Scientists have rediscovered a compound developed by German researchers during World War II. It appears to be more effective and perhaps safer than DDT.
Northern Ireland’s border controls and its ability to make trade rules are among the central issues covered in the latest agreement between the E.U. and Britain.
A letter by President Trump last week, warning Mr. Erdogan in blunt terms against the incursion, threatened to make the shuttle diplomacy by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo more difficult.
Gordon D. Sondland said in his prepared statement to House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed the president involved his personal lawyer in diplomacy with Kiev.
Gordon D. Sondland said in his prepared statement to House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed the president involved his personal lawyer in diplomacy with Kiev.
Final approval for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s deal with the European Union could rely on 10 lawmakers from Northern Ireland. How can so few wield so much influence?
Video of one episode, filmed during disruptive action by the Extinction Rebellion group, illustrated the inflamed passions on both sides.
The agreement was a step forward in the frantic negotiations to map out Britain’s departure from the E.U., but the support of Parliament and Northern Irish lawmakers is far from assured.
Support for the deal from Parliament and Northern Irish lawmakers is far from assured.
President Trump’s troop withdrawal ignited a predicted outburst of chaos and carnage in the Middle East.
The 25 percent U.S. tariffs to be imposed Friday trigger headaches for single malt distilleries, already struggling with Brexit.
Britain’s prime minister cited a “great new deal that takes back control,” hours after a Northern Irish party rejected the agreement.
How many wild animals will be involved? How much Spam?
Before indicting a state-owned Turkish bank, the Justice Department sought to negotiate a deal following calls by Turkey’s president to the White House.
Mr. Sondland was to tell impeachment investigators that President Trump placed a condition on any meeting with Ukraine’s president — the opening of an investigation that could benefit Mr. Trump.
The diplomats were intending to travel to a remote town in the Russian Arctic, where a mysterious nuclear accident killed seven people in August, releasing radiation.
Trump said he’d written the “very powerful” letter to warn the Turkish leader.
Even before Disney, Reiniger told fanciful stories in animated films with her hand-cut paper silhouettes.
On Sunday Oct. 6, President Trump announced that Turkey would move forward with an offensive in northeast Syria after U.S. troops pulled out of the area. Since then, American-allied Kurdish forces have been under attack, over 200,000 people have been displaced and the threat of ISIS’s resurgence looms. Our video traces how we got here in just one week.
One of the leading Greek designers of her generation, she balanced a cutting-edge feminine look with ancient motifs and dressed thousands for the Athens Olympics.
There is no reason that any player, white or black, should have to go to a country or a stadium with a history of racist abuse.
A century ago, the future Nazi leader began his career as a propagandist.
Republicans and Democrats delivered a rebuke to the president over his decision to pull back American troops, an order many viewed as acquiescing to Turkey’s incursion against a United States ally.
The move was an overwhelming condemnation of the president’s decision to pull back American troops inside Syria.
Attacked abroad, and facing a raft of sanctions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may nevertheless be getting what he wants from Turkey’s invasion of Kurdish-held Syria.
El Tribunal Supremo de España dictó sentencia contra doce líderes independentistas catalanes. Ahora es tiempo de que todos los bandos políticos resuelvan un debate postergado por mucho tiempo.
An investigation found that Bible fragments in a museum started by the owners of the arts-and-crafts chain had been illegally taken from the university.
President Trump again defends his decision to withdraw American troops, an order that many, including Republicans, have interpreted as acquiescing to Turkey’s incursion against a United States ally.
Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, said the “basic foundations of an agreement are ready,” but the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, said the goal remained “shrouded in mist.”
The E.U.’s top antitrust regulator ordered Broadcom to halt specific practices while the bloc investigates possible anticompetitive activity.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the Kurds to leave northeast Syria “this night.” He spoke as Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were planning to visit Turkey, and as President Trump sought to distance himself from the conflict.
At the White House, the parents of Harry Dunn were told that the woman they want to hold accountable for his death in a car crash was in an adjoining room.
Lengthy prison terms for nine separatists who led a secession attempt in 2017 have fueled protests across the region before national elections.
The case came to the attention of the local police after a young man left the farm, found his way to a local pub, and told his story.
Pugs enjoy a certain cultlike status in Germany, where their owners gather regularly to swap stories about the breed, and let the dogs compete to see who’s fastest. Or slowest.
