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Putin Makes Cease-Fire Offer With Sweeping Demands on Ukraine’s Territory

President Vladimir V. Putin said on Friday that Russia would be ready to order a cease-fire in Ukraine and enter negotiations with its...

Ukraine Welcomes Pledges of More Military Aid With Cautious Optimism

“There will also be more equipment and other necessary supplies for the front,” Mr. Zelensky said in his evening address on Thursday, striking...

Stephen Colbert and Whoopi Goldberg Met the Pope in the Vatican. No Joke.

At the audience, Francis repeatedly cited the “Prayer for Good Humor” attributed to St. Thomas More, which he said he had prayed for...

Hamas Says It Does Not Know How Many Hostages Are Still Alive

Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s far-right finance minister, said on Thursday that he had ordered about $35 million in tax revenue that Israel collected on...

‘No Talent Involved’: How Bad TikToks Boosted a Curry House

The tables were filling up at Urban Tandoor, a British curry house wholesome enough for a family meal and elegant enough for a...

Chinese #MeToo activist sentenced to five years in prison for subversion

Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of "inciting subversion of state power"...

Parisians on TikTok Plead: ‘Don’t Come’ to Paris for the Olympics

“This is a video for anyone that’s coming to Paris Olympics 2024,” a woman says in a clip posted to TikTok. She pauses...

Carnage and Contradiction: Examining a Deadly Strike in Rafah

Fear plagued Saleh Mohammed al-Hila, 37, on that Sunday.“I was lying on the ground of the tent and told my son ‘May God...

South Africa Moves Closer to Electing a Leader, but Unity Is Elusive

Entering a new era of unpredictable politics, South Africa’s newly elected Parliament convened for the first time on Friday as lawmakers prepared to...

Guilty Verdict for Chinese Activists Who Gave #MeToo Victims a Voice

A court in southern China on Friday found a prominent feminist journalist guilty of endangering national security and sentenced her to five years...

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