Video During a four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, President Biden will focus on securing oil for American gas pumps, slowing Iran’s nuclear program and strengthening relations with Saudi Arabia.CreditCredit…Doug Mills/The New York Times JERUSALEM — President Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday to open a four-day Middle East visit that will focus on […]

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in Colombo in February.Credit…Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka plunged deeper into a political crisis on Wednesday as the president fled the nation and protesters demanded the resignation of the prime minister, making it hard to determine who was leading the nearly bankrupt nation. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]

LONDON — The harrowing revelation by Mo Farah, the Olympic track and field star, that he was trafficked to Britain as a young child has reverberated widely in his adopted country, where immigration remains a fraught issue and candidates vying to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson have defended the government’s policy of putting some asylum […]

WASHINGTON — President Biden’s national security adviser said on Monday that Russia was seeking hundreds of surveillance drones from Iran, including those capable of firing missiles, to use in the war in Ukraine. The official, Jake Sullivan, said that it was unclear whether Iran had already sent any of the remotely piloted systems to Russia, […]

TOKYO — When Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, he told the police he had “a grudge” against a “certain group.” But the authorities haven’t identified the organization or explained its connection to Mr. Abe. Scrutiny, amid a swirl of Japanese media speculation, is now focused […]

The embattled president of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who hasn’t been seen or heard from publicly since protesters overran his official residence this weekend, has reconfirmed his plan to step down, the country’s prime minister said on Monday. The president told the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, that he would resign, Mr. Wickremesinghe’s spokesman said. Mr. […]

Shinzo Abe, a Japanese former prime minister, in Nara, Japan, on Friday, minutes before he was shot.Credit…The Asahi Shimbun, via Reuters A day after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gunned down in broad daylight, a stunned nation is questioning how the gunman was able to approach one of Japan’s most prominent politicians and fire […]

Video President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka agreed to step down after what appeared to be one of the largest protests yet, following months of demonstrations fueled by the nation’s economic crisis.CreditCredit…Chamila Karunarathne/EPA, via Shutterstock COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose family has dominated politics in Sri Lanka for much of the past […]

Uniper, Germany’s largest importer of natural gas, formally asked the government for help, including a request that it take an equity stake in the company.Credit…Andreas Gebert/Reuters As Europe’s energy crisis escalates, Uniper, Germany’s largest importer of natural gas, asked the government for help on Friday, hours after Parliament passed a law aimed at keeping the […]

Jeff Bezos will not be able to sail a new, more than 400-foot-long superyacht through the waters of the Dutch city of Rotterdam anytime soon. The port city drew backlash months ago as it considered dismantling a section of a 95-year-old bridge to allow the Amazon founder’s yacht to pass. But now the boat’s builder, […]