The meeting in Moscow between President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria showcased the adaptability of two leaders once at odds.
President Trump said he was considering ‘trade punishment through tariffs’ over Spain’s refusal to increase its military spending.
One of America’s most iconic ’90s skate spots has now been rebuilt in — of all places — Malmo, Sweden.
Edward Serotta created an archive of 1,230 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors about how they lived, both before and after. “Every one of them comes with a story,” he said.
Analysts say they are unsure what the Trump administration hopes to get out of its gifts and concessions to Belarus’s autocratic leader, a close ally of Russia.
The best safeguard against tyranny is a legion of people who believe in an authority higher than any political program.
The Great Storm of 1987 was a forecasting blunder that left at least 18 people dead, felled 15 million trees and caused a billion pounds worth of damage.
About 80,000 phones were stolen in the British capital last year. The police are finally discovering where many of them went.
La exhibición está programada para coincidir con el aniversario de la abolición de la pena de muerte en Francia y el homenaje al abogado que luchó para ponerle fin.
Ukraine’s security services said the mayor held Russian citizenship, which is forbidden, but he denied the accusation. Government opponents see it as part of a power grab.
As a new prime minister seeks stability, three government shake-ups since last summer have already taken their toll on the French economy.
Tariffs and other restrictions between the United States and China are reverberating in unpredictable ways.
The move by Sébastien Lecornu was a major concession as he faced no-confidence votes that threatened to topple his government again this week.
The demonstrations, organized by Belgium’s major trade unions, oppose austerity proposals that would affect pensions and other social welfare.
An intelligence agency’s sweeping investigation shows that Moscow is closely following the anti-Kremlin activities of Russians abroad.
The announcement came three days after María Corina Machado, an opposition leader, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Plus, France versus fast fashion.
As Russia rebuffs President Trump’s diplomatic push, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine plans to head again to the White House, this time seeking missiles.
The police were carrying out an eviction order when a blast caused the building to collapse, officials said. More than a dozen officers were injured.
The cease-fire in Gaza has taken hold. Hostages and prisoners have been exchanged. But amid the utter devastation of two years of war, a sense of gloom pervades.
Un sistema que comenzó el domingo exige la recogida de información biométrica de los visitantes que crucen las fronteras. Con el tiempo sustituirá a los sellos de tu pasaporte.
El primer ministro qatarí declaró al Times que los mediadores de la guerra en Gaza decidieron retrasar las conversaciones de cuestiones más difíciles para poder concluir el intercambio de rehenes y prisioneros.
President Emmanuel Macron of France is facing some of the country’s worst political turmoil in decades. A new government has been appointed, but how long it will last is anyone’s guess.
The meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, could expedite an end to the Gaza war, but regional powers must still resolve the thorny details that have stymied negotiations.
Twenty living hostages were freed by Hamas on Monday under the cease-fire deal, and Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Mr. Watkins had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex abuse offenses at the Wakefield Prison in northern England.
At “House of Music,” a London exhibition of paintings by Peter Doig, songs he typically plays in his private studio help bring his work to life.
The Kremlin will only negotiate if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.
With Russian forces gaining slowly on the battlefield, Ukraine hopes its long-range drone campaign will help persuade Vladimir V. Putin to change course.
In “The Wounded Generation” and “1942,” the historians David Nasaw and Peter Fritzsche show how civilians struggled with the long tail of the war.
The city, once a mining center, has an outpost of the Louvre that claims “the architectural creativity of the Guggenheim and a collection worthy of the Met.” It’s an easy train ride from Paris.
A system that began on Sunday requires the collection of biometric information from visitors crossing borders. It will eventually replace the stamps in your passport.
Los Campeonatos Mundiales de Gurning, realizados en el norte de Inglaterra, celebran el arte antiguo de retorcer el rostro.
El cambio climático está transformando los ecosistemas del extremo norte. Un equipo internacional de científicos ha hecho algunos descubrimientos sorprendentes.
An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now an unlikely conduit between MAGA Republicans and Britain’s ascendant Reform U.K. party.
An organization that fought abortion rights in the United States is now focusing on the United Kingdom. Jane Bradley, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, explains.
A religion writer and an investigative reporter discuss the Christian group that is forging ties across the Atlantic.
The Qatari prime minister told The New York Times that Gaza war mediators decided to delay talks on more difficult issues so a hostage-prisoner swap could be concluded quickly.
Israeli soccer officials expected the demonstrations to persist even after a cease-fire took hold in Gaza.
