Security
U.S. aid cuts, Ebola crisis in Africa open door to Beijing’s bid for influence in Congo
When a team of Chinese medical experts landed Saturday at the airport in the capital city of Kinshasa, health officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo were on hand to greet them with open arms.
Judge blocks New York’s anti-ICE mask law but preserves law barring cooperation on ICE arrests
A federal judge has blocked New York's new law barring ICE officers from wearing masks while on duty in the state, but allowed another law that blocks localities from signing cooperation agreements with the deportation agency.
Board of Peace envoy meets with Netanyahu on Gaza disarmament deal, urges halt to strikes
The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza's postwar transition met Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a statement, in part to discuss a new disarmament deal the board reached with Hamas.
States sue to block feds from sharing personal data of millions who receive social service benefits
More than 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday to block it from getting wide access to the personal information of millions of recipients of a benefits program for low-income families.
Trump gives Iran a ‘last chance’ to make a deal to end the war
President Trump on Monday said renewed talks with Iran are the Islamic regime's "last chance" to sign a deal giving up its quest for a nuclear weapon.
Trump accuses Iranian leaders of duplicity over peace negotiations
President Trump on Monday accused Tehran of being "duplicitous" and said peace negotiations were underway through mediators, whether Iranian officials wanted to admit it or not.
WATCH: Inside the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ and the shifting politics of Latin America
Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with longtime regional expert Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue to examine Latin American political nuances that the U.S. national security community should be most aware of going forward. (Aug. 3, 2026)
Iran deja vu: Trump once again threatens massive escalation against Tehran only to walk back
President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war.
Russian Embassy in Rome blames Ukraine for deadly Italian restaurant bombing in Moscow
The Russian Embassy in Rome on Monday blamed Ukraine for a deadly weekend bombing at a Moscow restaurant, describing it as an attempt to intimidate the Italian community in Russia.
Iran says no talks with U.S. expected despite Trump’s assurances
Iran said Monday it is not in talks with the U.S. over control of the Strait of Hormuz, even as President Trump insists that final negotiations could begin as soon as this afternoon.
U.S. faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare-earth magnets
A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The company uses electrolysis to separate the key critical elements President Trump's administration desperately wants to produce domestically from the powder left behind at traditional mines.
Uganda’s military unveils statue of Netanyahu’s brother who died in 1976 Entebbe hostage rescue
Uganda's military unveiled a monument to an older brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who was killed during a hostage rescue operation in the East African country in 1976.
Russian planes fire a salvo of glide bombs at a southern Ukraine city, killing 1 and wounding dozens
Russian planes dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and wounding dozens of others, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said Monday.
This ethnic community in Estonia turns a village into a symbolic kingdom for a day
As an accordion plays, 80-year-old Maime Kapten spins across the grass field, her embroidered skirt swirling and silver chains and coins around her neck jangling.
Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season
Key senators unveiled a short-term spending bill on Sunday that would keep federal agencies funded past the midterm elections and into early December as they look to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season.