NYT

Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death.

A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.

Two conductors — a mentor and a protégé, both trained as pianists — bring precision and lyricism to the first new staging of Wagner’s epic in a decade.

Emmanuel Carrère’s best sellers on Russia grew out of a deep affection. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine, he has traveled to the war-torn country to rethink his views.

Three of the four people whom the police believe carried out the theft have been arrested. But the jewelry is nowhere to be found.

After months of uncertainty over U.S. aid, the defense secretary pledged that Washington would keep funding programs that help address the wounds of the Vietnam War.

Switzerland is racing to rebuild Blatten, which was crushed by a glacier. It’s a sign of the economic and emotional costs of a warming Europe.

The Category 5 storm ravaged western Jamaica and drenched the small community of New River, where residents were coping with a massive clean up. At least 19 people have died nationwide, officials said.

King Charles III’s brother will retreat further from public life after additional damaging revelations about his ties to the sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

As the violence continued for a third day, the United Nations said at least 10 people had been killed. Opposition leaders claimed the death toll could be in the hundreds.

“It is impossible not to marvel at her steadiness and courage,” one reviewer wrote after reading her memoir.

The two biggest U.S. oil companies increased production in the third quarter and reported lower but still robust profits.

As climate change has helped push cocoa prices higher, companies are changing candy recipes in subtle ways.

The decision by King Charles III to strip the title of his brother Prince Andrew showed a level of accountability rarely applied to royals.

The U.N.’s human rights chief condemned deadly military attacks on vessels near South and Central America and called for an independent investigation.

A soccer governing body that both countries have helped bankroll gave them extra rest and home-field advantage to set up World Cup qualification.

All of Jamaica’s financial defenses — insurance, bonds and credit lines — could be deployed to recover from Hurricane Melissa. Will it be enough?

At an Asia-Pacific summit, the Chinese leader urged countries to “resist unilateral bullying,” an appeal that seemed at odds with his country’s recent actions.

The leaders of Canada and China met for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.

Evidence of atrocities emerging from the city of El Fasher stoked fears that the Sudanese region of Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.