Iran Sent Ballistic Missiles to Russia, U.S. and European Officials Say

Iran Sent Ballistic Missiles to Russia, U.S. and European Officials Say

U.S. and European countries had warned of sanctions if Iran provided weapons that could be used against Ukraine. President Biden’s lame-duck status could hamper a response.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:45:38 +0000

Steven Erlanger, Julian E. Barnes and Michael Crowley

Israel Strikes Schools Turned Shelters in Jabaliya, Gaza Medics Say

Israel Strikes Schools Turned Shelters in Jabaliya, Gaza Medics Say

Israel said it had launched a “precise strike” against Hamas militants operating from two school compounds in northern Gaza, as the family of a slain American lashes out at Israel.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 15:58:54 +0000

Erika Solomon and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad

Super Typhoon Yagi Makes Landfall in Vietnam After Pounding Southern China

Super Typhoon Yagi Makes Landfall in Vietnam After Pounding Southern China

At least four people have died and thousands were evacuated after Yagi, one of the strongest storms to hit northern Vietnam, brought powerful winds and torrential rains.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:31:30 +0000

John Yoon and Isabella Kwai

Tony Blair’s Advice on Leadership: Tend to Your Legacy

Tony Blair’s Advice on Leadership: Tend to Your Legacy

In an interview, the former British prime minister discussed his new book ‘On Leadership,’ the dysfunction of U.S. politics, and deflected questions about Elon Musk’s influence.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 07:12:39 +0000

Mark Landler

In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis Hears Plea for Climate Action

In Papua New Guinea, Pope Francis Hears Plea for Climate Action

Pope Francis is visiting Papua New Guinea, which has been exploited for its natural resources and is imperiled by rising sea levels.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 09:00:06 +0000

Emma Bubola

Ukrainian Street Artist Documents War Against Russia, One Stark Mural at a Time

Ukrainian Street Artist Documents War Against Russia, One Stark Mural at a Time

Using ruins as his canvas, Gamlet Zinkivskyi has captured life in wartime Ukraine in dozens of grim, gripping and harshly beautiful paintings. “Broken, but invincible,” read one captioned work.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 07:26:04 +0000

Constant Méheut

Indonesia Is One of the World’s Biggest Sources of Catholic Priests

Indonesia Is One of the World’s Biggest Sources of Catholic Priests

A seminary on Flores, a Catholic-majority island in Indonesia, ordains so many priests that a lot of them go abroad to serve the faithful.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 04:22:03 +0000

Sui-Lee Wee, Muktita Suhartono and Nyimas Laula

In France Rape Trial, a Daughter Talks of Torment

In France Rape Trial, a Daughter Talks of Torment

In court, the woman said she was traumatized not only by what prosecutors said happened to her mother but also by fear that she herself might have been abused.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:26:56 +0000

Catherine Porter

Distracted and Divided, Russian Security Service Misses Threats

Distracted and Divided, Russian Security Service Misses Threats

The Ukrainian offensive over the border caught Moscow’s intelligence agencies by surprise, experts say. It wasn’t the first time that has happened during the war.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:48:58 +0000

Michael Schwirtz

American Killed at West Bank Protest Was a Campus Organizer

American Killed at West Bank Protest Was a Campus Organizer

Her trip to the West Bank, where she was shot on Friday, was Ms. Eygi’s latest effort in years of activism that began nearly a decade ago when was still a teenager.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 08:27:20 +0000

Ephrat Livni

Twitter Changed Soccer. There’s a Risk X Will Do It Again.

Twitter Changed Soccer. There’s a Risk X Will Do It Again.

The world’s most popular pastime has been irrevocably shaped by its exposure to social media. That evolution can still go awry.

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 02:28:32 +0000

Rory Smith

Fire at School Dormitory in Kenya Kills at Least 18 Students

Fire at School Dormitory in Kenya Kills at Least 18 Students

At least 70 students are still unaccounted for, although officials urged people not to jump to conclusions about their fate.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:06:12 +0000

Jimmy Gitaka and Lynsey Chutel

China Stops Foreign Adoptions, Ending a Complicated Chapter

China Stops Foreign Adoptions, Ending a Complicated Chapter

Beijing said the move was in line with international trends, as more countries have limited such adoptions. Many would-be adoptive families were left in limbo.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 01:07:58 +0000

Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang

Eagles Players Feared Crime in Brazil. Is Philadelphia More Dangerous?

Eagles Players Feared Crime in Brazil. Is Philadelphia More Dangerous?

