Israel waded into a wave of sectarian violence in Syria, launching airstrikes on Wednesday and threatening to strike Syrian government forces if clashes persist with fighters from the country’s Druse minority. The Israeli military said its aircraft had struck a group of “operatives” south of Damascus and accused them of having “attacked Druse civilians.” It…
Canada’s Liberals came back from a huge disadvantage in the polls, securing a rare fourth term in power, for one big reason. Matina Stevis-Gridneff, the Canada bureau chief for The New York Times, explains why the Liberals and Mark Carney won, and the challenge they face right now.
A man has been charged with a terrorism offense in London after he attempted to enter the Israeli Embassy armed with a knife, the police said on Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police, which is responsible for law enforcement in London, said Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, was arrested after being seen “attempting to gain unauthorized access” to…
Vietnam marked the 50th anniversary of the end of what it calls the American War on Wednesday with a boisterous parade in Ho Chi Minh City featuring soldiers, dancers and speeches celebrating what the country’s communist leader called “a triumph of justice.” The event brought tens if not hundreds of thousands, according to state media,…
Spain’s top security and defense officials were meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the blackout on the Iberian Peninsula this week, which halted critical infrastructure for up to 18 hours in some areas. The authorities in Spain and Portugal are under pressure to figure out what caused the power grid to shut down. The Spanish…
“Bonjour, Macron!” At Le Prem’s, a small bar in western France that sells lottery tickets and tobacco, this greeting has become a running joke since President Emmanuel Macron dropped by unannounced the other day and bought a round of coffee for everyone, save the customers who opted for a bracing midmorning sauvignon blanc. “He did…
The pulsing beat of a dance track grew to a thunderous pitch and the crowd rose to its feet. Beams of light flashed across the cavernous arena in Birmingham, central England. Then, at last, Nigel Farage, the right-wing populist leader who claims he can fix a “broken Britain,” arrived onstage, hitching a ride on a…
On April 30, 1975, Vu Dang Toan commanded the first tank to smash through the main gate of Saigon’s Independence Palace. After seeing so many die — after grinding away his youth battling the Americans and the forces of South Vietnam — he was there, alive and surprised, for the war’s weary end. It was…
100 days like no other It was President Trump’s 100th day back in the White House yesterday, and tariffs were top of mind. At a rally at Michigan to mark the occasion, he made a speech focused on vilifying undocumented migrants, reveling in his use of executive power to remake the government and economy and…
Widespread detentions and demolitions of property targeting Muslims in India have provoked concerns that right-wing Hindu nationalists are exploiting last week’s terrorist attack in Kashmir to deepen a campaign of oppression against the country’s largest minority group. Public anger has swelled after 26 people — all but one of them Hindu tourists — were killed…
