Health workers carry a coffin with the body of Rev. Sylvestre Atama, a popular and charismatic preacher who died of Ebola in the mining town of Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 25, 2026. In a remote gold mining town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, medical workers struggle to beat back a surge of deaths and infections. (Arlette Bashizi/The New York Times) By DECLAN WALSH In the cramped, dilapidated Ebola ward, a 5-year-old boy languished on a bare mattress,

Aristótele Palmar García, a police inspector in Siapana, Colombia, Dec. 22, 2025. García said the area had become a ghost town. (Federico Ríos/The New York Times) By MAX BEARAK and JOSÉ MARÍA LEÓN CABRERA More than 200 people have now been killed in a bombing campaign by the U.S. military against people it has accused of smuggling drugs in the waters off South America, after a string of deadly attacks over the past week. The military said Saturday that three men had been kill

President Donald Trump hosts leaders of a dozen Latin American nations at the newly created Shield of the Americas Summit in Miami on Saturday, March 7, 2026. Trump met with conservative and right-wing Latin American leaders in Florida in March, promising that together they would “eradicate the criminal cartels plaguing our region.” (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By MARIA ABI-HABIB and ERIC SCHMITT Guatemala has agreed to carry out joint strikes with the United States

By JASON HOROWITZ Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain faced growing pressure Thursday to call early elections, a day after police officers spent about 12 hours at the headquarters of his Socialist Party investigating whether its members had surreptitiously funded a mudslinging campaign against judges involved in cases against the government and members of Sánchez’s family. Judge Santiago Pedraz of the National Court, who ordered the police operation, accused the party of ke

Workers retrieve a destroyed vehicle at the site of an apartment building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the neighborhood of Choueifat in southern Beirut, on Thursday, May 28, 2026. It was the first strike near Beirut in three weeks, as Israel ramps up its offensive against Hezbollah and fighting has intensified in Lebanon in recent days. It was not immediately clear who or what was targeted. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times) By LEO SANDS, EUAN WARD, QASIM NAUMAN

The vineyard at Celler Abadal, next to an area that got burned in 2017, in Santa Maria d’Horta d’Avinyó, Spain, on May 13, 2026. As fires worsen, European nations are adapting, focusing less on purely responding and more on preparing. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times) By JEANNA SMIALEK Flames engulfed a forest in Catalonia, Spain, ripping across a wooded expanse and heading straight for hundreds of acres of pines and underbrush. But before it reached them, the inferno encoun

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at the White House on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. President Trump on Wednesday held the door open for more negotiations with Iran but insisted he did not feel any political pressure to make a deal to end the unpopular three-month war and lower gas prices. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MAX BEARAK, ERIKA SOLOMON, EUAN WARD, LUKE BROADWATER and MICHAEL LEVENSON President Donald Trump on Wednesday held t

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