Follow live updates and the latest news coverage as Trump and Israel strike Iran, Israeli troops operate in Lebanon, and the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh is hit as Tehran strikes across the Middle East.

A cartel boss killed. A president sentenced to life. A UN genocide finding. US allies building a trade bloc without America.

Ben Rhodes, a contributing Times Opinion writer, discusses why Trump waged war on Iran — and why his predecessors didn’t dare ...

Analysis: History tells us the long-term consequences are often disastrous, Professor Matt Fitzpatrick writes.