Too Powerful to Ignore, Saudi Prince Returns to Washington’s Embrace
President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, the capital, in May in Mr. Trump’s first major trip abroad of his second term.
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What Russian Activists Do When They Can’t Criticize Putin
A “Z” emblem in support of the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, in Moscow last year. Space for opposing beliefs in the country is limited.
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Bangladesh Court Sentences Former Prime Minister to Death
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, in Dhaka last year.
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At a Shared Symbol of Jihad, the Taliban Defy Their Old Ties With Pakistan
Crowds of people waited for the Afghan Taliban foreign minister’s arrival at the Deoband Islamic seminary in northern India last month.
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Why Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain walking out of 10 Downing Street on Monday. Some members of Mr. Starmer’s Labour Party object to Britain’s new restrictions on immigration.
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The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: Trump’s Bid to Control the Western Hemisphere
President Trump aboard Air Force One on Friday. His administration has shown its interest in stronger control of Latin America, which promises major benefits.
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Aiming to Shock Japan, China Pushes a Wave of Reprisals
The Chinese leader Xi Jinping attending a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Ukraine’s Cash Is Running Low, and Europe Has No Good Plan B
A memorial to fallen soldiers in Ukraine this month. The scale of the devastation from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to mount.
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Top U.N. Official Pushing to Get Aid Into Stricken Sudanese City
A camp in Al Dabbah, Sudan, on Sunday. The newly established camp has received some of the thousands of people displaced by fighting in El Fasher.
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Trump Gives Legs to South Korea’s Dream for Nuclear-Powered Subs
President Trump and his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae Myung, held talks in Gyeongju, South Korea, in October.
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Polish Railway Explosion Was Sabotage, Prime Minister Says
A photo released by the office of Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland on Monday shows Mr. Tusk and others at the site of an explosion on the tracks in Mika, Poland, between Warsaw and Lublin.
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Senator Accuses Kenya of Neglecting Children Trapped in Saudi Arabia
Abudy, an infant who was living on the street Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with his Kenyan mother, Esther.
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France Agrees to Sell Up to 100 Rafale Fighter Jets to Ukraine
François Bayrou, top left, then the prime minister of France, with a Rafale fighter aircraft in June. France said on Monday that it would sell up to 100 such jets to Ukraine.
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Serbian Woman Ends Hunger Strike Against Government
Dijana Hrka preparing to speak to the press outside Parliament on Monday about ending her hunger strike.
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U.N. Security Council Adopts Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza
The American resolution passed in the U.N. Security Council on Monday with 13 votes in favor and zero vetoes.
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25 Girls Abducted From School in Nigeria
The dormitories where gunmen kidnapped schoolchildren in Kebbi, Nigeria, on Monday.
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Study Analyzes How Much ‘Macro’ Plastic Is Deadly to Sea Life
An autopsied Hawksbill sea turtle in a lab in the United Arab Emirates. Lying beside the turtle are items removed from its stomach, including a large amount of plastic.
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Trump Project in Maldives Opens More Doors for Cryptocurrency Investors
Eric Trump, the executive vice president of the Trump Organization and the president’s son, looked over a real estate plan on another project involving the Dubai-based company Dar Global in Doha in April.
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A Plan for Private Jet Taxes Would Fund Climate Measures
A private jet at the Farnborough International Airshow last year. Aviation accounts for roughly 4 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Trump Administration Releases Thousands of Amelia Earhart Files
More than 4,600 pages of documents related to Amelia Earhart were released on Friday, including at least one photograph and a number of documents that were already available to the public.
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Man Who Rushed Ariana Grande in Singapore Gets 9 Days in Jail
Johnson Wen, in white, is seized by security after jumping a barricade and approaching Ariana Grande at a premiere.
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More Than 40 Indian Pilgrims Are Killed in Bus Crash in Saudi Arabia
Family members of the victims of a bus crash in Saudi Arabia mourned in Hyderabad, India, home to many of the passengers, on Monday.
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Thousands March for Climate Action as COP30 Talks Enter Second Week
A demonstration near the U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Saturday. The atmosphere has been a marked contrast to the past three summits that were held in countries where governments restricted public protests.
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Latest U.S. Strike on Boat in Pacific Kills 3, Southern Command Says
The Gerald R. Ford, the largest and most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier, engaging in NATO exercises in the North Sea in September. On Sunday, the U.S. Southern Command said the vessel had arrived in the Caribbean.
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Britain’s Labour Government Plans New, Tougher System for Asylum Seekers
Shabana Mahmood, the secretary of Britain’s home office, which polices borders, outside of 10 Downing Street in London last month.
