
Israel’s Allies Voice Less Support and More Concern After Latest Attack on Iran
The reaction was noticeably different on Friday than it was after the last time Israel attacked Iran, when several countries provided backup and resources.
June 13, 2025
The reaction was noticeably different on Friday than it was after the last time Israel attacked Iran, when several countries provided backup and resources.
June 13, 2025
Israel’s attacks on Iran renewed fears of war between the countries and immediately threatened the region’s economy.
June 13, 2025
Israel has long fought a shadow war with Iran while avoiding all-out conflict. Now Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is risking it all in pursuit of a conclusive victory.
June 13, 2025
After President Trump blew up a G7 gathering in Canada in 2018, European leaders will meet with him there once more. They are hoping to avoid conflict.
June 13, 2025
Iran’s nuclear centers are spread across the country. Here are the main ones.
June 13, 2025
In his first public comments on the Israeli strikes against Iran, the U.S. president said Tehran had brought the destruction on itself and must continue nuclear talks.
June 13, 2025
Grieving relatives of victims of Thursday’s plane crash awaited DNA profiling results at a hospital in Ahmedabad, India.
June 13, 2025
Iran’s “Axis of Resistance,” the network of militias it has fostered in the Middle East to help it fight Israel, has become seriously degraded, experts say.
June 13, 2025
Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager, was meant to be made a saint in April, but the ceremony was postponed because of Pope Francis’ death.
June 13, 2025
Viswash Kumar Ramesh was one of 242 people on the 787-8 Dreamliner that went down shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India. Somehow, he walked away.
June 13, 2025
It’s the first time in three years of war that Russian troops have entered the Dnipropetrovsk region, a sign of battlefield momentum.
After a terrifying night filled with loud explosions, long lines were forming at gas stations and grocery stores were filling up as Iranians prepared for uncertain times.
June 13, 2025
Families lined up for hours to give DNA samples so the authorities could match names to victims of Thursday’s crash, which killed at least 269 people.
June 13, 2025
The attack on Tehran, the capital of Iran, was the biggest since the Iran-Iraq war decades ago.
June 13, 2025
Smoke billowed from buildings and a nuclear-enrichment site in Iran as Israel launched an assault on the country to stymie its nuclear program.
June 13, 2025
Ambulances lining up near the Post Mortem Center at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Friday.
June 13, 2025
The Israeli military said it struck Iran early on Friday morning, attacking dozens of targets, including nuclear sites, and killing top Iranian military officials and scientists.
June 13, 2025
Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, was among the dead, according to Iranian state media. Officials said a top nuclear negotiator was also killed.
June 13, 2025
The Ah Ma Flippa Ball team (ah ma means grandmother) is one example of how Singapore is encouraging its growing population of seniors to stay active.
June 13, 2025
Ms. Lee scoring a goal with an assist from Lok Tin Chan in March.
June 13, 2025
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It may take days, or weeks, to assess how far Israel has set back Iran’s atomic capabilities.
June 13, 2025
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The Israeli strikes killed at least three of Iran’s top military commanders, as well as nuclear scientists and other leadership figures.
June 13, 2025
The Trump administration is facing legal challenges to its deployment of Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Shawn Hubler, the Los Angeles bureau chief for The New York Times, talks with Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer, about what she’s seen on the ground in the city.
President Trump has said he would like to negotiate a deal with Tehran over its nuclear program but had also acknowledged that Israel might attack Iran first.
June 13, 2025
Israel hit nuclear facilities, air defense batteries, and killed top military officials and scientists.
June 13, 2025
Israel attacked Tehran early Friday and killed many of the country’s top military leaders and scientists. The United States said it was not involved in the strikes.
June 13, 2025
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June 13, 2025
After the collapse killed 236 people, an employee came forward with evidence the owners had been warned the roof posed a danger.
Viswash Kumar Ramesh, 38, who sustained multiple injuries, a doctor said, was the only passenger out of 242 people on board the plane to walk away.
June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025
The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. Dozens more on the ground perished as the plane exploded on the campus of a medical college.
June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025
Plane travel is statistically one of the safest modes of travel. But when things goes wrong, the results are often disastrous.
June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025
Maps show how an Air India flight carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed in the city of Ahmedabad shortly after taking off.
June 12, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to prevent Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, “one way or the other.” President Trump said he “does not want” Israel to attack.
June 12, 2025
“We didn’t know what to do — it was like our brains stopped working,” said one intern who escaped the building after an Air India jet crashed, killing at least 260 people.
June 12, 2025
The flight crashed in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad shortly after taking off for London Gatwick Airport.
June 12, 2025
A passenger flight traveling from Ahmedabad, a city in western India, to London crashed shortly after takeoff.
June 12, 2025
Firefighters battled to put out smoke after an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad, India.
June 12, 2025
Emergency workers removed debris and personal belongings from the site where an Air India plane crashed in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.
June 12, 2025
The Tata Group, which bought the airline three years ago, has been trying to improve operations at a time of great change in India’s aviation market.
June 12, 2025
Internet and landline services were also cut off in the enclave after key telecommunications infrastructure was damaged, according to a Palestinian ministry.
June 12, 2025
The maneuvers over international waters in the Pacific last weekend prompted Japanese officials to warn China not to repeat them and risk a collision.
June 12, 2025
As many as 300 people were killed when an Air India plane traveling to London crashed in Ahmedabad, India, an official said. Only one passenger survived.
June 12, 2025
Beijing has gained time to build up its own strengths by drawing out negotiations with the United States, using its chokehold over critical minerals.
June 12, 2025
A defense official said the man, 21, was turned down for military service after failing a psychological test. Investigators are asking how he passed another such test to obtain a gun permit.
Emergency crews were at the scene after an Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, according to India’s civil aviation minister.
June 12, 2025
Rioters clashed with police in Ballymena, and masked groups set fire to a recreation center in Larne, where families had been given temporary shelter.
An Air India flight bound for London Gatwick Airport from Ahmedabad crashed shortly after takeoff, Indian officials said.
June 12, 2025
The decision comes as officials say they believe that Israel is preparing to launch a military attack on Iran. Tehran condemned the vote.
June 12, 2025
The Tibetan spiritual leader has vowed to reveal a succession plan when his birthday is celebrated on July 6. He may get creative to thwart Chinese interference.
June 12, 2025
The U.S. will hold a rare military display in Washington D.C. soon. The motives of countries that stage military parades vary, but the spectacles all tend to share a common visual vocabulary.
June 12, 2025
The group, which has been harshly criticized by the U.N. and other aid providers, said at least five people had died in an attack on one of its buses.
June 12, 2025
The 2021 pact, meant to help counter China’s ambitions in the Asia Pacific, will be examined to ensure that it meets “America First criteria,” a U.S. official said.
June 12, 2025
Yair Yaakov was kidnapped by Islamic Jihad in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The other hostage will be named later, the Israeli military said.
June 11, 2025
Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says financial insecurity is driving those decisions.
June 11, 2025
Aid agencies say Gaza faces the threat of widespread starvation in the wake of the 80-day Israeli blockade on food deliveries that ended in mid-May. Two young Gazans, Salem Madhat Alaydi and Aya Ehab Zaid, describe what it is like to fight hunger.
June 11, 2025
The authorities were still searching for four children. Inclement weather has left thousands displaced.
Syria’s new leaders founded a group that cooperates with former Assad supporters to foster stability. It has set off a backlash from the government’s support base.
