Ruined Rice Fields and Broken Rail Lines: Sri Lanka Counts Cost of Cyclone
Locals wading through floodwater from Cyclone Ditwah, at Mannar in northern Sri Lanka, on Thursday.
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Kenya Kept a Diplomat in His Job Despite Years of Sex Abuse Accusations
Pauline Muthoni Kariuki said her Saudi employer and his friend raped her in 2020. She became pregnant and sought help at the embassy. There, she said, a Kenyan diplomat, Robinson Juma Twanga, accused her of seducing men.
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How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
“All my memories are in that home. They are not only stealing our land but also trying to cut the roots that connect us to it,” Muhammad Abdulrahman said.
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Spain Sees Itself as a Beacon for Immigrants. So Do Many Latin Americans.
Luz Fanny Arce Campiño in the restaurant she works in, in Paiporta, Spain, in October.
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Cambodia Shuts Down Group That Laundered Billions in Scam Profits
The Huione Pay headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in March.
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Taiwan’s Opposition Leader, Once for Independence, Turns Toward China
The Nationalist Party leader Cheng Li-wun in her office in Taipei, Taiwan, in November.
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Trump to Host Congo and Rwanda Leaders for Peace Talks in Persistent Conflict
The Trump administration will hold a signing ceremony for the peace agreement’s next phase at the U.S. Institute of Peace, which it recently renamed “the Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace.”
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What to Know About Putin’s Visit to India as Oil Trade Dries Up
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India greeting each other before a meeting in New Delhi in 2021.
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Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine
President Emmanuel Macron of France with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing on Thursday. Mr. Macron was welcomed with a red carpet and honor guard.
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Hamas Returns Body of Last Thai Hostage in Gaza
Placards of hostage, Sudthisak Rinthalak, during a rally calling for the immediate return of the remains of all hostages held in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv in November.
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Snail Theft Hits France Before Holiday Rush
A snail farm in Souligné-sous-Ballon, in western France.
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Weak Spots Are Few for Russia in Ukraine Peace Talks
A photograph released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin meeting with the U.S. special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, at the Kremlin, on Tuesday.
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A Devastating Fire Has Fueled a National Security Crackdown in Hong Kong
Smoke rising from a residential complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong, in November.
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on December 2025
Canada Turns to the World’s Polar Bear Capital to Defend its Arctic
The tundra outside Churchill, Manitoba, the so-called polar bear capital of the world.
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Trump Faces Choices on Russia-Ukraine Talks as Peace Deal Deadline Passes
“It does take two to tango,” President Trump said after his envoys left a meeting in Moscow with no major breakthroughs in their meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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In Yemen, Separatist Forces Backed by UAE March Into Oil-Rich Region
Forces from Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council being redeployed from the southern province of Abyan in 2020.
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China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II
A Chinese veteran with his military medals in September.
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What to Know About Trump’s Threat of Military Action in Venezuela
Nicolás Maduro in Caracas in November. According to multiple people close to the Venezuelan government, Mr. Maduro believes he can remain in control and ride out the gravest threat to his 12-year rule.
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Yegor Ligachev, Gorbachev’s No. 2 Who Turned Foe, Is Dead at 100
Yegor K. Ligachev. Kremlin watchers came to regard him as an enigma, symbolic of Russia itself, teetering between a past of untold suffering and a future of unknown perils.
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Stakes High, Europe Races to Save Its Financing Plan for Ukraine
Members of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine last year.
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on December 2025
Two U.K. Women’s Groups Ban Transgender Girls and Women
Protesters in London rallied for trans rights in April after the Supreme Court ruled that only biological women are recognized under Britain’s Equality Act.
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on December 2025
Tunisia Arrests Opposition Figure in Widening Crackdown
Ayachi Hammami is a leading opposition figure in Tunisia.
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On Trump’s Insults, Somalia’s Prime Minister Says ‘It’s Better Not to Respond’
Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, last year. Some Somalis were frustrated by what they saw as a pattern of disrespect toward Africa from President Trump.
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With Tensions Rising, Israel and Lebanon Expand Cease-Fire Talks
Supporters of Hezbollah gathered in September at a crater in the Dahiya neighborhood on the outskirts of Beirut. The hole was left by an Israeli strike in 2024 that killed the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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Israel Says a Gaza Border Will Reopen, but Only for Palestinians to Leave
The Rafah crossing at the border between southern Gaza and Egypt in 2023. Israel has said it will reopen “in the coming days,” but Egypt denies this.
