if Iran retaliates....

Iran says ‘all options’ on table; bigger conflict may threaten regime’s survival

The choice of how to retaliate is existential as a wider war risks not only increased violence but could also threaten regime survival, according to analysts....

U.S. warplanes strike three Iranian nuclear sites in sweeping attack

Israel-Iran live updates: U.S. warplanes carry out ‘successful’ strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, Trump says

The B-2 is the only U.S. aircraft able to carry the bunker-busting bombs thought to be capable of penetrating Iran’s Fordow nuclear enrichment facility....

Six key events that shaped the Middle East since Oct. 7, 2023

Hamas’s deadly assault on Israel and the war in Gaza that followed has had knock-on effects on Iran, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, as well as beyond the Middle East....

Putin says he won’t allow Russia to fall into recession amid warnings

Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov said earlier during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum that the economy is “on the verge of going into a recession.”...

How Israel and Iran’s conflict went from covert to all-out fighting

Israel and Iran have been enemies for decades — but this is their most sustained direct fighting ever. Here’s how a shadow war erupted into an overt conflict....

Putin says he’s open to meeting Zelensky, even as he denies his legitimacy

Russia’s Vladimir Putin said he’s willing to meet with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky but suggested the democratically elected leader couldn’t legally sign a peace deal....

Air India crash underscores risks of country’s infrastructure boom

For more than a decade, pilots and judges have warned that India’s breakneck urban development was pushing population centers closer to the nation’s runways....