Xi’s Military Purges Show Unease About China’s Nuclear Forces
President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, observing a demonstration of naval sea power this month. Mr. Trump has stood by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he has fired more than a dozen military leaders, many of them people of color and women.
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Blood and Tears as Spain’s Troubled Bullfighting Star Hangs Up His Cape
José Antonio Morante Camacho, known as Morante de La Puebla, one of Spain’s greatest bullfighters.
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Deadly Blasts in India and Pakistan Set Region on Edge
The blast site near the historic Red Fort in the old part of New Delhi on Monday.
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Japan’s Prime Minister Faces Backlash Over 3 A.M. Staff Meeting
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan at a budget committee meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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Syria’s Leaders Pledge to Join Fight Against Islamic State
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria in Washington on Monday after a meeting with President Trump.
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Israel Reopens Gaza Aid Route It Had Closed for Months
Palestinians in Gaza City on a truck carrying aid from the Zikim area in August.
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Many Displaced Sudanese Feared Dead After Shipwreck Near Libya
Members of the Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean Sea in August.
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Labour Party’s Internal Fight Goes Public, as Starmer’s Trouble Grows
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain leaving 10 Downing Street on Wednesday.
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Pakistan’s Army Chief Is Granted Sweeping Authority Over All Military Branches
Syed Asim Munir, 57, has had a meteoric rise through the Pakistani military’s top ranks and was named to the rare post of field marshal this spring after the country’s conflict with India.
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Turkish Military Plane Crashes in Georgia, Killing 20 Troops
Wreckage at the site where a Turkish military cargo plane crashed on Tuesday, along the border between Azerbaijan and Georgia.
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Algeria Pardons Writer Boualem Sansal at Germany’s Request
Boualem Sansal’s case has inflamed tensions between Algeria and France, where he acquired citizenship.
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‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
After an arduous journey from Iran to Turkey to Brazil to the U.S. border, Mehrdad Dalir was detained and then deported back to Iran, where he fears for his safety.
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As Iraqis Vote for a Parliament, U.S. Presses to Rid Country of Iran’s Influence
Campaign posters in central Baghdad promoting candidates for the parliamentary elections.
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As Belgium Races to Save U.S.A.I.D. Contraception, Some Supplies Are Reported Ruined
The warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where millions of contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. were being stored in July.
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How to Capture the Northern Lights With Just Your Smartphone
Aurora Borealis from the Elburn Forest Preserve in Elburn, Ill., photographed on an iPhone last year.
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Blue Diamond Sells for $25.6 Million at Auction in Switzerland
The Mellon Blue at Christie’s in Geneva on Friday.
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A Look Into the Early Days of Migrant Detentions at Guantánamo
U.S. forces put up a tent city near the airfield at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, at the beginning of the year to house thousands of migrants who were designated for deportation. None were ever held there.
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The ‘Lost Sisters’ of the Pleiades Fill the Entire Night Sky
A view of the Pleiades star cluster, which is also known as the Seven Sisters.
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There’s a New Forecast for Peak Oil Demand. It’s Increasingly Cloudy.
Pump jacks in Russia in 2023. The energy agency’s reports are influential and often cited by energy companies and investors as a basis for long-term planning.
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Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Tuesday.
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Key Netanyahu Minister Steps Down From Israel’s Government
Ron Dermer, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs, during a visit to the White House, in July.
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Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees
The $7.5 million paid to Equatorial Guinea is by far the largest payment the Trump administration is known to have made to another government to take deportees who are not its citizens.
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Israel Arrests 4 After Jewish Extremist Attack in West Bank
A truck burned after an attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
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Women in Power, and on the Right
Sanae Takaichi is the first woman to serve as Japan’s prime minister.
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Trump Threatened to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion. What Are His Chances?
President Trump speaking to a large crowd near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Turkey Seeks Jail Sentence of Over 2,000 Years for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of Istanbul was detained in March, just days before he was to be named the presidential candidate of Turkey’s opposition.