Some N.F.L. players called Brazil dangerous ahead of the league’s first game in South America on Friday. Statistics show their home city is deadlier.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:42:28 +0000

Jack Nicas and Sara Ruberg

Family of American Slain in the West Bank Demands an Independent Inquiry

Family of American Slain in the West Bank Demands an Independent Inquiry

With witnesses and Palestinian officials accusing Israeli soldiers of firing the fatal shots, “an Israeli investigation is not adequate,” the family said in a statement.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 21:15:57 +0000

Liam Stack and Ephrat Livni

C.I.A. and MI6 Chiefs Discuss Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia and Gaza War

C.I.A. and MI6 Chiefs Discuss Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia and Gaza War

Appearing together publicly for the first time in the history of their agencies, the heads of the U.S. and British intelligence services discussed Ukraine’s incursion into Russia and the war in Gaza.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 20:54:38 +0000

Mark Landler

Ukrainian Forces Block Russian Advance on a Key Eastern Town

Ukrainian Forces Block Russian Advance on a Key Eastern Town

Russia’s drive toward Pokrovsk has stalled along one part of the frontline, but its troops continue to advance in other parts of eastern Ukraine, and its long-range aerial attacks continue.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 16:05:57 +0000

Andrew E. Kramer

India’s Epidemic of Cow Vigilantism Unnerves Nation’s Muslims

India’s Epidemic of Cow Vigilantism Unnerves Nation’s Muslims

An unexpectedly narrow victory at the polls for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-first agenda has not cooled simmering sectarian tensions, as some had hoped.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 16:13:12 +0000

Anupreeta Das and Hari Kumar

The U.S. Open Concludes

Let us consider the grief of the lapsed sports fan.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 18:20:01 +0000

Melissa Kirsch

Online Credit Unions Offering High Interest Rates on Savings May Be Fakes

Online Credit Unions Offering High Interest Rates on Savings May Be Fakes

Ontario’s financial regulator has issued warnings about three websites illegally claiming to be credit unions, but it is powerless to close them.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 10:02:15 +0000

Ian Austen

The Pivotal Decision That Led to a Resurgence of Polio

The Pivotal Decision That Led to a Resurgence of Polio

In 2016, the global health authorities removed a type of poliovirus from the oral vaccine. The virus caused a growing number of outbreaks and has now arrived in Gaza.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 09:02:17 +0000

Apoorva Mandavilli

Meet the Team Climbing Trees in the Amazon to Better Understand Carbon Stores

Meet the Team Climbing Trees in the Amazon to Better Understand Carbon Stores

A small team in a remote corner of Colombia is surveying every tree in an effort to better understand how much planet-warming carbon the Amazon actually stores.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 09:01:50 +0000

Max Bearak and Federico Rios

How Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists

How Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists

Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform, according to a Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 18:33:21 +0000

Paul Mozur, Adam Satariano, Aaron Krolik and Steven Lee Myers

West Bank Residents Survey Destruction as Israeli Forces Withdraw

West Bank Residents Survey Destruction as Israeli Forces Withdraw

A 10-day raid by Israeli troops into the occupied territory has been one of the most devastating in years, with at least 39 people killed, according to Palestinian officials.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:44:24 +0000

Raja Abdulrahim

Nell McCafferty, Larger-Than-Life Irish Journalist, Dies at 80

Her pugnacious writing on women’s rights, gay rights and other issues helped turn her country into one of the most progressive in Europe.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:53:13 +0000

Clay Risen

U.N. Panel Calls for International Force in Sudan to Protect Civilians

U.N. Panel Calls for International Force in Sudan to Protect Civilians

The country’s brutal civil war has led to the killing, rape and torture of civilians, including children, as it threatens to destabilize neighboring countries.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:29:16 +0000

Nick Cumming-Bruce

American Woman and Palestinian Girl Killed in Separate West Bank Incidents

American Woman and Palestinian Girl Killed in Separate West Bank Incidents

In a separate incident, a 13-year-old Palestinian girl was also fatally shot, part of the rising toll of West Bank violence during the war in Gaza.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:29:38 +0000

Aaron Boxerman

Ukraine’s Zelensky Presses Western Allies for More Weapons

Ukraine’s Zelensky Presses Western Allies for More Weapons

The Ukrainian leader argued that escalating military pressure on Russia, combined with diplomacy, was the best way to motivate Moscow to seek peace.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:20:35 +0000

Andrew E. Kramer

Hamas’s Release of Hostage Videos Inflames Divisions in Israel

Hamas’s Release of Hostage Videos Inflames Divisions in Israel

The fourth recording in as many days of a hostage killed in Gaza has added to pressure on the Israeli government to reach a cease-fire deal with Hamas.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:55:00 +0000

Ephrat Livni

Qatar’s Crucial Role in the Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Talks

Qatar’s Crucial Role in the Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Talks

