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Iran War

'A Nakba of 2026': An IDF reservist recounts his time in Lebanon

Trump is losing control of the Iran war

Oman walks a tightrope amid Trump's threats to 'blow them up'

Trump's art of the deal meets Iran's long memory of foreign exploitation

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Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries

Senate wants to force US to share sensitive intel with Israel

Big surprise: Bolton gets Petraeus treatment after copping to charges

Did CNN just out Azerbaijan as Israel's secret military partner?

Trump is losing control of the Iran war

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Europe

Trump is blowing his chance to make peace in Ukraine

A serious attempt to end the war means shifting focus from territory, making realistic promises, and bringing all parties to the table

Is Pakistan using US weapons to kill civilians in Afghanistan?
Middle East

Is Pakistan using US weapons to kill civilians in Afghanistan?

The Taiwan Lobby moves to put a full court press on Trump
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The Taiwan Lobby moves to put a full court press on Trump

In an age of 'false realism,' Pope Leo presses for strategic restraint
Global Crises

In an age of 'false realism,' Pope Leo presses for strategic restraint

Europe wants to force Ukrainian refugees to return home to fight
Europe

Europe wants to force Ukrainian refugees to return home to fight

Carney, Trump, Scheinbaum
North America

Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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F-35s: Fully mission capable only some of the time

A new GAO report finds the fighter jet’s sustainment problems have come home to roost

Politically charged Dems call Trump deal 'surrender' and 'humiliation'

Lawmakers target private equity’s growing chokehold on arms industry

'Break their will!' Republicans want Trump to fight Iran, not make deal

Trump vows to take Kharg Island despite risk of ‘suicide mission’

Asia-Pacific

How not to prevent a war over Taiwan

How not to prevent a war over Taiwan

China's position on the Hormuz Strait: What 'open' really means

China's position on the Hormuz Strait: What 'open' really means

Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

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War has significantly altered major Trump meeting with Xi

Middle east

Is Pakistan using US weapons to kill civilians in Afghanistan?

Is Pakistan using US weapons to kill civilians in Afghanistan?

Islamabad doesn't get to play mediator in one conflict while blasting away at rehab centers and punishing innocent villagers in another.

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?play icon

Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?

Washington Politics

The Taiwan Lobby moves to put a full court press on Trump

The Taiwan Lobby moves to put a full court press on Trump

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In the steel cage: Understanding that UFC is Trump's happy place

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Big surprise: Bolton gets Petraeus treatment after copping to charges

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.)

Lawmakers pump brakes on military AI — sort of

Africa

How a shake-up in Senegal could strengthen Trump's hand in the Sahel

How a shake-up in Senegal could strengthen Trump's hand in the Sahel

Dying in Diesel protests: Africa slammed by Iran war energy crisis

Trump's intensified airstrikes in Nigeria are strategically pointless

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

Latin America

Abelardo De La Espriella and Ivan Cepeda

No clear winner: Colombia's hard right and left will battle out in runoff

Sunday's election could put Colombia back on team Trump

Noboa's Ecuador: Is this what 'partnering' with the US looks like?

Face the facts: China isn't leaving Latin America anytime soon

Europe

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Trump is blowing his chance to make peace in Ukraine

The Kushner-Israel nexus behind the Albania 'flamingo revolution'

Europe wants to force Ukrainian refugees to return home to fight

Why a single 'peace deal' for Ukraine war just won't work

north america

Carney, Trump, Scheinbaum

Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Trump's Greenland, Canada threats reflect angst over Russia shipping

Military Industrial Complex

Don't fall for it: Congress must reject the $1.5 trillion war budget

Don't fall for it: Congress must reject the $1.5 trillion war budget

Trump is using a classic negotiating tactic to pave the way for historically high military spending

Media

WaPo op-ed backs Section 224, omits author's direct Israeli stake

WaPo op-ed backs Section 224, omits author's direct Israeli stake

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How comics taught us how to love and hate war for nearly a century

Iran school attack

Why did mainstream media slow-walk coverage of school attack?

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Global Crises

In an age of 'false realism,' Pope Leo presses for strategic restraint

In an age of 'false realism,' Pope Leo presses for strategic restraint

The Holy See's recent encyclical is as much about foreign policy as it is about theology