President Donald Trump walks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine at the White House in Washington, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. Trump said in an interview published on Dec. 9 that Europe was weak and its nations were “decaying,” days after his administration issued a strategy paper that indicated that the United States should no longer guarantee the continent’s security. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By AMELIA NIERENBERG President Donald Trump said in an interview pu

President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of the United Nations, speaks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Huge reductions in foreign aid by the United States and Europe have led the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator to slash its fund-raising targets for next year. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times) By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE The United Nations plans to reduce by half the amount of money it requests from donor countries in 2026 to help people affect

Vice President Delcy Rodriguez of Venezuela in Caracas on Sept. 26, 2025. Rodriguez oversees the country’s economic policies. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By ANATOLY KURMANAEV President Donald Trump has been increasing pressure on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, labeling him the head of a terrorist organization, amassing warships in the Caribbean, claiming to close Venezuelan airspace and suggesting imminent strikes on the country. The Trump administrat

José Ignacio Cerrato López, a retired soldier from the Honduran army, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Dec. 6, 2025. President Donald Trump backed Nasry Asfura days before the Nov. 30 election and denounced his opponents. In a close race, that has potentially tipped the scales. (Federico Ríos/The New York Times) By JAMES WAGNER and JEFF ERNST Before Honduras’ presidential election Nov. 30, José Ignacio Cerrato López, a retiree, had mostly made up his mind. Although Cerrato López, 62

James Tomlinson, 9, plays a game on a phone in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 13, 2025. Australia is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation. (Matthew Abbott /The New York Times) By VICTORIA KIM Darcey Pritchard, 15, deleted Snapchat off her phone about a year ago when she felt sucked in by its algorithm. Her friend Luca Hagop, also 15, recently spent more than 34 hours on Instagram in o

By KENNETH P. VOGEL, DAVID C. ADAMS and JACK NICAS President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager assisted the campaign of a right-wing Honduran presidential candidate who was endorsed by the American president and is now in a razor-thin contest to win the election. Brad Parscale, who ran Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign until he was replaced less than four months before the election, worked with consultants who helped run Nasry Asfura’s presidential campaign before last Su

Ana Mostazo, left, wearing a shirt of the “Christian Warriors of El Cid” association, in Valencia, Spain, Oct. 9, 2025. Spain’s government presents its migrant policy as an alternative to the Trump administration’s crackdowns, welcoming many people from former colonies — but migrant activists say that open-arm policy does not extend to those arriving on boats from Africa. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ In the Roots of My Town restaurant on Spai

Members of the Bolivarian Militia during a rally in support of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 1, 2025. Maduro has tightened his personal security, including changing beds, and leaned on Cuba, a key ally, amid a growing threat of a military intervention in the country, according to multiple people close to the Venezuelan government. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By ANATOLY KURMANAEV President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has tightened his