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Shippers Wary of Red Sea Routes Despite Houthi Pledge to End Targeting

The world’s top three container operators said they fear instability in Gaza and broader regional tensions mean continued danger....

27/01/2025 01:05 Wall Street Journal

Trump Says He Wants to 'Clean Out' Gaza, Send Refugees to Egypt and Jordan

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....

26/01/2025 18:30 Wall Street Journal

Hamas Releases Four Female Israeli Soldiers Under Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

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....

25/01/2025 13:45 Wall Street Journal

The Latest Gaza Hostages Freed: Women Whose Hamas Warnings Were Ignored

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....

25/01/2025 05:05 Wall Street Journal

'This One's Mine.' Ukraine Says Russia Is Executing More POWs and Capturing It on Video.

Ukrainian officials say the killings are part of a pattern of abuse by Russian armed forces that violates international laws....

24/01/2025 15:16 Wall Street Journal

Russia Brushes Off Trump's Threats on Ukraine

Moscow believes it has the resources and manpower to withstand at least another year of the conflict....

24/01/2025 08:17 Wall Street Journal

China Is Helping Supply Chemicals for Iran's Ballistic-Missile Program

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....

23/01/2025 17:48 Wall Street Journal

Trump Tells Davos: Make Your Product in America---or Pay Tariffs

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....

23/01/2025 12:40 Wall Street Journal

The Deep-Sea Battle Over the World's Data Cables Is Heating Up

A Russian spy ship seen in U.K. waters points to continuing worries over the safety of undersea cables that link the global economy....

23/01/2025 11:30 Wall Street Journal

Trump Threatens Sanctions, Tariffs on Russia if Putin Won't End War in Ukraine

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....

22/01/2025 14:43 Wall Street Journal

With Cease-Fires on Two Fronts, Israel Takes Aim at West Bank

Israel expands its campaign against militancy in the Palestinian territory after more than 15 months of deadly war in Gaza....

22/01/2025 11:37 Wall Street Journal

Putin and Xi Stick Together in Video Call After Trump's Inauguration

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....

21/01/2025 12:14 Wall Street Journal

Putin's Torturers Couldn't Break These Ukrainian Prisoners

Former POWs detail cruel methods, including beatings and electric shocks from a field telephone known as “a call to Putin.”...

20/01/2025 23:00 Wall Street Journal

Inside an Elite Ukrainian Unit's Mission to Capture a North Korean Soldier

Ukraine wanted to show that North Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian troops. It took a high-stakes mission to prove it....

19/01/2025 23:00 Wall Street Journal

Palestinians Dare to Hope the Fighting Really Stops This Time

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....

18/01/2025 06:33 Wall Street Journal

Navalny Lawyers Sentenced to Years in Prison

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....

17/01/2025 09:27 Wall Street Journal

U.S. Hits Sudan's Leader With Sanctions Over Brutal Civil War

The move comes after the Biden administration last week accused a Sudanese rebel group of committing genocide....

16/01/2025 14:04 Wall Street Journal

Netanyahu Strikes Cautious Tone on Cease-Fire as He Tries to Hold Government Together

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....

16/01/2025 12:25 Wall Street Journal

Israel, Hamas Close to Signing Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

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....

15/01/2025 11:06 Wall Street Journal

Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiators Are Waiting on Hamas at the Finish Line

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....

14/01/2025 17:16 Wall Street Journal

Israel Defies Expectations With Surge in Tech Funding Despite War

The 28% increase buoyed the country as it battled on several fronts but investment remains down from 2021....

13/01/2025 23:29 Wall Street Journal

The Bomb Is Back as the Risk of Nuclear War Enters a New Age

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....

13/01/2025 00:03 Wall Street Journal

Diary of a Dead North Korean Soldier Reveals Grisly Battlefield Tactics

The troops are exposed, green, loyal—and dying by the thousands in front-line combat against Ukraine....

11/01/2025 07:38 Wall Street Journal

U.N. Raises Global Growth Forecast, but Warns of Potential Inflation Risks

An increase in trade barriers would likely reignite price pressures, the organization says ahead of Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs....

09/01/2025 13:09 Wall Street Journal

Israel's Defense Industry Booms on Foreign Demand and War at Home

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....

09/01/2025 00:06 Wall Street Journal

Israel Needs to Go on the Offensive, Boost Military Spending, Commission Urges

More military spending is needed to orient Israel’s military toward an attack posture, an Israeli government commission warned. ...

07/01/2025 12:35 Wall Street Journal

Iran Pulls Most Forces From Syria, in Blow to Tehran's Regional Ambitions

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....

07/01/2025 00:59 Wall Street Journal

U.S. to Ease Aid Restrictions for Syria in Limited Show of Support for New Government

The move reflects Washington’s wariness about the U.S.-designated terror organization that leads the country....

06/01/2025 16:42 Wall Street Journal

Far Right Gets Chance to Form Government in Austria

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....

06/01/2025 09:43 Wall Street Journal

U.S. Plans $8 Billion Sale of Arms, Including Bombs, to Israel

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....

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