The U.S. military killed a key ISIS facilitator, Bilal al-Sudani, and about 10 ISIS operatives in a counterterrorism mission that resulted in no U.S. casualties, senior administration officials said Thursday. Officials said that after “extensive planning and exquisite execution of the plan, there were no casualties among American service members …

Russia, like other empires, will need a military defeat to give up its expansionist goals. The United States and its allies are seeking ways to promote a sustainable peace in Europe — one that ends Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine and strengthens a global prohibition on such wars of aggrandizement. …

The regime is more vulnerable than ever, even as domestic reforms, nuclear diplomacy and better relations with the West appear remote. Iran marks the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in February amid increasingly existential challenges at home and in relations with the outside world. Four months of nationwide protests — …