Internet Clampdown Strains Iranians’ Links to One Another, and the World
Checking a phone in Tehran. Simple tasks like ordering a taxi have become an hourslong saga.
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Devastating Floods in Mexico Test President Claudia Sheinbaum
A street flooded in Poza Rica, Mexico, on Thursday. At least 70 people died in heavy rains that hit the country last week, officials said.
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After ‘Horrors,’ Israeli Hostages Taste Freedom and Savor Family Reunions
Eitan Horn returning to his home in Kfar Saba, Israel, on Thursday, after being held captive in Gaza for two years.
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Zelensky to Meet With Trump to Discuss Weapons and Peace Prospects for Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office, in August.
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Starmer Objects as Police Bar Israeli Team’s Fans From U.K. Soccer Game
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaking to members of the Jewish community in London on Thursday.
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Russia Jails Street Band for Performing Antiwar Songs
Diana Loginova, left, arriving for a court hearing in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday.
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Vivienne Westwood Show Opens Riyadh Fashion Week, as Saudis Highlight Creative Side
At a Riyadh Fashion Week gala event last year. This is the third year the kingdom has hosted a fashion show, and the first time that big-name international designers have been in the mix.
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China Fans Patriotic Sentiment as Trade War With U.S. Heats Up
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, and President Trump during the U.S.-China Business Exchange in Beijing in 2017.
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Meet the Designer Who Got Zelensky Into a Suit
Viktor Anisimov at his studio during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kyiv, Ukraine, last month.
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Explosion Destroys Vehicles Outside Home of Italian Journalist
Parts of a car are seen on the ground as Carabinieri military police stand outside the home of investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci after an explosive device detonated outside his home, in Pomezia, Italy, on Friday.
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A History of the C.I.A.’s Involvement in Latin America, From Bay of Pigs to Chile Coups
Fidel Castro, whom the C.I.A. made at least eight plots against, speaking with reporters in 1964 in a car. An assault rifle lies in the seat pocket.
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OpenAI Blocks Videos of Martin Luther King Jr. After Racist Depictions
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the back seat of a police car in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1964.
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U.S. Threatens Countries That Back a Fee to Clean Up Ship Pollution
The Trump administration has made threats to dissuade countries from voting for the measure.
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Putin Plays to Trump’s Ego as U.S. Wavers on Ukraine Aid
President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the two leaders’ summit in Alaska in August.
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Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too.
Colorful microbial mats, composed of thermophilic microbes, surround a bubbling hot spring in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
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Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese Leader Who Gave Landmark War Apology, Dies at 101
Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in 1995, the year he delivered his landmark apology. “Our task,” he said, “is to convey to younger generations the horrors of war so that we never repeat the errors in our history.”
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Trump Warns Hamas of Strikes if Violence in Gaza Continues
Hamas militants stood guard on Wednesday as the International Committee of the Red Cross transported the bodies of hostages who died in Gaza.
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2 Dead After Kenyan Police Fire Bullets at Raila Odinga Memorial
People ran for cover on Thursday at a memorial for Raila Odinga, a longtime opposition figure in Kenya, when gunshots and tear gas were fired at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, the capital.
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Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Brings Hope and Scrutiny to Venezuela’s Opposition
The opposition leader María Corina Machado in her office last year. She is now in hiding.
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Kanchha Sherpa, Last Member of First Team to Conquer Everest, Dies at 92
Kanchha Sherpa in Nepal in May. He carried 60 pounds of gear, fixed ropes and scouted the trail for the 1953 expedition up Mount Everest.
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After ‘Productive’ Call, Trump Plans Another Meeting With Putin
President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in August.
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Yemen’s Houthis Confirm Killing of Top Military Official
Protests against Israel in the Houthi-run capital of Sana, Yemen, this month.
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How Raila Odinga Symbolized the Good and Bad of Kenyan Politics
A campaign poster of Raila Odinga in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2008.
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Fire in Party Office Raises Tensions as Cameroon Awaits Election Results
Security forces in Garoua, Cameroon, used water cannons on Sunday to disperse protesters. Cameroon is still tallying the results from the day’s presidential election.
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Where Does the Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Stand?
Palestinians returning to Gaza City on Saturday.
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World Meteorological Report Marks Biggest Annual Jump in CO2 Levels
A forest fire in New Jersey last year. Fire activity last year contributed to a record jump in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
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Vatican Panel Says Church Is Still Too Slow in Addressing Sexual Abuse
A Mass at the Vatican last month. The commission called on church leaders to act more quickly and more transparently to tackle clerical sexual abuse.
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India Tiptoes Around Trump’s Latest Claims on Russian Oil Purchases
President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at a joint news conference at the White House in February.
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France’s Government Narrowly Survives No-Confidence Vote
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France speaking at the National Assembly in Paris on Thursday before a no-confidence vote on the government.
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Inside the Reporting on Assad’s Top Officials Who Fled Syria
The deserted villa of a former Syrian regime official.
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Guatemala Welcomes U.S. Help in Gang Crackdown After Prison Break
President Bernardo Arévalo outlined plans to strengthen Guatemala’s prison system that included American assistance plus the construction of a maximum-security facility.
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China’s Own Immigration Backlash
Students at Peking University in May.
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Hamas Says It Has Returned All Hostage Remains It Can Recover
A Hamas fighter during the handover of hostages on Monday in Gaza.
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Judge Throws Out Children’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Energy Policies
The judge said the plaintiffs lacked legal basis to sue because the harms they described couldn’t be fixed by a court decision.
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Trump Helped Argentina Face an Economic Meltdown. It Came At a Cost.
President Trump with President Javier Milei of Argentina at the White House on Tuesday.
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Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
Some of the dozens of white South Africans who accepted an invitation from the Trump administration to come to the United States as refugees arrived at an air hangar in Dulles, Va., in May.
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Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, in Caracas last month. American officials have been clear, privately, that the Trump administration aims to drive Mr. Maduro from power.
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Trump Allies Push to Bolster Putin-Backed Balkans Leader
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, with Milorad Dodik, center, the leader of Republika Srpska, a Serb-controlled region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in February.
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With Truce in Place, Hamas Pursues Bloody Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza
Palestinian militants standing guard on Monday, the day that hostages in Gaza were handed over to the Red Cross as part of a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel.
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U.S. to Take Control of More Companies as China’s Rare Earth Dominance Grows
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, with the U.S. trade representative, Jamieson Greer. Mr. Bessent said the United States must become less reliant on China for rare-earth minerals.
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With Tariff Threat and Trade Controls, China and U.S. Renew Game of Chicken
President Trump greeting China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, at the Group of 20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.
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L.A. County Declares State of Emergency Over Immigration Raids
California National Guard members stand ready as people protest against the detention of migrants by federal law enforcement in downtown Los Angeles in June.
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Putin Welcomes Syria’s New President in Moscow, While Still Harboring al-Assad
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow on Tuesday. Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian former dictator whom Mr. al-Shara overthrew, has taken refuge in Russia.
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Afghanistan and Pakistan Announce Cease-Fire After a Week of Deadly Clashes
Taliban guards near the border with Pakistan. Fighting continued in the Spin Boldak border area of southern Afghanistan and central Pakistan on Wednesday.
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Jeep Parent Stellantis, Faced With Trump’s Tariffs, Shifts Auto Production From Canada to the U.S.
Live Updates: Trump to Meet With Zelensky, Making New Push for Ukraine Cease-Fire
How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria and Justice
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Israel Marks Two Years Since Oct. 7 as a Fragile Cease-Fire in Gaza Holds