World - The Washington Post (2024)

As Hungary’s leader pushed for a Ukraine cease-fire, Russian missile strikes hit a children’s hospital in Kyiv and killed at least 21 across the country.

By Christian Shepherd and Gerry ShihJuly 8, 2024

Among those killed in Monday’s attack were three children, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

By Mikhail KlimentovJuly 8, 2024

As talks continued to sputter, Israel’s military moved into Gaza City in the north of the Strip, prompting widespread civilian displacement.

By Leo Sands, Hazem Balousha , Loveday Morris, Joby Warrick and Heba Farouk MahfouzJuly 8, 2024

Theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk were arrested in May 2023 and prosecuted behind closed doors in Moscow over a play they staged in 2020.

By Mary IlyushinaJuly 8, 2024

President Biden hosts a celebratory alliance summit in Washington, but the specter of Trump and right-wing populism in Europe looms over the proceedings.

By Emily RauhalaJuly 8, 2024

The New Popular Front wants to lower France’s retirement age and vastly expand government spending on social welfare, environmental protection and health care.

By Anika Arora Seth and Sammy WestfallJuly 8, 2024

While an alliance of leftist parties came in first, with more than 180 seats, it is politically divided and needs 100 additional seats for a majority.

By Rick NoackJuly 8, 2024

An initiative from Copenhagen’s tourism office offers perks like free coffee and museum admission for visitors who make eco-friendly decisions.

By Andrea SachsJuly 8, 2024

Some elections are cementing the status quo. Others are shaking up the establishment.

By Sammy WestfallJuly 8, 2024

Taylor Swift and Pope John Paul II are among those who cuddled koalas at Lone Pine Sanctuary. But the Australia park abandoned the activity after visitor feedback.

By Rachel PannettJuly 8, 2024

The thriving underground trade is hampering aid deliveries as chaos and lawlessness grip Gaza.

By Miriam Berger and Hajar HarbJuly 8, 2024

Russian troops invading Ukraine’s Kharkiv region are short of food and water, Ukrainian soldiers say, citing intercepted communications and interrogations of POWs.

By Siobhán O'Grady, Kostiantyn Khudov and Serhiy MorgunovJuly 8, 2024

A sense of vulnerability and anxiety prompted by the rise of populist, far-right factions around the world looms over the upcoming NATO summit in Washington.

By Ishaan TharoorJuly 8, 2024

Instead of ushering in France’s first far-right government since World War II, voters boosted the left and the center. But France may now face political paralysis.

By Rick Noack, Annabelle Timsit, Emily Rauhala and Elie PetitJuly 7, 2024

The populist, anti-immigration National Rally party had been hoping to install France’s first far-right government since World War II, with 28-year-old Jordan Bardella as prime minister.

By Rick Noack, Annabelle Timsit and Leo SandsJuly 7, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are the first individuals to be formally accused by an international court of deliberate starvation.

By Louisa LoveluckJuly 7, 2024

As Hurricane Beryl moves this weekend toward the Gulf of Mexico and Texas, the Caribbean islands already hit by the storm face the task of rebuilding.

By Anumita Kaur and Justine McDanielJuly 6, 2024

Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian campaigned on modest social reforms and talks with the United States over the country’s nuclear program.

By Susannah GeorgeJuly 6, 2024

If his party wins Sunday’s election, Bardella would become France’s first far-right head of government since World War II.

By Anthony FaiolaJuly 6, 2024

Britain’s politics have been volatile and chaotic, but this country sure knows how to execute a swift, orderly transfer of power.

By William Booth and Karla AdamJuly 5, 2024