Wolves Like a Little Nectar Treat and May Pollinate Flowers in the Process

After Ethiopian wolves feed on their favorite rodents, they may be enjoying a bit of dessert and in the process helping pollinate plants known as torch lilies.

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Blinken and U.S. Allies Struggle with Wars as Biden’s Presidency Wanes

Top diplomats from the Group of 7 nations tried to project unity on Ukraine while discussing differences over Israel and anticipating the return of Donald J. Trump.

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Namibia Election: What to Know

Voters head to the polls on Wednesday in the latest test for one of southern Africa’s liberation parties, which have been rebuked at the ballot box this year.

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3 Americans Are Said to Be Freed From China in Prisoner Swap

The Americans released, among others, a Chinese intelligence officer who was serving a 20-year sentence in the United States.

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Oxford University Names William Hague Its New Chancellor

Mr. Hague, a former leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, was chosen in a vote by his fellow alumni to lead the elite university.

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France Suggests It Would Not Immediately Arrest Netanyahu Despite I.C.C. Warrant

The Foreign Ministry did not say outright that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would be free to travel to France, but it argued that an I.C.C. rule on immunity may apply to him.

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A Battered and Diminished Hezbollah Accepts a Cease-Fire

Thirteen months of war left Hezbollah weakened, isolated and desperate for a way to stop the fighting.

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Israeli Forces Keep Striking in Gaza Alongside Cease-Fire in Lebanon

While Israel and Hezbollah were finalizing a cease-fire to halt the fighting in Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed 33 people in Gaza, according to local health authorities.

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French Intellectuals Decry Dissident Writer Boualem Sansal’s Arrest in Algeria

An outspoken French-Algerian novelist returned to his homeland and was promptly taken into custody at age 75.

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Moscow Expels 2 German Journalists Over Allegations of Closing Russian TV Bureau

The German government denied it had taken action against Russia’s Channel One office in Berlin but said two Russian journalists no longer had residency permits.

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