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  • Mystery Blasts Rock Russia-Linked Oil Tankers Off Turkey’s Coast

    Explosions rocked two tankers sanctioned for carrying Russian oil, the latest in a spate of blasts on such vessels, sparking a rescue operation off Turkey’s Black Sea coast.

    The 900-foot Kairos was en route from Egypt to Russia when it suffered a blast and caught fire, according to Turkish authorities. Emergency response vessels managed to evacuate its 25 crew members. Meanwhile, the 820-foot Virat began spewing heavy smoke from its engine room after being hit at a point farther east along the coast. The 20 personnel on board were in good condition, authorities said.

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    Georgi Kantchev

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  • Pope Leo Heads to Turkey and Lebanon for His First Foreign Trip

    ISTANBUL—After a low-profile start to his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV is stepping into the limelight.

    The first American pope begins his first foreign trip on Thursday, touring Turkey and Lebanon. It is a chance for him to set out his spiritual and geopolitical vision after six months as pontiff, notable for its relative quiet after years of turbulence in the Catholic Church.

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    Margherita Stancati

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  • Opinion | Trump Takes On the Muslim Brotherhood

    Sanctions can strike the often-radical Islamist network a piece at a time.

    The Editorial Board

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  • France Detains Last Suspected Louvre Thief

    PARIS—French authorities said they’ve detained four more people in connection to the Louvre heist, including a man suspected of being the only thief to remain at large after purloining the nation’s crown jewels.

    Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said two men, ages 38 and 39, and two women, 31 and 40, have been taken into custody for questioning. Beccuau said all four detainees came from the Paris region, without disclosing further details.

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    Noemie Bisserbe

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  • ISIS Prisons and Camps Are Festering in a Fragile Syria as Aid Peters Out

    HASAKAH, Syria—In a wing of the notorious Al Sina prison in northeastern Syria, where some of the world’s most dangerous inmates are held, guards wearing balaclavas stood along a corridor lined with cells. A prisoner pressed his face to a small, square hole in one of the cell doors. Behind him, some 20 other prisoners in brown jumpsuits sat barefoot on the floor.

    “Is Biden still the U.S. president?” he asked a visiting journalist. The prisoner, a British Islamic State member, didn’t get an answer.

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    Sudarsan Raghavan

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  • Opinion | Another Week in the Wild West Bank

    Adding up Palestinian terrorism and Israeli settler violence.

    The Editorial Board

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  • Opinion | Israel Proves the Danger of an ‘Independent’ Justice System

    The Supreme Court could be enabling a criminal conspiracy to prosecute IDF reservists unjustly.

    Avi Bell

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  • Trump Uses Gaza Peace Playbook in Ukraine

    The White House is giving Ukraine less than a week to sign on to a plan requiring major concessions.

    Michael R. Gordon

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  • Moody’s Ratings Upgrades Italy on Expectation of Declining Debt

    Moody’s boosted Italy’s sovereign-credit rating on expectations for a decline in government debt.

    The ratings agency on Friday upgraded Italy’s rating one level to Baa2 from Baa3. The outlook was revised to stable from positive.

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    Kelly Cloonan

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  • Europe Aimed to Set Standards for Tech Rules, Now It Wants to Roll Them Back

    BERLIN—Europe is moving to relax some of the world’s tightest digital regulations in a bid to boost growth and reduce its reliance on U.S. tech.

    Germany and France on Tuesday backed an effort by the European Union, long seen as a global rulesetter for technology, artificial intelligence and digital services, to loosen regulatory strictures on the fast-growing, U.S.-dominated sectors.

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    Bertrand Benoit

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  • A Drug Kingpin Who Faked His Own Death and Fled Justice Runs Out of Luck

    Wilmer Chavarria was living the good life after faking his own death.

    For four years, the Ecuadorean drug boss allied with Mexico’s Jalisco cartel moved among Dubai, Morocco and Spain, allegedly overseeing his drug empire and hit jobs back home—all while staying at the most exclusive hotels, Ecuador’s government said. To avoid detection, he underwent seven surgeries to alter his appearance and changed his name to Danilo Fernández.

