A new cease-fire proposal circulates at the U.N., driven by outrage over Israel’s strike on a tent camp.
Seeking to harness the outrage over an Israeli strike on Sunday that set fire to an encampment and killed least 45 displaced Palestinians, including children,...
From Allies and Advisers, Pressure Grows on Biden to Allow Attacks on Russian Territory
The Kremlin, eager to make the choice harder, has leaned heavily into the narrative that the president is risking escalation. Last week, it ran a...
North Korea Sends Balloons Filled with Trash to South Korea
North Korea Sends Balloons Filled with Trash to South Korea...
Barry Kemp, Who Unearthed Insights About Ancient Egypt, Dies at 84
Barry Kemp, an archaeologist whose decades of painstaking digging at the abandoned capital of a mysterious pharaoh helped revolutionize our understanding of how everyday ancient...
Person Is Killed in Running Jet Engine at Amsterdam Airport
A person died on Wednesday after they “ended up” inside a running plane engine at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, officials said, although the circumstances of...
Volcano Erupts in Iceland, Spewing Lava 150 Feet Into the Air
A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Wednesday for the fifth time since December, cracking the Sundhnjukar mountain ridge open with spectacular force and sending...
Americans Raced to Get Their Families Out of Gaza. Then the Border Slammed Shut.
Ghada Redwan, a 48-year-old pharmacist in Houston, has been trying to get her parents out of Gaza for months. Their bags, packed and ready to...
Israel declares it has ‘tactical control’ over a strategic Gaza corridor on the border with Egypt.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday night that it had taken “tactical control” over the Philadelphi Corridor — a sensitive strip of Gaza along its...
South Africans Vote, Many Hoping for Change as Seismic as Mandela’s Rise
Tension, excitement and uncertainty consumed South Africa on Wednesday as millions cast their ballots in an election that could end the monopoly on power of...
Blinken Hints U.S. May Accept Ukrainian Strikes in Russia With American Arms
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken suggested on Wednesday that the Biden administration could be open to tolerating strikes by the Ukrainian military inside Russia,...
Former Intelligence Chief Tapped as Next Dutch Prime Minister
The Netherlands will be getting a new prime minister, with the four right-wing parties that are forming a government finally naming their pick, more than...
Pro-Palestinian Protesters March in Cities Around the World
Pro-Palestinian Protesters March in Cities Around the World...
Former Israeli Hostage Held Captive in Gaza Awaits Her Husband’s Release
When Hamas released video last month of Keith Siegel, an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza, it was the first sign in months that he was...
Welcome Back, Pandas! Two Furry Diplomats Are Headed to D.C. Zoo
It was a long and terrible six months without giant pandas, Washington’s most famous symbol of literal soft diplomacy, but this unbearable (sorry) drought will...