Three paramedics and a photographer with them were killed late Monday in northern Gaza. The Israeli military said it was reviewing claims by health authorities in Gaza that the crew was killed in an Israeli strike while responding to an earlier incident.
June 11, 2025
Donald Tusk called the vote to seek endorsement of his government after a political opponent won the presidency.
The recent unrest in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena followed a protest over a sexual assault case in the town.
Important U.S. allies are trying to bolster their ties as the Trump administration shifts priorities and reshapes the world order.
The suggestion by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, would represent a sharp departure from decades of U.S. foreign policy.
June 11, 2025
Homes, businesses and cars have been attacked and 32 police officers injured during violence in Ballymena and several other areas in Northern Ireland.
The deadliest school shooting in the nation’s recent history has prompted some gun enthusiasts to worry about the prospect of stricter ownership laws.
Some of the Israeli prime minister’s coalition partners backed an opposition motion over rules that exempt most religious students from serving in the military.
June 11, 2025
Lee Jae-myung, the new president of South Korea, said he would stop the propaganda broadcasts by his predecessor that raised tensions with Seoul’s neighboring foe.
June 11, 2025
The war strategy game allows players to represent fighters from Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places in plots to overthrow China’s Communist Party.
June 11, 2025
The region of Transcarpathia has seen hardly any Russian attacks over the past three years. “We don’t have the same experience of war,” a resident said.
The assault continued Moscow’s stepped-up drone and missile attacks, which have been ratcheting up for months with nightly bombardments on regions and cities in Ukraine.
The journey took about seven months and was closely followed, and financially supported, by followers on social media.
In biting verbal assaults viewed by millions, Claude Malhuret has issued a scathing critique of the American president, bringing a lifetime of experience to bear.
A former student killed 10 people and then himself in a shooting in Graz on Tuesday, the police said. The authorities said a pipe bomb and a “farewell letter” were found at the shooter’s house.
The Supreme Court confirmed a corruption conviction against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a former president, cementing a six-year sentence and blocking a planned political comeback.
Officials said they were investigating the attacks on businesses and houses in Ballymena as racially motivated.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that it would deport four activists who were detained aboard an aid ship bound for Gaza, including the environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg.
June 10, 2025
Experts who study protest movements say the scenes unfolding in California broadly follow a script that has played out many times in other countries — sometimes with deadly consequences.
June 10, 2025
A 14-year-old student was arrested after the stabbing, which happened during a bag search that had been set up as part of an effort to address concerns about increased violence in schools.
The police said the gunman also died in an apparent suicide following the attack in Graz, Austria.
By sending warships beyond Japan, the Chinese Navy is demonstrating its ability to project sea and air power far past its home waters.
June 10, 2025
Amid President Trump’s crackdown on immigration, agents detained Mr. Lame, 25, for overstaying a visa, and he left the country. Another Gen Z influencer took credit.
Mahmoud Abbas gave assurances to President Emmanuel Macron of France, who has set conditions for possible recognition of a Palestinian state at a U.N. conference next week.
June 10, 2025
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announced a proposal meant to ramp up pressure on Moscow.
Ten people were killed in a mass shooting at a high school in Graz, the country’s second-largest city, the police said. The suspect also died, in an apparent suicide.
The police said that attacks on houses and businesses in the town of Ballymena were being investigated as racially motivated, and that 15 officers had been injured.
The coordinated move against Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich highlights the hardening of several countries’ stance toward Israel amid the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The nuclear energy agency noted the construction of a site similar to current plants, as Kim Jong-un has been pushing to produce more fuel for nuclear bombs.
June 10, 2025
Austrian police said they had responded to reports of gunfire in a high school north of Graz, Austria’s second-largest city. Several students and the shooter were among the dead, according to the mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr.
The attack in the city of Graz was among Europe’s worst school shootings in years. The police said the gunman also died, in an apparent suicide.
Moscow has stepped up drone and missile attacks despite U.S. pressure to work toward a cease-fire. The strikes have intensified after Ukrainian drones hit Russian air bases.
That’s the challenge Lydia Wood, 31, has set herself. In the process, she is creating an archive of an important part of the city’s nightlife.
June 10, 2025
June 10, 2025
For months, the family of Stephen James Hubbard could not find him in the Russian prison system. New text messages cast doubt on his conviction.
Gangs are preying on local businesses, demanding money and unleashing violence if they refuse. A surge in extortion has traumatized many parts of the country.
The environmental campaigner was sent home after she and others on the intercepted vessel said they were trying to deliver food and medical supplies.
June 10, 2025
How Omer Shem Tov, who was 20 years old and not particularly religious when taken hostage, survived 505 days in captivity.
June 10, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to hit the alliance’s 2 percent spending threshold this year, seven years ahead of a previous schedule.
He started studying tigers at a reserve in 1976 and became a leading activist in efforts to save the tiger from poaching and shrinking habitats.
June 9, 2025
“Learn to speak Russian,” the secretary-general of the alliance warned nations unwilling to make politically unpopular budget decisions.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
June 9, 2025
Activists on the vessel were detained or deported before it reached Gaza. Israeli authorities called the voyage a public relations stunt.
June 9, 2025
The government regards pet dogs as a sign of Western cultural influence. They are also considered impure, in Islam. Now there is a crackdown.
June 9, 2025
Less than a third of eligible voters turned out for a poll that would have made it easier for foreigners to become citizens, and strengthened labor rights.
To some, the dolls, known as reborn dolls, provide comfort, escape or just plain fun. But politicians across Brazil have tried to pass bills banning the dolls from public spaces.
The Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said the threats had made it “impossible to proceed” with food distribution. Hamas denied the accusation and accused the group of lacking neutrality.
June 9, 2025
The attack used almost 500 drones and missiles, breaking a record set just days earlier, as Russia tries to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses, which shot down most of the weapons.
Footage from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and the Israeli authorities shows what happened when Israel diverted a boat with Greta Thunberg onboard that was headed to Gaza.
June 9, 2025
Mostly Russian visitors now cavort along its historic beaches, hoping to avoid the Ukrainian drones whizzing toward military targets.
Miguel Uribe Turbay, a conservative presidential hopeful, remained in “extremely serious” condition on Sunday, a day after being shot.
To Israelis, the location of an underground passageway highlights Hamas’s abuse of civilians. To Palestinians, Israel’s decision to target it highlights Israel’s own disregard for civilian life.
June 8, 2025
Israel had vowed to prevent the vessel from reaching Gaza, saying its military would use “any means necessary” to stop it from breaching a naval blockade.
June 8, 2025
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
June 8, 2025
The Ukrainian military says its new weapon system, which launches antiaircraft missiles from a remote-controlled speedboat, has brought down two Russian jet fighters.
The Trump administration’s policies may have contributed to lower ticket sales for a Club World Cup tournament starting next week.
On a “hot night,” when Russia tries to overwhelm Kyiv’s air defenses, Ukraine relies not only on Patriot missiles, but on civilians wielding searchlights and vintage guns.
Thousands of foreign fighters fought alongside the Syrian rebel groups that toppled the Assad dictatorship. Many plan to stay, despite the qualms of the United States and some Syrians.
June 8, 2025
Mr. Musk’s Starlink has brought the internet to some of South America’s most remote places. But Bolivia is shunning it, even as many there are desperate for better service.
A referendum on Sunday and Monday will give Italians the chance to loosen citizenship laws for immigrants. But it is not clear enough voters will turn out.
A highly visible missile base on Okinawa is part of a Japanese defense buildup made amid fears of Beijing’s growing power and questions about U.S. commitment.
