Khamenei Threatens Israel With ‘Crushing Response’ to Attacks
A sign in Tehran, Iran, reads “Another storm is coming” in Hebrew and Persian. Some Iranian officials have said their country would retaliate for Israel’s Oct. 26 strikes on Iran.
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Israel Says Elite Naval Commandos Abducted Hezbollah Operative
Lebanese soldiers on Saturday inspect the site where Israeli naval commandos are believed to have landed to abduct what Israel said was a Hezbollah operative in the coastal city of Batroun in northern Lebanon.
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German Government at Risk of Collapse After Rift on Economy
The three key leaders of Germany’s coalition government, from left, Robert Habeck of the Greens, the economic minister; Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats; and Christian Lindner of the Free Democratic Party, the finance minister, in September.
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Mexico Supreme Court Justice Seeks to Ease Political Tensions, but Obstacles Persist
Juan Luis González Alcántara, a justice of Mexico’s Supreme Court, is proposing what he considers a compromise over a judicial plan that would overhaul how nearly all the country’s judges are selected.
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Amid Flood Cleanup in Spain, Residents Try to Make Sense of the Disaster
A general view of the area affected by floods in Chiva, Spain, on Friday.
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In Mexico, Archaeologists Spot a Maya City Behind a Wall of Trees
In this lidar image released by Cambridge University Press, what archaeologists in Mexico say is a newly discovered lost Maya city, which they named Valeriana, is hidden deep in the southern jungle of Campeche, Mexico.
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To Join This Club, a Member Must Die. And You Must Adore Verdi.
Members of Club dei 27 singing “Va Pensiero” in celebration of Giuseppe Verdi last month outside his birthplace near Parma, Italy.
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Russia Showers Cash on Men Enlisting in Ukraine War, Bringing Prosperity to Some Towns
A recruitment center for military service in St. Petersburg, Russia, in April.
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Young African Voters Reject Liberation-Era Political Parties
Supporters of the winning candidate for president in Botswana cheering on Thursday at a counting center in Gaborone, the capital.
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Israel’s Peace Talks in Gaza and Lebanon: What to Know
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday.
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Can Iran and Israel Find a New Equilibrium?
A new billboard in Tehran with photos of President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on one side, labeled as “Warmongers,” and President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran and a military officer, on the other side.
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Photos of Trench Warfare in Ukraine in the Age of Drones
A Ukrainian soldier repels a Russian attack with a rocket-propelled grenade outside Toretsk, Ukraine this month.
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COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation
The talks, sponsored by the United Nations, were held in Cali, Colombia.
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Taking Time
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Abortion Rights Issue Surfaces in Canada Before U.S. Election
An anti-abortion rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in May.
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Canadian Police Say They Dismantled Country’s Largest Drug Lab
The police in British Columbia seized what they said was a record number of illicit drugs during a recent raid.
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How a Year of Rain Flooded Spain in Eight Hours
A pileup of cars in Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, after catastrophic rains.
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Dublin Crowds Turn Up for Halloween Parade That Wasn’t
People in Dublin awaiting floats and characters that would never arrive.
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New Zealand Airport Puts Hugs on a Timer
A sign informing travelers of the new rule in the passenger drop-off zone at Dunedin Airport in New Zealand, in October.
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Israel Strikes Near Lebanon’s Capital as Hopes for a Cease-Fire Fade
The aftermath of overnight Israeli airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, on Friday.
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As Russia Advances, U.S. Fears Ukraine Has Entered a Grim Phase
Damage from a Russian bombing attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, last month. Ukraine is losing territory in the east, and its forces inside Russia have been partially pushed back.
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Spain Braces for More Rain and Flooding as Rescuers Dig Through Debris
A woman clears mud off the street after heavy flooding in Paiporta, near Valencia, Spain, on Friday.
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Destructive Israeli Raid in West Bank Kills 5, Palestinians Say
The damaged headquarters of UNRWA, the U.N. agency that helps Palestinians, in the Nur Shams area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Friday after an Israeli raid in the area.
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As Famine Stalks Gaza, Farmers Lament Their Many Losses
Farmers inspecting the damage to a greenhouse after it was hit in a strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in January.
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Repression Intensifies in the Country Hosting a Major Climate Meeting
Azerbaijan will host the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP, in November in its capital city, Baku.
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She Was the First Nicaraguan to Be Crowned Miss Universe. Can She Ever Go Home?
Sheynnis Palacios, the first Nicaraguan to win the Miss Universe pageant, now lives in New York City as is customary for a year after winning the title.
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Botswana Voters Hand Governing Party a Stunning Rebuke
Botswana’s newly-elected President Duma Boko delivers his acceptance speech at the Mass Media Complex in Gaborone on Friday.
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Friday Briefing
Severe rain and flooding caused devastation in Paiporta, Spain.
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In Spanish Town Devastated by Flood, a Grim Search for Bodies
Residents of Paiporta, Spain, a town on the outskirts of Valencia, trying to clean a flood-ravaged street on Thursday.
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Mexico’s New President, Claudia Sheinbaum, Faces First Major Crisis
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico in Congress last month, after her swearing-in. Her party’s overhaul of the Mexican judiciary “will be an example to the world,” she has said.
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Trump Had an ‘America First’ Foreign Policy. But It Was a Breakdown in American Policymaking.
As president, Donald J. Trump was never a true isolationist, in spite of his rhetoric.
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Iranian Officials Threaten Retaliation for Israeli Strikes
Gen. Ali Fadavi, deputy chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, on Thursday indicated that Iran intends to retaliate for Israel’s recent attacks.
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U.S. Turns to China to Stop North Korean Troops From Fighting for Russia
President Xi Jinping of China and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, in a photograph released by the Chinese state media. China is North Korea’s longtime ally and its most powerful economic and military partner.
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‘Witches’ Marks’? Curses? Medieval Etchings Uncovered at Manor House
Gainsborough Old Hall, where a “staggering array” of carved ritual protection or apotropaic marks were found, in Lincolnshire County, England.
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Spain Flash Floods: Scenes From the Deluge
A flooded cemetery on the outskirts of Valencia, Spain, on Friday.
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Strike on Gaza Hospital Destroys UN Supplies, Palestinian Officials Say
Wounded Palestinians being treated this week at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip.
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The World Series Was Big in Japan. The TV Ratings Prove It.
Dodgers fans cheering at a bar in Tokyo on Thursday.
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U.S. Officials Try to Advance Israel’s Cease-Fire Talks With Hezbollah and Hamas
People searching through rubble at the site of an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
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Thursday Briefing
Early voting is underway in many states.
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North Korea, in the Spotlight Over Ukraine, Launches a Long-Range Missile
South Korean news coverage of North Korea’s missile test on Thursday, using file footage from an earlier launch.
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Mexico Passes Bill Barring Legal Challenges to Constitutional Changes
Mexico City legislators rally in favor of a judicial overhaul at the Mexico City Congress in mid-September this year.
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8 Supreme Court Justices in Mexico to Resign Ahead of Contentious Election
The Supreme Court building in Mexico City. Eight of the court’s 11 justices announced on Wednesday that they were resigning.
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U.S. Says It Killed Islamic State Militants in Syria
U.S. forces patrolling in Syria last month.
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Flash Floods in Spain Kill at Least 205: What to Know
Damaged vehicles lie in flood waters at an industrial complex in the province of Valencia, Spain.
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Was This Scrap of Cloth Once a Tunic Worn by Alexander the Great?
A statue of Alexander the Great in Athens. Antonis Bartsiokas, a paleoanthropologist, has claimed that fabric found in a tomb believed to have held the remains of Alexander’s father, Philip II, actually belonged to Alexander himself.
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Germany Shuts 3 Iranian Consulates Over Execution of German-Iranian
Kemi Badenoch, New Leader of the U.K.’s Tories, Vows to Make the Party More Conservative
Rúben Amorim, Manchester United and the Burden of History
How Wagner’s Ruthless Image Crumbled in Mali
Can Axions Save the Universe?
Friday Briefing: The Global Stakes of the U.S. Election
After Flash Floods in Spain, Rescuers and Residents Face a Grim Scene
Thursday Briefing: U.S. Voters Focus on the Economy
Two Black Holes are Giving the Cosmos a Fright