Many Syrians Want Justice for Regime Crimes. Others Want Revenge.
Marwa Abdo, center, describing how her brother, Bashar, was killed just days before, in Idlib, Syria.
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Israel and Hamas Work on Final Details of Gaza Cease-Fire Deal, Officials Say
The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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A Crucial Coal Mine in Ukraine Under Attack by Russian Forces Finally Shuts Down
Workers walking through a shaft inside a coal mine just southeast of the embattled city of Pokrovsk, near Ukraine’s front line.
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Missile Attack Prompts Emergency Power Cuts in Ukraine
Ukrainians took shelter in a subway station in Kyiv, the capital, on Wednesday morning.
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Mozambique Is at a Crossroads as a New President Is Sworn In
Daniel Chapo was sworn in as Mozambique’s president in the capital Maputo on Wednesday after an election that the opposition and rights leaders criticized as fraudulent.
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What We Know About the Proposed Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Agreement
Smoke billowing in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
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A House at Auschwitz Opens Its Doors to a Chilling Past
The house of Rudolf Höss, the Auschwitz camp’s wartime commandant.
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Hun Sen Adviser Wanted in Thailand Over Lim Kimya Killing
The scene where Lim Kimya was shot dead in Bangkok last week.
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South Korea President Yoon Is Detained for Questioning Over Martial Law
A motorcade taking President Yoon Suk Yeol away from his residence in Seoul on Wednesday morning. He will be questioned about his declaration of martial law last month.
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In Pursuing Canal, Trump Could Push Panama Closer to China
A vessel traveling through the Panama Canal this month.
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Chinese Celebrities and Tourists Think Twice About Thailand
The Chinese actor Wang Xing, right, talking with Thai police officers after he was rescued from a scam camp in Myanmar. His abduction set off security concerns in China.
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For These Teenagers in Ukraine, Hope Arrived at the Stage Door
Rehearsing the original play “It’s okay!” in Kyiv, Ukraine, in August. From left, Solomia Cherepushko-Zagrebelna; Sasha Suchyk; Alisa Pazushko; and an acting teacher.
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Tulip Siddiq, U.K. Anticorruption Minister, Resigns
Tulip Siddiq is the niece of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh, who fled the country last year.
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Choice for Energy Secretary Has Been an Evangelist for Fossil Fuels
Chris Wright, the founder and chief executive of Liberty Energy, in 2018.
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on January 2025
What China Wants in Panama: More Trade, Projects and Influence
The Panama Canal last week. China, which has been trying to expand its influence in Panama for years, won a contract to build a fourth bridge over it.
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on January 2025
Wednesday Briefing
The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
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Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa
Recovering bodies from an illegal mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Tuesday.
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French Prime Minister Signals He Will Revisit Unpopular Retirement Law
Prime Minister François Bayrou delivering a speech to the National Assembly in Paris on Tuesday.
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Wednesday Briefing: A Major U.S. Senate Hearing
Pete Hegseth, right, at his Senate hearing yesterday.
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Biden Will Remove Cuba From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
The U.S. Embassy in Havana. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to be secretary of state, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, is likely to oppose Mr. Biden’s 11th-hour actions on Cuba.
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Estimated Gaza Toll May Have Missed 25,000 Deaths, Study Says
The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Oct. 26, 2023.
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Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Confirms She Is in Remission from Cancer
Kate, Princess of Wales, at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Pakistan Orders Inquiry After Complaints That Airline Ad Evoked 9/11
A Pakistan International Airlines aircraft ahead of its takeoff for Paris in Islamabad on Friday.
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In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer
A wastewater treatment plant in Fort Worth, Texas, last year.
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on January 2025
Maha Kumbh Mela: World’s Largest Gathering Begins in India
Hindu pilgrims taking a holy dip in Prayagraj, India, on Monday.
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Ukraine Launches ‘Massive’ Drone Attacks Inside Russia, Officials Say
Kazan, the capital of the republic of Tatarstan in Russia, in October. Local media in Kazan reported on Tuesday that a tanker at a liquefied natural gas base was struck by a Ukrainian drone.
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South Korean Leader Shuns Trial as He Tries to Hold Off Detention
Judges on South Korea’s Constitutional Court sat for the first formal hearing Tuesday in a trial to decide the validity of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment by the National Assembly.
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How Mexico Cracked Down on Its Immigration Chief to Defuse a US Migrant Crisis
Francisco Garduño Yáñez, head of Mexico’s National Migration Institute, has defended his approach to migration control as “a humanitarian policy of integration and brotherhood.”
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on January 2025
Israel and Hamas Near Agreement on Cease-Fire Deal, Qatar Says
The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Tuesday Briefing
Destruction in the Pacific Palisades yesterday.
