In a summit of European Union leaders, there were fierce, emotional arguments about Hungary’s new law on sex education and about how and when to meet Russia’s president.

The version of the virus has been found in several other countries, too. Officials say that they are gathering data about its strength and emphasize that vaccines are likely to still offer protection.

The Belarusian authorities released Roman Protasevich and his Russian girlfriend, Sofia Sapega, from prison after the E.U. imposed stiff sanctions.

President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached an infrastructure deal. We look at what’s next.

Facing increased cases and a deadly variant, the Indonesian health system is under strain, as doctors become patients.

A new set of public artworks was supposed to pay tribute to the Italian capital, but a sculpture of a roasted pig has raised the hackles of animal rights groups and finnicky Romans.

Officials warned of many more cases of the Delta variant as a hair salon and a child’s birthday party emerged as possible superspreader locations.

On a recent night raid, a Times photographer captured Afghanistan’s elite forces as they disrupted Taliban operations in one of the country’s most volatile provinces.

New and improved attractions dedicated to the Communist Party’s history, or a sanitized version of it, are drawing crowds.