Europe Unites to Pressure Israel, Breaking With U.S.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain, right, meeting last week with President Emmanuel Macron of France. They have united to pile pressure on Israel.
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U.S. Takes Aim at New Target in Deadly Boat Strike Campaign
An image released by the U.S. military shows what it says is a floating refueling station being boarded last week. The Trump administration has said that refueling vessels support drug trafficking operations.
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Iran Signals Readiness to Escalate War With U.S. Amid Rising Economic Pressure
Iranians are feeling the strain of the war, which has made a longstanding economic crisis worse.
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Police Expand Investigation Into Reform U.K. After Undercover Sting
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform U.K., with his security team during the party’s annual conference in Birmingham, England, on Saturday.
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Ukraine’s Unexpected $27 Billion Budget Gap Rattles Europe
President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed military forces and European leaders during Ukraine’s Independence Day in Kyiv last month.
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Singapore’s Prime Minister Gets a Big Raise
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong of Singapore arriving for the ASEAN summit in the Philippines in May.
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Thousands Gather for Funeral of Norway’s King Harald
The funeral procession for King Harald V in Oslo on Wednesday. The king was a popular figure, affectionately called the “Grandfather of Norway,”
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This Tiny Anti-Establishment Party May Put Germany’s Far Right in Power
Sahra Wagenknecht, founder of Germany’s Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, campaigning in Saxony-Anhalt this month.
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Israel’s Election Campaign Is Heating Up. Here’s Who’s Running.
A campaign event in Jerusalem last month for the Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Nepal’s Flood Relief Workers Feel the Pain of Trump’s Cuts to U.S.A.I.D.
Houses buried in mud and debris in the Nuwakot district of Nepal on Aug. 28, two days after a glacial collapse caused devastating floods.
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In England — Yes, England — Tea and Cantaloupe Grow as the Climate Warms
Farming tea on Mark Wyatt’s land in Sussex, England.
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Why This Small Dutch Town Is Teaching ‘Adolescence’ in School
Gijs Korenblik, center left, a teacher in Warnsveld, the Netherlands, showing a scene from the Netflix series “Adolescence” to one of his classes in May.
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Why Israel Reacted With Fury to U.K. Sanctions on West Bank Settlements
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem on Tuesday. He has sought to convince voters that the diplomatic pressure from Europe is another reason to rally around him.
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Travelers Face More Flight Delays After Major Air Traffic Disruption at UK Airports
People in line at the check-in desks at London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday.
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Tung Chee-hwa, Who Led Hong Kong After Its Return to China, Dies at 89
Tung Chee-hwa on July 1, 1997, the day he became Hong Kong’s first leader after it was returned to Chinese control.
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U.S. Hits 5 Iranian Oil Tankers, Citing Attempted Strikes on Warship
A satellite image released by the European Space Agency showing Kharg Island, a key oil export terminal for Iran.
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Canada’s Carney Doubles Down on Pivot Away from the United States
Prime Minister Mark Carney, a former investment banker and central bank governor, is working to draw global investors to Canada.
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Before Oct. 7 Attack, Netanyahu Was Warned, Report Says. He Denies It.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a news conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
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Impunity in the West Bank
A Palestinian and a settler in a West Bank village in July.
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Carney Says Retaliation Against U.S. Tariffs Was Unavoidable
Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that American trade negotiators were seeking Canadian dependency, not partnership.
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Hungary Expels 10 Russian Diplomats, Signaling a Shift
Hungary’s foreign minister, Anita Orban, in May. She accused the expelled Russians of having acted in ways unacceptable under a convention that bars diplomatic interference.
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Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Provocative Trump Map
Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir of Iceland, in Reykjavik, the Icelandic capital, in August. She has been a forceful critic of President Trump.
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Bombardier Shares Down as Trump’s Trade War Targets Canadian Jet Maker
Planes in production on the factory floor at a Bombardier plant in Mississauga, Ontario, in 2024.
