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Beijing is curbing Japanese movies, music and art as it seeks to punish Tokyo for its support of Taiwan.

President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians.

The man ingested the egg locket at a jewelry store in New Zealand last week, according to the authorities.

Gianni Infantino, head of soccer’s governing body, has been ingratiating himself with the president to help ensure a successful 2026 World Cup.

Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s own administration removed guardrails.

An armed group backed by the United Arab Emirates has pushed into the oil-rich province of Hadramout, a move that could reignite conflict in Yemen after years of a stalemate.

Across Latin America, cocaine trafficking has surged as Washington has prioritized combating fentanyl. Times reporters traveled to Ecuador to see how criminal groups are wreaking havoc.

Several senior Venezuelan officials and opposition politicians would have a claim to power in a transition, but all would face difficulties.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, underlining the close personal relationship between the leaders and their countries’ longtime friendship.

America’s goal should be “to help Europe correct its current trajectory,” the administration said in its new National Security Strategy.

Paramilitary groups have intensified an offensive on a crucial region bordering Darfur, prompting fears of another massacre.

Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, is pushing to expand its military in case tensions with Russia escalate. That’s tricky in a country where the Nazi era casts a long shadow.

On his first trip as pontiff, Leo XIV predictably called for peace and unity. But he also addressed technology’s promise and pitfalls.

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.

As Washington made combating fentanyl a priority, cocaine trafficking has surged. Nowhere have the ripples been felt like in Ecuador, where criminal groups have run rampant.

The airport, Scotland’s busiest, said it had experienced a technical problem with its air traffic control provider. An hour later, flights had resumed.

For the first time in decades, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are being called to serve in the country’s military. The community is furious, with protesters and military-age men openly defying the draft.

Gianni Infantino, head of soccer’s governing body, FIFA, has lauded President Trump at almost every opportunity, even starting a FIFA Peace Prize after Mr. Trump didn’t win the Nobel. Luke Broadwater, a White House reporter, describes the bromance.

As the Kremlin’s hard-line Communist ideologist, he initially embraced his boss’s modernizing reforms before turning against them as threats to the Soviet order.

The Israeli government authorized 22 settlements in May, the largest expansion in decades, and Palestinian families are now being forced from their homes.