U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution
At a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, in July.
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Traffic Control Errors Caused Spain’s Deadly Train Crash, Official Says
Removing a wrecked carriage at the scene of the crash near Urda, Spain, on Friday. At least 69 people were killed.
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An Arab Town in Israel Celebrates the Election but Wonders What Will Change
Ahmad Tibi, a leader of the Joint List party, with supporters on Tuesday outside a polling station in Taibe, Israel, a predominantly Arab town. “We’re ready to swallow frogs to take down Netanyahu’s government,” he said.
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Israel’s Election Is Unlikely to Change Its Policies and Global Isolation
Campaign posters for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party, and Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, in Hadera, Israel, on Tuesday.
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3 Arrested in Connection With Deadly Blast in Central Athens
The site of a building that partially collapsed following an explosion last month in the Plaka area, a popular area for tourists, in Athens.
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Novaya Gazeta, Fiercely Independent Russian News Outlet, Says It Will Shut Down
The Nobel laureate Dmitri Muratov, second from left, with colleagues at Novaya Gazeta’s offices in Moscow last year.
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Police Investigate Former Prince Andrew and Epstein’s Time at Balmoral, Royal Estate in Scotland
An undated image of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell released by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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New ‘Call of Duty’ Game Draws Criticism for Using Footage of Deadly Seoul Crowd Crush
A “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4” poster in Paris. The game is set in South Korea and depicts an invasion by its northern neighbor, against a backdrop of tensions between the United States and Russia.
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Colombia’s ‘Narcoterrorist’ Crackdown Raises Questions Over Killings
Yuli Motta at her home in Guaviare province, Colombia. She says she witnessed the fatal shooting of Luis Carlos Mojica by members of the Colombian military last month.
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Court Rejects Erin Patterson’s Appeal in Mushroom Murders Case
Erin Patterson leaving the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, in 2025.
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Another Toll of the Violent Unrest in France: The Political Center
Édouard Philippe, the leading centrist candidate in France’s presidential race, has struggled in the polls since widespread protests broke out across the country last month.
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How the Japanese Spy Drama ‘Vivant’ Became The Target of China’s Anger
Beijing says the popular Japanese series “Vivant” promotes negative views of China.
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Taking the Saga of a Criminal Gang From Page to Screen to Opera Stage
“Romanzo Criminale,” an opera based on the best-selling novel, at the Maggio Musicale theater in Florence, Italy, this month.
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I Covered the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It Still Weighs on Me.
Protesters in Tiananmen Square on May 4, 1989.
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Transylvania, Where Meadows Ripple and Dracula Legends Fade
The medieval town of Sighisoara, a popular stop along the 1,000-mile Via Transilvanica.
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Newly Freed American Describes His Years in Russian Prison
Stephen James Hubbard, in Washington on Thursday.
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What Israeli Election Results Reveal About the Electorate
Election campaign posters for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party in Adora, an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday.
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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Thanks Trump But Marks Distance from Washington
Maria Corina Machado in Caracas, Venezuela, on Thursday.
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Cuba’s Foreign Minister: We’ll Outlast Trump
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla of Cuba during an interview with The New York Times this week.
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The Perils of Glittering Skylines
The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Why Miami Is a Destination for Latin America’s Political Exiles
Flávio Bolsonaro arriving at Opa Locka Executive Airport in Miami on Wednesday.
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Trump and His Aides Helped Bolsonaro Flee Brazil and Enter U.S.
Flávio Bolsonaro after arriving at Opa Locka airport near Miami on Wednesday.
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A Marathon Runner’s Hard Lesson
Temperatures approached 80 degrees Fahrenheit during this year’s Chicago marathon.
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State Dept. to Shift Millions in Contraception Funding to Cover Energy Costs
A sex worker sorting through condoms at her home in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024.
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U.S. Hits Rwanda With New Sanctions Over a Conflict Trump Declared ‘Ended’
Soldiers from the M23 rebel group in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in January. The United States has accused Rwanda of continuing to support the group.