June 8, 2025
Efforts in the Polish region of Silesia to honor Ernest Wilimowski, a local star who played for the national teams of both Poland and Nazi Germany, are raising tricky questions about national loyalty and betrayal.
The brazen attack, captured on video, recalled the political violence of past decades. The senator arrived at a hospital in critical condition.
Kharkiv’s mayor described Russia’s first strike, an overnight swarm of drones, bombs and missiles, as the “most powerful attack” on the city since the start of the war in Ukraine.
President Emmanuel Macron of France plans to travel to the island nation, which President Trump has vowed to take control of, on the way to Canada for a Group of 7 meeting.
Nattapong Pinta was taken hostage and later killed by members of a small militant group in Gaza, the Israeli military said.
June 7, 2025
Air assaults on Saturday killed at least four people. Kharkiv’s mayor described an overnight strike as “the most powerful attack” since the beginning of the war.
The bankruptcy receivers want to auction the founding document signed by Charles II in 1670. Others say it belongs to the public.
Moscow has long been suspicious of foreign messaging apps. WeChat’s weak encryption makes it vulnerable.
A New York Times article last year described two families struggling to keep their malnourished children alive in Gaza. Now, as Israeli restrictions keep out most aid, that’s even harder.
June 7, 2025
A directive from Russia’s domestic security service was part of a cache that was advertised online by a cybercrime group.
Russia’s spy hunters are increasingly worried about China’s espionage, even as the two countries grow closer.
African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alternatives. The Trump administration’s clampdown on international students and visas could accelerate the shift.
Grosvenor Square is being recast for a new era, with the former U.S. Embassy transformed into a Qatari-owned luxury hotel and F.D.R.’s square into a haven of biodiversity.
A city with an image dented by protests, pandemic restrictions and a security crackdown hopes to broaden its appeal beyond budget-minded visitors from mainland China.
June 7, 2025
A senior judge said on Friday that lawyers could be prosecuted for presenting material that had been “hallucinated” by artificial intelligence tools.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth honored the sacrifices of the soldiers who died landing in France 81 years ago. But there was no escaping current tensions.
The international sweep included arrests in 12 countries across Europe and the Americas. The agency said there were also dozens of other suspects.
The British news media reported that the on-field golden boy and international celebrity will receive the honor from King Charles III.
Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin man in his 30s, holds sway in eastern Rafah, an area close to a key border crossing between Israel and Gaza.
June 6, 2025
China sought to depict a call between Xi Jinping and President Trump as an appeal from one strongman leader to another to run a tight ship and stay on course.
June 6, 2025
Satellite images show the unconventional strategy engineers used to get the 5,000-ton vessel afloat.
June 6, 2025
Nearly 50 people have been reported killed and 300 others wounded in incidents near the Israeli-backed distribution center, which was designed to keep food out of the hands of Hamas.
June 6, 2025
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany spoke rarely but reverently, and found a warm reception in the Oval Office. Now he hopes to turn rapport into policy wins.
Danger and desperation are clear in imagery near the aid sites. Dozens of Palestinians were killed in at least two instances after Israeli troops opened fire near the sites.
June 6, 2025
Seven of the 12 countries on President Trump’s new list are on the continent, where some said the policy was discriminatory and would unfairly affect their future.
On May 20th, a flight with eight deportees left Texas headed to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war. But mid-flight, a judicial battle began to unfold that forced the flight to land in Djibouti. Katrin Bennhold, speaks with Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times reporter covering Homeland Security and Immigration, to understand what’s going on and how it fits into President Trump’s larger immigration plan.
The Ukrainian capital was one of several targets in Russia’s broad assault early Friday.
Officials say the train will help the troubled region, but many Kashmiris see it as a tool to entrench the Indian government’s control.
June 6, 2025
Jonathan Hall, a British government adviser, said in an interview that hostile states were paying local criminals to carry out acts of violence, espionage and intimidation.
After six months of turmoil, citizens hope for better times. But political polarization and international tensions over trade mean many worries remain.
June 6, 2025
The attack on Friday, which killed at least four people nationwide, came two days after Russia vowed retaliation for an audacious drone assault on its strategic bomber bases.
His career took flight with a newspaper ad in Ottawa, where he would later help steer the country under Justin Trudeau.
The airstrikes on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, were some of the heaviest since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire came into effect in November.
Mr. Lungu, who was recently barred by a court ruling from running for president again, left a checkered legacy, with allegations that he eroded freedoms while in office.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged only that Israel had been working with “clans.” But the opposition leader warned that the “weapons going into Gaza will eventually be pointed at Israeli soldiers and civilians.”
June 5, 2025
The sudden departure of Zia Yusuf, chairman of Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration party, is a blow to the organization and comes after a clash with another party member over the burqa.
The U.S. defense secretary expressed optimism that allied countries would increase their defense budgets, a demand of President Trump’s.
June 5, 2025
The proclamation said exemptions could be made for athletes and coaches participating in “major” competitions in the United States.
Co-leaders of the Te Pāti Māori party, Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, were suspended on Thursday without pay for 21 days, and another member of the party, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, was suspended for seven days.
June 5, 2025
Damascus residents hope the decision is another sign that the world is normalizing relations with Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.
June 5, 2025
The two leaders spoke by phone on Thursday, after weeks of worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing.
June 5, 2025
June 5, 2025
Video of a child escaping a burning building after an Israeli airstrike garnered widespread attention online. We found her in a hospital in Gaza and pieced together what had happened.
June 5, 2025
Dr. Florian Willet had been under investigation in Switzerland after being present when an American woman died using a so-called suicide pod.
The harsh penalty was handed down to three members of the opposition who said they were voicing their community’s displeasure with proposed legislation.
June 5, 2025
A Harvard graduate, a doctor and an actress have been at the center of social media storms over perceived privilege. Some see economic anxiety behind it.
June 5, 2025
With another “Gomorrah” spinoff being filmed, some Neapolitans say they’re fed up with all the shows portraying the “malavita,” or the lawless life. “Why must only bad things be said about us?”
Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai, who were in their 70s, were killed by members of a small Palestinian militant group, according to the Israeli security forces.
June 5, 2025
A large Republican donor wants to buy a Russian pipeline to Germany. The White House has entertained the idea of working with the Kremlin to supply Russian gas to Europe.
For people in countries like Afghanistan and Myanmar, the president’s order dimmed hopes for sanctuary in the United States.
June 5, 2025
Johnnie Moore, a former Trump campaign adviser, was appointed to the board of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation after the aid rollout was hit by chaos and the deadly shootings of Palestinians.
June 5, 2025
The German chancellor had come to Washington hoping to persuade President Trump to play a more active role in defending Ukraine.
The Security Council resolution also sought the release of all the hostages and the resumption of full-scale aid deliveries.
June 4, 2025
The exports show how Israel is pursuing new markets as its forces battle on multiple fronts.
June 4, 2025
President Trump spoke with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia amid escalating attacks between Russia and Ukraine, even as their officials have been engaged in direct talks.
People were trampled as they tried to enter a stadium in Bengaluru, India, to celebrate the local team’s Indian Premier League championship.
June 4, 2025
At least 11 people were killed, officials said, as assembled fans tried to push their way into a stadium for hastily arranged festivities.
June 4, 2025
A jury convicted the former military officers for the murder of four Dutch television journalists who were covering the Salvadoran civil war.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that abandoning uranium enrichment would be against Iran’s interests.
June 4, 2025
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it was working to improve operations, a day after health workers said at least 27 Palestinians were killed near a distribution center.
June 4, 2025
The delivery was supposed to be the first to arrive in the embattled city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, in more than a year.
Lee Jae-myung’s inauguration speech was a sign of the diplomatic maneuvering he will need to pull off to navigate relations with China and the United States.
June 4, 2025
Assaults in Russia and Ukraine have shown major military powers that they are unprepared for evolving forms of warfare, and need to adapt.
Europe has the money and the artillery shells, but key U.S. capabilities like operational intelligence and air defense would be difficult to replace.
Gerard Comeau fought back after being fined for bringing too much beer into his province. He lost the battle, but may yet win the war.
Even though the regulation was loosely enforced, the nation’s birthrate fell to a record low last year.
June 4, 2025
Even before the U.S. threatened to bar international students and besieged universities, China’s huge spending campaign on the sciences was bearing fruit.
June 4, 2025
Millions have made the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The kingdom faces scrutiny over safety after more than 1,300 people died last year.
June 4, 2025
The Netherlands’ first far-right government fell after the populist leader Geert Wilders withdrew his party after a dispute about migration policy.
After slashing foreign assistance and introducing steep tariffs, the Trump administration is proposing a new tax on remittances. African nations would be among the hardest hit.
In a divisive and far-reaching election pushed by the governing Morena party, Mexicans voted for thousands of judges at every level on Sunday, remaking the courts.
The National Assembly voted to promote the Jewish army captain to brigadier general more than 130 years after he was falsely convicted of espionage and imprisoned in French Guiana.
Lee Jae-myung will be one of the most powerful presidents in decades in South Korea, but he is taking over during a perilous political atmosphere.
June 3, 2025
After months of political turmoil in South Korea, Lee Jae-myung has won the presidential election by a wide margin. Mr. Lee’s campaign has ridden a wave of anger against former President Yoon Suk Yeol after he tried to impose martial law in December.
June 3, 2025
Portuguese police are combing an area near the resort where the British girl disappeared in 2007, as German authorities continue to investigate a suspect, Christian Brückner.
Facing a complex set of thorny challenges at home and abroad, Lee Jae-myung says he will deal with them with “pragmatism.”
June 3, 2025
It would be the third such attack. The claim comes two days after one of Ukraine’s most ambitious operations of the war, deep inside Russia.
Kyiv’s attack on the country’s bomber fleet appeared designed to show Russia’s leader that continuing the war carries big risks for Moscow.
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
June 3, 2025
President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy have regularly sniped at each other, but they met in Rome in pursuit of common goals.
An island resident designed and made a 3D-printed gun, an example of how enthusiasts abroad embrace firearms technology nurtured in the United States.
The populist Geert Wilders withdrew his right-wing party from the ruling coalition, saying partners were stalling plans for the Netherlands’ “strictest migration policy ever.”
It was the second such shooting in three days near a food distribution center, which is part of a contentious new Israeli and American-backed initiative.
June 3, 2025
June 3, 2025
June 3, 2025
June 3, 2025
June 3, 2025
Some of the same young people who demonstrated after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law said they were disappointed by their choices in Tuesday’s election.
June 3, 2025
June 3, 2025
June 3, 2025
June 3, 2025
The new president will be tasked with pulling the nation out of political turmoil and face a polarized country and world.
June 3, 2025
Videos and satellite imagery show how the attack unfolded and its aftermath.
Nearly 90 percent of voters did not cast ballots on Sunday, one of the lowest turnouts in any federal election since Mexico became a democracy.
The strike set several aircraft on fire, video showed, and dealt a symbolic blow to Moscow’s relentless bombing campaign.
The election is a big step toward stabilizing the country. But daunting challenges at home and from abroad await the new leader.
June 2, 2025
A Berlin court ruled that officials must investigate the claims of those arriving from neighboring E.U. countries, dealing a blow to the government’s attempt to reduce land migration.
Palestinians at an aid distribution center in southern Gaza came under fire on Sunday. It was not immediately clear who was responsible. An Israeli official said soldiers had fired warning shots toward “suspects” half a mile away.
June 2, 2025
The country’s government is centrist, with deep ties to Brussels. Its new president is a Trump-backed nationalist. That reflects a broader struggle.
While the full extent of the damage is still unknown, the operation shows how Kyiv has been able to adapt and evolve over the war using drones.
The nationalist, who was endorsed by President Trump, has long been hostile to Poland’s centrist government.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer cited “growing Russian aggression” as he outlined ambitious rearmament plans, including building up to 12 attack submarines.
The war crimes tribunal that Sheikh Hasina herself founded has now charged her in the crackdown that killed more than a thousand demonstrators.
June 2, 2025
For 18 months, Hamas has pushed for a permanent truce while Israel has held out for a temporary one. That wide gap has stymied efforts to end the war.
June 2, 2025
Shamsa Sharawe made her name campaigning against female genital cutting. Then she heard about surgery to rebuild what had been taken from her.
The second recent round of direct discussions, in Istanbul, resulted in an agreement to trade more prisoners, but produced few steps toward ending the fighting.
In response to President Trump’s claim, China said the United States was the one introducing a series of “discriminatory restrictive measures.”
June 2, 2025
After being stabbed last year, the leading presidential contender, Lee Jae-myung, is taking no chances. His main rival says he doesn’t need such protection.
June 2, 2025
The next president will face daunting challenges to heal a polarized nation and bring stability after months of political turmoil.
June 2, 2025
The victory of Karol Nawrocki, who is backed by the previous right-wing governing party, will complicate Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s efforts to advance his liberal agenda.
Ukraine launched one of its broadest assaults of the war against air bases inside Russia, targeting sites from eastern Siberia to Russia’s western border.
Voters were choosing the nine members of the Supreme Court on Sunday, along with more than 2,600 other judges and magistrates.
A vote seen as a test of the power of populist nationalism in Europe was too close to call, with exit polls putting the two contenders neck and neck.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday that Ukrainian drones attacked airfields in five regions and that several aircraft had caught fire.
Police arrested hundreds of people overnight after Paris St.-Germain fans celebrated a Champions League victory. Amid the celebrations, one person died in a traffic incident and another was stabbed to death.
The Palestinians were shot and scores wounded as huge crowds assembled to try and get food from a new aid distribution center. An Israeli military official said soldiers fired warning shots.
June 1, 2025
Nobody knows what the halt on visa interviews means and how long it will last. The uncertainty has upended thousands of carefully made plans.
June 1, 2025
In a judicial overhaul, Mexican voters are directly electing their judges for the first time in history. But long and complex ballots await.
Sunday’s judicial elections could remove an important counterweight to powerful elected leaders.
Bargain hunters picked over what was left at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s remaining stores, part of a vast empire that was North America’s oldest company.
On June 1, Mexico will become the only country in the world to elect all of its judges and magistrates. Emiliano Rodriguez Mega, a New York Times reporter based in Mexico City, breaks down why this new approach is so controversial.
Hours later came a report of another bridge collapse, also in western Russia, involving a freight train.
The fire broke out in a ward of the Marien Hospital with a high number of elderly patients, the authorities said. The cause was not immediately clear.
Both of the main candidates support the alliance with the United States, but the front-runner favors diplomacy with North Korea and China to improve strained relations.
June 1, 2025
The Trump administration and the European Union are fast-tracking discussions toward a trade deal, but America’s right sometimes treats the bloc as more foe than friend.
Here’s what to know about Poland’s presidential runoff, which sets up a showdown between the governing party and resurgent nationalists.
He was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the former Hamas leader killed by Israel last year. Hamas did not immediately respond to the claim of his death.
May 31, 2025
Wildfires are forecast to continue and expand through the summer in Western Canada and parts of the country’s north.
Officials said Hamas was seeking changes on guarantees for a permanent end to war. That has long been the core sticking point with Israel.
May 31, 2025
The trip had been planned for Sunday ahead of a June conference, backed by France and Saudi Arabia, to urge the creation of a Palestinian state.
May 31, 2025
The public criticism from the government and online attacks that prompted its organizers to back down are the latest examples of the increasing influence of religious conservatism.
May 31, 2025
This week’s ruling blocking many of the president’s tariffs will not lift those on Canadian cars, steel and aluminum. A trade expert explains what’s next.
Kim Jong-un seized on Russia’s need for support in its war against Ukraine. His reward is a rapidly modernizing military that threatens the delicate balance of power on the Korean Peninsula.
May 31, 2025
The election to overhaul Mexico’s courts could result in a justice system more beholden to the nation’s dominant party, Morena.
In a world rattled by President Trump’s tariffs and his scorn for Western allies, the defense secretary struck a rare note of continuity on security partnerships.
May 31, 2025
A runoff election on Sunday pits a centrist against a nationalist who represent mainstream parties. The outcome is unclear given that many under 30 prefer candidates on the political fringes.
Though the two neighbors declared a cease-fire this month, a crucial water-sharing treaty remains at risk.
May 31, 2025
With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.
May 31, 2025
For the first time, Mexico will elect judges nationwide, from the highest to the lowest courts. Campaign restrictions pushed many candidates to campaign on social media, sometimes in divisive ways.
A series of exchanges marked a new low point in the relationship between France and Israel, which accused the French president of “a crusade against the Jewish state.”
Torrential rainfall triggered devastating floods in a western Nigerian town, according to local officials, who said the severity of the flood had taken them by surprise.
Nigerian authorities said they had expected flooding as part of the rainy season but were surprised by the extent of the damage.
The extremist group claimed responsibility for two attacks, its first against the new government since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, a war monitoring group said.
May 30, 2025
Another 11 people are missing and believed to be dead. Officials had warned for years that the quarry was not meeting safety standards.
May 30, 2025
Paul Doyle is accused of deliberately driving his vehicle into crowds in Liverpool, northwestern England, injuring 79 people, including four children.
The Dutch food authority said cannabis had been detected in samples of the candy, and the police said it had made several people ill.
As more Gazans fled their homes in the north, international demands grew louder for Israel to allow an urgent and massive injection of aid to stave off famine in the territory.
May 30, 2025
Both Kyiv and Moscow have been maneuvering to set the terms and tempo of any talks to end the fighting.
Aid began to trickle into the territory this week. But there is never enough.
May 30, 2025
Thousands of white South Africans are jockeying to get on the next flight to the United States as refugees. They say the backlash against their community is unfair.
A wealthy widow built a library and opera house on the border between Quebec and Vermont, a symbol of binational friendship. Now U.S. officials are restricting access to Canadians.
In 113-degree heat, thousands of Hindus in Pakistan make a grueling trek that is an act of spiritual devotion and cultural preservation in a Muslim-majority country.
May 30, 2025
Margaryta Karpova, 12, escaped her village in eastern Ukraine just before Russian troops overran it. But her fight was only beginning.
The plight of temporary workers like Kim Hyoung-su, who’s been protesting for months at the top of a tower, has become an issue in Tuesday’s presidential election.
May 30, 2025
Beijing has intervened significantly in Myanmar’s civil war to protect its substantial investments in the country, handing a setback to resistance forces.
May 30, 2025
After video of the incident went viral, showing a face and body covered in ice, the local sporting authority said it had banned the paraglider from the sport for six months.
May 29, 2025
The girl, Joshlin Smith, is still missing, and the case has haunted South Africa. Prosecutors said that the mother was addicted to drugs and had sold the girl for about $1,100.
A new State Department policy to restrict visas from foreign officials who censor voices online appears written for a specific Brazilian Supreme Court justice.
Following a nearly three-month Israeli blockade on food going into Gaza, a new and contentious Israeli-backed aid distribution system has been unveiled in the territory. Critics, including the United Nations, say it is a dangerous plan that could accelerate an Israeli military goal to displace people from northern to southern Gaza.
May 29, 2025
Thomas Barrack raised the American flag over the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus, amid broader efforts by the Trump administration to improve ties.
Paul Doyle, 53, was accused of dangerous driving and other assault charges after almost 80 people were injured when a vehicle plowed into a crowd at a soccer parade.
Scores of desperate Palestinians could be seen trying to enter the cavernous warehouse after more than two months of Israeli aid blockages put Gaza at high risk of famine.
May 29, 2025
The United Nations says food being distributed by a new Israeli-backed system is “less than a drop in the ocean.”
May 29, 2025
The premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan declared states of emergency in each province as out-of-control fires threatened communities.
President Trump’s threat to impose big charges — including 50 percent on the European Union — was in question after judges blocked his across-the-board levies.
The four crew members onboard died when a South Korean Navy airplane crashed into a hillside near the country’s east coast on Thursday afternoon.
May 29, 2025
Moscow’s dual campaign of intensified frontline attacks and bombardment of Ukrainian cities has further reduced the prospects for an end to the fighting.
State labor programs were aimed at lifting one of the nation’s poorest regions out of poverty, but they have also served as a tool to erode resistance to Chinese rule.
May 29, 2025
People accused of cartel connections and serious crime are on the ballot in Mexico’s first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, fueling fears that organized crime could exert its influence in the vote.
The Chinese government is finding a way around the U.S. ban on imports from Xinjiang — by moving Uyghurs to jobs in factories outside the region. David Pierson, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, investigated — alongside the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Der Spiegel — how workers are being moved to factories producing goods for major global brands.
May 29, 2025
For the first time, Mexicans will vote for thousands of candidates to fill more than 2,600 positions in federal, state and local courts.
China’s persecution of Uyghurs prompted the U.S. to ban Xinjiang imports. China found a way around it — by shipping more Uyghurs across the country.
May 29, 2025
As applicants in Beijing wait to see how sweeping the new action might be, one says the United States is making people too scared.
May 29, 2025
The authorities are investigating what caused the accident involving a turboprop patrol plane.
May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025
Park Jeong-hye has been protesting on the roof of a burned-out factory in Gumi for over 500 days.
May 29, 2025
Facing rising pressure over the acute suffering of civilians in Gaza, the British government is considering sanctions on two far-right ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents who were evacuated on May 19.
United Nations officials said that the new system, known as the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, violated humanitarian principles by requiring many Palestinians to travel miles to obtain aid.
May 28, 2025
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. We spoke to him about what is next for the mountain.
Ostriches on a British Columbia farm have died of the avian flu. Canada ordered hundreds of others to be culled. But two top Trump administration officials have objected.
A dust storm filled Australian skies with an orange haze caused by long-term drought conditions in parts of Australia.
The charges include allegations of human trafficking and assault, and come after a separate criminal inquiry in Romania.
Joël Le Scouarnec, a former surgeon, confessed to abusing at least 299 people, mostly children, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Some of the abuse victims expressed disappointment, saying they had hoped that Mr. Le Scouarnec would receive an exemplary sentence.
A dust storm this week turned the skies in South Australia a hazy orange, reducing visibility and prompting health warnings.
The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands.
May 28, 2025
The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, it is dangerously inadequate.
May 28, 2025
Onosato Daiki became the first Japanese man in eight years to be named a yokozuna, or grand champion, the highest title in the sport.
May 28, 2025
As of this month, passengers who stand before planes fully stop may be fined by the Turkish government.
Israel said the bombing of the airport, which was targeted for the second time this month, had destroyed the last plane used by the Iran-backed Houthi militia.
May 28, 2025
The Kremlin has increasingly embraced the Soviet dictator and his legacy, using them to exalt Russian history in a time of war, but he remains a deeply divisive figure in Russia.
In the latest sign of a warming relationship, President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Berlin with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Germany would increase funding for arms production and supplies.
As hundreds of Palestinians converged on an Israeli-backed aid distribution center in Rafah, Gaza, short bursts of gunfire caused the crowd to panic. The Israeli military said it fired warning shots near the compound.
May 27, 2025
Starvation looming, desperate Palestinians surged toward an aid center that Israel says was designed to circumvent Hamas.
May 27, 2025
Big players in the crypto sector argue that new European cryptocurrency rules may be enabling recent abductions and are demanding changes and more security.
The king was invited to open Canada’s Parliament as a subtle rebuke to President Trump’s economic and annexation threats against Canada.
Joseph Kabila was accused of supporting the Rwanda-backed militia M23. Days later he arrived in Goma, a city held by the militia, so he remains out of prosecutors’ reach.
Israel, Hamas and the Trump administration have issued different messages about where efforts to reach a truce stand.
May 27, 2025
The authorities in Monemvasia, founded in the sixth century, say people with limited mobility need access to the town’s peak. But critics say the project would destroy the identity of the site.
A likely focus of talks between the two leaders will be military aid and whether Germany will provide Ukraine with the Taurus cruise missile.
The driver of a car that plowed into a crowd, injuring 65 people, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and driving while under the influence of drugs, British police said.
As Germany’s new chancellor increases military spending, he has presided over the activation of a German tank brigade based in Lithuania and raised alarms about the threat from Russia.
A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased.
Snaking power lines are part of Moscow’s goal to harness the power of the Zaporizhzhia facility, according to Greenpeace.
Years before Joël Le Scouarnec was charged with abusing 299 former patients, he was convicted of downloading child sexual abuse imagery.
Yessica Rojas, a Venezuelan mother, risked everything to seek a better future for her two children in the United States. This spring, they left Missouri because she feared losing them.
The death of Amer Rabee, a Palestinian American in the West Bank, has spurred anger over soldiers’ use of force and an apparent lack of accountability.
May 27, 2025
In early May, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were spotted alongside Tennessee State Highway Patrol troopers in areas of Nashville.
In early May, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were spotted alongside Tennessee State Highway Patrol troopers in areas of Nashville, partnering up for a weeklong operation that turned routine traffic stops into immigration arrests.
Just hours after the episode, the police announced that the driver was a white British man. After previous violence, false anti-Muslim speculation had been spread online.
Satellite images and videos show how launching a 5,000-ton warship into the water sideways can cause it to capsize if done incorrectly.
May 27, 2025
In his stories, Han Song explores the disorientation accompanying China’s modernization, sometimes writing of unthinkable things that later came true.
May 27, 2025
A British man faces seven charges after almost 80 people were injured when a driver plowed into a crowd that had been celebrating Liverpool F.C.’s Premier League title.
Local police said they detained a man in connection with a car that was driven through a crowd of people attending a soccer parade on Monday.
The driver, a 53-year-old British man, was arrested, but the event was not being treated as terrorism, the police said. Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the scenes as “appalling.”
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to approve speedy deportations. Experts say the policy may be trying to shape the behavior of immigrants through fear.
Sebastian Kurz, who became Austria’s youngest chancellor when he took office in December 2017 at 31, led two troubled governments.
President Trump said he was not happy with President Vladimir V. Putin’s decision to unleash one of the largest offensives in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, was pushed in the face as he left a plane in Vietnam. The bigger issue, he said, was the reaction, part of a string of disinformation by “crazy people.”
A video showed President Emmanuel Macron of France being pushed in the face by his wife, Brigitte, moments before they stepped off a plane in Vietnam.
Officials from the European Union and the United States will start a new negotiating push, after President Trump delayed until July 9 tariffs of 50 percent.
An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English language.
May 26, 2025
For months, Israel’s strongest allies had been reluctant to join a wave of global censure against the war. Now, even the Trump administration appears to be growing impatient.
May 26, 2025
With diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire appearing remote, and President Trump apparently abandoning the process, Russia has been escalating its assaults on Ukrainian cities and on the battlefield.
The British monarch, who is Canada’s official head of state, is coming at a moment when President Trump has threatened the country’s sovereignty.
NATO’s leader is looking for little drama and a focus on new spending goals, not disagreements over Ukraine.
Thousands of Venezuelan migrants are doing just what U.S. leaders want them to. But to get home, they face as many dangers as on the journey north.
Foreigners — and residents — long avoided Bari’s old town, which had been plagued by mob crime. Now, with direct flights from the U.S. starting, residents are excited, but wary.
Jake Wood quit the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, saying it was “not possible” to implement a new Israeli-backed aid system in the enclave while remaining neutral and independent.
May 26, 2025
Polling places in Caracas, the capital, and other cities were sparsely populated but officials claimed turnout was higher than 40 percent.
Women took the lead in the protests against South Korea’s last president. But the men running to replace him are saying little about the discrimination they face.
May 26, 2025
Yaron Lischinsky, 30, was buried on Sunday in the small town where his family lived.
May 25, 2025
An hourslong assault on Ukraine by Russia with missiles and drones underscored how months of diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire have failed to yield a breakthrough.
Two more children were missing, and the doctor’s husband and one other child were injured in the strike on Friday, the officials said. Israel said it was checking if it had harmed “uninvolved civilians.”
May 25, 2025
The attack involved nearly 370 missiles and drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. At least 12 people were killed.
Some in the opposition say the only way to protest is to abstain. Others say doing so will let the government “say they won without resistance.”
In Sunday’s election, President Nicolás Maduro has called to elect a governor of Essequibo — a region that actually belongs to neighboring Guyana.
Since President Trump’s embrace of the new Syrian leader, Israeli airstrikes on the country have subsided.
After a stint with a drone unit led by a member of Parliament, Russian officials return to work, and promotions, garlanded as war veterans. Most soldiers are stuck in indefinite deployments.
Three shipyard officials were arrested, including the chief engineer, state media said. The North Korean leader was watching as the launch of a navy destroyer went wrong.
May 25, 2025
A wealthy Qatari businessman’s campaign to lead the sport’s global body is being investigated. One of his critics was detained and interrogated in Doha.
May 25, 2025
As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects. Damien Cave, Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, and Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer on the international desk, discuss how this dynamic has played out in Vietnam, at the groundbreaking of a fast-tracked $1.5 billion Trump golf complex.
May 25, 2025
As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects.
May 25, 2025
Foreign contractors are set to carry out a contentious new food aid system in Gaza, displacing experienced aid agencies like the United Nations. It was conceived and largely developed by Israelis as a way to undermine Hamas.
May 24, 2025
An arson attack and damage to a transmission tower cut off power in the area, the authorities said. The festival’s closing ceremony on Saturday is scheduled to proceed normally.
The police said they believed the violence, which injured 18 people during Friday’s evening rush hour, was not politically motivated.
We spoke with Tiff Macklem, the governor of the Bank of Canada, after a meeting of top economic policymakers in Alberta.
The hourslong raids, involving hundreds of drones, were a reminder that any diplomatic resolution to the conflict remains far off.
Nationalists in Romania have adopted an item of clothing traditionally worn by villagers, particularly women. Liberals say it’s an appropriation of a cultural identity that belongs to everyone.
Nathan’s Famous has found a foothold in Ukraine, a hot dog-loving country.
The Trump administration sees tariff talks as a chance to pressure a rival into concessions. E.U. officials have acted as though they were dealing with an ally.
Metal has begun to replace this distinctive latticework, which is seen on towers across the city. Daisy Pak, a rare female bamboo master, takes pride in the ancient craft.
May 24, 2025
Flights were briefly halted, delaying travel for thousands, as security forces swarmed into passenger terminals in an effort to assert order.
Four of the victims are in critical condition. The police say they believe a 39-year-old woman carried out the attack, for which no motive has yet been given.
After war with Israel weakened Iran-backed militias across the Middle East, including the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Lebanon’s government has moved to assert its authority over armed groups.
May 23, 2025
The reality TV star, who was held at gunpoint as jewelry worth millions was stolen from her, said she was satisfied by the ruling.
Johan Helberg, a retired museum director in Norway, woke up to find the NCL Salten, a cargo ship, beached in his front yard.
New data from the U.K. government showed applications surged in the first three months of this year, which some analysts attributed to the political climate in the United States.
A proposed regulatory change would allow Elon Musk’s satellite company and others like it to get a license without having to sell shares to Black South Africans.
Muhammad Yunus has struggled to navigate between the army, career politicians and the protest movement that overthrew the country’s authoritarian leader last year.
May 23, 2025
Each side reported that 390 of its people had been returned, and more swaps are expected this weekend.
This week saw a dramatic court showdown and a mysterious flight to Djibouti.
May 23, 2025
The president has long pressed European allies to pay more for their own security. So they may redefine what qualifies as security.
The small city of Bielefeld was once the butt of jokes for its blandness. Now it embodies the kind of stability Germans long for.
Many in Syria want to enshrine remnants of their recent history, not only to remember it, but as a cautionary tale.
May 23, 2025
Beyond the shock for students, President Trump’s moves against higher education are being seen in China as a blow to one of the last admirable American institutions.
May 23, 2025
A retiree living along a Norwegian fjord woke up on Thursday morning because his neighbor was pounding on his door, telling him to look outside. The ship just missed his house.
The State Department’s announcement comes months after U.S. officials found evidence that Sudan’s military had used chemical weapons against its paramilitary rival.
The appointment of Maj. Gen. David Zini to head Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, still faces a fraught legal process.
May 22, 2025
A committee vote on Thursday approved a measure that would allow players in the women’s sport to choose between shorts or skorts during official play.
The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country.
The United Nations said about 90 truckloads of aid had entered Gaza by Thursday, the first major delivery of food that Israel has allowed in after a two-month blockade that caused widespread hunger and deepened the humanitarian crisis.
May 22, 2025
President Trump surprised a South African delegation with a video montage of apartheid-era chants from Mr. Malema.
Groups that monitor hate crimes said the Hamas attack in 2023 and the subsequent war had helped fuel tens of thousands of anti-Jewish incidents globally, including cases of verbal abuse and violence.
After Eton and a successful career in the British Army, he became, in his words, “the go-to guy for military coups.” The rewards (and risks) were enormous.
Wellington Koo says the Trump administration has a shared interest in security in the region, but Taiwan must also ready its own forces for asymmetric warfare.
May 22, 2025
One of the biggest barrages of the war targeted 10 Russian regions, including Moscow, according to the Ministry of Defense, but it was not clear how much damage the attack did.
When an IndiGo flight from New Delhi ran into a severe hailstorm, a passenger described several terrifying minutes: “They were calling their gods, we were calling our gods.”
The U.N. said about 90 truckloads of supplies had begun to arrive at warehouses and other sites in the devastated territory. It was the first significant influx after a two-month Israeli blockade.
May 22, 2025
A member of the Northern Irish rap group Kneecap was accused of illegally displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah. Kneecap denied the offense.
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky met while working at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, her father said. Mr. Lischinsky had just bought an engagement ring, an official said.
May 22, 2025
He vows to punish as criminals those responsible for the failure, in which the ship had its hull torn open and ended up on its side in the water.
May 22, 2025
Political leaders pointed fingers at each other, suggesting that their opponents were responsible for a rise in antisemitism and criticism of Israel.
May 22, 2025
Net migration dropped by 50 percent in 2024, data showed Thursday. So why was the prime minister warning of an “island of strangers” earlier this month?
In a bruising Oval Office meeting, the visitors’ plan to keep President Trump from focusing on false accusations of white genocide backfired spectacularly.
The country is just emerging from a period of political turmoil with a new prime minister in place. But now Alberta, a conservative Western province, is planning a referendum to break away.
For years, Russia used Brazil as a launchpad for its most elite intelligence officers, known as illegals. They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over many years, became the building blocks of entirely new identities. Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz, investigative reporters for The New York Times, discuss one case.
A forensic analysis of birth certificates used by deep-cover operatives suggests a tantalizing possibility.
Some South Africans defended President Cyril Ramaphosa’s handling of President Trump’s false claims during a confrontational meeting in the Oval Office while others expressed dismay.
May 22, 2025
The Drum Tower in Fengyang County, which dates to the 14th century, is one of many historical sites that have been renovated as cultural tourism has boomed.
May 22, 2025
The British government said criminals could earn earlier release under a new program to cut the prison population, citing Texas as an inspiration.
A group that included Western diplomats was touring Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Wednesday when Israeli soldiers fired at least seven shots to disperse the visiting officials.
May 22, 2025
The event in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, came amid rising tensions between Israel and its foreign partners.
May 21, 2025
Freddy Lim, the founder and lead singer of Chthonic, is well known in Finland, a heavy metal capital of the world.
May 21, 2025
The group planned and carried out arson attacks on buildings housing asylum seekers, authorities said, warning that far-right extremist organizations are increasingly attracting young people.
Andriy Portnov was a senior aide to Ukraine’s former president Viktor F. Yanukovych, who was ousted in a 2014 uprising over his alignment with Moscow.
Calling the hunger crisis in the war-torn territory “heart-rending,” the pope used his first general audience to highlight the issue.
Military operations have intensified in recent weeks as the government has set a deadline of next year to defeat a decades-old Maoist insurgency.
May 21, 2025
The R&B singer was charged last week with grievous bodily harm over a 2023 incident in England. His release from custody means he can proceed with a world tour.
The European Union said it would provide short-term financing for Radio Free Europe, but the amount falls short of what the news outlet says it needs to stay afloat.
The vehicle was carrying dozens of children to a military-run school in southwestern Balochistan Province, a region long roiled by rebel activity.
May 21, 2025
Several news outlets have been unreasonably subjected to tax investigations, according to the city’s journalists’ association, adding to pressures on press freedom.
May 21, 2025
The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.
Three days after Israel said it would relax its blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, little, if any, of the urgently needed food, fuel and medicine appeared to have reached Palestinians.
May 21, 2025
The killing of the embassy’s head of security strained an already tense relationship between the neighboring countries.
May 21, 2025
A inteligência russa transformou o Brasil em uma linha de montagem de espiões. Mas policiais federais brasileiros trabalham, discretamente, para desmontá-la.
The messages offer a glimpse at life deep undercover. Our correspondents break down four revealing exchanges.
