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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

In March, the U.S. government sent more than 200 Venezuelan men to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

What I Learned From the ‘New Globalists’ of an Optimistic Nation

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in October.

Tornado Rips Through Southern Brazil, Killing at Least 5

Inside China’s Quest to Defy Aging with Longevity Labs and ‘Immortality Islands’

Attendees trying out a cryogenic therapy room at a longevity and anti-aging conference in Shanghai in September.

Saudi Ex-Intelligence Official Seeks American Help Spilling U.S. Secrets

Saad Aljabri, a former Saudi intelligence official, in an undated photograph released by the Aljabri family in 2020.

Trump Signals Openness to Exempting Hungary from Russian Oil Sanctions

President Trump and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary at a meeting in the Oval Office in 2019.

As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High

A square in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where public executions took place not long ago. The kingdom applies the death penalty for a wide range of offenses.

U.S. Wants Security Council to Adopt Trump Plan for Gaza

The Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza City, last Tuesday.

Philippines Faces Grim Typhoon Aftermath as Another Storm Nears

Destruction in Liloan, Cebu Province, on Thursday.

Why Germany Is Still Divided When It Comes to Russia

Part of the wall that used to divide West and East Germany before reunification in 1990. Cultural divides, especially over views about Russia, remain.

Trump’s Tariffs Scar Canadian City Where Cars Have Been Made for Decades

Serbian Lawmakers Approve Luxury Trump Hotel on Historic Bombing Site

The former General Staff military complex in Belgrade, Serbia, was devastated by NATO airstrikes in 1999.

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Enters Service, a Sign of Naval Ambitions

In a photo released by Xinhua News Agency, China’s third and newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, conducted a maiden sea trial in May 2024.

Russian Jailed for Placing Tiny Antiwar Signs in a Market Says She Would Do it Again

Aleksandra Skochilenko, during a musical jam session she organized in Berlin in September, has just published a memoir, “My Prison Trip.”

A Powerful Tool to Override Constitutional Rights Goes to Court

Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, legislated striking teachers back to work.

After Hurricane Melissa, Solar Power Kept the Electricity on for Some Jamaicans

Canada Culls Hundreds of Ostriches as a Court and a Kennedy Fail to Save Them

Dave Bilinski, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms in British Columbia, where hundreds of ostriches were ordered to be killed by the Canadian government.

Prince Harry Apologizes to Canadians for Wearing an L.A. Dodgers Cap

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, at a World Series game in Los Angeles last month. He apologized for wearing an L.A. Dodgers cap instead of a Toronto Blue Jays cap.

In Cozying Up to Trump, Leaders Hedge Their Reliance on Moscow and Beijing

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, with leaders of other Central Asian countries, at the White House on Thursday.

Leaders at COP30 Climate Summit in Belém Focus on the Rising Toll of Warming

World leaders posed for a photo on Friday at COP30, the United Nations climate conference in Belém, Brazil.

4 Arrested Over Disruption of Israeli Orchestra’s Concert

A small fire broke out in the concert hall after an audience member lit a flare during an Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performance in Paris on Thursday night.

Fatos Nano, Albanian Leader in Era of Chaos and Transition, Dies at 73

Fatos Nano in 2005. He led the Albanian Socialist Party from its founding in 1991 and served three times as his country’s prime minister.

Former King of Spain, Juan Carlos, Details Death of Brother in Memoir

The former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, published a memoir on Wednesday. The former monarch speaks about the shooting accident that killed his brother and his decades in power.

U.N. Security Council Removes Syria’s President From Sanctions List

President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria is expected to visit Washington next week.

How Radio Traffic Let Us Track U.S. Drones in the Caribbean

U.S. Sends Attack Aircraft to El Salvador Amid Regional Troop Buildup

The AC-130J Ghostrider that later appeared in El Salvador taxied near a runway in Ceiba, P.R., in late October.

Iran Sentences Iranian American Jewish Man to Prison, Family Says

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Sexual Assault of Mexico’s President Exposes Challenges of Her Equality Push

President Claudia Sheinbaum during a news conference in Mexico City on Monday.

