The war in Ukraine and its global fallout transfixed the meeting of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly this year
A U.S. warship in the Red Sea shot down drones, according to a defense official, with at least one coming from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen....
The Biden administration says Gaza should be led by a ‘revitalized’ Palestinian Authority, but the idea is deeply unpopular with Israel — and many Palestinians....
The United States is pressuring Israel to do more to avert heavy civilian casualties that are turning public sentiment worldwide against the war’s continuation....
In their first North American tour since their escape from Russia, Pussy Riot is protesting what they call President Vladimir Putin’s “fascist” regime....
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Saturday that Israel risks a “strategic defeat” if it drives civilians into arms of Hamas....
The pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas, which has allowed hostages to be freed, expired Friday. Israeli airstrikes resumed in Gaza....
Fearing they will be killed in action, some conscripts thrown into battle in Ukraine are finding ways to abandon the Russian military and escape the country....
The nation’s coal mines are major emitters of methane, and that is complicating global talks on reducing this potent greenhouse gas....
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he delivered a U.S. “imperative” that Israel adjust its combat strategy in Gaza to account for civilian collateral....
Israel and Hamas agreed Thursday to extend for a seventh day the pause in fighting in Gaza....
The World Food Program warns that the besieged enclave, where fighting was paused in part to allow the delivery of more humanitarian relief, remains at “risk of famine and starvation.”...
He was a Nobel Peace Prize winner lauded by world leaders. But his links to policies that led to thousands of civilian deaths are an indelible part of his legacy....
Aid agencies face several crises in Gaza: the sheer scale of the devastation, the targeting of personnel and, increasingly, inner turmoil over their response....
The call with President Isaac Herzog was felt to have gone so badly that Israel didn’t report it, signaling a widening rift between the Vatican and the Jewish state....
The move, which was approved by Russia’s Supreme Court, could have far-reaching legal implications for LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations by threatening long prison terms....
Follow live updates as the United Nations’ COP28 climate conference begins in Dubai. World leaders will discuss the Paris agreement and global warming compensation funds....
Sudanese refugees fleeing the conflict have found conditions so bad in neighboring Ethiopia that some have returned home and been forced to join the fight....
So far, 180 Palestinians, 61 Israelis and 20 foreign nationals have been freed during an extended pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas....
While Israelis have rejoiced at hostages’ return to their families during a short-lived pause, there is near unanimous support for continuing the Gaza war....
New controls on graphite exports to the United States could hurt American efforts to create green jobs while weaning the country off fossil fuels....
Twelves hostages held in the Gaza Strip arrived in Israel Tuesday — the fifth day of a fragile, extended pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas....
The wife of Kyrylo Budanov has been undergoing treatment after reportedly being poisoned with heavy metals....
Polling by the Carnegie Russia Center and the Levada Center find that Western efforts to punish Russia for the war have not damaged President Vladimir Putin....
Russia so far has provided no evidence of its claim that the American journalist is a spy, charges his employer and the State Department vehemently deny....
Taiwan’s presidential election on Jan. 13 will hinge on who voters think is best placed to handle Chinese threats and work with the U.S. to mitigate risks of war....
The announcement of the two-day extension was a further respite for the war-battered strip and a relief for the families of Israeli hostages who have yet to be released....
