Israel-Gaza War
U.S. negotiators returned to the Middle East to continue cease-fire negotiations with talks in Cairo and Doha.
By Leo Sands and Hazem Balousha July 9, 2024
Asia
The visit shows India will maintain close ties with Russia despite Washington’s efforts to woo Prime Minister Narendra Modi and isolate President Vladimir Putin.
By Gerry Shih, Catherine Belton and Mary IlyushinaJuly 9, 2024
National Security
Admitting Ukraine into the alliance remains a contentious subject. Some NATO members fear absorbing a country mired in conflict with a nuclear superpower.
By Missy Ryan, Michael Birnbaum, Emily Rauhala and Ellen NakashimaJuly 9, 2024
Europe
Young patients were to be sent to Germany after a Russian missile strike on the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, in which two people, including a doctor, were killed.
By Francesca Ebel and Anastacia GalouchkaJuly 9, 2024
Europe
Locals marched and delivered a manifesto on tourism’s cost-of-living impact, the latest backlash against a global travel surge since the end of pandemic limits.
By Andrew JeongJuly 9, 2024
Asia
Beijing has made adapting to extreme weather a policy priority, and weather officials issued an unusually direct warning about the intensifying heat and rainfall.
By Christian Shepherd and Lyric LiJuly 9, 2024
Europe
Among those killed in Monday’s attack were three children, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
By Mikhail KlimentovJuly 8, 2024
Europe
As Hungary’s leader pushed for a Ukraine cease-fire, Russian missile strikes hit a children’s hospital in Kyiv and killed at least 37 across the country.
By Christian Shepherd and Gerry ShihJuly 8, 2024
Israel-Gaza War
As talks continued to sputter, Israel’s military moved into Gaza City in the north of the Strip, prompting widespread civilian displacement.
By Leo Sands, Hazem Balousha , Loveday Morris, Joby Warrick and Heba Farouk MahfouzJuly 8, 2024
Europe
Theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk were arrested in May 2023 and prosecuted behind closed doors in Moscow over a play they staged in 2020.
By Mary IlyushinaJuly 8, 2024
Europe
President Biden hosts a celebratory alliance summit in Washington, but the specter of Trump and right-wing populism in Europe looms over the proceedings.
By Emily RauhalaJuly 8, 2024
Europe
The New Popular Front wants to lower France’s retirement age and vastly expand government spending on social welfare, environmental protection and health care.
By Anika Arora Seth and Sammy WestfallJuly 8, 2024
Europe
While an alliance of leftist parties came in first, with more than 180 seats, it is politically divided and needs 100 additional seats for a majority.
By Rick NoackJuly 8, 2024
By The Way
An initiative from Copenhagen’s tourism office offers perks like free coffee and museum admission for visitors who make eco-friendly decisions.
By Andrea SachsJuly 8, 2024
Some elections are cementing the status quo. Others are shaking up the establishment.
By Sammy WestfallJuly 8, 2024
Asia
Taylor Swift and Pope John Paul II are among those who cuddled koalas at Lone Pine Sanctuary. But the Australia park abandoned the activity after visitor feedback.
By Rachel PannettJuly 8, 2024
Israel-Gaza War
The thriving underground trade is hampering aid deliveries as chaos and lawlessness grip Gaza.
By Miriam Berger and Hajar HarbJuly 8, 2024
Europe
Russian troops invading Ukraine’s Kharkiv region are short of food and water, Ukrainian soldiers say, citing intercepted communications and interrogations of POWs.
By Siobhán O'Grady, Kostiantyn Khudov and Serhiy MorgunovJuly 8, 2024
Today's WorldViewAnalysis
A sense of vulnerability and anxiety prompted by the rise of populist, far-right factions around the world looms over the upcoming NATO summit in Washington.
By Ishaan TharoorJuly 8, 2024
Europe
Instead of ushering in France’s first far-right government since World War II, voters boosted the left and the center. But France may now face political paralysis.
By Rick Noack, Annabelle Timsit, Emily Rauhala and Elie PetitJuly 7, 2024