Gadi Eisenkot Couldn’t Be More Unlike Netanyahu. Can He Beat Him?

Mr. Eisenkot, an ex-military chief leading in the polls, calls the Israeli prime minister an “anti-leader.” But his low-key campaigning style is worrying supporters.Gadi Eisenkot, the leading candidate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at a campaign event in Haifa, Israel, last month.

D David M. Halbfinger, Natan Odenheimer and Johnatan Reiss

Palestinian Gunmen Open Fire on Israelis in the West Bank, Officials Say

The Israeli military said two soldiers had been killed, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to launch a major offensive in the Israeli-occupied territory.Israeli soldiers standing next to one of the bodies of two armed Palestinian men after the exchange of fire on Friday.

A Adam Rasgon

Trump Asked Musk to Reverse Starshield Restrictions on Ukraine

The call from the president about the Starshield network came after officials in Ukraine reported that they found new limits on the use of military drones in their war against Russia.A Ukrainian soldier checking a reconnaissance drone before launching it in the Sumy region last fall.

M Michael Crowley, Maggie Haberman and Siobhán O’Grady

Alpha School Claims to Teach Kids Twice as Fast. Many Don’t Make It.

Alpha School, a private network, is spreading into public education. While its students’ test scores are high, some parents and educators say it doesn’t live up to the hype.An Alpha private school in Austin, Texas. The Alpha network is small but growing rapidly. Its leaders have ambitions for the mo

D Dana Goldstein

The Bukeleization of Latin America Has Arrived

Nayib Bukele’s notoriously harsh and wildly popular security crackdown in El Salvador is spawning imitators and remaking the region.President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has overseen an extraordinary security crackdown that has led to plummeting crime rates.

J Jack Nicas

As Brazil Prepares for Election Runoff, a Town Offers Clues to Bolsonaro’s Rise

Deep in cattle country, voter sentiments in an evangelical stronghold help explain why the country’s leftist president is the underdog in Sunday’s election.A gathering last month in Nanuque, Brazil, where longtime residents and those who have moved away come together to dance and reconnect.

A Adam B. Ellick and Seth Kugel

Arms Race Intensifies in Korea as the North Is Emboldened by Russia Alliance

A rare escalation this month exposed the increasingly lethal arsenals the two Koreas are building up across the world’s most heavily fortified border.A photograph provided by North Korean state media showing the leader, Kim Jong-un, and his daughter, Kim Ju-ae, overseeing the firing of an intermedia

C Choe Sang-Hun

Ebola Outbreak in Africa Reaches Widest Expansion Ever

Health officials are urgently seeking answers about the origins of a case newly identified in Nigeria, the first in that West African nation.Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, where the country’s first Ebola patient was admitted this week. An African health official said that if authorities could

A Apoorva Mandavilli

New York City Passes Horse Carriage Ban, Ending a Central Park Tradition

A passenger’s death in June became the impetus for the City Council to ban the practice, but the bill will likely face a court challenge before being implemented in 2028.The proposed ban on horse carriages gained steam after the death of Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old passenger who was thrown from

E Ed Shanahan and Dana Rubinstein