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How the Kremlin Might Get Past RT Bans to Spread Its Message
Social media companies may try to ban RT, the Russian state media broadcaster. But the network has proved in the past to be a wily adversary when confronted with efforts to silence it.
Israel’s Attacks on Hezbollah Alter Balance of Power in a Long-Running Fight
A focus on mutual deterrence had kept intermittent clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border from spiraling into a major war. That changed this past week.
Ukraine Strikes Two More Russian Munition Depots
Strikes on weapons arsenals are crucial to weaken Moscow’s overwhelming superiority in battlefield firepower, analysts said.
How a U.S. Ally Uses Aid as a Cover in War
The United Arab Emirates is expanding a covert campaign to back a winner in Sudan’s civil war. Waving the banner of the Red Crescent, it is also smuggling weapons and deploying drones.
Middle East Crisis: Live Updates: With Death Toll Rising, Tensions Run High After Israeli Strike in Beirut
Hezbollah said a senior leader was among those killed, the day after confirming the death of a top commander wanted by the U.S. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the death toll had risen to at least 31 and included women and children.
Albania Plans to Create a Muslim State in Tirana as Symbol of Tolerance
Prime Minister Edi Rama says he wants to give members of the Bektashi, a Shiite Sufi order, their own Vatican-style enclave as a way of promoting religious tolerance.
A Tight Race in Sri Lanka Two Years After Its President Fled
The central issue in the election is how to correct the economy’s deep imbalances.
Senior Hezbollah Leader Is Killed in Beirut in Israeli Airstrike
The attack, which Lebanese officials said killed at least 14 and injured more than 60, stoked fears Israel is driving toward a full-blown war on its northern border, even as the fight in Gaza goes on.
What Is The Radwan Force, the Elite Hezbollah Unit Linked to Ibrahim Aqeel?
The Israeli military considers the force a major threat to its northern border and has portrayed Aqeel, whom it claimed to have killed on Friday, as its de facto commander.
Nigel Farage’s Anti-Immigration Party Has Big Plans. Can It See Them Through?
Nigel Farage, a Trump ally and Brexit champion, thinks his Reform U.K. party can become a major political force. At a conference on Friday, he will explain how.