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Suspect in France Shootings Said He Targeted Muslims and Africans, Prosecutor Says
A silent march in Paris on Sunday to honor Pengo Bossio Wangi. He was killed on Friday in Trappes, France, by a gunman who wounded seven other people, the authorities said.
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Haiti Postpones Elections as Gang Violence Runs Rampant
A mural depicting Haiti’s last elected president, Jovenel Moïse, who was elected in 2016, and assassinated in 2021.
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China Confirms Expulsion of 33 Officials, as Xi’s Purge Deepens
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing last month. The Communist Party will hold its next congress in 2027, at which Mr. Xi is expected to claim a fourth five-year term as party leader.
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Russian Strike on Ukrainian Train Station Kills 14
A photo released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service after an air attack on a railway station in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Thursday.
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Hong Kong Leader Apologizes for Deadly Apartment Building Fire
Smoke rising from the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong, last November.
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After Crash, Spain Asks if Its Train System Is Too Old and Prone to Human Error
Emergency workers were still searching for survivors and victims at the site of the crash on Thursday.
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How Netanyahu Used Fear, Again, to Win Votes in the Israel Elections
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to exit polls during a speech at his party headquarters in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
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After 28 Years Walking the Globe, Karl Bushby Is Almost Home
Mr. Bushby in London. He said his journey was a reminder of people’s kindness.
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In Marseille, Macron Confronts a Potent Mix of France’s Problems
Protesters and the police in Marseille on Saturday. The city stands as a poignant example of mounting social and economic strains in France.
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How a Self-Described ‘Junkie’ Rode Synthetic Drugs to Oblivion — and Fame
The Estonian police used to respond to reports of people sniffing glue at these abandoned housing units. Now ultra-potent new synthetic drugs are keeping them busy.
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India’s Media Giants Join Fight Against Upcoming Privacy Law
Members of the media outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi.
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A Cease-Fire Melania Trump Announced Gives a City Brief Calm
Net covered streets in Kherson protect against Russian drone assaults as people take advantage of the relative calm during a local, temporary cease-fire on Wednesday, set up to allow the upcoming evacuation of civilians from neighboring town of Oleshky.
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Is There a ‘Safest Seat’ in a Train Crash? Experts Say It’s Not So Simple.
Emergency workers at the scene of a crash involving two trains near Toledo, Spain, on Wednesday.
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Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official
Vice President JD Vance is said to have made the outreach in a letter sent last week via Qatari meditators and delivered Sunday to an Iranian official, Gen. Mohsen Rezaei.
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Trump Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges
Mr. Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said that “such a conversation” had been “going on for some time, though I do not know what the outcome will be.”
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How Arab Voters in Israel Shifted the Political Landscape
Voting in the predominantly Arab town of Tayibe during the Israeli election on Tuesday.
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What to Make of Israel’s Ambiguous Election
Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem yesterday.
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How André Janones Helped Turbocharge Lula’s Comeback in Brazil’s Election
The Brazilian congressman André Janones created a digital “army” by setting up WhatsApp groups and posting on Instagram, which helped mobilized the vote for the reelection of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Israel’s Parties Gird for Wrangling to Form a Government, With No Clear Path
Torn Likud party campaign ad featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
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Spain Train Crash Kills at Least 68
Emergency services work at the scene of a crash between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday.
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An ‘Endless’ Cruise Around the World Is Suspended, Leaving Passengers Stranded
The Villa Vie ship Odyssey was supposed to be sailing on an endless around-the-world cruise
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Nigeria’s Ebola Patient Evacuated as Investigators Press for Answers
A photograph released by the Geneva University Hospitals shows paramedics carrying from a helicopter a woman who had been diagnosed with Ebola following her flight from Nigeria, on Monday.
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Oldest Recording of Louisiana’s Vanishing Creole Language Is Published
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Who Helped End One-Party Rule in Mexico, Dies at 92
Ukrainians Are Fighting Russians Inside Underground Gas Pipes. I Went in One.
A Powerful Mosquito-Hunting Laser Uses A.I. to Zap Winged Pests
No Clear Winner in Israel Election, Final Results Show
Israel’s Election Results Show No Clear Winner. What Are the Paths to a New Government?