Twelve Democratic presidential candidates shared the stage in Ohio for the fourth televised primary debate.
Twelve Democratic presidential candidates shared the stage in Ohio for the fourth televised primary debate.
In meeting the Turkish leader, the vice president is expected to reiterate President Trump’s demand for a negotiated cease-fire.
The charges against Halkbank were announced as President Trump, having allowed Turkish-backed forces to invade Syria, is looking to take a tougher stand against Turkey.
The president’s decision to greenlight a Turkish assault on the Kurds set a fragile peace ablaze.
As a deal seems tantalizingly close, Prime Minister Boris Johnson cannot give too much ground to the European Union if he is to have any hope of winning Parliament’s consent.
As a deal seems tantalizingly close, Prime Minister Boris Johnson cannot give too much ground to the European Union if he is to have any hope of winning Parliament’s consent.
Visitors to the Louvre will experience Leonardo da Vinci’s world through a virtual-reality tour that brings them closer to the masterpiece than ever before.
The Pentagon will have to disassemble combat bases that were built to stay for a mission that was supposed to last, and protect the troops as they withdraw amid a chaotic battlefield.
Kostiantyn H. Kulyk has been indicted himself on corruption charges and has a reputation for using investigations as political weapons.
The idea is to attach an amendment to any Brexit deal requiring that the British people vote whether to accept the agreement or stay put.
Earlier sanctions had already all but blocked Turkish steel makers from America. But tariffs could have a psychological effect.
For months, analysts have outlined how such a move would risk upsetting the fragile balance of power in a complex war.
The sport was roiled anew after Bulgarian fans made Nazi salutes and yelled monkey chants at England’s players in Sofia on Monday.
“Reality fiction” is a publishing sensation in Norway. But some have accused the country’s most high-profile writers of revealing intimate secrets under the guise of fiction.
As the United States withdraws from Syria, Russia is stepping in, running patrols to separate warring factions, striking deals and helping President Bashar al-Assad advance.
American scientists set out to simulate a fungus’s evolution into the edible mold that makes French cheeses like Camembert.
The Louis Vuitton designer’s rigorous vision has shaped fashion for this era, with a reach that’s as wide-ranging as it is deep-seated.
T Magazine celebrates four talents who, in mastering their crafts, have changed their fields — and the culture at large.
The surprise American withdrawal from parts of northern Syria reshuffled old alliances and touched off a new stage of the eight-year war.
Lycopene, a red plant pigment found in tomatoes, watermelons and pink grapefruits, improved some measures of sperm quality.
As desperate Kurds ally with Assad in Syria, the specter of the Islamic State threatens again, and American power dims.
The video appeared in a report on Turkish attacks in northern Syria. ABC News did not specify how the error had occurred.
Syrian government forces streamed into the country’s northeast, filling a vacuum opened up by President Trump’s decision to pull back in Syria.
The trial has shed new light on the role of women in homegrown terrorism in France.
President Trump also said he was doubling tariffs on imports of Turkish steel in response to Turkey’s incursion into Syria, an invasion for which he himself had cleared the way for.
President Trump’s erratic moves are letting Russia seize the role of peacemaker — and deal-maker — in Syria.
President Trump’s erratic moves are letting Russia seize the role of peacemaker — and deal-maker — in Syria.
The judges rebelled against the literary prize’s rules and awarded it to “The Testaments” and “Girl, Woman, Other.”
Why did Turkey invade? Why did America leave? How did the Kurds gain so much land? We answer 10 key questions about the Turkish invasion of northern Syria.
Readers discuss possible reasons behind the president’s abandonment of the Kurds and the consequences of that action.
By tradition, the queen’s speech is when the governing party lays out its legislative agenda. But Parliament is preoccupied with other matters just now.
A filmmaker is trying to preserve the art of handmade pasta by turning Italy’s Pasta Grannies into video stars.
A radical political experiment is in peril.
Richard Huckle, 33, who may have sexually abused up to 200 children, was said to have been stabbed to death in his cell.
The governing Fidesz party lost the mayoralty of Budapest and 10 other cities in a campaign dominated by sex tapes and corruption accusations.
The Americans promised they would protect his people. Now, one Kurdish leader is forced to turn to former foes for help.
Italian newspapers that have depicted Link University as either a shady diploma mill or den of spies, unfairly tarnishing its reputation, its president says.
