Kim Yong-nam, Longtime Ceremonial Head of North Korea, Dead at 97 In a country where political purges are frequent, Mr. Kim was a notable exception and...
A Big Moment for Women in India My colleague Mujib Mashal writes about how a huge victory on the cricket ground could change the lives of...
Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress and Mother of Laura Dern, Dies at 89 She was a three-time Oscar contender playing strikingly different characters, in one case starring...
Trump Administration to Send Only Partial Food Stamp Payments This Month The government said it would send the aid after a court ruled last week that...
Maria Riva, Dietrich Daughter Who Demystified the Legend, Dies at 100 She was her mother’s handmaiden and aide-de-camp. In 1993, her blockbuster biography told of the...
U.K. Police Investigate Possible Link Between Train Attack and Stabbing of 14-Year-Old The police are examining whether the suspect in the stabbing spree on a London-bound...
Meet the Billionaire Trying to Save College Football From Itself Cody Campbell, an oilman, has spent millions paying students to play football at Texas Tech. Now...
Police Arrest British Man After Stabbing Rampage on Train U.K. officials said they did not believe the attack on a train to London was connected to...
That Time Xi Jinping Joked About Espionage Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if...
India Wins Women’s Cricket World Cup A team that faced seemingly insurmountable odds wins its first championship, with wider ramifications for the role women play in...
At Least 10 Dead and Hundreds Injured After Strong Quake Hits Afghanistan The 6.3-magnitude quake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, a northern city known for its magnificent Blue...
For Day of the Dead, One Mexican Town Digs Up Its Dead Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents clean their relatives’ bones....
5 German Climbers Are Killed by Avalanche in Italian Alps The climbers were in two groups in northern Italy on Saturday night when an avalanche struck....
Builders Find Hardship in Trump’s Tariffs And Deportations Material costs are rising, workers are scarce and customers are delaying new construction plans. Material costs are rising,...
Canadians Mourn a Loss by Underdogs Who Brought a Nation Together The Blue Jays, Canada’s only M.L.B. team, were a salve for a country hit by...
Fire in Hermosillo, Mexico, Kills at Least 23 at Waldo’s Store The fire ripped through a store in Hermosillo, a city in Sonora State. The governor...
Gunman Kills Mayor Who Wanted Police to Target Mexico’s Drug Gangs Carlos Manzo, a mayor in the state of Michoacán, had repeatedly asked President Claudia Sheinbaum...
He Stayed in Belarus for His Imprisoned Wife. Now He’s Locked Up, Too. Two journalists, both in detention for their work, show how President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s...
Death Toll Rises From Hurricane Melissa as Many Communities Remain Cut off Authorities have yet to reach dozens of communities in Jamaica, raising the question of...
Juan Ramón Matta Ballesteros, 80, Dies; Cartel Kingpin Fed Cocaine Boom Before being imprisoned in the late 1980s, he made a fortune as a Honduran power...
