The launches were the first missile tests by North Korea since it fired an ICBM a month ago.

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India.

The actress, Taraneh Alidoosti, had urged people to speak out after the execution of a man involved in nationwide demonstrations.

Lionel Messi left Argentina when he was 13 and has had a complicated relationship with the nation since. But this World Cup has changed things.

The mayor of Kyiv said that water was back on and that the city’s subway service had resumed. President Volodymyr Zelensky urged businesses to help set up more “invincibility centers” for the public.

Dozens of top officials have flown to Qatar to cheer for teams while talking shop. The event has magnified the tiny Gulf nation’s role as a diplomatic broker.

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Secret Russian battle plans, intercepts, and interviews with Russian soldiers and Kremlin confidants revealed new details of how Vladimir Putin botched his invasion of Ukraine.

Norimitsu Onishi, a New York Times reporter, traveled to Hérouxville, Quebec, to learn what had happened in the 15 years since the town passed its xenophobic immigration code.

“We now want as many immigrants as possible,” said Bernard Thompson, the mayor of Hérouxville, Quebec, a onetime supporter of the town’s anti-immigrant code.

A panel of experts has spent more than a decade deliberating on how, and whether, to mark a momentous new epoch in geologic time: our own.

In Leo Varadkar’s first stint as prime minister, he embodied for many his country’s move into modernity. But after several missteps, he now takes up the role for a second time, with the glow of optimism dimmed.

Voters will choose a new Parliament, but under revised rules that vastly dilute the influence of political parties that many blame for sabotaging the North African nation’s 10-year experiment with democracy.

Dozens of missiles knocked out heat and electricity systems around the country including in Kyiv, where two-thirds of its residents had no heat or water.

For the first time, detainees picked their own winner in an offshoot of the Goncourt, France’s top literary honor.

The research was conducted in part when older variants of the coronavirus were spreading. Other factors may have influenced the conclusions.

The physicist and architect of the American atomic bomb was stripped of his security clearance in 1954 after what is now called a flawed investigation.

Two government ministers resigned after the new president, Dina Boluarte, deployed the military to crack down on the demonstrations that have convulsed the country.

The official, previously identified as a senior operative with the Wagner Group, was hospitalized in the capital of the Central African Republic, according to the Russian embassy.

The unrest started after the ouster of President Pedro Castillo, who tried to dissolve Congress and was arrested.

Ngozi Fulani, who runs a charity for abused women, said a palace aide, Susan Hussey, pressed her on where she was from, dismissing Britain as an answer. Ms. Hussey resigned over the episode.

With the appointment of Joe Kennedy III, President Biden hopes a marquee name will aid in promoting economic development in the struggling country.

It was the ninth large-scale wave of missiles to be aimed at Ukrainian infrastructure this fall. Officials said 76 missiles had been fired, and all but 16 were shot down.

After spending eight days at Fort Sam Houston following her release from a Russian penal colony, the star athlete forecast her return to pro basketball.

Negotiators from around the world are meeting in Canada in an effort to halt, and reverse, staggering declines in wildlife.

Ms. Jolie, who had worked with the organization for 21 years, said she wanted to connect more directly with refugees and local groups.

The concert was supposed to be one of Mexico’s largest, sold out months before. Instead, one of the world’s biggest stars played to a half empty floor.

The official, previously identified as a senior operative with the Wagner Group, was hospitalized in the capital of the Central African Republic, according to the Russian embassy.

The police responded to reports that a large crowd had tried to force its way into the O2 Academy Brixton, one of Britain’s most popular music venues.

Prosecutors say the glamorous lifestyle of a European lawmaker masked a Qatari corruption scandal. It exposed how vulnerable Brussels is to foreign influence.

A 50-foot-high, 264,000-gallon cylindrical tank called AquaDom, housed in a Radisson in the German capital, spectacularly collapsed, sending waves of water through the building and onto the street.

Benjamin Netanyahu is close to forming a coalition with Israel’s far right and the Arab states that normalized ties in 2020 appear unconcerned.

The country’s central bank said inflation, at 12 percent, risked rising because of a growing budget deficit.

The Japanese cabinet approved the first update to the country’s official security strategy in nine years, elevating Beijing over North Korea as the top threat.

Firefighters managed to put out the blaze, in a seven-floor building near Lyon, in central France. It was not immediately clear how the fire had started.

A bizarre scandal threatens to topple President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa from leadership of the African National Congress, which begins its party conference on Friday. Will A.N.C. members buy his astonishing account?

With the holidays looming, Congress is using its final weeks to try to approve a rush of major legislation.

​The statement, issued Friday, followed an order from the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to develop a new ICBM that is harder to intercept.

Allegations of a bribery scheme at the heart of the E.U.

Eight days after Pedro Castillo’s removal from office and arrest, thousands of his supporters have joined protests demanding his reinstatement. To them, he is the voice of the marginalized.

President Biden faced a challenge in winning the confidence of a continent where the circumstances of its leaders vary so dramatically.

Western instruction since Russia’s invasion has focused on basic training or the use of sophisticated weapons systems. Officials say “combined arms” tactics could be a key next step.

In the immediate aftermath of an attack, the horrors of the Ukraine war, the random death and the lives upended take on a deeper meaning when seen close-up.

Plus: Chinese companies are hit by U.S. trade restrictions.

The city is home to some of the most spiritually and culturally diverse areas in the world. Here are some of them.

The younger prince made several incendiary allegations about his brother, who is now heir to the British throne.

The sanctions block financial transactions in dollars with Vladimir Potanin, the largest shareholder in Nornickel, the world’s biggest producer of palladium and refined nickel.

An Irish peacekeeper deployed along the Lebanese border with Israel was shot and killed, and three others were injured. The attack is being investigated.

The tennis champion left for his home country after serving time in Britain for hiding his assets in a bankruptcy case.

John Podesta, the White House aide overseeing new tax credits, said rules were expected to be in place within months. Avoiding waste and fraud is a priority.