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Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling
An oil rig off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif. The plan would also require new oil and gas leasing in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
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Roman-Era Treasures Stolen From Syria’s National Museum
Syria’s National Museum in Damascus in January. The staff discovered on Monday that statues were missing.
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The Mysterious ‘Louvre Detective’ Was a 15-Year-Old Passer-by
Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, right, as police officers block an entrance to the Louvre after thieves carried out a daylight heist. His mother said in an interview that a framed version of this photo is in their kitchen.
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Ban a Pro-Palestinian Group? The U.K. Government Thought Few Would Care.
A demonstration protesting the British government’s ban on Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group, in Trafalgar Square in London last month. Under the ban, simply holding a placard in support of the group is a terrorism offense.
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How the Heavy-Metal Fall of a Dictator Shapes Trump’s Venezuela Plans
American troops patrolling the streets of Panama after invading in 1989.
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Trump Pardons Runner Who Took Prohibited Shortcut on Grand Teton
Michelino Sunseri outside the Clifford P. Hansen Courthouse in Jackson, Wyo., in May during his federal trial.
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Pakistan ‘in a State of War’ After Explosion Kills 12 in Capital
Firefighters at the site of an explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday.
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India’s Prime Minister Vows Justice After New Delhi Car Explosion Kills 8
Family and friends on Tuesday mourning a victim of the explosion in New Delhi.
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Iraqis Are Voting for a New Parliament. Here’s What to Know.
Election workers in Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday after polls closed.
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India Is Investigating a Deadly Car Explosion. Here’s What to Know.
Officials inspecting the scene of a car explosion near Red Fort in New Delhi, India, on Monday.
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Mike Smith, Bubbles on ‘Trailer Park Boys,’ Is Charged With Sexual Assault
Mike Smith in 2014. Mr. Smith, who plays Bubbles on the Canadian mockumentary series “Trailer Park Boys,” has been charged with sexual assault.
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The BBC Under Fire
The BBC’s headquarters in London.
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Why the BBC Is Facing Its Gravest Crisis in Decades
The British Broadcasting Corporation’s current crisis is less about President Trump, than about the insoluble tensions of a public service broadcaster operating in a divided political and media world.
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Canada Lost Its Measles Elimination Status. What Does It Mean for the U.S.?
Signs describing measles symptoms at a health clinic in Taber, Alberta. The province has been a hot spot of Canada’s recent measles outbreak.
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At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Chinese Technology Is Shifting Climate Politics
A solar farm near Kayathar in southern India. The country can now meet half of its electricity demand with wind, solar, and hydropower.
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Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
The BBC office in London. The head of the BBC and the head of news resigned after growing pressure.
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Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Agencies Push Back Despite Zelensky Pressure
The headquarters of Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear energy company, in 2022. Anti-corruption agencies found what they said were efforts to influence Energoatom and others.
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Explosion Reported Near Red Fort in New Delhi
Security personnel at the scene of an explosion near the Red Fort area of Delhi on Monday.
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What to Know About the BBC Resignations and Turmoil Over a Trump Speech Edit
The BBC office, known as Broadcasting House, in London. The BBC’s output is vast, including global news, drama series and sports.
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Thailand Suspends Trump-Backed Peace Talks With Cambodia
A Thai soldier walking near the disputed Thai-Cambodian border in August, where land mines were found deployed.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, Former French President, Is Released From Prison Pending Appeal
Nicolas Sarkozy, a French former president, last month. He was found guilty of conspiring to seek funding for a 2007 presidential campaign from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya.
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China Tightens Controls on Fentanyl Precursors After Summit
Chemicals used to produce fentanyl on the floor of a drug cartel safe house in Culiacán, Mexico, last year. Much of chemical precursors used to make the synthetic opioid are routed from China to Mexico, where drug cartels finish processing the drug before smuggling it into the United States.
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Syria’s President Meets Trump at White House for First Time
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria outside the White House on Monday.
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How a New Bridge Partly Collapsed in China’s Southwest
These Sheep Have a Statement to Make