Beyond Borders

Delving into International Top Stories, Headlines, and Features

U.S. Teacher Seized by Russia Is Located in Prison

A photo provided by the Moscow City Court showed Stephen James Hubbard inside the defendant’s cage last October.

Gang Violence Grips Peru as Extortions and Killings Rise

The husk of a burned-out bus in Villa Maria del Triunfo, a district south of Lima, where many bus and business owners are being extorted.

Young Israeli Hostage Says Finding Faith Helped Him Survive Hamas Captivity

Omer Shem Tov, now back at home, says that turning to Jewish rituals and prayer helped him survive after he was seized during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.

At Least 9 Dead After Austria School Shooting, Police Say

Police officers near the school in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday.

Khaby Lame, World’s Most Popular TikToker, Is Forced to Leave U.S.

The TikTok star Khaby Lame poses for a photograph after being named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Dakar, Senegal, in January.

With Sirens Screeching and Explosions in the Sky, Kyiv Struggles to Sleep

Ukrainian security forces tried to shoot down incoming Russian drones over Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Israel Deports Greta Thunberg and Other Activists on Gaza Aid Boat

The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg landed in Paris after being deported from Israel on Tuesday, en route to Sweden.

Palestinian Authority President Says Hamas Must Exit Gaza

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah in April.

15 Police Officers Injured in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, After Riot Over Alleged Sexual Assault

Protests broke out in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Monday in response to the court hearing of two 14-year-old-boys who had been charged with sexual assault.

Teaching Assistant Stabbed to Death at a School in France

Police officers and emergency workers on Tuesday near a school in Nogent, France, where a stabbing took place.

China Sends Two Aircraft Carriers Into the Pacific for the First Time

In a photo released by the Taiwan Defense Ministry in April, the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailed in waters off Taiwan.

European Union Unveils Fresh Sanctions on Russia, Including a Nord Stream Ban

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, in 2022.

How Long Does It Take to Draw a Picture of Every Pub in London?

U.K., Canada, Australia and Others Impose Sanctions on Far-Right Israeli Ministers

The Israeli security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, left, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich. The two ministers are among the most hard-line members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.

TikTok Bots, MAGA Outrage and the Very Online Fight for Romania’s Future

A protest held in Bucharest, Romania, in support of the European Union on May 9, a little more than a week before the country held a hotly contested presidential election.

Graz, Austria, School Shooting: What to Know

Emergency workers at the site of a school shooting in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday.

U.N. Agency Suspects North Korea Is Building New Uranium-Enrichment Site

Rafael Grossi, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the center was “monitoring” the progress of a new building in North Korea that has similar features to a current uranium-enrichment plant.

Trump Administration Holds Trade Talks With China as Fight Over Rare Earths Escalates

On the Chinese side, the negotiations are led by He Lifeng, left, the vice premier in charge of economic policy.

A Killer Within Easy Reach

Spreading fertilizer on soil cleared of weeds using paraquat in Paramaribo.

Tuesday Briefing

Protesters in front of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles, which is being surrounded by the California National Guard, on Monday.

Canada Commits Billions in Defense Spending to Meet NATO Target, Mark Carney Says

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada spoke at the Fort York Armory in Toronto on Monday. He did not say where the money for increased military spending would come from.

Tuesday Briefing: California’s Lawsuit Against Trump

A protest in downtown Los Angeles, today.

BlackRock Is Accused of a Plot Against Coal. The Firm Says That’s ‘Absurd.’

Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, who brought the case against the investment firms in 2022.

Valmik Thapar, Tenacious Tiger Conservationist in India, Is Dead

Valmik Thapar in 1994. He believed that tigers deserved nothing less than “inviolate protected areas” in which to live without human encroachment.

NATO Chief Urges Members to Spend Far More on Military

Mark Rutte, the secretary-general of NATO, speaking in London on Monday.

A Trump Family Project Spurs Resignations and a Criminal Charge in Serbia

The site of the Trump hotel project is a bombed-out building that serves as an icon to Serbians’ suffering during a 1999 conflict.

Israel Intercepts Gaza Aid Ship Carrying Greta Thunberg: What to Know

Greta Thunberg in Catania, Sicily, shortly before sailing aboard the Madleen for Gaza earlier this month.

‘Dog Walking Is a Clear Crime’: Iran’s Latest Morality Push

Iranians with their dogs at a park in Tehran on Sunday.

Italian Referendum to Loosen Citizenship Rules Fails

A polling station in Rome on Sunday.

Extremely Lifelike Dolls Cause a Frenzy in Brazil

Group Accuses Hamas of Threatening Aid Workers in Gaza

Gazans carrying relief supplies distributed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.

