From left: Vivan Motzfeldt, Greenland’s foreign minister, and Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the Danish foreign minister, meet with Senators Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. A high-powered meeting in Washington on Wednesday ended in an impasse, leaving Greenlanders fearful of what comes next. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and MAYA TEKELI That’s what Greenlanders ar

President Donald Trump, right, looks on as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel speaks during a joint press conference at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. 29, 2025. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By EDWARD WONG and TYLER PAGER Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has asked President Donald Trump to postpone any plans for a U.S. military attack on Iran, a senior U.S. official said Thursday, even as the Iranian government continues to grapple with natio

By ABDI LATIF DAHIR and SANAM MAHOOZI Iran was expected Wednesday to execute a 26-year-old protester who was sentenced to death just days after his detention, according to human rights groups and family members. President Donald Trump has threatened “strong action” if Iran carries out any such death sentences. As Iran tries to crush anti-regime protests that began more than two weeks ago, the country’s chief justice, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, urged speedy trials and execut

By MUKTITA SUHARTONO and JIN YU YOUNG A crane fell on a train with about 200 passengers and crew members aboard in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people and injuring at least 67 others, the Thai Health Ministry said. The authorities were investigating the accident, which occurred about 9 a.m. on a section of track northeast of Bangkok over which an elevated, high-speed railway is being constructed. The line is planned to extend through Southeast Asia

A statue commemorating Hans Egede, the Danish missionary who founded Nuuk in 1728, stands on a hill overlooking the town in Greenland, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. President Donald Trump cites reasons of ‘national security’ to justify his fixation on Greenland. But scholars say the territory’s vast size itself is at least part of what appeals to him. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times) By AMELIA NIERENBERG Denmark, Greenland and the United States have a “fundamental disagreement”

A rally in support of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 4, 2026. Venezuela’s leading human rights organization said on Monday that at least 24 political prisoners had been released from prison in the early morning, bringing the total freed in recent days to at least 41. (The New York Times) By ANATOLY KURMANAEV When Venezuela’s interim government announced last week that it would start freeing political prisoners, Ramón Guanipa Linares, a college psychology student,

President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters aboard Air Force One as he travels back to Washington from Florida, Jan. 11, 2026. President Trump is exploring options for diplomacy with Iran as he weighs whether to attack the country to try to deter its leaders from killing more protesters, U.S. officials said. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By ABDI LATIF DAHIR and LEILY NIKOUNAZAR President Donald Trump called on Iranians on Tuesday to keep protesting against their gove

President Donald Trump during an interview at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, ERIC SCHMITT, STEVEN ERLANGER and JEANNA SMIALEK For Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark and leaders across Europe, the threat of violence from their American allies was shocking. Stephen Miller, one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, was asked last Monday to rule out the use of military force to seize Gre