The Hungarian leader has secured power by keeping control over the news media. Now, a political opponent is starting to show the limits of his tactics.
The World Gurning Championships in northern England celebrate the centuries-old art of face-pulling.
After winning the Nobel Prize for her searing portraits of the Soviet world unraveling, Svetlana Alexievich worries about the revival of its violent, anti-democratic ways.
After appointing the same person prime minister for the second time in a week, President Emmanuel Macron is facing calls to explain his stubbornness or resign.
El “baby boom” de China enriqueció a un pequeño pueblo de Irlanda donde se producía leche de fórmula. Luego, una crisis de natalidad lo desbarató todo. O eso parecía.
In a 1973 heist, he and another man held hostages who surprisingly came to defend them, drawing attention to a puzzling psychological phenomenon.
President Emmanuel Macron is trying to steady the political turmoil that has gripped the country and jeopardized the passage of a budget.
Nobody knew how a nearly 2,000-year-old grave marker landed in a backyard for decades — until this week.
The move would follow a similar agreement with Pfizer. Other companies are engaged in talks with the White House that would help them avoid tariffs on their products overseas.
As the Chinese online fast-fashion retailer prepares to open a physical space in a venerable department store, France pushes to stem the company’s presence in the country.
In two video encounters — one discussing the impact of suicide, and a more lighthearted conversation with Eugene Levy — the heir to the British throne opened up, a little.
He wrote some of the band’s signature songs, including “Ride My See-Saw” and “I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band).”
President Emmanuel Macron’s inability to find a government that can pass a new budget is hobbling his efforts to influence Europe’s agenda.
The display is timed for the anniversary of France’s abolition of the death penalty, and its honoring of the lawyer who campaigned to end it.
A storybook 17th-century cottage, a three-bedroom stone house, and a semidetached 19th-century home.
At the annual Bridges conference, mathematical creativity was on dazzling display.
Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.
As armies and revolutions came and went, neighbors became foes and families spoke different languages. Here’s how one small town stood at the center of history.
Every fall since the war started in 2022, Russia has targeted electricity and heating infrastructure in an effort to weaken Ukrainians’ will to continue fighting.
Ms. McCain leads the world’s largest humanitarian organization focused on food insecurity. She is expected to make a full recovery.
Joachim Nagel, the president of Germany’s central bank, warned against “complacency” in European capitals over tariffs, competition with China and attacks on institutions.
El mensaje marca la continuación de una de las prioridades de su predecesor, Francisco.
President Trump has coveted the prize for years. The winner will be unveiled 48 hours after President Trump announced a breakthrough in the Israel-Hamas war.
El profesor Mark Bray se convirtió en blanco del odio de la derecha después del asesinato de Charlie Kirk. Cuando su información personal fue divulgada en línea, decidió irse a España; su vuelo fue cancelado abruptamente.
A visit to The New York Times’s Kyiv bureau stayed with an editor based in Manhattan. So too did the air alert app that is widely used to warn civilians of Russian military activity.
With its regional influence vastly diminished in the two years since the Israel-Hamas war began, Iran had a muted response to the new cease-fire agreement.
For the first time, scientists documented direct evidence of a bat preying on a bird at high altitude.
The chancellor said he planned to urge the European Union to back off a policy that has been widely interpreted as a ban on combustion engines after 2035.
One of the dozens of men convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot appealed his verdict, but a French court again found him guilty.
The screen star is making her London stage debut in Tracy Letts’ portrait of embattled womanhood.
President Vladimir Putin’s rare acknowledgment of a Russian military mistake came as relations have deteriorated between the two former Soviet states.
The message signaled a continuation of one of the priorities of his predecessor, Francis.
Zaho de Sagazan has become a shooting star of contemporary French pop music by reimagining the chanson genre for a younger, more dance-oriented audience.
Leaders welcomed the agreement between Israel and Hamas, projecting optimism that an end to the war could be near.
Una conversación con nuestro columnista de tecnología Kevin Roose sobre un video generado por IA en el que se le ve en una cita con un robot.
Una exposición única en Italia muestra cómo el pintor renacentista creyó con todo el corazón y logró hacer visible esa fe.
The leadership of Russia must understand that its attempt to rebuild Europe’s last empire is doomed to fail.
China’s baby boom enriched a small Irish town where a Nestlé factory made formula for Chinese newborns. Then a baby bust unraveled it all. Or so it seemed.
Even leaders from the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which opposes aid to Ukraine, have embraced the jobs that come with new weapons production.
El anuncio, que descartó la posibilidad de elecciones parlamentarias anticipadas, se produjo tras las conversaciones que Sébastien Lecornu, el primer ministro saliente, mantuvo con los partidos políticos a petición de Macron.
Historian Mark Bray was teaching courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university. Turning Point USA accused of him belonging to antifa, which he denies.
A conversation with our tech columnist Kevin Roose about an A.I.-generated video of him on a date with a robot.
A building going under renovations collapsed in Madrid, leaving four people dead, authorities said. The mayor said the building’s top floor gave in, pulling down debris and triggered the floors beneath it to crumble.
Jihad al-Shamie, who attacked a Manchester synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, called the emergency services during the attack to claim responsibility.
The British government has come under scrutiny after charges against two men accused of spying for Beijing were dropped. Here’s what to know.
Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband and others were convicted in one of France’s most notorious cases. She returned to court to denounce a man who challenged the verdict.
Sébastien Lecornu, the country’s outgoing prime minister, said he believed France’s political parties could overcome divisions and avoid snap legislative elections.
The authorities initially thought the workers might be trapped after the collapse on Tuesday, but their bodies were recovered from the rubble overnight.
Lawmakers in the European Union voted to limit “burger,” “sausage” and other meat terms to animal products, rankling consumers and producers of veggie burgers and tofu sausages.
The once dominant British political party has been outflanked by Reform, a right-wing populist rival. At the Tory annual conference, attendance was sparse.
Urla, a lush district in western Turkey, is bursting with promise, with easy access to beaches, an up-and-coming gastronomy scene and a well-marked vineyard route.
Critics initially panned it, but public love for the musical with songs like “One Day More” and “On My Own” has kept it going strong for four decades — and counting.
Vincenzo Latronico captura la manera en que su generación anhela tener un estilo de vida primoroso, y se burla de ello.
Se llama 3I/ATLAS y es apenas el tercer objeto fuera de nuestro sistema solar que ha sido avistado desde la Tierra.
The man said he did not know Gisèle Pelicot had been drugged. Her ex-husband, who admitted drugging and raping her and inviting strangers to join him, testified that the man knew.
3I/ATLAS, only the third object from beyond our solar system ever spotted from Earth, was viewed from Mars by an orbiting European spacecraft.
The proposed transaction, stemming from relationships that started while his father was vice president and involving a Chinese partner, underscores the extent of Mr. Biden’s questionable business dealings abroad.
El presidente Emmanuel Macron podría nombrar un nuevo primer ministro. Pero cada vez enfrenta más presión para convocar nuevas elecciones parlamentarias.
A former Janjaweed militia commander was the first person found guilty by the International Criminal Court for atrocities in Darfur two decades ago.
A once-in-a-generation exhibition in Italy shows how the Renaissance painter believed something with his whole heart, and then made it manifest.
European officials want to sharply lower the bloc’s quota on tariff-free steel imports, while doubling levies to 50 percent, as President Trump’s tariffs create domino effects.
Iris Stalzer, the incoming mayor of Herdecke, was found stabbed in her home, officials said. It was initially unclear whether it had been a targeted attack.
En el segundo aniversario de los atentados del 7 de octubre, Roger Cohen explica cómo la guerra en Gaza ha dejado a Israel dividido y aislado.
The choice signals that Pope Leo XIV aims to press for peace in the Middle East and show support for Christians in the region.
In “Race Against Terror,” Tapper makes a courtroom drama out of the strange case of a jihadi fighter who turned himself in.
The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.
Hoping to help grid operators adapt to changes buffeting the power markets, TotalEnergies is assembling a portfolio of battery farms and natural-gas-fired power plants.
On the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, Roger Cohen explains how the war in Gaza has left Israel divided and isolated.
La sorprendente dimisión de Sébastien Lecornu tras menos de un mes en el cargo intensificó la preocupación de que Francia fuera incapaz de hacer frente a su enorme deuda.
Pelicot regresó el lunes a los tribunales, 10 meses después de un juicio en el que fueron condenados 51 hombres. El caso conmocionó a Francia y la convirtió en un icono feminista.
Gisèle Pelicot appeared in court to face the appeal of one of the men convicted of raping her while she was in a drugged state — encounters that her husband set up and recorded.
President Trump said a Russian proposal to extend by one year the limits on long-range nuclear weapons sounded “like a good idea to me.”
Sébastien Lecornu renunció el lunes menos de 24 horas después de haber formado un gabinete, lo que ha convertido a su gobierno en el más efímero de la historia moderna de Francia.
