German Government Collapses as Chancellor Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany called for the confidence vote after his three-party coalition broke up.
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Why America’s Kurdish Allies Are Under Threat in a New Syria
A funeral on Saturday for five fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces who were killed in Manbij, Syria, during clashes with Turkish-backed opposition factions.
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Myanmar’s War Has Pushed Doctors and Nurses Into Prostitution
Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, in October. Nearly half of Myanmar’s people now live in poverty, according to the World Bank.
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Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Resigns, in Blow to Trudeau’s Hold on Power
Chrystia Freeland resigned on Monday from her cabinet role as finance minister in the Canadian government.
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Ex-Bangladeshi Leader Orchestrated Mass Disappearances, Inquiry Finds
Relatives of victims of enforced disappearances comforting one another while protesting in August in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka.
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‘Bali Nine’ Drug Smugglers Return to Australia
Five members of the so-called Bali Nine drug ring looked on as officials from Indonesia and Australia authorized their transfer to Australian custody, in a photo released by the Indonesian government.
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Letby’s Lawyers Seek Appeal After Lead Expert ‘Changed Mind’ on Murders
A video screen in Manchester, England, broadcasting the sentencing of Ms. Letby in 2023.
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South Korea’s Impeachment Crisis Strains Its Alliance with the U.S.
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea with President Biden during a visit to Washington last year.
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Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Envoy, Says His Impatience Nudged Japan Forward
Rahm Emanuel, the United States ambassador to Japan, at his residence in Tokyo.
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How Might the Rebels Govern Syria? Their Ruling History in Idlib Offers Clues
Rebel fighters celebrated with other Syrians in central Damascus after the recent fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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‘They Had the Desire to Return’
A badly damaged mosque on Friday in Tel Rifaat, Syria, a town that returned to rebel control in recent weeks.
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Israel Shutters Its Embassy in Ireland, Citing ‘Anti-Israel Policies’
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar of Israel, who was appointed last month, is pursuing a more muscular diplomatic policy.
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12 Die at Georgian Ski Resort From Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The Gudauri ski resort in Georgia where 12 people were found dead on Friday.
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Syria’s New Leadership Takes Early Steps Toward Recognition
Fighters from the rebel alliance that took power in Syria being greeted in Damascus, the capital, on Saturday.
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Israel Carries Out Heavy Strikes on Syria’s Coast, Monitor Says
The fragment of a missile at the site of a Syrian army weapons depot that was hit by overnight strikes in Tartus, western Syria, on Monday.
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Monday Briefing
A rebel fighter last week at a facility once run by Syrian Military Intelligence Branch 215, which was notorious for torture and killings.
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Monday Briefing: South Korea’s Power Vacuum
Protesters outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday.
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Israel’s Military Strikes Northern Gaza After Days of Deadly Bombardment
Al Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, after Israeli airstrikes.
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Israel Strikes Military Targets in Syria
Israel has struck Syria over 450 times since the previous government’s collapse, according to a group monitoring the conflict.
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Protests Have Paralyzed Bolivia for Months. Here’s Why.
The police arriving to remove a roadblock set up by supporters of former President Evo Morales last month in Mairana, Bolivia. The words on the back of the bus read, “If life is a journey, I want God to be my guide.”
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After Impeachment, South Korea Is Left With No Elected Leader
Protesters outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday. People danced in the streets outside the building after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached.
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At Least 11 Dead in Mayotte After Tropical Cyclone Chido Strikes
An airport control tower in Mayotte that was damaged on Saturday by Tropical Cyclone Chido.
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Hezbollah Loses Supply Route Through Syria, in Blow to It and Iran
People climb on a former Syrian military tank that was left along the highway north of Hama, Syria, on Saturday.
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The Impeachment of South Korea’s President, Explained
Song Ji-eun, 29, celebrating in Seoul after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Saturday.
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Argentina’s President Receives Italian Citizenship, Angering Law’s Critics
President Javier Milei of Argentina, in Rome on Friday with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, said he feels he “has 75 percent Italian blood” because three of his grandparents were Italian.
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Brazilian Police Arrest Close Ally of Ex-President Bolsonaro, Official Says
Gen. Walter Braga Netto, left, with President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia in 2022.
