U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats

The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.A B-1 bomber at R.A.F. Fairford in Britain taking off on Sunday. All 12 B-1s were moved from the base in a highly unusual withdrawal.

E Eric Schmitt

U.K. Base Would Be Ambitious Target for ‘Gig Economy’ Warfare

The U.S. war in Iran unleashed small-scale attacks by local criminals or disenfranchised young men hired anonymously to target Jewish and American sites in Europe and North America, experts say.A roadblock outside R.A.F. Fairford base in England on Sept. 27, as the counterterrorism police investigat

N Neil MacFarquhar

Houthis Claim Attack on Aramco as Yemen Conflict Escalates

More than 200 U.S. intelligence and military analysts are in Saudi Arabia helping it provide assistance to its Yemeni allies, current and former U.S. officials say.Flames at a facility belonging to the Saudi oil giant Aramco, south of Riyadh on Saturday.

V Vivian Nereim, Eric Schmitt and Saeed Al-Batati

Iran’s Top Security Official Warns of Dire Economic Crisis

The rare admission from Mohsen Rezaei, the security chief, came weeks after the U.S. tightened sanctions and its naval blockade.People shopping in a bazaar in Tehran in July. Iran’s currency has plunged since the war began.

E Erika Solomon, Sanam Mahoozi and Zane Irwin

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.The moon and Earth were aligned in the same frame, each partly illuminated by the sun, as seen from behind the moon during the Artemis II flig

S Selam Gebrekidan

Who Owns the Moon?

A treaty from the 1960s declared that nobody can own outer space. Half a century later, billionaires and superpowers see fortunes to be made nonetheless.The moon in April, visible from NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

S Selam Gebrekidan

Democrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls Show

Democratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas.Gina Hinojosa is the Democratic candidate running for governor of Texas against the incumbent, Gov. Greg Abbott.

A Anna Griffin, Ruth Igielnik and Sejal Govindarao

In ‘One Helluva Ride,’ Michael Douglas Recalls Life in the Spotlight

At 82, the famously roguish leading man has written a memoir, “One Helluva Ride,” that’s as candid and intimate as it is feisty.“I’ve been working my ass off for 55 years. This is sort of a culmination,” the actor Michael Douglas says of his new memoir, “One Helluva Ride.”

E Elisabeth Egan

How Cornell Punished Each of the 7 Men Accused of Sexual Assault

Summaries obtained by The New York Times offer a detailed look at the discipline meted out to the men accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student at Cornell University.Of the seven fraternity members accused of assaulting Jane Doe at a Cornell University fraternity house, two were expelled, two

S Sharon Otterman, Hurubie Meko and Debra Kamin

A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins

The justices are about to hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the oil industry faces billions of dollars in liability for damages caused by global warming.Boulder has sued Exxon and Suncor saying they should help pay for the damage caused by global warming in the state. A Suncor refinery in

K Karen Zraick

How Everything Became Gambling

It’s not just DraftKings and Polymarket — the logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley.

M Max Read

Biljana Plavsic, a Former Bosnian Serb Political Leader, Has Died

Biljana Plavsic, a Bosnian Serb, pleaded guilty to one count of crimes against humanity. She later recanted and said she “would do the same again.”Biljana Plavsic during her first appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague in 2001.

A Andrew Higgins

Measles Outbreak in Amish Country Forces Some to Rethink Vaccines

The spread of measles in Pennsylvania and Ohio is largely affecting Amish communities where vaccinations levels are low.A nurse named Stephanie Truckey, right, making a house call to the home of Nancy Miller in Middlefield, Ohio.

A Anemona Hartocollis and Madeleine Hordinski