A Mother’s Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine
Liliia Prutian, 55, a military medic and a former POW, who spent more than 2 years in Russian captivity, at a rehabilition center Lisova Poliana in Kyiv region, Ukraine, in February.
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How Israel’s Financial Chokehold Is Stifling the West Bank Economy
Montaser Amro, left, and his brother inspecting a box of unpaid bills at his supermarket in Majd, West Bank. Mr. Amro said that his customers owed him around $155,000 and that he was struggling to pay suppliers.
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Chocó, Colombia, Faces Deeper Hardship After an Earthquake
Soldiers and volunteers offloading aid supplies from a helicopter San José del Palmar, Colombia, a remote town close to the earthquake’s epicenter.
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At Ex-Premier Zhu Rongji’s Funeral, China’s Past Shadows Its Present
The Chinese flag flying at half-staff at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Tuesday for the former premier Zhu Rongji.
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Six Years in Provence: An Ancient Castle and a Feud Over a Troublesome Bridge
The closure of a main road under a bridge in Ansouis, France, has pitted the mayor against the owners of a castle who rely on the bridge to reach their home.
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It’s Crunchtime Again for Canada to Avoid Trump’s New Tariffs
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, on the day after it opened last month. President Trump had threatened to block the bridge’s opening.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Intention to Keep Country on a War Footing
A rally in Tehran in April, with posters of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The ayatollah has not been seen in public since being named supreme leader of Iran.
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How Ukraine’s Satellites Help Drive Its War Drones
A Ukrainian soldier preparing a drone for a strike on a Russian target in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine last month.
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China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.
A Google booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last month. China wants a greater voice in the development of A.I. chatbots.
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Kushner Meets Netanyahu in Israel in Effort to Break Logjam Over Gaza
Jared Kushner speaking about the Board of Peace, an organization backed by the Trump administration to end the war in Gaza, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January.
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Barred From Ballot, a Party Becomes a Vessel for Russians’ Discontent
Nikolai Rybakov during an appeal of his party’s disqualification before the Russian Supreme Court on Monday.
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Houthis Claim Strike on Saudi Vessel as Red Sea Violence Escalates
Flames and smoke rising from the port of Mokha in Yemen on Friday. The Houthis have bombarded the city with drones and missiles n recent weeks.
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1 Dead After Student Livestreams School Shooting in the Philippines
The shooting took place around 8 a.m. local time in the junior high school building of Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
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Zambia Says President Won Re-election After Tumultuous Campaign
President Hakainde Hichilema, center, running for re-election, after voting in Lusaka, Zambia, last week.
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American Hiker Dies After Lightning Strike on Mount Etna in Italy
Volcanic activity at Mount Etna as seen from Mareneve near Catania in Italy last week. Italian authorities say a 29-year-old American hiker was killed by lightning while hiking on Europe’s most active volcano.
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Andy Burnham, UK Prime Minister, Exchanged Texts With Someone Posing as Trump’s Chief of Staff
Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain speaking in London this month. An official said Mr. Burnham had exchanged a few messages of no significance with an impersonator.
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U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War
People in Tehran, Iran, last month. Iranians are coping with severe economic strain from six months of war.
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‘Posh George,’ the Convicted Fraudster in Nigel Farage’s Inner Circle
Nigel Farage and George Cottrell in Brussels in 2020, as the European Parliament ratified the terms of Brexit, which both men campaigned for.
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea
In his post on Sunday, President Trump did not mention a rift in relations with North Korea in 2017, when Kim Jong Un called him a “mentally deranged dotard.”
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Liechtenstein Changes Its Law to Allow Women to Ascend the Throne
Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, arriving at the country’s National Day celebrations in Vaduz, the capital, on Saturday.
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No Way Out
Roberto Mosquera is being held in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini.
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As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones
Ships anchored this month in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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How a Ukrainian Bank Worker Came to Face Life in a Russian Prison
Artem Murdid during a trip with friends to a beach on the Sea of Azov in the Zaporizhzhia region in 2019. He says he was tortured into confessing to Russian terrorism charges.
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Trump’s Other Hold on the Americas: The Visa
The State Department overseen by Marco Rubio has restored the visas of political figures in Central America once penalized by the U.S. government and has revoked visas for others.
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Cholera Outbreak Sickens Over 90 in Myanmar’s Biggest City
The emergency department of Yangon General Hospital on Friday.
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After Women in India Joined Protests, Online Harassment Followed
Rhiya Ahir has suffered constant online abuse from trolls after an image of her at a protest in Mumbai last month went viral.
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Bou Meng, Rare Survivor of Khmer Rouge Torture House, Dies at 85
Bou Meng, who was imprisoned at the notorious Khmer Rouge interrogation and torture facility Tuol Sleng, in 2009 at the prison, which became a genocide museum.
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$10 Million in Gold Found Buried Under Former Brewery in Belgium
Gold bars found at the site where a 19th-century brewery had stood in Dendermonde, Belgium. The police do not know who put the gold there, or what its fate might be.
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Syrian Convicted in Austria of Civil War Abuses Is Detained in Syria
Musab Abu Rukbah, right, and Roman Valach, one of Mr. Abu Rukbah’s lawyers, leaving a Vienna courtroom after a hearing in June.
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Iran Says Qatar Captured Its Pilots Months Ago, a Claim Qatar Rejects
Smoke rising from an Iranian missile attack in Doha, Qatar, in March.
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Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Kill 11, Health Officials Say
The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Deir al-Zahrani, a town in southern Lebanon, on Saturday.
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Quit Lit
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Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off
Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, at the embassy’s July 4 party at his official residence in Ottawa.
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How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands
Last year the Food and Drug Administration cut a program that tracked cyclospora outbreaks and delayed a rule that would have required companies to swiftly provide supply chain records in investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks.
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As China Pushes to Expand in Asia, Trump Focuses on Iran
The Sierra Madre, a Philippine naval ship, in the South China Sea in 2023. Last month, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel began circling the ship and confronted Philippine service members.
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Where Future Champions Race Against the Tide
The jockeys at Omey are young, the sponsors modest, the grand prize less than $1,000.
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Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring
Cambridge University in May. Jason Arday was hired in 2023, becoming the university’s youngest Black professor.
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At Least 47 Dead as 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Indonesia
Damaged houses after a strong earthquake hit Indonesia early on Saturday.
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Entrenched, Embattled and Defiant, the Taliban Celebrate 5 Years in Power
Afghans celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan, early on Saturday.
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Heat Deaths in a ‘Cold’ Country Are a Warning to the Rest of Europe
Treating a 77-year-old woman for heat-related illness last month at MontLégia hospital in the Belgian city of Liège.
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Wary of Trump, Europe Seeks Role in Eventual Russia-Ukraine Talks
Rescue workers at the site of a Russian strike on a residential building in Odesa, Ukraine, this week.
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Kushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump’s Gaza Plan
A Shooting at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto Exposes a Neighborhood’s Guns-for-Hire Network
Israel Strikes Air Base in Syria, Drawing Ire From the U.S.
Trump’s Overture to North Korea Strains Alliance With the South
Childhood Friends, Adopted From India, Discover They’re Sisters
After the Earthquakes
Art Heist: 4 Antonello da Messina Paintings Stolen From Sicily
With Priests Scarce in Rural Italy, an African Pastor Is Filling the Void
Where to Eat and Drink at a Barcelona Bar Like a Local