Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to call up hundreds of thousands of new soldiers to fight in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, as the Kremlin tries to balance its high casualty count with public opinion turning away from the war. Putin will mobilize between 300,000 and 500,000 …

A Ukrainian strike in the Caspian Sea on Saturday has ignited sharp diplomatic tensions after Iran said the attack killed a sailor aboard an Iranian commercial vessel, laying bare the growing intersection of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Sunday in an …

The [US-Saudi civilian nuclear] agreement threatens to weaken decades of US non-proliferation policy, ignite a regional arms race, embolden America’s adversaries, and create security risks that future generations may be powerless to reverse. The most controversial aspect of the proposed agreement is that it reportedly allows Saudi Arabia to develop …