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Macy’s Raises Sales Forecast Again as Shoppers Prove Resilient
Shoppers on Black Friday in New York City.
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on December 2025
Storm Floodwaters in Indonesia Turned Logs Into Floating Projectiles
The aftermath of Cyclone Senyar in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, on Tuesday.
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Fabergé Winter Egg Sells for $30 Million, an Auction Record
The Fabergé Winter Egg displayed at a media preview by Christie’s in London in November.
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Visiting Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo Echoed Francis’s Message, Not His Style
Pope Leo in Bkerke, Lebanon, on Monday. During his six-day tour, he called out the risks of artificial intelligence and other rapidly advancing technologies.
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Europe Wants to Get the Word Out: Russia Is to Blame for Sabotage
Workers patrolled a train track outside Warsaw last week as part of a Polish government effort to protect critical infrastructure after incursions that officials blamed on Russia.
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South Korea Says the U.S. Agreed to Help It Secure Fuel for Reactors
President Lee Jae Myung speaking during a news conference to mark the first anniversary of former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law, at the Blue House in Seoul on Wednesday.
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After Deadly Attacks, Australia Debates: Do Shark Nets Work?
Some Sydney beaches were closed after a shark attack at Long Reef Beach in September.
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U.N. Security Council to Visit Syria and Lebanon at ‘Crucial’ Time for the Countries
Members of an Italian battalion of the U.N. peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL patrolled Tayr Harfa, in south Lebanon, in March.
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Our Top Editor Answers Questions
President Trump speaking to reporters in September.
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Reckoning With a New Era of Deadly Floods
Debris left by flash flooding in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Tuesday.
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A Skating Rink Was Built Around a Luciano Pavarotti Statue. People Aren’t Thrilled.
Luciano Pavarotti and a skating rink in Pesaro, Italy. What could go wrong?
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on December 2025
Maduro Faces His Ultimate Fight as Trump Threatens Military Action in Venezuela
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela during a rally in Caracas on Monday.
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120,000 Home Cameras Were Hacked for Sexual Videos, South Korean Police Say
Residential buildings in Seoul, the South Korean capital, in August. Four people were arrested over the infiltration of 120,000 home security cameras, police said.
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on December 2025
In Photos and Video: Devastating Floods Swamp Parts of Asia
Wading through a street in Wellampitiya, on the outskirts of Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, in November.
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The Philippines Spent Big on Flood Control, but the Water Keeps Rising
Wading through flooded streets on Saturday in Calumpit, a city in the northern Philippines.
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Marcos vs. Marcos: The New Front in Philippine Politics
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and his sister Senator Imee Marcos at a rally in Laoag City, Philippines, in February. Since then, they have taken swipes at each other in public.
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China, Evoking World War II, Urges Europe to Take Its Side Against Japan
Taiwan’s flag being flown over Taipei, the capital, in October. Japan’s leader angered China last month by suggesting that it could come to Taiwan’s defense if China attacked it.
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Thousands Greet Pope Leo as He Prays Near Site of Beirut Port Blast
Pope Leo XIV arriving at the Beirut Waterfront to preside over a Holy Mass on Tuesday.
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Trump Alleges Fraud, Without Evidence, in Honduras Election
Soldiers carrying ballot boxes from rural polling stations at an airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Monday.
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Right to Jury Trial in England and Wales to Be Restricted in Some Cases
David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, planned significant changes to the criminal justice system, citing a “courts emergency that has left victims of the most serious crimes waiting years for justice.”
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on December 2025
Son of El Chapo Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping Father’s Former Cartel Partner
A plane believed to have been used to kidnap the drug kingpin Ismael Zambada García in Santa Teresa, N.M., last year.
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on December 2025
An Anti-Polarization Pope
Pope Leo at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul on Saturday.
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on December 2025
Trump Becomes the Wild Card in Razor-Thin Honduras Election
A campaign poster for Nasry Asfura, the right-wing candidate backed by President Trump, last month on a street in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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on December 2025
Environmentally Friendly Coffee
Sharks and Rays Gain Sweeping Protections from Wildlife Trade
Putin and Witkoff Meet in Russia as U.S. Pushes Ukraine Deal