UAE and Qatar Arrest Hundreds Over Online Videos of Iranian Attacks
Inspecting damage this month from a drone strike at a hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Nepal’s New Prime Minister, Former Rapper Balendra Shah, Sworn In
Balendra Shah, right, with Rabi Lamichhane, the founder of his party, campaigning in Kathmandu, Nepal, last month.
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U.S. May Label Brazilian Gangs as Terror Groups, After Push by the Bolsonaros
Drug traffickers, part of an organized criminal group, gathered after a police operation in a favela in 2019.
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The German Military Tightens Its Social Media Rules
Bundeswehr recruits at a training in Ahlen, Germany, in November.
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The Faroe Islands, Wary After Greenland, Vote for Change
The Faroe Islands flag being raised in November in front of a governmental building in Torshavn, the capital.
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Lee Geun-an, Infamous ‘Torture Master’ Under South Korean Dictator, Dies at 88
Lee Geun-an during a launch event for his autobiography in 2012 in Seoul.
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The Sudden Death of a Man Who Told Chinese Kids How to Succeed
Zhang Xuefeng during a lecture at a university in the central city of Zhengzhou in 2017. He rose to fame for his advice on how to succeed in a hypercompetitive environment.
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Olympic Committee Bars Transgender Athletes From Women’s Events
Kirsty Coventry, president of the International Olympic Committee and a former Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe.
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Hungary Opens Espionage Case Against Journalist
The investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi in Budapest in 2021. He dismissed the government’s espionage claims as a “false” and “completely unjust accusation.”
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Soaring Diesel Prices Set Off Transport Strike in Philippines
Transport workers and activists marching on Friday in Manila in a strike over surging fuel costs.
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Ukraine signed a defense cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, Zelensky says.
A photo released by the Saudi government showing President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday.
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Humpback Whale Is Freed After Days Stranded Off German Beach
A humpback whale in the Baltic Sea on Friday. It had been stuck in shallow water near the coast of Germany for four days.
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U.K. Police to Reinvestigate Sex Crime Allegations Against Andrew Tate
A police force England said it was reinvestigating sex crime allegations against Andrew Tate.
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Rubio Is Expected to Press G7 Allies Over Strait of Hormuz During Meeting
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arriving at an airport in Le Bourget, France, on Friday for a Group of 7 foreign ministers’ meeting.
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Resurgent Inflation Tests Faith in Fed’s Willingness to Tame It
Progress on lowering inflation had stalled even before the war with Iran, as tariffs caused higher prices on imported goods, and solid consumer spending led to increased cost for services.
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Italy Says It Recovered $23 Million Stolen From Ursula Andress, First ‘Bond Girl’
Ursula Andress in 2012. She is best known for her role in the first James Bond film.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday
A bedroom in ruins after a missile attack in Kafr Qasim, Israel, on Thursday.
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As Markets Revolt in the Face of War, Trump Extends Iran Deadline
Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, on Wednesday.
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Rubio Says Allies Should Help Secure Strait by Iran for Oil and Gas Ships
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking at a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.
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Displaced by War, Many Seek Shelter in Beirut
Zouheir Chahine fled his hometown in southern Lebanon and now lives at a temporary shelter at a local school in the capital, Beirut.
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Standoff With Iran Raises Fresh Doubts About Trump’s Freestyle Diplomacy
As the war stretches on, President Trump appears to be casting about for a diplomatic offramp even as he threatens an escalation.
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Trump Extends Iran Deadline on Strait of Hormuz as Stocks Tumble
President Trump, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, on Thursday at the White House. Mr. Trump said if Iran did not negotiate, “we’ll just keep blowing them away.”
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Air Canada C.E.O. Apologizes for English-Language Condolences After Plane Crash
Air Canada’s chief executive, Michael Rousseau, in 2024. He said he was “still unable” to express himself “adequately in French,” despite his many lessons.
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Winter Sea Ice in the Arctic Ties a Record Low
The disappearing ice also affects wildlife habitat. A polar bear on Norwegian sea ice last April.
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Malaysia Says Iran Will Allow Its Ships to Pass Through the Strait of Hormuz
Ships anchored in Muscat, Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz, on Wednesday.
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Europeans Worry Russia Is Preparing to Deliver Drones to Iran
Ukrainian war crimes prosecutors with a Russian Shahed-style drone, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine last year. While Iran initially supplied hundreds of drones in 2022, Russia then built its own production facility and evolved the design.
