Middle East Crisis: U.S. and Britain Move to Impose New Sanctions on Iran for Israel Attack
Iranians on Monday expressing support for their government’s missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend.
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Rainstorms Kill More Than 130 in Afghanistan and Pakistan
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the area of Pakistan that appeared to be hardest hit by the rainfall, on Tuesday.
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Prince Harry Now Officially Resident in U.S., Documents Show
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were in Florida on Friday. The online filing dated his U.S. residency to June 2023.
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Miscalculation Led to Escalation in Clash Between Israel and Iran
The Iranian Embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, a day after an airstrike by Israel.
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Croatia’s Election Result Makes a Far-Right Party a Possible Kingmaker
The inconclusive outcome of the parliamentary vote on Wednesday signaled a new era of messy political uncertainty in the Balkan nation
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Germany Arrests 2 Men Suspected of Spying for Russia
Outside a court in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Thursday. Federal prosecutors based in the city said one of the men had considered a U.S. military base as one of several potential targets.
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An ISIS Terror Group Draws Half Its Recruits From Tiny Tajikistan
Muyasser Zargarova, the mother of one of the Tajik suspects in the terrorist attack outside Moscow, said her son had never exhibited signs of extremism.
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3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground
People gathered outside Crocus City Hall outside Moscow after the terrorist attack there last month. Russia charged four migrant laborers from Tajikistan with the assault.
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TikTok’s Origin Story: Court Files Show Role of GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass
The former headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of the video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing.
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Takeaways From a Trove of ByteDance Records
The ByteDance offices in Shanghai last year.
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Björn Höcke of the AfD Goes on Trial in Germany
Björn Höcke heads the far-right Alternative for Germany party in the state of Thuringia.
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In Ukraine With Soldiers From the International Legion
A Ukrainian soldier after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a Russian position in the Serebrianka Forest.
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Heavy Rain and Floods Kill 19 in Oman and Disrupt Dubai Airport
Men gesture trying to tow a vehicle out of standing water in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday. Heavy rains lashed the Emirates on Tuesday, flooding major highways and leaving vehicles abandoned on roadways across Dubai.
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Dubai’s Extraordinary Flooding: Here’s What to Know
Abandoned vehicles in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
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Satellite Data Reveals Sinking Risk for China’s Cities
Sidewalk construction in Tianjin. Last year thousands of residents were evacuated from apartments in the city after nearby streets split apart.
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Land Under BLM Management to Get New Protections
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in 2021. She said the new rule announced on Thursday “helps restore balance to our public lands.”
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Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors
The Sandyford Central Gender Services clinic in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Amsterdam’s Latest Effort to Fight Excessive Tourism: No New Hotels
A hotel in Amsterdam’s red-light district, where the city has tried to limit crowds.
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How Israel’s Conflicts Could Escalate
Iranians on Monday expressing support for their government’s missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend.
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Qatar Says It Is Reviewing Its Mediator Role as Israel-Hamas Talks Stall
The Qatari prime minister, right, with the foreign minister of Turkey, at a news conference in Doha, Qatar, this week.
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Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem
On the way to class in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The delayed vaccines means that girls in countries such as Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Mozambique who are now 14 will no longer be eligible for vaccination when these campaigns finally start.
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Drought Pushes Millions Into ‘Acute Hunger’ in Southern Africa
A farmer in Zimbabwe last month. Several countries have declared national emergencies.
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The E.U. says it will impose new sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile programs.
Charles Michel, president of the European Council, at an E.U. summit in Brussels on Thursday.
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Thursday Briefing
Members of the Israeli military showing the remnants of an Iranian ballistic missile that fell on Israel over the weekend.
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Dubai Flooding Photos and Video: Heavy Rains in UAE and Oman Kill at Least 19
Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was flooded and shut down following the heaviest rain recorded in the country.
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Thursday Briefing: Israel Seems Poised to Retaliate
The top diplomats from Germany and Britain met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog (middle), in Jerusalem yesterday.
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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Make Its Own Decisions in Response to Iran’s Attack
Members of the Israeli military showing the remnants of an Iranian ballistic missile that fell on Israel over the weekend.
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U.S. Reimposes Oil Sanctions on Venezuela as Hopes Dim for Free Election
President Nicolás Maduro after signing up as a candidate for Venezuela’s presidential elections.
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Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment
Kenneth Davis, a patient in an H.I.V. treatment trial, undergoes a routine exam with the assistance of Phoebe Bryson-Cahn, a research clinician, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
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Nine People, Including Air Canada Worker, Arrested in $14.5 Million Gold Heist
Nick Milinovich, the deputy chief of the Peel Regional Police, speaking on Wednesday about arrests in connection with last year’s theft of gold bars and bank notes at Toronto Pearson Airport.
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UN Report Describes Abuse and Dire Conditions in Israeli Detention
Israeli soldiers with Palestinian detainees in Gaza in December. The Israeli military reviewed this image as part of the conditions of allowing the photographer to accompany soldiers.
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Hezbollah Attack Injures 14 Israeli Soldiers in Border Village
An Israeli soldier near Arab al-Aramashe in northern Israel after a strike by Hezbollah on Wednesday.
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Russian Missile Attack North of Kyiv Kills at Least 17, Ukraine Says
The site of a building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, according to Ukrainian officials, in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
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Israel Will Respond to Iran’s Attack, Cameron Says
From left, Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign minister; Isaac Herzog, Israel’s president; and David Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary, at a hotel in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Moved to Unknown Location Amid Heat Wave
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019. The ousted former leader of Myanmar was relocated from prison this week to an unknown location.
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A Timeline of Britain’s Troubled Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
A protest against the British government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, outside the Home Office, in central London, in December.
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Israel’s Offensive in Gaza: An Update on Where the Conflict Stands
Buildings destroyed in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Tuesday.
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Wednesday Briefing
“We cannot stand still from this kind of aggression,” said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, standing next to one of the Iranian ballistic missiles Israel intercepted over the weekend.
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What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in Indonesia?
Inspecting solar panels that provide electrical power to Istiqlal Mosque in December in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries Economists
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has pushed back against the growing use of industrial policies.
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Why Elections Take So Long in India
A poll official working on electronic voting machines at a distribution center.
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A Year’s Worth of Rain Fell in Dubai on a Single Day
The deluge dumped nearly five inches of rain in Dubai by Tuesday evening, or about as much as the United Arab Emirates typically receives in a year.
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Wednesday Briefing: China’s Economy Grew Faster Than Expected
A clothing store in Shenzhen. Retail sales in China have picked up.
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High Winds Scuttle Burning of Snowman in Zurich, Disappointing the Swiss
The ceremonial burning of a pyre topped with a fake snowman whose head is packed with fireworks is the centerpiece of Sechseläuten, Zurich’s spring festival. On Monday, the burning was called off because of strong winds.
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U.S. Lays Out Protections for Assange if He Is Extradited
Julian Assange, 52, was the head of WikiLeaks in 2010 when it published tens of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents leaked by Chelsea Manning, an Army intelligence analyst.
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Mayor Orders Police to Interrupt Conservative Conference in Brussels
Belgian police blocking the entrance of the Claridge, where the National Conservatism Conference was being held in Brussels on Tuesday.
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Israel ponders a response to Iran’s attack, with each choice a risk.
Israel Weighs Response to Iran Attack, With Each Choice a Risk
South Africa’s 2024 National Election: What to Know
W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases
How A.I. Tools Could Change India’s Elections
Mount Ruang Volcano Erupts in Indonesia, Forcing Hundreds to Evacuate