Some Iranian clerics and officials argue the country must rebuild deterrence by dropping its longstanding pledge not to build a nuclear bomb.
The government designated the protest group as a terrorist organization last year, prompting criticism. The country’s Supreme Court is set to begin hearing a challenge to the ban on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there had been “disturbing movement” in Kaliningrad, a Russian region just north of Poland.
Hours after the Russian attack, which killed at least 31 and left dozens missing, the United States said that peace talks with the two countries would resume after nine months.
Nearly 70 people died in the crash, the second high-speed rail accident in less than a year.
Russia struck a humanitarian hub in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, killing dozens and leaving many more missing, officials said.
King Charles III of Britain did not offer a formal apology for Britain’s trans-Atlantic slave trade during his address at the Commonwealth meeting in Antigua on Tuesday.
Officials are investigating threats against at least seven planes. The aircraft landed safely and no explosives were found, the authorities said.
The British monarch and Prime Minister Andy Burnham are set to speak at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Antigua.
In one case, 75,000-year-old bones reveal what may be the earliest identifiable victim of death by wooden spear.
An architect put a contemporary spin on the German tradition of ‘Austragshaus,’ and gave two empty nesters a place to live without leaving their family.
From spongeware-decorated mugs to casserole dishes, Nicholas Mosse Pottery offers gift-giving ideas.
The disruptive watch brand MB&F has created a tabletop gorilla pencil sharpener.
In London, Lucy McGrath uses a traditional process to make stationery, ornaments and other items for her Marmor Paperie brand.
Freezers at grocery stores in at least seven European countries have malfunctioned, blowing hot air and spoiling refrigerated products.
Rejecting President Trump’s election denial playbook, nationalist leaders in Serbia and Hungary opted for an orderly retreat.
After its sometime allies were ousted in elections in Hungary and Serbia, Moscow has seized on Poland’s constitutional standoff in its effort to weaken Europe’s support for Ukraine.
Karl Bushby arrived in Hull, England, on Monday after spending 28 years crossing four continents on foot.
The strike in the Zaporizhzhia region came a day after a brief humanitarian truce ended in neighboring Kherson.
Pier Paolo Pasolini was found bludgeoned to death in 1975. A young escort confessed to the crime but changed his story over the years, creating uncertainty.
Karl Bushby, 57, has returned home to Hull, England, after completing a journey on foot that started in the late 1990s and took him across four continents.
During the king’s visits to three former colonies, many people came out for celebratory parades and events. Others said the British state needed to atone for slavery’s toll.
In “Castles,” Dan Jones tells the story of human history as a chronicle of destruction that occurred at fortifications across the world.
Unlike American presidents, Pope Leo XIV has no private jet, so he travels on commercial airlines, like the rest of us. Well, almost.
Trump is betting on economic incentives to stop Putin in Ukraine. Germany’s experience shows why that strategy is risky.
The history of triumphal arches is long and messy. Where does Donald Trump’s proposed edifice fit in?
Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.
For two weeks, patrons at the Rembrandt House can get tattoos of the artist’s drawings and etchings, courtesy of “the godfather of Amsterdam tattoo culture.”
From sneering at royals to “Nigerian Wicked,” here’s how the British spinoff has set itself apart.
The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays — the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops — has died at 101.
Safely out of Oleshky after enduring years in the combat zone and a harrowing 24-hour journey, weary civilians reunited with family and friends.
More than 300,000 people took to the streets, some wearing Halloween costumes, before the demonstrations ended in violence.
Protesters gathered across France on Saturday for the third consecutive weekend of unrest over living costs and education. The rallies, which coincided with Halloween, were largely peaceful but descended into clashes in some areas.
Thousands, potentially in masks and costumes, are expected on the streets on Saturday, prompting the authorities to prepare another vast security response.
As arson, looting and destruction overwhelmed Rue Beaurepaire, some residents pleaded with rioters to stop. Others hid out of fear. Many dread a repeat.
After years of legal wrangling, judges backed by the current government suspended the chief justice, as a feud escalated with the right-wing party that last held power.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wanted to campaign on inequality and housing, but the second major rail accident this year has put his government’s competence on trial.
