TAIPEI—China’s People’s Liberation Army dispatched a swarm of jet fighters and other military aircraft on sorties near Taiwan on Sunday in a move that Beijing said was a response to provocation by Washington and Taipei. A total of 71 Chinese warplanes were detected flying in the region surrounding Taiwan, with a few dozen crossing the … Read more
WASHINGTON—The House’s Jan. 6 select committee released its final investigative report Thursday, a sprawling capstone of more than 800 pages to the panel’s 18-month probe into the violent attack on the Capitol by a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump. Earlier this week, the committee—made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans critical … Read more
The Taliban banned girls from attending elementary school, effectively instituting a total ban on the education of girls and women and dealing one of the most dramatic blows yet to women’s freedoms since seizing power last year. In a gathering in Kabul with private-school directors, clerics and community representatives, Taliban officials on Wednesday also barred … Read more
Mr. Putin made a rare admission Tuesday that the war in Ukraine—where Russian forces have suffered a number of stinging setbacks since the summer—is facing obstacles. Mr. Putin said that there were difficulties in the Ukrainian territories that the Kremlin has illegally claimed as Russian land. In September, the Kremlin staged referendums in Russian-controlled Luhansk … Read more
At the start of the war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to occupy Kyiv’s government quarters and assassinate the Ukrainian president, Ukrainian intelligence and security officials allege. When Mr. Putin needed more soldiers on fast-crumbling front lines, the warlord rounded up thousands of men, sometimes forcibly, and sent them in, … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine said it struck a Russian ammunition depot and military base on occupied territory in the country’s east, as both sides ruled out the possibility of a Christmas cease-fire after almost 10 months of fighting. “A full cease-fire from our point of view will come only when there are no more occupying forces on … Read more
By Dominic Chopping STOCKHOLM–Saab AB said late Wednesday that it has now booked a previously announced 6.7 billion Swedish kronor ($659.2 million) deal to supply two ships to Poland. The Swedish defense company said last month that it had signed a contract with the Polish Ministry of Defense to design, produce and support two signal … Read more
WASHINGTON—The Senate passed by unanimous consent a bill that would ban federal employees from downloading or using the social-media app TikTok on government devices, in the face of mounting national-security concerns. The legislation would still have to pass the House and be signed by the president to become law. A similar bill passed the Senate … Read more
KHERSON, Ukraine—Kyiv’s military demolished a hotel complex hosting dozens of Russian military personnel overnight with U.S.-supplied long-range artillery, while more Russian drone strikes continued to destroy Ukraine’s electricity grid. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 1.5 million people in Ukraine’s southern Odessa region were left without power after strikes late Saturday. Only critical infrastructure was connected … Read more
Los Angeles police are investigating an altercation between activists and an embattled City Council member that became physical Friday evening. Kevin de León, the council member, has been facing calls to resign since October, when an audio recording was released in which he and two other council members, all Democrats, discuss how to redraw districts … Read more