Pentagon Admits to Civilian Casualties in Somalia for a Third Time
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has admitted for the third time that its bombing campaign against terrorist groups in Somalia, which has been underway for more...
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New Administration Memo Seeks to Foster Doubts About Suspected Russian Bounties
A memo produced in recent days by the office of the nation’s top intelligence official acknowledged that the C.I.A. and top counterterrorism officials have assessed...
White House Dismisses Reports of Bounties, but Is Silent on Russia
First President Trump denied knowing about it. Then he called it a possible “hoax.” Next, the White House attacked the news media. And now an...
Afghan Deaths Pile Up in Uncertainty Over U.S. Deal With Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two employees of Afghanistan’s human rights commission were killed in Kabul on Saturday as a bomb attached to their vehicle exploded, the...
Khashoggi’s Son Says Family Pardons His Father’s Killers
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A son of the slain Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi said on Friday that he and his siblings had forgiven the men who...
F.B.I. Is Said to Find Links Between Pensacola Gunman and Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — Federal investigators found cellphone evidence that links Al Qaeda to last year’s deadly shooting at a United States military base in Pensacola, Fla.,...