Jim Yardley

After more than a decade away, a foreign correspondent comes back to take stock of his divided homeland.

A refugee crisis, a Greek debt showdown, Russian aggression and terrorism in the streets. How 2015 has threatened to undo the European Union.

The Vatican confirmed that the pope met with Ms. Davis, who defied a court order on same-sex marriage, but would not elaborate.

Francis demonstrated a nuanced political dexterity, effectively sidestepping the familiar framework of American debate while charting his own broader path.

Religious freedom means the right to worship God, “as our consciences dictate,” Francis said, but he also warned about its perversion “as a pretext for hatred and brutality.”

I spent eight days traveling with Pope Francis in early July as he visited Latin America. Look back at highlights from the trip, including my posts on meeting the pope midair, press restrictions in Ecuador, complicated gift-giving in Bolivia, and a “vegetable masterpiece” of an altar in Paraguay. Please continue to follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused creditors of presenting Greece with unfair terms and called on citizens to decide how to respond.

The livelihood of families who have manufactured olive oil for generations is threatened by a disease sweeping across one of the nation’s most famous olive regions.

Survivors said the captain made “wrong maneuvers” and collided with a rescue ship, precipitating a capsize that the authorities say killed more than 800.

A ship carrying as many as 700 people sank in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya, adding to the rising death toll in what has become a migration crisis for Europe.