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WASHINGTON — American military officials on Thursday said they had detected a “high-altitude surveillance balloon” launched by China floating in the skies of Montana, causing a diplomatic panic that led Secretary of...

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke to members of the news media alongside Charles Michel, the European Council president, and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, in Kyiv on Friday.Credit...Emile...

It is just over a decade since the steamy capital of South Sudan exploded in joy, with revelers singing and dancing through the night to mark the birth of their new nation as...

The Biden administration said on Thursday that Russian and Belarusian athletes should only compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris as neutral participants, but did not weigh in on the bigger question:...

Even the day’s painful afternoon meeting with the victims of gruesome crimes in the country’s embattled east, when survivors put machetes and knives on the floor near the pope to punctuate the...

VideoRescue crews helped injured and trapped civilians in the industrial Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which has been the site of frequent attacks since Russia’s invasion.CreditCredit...Lynsey Addario for The New York TimesKRAMATORSK, Ukraine...

When the U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, visited Indonesia in November, he pressed his counterpart there about a deal to buy 36 American fighter jets. He left without an agreement.Just...

The United States is increasing its military presence in the Philippines, both countries announced on Thursday, adding American access to four more bases and asserting the Southeast Asian nation’s role as a...

‘Terrorism has returned’ in PakistanThe Pakistani Taliban initially denied playing a part in Monday’s suicide bombing in Pakistan, which killed at least 101 people in the city of Peshawar. A faction of the...

Ukrainian soldiers with armored personnel carriers as they headed into battle near the front line in eastern Ukraine on Saturday.Credit...Lynsey Addario for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine — As Western allies rush...