Worker in Netanyahu Office Accused of Leaking Classified Documents in Israel: What to Know
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, left, and the country’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, on Thursday.
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In Northern Gaza, Staying and Evacuation Both Carry Deadly Risks
Ramy Nasr and two of his daughters, Lamar, left, and Dana, about a month before the war started.
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Trial Over Killing of Teacher Samuel Paty Begins in France
A courthouse in Paris on Monday where eight people went on trial in connection with the killing of Samuel Paty. The assailant was killed by the police.
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Indonesian Tribe Adopts Korean Hangul to Preserve Ancient Cia-Cia Language
Teaching Hangul, the Korean alphabet, to Cia-Cia children in Baubau, Indonesia. People trying to preserve the tribe’s spoken language found that the Korean script was a good fit for it.
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Heavy Rains Hit Spain, Still Reeling From Deadly Flooding
Cleanup efforts in Alfafar, Spain, on Monday. The municipality is in the Valencia region, which was hardest hit by last week’s flash floods.
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An Iranian American Was Arrested in Iran, U.S. Confirms
Demonstrators mark the 45th anniversary of Iran’s takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
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At Least 10 Killed in Indonesia After Volcano Erupts
Smoke billows from Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki as seen from Klatanlo village, in East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, on November 4, 2024, after it erupted overnight.
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Smog Will Shut Schools in Pakistan’s 2nd-Largest City for a Week
Students wearing masks to school in Lahore on Monday. Primary schools in the city are being closed this week after the city reached record levels of air pollution.
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Trump or Harris Victories Offer Different Futures for Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine firing a howitzer at Russian positions in June.
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Sikh Activists See It as Freedom. India Calls It Terrorism.
Khalistan flags last year in Surrey, British Columbia. India has repeatedly accused Khalistan-related activists in countries like Canada of sponsoring gang warfare, drug trafficking and extortion in India.
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After Floods in Spain, Protesters Throw Mud at King Felipe VI and Officials
Volunteers sweep the mud from a street in the aftermath of the flooding, in Alfafar, near Valencia, Spain on Saturday.
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Thousands of Children in Gaza Get 2nd Dose of Polio Vaccine
Palestinian children arriving for their vaccinations at a hospital in Gaza City on Saturday.
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Polish Radio Station Uses A.I. to Interview Dead Nobel Laureate
Mariusz Marcin Pulit, who runs Radio Krakow and niche stations operating under its umbrella like Off Radio Krakow, said his only goal with the experiment was to revive a station that had few listeners.
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A Lebanese Town Tries to Stay Out of Israel-Hezbollah War
A boy, displaced from his family’s border village home, playing in the courtyard of the Kfeir public high school in Hasbayya province, Lebanon, last month.
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Monday Briefing
Early voting in Michigan on Sunday.
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Pro-West Leader Wins High-Stakes Vote in Former Soviet Republic
Maia Sandu, who won re-election as Moldova’s president, celebrating the election runoff’s preliminary results in Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, on Sunday.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Germany Shuts 3 Iranian Consulates Over Execution of German-Iranian
Monday Briefing: The Final Set of Times/Siena Election Polls
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