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Viktor Petrenko, who won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Games, has been shunned by Ukrainian figure skating officials — and by President Volodymyr Zelensky — after performing in Sochi, Russia.

As combat sports grow in popularity, ringside physicians grapple with the precarious ethics of their role.

To better understand the obstacles faced by wheelchair users, The Times sent a reporter and a photographer to document one man’s plane trip. Here’s what they saw.

The Pentagon announcement comes as Ukrainian forces undertake a counteroffensive aimed at reclaiming the southern city of Kherson.

The top U.N. Mideast envoy is warning that the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants is “fragile” and the “cycles of violence” will only stop when an independent Palestinian state lives side-by-side with Israel

Ukraine says that announcing a planned offensive on the southern front has paid off in the eastern Donbas region, as both sides deploy forces based on guessing each other’s next moves.

Ukrainian officials have announced the results of a meticulous months-long investigation that was at times painful and gruesome.

The Biden administration’s efforts come at a challenging moment, as Russia’s protracted war in Ukraine tests the resolve of even Kyiv’s biggest backers.

One particular image sparked online worry and intrigue: a man in a suit sitting atop a submerged car’s hood in Seoul’s upscale Gangnam district.

An incident involving a white Mississippi Highway Patrol officer and three Black men is under investigation after a viral video showed the officer putting a handcuffed man into a chokehold and wrestling him into a ditch

Also, a moving dispatch from Ukraine and the dire outlook for Afghanistan.

A report from England’s children’s commissioner on Monday found that 650 children, including a disproportionate number of young Black boys, were subjected to the practice.

The Biden administration says the push will bolster African and American interests, including the ability of the United States to compete against China and Russia.

The Israeli military says that close to one-third of the Palestinians who died in the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza militants may have been killed by errant rockets fired by the Palestinian side

Russia seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station — Europe’s largest — early in the war.

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As the city emerged from a 54-hour lockdown, the governor of the Mykolaiv region declared the operation a success, saying that five people had been arrested.

The latest round of aid includes rockets credited with destroying Russian command posts and ammunition depots.

In the wake of purported strikes targeting Zaporizhzhia, world leaders and experts are calling Russian and Ukrainian forces to declare a military-free zone.

In the weekend battle with Israel, Hamas left the fighting to Islamic Jihad, another militant group, highlighting differences between them over how best to combat Israel.

As the city emerged from a 54-hour lockdown, the governor of the Mykolaiv region declared the operation a success, saying that five people had been arrested.

Mexico will attempt to send an aquatic drone into a collapsed coal mine where 10 miners have been trapped since last week

The lost and dangerously thin Beluga was first seen in France’s river, far from its Arctic habitat, last week.

The accord paves the way for national reconciliation talks and democratic elections. However, it was snubbed by the main rebel group responsible for the death of Chad’s previous leader.

Zelensky says West should warn Russian against annexing more Ukrainian land and let them ‘live in their own world until they change their philosophy.’

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Military and medical officials say recent infighting among Yemen’s pro-government forces in a southern province has killed at least three civilians

Spain’s weather agency says July was Spain’s hottest month on record

A deadly fire that began at a large oil storage facility in western Cuba has spread after flames enveloped a third tank that firefighters had tried to cool as they struggle to fight the massive blaze

Zofia Posmysz, a Polish World War II-era resistance fighter who survived the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps and who later became a journalist and novelist, has died at 98

She was 18 when she was arrested in 1942 for her association with the Polish resistance in Krakow.

The basketball star’s supporters are pressing for action. But critics of any possible deal are already fuming.

The remarks by António Guterres came two days after he called for global nuclear disarmament at a commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

The three-day conflict killed 44 Palestinians and showcased the precision of Israel’s U.S.-backed antimissile defense system, known as the Iron Dome.

The eight-time world champion was considered one of the most gifted fighters to have ever entered the sport.

Diplomats say that talks to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear accord with world powers in Vienna have ended as the parties closed a final text and the Iranian negotiator prepared to return to his capital

An Israeli court sentenced a former health minister to probation and a fine for obstructing justice

The tactic has reduced the intensity of the fighting in the eastern Donbas region and allowed Ukraine to make small gains there, fighters say.

Many are held in filthy cells, subjected to routine torture and denied lifesaving medications, according to former inmates, their families and lawyers, and rights groups. Some never leave.

Polish authorities are working to bring home people who were injured on the weekend when a bus carrying Polish pilgrims heading to a popular Catholic shrine crashed in Croatia, killing 12 people

France is in the midst of its fourth heat wave of the year as the country faces what the government warned is its worst drought on record

Terrorism experts were surprised by the president’s descriptions of Ayman al-Zawahri, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike.

The bear was later killed after injuring the French tourist.

The conflict may have dealt a severe blow to Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Gaza militant group, and strengthened the hand of Israel’s interim prime minister, Yair Lapid.

South Africa’s stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine and the adverse effects of the conflict on African countries are expected to feature in a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Africa’s Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor on Monday

Demonstrators blocked roads as protests broke out in southern Iraq on Monday after power outages left many without electricity during scorching peak summer heat

Efforts to feed a dangerously thin Beluga whale that has strayed into the Seine River in France have failed so far

The death of Omar Khalid Khorasani dealt a potentially serious blow to peace talks being negotiated between his extremist group and Pakistani officials with assistance from senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.

Efforts to extinguish a fire at an oil facility in Matanzas, Cuba, have so far been unsuccessful. Flames erupted Sunday night, leaving residents in a state of panic.

While seemingly harmless, these tales may have their origins in Russian propaganda, according to analysts monitoring Russian disinformation campaigns in Ukraine.