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How Israel lost its way and how Trump can save Lebanon.
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (291+ words) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Just another day of the Netanyahu government playing President Donald Trump for a fool. This is the Trump who declared in September 2025: "I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank." Do I think it…...
How Trump can wrap up the war.
19+ hour, 42+ min ago (443+ words) The easiest method for the United States to reopen Hormuz," I wrote last Tuesday, is to start seizing tankers carrying Iranian crude once they reach the Arabian Sea." I was reiterating a point I had made in this column a…...
Reopening Strait of Hormuz would ease oil crisis but only so much.
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (466+ words) By REBECCA F. ELLIOTT Shipping companies are facing confusion and uncertainty about the status of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passageway through which a significant share of the world's energy flows, as they assess mixed messages from officials in Iran…...
Iran and Washington plan new talks in Pakistan.
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (196+ words) By TYLER PAGER, ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS, FARNAZ FASSIHI and MAX BEARAK Despite sending mixed signals in recent days, both the United States and Iran gave clearer indications Monday that they were planning to send negotiators to peace talks in Pakistan this…...
Iran pushes back after Trump announces new round of talks.
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (459+ words) By TYLER PAGER, SHIRIN HAKIM and SANAM MAHOOZI Just days before a two-week ceasefire between the U. S. and Iran was set to expire, President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagreed Sunday over whether top officials would meet this week in Pakistan…...
Israel and Lebanon conclude direct talks as strikes go on.
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (489+ words) By MICHAEL CROWLEY, EUAN WARD, ANUSHKA PATIL, FRANCESCA REGALADO and JOHN YOON Israeli and Lebanese officials concluded more than two hours of direct talks Tuesday in Washington as Israel's military campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon continued to threaten the…...
What to know about Israel's strikes on Lebanon.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (598+ words) Lebanon said Thursday, a day after an intense wave of Israeli airstrikes, that more than 300 people had been killed in the bombardment. The attacks, targeting the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah, put heavy pressure on the fragile U. S. -Israeli truce with Iran. The…...
Ceasefire tested by strikes on Lebanon and confusion over strait.
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (327+ words) By ADAM RASGON, RAVI MATTU and YEGANEH TORBATI A tenuous two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was being tested Wednesday " less than a day after it began " by uncertainty over the status of the economically vital Strait of…...
Even as they praise Iran ceasefire, world leaders are whipsawed by Trump.
1+ week, 6+ day ago (942+ words) World leaders expressed relief Wednesday that the United States, Israel and Iran had agreed to a temporary ceasefire, with President Donald Trump backing off his apocalyptic threat to escalate a war that had already set off a cascading series of…...
Hours before news of ceasefire, Pope Leo XIV issues strong rebuke of Trump.
1+ week, 6+ day ago (340+ words) Pope Leo XIV, the first U. S. -born pontiff, issued a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying it was "truly unacceptable" to threaten to wipe out Iran's "whole civilization." He did not mention the president by name, but it…...