Sofia Ramirez
Virginia
Staff Writer, World & National Affairs Covers international developments, national security, diplomacy, and major events with implications for the United States.
Military
Pentagon Targets 2×–4× Munitions Output as Iran War Leaves Patriot, THAAD and Long Range Missile Stocks Facing a Multiyear Rebuild
World
Nearly 60 Iran-Linked Targets Sanctioned as Washington Threatens Dollar-System Exclusion but Stops Short of Immediate Secondary Penalties
World
6 Million Somalis Face Acute Food Insecurity as the World Food Program Operates With One Tenth of Its 2022 Resources
World
A 2,000-Kilometer Fault Line Indonesia Barely Knew It Had Just Killed at Least 53 People
World
60-Day U.S.-Iran Negotiating Window Expires Without a Deal as Hormuz Traffic Remains in Single Digits and Brent Oil Holds Above $91
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Indonesia's 7.7 Earthquake Kills at Least 54 and Damages 1,300 Homes as Nearly 1,600 Aftershocks Keep Thousands Outside
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Moroccan Police Arrest 111 Migrants in Ceuta Mass Crossing Attempt This Week
World
Sudan's Paramilitaries Fire Drone Swarms at Five Cities in Widest Attack on the Capital Since May, Shattering Months of Relative Calm
World
US Central Command Intensifies Iran Blockade in August 2026
World
Syrian Court Sentences Assad to Death in Absentia This Week
World
Competing Compensation Demands Derail Imminent Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
World
A Four-Year Truce Frays as Houthi Strikes Hit a Saudi Refinery Processing 400,000 Barrels a Day
World
Europe's Heat Records Fall Twice in 48 Hours as 41.2°C Reading Forces Power Plants Offline
World
A Nuclear-Armed Pakistan Just Signed a NATO-Style Pact With Saudi Arabia and Turkey — A First of its Kind Structural Shift
World
Europe's Hottest Summer on Record Collides With a Looming Global Hunger Shock
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France's Largest Wildfire Since World War II Burns 42,000 Hectares
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