Attempted Assassination of Slovak Leader Puts Europe on Edge
A gunman shot Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, who is known for defying his fellow leaders in the European Union, multiple times at close...
Slovakian Leader in ‘Life-Threatening Condition’ After Shooting
A gunman shot Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, who is known for defying his fellow leaders in the European Union, multiple times at close...
Thursday Briefing: Slovakia’s Leader Was Shot
Shooting left Slovakia’s leader in ‘life-threatening’ condition Robert Fico, Slovakia’s prime minister, was shot five times and critically wounded yesterday. Officials said the attack appeared...
Blinken Warns Fighting Could Undo Aid Gains in Gaza
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned on Wednesday that recent gains in getting desperately needed humanitarian aid to people in the Gaza Strip risked...
U.S. Suspends Funding for Group at Center of Covid Origins Fight
The Biden administration, under acute pressure from House lawmakers, moved on Wednesday to ban funding for a prominent virus-hunting nonprofit group whose work with Chinese...
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico Shot ‘Multiple Times’: Live Updates
Robert Fico, 59, has played a pivotal role in Slovakian politics in the years since it gained independence in 1993 and has served as prime...
A.T. Ariyaratne, a Hero in Sri Lanka for Helping the Poor, Dies at 92
Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne was born on Nov. 5, 1931, in the town of Unawatuna, British Ceylon, as the country was known before it gained independence....
Dutch Right-Wing Parties Reach Preliminary Deal to Form a Government
Four right-wing parties in the Netherlands said on Wednesday that they had reached a preliminary agreement to form a government that would exclude Geert Wilders,...
Swiss Court Convicts Ex-Gambian Minister of Crimes Against Humanity
A former interior minister and enforcer for a violent and autocratic Gambian president was convicted of crimes against humanity on Wednesday for the torture and...
A France in Shock Confronts the Violence in Its Midst
If France is a country of illusions — a beautiful and seductive land offering many of life’s greatest pleasures that sits atop and conceals a...
Who Is Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia?
Robert Fico, 59, has played a pivotal role in Slovakian politics in the years since it gained independence in 1993 and has served as prime...
Wildfire Approaches Canada’s Largest Oil-Producing Area. Again.
A wildfire was nearing Canada’s largest oil producing region of Canada prompting the evacuation since Tuesday of about 6,600 people from Fort McMurray, Alberta. The...
Too Red, Too Vampiric, Too Sexy: A Brief History of Polarizing Royal Portraits
Royal family members sit for portraits a lot. And even when they don’t, artists paint them anyway. Some of these portraits have drawn near-unanimous praise...
Buildings Burn After Riots Break Out in New Caledonia
Buildings Burn After Riots Break Out in New Caledonia...