Europe

A recent spate of Chinese military flights off southwestern Taiwan has prompted alarm from the island, which Beijing claims as its own, and is increasing tensions in a region already on edge. The flights are one piece of a complex puzzle…

WARSAW, Poland A peeling portrait of Frederic Chopin purchased at a flea market in Poland hung modestly in a private house for almost three decades before an expert dated the painting to the 19th century, when the Polish piano composer…

Global shares have fallen, with Hong Kong’s benchmark down more than 2% after stricken property developer China Evergrande’s shares have been suspended from trading. Shares opened lower in Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. U.S. futures also…

Shares rose Wednesday in Europe after sharp declines in Asia that tracked a broad slide on Wall Street on jitters over the economic process and surging U.S. government bond yields. A swift rise in Treasury yields is forcing investors to…

BERLIN Angela Merkel will leave office within the coming months along with her popularity intact among voters and widely admired beyond Germany as a chancellor who deftly steered her country, and Europe, through numerous crises. Her…

KYIV, Ukraine Ukraine on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one among the most infamous mass slaughters of world war II. Babi Yar, a ravine within the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, is where nearly 34,000 Jews…

UNITED NATIONS Russia, China, Pakistan, and also the united states are working together to make sure that Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers keep their promises, especially to make a genuinely representative government and stop extremism…

BANGKOK With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater engagement in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. and its allies are becoming…

WASHINGTON Oh, the conversations that happen when powerful people meet. Could the “very special relationship” between the U.S. and the united kingdom become even more secure now that President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris…