What is Israel Doing in Africa?
In Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, last year.
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NATO Remains Vital to U.S. Security, Ex-Ambassadors and Generals Say
A meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday. The letter from the former U.S. officials was timed to the opening of the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
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Turkish Nobel Novelist Orhan Pamuk Gets the Netflix Series He Wanted
Orhan Pamuk in his office in Istanbul, in an apartment building named for his family.
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on February 2026
These Ukrainian Drones Don’t Just Kill. They Deliver Oatmeal Cookies.
Fruit and sweets being packed for soldiers on the front line.
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on February 2026
Across Italy, the Winter Olympic Vibes Are Very Different
Spectators watched the Alpine skiing men’s super-G race from outside the Stelvio Ski Center in Bormio, Italy, on Wednesday.
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on February 2026
Would You Leave Your Bag Unattended at a Starbucks? They Did. For Hours.
Like many cafes and restaurants in South Korea, Starbucks does not prohibit customers from leaving personal belongings in their seats. But some go to extremes.
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on February 2026
Olympic Figure Skaters Are on Thin Ice Over Music Copyright Rules
The Canadian ice dancing pair Zachary Lagha and Marjorie Lajoie performing on Saturday in Milan.
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on February 2026
How Hate Groups Are Using Online Games to Recruit Kids
Extremists are now using video games like Roblox to recruit new followers.
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on February 2026
NATO Is Expected to Step Up Arctic Security. Here’s Why.
A Danish navy vessel patrolling the waters off Nuuk, Greenland, in March.
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on February 2026
How Europe Woke Up to Trump
Trump in Davos last month.
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Europe’s Leaders Gather At Munich Summit, Reeling From Trump’s Criticism
Vice President JD Vance speaking at the Munich Security Conference last year.
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Israeli Army Reservists Are Suspected of Using Inside Knowledge to Bet
Israeli military vehicles in a staging area near the border with Lebanon in 2024. Israeli reservists are accused of using classified information to place bets.
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on February 2026
El Niño May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and Floods
A storm in California during the last El Niño phase, in 2023. The El Niño weather pattern has far-reaching influence.
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on February 2026
Trump’s Actions Test the Fragile World of Air Travel
A nearly deserted security checkpoint at El Paso International Airport on Wednesday after the Federal Aviation Administration announced a 10-day ban on flights over the city.
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4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease
Asta Djouma, a tuberculosis patient in isolation at the Djarengol Kodek Health Center in Maroua, northern Cameroon, who hasn’t seen her three children since she was admitted in October. “We’re just here,” she said.
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Europe Worries Trump Poses Threat to Its Financial and Tech Sovereignty
The European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels. The Trump administration’s embrace of cryptocurrency has ratcheted up European concerns about control of the euro.
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on February 2026
Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet Honoring War Dead
Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified for wearing a helmet to commemorate athletes who were killed in the war with Russia.
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Top U.S. Energy Official Presses Venezuela to Do More to Spur Investment
Amuay refinery, Venezuela’s largest, in Punto Fijo, Falcón state.
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Mexico May Be on Brink of Losing Its Measles-Free Status
A health worker administering a dose of the measles vaccine in Mexico City last week. “We are confident that the outbreak will be controlled,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday.
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In Tumbler Ridge, a community in stunned agony.
The secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, that was the scene of a mass shooting, on Wednesday.
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on February 2026
Takaichi’s New Superpowers
Sanae Takaichi’s party won a supermajority in elections on Sunday.
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on February 2026
Switzerland to Vote on Capping Population at 10 Million
A man walking with two children in Zurich. Switzerland will vote in June on a proposal to cap its population at 10 million through 2050.
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U.K. Police Weigh Whether to Formally Investigate Former Prince Andrew Over Epstein Accusations
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, at a funeral in London in September.
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on February 2026
Epstein Files Include Grainy Videos From Inside His Florida Home
A still from a grainy black-and-white video showed Jeffrey Epstein’s home office in Florida.
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on February 2026
Here’s the latest.
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on February 2026
Iran Commemorates Revolution, With U.S. Warships Lurking Off the Coast
A gathering near Azadi Tower in Tehran on Wednesday, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the shah.
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9 Killed and 25 Injured in Shootings in Tumbler Ridge, Canada
A screenshot from a video showing the school building where a shooting took place in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday.
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‘I will know every victim,’ says mayor of close-knit Tumbler Ridge.
A video grab handout showing students exiting a school in Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada, following the shooting on Tuesday.
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‘Finding Harmony’ Documentary on King Charles Shows His Longtime Concern for Environment
Prince Charles in his garden at Highgrove, southwestern England, in 1986. After he said he talked to his plants, he was widely mocked in the British news media.
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Canada Launched Major Gun Reforms in 2020 After Its Deadliest Mass Shooting
A makeshift memorial in Portapique, Nova Scotia, for the victims of Canada’s deadliest mass shooting in 2020.
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on February 2026
Away From Pomp of Olympics, Homeless Shiver on Streets of Milan
Volunteers helping a homeless person at the Garibaldi station in Milan on Sunday.
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on February 2026
Hong Kong Activist Anna Kwok’s Father Convicted of National Security Crime
Anna Kwok testifying during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in 2023.
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on February 2026
Here’s the latest.
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Guatemala to End Use of Cuban Doctors, Under U.S. Pressure
A Cuban doctor and a patient in San Mateo, Guatemala, in 2009. Cuba’s medical brigade of health care workers has been a fixture in Guatemala for nearly 30 years.
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Mexican Cartel’s Seized Ammunition Is Traced to U.S. Army Plant
A police officer in Villa Unión, Mexico, with a .50-caliber cartridge. Mexico’s defense secretary said that about 137,000 .50-caliber rounds had been seized since 2012.
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Before Trump Blasted U.S.-Canada Bridge, Owner of Competing Span Lobbied Administration
President Trump said on Monday he would block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, currently under construction to link Detroit with Windsor, Ontario.
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on February 2026
Russia Further Restricts Telegram, Escalating Internet Clampdown
The Telegram app is an enormously popular tool in Russia for news, entertainment, messaging and calling.
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on February 2026
A Crucial Step in Trump’s Gaza Plan
Hamas fighters in Gaza City in November.
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on February 2026
What to Know About Canada’s New Bridge to the U.S. That Trump Hates
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, which is expected to open this year, will connect Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit.
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on February 2026
Hamas Would Keep Some Weapons Initially in Draft Gaza Plan
Armed Hamas militants searching for the body of an Israeli hostage near Gaza City in November.
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on February 2026
The Ties That Bound the UK’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein
Peter Mandelson, then Britain’s ambassador to the U.S., in Washington last year.
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on February 2026
Tumbler Ridge Shooting: What We Know About the Deadly Mass Shooting in Canada
Revelations in Epstein Files Lead to Resignations and Investigations Around the World
What We Know About the Victims of the Tumbler Ridge Mass Shooting in Canada
Bangladesh Holds First Elections After 2024 Student Protests
The Bangladesh Elections Are on Thursday. Here’s What to Know.
Chloe Kim, once a teenage phenom, loses to a new one.
From the chaos of snowboard cross, a repeat champ emerges.
Jordan Stolz Sets Olympic Record in Speedskating
Bulgaria Is at the Heart of Europe’s Harsh New Approach to Immigration
Sweden’s last stone topples U.S. in curling.