U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Bid to Be Full U.N. Member State
The United Nations Security Council met in New York on Thursday to address issues in the Middle East, including the Palestinian bid for statehood.
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U.S. and Allies Penalize Iran for Striking Israel, and Try to Avert War
Iranian medium-range missiles during the annual Army Day celebration at a military base in Tehran on Wednesday. The United States imposed sanctions on Iranian armed forces and weapon makers.
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Miscalculation Led to Escalation in Clash Between Israel and Iran
The Iranian Embassy complex in Damascus, Syria, a day after an airstrike by Israel.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s Husband Charged in Embezzlement Case in Scotland
Peter Murrell became the Scottish National Party’s chief executive in 1999 and married Nicola Sturgeon, who went on to become its leader, in 2010.
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U.S. Restarts Deportation Flights to Haiti
Cars burned in gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, last month.
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Rainstorms Kill More Than 130 in Afghanistan and Pakistan
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the area of Pakistan that appeared to be hardest hit by the rainfall, on Tuesday.
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Croatia’s Election Result Makes a Far-Right Party a Possible Kingmaker
The inconclusive outcome of the parliamentary vote on Wednesday signaled a new era of messy political uncertainty in the Balkan nation
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Germany Arrests 2 Men Suspected of Spying for Russia
Outside a court in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Thursday. Federal prosecutors based in the city said one of the men had considered a U.S. military base as one of several potential targets.
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Prince Harry Now Officially Resident in U.S., Documents Show
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were in Florida on Friday. The online filing dated his U.S. residency to June 2023.
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3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground
People gathered outside Crocus City Hall outside Moscow after the terrorist attack there last month. Russia charged four migrant laborers from Tajikistan with the assault.
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Takeaways From a Trove of ByteDance Records
The ByteDance offices in Shanghai last year.
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Dubai’s Extraordinary Flooding: Here’s What to Know
Abandoned vehicles in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
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Worried About Trump’s Support for Ukraine, Eastern Europe Tries Outreach
Former President Donald J. Trump at the CPAC Convention in February. European leaders are seeking to plan for a possible second Trump presidency.
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Turkey Earthquake Trial Opens Amid Anger and Tears
A new trial aims to seek accountability for the deadly collapse of Renaissance Residence during an earthquake last year in Turkey.
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Forbidden to Watch Films as a Child, He Now Directs Somalia’s Top Shows
Abshir Rageh, in red shirt and cap, on the set of a TV drama he’s filming in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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What We Know About Israel’s Strike in Iran
A poster depicting missiles in Tehran on Thursday.
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Isfahan Is Home to Iranian Missile and Nuclear Facilities
Visitors at the Si-o-Se Pol bridge in Isfahan last year.
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Why India’s Opposition Can’t Get It Together
An Indian National Congress rally in Mandya, India, on Wednesday. The party governed India for decades, but those days are long gone.
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Reaction to Israel’s Strike in Iran Plays Down Significance
Iranian state media showing what it said was a live picture of Isfahan early on Friday.
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What I Learned From an Act of Violence in Sydney That Hit Too Close to Home
A makeshift memorial to victims of the stabbing attack in a Sydney shopping mall.
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Friday Briefing
Iranian soldiers marched in front of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (C) during the annual Army Day celebration on Tuesday.
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Modi’s Power Keeps Growing, and India Looks Sure to Give Him More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in the Indian state of Maharashtra this month. His critics’ alarm bells about democracy are barely being heard.
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Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store
A recently-opened Apple Store in Shanghai’s Jing’an district in March. Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads, which are owned by Meta, from its app store in China.
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Friday Briefing: India’s Election Begins
These Indian polling officials took a boat to a remote polling location.
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C.I.A. Director Blames Hamas for Stalled Cease-Fire Talks
A rally in Jerusalem this month calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas.
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Satellite Data Reveals Sinking Risk for China’s Cities
Sidewalk construction in Tianjin. Last year thousands of residents were evacuated from apartments in the city after nearby streets split apart.
