Trump says he repositioned nuclear subs in veiled threat to Russia

Sanctions bill targets China for enabling Putin’s war in Ukraine

The bipartisan legislation was introduced as tensions soared between Washington and Moscow, which has spurned President Donald Trump’s bid to end the Ukraine war....

Derk Sauer, an independent force in Russian media, dies at 72

The Amsterdam native became a media magnate in Russia, where he founded the English-language Moscow Times and was later harassed by the authorities....

After Trump’s Ukraine pivot, Senate panel moves to fund more military aid

Bipartisan groups in Congress are attempting to preserve a weapons procurement program for Ukraine that the Trump administration proposed eliminating....

16 dead in Kyiv, including 6-year-old, after overnight Russian strikes

Kyiv officials said at least 12 children were injured in the capital by the strikes, the highest number in any night since the Russian invasion began in 2022....

Ukraine adopts new anti-corruption law as protests force Zelensky to retreat

The Ukrainian parliament acted to undo changes to two anti-corruption offices after mass protests forced President Volodymyr Zelensky to reverse course....

India’s revision of voter rolls could disenfranchise millions, critics warn

A hastily organized effort to revise voter rolls in the eastern state of Bihar has been marked by technical glitches, absent documents and widespread confusion....

Why one of the world’s biggest earthquakes wasn’t followed by a monster tsunami

Past strong earthquakes have caused massive and damaging waves far away, but scientists say these tsunami waves were tame by comparison across the Pacific basin....

Tsunami waves reach Hawaii, California after 8.8-magnitude Russia quake

The year’s strongest earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings and advisories in Hawaii, California, Oregon and Washington....

Latin and South America prepare for tsunami warnings

Earthquake off Russia’s coast is among strongest ever recorded

Gaza airdrops deliver a fraction of what trucks could, aid groups warn

Israel’s decision to allow Gaza airdrops to resume comes with risks and high costs, and experts say it’s not enough to meet acute need amid a starvation crisis....

What to do if there’s a tsunami warning

Tsunami warnings and alerts have been issued for the U.S. West Coast and countries across the Pacific, including Japan. Here’s what to know if you receive one....

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began....

More than 60,000 people killed in Gaza war, local health officials say

The toll announced by the Gaza Health Ministry is likely to be an undercount as Israel pursues its war and starvation spreads....

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill dozens, despite Trump push for ceasefire

The overnight attacks came after President Donald Trump expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin and brought closer the deadline for a ceasefire....

Trump-E.U. trade accord will raise cost of many U.S. imports

The preliminary deal imposes 15 percent tariffs on most E.U. goods, averts a trade war and leaves many details unresolved, including on wine and spirits. Here are industries on the line....

Warming oceans drive tuna from Pacific islands

Climate change poses an existential threat to Tuvalu. Not only are rising seas causing people to leave, but warming waters are forcing out tuna, the lifeblood of the economy....

Trump administration to destroy birth control intended as aid

Belgium, the United Nations and aid groups say they have offered to save $9.7 million in supplies kept in a Belgian warehouse....

Iran’s leaders reach back to pre-Islamic times to stoke nationalism

Officials in the Islamic republic are seeking to rally a population rattled by war and increasingly averse to the Muslim theocracy’s dominant ideology....

Binge, borrow and deal: Europe digs deep to buy U.S. arms for Ukraine

European nations like Germany and Norway say they will spend billions on U.S. weapons for Ukraine under a deal with the Trump administration....

Russia rules out Putin-Zelensky meeting until end of peace talks

The announcement appears to preclude any kind of top-level meeting or breakthrough ahead of the 50-day deadline for an agreement given by President Donald Trump....

A minister’s death tells Russia’s elite it is no longer untouchable

Starovoit’s apparent suicide suggests fundamental changes inside the Kremlin, where high-level officials caught in corruption cases were once allowed to flee the country....

Plane crashes in Russia’s far east, killing all 48 on board

The Angara Airlines passenger plane “disappeared from radar” before it was found near Tynda, in Russia’s far east, authorities said....

Rebalancing relationship with China ‘essential,’ E.U. president says

E.U. leaders are in Beijing to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations with China, but they have major disagreements over trade and Russia’s war against Ukraine....

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise

Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people....

Ukrainians protest as Zelensky cracks down on corruption watchdogs

Fighting corruption has been a central issue for Ukrainians since pro-Western protests a decade ago, and new curbs on the watchdog agencies have alarmed many....

Wreck of Revolutionary War frigate resurfaces on Scottish beach

Researchers identified the shipwreck as HMS Hind, a British frigate that intercepted American ships in the Atlantic before being repurposed as a whaling vessel....

Ukraine’s top commander asks Trump to help take the war to Russia

With Trump now open to supplying U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky calls for longer-range missiles and the permission to use them against Russia....

China’s strategy? Let Trump cook.

As President Donald Trump dismantles U.S. soft power and launches trade wars with allies, China is content to sit back and watch....

The Taliban banned beauty salons, leaving women to labor in the shadows

In a country scarred by four decades of war, women are the only or primary breadwinners for many families — and many are now struggling make ends meet....