World

Canada Today: A Dead-End Road, Judging a Judge and Broadway

A single road near the border in upstate New York helped a reporter gain insights into the surge of migrants into Canada.

By IAN AUSTEN

Trump’s Immigration Orders May Be Affecting Canada, U.S. Official Admits

The American homeland security secretary, John F. Kelly, discussed the issue with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet.

By IAN AUSTEN

Pope Francis Signals Openness to Ordaining Married Men in Some Cases

The pope said he was not advocating an end to celibacy, and sees little possibility for allowing women to be priests. But his openness about ordaining married men was unusually explicit.

By JASON HOROWITZ

Republican Party, ‘Kong: Skull Island’: Your Friday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

By KAREN ZRAICK and LISA IABONI

New York Examiner Won’t Disclose Cause of Russian Envoy’s Death

Ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin died suddenly after collapsing in the Russian mission on the East Side of Manhattan, and police said they did not suspect foul play.

By SOMINI SENGUPTA

From Flight 370 Hunt, New Insight Into Indian Ocean’s Unknown Depths

The search for the Malaysia Airlines jetliner helped create 3-D maps of the ocean’s topological complexity, at a level of detail never before achieved.

By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR

Unrest Flares at Nepal-India Border After Fatal Shooting of Nepali

A day after the killing, thousands of Nepalis gathered and chanted anti-Indian slogans, demanding that construction of a culvert continue and that the land be returned to Nepal’s control.

By BHADRA SHARMA

Reaction After South Korea Ousts Leader

Supporters and opponents of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea took to the streets on Friday after the court issued a ruling to remove her from office, capping months of turmoil.

By REUTERS

Protests Erupt in South Korea After President Park Geun-hye Is Ousted

Three people died and dozens of demonstrators and police officers were injured as rival crowds took to the streets of Seoul.

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Story After the Story for a 16-Year-Old Refugee With Dashed Hopes

Just days after President Trump signed his first travel ban, Sardar Hussain “did something about which I still shake my head and chuckle: He decided to get on the airplane anyway.”

By JOE COCHRANE

South Korea, Republican Party, Jobs Report: Your Friday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

By SEAN ALFANO

Republican Party, C.I.A., Syria: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

By KAREN ZRAICK and LISA IABONI

C.I.A., Russia, F.C. Barcelona: Your Thursday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

By SEAN ALFANO

Prescription Heroin as Medicine

Vancouver, Canada, is taking a controversial approach to drug treatment: prescription heroin. Go inside a clinic where drug users inject diacetylmorphine under the supervision of a medical professional.

Dutch Greens Make Inroads Days Before Vote for Parliament

Still, there is little consensus about what sort of government voters in the Netherlands want, with the electorate described as “fragmented.”

By ALISSA J. RUBIN and CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE

After Warily Circling, Trump and Angela Merkel Prepare to Meet

The threat posed by Russia to Europe could give the president and the German chancellor a bit of common ground during their Oval Office meeting.

By MARK LANDLER

U.N. Accuses Turkey of Killing Hundreds of Kurds

Turkish security forces also caused 500,000 people to be displaced in a campaign of torture, rape and destruction, a new report says.

By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE

As VW Pleads Guilty in U.S. Over Diesel Scandal, Trouble Looms in Europe

Even as it moved to end legal action in the United States over its efforts to illegally evade emissions standards, the German carmaker faces mounting legal woes in Europe.

By JACK EWING and NEAL E. BOUDETTE

When the Kids Crash Your BBC Interview

Two children interrupted a political-science professor live on the air while he was trying to explain the South Korea impeachment scandal.

By CHRISTINE HAUSER and DANIEL VICTOR

A Shelter for Art Caught in the Crossfire

The Louvre is building a new storehouse for its own collection, and has also offered the space as a safe-haven place for art and antiquities in war zones.

By CLAUDIA BARBIERI

Statue Being Pulled From a Gritty Patch of Cairo Could Be of Ramses

The statue is just the type of artifact archaeologists hoped to recover before further building in a teeming neighborhood makes such treasures impossible to find.

By DECLAN WALSH

Former N.Y. Comic, Reporting From Aleppo

Bilal Abdul Kareem is a Muslim convert and former comedian from New York. In the last few years, he’s made hundreds of news reports from Syria.

By YARA BISHARA

Reporting From Syria, an American With a Point of View and a Message

Bilal Abdul Kareem, an African-American from Mount Vernon, N.Y., has interviewed jihadists and covered the siege of Aleppo from inside the city.

By BEN HUBBARD

Sessions Says Guantánamo Is a ‘Very Fine Place’ for New Suspects

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he would advise President Trump to send new detainees to the wartime prison rather than bring them to civilian courts for prosecution.

By CHARLIE SAVAGE

Nigeria’s Battles With Boko Haram Scar the Land and Its People

Our reporter and photographer took an aerial look at lands devastated by the country’s war with militants.

By DIONNE SEARCEY and ASHLEY GILBERTSON

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, Returns Home, but His Health Remains a Mystery

Mr. Buhari, 74, had been gone for seven weeks after a trip to London was extended for medical treatment, leaving doubts about the country’s stability.

By SEWELL CHAN

South Africa Reverses Withdrawal From International Criminal Court

In a letter to the United Nations secretary general, the country cited a recent court ruling that declared an exit would be “unconstitutional and invalid.”

By NORIMITSU ONISHI

Lynne Stewart, Lawyer Imprisoned in Terrorism Case, Dies at 77

Ms. Stewart, who was convicted of aiding terrorism in her representation of Omar Abdel Rahman, was also known for defending a member of the Weather Underground and other violent activists.

By JOSEPH P. FRIED

U.N. Chief, Visiting Somalia, Pleads for Aid to Avert Famine

Secretary General António Guterres has warned that millions of people in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen are at risk from deadly hunger.

By HUSSEIN MOHAMED and SEWELL CHAN

A Lake Turned Pink in Australia. It’s Not the Only One.

Images of a hot-pink lake in Melbourne have taken over the internet this week. The coloration is the result of a salt-loving microbe’s attempt to make its own sunscreen.

By JOANNA KLEIN

Exploring Populism and Popularity

In this week’s Oz newsletter, the search for audience loyalty, in journalism and right-wing populism.

By DAMIEN CAVE

South Korea, Syria, C.I.A.: Your Morning Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

By CHARLES McDERMID

Justin Bieber Impersonator Is Charged With Child-Sex Crimes

The police in Australia said the 42-year-old man had pretended to be the pop star as a way to lure explicit images from children online.

By DAN BILEFSKY

Arrest of ISIS Suspect in Rural Town Puts Australia on Edge

The accusation that a Muslim family helped the Islamic State echoed Australians’ worst fears over immigration and homegrown links to terrorism.

By JACQUELINE WILLIAMS

How the Dutch Stopped Being Decent and Dull

The right-wing populist Geert Wilders is set to overturn the Netherlands’ liberal reputation.

By IAN BURUMA

Propaganda in Istanbul

A cult of martyrdom reminiscent of post-revolution Iran is being manufactured in Turkey.

By BUSRA ERKARA

Germany’s False Hopes About Trump

Many think he’ll come around to the value of working with Europe. But they don’t know his supporters.

By ANNA SAUERBREY

Afghanistan Is Now Trump’s War

Requests for a new troop surge in Afghanistan must be met with skepticism.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD