In Brief

NATO Holds Largest Military Exercises Since Cold War

Majority Believe Obama Is Biden’s Puppeteer

Japan to Expand Arsenal With 400 Tomahawk Missiles

WorldWatch—Jan. 19, 2024

Chinese Lab Mapped Coronavirus Two Weeks Before Telling the World

Nuclear-Ambitious Iran Strikes Nuclear-Armed Pakistan

Iran Hiding Nuclear Program

Kim Declares South Korea ‘Hostile,’ Brings Specter of War Nearer

Biden Administration Partially Reverses Decision to Remove Houthis From Terrorist List

Russia and Niger Agree to Military Cooperation

Taiwan Defies China, Elects Lai Ching-te

Iran Strikes Targets in Pakistan

Iran Claims Attacks Near U.S. Consulate in Iraq

Hamas Rams More Than a Dozen in Ra’anana, Israel

Russia Sends Nearly All Oil Exports to China and India

Hamas Terrorist Attack in Israel Kills 1, Injures 17

German Far Right’s ‘Master Plan’ to Deport Immigrants

German Armed Forces: War Between NATO and Russia Is Imminent

U.S., UK Attack Houthis—Houthis Fire Back

South Africa Takes Israel to the International Court of Justice

Red Sea War Zone? U.S., UK Strike Houthis

Iran Takes Tanker in the Gulf of Oman

China-Russia Trade Hit Record High in 2023

U.S. and UK Respond to Houthi Attack

WorldWatch—Jan. 12, 2024