International mediators are finalizing a new cease-fire proposal to narrow the gaps between Israel and Hamas, U.S. and regional officials said, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists he will not give up control of Gaza’s border with Egypt — a key stumbling point for a deal. Qatar and Egypt have drafted a series of […]
Read MoreTag: International Relations
Enabled by a significant gift, MIT’s Security Studies Program launches the Center for Nuclear Security Policy
MIT’s Security Studies Program has received a $45 million gift from The Stanton Foundation to expand its leading work on the vital issue of global nuclear security. The support will allow the program to create a new center on the topic while extending and enhancing research, teaching, and policy outreach in an area where the […]
Read More
How Ukrainian Troops Invaded Russia
The scenes were decidedly Russian. A Gazprom facility. Flags with the country’s signature three horizontal stripes of white, blue and red. A Pyatyorochka supermarket. The soldiers posting the videos, verified by The New York Times, were Ukrainian, almost giddily showing off just how easily they had pushed over the border and through Russian lines of […]
Read More
For Naftali Bennett, Netanyahu and Iran Threaten Israel
The last time I’d met with Naftali Bennett was at his home north of Tel Aviv not long after the attacks of Oct. 7 and just before Israel’s army went into Gaza. The former Israeli prime minister was worried about a blood bath. He also had a plan to avoid it. Bennett, whose short-lived term […]
Read MoreA Children’s Hospital in Ukraine Becomes a Scene of Destruction
Daryna Vertetska was sitting with her 8-year-old daughter in Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital on Monday morning when Russian missiles began to ring out in the sky. Her daughter, Kira, was receiving treatment for her cancer as the explosions boomed across the capital, Kyiv. “We decided not to interrupt it,” Ms. Vertetska said of the treatment. […]
Read MoreBiden Is Hosting NATO This Week. Here’s What to Watch.
As NATO leaders gather in Washington starting Tuesday, they will celebrate the strength of their alliance on its 75th anniversary while confronting deep uncertainty about its future. In recent years, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has given NATO, founded after World War II to defend Europe from the Soviet Union, a renewed sense of purpose. But […]
Read MoreModi’s Moscow Visit Showcases a Less Isolated Putin, Angering Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India strolled alongside President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia under the trees at the Russian leader’s suburban residence as the sun set. He rode a golf cart along the paths, sipped tea during an hourslong chat and petted a horse on a visit to Mr. Putin’s stables, breathing in the […]
Read MoreUkraine Looms Over NATO Summit, and Biden Is Defiant on Running
Tune in, and tell us what you think at theheadlines@nytimes.com. For corrections, email nytnews@nytimes.com. For more audio journalism and storytelling, download the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter.
Read MoreU.S. Officials Say Russia Is Unlikely to Take Much More Ukrainian Territory
Russia is unlikely to make significant territorial gains in Ukraine in the coming months as its poorly trained forces struggle to break through Ukrainian defenses that are now reinforced with Western munitions, U.S. officials say. Through the spring and early summer, Russian troops tried to take territory outside the city of Kharkiv and renew a […]
Read MoreWhy Kenyan Police Officers Are Deployed in Haiti
Foreign law enforcement officers started arriving in Haiti late last month, more than a year and a half after the prime minister there issued a plea to other countries for help to stop the rampant gang violence that has upended the Caribbean nation. The 400 officers from Kenya are the first contingent of a deployment […]
Read MoreAs NATO Convenes, Leaders Worry About a Hole in Its Center
When President Biden and his aides planned the 75th anniversary of NATO, which opens on Tuesday evening in Washington, it was intended to create an aura of confidence. The message to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and other potential adversaries would be that a larger, more powerful group of Western allies had emerged, after […]
Read MoreWatch: French Far Right Has Funniest Response Ever to Election Results
“Donald Trump’s running on common sense, on restoring common sense versus the lunacy of the last four years, on the far left, and the shadow government that now is running our country with Joe Biden as its figurehead. That’s what he’s running against. “Think tanks do think-tank stuff,” Rubio said, as nonchalantly as one might […]
Read MoreU.S. Creates High-Tech Global Supply Chains to Blunt Risks Tied to China
If the Biden administration had its way, far more electronic chips would be made in factories in, say, Texas or Arizona. They would then be shipped to partner countries, like Costa Rica or Vietnam or Kenya, for final assembly and sent out into the world to run everything from refrigerators to supercomputers. Those places may […]
Read MoreModi to Meet Putin in Moscow as India Sets Its Own Foreign Policy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India will meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia this week, a visit that signals the Indian leader’s determination to stick to his own diplomatic path even as the West continues to isolate Moscow over its war on Ukraine. For Mr. Putin, Mr. Modi’s visit will be a way […]
Read MoreKey Democrats Doubt Biden, and the Left Surges in France
Roger Cohen is the Paris Bureau chief for The Times, covering France and beyond. He has reported on wars in Lebanon, Bosnia and Ukraine, and between Israel and Gaza, in more than four decades as a journalist. At The Times, he has been a correspondent, foreign editor and columnist. More about Roger Cohen
Read MoreHow the Yen’s Slide Is Undermining Japan’s Defense Buildup
The yen’s collapse this year to a nearly four-decade low is undermining Japan’s plans for its largest military buildup in postwar history. The government has slashed orders for aircraft, and officials warn that further cuts may be imminent. Japan buys much of its military equipment from American companies, in transactions done in dollars. The government’s […]
Read MoreFrench Election Yields Deadlock as Left Surges and Far Right Comes Up Short
