Both sides have much to lose if a delicate negotiation over limiting Iran’s activities in return for a lifting of sanctions falls short.

Rescuers and wildlife officials kept it cool and wet while waiting for a rising tide. The orca returned to sea about six hours after it was…

The government had failed to send badly needed reinforcements to Lashkar Gar, the capital of Helmand Province, where people were fleeing their homes and a hospital…

Delta-driven surges are prompting new measures from the federal government, states and cities, companies and the military, as well as defiant rejections.

Social distancing made the cheek kiss a much rarer greeting, and polling suggests it may stay that way. Some say good riddance, but others miss the…

The pandemic has left hundreds of thousands of Americans alone in bereavement, unable to plan proper funerals for their loved ones. Now, they’re planning larger celebrations…

With a pandemic-forced sojourn to Buffalo and Florida now complete, Toronto’s exciting young team got a chance to experience its actual home crowd.

With the Taliban sweeping across much of the country, at least 30,000 Afghans are leaving each week. Many more have been displaced within Afghanistan’s borders.

Police search the desert trying to track down the poachers selling Conophytums to collectors worldwide, threatening to wipe out rare plants in the wild.

The body of Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winner killed in Afghanistan, was unrecognizable when it was brought to a Kandahar hospital, one official said.

The authorities are clamping down on universities, which they consider hotbeds for unrest. The groups say they are fighting for survival.

The athletes will join another 150 refugee students selected who were accepted to one of 80 participating institutions this fall.

Nearly 3,000 miles from Tehran where mass executions were carried out in 1988, a murder trial in Sweden could produce new revelations that complicate life for…

“We can prevent this disease, we can test for it, and we can treat it,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Curfews, vaccine requirements, conflicting advice. As variants like Delta spread, rules and restrictions are popping up across the continent and staying informed can feel like a…

The proof is an outbreak in Provincetown, Mass., the agency said. But published internal documents paint an even more harrowing picture.

Spurred by victims of Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s regime, the court has reopened an investigation into whether Banco de Chile helped the former Chilean dictator launder money.

Greek police claim some groups have worked with smugglers and provided migrants with details about Coast Guard activities. The groups deny the charges.

The Turkish authorities said they were investigating the causes of fires that killed at least four people and threatened popular tourist destinations.

It could be the latest in a spate of recent episodes involving Iran and Israeli-linked ships.

For months, the authorities and Ms. Dingley’s partner combed the Pyrenees mountains. A DNA test confirmed the identity of remains found near her last known location,…

The shift by the second-largest U.S. district comes weeks before in-person classes are scheduled to resume.

Struck by gunfire, Martine Moïse lay bleeding as the assassins who killed her husband ransacked her room. Now, she says, the F.B.I. must find the mastermind…

There’s much to learn about how the virus spreads.

An internal agency document paints a grim picture of the fast-spreading coronavirus variant, saying it appears to cause serious illness and health officials must “acknowledge the…

Ambitious high-rise projects in Sweden are a showcase for a reviving forest industry.

Struck by gunfire, Martine Moïse lay bleeding as the assassins who killed her husband ransacked her room. Now, she says, the F.B.I. must find the mastermind…

Cases have spread from the city of Nanjing to several provinces and the capital, Beijing, in the past three weeks.

Kisha Supernant has brought radar technology to the search for burial sites in Canada while she works to reshape her profession’s relationship with Indigenous communities.

The first group of Afghan interpreters and others who helped Americans during the war will stay on an Army base in Virginia until they are resettled.

Tong Ying-kit, 24, who drove a motorcycle into police officers while carrying a protest flag, was convicted of terrorism and inciting secession.

Our states sometimes seem to be at war with each other as outbreaks flare. But this virus knows no boundaries.

Europe’s vaccine campaigns speed ahead.

Infections in vaccinated Americans also may be as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people, the document says, and lead more often to severe illness.

In his first meeting with a foreign journalist in a decade, Seif al-Islam described his years in captivity — and hinted at a bid for Libya’s…

The president is encouraging paid time off to get vaccinated and other incentives to combat Covid-19 infections.

The Nauka module met up with the orbiting outpost on Thursday morning, and later unexpectedly fired its thrusters.

Patrick Moster was suspended by Germany’s Olympic sports federation after referring to cyclists from Algeria and Eritrea in a derogatory manner.

The C.D.C.’s new masking advice was based in part on unpublished data showing that the virus can thrive in the airways of vaccinated people.

The C.D.C.’s new masking advice was based in part on unpublished data showing that the virus can thrive in the airways of vaccinated people.

The E.U. surpassed the U.S. in vaccinations.

The president will also direct the Defense Department to study how and when to require members of the military to get the shots.

Whether booster shots are needed by older citizens is an issue that is far from settled among scientists.

The issue has become a test for whether Prime Minister Mario Draghi can really change Italy.

The casualty toll from the flood in a Taliban-controlled district in Nuristan Province was expected to rise beyond the 80 confirmed deaths as the search for…

Accompanied by their livestock, hundreds tried to flee the Wakhan Corridor, a mountainous region of Afghanistan now threatened by the Taliban. But they were turned back…

The storm is set to hit southwestern England starting Thursday night, after a series of extreme weather events in the country over the past month.

Continuing to require travelers from France to isolate for up to 10 days, while exempting those from other European countries or the United States, is unfair…

Humans aren’t the only species that navigate by starlight; birds, seals and even dung beetles seem able to do it, too.

It was not clear whether President Rodrigo Duterte intended to try to enforce such a rule, which legal experts said would be unconstitutional.

With the Games approaching their midway point, promises of a “safe and secure” event are being put to the test.

Across the continent, reaching vulnerable populations on the margins of society is a challenge. In Brussels, the authorities are hoping mobile outreach teams can help.

After a two-day inspection at the Emergent BioSolutions site where Johnson & Johnson doses were contaminated, the F.D.A. said operations could start again.

The figures provided a stark contrast with the early stages of the inoculation campaigns, when the bloc, facing a shortage of doses and delayed deliveries, looked…

Vaccine mandates are on the rise, and they will probably have a bigger effect than mask mandates.

News reports that workers in Sri Lanka dug up a cluster of sapphires worth up to $100 million were a welcome distraction for a pandemic-weary public.

Aid workers say the Ethiopian government has effectively cut off the lone route into the conflict-torn region of Tigray, leading to a risk of mass starvation.

China relies on a system that puts tens of thousands of children in government-run training schools. Many of the young athletes are funneled into less prominent…

England and Scotland will ease border controls.

Sun Dawu described enduring “misery beyond words” during monthslong police interrogations that forced what he said was a false confession.

All guests older than 2 will be required to wear masks in indoor spaces, regardless of their vaccination status.

The decision comes after state health officials were worried about whether doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine would expire and go to waste.

The wave of infections came a day after the Nationals’ shortstop Trea Turner left during Tuesday night’s game against the Phillies after testing positive.

Qin Gang rose from working for a foreign news agency to becoming a trusted aide to Xi Jinping, China’s top leader.