By JACK NICAS Gunmen opened fire on a crowded soccer field in Mexico on Sunday, killing 11 and injuring 12, in an attack that appeared to highlight the persistent violence from the nation’s cartels despite the government’s efforts. Gunfire hit people who were socializing after a soccer match, according to local officials, capping a particularly violent period in Salamanca, a city of 275,000 in the central state of Guanajuato. Another incident left five people dead in Salamanc

Ukrainian soldiers with the 59th Assault Brigade fire at Russian positions near the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Dec. 21, 2025. Ukrainian and Russian officials left rare direct talks last weekend in a somewhat optimistic mood. But Russia may be simply stalling for time, analysts say. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times) By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Talks among Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. officials to end the war in Ukraine are set to resume next week, the Kremlin spokesperson said Mond

President Donald Trump disembarks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Jan. 22, 2026. Trump on Saturday threatened Canada with steep tariffs if it “makes a deal with China” and insulted Prime Minister Mark Carney, his latest swing at the country since the Canadian leader pushed back against his policies in a highly publicized speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF President Donald Trump o

Victoriano Borges, whose son Victor has been missing since he was taken from his workplace by police in Nov., in his backyard in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2026. Even as dozens of political prisoners have been freed, at least 66 people taken by state authorities and never heard from again remain missing, relatives and rights groups say. (The New York Times) By CAMILLE RODRÍGUEZ MONTILLA and FRANCES ROBLES After taking a 10-hour bus ride across Venezuela in a quest to find h

President Donald Trump is interviewed by Borge Brende at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Trump’s quick reversal on tariffs over Greenland was another sign of his willingness to rip up the international order — even parts of it that he himself has made. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By STEVEN ERLANGER and JEANNA SMIALEK The depth of the rift between President Donald Trump and Europe was on full display Wednesday as Trump delivered

Demonstrators wave the Denmark and Greenland flags as a symbol of solidarity as they gather at Raduspladsen, City Hall Square in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 17, 2026. Hilary Swift/The New York Times) By JIM TANKERSLEY, LARA JAKES and ADAM GOLDMAN Negotiations to resolve the future of Greenland have focused in recent days on proposals to increase NATO’s presence in the Arctic, give America a sovereign claim to pockets of Greenland’s territory and block potentially hostile advers

Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan at the G7 summit meeting in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25, 2019. A man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for assassinating Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, bringing an end to a case that shocked the nation. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ and HISAKO UENO A man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for assassinating Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, bringing an end to

Jared Kushner, foreground center, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, sits with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, as President Donald Trump speaks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. At left is Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By JIM TANKERSLEY and ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS President Donald Trump told European leaders in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday that he would not send troops t