Pope Leo XIV is flanked by President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon and his wife, Nehmat Aoun, upon his arrival at the airport in Beirut on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. The pontiff met political leaders upon his arrival on Sunday and is scheduled to later celebrate Mass at a Beirut port destroyed by an explosion five years ago. Diego Ibarra Sánchez/The New York Times By MOTOKO RICH Shortly after takeoff from Istanbul after completing the first leg of his inaugural international trip, Pope

A holiday parade in Kranggan, a village in the Malang region of Indonesia, on Aug. 24, 2025, which featured 20 sound horegs, complete with colorful lights. A towering wall of speakers on wheels, shaking everything in sight: In many Javanese villages, there’s no big celebration without one. (Ulet Ifansasti/The New York Times) By HASYA NINDITA The red truck was decked out in blue, yellow and neon lights. It was hauling speakers racked 12 feet high and almost 15 feet wide. It tr

People cast their vote at Gentofte Town Hall, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 18, 2025. Local issues like parking and housing costs were at play, as was migration policy. (Charlotte de la Fuente/The New York Times) By JEANNA SMIALEK and AMELIA NIERENBERG Britain’s government is joining the rest of Europe in taking a stricter stance on asylum, turning to the country that has become something of a migration role model: Denmark. Right-wing parties across Europe have sought fo

Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil at his party’s headquarters in Brasília, Jan. 14, 2025. Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, ordered Bolsonaro to start serving a 27-year sentence for overseeing a failed plot to hold onto power after losing the country’s last election. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times) By ANA IONOVA Brazil’s Supreme Court earlier this week ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to start serving a 27-year sentence for overseeing a fai

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at a campaign rally in Guanare, Venezuela, on July 17, 2024, days before the presidential election. As President Donald Trump raises pressure on President Nicolás Maduro, Machado is also moving to align herself closely with Trump. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By SIMON ROMERO As the Trump administration weighs using force to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, former diplomats and even some promi

President Donald Trump with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. President Trump said he had accepted an invitation from China’s leader to visit Beijing in April. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By ANA SWANSON, ALAN RAPPEPORT and EDWARD WONG President Donald Trump said earlier this week that he had accepted an invitation from Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to visit Beijing in April. That occurred while the two leaders discussed several major issues

A funeral for victims of a Russian missile attack that killed at least 39 people in Ternopil, Ukraine, Nov. 23, 2025. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times) By MARIA VARENIKOVA and AURELIEN BREEDEN Russia launched a deadly barrage of missiles and drones on the Ukrainian capital Tuesday, as Kremlin officials signaled they would resist changes negotiated by Ukraine to President Donald Trump’s peace plan. The attack on Kyiv, the capital, killed at least seven people and injured 20 o

By MARIA ABI-HABIB Russia’s disinformation efforts across Latin America have intensified over the past two years, partly aimed at sowing discord between the United States and its allies in the region, according to an American diplomatic cable and new report by watchdog groups. The campaign is spearheaded by Kremlin-owned media outlets such as Sputnik and RT, officials say, describing an effort to stoke anti-American sentiment, especially in Mexico, the world’s largest Spanish