By ADAM RASGON and NATAN ODENHEIMER President Donald Trump would have sweeping powers over the future governance of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and the well-being of its people, under a plan drafted by the new international group he leads, laying out how it would operate. The group, the Board of Peace, met for the first time in Davos, Switzerland, last week, as member states including Azerbaijan and Qatar, signed its founding charter, which calls for securing “enduring peace i

A billboard with coffins covered in American and Israeli flags with a caption of “Watch out for your soldiers” in Palestine Square in Tehran, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By TYLER PAGER, JULIAN E. BARNES and ERIC SCHMITT President Donald Trump has received multiple U.S. intelligence reports indicating that the Iranian government’s position is weakening, according to several people familiar with the information. The reports signal that the Ir

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark at her office in Copenhagen, Sept. 29, 2025. There were other factors to President Donald Trump’s reversal of his insistence on purchasing or taking Greenland, but there’s no doubt that Frederiksen’s carefully crafted defense helped block the U.S. president from getting something he really wanted. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times) By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and MAYA TEKELI When she was in high school, Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister

By JACK NICAS Gunmen opened fire on a crowded soccer field in Mexico on Sunday, killing 11 and injuring 12, in an attack that appeared to highlight the persistent violence from the nation’s cartels despite the government’s efforts. Gunfire hit people who were socializing after a soccer match, according to local officials, capping a particularly violent period in Salamanca, a city of 275,000 in the central state of Guanajuato. Another incident left five people dead in Salamanc

Ukrainian soldiers with the 59th Assault Brigade fire at Russian positions near the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Dec. 21, 2025. Ukrainian and Russian officials left rare direct talks last weekend in a somewhat optimistic mood. But Russia may be simply stalling for time, analysts say. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times) By NATALIYA VASILYEVA Talks among Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. officials to end the war in Ukraine are set to resume next week, the Kremlin spokesperson said Mond

President Donald Trump disembarks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Jan. 22, 2026. Trump on Saturday threatened Canada with steep tariffs if it “makes a deal with China” and insulted Prime Minister Mark Carney, his latest swing at the country since the Canadian leader pushed back against his policies in a highly publicized speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF President Donald Trump o

Victoriano Borges, whose son Victor has been missing since he was taken from his workplace by police in Nov., in his backyard in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2026. Even as dozens of political prisoners have been freed, at least 66 people taken by state authorities and never heard from again remain missing, relatives and rights groups say. (The New York Times) By CAMILLE RODRÍGUEZ MONTILLA and FRANCES ROBLES After taking a 10-hour bus ride across Venezuela in a quest to find h

President Donald Trump is interviewed by Borge Brende at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Trump’s quick reversal on tariffs over Greenland was another sign of his willingness to rip up the international order — even parts of it that he himself has made. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By STEVEN ERLANGER and JEANNA SMIALEK The depth of the rift between President Donald Trump and Europe was on full display Wednesday as Trump delivered