El fin de semana, un vuelo de Air India desplegó inesperadamente un sistema de energía de emergencia. El mismo sistema se activó en un vuelo que se estrelló en junio.
The awards are being announced this week.
Sébastien Lecornu resigned as France’s prime minister after serving for less than a month, the shortest tenure in the country’s history. The resignation also came amid growing concern that he would not be able to get a budget passed.
The surprise resignation of Sébastien Lecornu after less than a month in office intensified concerns that France would be unable to tackle its enormous debt pile.
The government reviews show the country’s challenge as U.S. support wanes and Kyiv pivots to production from a domestic arms industry with a long history of corruption.
Some viewers see the subjects of Karimah Ashadu’s films as victims of capitalism. She says it’s more complicated, and interesting, than that.
Charlotte Ward just wanted to share photos with family and friends, but she has built a community of people documenting their journeys, and the food they eat afterward.
Vincenzo Latronico captures his generation’s desire for an exquisite lifestyle — and pokes fun at it.
They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?
From Botswana to Sweden and from Tennessee to Italy, these accommodations make the dream of sylvan slumber come true.
Though it looks forbidding, the Burren, where you can walk for hours among the rocks and valleys with only your thoughts for company, can be fertile ground for creativity.
Sébastien Lecornu stepped down less than 24 hours after he had formed his cabinet.
Officials are investigating why the power source, used when electrical or hydraulic pressure fails, was deployed over the weekend. The same system was activated during a deadly crash in June.
Dominique Pelicot was convicted of drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and of inviting dozens of men to rape her. Here is how the events unfolded.
One man has appealed his conviction in a case in which a Frenchman drugged his wife and invited scores of men to rape her.
Jaguar Land Rover is the third big British brand to have its operations severely affected by a breach this year.
The Frenchwoman who became a feminist icon will confront one of the men convicted after her husband drugged her and invited them to rape her over nearly 10 years.
There were significant holdovers from the previous cabinet, but President Emmanuel Macron also named several newcomers, including Bruno Le Maire, a veteran centrist politician, as defense minister.
Kemi Badenoch, whose party is sinking in polls, outlined plans resembling Trump policies against those accused of being in the United States illegally.
At least five people were killed before dawn in another large-scale and wide-ranging assault.
The attack came at a time of heightened anxiety after a deadly terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester.
We explain why religious attacks can incline people toward faith.
When a fitness reporter traveled to a village in France to meet centenarian yoga teacher Charlotte Chopin, she was reminded that movement didn’t have to be complicated.
In a country where power is highly centralized, Moscow sets the tone for Vladivostok, 4,000 miles away, complicating longstanding ambitions to make it a trading powerhouse.
The party of Andrej Babis, a billionaire and a skeptic of military support to Ukraine, prevailed in parliamentary elections by focusing on the economy.
The drone strikes killed at least one person and injured dozens of others, officials said. The attack came amid rising alarm about the status of a nuclear plant relying solely on generators.
The prime minister vowed to rid the Labour Party of antisemitism. But a competing political reality, activist anger over the war in Gaza, has complicated that effort.
A writer, dissident, teacher and critic, he was deeply affected by an early experience of his life: incarceration as a boy in a concentration camp near Prague.
As bishop of London, Sarah Mullally placed herself in the middle of the church’s most charged issues. But experts predict that her years treating cancer patients could inform how she approaches her new role.
Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.
Antoni Lallican, a Paris-based photographer, is the first working journalist to be killed by a remotely piloted drone during the war, according to press associations.
The Russian president warned against fulfilling a Ukrainian request for more powerful long-range missiles, while also suggesting President Trump would decide against the idea.
As director of Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, one of France’s top playhouses, Julien Gosselin is facing strong budgetary headwinds. But he’s keeping his vision big.
Scientists recreated a formula involving ants and milk that is used in Bulgarian villages to yield yogurt with an herbaceous flavor.
A congregant in Manchester, England, described how fellow worshipers, including the rabbi, used their bodies to barricade the entrance as the assailant tried to force his way in.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ruled out using a constitutional tool that would avoid a full parliamentary vote, hoping for compromise among divided lawmakers.
A judge ruled that Finland did not have jurisdiction to prosecute a case against a ship believed to be a part of Russia’s “shadow fleet.”
The Church of England on Friday appointed Sarah Mullally as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglican Christians worldwide. Mullally, a onetime cancer nurse, was also the first female Anglican bishop of London.