A Crackdown on Islam Is Spreading Across China
YINCHUAN, China — In China’s northwest, the government is stripping the most overt expressions of the Islamic faith from a picturesque valley where most residents...
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Ukraine Pressured on U.S. Political Investigations
MOSCOW — Months before a whistle-blower’s complaint came to light this week, raising alarms over dealings between the Trump administration and Ukraine, the issue was...
Attack on Saudi Arabia Tests U.S. Guarantee to Defend Gulf
The oil-rich monarchies of the Persian Gulf have relied for decades on the promise of protection by the United States military, a commitment sealed by...
Pompeo Calls Attacks on Saudi Arabia ‘Act of War’ and Seeks Coalition to Counter Iran
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran on Wednesday of carrying out an “act of war” with aerial strikes on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia...
Hard-Liners in Iran See No Drawback to Bellicose Strategy
President Trump appeared to be softening toward Iran. He had broken with his administration’s leading advocate of confrontation, signaled a willingness to meet personally with...
Trump Says Iran Appears Responsible for Saudi Attack but That He Wants to Avoid War
President Trump said Monday that Iran appeared to have been responsible for the weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. But he also said he...
Saudi Oil Attack Photos Implicate Iran, U.S. Says; Trump Hints at Military Action
The Trump administration intensified its focus on Iran Sunday as the likely culprit behind attacks on important Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend, with...
Two Major Saudi Oil Installations Hit by Drone Strike, and U.S. Blames Iran
Drone attacks claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck two key oil installations inside Saudi Arabia on Saturday, damaging facilities that process the vast majority of...
Boko Haram Is Back. With Better Drones.
KONDUGA, Nigeria — Ten-year-old Abdul stood on a dirt road in a village tucked between millet fields and pulled up his shirt. A fresh scar...
How Jewish Should the Jewish State Be? The Question Shadows an Israeli Vote
JERUSALEM — For years, the resentment had been building. In Israel, Jewish men and women are drafted into the military, but the ultra-Orthodox are largely...