Seeing what Trump is doing to America, many find it hard to fight off despair.
“Killing in the Age of Algorithms” is a New York Times documentary examining the future of artificial intelligence and warfare.
A tank that drives itself. A drone that picks its own targets. A machine gun with facial-recognition software. Sound like science fiction? Weapons powered by artificial intelligence are already here.
Mr. Sullivan, a close ally of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who had been serving as deputy secretary of state, was confirmed by a vote of 70 to 22.
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Penny Heyns, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, said she had opposed a blanket ban on Russian athletes.
How Putin kept a meeting of the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine from moving closer to an end of a calamitous five-year war.
The lack of American interest was clear as the two nations’ presidents met in Paris.
Themed eateries in the Russian capital cater to a taste for the past, recalling Black Sea vacations, Space Race euphoria and the days of service without a smile.
Themed eateries in the Russian capital cater to a taste for the past, recalling Black Sea vacations, Space Race euphoria and the days of service without a smile.
American commanders have requested guidance on dealing with an attack from those armed groups and others from Iran and the Syrian government, but officials say they have received muddled direction.
In its annual survey, the Committee to Protect Journalists found that at least 250 journalists are imprisoned around the world, largely by authoritarian leaders.
Critics say the World Anti-Doping Agency’s banishment of Russia has too many loopholes.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey might send troops to Libya to counter Russian-backed militia forces.
An energetic leader, he steered the Russian capital out of its gloom, dominating Moscow’s political system while his wife became the richest woman in the country.
The visit of Sergey Lavrov to Washington came at a delicate moment in the relationship between President Trump and Russia.
Haunting images show how the first Chechen war humiliated post-Soviet Russia, exposed its weakness, strengthened hard-liners and enabled the rise of Vladimir V. Putin.
The inspector general provided a close look at what seemed at times to be a bungled relationship between Christopher Steele and the bureau.
Sergey V. Lavrov is set to visit the White House on Tuesday afternoon, for a conversation that could include extending the last major nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia.
Investigations concluded Russia cheated, then tried to cover up the cheating after it had been caught. Now it will pay a price for the cover-up. Or will it?
The presidents of Ukraine and Russia met face-to-face for the first time, seeking to end the war in their border region. It appeared to be a draw, rather than the Putin domination some had feared.
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s unanimous decision, if upheld, would exclude Russia from the 2020 Olympics, but many Russian athletes could be unaffected by the decision.
The inquiry by the Justice Department’s inspector general found no evidence of the political conspiracy alleged by President Trump but uncovered flaws in how the case was handled.
The inquiry by the Justice Department’s inspector general found no evidence of the political conspiracy alleged by President Trump but uncovered flaws in how the case was handled.
The British former spy was told on the eve of its release that a highly anticipated inspector general’s report would contain further information about him than he had expected.
Military officials are trying to develop systems that instantly push intelligence to front-line forces, a development strategists say could help deter aggression by Russia and China.
Failed drug tests, altered samples and full-throated denials. Here’s what you need to know as the World Anti-Doping Agency considers barring Russia from sports.
Yegor Zhukov, who was also given a three-year suspended sentence, has become a symbol of the anti-Kremlin protests that rocked Moscow last summer.
From Russia to Ukraine, the House needs to show the president’s pattern of corruption.
Easy-to-use technology straight from Moscow for any aspiring strongman — at a low price.
The Ukrainian president’s political opponents worry that the Trump impeachment inquiry may have weakened Ukraine’s position before peace talks in Paris next week.
The alliance might not be suffering “brain death” but it faces new technologies, new rivals, new weapons and a changing America.
Germany’s federal prosecutor took over an inquiry into the murder of a former commander of Chechen separatists, and the authorities expelled two Russian diplomats.
The president grasps at a debunked claim of election interference as impeachment looms.
Documents released by the Justice Department in response to a lawsuit by the news media include summaries of interviews with Michael Cohen, Hope Hicks and Rod Rosenstein.
More than 20 countries have sent over 100 productions, including large-scale works by some of the hottest directors. So why have so few heard of the event?
