The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.Gunmen attacked the Christ Apostolic Church in Kwara State, Nigeria, in November.
Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target affiliates of a resurgent Islamic State.At a church in Lagos, Nigeria, in April.
The terror group has lost its territorial stronghold, but it still orchestrates and inspires violence through affiliates across Africa and beyond.Members of the F.B.I. walk around Bourbon Street in New Orleans during their investigation of the fatal truck crash on New Year’s Eve.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has acknowledged major sticking points in talks on a peace plan for Ukraine.
Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.President Trump while making Christmas calls to children at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday.
Artificial intelligence companies looking to raise funds are being made to pay lofty interest rates, as debt investors become cautious.CoreWeave, which rents data centers, is among the smaller companies bringing debt deals.
Megacities in southern India are attracting enormous investments to help build artificial intelligence infrastructure to serve the world’s most data-hungry country.Microsoft’s office in Bengaluru, India. The company said it would spend $17.5 billion in India on data centers and other A.I. infrastruc
After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition.Sumaya Abu al-Naja with a photo of her daughter, Hoda.
The far-right group known as the R.S.S., whose members include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has spent a century trying to make India a Hindu-first nation.Volunteers for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or R.S.S., listened to a speech at a celebration of the group’s centenary in Nagpur, India, in Oc
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, known as the R.S.S., has survived bans and vilification to emerge as the force reshaping India’s secular republic into a Hindu nation.R.S.S. volunteers at a centenary celebration event in Nagpur in October.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign encouraged canvassers to ditch their scripts in pursuit of genuine, off-the-cuff-conversation. It’s a strategy that some Democratic strategists want to see more of.A canvasser for Zohran Mamdani in November. His campaign’s field director said that the team emphasized “trust
Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say.People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand near the Burmese border. The number of patients has soared after a coup in Myanmar ignited
The region could see accumulations of up to 5 to 7 inches from late Friday into Saturday.New York City got a bit of snow earlier in December. On Friday and Saturday, the city is expecting a more significant accumulation.
Officials warned that driving would remain hazardous across much of the state, with heavy rain still to fall in some places that broke records on Christmas Eve.Los Angeles set a record for Christmas Eve rainfall on Wednesday. Another half inch could fall on Thursday.
Shoes. A phone. Receipts. A comb. Traces of wild nights and hurried days are all around us.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s signature plans for New York City will take time. Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has ideas for making a swift impact.Lina Khan, a leading progressive scholar, chaired the Federal Trade Commission under former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
As many as 25,000 free-ranging dogs roam the cold, high-altitude desert of Ladakh, India. That’s a problem for wildlife and people alike.
It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.
Here are the best nonfiction essays of the year, according to me.
The number of patients going to hospital emergency rooms with flulike symptoms has soared.The flu shot, which is designed to amp up the immune response, may not be as effective this year.
No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion, which happened on a day when many worshipers attend mosque for Friday Prayer.
Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.Officials in Kentucky said a 15th victim of the UPS plane crash in Louisville died on Thursday.
The toll on older people and those with disabilities is especially severe as Moscow’s forces repeatedly attack the port city’s infrastructure.Distributing hot meals to those affected by power outages in Odesa last week.