Proceedings in the British Parliament on Monday are a nod to hundreds of years of history. But Brexit loomed over the ceremonies.
Hours after the Kurds forged a deal with the Syrian government, an American foe, the Syrian Army raced northwest to help battle Turkish-led forces.
Hours after reaching an agreement with Kurdish forces, the Syrian Army entered a key town near the Turkish border — a significant shift in the power dynamic.
Spain’s Supreme Court gave the former deputy leader of Catalonia, Oriol Junqueras, 13 years. A Spanish judge also issued a new European arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont.
The decision effectively cedes control of the area and could allow a resurgence of ISIS, but the defense secretary argued American forces would not have deterred a Turkish invasion.
Anne Sacoolas fled Britain after she was suspected of being involved in a road crash that killed Harry Dunn, a British teenager.
As Turkish forces cross into Kurdish areas of northern Syria, the orders from Washington to U.S. troops are simple: Stand back. Let the Kurds fight for themselves.
You could call his epic sub-two-hour race a branding stunt. But it was also a run for the ages.
Under fire by Turkish forces, the militia that battled ISIS threw in its lot with Syria’s Russian-backed government.
Plus, the N.B.A.’s multibillion-dollar relationship with China hits a snag.
The party’s twinned platform of aggrieved nationalism and government largess appeared to have secured it a new term in office.
President Trump’s acquiescence to a Turkish raid on the Kurds in northern Syria alarmed allies for its unpredictability as much as its betrayal.
A video shows a Turkish-backed rebel group executing Kurdish prisoners Saturday in northeastern Syria.
“Die Frau ohne Schatten” imagined an enlightened, democratic empire.
For the cover of The New York Times Magazine’s annual culture issue, a reporter traveled to Spain understand the rise of the singer Rosalía.
The killings, one of them caught on video, raised the specter of wider sectarian warfare as fighting in Syria escalates.
John le Carré takes aim at Brexit and Boris Johnson in his new novel, “Agent Running in the Field.”
In Vienna, the Kenyan achieved a milestone once believed to be unattainable. But his time, 1:59:40, will not be recognized as a world record.
“If you don’t fight for democracy, you don’t deserve it.”
Under Trump, the U.S. becomes the world’s fair-weather friend.
With state television firmly under the control of the ruling party, it has proved itself more valuable than any billboard or advertising campaign.
After days of gloom, a breakthrough seems possible. But diplomats remain cautious, and time is short.
A commission for the Royal Ballet, “Everyone Keeps Me” creates a strange, resonantly poetic world.
Dr. Omar Ibrahim was a resident in neurosurgery in Egypt when he decided to go to Syria “to achieve something different.” He is out now, but wants to return to war surgery.
A prison break and a bombing claimed by the Islamic State punctuated fears that the Turkish invasion, now in its third day, was sowing mayhem.
Gold has often been viewed as a haven, but many experts say it isn’t needed to diversify a portfolio and adds unnecessary expense.
The 5-year-old had been in Iran since 2016 when her mother, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, was arrested. Her mother remains in a Tehran prison.
Mr. Abiy, the prime minister of Ethiopia, spearheaded a peace accord in his region and catalyzed reforms at home.
Mr. Abiy spearheaded a peace accord in his region and catalyzed reforms at home.
Unsteady glaciers pose dangers to Alpine towns and tourist areas; the challenge is letting people know when to get out of harm’s way.
Faced with broken toilets, canceled shore visits and a lack of information, travelers on the Norwegian Spirit staged — and chronicled — a rebellion on the high seas.
The lawyer had asked that President Trump and Rex Tillerson, then secretary of state, help a client who was accused in a more than $10 billion scheme to thwart sanctions on Iran.
Having upended Middle East policy, the president is now trying to find a way to reverse the consequences as Turkish forces bombard the Kurdish fighters who helped overpower ISIS.
Some of the president’s most ardent supporters worry that troop withdrawal threatens religious minorities, especially Christians. They are pushing back, to a point.
Diane Foley, mother of James W. Foley, the first American hostage of the Islamic State to be beheaded, said she hoped the ISIS prisoners believed responsible do not escape custody as Syria plunges into a volatile new phase.
When Olga Tokarczuk of Poland won the prize, the reaction was as divided as is the country itself. To some, she is an eloquent writer who captures Poland’s tragic history. To others, she is a traitor.
