The 2,000 paratroopers heading to the region may give President Trump more leverage in negotiations, but they also leave him with the option of doubling down on military force.

Despite being imprisoned and harassed, he helped found an organization to combat slavery in his West African nation.

Syed Asim Munir’s role demonstrates Islamabad’s acute exposure to regional instability and newly found geopolitical relevance.

Pakistan’s army chief is using his close relationship with President Trump to try to foster talks between Iran and the United States.

Representative Brian Mast, a Republican and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said the closed-door war briefings were enough.

Iran has severely damaged several American military bases in the Middle East, officials say.

A brigadier general and speaker of Parliament, Mr. Ghalibaf, one of the leaders of Iran’s war effort, has emerged as a potential contact point in any peace talks.

In Denmark’s election, it was local issues, not Greenland or foreign policy, that counted. That hurt the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.

The president has domestic and international political motivations for touting negotiations to end the war. Iran has similar ones to deny discussions.

Matt Brittin, the former president of Google in Europe, will become the new director general. Among the items on his to-do list: handling a lawsuit from President Trump.