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UZHGOROD, Ukraine — As intense battles raged in eastern Ukraine and Russian forces pressed to cut off the supply lines for thousands of Ukrainian soldiers, Moscow unleashed more than 40 missiles on...

KIGALI, Rwanda — As the leaders of the Commonwealth wrapped up a week of closed-door meetings, panel discussions and formal dinners on Saturday in Rwanda, this “family of nations” still stood at...

A heat and power plant in Berlin on Thursday. Germany may soon have to ration gas, as Russia has shown a willingness to cut off supplies to E.U. buyers.Credit...Clemens Bilan/EPA, via ShutterstockBRUSSELS...

DOBROPILLIA, Ukraine — When Aleksander Maryinych enters a metal cage and descends into darkness with dozens of other miners for his six-hour shifts, the concussive thumps of an artillery war are replaced...

By her account, Ms. Afshar had a privileged upbringing in which, surrounded by nannies and servants, she did little on her own. While attending the prestigious Jeanne d’Arc School for girls in...

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, at his office in central Kyiv, in north-central Ukraine, on Thursday.Credit...Mauricio Lima for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine — As the European Union summit began in Brussels...

FEUCHTWANGEN, Germany — After Amy Gutmann’s father fled the Nazis in 1934, he swore never to set foot in Germany again. For the rest of his life, he boycotted German goods and...

QUITO, Ecuador — For more than a week, the Andean nation of Ecuador has been buffeted by at times violent protests over a spike in prices for fuel, food and other basic...

A food distribution site in Kabul, in June.Credit...Kiana Hayeri for The New York TimesSince the Taliban seized power from a Western-backed government last year, Afghanistan has struggled with a severe drought, widespread...

A photograph taken during a trip organized by the Russian military showed a Russian serviceman near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Enerhodar, Ukraine, in May.Credit...Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA, via ShutterstockRussian soldiers who control...