- U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:23:14 +0000
Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
- What Fans Did to Attend a Bad Bunny Show in Mexico City
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:35:51 +0000
The award-winning Puerto Rican artist, the most-streamed on the planet, is performing eight concerts in Mexico. People flocked from all over the world, including the United States.
- U.S. Coast Guard Boards Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:14:08 +0000
The vessel, which was flying a Panamanian flag, was not on a list of tankers under U.S. sanctions.
- With Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russia’s War Financing
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:12:09 +0000
Strikes on four vessels signal that Kyiv is willing to expand the maritime theater of the conflict in an effort to crimp Moscow’s military funding.
- Passenger Train in India Hits Elephant Herd, Killing Seven
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 16:10:10 +0000
No people were injured in the accident, despite a partial derailment. As elephant habitat shrinks, such deadly encounters are on the rise.
- Sudanese Refugees Describe Their Escape From Darfur
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:04:28 +0000
No one knows the true toll of the massacre, and the city remains isolated. Now, refugee camps in Chad are flooded with newly displaced Sudanese.
- U.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:55:06 +0000
The Syrian government did not comment directly on the extensive U.S. strikes targeting the Islamic State on Friday but said it was intensifying its own efforts to fight the group.
- Hezbollah Is Down, but Not Out, as Lebanon Faces Pressure to Disarm It
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:05:34 +0000
The Lebanese militant group has resisted calls to lay down all its arms, risking a return to war with Israel.
- ‘Where’s the Humanity?’ Bondi Attack Leaves Suspects’ Neighborhood Stunned.
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:33:17 +0000
The alleged gunmen in the shooting, Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, were from Bonnyrigg, a diverse, multilingual suburb miles from Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
- Taiwan’s Subway Stabber Planned His Deadly Spree, Police Say
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 16:48:35 +0000
Investigators said they were unsure of the attacker’s motives. But clues pointed to an isolated and increasingly troubled life, and no accomplices.
- Can This Man Finally Defeat Mexico’s Cartels?
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:43:52 +0000
Omar García Harfuch is overseeing one of the most aggressive offensives in years against Mexico’s powerful criminal groups. Many before him have failed.
- To Secure Money for Ukraine, Europe Had to Resort to a Messy Compromise
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:37:16 +0000
The European Union came up with an 11th-hour deal to help Ukraine, but the solution raised questions about the bloc’s decisiveness.
- Germany’s Christmas Markets Are Now Ringed With Security Barriers
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:02:29 +0000
To prevent ramming attacks at Christmas markets, German officials have installed concrete blocks, chain barriers and, in one case, metal bollards removed by a hand-cranked crane.
- Closing Arguments
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:27:05 +0000
Today, your highly personal, delightfully specific bests of 2025.
- Best of 2025, Canada Edition
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:00:06 +0000
Here are the Canadian standouts from The Times’s culture, books and arts coverage over the last year.
- A Woman Froze to Death on an Alpine Trek. Is Her Boyfriend to Blame?
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:01:01 +0000
A man in Austria was charged in the death of his girlfriend after leaving her behind, in a case testing ideas of freedom and responsibility in the mountains.
- U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:34:54 +0000
American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.
- Toss a Coin in the Trevi Fountain? That’ll Be 2 Euros, Wish Not Included
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:22:00 +0000
Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).
- How Venezuela Went From U.S. Ally to Trump Target
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:27:06 +0000
Closely tied to Washington during much of the Cold War, Venezuela has gone through political upheavals over the years that now make it a major enemy in the eyes of the Trump administration.
- Toronto Man Accused of Working With ISIS Faces Terror Charges Targeting Jews and Women
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:20:32 +0000
After two failed abductions, three men were arrested, one of whom is charged with working to support the Islamic State terrorist group.
- Three Killed in Stabbing Attack in Taiwan
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 01:33:00 +0000
The attacker, who threw smoke grenades inside a train station in Taiwan’s capital, later continued his rampage nearby and died in falling from a building.
- What We Know About the Suspects in the Bondi Beach Shooting
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:06:51 +0000
The police named Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram, 24, as the suspects in the shooting that claimed 15 lives on Dec. 14.
- After Bondi Beach Shooting, Australia Debates New Laws to Restrict Speech and Protests
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 02:12:40 +0000
The authorities are vowing to crack down after a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration. Experts say that what the country needs might not be new laws.
- Gaza City Famine Averted, Global Experts Say, but Palestinians Face Major Difficulties Accessing Food
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 20:42:20 +0000
Food security experts said a famine reported in August had been alleviated but that the situation remained dire across the enclave, despite a cease-fire in October and greater flows of aid.
- Riots Erupt in Bangladesh After the Killing of a Student Leader
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:30:39 +0000
Newspaper buildings were set on fire after the death of an activist who was attacked recently. Political leaders fear more violence could derail attempts to restore democracy.
- Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:50:12 +0000
The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.
- With New E.U. Loan, Ukraine Avoids Budget Crunch and Can Plan War Effort
- Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:50:38 +0000
The loan will cover two-thirds of the country’s financial needs for the next two years. It also bolsters Ukraine’s position in ongoing peace talks.
- Mexico’s Security Chief on His Fight Against the Cartels
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:03:40 +0000
Omar García Harfuch spoke to The New York Times about the country’s aggressive cartel offensive and his relationship with the White House.
- Australia Announces Plan to Buy Back Guns in Wake of Bondi Attack
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:34:47 +0000
The program is expected to take hundreds of thousands of firearms out of circulation, the prime minister said on Friday.
- Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster.
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:01:05 +0000
As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”
- ‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty in Store for Global Economy
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:55:40 +0000
A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.
- Before the Massacre, Bondi Suspects Spent Weeks at a Philippine Hotel
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 04:29:00 +0000
Workers at the budget hotel in the southern Philippines, a region that has long battled Islamist insurgencies, said the two men rarely left their room.
- For the First Time, a Former Refugee Will Lead the U.N.’s Refugee Agency
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:37:37 +0000
Barham Salih, who fought against Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq and later served as president, was chosen to lead the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.
- Christian Turner Is Appointed New UK Ambassador to US
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:22:58 +0000
Christian Turner’s appointment comes as the United States and Britain’s relationship is being tested amid a number of foreign policy issues.
- The German Chancellor Betting on America
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:52:36 +0000
Friedrich Merz believes the world needs a stronger Germany. He is still navigating how to do it.
- Australian Police Detain 7 on Suspicion of Planning a ‘Violent Act’
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:17:27 +0000
The men were held for about 24 hours on suspicion of holding a “radical Islamic ideology.” The police released them after apparently failing to find evidence.
- Putin Offers to Suspend Deep Strikes During Potential Ukraine Vote
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:24:31 +0000
But President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, speaking at an annual news conference, showed little sign of backing down from his goals in the war on Ukraine.
- French Doctor Sentenced to Life for Fatally Poisoning 12 People
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:57:10 +0000
Frédéric Péchier, an anesthesiologist, was found guilty of poisoning 30 patients, of whom 12 died.
- Zelensky Appeals to E.U. Leaders for Frozen Russian Funds to Fight War
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:38:32 +0000
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Brussels, where the leaders had gathered, that without the money, his country would have to reduce its drone production significantly.
- Over 1,000 Were Killed in Attack on Camp in Darfur, Sudan, U.N. Says
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:17:42 +0000
A paramilitary attack in April was one of the most brutal of Sudan’s civil war. Now, hunger is spreading as Western aid cuts have reduced U.N. rations.
- The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against Russia’s War in Ukraine
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:41:08 +0000
Dmitri N. Kozak had worked with President Vladimir V. Putin for three decades before quitting in September. His associates described his break with the Russian leader.
- Nigeria Closes Lead Recycling Factories Linked to U.S. Car Industry
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:03:54 +0000
Carmakers have known for decades that battery recycling was poisoning people abroad. Nigeria’s crackdown is an effort to catalog the damage.
- Iran’s President Says He Can’t Make ‘Miracles’ to Solve the Country’s Woes
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:25:35 +0000
Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands.
- Australia Mourns the Youngest Victim of the Bondi Beach Shooting
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 02:30:38 +0000
Sydney’s devastated Jewish community gathered for the funeral of “Matilda Bee,” an ebullient, smiling 10-year-old girl.
- Birthrates Are Falling, but Don’t Blame Dogs in Strollers
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:01:11 +0000
New research suggests that having a pet can actually make people more likely to become parents.
- Europe to Lend $105 Billion to Ukraine, Without Touching Russian Funds
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:41:47 +0000
European Union officials wanted to use Russia’s frozen assets to back a major loan to Ukraine. Facing opposition in their own camp, they settled on another way.
- At Tokyo Zoo, Visitors Worry Pandas Could Be China’s Next Target
- Fri, 19 Dec 2025 01:00:07 +0000
Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more.
- Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-Winning War Correspondent, Dies at 91
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:28:02 +0000
He won the award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press. He went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.
- Israel Approves $37 Billion Deal to Deliver Gas to Egypt
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:19:28 +0000
Israel’s granting of an export permit is the final step to allow the deal, first announced by energy companies in August, to proceed.
- Trump’s Claim That Venezuela ‘Stole’ U.S. Oil Fields Sets Off a Nationalist Reaction
- Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:25:29 +0000
President Trump said the United States wanted to reclaim expropriated oil assets, setting off a nationalist reaction in a country where the resource holds a mythical status.
- Canada’s Population Shrinks Amid Tightened Immigration
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:08:24 +0000
The government has greatly restricted the number of work and study permits issued to foreigners following an unpopular immigration boom during the pandemic.