Adam Taylor

• Middle East

Amid intensifying tensions, a familiar sound returned to southern Israel: the blare of rocket sirens and the explosions of Iron Dome interceptors.

• Middle East

Amid spiraling violence sparked by clashes in Jerusalem, a familiar sound has returned to southern Israel: the blare of rocket sirens and the explosions of Iron Dome interceptors.

• World

In the United States, mass shootings are on the rise. But in many countries, they are rare — and lead to drastic change when they occur.

Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, put out a video Friday threatening to withdraw from the battle over the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

• World

The milestone in the course of the global response to the pandemic comes as the Biden administration is set to end the U.S. public health emergency for covid.

• War in Ukraine

Ukraine shot down its own drone over Kyiv on Thursday evening, according to the Ukrainian air force.

• War in Ukraine

Half the Russian soldiers killed belonged to Wagner, the Kremlin-backed mercenary group involved in the heavy fighting in Bakhmut, U.S. officials said.

• War in Ukraine

Since December, more than 20,000 Russians were killed in action as well, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday.

• War in Ukraine

Kyiv faced its first missile attack since early March. A young woman and a child were killed in Dnipro, and at least 20 people were reported killed in Uman.