Netanyahu Aide Is Indicted Over Leaked Document on Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has accused Israeli prosecutors of aggressively cracking down on his aide while ignoring his critics’ leaks to the news media.
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Brazilian Police Accuse Bolsonaro of Plotting a Coup
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former right-wing president, at a rally in February. The authorities say he encouraged supporters to storm the country’s capital in early 2023.
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Putin, in Threat to West, Says Russia Struck Ukraine With New Missile
Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine last week.
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Mali’s Junta Replaces Civilian Prime Minister With One of Its Own
Abdoulaye Maiga delivering remarks at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September. He was appointed as the new prime minister of Mali on Thursday after his predecessor made comments criticizing the junta.
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At Least 38 Killed as Gunmen Ambush Shiite Convoys in Pakistan
Local residents and volunteers gathering for the arrival of victims at a hospital in Parachinar, in Pakistan’s Kurram district, on Thursday.
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Israel and Iran Seemed on the Brink of a Bigger War. What’s Holding Them Back?
People stand near the remains of a missile near the Dead Sea, in Israel, in October.
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Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit
Prahlad Pawar, 34, right, with his wife, Pushpa Pawar, 31, in Kolgaon, western India. The Pawars say their employer made them work as his personal servants in the off-season. They eventually escaped, hiking for days back to their village.
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Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Migrants
Migrants having breakfast on the roof of an abandoned factory in Barcelona in 2018. People who have been living in Spain for at least two years are eligible to apply for legal status.
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Israel Strikes Near Beirut as U.S. Envoy Pushes for a Cease-Fire in Lebanon
Smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike on the Dahiya, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday.
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Russia Gifts Bears and a Lion to North Korea
A lion at the Pyongyang Zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, after being transferred from the Moscow Zoo, in a handout photo from Russia’s natural resources ministry.
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Captain Tom’s Daughter Profited From the Charity in His Name
Captain Tom Moore raised nearly 40 million pounds, or $50.5 million, for the National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic.
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on November 2024
Why Mexico Isn’t Panicking About Another Trump Presidency
President-elect Donald J. Trump speaks during a meeting of the House of Representatives G.O.P. Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, on Nov. 13.
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Man Who Faked Kayaking Death Says in Video He’s ‘Safe’
The shore of Green Lake, Wis., where Ryan Borgwardt faked his death and left the country as part of an elaborate, monthslong plan.
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Trump’s Vow to End the War Could Leave Ukraine With Few Options
A Ukrainian artillery unit firing at Russian troops in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine last month. The election of Donald J. Trump as Ukraine suffers losses on the battlefield means less room for Ukraine to maneuver.
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on November 2024
Why Some Countries, Including the U.S., Won’t Join the I.C.C.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022.
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on November 2024
Netanyahu, Wanted by a Landmark Warrant, Now Faces a Smaller World
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel after a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September in New York City.
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on November 2024
U.S. Defense Firms Are Warned About Russia’s Sabotage Campaign
Red Square in Moscow. Russia’s campaign increases the risk to American companies overseas, U.S. officials said.
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on November 2024
Why the ICC Issued Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders
The exterior of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, in September.
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Who Has the ICC Charged With War Crimes?
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, left, with Maria Lvova-Belova, also subject to an I.C.C. arrest warrant, in a photo released by Russian state media.
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ICC Had Sought Warrants for 3 Hamas Leaders. At Least 2 Are Now Dead.
The court’s chief prosecutor initially sought arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders. From left to right: Ismail Haniyeh, Muhammad Deif and Yahya Sinwar.
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Should Olaf Scholz Step Aside in the New Race for German Chancellor?
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, left, with Boris Pistorius, the country’s defense minister, during a session of Parliament earlier this month in Berlin.
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on November 2024
Bathing in Oil at a Climate Summit? It Leaves a Stain.
People from across the former Soviet Union flock to the health resorts in Naftalan, Azerbaijan, to bathe in the area’s oil.
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on November 2024
How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India
Pushpa Pawar, 31, standing with relatives in the village of Kolgaon, India. Ms. Pawar’s husband, Prahlad Pawar, a cane cutter, said that the couple and their children had been detained by a contractor and forced to work as servants.
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Canada Prepares for Immigration Surge After Trump Vows Mass Deportation
Migrants who had crossed the border from Canada, many of them from India, talking to taxi drivers in Plattsburgh, N.Y., who were offering rides to New York City.
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COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Are Teetering
The Chinese delegation pavilion in Baku, Azerbaijan. Newly industrialized countries like China and India are part of an effort to secure trillions in climate financing.
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Thursday Briefing
Matt Gaetz appeared with Senator JD Vance in Washington.
