In Qatar, Trapped Between the U.S. and Iran, War Forced a Reckoning

The gas-rich Gulf nation is in a state of “strategic shock” after the war dealt a serious blow to its economy, sending ripples around the world.Qatar, though on good terms with both the United States and Iran, has been harmed economically by the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran and endured retalia

V Vivian Nereim

Hamas Officials Say Group Is Ready to Hand Over Some Weapons

Two senior Hamas officials in Gaza said the group was prepared to relinquish some automatic rifles and other arms, a concession that falls short of Israeli-U.S. demands.Armed members of Hamas in Nuseirat, Gaza, last year.

N Natan Odenheimer and Adam Rasgon

Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.

The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president’s second term.Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat, two of three Syrian-born brothers, at their company’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

E Eric Lipton

Muslim Southerners Face a Fresh Wave of Hateful Political Rhetoric

Some Muslim voters were once drawn to Republican positions on family values and individual liberty, but as Southern politicians stoke anti-Islamic sentiment, many feel threatened.Amal Altareb, a Yemeni American, moved to Memphis in 2012, one of many Muslim Americans drawn to the South by economic op

E Emily Cochrane

They’re Young. They’re Conservative. And They’re Split Over the War.

On college campuses from the Northeast to the Southwest, the conflict in Iran is testing the fealty of young Republicans during the second Trump administration.Taylar Grieves, a member of the College Republicans at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, asked students in March to vote whet

T Troy Closson

New Yorkers Warm to Mamdani’s Redesign Plan for Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn

The new proposal would make Grand Army Plaza more friendly to pedestrians. It was all the talk at the local farmers’ market on Saturday.Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposal would ban cars from a dangerous stretch of road separating the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza from Prospec

C Claire Fahy

5 Injured During a Shooting Near University of Iowa Campus

Three students were among those wounded in the shooting, which took place shortly before 2 a.m. as a fight broke out at the downtown pedestrian mall.A shooting took place in downtown Iowa City after a large fight broke out at the pedestrian mall.

B Bernard Mokam