Malawi’s Vice President Killed in Plane Crash
The president of Malawi said Tuesday that the country’s vice president had been killed in a plane crash a day earlier that had prompted a...
4 Israeli Soldiers Are Killed in Apparent Ambush in Rafah
The Israeli military said Tuesday that four Israeli soldiers had been killed and several more wounded after militants blew up a building where the troops...
Blinken Says Fate of Cease-Fire Proposal Is Up to Hamas
Top News A day after the United Nations Security Council endorsed a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal for Gaza, the world is waiting for Hamas’s leader to...
Israel-Hamas War: U.N. Security Council Resolution Latest Updates
The U.N. Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-backed cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip after Russia opted not to block it, adding extra heft...
Rescuers Comb Dense Forest in Malawi for Vice President’s Missing Plane
Rescuers combed through dense forest in northern Malawi for a second day on Tuesday, searching for an aircraft carrying the country’s vice president, Saulos Chilima,...
Nuclear Power Is Hard. A Climate-Minded Billionaire Wants to Make It Easier.
Outside a small coal town in southwest Wyoming, a multibillion-dollar effort to build the first in a new generation of American nuclear power plants is...
Palestinians in the West Bank Are Living in the Shadow of the War in Gaza
In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians live in the shadow of the ongoing war in Gaza. For them, this has meant increased raids and arrests,...
As the War in Gaza Drags on, Palestinians in the West Bank Have ‘Reached Rock Bottom’
As the war in Gaza enters its eighth month, Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank continue to face onerous restrictions, economic difficulties...
A Champion Sherpa Died Guiding Foreigners. Is It Too Dangerous?
In July 2023, the mountaineer Tenjen Lama Sherpa guided a Norwegian climber to summit the world’s 14 highest peaks in record time. In a sport...
Blinken seeks to press Hamas and Israel over a cease-fire, and other news.
U.S. World Business Arts Lifestyle Opinion Audio Games Cooking Wirecutter The Athletic June 11, 2024Updated 3:38 a.m. ET Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met...
Why Chinese Working Mothers Don’t Want More Babies
One leads a team at a financial firm and earns more than her husband. Another is pursuing her dream of becoming a civil servant. A...
Tuesday Briefing
The U.N. adopted a U.S.-backed cease-fire resolution The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution, brought by the U.S., to call for an immediate truce between...
Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation
Nigeria is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, with skyrocketing inflation, a national currency in free-fall and millions of people struggling to buy food....
Buoyed by Election, Meloni Basks in the Spotlight as Italy Hosts the G7
Five years ago, when her party won 6 percent of the vote in elections for the European Parliament, Giorgia Meloni tried to pop a bottle...