China Censors and Punishes to Shape Narrative on Floods in Tibet, a Contrast to Nepal
A broadcast in Beijing last week showing state media coverage of the flood aftermath in Tibet.
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U.S. Sanctions on Iran Cut Off Students From Tests Needed for Study Abroad
University students crossing a bridge in Tehran after explosions began in February.
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Weeks After Failed Drone Attack, Germany Points Finger at Russia
A Ukrainian cargo plane sat at the Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany the day after an explosive-laden drone was found near it.
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Nepal’s Economy Has Few Ways to Absorb the Cost of Flood Damage
A home partially buried in thick mud and debris in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal.
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Israeli Raid in Gaza Kills 4, Palestinian Officials Say
The site of an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Tuesday.
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Can Ancient Ruins Be Protected From Wildfires? Greece Is Trying.
A newly constructed emergency access road at the archaeological site of Mystras, southern Greece, in July.
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These Ukrainian Children Go to School Underground. They’re the Lucky Ones.
The first day of school at Sichovy Collegium in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The school operates from an underground space, built to allow children to continue learning safely amid the war.
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Carney Tells Trump Officials to ‘Stop Throwing Shade’ Over Canada-U.S. Trade Talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking with reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday.
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Keir Starmer, Former UK Prime Minister, Says He Will Resign From Parliament
Keir Starmer delivering a farewell speech after stepping down as prime minister of Britain in July.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln to Dock in Thailand on Wednesday, Pattaya Mayor Says
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln sailing past Singapore on Sunday. It is expected to dock near Pattaya, Thailand, on Wednesday.
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U.S. and Iran Survey the Damage After a Night of Intense Strikes
A still from a video provided by the Iranian Red Crescent rescue service showed damage in Kuhestak, southern Iran, on Wednesday.
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Status of Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Unclear, U.N. Watchdog Says
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the United Nations in July. A new agency report highlighted its lack of access to Iran’s nuclear sites.
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Bus Crash in Egypt Kills at Least 22
The passenger bus that crashed while traveling between Dahab and Nuweiba, Egypt, on Wednesday.
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Netanyahu’s Israel Is Looking for a Fight in Every Direction
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is up for re-election in October, but is trailing in the polls.
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Attacks in Black Sea Threaten to Strangle Global Grain Supply
A field in Ukraine’s southern region of Mykolvaiv in August. Despite a strong growing season, attacks on Black Sea shipping routes have choked off exports.
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Do Active Shooter Drills Help? Two Asian Nations Grapple With Gun Violence.
Active shooter drills, like this one at a school in Bangkok last month, have become sought after in Thailand.
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Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico
New World screwworm flies in a cage at a facility in Metapa, Mexico, that that produces sterile flies, which when released into the wild slowly reduce the population size.
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Critically Endangered Parrots Enjoy Baby Boom After Mating Frenzy
The efforts to save the kakapo from the brink of extinction began after their numbers dropped to just 51 birds in 1995.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Docks in Thailand, Giving Weary Crew a Break
Crew members on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln as it arrived at the port of Laem Chabang near Pattaya, Thailand, on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty to Collusion
Joshua Wong in Washington in 2019. His efforts to lobby Western politicians to pressure Hong Kong are at the center of his latest national security case.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Fighting back a fire burning in peatland in Sumatra, Indonesia, last week.
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Honduran Court Clears Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández
Former President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras at Toncontin Airport in Tagucigalpa, Honduras, on Sunday.
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Putin Pledges Increased Strikes in Ukraine and Support for Iran
Pedestrians walking past a mural of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in downtown Tehran on Monday.
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At G20 Summit, Some U.S. Allies Push Back on Trump’s Economic Approach
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and the Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin M. Warsh, met with Group of 20 finance ministers and central banker governors on Tuesday in Asheville, N.C.
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Israeli Authorities Charge 12 Guards in Beating Death of Palestinian Prisoner
Ketziot detention center in Israel in 2007. Twelve Israeli prison guards were indicted on Tuesday in the beating death of a Palestinian man here in 2023.
