Putin woos Trump with a partial ceasefire and big geopolitical deal
It was billed as a phone call of vast import: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin would try to resolve the bloodiest war in Europ...
Why don’t seals drown?
FREE-DIVING IS a perilous sport. Divers, swimming underwater without oxygen tanks, frequently black out from low oxygen and p...
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...
Europe’s arms makers have ramped up capacity
For years European officials have talked a big game on defence. The European Union has made numerous proposals to boost the c...
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...
East Asia’s arms-makers are on the rise
This month a group of South Korean defence-industry bosses and government officials visited Ottawa. Their pitch: howitzers, r...
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...
Catch up:Zelensky talks to Trump; Israeli air strikes on Gaza
Speaking with Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, agreed to a partial ceasefire—halting attacks on energy ...