New York Times

Amid suffering and chaos, painters of every leaning largely continued doing what they had been doing, whether to mark time or to provide escape.

Why ancient folklore might tell us more than federal research about alien encounters.

Readers discuss giving consent for sex and the “complexity of human mating dances.”

The Turkish president forces aside six mayors and prepares for more housecleaning in his cabinet, anticipating possible elections next year.

The intelligence failure around the assault, more than the offensive itself, showed that American “victory” in Vietnam was impossible.

Normally bustling around Christmas, Bethlehem, like the rest of the Palestinian territories, appears suspended in a kind of limbo, neither basking in seasonal cheer nor raging in a new intifada.

Many expected Yemen’s Houthi rebels to become vulnerable after they killed their most important ally. But weeks later, they are locking up their foes.

The singer is seeking redemption by once again headlining the ABC show following a flubbed performance in Times Square.

The former warlord Atta Muhammad Noor told supporters that the Afghan president did not have the power to unilaterally remove him from office.

After decades of mutual wariness, the two titans now have a close relationship — just in time for Disney’s proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

Worried that he couldn’t work as an illustrator, Loren Long hid his “obstacle.” Now it’s out in the open.

I celebrated Christmas with relatives in the village of Shutromynsti. There were many courses, multiple toasts, piercing memories and joyful singing.

President Trump’s coin, which many saw on Friday for the first time, is unmistakably different from its predecessors.

Mount Everest, Christmas carols, the year in pictures and the most expensive house in America (for now). Read all about them and get some breakfast recipes, too.

The degradation of the Pantanal region, one of the richest wildlife havens on the planet, is seen by critics as a sign of Brazil’s weakening resolve to protect its environment.

Questions for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority on the power failures on the island.

Heavy rains unleashed landslides and mudslides in remote communities while also causing rivers to overflow.

The photographer Daniel Arnold embraced his inner tourist during the most chaotic time of the year.

One man is building a house so enormous, and so absurdly lavish, that it may be the ultimate symbol of our age of thirst, excess and inequality. Asking price? $500 million.

A broken Harry Potter wand got us thinking about who has the biggest profit margins in the toy industry.