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JOHANNESBURG — As President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa hunkered down with advisers on Friday to discuss a damning corruption report against him, he snubbed a meeting of his party’s top leadership,...

JOHANNESBURG — The political future of South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, grew increasingly grim on Thursday as he huddled with advisers and his opponents lobbied loudly for his resignation a day after...

“Russian forces clearly do not expect to be able to prevent Ukrainian forces from getting across the river, nor are the Russians prioritizing defensive positions to stop such a crossing,” the Institute...

“I don’t think he’s honest or altruistic and I’ll say it to his face,” said Mr. Samoylenko.But in Kherson’s small Jewish community, the remnant of what was once a major strand in...

NEW ORLEANS — Serenaded by a jazz band at the airport, cheered by crowds as he strolled through the French Quarter and even attempting a few dance steps, President Emmanuel Macron plunged...

European Union diplomats have agreed on a $60-per-barrel limit on the price at which Russian oil can be traded outside the bloc, the latest effort by Western allies to try to deprive...

The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, which was raided by Ukrainian security services in November.Credit...Brendan Hoffman for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called for the...

When the body arrived, weeks after the laborer’s death in a faraway country, it was almost 9 p.m. and the village was dark.Because so much time had passed, and no one could...

Striding out to speak to the Chinese nation just under six weeks ago, Xi Jinping exuded regal dominance. He had just won what was likely to be another decade in power. His...

PRAVDYNE, Ukraine — First came small pieces of bone. Then a pair of arms tied at the wrists with rope.And then the shovel unearthed a skull with a bullet hole, mouth cracked...