U.S. and Iranian attacks are unfolding in a way that risks a wider war they cannot contain, analysts warn, unless they can return to negotiations quickly.Iranians, like these people walking under a poster of the country’s three supreme leaders, are growing increasingly frustrated with the war.
A month ago, drivers were enjoying some relief at the pump after the U.S. and Iran signed a deal intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Now, prices are rising again.Gasoline prices, which had been falling in recent weeks, are almost back up to where they were a month ago.
Plus, what to know about the next British prime minister.Tehran on Saturday. Iran and the United States have escalated attacks in recent days.
The Qatari-donated plane has been under scrutiny over whether it is fitted with sufficient defensive capabilities to adequately protect a U.S. president and others traveling on it.President Trump exiting the Qatari-donated jet earlier this month in South Dakota.
Andy Burnham, who is set to enter Downing Street on Monday, faces a long and daunting list of issues. Here are some of the most urgent.The Labour Party’s Andy Burnham during an event in June in Manchester, England.
Andy Burnham in London this month.
Chinese companies are offering artificial intelligence that is nearly as good as the leading U.S. technologies, but it’s still America’s race to lose.On Friday, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, hailed Beijing as the champion of a new global A.I. order.
Troy Jackson’s emergence as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner spares the party some challenges but points to some new ones.Troy Jackson, second from left, during a debate last week. The other candidates in Maine’s Senate race have all suspended their campaigns.
Some Republicans fear the party is poised to repeat past mistakes by nominating candidates in Tuesday’s primaries who are viewed as too extreme to sway moderate voters.Representative Andy Biggs, a Republican candidate for governor, has sought to moderate his message despite his record as a hard-line
Mr. Lasher, the likely successor to Representative Jerry Nadler, has an unusual back story: As a teenager, he was a prodigy who performed magic tricks on national television.Assemblyman Micah Lasher’s proficiency as a child magician led to a book published by Simon and Schuster, “The Magic of Micah
Some people have fought Ebola containment measures in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scholars have seen similar responses across societies and throughout history.Red Cross volunteers disinfected a path as they entered a home to retrieve the body of a suspected Ebola victim near Bunia, Democratic
At a conference on reconstruction, the focus shifted to private investment, not donor assistance.The Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, Poland, in June. The overarching pitch was to put money into Ukraine even as it remains at war.
What is essential reading? Texas has an answer: Classics, including the Bible.
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha raced from conspiracy theory to conspiracy theory in this 2004 blockbuster about stealing the Declaration of Independence.
World leaders are marching us toward an uncertain era of new warfare — fast.
The recent debate over the new pied-à-terre tax in the city offers a useful case study.
We look at political donations, housing and the national debt.In Maine.
A Massachusetts mother charged in the killing of her children goes on trial on Monday. The small coastal town of Duxbury is preparing to relive a case focused on postpartum mental health.The trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother charged with strangling her three young children to death at her home on Ja
