Alexander Katiraie
Jacqueline de Ribes, Tastemaker and Fashion Avatar, Dies at 96
One of few people in the world of style who could legitimately claim the status of icon, she dressed to impress even before she became a designer.
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:18 pm
Sabotage Suspected in Cutting of Undersea Cable, Finnish Police Say
The authorities seized the Fitburg, a cargo ship that was en route from Russia to Israel when it sliced the cable in the Gulf of Finland.
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:03 pm
President Macron of France Backs Social Media Restrictions for Children
French lawmakers are expected next month to discuss a ban on social media for children. In his New Year’s Eve address, the French president restated his support for restricting their access.
Published: December 31, 2025, 8:02 pm
Thieves Make Off With Millions in German Bank Heist
The robbers stole valuables with an insured value of at least $36 million from a bank in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany.
Published: December 31, 2025, 7:00 pm
In New Year’s Speech to Russia, Putin Says Little About Ukraine War or Peace Talks With US
The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.
Published: December 31, 2025, 6:19 pm
New Year’s 2026 Celebrations Around the World: Photos and Videos
See how people across the globe celebrated.
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:32 pm
Merz Says Relationship Between U.S. and Germany Is ‘Changing’
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, making his New Year’s Eve address, said the change would force Europe to do more to defend itself.
Published: December 31, 2025, 2:08 pm
How Thousands of Secret Russian Documents Were Exposed
Russian journalists learned that a government office inadvertently made thousands of sensitive complaints viewable online, including accounts of abuse and coercion in the military.
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:02 am
How We Tracked Abuses in the Russian Army
President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the Russian society can tolerate the high human cost of the war in Ukraine. But we’ve analyzed more than 6,000 official complaints by soldiers and their loved ones that paint a very different picture. Our international correspondent Paul Sonne explains how the documents offer rare insight into a violent military apparatus willing to abuse its own men to keep up the assault in Ukraine.
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:00 am
Brigitte Bardot’s Legacy of Racist Rhetoric
The actress, who died this week at 91, was an icon of 1960s cinema. She was also a hero to the French far right.
Published: December 31, 2025, 3:26 pm
6 Takeaways on the Unwinding U.S.-Ukraine Alliance
A Times investigation reveals the inside story of the Trump administration’s chaotic push for a peace deal and its erratic role in the war.
Published: December 30, 2025, 10:16 pm
Crew Paints Russian Flag on Oil Tanker Pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard
The U.S. military tried to intercept the Bella 1 last week in the Caribbean Sea as it headed to Venezuela to pick up oil.
Published: December 31, 2025, 3:44 am
Spanish Woman Scorned, Then Loved, for Botched Fresco Restoration Dies at 94
Cecilia Giménez’s repainting of an image of Jesus in 2012 was widely mocked online. But tourists flocked to see her work, reviving her struggling hometown.
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:34 pm
PostNord, Denmark’s Main Postal Carrier, Ends Letter Delivery
PostNord, the country’s longtime service, is delivering its last letters. Few Danes send snail mail anymore, but some are mourning the end of an era.
Published: December 30, 2025, 2:59 pm
Eurostar Trains Face Day of Delays After Power Failure
The high-speed service between Britain and continental Europe was paralyzed during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year because of a power outage in the Channel Tunnel.
Published: December 31, 2025, 3:54 am
How Russia and Ukraine Are Fighting to Shape Trump’s View of the War
Off the battlefield, each side is trying to influence President Trump’s perception of the military conflict as they look to negotiate a peace settlement in their favor.
Published: December 30, 2025, 7:21 pm
George Clooney Is French Now
The actor and his wife, Amal Clooney, were granted French citizenship. He has spoken fondly of raising their children in a farmhouse they bought in Provence.
Published: December 31, 2025, 6:01 am
Did Starmer Impose a Curfew in the U.K.? No, It’s a Fake TikTok Video.
A.I. has made it easy to put words in people’s mouths, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain has become a favorite target. The motive, experts say, is not political but financial.
Published: December 30, 2025, 10:00 am
Idris Elba is Knighted as Part of King Charles’s New Year Honors List
The actors were among more than 1,000 people honored by King Charles III in an annual tradition celebrating professional excellence and community service.
Published: December 30, 2025, 7:39 am
New Year's Eve: European capitals throw huge parties to welcome start of 2026 as excitement builds across UK - live updates
LIVEBLOG: Follow New Year's Eve celebrations across the globe as nations around the world throw parties to toast the final hours of the year before ushering in 2026.
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:32 pm
The NYE countdown begins: Britain prepares to welcome in 2026 in style as tens of thousands flock to London to watch Big Ben ring in the New Year with spectacular firework display on the Thames
Tens of thousands of revellers have descended on Britain's capital city this evening in a bid to catch a glimpse of Big Ben ringing in the New Year and more than 12,000 fireworks lighting up the night sky.
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:16 pm
Tottenham make key decision over futures of bright academy prospects after disappointing start to the season
Jamie Donley and Damola Ajayi have both spent the first half of the 2025-26 season on loan at clubs in the Football League - to varying degrees of success
Published: December 31, 2025, 10:52 am
Frightening moment paraglider loses control and smashes into a hotel roof in Northern Ireland
The man was injured as he crashed into the hotel roof in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He had to be taken to hospital for treatment.
Published: December 31, 2025, 9:45 am