President Vladimir Putin simplified citizenship for people in separatist-held regions of Ukraine — a move that could intensify the five-year conflict in the country’s east.
Author: ALAN YUHAS
A Guide to Our Israel Election Coverage
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly quashed rivals left and right to hold onto power. Now he faces an unexpectedly strong challenger in a former army chief, Benny Gantz.
The Sultan of Brunei: Opulence, Power and Hard-Line Islam
When Brunei made gay sex and adultery punishable by stoning, it cast a light on Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the country’s monarch and main enforcer of religion.
Cyclone Idai May Be ‘One of the Worst’ Disasters in the Southern Hemisphere
A United Nations official said workers had described “water and water for miles and miles,” resembling an inland ocean where homes and towns had stood.
As Blackout Plunges Venezuela in Darkness, Maduro Blames the U.S.
President Maduro, Juan Guaidó and Mike Pompeo traded blame on social media and television.
Lights Go Out in Venezuela, and Social Media Heats Up
As a blackout enveloped much of the country in darkness, blame was traded on social media and television.
How Justin Trudeau Was Ensnared by Scandal: A Corruption Case and ‘Veiled Threats’
The Canadian prime minister is enmeshed in a case involving a corporation accused of corruption and his former justice minister, who says his office improperly pressured her.
How Justin Trudeau Was Ensnared by Scandal: A Corruption Case and ‘Veiled Threats’
The Canadian prime minister is enmeshed in a case involving a corporation accused of corruption and his former justice minister, who says his office improperly pressured her.
Evidence of Chlorine Found in Syrian Town of Douma, Investigators Say
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said it found “reasonable grounds” that chlorine was used in an attack on a Damascus suburb last year.
‘Crippling’ Attacks Force Doctors Without Borders to Close Ebola Centers in Congo
Assailants struck two treatment centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, destroying one. Doctors Without Borders warned that the outbreak was not under control.