The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.Gunmen attacked the Christ Apostolic Church in Kwara State, Nigeria, in November.
Before the strikes on Thursday, President Trump said he would halt all aid and go in “guns-a-blazing” to target militants.At a church in Lagos, Nigeria, in April.
The terror group has lost its territorial stronghold, but it still orchestrates and inspires violence through affiliates across Africa and beyond.Members of the F.B.I. walk around Bourbon Street in New Orleans during their investigation of the fatal truck crash on New Year’s Eve.
The region could see accumulations of up to 5 to 7 inches from late Friday into Saturday.New York City got a bit of snow earlier in December. On Friday and Saturday, the city is expecting a more significant accumulation.
Officials warned that driving would remain hazardous across much of the state, with heavy rain still to fall in some places that broke records on Christmas Eve.Los Angeles set a record for Christmas Eve rainfall on Wednesday. Another half inch could fall on Thursday.
Government officials have traditionally steered clear of such overtly religious language, as the Constitution prohibits the establishment of an official state religion.President Trump while making Christmas calls to children at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday.
Chuck Redd, a jazz musician, said he canceled his annual concert after President Trump’s name was affixed to the Washington building’s facade.An annual Christmas Eve jazz concert was canceled by its host after President Trump’s name was added to the Kennedy Center building.
Many Americans can take advantage of President Trump’s deduction on auto loan interest, but the tax break will provide only modest savings.An auto loan deduction comes at a time when the industry is struggling to adapt to President Trump’s tariffs.
Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship.Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, in Miami this year.
The toll on older people and those with disabilities is especially severe as Moscow’s forces repeatedly attack the port city’s infrastructure.Distributing hot meals to those affected by power outages in Odesa last week.
The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, and in the care of private film collectors like Brian Darwas, who has hundreds of movie prints at his home.Brian Darwas stores his films in a climate-controlled room at his home in Westchester County, N.Y.
The far-right group known as the R.S.S., whose members include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has spent a century trying to make India a Hindu-first nation.Volunteers for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or R.S.S., listened to a speech at a celebration of the group’s centenary in Nagpur, India, in Oc
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, known as the R.S.S., has survived bans and vilification to emerge as the force reshaping India’s secular republic into a Hindu nation.R.S.S. volunteers at a centenary celebration event in Nagpur in October.
Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten regional health security, experts say.People wait at the Mae Tao Clinic in Thailand near the Burmese border. The number of patients has soared after a coup in Myanmar ignited
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.A memorial outside the Van Wickle Gates on the Brown University campus, where a mass shooting killed two people.
New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.“We’re sending these kids out into the world, and we’re supposed to have provided them skills,” said Valerie Ziegler, a San Francisco high school teacher.
For decades, Havaianas flip-flops have been a beloved global symbol of Brazilian culture, worn by millions of people each day. They are now ensnared in a political fight.The trouble started for Havaianas with the beginning of a new holiday campaign starring the popular Brazilian actress Fernanda Tor
Populist rhetoric is numbing us to the plight of others.
For the past decade, every administration in Washington has said Venezuela represents an extraordinary threat to the United States.
Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.Officials in Kentucky said a 15th victim of the UPS plane crash in Louisville died on Thursday.
Chosen by a British TV station to give an “alternative” to the king’s speech, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been a great year for the U.S. “from a fascism perspective.”A photograph released by Channel 4 for Jimmy’s Kimmel’s “Alternative Christmas Message.”
An Oxford professor and renowned critic, he was pugnacious, fearless and disdainful of the received wisdom of his intellectual milieu.
A single ticket drawn Wednesday night won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever.An advertisement for Powerball in Manhattan on Monday. On Christmas Eve, one Powerball ticket in Arkansas delivered a gift worth $1.817 billion.
