The attack last week, on a dock purportedly used for shipping narcotics, did not kill anyone, people briefed on the operation said. But it was the first known U.S. operation inside Venezuela.Speaking to reporters on Monday, President Trump had declined to say how the attack had been carried out or b
The attack was the 30th announced by the U.S. military since early September. It came days after President Trump said the U.S. had struck a coastal site related to drugs and Venezuela.The strike, conducted at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, had targeted a boat sailing along a “known
Plus, the mountain climbing brothers trying to rewrite the world’s maps.The C.I.A. conducted a strike on a port facility in Venezuela last week, people briefed on the operation said. The move suggests a new phase of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against the Maduro government.
The jazz drummer Billy Hart said the decision was “evidently” connected to President Trump’s name being added to the arts center.The head of Doug Varone and Dancers called the decision to cancel two performances at the Kennedy Center “financially devastating but morally exhilarating.”
The U.S.-led negotiations have made some progress, but still face fundamental challenges, including over security guarantees to counter future Russian aggression.Soldiers with a Ukrainian antiaircraft defense unit monitoring the sky for Russian drones in the Donetsk region last week.
China’s military also sent warships and aircraft during a second day of exercises designed to show its ability to claim the democratic island.The Chinese military fired a rocket on Tuesday from Pingtan, an island in the eastern province of Fujian that is China’s closest point to Taiwan.
Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo escalates, some residents are worried.Yonaguni, a Japanese military outpost about 70 miles east of Taiwan, sits along the so-called “first island chain,” a strategic arc of islands us
Thousands of documents and interviews with Assad-era officials reveal how the regime worked to conceal evidence of its atrocities during the Syrian civil war.
We documented how the dictator Bashar al-Assad and his henchmen conspired to hide evidence of torture and deaths of detainees during Syria’s long civil war.Family members looked for signs of missing relatives as they foraged through papers in the Sednaya prison days after the fall of President Basha
Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.Clockwise from left: Rob Reiner, Val Kilmer, Diane Keaton, David Lynch, Robert Redford, Pope Francis and Gene Hackman.
Mr. Clooney, who owns a farmhouse in France, has said that living there enabled him and his wife, a human rights lawyer, to pursue a quieter existence with their children.France has granted citizenship to George Clooney and his wife, Amal Clooney.
The American and Israeli leaders showed few signs of disagreement after meeting in Florida, giving no public indication of their growing strains over Gaza, Syria and other issues.
The Saudi-led coalition said a strike on a port in southern Yemen was targeting weapons bound for a separatist group that is backed by the United Arab Emirates.Damaged military vehicles at the port of Al Mukalla in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition struck an arms shipment on Tuesday.
Katherine Maher has taken an unyielding approach to NPR’s biggest battles — which has sometimes put her at odds with her colleagues in public media.Katherine Maher, the chief executive of NPR, has dealt with plenty of criticism this year. Did she consider quitting? “I really don’t like bullies,” she
Here is what to expect if you’re expecting relief from the soaring cost of day care in New York City.Many parents in New York City struggle to afford child care for their young children.
Hours before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds an inauguration block party outside City Hall, he will officially become mayor in a small private ceremony.The old City Hall Station, which has been out of commission since 1945, is famous for its arches.
The clocks aboard our icebreaker will be changed several times en route to Antarctica. It’s one of many things that make the expedition feel otherworldly.
It’s Sweden’s longest criminal trial. I was there because of a different historic distinction.
We look at some of our best stories from 2025 that Times editors thought deserved more attention.The Twitch streamer Kai Cenat.
In office for three terms, she traded the country’s leadership with Sheikh Hasina, the head of another political dynasty, over decades. She was believed to be 80.Khaleda Zia in 2014.
The band’s label said it had dropped one of the girl group’s five members. NewJeans’s legal battle has drawn public scrutiny of the K-pop industry.The K-pop group NewJeans in Seoul last year.
A.I. has made it easy to put words in people’s mouths, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain has become a favorite target. The motive, experts say, is not political but financial.Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street this month. He has been the subject of many fake videos made w
More than 500 women claimed that they had received unnecessary operations. Hospital leaders said they were not aware of a doctor’s misconduct.Javaid Perwaiz is serving a 59-year prison sentence after being convicted of health care fraud arising from medically unnecessary surgeries at Chesapeake Regi
