A Hollywood Mention From a Political Rival Livens Up Netanyahu’s Trial
The leader of Israel’s political opposition, Yair Lapid, testified on Monday in the long-running corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recounting how Mr. Netanyahu...
Scotland’s Independence Movement Is Down, but Not Out, Analysts Say
For almost a decade Nicola Sturgeon, as the leader of the Scottish government, was the uncontested figurehead of the push to break Scotland’s centuries-old union...
The Many Twists, Quotes and Scandals of Silvio Berlusconi
Flamboyant, freewheeling, slippery and preening, Silvio Berlusconi loomed over Italian politics for decades as billionaire businessman, media tycoon and prime minister. Mr. Berlusconi, who died...
How Silvio Berlusconi Changed Italy, for Better or Worse
The death of Silvio Berlusconi on Monday brought to an end one of the longest, most consequential and colorful eras in Italian politics, with both...
Trump’s Indictment Is Unavoidably Political
The public filings in most legal cases are of secondary importance. What happens in the courtroom matters far more. But the United States of America...
Summer Reading – The New York Times
The books are piling up again. The physical ones on the bedside table; the library queue; the e-bookshelves on which reside the novels impulse-purchased from...
Allies and Enemies Alike Offer Praise for Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi may have polarized Italy during his decades in the media and political spotlight, but the initial reaction to his death at 86 on...
The Guardian Apologizes for Its Handling of Harassment Complaints
Guardian News & Media, the publisher of the Guardian and Observer newspapers, has apologized to several women who said that one of its star columnists,...
U.S. Will Rejoin UNESCO in July, Agency Says
The United States will rejoin UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organization, in July, the agency announced on Monday, after years of turbulent relations that culminated...
NATO Nations Open Giant Air Force Drills in Germany
WUNSTORF, Germany — More than 250 aircraft and 10,000 personnel began a two-week military exercise on Monday involving NATO nations and Japan, in what host...
Permission to Build – The New York Times
With its open plains and thousands of miles of wheat fields, Kansas is one of the windiest states in the U.S. That makes it a...
Silvio Berlusconi, Polarizing Former Prime Minister of Italy, Dies at 86
He won the election anyway. For his campaign, Forza Italia sent a 127-page glossy magazine to doorsteps across Italy. Called “An Italian Story,” it offered...
Fear and Mayhem as Russia’s War Comes Home
Abandoned cats and dogs roam vacant streets lined with blasted apartment buildings, rubble and crumpled cars in Shebekino, a Russian border town pounded by shelling...
‘The State Killed My Brother’: Senegal in Uproar After Deadly Protests
A tailor shot in the head. A baker killed by a bullet in the chest. A geography student planning to continue his studies in Canada...