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Land Under B.L.M. Management to Get New Protections
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in 2021. She said the new rule announced on Thursday “helps restore balance to our public lands.”
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Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors
The Sandyford Central Gender Services clinic in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Amsterdam’s Latest Effort to Fight Excessive Tourism: No New Hotels
A hotel in Amsterdam’s red-light district, where the city has tried to limit crowds.
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Chinese Exports Are Threatening Biden’s Industrial Agenda
“I’m not looking for a fight with China,” President Biden said during a visit to the United Steelworkers Union in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. “I’m looking for competition — and fair competition.”
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How Israel’s Conflicts Could Escalate
Iranians on Monday expressing support for their government’s missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend.
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Qatar Says It Is Reviewing Its Mediator Role as Israel-Hamas Talks Stall
The Qatari prime minister, right, with the foreign minister of Turkey, at a news conference in Doha, Qatar, this week.
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Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem
On the way to class in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The delayed vaccines means that girls in countries such as Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Mozambique who are now 14 will no longer be eligible for vaccination when these campaigns finally start.
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Drought Pushes Millions Into ‘Acute Hunger’ in Southern Africa
A farmer in Zimbabwe last month. Several countries have declared national emergencies.
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An ISIS Terror Group Draws Half Its Recruits From Tiny Tajikistan
Muyasser Zargarova, the mother of one of the Tajik suspects in the terrorist attack outside Moscow, said her son had never exhibited signs of extremism.
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The E.U. says it will impose new sanctions on Iran’s drone and missile programs.
Charles Michel, president of the European Council, at an E.U. summit in Brussels on Thursday.
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Thursday Briefing
Members of the Israeli military showing the remnants of an Iranian ballistic missile that fell on Israel over the weekend.
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Björn Höcke of the AfD Goes on Trial in Germany
Björn Höcke heads the far-right Alternative for Germany party in the state of Thuringia.
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Dubai Flooding Photos and Video: Heavy Rains in UAE and Oman Kill at Least 19
Sheikh Zayed Road highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was flooded and shut down following the heaviest rain recorded in the country.
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Thursday Briefing: Israel Seems Poised to Retaliate
The top diplomats from Germany and Britain met with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog (middle), in Jerusalem yesterday.
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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Make Its Own Decisions in Response to Iran’s Attack
Members of the Israeli military showing the remnants of an Iranian ballistic missile that fell on Israel over the weekend.
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U.S. Reimposes Oil Sanctions on Venezuela as Hopes Dim for Free Election
President Nicolás Maduro after signing up as a candidate for Venezuela’s presidential elections.
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Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment
Kenneth Davis, a patient in an H.I.V. treatment trial, undergoes a routine exam with the assistance of Phoebe Bryson-Cahn, a research clinician, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
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Nine People, Including Air Canada Worker, Arrested in $14.5 Million Gold Heist
Nick Milinovich, the deputy chief of the Peel Regional Police, speaking on Wednesday about arrests in connection with last year’s theft of gold bars and bank notes at Toronto Pearson Airport.
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UN Report Describes Abuse and Dire Conditions in Israeli Detention
Israeli soldiers with Palestinian detainees in Gaza in December. The Israeli military reviewed this image as part of the conditions of allowing the photographer to accompany soldiers.
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Hezbollah Attack Injures 14 Israeli Soldiers in Border Village
An Israeli soldier near Arab al-Aramashe in northern Israel after a strike by Hezbollah on Wednesday.
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Russian Missile Attack North of Kyiv Kills at Least 17, Ukraine Says
The site of a building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, according to Ukrainian officials, in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
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Israel Will Respond to Iran’s Attack, Cameron Says
From left, Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign minister; Isaac Herzog, Israel’s president; and David Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary, at a hotel in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Moved to Unknown Location Amid Heat Wave
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019. The ousted former leader of Myanmar was relocated from prison this week to an unknown location.
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South Africa’s 2024 National Election: What to Know
W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases
How A.I. Tools Could Change India’s Elections
Mount Ruang Volcano Erupts in Indonesia, Forcing Hundreds to Evacuate