The small number of cancer patients from Gaza who are receiving care in Jordan’s capital, Amman, bear burdens beyond those of illness — deep feelings of guilt, along with fear and homesickness.
We explain North Korea’s decision to send troops to help Russia....
In Kurram, near the Afghan border, Pakistan has been helpless to stop the latest outbreaks of a sectarian conflict that goes back decades....
The vice president’s tack to the right, support for Israel in the Gaza war and incremental policy proposals have alienated progressives and raised worries about waning liberal energy....
Israel and the United States plan to send envoys next week to negotiations in Qatar, as the related wars in Gaza and Lebanon rage on....
Tehran has several plans for responding to a threatened retaliatory strike by Israel, depending on its severity, and might also do nothing, insiders say....
The move gives Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, leverage to ask President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for a lot in return....
An all-out war could entangle countries around the world and threaten the global economy....
‘If there are images they are a reflection of something,’ he said in a tongue-in-cheek answer to whether Pyongyang had sent troops to help with Russia’s war in Ukraine....
By tweaking the DNA of bacteria, scientists aim to cut the use of chemical fertilizers that are worsening global warming. Some worry about unintended consequences....
The invasion of Ukraine has led the Russian leader to jettison cooperation with the West over North Korea’s nuclear arsenal in favor of an ever-deepening military alliance with Pyongyang....
Plus, American Airlines cracks down on “gate lice.”...
President Vladimir V. Putin, hoping to prove he is not the pariah that the West has tried to make him, this week welcomed leaders from China, India and Iran, among other nations. Then, there was the NATO member....
European carriers are enduring higher costs because they have to avoid Russian airspace, while a sluggish economy and geopolitical tensions are hurting business travel to China....
North Korea’s decision to dispatch troops to help Russia subdue Ukraine may put another Kremlin ally, China, in a tough spot diplomatically....
Also, the U.S. said North Korea sent troops to aid Russia. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday....
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III called the situation “very, very serious,” though he said that what the soldiers were doing in Russia was “left to be seen.”...
The economic lifeline is expected to be disbursed by the end of the year....
The prosecutor general stepped down after accusations that hundreds of officials obtained fake disability certificates. There have been no public allegations that he was involved in the scheme....
Elon Musk’s super PAC, which supports Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is giving cash prizes to registered voters who sign a petition....
Ricky Choi, a co-founder of Nice Laundry, was frustrated by how fulfillment centers handled his brand’s socks and underwear. So he started a new kind of packaging firm for chic labels....
A meeting between the two leaders comes just two days after they settled a tense border dispute in the Himalayas. But experts said their long-term geopolitical rivalry will persist....
North Korea’s supply of munitions has already been critical to the Russian war effort. Now, its troops appear to be poised to join the fight in Ukraine....
The two countries have been fighting a shadow war for years. But direct attacks are bringing direct reprisals, or at least plans for them....
After a year of war, at least one million people are facing months in the cold. Some said tents, blankets and warm clothes now qualified as luxuries....
John Kelly, the Trump White House’s longest-serving chief of staff, said that he believed that Donald Trump met the definition of a fascist....
Fuel prices, which had soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have dropped to their lowest level since February....
The two governments said they will coordinate more on defense, with British and German troops conducting joint military exercises on NATO’s eastern border....
The International Monetary Fund said protectionism and new trade wars could weigh on growth....
The Russian leader wants to cast himself as a global statesman, even as the U.S. and its Western allies try to isolate him....
The move, confirmed by a Pentagon official, is in line with a U.S. policy change aimed at shoring up Ukraine’s ability to fight the war against Russia with its own weapons....