View of Coral Bay and East End in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 19, 2024. In 1917, the United States bought Caribbean islands from Denmark and agreed to respect Denmark’s hold over Greenland. The deal resurfaced with President Trump’s recent threats to seize Greenland. (Erika P. Rodríguez/The New York Times) By AMELIA NIERENBERG President Donald Trump’s recent fixation with Greenland has brought attention to a little-known snag. More than a century ago, the United State

By ANATOLY KURMANAEV and ANNIE CORREAL Venezuelan security agents have questioned two prominent businessmen who have faced money laundering charges in the United States, according to five Venezuelans and a U.S. official. The move against the men, with ties to the deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, signaled a deepening cooperation between the two countries. The politically connected businessmen, Raúl Gorrín and Alex Saab, were detained in the capital, Caracas, overnight

A man walks to the site of a missile attack on farmland in Jabo, Nigeria, Jan. 1, 2026. At least 167 people have been killed by gunmen in attacks on two villages in a rural part of Nigeria, according to the Nigerian branch of the Red Cross. (Taibat Ajiboye/The New York Times) By RUTH MacLEAN, ISMAIL AUWAL and SAIKOU JAMMEH At least 167 people have been killed by gunmen in attacks on two villages in a rural part of Nigeria, according to the Nigerian branch of the Red Cross. Th

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at his official residence in Bogota on Jan. 8, 2026, the day after his telephone call with President Donald Trump. Colombians — from the embassy in Washington to the streets of Bogotá, the capital — seemed to breathe a collective sigh of relief after Tuesday’s White House meeting between the two leaders seemed to go well. (Nathalia Angarita/The New York Times) By ANNIE CORREAL, MAX BEARAK and MINHO KIM Many feared the worst from Tuesday’s m

Smoke rises from a pair of drone strikes in Sloviansk, Ukraine, June 1, 2025. More Ukrainians are willing to relinquish the remaining portion of the Donbas region still controlled by Ukraine if it would mean an end to the war. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times) By MARIA VARENIKOVA Khrystyna Yurchenko worked hard to build a life in the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas, where she pours her energy into the popular dance studio she owns. But she would give it all up, sh

A minibus departs for the Rafah border crossing to Egypt from Khan Younis, Gaza, with five patients, each accompanied by two caregivers, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. The first groups of Palestinians started passing through the crossing on Monday morning in both directions, according to Israeli officials, who said they would have final numbers of how many crossed by the end of the day. (Saher Alghorra/The New York Times) By ISABEL KERSHNER and BILAL SHBAIR The sole border crossing

By MARIA VARENIKOVA A day before scheduled peace talks with Ukraine, Russia resumed attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure Tuesday, striking power plants with missiles in several regions as temperatures plunged to minus 13 degrees Fahrenheit in the capital, Kyiv. The attacks ended an informal, short-lived “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine that officials had called a confidence-building gesture for peace negotiations. The talks have entered a new phase as Russi

A billboard in Tehran, Iran, showing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reads “We recognize the American president as a criminal,” Jan. 27, 2026. Senior U.S. and Iranian officials are expected to meet in Istanbul on Friday for talks aimed at de-escalating the crisis between their countries, according to two current regional officials and a former one who were familiar with the planning. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By SANAM MAHOOZI The president of Iran, M