The image, from northern Spain, showed a man with a white bag in the trunk of a car. The National Police said it helped them solve a missing-person case.

Syrian soldiers step toward amnesty.

With Germany and France both in political turmoil, the new administration of Donald J. Trump will begin at a time of instability for the continent.

The rape trial that horrified France.

The U.S. officials plan to look for signs of Austin Tice, a missing American journalist, as well as other U.S. citizens.

A feminist collective, the Amazons of Avignon, has been plastering the walls of the city with testimony from the trial of the 51 men who were convicted in the Gisele Pelicot rape case.

Viktoria Roshchyna died in September in Russian custody. The reporter had been well-known for her stories about life in parts of occupied Ukraine.

As the president awaits an impeachment trial, the country’s interim leader may, too, be ousted. The currency has plunged as the crisis has deepened.

A mysterious vessel in Finnish waters.

The men were hit in the head by booms on their yachts in separate episodes, as participants faced challenging weather conditions, the police said.