Readers express dismay at the president’s actions, and one wonders, “So what’s in it for Donald J. Trump?”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and his Ireland counterpart, Leo Varadkar, saw “a pathway to a possible deal” ahead of the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline.
Isadora Zubillaga is leading a valiant effort to represent her country — not its dictator — overseas.
Kurds may not have been present at the D-Day landings, but there is evidence some fought for the Allies during World War II.
The governing party has faced claims of corruption and protests against what many see as its attacks on the rule of law.
The ruling Law and Justice party looks likely to hang onto power in elections on Sunday by using an unusual blend of populism and progressive policy.
In a blow for President Emmanuel Macron, Sylvie Goulard’s nomination was thrown out after grueling interviews about her finances.
Turkey’s attack on Kurdish strongholds along the Syrian border has been years in the making.
Turkey’s attack on Kurdish strongholds along the Syrian border has been years in the making.
The accident, which killed a teenage motorcyclist, Harry Dunn, has created a diplomatic quandary for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Volodymyr Zelensky came to office vowing to fight corruption and forge peace. Then came the Trump phone call. Today, in a marathon news conference, he tried to start over.
The 2018 and 2019 laureates were named at the same time because last year’s prize was postponed over a scandal involving a husband of an academy member.
The 2018 and 2019 laureates were named at the same time because last year’s prize was postponed over a scandal involving a husband of an academy member.
The gunman who fatally shot two people made clear that he chose his target intending to kill as many Jews as possible and that he hoped to impress extremists beyond Germany.
Violence against Jews is on the rise, but it doesn’t fit easily into the country’s polarized political climate.
American medical providers that collectively spend $50 billion per year are channeling work to local businesses and residents.
And should Democrats pack the Supreme Court?
Officials are sounding alarms that clearing the way for Turkey to bomb the Kurds could have long-term repercussions, just as the desertion of allies did three decades ago.
Turkish forces kill at least 23 Kurdish fighters and seize 11 towns. The Kurdish-led militia punches back but quits anti-ISIS operations.
Getting stranger every day in every way.
Days after a massacre of G.I.s, he was a one-man onslaught in the face of German tanks, earning a Medal of Honor. Only two other honorees from World War II now survive.
At least 16 Kurdish fighters were reported to have been killed as Turkey’s attacks in northeastern Syria continued for a second day.
On Wednesday, Turkey announced that it was beginning an assault on a Kurdish-led militia in northeastern Syria. How did the two American allies get here?
Readers react to the Trump administration’s abandonment of the Kurds. Also: Basketball and China; the joys of gardening; New York psychics.
Republican lawmakers, led by Senator Lindsey Graham, called the incursion “a disaster in the making” and were far more critical of the Turkish military operation.
Russian authorities stepped up their long campaign to silence the opposition leader, accusing him of taking foreign money, a charge he denies.
In his poetry, as well as in his prose, he conveyed the complexities of his city and his country.
A feud between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy, the wives of noted English soccer stars, is playing out in the public sphere.
Julien Dossena, the creative director of Paco Rabanne, is fueled by an unholy combination of period pieces and futuristic design.
His photographs, enlivened by friends, subversive wit and a hip-hop swagger, are on show in a major retrospective in Paris.
Ms. Rooney ran her own sting operation, planting fake stories on her Instagram page that she limited to just one account — that of the wife of another soccer star.
A series of internal State Department emails reflect diplomats’ frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved.
A series of internal State Department emails reflect diplomats’ frustration with the unexpected freeze on funding that Congress had already approved.
On a bend in the River Thames, this single-family house occupies the largest section of an 1898 country house in Oxfordshire.
On a bend in the River Thames, this single-family house occupies the largest section of an 1898 country house in Oxfordshire.
In a security report, the bloc noted the potential for cyberattacks but stopped short of citing any particular providers.
The attack took place in the eastern city of Halle during prayers for Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
A gunman tried to enter a synagogue in Germany during Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, in what officials called an anti-Semitic attack.
The tour company has acquired all 555 of its collapsed rival’s branches, potentially rescuing the posts of 2,500 workers.
Turkey moved ahead with plans to send forces into northeastern Syria, which a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia said would cause a “humanitarian catastrophe.”
Turkey began a military operation against a Kurdish-led militia in Syria after getting a green light from President Trump. Two people were reported killed.