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The land portion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, last week.Credit...Fabrizio Bensch/ReutersThe authorities in Germany, Denmark and Sweden are investigating suspicious leaks in two gas pipelines running from...

Authorities were trying to determine the cause of leaks in two gas pipelines running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea after both experienced a sudden drop in pressure, German and...

ROME — Throughout her time in the opposition to Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s national unity government, Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right leader who is poised to become the next Italian prime minister after...

ERBIL, Iraq — The protests that have thrust Iran into turmoil since the death of a young woman in police custody have been striking for the way they have cut across ethnic...

Russian security forces arrested hundreds of demonstrators in St. Petersburg and across Russia on Saturday during protests against the mobilization of 300,000 people announced by President Vladimir V. Putin this week.Credit...Associated PressThe...

North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile off its east coast on Sunday in its first ballistic missile test in nearly four months, the South Korean military said.The missile test came days...

An armed Russian serviceman stood guard over an outdoor polling station in Luhansk, Ukraine, as voters participated in a referendum to join Russia on Saturday.Credit...Stringer/EPA, via ShutterstockKYIV, Ukraine — Much of the...

Protests in Iran against the government spread to more than five dozen cities on Friday even as the authorities escalated a crackdown that has reportedly killed dozens of people and brought the...

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week’s issue is written by Meghan Dansie, a freelance reporter in Melbourne.In the...

Insults, accusations and talk of war crimes and nuclear holocaust dominated the world’s premier diplomatic stage on Thursday, as the United Nations Security Council met to debate how and whether anyone would...