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Restrictions have made it costlier for Russia to ship oil by sea. But they have also expanded the illicit shipping economy, with lasting consequences.

A disruption to check-in and boarding systems at airports in Berlin, Brussels and London threatened to snarl travel.

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, climate activists are organizing a nationwide celebration of solar power.

The resolution has little chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled Senate, given growing G.O.P. opposition to a two-state solution in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

An Emirati-backed cement project threatened ancestral prayer caves. The community fought back.

As President Trump pulls back U.S. funding of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body’s work on human rights and labor.

Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild.

Incheon, the site of a crucial battle of the Korean War, has a singular place in South Korea’s modern history and in its ties with the United States.

The last of their order, they are now known for a dispute with the church they gave their lives to over where to live in retirement. And they wanted to stay home.

Syrian and Israeli officials have been holding talks about security arrangements along their shared border as part of U.S.-mediated efforts to reset decades of hostility.