President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. A joint strike by the United States and Venezuela killed a leader of the Tren de Aragua transnational gang, President Trump and officials in both countries said on Friday, dealing a blow to a syndicate the Trump administration has blamed for an influx of violent crime and illicit drugs. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By JOHN YOON A joint strike by the United States an

An Israeli air strike lands in front of Beaufort Castle as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, June 4, 2026. Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times) By NEIL MacFARQUHAR President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, both resist the idea that ostensibly weaker powers fought them to

The spires of the Sagrada Familia church are seen behind buildings in the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona on April 22, 2026. When the pope leaves, the Sagrada Familia and the surrounding streets will morph once more into a lightning rod for more quotidian concerns about the soul of Barcelona. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ On June 10, 1926, Antoni Gaudí, the architectural visionary who designed Barcelona’s spectacular and still unfinished Sagrada Fami

Tourists and locals pass by barricades erected to prevent disruptions from demonstrations at the Zocalo, Mexico City’s historic center square, on June 10, 2026, the day before the city was to host the World Cup opener. For many Mexicans, the World Cup is a chance to show the world that it is a thriving, cosmopolitan country. But for the protesters, it is a chance to show how far Mexico still has to go to provide security and equality for average citizens. (Luis Antonio Rojas/

Israeli settlers attack two men who were harvesting their olive trees in Huwara in the West Bank, Oct. 9, 2025. Six countries are imposing coordinated sanctions on networks that they say have financed and supported violence carried out against Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, Britain’s foreign office said on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times) By LYNSEY CHUTEL Six countries are imposing coordinated sanctions on networks that

By JASON HOROWITZ There is apparently room for Bad Bunny in La Casita of the Lord. The Vatican said Tuesday that Pope Leo, who is making his first trip as pontiff to Spain, had a brief meeting Monday evening with the reggaeton star, who was also touring Madrid. Bad Bunny’s visit involved packed megaconcerts featuring celebrities bumping and grinding in La Casita, a replica of a traditional Puerto Rican home. “I confirm it,” a Vatican spokesperson, Matteo Bruni, told reporters

President Pedro Sanchez of Spain speaks to reporters after visiting the White House in Washington on May 12, 2023. To leftists abroad, Sánchez is a hero for standing up to Donald Trump. His domestic critics say Sanchez is actually helped by Trump, who offers distractions from his own scandals and setbacks. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ When Pope Leo XIV met in Madrid with Spain’s left-wing prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Monday morning, they represent

In a photo from the U.S. Army, a U.S. Army AH-64D Apache during an exercise at the Udari Range Complex in Kuwait, Dec. 5, 2025. President Donald Trump said on social media that the Apache helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, June 8, 2026, was shot down by Iran and that the United States would retaliate. (Joe Kumzak/U.S. Army via The New York Times) By ERIC SCHMITT, MAGGIE HABERMAN, EUAN WARD and MICHAEL LEVENSON President Donald Trump on Tuesday accu

By JASON GUTIÉRREZ, AIE BALAGTAS SEE and SUI-LEE WEE A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Monday morning, killing at least 32 people, injuring dozens more and displacing tens of thousands, according to civil defense officials, as the shaking toppled buildings and damaged bridges. The quake, which hit around 7:37 a.m. local time, was the most powerful to strike the Philippines in 50 years, according to U.S. Geological Survey figures. T

Keiko Fujimori, a presidential candidate and the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, in Lima, Peru, April 9, 2026. (Sara Wayra/The New York Times) By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY and MITRA TAJ Peru’s presidential runoff Sunday was too close to call as preliminary results came in, setting the stage for days or potentially weeks of counting. A quick count showed the two candidates locked in a statistical tie, though the leftist candidate, Roberto Sánchez, had a slight edge. The