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☆ Anthony Fauci to Testify in House on Covid-19 Pandemic’s Origins, U.S. Response
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Warren P. Strobel | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony will begin with two days of transcribed interviews behind closed doors in January followed by a public hearing at a later date. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated PressWASHINGTON—After months of negotiations, former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci has agreed to testify in Congress on the U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the virus’s origins in China. The testimony by Fauci, who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 until last year, will be his first before the Republican-controlled House.

Persons: Anthony Fauci’s, Alex Brandon, Associated Press WASHINGTON —, Anthony Fauci, Fauci Organizations: Associated Press WASHINGTON, White, National Institute of Allergy, Republican Locations: China

As thousands of people are killed in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the United Nations is warning of even more deaths from dehydration and waterborne diseases. WSJ explains Gaza’s water crisis. Photo: Hatem Ali/Associated PressWASHINGTON—The U.S. is pressing Israel to modify its plans for the next phase of its campaign in Gaza to better protect civilians and rebut criticism that the White House has given Israeli forces carte blanche to wage its war with Hamas. The U.S. push to have Israel fight a more targeted war signals a shift away from President Biden’s full-throated support at the outset for the campaign to oust Hamas, and is the focus of intensive consultations between Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on how to handle the conflict—one that Washington has worked with Arab allies to prevent from broadening beyond Gaza.

Persons: Hatem Ali, carte, Biden’s, Benjamin Netanyahu Organizations: United, Associated Press WASHINGTON, White, Hamas, Israel, Biden Locations: Israel, Gaza, United Nations, The U.S, U.S, Washington

☆ U.S. Warns Iran Is Weighing Sending Short-Range Missiles to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center right, examined munitions in Tehran in September. Photo: russian foreign ministry press service/ShutterstockWASHINGTON—The U.S. fears Iran is preparing to provide Russia with advanced short-range ballistic missiles for its military campaign in Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Iran has already provided Russia with armed drones, guided aerial bombs and artillery shells, U.S. officials said.

Persons: Sergei Shoigu Organizations: Russian, WASHINGTON Locations: Tehran, The U.S, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, U.S

☆ U.S., NATO to Suspend Participation in Landmark Cold War Arms Treaty
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Bulgarian troops during a NATO exercise. Suspending participation will give the U.S. more flexibility to deploy forces in Romania and Bulgaria, near Ukraine. Photo: nikolay doychinov/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—The U.S. and its NATO allies served notice Tuesday that they will formally suspend their participation in a 1990 treaty limiting conventional forces in Europe, marking the demise of another landmark arms control agreement. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s move follows Russia’s formal withdrawal from the accord on Tuesday and longstanding Western complaints that Moscow wasn’t honoring the terms of the treaty.

Persons: nikolay doychinov Organizations: Agence France, Getty, WASHINGTON, NATO, Atlantic Treaty Locations: NATO, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, The U.S, Europe, Atlantic, Moscow

☆ Russia’s Wagner Group May Provide Air Defense Weapon to Hezbollah, U.S. Intel Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | Vivian Salama | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After the death of Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin is putting a new power structure in place that will take over the group’s sprawling operations in Africa, which have advanced Russian influence on the continent for almost a decade. Photo illustration: JJ LinThe U.S. has intelligence that the Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary group, may provide an air defense system to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, U.S. officials say. The system in question is the SA-22, which uses antiaircraft missiles and air defense guns, to intercept aircraft.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, JJ Lin The Organizations: Wagner Group, Russian, Lebanese, SA Locations: Africa, JJ Lin The U.S, U.S

☆ China, U.S. to Meet for Rare Nuclear Arms-Control Talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 leaders’ summit in Bali, Indonesia, last year. Photo: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERSThe Biden administration is preparing to hold a rare discussion with China on nuclear-arms control as the U.S. seeks to head off a destabilizing three-way arms race with Beijing and Moscow. The meeting scheduled for Monday is the first such talks with Beijing since the Obama administration and will focus on ways to reduce the risk of miscalculation, U.S. officials said.

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, KEVIN LAMARQUE, Obama Organizations: REUTERS, Beijing Locations: ’, Bali , Indonesia, China, U.S, Moscow

☆ Russia’s Wagner Group Plans to Send Air Defenses to Hezbollah, U.S. Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | Vivian Salama | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After the death of Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin is putting a new power structure in place that will take over the group’s sprawling operations in Africa, which have advanced Russian influence on the continent for almost a decade. Photo illustration: JJ LinWagner Group, the Russian paramilitary organization, plans to provide an air-defense system to Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia, U.S. officials say, citing intelligence. The Russian SA-22 system they plan to send uses antiaircraft missiles and air-defense guns to intercept aircraft.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, JJ Lin Wagner Organizations: JJ Lin Wagner Group, Lebanese, Russian SA Locations: Africa, Russian, U.S

☆ China Agrees to Arms-Control Talks With U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, KEVIN LAMARQUE, Obama Organizations: REUTERS, Beijing Locations: ’, Bali , Indonesia, China, U.S, Moscow

The Israeli army said Friday night that it was expanding its ground operations in the Gaza Strip amid intensifying airstrikes in its most significant maneuver yet ahead of an invasion intended to end 16 years of Hamas rule, while the strip came under a nearly complete communications blackout. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief Israel Defense Forces spokesman, again urged Palestinians to leave the northern Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, to head south, amid growing signs that the military was poised to launch an expansive ground operation.

Persons: Daniel Hagari Organizations: Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza

☆ Iranian-Backed Militias Mount New Wave of Attacks as U.S. Supports Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The USS Carney guided missile cruiser, which was operating in the northern Red Sea, shot down four Iranian-provided cruise missiles last week, according to people familiar with the episode. Photo: U.S. NavyIran in recent days has unleashed the regional militias it has spent years arming, raising the risks of larger conflict in the region as Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that Washington would react “swiftly and decisively” if Tehran or its proxy forces attack U.S. personnel. For more than six months, these Iranian-backed militia groups refrained from launching drones or rockets against American troops in Iraq and Syria, as part of what appeared to be an undeclared truce between Tehran and Washington.

Persons: Carney, Antony Blinken, “ Organizations: U.S . Navy Locations: Red, U.S . Navy Iran, Washington, Tehran, Iraq, Syria

The U.S. has collected “high confidence” signals intelligence showing that the explosion at a Gaza hospital compound on Tuesday was caused by the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, U.S. officials said, buttressing Israel’s contention that it wasn’t responsible for the blast. The U.S. assessment drew, in part, on communications intercepts and other intelligence gathered by the U.S., defense officials said.

Persons: buttressing Organizations: U.S, Palestinian Locations: Gaza, Jihad, U.S

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☆ U.S. Should Prepare to Expand Its Nuclear Forces, Expert Panel Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Jet Shoots Down Turkish Drone Over Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | Nancy A. Youssef | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Sends Seized Iranian Ammunition to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China Is Investing Billions in Global Disinformation Campaign, U.S. Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Dustin Volz | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russia’s Army Learns From Its Mistakes in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Urges Allies to Help Ukraine Endure ‘Another Winter of War’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Five Former U.S. Prisoners Have Left Iran in Deal for Frozen Energy Revenue
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Vivian Salama | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Resumes Counterterrorism Drone Operations From Niger
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Pentagon Plans Vast AI Fleet to Counter China Threat
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Michael R. Gordon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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