U.K. Live Updates: New Prime Minister Could Be Named Today
The New York Times
Candidates were vying for the support of Conservative lawmakers after Liz Truss resigned last week amid economic turmoil. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor of the Exchequer, was the front-runner.
President Yoon Suk Yeol formally lifted martial law in a cabinet meeting early Wednesday, six hours after he declared it, and after protesters filled the street, calling for his removal from office.
World leaders failed to focus on a permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and risk making the same mistake again, the departing United Nations’ envoy in the region says.
In recent months, soldiers have demolished more than 600 buildings to create a buffer area and expanded a network of bases, a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery and video footage shows.
Criminals turn college campuses into recruitment hubs, recruiting chemistry students in Mexico with big paydays.
The rapid advance on Aleppo came just four days into a surprise opposition offensive that is the most intense escalation in years in the civil war.