Israeli Defense Minister Tells U.S. Military Action Against Hezbollah Is Needed
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted southern Lebanon on Sunday.
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How Rituals of Faith Became Another Casualty of War
Marking major holidays has been completely upended for three religions this year. For Palestinians in the West Bank, restrictions have limited access to holy sites.
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Brazilian Politician Upends Debate by Hitting Opponent With Chair
Mr. Marçal, at a campaign event earlier this month, has shaped his political style in the mold of other brazen right-wing leaders like Donald J. Trump and former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.
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Thierry Breton, Top E.U. Commissioner, Resigns, Citing ‘Questionable Governance’
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and Thierry Breton, France’s European Union commissioner, meeting in Brussels in June.
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In Linda Sun’s Case, Signs of a Familiar China Playbook
Linda Sun, a former senior aide in the New York governor’s office, with her husband after being charged with acting as an agent for China.
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Russia Ramps Up Air Assault on Ukrainian Cities
A Ukrainian police officer helping a civilian leave the site of a missile attack in Kharkiv on Sunday.
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Shanghai is Hit By Typhoon Bebinca, Strongest Storm in 70 Years
Typhoon Bebinca, which logged winds around 94 miles per hour near its center, felled trees and billboards in Shanghai.
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In Georgia, a Political Uproar Erupts Over a 2008 War With Russia
The founder of the governing Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, center, during a rally in support of a bill on “foreign agents” in April.
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Once Considered Foes, Iranian-Backed Groups Get a Warm Welcome From Iraq
A crowd chanted slogans and waved Palestinian flags in Baghdad last month to show support for Palestinians in Gaza.
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Going the Distance at the Tram Driver Olympics
The European Tramdriver Championship, now in its 11th year, brought competitors from across Europe to Frankfurt on Saturday.
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Floods Kill More Than 1,000 People in West and Central Africa
Partly submerged houses after a dam overflowed in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Tuesday.
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Why is Ye, Formerly Kanye West, Doing a Show in China?
Ye onstage in Inglewood, Calif., in March.
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3 Hostages Likely Killed by Israeli Strike Last Fall, I.D.F. Says
An Israeli soldier posting a photograph of Ron Sherman, one of the hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, in November.
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How a Tourist Paradise Became a Drug-Trafficking Magnet
Costa Rican Border Police agents patrolling in a tropical forest in Sierpe, Costa Rica.
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Death Toll Rises as Deadly Floods Threaten Central Europe: What We Know
An aerial picture of the flooded town of Klodzko, southwestern Poland, on Sunday.
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Mexico’s Contentious Judiciary Overhaul Becomes Law
Protesters in Mexico City on Tuesday night.
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Morning Briefing: The Fallout of Trump’s False Claims
Dilapidated buildings in Aurora, Colo., are at the center of a national firestorm fueled by Donald Trump’s anti-immigration claims.
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Houthis Launch Missile at Central Israel
A police officer inspecting the area around a fire after the Israeli military said it tried to intercept a missile launched from Yemen on Sunday.
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An Era of Chinese Adoption Ends, and Families Are Torn Over Its Legacy
Amy Cubbage, left, and Graham Troop looking through the adoption trip albums from when they traveled to China in 2008 to adopt their daughter, June.
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Despite Relentless Russian Attack, Life in Kharkiv Endures Underground
Despite constant bombings, residents of Kharkiv, Ukraine, have found opportunities for joy and emotional release.
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Paris Throws a Final Olympics Bash
Crowds roared, waved flags and sang France’s national anthem as more than 300 French Olympic and Paralympic contestants were honored on Saturday in Paris.
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Divided Attention
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Churchill, Abducted From Canada, Is Found Glowering in Italy
A forged copy of Yousuf Karsh’s portrait of Winston Churchill hanging at the Fairmont Château Laurier in April 2022.
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At Funeral in Turkey, Family Mourns American Activist Aysenur Eygi
Turkish security forces carried the coffin of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi during her funeral at the central mosque in Didim, in western Turkey, on Saturday.
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As Ukraine Presses Its Attack in Kursk, Russia Stiffens Its Defenses
Digging through the wreckage of a home after a missile strike on a neighborhood in Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday.
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Amazon Sought Tariff Loophole Used by Chinese Rivals. Now Biden Is Closing It.
Amazon has been preparing a new discount service that would ship products directly to consumers, allowing those goods to bypass tariffs.
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A Year After a Deadly Flood, a Libyan City Is Rebuilding but Not Whole
One of the new bridges under construction in Derna, Libya.
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Election in Montreal Poses a Test for Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a visit to Montreal in 2022. His popularity has plunged.
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The Long-Range Weapons Ukraine Wants to Use on Russia, Explained
Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, have a range of 190 miles.
