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Belarus gets squeezed as Putin seeks war help and Ukraine threatens strikes
Ukraine’s northern neighbor was used as a staging ground for Russia’s 2022 invasion, but the country seems intent on not being drawn further into the Kremlin’s war.
China test-fires long-range missile into Pacific, rattling U.S. allies
The unprecedented test of a nuclear-capable submarine-launched missile highlights Beijing’s growing force in the region.
Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s capital ahead of key NATO meeting
The overnight attacks on Kyiv killed at least 11 people as Russia stepped up a new offensive. Ukraine's president said NATO must do more to help his country intercept incoming mis…
Families of children killed in bombing of Iranian school join leader’s funeral
In Iran, the school deaths have become a symbol for U.S.-Israeli brutality and an unjust war. The Washington Post is reporting from the country under restricted conditions.
Turkey sees its status in NATO rise, thanks to its weapons factories and Trump
A friendship between presidents Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a need for weapons production, has changed how other NATO countries treat Turkey.
Putin visits military installation, vowing to take more of Ukraine
The Russian president donned military fatigues as he tried to counter a narrative that Moscow is stumbling in its war after Ukrainian drone strikes set off an acute fuel shortage.
In Tehran, huge throngs mourn assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled over the Islamic Republic of Iran for 37 years, was killed along with several family members in an airstrike in February.
In Lampedusa, island gateway to Europe, Pope Leo calls for protecting migrants
As he stressed human dignity in Lampedusa, Pope Leo also issued a July Fourth message to the U.S., saying "in every generation" immigrants "helped to shape the nation’s character.”
In a hit low-budget film, Beijing sees a way to court Chinese communities abroad
“Dear You,” a Teochew-language family drama and migration story, has raised fraught questions of identity among some Chinese communities abroad.
Iran begins funeral rites for Ali Khamenei, supreme leader killed in war
For the surviving Iranian regime, the funeral offers an opportunity to project power after withstanding months of war with Israel and the United States.
Kyiv’s most-bombed neighborhood just won’t quit
After four years of war, life in Lukianivka, the most frequently hit part of the Ukrainian capital, is a mix of adaptability and endurance, defiance and denial, resignation and re…
Trump-backed ceasefire in Lebanon, key to Iran peace deal, risks new civil war
To reach a more durable peace agreement with Iran and open the Strait of Hormuz, Trump needs Israel to uphold the terms of a deal with Lebanon that Hezbollah says it will block by…
Vatican excommunicates bishops of breakaway traditionalist sect
The sect, the Society of St. Pius X, defied a direct plea from Pope Leo XIV and sought to consecrate four bishops without the Vatican's approval.
Russia rocks Ukrainian capital with massive assault, killing at least 13
Dozens were injured overnight in Kyiv during an attack that caused fires and explosions throughout the city.
In contrast with Trump, the first American pope plans a somber July Fourth
The pope's visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa, desperate migrants' gateway to the West, will set up a split-screen moment as President Donald Trump holds an Independence Day…
After quakes trap Venezuelans, the government impedes rescuers and aid
In the nation’s gravest hour, the country’s authoritarian regime has crippled an effective response, say survivors, rescue workers and former officials.
As war stalls, Putin concedes he never cut a deal with Trump in Alaska
The Kremlin had framed the Anchorage summit as a turning point for the war in Ukraine. Now, Putin admits there was no deal, perhaps to get U.S. to help to broker a new one.
With little help, Venezuelans try to rescue themselves: ‘We have only each other’
Residents say that years of mismanagement by the authoritarian socialist government — exacerbated by U.S. sanctions — have left the government ill-equipped to respond to the earth…
Trump says U.S. and Iran will meet to negotiate after days of strikes
Both sides will “stand down for now,” a U.S. official said, as talks are set to continue in Qatar. Iran hasn’t publicly confirmed the meeting.