What U.S.-Korea Ties Mean on the 75th Anniversary of the Incheon Landing
Incheon was also the site for many firsts in South Korea, including the nation’s first soccer and baseball games.
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A Polish Soldier, an Unusual Radar Dot and Then NATO Jets
A house damaged in Lublin, eastern Poland, this month, after Russian drones were shot down over the area.
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They Helped Oust a Dictator. Now the New Regime Is Coming for Them.
Rosario Murillo is said to be the true power in Nicaragua, and appears intent on remaining so.
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Some Europeans Fear Trump Aides Want a Far-Right Takeover
President Trump meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in July.
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Oil Sanctions Have Made Russia’s Shadow Fleet Swell
An oil refinery in Orsk, Russia. The country has used a fleet of ships to transport oil and defy sanctions.
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Dozens of Nations Support France’s Mideast Peace Plan, but Not the Crucial Two
President Emmanuel Macron of France has shepherded a “day after” plan for Gaza in hopes of salvaging a two-state solution.
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What to Know About the Visa Standoff Between Trump and the United Nations
The United Nations and the United States signed an agreement in 1947 about access to the U.N. headquarters in New York.
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Battered but Undefeated, Hamas Remains a Fighting Force in Gaza
Hamas fighters during a handover of Israeli hostages in February.
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Trump Hails Progress on TikTok Deal After Call With Xi
President Donald Trump reaching out to shake hands with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, during the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan in 2019.
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The Plot to Free the Nuns
From left, Sister Bernadette, Sister Rita and Sister Regina.
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Taliban Bans Books by Women in Afghanistan’s Universities
At a book store in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2017.
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Russian Fighter Jets Enter Airspace of Estonia, a NATO Member
Russian MIG-31 fighter jets above Moscow in 2018. Estonian officials said three MIG-31s entered Estonian airspace on Friday.
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Cyberattack Slows Check-Ins and Causes Delays at European Airports
In London, Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest, said on social media that departing passengers could face delays.
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Standing Date
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Canada and Mexico Turn to Trains and Ports to Skirt U.S. Tariff Wall
Canadian Pacific’s merger with Kansas City Southern has given Canadian shippers a direct rail link to Mexico.
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Here Comes the Sun Day
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Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
The treaty allows for establishing vast conservation zones in international waters.
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In Mexico, New Mothers Are Seeking Out Old Rituals
Kay Nicte Cisneros García, a new mother, was wrapped in shawls as part of a postpartum ritual.
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Trump Administration Will End Deportation Protections for Thousands of Syrians
Some immigration policy experts criticized the decision and said that conditions in Syria are still unstable.
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Trump and China Suggest TikTok Deal Could Move Ahead in Vague Statements
President Trump spoke to members of the press aboard Air Force One on Thursday.
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Suspect in 1982 Attack on Jewish Deli in Paris Is Arrested by Palestinian Authorities
Outside Chez Jo Goldenberg, a restaurant in the Marais neighborhood of Paris, after an attack killed six people in 1982.
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Trump’s Threats to Media in Jimmy Kimmel Fallout Resemble World Autocrat
President Trump on Air Force One on Thursday. He has threatened to revoke licenses from networks with late-night hosts who make jokes at his expense.
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Europe Announces New Sanctions to Ramp Up Pressure on Russia
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, last week. “It is time to turn off the tap,” she said on Friday, referring to Russian sanctions.
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Taliban Releases British Couple, Peter and Barbie Reynolds, Detained for Months in Afghanistan
A picture released by the Qatari government show Peter and Barbara Reynolds, on the right, with British and Qatari diplomats on a plane after they were released from custody in Afghanistan.
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How China Stands to Gain as the U.S. Steps Away From the U.N.
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, along with his wife, Peng Liyuan, welcomed António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, in Beijing in 2024.
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Autocrats Move Quickly to Fill Void as Trump Retreats From U.N.
President Trump in February called for a general review of U.S. funding and involvement in the United Nations.
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Taliban Rebuffs Trump’s Effort to Regain Air Base in Afghanistan
A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter after takeoff from Bagram Air Base, in Afghanistan, in May 2021.
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Drones vs. Lasers
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Flattery and Flourish for Trump. For His U.K. Hosts, Relief at Avoiding Strife.
King Charles III hosted President Trump at a state dinner on Wednesday in a banquet hall at Windsor Castle.
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Where Will Gazans Go?
