Iran Talks Sputter as Trump Spurns a Return to His June Deal WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Benoit Faucon · Summer Said 27 August 2026 at 20:44 The president is willing to wait and see if the strategy of squeezing Iran economically bears fruit. © Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium Agency/ZUMA Press
CIA Chief’s Surprise Moscow Trip Was to Warn Russia Not to Attack NATO WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Josh Dawsey · Lara Seligman 27 August 2026 at 01:10 The warning comes after new U.S. intelligence assessments indicated the Russian president could launch a limited assault. © Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
CIA Director John Ratcliffe Makes Surprise Trip to Moscow WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Thomas Grove 25 August 2026 at 20:06 The agency declined to comment on Ratcliffe’s first publicly known trip to the Russian capital, where he spent about four hours before leaving. © Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Press
The Warnings That Came Before a War Now Reaching the Six-Month Mark WSJ.com: World News By: Alex Leary · Alexander Ward · Lara Seligman 25 August 2026 at 06:00 After military and diplomatic efforts, President Trump is pinning his hopes on economic warfare. © Will Oliver/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock
Bessent Launches ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ to Isolate and Squeeze Iran WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Brian Schwartz · Laurence Norman 24 August 2026 at 21:57 The Treasury secretary announced new sanctions meant to target Tehran’s enablers and devastate the regime economically. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Russia Tests Readiness for New Round of Military Mobilization WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Thomas Grove 23 August 2026 at 12:30 Recent exercises gauged the military’s ability to absorb a mass of recruits in case the Kremlin orders a fresh mobilization push for the first time since 2022. © Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters
Trump Pushes for Kim Jong Un Meeting This Year WSJ.com: World News By: Alexander Ward · Robbie Gramer 19 August 2026 at 02:05 The president attempted nuclear diplomacy with the autocrat during his first term. North Korea’s program has only grown stronger since then. © kevin lamarque/Reuters