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Book-banning attempts have grown in the U.S. over the past few years from relatively isolated battles to a broader effort aimed at works about sexual and racial identity. Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth...

Gangs are increasing their chokehold on Haiti’s capital, using bulldozers to raze entire neighborhoods, overwhelming poorly armed police and taking their violence to within blocks of the seat of government.While Haitians have...

LONDON — Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, faced new scrutiny over the financing of his charities on Saturday after a report found that one organization had accepted a donation of...

They have handed out Russian passports, cellphone numbers and set-top boxes for watching Russian television. They have replaced Ukrainian currency with the ruble, rerouted the internet through Russian servers and arrested hundreds...

The covered bodies on Friday of people killed when an explosion tore through the barracks of a prison camp in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine. Credit...Alexander Ermochenko/ReutersAs international outrage swelled, Ukraine on...

TORONTO — It is a crime to renege on a promise to wear a condom during sex without a partner’s knowledge or consent, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled this week.The decision...

ODESA, Ukraine — For the Russians, the Ukrainian fighters held prisoner at Correctional Colony No. 210 are a trophy. For the Ukrainians, they are war heroes.Why either side would want any of...

The Navi-Star cargo ship docked beside grain silos at the Port of Odesa on Friday.Credit...Daniel Berehulak for The New York TimesODESA, Ukraine —President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, visiting a port in the...

EDMONTON, Alberta — The centerpiece of ​Pope Francis​’s journey to Canada this week ​was his historic message o​f apology on Monday ​to ​the country’s ​Indigenous people​ for the Catholic Church’s role in...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia, gripped by growing anxiety about China’s influence on its internal affairs, introduced sweeping legislation a few years ago to prevent foreign interference, but until now the laws have...