Terms of Proposed Israel-Hezbollah Cease-Fire Begin to Take Shape, Officials Say
The aftermath of an Israeli strike in Mar Elias, central Beirut, Lebanon, on November 18.
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Israel Rallies Around Netanyahu Over I.C.C. Warrant, for Now
Next month, Mr. Netanyahu is expected to take the stand in his own corruption trial. He has been charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate but interrelated cases.
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As Ukraine Fires U.S. Missiles, Putin Sends a Chilling Message
Ukrainian soldiers firing at advancing Russian troops in the Pokrovsk area in eastern Ukraine last week.
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Orban Invites Netanyahu to Hungary, Flouting I.C.C. Arrest Warrant
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orban, in Budapest in 2017.
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Pat King Found Guilty for Role in ‘Freedom Convoy’
Pat King, a prominent figure in Canada’s protests against Covid restrictions in 2022, surrounded by supporters on Friday while leaving court in Ottawa, Ontario.
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South Africa’s A.N.C. Rejects Jacob Zuma’s Appeal Against His Expulsion
Former South African President Jacob Zuma in court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in August.
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Ukraine Cancels Parliament Session, Citing a Warning Over a Missile Attack
Ukraine’s Parliament canceled a session on Friday over a warning that Russia could target the building.
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Russia Supplies Antiaircraft Missiles to North Korea, the South Says
Kim Jong-un of North Korea with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a broadcast shown in Seoul this month.
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Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Accused of Spying for Russia and Iran
Oslo at sunset. Authorities in Norway have arrested a man who worked as a security guard at the United States embassy there.
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Merkel Memoir Recalls What It Was Like Dealing With Trump and Putin
An awkward silence between Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office in 2017, shortly after his inauguration.
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The UK Faces a Dilemma: Cozy Up to Trump or Reconnect With Europe?
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain joined President Emmanuel Macron of France in Paris last week to celebrate Armistice Day.
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Brazilian Police Accuse Bolsonaro of Plotting a Coup
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former right-wing president, at a rally in February. The authorities say he encouraged supporters to storm the country’s capital in early 2023.
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Mali’s Junta Replaces Civilian Prime Minister With One of Its Own
Abdoulaye Maiga delivering remarks at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September. He was appointed as the new prime minister of Mali on Thursday after his predecessor made comments criticizing the junta.
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Bolsonaro’s Right Wing Movement Faces Backlash After Coup Accusations
Brazilian police are seeking charges against Jair Bolsonaro, the former far-right president, accusing him of taking part in a coup plot.
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At COP29 Politicians Are Talking About Climate Change. Here’s What’s Happening.
Fires and punishing heat in a suburb of Chennai, India, in May.
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At COP29, ‘Sewage Beer’ Is Just Fine
The Singaporean pavilion this week at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Friday Briefing
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Pam Bondi to be attorney general after Matt Gaetz, his first choice, withdrew from consideration.
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China’s Hacking Reached Deep Into U.S. Telecoms
“The barn door is still wide open, or mostly open,” Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, a former telecommunications executive, said in an interview.
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West Bank Settlement Supporters Have Big Hopes for Trump’s Presidency
Construction in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank in December.
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6 Airports in Northern Haiti Are Reopened to U.S. Flights
Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince has been closed to U.S. airlines since Nov. 12, but six airports in northern Haiti were reopened to American flights on Thursday.
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I.C.C. Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant Over Gaza War
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Yoav Gallant attending a military ceremony last month. Mr. Netanyahu removed Mr. Gallant as defense minister earlier this month.
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Friday Briefing: Gaetz Ends Bid for Attorney General
Matt Gaetz, left, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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U.N. Watchdog Censures Iran Over Nuclear Program Secrecy
The headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday.
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Netanyahu Aide Is Indicted Over Leaked Document on Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has accused Israeli prosecutors of aggressively cracking down on his aide while ignoring his critics’ leaks to the news media.
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Man Who Faked Kayaking Death Says in Video He’s ‘Safe’
Sheriff Mark A. Podoll of Green Lake County, Wis., played a video at a news conference on Thursday in which the man accused of faking his own death says that he is “safe, secure, no problem.”
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Trump’s Vow to End the War Could Leave Ukraine With Few Options
A Ukrainian artillery unit firing at Russian troops in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine last month. The election of Donald J. Trump as Ukraine suffers losses on the battlefield means less room for Ukraine to maneuver.
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Why Some Countries, Including the U.S., Won’t Join the I.C.C.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2022.
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Captain Tom’s Daughter Profited From the Charity in His Name
Captain Tom Moore raised nearly 40 million pounds, or $50.5 million, for the National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Netanyahu, Wanted by a Landmark Warrant, Now Faces a Smaller World
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel after a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September in New York City.
