President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s announcement comes after days of deadly clashes between government and Kurdish forces that have underscored the difficulty he faces in uniting the country.

Videos show U.S. forces descending quickly from helicopters onto the tankers, two years after a tragic boarding attempt.

Officials denounced the Trump immigration crackdown in Minneapolis at an unofficial congressional hearing, while the president said he no longer saw a need to send in military forces.

The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

WestJet, Canada’s second-largest carrier, backpedaled on a new seating plan after videos of crammed travelers went viral on social media.

Also, the C.I.A. director met Venezuela’s new leader in Caracas. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

In the MAGA imagination, white women are supposed to be helpmeets, not harpies.

The Education Department has temporarily paused a plan to seize tax refunds and begin garnishing the wages of borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans.

The sale of the apartments, whose residents had complained of neglect by management, to a troubled firm is an early test of the new mayor’s ability to deliver for tenants.

The conservative political analyst Yuval Levin gives Ezra Klein his review of Trump’s first year back in office.

Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, this week tapped a groundswell of support that has been years in the making.

China will in turn cut its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in Beijing on Friday.

Michael Saylor’s financial alchemy thrust an ordinary software company, Strategy, into the center of the crypto frenzy. It all worked spectacularly, until now.

Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provide a frame-by-frame look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapolis.

The definition is tricky, but the effects of poor metabolic health are clear — and can wreak havoc on the body.

Several of the past year’s films center on confused, bumbling protagonists — surrounded by women who are anything but.