Mourners gather at the Grand Mosalla for the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, July 4, 2026. Four months after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, foreign dignitaries paid their respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as days of funeral ceremonies got underway. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times) By ABDI LATIF DAHIR Huge crowds of Iranians gathered Saturday to view the casket of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at an elaborate state funeral for the former supreme leader, who d

People search for earthquake survivors in the collapsed OPPE 26 public housing complex in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026. Residents, construction experts, and seismologists said for years that Venezuela’s public housing would be vulnerable in a natural disaster. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times) By JULIE TURKEWITZ, MARÍA VICTORIA FERMÍN and LOURERIO FERNÁNDEZ The soaring high-rises between the mountain and the sea were a deliberate statement, built by

The headlamps of rescuers working after dark light the scene amid a group of collapsed residential buildings in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 30, 2026. After devastating twin earthquakes flattened entire residential neighborhoods last week, experts fear the official death toll of 1,719 could be a serious undercount. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By TIBISAY ROMERO, ISAYEN HERRERA, LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNI and GENEVIEVE GLATSKY In the first days after the calamitous ea

By GABE CASTRO-ROOT A crocodile attacked and killed a 28-year-old man on a heavily trafficked beach in the popular resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Friday evening, according to state government officials. The man was “engaging in recreational activities” on the Marina Vallarta Beach, in front of the Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa, when he was attacked and dragged out to sea by the crocodile, said Izaías Patlán Núñez, a spokesperson for the state police in J

Ukrainian soldiers prepare to launch drones at a target in Russia earlier this year. The Russian military blasted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with waves of ballistic missiles and drones in a deadly show of force that lasted into Thursday morning. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times) By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and MARC SANTORA The Russian military blasted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with waves of ballistic missiles and drones that lasted into Thursday morning, a deadly show of force afte

Rescue workers and volunteers search at sunset at a building that collapsed in last week’s earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Sunday, June 28, 2026. The fate of Venezuelans deported by the Trump administration the same day the earthquake struck has thrust their relatives into an agonizing search for answers. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ and PATRICIA SULBARÁN The plane carrying 146 Venezuelans deported from the United States arrive

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 2, 2026. Rubio has said America’s response to the earthquakes in Venezuela would be fast and effective. (Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times) By MICHAEL CROWLEY and EDWARD WONG The Trump administration has mobilized money, personnel and military equipment in response to the earthquakes in Venezuela, in what aid experts say is a major U.S. disaster r

Keiko Fujimori, a presidential candidate and the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, in Lima, Peru on Thursday, April 9, 2026. Fujimori’s victory, which is to be formally certified on Friday, brings the political movement founded by her late father back to power a quarter century after the collapse of his authoritarian government. (Sara Wayra/The New York Times) By MITRA TAJ and GENEVIEVE GLATSKY After three failed presidential campaigns, years of legal troubles an

By CARLOS BARRAGÁN More than 1 million immigrants in Spain have applied to legalize their status under a new program to bring them into the formal labor force, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday. Sánchez called the program a “milestone” that would help sustain the country’s aging society. The number of applicants was roughly a quarter more than the government had expected, according to government projections in April. The program, which was announced in January, has en

A building that collapsed in last week’s earthquakes in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, June 27, 2026. Residents have appealed for excavators, generators and specialized rescue tools as civilians have stepped in to supply crews working through the rubble in Venezuela. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY and TIBISAY ROMERO In the hours after Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, residents dug through mountains of collapsed concrete with their bare hand