An apartment in Pangrati with Acropolis views, a penthouse in Thiseio with Parthenon views, and a loft in Psirri, also with Acropolis views.
Turhan Mildon, who married Alina Habba this summer, presents himself as a 29-year-old billionaire with ties to global leaders. His story has inconsistencies.
The premier’s comments represent a major change in British policy, but they are unlikely to satisfy those who hoped that reparations would follow.
The leading contenders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, aren’t substantially different in their approach to Israel’s security or in their opposition to a Palestinian state.
The looming departure of the European Central Bank’s president, Christine Lagarde, has set in motion a high-stakes search for her successor.
From France to Brazil, voters are railing against the status quo, even as the politics of disenchantment make lasting change nearly impossible.
I experienced war’s subterranean future as drones dominate the skies. I didn’t like it.
Óscar Puente, Spain’s transportation minister, said traffic controllers gave the green light to a train racing at about 100 miles per hour toward a stopped train this week, precipitating a crash that killed at least 69 people.
Journalists at the fiercely independent Novaya Gazeta, whose co-founder received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the government had orchestrated its demise.
Support for Édouard Philippe, the leading candidate from the centrist bloc, has eroded, while his far-right and far-left rivals benefit.
The move is part of the Canadian prime minister’s effort to reduce American influence over Canada and expand trade to other parts of the world.
Residents of Oleshky, a southern Ukrainian city that has been under Russian occupation since 2022, were evacuated on Friday during a rare localized cease-fire deal announced by the U.S. First Lady Melania Trump.
The transport minister said a judge would investigate controllers’ actions, including authorizing a train to proceed at high speed though another was stalled in front of it.
Pope Leo may be the first pope to vote in a national election, Vatican experts said.
The authorities said an attempt to steal copper gas pipes ultimately led to the massive explosion last month, which killed six people.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor spent time with Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, at Balmoral, the royal family’s Scottish retreat.
How to get a pair that delivers lasting comfort.
Italians can’t get enough of “Romanzo Criminale,” a best-selling novel that has been made into a hit film, a bigger hit TV show and now, an opera.
Mass graves found at a Stone Age farming settlement in Slovakia have researchers baffled about the details — including the location of the missing skulls.
The new museum, in Valencia, will focus on works by that city’s native son, Joaquín Sorolla, and, it is hoped, benefit the Manhattan institution.
On a three-day hike in Romania, a writer sidesteps the usual Bram Stoker draws and instead discovers medieval villages, ancient forests and rich living history.
Ukrainian soldiers are traveling underground through abandoned gas pipes to reach positions near the front. Our correspondent Maria Varenikova joins them on the journey through the kill zone and into positions where troops can spend weeks at a time.
Stephen James Hubbard, the retired teacher arrested soon after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said he sometimes lost hope.
Plus, the legacy of Dolores Huerta.
Karl Bushby has walked 31,000 miles, crossing some of the world’s harshest landscapes. He plans to reach his mother’s house in England next week.
Her plan to depart in February, months before the end of an eight-year term, sets in motion a selection process among European leaders for a new central bank president.
A deadly strike was a grim reminder that despite a rare local cease-fire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, other communities remained under fire.
The commissioner of the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale said donations were badly needed to ship the artworks home from Italy. Her nonprofit group is facing a $1 million shortfall to cover the costs.
A rare localized cease-fire announced by the first lady offered a brief respite for Kherson, Ukraine, where Russian drones and artillery have long terrorized civilians.
After the country’s second major rail disaster in a year, Spaniards were confronting questions about the safety of their once-vaunted rail system.
An Estonian addict could barely keep pace with the new drugs flooding the market. His terrifying accounts of the cruel toll they took on his body held his country in its grip.
The suspect, identified only as Kévin T., admitted to planning the attacks near Paris last week, the prosecutor said. One person was killed and seven wounded.
Rescuers in Spain on Thursday continued combing through the wreckage of a horrific train crash that killed at least 69 people when one high-speed train rear-ended another that was stopped on the same tracks.
The German carmaker warned that it “must act quickly and decisively” to cut costs.
A tour of the three caves in southern Spain suggests that people in the area cannibalized one another as funerary practice over many generations.
