President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday. He said that the targets of Thursday’s strike on Sokoto State in Nigeria were mem
Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target affiliates of a resurgent Islamic State.People gathered near the site of a U.S. missile strike in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
An Afrikaner flew to the United States expecting protection. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.A detention center in Lumpkin, Ga., where Benjamin Schoonwinkel, an Afrikaner, is being held.
The blueprint covers a broad range of issues, including territory, security guarantees and postwar reconstruction. But Russia has indicated little willingness to end the war.Ukrainian soldiers firing toward Russian targets in the Donetsk region in March.
Only five Sears stores remain in the country, with the end likely near for what was once the mightiest American retailer.The hedge fund magnate Edward Lampert’s plan to turn Sears stores into dazzling mixed-used developments had attracted prominent investors.
She went on testosterone to help with her menopausal symptoms. The effects had unexpected consequences for their marriage.
There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cover it. Many doctors won’t prescribe it. It’s become a cultural phenomenon.
Streets were brined, plows were ready and flights were canceled as the metropolitan region braced for up to 10 inches of snow.
Another wave of rain was hitting the Los Angeles area on Friday, adding to the record-setting precipitation over Christmas.Clouds covered downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Rain continued on Thursday and Friday.
Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.Ryan Wedding, the police said, ordered the murder of an associate who became an informant. The man was shot and killed while dining in M
After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition.Sumaya Abu al-Naja with a photo of her daughter, Hoda.
The attack comes amid heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Israeli security forces investigating a vehicle that was used in an attack in northern Israel on Friday.
Ansar al-Sunna, which experts say appears to be an ISIS splinter group, claimed responsibility for the explosion, which happened as worshipers were attending Friday Prayer.The aftermath of an explosion in a mosque in Homs, Syria, on Friday.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
Daniel DiDonato, 19, has loved elections since he was in fourth grade. He also loves maps.A college freshman drew the maps to determine who will represent State Senate Districts 25 and 26 at the Alabama State Capitol.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign encouraged canvassers to ditch their scripts in pursuit of genuine, off-the-cuff-conversation. It’s a strategy that some Democratic strategists want to see more of.A canvasser for Zohran Mamdani in November. His campaign’s field director said that the team emphasized “trust
The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New Mexico.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s signature plans for New York City will take time. Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has ideas for making a swift impact.Lina Khan, a leading progressive scholar, chaired the Federal Trade Commission under former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Shoes. A phone. Receipts. A comb. Traces of wild nights and hurried days are all around us.
Anyone who wants to live in a safe, fair and free country should be alarmed.
It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.
The number of patients going to hospital emergency rooms with flulike symptoms has soared.The flu shot, which is designed to amp up the immune response, may not be as effective this year.
Artificial intelligence companies looking to raise funds are being made to pay lofty interest rates, as debt investors become cautious.CoreWeave, which rents data centers, is among the smaller companies bringing debt deals.
One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played with stars like Miles Davis.“Fusion” (1974), Mr. Urbaniak’s first major solo album, was an “enigmatic recording at once lyrical and noisy,” one reviewer wrote.
