“I’m going to be vulnerable,” he said about sharing details on his mental health. “If I get attacked for it, let’s see who’s attacking me.” In the interview with Ms. Winfrey in March, Meghan also shared her mental health battles, saying that she had struggled with suicidal thoughts when she was part of the royal […]

Two transgender women were sentenced to five years in prison in Cameroon this week after they were found guilty of “attempted homosexuality” and public indecency, the latest example of an increasing crackdown on gay and transgender people in the West African nation, human rights groups say. Shakiro, identified in police documents as Loïc Njeukam, and […]

Here’s what you need to know: A building that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip overnight in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Thursday.Credit…Dan Balilty for The New York Times Clashes between Arab and Jewish mobs on the streets of Israeli cities have given way to warnings from Israeli leaders that the decades-old […]

Here’s what you need to know: Fields of flowers during the Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Mich., last week. Cases of Covid-19 have taken a dive in Michigan after months at high levels.Credit…Emily Elconin for The New York Times Many of the states that have suffered the worst recent coronavirus outbreaks have seen notable declines […]

Here’s what you need to know: An Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip early Wednesday.Credit…Youssef Massoud/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A new round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, set off by tensions over the holy city of Jerusalem, escalated on Wednesday as Israel assassinated several Hamas commanders and the militants responded with a […]

Deadly Israel-Gaza violence The worst fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in seven years intensified last night, resulting in the deaths of at least 30 Palestinians, including 10 children, and three Israelis. Hundreds more civilians were wounded, according to local officials on both sides. Israeli airstrikes began targeting Hamas offices in apartment buildings in Gaza City, […]

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said on Monday that the State University of New York and the City University of New York planned to require that students attending in-person instruction in the fall be fully vaccinated. He said the requirement would be contingent on the federal government granting full approval to the three […]

When China’s government ordered women in her mostly Muslim community in the region of Xinjiang to be fitted with contraceptive devices, Qelbinur Sedik pleaded for an exemption. She was nearly 50 years old, she told officials. She had obeyed the government’s birth limits and had only one child. It was no use. The workers threatened […]

JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Palestinians and a score of Israeli police officers were injured on Monday after the police entered the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, a site sacred to both Muslims and Jews, after a week of rising tension in the city. The police fired rubber-tipped bullets and stun grenades at stone-throwing Palestinians who […]

Vaccinations are picking up pace in the European Union, a stunning turnaround after the bloc’s immunization drive stalled for months. On average over the last week, nearly three million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were being administered each day in the European Union, a group of 27 nations, according to Our World in Data, a […]