September 2024

The United States has 2,500 troops in Iraq who served as a bulwark against attacks by a resurgent Islamic State.

Punctuation delayed, but not denied: A memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë at Poets’ Corner in the celebrated London church finally gets its accent marks.

During a trip to Luxembourg and Belgium, Francis will talk to 15 people who were abused by Roman Catholic clergy.

A standoff over control of the bank had destabilized the country’s economy and raised the prospect of fresh fighting between Libya’s eastern and western factions.

World leaders are urging a pause in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel’s prime minister, who will speak Friday at the U.N. General Assembly, has given mixed signals.

Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister known for his plainspoken opinions, will replace Fumio Kishida next week.

The gathering in New York is part of a nearly weeklong U.S. visit by the Ukrainian president in which he has made appeals to both Democrats and Republicans.

The Bekaa Valley, a Hezbollah bastion in eastern Lebanon, had mostly been spared over 11 months of war. But The New York Times saw widespread devastation there after intense Israeli airstrikes this week.

Park Chae-so was so successful in infiltrating the North that Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic ruler, once gifted him blueberry wine. So why was the celebrated undercover agent later jailed by South Korea?

The Israeli leader was heading to New York for talks. He did not comment on the proposal to pause fighting with Hezbollah, but instructed Israeli forces to battle the Lebanese militia “with full force.”