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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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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3 Reasons This Obscure 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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TikTok’s Origin Story: Court Files Show Role of GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass
The headquarters of ByteDance, the parent company of the video sharing app TikTok, in Beijing.
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Takeaways From a Trove of ByteDance Records
The ByteDance offices in Shanghai last year.
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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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In Ukraine With Soldiers From the International Legion
A Ukrainian soldier after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a Russian position in the Serebrianka Forest.
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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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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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What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in Indonesia?
Inspecting solar panels that provide electrical power to Istiqlal Mosque in December in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Heavy Rain and Floods Kill 19 in Oman and Disrupt Dubai Airport
Men gesture trying to tow a vehicle out of standing water in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday. Heavy rains lashed the Emirates on Tuesday, flooding major highways and leaving vehicles abandoned on roadways across Dubai.
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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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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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Dubai Flooding Photos and Video: Heavy Rains in UAE and Oman Kill at Least 19
The heavy rains flooded parts of Dubai and led to scores of flight cancellations and delays.
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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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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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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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A Timeline of Britain’s Troubled Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
A protest against the British government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, outside the Home Office, in central London, in December.
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Israel’s Offensive in Gaza: An Update on Where the Conflict Stands
Buildings destroyed in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Tuesday.
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Wednesday Briefing
“We cannot stand still from this kind of aggression,” said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, standing next to one of the Iranian ballistic missiles Israel intercepted over the weekend.
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The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries Economists
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has pushed back against the growing use of industrial policies.
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Why Elections Take So Long in India
A poll official working on electronic voting machines at a distribution center.
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on April 2024
A Year’s Worth of Rain Fell in Dubai on a Single Day
The deluge dumped nearly five inches of rain in Dubai by Tuesday evening, or about as much as the United Arab Emirates typically receives in a year.
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on April 2024
Wednesday Briefing: China’s Economy Grew Faster Than Expected
A clothing store in Shenzhen. Retail sales in China have picked up.
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High Winds Scuttle Burning of Snowman in Zurich, Disappointing the Swiss
The ceremonial burning of a pyre topped with a fake snowman whose head is packed with fireworks is the centerpiece of Sechseläuten, Zurich’s spring festival. On Monday, the burning was called off because of strong winds.
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U.S. Lays Out Protections for Assange if He Is Extradited
Julian Assange, 52, was the head of WikiLeaks in 2010 when it published tens of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents leaked by Chelsea Manning, an Army intelligence analyst.
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Mayor Orders Police to Interrupt Conservative Conference in Brussels
Belgian police blocking the entrance of the Claridge, where the National Conservatism Conference was being held in Brussels on Tuesday.
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U.S. Plans New Sanctions on Iran
Oil and gas infrastructure in Khuzestan Province, Iran.
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Beijing Race Under Scrutiny As Video Suggests Runners Helped Chinese Winner
Chinese runner He Jie, Ethiopian Dejene Hailu Bikila and Kenyans Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat taking part in a half-marathon in Beijing on Sunday.
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UN Panel Says Israel Is Obstructing Its Investigation of the Oct. 7 Attack
Navi Pillay, right, who leads a U.N. commission created to look into possible human rights violations by Israel, with the Egyptian ambassador to the U.N., Ahmed Ihab Abdelahad Gamaleldin, in Geneva on Tuesday.
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The 2024 Paris Olympics Prepares For Cyberattacks
The head of cyberattack preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics said he expected to face billions of probing attacks against the Games’ computer networks.
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on April 2024
Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange Building Partly Collapses in Fire
Smoke billowing from the stock exchange building in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
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For Israel’s Allies, Iranian Missile Strike Scrambles Debate Over Gaza
A rocket booster that fell near Arad, Israel, after Iran launched drones and missiles over the weekend.
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on April 2024
Ukraine’s Big Vulnerabilities: Ammunition, Soldiers and Air Defense
A member of Ukraine’s 17th Tank Brigade near the front line in the Donetsk region in January.
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on April 2024
Germany’s Leader, Olaf Scholz, Walks a Fine Line in China
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Tuesday Briefing
The aid package that Mike Johnson is advancing mirrors the $95 billion aid bill the Senate passed two months ago.
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on April 2024
Israel Weighs Response to Iran’s Attack as Allies Push for Restraint
Demonstrators gathering in Tehran on Monday to show their support for Iran’s attack on Israel.
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on April 2024
Israeli Settlers Kill Two Palestinian Men in the West Bank, Officials Say
Burned vehicles in the Palestinian village of Al Mughayir, in the West Bank, on Saturday.
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on April 2024
Tuesday Briefing: Donald Trump’s Trial Begins
Former President Donald J. Trump in Manhattan court on Monday.
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Lebanese Official Blames Israel’s Spy Agency for Killing Near Beirut
Lebanon’s interior minister, Bassam Mawlawi, said initial findings suggested that the killing of a money changer “was carried out by intelligence services.”
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Expert Panel Calls on Germany to Legalize Abortion in First 12 Weeks
From left, Lisa Paus, the German minister for family affairs, senior citizens and women and youth; Karl Lauterbach, the health minister; and Marco Buschmann, the justice minister, at a news conference in Berlin on Monday.
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