Russia Launches Deadly Strikes on Kyiv After Threatening Ukraine for a Week
The aftermath of a Russian strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, on Tuesday.
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U.S. Ebola Unit Plans in Kenya, Subject of Protests, Suffers New Setback From Court Ruling
Demonstrators in Nanyuki, Kenya, on Monday, protesting plans to create an Ebola quarantine center for Americans.
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U.S. Was Asked to Blacklist Colombian Cartel Gold. It Was Also Buying It.
Pedro Sánchez, center, Colombia’s defense minister, visiting an illegal mining operation in and around a military base last month.
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Bombs Raining Down on Ukraine Can’t Hide Signs of Russia’s Faltering War
Smoke rising from buildings in Kyiv on Tuesday, after a Russian missile and drone attack.
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How Hezbollah Drones Changed Israel’s Strategy in Lebanon
Residents scoured rubble in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Tyre last month.
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A Stray Dog Became a Cultural Symbol in Brazil. Now, Mexico Is Claiming It.
Tiana, a “caramelo,” at a park in Rio de Janeiro in April.
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How Lebanon’s Best Chance to Disarm Hezbollah Failed
Climbing through rubble in central Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli airstrike in March.
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Alberta’s Movement to Separate from Canada Gets Its Moment
A table set up to gather signatures for a separation petition along a road in Calgary, Alberta, in February.
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UK Releases More Files About Mandelson, Ex-Diplomat With Ties to Epstein
Peter Mandelson, a former British ambassador to the United States, in London in April. He was fired from the post in September over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Syrian Officers Who Hid in Plain Sight Face War Crime Charges in Austria
Khaled al-Halabi, a Syrian former brigadier general, entering court in Vienna on Monday. He is the highest-ranking official of the Assad regime to appear in a European court on charges of war crimes.
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Britain Denies Entry to Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur in New York in 2023. He called the decision to cancel his travel authorization “absolutely Kafkaesque.”
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Trump Again Refers to Canada as the ’51st State’ Hours Before Trade Talks
Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister in charge of trade, is scheduled to meet with Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative, in Washington on Tuesday.
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Netanyahu’s Critics Accuse Him of Running Israel as a U.S. ‘Vassal State’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has faced criticism from his opponents after he appeared to call off an attack on Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital.
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Iran Reveals 3-Day Funeral Plan for Ayatollah Khamenei, After Long Delay
A photo released by the Office of the former Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, in 2025.
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Lebanon Endures Threats, Diplomacy and Whiplash as Others Decide Its Fate
Inside a damaged hospital at the site of an Israeli strike in Tyre, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
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Carney Says Canada Faces a ‘Crisis of Antisemitism’
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto on Monday.
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Trump Targets Brazil With 25% Tariff, Citing Unfair Trade Practices
Bulk carriers at the port of Paranagua, Brazil, in March.
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Security Council Members Call for Israel to Withdraw From Southern Lebanon
Fleeing the southern suburbs of Beirut, a family sheltered on the roadside Monday amid growing traffic, after Israel warned the area would be targeted.
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As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments
Health workers disinfected a coffin containing the body of a man presumed have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Crested Ibises Get the Royal Treatment in Japan as They Fly Again
Two crested ibises were released into the wild during a ceremony attended by Japan’s crown prince and princess on Sunday.
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Trump Stands to Gain a Key Ally in Colombia’s Upcoming Election
Abelardo De La Espriella, at a campaign event in Medellín in May, captured more than 40 percent of the vote on Sunday.
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Trump Finds High-Wire Iran Negotiations ‘Very Boring’
President Trump at the White House in Washington in May.
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Mette Frederiksen Forms New Government in Denmark
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark speaking to reporters in front of the Royal Yacht Dannebrog on Monday.
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Trump Says Israel and Hezbollah Will Hold Off on New Military Action
A pro-government demonstration in Tehran on Saturday. Despite a cease-fire announced between Iran and the United States in early April, both countries have continued to trade strikes.
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Hezbollah Ally Says the Iran-Backed Group Wants a New Truce With Israel
Workers at the scene of a strike in Choueifat, Lebanon, south of Beirut, on Thursday.
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Dua Lipa and Callum Turner Get Married at London’s Old Marylebone Town Hall
Callum Turner and Dua Lipa were married at the Old Marylebone Town Hall in London on Sunday.
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Netanyahu Orders Israeli Military to Attack Beirut Suburbs
Traffic as people fled the southern suburbs in Beirut on Monday.
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Ethiopia’s Election Comes at a Critical Moment for the Country: What to Know
Outside a polling station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, on Monday.
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Andriy Yermak, Once the Muscle Behind Zelensky, Is Now Crowdfunding Bail Money
Andriy Yermak, who was chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky until November, in court last month in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Chinese Military Sought Nvidia Chips for Years, Report Says
China’s military has stepped up its efforts to acquire artificial intelligence chips despite U.S. restrictions, according to Wirescreen, a software platform.
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China Aims A.I. at Predicting Who Could Pose a Political Risk
The skyline of Beijing. A Chinese firm is working on products that use A.I. to examine location data and internet use to predict who could do or say something critical of the government.
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Dozens Killed as Explosion Flattens Rebel-Held Village in Myanmar
The aftermath of an explosion on Sunday in Kaung Tup, a village in Myanmar, as seen in a handout photo provided by Palaung Land, a group with links to the rebel group that controls the area.
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U.S. Says It Hit More Military Targets in Southern Iran
Fishing boats idle along the Strait of Hormuz at Qeshm Island, Iran, in May.
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Taiwan Criticizes China’s Expulsion of New York Times Reporter
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, in Taipei last month.
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Brooklyn Rivera, Nicaraguan Indigenous Leader, Dies in Government Custody
The Miskito rebel leader Brooklyn Rivera, right, speaking during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua, as his fellow leader Steadman Fagoth Müller looked on, in 1988.
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2025 Wildfires Were the Costliest Ever, Researchers Say
Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2025. Fires in the Los Angeles area last year burned at least 90 square miles, killing at least 31 people and displacing more than 150,000.
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Timeline: Where and When Trump Has Involved the U.S. Military in International Conflicts
Members of the military transferring the remains of two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware last year.
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Israel Captures Crusader Castle That Symbolized Its Long Lebanon Occupation
A view of the Beaufort Castle fortification atop a cliff above the Litani River in southern Lebanon, last year.
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Colombia Presidential Election Heads to a Runoff
Presidential candidate Abelardo De La Espriella addressing supporters in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Sunday.
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To Improve Ukraine’s Military, She Calls Out the Ugly Parts
Olha Reshetylova, Ukraine’s first military ombudsman, last month at a training center in western Ukraine. “Even under shelling, even in the army, even during war — first and foremost is dignity,” she said.
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India’s Hindu Right Has a New Hero: A 17th-Century Warrior King
Visitors posing for selfies at the Shivaji statue in Malvan, a small town in Maharashtra, India, in January. There has been a surge of interest in the Hindu warrior in recent years.
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The Sculptor Riding India’s Shivaji Craze
Anant Ganpat Chougule working on a statue of the Maratha king Shivaji at his studio in Sawantwadi, a small town in Maharashtra, India, in January.
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An Industrial Gem in Venezuela Now Embodies the Country’s Decay
Stephen Curry and Li-Ning: What to Know About N.B.A. Star’s Deal With Chinese Sneaker Company
Even Havana’s Street Sweepers Can’t Escape the Impact of the Fuel Blockade
Iran War Live Updates: Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon After Pulling Back From Threat to Beirut
The New Zealand Parakeet Pair That Are Saving Their Species
Inside the Ebola Outbreak
China Exports Surveillance