A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using the blaze to learn lessons for the future.
Recent attacks on villages in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán reveal the cartels’ growing paramilitary-style power, using drones, I.E.D.s and other weapons of war. Paulina Villegas examines the aftermath of these assaults.
Paulina Villegas, Leila Medina, Melanie Bencosme and David Jouppi
High-strength, California-grown marijuana is so popular in the U.K. that large quantities are being illegally smuggled on passenger flights, officials say.
Thaksin Shinawatra had struck a grand bargain with Thailand’s establishment, analysts say, that allowed his daughter to ascend to the prime minister’s job.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who will stand trial on Tuesday, is being closely monitored by the Brazilian authorities, who fear he may try to flee.
Hamas did not immediately comment on the Israeli military’s claim that Abu Obeida, one of the armed group’s best-known officials in the Arab world, had been killed.
With the leaders of Russia and India visiting, China’s president will show how he can use statecraft, military might and history to push for global influence.
David Pierson, Mujib Mashal and Nataliya Vasilyeva
Millions of Syrians from destroyed places like Daraya feel they did everything possible to overthrow the Assad government, but they still await reconstruction aid.
Hitting an American-run factory and European diplomatic offices, the Kremlin appeared to signal that it would resist Western efforts to make peace and protect Ukraine, analysts and officials said.
One attack was an effort to assassinate Abu Obeida, one of Hamas’s best-known spokesmen, Israeli officials said. It was not immediately clear if that succeeded.
In spreading protests against the president, three government workers died after jumping from a building that protesters set afire. A fourth person was attacked by a crowd and later died of his injuries.
Hasya Nindita, Muktita Suhartono and Francesca Regalado
President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.