The emirate has used its influence with Hamas to press for a truce with Israel. But “the last word is with those on the battlefield,” one expert said.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:54:21 +0000

Adam Rasgon and Julian E. Barnes

Israeli Military Withdraws From Jenin After 10-Day Raid

Israeli Military Withdraws From Jenin After 10-Day Raid

The operation killed 21 people, including children, and caused widespread destruction of streets, homes and businesses, according to Palestinian news media and residents.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:29:42 +0000

Raja Abdulrahim

Against This Mighty Paralympic Team, a Close Loss Can Feel Like a Win

Against This Mighty Paralympic Team, a Close Loss Can Feel Like a Win

Other teams give themselves an A for effort after playing the Dutch women’s wheelchair basketball team, the favorite for the gold medal at the Paris Games.

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 02:28:03 +0000

Elena Bergeron

Typhoon Yagi Expected to Strengthen Before Hitting Vietnam

Typhoon Yagi Expected to Strengthen Before Hitting Vietnam

Yagi, one of 2024’s strongest storms, hit the southern Chinese island of Hainan on Friday. It is forecast to make landfall in Vietnam on Saturday.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:32:44 +0000

John Yoon and Zixu Wang

Is Brisbane Ready to Be the Equal of Sydney and Melbourne?

Is Brisbane Ready to Be the Equal of Sydney and Melbourne?

Many don’t see Brisbane in the same light as the other two cities, but the Queensland capital is showing it, too, has cultural heft.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:24:35 +0000

Julia Bergin

Friday Briefing

Friday Briefing

Donald Trump’s sentencing on federal charges.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 04:09:33 +0000

Natasha Frost

Nurses Win a Bigger Role as Doctors Strike in South Korea

Nurses Win a Bigger Role as Doctors Strike in South Korea

As hospitals struggle from a monthslong walkout, nurses have picked up some of the slack. A new law gives them more responsibilities and, they say, greater recognition.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:04:31 +0000

Jin Yu Young

Are Pacific Islands a ‘Dumping Ground’ for Accused Priests?

Are Pacific Islands a ‘Dumping Ground’ for Accused Priests?

Over a decades-long period, more than 30 Catholic priests and missionaries moved to remote island nations after they had allegedly abused children in the West, or had been found to do so.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 04:01:11 +0000

Pete McKenzie

Purported Rembrandt Painting Found in a Maine Attic Sells for $1.4 Million

Purported Rembrandt Painting Found in a Maine Attic Sells for $1.4 Million

“Portrait of a Girl,” a 17th-century work believed to be by the Dutch master, had been hiding in a home in Maine.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 23:27:11 +0000

Claire Moses

Woman in France Testifies Against Husband Accused of Bringing Men to Rape Her

Woman in France Testifies Against Husband Accused of Bringing Men to Rape Her

Gisèle Pelicot spoke of the horror of being told by the police that they had evidence her husband had drugged her for years and brought men into their home to join him in raping her.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:26:39 +0000

Catherine Porter

Anti-Polio Campaign in Gaza Enters New Phase, Hours After Deadly Strike

Anti-Polio Campaign in Gaza Enters New Phase, Hours After Deadly Strike

As the mass vaccination campaign shifted Thursday from central to southern Gaza, an Israeli strike reportedly killed four in an area where inoculations had just concluded.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:01:10 +0000

Lynsey Chutel, Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Lara Jakes and Thomas Fuller

Friday Briefing: A Judge Weighs a Monumental Trump Decision

Friday Briefing: A Judge Weighs a Monumental Trump Decision

Plus, the clothes that changed men’s fashion.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:22:29 +0000

Gaya Gupta

OPEC Plus Delays Plan to Increase Oil Output

OPEC Plus Delays Plan to Increase Oil Output

OPEC Plus will extend its cuts until at least December. Demand has weakened, and other countries, including the United States, are expected to continue to increase production.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:16:12 +0000

Stanley Reed

Russian Military Intelligence Members Indicted Over Ukraine Cyberattack

Russian Military Intelligence Members Indicted Over Ukraine Cyberattack

The indictment unsealed on Thursday comes as the United States expands its hunt for Russia’s most elite cyberwarriors.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 21:18:53 +0000

David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes

How Much Screen Time Should Toddlers Have? None, Sweden Says.

How Much Screen Time Should Toddlers Have? None, Sweden Says.

