Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault. By Anton Troianovski “I ...

Forecast issued at 4:10 pm CDT on Thursday 16 January 2025. Sunny. Winds southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then becoming south to southwesterly in the afternoon and increasing to ...

Peter van Agtmael for The New York Times Israelis checking news updates in Tel Aviv. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times Injured Palestinians at Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City after ...