Will the Cease-Fire Change Israel’s Strategy?
Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, now a month old, has been on hold this week for a humanitarian pause that was extended another...
Ukraine Targets Russia With Secret New Supply of U.S. Weapons
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Tuesday that Ukraine used long-sought U.S. long-range missiles in a strike on Russian airfields overnight, in an attack believed...
Israel Calls on a Divided Europe for Backup
BRUSSELS—Israel is hoping the European Union can put pressure on the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon’s purse strings in an effort to keep Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah...
What Will Russia Do With Gaza Chaos?
BRUSSELS—European officials and experts are concerned that Russia could exploit the chaos surrounding the Hamas attack on Israel, pushing the Kremlin even closer to Iran,...
U.S. Fears Sudan’s War Will Worsen Humanitarian Crisis
The U.S. Department of Defense is increasingly fearful is that the five-month conflict between Sudan’s two rival generals is worsening an already awful humanitarian catastrophe....
North Korea’s Shell Game Is Not a Game-Changer, Pentagon Says
The U.S. Department of Defense is concerned about Russia’s growing artillery partnership with North Korea after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Hermit Kingdom earlier...
Wagner’s African Hosts Regret Letting Them In
DJIBOUTI—The United States has heard from multiple African countries that they regret giving access to the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group, current and former U.S. military...
Ukraine Is Getting Its Abrams—but Not What It Really Wants
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY—The United States will begin delivering M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine in the next several days, part of a long-awaited...
Hungary Is Not Out to Scuttle Sweden and NATO
Hungary, which has for a year blocked Sweden’s bid to join NATO and appeared to definitively scupper it last week, is just holding out for...
China Brings Out the Big Guns in the South China Sea
China’s naval pressure campaign against rival nations in the South China Sea has reached unprecedented heights since yearly short-term moratoriums on fishing were lifted, with...