In the sunlight of Normandy, before the surviving American veterans who eight decades ago helped turn the tide of the war against Hitler, President Emmanuel Macron of France spoke this past week of the “bond of blood shed for liberty” that ties his country to the United States. It is a bond that goes all […]

France has a taste for revolutions, and in the 28-year-old Jordan Bardella, it has found a mild-mannered, impeccably dressed insurgent who vows to upend the politics of the country in order to save it from “disappearance.” Mr. Bardella, the president of the National Rally, is the cherished disciple of Marine Le Pen, 55, the perennial

In the United States, Donald J. Trump and Joe Biden can barely agree to share a stage for a debate. In Belgium, the politicians who will face off on Sunday in the country’s most contested general election in years agreed to a four-episode reality show filmed over a weekend and set in a castle —

The Israeli military pushed ahead with its offensive in central Gaza on Friday, saying it had killed dozens of militants, including some who had holed up in the premises of a former United Nations school that had been converted into a shelter in the area. The military said it targeted Hamas fighters at a school

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark was attacked in a busy square in Copenhagen on Friday evening in an assault that left her “shaken,” her office said, though she was able to walk away. Police said they had made an arrest. “We have a suspect in custody, and we are now investigating the matter,” the

In 2011, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, News Corporation, faced a grave threat in Britain. Reporters at one of his tabloid newspapers were exposed for hacking the phones of celebrities, private citizens and, in one case, a murdered child for information. Other misdeeds soon emerged, including the revelation that for years, tabloid reporters had paid for