Fresh Clashes Erupt in Pakistani Kashmir on First Day of Contested Vote
Dozens have died in recent weeks ahead of a weekslong regional election, officials said. A banned civil rights group said supporters died in conflicts...
‘We Are Not Learning Anything’: India’s Gen Z Rage Is a Test for Modi
As India’s huge youth population surges, the government faces pressure to fix an education system that leaves many ill-prepared for university, let al...
How Do You Move 30 Beluga Whales? With Cranes, Planes and Anti-Anxiety Medicine.
Relocating the whales from a closed marine attraction in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain requires coordination, permits and a polic...
Our reporter Jack Nicas visits a sweltering Cuba where, six months into the Trump administration’s oil blockade, people struggle to sleep with no elec...
Fire Raging Near Bordeaux Brings More Bad News for Its Vineyards
One of the largest fires in modern French history is raging near the vineyards of Bordeaux. That is just the latest problem for France’s embattled win...
Drilling for Oil the Old-Fashioned Way in ‘Little Texas,’ Indonesia
Small pumps and truck engines are used to extract crude from the ground in parts of the country, which has tens of thousands of community-run oil well...
Zelensky and Trump Will Meet at the White House. Has Their Relationship Thawed?
President Trump will meet his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington this week. President Volodymyr Zelensky will also attend the funeral of Senator Lind...
India’s ‘Cockroach’ Protesters Disperse, But Questions Remain on Education and Dissent
The ‘Cockroach’ movement dispersed, saying their demands had been met, but there are larger issues about the country’s education system and the future...
Wildfires Live Updates: Spain and France Fight to Contain Blazes as Extreme Heat Threatens New Fires
Firefighters in eastern Spain were working to hold back a worsening wildfire on Monday. The crisis has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in cen...
Guyana Ferry Tragedy Exposes Political Rifts in Oil-Rich Country
The capsizing of a ferry was Guyana’s deadliest event since Jonestown in 1978. Many are asking how this could happen in one of the world’s fastest-gro...
New Heat Wave Could Intensify Wildfires in France and Spain
Soaring temperatures in parts of France, Spain and Portugal could combine with dry conditions and strong winds to worsen the wildfire threat. It is th...
Heat From France’s Wildfires Creates a ‘Fire Cloud,’ or Pyrocumulonimbus
A pyrocumulonimbus — a thundercloud created by intense heat — is a phenomenon that can spark new blazes and is “unprecedented in France,” officials sa...
Even Before Attack, Berlin’s Gay Community Felt ‘More and More Unsafe’
The killing of a woman in what officials called an act of Islamist terrorism rattled a community that has seen a surge in threats, including from the ...
How the Iran-Backed Houthis Cornered Saudi Arabia Into a New Conflict
The Iran-backed Houthis have seized on a vulnerable moment for Saudi Arabia, which is reluctant to enter another war, to try to force political conces...