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Drones vs. Lasers
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Trump and Starmer, Skirting Differences, Praise Each Other in U.K.
President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at the Chequers Estate, outside London, on Thursday.
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José María Tojeira, 78, Dies; Pursued Killers of His Fellow Priests
The Rev. José María Tojeira in 2003. Investigators found that the killings of his fellow priests had been planned at high levels of the El Salvador military.
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Climate Activists Argue 3 Executive Orders Violate Their Constitutional Rights
Some of the young plaintiffs arriving at the Russell Smith Federal Courthouse in Missoula, Mont., on Tuesday.
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U.S. to Cut Out Nongovernmental Groups in Refocusing Health Aid
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured in Israel on Tuesday, has announced changes to international U.S. health aimed at ending “a culture of dependency among recipient countries.”
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E.P.A. Keeps Polluters on the Hook to Clean Up ‘Forever Chemicals’
Reservoirs in a water treatment plant designed to remove forever chemicals, known as PFAS, in North Carolina.
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Do Reptiles Have Moods, Too?
A wary red-footed tortoise. In tortoises, neck extension is an indicator of relaxation; the farther the animal sticks its head out, the less anxious it is likely to be.
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Trump Administration Reinstates More Difficult Citizenship Test
A naturalization ceremony for new citizens in Georgia last year.
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Assailant Kills 2 Israeli Soldiers at West Bank-Jordan Border
Israeli security closed off a road leading to the Allenby Bridge crossing on Thursday after a deadly attack there.
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Catholics Project Many Images Onto Pope Leo: Liberal? Conservative? Cubs Fan?
Pope Leo XIV arriving for a general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican this month.
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Diplomatic Coup or Abject Groveling? U.K. Debates Trump’s Royal Welcome
President Trump was welcomed with a glittering banquet in Windsor Castle on the first day of his state visit.
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Syria’s President Says Border Deal With Israel Could Come ‘Within Days’
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria, pictured here in April, said this week that his country is tired of conflict.
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Trump Hails Kimmel Suspension After Criticizing UK on Free Speech
Trump’s administration has forced the ouster of Jimmy Kimmel over comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist.
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Longtime Putin Aide Who Opposed Ukraine War Is Granted Rare Resignation
Dmitri N. Kozak, a long-serving aide to President Vladimir V. Putin, in 2022. It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Kozak would move to a different government job or become a private citizen.
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U.K. to Formally Recognize Palestinian Statehood After Trump Departs
Palestinian families fleeing Gaza City on Tuesday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pushing to recognize an independent Palestinian state as Israel’s combat operations in Gaza are killing and starving civilians.
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Democratic Senators Call for U.S. Recognition of Palestinian State
A group of Democratic senators, led by Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, on Thursday introduced legislation calling on President Trump to recognize a demilitarized Palestinian state.
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Anti-Austerity Strikes and Protests Grip France
Students blocked the entrance to a high school in Paris on Thursday.
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Internet Shutdowns Hit Parts of Afghanistan
A Taliban flag waves on a rooftop near telecom equipment providing internet services in Mazar-i-Sharif, in Balkh Province, on Tuesday. The local authorities have switched off Wi-Fi service there.
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The Road
In One Image The Road By Saher Alghorra
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Leaders of Canada and Mexico Talk Trade and Security Without Trump
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, left center, receiving Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the National Palace in Mexico City on Thursday.
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How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht
The Phoenix 2 in Zadar, Croatia, in 2023. The owners of the giant yacht are said to be the energy industry moguls Ercument and Ruya Bayegan.
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Tiffany Trump’s Family Cruised the Mediterranean on an Oil Mogul's Yacht
The Phoenix 2 in Zadar, Croatia, in 2023. The craft is said to belong to the petrochemical magnates Ercument and Ruya Bayegan. Ms. Bayegan’s energy company stands to benefit from any increase in Libyan oil production.
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The Hottest New Defense Against Drones? Lasers
An Israeli police officer demonstrates a laser defense system near the Israel-Gaza border in 2020.
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Exxon Urges Europe to Repeal Rules to Make Companies Track Climate Pollution
How Kenyan Villagers Saved Their Sacred Caves From a Mining Company
Still Divided, a Syrian City Ruined in War Edges Back to Life
Dozens Killed in Missile Strike on Sudan Mosque: ‘Harrowing Beyond Description’
She’s Starting a Blood Bank for Zoos
Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds