Asia Pacific

Western leaders looking for signs that the Chinese leader used his influence on President Vladimir V. Putin to end the war in Ukraine are likely to be disappointed.

Families grapple with anguish and isolation as they try to raise their children in a country that increasingly questions their very identity.

With India’s election in full swing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party are using animated videos to attack Muslims.

One Afghan was also injured in the attack, which many expect will hinder the government’s recent efforts to lure foreign visitors.

Authoritarian governments have long sought to target dissidents abroad. But the digital age may have given them stronger motives, and better tools, for transnational repression.

France has sent troops to quell violence in New Caledonia, where Paris is seen as backtracking on promises of self-determination.

President Biden is pushing for a broad deal that would get Israel to approve a Palestinian nation in return for Saudi recognition of Israel. But officials need to overcome Israeli opposition.

Charred vehicles and debris littered the streets of Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, after days of protests against French control of the island.

The Russian leader visited an institute in Harbin known for defense research. President Xi Jinping saw him off with a rare and seemingly deliberate embrace for the cameras.

Signaling growing alarm, policymakers ramped up efforts to stem a continued decline in real estate values.