Taliban Frees an American, George Glezmann, Held in Afghanistan Since 2022
The Taliban on Thursday released George Glezmann, an American held since 2022 in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...
Russian Public Is Ready to End War but Skeptical of Concessions, Analysis Finds
An analysis made this week of Russian attitudes toward a possible cease-fire with Ukraine suggests that the Russian public ...
What to Know About Nowruz, the Persian New Year
Nowruz, the Persian New Year, began on Thursday, kicking off a celebration of life, renewal and rebirth that people in Iran a...
Kirsty Coventry Is Elected President of the I.O.C.
Kirsty Coventry was elected on Thursday as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee, capping a monthslong el...
Trump’s Judicial Defiance Is New to the Autocrat Playbook, Experts Say
President Trump’s intensifying conflict with the federal courts is unusually aggressive compared with similar disputes in oth...
Hamas Fires Rockets at Tel Aviv as Israel Expands Gaza Ground Operations
Hamas fired its first barrage of rockets in months into Israeli territory on Thursday as Israeli troops expanded their ground...
Video Shows an Octopus Riding a Mako Shark Near New Zealand
When she spotted the mako shark in the Hauraki Gulf off New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine , a marine ecologist at the Univer...
Trump Wants to Take Over Ukraine’s Nuclear Plants. What Would That Mean?
During a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine this week, President Trump floated a highly unusual idea: The Unit...
Ukraine Attacks Air Base Deep Inside Russia
Ukraine attacked an airfield deep inside Russian territory overnight, officials said on Thursday, as the two sides traded str...
Europe Delays Tariffs on U.S. Whiskey and Other Goods
European Union officials are delaying their retaliation against President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs — including 50 p...