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Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Abbé Pierre Shatter His Legacy
An image of Abbé Pierre at a charity shop in 2020 run by one of the social justice organizations he founded.
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Sweeping Iraq Raid Killed 4 ISIS Leaders
Members of an Iraqi counterterrorism force during a military exercise in Baghdad last year. The United States and other allied forces have helped Iraqi forces carry out more than 250 counterterrorism missions since October.
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W.H.O. Authorizes Mpox Vaccine, Clearing Way for Use in Africa
The Jynneos vaccine, made by Bavarian Nordic, has been approved in Europe as well as the United States and other high-income countries since a global mpox outbreak in 2022.
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Starmer, Meeting Biden, Hints at Ukraine Weapons Decision Soon
President Biden and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain during a bilateral meeting at the White House on Friday.
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Three Americans Sentenced to Death for Failed Congo Coup
Benjamin Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, American citizens sentenced to death for an attempted coup, waited to hear the final trial verdict in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Friday.
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Brazilian Court Makes One Musk Company Pay Fines of Another
A Starlink antenna in a village of the Marubo Indigenous people, deep in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Pope Says Both Trump and Harris Are ‘Against Life’
Pope Francis spoke with reporters aboard the papal plane on his flight back from a 12-day journey across Southeast Asia and Oceania.
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Vance Describes Plan to End Ukraine War That Sounds a Lot Like Putin’s
Houses destroyed in Russian strikes as troops moved toward Ukraine’s Pokrovsk region this week. The Kremlin’s terms for ending the war have focused on Russia keeping the territory it has captured and blocking Ukraine from joining NATO.
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How Israeli Forces Destroyed a Secret Weapons Facility in Syria
Syrians inspect the damage at the site of overnight Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Masyaf in Syria’s central Hama Province on Monday.
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With Russia in Mind, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer Goes to Washington
President Biden met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Friday.
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Sweden Will Offer Migrants $34,000 to Go Home
Prayer at a temporary camp for refugees in Vanersborg, Sweden. The country is among a growing number of European nations embracing a harder stance on immigration.
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U.S. Accuses Russian TV Network of Conducting Covert Intelligence Acts
RT’s headquarters in Moscow. The network carried out operations at the direction of officials reporting directly to the Kremlin, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said.
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Read Putin’s Warning to NATO on Ukraine’s Use of Long-Range Weapons
Russia’s President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday in St. Petersburg, Russia, in a photo released by Russian state media.
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How Hamas Uses Brutality to Maintain Power
Women mourning three children who were killed in an Israeli attack targeting Muhammed Deif, a senior Hamas commander, that killed some 70 Palestinians in July.
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Robert Lewandowski on Fame, Frailty and the One Voice He Won’t Ignore
“OK, we are athletes,” Robert Lewandowski said, “but in the end we are also human.”
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Diplomacy Over Ukraine War Is About Bolstering Forces
The British foreign secretary, David Lammy, left, watching as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, center, shook hands with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kyiv on Wednesday.
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Biden Administration Ratchets Up Tariffs on Chinese Goods
The tariffs will apply to goods, including electric vehicles, that China has been selling at far cheaper prices than many American businesses.
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Typhoon Yagi Leaves at Least 110 Dead in Myanmar
The police help residents through high water in Pyinmana town in Myanmar’s Naypyidaw region on Friday.
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Russia Expels 6 U.K. Diplomats as Tensions Mount Over Missiles
A photograph released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin meeting with his Security Council on Friday.
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China Raises Retirement Age for the First Time Since the 1950s
Playing Chinese chess at a park in Beijing. China on Friday said it would gradually raise its statutory retirement age.
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Toronto Film Festival Pulls Documentary on Russian Soldiers
A protest against “Russians at War” in front of a theater showing the documentary during the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday.
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Why the Fight for Control Over the Philadelphi Corridor?
The border between Gaza and Egypt in February, as seen from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Some Gazans Say Polio Drive Is Futile While Israel Keeps Bombing
A child receiving polio vaccine drops at a school turned shelter in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, last week.
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North Korea Reveals Weapons-Grade Uranium Factory
A photograph provided by North Korean state media showed the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, touring a plant producing weapons-grade nuclear materials at an undisclosed location in September.
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A Long Life, Thanks to Where You Live? Not Likely, Says Ig Nobel Winner.
The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday.
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Dejected Social Media Users Call ‘Garbage Time’ Over China’s Ailing Economy
China Frees American Pastor, David Lin, After Nearly 20 Years in Prison
Paraguay Loves Mickey, the Cartoon Mouse. Disney Doesn’t.
Pedro Almodóvar, Master of Mystifying Films, Wrote a Book He Can’t Classify