In a famous experiment, scientists bred Russian foxes without a fear of people. But the foxes’ ancestry raises new questions about when they became tame and what counts as domestication.
A video released by the anticorruption activist Aleksei Navalny accuses the head of a government-owned bank of showering the gifts on his girlfriend, a reporter for state TV.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Monday signed a law that could require anyone distributing information and being paid from abroad to register as a foreign agent.
The manipulation of a drug-testing database raised doubts about 145 Russian athletes suspected of cheating. But with their records altered, some may yet compete in next year’s Tokyo Games.
The animal was buried in a lump of frozen mud in Russia, its fur, whiskers and body fully intact. Scientists are studying its DNA to understand whether it is a dog or a wolf.
Mr. Massie wrote readable and respected biographies of Russian royals, including “Nicholas and Alexandra,” which became a movie.
Eyewitness photos and videos, flight logs and cockpit tapes obtained by The Times enabled reporters to trace an airstrike on a Syrian camp for displaced families to a Russian pilot.
A Times investigation used cockpit recordings to show for the first time how Russian pilots attacked civilians in Syria this summer, killing dozens.
The tech giant, following Google and others, has bowed to Russian demands that its apps not show Crimea as belonging to Ukraine on digital maps seen in Russia.
Un informe de la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje describe el modo en el que Rusia modificó evidencias para desacreditar al denunciante que reveló la confabulación de dopaje más sofisticada de la historia del deporte.
The F.B.I. never tried to place undercover agents or informants inside the Trump campaign, a highly anticipated inspector general’s report is expected to find.
The continuing defiance of Russian officials has condemned the athletes to global suspicion and ostracism.
A World Anti-Doping Agency report outlines how Russia fabricated evidence to try to discredit a whistle-blower.
Collusion wasn’t a hoax and Trump wasn’t exonerated.
A judge rejected the Trump administration’s argument that senior White House officials were immune from congressional subpoenas.
Washington is Hollywood and Trump is the leading man.
Fiona Hill’s warnings challenge Trump to keep America safe from Moscow’s efforts to destabilize democracy and snare influence around the globe.
Fiona Hill’s warnings challenge Trump to keep America safe from Moscow’s efforts to destabilize democracy and snare influence around the globe.
A naturalized American exposes Trump’s attack on what America is and must be.
The new version of the event has been derided as unworthy of the venerable name, but one team’s devastation reflected the passion of old.
Alexei Ratmansky’s enthralling reconstruction pays attention to dramatic detail and to every nuance of choreographic phrasing.
They are not all depressing.
They are not all depressing.
Moscow has run a yearslong operation to blame Ukraine for its own 2016 election interference. Republicans have used similar talking points to defend President Trump in impeachment proceedings.
They wanted to take down Biden. But they also wanted to absolve Moscow of election meddling.
They wanted to take down Biden. But they also wanted to absolve Moscow of election meddling.
Two career foreign policy experts delivered new details about the inner workings of President Trump’s foreign policy on Ukraine as well as some history lessons.
Fiona Hill, the former top Russia expert on the National Security Council, and David Holmes, an aide at the United States Embassy in Kyiv, testified before the House Intelligence Committee.
American officials expressed wonderment that Rudolph W. Giuliani was running his “irregular channel” of diplomacy over open cell lines and communications apps penetrated by the Russians.
The war is the biggest flash point in a broader conflict between Moscow and the West, triggering international sanctions and rippling into the American impeachment hearings.
Russia’s ambassador to the United States says the exchanges are important for shaping common values. Also: Change in Mexico; middle-aged women.
A retired Norwegian border inspector, two Lithuanians and two convicted Russian spies were exchanged.
The United Nations is investigating attacks on seven humanitarian sites in Syria. Diplomats say Russia is trying to keep the U.N. findings secret.
Four weeks ago, The Times provided visual evidence showing that the Russian Air Force bombed a Syrian hospital. Last Wednesday, Russia did it again.
Readers react to the testimony of two senior officials involved in the Ukraine inquiry.
The impeachment inquiry is the first to involve an issue of geopolitical gravity: Whether the president was undercutting American national interests — containing Russia — to bolster his campaign.