The government appointed an overseer to the last big news channel critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The authorities have now replaced the leadership at five major news outlets.

14 Oct 2026 17:00 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

The pontiff, 71, is expected to spend about a week in the hospital recovering from surgery that found lung cancer. Messages of support have flooded in from far and wide.

14 Oct 2026 15:42 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.

15 Oct 2026 13:08 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with Britain’s prime minister, has said Ukraine received no warning of Russian attacks, but President Trump has said Washington is still “sharing intel.”

14 Oct 2026 18:26 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with a common form of lung cancer. The Vatican said that he had celebrated Mass at the hospital and resumed working “at a restrained pace” after an operation to remove a cancerous nodule.

15 Oct 2026 20:02 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

The strike was the Iran-backed militia’s most lethal against Saudi Arabia, by far, during their long conflict.

14 Oct 2026 14:15 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES

The Taliban government has intensified its crackdown on the press in recent months but had so far targeted Afghan news outlets.

14 Oct 2026 09:28 ✍️ RSS NEW YORK TIMES