U.N. Accuses Israel of Killing 15 Rescue Workers in Gaza
The funeral for people who were killed in Gaza last month, marked by the logo of the Palestinian Red Crescent aid group in Khan Younis, on Monday.
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France’s Parliament Is Set to Debate Changing Rape Law to Include Consent
Pressure to change France’s rape law increased after the Pelicot trial. One poster showing her image says: “Survivors, fighters, together.”
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Netanyahu Drops Nominee for Spy Chief After Backlash
Eli Sharvit, a former commander of Israel’s navy, is being passed over for the country’s top intelligence job.
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‘I Am Disgusted’: Le Pen Voters Voice Outrage Over Her Conviction
Some of Marine Le Pen’s constituents watch her responding to her conviction for embezzlement, in Café de la Paix, Hénin-Beaumont, France on Monday.
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A Symbol of Mandalay’s Rapid Growth Comes Crashing Down in Earthquake
Rescue teams working to save residents trapped under the rubble of a Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday.
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Italy Tightens Citizenship Rules Amid Influx of Applications
Until last week, anyone who had an Italian ancestor who was alive after the country was formed in 1861 could seek citizenship.
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The UK Government Wouldn’t Ban Smartphones in Schools. These Parents Stepped Up.
Daisy Greenwell, right, and her husband, Joe Ryrie, center, in their home office in Suffolk, England, this month. They work with a small staff, including Nancy Waters, an operations manager, to run the Smartphone Free Childhood campaign.
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Pope Francis’ Health Continues to Improve, Vatican Says
Pope Francis made a brief public appearance last month, greeting well-wishers from a hospital balcony, before returning to the Vatican.
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China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan Are a Warning to Its President
A photo released by the Taiwan Defense Ministry showed what it said was the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong sailing in waters off Taiwan on Monday.
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As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening
Waiting to break the Ramadan fast this month at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Immigration Officials Detain Former Taliban Ambassador to Spain
Mohammad Rahim Wahidi was detained at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
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Venezuelan Migrants Ask Supreme Court to Block Deportations
A photograph released by El Salvador’s government showed U.S. deportees arriving at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, last month.
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Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s directive said that starting immediately, consular officers must refer certain student and exchange-visitor visa applicants to the fraud prevention unit for a mandatory social media check, according to two American officials.
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Are Coming, but at a Cost to U.S. Alliances
President Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Sunday, after spending the weekend at his private residence at Mar-a-Lago.
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Fourth U.S. Soldier Is Found Dead in Lithuania
A woman at a shrine in Lithuania for three U.S. soldiers who were found dead earlier this week. The body of a fourth soldier was found in Lithuania on Tuesday.
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Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
Waiting for a contraceptive implant procedure at a clinic in Epworth, Zimbabwe, in November.
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SpaceX Puts Humans in Orbit Over Earth’s Poles for the First Time
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching on Monday night in Florida with four private astronauts.
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Hooters Files for Bankruptcy, but Its Restaurants Will Stay Open
Hooters restaurants around the country will continue operating during the bankruptcy proceedings. As the company said on a site explaining the transaction, “It’s always hang time at Hooters.”
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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad
Dong Jingwei, the director of Beijing’s Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, speaking during an event last year.
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Tuesday Briefing
President Trump told NBC News he was “not joking” about the possibility of a third term in office, which the Constitution prohibits.
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There’s No Party Like an Iftar Party for Bangladesh’s Aspiring Leaders
Muslims preparing meals for iftar at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in March.
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Israel’s Military Strikes Near Beirut, Killing at Least 4
A damaged building near Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
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South Korea’s President Will Learn His Fate on Friday
The impeached president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, greeting supporters in Seoul last month.
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U.A.E. Sentences Three People to Death for Killing an Israeli Rabbi
The coffin of Rabbi Zvi Kogan during his funeral last year in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv.
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U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo
The administration has sent fewer than 400 men, at least half of them Venezuelans, to the base since February as part of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Le Pen’s Embezzlement Charges and What They Mean for France’s Democracy
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right National Rally, leaving her party’s headquarters in Paris on Monday.