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on November 2024
Accusations of “Race-Shifting” Prompt Canadian Cabinet Minister to Resign
Randy Boissonnault stepped down as Canada’s employment minister on Wednesday, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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on November 2024
Democrats Split as Senate Rejects Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel
People running toward humanitarian aid packages dropped over the northern Gaza Strip in April.
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Thursday Briefing: U.S. Anti-Personnel Mines for Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier outside Toretsk, in October.
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U.S. Casts Sole Vote Against Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution
Robert A. Wood, the American ambassador to the U.N., raising his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza, on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York City.
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on November 2024
What Are Anti-Personnel Mines?
An emergency services worker holds a sign warning that the nearby forest is mined as his colleague clears a path in Sosnove, Ukraine.
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on November 2024
Vatican Sets Out New Rules to Simplify Papal Funerals
Pope Francis during the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI last year. From the beginning of his papacy, Francis has used symbols to break from the formality and pomp that has long marked the Roman Catholic Church.
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U.S. and Europeans Move to Censure Iran for Nuclear Secrecy
The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, in April.
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on November 2024
Is Trump More Flexible on China Than His Hawkish Cabinet Picks Suggest?
Many top officials in China see the United States as a superpower in decline.
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U.S. Vetoes Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N. Security Council
Robert A. Wood, the American ambassador to the U.N., raising his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza, on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York City.
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Ugandan Opposition Leader Charged After Being ‘Kidnapped’ in Kenya
Kizza Besigye, left, and an associate, Haji Obeid Lutale, in the steel dock of the Uganda Military General Court in Kampala on Wednesday.
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A Travel Writer Remembers Arthur Frommer
Arthur Frommer in Trafalgar Square in London in 1976.
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Biden Agrees to Supply Ukraine With Anti-Personnel Mines
A Ukrainian soldier outside Toretsk, in October. The Biden administration has approved supplying Ukraine with anti-personnel mines to bolster defenses against Russia’s increasing reliance on foot soldiers to lead their assaults.
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on November 2024
Middle East Airlines Has Become an Unlikely National Hero in Lebanon
A Middle East Airlines flight over the outskirts of Beirut last month.
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U.S. Envoy Will Head to Israel, Citing Progress on Lebanon Cease-Fire
Amos Hochstein, center, a top U.S. envoy to the Middle East, was in Beirut, Lebanon, for talks on Tuesday.
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on November 2024
Trump Promises Clean Water. Will He Clean Up PFAS?
A geologist collected samples of treated Lake Michigan water in a laboratory in Illinois in 2021 that were found to have PFAS contamination.
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on November 2024
What Trump’s Return Could Mean for Animals
Caribous graze near ConocoPhillips oil pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska. During his first term, President Trump moved to open up the state’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development.
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on November 2024
Long Tied to Russia, Georgia’s Winemakers Look to the West
The wine harvest in Georgia’s Kakheti region in October. Wine has been cultivated continuously in Georgia for more than 8,000 years.
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U.S. Pauses Operations at Kyiv Embassy, Warning of ‘Significant Air Attack’
Searchlights in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, early Wednesday.
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Smog in Pakistan Smothers Lahore, Breaking a Vibrant City’s Rhythms
Full weekend lockdowns, reminiscent of Covid-19 restrictions, are being imposed in Lahore, Pakistan, because of the intense air pollution.
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Wednesday Briefing
A test of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS.
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Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Takes Stand in National Security Trial
Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. He has long been one of Hong Kong’s most vocal critics of China’s ruling Communist Party.
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Iran Suggests Pausing High Levels of Uranium Enrichment to Avoid Censure, Monitor Says
A reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, in 2010.
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Activist Kianoosh Sanjari’s Final Act Stuns Iran
Kianoosh Sanjari speaking at an Amnesty International concert in New York in 2014.
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on November 2024
Netanyahu Offers $5 Million for Each Hostage Freed in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has offered a $5 million reward and safe passage out of Gaza to anyone who returns an Israeli captive held in the enclave.
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on November 2024
Biden Fades Out of the Picture in Talks With World Leaders
President Biden and Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, met on Tuesday during a working lunch at the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
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on November 2024
Wednesday Briefing: Ukraine hits Russia with U.S. Missiles
The U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS.
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Son of Norway’s Crown Princess Is Arrested on Suspicion of Rape
Marius Borg Hoiby in 2022. He was 4 when his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001.
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John Prescott, Former UK Deputy Prime Minister, Dies at 86
Deaths of at Least 5 Tourists in Laos Raise Alarm About Tainted Drinks
Live Updates: Netanyahu’s Arrest Sought by International Criminal Court
Ukraine Strikes Inside Russia With U.S. Missiles
Russia Intensifies Assaults on an Exhausted Ukraine