Global Dispatch

Uncovering Today's International Headlines and Top Stories

Shootings, Devastation, Hunger: Israel Fails to Address Gaza’s Power Vacuum

Mourners after Israeli troops opened fire on people trying to get aid north of Gaza City on Sunday.

Bangladesh Air Force Jet Crashes Into School, Killing at Least 20

Firefighters and soldiers next to the wreckage of a military aircraft after it crashed into a school campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday.

Venezuela Targets Economists as Inflation Surges Under Trump’s Sanctions

U.S. dollar bills and Venezuelan bolívars. Though the bolívar is Venezuela’s official currency, the country operates on a dual-currency system, and many people paid in bolívars spend in dollars.

Ukraine Ups Its Arms Production, Asking Allies to Pay for It

An employee at Ukrainian Armor working on a vehicle in its factory this month in central Ukraine.

Chinese Officials Helped Cover Up Lead Poisoning of Children, Report Says

A family outside a pediatric hospital in Beijing, China, in July.

In Japan, Anti-Establishment Parties Resonate With Young Voters

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan meeting with leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Monday, a day after their defeat in parliamentary elections.

How Trump’s Tariffs and Foreign Policies Have Bolstered Support for the E.U.

The European Union Headquarters in Brussels. President Trump’s pressure on military spending and trade have led some member states to work more closely together.

Russia Launches Heavy Strikes Despite Trump Arms Pledge to Ukraine

A damaged metro station on Monday after a strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Syrian Government Evacuates Bedouin Families After Deadly Clashes

Bedouin tribe members, evacuating in the back of a truck, stopped at a security checkpoint in Taarah, in Syria’s southern Sweida Province, on Monday.

Did Jeju Air Pilots Shut Down Wrong Engine Before Deadly Crash?

The site of the Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport, South Korea, in 2024.

China’s Hardball Tactics Set Tone for Difficult Summit with Europe

A shipping terminal in the city of Chongqing, which connects China with countries in Europe and elsewhere.

Israel Refuses to Renew Visa of Top UN Humanitarian Official for Gaza

In a screen grab taken from a handout video provided by the United Nations, Jonathan Whittall is shown standing near a destroyed hospital in Gaza in 2024.

Iran to Hold Nuclear Talks With France, Germany and U.K. After Sanctions Threat

Walking by a mural of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, right, and Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic revolution, in Tehran.

Landslides and Floods Kill 18 in South Korea

The damage left after torrential rain in Gapyeong, South Korea, on Monday.

Tuesday Briefing: A Deadly Jet Crash in Bangladesh

A search and rescue operation yesterday at the crash site in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests

Fires at Tatkin Lake in British Columbia, Canada, in July 2023.

Chinese Officers Questioned U.S. Government Employee About His Army Service

The Commerce Department employee is one of a handful of Americans barred by China from leaving the country, in a shadowy practice called an “exit ban” that the Chinese government has used for years.

Seabed-Mining Firm Faces Legal Questions Over Trump Policy

A ship chartered by The Metals Company in 2021 to explore the potential of seabed mining.

SkyWest Flight Aborts Landing to Avoid Midair Collision Near Military Base

Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent

Workers in training at the new Great Wall Motors factory in Iracemápolis, Brazil.

Monday Briefing: Dozens Killed in Gaza

Palestinian mourners in Gaza City yesterday.

Monday Briefing: Dozens Killed in Gaza

Palestinian mourners in Gaza City yesterday.

Ukraine’s Zelensky Proposes Renewed Peace Talks With Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine’s proposal to revive peace talks came after President Trump agreed to facilitate the transfer of air defense weapons to Ukraine and threatened to impose sanctions on Russia’s trading partners.

Jean-Pierre Azéma, 87, Dies; Chronicled French Collaboration With Nazis

Jean-Pierre Azéma in 2011. A French historian and writer, he helped destroy the postwar myths that the collaborationist wartime Vichy regime had done what it could to resist the occupying Germans.

Japan’s Long-Dominant Party Suffers Election Defeat as Voters Swing Right

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan, center left, vowed to stay in office despite the poor showing by his Liberal Democratic Party, which has led Japan for all but five of the last 70 years.

Passenger Ship Fire Kills at Least 3 People in Indonesia

In this photo made from a video released by Indonesia’s rescue agency, a rescue ship approaches the KM Barcelona 5 after it caught fire on Sunday.

China Exit Ban on Wells Fargo Executive Stokes Foreign Business Anxiety

A Wells Fargo branch in New York City. Wells Fargo is one of six global banks that dominate the processing of dollar-denominated payments for China’s exports and imports.

Dozens Are Killed at Aid Site Near Border, Gaza Health Officials Say

Palestinians mourning at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday.

As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, second from right, meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva in May.

Even as Air-Raid Sirens Blare, Ukrainians Wait for the Light to Change

Typhoon Wipha Pounds Hong Kong and Macau With Rain and Wind

Fallen trees on top of a car in Hong Kong on Sunday.

The K-Pop Band Big Ocean Is Making Waves With Sign Language

The members of Big Ocean (from left), Kim Ji-seok, Park Hyun-jin and Lee Chan-yeon, in Seoul in 2024.

Pet Owner Flooded With Puzzling Calls About a Lost Cat While Hers Is Safely at Home

A Kite Surfer, Navy SEAL and Makeup Artist: Freed in a U.S.-Venezuela Swap

Venezuelan migrants who were jailed in El Salvador arrived at Simon Bolivar International Airport, outside Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, on Friday.

At Least 28 Dead After Tourist Boat Capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay

A tourist boat capsized on Saturday in Ha Long Bay, in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province, northeast of Hanoi.

South Korea Pulls Report Into Jeju Air Crash After Victims’ Families Protest

Firefighters and investigators at the scene of the deadly Jeju Air crash in Muan, South Korea, in December.

Syria Declares Cease-Fire After a Week of Upheaval

An aerial view of Sweida, Syria, on Saturday.

Gaza Health Ministry Says Israeli Military Killed 32 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.

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.

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.

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.

Japan Election 2025: What to Know

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

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.

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.

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.”

Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador

Cuban Minister Resigns After Accusing Beggars of Faking Poverty

The Cuban minister of labor and social security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, in 2023.

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.

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.

Floods and Heavy Rain Kill Dozens in Pakistan

A flooded village in northern Pakistan on Thursday.

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.

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