US Pushes Large Arms Sale to Taiwan, Including Jet Missiles
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is pushing the sale of seven large packages of weapons to Taiwan, including long-range missiles that would allow Taiwanese jets...
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U.S. Official Visits Taiwan Amid Rising Tensions With China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A senior U.S. envoy arrived in Taiwan on Thursday to attend a memorial service for former President Lee Teng-hui, in the Trump...
In Arab States’ Embrace, Israelis See a Reshaped Mideast
JERUSALEM — Since its founding, Israel has seen itself as a modern-day Sparta, a tiny fortress nation-state in a hostile desert, whose survival depended on...
Russian Attack Jets Back Mercenaries Fighting in Libya
WASHINGTON — More than a dozen attack jets that Russia sent to Libya this year are conducting ground strikes and other combat missions in support...
Will Doug Emhoff’s Legal Career Be an Issue for the Biden-Harris Ticket?
He has represented the husband of one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the licensing company behind the pizza rat viral video and a...
Shots Fired Along India-China Border for First Time in Years
NEW DELHI — Tensions along the India-China border took an alarming turn on Tuesday after Chinese and Indian officials accused each other’s soldiers of firing...
The Forgotten Colonial Forces of World War II
The latest article from “Beyond the World War II We Know,” a series from The Times that documents lesser-known stories from the war, recounts the...
‘Kill All You See’: In a First, Myanmar Soldiers Tell of Rohingya Slaughter
The two soldiers confess their crimes in a monotone, a few blinks of the eye their only betrayal of emotion: executions, mass burials, village obliterations...
Trump, Our Fallen Soldiers Aren’t ‘Losers’ or ‘Suckers’
I struggled for the words to comfort Jordan, my 14-year-old son. He had come into my room and heard a snippet of a news report...
Netanyahu Privately Condoned U.S. Plan to Sell Arms to U.A.E., Officials Say
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel privately went along with a plan for the Trump administration to sell advanced weapons to the United...