President Trump says the ‘relationship with China has been severely damaged’ by Beijing’s handling of the new coronavirus, which continues to spread rapidly in the U.S. Photo: saul loeb/Agence France-Presse/Getty

People visiting Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, which was a Byzantine cathedral before being converted into a mosque and then a museum, in Istanbul on Friday. Photo: murad sezer/Reuters By David

By David Gauthier-Villars Close David Gauthier-Villars Biography @gauthiervillars David.Gauthier-Villars@wsj.com Updated July 10, 2020 9:39 pm ET ISTANBUL—President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the city’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia, which became

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A warehouse damaged in a recent explosion at Iran’s main nuclear facility is shown in a photo provided by the country’s atomic energy agency. Photo: handout/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By Aresu

Mexican government officials acknowledge the official Covid-19 death toll is a severe undercount. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press By David Luhnow Close David Luhnow Biography @davidluhnow david.luhnow@wsj.com and Juan Montes Close

Relatives of a slain passerby grieve after gunmen wounded Mexico City’s police chief on Friday in what officials say was a failed assassination attempt by the Jalisco cartel. Photo: luis

Paris’s Orly airport on Friday: The EU plans to relax travel restrictions from some countries to its member nations in time for much of the summer tourist season. Photo: Niviere

President Trump has signaled he would like to pull all American forces from Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in a conflict that is now in its 18th year, regardless of a

People called for China to release Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in Vancouver, British Columbia, last year. Photo: lindsey wasson/Reuters By Chun Han Wong Close Chun Han Wong Biography @ByChunHan