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When skeletal remains surfaced in Northern Ireland last year, the discovery was shaded with a discomforting question: W…

Colombia’s main airport has become a hub for migrants heading to the U.S. in greater numbers. Some have been stranded f…

Mr. Ryzhkov, who ascended to the Soviet Union’s second most powerful post in 1985, took much of the blame for the econo…

Iran is holding Parliament elections on March 1, the first general vote since an uprising swept across the country in 2…

Bosnia is being hit by a combination of a low birthrate and emigration, a trend fueled by ethnic tensions and disgust w…

Hundreds of children sickened from high levels of lead in applesauce pouches last year put a spotlight on lapses in the…

Hundreds of American children were poisoned last year. Records show how, time and again, the contamination went unnotic…

At least two Hezbollah fighters were killed in strikes in the Bekaa Valley, and at least six other people were wounded,…

The meeting is intended to show that Europe remains committed to supporting Kyiv despite recent setbacks on the battlef…

She watched, distressed, as Aleksei was sent off to war. Now, 14 months after he died in eastern Ukraine, Yulia Selezny…

The country’s lower leagues offer a tempting entry to ownership. But the sport’s economics mean even multimillionaires …

An epidemic of auto thefts in Canada’s largest city has left many residents exasperated, with some getting creative abo…

Vladimir Putin is drawing on history to position himself in the realm of Russian rulers of the past. Critics say his gr…

Russia’s invasion came in two phases, many Ukrainians say: the first a decade ago, when it sent soldiers over the borde…

Governments are seeking to curb donkey skin exports to China, where demand for traditional medicine and other products …

China has increasingly turned to private companies in campaigns to hack foreign governments and control its domestic po…

Three Palestinians used automatic weapons to fire from a car toward a traffic jam at the checkpoint, on a highway betwe…

A worsening humanitarian crisis has brought a wave of condemnation against Israel’s ongoing military operation, and is …

Intended to fight crime, Latin American prisons have instead become safe havens and recruitment centers for gangs, fuel…

The country is one of more than 50 scheduled to argue before the United Nations’ highest judicial body over Israel’s “o…

The U.S. is negotiating a Security Council resolution that proposes a halt in fighting “as soon as practicable,” and ca…

The country’s main security agency said the 33-year-old detainee lived in Los Angeles. A lawyers group said she had don…

When war broke out in Gaza on Oct.7, Motaz Azaiza, a Palestinian photographer, turned his camera to covering pain and l…

Dozens of countries are expected to argue before the International Court of Justice about the legality of Israeli actio…

Refugees who joined the largely overlooked Fatemiyoun Brigade to battle for Shiite Islam and escape crushing poverty ha…

Shane Rose was briefly barred from competition after he wore a G-string bikini costume. The stunt won wide public suppo…

The surprising confession appeared to lend weight to accusations by Imran Khan’s party that the military had tampered w…

Officials have found the toxic mineral at 34 sites, including schools and parks. The grounds outside a Taylor Swift con…

Toward the end of Russia’s long assault, hundreds of civilians still remained in Avdiivka. Those who escaped in the las…

An exhibition in the Israeli-occupied West Bank features works evoking Palestinian life and protest. But the show is as…

Council chambers in Richmond, one of British Columbia’s largest cities, turned raucous this week amid debate over a pos…

A student’s vow to overthrow one of Africa’s last ruling monarchs faces a roadblock: his own father, a soldier sworn to…

Despite U.S. pressure, the idea of a Palestinian state seems farther away than ever, as Israel’s Jews move rightward an…

The project is in the buffer zone between Egypt and Rafah, a Gaza city with over a million displaced Palestinians. fr…

Omer Neutra and Edan Alexander, young men from the New York area who joined Israel’s military, were taken prisoner near…

The Ukrainian leader is expected to sign security agreements and seek to push the European leaders to help bolster aid …

To dull his heartache, Mustafa Abutaha told stories of people sheltering with him at Nasser hospital; he later fled bef…

The country’s Parliament is expected to also extend equal parental rights to same-sex couples, including clearing the w…

Some Guatemalans call Belize their 23rd state. The territorial claim is creating jitters in one of Central America’s mo…

