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MEXICO CITY — The disappearance of 43 Mexican students in 2014 was a “crime of the state” involving every layer of government, an official inquiry reported on Thursday, in the most profound...

VideoA Russian missile destroyed a dormitory that was home to older people and people with hearing impairments, according to Ukrainian officials. At least 10 civilians were killed and another 17 wounded, including...

Seven Palestinian human rights organizations that Israel has accused of having links to terrorism were raided on Thursday by dozens of Israeli soldiers who broke down office doors, seized documents, printers and...

LONDON — Train travel in Britain largely ground to a halt on Thursday, after tens of thousands of railway workers walked out over wage disputes, the latest work stoppage in a summer...

A Ukrainian recruit in a mock battle at a training village in southeast England on Monday.Credit...Frank Augstein/Associated PressKENT, England — A commander barked orders to Ukrainian recruits. A group of new soldiers...

The Primorsky beach in Yalta, Crimea, in 2017.Credit...Denis Sinyakov for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine — The Crimean Peninsula dangles off Ukraine’s southern coast like a diamond, blessed with a temperate climate,...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — After weeks of uncertainty, a Chinese surveillance vessel docked at a port in Sri Lanka on Tuesday, raising tensions between neighboring India and China as Indian leaders grow...

Despite recent pronouncements by Ukraine’s leadership about the military’s success along the Kherson front, troops have barely moved for weeks. Credit...Daniel Berehulak for The New York TimesMYKOLAIV REGION, Ukraine — In their...

MYKOLAIV REGION, Ukraine — In their summer campaign to drive Russian troops from the southern region of Kherson, Ukraine’s forces have decimated Russian command centers and ammunition depots, severed supply lines with...

William Ruto after casting his ballot in Sugoi, Kenya, last week.Credit...Simon Maina/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesSAMBUT, Kenya — William Ruto spent his childhood on a plot of family land down an unpaved,...