Europe

Major telecom companies agreed to stop using critical components made by Chinese companies in their mobile infrastructure by 2029.

By Christopher F. Schuetze

France’s parliamentary elections were intended to bring change, but many fear the political gridlock means their struggle to pay bills will continue.

By Liz Alderman

Thousands of years of culture and history converge in this vibrant, coastal city known as the “Pearl of the Aegean.”

By Alex Crevar

The U.S. and Germany announced episodic deployments of longer-range American missiles in Germany starting in 2026.

By Ivan Nechepurenko and Paul Sonne

Customers in Europe may see an influx of new apps and services for making tap-and-go purchases.

By Adam Satariano

The blaze appeared to cause minimal damage to the cathedral in Rouen, France, but measures were taken to protect its precious objects from any water damage.

By Amelia Nierenberg, Constant Méheut and Ségolène Le Stradic

A major declaration by NATO.

By Natasha Frost

The government promised housing elsewhere. We followed the buses and found a desperate situation.

By Sarah Hurtes and Ségolène Le Stradic

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made the accusation, which was in a declaration approved by the 32 leaders of the alliance, during the NATO summit in Washington on Wednesday.

By Associated Press

The statement was a major departure for the alliance, which until 2019 never officially mentioned China as a concern.

By David E. Sanger

In an open letter, the French president rejected any role in government for the far-left France Unbowed party, setting the stage for a heated showdown.

By Roger Cohen

Vladimir Kara-Murza’s legal representatives said they were denied access to their client in a remote Siberian penal colony for six days.

By Valerie Hopkins

The specter of a second Donald J. Trump presidency injects new urgency into the NATO summit this week. President Biden and other leaders agree Ukraine should have an “irreversible” path to membership.

By Edward Wong, Julian E. Barnes and Helene Cooper

Demonstrators protesting mass tourism, housing shortages and high costs of living doused people dining at restaurants in the city with squirt guns.

By Reuters

The women died at the scene near London on Tuesday, the police said. The BBC identified the victims as the wife and children of one of its commentators.

By Claire Moses

Locals confronted visitors to the Catalan capital in a whimsical (but very serious) demonstration against mass tourism and housing shortages.

By Amelia Nierenberg and Rachel Chaundler

Britain gave Rwanda hundreds of millions of pounds, even though no asylum seekers were deported to the Central African nation under the agreement.

By Abdi Latif Dahir

Discovering evidence of deadly deluges of snow from the past could help protect people on mountains around the world, researchers say.

By Katherine Kornei

By welcoming visitors with glorious scents and a natural beauty that rivals Provence in France, the annual lavender harvest has revitalized the medieval town of Brihuega.

By Shaan Merchant

The sport, in which you strap on a 30-foot kite and skim across the waves, is about to make its Olympic debut. Here’s where non-Olympians can give it a try.

By Nora Walsh

Biden at the NATO summit in Washington.

By Natasha Frost

A coarsening of public discourse and contempt for mainstream parties have politicians on both sides denouncing what they say are extreme positions by their opponents, analysts say.

By Andrew Higgins

With thousands of voices and a few well-choreographed dance moves, Dutch fans have transformed match days into pulsing, joyous celebrations. Their next one is Wednesday.

By Claire Moses and Rory Smith

Archaeologists unearthed some 4,000 ancient skeletons from the heart of the city. After years of study, they were reinterred in a rare and solemn tribute.

By Sarah Maslin Nir

Analysts warn that the Labour Party’s proposals are unlikely to be cheap and could come at the cost of jobs in the oil and gas industry.

By Stanley Reed

Families and patients were not unfamiliar with the sound of missiles flying overhead. But the Russian assault on the hospital marked one of the worst days of violence against civilians in months.

By Marc Santora, Megan Specia and Brendan Hoffman

The court accused Ms. Navalnaya, who left Russia in 2021, of “participating in an extremist community.” She would be subject to arrest if she ever returns to Russia, the court said.

By Neil MacFarquhar

All eyes are on President Biden, but looming over the meeting is the possibility that Vladimir Putin might pull a stunt to disrupt the gathering.

By Michael Crowley, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and John Ismay

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India made his first visit to Russia in five years, even as Ukraine reeled from an attack on a children’s hospital.

By Paul Sonne and Anupreeta Das

Some of the country’s top players had urged voters to reject the far right in a pivotal election. With that battle over, a date with Spain in Euro 2024 offers a more familiar challenge.

By Rory Smith

Researchers in Bulgaria think the artifact could offer a window into ancient tensions around the rise of Christianity.

By Amelia Nierenberg

Jean-Luc Mélenchon led his coalition to a narrow victory in elections. But even some of his allies bristle at the thought of the combative former Trotskyist becoming prime minister.

By Adam Nossiter

Russian state news media footage showed the two leaders hugging and petting horses during the first visit to Russia in five years by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.

By Russian Pool Via The Associated Press

Ariane 6 reached orbit on Tuesday. But a problem made the European Space Agency rocket deviate from its flight plan late in the mission.

By Katrina Miller

Russian forces continue to inflict pain, but NATO leaders gathering in Washington can say that their efforts to strengthen Ukraine are working.

By Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt

The fallout from France’s election.

By Natasha Frost

Politically aligned, Joe Biden and the new U.K. prime minister agree on climate change, Ukraine and Northern Ireland. Donald Trump would be a different story.

By Mark Landler

A summit meant to convey confidence in the newly expanded alliance opened with a dazzling celebration and no mention of President Biden’s political peril.

By David E. Sanger and Lara Jakes

When he takes over as secretary general in October, Mark Rutte will face strains over Russia, Ukraine and the potential return of Donald J. Trump.

By Steven Erlanger, Lara Jakes and Claire Moses

A Russian missile strike on a children’s hospital in Kyiv on Monday highlighted the growing number of deadly attacks on medical facilities, vehicles and workers.

By Eve Sampson

Far from producing clarity, the snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron of France has yielded a muddle that could take months to sort out.

By Roger Cohen, Rebecca Suner, James Surdam and Christina Shaman

A single image captures a day of horror at a children’s hospital in Ukraine hit by a Russian missile.

By Brendan Hoffman

Far from producing a “clarification,” President Emmanuel Macron’s snap election has yielded a muddle that could take months to sort out.

By Roger Cohen

A theater director and playwright were sentenced to prison, a stark indication of the increasing suppression of free speech since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, their lawyers and critics say.

By Valerie Hopkins

No party got an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Here are some of the ways the country could escape political gridlock. None are easy.

By Aurelien Breeden

The Biden administration is trying to get foreign companies to invest in chip-making in the United States and more countries to set up factories to do final assembly and packaging.

By Edward Wong and Ana Swanson

No party secured an absolute majority in legislative elections on Sunday, leaving France headed for gridlock or political instability.

By Matthew Bloch, Andrew Park, Urvashi Uberoy and Véronique Brossier

The final tally confirms that the left has the most seats in the National Assembly, with the far right third. Now, there’s a scramble to figure out a way forward.

By Catherine Porter

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched at least 40 missiles at targets across Ukraine, including the country’s largest children’s hospital.

By Marc Santora and Brendan Hoffman

India is determined to keep its close ties to Russia despite pressure from the West. Russia sees the meeting as a chance to show it still has influential friends.

By Anupreeta Das and Hari Kumar