The Washington Post5 hours agoHezbollah is undeterred as Lebanon braces for war with IsraelThe Washington Post - Kareem Fahim, Mohamad El ChamaaWADI JILO, Lebanon — An Israeli strike that killed a Hezbollah fighter traveling a rural road here last week left a blasted car, a scorched patch of earth and the tenuous Israeli claim that the attack had dealt a “significant blow” to its enemy across the border. But there seemed to be plenty of …
The Washington Post14 hours agoCartel boss ‘El Mayo’: I was detained before meeting with politicianThe Washington Post - Mary Beth SheridanMEXICO CITY — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the old-style Mexican drug kingpins, said in a statement Saturday that he was ambushed and secretly flown to the United States after being invited to a meeting supposedly involving the governor of Sinaloa state. Zambada, 76, and a son of trafficker …
The Washington Post12 hours agoAmid Venezuela tumult, U.S. wants Latin American countries to lead in finding a solutionThe Washington Post - Karen DeYoung, Samantha SchmidtNearly two weeks after Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro claimed reelection to a third term despite what the United States and others have called “overwhelming evidence” of a massive opposition victory, the future of Venezuela and of U.S. policy there remain in limbo. The Biden administration, while …
The Washington Post1 day agoNearly 100 killed in Israeli strike on school, Gaza officials sayThe Washington Post - Missy Ryan, Mohamad El Chamaa, Adela Suliman, Kelsey AblesJERUSALEM — An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians killed at least 93 people in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, civil defense authorities said, deepening global scrutiny of Israel’s conduct of the war more than 10 months into its campaign to eliminate Hamas. Gaza civil defense …
The Washington PostAnalysis | The 2024 Paris Olympics, in comicsThe Washington Post - Hannah GoodThe Summer Olympics are almost done in Paris. We asked some of our favorite cartoonists to live-illustrate the biggest cultural moments from the Games. Who cares about women’s sports? Saturday, Aug. 10 For the first time, the women athletes make up almost half of this year’s competitors — near gender …
The Washington Post1 day agoUkraine appears to expand Russia incursion, in morale boost for KyivThe Washington Post - Isabelle KhurshudyanKYIV — Ukraine’s surprise invasion of Russia stretched into a fifth day Saturday in what analysts and Western officials said increasingly looked like a prolonged operation to divert Russian forces, raising questions about Kyiv’s ultimate aim as its forces pushed deeper into Russia’s Kursk …
