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New Cease-Fire Proposal Circulates at U.N., Driven by Outrage Over Israel’s Strike on a Tent Camp

Seeking to harness the outrage over an Israeli strike on Sunday that set fire to an encampment and killed least 45 displaced Palestinians,...

Blinken Hints U.S. May Accept Ukrainian Strikes in Russia With American Arms

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken suggested on Wednesday that the Biden administration could be open to tolerating strikes by the Ukrainian military...

Barry Kemp, Who Unearthed Insights About Ancient Egypt, Dies at 84

Barry Kemp, an archaeologist whose decades of painstaking digging at the abandoned capital of a mysterious pharaoh helped revolutionize our understanding of how...

Israel Says It Has ‘Tactical Control’ of Gaza Corridor Bordering Egypt

The Israeli military said on Wednesday night that it had taken “tactical control” over the Philadelphi Corridor — a sensitive strip of Gaza...

Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time in six months

A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the fifth time in six months, with 50m-high lava jets. The background: People in the...

South Africans Vote, Many Hoping for Change as Seismic as Mandela’s Rise

Tension, excitement and uncertainty consumed South Africa on Wednesday as millions cast their ballots in an election that could end the monopoly on...

Former Intelligence Chief Tapped as Next Dutch Prime Minister

The Netherlands will be getting a new prime minister, with the four right-wing parties that are forming a government finally naming their pick,...

‘I’ll Be Strong for You.’ A Former Hostage Awaits Her Husband’s Release.

When Hamas released video last month of Keith Siegel, an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza, it was the first sign in months that...

Aid Groups in Rafah Say Israel’s Advance Is Pushing Them Out

Israel’s offensive in the southern city of Rafah has strained medical and humanitarian services to the breaking point, aid workers say, with only...

Welcome Back, Pandas! Two Furry Diplomats Are Headed to D.C. Zoo

It was a long and terrible six months without giant pandas, Washington’s most famous symbol of literal soft diplomacy, but this unbearable (sorry)...

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