He will act unilaterally to advance American interests, and Jerusalem is free to do the same.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-brings-honesty-to-the-u-s-israel-alliance-independence-negotiations-stability-middle-east-0360de2e
The Israeli military said the new offensive would include dividing up the enclave and pushing the population out of areas in which it operates.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/israel-ground-operation-gaza/
The meeting, which also included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was the first encounter between Vance and Zelensky since a heated Oval Office session in February.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/18/ukraine-ceasefire-vance-zelensky-rome/
Leo, the first American and second Latin American pope, celebrated his inaugural Mass at the Vatican after waving to the faithful on the popemobile.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/pope-leo-inauguration-st-peters/
George Simion suggests Romania, a member of the European Union and NATO, should stop aiding Ukraine. Ukraine considers him a national security threat.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/romania-election-george-simion-nicosur-dan/
How the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. foreign aid in Africa exposed its devastating downside for recipients.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/usaid-withdrawal-africa-healthcare/
El Salvador’s top independent investigative news outlet moved its headquarters to Costa Rica in 2023. More of its journalists left the country this month.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/bukele-authoritarian-el-faro-salvador/
Days into a fragile ceasefire, The Washington Post visited devastated villages near the Line of Control in Indian-administered Kashmir.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/india-pakistan-conflict-aftermath-kashmir/
The bombardment, which Ukrainian officials said mostly targeted Kyiv, came just a day before President Trump was expected to talk with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/russia-ukraine-drones.html
Ukraine’s president was among the dignitaries and world leaders in St. Peter’s Square. After the meeting, he thanked the Vatican for its willingness to serve as a venue for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/zelensky-pope-mass-vance-rubio.html
This new stage of the war is aimed at pressuring Hamas into releasing hostages and ultimately destroying the group or forcing it to surrender.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-ground-operation.html
On Iran, Gaza, Syria and Yemen, President Trump is moving ahead without Israel, reshaping decades of foreign policy.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/middleeast/trump-israel-netanyahu-gulf.html
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s chief Iran negotiator, offered the clearest outlines of the administration’s position in talks over Tehran’s nuclear program.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/trump-witkoff-iran-nuclear.html
There were 277 people on board when the ship drifted directly into the underside of the bridge on Saturday night, the authorities said. At least 22 were injured, half of them critically.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/nyregion/brooklyn-bridge-ship-crash-nyc.html
My mom and dad joined the millions of Americans who parent their children’s children — a beautiful responsibility that comes at a high cost.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/magazine/grandparents-families-children-kids.html
Officials said Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, targeted the fertility clinic in the bombing that damaged the facility and injured four people.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/palm-springs-bombing-fertility-clinic-suspect.html
Voters could be forgiven for thinking so. The party’s up-and-comers, heavy on tough talk and light on new ideas, are being remarkably open about wanting to run despite how early it is.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/democrats-2028-presidential-election.html
A measles outbreak in the state has not stopped “medical freedom” activists from pushing forward with their goal. They now have an influential ally in Washington: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/politics/texas-moms-vaccine-mandates.html
Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled with ancient and symbolic rituals.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/pope-leo-evokes-his-predecessor-with-a-message-of-inclusivity-and-unity.html
The cardinals’ selection of Pope Leo tests the strained relationship between the bishop of Rome and conservative Catholics.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/pope-leo-conservatives.html