French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu Resigns
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France in Paris on Friday. He quit less than 24 hours after he had formed a cabinet.
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Ukraine’s Secret Weapons Spending Faces Questions After Internal Review
A Ukrainian artillery crew preparing to fire toward Russian positions in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine last year.
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Snowstorm Traps Hundreds of Everest Hikers
A still image taken from a video showed trekkers leaving their campsite, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummeled the Himalayas, in the Tibet Region, China, on Sunday.
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Syria Chooses a Parliament of Revolutionaries
The spokesman for Syria’s electoral committee, Nawar Najma, announces results of the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, at a news conference in Damascus on Monday.
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Appeal Trial Opens in Gisèle Pelicot Rape Case
The Nîmes courthouse in southern France on Sunday.
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What to Know as Gisèle Pelicot Returns to Court for Man’s Appeal
Gisèle Pelicot in December in Avignon, France, during the trial of her ex-husband and the men who were convicted of raping and abusing her.
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Greta Thunberg Among Hundreds From Gaza Aid Flotilla Deported by Israel
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish activist, arriving at an airport in Athens on Monday after being deported from Israel.
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Russia Welcomes Trump’s Blessing of Proposal to Extend Caps on Nuclear Weapons
A RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system drives across Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow in May.
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A Chilling New Tactic in Nicaragua: Arrest, Then Silence
Nicaragua’s co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, in Managua this month in a photograph released by state media.
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A Timeline of Dominique Pelicot’s Rape Trial in France
Gisèle Pelicot, center, allowed the trial to be public, saying she wanted society to change the way it dealt with rape.
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A Pacific Gateway Shows the Kremlin’s Grip on Russia’s Vast Expanse
The city is dominated by gray Soviet-era apartment blocks.
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With Sébastien Lecornu’s Resignation, France Faces Increasing Turmoil
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France in Paris on Monday after making the announcement that he had resigned, just a day after naming his government.
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Can Sweet Songs Prevail Over Bloody Ones? Mexico Is Giving It a Try.
Mike León, from Guanajuato, and Brian Sebastián Muñoz, from Los Angeles, during their performance in the final of Mexico Canta on Sunday.
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A Former Israeli Hostage Is Freed From Hamas, but Not Captivity
Freed From Hamas, but Not CaptivityBack home in Israel, an ex-hostage fights for those left behind.
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Trump Calls Off Diplomatic Outreach to Venezuela
Richard Grenell, a special presidential envoy and executive director of the Kennedy Center, had been leading negotiations with Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and other top Venezuelan officials.
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Marine Park in Ontario Warns It May Euthanize Beluga Whales Without Cash Infusion
Beluga whales swimming in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 2023.
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Nobel Prizes 2025: What to Know
A Nobel Prize medal at the National Library of Colombia in Bogota.
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We May Know Why Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance Really Sank
The Endurance, in the background, stuck in ice in August 1915 during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton. In the foreground, a dog sled team on a food-gathering expedition.
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Pilots Demand India Ground Boeing 787s to Investigate Use of Emergency System
Air India said that one of its Boeing planes used an emergency system to land in Birmingham, England, on Saturday. It was at least the second time this year the system has been used on an Air India flight.
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The Pelicot Trial: A Timeline
Gisèle Pelicot leaving the courthouse in Avignon, France, last November during the trial of her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot.
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Drones, Democracy and the War in Ukraine
In the Donetsk region of Ukraine last year.
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Macron Appoints French Cabinet, but Doubts Over Government’s Stability Persist
The French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, in Paris on Friday.
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Leader of U.K. Conservatives Vows to Deport 150,000 People a Year
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party, pledged to create a new removals force with far-reaching powers modeled on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in the United States.
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Strong-Armed by Trump, Netanyahu Embraces Gaza Deal as a Personal Win
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the White House following a meeting with President Trump last week.
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Donald Trump, the Sports Fan
President Trump at the U.S. Open last month.
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Russia Targets Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure With Deadly Bombardment
A wounded man being carried after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine.
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Rubio Says U.S. Wants Quick Deal to Bring Gaza Hostages Home
A protest on Saturday in Tel Aviv calling for the release of Israeli hostages and an end to the war in Gaza.
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Floods and Landslides in Nepal Worsen Woes of a Nation in Flux
A flooded street along the bank of an overflowing river after heavy rain in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Saturday.
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Typhoon Matmo Makes Landfall in Southern China
Preparing for Typhoon Matmo at an airport in Hainan Province on Saturday.
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Syria Chooses Its First Parliament Since End of Civil War
The Parliament building in Damascus. Some have welcomed the elections as a step toward democracy, but parts of the country will not be represented.
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At a Protest for a Deal, Israelis Wrestle With a Mix of Emotions
Demonstrators gathered at “Hostages Square” in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The American president was not at the protest, but he was the person the people in Tel Aviv looked to with hope.
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Netanyahu Defends Wartime Leadership, Saying Hostage Deal Is Within Reach
Demonstrators gathered outside the residence of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, during an anti-government protest organized by families of the hostages taken captive by Hamas, in Jerusalem on Saturday.
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Andrej Babis Likely to Return as Czech Prime Minister After Parliamentary Win
Andrej Babis, leader of the Ano party and a former prime minister of the Czech Republic, celebrating election results in Prague on Saturday.
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George Clooney’s 2025 Albie Awards Draw a Crowd of Celebrities in London
After three years in New York, the Clooneys moved the event moved to London for 2025.
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Russian Drones Hit 2 Passenger Trains, Ukraine Says
A photo released by the Ukrainian Railway on Saturday showed a train on fire at a station in Shostka, Ukraine.
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Here’s the latest.
Images of Israeli hostages, still held by Hamas inside Gaza, on a banner at a beach in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
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Synagogue Attack Increases Pressure on Starmer in the U.K.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and his wife, Victoria, on Friday in Manchester, England, where a synagogue was attacked on Thursday.
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Ivan Klima, Czech Novelist Who Chafed Under Totalitarian Regimes, Dies at 94
Ivan Klima in 1992, three years after he withdrew from public life to focus almost entirely on writing. He had recently emerged from 20 years of enforced literary silence.
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Sanae Takaichi Is Likely to Be Japan’s Next Leader. Who Is She?
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, celebrated in Tokyo on Saturday.
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For the New Archbishop of Canterbury, Nursing Roots Could Bring a Pastoral Sensibility
Sarah Mullally, newly appointed as the archbishop of Canterbury, on Friday in Canterbury Cathedral in England.
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For Netanyahu, Trump’s Nod to Peace Puts Him in a Tough Spot
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump speaking at the White House last week.
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Best Intentions
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What You Want to See Emerge From the Canada Post Walkout
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers immediately rejected Canada Post’s latest offer on Friday.
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Canada Post Strike Poses Challenges for Remote Communities
All residents of Fort Simpson have a post office box and rely on Canada Post as the only mail service in the community.
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Netanyahu Says Israel and Hamas Are on the Brink of a Hostage Deal
Images of Israeli hostages, still held by Hamas inside Gaza, on a banner at a beach in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
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Trying to Survive Gaza’s War-Torn Present, and Hoping for a Future
Pakistan Fights Its Fiercest Taliban Insurgency in a Decade
Israel and Hamas Meet in Egypt to Discuss Gaza Peace Plan
Israel at War With Itself
President Trump and the Supreme Court
Jilly Cooper, Widely Popular Romance Novelist, Is Dead at 88
Amid the Gaza War, Israel Is More Divided and Isolated Than Ever
Trapped in the Homes They Thought Would Protect Them