The U.S. military’s buildup near Venezuela has been rapidly growing and changing. Riley Mellen, from Visual Investigations, describes what’s visible, and audible, about the deployment.
Riley Mellen, Coleman Lowndes, David Seekamp, James Surdam and Zach Caldwell
President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped on the street this week, in an episode that set off a national conversation about what has and has not changed since Mexico elected its first female leader.
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Annie Correal and Jack Nicas
A New York Times analysis of satellite imagery and air traffic control communications found that U.S. military planes began operating out of the Central American country in mid-October.
Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.
The R.S.F. paramilitary group, facing growing condemnation for atrocities in Darfur, said it had agreed to a cease-fire proposal, but it is not yet clear what the military will do.
President Trump has threatened to send troops to Nigeria, where he says Christianity faces an “existential threat,” an accusation that Nigeria has denied. Ruth Maclean, our West Africa bureau chief, describes how the violence in Nigeria is affecting people of all religions, not only Christians.
Ruth Maclean, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell, Leila Medina, Nikolay Nikolov and Stephanie Swart
At least some of the fighters are believed to be in the enclave’s vast tunnel network, marooned behind the “yellow line” that Israeli forces withdrew to as part of the cease-fire.
President Trump’s policy has shut the door on all but a tiny fraction of people across the world seeking refuge in the United States from conflict, persecution or both.
A video of a man touching Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, shocked many Mexicans but did not surprise them. “It’s so common,” one woman said.