December 2024

In a year marked by wars, extreme weather and general wickedness, many dispatches defaulted to a distinctly dark tone. But as our correspondents traversed the globe, they found pockets of light, too.

New York Times reporters witnessed the dangerous fentanyl production process inside a secret lab in Culiacán run by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate.

A Times investigation shows how extensively Israel penetrated the Lebanese militia, closely tracking the group’s commanders and culminating in the assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

With the war now over, the Taliban are welcoming foreign travelers, even as governments advise their citizens to stay away.

The congregation in Nairobi, Kenya, has been forced to move to 10 different locations over 10 years, and yet it has survived as a sanctuary in an increasingly hostile environment.

The passenger plane was landing when it went off the runway in Muan. The flight came from Bangkok and was carrying 181 people.

The prime minister was diagnosed with an infection from a “benign enlargement of his prostate.”

The world’s richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party, as Germany prepares for elections.

Finding the remnants of the old dictatorship and bringing them to justice has emerged as a top priority for the new administration in Syria.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia told the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, in a phone call, “that the tragic incident took place in Russian airspace.”