Trump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance to the Brink Over Greenland

As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?President Trump with European leaders at the White House in August. On Saturday, Mr. Trump said he would raise tariffs on several European countries unless they l

M Michael D. Shear

Trump Links His Push for Greenland to Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize

In a text, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the U.S. needed the island for global security.President Trump and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway during a meeting last year.

J Jeffrey Gettleman and Henrik Pryser Libell

Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities

The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.Representative Delia Ramirez, Democrat of Illinois, during an unannounced oversight visit to the Broadview Processing Center in Broadview, Ill., last June.

Z Zach Montague

U.S. Tells Judge It Will Appeal ICE Restrictions in Minneapolis

Justice Department lawyers said they would ask an appellate court to review an injunction that imposes limits on the tactics used by immigration agents.Federal agents and demonstrators outside a federal building near Minneapolis earlier this month.

M Mitch Smith

How 40 People Died In a Train Crash in Andalucia, Spain

The victims of Spain’s deadliest rail crash in more than a decade included a police officer, journalists and a family returning from a musical.Emergency officials at the scene of the crash on Monday.

J Jason Horowitz, José Bautista and Samuel Granados

What We Know About the Deadly High-Speed Train Crash in Spain

The train crash in the southern region of Andalucía on Sunday was the deadliest in Spain since at least 2013.A person affected by a deadly train derailment was transferred for treatment to the Caseta Municipal in Adamuz, Spain, on Sunday.

M Max Kim

Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism

Civil rights groups had criticized President Trump for failing to issue a proclamation honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and not attending commemorative events.President Trump at the College Football Championship in Miami on Monday.

F Francesca Regalado

Splits Emerge Among Venezuelans as Revolutionary Dream Fades

Supporters of former president Hugo Chávez, the anti-American socialist, are struggling to come to terms with their government’s pact with Washington.Demonstrators demanding the release of President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday.

M Maria Abi-Habib

Death Toll Rises in Guatemalan Gang Riots

Uprisings in three prisons have killed 10 police officers, presenting another challenge for President Bernardo Arévalo in his fight against corruption and organized crime.A ceremony to honor eight police officers who died in attacks by gang members the day before, on Monday in Guatemala City.

J Jody García, James Wagner and Daniele Volpe

Cows Use Tools, Too, New Study Finds

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say.

E Emily Anthes

Texas Schools Wait as Law on Ten Commandments Reaches Appeals Court

A state law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom has already divided Texas schools. Now a federal appeals court will decide its constitutionality.On Tuesday, the 17 active judges on the generally conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear argumen

P Pooja Salhotra

Indiana Judge and His Wife Are Shot at Their Suburban Home

The police in Lafayette, Ind., said they were investigating the nonfatal shootings of a Tippecanoe County Superior Court judge and his wife on Sunday.Police officers outside the home of Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kim, in Lafayette, Ind., on Sunday.

S Stephanie Saul

Clashes Erupt Around Syrian Prisons Holding Islamic State Fighters

New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government.Soldiers of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces deployed near the Gweiran Prison, which houses men accused of being Islamic State fight

C Christina Goldbaum