Rafah Crossing in Gaza Reopens, Another Step for Fragile Cease-Fire
A medical convoy carrying patients in Khan Younis, Gaza, heading for the Rafah crossing on Monday. The opening of the crossing is expected to expedite the exit of thousands of sick and wounded people waiting for treatment abroad.
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Laura Fernández Wins Costa Rican Presidency
Laura Fernández, Costa Rica’s president-elect, celebrating her election victory alongside supporters on Sunday evening.
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U.S. and Iranian Officials to Meet as Trump’s Threats Loom
A billboard in Tehran showing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reads “We recognize the American president as a criminal.”
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Colombia’s President, an Outspoken Trump Critic, Heads to the White House
President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at the presidential palace in Bogotá, the capital, in January.
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Countries Have Long Tested Their Own Athletes for Doping. That Could Soon Change.
Zhang Yufei, center, at the meet where she tested positive for a banned substance in January 2021. Months later, she won four medals, including two golds, at the Tokyo Olympics.
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France Adopts a Budget After Months of Turmoil
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France, center in blue suit, at the National Assembly on Monday. The budget’s passage is expected to allow for a semblance of political stability after months of turmoil.
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Squeezed Between Trump and China, India Looks for Faraway Friendships
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, center, met with Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and António Costa, the president of the European Council, in New Delhi in January.
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Royal Families of Norway and Britain Face Pressure Over Epstein Files
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway in 2024, at a Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. She said in a statement on Monday that she regretted her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Uproar Over Meloni’s Face Painted on an Angel in a Church in Rome
A restored angel fresco with a figure resembling Giorgia Meloni in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, in Rome.
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How Trump Took Up the ‘Christian Genocide’ Cause in Nigeria
A resident of Jabo, Nigeria, with debris he said he found after a missile attack there on Dec. 25.
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Years After Coup, Myanmar’s Government in Exile Teeters on Irrelevance
Lining up to vote in the general election in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, in late December.
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Trump Announces Initial Trade Deal With India, Cutting Tariffs to 18%
President Trump, who has at times had a strained relationship with India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, in his second term, on Monday described him as “one of my greatest friends.”
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Attempt to Drill Through Thwaites Glacier Is Foiled
Threading a cable through the Thwaites glacier in an attempt to place monitoring equipment.
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Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Arrested in Iran for Criticizing Regime
Mehdi Mahmoudian, a political activist and screenwriter, during an interview in Tehran in 2021.
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Why Targeting Iran Is Riskier Than Ousting Maduro
A mural in Tehran on Tuesday.
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Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Energy Sector, Killing 12 Miners
A tent provided by the government to provide heat and electricity in Kyiv last month. Russia has devastated Ukraine’s power grid this winter, the coldest in more than a decade.
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Starmer Urges Former Prince Andrew to Testify to Congress Over Epstein Ties
Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, last year.
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What to Know About the Rafah Border Crossing in Gaza
The Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in 2023.
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Ukraine Peace Talks Delayed After Russia and U.S. Meet
A Ukrainian artillery unit firing at Russian positions in the Donbas region of Ukraine in December.
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Indonesia Lifts Ban on Grok After New Assurances From X Corp
In this photo illustration, the Grok Imagine web page, which produces A.I.-generated images and video, is displayed on a computer screen.
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Right-Wing Populist Holds Commanding Lead Ahead of Costa Rica’s Election
Laura Fernández at her closing campaign rally on Thursday night in San Antonio, Costa Rica.
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Why Is Taking the Rest of the Donetsk Region So Important to Putin?
Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, in December.
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Explosions in Iran Spread Jitters and Rumors Amid Anticipation of Attacks
A video image posted on social media on Saturday showed the aftermath of an explosion at a building in Bandar Abbas, a port in southern Iran.
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Danes Who Fought Alongside US Troops March Against Trump’s Comments
Danish military veterans and their families marching in Copenhagen on Saturday in protest of recent comments by President Trump.
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Pierre Poilievre Is Retained as Leader of Canada’s Conservatives
Members of Canada’s Conservative Party voted overwhelmingly on Friday to keep Pierre Poilievre as their leader at a party convention in Calgary, Alberta.
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Israel Launches Attack in Gaza
Palestinians mourning their loved ones after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Saturday.
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Mark Carney Meets ‘Heated Rivalry’ Star Hudson Williams
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Hudson Williams of “Heated Rivalry” on the red carpet in Ottawa.