Why Is Trump Threatening to Intervene In Nigeria?

COP30 Begins With U.S. Allies and Rivals Alike Calling for Action

Leaders meeting on Thursday in Belém, Brazil. The conference is scheduled to run through Nov. 21.

Climate Diplomacy and Hardball Tactics

The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, at the climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Thursday.

Lula Hitches a Ride to the COP30 Climate Talks in a Chinese E.V.

A factory in Camaçari, Brazil, assembling vehicles for BYD, the Chinese manufacturer of the electric car that took President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil.

Ed Moloney, Chronicler of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Dies at 77

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure

Paramilitary Accepts Sudan Truce Plan, but the Military Has Not

A man who fled violence in El Fasher, at a makeshift clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in North Darfur, Sudan, on Monday.

What Scientists Are Learning From Brain Organoids

Angelina Jolie’s Driver in Ukraine Is Taken Away for the Draft

Angelina Jolie in Rome last month for a film festival. She has visited many conflict zones around the world in the past two decades.

Scores of Palestinian Militants Still in Israeli-Controlled Parts of Gaza, Officials Say

On Prince Andrews Road, a Frustrating Effort to Get a New Address

Her Research Could Improve Training For Service Dogs

Russia Close to Its Biggest Capture of a Ukrainian City Since 2023

In September, a Ukrainian soldier ran past the site where a Russian glide bomb exploded minutes earlier, damaging buildings in the area near the embattled city of Pokrovsk.

The U.S. Is Skipping This Year’s Climate Summit. For Many, That’s OK.

The conference venue in Belém, Brazil, this week. The talks, known as COP30, are scheduled to run through Nov. 21.

COP30 U.N. Climate Talks Are Starting in Brazil. Here’s What to Know.

The COP30 venue in Belém, Brazil, this week. World leaders will address the meeting starting on Thursday.

Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles

The western province of Alberta has reported the highest concentration of measles in Canada.

Miss Universe Organizer Apologizes After Tirade at Miss Mexico

Miss Mexico, Fátima Bosch, on stage during a Miss Universe 2025 event in Bangkok on Wednesday.

Boiler Tower at Power Plant in South Korea Collapses

The boiler tower was at a power plant in the southeastern city of Ulsan in South Korea.

‘Broken My Hope’: Trump’s Move to Slash Refugee Arrivals Ricochets Widely

An aerial view of a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in March. Under new Trump administration rules, far fewer refugees will have the chance to resettle in the United States.

In China, Victims of Abuse Are Told to ‘Keep It in the Family’

Ms. Xie, holding flowers, entering a court in Chengdu, China, last year. Ms. Xie, who chose not to disclose her first name, said she was attacked by her husband more than a dozen times over her three-year marriage and that she had repeatedly asked the police to detain him.

Analysis Finds Global Warming Made Hurricane Melissa More Damaging

Clearing fallen trees in Westmorelands Parish, in western Jamaica, on Sunday.

Remains of the Last American Hostage Held in Gaza Returned to Israel

Ruby Chen commemorating his son Itay Chen at a candlelight vigil on the steps of the U.S. Capitol last year.

Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street

President Claudia Sheinbaum during a news conference in Mexico City on Monday.

Libya Detains Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

Mamdani’s Global Roots

Zohran Mamdani in Queens, N.Y. yesterday.

FIFA Will Award Its Own Peace Prize Next Month in Washington

Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, has cultivated a close relationship with President Trump, visiting the White House several times this year and presenting him with gifts.

U.S. Military Draws Up Nigeria Plans, With Limited Options to Quell Violence

Nigerian troops during a training exercise in July in Borno State, in the country’s northeast, which has experienced a surge of attacks.

Deadly Louisville Air Crash Disrupts One of World’s Busiest Cargo Hubs

Smoke rising from the crash site of a UPS flight near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Wednesday.

Irish Police Got a Call About a Lion. It Was Actually a Dog Named Mouse.

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