Category: World

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 a landmark case, a court ruled that the women, now in their 70s and 80s, who were taken from their parents in Belgian Congo, were victims of a crime against humanity.

A groundbreaking law, which gives some sex workers greater labor protections and social benefits than similar legislation elsewhere in the world, in now in effect in the European country.

Both sides have accused each other of violating the deal; Hezbollah fired into Israel for the first time since the truce took effect, and Israel responded with airstrikes.

President-elect Donald J. Trump said in a social media post on Monday that the hostages must be released before his inauguration in January.

For days, pro-Western Georgians have clashed with police over the government’s plan to suspend plans for European Union membership.

The military government said 56 people had been killed, but local media reported that the death toll could be as high as 100.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Mr. Boulos, the businessman and father-in-law of Mr. Trump’s daughter, as a senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

A collapse of the government could further unnerve financial markets since it would put a quick passage of the budget at risk.

Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when.