With an Israel-Hamas cease-fire set to begin, the shock waves from their war have reshaped the region in unexpected ways.
The comments came after President Trump said he was “ looking at some very strong options” to curb Iran’s harsh repression of anti-government protests....
The Venezuelan regime had high-powered air defense systems from its allies in the Kremlin, but failed to set much of it up....
The president’s embrace of fossil fuels and withdrawal from the global fight against climate change will make it hard to keep warming at safe levels, scientists said....
Turning Latin America into a theater of war will not weaken transnational crime; it will entrench it....
A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants....
The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases....
Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became a film that is shortlisted for an Oscar....
Masoud Pezeshkian expressed sympathy for protesters’ economic pain, but said the state must respond to “rioters.”...
Required lessons are heavy on militarism and pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian propaganda. Some people make an arduous escape, partly to avoid the indoctrination....
For decades, an Arctic archipelago called Svalbard has served as a rare refuge of international cooperation. Those days are over....
Amid a ruinous civil war, the military government is holding elections that are widely seen as a sham, as the main opposition remains barred or jailed....
For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important....
A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said....
The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president....
The attack seemed intended to send a message to Europe as it strongly backs Kyiv in the peace talks....
The pontiff used an annual address to ambassadors to the Vatican to condemn countries that prioritized violence over diplomacy to achieve their goals....
The attack was just the second time that Moscow had launched the nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic weapon....
As protests swelled around the country, Iran’s internet was shut down, and the heads of its judiciary and its security services warned of a harsh response amid calls for “freedom, freedom.”...
Bayer has asked the justices to decide whether federal law shields the company from lawsuits over its Roundup herbicide and cancer. Democrats and MAHA activists aren’t happy....
Ronald S. Lauder, a billionaire friend of Mr. Trump, is among the investors. The move comes as the Trump administration looks for investment opportunities in Ukraine....
A mass departure by sanctioned tankers, some switching to Russian flags, has triggered a fresh effort by the United States to pursue Venezuelan oil shipments at sea....
After five G.O.P. senators joined Democrats on a war powers vote, the president lashed out, including at his party’s most politically endangered senator....
The Republican defectors paved the way for a debate that could expose bipartisan concern about President Trump’s actions in Venezuela. Mr. Trump called for them to lose their seats....
Kicking off his re-election bid, the Pennsylvania governor warned against federal overreach and promised, “I will not let anyone mess with a Pennsylvanian.”...
The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into the water....
The Ukrainian authorities urged residents in the Dnipro region to stock up on water as crews raced to restore service....
Russians find a refuge on the beaches of Sanya from sanctions and “sideways looks,” toasting the New Year beside a Chinese nuclear submarine base....
President Trump’s efforts to court President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are rife with contradictions about stability and displays of American power....
The Marinera, which was seized by the U.S., isn’t the only ship from the “shadow fleet” of oil tankers to switch lately to a Russian identity, seeking protection....
After the secretary of state unveiled a proposal for managing Venezuela and the U.S. forces boarded a Russian-flagged tanker and a second ship, President Trump had a phone call with President Gustavo Petro of Colombia amid escalating tensions between the two leaders....
18/01/2025 10:21
New York Times
