Only a few windows are illuminated in an apartment tower, part of a residential complex of five 18-story buildings, in Santiago de Cuba on May 13, 2026. The Cuban government says its oil reserves have run out and that its aging electric grid is becoming increasingly unreliable. (Lisette Poole González/The New York Times) By ED AUGUSTIN and LISETTE POOLE GONZÁLEZ On a recent night, Yusimi Castellano crouched over her squat iron stove, arranging charcoal and gently placing the

A woman holds a photo of Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader of Iran, at a memorial ceremony for the victims of the war with the U.S. and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, May 24, 2026. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, that it would launch a “decisive reciprocal response” to any attack that violated the cease-fire, injecting more uncertainty into fragile diplomatic efforts a day after the U.S. military struck targets in southern Iran. (Aras

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Beirut, following his visit to Turkey, Nov. 30, 2025. On Monday, the pope called on leaders to safeguard humanity from AI’s most disruptive effects. (Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times) By MOTOKO RICH and ELISABETTA POVOLEDO Pope Leo XIV on Monday set out a sweeping vision for corporate executives, politicians and individuals who will shape and be shaped by the future of artificial intelligence, warning leaders to safeguard humanity from AI’s most

By MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada on Monday drew on his experience with Brexit to warn that a referendum the province of Alberta is planning for October on a possible separation from Canada could turn out to be a “dangerous bluff.” Carney was governor of the Bank of England during the vote by Britain to leave the European Union in 2016. He now leads a country that could see its Western oil-rich province break away after Premier Danielle Smith of A

A memorial ceremony in Tehran, Iran, for those killed in the war with the U.S. and Israel on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times) By AARON BOXERMAN, TYLER PAGER, SANAM MAHOOZI, FARNAZ FASSIHI and ADAM RASGON With Iranian officials in Qatar for talks on ending the war in Iran, President Donald Trump issued conflicting signals Monday over how much progress had been made in the negotiations, vowing that any deal would be “great and meaningful” o

By CATIE EDMONDSON China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, called Saturday for a redoubled rescue mission in northern China after a gas explosion in a mine there killed at least 82 people, the Chinese state news agency said, in what appeared to be one of the deadliest Chinese mining disasters in years. Xi “stressed the need to make every effort to treat the injured, organize search-and-rescue operations scientifically and properly handle the aftermath,” the agency, Xinhua, reported.

Kinshasa residents continue to pack bars, markets and public transportation, despite growing international concern about the spread of the virus in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 22, 2026. Nations around the world are imposing strict entry restrictions on people who have been to the Democratic Republic of Congo recently because of a deadly Ebola outbreak in the country’s northeast. (Justin Makangara/The New York Times) By JUSTIN MAKANGARA and JOHN ELIGON Nations

People wave flags at a government-organized march in support of Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026. Iran projects victory in the potential deal with Washington; Iran’s leaders argue that the possible preliminary agreement has not extracted any major concessions. (Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times) By ERIKA SOLOMON As President Donald Trump and regional diplomats began to herald the possibility of a deal with Iran that cou

By AMELIA NIERENBERG An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal on Wednesday after it was denied permission to land in the United States because a passenger was from Congo, where an Ebola outbreak is underway. Flight 378, which took off from Paris, was diverted after the Congolese national “was denied entry into the United States,” the airline said in a statement Thursday. “There was no medical emergency on board,” it added. The Trump administration Monda

A port official provides hand soap to passengers arriving on a boat, which traveled on Lake Kivu from Bukavu, at the port, where sanitary measures had been taken in response to the Ebola outbreak, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday, May 21, 2026. (Arlette Bashizi/The New York Times) By LYNSEY CHUTEL and MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG Uganda will tightly restrict travel to and from Congo because of an Ebola outbreak, Ugandan officials announced Thursday, as health workers