Focusing on your own life and disengaging from politics can be appealing. But it is a abdication of responsibility.
West Bank residents say Israeli forces are adopting tactics similar to the ones they are deploying in Gaza, including airstrikes and the use of Palestinians as human shields....
Much has changed since the show debuted on Broadway in 1966, but it’s what hasn’t changed that should worry us....
Torrential rains in Valencia, in eastern Spain, caused flooding that killed more than 200 people. The deluge started inland. It took the authorities hours to warn those downstream....
Tit-for-tat moves this week included the use of American-made ballistic missiles to strike inside Russia, and new nuclear threats from Moscow. Neither appear to have influenced the war on the ground....
While support for Vladimir V. Putin’s threats resounded in pro-war venues, some Russians reacted with worry, gallows humor and apathy to the suggestions of striking the West and using nuclear weapons....
The Lebanese militant group captured an advanced Israeli anti-tank missile in the 2006 war, and its ally, Iran, reverse-engineered it, Israeli officials say....
The Russian leader ominously declares that America risks nuclear war as it expands its aid....
The rapper’s sixth studio album follows the success of a pair of tracks this year that were sparked by a war of words with Drake....
Hungary, unlike the United States, is a signatory to the court, which accused the Israeli leader of war crimes in Gaza. Responses to the warrant from other European countries were varied....
The Norwegian man was arrested this week in Oslo and ordered jailed pending further investigation in what the authorities called a ‘very serious case.’...
A new world order doesn’t mean the old politics simply disappears....
The current season has one of the most memorable characters of the series....
Pyongyang has long coveted an advanced air-defense system to guard against missiles and war planes from the United States and South Korea....
This is the first time Parliament has canceled a session since Russia invaded Ukraine....
The new book by former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany also aims to justify decisions she made that are still affecting her country and the rest of Europe....
Plus, a “Wicked” warning....
An I.C.C. arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza spurred outrage across Israel’s political spectrum. But in the long term, it’s not a good look for a prime minister....
Philicia Saunders and Jordan Wilson discovered a mutual love of cosplay, anime, video games — and, eventually, each other....
The intermediate-range missile did not carry nuclear weapons, but it is part of a strategic arsenal that is capable of delivering them....
More extreme rain will fall across the region on Thursday as forecasters warn of the potential for dangerous flooding....
Also, Putin said Russia struck Ukraine with a new missile. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday....
We should not operate as if there is some hierarchy in the value of children’s lives....
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has allies among the members of the International Criminal Court. But he will have to plan his travel more carefully than before....
The transportation secretary, one of several ambitious Democrats jockeying for prominence, gave advice in a speech but was coy about his own plans: “I know that I will make myself useful again later.”...
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department was described by peers as a skillful soldier who became embittered by military dysfunction....
The court accused Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister of having “intentionally and knowingly deprived” Gaza’s population of food, water, fuel and medicine....
One question is whether the new administration and Europe will provide security guarantees to prevent Russia from taking more territory....
A new warning urges defense companies to increase security and to be on the lookout for surveillance and signs of trespassing....
Most Democrats opposed the measure, reversing their previous positions as they warned that President-elect Donald J. Trump could use it to punish nonprofit groups he saw as political antagonists....