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Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Migrants
Migrants having breakfast on the roof of an abandoned factory in Barcelona in 2018. People who have been living in Spain for at least two years are eligible to apply for legal status.
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U.S. Defense Firms Are Warned About Russia’s Sabotage Campaign
Red Square in Moscow. Russia’s campaign increases the risk to American companies overseas, U.S. officials said.
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Why the ICC Issued Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders
The exterior of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, in September.
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At Least 38 Killed as Gunmen Ambush Shiite Convoys in Pakistan
Local residents and volunteers gathering for the arrival of victims at a hospital in Parachinar, in Pakistan’s Kurram district, on Thursday.
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Who Has the ICC Charged With War Crimes?
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, left, with Maria Lvova-Belova, also subject to an I.C.C. arrest warrant, in a photo released by Russian state media.
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Putin Escalates Threats to the West With New Ballistic Missile Launch
Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine last week.
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ICC Had Sought Warrants for 3 Hamas Leaders. At Least 2 Are Now Dead.
The court’s chief prosecutor initially sought arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders. From left to right: Ismail Haniyeh, Muhammad Deif and Yahya Sinwar.
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Israel Strikes Near Beirut as U.S. Envoy Pushes for a Cease-Fire in Lebanon
Smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike on the Dahiya, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday.
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Should Olaf Scholz Step Aside in the New Race for German Chancellor?
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, left, with Boris Pistorius, the country’s defense minister, during a session of Parliament earlier this month in Berlin.
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Bathing in Oil at a Climate Summit? It Leaves a Stain.
People from across the former Soviet Union flock to the health resorts in Naftalan, Azerbaijan, to bathe in the area’s oil.
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How Forced Labor and Hysterectomies Are Darkly Linked in India
Pushpa Pawar, 31, standing with relatives in the village of Kolgaon, India. Ms. Pawar’s husband, Prahlad Pawar, a cane cutter, said that the couple and their children had been detained by a contractor and forced to work as servants.
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Why Mexico Isn’t Panicking About Another Trump Presidency
President-elect Donald J. Trump speaks during a meeting of the House of Representatives G.O.P. Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, on Nov. 13.
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Canada Prepares for Immigration Surge After Trump Vows Mass Deportation
Migrants who had crossed the border from Canada, many of them from India, talking to taxi drivers in Plattsburgh, N.Y., who were offering rides to New York City.
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Abused Workers in India’s Sugar Industry Face Worse Fates if They Quit
Prahlad Pawar, 34, right, with his wife, Pushpa Pawar, 31, in Kolgaon, western India. The Pawars say their employer made them work as his personal servants in the off-season. They eventually escaped, hiking for days back to their village.
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COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Are Teetering
The Chinese delegation pavilion in Baku, Azerbaijan. Newly industrialized countries like China and India are part of an effort to secure trillions in climate financing.
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Russia Gifts Bears and a Lion to North Korea
A lion at the Pyongyang Zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Wednesday, after being transferred from the Moscow Zoo, in a handout photo from Russia’s natural resources ministry.
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Thursday Briefing
Matt Gaetz appeared with Senator JD Vance in Washington.
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Israel and Iran Seemed on the Brink of a Bigger War. What’s Holding Them Back?
People stand near the remains of a missile near the Dead Sea, in Israel, in October.
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Accusations of “Race-Shifting” Prompt Canadian Cabinet Minister to Resign
Randy Boissonnault stepped down as Canada’s employment minister on Wednesday, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Senate Rejects Bernie Sanders’s Bills to Block Weapons Transfers to Israel
People running toward humanitarian aid packages dropped over the northern Gaza Strip in April.
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Thursday Briefing: U.S. Anti-Personnel Mines for Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier outside Toretsk, in October.
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U.S. Casts Sole Vote Against Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution
Robert A. Wood, the American ambassador to the U.N., raising his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza, on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York City.
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What Are Anti-Personnel Mines?
An emergency services worker holds a sign warning that the nearby forest is mined as his colleague clears a path in Sosnove, Ukraine.
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Vatican Sets Out New Rules to Simplify Papal Funerals
Pope Francis during the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI last year. From the beginning of his papacy, Francis has used symbols to break from the formality and pomp that has long marked the Roman Catholic Church.
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U.S. and Europeans Move to Censure Iran for Nuclear Secrecy
The Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, in April.
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John Prescott, Former UK Deputy Prime Minister, Dies at 86
Deaths of at Least 5 Tourists in Laos Raise Alarm About Tainted Drinks
Ukraine Strikes Inside Russia With U.S. Missiles