Ukraine Says Russia Launched 499 Missiles and Drones in Biggest Air Assault of War

Sheltering in a metro station in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on Friday. Amid intensified bombardment, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has urged civilians to pay attention to air-raid warnings.

Crimea, Once a Crossroad of Civilizations, Finds Itself Isolated and Under Attack

Yalta, Crimea, last month. Roughly six million Ukrainians and Russians visited annually before Russia annexed the peninsula, but the numbers plummeted afterward and then nose-dived again with the invasion of Ukraine.

Ocean Temperatures Are Increasing Around the World. See Where.

Monday Briefing

National Guard troops in Los Angeles yesterday.

U.S. and China Meet at Precarious Moment in Trade War

The U.S. Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, at Lancaster House in London on Monday as trade talks resumed between the United States and China.

Attack on Colombia Senator, Miguel Uribe Turbay, Caught on Video

A video shows people carrying Miguel Uribe Turbay after he was shot in Bogotá, Colombia, on Saturday.

Touring a Tunnel in Gaza That Leads Underneath a Hospital

A tunnel near a major hospital in southern Gaza that leads to a tiny room where the Israeli military says a top Hamas militant commander was killed.

Monday Briefing: Tensions Flare in Los Angeles

National Guard troops in Los Angeles yesterday.

Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Aid Ship With Greta Thunberg Aboard

Greta Thunberg and members of the crew of the Madleen in Catania, Italy, ahead of their departure.

Ukraine Says It Has Stepped Up Its Drone Game, Again

The Magura V7 unmanned marine vehicle being presented at an undisclosed location last month in Ukraine.

Soccer Fans Fear Being Targets of U.S. Immigration Raids

Mehdi Taremi, an Iranian soccer player, posing with fans after Iran defeated Qatar in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday. Iran, the first team from Asia to qualify for the World Cup, is on a list of 12 countries that President Trump banned from travel to the United States.

Russian Drone Swarms Test a Volunteer Air-Defense Unit Near Kyiv

A Russian airstrike on Friday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia has launched hundreds of drones and decoys across Ukraine since the end of May.

They Went to Syria to Fight With Rebels. Now Some Are Joining the New Army.

A man from Turkestan, who fought with the Syrian rebels who ousted the Assad regime, at his shop in Binnish, Syria. He is one of many foreign fighters whose future is in limbo.

Elon Musk’s Starlink Hits a Roadblock in Its March Across South America

A Starlink satellite internet antenna in rural Brazil in 2024.

Italians Prepare to Vote in Citizenship Referendum

A banner promoting the referendum on citizenship in Milan on Wednesday. Turnout must exceed 50 percent for the referendum to count; a majority is required for passage.

Japan Flexes Its Military Muscle at China, and Trump

Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers of the Seventh Regiment going through physical tests at Camp Katsuren in Okinawa, Japan, last month.

Hero or Traitor? Ernest Wilimowski, a Long-Dead Soccer Star, Is Revived, and Reviled.

People walking by a mural of Ernest Wilimowski in May in Chorzow, Poland.

A Colombian Senator, Miguel Uribe, Is Shot at a Campaign Event

Mr. Uribe, 39, has said that he intends to run for president.

Macron Will Visit Greenland This Month, Defying Trump

In Ilulisaat, Greenland, early this year. President Emmanuel Macron of France will visit the Arctic island this month with the aim of “contributing to the reinforcement of European sovereignty.”

Israel Recovers Body of Thai Farmworker in Gaza

The aftermath of an Israeli attack in Gaza City that killed and injured Palestinians, on Saturday, in Gaza.

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Russia Pummels Kharkiv With Drones and Bombs, Ukraine Says

A firefighter extinguishing a blaze at a civilian plant after Russian attacks on Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

Will Hudson’s Bay’s 355-Year-Old Charter Go to the Highest Bidder?

Some of the dozens of mannequins on sale at the Hudson’s Bay Company store in downtown Ottawa.

Trump’s International Student Ban Sparks Fear Among Harvard Attendees

Alfred Williamson, who is from Wales, was accepted to Harvard, making him the first person from his school to get into an Ivy League college and the first in his family to study in the United States.

How Russian Spies Are Analyzing Data From China’s WeChat App

The Kremlin looming in the distance in February in Moscow.

Parents in Gaza Are Running Out of Ways to Feed Their Children

A food distribution line in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, in April. The territory is facing a hunger crisis.

How The Times Obtained Secret Russian Intelligence Documents

The headquarters of the Federal Security Service, or F.S.B., in Moscow.

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