- January 6, 2024
Boeing’s 737 Max 9 and the Alaska Airline Grounding: What to Know
An emergency landing on Friday of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 jet in Portland, Ore., led the Federal Aviation Administration to order some
95 Reported Killed in Iran in Blasts Near Qassim Suleimani’s Tomb
A pair of explosions on Wednesday at a memorial for Iran’s former top general, Qassim Suleimani, killed at least 103 people and wounded an additional
U.S. Helicopters Sink 3 Houthi Boats in Red Sea, Pentagon Says
A clash between Iranian-backed Houthi fighters who were attacking a commercial freighter and U.S. Navy helicopters responding to the ship’s distress call ended on Sunday
2023 Obituaries: A Host of Consequential, and Very Long, Lives Lost
In February 1961, The New York Times, citing a study by the American Medical Association, ran a brief article reporting that Americans could very well
Tuesday Briefing: Netanyahu Visits Gaza
Netanyahu visits troops in Gaza Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited Israeli troops fighting in Gaza yesterday. His visit came after Gazan health officials
Yacouba Sawadogo, African Farmer Who Held Back the Desert, Dies at 77
Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer known as “the man who beat the desert” in Burkina Faso for revolutionizing agricultural methods and creating a 75-acre forest on
Zelensky, After Tough Year on Battlefield, Insists Ukraine Will Prevail
President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against doubts about Ukraine’s battlefield prospects and about the support of its allies, telling reporters on Tuesday that his country
Three Israeli Hostages Killed in Error Had White Flag, Israel Says
The Israeli military on Saturday said three hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli troops had been shirtless, unarmed and bearing a makeshift white flag. The troubling
‘She Gave Me Hope’: Thai Hostage’s Friendship With an Israeli Child
Thai hostage Nutthawaree Munkan was held by Hamas for nearly 50 days. During her time underground, a 5-year-old Israeli child gave her hope that she’d
Dr. Gao Yaojie, Who Exposed AIDS Epidemic in Rural China, Dies at 95
Gao Yaojie, a Chinese doctor who defied government pressure in exposing an AIDS epidemic that spread across rural China through reckless blood collection, died on