At around two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, when mild sunshine and a gentle chill wrapped the Baisaran Valley in Kashmir, two newlyweds, Shubham Dwivedi and Aishanya Pandey, rented horses and rode up a gentle hill. They wanted to catch what…
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Ukraine Cease-Fire Talks in London Downgraded After Rubio Pulls Out
Britain has scaled back a high-level meeting on ending the war in Ukraine, according to European officials, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio decided to pull out on Tuesday. That prompted the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, to decide that…
Rubio Skipping Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Rebuffs U.S. on Crimea
Secretary of State Marco Rubio decided on Tuesday to skip the next stage of the Ukrainian cease-fire talks, while Ukraine rebuffed one of President Trump’s key proposals for a deal that would halt the fighting with Russia. Negotiators from the…
Pope Francis’ Death Cuts a Vital Line of Hope for Gaza’s Christians
Even as Pope Francis was hospitalized in the last months of his life, he still occasionally kept up what had been a near-nightly ritual: calling the hundreds of Palestinian Christians huddling in the only Roman Catholic church in the war-torn…
Why Saudi Arabia Supports Trump’s Nuclear Talks With Its Rival, Iran
Ten years ago, when former President Barack Obama and other leaders reached a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear program, Saudi Arabia was dismayed. Saudi officials called it a “weak deal” that had only emboldened the kingdom’s regional rival,…
U.S. and Iran to Meet Again for Nuclear Talks, as Israel Watches Closely
As Iran and the United States on Saturday meet again for diplomatic talks over Tehran’s nuclear activities, few will be watching the outcome as closely as Israel. Israel has long relied on President Trump to take a hard line against…
Rubio Says U.S. to Decide in Days if End to Ukraine War Is ‘Doable’
The United States will abandon efforts to end the war in Ukraine if it proves impossible to broker meaningful progress in the next several days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed Paris after a meeting on Thursday…
A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations
Britain has sent a parade of senior officials to China this year, part of a calculated charm offensive to thaw out relations with a country that looms large in a world order upended by the United States under President Trump.…
A U.S.-China Trade War With Students and Tourists as Potential Pawns
China has warned its people to think twice before visiting the United States, citing trade tensions. It also told its students to be careful about studying there and accused two American universities of hacking. And it has vowed to cut…
Autopsies of Slain Gaza Medics Show Some Were Shot in the Head
The paramedics and rescue workers killed in an Israeli shooting in Gaza last month died mainly from gunshots to the head or chest, while others had shrapnel injuries or other wounds, according to autopsy reports obtained by The New York…