A South Korean court found that the former officers had deleted an internal report that warned of safety risks ahead of…

Liu Jianchao is a Communist Party diplomat skilled at defending tough positions without being pugnacious. He also once …

Diplomats said France had presented a proposal aimed at ending the strikes and skirmishes along the border between Isra…

President Biden said the U.S. was working on a deal between Israel and Hamas for a pause in fighting of at least six we…

By next year, American natural gas will start flowing across Mexico to a major export terminal on the Pacific, reflecti…

The Gazan health ministry said that at least 67 people had been killed in Israeli strikes overnight in Rafah, and that …

The Israeli military said it had launched airstrikes to provide cover for a rare hostage rescue in Rafah, where more th…

Eleven-year-old Dareen al-Bayaa lost dozens of her family members in a single airstrike in Gaza. She is one of at least…

The British monarch and Queen Camilla went for a brief walk to a church on the estate where they live. Buckingham Palac…

As supporters of Imran Khan lodge complaints of vote rigging in hopes of increasing their lead, his opponents are jocke…

It was not the first time the technology had been used in Pakistan’s notably repressive election season, but this time …

Kibbutz Kfar Azza was evacuated after more than 60 residents were murdered and at least 18 were kidnapped on Oct. 7. Bu…

People have packed into Rafah, where rents have skyrocketed and tent camps have taken over most open spaces. Israeli of…

While no new stadiums will be built in Vancouver or Toronto, multimillion-dollar renovations must be finished on a tigh…

Positions have hardened on both sides in the face of the Gaza war, but some activists refuse to give up hope. They let …

Some Japanese spectators are grumbling that foreign concertgoers visiting Tokyo don’t share their rather restrained loc…

The United States and many other nations are pushing Israel to hand Gaza back to Palestinian leadership. But within Isr…

From onsens in Japan to high-altitude pools in Bolivia, the photographer Greta Rybus shares highlights from her search …

Karolina Shiino, a naturalized Japanese citizen who was born in Ukraine, resigned two weeks after winning the Miss Japa…

For the longest time, researchers focused on diagnosing and treating girls, but that is changing. from NYT > World…

The barring of the only candidate voicing opposition to the war in Ukraine showed how little tolerance the Kremlin has …

President Daniel Noboa’s new war on gangs has widespread support in a nation overwhelmed by violence. But experts warn …

The mounting frustration with the military establishment is a stark shift in Punjab, the country’s most populous and po…

Like many Nigerians, the novelist Stephen Buoro has been deeply influenced by the exquisite bedlam of Lagos, a megacity…

While Buckingham Palace released little information on Charles’s diagnosis, some cancer experts not involved in his car…

An analysis of social media videos found Israeli soldiers filming themselves in Gaza and destroying what appears to be …

A U.N.-backed process to end Yemen’s nine-year conflict appeared to be moving forward recently. But then the war in Gaz…

A meeting of the new economic working group comes as the U.S. and China are trying to prevent any escalation of hostili…

Hundreds of flights and trains have been canceled as China’s most important holiday approaches, and more bad weather is…

The United States has led a wave of retaliatory strikes in the Middle East, hitting scores of targets belonging to Iran…

Nayib Bukele is set to easily win a second term on Sunday, riding enormous support for his crackdown on gangs, even if …

At the hot spots of the eastern front line, Ukrainian troops are outmanned, outgunned and digging in. from NYT > W…

While a grand trip might offer novelty and excitement, there’s adventure to be found in territories much closer to home…

The first week of hearings by a special commission focused on the question of how top-secret intelligence can be made p…

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The changes come as Republican lawmakers step up efforts to punish businesses that consider climate change and the envi…

The volatile mix of violence, tensions and Israeli restrictions has had a stultifying effect on the West Bank. from N…

The Hungarian leader, Viktor Orban, had been the sole holdout to the 50 billion euro plan aimed at keeping the economy …

The Kremlin is sending a chilly message to antiwar Russians abroad: A new law will allow their property back home to be…

After a nearly two-year ban, a legal ruling brought bullfights back to La Plaza México. But the fight continues after a…