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Husband and 12 Men in Britain Are Accused of Woman’s Yearslong Drugging and Rape
Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, in Manchester, England, where a British man is standing trial on charges of drugging and raping his wife.
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How to Help Nepal Flash Flood Victims
Volunteers and police officers packed up humanitarian aid and essential supplies in Devighat, Nepal, on Saturday.
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Juan Tamariz, Master Magician of Misdirection and Joy, Dies at 83
Juan Tamariz in 2024. His ingenious card tricks baffled audiences and stumped other sleight-of-hand practitioners, earning him a reputation as the pre-eminent master of close-up magic.
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How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump
President Trump said his defense secretary and secretary of state reached an agreement with the Venezuelan government on securing billions of barrels of oil reserves “through a partnership with private business.”
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Expedia Fights Off Claim for Damages by Cuban Exile Families
Cienfuegos, Cuba, in 2019. The court found that lawyers for the plaintiffs had failed to prove ownership for Cuban properties, including one in that city.
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Mansour Abbas Recruits Yoav Segalovitz to Join Raam Party in Israeli Election
Mansour Abbas, right, and Yoav Segalovitz arriving for a news conference in Nazareth on Monday.
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Your Iran Questions, Answered
The Strait of Hormuz, last week.
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Édouard Balladur, Embattled French Prime Minister, Dies at 97
Édouard Balladur in 1995, when he ran a failed campaign for the French presidency; he had served as prime minister between 1993 and 1995.
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Israel and Greece Reach $3.5 Billion Defense Deal
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias of Greece, left, and his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, in Athens in January.
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Lionel Messi’s Retirement From Soccer Sparks Heartbreak Across Argentina
Lionel Messi during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final against Spain in July, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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Ukrainian Drone Mastermind, Fired by Kyiv, Will Advise Italy’s Defense Chief
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s former defense minister, speaking in Ukraine in July.
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‘The Nest of Snakes’: Warring Cartels Target Women in Mexico
Alma Daniela with a portrait of her sister, Vivian Karely Aispuro, who was murdered last year in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa.
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A Principal Saved 900 Students Before His School Was Washed Away in Nepal
Rajendra Dawadi was teaching at the Tribhuvan Trishuli School when a staff member burst into the classroom, shouting that a major flood was headed their way.
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Man Arrested in Switzerland After Deadly Shooting at Rave
A police officer near the site Monday of a fatal shooting at a rave in Aarau, Switzerland.
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Spanish Leader Says 5,000 Migrants Are Still in Ceuta, Weeks After Border Surge
Migrants at a Red Cross food distribution site in Ceuta, Spain, last week.
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Why Larak Island Is Strategically Important for Iran
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Friday.
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Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China
Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, center, and the Kyrgyz president, Sadyr Japarov, left, during a welcoming ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.
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U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes Overnight After Monthlong Calm
The Strait of Hormuz, the waterway in the Persian Gulf that has been at the heart of the conflict between the United States and Iran, on Monday.
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South Korea’s Unification Church Leader Gets 2 Years in Prison for Corruption
Han Hak-ja, 83, arriving for a sentencing hearing in Seoul on Monday.
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For Nepal’s Young Leader, Flood Recovery Will Be a Herculean Task
A swollen river in Devighat, Nepal, on Sunday after floods caused by a glacier breaking in the Himalayas.
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China Prepared for One Kind of Himalayan Flood. Then a Different Disaster Struck.
Searching for missing people along a road leading toward Gyirong Port in China on Sunday. On Wednesday a tsunami-like wave of ice, boulders and water tore through the port complex.
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China or the U.S.? Two Meetings Offer Competing Showcases of Global Power.
The Ritual of Coffin Making in a City Hit by Ebola
A Factory in Rural Ireland Is at the Center of a Dispute Over Russia
Tractors Clog Copenhagen as Farmers Protest Fertilizer Restrictions
In Egypt, Xi Challenges America’s Influence in the Middle East
Talking With Giorgia Meloni
Bond Sell-Off Threatens to Squeeze Borrowers Around the World
‘We Are Shattered’: Survivors Recall Chaos as Ferry Sank Near Cyprus