Steven Erlanger

Officials say Kyiv won't get membership negotiations at the coming NATO summit, but the alliance will announce a structure to coordinate aid over the longer term

Amid a faltering performance by President Joe Biden in the presidential debate Thursday night, former President Donald Trump caused anxiety among U.S. allies with a simple shrug.

Amid a faltering performance by President Biden in the presidential debate Thursday night, former president Donald Trump caused anxiety among US allies with a simple shrug.

In the towns of Tulkarm and Jenin, armed militants are flocking to more hard-line factions, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, while the Israeli military tries to rein them in.

With President Biden’s future unclear, Donald J. Trump’s support uncertain and a major NATO meeting looming, Ukrainian leaders are straining to keep their balance.

Ukrainian officials, publicly and privately, said the hyperpartisan environment in the United States, Russia's ongoing efforts to stoke those divisions, the turmoil of the presidential campaign, and a distracted White House combined to make for an exquisitely difficult diplomatic challenge.

Rutte, known as a flexible pragmatist, will bring his experience at conciliation to the 32-nation military alliance when he takes over as secretary general from Jens Stoltenberg on Oct. 1.

President Biden arrived

Closely watched elections in the former East Germany are likely to reveal a still-divided country and yield a worrying challenge to Berlin.

NOHRA, Germany — Anna Wenske, 69, worked for decades at the national theater of East Germany, where she was born and still lives. “After the reunification, everything went kaput,” she said.