German Art Institutions Prepare for a Fight as Far Right Looks to Take Power
The main building of the former Bauhaus design school, now home to the Bauhaus foundation, in Dessau, in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Why Autocrats Care What People Think
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
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Spain’s Preppy Conservatives Are Having a Moment
A post-bullfight party, filled with young conservatives, at Madrid’s main bullring this summer.
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Why Russia Holds Elections, and How the Kremlin Gets the Results It Wants
Nanna Heitmann for The New York TimesA digital screen featuring candidates from the United Russia party in Moscow this week. Russians began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections.
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Scientists Warn of Flood Risks to 8 Himalayan Countries after Nepal Disaster
A view of the Trishuli River after the deadly flooding that swept away homes in Betrawati, Nepal, this month.
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Convicted of Theft, an Ex-Prime Minister Is Set to Swap Prison for Mansion
Najib Razak, the former prime minister of Malaysia, center, arriving for a court hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court in 2025.
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Rejecting Trump, South Korean Leader Says He Will Not Send Troops to Iran
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung holding a news conference at the Blue House in Seoul, on Friday. Mr. Lee rejected any South Korean military involvement in the Middle East conflict.
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U.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says
A memorial in Tehran for the victims of an airstrike on an elementary school in Minab.
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What Is the E1 Project, Israel’s Disputed Settlement Plan in the West Bank?
An area this month in the E1 zone, near Maale Adumim, an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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Sweden Swings Back Left, Bucking a Trend in Europe
Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats, who is likely to be Sweden’s next prime minister, speaking on election night in Stockholm on Sunday.
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Russia and China Veto U.S. Bid to Renew U.N. Monitoring of Iran Nuclear Program
Vasily Nebenzya, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, condemned what he called “the destructive path of our Western colleagues” when it came to exerting pressure on Iran.
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Trump Sanctions on Cuba Strands Thousands Of Shipping Containers
Ships unloading humanitarian aid at the Port of Havana this year. The challenges in shipping to the island nation are intensifying a humanitarian crisis.
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Manitoba Joins List of Canadian Provinces to Stop Changing Clocks
A passenger train in Churchill, Manitoba, in 2025. About a third of countries still change their clocks twice a year, though many areas have either considered dropping the practice or taken steps to do so in recent years.
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Can Two Friends Complete a Game No One Has Ever Finished?
James Purcell, left, and Andrew Taeger with the terrifyingly complex Campaign for North Africa board game.
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Trump Moves Ahead With F-35 Jet Sales to Saudi Arabia Despite Intelligence Concerns
If the production and delivery of the planes is completed, which would take years, Saudi Arabia would be only the second country in the Middle East to have F-35 jets, after Israel.
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The Racial Disparities of Flood Buyouts
Flooding in a Houston neighborhood following Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
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Iran’s Isolation Grows After U.S. Imposes Sweeping Sanctions on Airlines
A Mahan Air plane is seen at Simon Bolivar International Airport outside Caracas, Venezuela, in 2019. The airline is one of Iran’s biggest commercial carriers.
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Afghan Sentenced to 20 Years After Mixed Verdict in 2021 Kabul Attack Case
Portraits of some of the U.S. service members who were killed in a 2021 suicide bombing at an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, are seen at a posthumous award ceremony at the Capitol in 2024.
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Man Suspected of Pushing Woman in Front of London Bus Is Found Dead
Putney Bridge in West London, where a man was seen on CCTV footage in 2017 shoving a woman in front of a bus.
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A New Play in Budapest Signals a Cultural Reawakening for Hungary
The August premiere in Budapest of the one-woman play “Enemies of the People,” starring the Hungarian film and stage actress Erika Marozsan.
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Carney Calls for E.U.-Canada Pact Amid ‘Ferocious Storm’
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Thursday.
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Locals Call It the World’s Largest Cesspool, and Blame It for Surging Cancer
The old church of San Francisco Bojay in Hidalgo, Mexico, is partially submerged after the area was flooded in 1949 to create the Endhó Dam.
