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A close-up image of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Middle East

How Saudi Arabia's anti-Houthi strategy crashed and burned

Eleven years after intervening in Yemen's war, Riyadh may be forced to negotiate with Ansar Allah on the group's terms

Black smoke rises from Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline south of Medina, Hejaz Region, after strikes allegedly carried out by an Iraqi militia
Middle East

With Mideast on fire, oil prices are poised to explode

Damage to a crucial Saudi pipeline has forced Riyadh to delay shipments to Europe, possibly into November

A US marine sits on an amphibious vehicle as he waits in Gnijlane, Kosovo, on July 1, 1999
Europe

What NATO leaves behind as it pulls back from Kosovo

27 years after the Western intervention in Yugoslavia, the alliance is starting to withdraw despite ongoing tensions

Donald Trump
Military Industrial Complex

Trump's govt makes 'treasonous' claim of weapons shortages

More than six months of conflict have burned billions of dollars while badly depleting missile stockpiles, according to two new official reports

A still from 'The Battle of Algiers,' in which French authorities arrest an apparent FLN fighter in a crowd
Media

How the US tried (and failed) to learn from 'The Battle of Algiers'

Sixty years after the film premiered, and 23 years after its screening at the Pentagon, its lessons are as relevant as ever

NATO Arctic
Europe

Ukraine war spreads to Arctic as nuclear tensions escalate

Kyiv strikes on Moscow's energy infrastructure in the Yamal region was the deepest, and likely most expensive yet