Kremlin suspicions that Ukraine was preparing a covert attack against Russia prompted an unusual conversation between two top U.S. & Russian officials nytimes.com/2024/07/26/us/…

Ukraine’s strategy is to counter Russia in the air war with the help of long-coveted F-16 fighters that are set to arrive soon, but the planes' impact will likely be limited w/2 Marc Santora nytimes.com/2024/07/28/wor…

Ukraine readies to fly its first F-16 fighters against Russia, but Russian attacks on Ukrainian air bases underscore Moscow's determination to limit the impact of the sophisticated planes even before they enter the war w/Marc Santora nytimes.com/2024/07/28/wor…

Suddenly, a case that had drifted from public consciousness in 12 years of pretrial proceedings was back in the spotlight and no closer to the trial that some relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims had been aching for at Guantánamo Bay w/Carol Rosenberg nytimes.com/2024/08/04/us/…

In just three days last week, the Sept. 11 case was rocked by two decisions that stunned victims’ families and jolted a fierce political debate w/Carol Rosenberg nytimes.com/2024/08/04/us/…

BREAKING -- Pentagon turns over control of its bases in Niger effectively ending a years-long counterterrorism mission there even as extremism spreads in West Africa's Sahel region nytimes.com/2024/08/05/us/…

Ukraine's audacious military offensive into Russia took the Kremlin -- and the U.S. -- by surprise. The risky operation is a huge gamble w/@kim_barker, Anton Troianovski, Andrew E. Kramer, Constant Méheut nytimes.com/2024/08/13/wor…

If Ukraine's risky incursion succeeds, it could stretch the capacity of Russian troops, deliver a major embarrassment to Putin and get a bargaining chip for any peace negotiations w/Kim Barker, Anton Troianovski, Andrew E. Kramer, Constant Méheut nytimes.com/2024/08/13/wor…

Israel’s military operation in Gaza has done far more damage against Hamas than U.S. officials had predicted when the war began in October, but officials now say the IDF has achieved all that it can militarily w/helene cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Adam Rasgon nytimes.com/2024/08/14/us/…

A growing number of U.S. national security officials say that the Israeli military had severely set back Hamas in Gaza but would never be able to completely eliminate the group w/helene cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Adam Rasgon nytimes.com/2024/08/14/us/…

Ukraine's incursion into Russia could ultimately have strategic significance and help rebuild sagging morale among Ukraine’s troops and war-weary population w/Julian E. Barnes nytimes.com/2024/08/15/us/…

How much farther Ukraine pushes into Russia and how long it plans to stay are unclear, U.S. officials say, even to Ukraine w/helene cooper, Julian E. Barnes nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/…

Ukraine has seized more than 400 square miles of Russian territory — an area roughly the size of Los Angeles -- but it's unclear how much farther and how much longer the offensive will go w/helene cooper, Julian E. Barnes nytimes.com/2024/08/23/us/…

Why Russia has so far failed to repel the biggest foreign incursion into its country since World War II appears to be not just a matter of personnel and lack of battlefield intelligence, but also of priorities w/Lara Jakes nytimes.com/2024/08/28/wor…

The Trump campaign took video in a heavily restricted section of Arlington National Cemetery, which is largely reserved for the fallen veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars w/Chris Cameron, Maggie Haberman nytimes.com/2024/08/28/us/…

Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery this week has become increasingly scrutinized for its political nature and an altercation between campaign aides and a cemetery official w/Chris Cameron, Maggie Haberman nytimes.com/2024/08/28/us/…

Why Russia has so far failed to repel the biggest foreign incursion into its country since World War II seems to be not just a matter of bad troops and poor intelligence, but also of Putin's priorities: He just doesn't care about that region w/Lara Jakes nytimes.com/2024/08/28/wor…

The inside story of how U.S. officials worked almost nonstop to contain the latest tit for tat, with Israel on one side and Iran and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah on the other, and avert a wider regional war w/Michael Crowley, Edward Wong nytimes.com/2024/08/29/us/…

The size, scope and focus of the unusual U.S.-Iraqi raid in Iraq's remote western Anbar desert underscored the Islamic State's resurgence in recent months in Iraq & Syria nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/…

Last week's pre-dawn raid in Iraq was unusual in the heavy presence of American commandos leading the initial attack as more than 100 U.S. Special Operations Forces joined a smaller number of Iraqi soldiers in the main helicopter-borne assault nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/…