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Israel-Palestine Live Updates: At Least 36 Killed, 311 Wounded in Gaza
Palestinian police inspecting damage on Sunday in the northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military and Gaza-based militants have been engaged in two days of fierce cross-border attacks.Credit…Mohammed Salem/Reuters JERUSALEM — An Egyptian delegation arrived in Gaza on Sunday, raising hopes for a cease-fire that could end three days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamic…
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Live Updates: Israel and Gaza Militants Exchange Fire in 2nd Day of Flare-up
Inspecting the ruins of a building on Saturday after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.Credit…Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Israeli military and Palestinian militants in Gaza exchanged more fire on Saturday morning, as the biggest conflagration in the strip for a year moved into a second day. Israel targeted what it said were…
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Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Penal Colony: Live Updates
The W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner’s friends and colleagues expressed support and sadness for her after a Russian court found her guilty of attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics into Russia and sentenced her to nine years in a penal colony. “Just really feeling sad and feeling sick for Brittney and hoping that she gets home as…
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Brittney Griner Trial Verdict Expected Today: Live Updates
DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine — Longstanding strongpoints of Ukraine’s defense in the east have come under intense attack in recent days, according to the Ukrainian Army and Western military analysts. That Ukrainian soldiers still hold the trench mazes and fortifications in two suburban towns, Avdiivka and Pisky, on the edge of the city of Donetsk is a…
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Ends, China Gears Up for Military Drills: Latest Updates
Video Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, met with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, in a series of high profile meetings. Ms. Pelosi was presented with an award given to those who have made outstanding contributions to Taiwan.CreditCredit…Taiwan Presidential Office, via Reuters After weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy…
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Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates
New U.S. sanctions target the Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev, whom the Treasury Department identified as the owner of Witanhurst, said to be the second-biggest residential property in London, after Buckingham Palace. Credit…Leon Neal/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The State Department on Tuesday announced a major new round of sanctions on dozens of Russian companies and individuals…
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Nancy Pelosi Expected to Visit Taiwan: Live Updates
The United States has sent a steady stream of senior officials to show solidarity with Taiwan, while President Biden has said that he would act to defend Taiwan in the event of a conflict.Credit…Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times TAIPEI, Taiwan — Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday,…
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Latest Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates
Natasha, 46, a mother of six children, milking a cow at her home in Donetsk Province, Ukraine.Credit…Mauricio Lima for The New York Times Two of Natasha’s children by a corral for the cattle.Credit…Mauricio Lima for The New York Times Natasha’s children playing outside their house.Credit…Mauricio Lima for The New York Times DONETSK PROVINCE, Ukraine —…
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Ukraine Live Updates: Countries Across Europe Prepare for Winter Energy Squeeze
A power plant run by CEZ Group in Chorzow, Poland, in February.Credit…Maciek Nabrdalik for The New York Times In eastern France, a dozen villages have been shutting off their streetlights at midnight. Barcelona is offering home efficiency assessments. Warsaw is subsidizing homes that replace fossil-burning stoves with heat pumps. With the war in Ukraine spurring…
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Pope Francis Apologizes to Canada’s Indigenous People: Live News Updates
MASKWACIS, Alberta — Pope Francis offered a sweeping apology to Indigenous people on their native land in Canada on Monday, fulfilling a critical demand of many of the survivors of church-run residential schools that became gruesome centers of abuse, forced assimilation, cultural devastation and death for over a century. “I humbly beg forgiveness for the…
