New Year’s 2026 Celebrations Around the World: Photos and Videos See how people across the globe celebrated. See how people across the globe celebrated. See how people...
President Macron of France Backs Social Media Restrictions for Children French lawmakers are expected next month to discuss a ban on social media for children. In...
Venezuela Detains U.S. Citizens Amid Trump Administration’s Growing Pressure The number of American citizens held in Venezuela has grown since the start of the U.S. military...
Thailand Releases 18 Cambodian P.O.W.s The repatriation of the Cambodian soldiers captured in July comes on the heels of a 72-hour cease-fire that could end months...
Slow Flood Recovery Stirs Anger in Far-Flung Corner of Indonesia Protests have erupted in Aceh Province on the northern tip of Sumatra island, where anger and...
George Clooney Is French Now The actor and his wife, Amal Clooney, were granted French citizenship. He has spoken fondly of raising their children in a...
Brigitte Bardot’s Legacy of Racist Rhetoric The actress, who died this week at 91, was an icon of 1960s cinema. She was also a hero to...
Inside China’s Six-Decade Campaign to Dominate Rare Earths From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic...
Crew Paints Russian Flag on Oil Tanker Pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. military tried to intercept the Bella 1 last week in the...
The C.I.A. Strike on Venezuela: What to Know The drone attack, said to be on a dock where drugs were being prepared for loading on boats,...
Eurostar Trains Face Day of Delays After Power Failure The high-speed service between Britain and continental Europe was paralyzed during one of the busiest travel weeks...
Fed Minutes Detail Deep Divide on Timing of Further Rate Cuts Officials at the central bank have splintered over whether rising unemployment or elevated inflation poses...
How to Put a Celebrity at Ease? Make a Pizza. Times Cooking’s Pizza Interview series introduces a note of nostalgia to encourage stars to open up....
In Lagos, December Is Time to Get Down and ‘Detty’ Detty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity, both...
Saudis Say Airstrike in Yemen Targeted Arms From U.A.E. The Saudi-led coalition said its strike, at a port in southern Yemen, targeted weapons bound for a...
Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s First Female Prime Minister, Dies In office for three terms, she traded the country’s leadership with Sheikh Hasina, the head of another political...
With Artillery and Warships, China Practices Blockading Taiwan China flew bombers and fired long-range artillery during a second day of exercises designed to show its ability...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Boat Strikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces...
Trump, Pressing Ahead on Ukraine-Russia Talks, Confronts Difficult Realities The U.S.-led negotiations have made some progress, but still face fundamental challenges, including over security guarantees to...
Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela The administration provided no details of what the president said was an attack last...
