Despite Sinwar’s Death, Mideast Peace May Still Be Elusive
The killing of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar may have opened a window to a peace agreement that would be widely welcomed, some analysts say.
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Despite Israeli Bombs and Assassinations, Hezbollah Keeps Fighting
A funeral last month for Hezbollah members who were killed in the pager attacks south of Beirut. Despite its losses, Hezbollah continues to fight.
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5 Provisions in China’s Panda Contracts With U.S. Zoos
The San Diego Zoo, above, received two pandas from China this summer. Carefully crafted contracts set the terms for these exchanges.
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A Soldier Chose a Radical Way to Publicize Troop Fatigue: He Deserted
Serhii Hnezdilov, a Ukrainian soldier and activist, at a court hearing in Kyiv this month after his arrest on a charge of desertion.
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How Moldova’s Most Popular T.V. Host Torched Her Career With a Startling Life Choice
Natalia Morari in her campaign office this month in Chisinau, Moldova.
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An Alarming Glimpse Into a Future of Historic Droughts
The banks of the Amazon River this month in Colombia. Colombia’s disaster risk agency recently said the flow of the Amazon River had been reduced by up to 90 percent because of a lack of rainfall.
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José Rubén Zamora Will Leave Prison After Nearly Two Years
José Rubén Zamora, the founder and publisher of elPeriódico, as he was escorted from prison to court last year in Guatemala City.
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Man Arrested in Japan After Attack on Governing Party Headquarters
The police investigated on Saturday after a vehicle rammed into a fence near the entrance to the prime minister’s office in Tokyo.
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The Gisele Pelicot Rape Trial Hits Painfully Close to Home in This French Town
Graffiti saying “Death to patriarchy,” on a wall in Mazan, France, where Gisèle Pelicot used to live with her husband.
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Kenya’s Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, Is Impeached
The National Assembly, Kenya’s lower house of Parliament. The Senate’s vote to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua followed similar proceedings in the National Assembly.
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Sinwar’s Death Highlights Israel’s Long Quest for Deterrence
Israeli soldiers in the central Gaza Strip in January, during an escorted media tour by the military.
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Cuba Suffers Blackout After Power Plant Failure Near Havana
People waiting at a bus station on Friday in Matanzas, Cuba, following a power outage across the entire country.
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France Struggles to Dry Out From Flash Flooding
Cars partially submerged in a commercial zone in Givors, south of Lyon in central-eastern France, following heavy rainfall in the area on Thursday.
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Novelty Acts
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With Unusually Forceful Words, Canada Charges India With a Criminal Conspiracy
The killing of a Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, outside this Sikh place of worship in Surrey, British Columbia, last year inflamed tensions between India and Canada.
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U.S. ‘Fusion Cells’ Assist in Israel’s Hunt for Hamas Leaders
An MQ-9 Reaper drone. U.S. Special Operations forces have flown at least six of them on missions to assist in locating hostages, monitor for signs of life and pass potential leads to the Israel Defense Forces, officials said.
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Reinventing Concrete, the Ancient Roman Way
The Pantheon in Rome has boasted the largest unsupported concrete dome in the world for 2,000 years.
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What Will Happen to Yahya Sinwar’s Body?
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, at a rally in 2021 in Gaza City.
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Hamas Says Its Demands Are Unchanged as Biden Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire
A portrait of Yahya Sinwar was held aloft at a rally on Friday in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
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Sinwar’s Final Moments: On the Run, Hurt, Alone, but Still Defiant
A still from a video captured by an Israeli drone shows a man whom Israeli officials later identified as Yahya Sinwar shortly before he was killed.
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Lebanon Issues Rare Criticism of Iran Over ‘Blatant Interference’
“The issue of negotiating to implement international resolution 1701 is being undertaken by the Lebanese state,” Mr. Mikati said on Friday.
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Sinwar’s Death Was a Victory for Israel. But Can the U.S. Persuade It to ‘Take the Win’?
With the death of Yahya Sinwar on Thursday, President Biden’s hopes of a quickly assembled deal before he leaves office may be buried with the longtime terror leader.
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U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Southern Lebanon Will Remain, U.N. Official Says
The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, on patrol last week in Marjayoun, a mostly Christian area about five miles from the Israeli border.
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A ‘New Day’? Justices Step Back, Slightly, From an Aggressive Climate Stance.
West Virginia led the challenge to the E.P.A. rule, which would require power plants to capture greenhouse gas emissions.
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Italian Judges Strike Down Request to Hold Migrants in Albania
A ship carrying migrants intercepted in Italian waters arriving in Shengjin, Albania, on Wednesday.
