Pope Leo Lands in Turkey, Planning to Meet Erdogan With a Message of Outreach
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday visited the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey and its first president.
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Rocket Attack on Iraqi Gas Field Cuts Power to Most of Kurdistan
The Khor Mor gas field after a rocket attack in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Thursday.
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Trump Cut Europe Out of Ukraine Talks. Here’s How Europe Pushed Back.
President Trump with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Netherlands in June.
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Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
A photo released by Russian state media showed President Vladimir V. Putin meeting with Steve Witkoff in Moscow in August. The two are scheduled to meet again next week.
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Russia Labels Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Group as Terrorist Organization
Flowers and other tributes left on Aleksei A. Navalny’s grave in Moscow after he died in an Arctic penal colony last year.
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Trump shuts the door to Afghans who face crises at home.
Residents filling up barrels during a water shortage in Kabul, Afghanistan, this year. The country has been gripped by humanitarian crises under Taliban rule.
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France Creates Voluntary Military Service as Europe Faces Russian Threat
President Emmanuel Macron of France on Thursday in the French Alps, where he announced a paid, voluntary military service.
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The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.
Anti-migrant protesters outside a hotel in Scotland in August. Despite public perception, migrants who come ashore on small boats represent a fraction of overall immigration to Britain.
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Pope Leo Visits Turkey on His First Trip as Pontiff
Pope Leo XIV at the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara, Turkey.
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Heading to the Mideast, Pope Leo May Show ‘Who He Really Is’
Pope Leo XIV at the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday.
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‘No Alarm Went Off’: Hong Kong Fire Survivor Recounts Harrowing Escape
A survivor said the fire moved with terrible speed as it seemed to climb up the tall apartment towers and then jump across the gaps between them.
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Hong Kong Arrests 3 Tied to Construction Company After Deadly Apartment Fire
Hong Kong firefighters battling the blaze at Wang Fuk Court on Wednesday night.
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Trump Says South Africa Is Not Invited to G20 Summit in U.S. in 2026
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa addresses the opening session of the G20 leaders’ summit, in Johannesburg.
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As Trade Talks Stall, Carney Moves to Shield Canada from Trump Tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada arriving on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday.
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E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
A gas flare at an oil facility in Midland, Texas.
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Top U.S. Negotiator Warned Europeans That Russia Is Stockpiling Missiles
Piles of spent Russian missiles at a “graveyard” for war ordnance in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine in July.
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Dubrovnik, Known for Its Beauty, Faces a Mound of New Trash
Banje Beach is the most popular beach on Croatia’s shore, but there were no sunbathers on Wednesday.
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U.K. Budget Plan Calms Markets and Labour Faithful. Will It Appeal to Voters?
Rachel Reeves, Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, carries a red box symbolizing the presentation of a new government budget on Wednesday in London.
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An Asia-Pacific Showdown
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
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Deadly, fast-moving fire is less likely in Midtown Manhattan, experts say.
New York City pioneered high-rise firefighting tactics.
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Hong Kong Residents Describe How Apartment Fire Quickly Spread
A fire that began in the midafternoon in Hong Kong quickly spread to nearby buildings in the Wang Fuk Court residential complex.
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Hong Kong Fire Shared Similarities With Grenfell Tower Fire in London
The Grenfell Tower in London caught fire in 2017, killing dozens of people.
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Italy Passes a Femicide Law, Seeking to Prevent Violence Against Women
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Giulia Cecchettin, a 22-year-old university student who was killed by her ex-boyfriend in 2023.
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What to Know About the Deadly Fire at a Hong Kong Apartment Complex
The charred buildings in the Tai Po district of northern Hong Kong on Thursday.
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Guinea-Bissau’s President Says He Has Been Deposed. The Opposition Says It’s a Trick.
Soldiers hold weapons while patrolling a street near the Presidential Palace in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday.
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Miroslaw Chojecki, Solidarity’s ‘Minister of Smuggling,’ Dies at 76
Miroslaw Chojecki at a news conference in Manhattan in 1981. For years, he ran a sophisticated smuggling network based in Paris, shipping ink, paper, equipment and books disguised as technical manuals back to Poland.
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Tai Po is a crucial link between Hong Kong and mainland China.
Tai Po is on a bay circled by lush mountains.
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Amid Strobes and a Beat Drop, Pope Blesses Rave-Goers
Pope Leo XIV addressed the crowd on video at a rave in Slovakia earlier this month.
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The last time Hong Kong had a major fire was 2008.
A fire in the Mong Kok neighborhood of Hong Kong in 2008.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, Former French President, Loses Corruption Appeal
Nicolas Sarkozy, a former president of France, at a soccer match in Paris on Saturday. He had spent 20 days in jail on another case, but was freed after filing an appeal.
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Jakarta Overtakes Tokyo as World’s Largest City, UN Report Says
View of Jakarta, Indonesia, last year. Jakarta has won the title of the world’s most populated city.
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Deadly Flooding in Thailand Prompts Rescues and Evacuations
Cars on a bridge to escape floodwaters in Hat Yai, Thailand, on Tuesday.
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The Question Hanging Over Peace Talks: What Will Putin Accept?
President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow in 2024. For the Russian leader, holding out for a broader Ukrainian collapse could deliver hitherto unthinkable concessions.
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Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Pushes False Claims About Maduro
Maria Corina Machado has argued that Nicolás Maduro simultaneously heads two different drug trafficking organizations that threaten U.S. national security.
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‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East
Israel is striking at will in Lebanon, killing enemies and innocents.
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Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.
Since President Trump took office, oil production is up, but largely because of improved efficiency, and it has not translated into more jobs for either the industry or the overall economy.
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‘You Start Getting Desperate’: How It Feels to Be Young and Jobless in Britain
McKenzie Bartley, 19, spent months last year applying for jobs in Bristol.
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Pope Leo to Visit Turkey and Lebanon
Pope Leo XIV greeting the crowd at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican last weekend.
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Taiwan’s President to Seek an Extra $40 Billion for Military
President Lai Ching-te of Taiwan has come under pressure from the Trump administration to increase the island’s spending on defense.
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Violence Is Driving Catastrophic Hunger in Nigeria, U.N. Report Says
The dormitory where gunmen kidnapped schoolgirls in Kebbi, Nigeria, this month.
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Penny Oleksiak, Canadian Swimmer, Faces 2-Year Ban Over Antidoping Testing Rules
The Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak during the World Championships in 2022.
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Crunchtime for Europe on Ukraine
The leaders of Britain, France and Germany at the G20 summit in South Africa.
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BBC Accused of Censoring Trump by Dutch Historian Rutger Bregman
The Dutch historian Rutger Bregman has accused the BBC of censoring a comment he made criticizing President Trump.
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Minority Alawites Protest in Syria After Sectarian Attacks
Members of Syria’s Alawite minority gather during a protest in the coastal province of Latakia on Tuesday.
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At Least 55 Dead in Hong Kong Apartment Fire
Spat With China Becomes an Asset for Japan’s New Leader