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

By MUKTITA SUHARTONO, HASYA NINDITA and RIN HINDRYATI At least 47 people were killed in eastern Indonesia on Saturday after it was rocked by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, one of the largest the region had experienced in decades, officials said. The earthquake hit just north of Flores Island, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, about 1,000 miles east of Jakarta, the capital. It caused several buildings to collapse on the island, and was one of the largest temblors to hit th

President Donald Trump during a visit to the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, a regional police training, state and federal law enforcement hub in Garden City, N.Y., Aug. 14, 2026. The U.S. and Iran are about to blow past a self-imposed deadline to broker terms on peace and Iran’s nuclear program as the war turns into an economic battle. (Al Drago/The New York Times) By AARON BOXERMAN, ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS and DAVID E. SANGER President Donald Trump’s ceasefir

People watch a total solar eclipse in Castrillo de la Reina, Spain, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. From Iceland to Spain, people flocked to viewing spots to see the moon completely block out the sun. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ The first total solar eclipse in decades in Europe swept across the Continent on Wednesday, turning day to dark across several countries as crowds watched from hilltops, coastlines and other open spaces. The coincidence of Ear

In a satellite image from Vantor, a maritime patrol plane at a base in El Salvador. Ecuadorean crews plying the waters of the Pacific have been targeted by a mysterious outfit equipped with drones. Some sailors appear to have lost their lives. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor Technologies via The New York Times) By MARIA ABI-HABIB, RILEY MELLEN, JOSÉ MARÍA LEÓN CABRERA and CHRISTIAAN TRIEBERT Far out in the Pacific Ocean, Ecuadorian fishermen have been attacked by unidentified

President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other U.S. officials attend a dignified transfer for soldiers killed amid the conflict with Iran at an air base in Jordan, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, July 22, 2026. The Iranian strikes that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan show how quickly Iran’s war-fighting skills have evolved, as the Pentagon runs low on interceptors. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By ERIC SCHMITT and HELENE COOPER During five int

First responders and volunteers search for survivors in a collapsed building after Monday’s earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. The 7.4-magnitude quake, which killed more than 100 people and damaged hundreds of buildings, was the strongest recorded in Colombia in a decade. (Federico Rios/The New York Times) By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY and JULIE TURKEWITZ The crowd chanted her name: “Diana! Diana!” As search and rescue efforts continued the day after a deadly ear

Sunbathers crowd La Malagueta, a beach in Málaga, Spain, May 6, 2026. Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Málaga, is credited with turning the once drab port into a culture and tech hub. Critics say he’s also destroyed the city’s soul. (Laura León/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ Every few yards on the palm-lined boardwalk, another passerby stopped Francisco de la Torre, Málaga’s 83-year-old mayor, to thank him for transforming this port town on Spain’s southern coast. A