Europe Wants to Arm Ukraine, but It’s Losing a Race Against Time
Since President Trump took office vowing to pull back U.S. support for Ukraine, European leaders have worried that they would be unable to supply Ukraine with the weapons it needs.…
A United Front for Pope Leo Among American Cardinals
American cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church described the historic papal conclave that concluded this week as relatively easy, with no arm-twisting or overt politicking. When their work was done…
India-Pakistan Conflict Intensifies: Live Updates
The worry is running deep in the parts of Kashmir and the rest of India that are in range of Pakistani weapons — and beyond them, too. The India-administered region…
Live Updates: Leo XIV Celebrates First Mass as Pope
Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom…
Pope Leo XIV Is From Chicago. Is He a Cubs or a White Sox Fan?
In Chicago, a city where baseball allegiance has no middle ground, one of the first questions people asked was whether the Chicago-born pope cheered for the White Sox or the…
Live Updates: Robert Francis Prevost Is 1st American Pope
As the cardinals vote for the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, they will be facing Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel, a powerful work that may…
Russia’s Military Show of Strength Masks Economic and Diplomatic Cracks
Russia will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat on Friday with visiting heads of state and a show of armed might in Red Square, staged as a display…
China Is Likely to Play Hardball in U.S. Tariff Talks
By agreeing to meet with the Trump administration to discuss trade, China is seeking to cast itself as the responsible one in a bruising superpower competition that has roiled the…
Conclave Live Updates: Cardinals Gather to Elect New Pope
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has some advice for cardinals who are about to experience their first conclave. “Bring a book,” he said in an interview on Tuesday…
With Tears of Joy and Anxiety, Waiting for P.O.W.s to Come Home, at Last
The two sisters brought with them a chocolate cake from the nearby grocery store and put candles on it: two red hearts, and a neon orange 2 and 5. Their…