Our correspondent Anupreeta Das visited Bidur, Nepal, days after floods devastated the region. Residents sifted through thick mud to salvage what remained of their homes.
Supporters of Venezuela’s government rally to demand the release of ousted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Caracas, Venezuela, in January.
The Nepal Army, which is leading rescue efforts, turned to the trapped workers more than a day after the flood, according to army officials, industry groups and private rescuers.
Rescuers evacuating people from the tunnel of a hydropower project in Rasuwa, Nepal, in an image released by Nepal’s Prime Minister Secretariat on Friday.
The theft of the precious object, once owned by an Egyptian queen and later sold to satisfy her creditors, was the latest in a string of high-profile museum losses.
Homes were heavily damaged and partially buried in thick mud and debris after a catastrophic flash flood in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal on Wednesday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, this year. Analysts and officials fear the growing rivalry between Turkey and Israel could exacerbate volatility in the Middle East.
The U.S.-Canada trade war has galvanized Canadians behind their prime minister’s decision to walk away from negotiations. What happens when the time comes for talks to restart?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at the Group of 7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, in June. In the past year, Mr. Modi has paid official visits to at least 20 countries.
Drawings obtained by The New York Times and reviewed by engineers show insufficient reinforcements on eight more steel columns than previously known at a Manhattan building.
The disaster has left countless people with little or nothing of the lives they had built, struggling with immediate survival and unsure how to rebuild.
Disaster survivors in Devighat, Nepal, on Friday surveyed the damage to their businesses and homes while seeking shelter, food and medical care.
Exclusive videos verified by The New York Times show the clearest view yet of the avalanche in northern Nepal near Tibet that sent a wall of water and mud coursing through river valleys below.
There is little sign that public exhaustion, economic headwinds or increased Ukrainian strikes are changing the Russian leader’s view that he will eventually achieve victory.
Given the challenges in forecasting and detecting such calamities, researchers advised banning construction on floodplains and marking out clear evacuation routes.
The widened channel of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal on Thursday after the flash flooding. Most monitoring and early-warning systems for glacial hazards focus on a specific area of risk.
King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom during his 18th birthday at Fort Portal, Uganda, in 2010 as he assumed the full duties as a monarch.
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, issued his first message to Nepal’s government since the landslide on Wednesday that has left hundreds dead near the countries’ border.
Iranians have become increasingly desperate, as they grapple with an economic crisis made worse by the conflict and grow increasingly skeptical about President Trump’s motives.
Given the challenges in forecasting and detecting such calamities, researchers advised banning construction on floodplains and marking out clear evacuation routes.
The widened channel of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal on Thursday after the flash flooding. Most monitoring and early-warning systems for glacial hazards focus on a specific area of risk.
The Taliban have banned education for millions of Afghan girls. Times journalists examined classrooms where students, teachers and parents continue to resist by defying the rules.
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway in 2024. As heir to the throne, Haakon has spent a life carrying out royal duties, and increasingly took on a more central role as his father’s health deteriorated.
The announcement has sent panic through a community that fled its country’s brutal military rule, civil war, religious persecution or some combination of the three.
Rohingya refugees in front of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kuala Lumpur after being evicted from their home in July.
The Taliban have banned education for millions of Afghan girls. Times journalists examined classrooms where students, teachers and parents continue to resist by defying the rules.
Tourists still flock to the picturesque 16th-century Dunguaire Castle on Galway Bay. But in recent years, a dispute over ownership has prevented visitors from entering.
Under Taliban rule, Afghan girls are officially barred from receiving an education beyond the sixth grade. Across the country, however, clandestine classrooms have emerged to defy the ban. Our Afghanistan and Pakistan bureau chief, Elian Peltier, visited one of these covert schools to meet the young women determined to learn.
Iranians have become increasingly desperate, as they grapple with an economic crisis made worse by the conflict and grow increasingly skeptical about President Trump’s motives.
More than 550 were still missing in China, and rescue efforts in both countries were complicated by fears of new flooding in the steep Himalayan valleys.
Nepali and Chinese authorities warned that a lake created by a deadly landslide could burst open soon. Another deluge would pose the most risk to rescuers, an expert said.
Prosecutors will seek to prove that members of Palestine Action who they say painted “Gaza is not 4 sale” on the Scottish golf course last year committed acts connected to terrorism.
People protesting outside the High Court in London in February as judges prepared to rule on a legal challenge to the British government’s decision to designate pro‑Palestinian group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization.
Our correspondent Anupreeta Das witnessed the rescue operation following the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet, in which a torrent of debris and water carried away entire villages in just minutes.
A former lieutenant colonel in Venezuela’s National Guard living in Florida was deported, interrupting a lawsuit that accused him of ordering violent raids and torture.
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