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Ukraine’s Dilemma as a City Teeters: Save Lives or Keep Holding On

With Russia on the verge of capturing Pokrovsk, Ukraine faces a cruelly familiar choice. It could pull back, concede defeat and save lives. Or it could fight on, delaying a symbolic and tactical victory for Moscow but risking heavier losses of its own.

How Pakistan’s Spending Blitz Helped Win Over Trump and Flip U.S. Policy

As Pakistan has hired lobbyists with close ties to President Trump, it has also received favorable tariff treatment and unique access in Washington.

Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice

One day in mid-September, a Colombian fisherman who had long plied the Caribbean in search of marlin and tuna, called his teenage daughter and told her he was going fishing. He never made it back. Now, his family wants justice.

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