A partially collapsed residential building that was damaged during twin earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. Any large earthquake can be dangerous, but the residents of Caracas and Venezuelan coastal cities such as La Guaira and Catia La Mar were victims of several unlucky factors. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By JAMES GLANZ, HELMUTH ROSALES, MARCO HERNÁNDEZ and LILY COWPER Any large earthquake can be dangerous, but the residents of Caracas a

President Donald Trump during a meeting with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of Iraq in the Oval Office on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Trump is retreating from his statement that the United States would charge hefty fees on ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz, as well as his call for reimbursement from Gulf states for military protection. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MAX BEARAK, JENNY GROSS and MICHAEL LEVENSON The U.S. military bombed more Iranian targets Tuesday, returning

By KITTIPHUM SRINGAMMUANG, EPHRAT LIVNI and MUKTITA SUHARTONO More than two dozen people were killed when a fire broke out at a bar in Bangkok late Sunday night, spreading quickly and apparently sending patrons fleeing toward the bathrooms at the back of the venue, where they died, officials said. Dozens of others were injured. The blaze broke out while a band was playing at the venue. Atipat Wijan, a producer and member of the Totsakan Band, said he was near the stage when h

Yuliia Svyrydenko, prime minister of Ukraine, gives an interview in her office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Svyrydenko would step down amid a broader shake-up in Ukraine’s senior leadership. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times) By ANDREW E. KRAMER President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sunday a shake-up of his top leadership, including the dismissal of the prime minister, in a personnel overhaul that comes as momentum in

By MARK LANDLER President Emmanuel Macron of France declared Monday that Europeans were ready to defend their continent, “with blood, if necessary,” as he convened more than 25 leaders for a robust show of support for Ukraine. On the eve of Bastille Day, France’s national holiday, the leaders met to cement plans for a multinational force, known as the coalition of the willing, which they would deploy in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia to reinforce the

Mourners in Mashhad, Iran, during Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral, on Thursday, July 9, 2026. With much of their leadership killed in the war, Iran’s conservatives have sought to fill the void and intensify the fight against the United States. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times) By ERIC SCHMITT, JENNY GROSS, LEO SANDS and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA After another night of attacks, the United States and Iran appeared to be reverting to the heightened conflict that existed before their ce

Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela on April 30, 2026. The U.S. Treasury receives the revenue from most of Venezuela’s exports, then disburses it gradually to Venezuela through the country’s private banks, a relationship akin to parents handing out allowances to children. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) By TYLER PAGER and ANATOLY KURMANAEV President Donald Trump was sitting in the Oval Office earlier this year with Secretary of State Ma

By CARLOS BARRAGÁN and LYNSEY CHUTEL Hundreds of firefighters and emergency workers were battling a wildfire Saturday in southern Spain that has killed at least 12 people, officials said. The fire is already one of the deadliest on record in Spain, and 23 people were still missing as of Saturday afternoon. Most of those confirmed to have been killed were foreigners. More than 1,400 people were forced to flee their homes, said Antonio Sanz Cabello, the health minister in the r

President Donald Trump walks off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, July, 9, 2026. Trump insisted Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz was open to shipping traffic, adding that the U.S. had “bombed the hell” out of Iran last night. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By LEO SANDS, SANAM MAHOOZI, AARON BOXERMAN, ERICA L. GREEN and ERIC SCHMITT The United States conducted a fresh round of strikes on Iranian targets Sunday, a U.S. official said, extending a pattern of a

A priest and nuns bless the rubble of a collapsed building in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Fearful that officials would tear down damaged buildings without accounting for any remaining bodies, Venezuelans are desperately digging for their relatives’ remains. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By EMMA BUBOLA Two weeks after twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, people are still clawing with their bare hands at the massive concrete columns that c