Deadlocked Wars: How Major Powers Misread the Regions They Attacked

Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation.Early this year on the outskirts of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, which has been bombed consistently.

N Neil MacFarquhar

UK Forces Seize Russian Shadow Fleet Oil Tanker

Britain’s defense ministry said it was the first time that British forces had acted alone to stop a ship in the fleet, a collection of vessels that Russia uses to move fuel and evade sanctions.

S Stephen Castle

Kash Patel Keeps Suing the Press

The F.B.I. director, following a strategy from President Trump, has filed six defamation lawsuits against news media companies and commentators in nearly seven years.Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has yet to reach a settlement or a favorable jury verdict from the cases.

E Erik Wemple

Germany and Japan Are Rearming Again, 80 Years After World War II

After becoming allies to disastrous effect in the 1940s, Berlin and Tokyo are finding new reasons to team up — including rebuilding their militaries.Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan’s defense minister, and his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, at a naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, in March. The countries ha

J Jim Tankersley and Javier C. Hernández

The G7 Summit Is Dogged by Chaos and Divided by Trump

Group of 7 meetings once embodied the effort to sustain the global diplomatic order. This year’s gathering, starting on Monday, symbolizes its fragmentation.Leaders of the Group of 7 nations at a summit in Kananaskis, Canada, last year.

M Mark Landler

Meet the Smallest Country Ever to Reach the World Cup

Competing for the first time, Curaçao is brimming with joy. Most of the Caribbean nation’s team was born and raised in the Netherlands, but residents say the players represent them.Soccer players and artists at a celebration this month in Curaçao, a Caribbean island and constituent country of the Ki

J James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas

How Redistricting Pit Wasserman Schultz Against Black Democrats in Florida

Four candidates running in a historically Black district risk dividing the Black vote and losing to Ms. Wasserman Schultz, who is white.After Republicans redrew her district to favor their party, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz decided to run in a nearby historically Black district, pitting

P Patricia Mazzei

President Trump Endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate Runoff

Mr. Trump backed Mr. Collins over Derek Dooley, a former football coach who is supported by Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican whose relationship with the president is strained.Representative Mike Collins, Republican of Georgia, received President Trump’s coveted endorsement on Sunday.

T Tim Balk

Japan Is Running Out of Royals. Are More Men the Answer?

Japan’s legislature is drafting a plan to allow the imperial family to adopt distant male relatives. But some in Japan would prefer a female emperor.Emperor Naruhito of Japan, center, with Empress Masako and other royal family members at a garden party in April in Tokyo.

J Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno