This new stage of the war is aimed at pressuring Hamas into releasing hostages and ultimately destroying the group or forcing it to surrender.
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....
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....
Ukraine’s president was among the dignitaries and world leaders in St. Peter’s Square. The pope recently proposed the Vatican as a venue for peace talks....
Despite a flurry of diplomatic activity, there is little evidence Russia and Ukraine are close to an agreement....
With demand for steel down and a trade war underway, miners in the Iron Range of Minnesota are feeling the hit. But they hope better times are ahead....
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....
President Trump announced plans for the call after a Russian drone attack killed nine on a civilian bus in northeastern Ukraine....
Wildfires are common in the state. But scientists say this week’s damaging blazes in a northeastern region are a sign of more severe effects from a warning planet....
Friedrich Merz and Germany’s political establishment must unite the center to ward off the far right....
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....
The move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law....
During the conflict between India and Pakistan, even some long-trusted outlets reported unverified information and fabricated stories....
The Trump administration will not be allowed to deport Venezuelans under the law while the matter is being litigated in a federal court, the justices ruled....
Also, a New Jersey Transit strike left commuters scrambling. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday....
Questions about the credit for a famous photograph from the Vietnam War have divided the photojournalism community for months....
The move was the latest victory for Syria’s new government as it attempts to stabilize the nation after a long civil war and decades of dictatorship....
But the two sides failed to broker a temporary cease-fire or a meeting between their two leaders, a sign of how far apart they remain on ending the conflict....
Humanitarian support has collapsed in the enclave, which has been under total Israeli blockade for more than two months. Aid groups warn that the territory is on the brink of famine....
A Latvian security agency tells people to note radio gear and provocative questions, but some signs of espionage that it cites — like fit, unkempt backpackers — could apply to hikers and tourists....
Supplemental chartered buses will begin running on Monday, but officials warned they can accommodate only about 20 percent of train riders....
After years of gradual progress toward stability, a succession battle is pushing the country to the precipice of another full-blown civil war....
The university says that a student’s remarks condemning “genocide” were not approved and that he “violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules.”...
The meeting came days after President Trump announced he would end sanctions against Syria and met with the country’s president, a former jihadist....
The first peace talks in three years were supposed to begin on Thursday but amid posturing and accusations, they were pushed back at least until Friday....
The retailer reported sales growth, especially in its e-commerce division, but also cautioned about economic uncertainty in the quarters ahead....
Medical experts have warned that ending fluoridation will have negative consequences for oral health....
Ben Cohen, a co-founder of the ice cream brand, was among a group that interrupted a Senate hearing on Wednesday, protesting Congress’s funding of Israel’s military....
The countries’ trade agreement is just a first step, U.S. officials say. But consumers in the U.K. are wary of American food production....
House Republicans, mostly from New York, have gone to war with party leadership over their push to raise or abolish the $10,000 cap on the so-called SALT deduction....
While it is far too early to say how he will use his platform to address such issues, his focus shows he is a church leader who grasps the gravity of this modern concern....
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