By JASON HOROWITZ There is apparently room for Bad Bunny in La Casita of the Lord. The Vatican said Tuesday that Pope Leo, who is making his first trip as pontiff to Spain, had a brief meeting Monday evening with the reggaeton star, who was also touring Madrid. Bad Bunny’s visit involved packed megaconcerts featuring celebrities bumping and grinding in La Casita, a replica of a traditional Puerto Rican home. “I confirm it,” a Vatican spokesperson, Matteo Bruni, told reporters

President Pedro Sanchez of Spain speaks to reporters after visiting the White House in Washington on May 12, 2023. To leftists abroad, Sánchez is a hero for standing up to Donald Trump. His domestic critics say Sanchez is actually helped by Trump, who offers distractions from his own scandals and setbacks. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ When Pope Leo XIV met in Madrid with Spain’s left-wing prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Monday morning, they represent

In a photo from the U.S. Army, a U.S. Army AH-64D Apache during an exercise at the Udari Range Complex in Kuwait, Dec. 5, 2025. President Donald Trump said on social media that the Apache helicopter that went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, June 8, 2026, was shot down by Iran and that the United States would retaliate. (Joe Kumzak/U.S. Army via The New York Times) By ERIC SCHMITT, MAGGIE HABERMAN, EUAN WARD and MICHAEL LEVENSON President Donald Trump on Tuesday accu

By JASON GUTIÉRREZ, AIE BALAGTAS SEE and SUI-LEE WEE A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Monday morning, killing at least 32 people, injuring dozens more and displacing tens of thousands, according to civil defense officials, as the shaking toppled buildings and damaged bridges. The quake, which hit around 7:37 a.m. local time, was the most powerful to strike the Philippines in 50 years, according to U.S. Geological Survey figures. T

Keiko Fujimori, a presidential candidate and the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, in Lima, Peru, April 9, 2026. (Sara Wayra/The New York Times) By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY and MITRA TAJ Peru’s presidential runoff Sunday was too close to call as preliminary results came in, setting the stage for days or potentially weeks of counting. A quick count showed the two candidates locked in a statistical tie, though the leftist candidate, Roberto Sánchez, had a slight edge. The

An Israeli air strike lands in front of Beaufort Castle as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. For Tehran, retaliating for strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon shows that it will stand by its regional allies and block attempts to shift the regional balance of power. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times) By ERIKA SOLOMON At first glance, Iran’s retaliation for Israeli attacks in Lebanon might seem like a reckless act that risks rekindling a devastating regi

A health worker, deployed in response to an Ebola outbreak, checks the temperature a motorcyclist passing through the Kanyaruchinya checkpoint at the northern end of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The response to the Ebola outbreak in East Africa, as troubled as it has been, offers signs that the world has learned key lessons from the last massive outbreak of the disease and from the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts say. (Arlette Bashiz

The throne room of the Royal Palace in Madrid, Feb. 10, 2023. Speaking in the Royal Palace on Saturday, Pope Leo called for “a deeper reconciliation and collaboration” in Spain, but expressed gratitude for its “faithful adherence to international law and multilateralism, which is reflected in an active commitment to peace.” (Emilio Parra Doiztua/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ Pope Francis never made a papal visit to Spain, one of the capitals of European Catholicism, p

A woman waves an Iranian flag near a new billboard in Enghelab Square in Tehran, May 24, 2026. After devastating strikes and amid a teetering ceasefire, hopes entertained by some Iranian opponents of the Islamic Republic that the war would bring an end to decades of theocratic rule have been snuffed out. (Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times) By FARNAZ FASSIHI When Israel and the United States attacked Iran in late February, some Iranian opponents of the Islamic Rep

Jair Bolsonaro, then a congressman, and his son, Flávio, who filmed an interview in Rio de Janeiro on March 14, 2016, in which Bolsonaro said he would “eat an Indian.” Flávio Bolsonaro plans to challenge Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s leftist president, at the polls in October. (Mauricio Lima for The New York Times) By ANA IONOVA The meeting between President Donald Trump and a son of his jailed Brazilian ally, former president Jair Bolsonaro, lasted just a few minutes.