In the post-Assad era, more Jews are visiting a country that some fled decades ago. One hotel restaurant offers a corner where religious dietary requirements are melded with the local cuisine.
Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime companion of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, refused to answer questions during a deposition before the House Oversight Committee.
Russian troops have advanced at a glacial pace in recent months, but gains in southern and eastern Ukraine could give Moscow an edge in U.S.-mediated peace talks.
Isaac Herzog’s trip led to widespread rallies and tested the restrictions on protests that Australia installed after a deadly attack on a Jewish celebration.
Police detaining a protester during a rally against the visit of President Isaac Herzog of Israel to Sydney on Monday. The authorities had expanded powers, in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach shootings.
Svitlana Zinovieva sits in the tent she and her daughter, Oleksandra Buzko, have mounted above the bed to stay warm at home amid subzero temperatures in Kyiv, last month.
Our Kyiv bureau chief, Andrew E. Kramer, describes how Kyiv residents are coping with Russia’s unrelenting assaults on their country’s heating and electrical systems and finding ways to stay warm in a cruel winter.
Republican politicians and strategists in Texas are amping up anti-Muslim rhetoric as a way to energize Republican voters after several elections when the border was the animating force.
The longstanding alliance between Cuba and Mexico is under mounting pressure from the United States, forcing President Claudia Sheinbaum into a precarious balancing act.
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico now must juggle two competing priorities: honoring long‑standing ties to Havana while navigating an essential but increasingly strained relationship with Washington.
The former New York mayor paid a Conflicts of Interest Board fine for having City Hall employees assist in attacking former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual harassment allegations.
“The Daily Show” host said it shouldn’t be a performer’s job to unify the country: “Isn’t there another person whose job description is much more along those lines?”
The court pointed to recent rulings by the Supreme Court as precedent to allow the protections for migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua to expire.
A family from Honduras at a park in northern Illinois in 2023. The Temporary Protected Status program allows people from countries facing war or other instability to temporarily live and work in the United States.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, expected to open early this year, was built by Canada to ease cargo transport between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime companion of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, invoked her right against self-incrimination in an Oversight Committee deposition.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in Manhattan in 2005. Ms. Maxwell’s lawyer said she “would answer questions if she were granted clemency” by President Trump.
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