Strikes on a Hezbollah-linked bank raise questions about when financial institutions lose protection under international humanitarian law.

Stretching Article 51 to accommodate months-long pauses between attacks and responses blurs the line between lawful self-defense and unlawful preventive war.

The U.S. and other states must press Israel to end its war in Gaza, which has gone well beyond what Israel’s right of self-defense permits.  

Despite a weak economy, widespread poverty, and draconian gender and social restrictions, the Taliban remain entrenched in power.

U.S. contractors shot Gaza aid seekers. Laws can reach them, but enforcement stalls while the killing continues.

A watershed decision from the European Court of Human Rights reaffirms privacy rights in war, limiting data collection by militaries in the age of digital conflict.

Ukraine and its Western partners should do their best to explore whether the Alaska summit’s results can build momentum in the negotiations with Russia. 

Plus a few other takeaways from a recent poll on Americans’ support for Ukraine, ahead of the Trump-Putin meeting