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Under Carney, Canada Finally Hits NATO’s 2% Spending Target
Members of the Canadian military during an exercise last month on Victoria Island in the country’s Arctic region.
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After Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table
The Roosevelt Hotel in New York, which is owned by Pakistan, in 2023.
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Russian Lawmakers Go to U.S. for First Time Since Invasion of Ukraine
Svetlana Zhurova, a member of Russia’s State Duma and a former Olympian, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2022. She is one of four Russian lawmakers traveling to the United States, despite personal sanctions.
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The head of NATO says Europe needs time to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
NATO’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, said European leaders could not be expected to quickly assist in the Persian Gulf because they were not given advance notice of the Feb. 28 attack on Iran.
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Zelensky Says U.S. Is Conditioning Ukraine’s Security Guarantees on Donbas Surrender
President Volodymyr Zelensky at a command post near Sloviansk, in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine.
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Two Killed in Abu Dhabi as Gulf States Face Fresh Attacks
The waterfront in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates last week.
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U.S. Military Kills 4 People in Boat Strike in Caribbean
The Pentagon said it blew up a boat in the Caribbean on Wednesday, the 47th such attack since the campaign started in early September.
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After ‘Sausage Making,’ European Lawmakers Approve U.S. Trade Deal
President Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland, where a U.S.-E.U. trade deal was signed last July.
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Who Is Alireza Tangsiri, the Latest Iranian Commander Targeted by Israel?
Alireza Tangsiri in a photo released by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps last month.
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India Appears Sidelined as Pakistan Tries to Play Peacemaker in Iran
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has endured rocky relations with the United States during President Trump’s second term.
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Rescuers Work to Save a 40-Foot Humpback Whale Trapped in the Baltic Sea
A photograph released by Sea Shepherd Deutschland showing a stranded humpback whale off the Baltic Sea coast of Timmendorfer Strand near Lübeck, northern Germany, on Tuesday.
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Trump’s Threats to Europe Put Its Leaders in a Double Bind Over Iran
President Donald Trump disembarking from Air Force One in Maryland on Monday.
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How U.S.A.I.D. Birth Control Meant for Africa Was Ruined
A warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where contraceptives have been stranded since U.S.A.I.D. was defunded and dismantled last year.
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Republicans in Congress Fret Over Trump Administration’s Handling of Iran War
“We will not sacrifice American lives for the same failed foreign policies,” Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina said on Wednesday.
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Trump Draws Bipartisan Backlash for Easing Oil Sanctions on Russia and Iran
A tanker carrying Russian oil in Gujarat, India, earlier this month. The Trump administration has defended the lifting of restrictions on Russia and Iran as necessary to prevent further spikes in energy prices that could ripple through the global economy and hit American consumers.
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Canada’s Supreme Court Hears Case on Ability to Suspend Constitutional Rights
The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa has devoted four days this week to hearings on the notwithstanding clause, which allows governments to pass laws that suspend rights in the Constitution’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Wednesday
A damaged home in an apartment building in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Wednesday.
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Asia Is Getting Crushed Between Oil Prices and the Dollar
People lining up to refuel at a gas station in Ahmedabad in India on Monday.
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U.S. Rejects Vote to Recognize Slavery as a ‘Crime Against Humanity’
President John Mahama of Ghana during the U.N. General Assembly last year. Ghana introduced a U.N. resolution to recognize the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” this week.
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Airport Chaos
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Boubacar Ould Messaoud, Leader in an Antislavery Fight, Dies at 80
Boubacar Messaoud in 2002. “In my estimation, eradicating slavery is my duty, and I would sacrifice my life for it,” he said.
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Europeans Are Angry at Trump, but Often Forgiving of Americans
Australia Temporarily Blocks Iranians With Visitor Visas From Entry
Pakistan, Playing Mediator Between U.S. and Iran, Is Calling Several Countries
U.S. Circulates Iran Peace Plan While Sending Troops to the Middle East
Pakistan’s Army Chief Uses Relationship With Trump to Foster Talks with Iran
Iran War Live Updates: Israel and Iran Exchange Fire as Trump Claims Progress in Talks
In Sleepy Town on Strait of Hormuz, War Rages Just Over Horizon
Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say
Betting on Everything
In Rural Ukraine, Basic Health Care Is a Casualty of War