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Ukrainian Strike Hits Air Base Deep Inside Russian Territory

Renewed Israeli Strikes Force Gazans to Flee Their Homes

Nowruz, the Persian New Year, began on Thursday, kicking off a celebration of life, renewal and rebirth that people in Iran and beyond have been observing for many generations. More than 300 million people worldwide celebrate Nowruz, which means “new day” in Persian. Many of them greet one another by saying “Nowruzetan pirooz” or “Wishing … Read more

An analysis made this week of Russian attitudes toward a possible cease-fire with Ukraine suggests that the Russian public is ready to end the war but skeptical of any concessions Moscow may have to make. Combined with new polling in Ukraine, the analysis by a Massachusetts-based company, FilterLabs, shows how difficult selling the terms of … Read more

The Taliban on Thursday released George Glezmann, an American held since 2022 in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Glezmann was a mechanic for Delta Air Lines who was detained while visiting Afghanistan as a tourist in December 2022. The State Department had officially designated him a wrongful detainee. … Read more

President Trump’s intensifying conflict with the federal courts is unusually aggressive compared with similar disputes in other countries, according to scholars. Unlike leaders who subverted or restructured the courts, Mr. Trump is acting as if judges were already too weak to constrain his power. “Honest to god, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Steven Levitsky, … Read more

Hamas fired its first barrage of rockets in months into Israeli territory on Thursday as Israeli troops expanded their ground raids in northern Gaza in what looked increasingly like a slide back into full-scale war. There were no reports of casualties from the rockets, which were fired at Tel Aviv. The Israeli military said they … Read more

During a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine this week, President Trump floated a highly unusual idea: The United States could take control of Ukrainian nuclear power plants. “The United States could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise,” the White House said in a statement after the … Read more

Ukraine attacked an airfield deep inside Russian territory overnight, officials said on Thursday, as the two sides traded strikes amid efforts by the Trump administration to hammer out details of a partial cease-fire. The attack on the Russian airfield came hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke to President Trump and accepted the Kremlin’s … Read more

European Union officials are delaying their retaliation against President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs — including 50 percent levies on American whiskey — until mid-April, aiming to refine the list of products that will be hit while also allowing more time to strike a deal with the United States. The European Commission has decided that … Read more