India and China are resuming direct flights after five years of suspension and say they will strengthen trade ties. Their relationship has long been defined by rivalry, competing ambitions and a disputed border. Now, India and China are resuming direct flights after a five-year suspension. United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs and a shifting trade … Read more
The European Union approved a new package of sanctions on Russia on Tuesday, targeting covert oil exports, days after the top E.U. official announced plans for a further set of even tougher restrictions. The point is to intensify Russia’s economic pain — and by doing so, to prod President Vladimir V. Putin toward peace talks … Read more
Rachel Reeves’s first few months as Britain’s top finance official have been marked by a steady drumbeat of bad news: a “black hole” in the public finances, higher taxes and low growth. On Wednesday, Ms. Reeves sought to change Britain’s prospects by laying out plans to strengthen the economy, including supporting another runway at Heathrow … Read more
For the past several weeks, Fadia Nasser, a widow sheltering in Deir al Balah in central Gaza, says she has subsisted on nothing but a small sandwich of herbs for breakfast and a tomato she shares with her daughter for lunch. Eleven miles away in a tent camp in southern Gaza, Said Lulu, who used … Read more
Two top US diplomats travel to the Middle East to push negotiations to end Israel’s war on Gaza. Efforts to end Israel’s assault on Gaza are picking up pace again, a month after they stalled. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are both in the Middle East to drive … Read more
World leaders examine the future of Gaza after Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Western leaders say Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death could open the door for a possible ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war is not over, and Hamas has ruled out the release … Read more
Indervir Singh has worked for the Delhi Fire Services for 32 years but he cannot recall responding to as many fires as this summer. Temperatures in India’s capital, New Delhi, home to about 20 million people, have hit record highs, with the mercury climbing to nearly 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on several occasions. … Read more
Israeli tanks have pushed back into some areas of the northern Gaza Strip which they had left weeks ago, while warplanes have conducted air raids on Rafah, where more than one million displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in the south of the territory, killing and wounding several people. Residents reported an internet outage in the … Read more