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Far-Right Soccer Star Is Tapped for Presidency of Georgia
Mikheil Kavelashvili, left, who was tapped to be president, in Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday. Mr. Kavelashvili is a former striker for Manchester City, the soccer team.
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South Korea’s President Impeached After Martial Law Crisis
Manifestantes celebran en Seúl el anuncio de la votación para destituir al presidente el sábado.
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Joy and Celebrations in Seoul for Protesters as Yoon Is Impeached
Protesters rejoiced after the impeachment motion was passed at the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday.
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U.S. in Direct Contact With Rebels Who Took Over Syria
Syrians on Friday celebrating the overthrow of the Assad dictatorship in a Damascus neighborhood known for its opposition to the former government.
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Palestinian Authority Deploys Security Forces Against Militants in West Bank
Palestinian security forces taking position during clashes with militants in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday.
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Sweet Season
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A Rare Cross-Canada Political Consensus Forms Against Trump’s Border Threat
Chrystia Freeland, the finance minister and deputy prime minister, will lay out the cost of new border measures on Monday.
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Syria Shudders as Assad’s Prison Atrocities Come Into the Light
A woman looking through a document as family members sift through papers strewn across the floor, looking for any signs of missing relatives, at Sednaya prison on the outskirts of Damascus.
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Cajole, Plead and Flatter: Ukraine Makes Its Case to Trump
President-elect Donald J. Trump with President Emmanuel Macron of France and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Paris last week.
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Canada’s Postal Strike Hits Christmas Deliveries in Remote Communities
Striking Canada Post workers in Surrey, British Columbia, in November. A strike by more than 50,000 postal workers in Canada is now in its fourth week.
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A Surprise Blockbuster in Brazil Stokes Oscar Hopes, and a Reckoning
Fernanda Torres, 59, and her mother Fernanda Montenegro, 95, at Ms. Torres’s home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Singer Turns ‘Feliz Navidad’ Into Protest Anthem Against Yoon Suk Yeol
Baek Jae Gil, who adapted “Feliz Navidad” into a protest anthem, at a demonstration near the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday.
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Joy Buoys Syria’s First Friday Prayers Since Assad Ouster, but Hardships Loom
Thousands of people gathered at the historic Umayyad Mosque for the first Friday prayers after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday.
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Critics Complain That Italy’s Government Is Interfering in the Arts
Visitors at “The Time of Futurism" exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome on Dec. 2.
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Russia Launches Missile Attack on Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure
A thermal power plant in an undisclosed location in Ukraine in November. The facility has been repeatedly targeted by Russian airstrikes.
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Turkey Emerges as a Big Winner in the Wake of al-Assad’s Ouster
Antigovernment fighters joined thousands of Syrians as they celebrated in the streets of Damascus on Monday.
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Macron Appoints François Bayrou as France’s New Prime Minister
François Bayrou during a meeting of his party, in March.
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Prince Andrew’s Links to Chinese Spy Suspect Revealed by U.K. Court
Prince Andrew, whose lifestyle has come under scrutiny, departing the Easter service at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in 2023.
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Europe Begins to Ask if Syrians Can Go Home After al-Assad’s Fall
Members of the Syrian community in Berlin on Sunday celebrating the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
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Iranians Confront Their Leaders Over Syria Debacle
People celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in front of the citadel in Aleppo, Syria.
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For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here
A dead Cape cormorant in False Bay, Cape Town, in November 2021.
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Friday Briefing
Along the border between Israel and Syria yesterday.
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U.S. Hopes for a Gaza Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal ‘This Month’
The White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, speaking on Thursday in Tel Aviv.
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Canada’s Gas Brings Indigenous People New Money, and Old Worries
Live Updates: Syria’s New Leader Stresses Diplomacy as al-Assad Appears to Defend His Exit
Strategy of Recruiting Cheap Militiamen Backfires in Africa
Searching for Syria’s Disappeared
What is Captagon, the Illegal Stimulant Made in Assad’s Syria?
With al-Assad Gone, Syrians Search Prisons for Traces of Their Loved Ones
Ukrainian Women Are Traveling to the Front Line to Keep Love Alive