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    Ryan Dubé

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  • Dassault Aviation Rises After Ukraine Agrees to Buy 100 Rafale Fighter Jets

    Ukraine agreed to buy 100 Rafale fighter jets as part of a larger military equipment deal that triggered a jump in the share price of the French aerospace and defense manufacturer Dassault Aviation AM 7.44%increase; green up pointing triangle.

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that he had signed a letter of intent to acquire 100 Rafale F4 fighter jets by 2035, SAMP/T air defense systems, radars, air-to-air-missiles and aerial bombs from France.

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    Cristina Gallardo

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  • Hamas’s Popularity Rises in Gaza, Complicating Trump Plan to Disarm Militants

    Hamas’s popularity has edged up among Palestinians in Gaza since the cease-fire, ending a slide during the war and posing a challenge to President Trump’s plan to bring peace to the enclave by disarming the militant group.

    A major reason is security. Last month, as a cease-fire took root and Israeli forces pulled back, Hamas fighters re-emerged on the streets as police and internal-security forces, patrolling and targeting criminals along with rivals and critics. While many Gazans have a dim view of the U.S.-designated terrorist group and don’t like seeing the group reassert itself, Palestinians have welcomed a reduction in crime and looting.

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    Sudarsan Raghavan

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  • Iran Seizes Fuel Tanker in Middle East Waterway

    Iran seized a Cyprus-registered fuel tanker Friday, its first such interdiction in the Strait of Hormuz in more than a year.

    The seizure of the tanker Talara, which was carrying diesel fuel from the United Arab Emirates to Singapore, comes amid a still unresolved standoff between Tehran and the West over Iran’s nuclear program.

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    Benoit Faucon

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  • Israeli Settlers Burn Mosque as West Bank Violence Escalates

    Israeli settlers extended a wave of attacks in the West Bank, drawing rare condemnation from authorities and concern from the U.S. over the escalating violence.

    Feliz Solomon

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  • Why It’s Easier to Rob a Museum Than a Jewelry Store in France

    Barely 24 hours had passed since thieves had broken into the Louvre Museum and stolen France’s crown jewels when the mayor of Langres, a walled medieval town in Eastern France, received a troubling phone call. 

    The director of the town’s museum was on the line to report that it too had been robbed. Thieves had penetrated the Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot overnight and gone straight for a display case housing its collection of historic gold and silver coins. 

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    Noemie Bisserbe

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  • The Gaza War Has Been Big Business for U.S. Companies

    Two years on, Israel’s war in Gaza might be finally drawing to a close. The conflict built an unprecedented arms pipeline from the U.S. to Israel that continues to flow, generating substantial business for big U.S. companies—including Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Caterpillar.

    Sales of U.S. weapons to Israel have surged since October 2023, with Washington approving more than $32 billion in armaments, ammunition and other equipment to the Israeli military over that time, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of State Department disclosures.

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    Benoit Faucon

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  • Opinion | Syria Comes to Washington—at Long Last

    Can you believe President Trump sat down with him at the White House? That’s the question most of the media has posed after the Monday visit of Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al Qaeda and Islamist rebel commander who now rules Syria. But what if this framing gets the dynamic backward?

    Mr. Trump will meet with anyone, as he’s amply demonstrated. The real geopolitical news here is that a President of Syria has come to the White House—for the first time—to bring his country into the American orbit. This is an opportunity to reverse seven decades of enmity.

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    The Editorial Board

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  • Opinion | Will Israel Do Lebanon’s Dirty Work?

    Trump loses patience as Beirut fails to disarm Hezbollah terrorists.

    The Editorial Board

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  • Opinion | Evangelical Support for Israel Is About More Than Theology

    Tucker Carlson calls it a ‘heresy,’ but it’s rooted in a belief that freedom and faith are inseparable.

    Ralph Reed

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