Beyond Borders

Delving into International Top Stories, Headlines, and Features

Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building.

Chen Tianming’s house, which evokes a Dr. Seuss drawing, has drawn gawkers to his rural corner of Guizhou Province, in southwestern China.

They Vanished in Syria’s Long Occupation of Lebanon. Now Their Families Want Answers.

Family members looking for any signs of missing relatives in the Sednaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, in December.

Russia Makes Gains in Ukraine in Summer Offensive

Army recruitment advertisements in Moscow last month. To bolster recruitment, Russia is offering outsize sign-up bonuses and salaries.

Sohei Kamiya Brings Trump-Style Populism to Japan’s Election

Sohei Kamiya, the leader of an upstart right-wing political party called Sanseito, delivering a campaign speech this month at Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador

Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a department cable that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”

Japan Election 2025: What to Know

Supporters putting up election campaign posters this month on a bulletin board in Tokyo.

UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future

From left: President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany at a summit in Tirana, Albania, in May.

Who Are the Druse? The Religious Minority at the Center of Israel and Syria’s Tensions

Clerics praying during a funeral for people killed during clashes between Druse fighters and Bedouin tribes in Sweida, Syria, on Monday.

Floods and Heavy Rain Kill Dozens in Pakistan

A flooded village in northern Pakistan on Thursday.

Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Former President, Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor Before Trial

Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, outside the Secretariat of Penitentiary Administration on Friday. Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered him to stay away from foreign embassies because it fears he could flee justice.

Extra! Extra! Read All About Last Newspaper Hawker in Paris

Ali Akbar, 72, has been hawking newspapers in the streets of Paris for more than a half-century.

Cuban Minister Resigns After Accusing Beggars of Faking Poverty

Cuban Minister of Labour and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, in 2023.

The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know.

A polling station in Brighton and Hove in England last year. Britain has set the minimum voting age for general elections at 18 since 1969.

Gaza Health Ministry Says Israeli Military Killed 32 in Attack Near Aid Site

Mourners at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Saturday with the bodies of two people killed near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution site.

Open Season

A Rescue Center for Small Wild Animals Looks to Place a Blind Moose Calf

Ava Potten is in charge of bottle-feeding Cedar.

An Ancient Law Could Shape the Modern Future of America’s Beaches. Here’s How.

Coastal walls built to protect homes from the sea in San Clemente, Calif.

Felix Baumgartner, Skydiver Who Jumped From the Edge of Space, Dies Paragliding at 56

En 2003, Baumgartner aterrizó en Calais, Francia, tras cruzar volando el canal de la Mancha con un ala de fibra de carbono.

Friday Briefing: Trump’s Order on Epstein Records

Musk Clears Final Hurdles for Tesla and Starlink in India

The first Tesla showroom in India, in Mumbai, on Tuesday.

Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site Was Badly Damaged by U.S. Strikes, New Assessment Finds

A satellite image of the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo after the U.S. attacks last month.

5 Charged in U.C. Berkeley Professor’s Killing in Greece, Including His Ex-Wife

An image from video showing police officers arresting five people over the killing of a University of California, Berkeley, professor in a suburb of Athens.

Friday Briefing: Bloodshed in a Syrian City

Syrian security forces in Sweida on Wednesday.

Interior Dept. to Put Wind and Solar Projects Through Stricter Political Review

Wind tower components on a lot in Newton, Iowa, this month.

‘Bonjour’ Sets Off a Linguistic Dispute on a Belgian Train

Commuters at a train station in Leuven, Belgium, in 2022. Language rules in the Flanders region can get complicated.

Blood in the Streets and Death in the Air: Residents Survey Damage in Syrian City

Buildings that were burned and looted near Sweida, Syria, on Tuesday.

Israeli Strike on a Gaza Church Kills Three

Transporting a person who was injured in the strike on the Holy Family Catholic Church to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday.

Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El Salvador

Ruth López, the anti-corruption director of Cristosal, leaving a courthouse in June, following her May arrest.

Rescuers Seek American Hiker Missing for Days in the Pyrenees

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, in the Pyrenees mountains of Spain.

Prince Harry Follows Diana’s Footsteps in Angola as Specter of Land Mines Returns

Prince Harry, left, walking through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, on Wednesday, in a photo released by The Halo Trust. He repeated the journey that his mother, Diana, took in 1997.

They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.

A Coca-Cola truck driving through Izamal, Mexico, last year.

Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s Decade of Legal Woes Ends

Lee Jae-yong, the chairman of Samsung Electronics, arriving for a court appearance in Seoul in February.

Why Israel Attacked Syria

An Israeli airstrike damaged the entrance to Syria’s defense ministry headquarters on Wednesday.

Syria’s President Condemns Israeli Strikes on Damascus

Debris in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Wednesday, after an Israeli strike.

Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil has seen a surge in popularity after confronting President Trump over tariffs.

Iraq Shopping Mall Fire Kills at Least 61

The shopping center in Kut, Iraq, on Thursday after the blaze.

Lauren Southern, Former Right-Wing Commentator, Says Andrew Tate Assaulted Her

Lauren Southern in 2018 during a right-wing rally in Sydney in support of white South African farmers.

Thursday Briefing: Israel Strikes Damascus

Debris in Damascus yesterday, after an Israeli missile strike.

China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S.

Fighter jets could be seen on the flight deck of China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, as it was anchored in Hong Kong this month.

Germany’s Merz and UK’s Starmer Sign Mutual Defense Pact as U.S. Steps Back

The Anglo-German accord, signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, covers energy, economic cooperation and migration, in addition to defense.

K-Beauty Fans Stock up on Cosmetics After Trump’s Tariff Threat

Shoppers at an Olive Young store in Seoul in April.

Tomorrowland Music Festival Is Still On After Blaze Wrecks Main Stage

Trump Has Promised More Tariffs on Mexico. What Happens Next?

Vehicles lining up on the Tijuana side of the U.S.-Mexico border to cross into Southern California last year.

Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

Mswati III, King of Eswatini, addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2023.

Thursday Briefing: Israel Strikes Damascus

After the Israeli airstrikes on Damascus yesterday.

London’s Kew Gardens Will Renovate Iconic Glasshouses

The Palm House at Kew Gardens will close for major restorations in 2027.

Carney Moves to Reduce Canada’s Chinese Steel Imports in Response to Trump’s Tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced steps on Wednesday intended to reduce steel imports from China at a steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario.

Norwegian Olympic Skier, Audun Groenvold, Dies After Lightning Strike

Audun Groenvold of Norway won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Mosaic of Lovers, Taken by Nazi Officer, Is Returned to Pompeii

Archaeologists believe the mosaic may have once decorated the bedroom floor of a villa or another private residence belonging to one of Pompeii’s wealthier families.

The Air India Plane Crash Took His ‘Everything’

Anil Ambalal Patel kissing a photo of his son, Harshit, and his daughter-in-law, Pooja, on the morning of their funeral.

Israel Strikes Syria’s Capital, Sending Warning to Government

Smoke rising from the Syrian Defense Ministry in the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday.

Russia Appears Unfazed by Trump’s Ukraine War Ultimatum

Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, center, in Malaysia this month. He said Moscow wanted to understand what was behind Mr. Trump’s remarks.

Mike Huckabee Visits Netanyahu’s Trial in Israel

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, arrived on Wednesday at the court where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on trial for corruption.

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