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Eiffel Tower Workers Strike, Saying Women Were Excluded From Hindu Group’s Visit
A delegation from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha group, known as BAPS, visited the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.
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Israeli Allies Ban Trade With Settlements as U.K. Cites ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Palestinian villagers harvesting olives in the village of Turmus Aya, with Israeli settlements in the background, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank in 2025.
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AfD’s Far Right Win Puts New Pressure on Germany’s Leader Merz
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor and the Christian Democratic Union party leader, at a press briefing in Berlin on Monday.
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Australian Social Media Users Could Get Power to Switch Off Algorithms
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Australian Communications Minister Anika Wells last year.
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Russia Bombards Kyiv Soon After Witkoff, Kushner Leave
Firefighters at the site of a Russian missile attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. By early Tuesday morning, waves of Russian ballistic and cruise missiles were once again headed toward Kyiv.
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Rubio Meets Colombia’s Leader, Cites Progress on Security and Tariffs
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking at a cabinet meeting last week.
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Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis Edge Back to the Brink of War
Members of the Houthi security force standing guard in Sanaa, Yemen, in July.
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Online Posts Show Families’ Grief for Flood Victims on Tibet’s Side of China-Nepal Border
Rescue workers at Gyirong Port in Tibet on Sunday, during a state-guided tour for foreign reporters. Chinese officials have said that their release of information has been transparent and timely.
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Containing Germany’s Far Right
AfD leaders celebrating in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday.
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Britain Set to Target Israeli West Bank Settlements With Trade Ban
Israeli policemen in the West Bank, in August. The Israeli government has shrugged off international condemnation and continued to promote building settlements in the occupied territory.
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Nazi-Looted Painting in Real Estate Listing Must Be Returned
Ariel Bassano, a visual arts teacher, left, standing next to the painting “Portrait of a Lady” at the public prosecutor’s office in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The 18th-century work had been missing for eight decades.
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Philippines Lawmaker, Cousin of Marcos, Charged With Taking Kickbacks
Martin Romualdez, at the House of Representatives in Manila last year.
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Germany’s ‘Firewall’ Against the Far Right Is Being Tested as Never Before
Ulrich Siegmund, an Alternative for Germany candidate, speaking in Magdeburg, Germany, after Saxony-Anhalt state elections on Sunday.
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Building Housing Students Collapses in New Delhi, Killing at Least 7
Rescuers clear debris at the site of a collapsed building in New Delhi, on Monday.
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They Went to Ukraine on the ‘Peace Express.’ Detours Are Likely Ahead.
The U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, center, and Jared Kushner, right, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Mr. Kushner said “new ideas” were presented to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in a series of discussions on Sunday.
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Israel Launches Deadly Strikes in Lebanon as Military Campaign Intensifies
Workers sifted through rubble on Monday after an Israeli strike on a village in southern Lebanon.
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After Victory in German State, Far Right Needs Help to Take Power
Tino Chrupalla, left, and Alice Weidel, right, co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, with Ulrich Siegmund, center, the party’s leader in Saxony-Anhalt, in Berlin on Monday.
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Canada’s Retaliatory Tariffs Set to Take Effect as Trump Threatens to Escalate
The Blue Water Bridge, connecting Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Mich., this month.
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Noël Godin, Prankster Who Threw Pies at the Powerful, Dies at 80
Noël Godin in his backyard in Brussels in 1998. A self-described “anarcho-confectioner,” he led a gang of custard commandos.
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In Peru, the Trump Administration Sees the Limits of Its Anti-China Push
The enormous new Chinese-operated cargo port at Chancay, Peru, is a source of tension with Washington, but Peruvians see it as economically vital.
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How a Driver’s Sudden Death Triggered Ebola Panic in Congo
The Theme Park at the Heart of France’s Culture War
Video Shows Grocery Store Manager Saving Toddler From Oncoming Traffic
Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex?
Thousands of Serbs Gather to Mourn Ratko Mladic, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’