Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports
People gathered in Tehran to pray for the Iranian president, Ibrahim Raesi.
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Toxic Political Culture Has Even Some Slovaks Calling Country ‘a Black Hole.’
The presidential palace in Bratislava, Slovakia. Many people in Slovakia view liberal democracy as a threat to their identity and values.
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Russia and Ukraine Engage in Dueling Air Assaults Behind the Front Lines
Police officers and emergency workers inspecting a resort compound hit by a Russian missile strike, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday.
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The Technocrat Who’s Taking Control of Putin’s War Effort
Andrei R. Belousov discussing Russia’s international exports at a forum in October in Moscow. He recently became defense minister, after President Vladimir V. Putin shuffled his cabinet.
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Are Those Mimes Spying on Us? In Pakistan, It’s Not a Strange Question.
One of the “golden men” of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital.
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Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool, a Love Affair in Street Art and Silverware
A mural of Jürgen Klopp, who is leaving the club. It is one of series of similar tributes decorating walls and buildings in the city.
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Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk Becomes World’s Undisputed Heavyweight Champion
The Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk celebrating his victory on Sunday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Dominican Republic Election: How Crackdown on Haitians Lifted Abinader
President Luis Abinader won his first term in 2020 by vowing to clean up the corruption-marred political culture of the Dominican Republic. This campaign has also focused on anti-Haitian sentiment.
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Israel’s Wartime Government Frays as Frustration with Netanyahu Grows
Protesters at a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The banner reads, “Our sisters are dying for us to save them. Deal now.”
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Xi Jinping Embracing Vladimir Putin in Defiance of the West
A photograph provided by Russian state media shows Xi Jinping, China’s leader, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Beijing on Thursday.
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Under Israeli Bombs, a Wartime Economy Emerges in Gaza
A boy helping a vendor arrange merchandise last month in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Helicopter Crash Increases Pressure as U.S. and Iran Face Crises
A man held an image of Qassim Suleimani, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, who was killed by an American drone strike in 2020, during an anti-Israel rally in Tehran last month.
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Congolese Army Says It Foiled a Coup Involving Americans
Security forces blocking streets on Sunday in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Ed Dwight Goes to Space 63 Years After Training as 1st Black Astronaut
Edward Dwight was one of six people who went to space aboard the Mission NS-25 crew capsule from Blue Origin on Sunday. Upon exiting, he raised his arm and said, “Long time coming.”
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Who is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?
Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran in 2021.
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Gazans Flee Jabaliya as Israel’s Military Launches New Offensive
Bombardment in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip last week.
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U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a Wider War
Iranians celebrating last month after Iran attacked Israel in response to its killing of Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi. It was Iran’s first direct strike on Israeli soil.
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Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., 93, Dies; Hostage Who Chided Foreign Policy
Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., riding with Mayor Edward I. Koch, was one of 52 American hostages who were given a ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan in January 1981. They were released by Iran after more than a year in captivity.
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Georgia’s President Vetoes Foreign Influence Law
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili called her veto of the bill “symbolic,” because the country’s Parliament, led by the ruling Georgian Dream party, is widely expected to override it.
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Rescuers in Nepal Retrieve the Bodies of an American Climber and Her Guide
Mount Shishapangma, seen here from Baiku Lake in the Tibet Autonomous region in southwest China, is, at 26,335 feet, the 14th highest peak in the world.
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Slovak Prime Minister Is Improving After Second Operation, Official Says
A car believed to be carrying the suspect accused of shooting Slovakia’s prime minister arriving at a special court on Saturday in Pezinok, Slovakia.
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The Northern Lights Forecast in the U.K.
The northern lights near High Pike, England, early on Saturday.
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Backlash to Anitta’s Music Video Evokes a Painful History in Brazil
Anitta at the 63rd Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile in February.
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Russia Presses Attacks in Northeast Ukraine, Seeking Buffer Zone on Border
Smoke rising from the site of a strike on industrial buildings in Kharkiv on Friday. Russia is already targeting the city with missiles and powerful glide bombs.
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Appreciating Alice Munro, Who Brought Innovation to Short Fiction
Alice Munro was known for exploring time and memory in her stories.
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Russians Poured Over Ukraine’s Border. There Was Little to Stop Them.
