October 2024

In the House of Mirrors, political captives were pushed to the brink of insanity and death. Some are telling their stories now that the woman who put them there, Sheikh Hasina, is gone.

Six were subsisting only on water and were admitted into the hospital after a multiday fast to demand justice for the brutal rape and killing of a medical resident.

Archaeologists have unearthed a richly decorated throne room and a “Hall of the Braided Serpents” from the Moche culture, with clues that a woman may have ruled there more than 1,300 years ago.

Russia is behind a disinformation campaign in Moldova ahead of a presidential election and a referendum making E.U. membership a “strategic objective,” Moldovan officials and global media companies say.

The new law was pushed by the party of Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s conservative prime minister.

Residents of a nearby town came to scoop up gasoline that had spilled from an overturned tanker, but then it exploded, setting off an inferno — an echo of several similar disasters in recent years.

The proposal would rely heavily on increased Western assistance. So far, it has drawn a lukewarm response from Ukraine’s allies.

The attacks, which also hit southern Lebanon, came after the United States expressed concerns about the bombardment of the Lebanese capital. Israel’s military said it had aimed at Hezbollah targets.

North Korea is testing its new weapons on Russia’s side in the war, and Ukrainian officials say the North’s troops are also gaining direct battle experience.

Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy. But some are wondering whether the court now represents the threat.