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Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, during an event commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II at Berlin’s Soviet War Memorial in May.Credit...John Macdougall/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesVolodymyr Zelensky,...

TOKYO — When Shinzo Abe was gunned down at a campaign stop on Friday, he was no longer the leader of Japan, nor of its governing party. But as Japanese voters went...

VideoPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka agreed to step down after what appeared to be one of the largest protests yet, following months of demonstrations fueled by the nation’s economic crisis.CreditCredit...Chamila Karunarathne/EPA,...

Acute shortages have meant that medicines can’t be transported and fresh produce from farms can’t make it to cities.

Security forces firing tear gas and used water cannons in an attempt to disperse protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday.Credit...Chamila Karunarathne/EPA, via ShutterstockCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose family...

In a screenshot from a video released by Russia’s interior ministry, Marc Fogel sat at a security point in a Moscow airport last year, before his arrest.Credit...Russian Interior Ministry With the spotlight...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — He was like a skunk at the tropical resort party, shunned by many, though by no means all.Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, attended a meeting of finance...

WASHINGTON — Russia vetoed a measure on Friday that would have allowed the last U.N. aid route into Syria to remain open for another year, in a vote that diplomats and critics...

Sergey V. Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, on Friday in Bali, Indonesia.Credit...Pool photo by Stefani ReynoldsNUSA DUA, Indonesia — He was a skunk at the tropical resort party, shunned by many, though not...

Mieko Nakabayashi was in a TV studio, waiting to be interviewed about Boris Johnson’s resignation, when she heard that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been shot during a campaign speech.Ms. Nakabayashi,...