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Prince Harry Resigns From Charity Amid Board Dispute: What to Know
Prince Harry at a Sentebale charity event in London in 2019.
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A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss
Greenpeace representatives outside the courthouse in Mandan, N.D., where the jury ruled against the environmental organization this month.
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Marine Le Pen’s Embezzlement Conviction: What to Know and What’s Next
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaving the courtroom in Paris Monday.
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Investigating a Sprawling Money Laundering Network
The Times reporter Selam Gebrekidan recently traveled to Sihanoukville, Cambodia, where she reported on scamming and money laundering.
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As Rescuers Work at Collapsed Bangkok Building, Those Who Found Love There Await News
Rescue operations in Bangkok on Monday, when the so-called golden window — the 72 hours in which survival is most likely — closed.
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Putin Keeps Pushing, With Trump and in Ukraine War
A building hit by drones in Sloviansk this month. Russian drones are bombarding Ukrainian cities with intense frequency and ferocity.
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Myanmar Quake Death Toll Tops 2,000 as Help Is Slow for War-Torn Sagaing
A bridge that collapsed in Sagaing, Myanmar, after the earthquake on Friday that largely cut off its 300,000 residents.
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Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation From Pakistan
The aftermath of a suicide bombing in March that killed 18 people at a military base in Pakistan. Pakistan accuses Afghanistan’s Taliban administration of sheltering Pakistani militants, a situation that has helped fuel Pakistan’s frequent deportation of Afghan refugees.
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Israel Issues Evacuation Order for Southern Gaza
Displaced Palestinians who fled Rafah arriving in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.
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Marine Le Pen Barred From French Presidential Run After Embezzlement Ruling
Marine Le Pen, head of the National Rally party, at the French Parliament in Paris in January. She was defeated in three successive presidential elections, in 2012, 2017 and 2022.
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A NATO Plane Tracks and Dodges Russia in the Baltic Sea
Crew members on board the Atlanc 2 monitor an array of computer monitors showing satellite and radar data along with real-time images beamed from a high-resolution camera.
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3 U.S. Soldiers Found Dead in Lithuania After Their Vehicle Sank in a Swamp
Rescue workers used excavators, pumps and other equipment to pull a 63-ton armored military vehicle from a bog in Lithuania. Four U.S. Army soldiers had been using the vehicle during a training exercise.
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Netanyahu Names New Israel Spy Chief Despite Showdown With Court
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Even as he prosecutes the war in Gaza, Mr. Netanyahu faces escalating judicial and political battles at home.
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Monday Briefing
A Ukrainian soldier in the Donetsk region in 2023.
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How Trump Supercharged Distrust, Driving U.S. Allies Away
President Trump, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, announcing plans for the Air Force’s new F-47 fighter in the Oval Office last week.
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Zimbabwe’s Leader Faces Call for Removal From Within His Own Party
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has described calls for him to step down as “treasonous.”
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As Tensions Escalate Between Trump and Europe, Meloni Is Caught in the Middle
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy speaking at the Senate in Rome this month.
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Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution
President Trump at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida on Friday.
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London Police Arrest Gaza Protest Planners at Quaker House
Six activists from the protest group Youth Demand were arrested at a Quaker meeting house in London on Thursday.
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Monday Briefing: Devastation in Myanmar
Rescuers at an apartment building in Mandalay, Myanmar.
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Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
Rescue workers carrying a victim trapped under a destroyed condominium building in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday.
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Marine Le Pen Could Be Banned From France Election if She’s Found Guilty of Embezzlement
Marine Le Pen and other members of her far-right party are accused of embezzling some $4.8 million in European Union funds.
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Hegseth Pledges to Step Up Military Cooperation With Japan and Deter China
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo on Sunday amid worries about the Trump administration’s security commitment to the region.
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on April 2025
Tuesday Briefing: A Shock Ruling in France
Druse Militia Refuse to Join Syria’s New Army