A Newly Confident China Is Jockeying for More Global Clout as Trump Pulls Back

Feeling empowered after a clash over trade, Beijing looks to exploit America’s inward turn

Conservative Young Women Flip the Script: Kids First, Then Career

‘Seasons’ is the new buzzword for those starting a family earlier in life and focusing on professional advancement later

Sudan Offers Russia Its First Naval Base in Africa

Red Sea port would give Moscow a vital edge in the strategic waters

Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To

More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures

ISIS Prisons and Camps Are Festering in a Fragile Syria as Aid Peters Out

U.S. military commanders warn the group is trying to free members and radicalize their families in detention

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine

The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

‘Deliver or Die’: Inside the Drug-Boat Crews Ferrying Cocaine to the U.S.

The high-seas cowboys who speed tons of cocaine to American consumers are now getting blown out of the water. They say it won’t stop them

The Answer to a 1,700-Year-Old Christian Mystery Lay in a Lake in Turkey

Pope Leo XIV visited the ruins of a basilica that archaeologists now say hosted the Council of Nicaea

Iranian Funds for Hezbollah Are Flowing Through Dubai

U.S. is concerned as Tehran taps emirate’s money exchanges to rebuild battered ally

Germany’s Secret Plan for War With Russia

A classified blueprint shows why weapons or troop numbers alone may not decide the outcome of a broader conflict between Moscow and the West

An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart

Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off

Ukrainians Resist Pressure from Russia – and Trump

Battered by nearly four years of war, Ukrainians don’t want to make big concessions to Moscow

France Detains Last Suspected Louvre Thief

Authorities suspect he was the final member of a four-man team that made off with France’s crown jewels in broad daylight

Hamas’s Popularity Rises in Gaza, Complicating Trump Plan to Disarm Militants

Many Palestinians in Gaza want the militant group to leave power, but still welcome its crackdown on crime

School Kidnappings Have Become a Cruel Fact of Life in Nigeria

President Trump has threatened military intervention to head off what he says is the persecution of Christians, but children of all faiths are abducted, often for money

Ukraine Peace-Plan Negotiators Leave Thorniest Issues to Trump and Zelensky

What happens to territory coveted by the Kremlin but not seized by Russia during the war is a major sticking point in any peace deal

New Nuclear Arms Race Pits U.S. Against Both Russia and China

After a decadeslong hiatus, nuclear weapons surge back to the forefront of global politics

How Hormones Became a Wellness Obsession

Birth control is prescribed to treat a range of hormonal issues. But women in their 20s and 30s are increasingly pursuing alternative solutions, taking a D.I.Y. approach to health.

Why I Stopped Bringing My Whole Self to Work

Life can feel like a movie where the only actor is you. Choose your cast from the parts of yourself that serve the story you truly want to tell.

Trump and Mamdani Set Aside Differences During White House Meeting

The president and the New York City mayor-elect have traded barbs over the past year