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Author: CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITT

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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”

World

Trump Team Divided Over Future of U.S. Embassy in Somalia

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Trump Team Divided Over Future of U.S. Embassy in Somalia

Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after recent gains by Al Shabab militants.

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Rules for Pentagon Use of Proxy Forces Shed Light on a Shadowy War Power

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Rules for Pentagon Use of Proxy Forces Shed Light on a Shadowy War Power

Newly disclosed documents include Special Operations forces directives for managing counterterrorism and irregular warfare surrogate fighters.

World

Biden Approves Plan to Redeploy Several Hundred Ground Forces Into Somalia

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Biden Approves Plan to Redeploy Several Hundred Ground Forces Into Somalia

The president also signed off on targeting about a dozen Shabab leaders in the war-torn country, from which Donald J. Trump largely withdrew in his final weeks in office.

World

Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones

Requiring higher-level approval is a stopgap measure as officials review whether to tighten Trump-era targeting rules and civilian safeguards.

World

Christopher Miller Named Acting Defense Secretary

November 11, 2020CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Christopher Miller Named Acting Defense Secretary

President Trump’s new acting secretary of defense began a since-aborted diplomatic gambit last month to negotiate with a Somali terrorist group — drawing the ire of the secretary of state.

World

Trump Officials Reconsider Prosecuting ISIS ‘Beatles’ Without Death Penalty

July 31, 2020CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Trump Officials Reconsider Prosecuting ISIS ‘Beatles’ Without Death Penalty

American military officials in Iraq want two detainees taken off their hands and a British court has blocked sharing evidence for any death-penalty case. But other options are also getting a second look.

World

Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Order Forces Allies to Weigh Return of ISIS Detainees

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019CHARLIE SAVAGE and ERIC SCHMITTComments Off on Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Order Forces Allies to Weigh Return of ISIS Detainees

The American military departure may have a silver lining: a long-awaited resolution for thousands of Islamic State detainees who have been held indefinitely in Syrian camps.

Headlines

The attack in Manchester comes amid a rising wave of antisemitism.

October 2, 2025MARK LANDLER

Manchester Synagogue Attack Fuels Fears of Antisemitism in Britain

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025MARK LANDLER

American Soldiers in American Cities

October 2, 2025KATRIN BENNHOLD

‘A Crazy Moment’: Shock and Terror Spreads in Manchester Synagogue’s Community

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025EMMA BUBOLA

Police Seize Possible Forgeries From Dalí Show in Italy

October 2, 2025ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

As Russian Drones Menace Europe, Putin Says Moscow Has No Plans to Invade

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Nataliya Vasilyeva

As Unrest in Pakistani Kashmir Turns Deadly, Prime Minister Urges Calm

October 2, 2025SALMAN MASOOD

Manchester’s Mayor Had Criticized Starmer. The Synagogue Attack Could Unite Them.

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Michael D. Shear

‘Appalled,’ ‘horrified,’ ‘sickening’: Leaders and residents condemn the Manchester attack.

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Johnatan Reiss, Jeanna Smialek, Emma Bubola and Stephen Castle

Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds

October 2, 2025October 2, 2025Rebecca Dzombak
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