A brisk wind ruffles yellow prayer flags as dozens of Tibetans, some on crutches, circle a shrine in a time-honored Buddhist ritual. Across the street, a red banner spells out a new belief system, one being enforced with increasing fervor, of China’s ruling Communist Party.
The Israeli military late Tuesday launched an air assault against Hamas compounds in Gaza in the first violence since the two sides struck a fragile ceasefire last month.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson — recently married to Carrie Symonds in a Catholic ceremony — ducked a reporter’s question about the Conservative leader’s faith.
President Biden is bringing a long list of U.S. grievances to his highly anticipated summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland on Wednesday.
President Biden agreed Saturday with other leaders at the Group of Seven wealthiest democracies to end government support of coal generation for power by the end of this year, saying the accelerated action is needed to address climate change.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday pressed a senior Chinese Communist Party official for cooperation with an ongoing international investigation into the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Biden administration official.
A top diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said Friday that he is "gravely concerned" about the health of Trevor Reed, a former Marine being detained in Russia who recently tested positive for COVID-19.
