How 9/11 Helped Create Regional Clout for Iran
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps at a government-organized march in Tehran in April.
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E.U. Offers to Make Canada ‘Associate Member’ as U.S. Ties Weaken for Both
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday.
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The Election May Be a Snoozefest, but Russians Fear What Could Follow
An ad for the United Russia party in Moscow on Tuesday. A three-day election will offer little formal outlet for voters to register discontent over the growing reverberations of the war in Ukraine.
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In the Age of A.I., Some in China Wonder if Learning English Is Worth the Trouble
An English class at Gaopui Village Primary School in Liuzhou city, China, in 2023.
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Trump Bars Some South Africans Over Claims of Anti-White Discrimination
President Trump and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa meeting in the Oval Office in Washington last year.
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Migrants Fear Discrimination After Far Right Surge in German State
Members and supporters of the Alternative for Germany party celebrating its strong performance in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.
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Can an Island Nation’s Rugby Dreams Change Its Fortunes?
Children playing rugby league in Hanuabada, Papua New Guinea.
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It’s Boom Time in Kyrgyzstan, Courtesy in Part of the War in Ukraine
A currency exchange board in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital. The city has seen rapid development in recent years.
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Ukraine and Russia Say There Is No Energy Truce, Despite Trump’s Claims
A gas station in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on Tuesday after a strike by a Russian drone.
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Yemen’s Houthis Show Growing Sophistication and Self-Reliance in Weaponry
Smoke from an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia after a Houthi attack last week.
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Gulf Arabs Seek Options After U.S. Bases Did Not Deter Iran
Smoke billowed from an oil refinery in Bahrain after an Iranian strike in March. The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has exposed the vulnerabilities of Gulf countries like Bahrain.
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Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World
Public transportation workers went on strike in Quezon City, Philippines, on Monday to protest high fuel prices.
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Kosovo’s Former Leader Is Sentenced to 25 Years in War Crimes Case
Hashim Thaci, right, in court in The Hague in 2020.
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A Corruption Case Spawns Memes and Indignation Among Ukrainians
Corruption allegations against his office have toppled Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko.
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Japan Reaches a Unique Milestone, With More Than 100,000 People Aged 100 or Over
Tomeyo Ono, right, a centenarian in Soma, Fukushima, last year.
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The A.I. Doomsday Skeptics
A protest at Anthropic’s head office in San Francisco in July.
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Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill Teenager and Civil Defense Worker, Official Says
Body bags for two Palestinians who, medics said, were killed in an Israeli strike. They were at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday.
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How Electric Cars Took Hold in Australia
Australians have been buying more electric cars over the past few years.
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Harry and Meghan Change Children’s School After Talks With Security Team
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in Bondi Beach, Australia, in April. The couple recently moved back to Britain from the United States with their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5.
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Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality
Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft and the chairman of the Gates Foundation, has warned that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to jobs and human life.
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Houthis Report Deadly Saudi Airstrikes as Kingdom Issues Mass Alerts
Displaced people in a temporary shelter in the city of Aden, Yemen, on Saturday.
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Denmark Says Russian Warship Fired Flares at Military Helicopter
Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, in June. He said on Tuesday that it was “unacceptable” that a Russian frigate had fired flares at a Danish air force helicopter.
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Carney Pitches Canada as a Haven of Investment Stability in a Chaotic World
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivering opening remarks during the start of the second day of the 2026 Canada Investment Summit in Toronto.
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Lucy Letby Murder Inquiry Says Some Babies’ Deaths Were Avoidable
Members of the news media in 2023 outside the Countess of Chester Hospital, where Lucy Letby worked.
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What Do the Houthis Want?
Houthi supporters during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, in July.
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British Man Pleads Guilty to Drugging and Raping Wife Over 20 Years
Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, in Manchester, England, where a British man stood trial on charges of drugging and raping his wife.
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Syrians Protest as Surge in Fuel Prices Adds to Cost-of-Living Crisis
Many Syrians have called for increases in fuel prices to be canceled. Gas prices were raised 25 percent.
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‘NAZA,’ Israeli Film About Killings in Gaza, Faces Backlash
Rachel Szor, right, and Yuval Abraham, the film’s directors, at the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival last week.