Nearly 10,000 residents had fled areas in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region as of Saturday, according to the region’s governor. An elderly resident was evacuated from the town of Kozacha Lopan near the Russian border.
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Being Muslim in Modi’s India
Ziya Us Salam, an associate editor of The Hindu, praying at home with Shan Mohammad, a hafiz who visits to teach one of Mr. Salam’s daughters the Quran, in Noida, India.
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Slovakian Charged in Shooting ‘Was Against Everything’
A person was detained after Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia was shot five times on Wednesday in Handlova, Slovakia.
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A Would-be Assassin Stirs Europe’s Violent Ghosts
Police detained a man at the scene where Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia was shot, in Handlova, Slovakia, on Wednesday.
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Aid Starts Entering Gaza Through U.S.-Built Pier, but Officials Say It Isn’t Enough
A ship near the floating pier that was constructed by the U.S. military off the coast of Gaza to enable seaborne delivery of aid, on Friday.
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Gunman Kills Three Spanish Tourists in Central Afghanistan
Bamiyan Province, where the shooting on Friday took place, is home to the remnants of 1,500-year-old giant Buddhas that were carved into side of a cliff, and mostly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
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Thunderstorms, Wind and Climate Change: Here’s What to Know
A damaged building in Houston on Friday, after severe storms the night before.
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Premier League’s Dramatic Final Day Masks a Bigger Issue
Arsenal and Manchester City pulled off a rare feat this season: a razor-close title race.
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Why a Tactic Used by Czars Is Back With a Vengeance
Protesters outside the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London on Tuesday, after the arrest of three men charged with assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service in Britain.
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Zelensky Signs Law Allowing Convicts to Fight for Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers training in the country’s Zaporizhzhia region in March.
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At ICJ Hearing, Israel Defends Rafah Operation as ‘Limited and Localized’
Smoke rises following an airstrike in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, on Friday.
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As Supernatural Claims Spread Online, Vatican Updates Its Rules on Them
Praying in 2020 at the site where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Slovakia Prime Minister Undergoes Further Surgery After Assassination Attempt
The hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, where Prime Minister Robert Fico was treated after he was shot.
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Deadly Clashes in New Caledonia Raise Fears of Civil War
Smoke rising during protests in Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, on Wednesday.
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French Police Kill Man Who Tried to Set Rouen Synagogue on Fire
Police officers outside the synagogue in Rouen, France, on Friday.
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FIFA Delays a Vote on Palestinian Call to Bar Israel
The president of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril Rajoub, speaking during the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok on Friday.
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Israel Resists Grand Bargain as U.S. and Saudis Work on Security Pact
President Biden and Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, met in Saudi Arabia in 2022. The president and the crown prince have since sought a Middle East security pact, with stakes raised by the war in Gaza.
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How Kite Surfing in a Remote Colombian Region Changed a Boy and a Village
Beto Gomez is the world’s only professional Wayuu kite surfer.
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Putin’s China Visit Highlights Military Ties That Worry the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin bidding farewell to Chinese leader Xi Jinping before his departure to Harbin on the first day of his state visit in Beijing, on Thursday in this photograph provided by Russian state media.
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Ukraine Drones Destroy Russian Jets and Hit Power Station in Crimea
Novorossiysk, Russia, in 2022. The area is home to an important oil terminal.
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The Premier League’s Asterisk Season
Everton fans have been battling the Premier League most of the season. They’re not alone.
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Friday Briefing
Outside the hospital where Robert Fico, the Slovakian leader, was treated after he was shot.
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Arab League Calls for U.N. Peacekeepers in Gaza and the West Bank
The Arab League’s secretary general, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, left, and Bahrain’s foreign minister, Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, at an Arab League summit meeting in Manama, Bahrain, on Thursday.
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Israel Sending More Troops to Rafah Amid Warnings of Famine in Gaza
A new camp along the Mediterranean Sea for Gazans who fled fighting in the southern city of Rafah.
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Monday Briefing: Iran’s President Is Missing After a Helicopter Crash
A Serial Killer From the U.S. Preyed on Young Women in Canada
Middle East Crisis: Israeli Officials Challenge Netanyahu, Laying Bare Government Divisions
When a Tale of Migration Is Not Just Fiction