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Friends Say a Suspect in the Louvre Heist Had Tried to Leave a Rough Past Behind
Burglars broke into the Louvre last month, ascending by ladder to the second-floor balcony shown here.
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China Escalates Japan Feud With Island Patrols and Warnings to Citizens
A Chinese Coast Guard ship near the Senkaku islands last year. The islands, controlled by Japan, are also claimed by China, which calls them the Diaoyu.
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UN Climate Summit in Brazil Brings Tourism and Change to Belém’s Ver-o-Peso Market
Vendors in the Ver-o-Peso market serving fish and açaí to customers at newly renovated booths in the food sector in Belém, Brazil.
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Women Describe Horrors They Endured in Assad’s Prisons
Iman al-Diab at her home in Afrin, Syria. She said she spent two years imprisoned by the Assad government.
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Women Toiling in India’s Insufferable Heat Face Mounting Toll on Health
A worker from the Self‑Employed Women’s Association monitoring the blood pressure of Arti Chuhan, a tailor, last month in Ahmedabad, India.
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How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
Commuters drinking water from canisters placed near a bus stand during a heat wave in Rajasthan, India, in June.
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Protesters Rage Against Mexico’s Government Over Corruption and Violence
Protesters and police clashed in Mexico City on Saturday.
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Vatican to Return Indigenous Cultural Items to Canada Taken a Century Ago
Indigenous chiefs in Alberta during Pope Francis’ visit to Canada in 2022.
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Pope Leo Urges Cinema Notables to Redouble Focus on Social Justice
Spike Lee presenting a New York Knicks jersey to Pope Leo XIV during his meeting with cinema notables at the Vatican on Saturday, in a handout photo from the Vatican.
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On a Clipped Wing, Flamingo Escapes a British Zoo for a Life in France
Frankie the Caribbean Flamingo at Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary in Cornwall, England, before she made her escape.
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Displaced Gazans Face More Misery as Torrential Rain Lashes Enclave
A flooded tent in Gaza City on Friday. After more than two years of war, many Palestinians are still living in camps without access to running water or electricity.
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Tuning In
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A Challenge to Canada’s Official Policy That the U.S. Is Safe for Migrants
Marcos Jesús Basulto Salinas at home in Venezuela with his son after a four-month imprisonment in El Salvador.
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Seven Days of Paralysis: Inside the BBC Crisis Over a Trump Documentary
Broadcasting House, the headquarters of the BBC, on Wednesday.
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Dar Global Is the Trump Organization’s Key Foreign Partner
A model of a proposed development to be built in Qatar by a partnership including the Trump Organization and Dar Global.
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What Happened to Gabriel Boric’s Leftist Promises for Chile?
President Gabriel Boric of Chile is not eligible for re-election this year because of term limits.
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How Trump’s Redlines Have Upended the G20 Summit in South Africa
Preparations underway in Johannesburg on Thursday for the upcoming Group of 20 meeting. President Trump said last week that the U.S. was boycotting the summit.
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Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
President Trump, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jerry Inzerillo at a model of the proposed Diriyah development during a state dinner in Saudi Arabia in May.
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Russia Tried to Cut Ukraine’s Lights. Now It’s Aiming for the Heat.
Oleksandra Kovalenko with her husband and children in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, this month. She said she was afraid to picture a winter without gas for their stove and radiators.
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9 Dead After Accidental Blast at Police Station in Kashmir
Indian paramilitary troops near the site of an explosion in a police station in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, late Friday.
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Fears Fuel Tanker Was Seized by Iran in Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz has become a source of geopolitical tension.
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As Trump Targets Antifa in U.S., Rubio Labels European Groups as Terrorists
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, foreground, in the Oval Office in April.
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At U.N. Security Council, Russia Counters Trump Gaza Plan With Its Own
Gaza City on Friday. The United States wants the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution that has the 20-point American plan annexed.
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Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries
The policy change would make it more challenging for those who arrived in the United States before the travel ban to remain.
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Atrocities in Sudan Require World’s Attention, U.N. Says
Displaced Sudanese from El Fasher, a city in the Darfur region, and other areas in Al Dabbah, Sudan’s Northern State, on Thursday.
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U.S. Envoy Said to Be Planning to Meet With Senior Hamas Official
Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy for peace missions, speaking at a military briefing in Israel last month.
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Dozens of Australian Schools Close Over Asbestos Fears
The Unlikely Mother of a Movement, on a Hunger Strike to Avenge Her Son
Trump and the ‘Donroe Doctrine’
Your Questions About Climate Change, Answered
Trump-Style Candidate Heads to Runoff in Chile’s Election