Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The comment was reminiscent of Vladimir Putin’s insistence that the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which he launched four years ago, was a “special military operation.” That, too ...

The eventual ask of Congress is likely to fall to between $80 billion and $100 billion, officials said, less than half the amount of an earlier proposal to offset costs of the conflict.

The military campaign has killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sunk at least 10 Iranian warships and struck more than 1,000 targets.