Fire breaks out at world's biggest produce market in Paris

Middle East conflict live updates: Cease-fire talks stall; Netanyahu says Israel can stand alone

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is ready to “stand alone” against its enemies after President Biden warned that the U.S. could cut military aid....

Israel defiant after U.S. warns it will halt arms shipments over Rafah

Israel is ready to “stand alone” in the fight against its enemies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday, after Biden threatened to cut off weapons....

Emboldened Russia marks Victory Day with parade of nuclear-capable weapons

Putin delivered a speech at a commemoration of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II, signaling his confidence about Russia’s advances in Ukraine....

What to know about U.S. military aid to Israel as Biden warns of cut

In Photos: Russians mark 79th Victory Day with military parade

Russians celebrate Victory Day, which marks the 79th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II....

U.S. lawmakers react to Biden’s warning that he could halt weapons to Israel

Middle East conflict live updates: Biden warns U.S. will cut off offensive weapons if Israel invades Rafah

In his first threat to withhold U.S. military aid, President Biden also acknowledged that American bombs used by Israel had killed civilians in Gaza....

U.S. postpones delivery of report to Congress on Israel’s war conduct

Israel puts Rafah in the eye of the storm

After months of warnings of a looming Israeli offensive in overcrowded Rafah, the ground operation appears to be underway....

Ukraine orders nationwide electricity rationing after Russian airstrikes

The Russian missile and drone strikes, which lasted more than three hours early Wednesday, targeted energy infrastructure in six Ukrainian regions....

Arrested U.S. soldier was in Russia to pursue girlfriend

Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, met a Russian woman while stationed in South Korea and followed her to Russia without notifying his commanders....

Ukraine arrests two colonels in protective service in plot to kill Zelensky

Ukrainian authorities said Russia planned to kill President Volodymyr Zelensky and top Ukrainian security officials as a gift for Vladimir Putin on the occasion of his inauguration....

Triumphal Putin is inaugurated for fifth term as Russian president

Vladimir Putin was inaugurated on Tuesday for a fifth term as president in a ceremony that highlighted his quarter-century grip on power in Russia....

For Biden, a tough call looms on whether Israel violated laws in Gaza

The Biden administration is due to deliver its assessment this week on whether Israel has violated U.S. or international law during the Gaza war....

To please Putin, universities purge liberals and embrace patriots

Russian university leaders are imbuing the country’s education system with patriotism to favor Putin, quashing Western influences and dissent....

Putin sits at the heart of the West’s illiberal axis

Vladimir Putin’s sympathizers share an aversion to the West’s perceived liberal establishment, and see a positive vision in the Russian president’s rejection of it....

U.S. soldier detained in Russia on criminal charges

A U.S. soldier, identified as Gordon Black, was detained by Russian authorities in Vladivostok, near the borders with China and North Korea, officials said....

Visualizing what an attack on Rafah means for civilians

Over 1 million Palestinians displaced by war have sought refuge in Rafah. Now, about 100,000 civilians are being told to evacuate to an area with little infrastructure....

Russia announces nuclear drills, lashing out in anger at West

Russia rattled its nuclear saber and scolded the ambassadors of Britain and France to show anger at comments by Western leaders about military support for Ukraine....

China’s Xi Jinping visits France in first post-pandemic trip to Europe

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is visiting France, and the friendlier countries of Hungary and Serbia. Trade tensions and Russia’s war in Ukraine are on the agenda....

Middle East conflict live updates: IDF urges 100,000 people in Rafah to evacuate; cease-fire talks at impasse

Israel is preparing for a “limited scope evacuation operation,” an army spokesman said. Hamas warned that Rafah will become a “graveyard” for Israeli soldiers....

Under Putin, a militarized new Russia rises to challenge U.S. and the West

In Putin’s bid to recast Russia as a global superpower, he champions a society built on pro-war activism, puritanical values and scaled-back social rights....

We reported for months on changes sweeping Russia. Here’s what we found.

“Russia, Remastered” reveals how Vladimir Putin is harnessing the war in Ukraine to transform his own country and fulfill his vision of a restored superpower....

Israel shuts down Al Jazeera’s operations, raids Jerusalem office

The government is banning Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel over its Gaza war coverage. Israel’s Foreign Press Association called it a “dark day for democracy.”...

Israeli cabinet votes to shut Al Jazeera’s Israel operations; cease-fire talks ongoing

Al Jazeera is one of the few international media companies that has maintained a physical presence in both the Gaza Strip and Israel throughout the war....

Confident of victory over Ukraine, Russia exhibits Western war trophies

The exhibition comes just ahead of a May 9 Victory Day celebration that is very different from last year’s, when Russia was facing battlefield setbacks....

ICC warns against interference amid Israeli leaders’ fears of arrest warrants

In a statement that didn’t name Israel, the International Criminal Court said efforts to undermine the court’s work must “cease immediately.”...

U.K. lifts restrictions on Ukraine’s use of weapons against Russia

The remarks signaled a sharp reversal in Britain’s position, which had not allowed Ukraine to target Russian territory with British-supplied weapons....

Ukrainian men abroad voice anger over pressure to return home to fight

Ukrainian men abroad are under pressure as Kyiv prepares to enforce a mobilization law aimed at conscripting desperately needed soldiers....

Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ like China, Russia, at campaign event

President Biden’s remarks have not elicited a formal response from the countries he named. But experts said they were likely to have offended, particularly in Japan....