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The direct military confrontation between Iran and Israel has brought renewed attention to Iran’s armed forces. What are they capable of?

People who were at the scene told of chaos, screaming, wounded victims and a resolute attacker. Many struggled to process the shock hours afterward.

Andrew Furey, Canada’s only Liberal premier, recently asked the Liberal federal government to suspend the scheduled increases.

Like the kiwi fruit, the feijoa, or pineapple guava, is not native to the island nation, but it has become something of a national obsession.

Coffee shops and kiosks are everywhere in Ukraine’s capital, their popularity both an act of wartime defiance and a symbol of closer ties to the rest of Europe.

Thousands of Israelis were using mind-altering substances when Hamas-led fighters attacked a desert festival on Oct. 7. Now, scientists are studying the ravers to determine the effects of such drugs at a moment of extreme trauma.

President Yoon Suk Yeol, a key U.S. ally, faces the prospect of becoming a lame duck unless he starts negotiating with the opposition.

The killing of foreign aid workers from World Central Kitchen brought international outrage. The death of their Palestinian driver drew less attention.

Some governments that sell weapons to Israel — a list that is topped by the United States and Germany — are facing legal challenges and protests over those exports.

Some Muslim communities rely on a centuries-old method to determine when Ramadan ends: a crescent moon. That method was harder to follow this year.