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Why Russia and China Are Sitting Out Venezuela’s Clash With Trump
[ad_1] For two decades, Venezuela cultivated anti-American allies across the globe, from Russia and China to Cuba and Iran, in the hope of forming…
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
[ad_1] Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end…
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Trump Is Silent on Taiwan After Talking to Xi—and That Is Fine With Taipei
[ad_1] Taiwan is making the most of the U.S.’s policy of “strategic ambiguity,” even as President Trump’s stance raises concern for some in Taipei.…
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Exclusive | Witness Photos Captured Attack on the National Guard
[ad_1] It was a pre-Thanksgiving afternoon that few Americans could have imagined: U.S. troops defending themselves in a gunfight in the streets of the…
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Where Trump Sees Deals, Russia and China See a Chance to Disrupt U.S. Alliances
[ad_1] U.S. adversaries are using President Trump’s eagerness to strike deals as a chance to drive a wedge between the U.S. and its allies…
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The JD Vance Classmate Emerging as a Key Player in Talks to End the Ukraine War
[ad_1] When President Trump decided to send Pentagon representatives to Ukraine in an attempt to resuscitate stalled peace talks, he turned to an unexpected…
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Paramilitary Expansion Shows Scale of War Preparations on NATO’s Eastern Frontier
[ad_1] UTENA, Lithuania—Some 1,500 paramilitaries descended on this industrial city in northeastern Lithuania late last month, taking up positions at government buildings and around…
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White House Defends Witkoff After Leak of Conversation With Russian Official
[ad_1] The White House is defending special envoy Steve Witkoff over a reportedly leaked conversation in which he told a Russian official that praising…
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Ukrainians Resist Pressure from Russia—and Trump
[ad_1] By James Marson and Nikita Nikolaienko | Photography by Serhii Korovayny for WSJ KYIV, Ukraine—Nataliia Melnychenko stood outside a residential building hit by…
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Top Army Official Meets Russians in U.A.E., Signaling New Phase in Peace Talks
[ad_1] Army Secretary Dan Driscoll met with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi on Monday and Tuesday, a sign that talks to end the…
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Colombia Orders Probe Into Ties Between Military and Drug Traffickers
[ad_1] The Colombian military said Monday it had opened an investigation into allegations that senior army and intelligence officials advised the leader of an…
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Exclusive | How the U.S. Drafted a Russia-Friendly Peace Plan for Ukraine
[ad_1] WASHINGTON—It started with an October order from President Trump to his national security team: Come up with a plan to end the Ukraine…
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Opinion | What a Good Ukraine Peace Looks Like
[ad_1] President Trump on Monday touted “big progress” on talks to end the Ukraine war, and Kyiv is doubtless willing to make painful concessions…
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China’s Xi Calls Trump in Unusual Move to Discuss Ukraine, Taiwan
[ad_1] In an unusual diplomatic move, Chinese leader Xi Jinping initiated a phone call with President Trump on Monday, discussing Taiwan and Ukraine as…
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Opinion | Suspicious Drones Over Europe
[ad_1] Has the West absorbed the right lessons from Ukraine’s war with Russia? For the unsettling answer, look at what’s buzzing mysteriously in the…
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Russia Stuck to Its Demands on Ukraine. Many Are Now in Trump’s Peace Plan.
[ad_1] For the past four years, Russia has stuck by a single set of demands for ending its war in Ukraine. Now, Moscow is…
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Trump Says Ukraine Peace Plan Isn’t Final After Criticism It Favors Russia
[ad_1] President Trump said Saturday he could be open to changes in the administration’s 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine after Kyiv,…
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Trump Uses Gaza Peace Playbook in Ukraine
[ad_1] The White House is giving Ukraine less than a week to sign on to a plan requiring major concessions. [ad_2] Michael R. Gordon…
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Latest Push for Peace Is Zelensky’s Toughest Moment Since Start of War
[ad_1] The Ukrainian leader is trying to prepare his people for “a very difficult choice” after almost four years of full-scale conflict with Russia.…
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Opinion | Trump Issues an Ultimatum to Ukraine
[ad_1] The Trump Administration is making another run at ending the war in Ukraine, and a lasting peace with honor would be a laudable…