- What’s It Like to Deal With Brutal U.S. Tariffs? Ask Malaysia.by Alexandra Stevenson and Zunaira Saieed on August 4, 2025 at 11:57 pm
Once a cog in the Malaysian economy, the solar industry profited from Chinese investment. Now it’s becoming a case study of what happens when the United […]
- Bolsonaro Placed Under House Arrest by Brazil’s Supreme Courtby Ana Ionova on August 4, 2025 at 11:38 pm
Former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose case has partly motivated President Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, was ordered to remain under house arrest as he awaited […]
- Razia Jan, 81, Who Built an Enduring Girls’ School in Afghanistan, Diesby Penelope Green on August 4, 2025 at 9:50 pm
Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to educate young girls.
- Russia Says It Will Stop Abiding By INF Treatyby Paul Sonne and John Ismay on August 4, 2025 at 9:23 pm
The United States has accused Russia of violating the pact, which expired in 2019, for more than a decade.
- Eight People, Including 3-Year-Old, Are Kidnapped From Haiti Orphanageby Ephrat Livni and David C. Adams on August 4, 2025 at 9:21 pm
The abductees, including an Irish missionary who directs care for children with special needs, were taken from an orphanage serving about 270 children.
- Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Leverageby Daniel E. Slotnik on August 4, 2025 at 9:05 pm
Also, a hit musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
- Russian Nuclear Submarine Base Was Damaged in Earthquake, Satellite Images Showby Nataliya Vasilyeva and Josh Holder on August 4, 2025 at 8:55 pm
The Rybachiy base, which hosts nuclear-powered submarines from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, lies in a cove about 80 miles from the powerful earthquake that struck […]
- El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Othersby Annie Correal and Maria Abi-Habib on August 4, 2025 at 8:43 pm
Lawmakers approved constitutional changes abolishing term limits and allowing President Nayib Bukele to stay in power indefinitely. Why now?
- U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entryby Michael Crowley on August 4, 2025 at 8:25 pm
A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.
- A Weakened Hezbollah Resists Pressure to Give Up Its Weaponsby Neil MacFarquhar and Hwaida Saad on August 4, 2025 at 8:01 pm
The Lebanese militant group has lost much of its power since the recent war with Israel. But it is balking at demands to surrender whatever is left of its once […]
- A Rare Copy of ‘The Hobbit’ Is Found on an Unassuming Shelfby Amelia Nierenberg on August 4, 2025 at 7:33 pm
Bidding for the Tolkien classic, which was discovered in a home in Bristol, England, has already exceeded $25,000.
- Netanyahu Squanders His Moment to Halt the War in Gazaby Patrick Kingsley on August 4, 2025 at 7:26 pm
Israel’s leader is now pushing for an “all or nothing” deal with Hamas. He has not made the compromises needed to make it happen.
- Monday Briefing: An ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Dealby Justin Porter on August 4, 2025 at 7:13 pm
Also, Catholic influencers.
- Monday Briefing: An ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Dealby Daniel E. Slotnik on August 4, 2025 at 7:12 pm
Plus, influencers feted by the Vatican.
- Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Awayby Elisabeth Bumiller on August 4, 2025 at 6:30 pm
Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu government are […]
- India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Sayby Mujib Mashal on August 4, 2025 at 5:52 pm
There is a growing sense in India that its leaders should not allow American policymaking to shape its choices on vital energy supplies.
- Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72by Anatoly Kurmanaev and Claire Moses on August 4, 2025 at 5:05 pm
He earned a media fortune in the freewheeling but chaotic Russia of the 1990s and defended press freedoms after the industry became beleaguered and […]
- Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffsby Alan Rappeport on August 4, 2025 at 4:49 pm
President Trump is using an “Art of the Deal” approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.
- More than 140 African Migrants Feared Dead In Boat Disaster Near Yemenby Ismaeel Naar and Abdi Latif Dahir on August 4, 2025 at 4:40 pm
The vessel capsized along a heavily traveled but treacherous route for Africans transiting the war-torn country to find work in the rich Gulf states.
- Why Trump’s Tariffs Are Closing Factories in Lesothoby John Eligon, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell, Joao Silva, Nikolay Nikolov and Laura Salaberry on August 4, 2025 at 2:36 pm
The closure of a factory in the small southern African nation of Lesotho is an early effect of the global disruption caused by President Trump’s tariffs. […]