President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke to members of the news media alongside Charles Michel, the European Council president, and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, in Kyiv on Friday.Credit…Emile Ducke for The New York Times BRUSSELS — European Union leaders visiting Kyiv on Friday laid out the ways in which Ukraine will […]
Month: February 2023
Corporate Lawyer’s Unlikely Mission: Defend and ‘Humanize’ a Hated Terrorist
Stanislas Eskenazi volunteered with Brussels’ legal aid service, typically helping petty criminals. But now he is representing Belgium’s most-wanted man.
White House says Russian Olympians should only be permitted as neutral participants.
The Biden administration said on Thursday that Russian and Belarusian athletes should only compete in the 2024 Olympics in Paris as neutral participants, but did not weigh in on the bigger question: whether the athletes should be allowed in at all. Ukraine has in the past week undertaken a concerted campaign to persuade the International […]
U.S. to Boost Military Role in the Philippines in Push to Counter China
The United States is increasing its military presence in the Philippines, gaining access to four more sites and strengthening the Southeast Asian nation’s role as a key strategic partner for Washington in the event of a conflict with China over Taiwan. The agreement, announced on Thursday, allows Washington to station military equipment and build facilities […]
Russia Strikes Kramatorsk Amid Warnings of New Offensive in Eastern Ukraine: Live Updates
Video Rescue crews helped injured and trapped civilians in the industrial Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which has been the site of frequent attacks since Russia’s invasion.CreditCredit…Lynsey Addario for The New York Times KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian missiles slammed into Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, striking a city that is a key base of Ukrainian […]
China and the U.S. Are Wooing Indonesia, and Beijing Has the Edge
When the U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, visited Indonesia in November, he pressed his counterpart there about a deal to buy 36 American fighter jets. He left without an agreement. Just days before, the same Indonesian official, Prabowo Subianto, met with China’s defense minister, and the two countries pledged to resume joint military […]
Mohandas K. Gandhi, affectionately called “Bapu,” or father, was killed on Jan. 30, 1948. He is still revered by many, his name a byword for a certain kind of virtue and action.Credit…Gandhi’s Life in Photos, 75 Years After His Assassination
Seventy-five years ago, Mohandas K. Gandhi was shot dead by an assassin while on his way to deliver a regular evening prayer. Gandhi, by then largely known as the mahatma, or “great soul,” had helped lead India into its independent future less than a year before, with millions of Indian nationalists by his side. He died […]
Why Iran’s Missile Program Alarms its Regional Rivals
A drone attack on an Iranian military facility over the weekend brought renewed attention to Iran’s development of sophisticated missiles, a program that deeply worries its regional rivals. The strike on Saturday, which set off a large explosion in the city of Isfahan, was the work of the Mossad, Israel’s premier intelligence agency, according to […]
Russia May Be Making Opening Moves of a New Offensive, Ukraine Says: Live Updates
Ukrainian soldiers with armored personnel carriers as they headed into battle near the front line in eastern Ukraine on Saturday.Credit…Lynsey Addario for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — As Western allies rush heavier weapons to help Ukraine reclaim occupied territory, Moscow’s forces are intensifying assaults along the eastern front in what President Volodymyr Zelensky […]
Pope Francis, in Africa, Urges an End to Congo’s Cycle of Violence
The thumping church music, booming choir and exuberant crowd of about a million people greeting Pope Francis for an open-air papal Mass on Wednesday in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, felt a world away from the violence ravaging the country’s east, where scores of competing armed groups are pillaging villages, plundering resources […]