LONDON — A long-awaited report on parties in Downing Street during the pandemic dealt Prime Minister Boris Johnson a stinging blow on Monday, condemning him for failed leadership and painting a damning picture of “excessive” workplace drinking in the inner sanctum of the British government. Mr. Johnson had hoped the release of the 11-page document […]

ImageRussia and the United States clashed at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday over a massive Russian military buildup on the Ukrainian border. Credit…Andrew Kelly/Reuters The United States and Russia engaged in a bitter diplomatic brawl Monday at the U.N. Security Council over the Ukraine crisis, as the Americans accused the Russians of endangering peace […]

LISBON — Portugal’s governing Socialist Party was victorious in snap elections on Sunday, winning the most seats in Parliament, though it didn’t secure the majority it had sought to govern without forming a coalition. The result brought relief to Prime Minister António Costa, Portugal’s leader of the last six years, who has been popular for […]

HASAKA, Syria — Kurdish-led forces regained full control of a prison in northeastern Syria on Sunday after a battle which spread to surrounding neighborhoods in the most intense urban combat involving American soldiers in Iraq or Syria since the self-declared ISIS caliphate fell in 2019. “We announce the end of the sweep campaign in al-Sinaa […]

SEOUL — North Korea on Sunday carried out what appeared to be its boldest ballistic missile test in years, pressing ahead with its recent flurry of launches despite American warnings that the country could be subjected to more sanctions. The missile was launched from the North Korean province of Jagang, which borders China, and flew […]

OTTAWA — After six days spent crossing Canada, a convoy that began as a protest against mandatory vaccination for truckers who travel to the United States was expected to arrive in Ottawa on Saturday, with its members and supporters airing a wide array of grievances. The loosely organized “Freedom Rally” or “Freedom Convoy” of trucks […]

OTING, India — Technically, there is no war anymore in Nagaland, but the peace does not feel certain, either. What the remote northeastern Indian state has is a lot of soldiers, keeping a heavy hand and provoking a rising anger among residents who say change is long overdue. Those tensions boiled over in December near […]

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The assault on a military post in a remote southwestern district lasted for several hours. Dozens of attackers, belonging to a Baluch separatist group, heavily armed with rocket launchers and sophisticated weapons, outnumbered the Pakistani soldiers. A heavy gunfight killed 10 Pakistani soldiers and one attacker, and the rest managed to escape, […]

SEOUL — A North Korean defector has been indicted on charges of breaking a South Korean law banning the spread of propaganda leaflets along the inter-Korean border, prosecutors and lawyers said Friday. Park Sang-hak is the first person to be indicted under the new law, which critics say puts a policy of engagement with North […]

President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany at a news conference in Berlin on Tuesday, after a meeting on the Ukraine crisis.Credit…Pool photo by Tobias Schwarz PARIS — Bringing together senior Russian and Ukrainian officials, France and Germany tried on Wednesday to coax the countries into easing tensions between them, […]