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A Neo-Nazi Helped Incite U.K. Riots. Elon Musk Criticized His Sentencing.
Riot police in Southport, England, last July after a deadly knife attack. Andrew McIntyre took part in the riot, and his posts on Telegram encouraged others to participate in violent disorder.
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The British Public Dislikes Elon Musk. He Can Still Sway Politics.
Elon Musk at an event hosted by President-elect Donald J. Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., shortly after the U.S. election.
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Pope Francis’ Autobiography, Long in the Making, Arrives in Bookstores
Pope Francis delivered a blessing from the window of his private library overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in 2020.
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Lebanon Names Nawaf Salam, a Diplomat and Jurist, as Prime Minister
Nawaf Salam, center, who currently leads the International Court of Justice in The Hague, in the Netherlands, was named prime minister of Lebanon on Monday.
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Greenland to Trump: Not for Sale but Let’s Talk Business
A statue commemorating Hans Egede, the Danish missionary who founded Nuuk in 1728, stands on a hill overlooking the town.
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Tuesday Briefing: Death Toll Rises in L.A. Fires
Destruction in the Pacific Palisades yesterday.
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Biden Aides Warned Putin as Russia’s Shadow War Threatened Air Disaster
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday. U.S. officials engaged in a major effort to warn Mr. Putin to end an air-cargo sabotage plot.
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Biden Will Deliver Final Foreign Policy Speech on Monday
President Biden at the State Department on Monday. He said in a speech that he had improved America’s position in the world by making it stronger at home and by bolstering its ties with foreign allies.
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on January 2025
What Is the Status of the Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire and Hostage Talks?
Buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
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Troops Detained in Ukraine Give Rare Glimpse Into North Korea’s Military
A South Korean news program in October showed an image of soldiers, believed to be from North Korea, standing in line to receive Russian supplies.
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Russia and Ukraine Battle Inside Kursk, With Waves of Tanks, Drones and North Koreans
A destroyed Ukrainian tank on Thursday a few miles from the border with Russia’s Kursk region.
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A New Age of American Interference in Europe
The co-leader of the far-right AfD party and chancellor candidate Alice Weidel in her office in Berlin, before a live discussion with Elon Musk on his social network X, on Thursday.
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How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
Polio patients in New York in 1954. Before the vaccine’s introduction in 1955, polio disabled more than 15,000 Americans each year and hundreds of thousands more worldwide.
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What an Upended Mideast Means for Trump and U.S. Gulf Allies
President Donald J. Trump visiting Saudi Arabia in 2017. The region has shifted drastically since his first term.
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on January 2025
With South Korea in Crisis, Eight Justices Will Decide President’s Fate
South Korea’s Constitutional Court in Seoul, which on Tuesday will begin deliberating whether to remove or restore President Yoon Suk Yeol to office.
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Monday Briefing
Covering a utility pole with a fire-retardant foam, near Los Angeles.
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Druse Leader Aims to Secure Place for Syrian Minorities
Members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham patrolling in Damascus, Syria, last month.
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Monday Briefing: Number of Missing Rises in L.A.
Mandeville Canyon Road during the Palisades fire on Sunday.
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Italian Justice Ministry Moves to Release Iranian Man Sought by the U.S.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy last month in Rome.
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Israeli Security Chiefs Join Critical Talks for a Cease-Fire in Gaza
A demonstration on Saturday in Tel Aviv calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas.
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Brazil’s Mafia-Run Animal Lottery Was Invincible. Online Games Changed That.
Online gambling is booming in Brazil since it was legalized in 2018.
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Syria Faces Big Challenge in Seeking Justice for Assad Regime Crimes
A stadium in Damascus, the Syrian capital, last month. The site was used by the Assad regime’s military to fire mortars at rebel neighborhoods.
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A French Cathedral Turned to Hams to Restore Its Organ
A view of the cathedral in the Cantal area of France whose bell tower was used for curing hams.
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Sudan’s Military Recaptures Key City From Paramilitary Accused of Genocide
Sudanese people celebrated in Meroe, in Sudan’s northern state, on Saturday, after the army announced entering Wad Madani.
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on January 2025
Far From the Fires, the Deadly Risks of Smoke Are Intensifying
Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Tuesday. By some estimates, wildfire smoke causes some 675,000 premature deaths annually.
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on January 2025
Ukraine Says It Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting for Russia
A Ukrainian military vehicle in the country’s northern Sumy region, close to the border with Russia’s Kursk region, on Thursday.
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This Part of Mozambique Was Like Paradise. Now It’s a Terrorist Hotbed.
‘They Barricaded Everything’: Living Inside an Evacuation Zone