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These Gazans May Finally Get a Lifeline to the World
Mohammed al-Ser suffered a severe head injury in June that left him partly paralyzed. He is depicted before he underwent cranial surgery this week, but doctors say he needs care outside Gaza to fully recover.
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Russia’s Oil Revenue Is Plummeting
In the distance is an oil refinery and thermal power station in Omsk, Russia, in 2023. The steep drop in oil revenue has sent Russia into a new era of sustained budget deficits, higher taxes and stubborn inflation.
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How Europe Is Moving to Reduce Dependence on Trump
European leaders on Monday at a summit in Hamburg, Germany. Although they are verbally pushing harder than ever against President Trump, they are still struggling to bolster their statements with action.
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U.S. Allies Are Drawing Closer to China, but on Beijing’s Terms
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Shanghai on Friday. Mr. Starmer became the first British leader to visit China since 2018.
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U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Members’ Unpaid Dues
The General Assembly in September. The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, sent a letter to the ambassadors of all 196 member states on Thursday saying, “I cannot overstate the urgency of the situation we now face.”
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Children Were Arrested in Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on Protests
Students at Tehran University in 2024. Students, particularly at universities, have long been at the forefront of struggles for democratic change in Iran.
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Trump Moves to Cut All Oil to Cuba as U.S. Targets Its Government
The last shipment of oil to Cuba, from Mexico, arrived on Jan. 9, an analyst said.
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Argentina in Advanced Talks to Become Destination for U.S. Deportations
A plane landing in Buenos Aires last year. The talks come as the Trump administration has mobilized a sweeping and aggressive effort to curtail immigration.
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The Netherlands Is Getting a New Government. Will It Last?
Rob Jetten, leader of the D66 party, on election night in Leiden, Netherlands, in October. At 38, he will be the youngest prime minister the Netherlands has ever had.
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A Challenge for Britain’s Royal Mail: Proving It Can Deliver the Mail
Royal Mail workers unloading mail sacks in London last month.
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Iran Rules Out Talks With U.S. Until Trump’s Threats Stop
“Just as we are ready for negotiations, we are ready for warfare,” Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran, left, said on Friday in Istanbul alongside his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
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Born of a Factory Mistake, This Sad Toy Horse Captures China’s Mood
“Crying horse” plush toys on display in Yiwu, China, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will usher in the Year of the Horse.
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Syrian Government and Kurdish-Led Militia Seal a Deal to Merge Forces
Kurdish security forces in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, this month. Fighting in the area had threatened to reignite a full-blown conflict.
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Trump Tells U.K. and Canada That Boosting Trade With China Is ‘Dangerous’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain toured a garden in Shanghai on Friday.
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International Companies Doing Business With ICE Are Taking Heat
Roland Lescure, the French minister of finance and economy, told lawmakers he was seeking answers from a French firm whose American subsidiary last month inked a new deal with the Department of Homeland Security.
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Russia Is Finding the Gaps in Ukraine’s Front Line
Pokrovske, a rural settlement in Dnipropetrovsk north of Huliaipole, Ukraine this month.
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The Secret Sauce in ‘Heated Rivalry’? Canada.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Heated Rivalry actor Hudson Williams on the red carpet at a conference for the Canadian Media Producers Association in Ottawa on Thursday.
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Panamanian Court Strikes Down Hong Kong Firm’s Canal Contract
President Trump has frequently said he wants the United States to retake control of the Panama Canal.
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South Korean Stocks, Kospi Index Are Trading at a Record High
Traders at a bank celebrating the returns of the benchmark Kospi index, which has more than doubled in the past year.
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Xi’s Military Purge May Set Back His Taiwan Ambitions
Gen. Zhang Youxia was China’s top general until he was placed under investigation in a stunning escalation of Xi Jinping’s purge of the military elite.
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Michael Beck, 65, Dies; First to Report Symptoms of ‘Havana Syndrome’
Michael Beck in 2017. He said he began experiencing debilitating symptoms of Havana Syndrome much earlier than many other federal employees.
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Venezuelan Lawmakers Approve Sweeping Overhaul of Oil Sector
A statue of a hand holding a drilling rig near Venezuela’s state oil company last year.
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The Secret Egyptian Air Base Powering Sudan’s Drone War
Drilling Through the Thwaites Glacier for Clues to Its Melting