‘Didi vs. Modi’: A Test for the Hindu Right in India’s Bengali Heartland
The party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been making gains in a state once beyond its grasp, but many decry an audit that removed nine million vo...
In Britain, 7 Unelected Lords Are Helping to Block an Assisted Dying Bill
A small group in the House of Lords has proposed hundreds of amendments that are helping stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted d...
Soldier Used Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster, U.S. Says
Federal prosecutors say that Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was involved in the operation to oust Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela, used the info...
Commanders are concerned about the Pentagon’s shift of long-range precision weapons from the Asia-Pacific region to the Middle East, congressional off...
Rescue Effort for Russian Tanker Fails, in a New Era of Maritime Peril
The ship, which carried fuel and natural gas, has been adrift for weeks in the Mediterranean Sea after a drone attack, alarming officials who fear an ...
Tanzania Report Blames ‘Outside Forces’ for Deadly Election Violence
The findings in a new report by a commission appointed by the government were at odds with details from human rights groups, which estimate that hundr...
Crash That Killed 2 Americans Is a Reminder of the Depth of Security Ties in Mexico
The deaths of two C.I.A. officers in a crash in northern Mexico sparked questions about authorization and sovereignty, but also reflected a longstandi...
Touring Africa, Pope Leo Raised His Voice, but Didn’t Like the Echo
On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comments since becoming pope last year, but grew uncomfortable at how that critici...
Rodrigo Duterte Will Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity, Court Rules
The International Criminal Court found there was enough evidence to try Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president, for killings carried out dur...
Afghans Who Helped U.S. Forces Say They’re Being Pushed Back to the Taliban
Once promised a move to the United States, Afghan refugees who helped U.S. forces say they face ‘bad or worse’ options: resettlement to Congo or retur...
Journalist Detained in Kuwait After Posting About Iran War Is Acquitted
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a Kuwaiti-American journalist, is expected to be released soon, after 52 days in detention, a lawyer for two of his family members...
World’s Biggest Condom Maker Raises Prices as Iran War Rattles Supply Chains
The Malaysian company Karex, which produces about five billion condoms a year, said it was raising prices by 30 percent because of higher raw material...
Navy destroyers are also shadowing several other vessels that left from an Iranian port before the U.S.-imposed blockade began, a U.S. military offici...