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Saudi Leader Meets U.S. Commander as Houthi Attacks Threaten Oil Markets
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, last month. Prince Mohammed held talks on Monday with Adm. Brad Cooper, who leads U.S. Central Command.
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France Mocked U.S. for Human Rights Vote, Then Quietly Apologized
Aurélien Lechevallier, whom France has nominated as its ambassador to Washington, in Paris in 2024.
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Russian Strike on Train Station Near Ukraine-Poland Border Seen as Warning to Kyiv’s Allies
A photograph released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine after a Russian drone strike at a train station in Lutsk, near the border with Poland, on Saturday.
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Modi Served World Leaders a Meatless Meal, and His Critics Pounced
Food stalls at the BRICS summit in New Delhi on Sunday. The summit’s all-vegetarian gala dinner was held the previous evening.
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China’s Top Spy Chief Warns A.I. Is a Threat to Party Rule
The Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China’s spy chief called for more party control over A.I. and stricter government oversight of the industry.
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Saudi Arabia Faces ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ After Iran’s Attacks and Trump’s Rebuffs
A satellite photo from Vantor shows the Saudi Arabia East-West pipeline, after it was attacked last week.
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The New Moscow: A Digital Utopia Doubling as a Surveillance Trap
A delivery robot in Moscow this year. While Russians are enjoying new technological advances, they are also the framework for an increasingly surveilled society.
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A.I. Queries From Abroad Raise Fears of a Biological Weapons Race
The threat of biological weapons has hung over the world for decades now.
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Global Warming Will Breach the 1.5 Degree Celsius Limit. Now What?
Wildfires burning in southwestern France this summer.
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She Bashed the Government on a Private Call. Then She Was Detained for Months
The building in which Star Sabga was under house arrest in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, this month.
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Landmark Vote Held in Restive Muslim Autonomous Region in the Philippines
A polling station in Cotabato, the Philippines, on Monday.
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Why Scandals Don’t Bring Down Politicians Anymore
Ken Paxton, who had been indicted on felony charges and impeached for a list of allegations, won the Texas Republican primary for Senate this year.
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on September 2026
More Than 120 Are Unaccounted For After Ferry Sinks in Indonesia
An image taken from video showing a capsized passenger ferry after it overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday.
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Trump Promises to Lift Tariffs on Irish Whiskey After Appeals
President Donald Trump addresses the media at the Amgen Irish Open on Sunday.
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Russian Strikes on Ukraine Hits Near David Petraeus, ex-C.I.A. Chief
A photo released by the Ukrainian state railway on Sunday showing a damaged locomotive at the Yahodyn railway station.
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Trump’s Supercharged Social Media
During Independence Day celebrations in Washington in July.
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King Charles Will Convene A.I. Leaders Amid Calls to Slow Development
King Charles III of Britain in Cambridge, England, in July.
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Okinawa Elects a Conservative Amid Fears About China and the Economy
Genta Koja, a conservative, celebrating in Naha city, Japan, on Sunday after he was projected as the victor in the election for governor of Okinawa.
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on September 2026
Meeting Between Iran and Arab States Postponed as Mideast Diplomacy Stalls
A motorboat passing a cargo ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, last week.
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How Iran’s Hard-liners Blew Up the Peace Deal with Trump
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran, next to the honor guard, at the funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran in July.
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Trump’s Canadian Tariffs Tear at Bond Between Twins Towns in Ontario and Michigan
The Algoma Steel Inc. mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, was founded in 1901 and began operation the following year.
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How One Man’s Quest for a Musketeer’s Bones Got Him Locked Up
The Church of Saint Peter and Paul in Maastricht, where the bones were found.
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An Irish Castle Keeps a Piece of a Times Reporter’s Past
Dunguaire Castle in Kinvara, Ireland, was built around 1510 as a defensive lookout and residence. It has been closed to the public for three years.
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An Heir to a Thai Beer Empire Accused His Brother of Sexual Abuse. Then He Took on His Family.
Houthis Claim They Downed Saudi Fighter Jet After Being Accused of Targeting Mecca
The World Economy Is Becoming Wary of the U.S.
Does the Stork’s Return to Britain Restore History or Rewrite It?
Along Himalayan Floods’ Path, Wiped Out Towns and Mounting Grief