Months ago, doctors in Ituri Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo started seeing patients with the vomiting, diarrhea and bleeding that are the hallmarks of Ebola. The tests kept coming back negative. It was weeks before samples from sick people — many of whom had already died — made it to the National Institute…
More than a week after Russia warned of an attack on Kyiv that would be so big that diplomats and other foreigners should flee, Moscow finally struck early on Tuesday. Its forces launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at the capital and other cities in Ukraine, killing at least 16 people, the Ukrainian…
When Israel’s prime minister and defense minister warned on Monday that the air force would soon bomb the suburbs of Beirut, it wasn’t just a threat to intensify Israel’s simmering three-month-old war with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia that dominates Lebanon. It was an admission that Israel’s strategy in that fight was falling short. And when…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Asia’s military leaders on Saturday that America would put its most committed partners at “the front of the line” for U.S. support, suggesting that countries must vie for American attention even as many look for more help to counter an emboldened China. In a region already concerned that America may…
Guatemala has agreed to carry out joint strikes with the United States military inside its territory to target drug trafficking groups, according to three people familiar with the talks, in a further expansion of the Trump administration’s military campaign across Latin America. Last week, President Bernardo Arévalo of Guatemala agreed to both airstrikes and other…
President Trump earlier this year purchased more than $1 million in the stock of Dell Technologies, a transaction that is drawing scrutiny after the Pentagon this week announced a $9.7 billion contract with the Texas-based computer company. The sequence of events illustrates the complications that emerge when a sitting president continues, even if through financial…
For the second time in three days, American forces conducted what a U.S. official said on Wednesday were self-defense strikes in southern Iran. The United States knocked down four one-way attack drones that the official said Iran launched over the Strait of Hormuz. The drones, according to the official, threatened U.S. forces in the region…
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Michigan may be known for Midwestern friendliness, but right now the swing state is home to the most combative Democratic Senate primary of the midterms. Attacks are flying, prominent Democrats are taking sides, and the bruising contest is causing anxiety in the party. And with about three months left until the primary, the fracas is…
President Trump, in a sudden reversal, announced on Tuesday evening that the United States was pausing “for a short period of time” efforts to help guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked to most commercial ships for weeks. The president’s announcement came one day after the effort began. He said…
