NYT

Unrest over a range of economic and security issues threatens to deepen the political turmoil that has plagued Pakistan for years.

Experts who monitor global hunger rarely make an official declaration of famine, but they just sounded the alarm for more than half a million people who have fled the fighting in Sudan’s civil war.

Azerbaijan last week convened a special meeting of climate diplomats at a remote resort. A Times reporter was there.

His new book is about reimagining freedom for ‘progressive capitalism.’

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted the group, which includes Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter. About two dozen other people were freed as part of a deal.

A sweeping prisoner swap between Russia and the West.

The exchange offered a measure of validation for President Biden soon after he abandoned his bid for re-election.

The small city where the renowned Dutch cheese is made is subsiding as sea levels rise. Experts say the industry may not survive there, even with the ingenuity of the country’s water managers.

After winning the all-around gymnastics title, she wore a sparkly necklace in the shape of a goat, for Greatest of All Time. But she is not done yet: She has three more chances to win medals in Paris.

The fate of Muhammad Deif, a top Hamas leader, has been unclear, and the group has not confirmed his death. Funerals for senior officials from Hamas and Hezbollah, both of whom were assassinated this week, drew thousands.

An investigation determined that missed warning signals and the “catastrophic failure” of a gearbox led to the crash off the coast of Japan in November.

The Israeli military said it had killed Muhammad Deif, who it called a planner of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which would make him the third Iranian-backed militant leader slain in recent days.

Concerns for the Israeli team — which has been shrouded in protection at every Games since 1972 — have substantially increased since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks and the war in Gaza.

No female American Olympian has won more medals than Ledecky, who swam the third leg for the Americans’ 4x200 freestyle relay team that finished second behind Australia.

A judge allowed the naming of the 17-year-old charged with murder, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed a crackdown on riots fueled by far-right misinformation.

Plus, how a Hamas leader was assassinated in Iran and a look inside the Olympic Village.