Children under the age of 2 should not be exposed to any screens, Swedish public health authorities said, part of a growing effort to limit phone use by youngsters.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:58:46 +0000

Amelia Nierenberg

Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations

Surprising New Research Links Infant Mortality to Crashing Bat Populations

Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deaths.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:12:40 +0000

Catrin Einhorn

German Police Shoot Gunman Dead Near Israeli Consulate in Munich

German Police Shoot Gunman Dead Near Israeli Consulate in Munich

The shootout with an 18-year-old Austrian came on the anniversary of the attack on the Munich Olympics that left 11 Israelis dead, and was being investigated as a possible terrorist attack.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:04:44 +0000

Christopher F. Schuetze

U.S. Charges American Commentator Who Works for Russian State TV

U.S. Charges American Commentator Who Works for Russian State TV

Dimitri K. Simes, who was an adviser to Donald J. Trump’s first campaign, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, are accused of violating U.S. sanctions.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:38:36 +0000

Julian E. Barnes and Steven Lee Myers

Boko Haram Kills at Least 170 Villagers in Nigeria Attack

Boko Haram Kills at Least 170 Villagers in Nigeria Attack

Boko Haram killed at least 170 villagers in northeastern Nigeria, community leaders say, in what is likely one of the deadliest attacks in recent years.

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:10:15 +0000

Ismail Alfa and Ruth Maclean

Dismissing Kursk, Putin Says Ukraine’s East Is Russia’s Main Goal

Dismissing Kursk, Putin Says Ukraine’s East Is Russia’s Main Goal

Dismissing Ukraine’s recent invasion of Kursk, the Russian leader said Kyiv made a mistake in trying to force Moscow to divert its forces from the Donbas region.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:39:53 +0000

Marc Santora, Anton Troianovski and Nicole Tung

Israeli Raids Become a Near-Daily Reality for Many Palestinians

Israeli Raids Become a Near-Daily Reality for Many Palestinians

As an Israeli offensive against Palestinian militant groups stretched to a 10th day, residents said many people were trapped in their homes out of fear.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:10:14 +0000

Raja Abdulrahim

How Swing State Politics Are Sinking a Global Steel Deal

How Swing State Politics Are Sinking a Global Steel Deal

As the Biden administration nears a decision to block the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, the debate over national and economic security is being dwarfed by presidential politics.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:04:15 +0000

Alan Rappeport

Blinken Visits a Haiti Wracked by Corruption and Gangs

Blinken Visits a Haiti Wracked by Corruption and Gangs

The United States has played a supporting role behind Kenya’s deployment of a security force tasked with helping the Haitian police combat gangs.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 23:49:19 +0000

Michael Crowley

Macron Names Michel Barnier to Be French Prime Minister, Breaking Impasse

Macron Names Michel Barnier to Be French Prime Minister, Breaking Impasse

The president’s choice of Michel Barnier, after an extraordinary delay, inflamed opponents on the left who came out on top in an inconclusive election.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:39:54 +0000

Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden

Fugitive Ex-Mayor Whose Case Gripped the Philippines Is Arrested in Indonesia

Fugitive Ex-Mayor Whose Case Gripped the Philippines Is Arrested in Indonesia

Officials have accused Alice Guo of helping criminal syndicates involved in online scams and human trafficking, and have questioned her about whether she was born in China.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:58:52 +0000

Camille Elemia and Qasim Nauman

Pope Finds Fervent Fans Among Indonesia’s Transgender Community

Pope Finds Fervent Fans Among Indonesia’s Transgender Community

For many trans women living on the fringes of the nation’s society, the Catholic Church is a haven, and Pope Francis a personal hero.

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:21:40 +0000

Emma Bubola

Racing the Clock to Document ISIS Genocide of Iraq’s Yazidis

For years, a U.N. team has painstakingly exhumed mass graves, but now the Iraqi government is ordering it to leave. Many sites remain unexamined.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:10:00 +0000

Eve Sampson

In the Paralympic Fix-It Shop, Plenty of Fractures but No Blood

In the Paralympic Fix-It Shop, Plenty of Fractures but No Blood

Repair technicians at the Paris Games fix everything from bent wheelchair frames to broken sunglasses.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:27:30 +0000

Elena Bergeron and James Hill

When Gambia Banned Female Genital Cutting, a Defiant 96-Year-Old Resisted

When Gambia Banned Female Genital Cutting, a Defiant 96-Year-Old Resisted

Yassin Fatty, a traditional practitioner of female genital cutting in the West African nation of Gambia, became the first to be convicted there. But her case led to a backlash and a popular campaign to make it legal again.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:40:26 +0000

Ruth Maclean, Matty Jobe and Kiana Hayeri

Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Pollinator Friendly Habitat

Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Pollinator Friendly Habitat

The sites fight climate change and can help with another global crisis: the collapse of nature. But so far, efforts to nurture wildlife habitat have been spotty.

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:02:43 +0000

Catrin Einhorn