The loss of Homs would cut the regime in Damascus off from its coastal heartland and Russian military bases.
The world’s top three container operators said they fear instability in Gaza and broader regional tensions mean continued danger....
The president, calling the heavily bombed enclave “a demolition site,” proposed relocating Palestinians temporarily or long-term, a move rejected by Arab countries since the war began....
The hostages are the second set to be released since the multiphase agreement came into effect, raising hopes for a lasting end to the war....
The swap for four soldiers stationed on the border of the Gaza Strip at Nahal Oz follows 15 months of captivity and a campaign by their families....
Ukrainian officials say the killings are part of a pattern of abuse by Russian armed forces that violates international laws....
Moscow believes it has the resources and manpower to withstand at least another year of the conflict....
Tehran’s growing reliance on Beijing—a consequence of the battering its missile program has suffered from Israeli strikes—highlights the alignment of Iran and China with Russia and North Korea....
The U.S. president used the World Economic Forum to offer the global elite a warning: He intends to follow through on his “America First” campaign promises....
A Russian spy ship seen in U.K. waters points to continuing worries over the safety of undersea cables that link the global economy....
President Trump in a social-media post urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a deal, in his most forceful and public effort to end the war in Ukraine....
Israel expands its campaign against militancy in the Palestinian territory after more than 15 months of deadly war in Gaza....
The U.S.’s two most powerful adversaries agreed to work more closely on overhauling a world order they see as orbiting around the West....
Former POWs detail cruel methods, including beatings and electric shocks from a field telephone known as “a call to Putin.”...
Ukraine wanted to show that North Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian troops. It took a high-stakes mission to prove it....
Gazans are curbing their optimism, having experienced other times throughout the war when a cease-fire was thought to be within reach, only for it to fall apart....
Three lawyers who defended the Russian opposition leader before his death were sentenced to up to five years as the biggest crackdown on dissent since the Soviet era deepened....
The move comes after the Biden administration last week accused a Sudanese rebel group of committing genocide....
The Israeli prime minister has to convince his right-wing base that the arguments he made against ending the war for 15 months no longer apply....
Israel and Hamas are set to sign a deal to pause their fighting in the Gaza Strip after two days of intense negotiations, people familiar with the matter said. The deal could open a pathway to end the 15-month war....
Militant group has failed to respond to draft of the deal after all sides expressed optimism about pausing the fighting in the 15-month war....
The 28% increase buoyed the country as it battled on several fronts but investment remains down from 2021....
At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer nuclear weapons. That era is now over....
The troops are exposed, green, loyal—and dying by the thousands in front-line combat against Ukraine....
An increase in trade barriers would likely reignite price pressures, the organization says ahead of Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs....
Despite arms embargoes over its handling of the war in Gaza, Israel’s top three defense companies are on pace to sell more weapons than ever....
More military spending is needed to orient Israel’s military toward an attack posture, an Israeli government commission warned. ...
The withdrawal marks the demise of a yearslong effort in which Tehran used Syria as a hub in its regional strategy to spread influence and wage proxy war against the U.S. and Israel....
The move reflects Washington’s wariness about the U.S.-designated terror organization that leads the country....
The Freedom Party was tasked with trying to form the nation’s first far-right-led government since World War II, adding to the trend of anti-immigrant and populist parties gaining ground across Europe....
The Biden administration notified Congress of a weapons package for Israel that is one of the largest new arms sales since the war in Gaza began....