France faced a hung parliament and deep political uncertainty after the three main political groups of the left, center and right emerged from snap legislative elections on Sunday with large shares of the vote but nothing approaching an absolute majority. The preliminary results upended widespread predictions of a clear victory for the National Rally, Marine […]
Read MoreMasoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s New President, Raises Hope for a Diplomatic Opening
With the election of the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian as president, Iran may see a softening of its absolutist foreign policy and even an opportunity for a new diplomatic opening, current and former officials and experts say. Mr. Pezeshkian, a cardiologist, member of Parliament and former health minister, has little direct experience in foreign policy. […]
Read MoreAfter 9 Months of War, Israelis Call for a Cease-Fire Deal and Elections
Israelis on Sunday marked nine months since the devastating Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7 and the start of the ensuing war in Gaza with a nationwide day of anti-government protests at a time that many here view as a pivotal juncture in the conflict. Primarily calling for a cease-fire deal with Hamas that would see […]
Read MoreHopes for a Diplomatic Opening Rise Under Iran’s New President
With the election of the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian as president, Iran may see a softening of its absolutist foreign policy and even an opportunity for a new diplomatic opening, current and former officials and experts say. Mr. Pezeshkian, a cardiologist, member of Parliament and former health minister, has little direct experience in foreign policy. […]
Read More4 Takeaways From Iran’s Presidential Runoff
The victory of reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in Iran’s presidential runoff signals a shift from the government of Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative Shiite Muslim cleric and the preceding president who was killed in a helicopter crash in May. Mr. Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old cardiac surgeon who served as a lawmaker in previous reformist governments and as […]
Read MoreIn the West Bank, Staking a Claim for Peace
A sign at the entrance to the Nassar family farm reads: “We refuse to be enemies.” In a land torn apart by conflict, hatred and violence, this farm is an oasis of peace. Called the Tent of Nations, it is a monument to the idea that Arabs and Jews can live together in harmony. The […]
Read MoreBritain’s New Prime Minister Kier Starmer Is About to Get a Crash Course in Statecraft
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain will barely get his feet under the desk in 10 Downing Street before he flies to Washington this coming week to attend a NATO summit. A week after that, he will play host to 50 European leaders at a security meeting at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill. […]
Read MoreViolence, Rape, Thirst, Even Organ Theft: Migrants Face Lethal Risks in Africa
If not left to die of dehydration or illness, migrants on the dangerous land routes through northern Africa toward the Mediterranean and Europe risk rape, torture, sex trafficking and even organ theft, according to a new report produced in part by the United Nations. Migrant deaths on the Mediterranean have drawn global attention over the […]
Read MoreRachel Reeves, Britain’s First Female Chancellor, Turns to Janet Yellen for Inspiration
After 14 years in the shadows, Britain’s Labour Party has returned to governing. And the country’s first female chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, is faced with the tough job of restoring Britain’s economic growth prospects and ending a decade and a half of stagnation. For inspiration, she has turned to another glass-ceiling-shattering woman, on […]
Read More
Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Revive After Weeks of Deadlock
Israeli negotiators traveled to the Gulf nation of Qatar on Friday for the first time in weeks to restart contacts over a cease-fire deal that would end the war in Gaza, following weeks of deadlock in the negotiations. An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the meeting as a preliminary discussion with more […]
Read More
Israeli Leaders to Discuss Hamas Response on Cease-Fire Proposal
Israeli ministers were set to meet Thursday evening to discuss Hamas’s response to a new proposal for a truce in Gaza and the release of hostages, as mediators sought to revive dormant talks for a cease-fire after nearly nine months of war. On Wednesday, the Israeli government said in a statement that it was examining […]
Read More
What to Know as Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Grows
For months, concerns have grown that the war in Gaza might ignite a second conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the well-armed militia that is loosely allied with Hamas and based just across Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. The two sides have repeatedly traded strikes since the Gaza war began in October, killing civilians and combatants […]
Read More
As Britain Votes, Change Is in the Air. Optimism, Not So Much.
Voters go to the polls in Britain on Thursday in a dyspeptic mood, many of them frustrated with the Conservative government but skeptical that any replacement can unravel the tangle of problems hobbling the country. Their skepticism is warranted, according to analysts. Even if the Labour Party wins a robust majority in Parliament, as polls […]
Read More
Israel Strike Kills Hezbollah Commander in Lebanon
Israeli forces killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Wednesday in a drone strike in southern Lebanon, prompting the Lebanese militia to retaliate with a heavy rocket barrage across the border. The flare-up came as Western diplomats worked to avoid a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah, a danger that appears to have grown in recent […]
Read More
Iran’s Runoff Election: What to Know
Two candidates, a reformist and an ultraconservative, will face off in Iran’s runoff presidential election on Friday, amid record-low voter turnout and overarching apathy that meaningful change could happen through the ballot box. The runoff election follows a special vote held after President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash in May. What happened in […]
Read More