France’s second city, five years into a presidential development plan, is grappling with the social strains that have fueled protests across the country.
The Japanese comic book medium has become hugely popular among audiences globally. A new exhibition should have something for both fans and newcomers.
A local cease-fire brought a rare moment of calm to the Ukrainian-controlled city of Kherson, where Russian drones have long terrorized civilians.
The accident, the second in less than a year on the same busy rail line, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.
After a high-speed collision near Toledo, Spain, killed at least 69 people, rail safety experts said the rough consensus that it is best to sit in the middle of a train has its limits.
A train accident near Toledo, Spain, which killed at least 68 people, was one of the deadliest in the country’s history.
Diagrams show how a high-speed train barreled into another train on the same track.
Fernando Seco, 62, said he and others moved at least a dozen wounded passengers from the crash site, using parts of the wreckage as makeshift stretchers.
The protests roiling the continent express feelings of generational futility.
Researchers are exploring novel ways to treat, even prevent, the brain disease C.T.E. One of the most surprising: near-infrared light.
We can learn a lot from a long-dead labor leader about how to reckon with technology that threatens our jobs.
Neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor his rivals won a majority, leaving Arab lawmakers as potential kingmakers in the new Parliament.
Inspired in part by French demonstrations, protests in Italy by students in the north and truckers in the south could affect national elections next year.
Passengers recalled the moments before a high-speed passenger train rear-ended another in Spain on Wednesday.
The new government, led by Andy Burnham, aimed to lower household and business bills amid higher interest rates and a turbulent global economy.
An “inexplicable” decision by traffic control operators sent a train on its way toward another stopped miles in front of it, the minister said.
A woman working with big cats was attacked on Saturday. She died from her injuries on Tuesday, the zoo said.
The anti-immigrant agitator, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, will be sentenced in December.
Two high-speed passenger trains collided, causing a derailment on Wednesday morning near Toledo, Spain, and killing at least 30 people, according to a spokesperson for the regional government.
The attacker, a minor, appeared to be a supporter of the Islamic State, the government said. Authorities have described it as a terrorist attack.
The popular YouTuber is giving evidence in a London trial in which he has pleaded not guilty to seven charges of rape, sexual assault or attempted indecent assault.
A state broadcaster says it cannot afford the restoration of a 1922 steel tower, prompting rare wartime dissent and a movement to save the Modernist masterpiece.
Baume & Mercier, formerly owned by Richemont, now belongs to the Damiani Group.
The diplomatic outreach was part of an effort to push talks to end the war in Ukraine, though it was not welcomed by all European leaders.
Residents say a proposed Chinese car plant in northern Spain will create new jobs. Others say it’s a long-term risk, distilling a debate about the costs and perks of ties to China.
Supporters of the opposition movement that won Sunday’s election stormed the offices of a pro-government tabloid. Another news outlet apologized for years of “one-sided” coverage.
Many people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce that began Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.
The women behind the housewares brand Carolina Irving & Daughters invited friends to a dinner to mark the launch of their new Wiener Werkstätte-inspired collection.
Mada Masr, one of Egypt’s few independent media outlets, said a judge ordered it closed for operating without a license and detained its editor in chief.
The Duchess of Sussex will be a “special guest” next year on “Junior MasterChef Australia,” the channel that airs it announced.
Two British men were charged Tuesday over a suspected plot targeting a base used by the United States. Prosecutors believe they were directed by a man working for Iran.
Germany’s Neura is one of the companies at the forefront of efforts to use artificial intelligence in robotics, and crucial to whether Europe can close the gap with China.
Against a glittering backdrop and to the beat of a powerful soundtrack, an art museum exhibition gives the Dollys, Whitneys and Marías their due.
The king will confront calls for reparations and apologies for his country’s colonial past as he attends the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
King Charles III is traveling to host a meeting of the leaders of more than 50 nations.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan made a rare joint visit to Tehran amid reports that the U.S. and Israel were drawing up plans to renew their attacks on Iran.
The assaults on infrastructure, which cut off heat and power on bitterly cold winter days, amounted to a crime against humanity, investigators said.