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The Hidden Human Cost of Kim Jong-un’s New Power
North Korea celebrated the 78th anniversary of its founding with a parade last week in Pyongyang, the capital. The country is now in one of the strongest positions it has ever been in, financially and diplomatically.
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State Department Extends Visa Ban on Abbas, Other Palestinian Officials
Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, shown in May, has been denied a visa to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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Human-Caused Warming Played ‘Very Strong’ Role in Himalayan Floods, Report Finds
The widened channel of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal after the flash flooding last month.
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Fiji Declares a National Emergency as H.I.V. Cases Skyrocket
An H.I.V. awareness poster displayed in Suva, Fiji, in April. The nation recorded more than 2,000 new cases in 2025, 16 times as many as in 2019, officials said.
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U.S. Intelligence Warns of China Theft Over Sale of F-35 Jets to Saudis
An F-35 jet seen last year. Saudi Arabia and the United States have a decades-long history of military cooperation, and the kingdom is by far the largest buyer of American weapons and defense equipment.
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Why Israel Wants More One-Ton Bombs From the U.S.
The remains of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in 2023.
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The Canaduropean Union?
At the European Parliament in Strasbourg yesterday.
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E.U.-Canada Ambitions Face Reality Check as Trump Bristles
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney greets members of the European Parliament as he attends the State of the European Union address in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday.
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After a Desperate Search for Survivors, Rescuers Find Bodies at Nepal Power Plant
A search and rescue team from the Nepali Army inside the Chilime Hydropower Station tunnel in Nepal on Sept. 10.
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Belarus Frees 25 Political Prisoners in Exchange for U.S. Sanctions Relief
Dzmitryi Halavach, a rock musician who was one of the freed Belarusian prisoners, after arriving in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Wednesday.
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Turkey Begins Broad Crackdown on L.G.B.T.Q. Community
Supporters of L.G.B.T.Q. rights protesting outside a courthouse in Istanbul on Tuesday. Homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, but the government has frequently demonized L.G.B.T.Q. people.
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In a Signal to Trump, Beijing Hosts Iranian Diplomat Ahead of U.S.-China Summit
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in August. In a meeting on Wednesday with Mr. Araghchi, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, emphasized the two countries’ partnership.
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At Least 21 Dead in Gaza After Building Collapse, Officials Say
Excavating rubble from a collapsed building to recover bodies in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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Kosovo’s Former Leader Is Sentenced to 25 Years in War Crimes Case
Hashim Thaci, right, in court in The Hague in 2020.
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A Colorful Undercover Recording Spurs Fresh Outrage Over Graft in Ukraine
Corruption allegations against his office have toppled Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko.
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Japan Reaches a Unique Milestone, With More Than 100,000 People Aged 100 or Over
Tomeyo Ono, right, a centenarian in Soma, Fukushima, last year.
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Trump Bars Some South Africans Over Claims of Anti-White Discrimination
President Trump and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa meeting in the Oval Office in Washington last year.
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Far-Right Surge in German State Leaves Migrants There in Fear
Members and supporters of the Alternative for Germany party celebrating its strong performance in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.
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E.U. Talks of Making Canada First ‘Associate Member’ as U.S. Ties Weaken
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday.
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Russia’s Election Result Won’t Be a Shock. What Comes Next Could Be.
An ad for the United Russia party in Moscow on Tuesday. A three-day election will offer little formal outlet for voters to register discontent over the growing reverberations of the war in Ukraine.
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How Sept. 11 Paved the Way to Mideast Power for Iran
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps at a government-organized march in Tehran in April.
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Can an Island Nation’s Rugby Dreams Change Its Fortunes?
Children playing rugby league in Hanuabada, Papua New Guinea.
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Yemen War Intensifies as Houthi Militia Advances on Marib
2 Students Are Killed in School Shooting in the Philippines
The World Economy Is Becoming Wary of the U.S.
Does This Bird’s Return to Britain Restore History or Rewrite It?
Houthis and Saudis Trade Claims of Military Attacks as Conflict Escalates