Top Iranian officials pressed the country’s leader to reverse his position, arguing that the risk of war with the United States and the worsening economic crisis could topple the regime.

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The two sides have started talks to prevent conflicts between their troops in Syria, amid a growing rivalry for influence in the region.

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The world was just as intertwined 100 years ago, and its unraveling was a disaster. Can we avoid the same outcome?

Aid workers delivered the first shipments of help to Myanmar, but will have to cross a country buckled by the disaster and divided by civil war, arms dealers and drug syndicates.

They may be even more serious than the one we’ve been focused on.

And why the careless secretary of defense should resign.

A defense secretary intentionally using a civilian app to share sensitive war plans without noticing a journalist was in the chat would be egregious.