The German Parliament is set to vote on Tuesday on a plan to loosen government borrowing limits in order to spend heavily on defense and infrastructure, in an effort to offset America’s pivot away from Europe and to lift the country out of years of economic stagnation. If the measure eventually becomes law, it will…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sudden attempt to remove the head of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency is the latest salvo in a two-year campaign by the Israeli government to exert more control over different branches of the state. The move prompted calls on Monday for mass protests and led to criticism from business leaders and the…
The resumption of heavy Israeli strikes in Gaza immediately cast into question the status of the remaining hostages held there by Hamas and other groups — with fewer than half of the 59 left still thought to be alive, according to the Israeli government. Of the 251 people seized and taken into Gaza during the…
In his first overseas trip as Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney went on a whirlwind tour of France and Britain on Monday to showcase Canada’s deep European bonds as President Trump threatens his country’s economy and sovereignty. Just three days after being sworn into office, Mr. Carney had lunch with President Emmanuel Macron of France…
The day her father and dozens of other men were convicted of raping her mother in a trial that had gripped France was an acute personal tragedy to Caroline Darian. She escaped the Avignon courthouse and was enveloped in a giant crowd of women blocking traffic and chanting their love and gratitude for her and…
Émilie Dequenne, who won best actress honors at age 17 at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in the Belgian film “Rosetta,” died on Sunday in Villejuif, France. She was 43. Her death, at a hospital, was confirmed by Marie-Laure Calmette, an assistant to Ms. Dequenne’s longtime agent, Danielle Gain. Ms. Dequenne had been…
Israeli forces launched a large-scale strike across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, in what appeared to be the first major attack on the territory since Israel’s cease-fire with Hamas began roughly two months ago. The Israeli Defense Forces said on Telegram just before 2:30 a.m. local time that it and the Israeli Security Agency were…
The Trump administration on Monday stonewalled a federal judge seeking answers about whether the government had violated his order by deporting more than 200 people over the weekend, including those officials identified as members of a Venezuelan criminal gang. The hearing in Federal District Court in Washington escalated a conflict between the White House and…
For 95 days, Máximo Napa Castro, 61, was alone and lost at sea, praying to God and clinging to the hope that he would one day see his mother again. Without food or water, he ate cockroaches, birds and finally a turtle, whose blood he drank to slake his thirst. He talked to God, getting…
