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At least six Russian balloons floated over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Wednesday, triggering air-raid sirens before most of them were shot down, Ukrainian officials said, prompting speculation about the balloons’ purpose...

Russia and Ukraine are depleting ammunition stocks at a staggering pace in the nearly yearlong war, putting pressure on weapons makers globally to meet demand and forcing Moscow to turn to allies...

Other murky actions have challenged U.S. analysts trying to read Chinese intentions. On Jan. 28, when the balloon approached the Aleutian Islands and American airspace over Alaska in its off-course trajectory, the...

Green rolling hills surround the sleepy Cornish village of Lostwithiel, a quaint town of just 5,000 people in southwest England with two bustling pubs, a small church, and even its own castle.But...

Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, is expected to resign from her position of more than eight years.Credit...Andrew Testa for The New York TimesLONDON — Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the...

Scattered across a neighborhood in central Kabul are the ruins of another empire come and gone from Afghanistan.Tattered sandbags and piles of discarded barbed wire. Metal hulls of tank traps sitting unused...

Chisinau, Moldova, in December. The country briefly closed its airspace on Tuesday.Credit...Andreea Campeanu for The New York TimesMoldova briefly closed its airspace because of a presumed air balloon that entered its territory...

Jump to:Watching construction vehicles remove rubble from destroyed buildings in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on Monday.Credit...Sergey Ponomarev for The New York TimesMore than a week after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, there...

Indian tax agents raided the offices of the BBC in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi tried to stop the dissemination of a...

AL-ATARIB, Syria — For years, northwestern Syria has been home to millions of people displaced by war, so many that neighbor no longer knew neighbor. And so when an earthquake struck last...