Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Russian retaliation for a Ukrainian targeted strike, the United States killing an Islamic State leader in Syria as U.S. diplomats visit ...
War is always about choosing one risk over another. For almost three years, Europe has largely behaved as if it did not have to make that choice: It could support ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the conditions for an Israel-Hamas truce agreement, Ukraine’s involvement in the killing of a top Russian military officer, and the discovery ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the assassination of a senior Russian military officer, a major earthquake hitting Vanuatu, and the future of Turkey-European Union relations. ‘Legitimate ...
Jubilant rebels bloodlessly entering the capital, a president in flight, a stunned foreign patron negotiating the evacuation of its forces—this month’s collapse of Syria has more than a few parallels ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Israel’s interests in Syria, a deadly cyclone hitting the French territory of Mayotte, and the collapse of Germany’s ruling government. Sign ...
There is vigorous movement afoot, in the weeks before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump graces the White House again, to seize the entirety of Russia’s frozen overseas assets and use that ...
The incoming Trump administration seems genuinely committed to finding peace in Ukraine. Whether it’s capable of the extremely complicated diplomacy required is a very different question. One issue that will ...
Davit Okruashvili, a 33-year-old information security analyst, still bears the marks of his recent beating, with both eyes blackened. “It was Nov. 29, around 11 p.m., behind the parliament, when ...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s opposition to providing additional funding for Ukraine demands to be taken seriously. While Europe is cumulatively the larger financier of Kyiv’s defense, Washington provides more military ...