Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, at the Fidel Castro museum in Havana on June 30, 2026. Fernández de Cossío called accusations against Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro involving a smuggling ring “slander.” (Lisette Poole González/The New York Times) By DAVID C. ADAMS and FRANCES ROBLES Raúl Castro was on an official state visit in Paris a decade ago as Cuba’s president when a hulky bodyguard in his entourage stood out. The man kept so close to Castro while

From left: Princess Catherine and Prince William with Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, surprise members of the public with a joint public appearance to view the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, and their children are moving back to Britain in the upcoming weeks of Fall 2026, according to two people familiar with their decision. (Mary Turner/The New York Times) By MICHAEL D

Shakira, the Colombian-born superstar, visits an earthquake-damaged school in Quibdó, the capital of Colombia’s remote Pacific region of Chocó, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. In Chocó, “pain, hunger and homelessness await” survivors of last week’s earthquake, the governor said. Shakira visited to help draw awareness. (Federico Ríos/The New York Times) By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY In Colombia’s remote Pacific region of Chocó, isolation has long been a fact of life. Roads are few, electrici

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Oct. 7, 2025. Prime Minister Carney has spent most of his tenure cultivating Canada’s trade, defense and investment relationships with Asia and Europe. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF and ANA SWANSON Extended trade talks between Canada and the United States seemed to make progress Wednesday, with President Donald Trump

Young women shout their support during a demonstration by a group protesting government corruption, and demanding the resignation of India’s education minister, in New Delhi, July 24, 2026. Widespread online abuse and visits from the police show the added risks women in India take when they stand up for their beliefs in a patriarchal society. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times) By ANUPREETA DAS Rhiya Ahir went viral after an image circulated of her blocking a police van th

President Donald Trump, left, walks with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, at Panmunjom, June 30, 2019. The last time President Trump vowed to halt a country’s nuclear weapons program, he held three face-to-face meetings with Kim Jong-un, declared that the two men had developed a “great relationship” and walked away empty-handed. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) By DAVID E. SANGER and ANTON TRO

Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, at the embassy’s Fourth of July party in Ottawa, Canada, July 4, 2026. A petition in Canada to expel Hoekstra, President Donald Trump’s messenger amid a historic low in relations with the country, that has more than 160,000 signatures was submitted to the Canadian Parliament on July 21, 2026. (Ian Austen/The New York Times) By MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF After boycotting American products and shunning vacations south of the border, Can

By ISMAEEL NAAR Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants said Monday that they had launched a missile attack on a Saudi ship in the Red Sea, the latest strike in an escalating conflict near one of the world’s most critical trade routes. A spokesperson for the Houthi militia, Yahya Saree, said on social media that the group had struck a Saudi military ship and four escort vessels. He added that the group was “closely monitoring” Saudi military movements in Yemen and that it would

President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Aug. 16, 2026. On Monday, the day his already crumbling deal with Iran officially ended, President Trump lashed out at American ally Oman, repeating a threat to bomb the country if it interferes with U.S. negotiations with Iran. (Al Drago/The New York Times) By LUKE BROADWATER As a crumbling truce with Iran officially collapsed Monday, President Donald Trump signaled his frustration at his inability to resolve

Musab Abu Rukbah, right, and Roman Valach, one of Abu Rukbah’s lawyers, leave a courtroom after a hearing in Vienna on June 8, 2026. Abu Rukbah, a former police chief, left Austria after appealing his eight-year sentence for crimes committed during Syria’s civil war. (Marylise Vigneau/The New York Times) By CARLOTTA GALL and HUSSAM HAMMOUD When a court in Vienna last month convicted two former Syrian officials of abuses during their country’s civil war, the case was celebrate