The U.N. Security Council voted to extend the peacekeeping mission in the volatile region for only one year then withdraw in 2027.

With Israel’s expanded assault looming, Zeitoun already resembles other parts of Gaza that have been largely flattened in the war.

Worn down by hundreds of days of military service, fewer Israeli reservists are turning up for duty. Others are refusing to fight in a war they no longer believe in.

He will get a chance to meet the leaders of China and Russia, North Korea’s two most important allies, at a time when he is being wooed by Washington and Seoul.

The media tycoon, jailed since 2020, ran a now-defunct newspaper that was critical of the government.

As the outspoken Hong Kong publisher awaits a verdict, his trial has become a test of China’s resolve to crush dissent, and of whether President Trump can free him.

In Salzburg, an anniversary of “The Sound of Music” looks grand through a child’s eyes, even if the locals are gazing elsewhere.

President Nayib Bukele says that his new education minister, a military officer, will restore discipline to schools where gangs once recruited. A school workers’ union called the appointment “absurd.”