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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia called for a cease-fire in Ukraine to celebrate Orthodox Christian Christmas. A senior Ukrainian official dismissed the move as “hypocrisy.”Credit...Tyler Hicks/The New York TimesPresident Vladimir V....

Jan. 5, 2023, 3:10 a.m. ETJan. 5, 2023, 3:10 a.m. ETCrowds of the faithful gathered at the funeral on Thursday.Credit...James Hill for The New York TimesWhen Pope John Paul II died in...

Russia lays blame with fallen troopsAmid anger in Russia over a deadly New Year’s Day strike in Makiivka on Moscow’s forces, official blame has fallen on the targeted soldiers themselves, with the...

On weekdays in Manila, Al Enriquez, 86, pushes a rickety wooden cart with a rainbow umbrella perched on the dilapidated wood. He sells candies and cigarettes outside of a bustling commuter supermarket,...

Workers at the site of a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on Sunday.Credit...Laura Boushnak for The New York TimesThey are lumbering and noisy and relatively easy to...

North Korean state media has not revealed much about the cherub-faced young girl who has made several appearances with Kim Jong-un, the country’s leader, in recent weeks.On New Year’s Day, state media...

Exploding drones are lumbering and noisy and relatively easy to shoot from the sky and, over the New Year’s weekend, Ukraine says, its military downed every single one of about 80 that...

“The entire West has closed ranks against us in order to destroy us,” Yekaterina Kolotovkina, the head of a soldiers’ humanitarian fund and the wife of a Russian general fighting in Ukraine,...

Fixing electrical wires at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on Sunday.Credit...Laura Boushnak for The New York TimesUkraine shot down all of the exploding drones that Russia had fired...

The United States, Israel’s most important ally, has warned against any change to the arrangements at the site. Speaking last month at a conference of J Street, a liberal Jewish advocacy group...