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Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual
In a striking show of antiestablishment voter sentiment, the Left won in Berlin on the same night that the far-right Alternative for Germany won in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.
U.S. and Iran had ‘very good meeting’ over ongoing war, Trump says
The United States and Iran held a rare three-hour meeting in New York to discuss ending the war between the two countries, Trump said.
Man charged over Rwanda genocide in first for U.K.
Vincent Brown stands accused of aiding in genocide and crimes against humanity during the paroxysm of violence in his native country in 1993, charges he denies.
‘Shame on you,’ Netanyahu says of Mamdani ahead of trip to NYC
The Israeli leader’s appearance at the U.N. General Assembly this week will be his first time in New York since the mayor called for his arrest.
Pentagon adds one death to tally of troop fatalities amid Iran war
The Defense Department’s disclosed total stands at 19 fatalities, though U.S. officials say the actual number is higher.
Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal
The security agreement gives the president and the Republican Party a foreign policy win heading into the midterm elections.
France blocks E.U. sanctions on Russia in push to spare oligarch Usmanov
The French request would lift E.U. sanctions on Alisher Usmanov, whom the E.U referred to as “one of Vladimir Putin’s favorite oligarchs,” in a bid to free French citizens held in…
U.N. General Assembly set to open in New York amid wars in Iran and Ukraine
President Donald Trump is due to sign off on a new security arrangement with Denmark and Greenland, as well as meet leaders from Ukraine and Persian Gulf nations.
Saudi Arabia cancels star-studded film fest amid Middle East war
The Red Sea International Film Festival has drawn such Hollywood A-listers as Emily Blunt, Adrien Brody, Gwyneth Paltrow and Michael Caine.
Trump seeks fertilizer deal with Russia ally Belarus amid Canadian tensions
The proposed potash purchases would expand trade with a country that helped Moscow launch its invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine marks Putin’s scripted election victory with assault on Moscow area
The air attack hit an oil refinery in Moscow, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to halt strikes on energy targets.
Trump heads into a week of diplomacy, hampered by a lack of allies
At the United Nations on Tuesday and in meetings with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday, the president will largely stand alone.
Iran is suffering yet surviving under Trump’s economic warfare
As Iranians face shortages, President Donald Trump’s blockade, more so than new sanctions, is eroding the country’s economy, analysts say. But Tehran appears to remain uncowed.
How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation
Inside the secret deals powering the president’s push to deport migrants to countries not their own.
The U.S. sent an Iranian Christian to Panama. It had no plan for what came next.
One man’s 18 months in the limbo of Trump’s third-country deportations.
Five decades after a terrorist bombing in Washington, a Trump deportation looms
Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier was killed in a car-bombing on Embassy Row. Fifty years later, one of his assassins could soon be deported.
Trump’s ambassador to U.N. says there’s no timeline on Iran war’s end
Mike Waltz said the U.S. naval blockade was having the intended effect of pressuring Iran's economy, but Tehran has said it is not backing down.
Russia recruited Ukrainian kids to carry out attacks. They got caught.
Across Ukraine, at least 13 minors are imprisoned after being paid by Russia to attack their own country.
Houthis claim attacks on ‘sensitive sites’ in Saudi Arabian capital
Video footage showed a large plume of black smoke rising from an area near Riyadh’s international airport.
Can Mamdani-style populism win in Berlin? Mayoral race offers test for left.
One of the leading candidates in the tight race, Elif Eralp, met with an adviser to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
In Russia, the election result is easy to guess. Much else there is uncertain.
Russians are voting in parliamentary elections this weekend but, in contrast to the many uncertainties of life in today’s Russia, the outcome — in favoring the governing party, Un…
As attacks choke off Saudi oil, kingdom confronts limits of Trump’s friendship
Riyadh is paying a steep price for the Iran war. Help from Washington remains circumscribed.
Hailed as Muhammad Ali’s toughest opponent, his biggest fight was outside the ring
Canadian boxer George Chuvalo, who has died at 89, lost his wife and three sons to suicide and heroin. He channeled his grief into an anti-drug campaign.
Hispanics flock to this university. It let campus police double as ICE agents.
Leaders of Florida International University signed an agreement to deputize its school police as immigration agents. Some wish they had put up more of a fight.
Turkey’s LGBT crackdown draws international condemnation, protests
Turkish authorities have raided the offices of LGBT organizations and places frequented by the community.
African IPO turns people into oil tycoons, and they have the memes to prove it
A minimum investment of $3.94 can buy a partnership with the continent’s richest man.
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
Seven men who could lead Russia after Putin
Ahead of a parliamentary election on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin's grip on power is as strong as ever. But when the time comes, here are some potential successors.
Nine bodies found in South Africa raise fears of serial murder, femicide
The apparent spate of slayings has sparked broader conversation about violence against women in South Africa.
Palace rejects claims King Charles was ‘elated’ after Princess Diana’s death
"The pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason," Buckingham Palace said in response to claims made by Princess Diana's brother in a new book.