Civilians look for surviving family members in the rubble of a residential building after Wednesday’s earthquakes in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, on Thursday, June 26, 2026. Rescue crews intensified their search for survivors on Thursday as Venezuelans began to grapple with the scale of the devastation caused by the worst earthquakes to hit the country in nearly six decades. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times) By MARIA VICTORIA FERMIN, ANATOLY KURMANAEV, JULIE TURKEWI

The Cardón refinery in Punta Cardon, Venezuela, on Jan. 29, 2026. Only a fraction of Venezuela’s oil money actually stays in Venezuela, let alone filters to ordinary citizens, according to economists and people close the Venezuelan government. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By ANATOLY KURMANAEV President Donald Trump and Venezuela’s new leaders have portrayed their unlikely alliance as an unfettered success. Trump said last week that Venezuela “has become a h

People pass near a billboard depicting American aircraft in a net in Enghelab Square in Tehran, April 20, 2026. For weeks, supporters of the government have been posting videos online that claim to show former protesters arguing that, after the war, there is “no alternative” to the Islamic Republic. (Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times) By ERIKA SOLOMON and SANAM MAHOOZI Dressed in a pink top and acid-washed jeans, the young woman in the video hardly looked the par

Alejandro Paradero Almenarios, 20, makes charcoal in Guantánamo, Cuba, on May 12, 2026. Cuba’s already struggling schools are ending the academic year early because of a crippling fuel shortage caused by the U.S. oil blockade. (Lisette Poole González/The New York Times) By ED AUGUSTIN and FRANCES ROBLES Axisa and Aron Alfonso, 6- and 7-year-old siblings in western Cuba, are luckier than most of their classmates: Their father takes them on their one-mile commute to school on h

By CLAIRE MOSES At least 40 people have drowned in France over the last five days as the country endured a scorching heat wave, Sébastien Lecornu, the country’s prime minister, said at an emergency Cabinet meeting Tuesday. Most of the drowning victims were young, many of them teenagers, and swimming in unsupervised areas. Lecornu called the drownings a “tragic scourge.” Marina Ferrari, a minister whose responsibilities include young people, said in an interview on French radi

People pass by the central market area of Nabatieh, Lebanon, June 21, 2026. Israeli soldiers fatally shot two people in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, renewing fears that enduring fighting there could disrupt efforts to reach a peace deal between the United States and Iran. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By LARA JAKES, LEO SANDS and NICK CUMMING-BRUCE President Donald Trump and Iranian officials sharply disagreed Tuesday about wh

Supporters of Abelardo De La Espriella during Colombia’s presidential runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. (Federico Ríos/The New York Times) By ANNIE CORREAL A belardo de la Espriella, a criminal defense lawyer with no previous political experience, appeared headed for a razor-thin victory on Sunday in Colombia’s presidential election, in a potential win for his fervent supporters and for President Donald Trump, who had endorsed him. De la Esp

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom speaks to reporters during a meeting with President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 28, 2025. Starmer announced his resignation on Monday, June 22, 2026, bowing to a mutiny inside his Labour Party and paving the way for Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester, to likely become the country’s next leader. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By MICHAEL D. SHEAR For months, he tried desperately to avoid

Supporters of Abelardo De La Espriella, the far-right candidate for president of Colombia, during a rally in Medellín on May 24, 2026. President Donald Trump endorsed Abelardo De La Espriella, the conservative presidential candidate in Sunday’s election who has strong U.S. ties. (Federico Rios/The New York Times) By ANNIE COIRREAL, PATRICIA MAZZEI and JORGE VALENCIA Popping up in a bulletproof booth wearing Colombia’s yellow soccer jersey, fist pumping the air, Abelardo de la

A family gathers near their destroyed home in Kfar Roummane, Lebanon, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Vice President JD Vance opened a crucial new round of peace negotiations with Iran on Sunday, aiming for a positive note, but the uphill nature of the talks was dramatized by the fact that the two sides faced immediate hurdles over the unresolved conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By MARK LANDLER Vice President JD Vance opened