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    Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-Election

    Europe’s longest-serving leader, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, cruised to his seventh election victory in a row on Sunday in a contest...

    Israeli Army Raids Home of Freed Hamas Member Amid Tensions Over Hostage Deal

    The Israeli military raided the Jerusalem home of a Hamas member released as part of an exchange for Israelis being held hostage in...

    Israel’s Cease-Fires in Lebanon and Gaza Appear Fragile: Live Updates

    Israeli troops were preventing Palestinians from returning to their homes in the north of the Gaza Strip on Sunday as Israel said Hamas...

    Violence Reported as Deadline Passes for Israeli Troop Withdrawal in Lebanon

    At least 11 people were killed and more than 80 injured by Israeli forces on Sunday in southern Lebanon, Lebanese officials said, as...

    Australia Day Protesters Vandalize Melbourne and Sydney Statues

    Some Australians were in no mood to celebrate the country’s national day on Sunday because they had long seen it as a reminder...

    As Hamas Releases More Israeli Hostages, It Puts on a Show of Force

    Hamas on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers held hostage in the Gaza Strip, in a choreographed ceremony that was the latest sign...

    They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies.

    Nasir, a legal adviser to the Afghan Air Force during the war, helped approve airstrikes against Taliban fighters. He is still in Afghanistan,...

    Israel and Hamas Exchange Prisoners and Hostages: Cease-Fire Latest Updates

    Hamas released four female Israeli army soldiers on Saturday as part of a hostage-for-prisoner exchange, more than a year after the women were...

    Myanmar Rebels Are Opening Colleges

    The medical student was showering near his dormitory in the jungles of eastern Myanmar when he heard military jets flying overhead. Wearing only...

    What Elon Musk’s Salute Was All About

    So was it a Hitler salute or wasn’t it?Speaking at President Trump’s inauguration event this week, Elon Musk slapped his right hand on...

    Greece Tightens Laws on Domestic Violence (but Not Enough, Critics Say)

    Greece on Friday toughened penalties for domestic violence in an effort to address a surge in reported cases, though critics said the new...

    Storm Eowyn Leaves a Third of Ireland Without Power

    Hundreds of thousands of people were without power on Friday in Ireland, an extraordinarily high number for the small country, as a powerful...

    Clinton Bailey, Who Documented a Vanishing Bedouin Culture, Dies at 88

    Clinton Bailey, an American-Israeli academic whose research and documentation of the ancient traditions of the nomadic Bedouin tribes of the Middle East helped...

    French Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping

    A founder of a French cryptocurrency company and his wife were freed in France this week after being brutally kidnapped and held for...

    Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinian Militants Wanted for Deadly Attack

    Israel’s military on Thursday pressed ahead with its offensive in and around Jenin, a city known as a center of militant opposition to...

    U.K. Teenager Who Killed 3 Girls in Southport Stabbing to Be Sentenced Today

    The teenager who killed three young girls and wounded 10 other people in a knife attack on a dance class in Southport, England,...