Lebanon’s government has long wanted the powerful militia to give up its weapons. Before the Iran war began, there were signs of progress toward that goal.Climbing through rubble in central Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli airstrike in March.
Thousands fled the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced the widening of the military campaign against Hezbollah.Traffic as people fled the southern suburbs in Beirut on Monday.
Plus, the 20-year-old director with the No. 1 movie.Taking lab supplies into the sun for reuse at a hospital that is treating Ebola patients in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The federal courts have long assumed that the government’s lawyers are trustworthy. Now judges across the country are criticizing their lack of candor.The notion that Justice Department lawyers can be taken at their word, a longtime assumption that allows federal courts to operate swiftly and smooth
With the midterm elections five months away, many Americans who backed President Trump are wrestling with pain at the pump and the war in Iran.
Jim Rigby, a pastor who rarely uses the word “God,” is a key to understanding the Senate candidate trying to pull off something unusual in Texas.Jim Rigby has led St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, since the 1980s.
Graham Platner, whose contest in Maine is a key to Democrats’ hopes of winning the Senate, sought to discredit reports that he had exchanged sexual messages with women outside his marriage.Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, is trying to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republ
For years, medicine has tried to eliminate stigma. Now, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bringing back the language of personal responsibility.
In an exclusive interview, Sam Levinson explained why he felt it was time to bring the series to a close and responded to its detractors.
Virtual sex work is nothing new on TV. But this year it is more visible, central to series like “Euphoria,” “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed.”
New research examines how a Chinese company struggled to develop its predictive surveillance technology while U.S. restrictions were in place.The skyline of Beijing. A Chinese firm is working on products that use A.I. to examine location data and internet use to predict who could do or say something
Li Ying, known as Teacher Li to his 2.2 million followers on X, doesn’t live in China but still faces smear campaigns and death threats. He is not letting that stop him.
California’s public university system spent $16.9 million on A.I. The result has been chaos.
In October, Albertans will get to say if they want to stay in Canada, or hold a referendum to leave. Will it settle the matter, or deepen the rift?A table set up to gather signatures for a separation petition along a road in Calgary, Alberta, in February.
Growing demand for fiber-rich grains is boosting the premium flour industry, which offers less processed, but pricier, alternatives to the classic grocery store brands.Kevin Morse, left, C.E.O. and co-founder of Cairnspring Mills, with Bryan Ford at Ford’s Brooklyn bakery, Diljān.
Mr. Epstein banked his sperm several years before his death and said that if he died, it should be left in the control of his estate.
Peter Mandelson, who was fired over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, made the claim in a letter that was revealed in more than a thousand pages of documents released on Monday.Peter Mandelson, a former British ambassador to the United States, in London in April. He was fired from the post in September
The city’s current savings plan starts with $100. A City Council proposal would make the initial contributions among the highest anywhere.Julie Menin, the speaker of the City Council, is proposing a substantial expansion of the city’s investment in college savings plans.
The secret to the Secretary of State’s success.
Air travel could be disrupted into next year because of high jet fuel prices.
We look at U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.Images from social media posts by President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the U.S. Southern Command.
The mogul’s People Inc. is preparing an offer to buy the portion of the casino giant that it doesn’t already own, at an $18 billion valuation.Barry Diller’s next big bet is on a giant of the Las Vegas Strip.
The candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, will face a senator from the left-wing party of the outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, in a June runoff.Presidential candidate Abelardo De La Espriella addressing supporters in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Sunday.
The authorities did not say why they had barred Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, who have popular social media channels, but said their presence “may not be conducive to the public good.”Cenk Uygur in New York in 2023. He called the decision to cancel his travel authorization “absolutely Kafkaesque.”