Military strikes in Yemen and sanctions targeting the Iran-backed militia have compounded a humanitarian crisis in the poorest country in the Middle East, officials say.
May 21, 2025
Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives. A team of federal agents from the South American country has been quietly dismantling it.
The remark came in the midst of a rice shortage that has infuriated voters. “Frankly, my supporters give me quite a lot of rice,” said the minister, Taku Eto.
May 21, 2025
A crucial cog in the global semiconductor industry, Malaysia aims to build high-end chips. It will have to contend with President Trump’s trade policy first.
May 21, 2025
The family of Joseph St. Clair confirmed his release. The move comes as the United States threatens to choke off Venezuela’s critical oil revenue.
European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed to lift the remaining economic curbs on the war-torn country, amid concerns it could slip back into conflict.
The night before her operation, Ms. Sharawe recording a video for her daughter, Sarah.
The European Union has now targeted Moscow’s fleet of covert oil tankers and plans more restrictions, as the Trump administration’s approach to the war shifts.
President Trump appears to be stepping back from trying to end the war in Ukraine. Many in the country see little choice but to battle on.
The outage Tuesday knocked out emergency phone lines in several parts of the country for several hours.
Britain, France and Canada called the Israeli plans for escalation “disproportionate” and “egregious” at a time when the U.N. is warning the population is at risk of famine.
May 20, 2025
The Kremlin has withstood pressure for an immediate cease-fire as a precondition for peace talks, but the Russian president’s push for normalizing relations with the United States appears in limbo.
A lawmaker is introducing a bill named for Artemis Ghasemzadeh, an Iranian Christian convert, that seeks to stop the expedited removal of people fleeing countries that persecute religious minorities.
May 20, 2025
President Trump’s slashing of foreign assistance threatens road and energy projects that diplomats and experts say align with U.S. priorities.
The Trump administration has welcomed white South Africans as refugees, even after suspending the refugee program for nearly all other groups. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, White House correspondent for The New York Times, and John Eligon, Johannesburg bureau chief, discuss the factors that led to this moment, in advance of this week’s White House meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and President Trump.
May 20, 2025
The world’s richest man inked new deals as he tagged along on President Trump’s tour of the Gulf.
May 20, 2025
The British police said they had charged a Romanian national, Stanislav Carpiuc, with conspiracy to commit arson. Fires struck two buildings and a car linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The reported success of Chinese-made fighter jets and air-to-air missiles in the conflict has fed nationalist pride in China, and has renewed warnings to Taiwan.
May 20, 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government had to make some politically fraught concessions to eke out trade deals with the E.U. and the U.S.
The ship ARM Cuauhtémoc — with 277 people on board, including 175 naval cadets — was on a good-will tour throughout the world.
Israel has long sought to bring home from Syria the remains of Eli Cohen, whose spying work is credited with helping Israel win the Arab-Israeli War of 1967.
May 19, 2025
Ruth López was detained Sunday in what rights groups say represents a ‘dangerous escalation’ in President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on dissent. The attorney general confirmed the arrest.
The arrest of a political science professor shows Indian leaders’ sensitivity to the political fallout from the military flare-up.
May 19, 2025
The 300-pound bust was stolen from Père-Lachaise cemetery in 1988 and was found when the police were conducting an unrelated search.
Several Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded, according to Gaza health officials and emergency workers. Israel denied reports that soldiers had opened fire on civilians.
May 19, 2025
The Democratic Alliance cemented its position as the dominant power, but the Chega party, which has an anti-immigrant message, is seen as a powerful new force.
Presidential elections on Sunday in Romania and Poland halted, or at least slowed, hard-right breakthroughs that many liberals had feared. But discontent with mainstream parties lingers.
A telephone call between the two leaders was the latest chapter in a flurry of diplomatic maneuvering over ending the three-year conflict.
Israel allowed some aid into Gaza on Monday, ending a two-month blockade. Coupled with equivocation over battlefield strategy, the move highlights the government’s effort to balance competing interests.
May 19, 2025
The agreement includes a new defense partnership and reduced checks on food and drink, removing some trade barriers after months of negotiations.
President Trump’s tariffs on auto parts are already causing job losses in Windsor, Ontario, the heart of an industry that makes components for vehicles bound for the United States.
Tornadoes reported in Bennett, Colo., damaged buildings as forecasters said a severe storm system would roll through parts of the Midwest.
In a visit to the White House, President Cyril Ramaphosa will also highlight business opportunities for Elon Musk.
Top officials from Britain and the European Union gathered in London on Monday to announce a “reset” of post-Brexit relations.
Tents, shelters for fighter jets and warehouses for military vehicles show increased Russian presence near one of NATO’s newest members.
Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, defeated George Simion, a nationalist aligned with President Trump who had been seen as the front-runner.
Pope Leo XIV used his homily to plead for peace in warring regions and to call for a more united Roman Catholic Church.
Rafal Trzaskowski, the Warsaw mayor, appeared to have won the first round of the election. Prime Minister Donald Tusk is hoping his eventual victory will help push through a liberal agenda.
The two adversaries have spent the week since the end of the military confrontation making the case that they emerged victorious.
May 18, 2025
The bombardment, which Ukrainian officials said mostly targeted Kyiv, came just a day before President Trump was expected to talk with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Israel aims to press Hamas into releasing hostages and ultimately to destroy the group, but says it will now also allow some aid to enter the enclave.
May 18, 2025
Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural Mass on Sunday. Years ago, it would have included a solemn moment when the pontiff was crowned with an elaborate gold and jewel-encrusted papal tiara.
Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled with ancient and symbolic rituals.
Ukraine’s president was among the dignitaries and world leaders in St. Peter’s Square. After the meeting, he thanked the Vatican for its willingness to serve as a venue for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
Vice President JD Vance was among those present at St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
A woman in South Korea was accused of claiming she was pregnant by Son Heung-min, the captain of Tottenham Hotspur, and demanding hush money.
May 18, 2025
Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Vice President JD Vance was among the dignitaries who attended.
This month’s violent escalation reminded the world how India’s gradual rise can be hindered by the troublesome country next door.
May 18, 2025
On Iran, Gaza, Syria and Yemen, President Trump is moving ahead without Israel, reshaping decades of foreign policy.
May 18, 2025
Most British people believe Brexit was a mistake. But Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to edge closer to Europe face huge opposition in the national news media.
A summit on Monday between Britain and the European Union, expected to include a defense pact, may kick-start a new era.
Ukraine’s only female combat pilot flies helicopter missions against Russian troops. The military says it wants more women fighting, but sexism remains an obstacle, activists and female soldiers say.
The charges against the men come as concerns have grown about Iranian operatives carrying out operations against British residents and citizens.
The police said they had started a manhunt and were investigating a possible motive.
Despite his friendly tone, Pete Hoekstra offered no indication of when, or if, the United States will remove its tariffs against Canada.
Many Russian soldiers say they would see a cease-fire along the current front lines as a failure, hinting at the nationalist discontent the Kremlin could face in accepting a cease-fire.
A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a nudge from Pope Francis — put Robert Prevost on the fast track.
The allegations, which include being pushed into the sea off Myanmar with only life jackets, have prompted a call from the United Nations for an investigation.
May 17, 2025
For some, President Trump’s visits to Arab nations, Iran’s regional rivals, only made their country’s acute energy and economic crises harder to bear.
May 17, 2025
During the conflict between India and Pakistan, even some long-trusted outlets reported unverified information and fabricated stories.
May 17, 2025