The government promised to phase out an unpopular university admissions system by 2028. Student groups are pushing for more.
President Trump disparaged Norway to express his irritation over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian officials have repeatedly stated that they don’t have any influence over the award.
They’re transforming cities with million-dollar views and a message of modernity. But climate change makes cooling them tricky and costly.
Much has been said about how Ukraine should treat Russian prisoners of war. Less attention has been paid to the emotional struggle for the Ukrainians tasked with that work.
In much of Europe, the advance of the right has been seen as unstoppable. But in the east, nationalists are being cast aside in places where they long governed.
The U.S. Army is training Apache pilots to shoot down drones as militaries around the world assess the efficacy of 20th-century technologies in a new era.
The pop star Chris Brown received an eight-month suspended prison sentence on Monday over a 2023 episode in which he repeatedly hit a man in the head with a tequila bottle in a London nightclub.
Norwegian officials emphasized that their government does not have any influence over who receives the Peace Prize, after President Trump used crude language to express his frustration.
The singer, 37, had pleaded guilty after hitting a music producer repeatedly in the head with a bottle in London in 2023. He is unlikely to serve any prison time.
When a second home became a primary home, a couple looked abroad for a new part-time abode that would be just big enough.
From San Antonio to London, hotels are taking the music theme seriously, offering concerts, listening rooms, studios and more.
Celebrations erupted in Belgrade after Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s longtime strongman, conceded defeat in the country’s general election.
Venezia FC, a historically modest club, has become a fashion sensation. But its performance has struggled to match the off-field hype.
“It is clear that we have lost these elections,” Aleksandar Vucic said in a surprisingly early speech congratulating his opponents.
Demonstrators across Italy on Saturday protested economic inequality and the political establishment. A heavy police presence throughout the country aimed to prevent the looting and violence that occurred during protests last weekend.
While the police kept a lid on vandalism, the huge number of protesters and France’s fraught politics suggest unrest could grow.
After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism.
We hurt one another, we fail one another, but we still have to figure out how to live with one another.
A student-led movement is challenging the governing party of Aleksandar Vucic, who has dominated Serbian politics for over a decade.
For months, thousands of Albanians have protested a luxury hotel development linked to Jared Kushner, with demonstrations growing increasingly violent amid rising living and education costs.
The comments were his first since the disruption in the country’s satellite service. Earlier, Ukraine said drones using Starshield, the Pentagon-funded service, were back to normal speeds.
A movement that began with a few high schools has broadened to encompass labor unions and other activists.
A fire has all but destroyed the Nazi-era “Eagle’s Nest,” formally called the Kehlsteinhaus, the police said. The authorities said a man had been arrested in connection with the blaze that started on Friday night.
Protesters gathered in large numbers across France on Saturday. The demonstrations were largely peaceful with some violent clashes across several cities.
The United States once declared that Ukraine’s fight was the front line in a global battle for freedom. Now the Trump administration is sending money to Moscow.
Looters ravaged a storied commercial avenue in France’s second-largest city. Its merchants fear that more unrest could follow.
Americans on hand for the N.F.L.’s first-ever game in France found famous museums closed and shops boarded up.
Hope, dread and the final stretch to Election Day.
The police said on Saturday that the structure, a tourist attraction for decades, was probably not salvageable. A man was arrested in connection with the blaze.
Thousands of opposition party supporters marched in Belgrade to take part in final campaign rallies ahead of parliamentary elections on Oct. 25.
Moody’s held the country’s credit rating steady amid political uncertainty and a rise in borrowing costs that have worsened France’s debt situation.
The design duo behind Chopova Lowena on Alexander Skarsgard’s red carpet look.
Sarah Helm, who is married to Britain’s national security adviser, posted of her support for the author Sally Rooney and a banned pro-Palestinian activist group. A furor ensued.
“Puppy Live,” a round-the-clock livestream of a litter, has become a national phenomenon. “Nothing bad happens in the puppy box,” one fan explained.
The Duchess of Sussex said a 2018 letter to royal protection officers informed her decision to keep her children away from Thomas Markle.
More than a million people have watched a 24/7 livestream of six newborn puppies in Finland. The cameras will roll until the pups go to their permanent homes in December.