NYT

Advances by Russian forces have raised fears that they could bring their artillery in range of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israel’s war.

The talks were the first since Iran attacked Israel last month in retaliation for its killing of an Iranian general.

Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s war cabinet, told the Israeli prime minister he had until June 8 to address how Gaza would be governed after the war, among other unanswered questions.

The law has triggered protests and threatens to derail the nation’s pro-European aspirations in favor of closer ties with Russia.

A Foreign Service officer, he was one of 52 hostages seized in Iran and held for 444 days. He later challenged the U.S. government to reshape its diplomacy with the Islamic world.

The stunning incursion into the Kharkiv Region lays bare the challenges facing Ukraine’s weary and thinly stretched forces as Russia ramps up its summer offensive.

In newspaper columns and on radio and TV, he was his country’s “premier provocateur,” gaining a wide audience for his conservative attacks on liberals and environmentalists.

Sightings of the aurora borealis are unlikely in the U.K. this weekend, but the northern lights could return on Monday, forecasters said.

The two were racing to climb the 14 tallest mountains in the world when they were killed in an avalanche.

The suspect in the shooting of the prime minister, Robert Fico, appeared before a judge, who ordered that he would remain in custody until he is charged and tried.

Outrage over the pop star’s new music video brought Brazil’s struggle with religious intolerance into view.

The celebration of French heritage in the run-up to the Paris Olympics was unveiled on the feast day of Saint Honoré, the patron saint of bakers.

Sitting down for lunch with Reese Witherspoon, whose book picks have become a force in the publishing industry.

Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past.

Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past.

The Nobel laureate, whose precisely written stories about southwestern Ontario many considered “without equal,” died this week at 92.

Western leaders looking for signs that the Chinese leader used his influence on President Vladimir V. Putin to end the war in Ukraine are likely to be disappointed.

A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the world’s largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing climate.

Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money.