Israel Pushes Ahead With War Against Hamas Despite Growing Pressure Over Hostages

[ad_1] TEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue the war in Gaza despite mounting international pressure to wrap up the conflict, now stretching into its 100th day, and…

Opinion | Give Yahya Sinwar the Eichmann Treatment

[ad_1] Two top Palestinian commanders—Hezbollah’s Wissam Hassan Al-Tawil and Hamas’s Saleh al-Arouri—were both killed over the past two weeks in suspected Israeli airstrikes. Hamas’s figurehead and the suspected mastermind of…

Opinion | Ehud Olmert’s Missed Shot at Hamas

[ad_1] As Israel seeks to “decapitate” Hamas by killing or capturing its leaders, a former Israeli prime minister told me he had to pass up an opportunity to do so…

Homicide Rates Fell Sharply in 2023 After Rising During Pandemic

[ad_1] Homicides in big U.S. cities fell in 2023 after skyrocketing during the first two years of the pandemic. Killings were down about 15% in the 10 largest cities last…

Hezbollah Fires Rocket Barrage Into Israel as Blinken Mounts New De-Escalation Push

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) Militants in Lebanon launched about 40 rockets into Israel on Saturday—one of the largest such barrages in recent months—as the Biden administration’s top diplomat…

NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre to Step Down Before Civil Corruption Trial

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 5, 2024 8:09 pm ET Wayne LaPierre, the embattled longtime leader of the National Rifle Association, is resigning from the nation’s largest gun-rights group on the eve…

Disney’s Mickey Mouse Copyright Expired. Now He’s on a Rampage.

[ad_1] The company’s famous mascot, in the public domain after 95 years, is getting reworked by film and videogame makers—mostly as a killer In ‘Mickey’s Mouse Trap,’ out in March,…

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…

Sixth-Grade Student Killed, Five Others Injured in Iowa School Shooting

[ad_1] Updated Jan. 4, 2024 5:37 pm ET A 17-year-old student shot and killed a sixth-grader and injured five others at a high school in the rural community of Perry,…