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American Man Kidnapped, Taken Away on Boat in Philippines, Police Say
A police officer investigating in the area where Elliot Onil Eastman, an American living in the Philippines, was abducted on Thursday, according to the police.
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Yes, Ambassadors Can Get Away With Murder
A woman walking past the spot in Surrey, British Columbia, where Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Sikh cleric, was assassinated in 2023.
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India Aids U.S., but Is Stern With Canada, Amid Murder Plot Accusations
American prosecutors have accused an Indian intelligence official of orchestrating a plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh lawyer and activist who holds U.S. and Canadian citizenship.
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Much of Ireland Is an Ecological Desert. Meet the Man Who Wants to Rewild It.
Eoghan Daltun turned his farm in West Cork, Ireland, into a temperate rainforest. “Give it five or 10 years and things will be very different here,” he said.
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Yahya Sinwar’s Death Could Shake But Not Topple Hamas, Experts Say
Soldiers with al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, in Gaza City in 2011.
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Biden, in Germany, Urges Unwavering Support for Ukraine
From left, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Biden, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany and President Emmanuel Macron of France in Berlin on Friday.
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U.S. Indicts 2 Linked to Oct. 7 Cyberattack on Israeli Warning System
An apartment complex in Ashkelon, Israel, that was hit by rockets fired by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Friday Briefing
Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at a rally in 2021.
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Ukraine Draft Officers Detain Men After Concert Amid Ongoing Russia War
Draft officers and the police waited outside a Kyiv concert hall after a sold-out show by Okean Elzy, looking for men trying to dodge military service.
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U.S. Charges Indian Official in New York Assassination Plot
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, right, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia last month as President Biden spoke in Claymont, Del.
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David Lammy, U.K. Foreign Secretary, Visits China in Bid to Reset Relations
David Lammy speaking at the Labour Party conference last month. “Engagement with China is pragmatic and necessary to support U.K. and global interests,” he said in a statement released ahead of his visit to Beijing on Friday.
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Biden Talks to Netanyahu About Sinwar’s Death and Getting to a Cease-Fire
President Biden talking with reporters in Berlin, on Thursday.
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Friday Briefing: The Leader of Hamas is Dead
Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City last year.
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Behind Nigeria’s Fuel Tanker Explosion, a Fatal Quest for Cheap Gasoline
Victims of a tanker explosion receive treatment inside an ambulance at the Aminu Kano teaching hospital in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday.
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In Northern Gaza, Hunger Looms Over Daily Existence
Palestinians receiving vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, in August.
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What Yahya Sinwar’s Death Could Mean for the Gaza Cease-Fire Talks
Families and supporters of hostages, some noting the death of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, demonstrated on Thursday in favor of a truce in Tel Aviv.
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More Forests Are on Fire, a Big Risk in Climate Change Fight
A forest fire burning northeast of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in 2021.
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Biden Prepares Quick, Rescheduled Visit to Germany, a Key Ally
President Biden preparing to board Air Force One, en route to Berlin, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Thursday.
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Yahya Sinwar, Leader of Hamas, Is Dead
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, greeting the audience at the International Quds Day festival in Gaza City last year.
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A Look at Hamas’s Leadership Following Sinwar’s Death
Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City last year.
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Meloni’s Balancing Act: Centrist Abroad, Right Wing at Home
The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, at a session in Rome related to an upcoming European Council meeting. She has moved away from her past association with hard-right politics.
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The U.K. Will Debate Legalizing Assisted Dying. Here’s What to Know.
Demonstrators rally in support of assisted dying in April outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
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U.S. Wrestles With Aiding Allies and Maintaining Its Own Weapons Supply
A THAAD antiballistic missile system in Guam last year. The United States has announced plans to send a similar system to Israel.
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Gazans So Malnourished That They Could Face Famine, Report Warns
Palestinians gathering to receive food aid in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, in August.
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Egypt Replaces Its Powerful Spy Chief, a Key Gaza Mediator
A photo made available by the Egyptian presidency in 2023 of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, center, and Gen. Abbas Kamel, second from right, the head of the country’s intelligence services.
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Fan Bingbing, Once China’s Top Actress, Returns to Film Years After Tax Scandal
Fan Bingbing in Beijing in 2019. The year before, she was at the peak of her career.
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Zelensky Outlines Ukraine’s ‘Victory Plan’ to EU Leaders
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left with Charles Michel of the European Council, told a gathering in Brussels that Russia would “resort to diplomacy” only “when it sees that it cannot achieve anything by force.”
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Why Thomas Tuchel Was the Right Choice for England. And the Wrong One, Too.
Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Was Killed After a Surprise Battlefield Encounter
Live Updates: Hopes Dim for an Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza
Israel Destroys Nearly All of a Lebanese Village, Photos and Videos Show
How Israel Found and Killed Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza