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A fatal blast at a rally in PakistanAt least 43 people were killed in the country’s northwest yesterday, officials said, the latest sign of the deteriorating security situation in Pakistan. The death toll is expected to rise: At least 200 people were wounded.Officials suspect that the attack in Khyber ...

A preview of the NATO summitLeaders of NATO countries are preparing for two days of meetings starting tomorrow in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital.Ukraine will be a major issue. The war there has raged for more than 500 days, and the counteroffensive is moving slowly. Ukraine wants to join NATO, but President ...

Putin, Xi and Modi met virtuallyThe leaders of Russia, China and India — the three biggest powers bidding to reshape a global order dominated by the U.S. — convened over video at a virtual summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and each focused on their own driving issues. ...

Long-simmering issues come to a head in FranceLast week, a teenage boy was killed in a fatal traffic stop outside Paris, prompting days of violent protests. Days later, France’s top administrative court upheld a ban on religious symbols that has prevented a French citizen who wears a hijab from ...

Putin addressed the revoltPresident Vladimir Putin addressed the rebellion over the weekend by the Wagner mercenary group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a short televised speech yesterday. In his first public comments since Saturday, Putin tried to project unity and stability as questions swirled about the strength of his ...

No survivors after submersible’s ‘catastrophic implosion’The five people aboard a submersible that went missing on Sunday were presumed dead after an international search found pieces of the vessel, including the tail cone, near the wreckage of the Titanic. The debris was “consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” ...

A desperate search for a missing submersibleAn international team of rescuers was racing against time to search thousands of square miles of the North Atlantic for a deep-diving submersible with five people on board and a dwindling supply of oxygen. A staggering list of logistical challenges has complicated the ...

A missing submersible’s air is running outAn international team of rescuers was racing against time to find a deep-diving submersible with five people on board after it lost contact in the North Atlantic during a tour to explore the wreck of the Titanic.The submersible, the Titan, is thought to ...

With Bakhmut in ruins, Ukraine shifts focusUkraine has tacitly acknowledged that Russia has seized Bakhmut: A Ukrainian official said today that Russian forces are engaged in “mopping up” operations to clear the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in the city — even as Kyiv seeks to shift the focus from the ...

A high-stakes election in ThailandThai voters are going to the polls on Sunday in an election that could set the country on a path toward ending eight years of military rule.The vote will pit pro-democracy opposition parties against Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the general who seized power in a ...