Russia and Ukraine kept up dueling attacks on Wednesday, a day before a Russian-proposed three-day cease-fire was to take effect. A strike in Kyiv killed two people and wounded another eight, including four children. Russia had offered the truce beginning at midnight on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War…
India said early Wednesday that it had conducted strikes on Pakistan, two weeks after a deadly terror attack killed more than two dozen civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir. To understand the conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries, New York Times senior writer Katrin Bennhold spoke with our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, to get his…
Five top Venezuelan opposition figures who had been sheltering for 412 days at the Argentine diplomatic residence in the capital, Caracas, have left the country and are now in the United States, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “The U.S. welcomes the successful rescue of all hostages held by the Maduro regime,” Mr. Rubio…
The jewels are delicate, some just millimeters in length, arranged in intricate patterns of circles and lines. Taken from British-occupied India in 1898, the jewels were discovered alongside bone and ash, said to be the remains of Buddha. The collection is perhaps one of the holiest relics in contemporary religion. Now, it is up for…
When the new Canadian prime minister arrived at the Oval Office on Tuesday morning to meet with the American president, he appeared to be walking into a lion’s den. But it turned out to be a house cat he found there. “Canada is a very special place to me,” President Trump purred at the top…
In recent years, an office within the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem had a direct line of communication with Washington. That was meant to signal that the United States saw Palestinian issues as important, and considered the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be separate from Israel. Now, the new U.S. ambassador to Israel,…
If you are the right candidate, Richard Irvine will give you his business and train you to run it. He will hand over his keys, customers and secrets to smoking fish — all free. The catch: You have to commit to living on a remote Scottish island called Colonsay. Population 125. There is already global…
The world awaits a smoke signal Scores of cardinals will file into the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel today to cast ballots for the next pope, in one of the world’s oldest dramas. They will be sequestered until a successor to Pope Francis is chosen. No one knows how long the conclave will last. The largest number…
India said early Wednesday that it had conducted strikes on what it called “terrorist infrastructure” in Pakistan, two weeks after an attack by armed militants killed more than two dozen civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir. Residents of Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani part of the disputed territory of Kashmir, also reported hearing jets flying above….
