[ad_1] Updated Jan. 15, 2024 3:19 pm ET The Israeli military is close to completing its most intensive phase of fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s defense minister…
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Houthis Turn Their Sights on U.S. Ships, Vow to Keep Attacking Red Sea Targets
[ad_1] Updated Jan. 15, 2024 12:57 pm ET Fresh attacks targeted American ships in the Middle East, days after the U.S. led a round of strikes meant to diminish the…
Ukraine’s War Effort Is Stuck. This Heroic Battlefield Failure Shows Why.
[ad_1] By James Marson and Oksana Grytsenko Jan. 10, 2024 12:01 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The planners of Ukraine’s counteroffensive against the country’s Russian invaders last year…
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Hospitalization Deepens Mystery of His Absence
[ad_1] Updated Jan. 7, 2024 5:32 pm ET WASHINGTON—The Pentagon’s No. 2 official didn’t learn that her boss was hospitalized Jan. 1 until four days after she had assumed some…
Biden Didn’t Learn for Days That Pentagon Chief Was in Hospital
[ad_1] Updated Jan. 6, 2024 10:55 pm ET Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spent time in an intensive care unit after entering a military hospital on New Year’s Day, but…
Nebraska banker, railroad exec, ammo makers named to Business Hall of Fame
[ad_1] The Nebraska Business Hall of Fame next month will welcome a railroad executive, a banker and a Grand Island family in the ammunition business. Lance Fritz, former chief executive…
Essay | Did Ukraine Miss an Early Chance to Negotiate Peace With Russia?
[ad_1] By Yaroslav Trofimov Updated Jan. 5, 2024 12:14 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The lead Ukrainian negotiator, David Arakhamia, pointed to a bottle of sanitizing gel on the…
U.S. Killing of Militia Leader Marks Bid to Stop Attacks on Its Forces in Iraq
[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) A deadly American drone strike Thursday in Baghdad was the first known targeted killing of an Iranian-backed militia leader by the Biden administration, marking…
WSJ News Exclusive | Russia Moves Forward With Plans to Buy Iranian Ballistic Missiles
[ad_1] Russia is planning to buy short-range ballistic missiles from Iran, a step that would enhance Moscow’s ability to target Ukraine’s infrastructure at a critical moment in the conflict, U.S.…
Opinion | The Biden-Trump Foot-Shooting Contest
[ad_1] Voters don’t like either party’s presidential front-runner, and it’s little wonder why. But that leaves a larger question: If there’s a Biden-Trump contest, who will have made himself more…