Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right
President Trump before his swearing-in on Monday in Washington.
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on January 2025
U.S. Security Contractors Going to Gaza to Oversee Truce, Officials Say
Palestinians heading back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Rebels Backed by Rwanda Close In on Major City in Congo
Thousands of children have been killed and maimed in recent clashes between M23 rebels and Congolese forces.
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on January 2025
Ukraine Is Losing Fewer Soldiers Than Russia — but It’s Still Losing the War
A memorial park in Kursk, Russia, for soldiers killed in World War II is now also used for burials of soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine.
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on January 2025
Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage
Phanlavee Chongtangsattam and Rungtiwa Thangkanopast, at center in the second row, at a mass wedding in Bangkok on Thursday. They had been rebuffed in an earlier attempt to get married.
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on January 2025
Mexico’s Ambitious Plan to Prepare to Receive Its Citizens Deported From the US
Migrants from Mexico waiting for asylum application interviews at the Paso Del Norte International bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Monday.
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on January 2025
Hamas Takes Charge in Gaza After 15 Months of War
Hamas militants paraded in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the first day of the cease-fire on Sunday.
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on January 2025
What Prince Harry’s Settlement Means for Him and Britain’s Royal Family
Prince Harry, who agreed on Wednesday to settle a long-running lawsuit with Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids over a phone hacking scandal.
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on January 2025
Trump Re-Labels Yemen’s Houthi Rebels as Terrorists
The shadows of Houthi fighters carrying weapons during a mobilization campaign, in Sana, Yemen, last month.
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on January 2025
Zelensky Could Face Tough Re-election Prospects, Polls Show
A new trouble spot for President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has emerged: the revival of a political opposition animated by the prospects of a cease-fire and the elections that could soon follow.
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on January 2025
South Korea Tells Budget Airlines to Tighten Safety After Crash
The scene of the Jeju Air plane crash in December.
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on January 2025
As Southport Killer Is Sentenced, Court Hears of Acts of Heroism During Brutal Attack
Police officers this week outside the court in Liverpool, England, where the case is being heard.
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on January 2025
Saudi Arabia Says It Will Increase U.S. Trade and Investment by $600 Billion
President Trump met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, in 2017.
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on January 2025
Trump’s Hint at Deal Making Gives China a Little Breathing Room
President Trump in Washington on Monday. He has said he expects to be invited to China for a visit.
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on January 2025
Passengers Fled a Train Over Fears of a Fire. Then Another Train Hit Them.
India has launched a program to modernize its railways in recent years, but its system has been marred by several accidents.
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on January 2025
Victor Wembanyama Prepares to Become ‘Genuine’ Face of the N.B.A.
The N.B.A. is banking on Victor Wembanyama’s international appeal to help spread its global popularity.
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on January 2025
Trump Administration Cancels Flights for Refugees Already Approved for Travel
Afghan refugees boarding planes in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August 2021. The Trump administration canceled travel for previously approved refugees.
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on January 2025
Why Is Israel Targeting Jenin, West Bank?
Israeli soldiers transfer Palestinian men arrested during a military raid on Jenin, West Bank, on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
An Ancient Headless Statue Is Found Amid Trash in Greece
A statue believed to be over 2,000 years old was found in a black plastic bag near garbage cans on a street in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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on January 2025
Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat
A handout picture released by Britain’s Ministry of Defense shows the Royal Navy’s RFA Proteus, right, patrolling near a Russian vessel, the Yantar, in November 2024.
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on January 2025
Clinton Bailey, American-Israeli Who Preserved Bedouin Culture, Dies at 88
Clinton Bailey at home in Jerusalem in 2021. A native of Buffalo, he spent 50 years recording the oral poetry, wisdom of elders, weddings and othere rituals of the tribes of southern Israel and the Sinai Peninsula.
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on January 2025
Houthis Free the Crew of a Cargo Ship They Hijacked 14 Months Ago
An armed Houthi fighter walks along the beach with the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the background, in the province of Hodeidah, Yemen, in 2023.
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on January 2025
Deadly Hotel Fire at Turkish Ski Resort Stirs Grief and Outrage
An aerial photo of the fire aftermath at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu, Turkey, on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Two Industry Executives Join E.P.A. to Help Oversee Chemical Rules
Nancy Beck in 2017. She is expected to return to the E.P.A.
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on January 2025
Israeli Raids in West Bank Focus on Jenin, Long a Resistance Hub
An Israeli military vehicle in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Single Parents Should Get as Much Paid Leave as Couples, Spanish Court Rules
Pushing a stroller in Madrid. A regional court in Spain ruled that solo parents are entitled to the same total amount of paid leave as couples.
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on January 2025
Spate of Violent Antisemitic Attacks Rattles Australia
Outside the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne in December after an arson attack.
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on January 2025
Partial Victory for Prince Harry as Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Admit Unlawful Activities
Prince Harry would have been required to pay the legal costs of both sides unless the court awarded him an amount equal to what News Group Newspapers had offered him.
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on January 2025
Libya Deports 613 Migrants Headed for Europe
Migrants from Niger waiting for deportation in Tripoli, Libya, on Dec. 25.
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on January 2025
Labeling Mexican Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Expose U.S. Companies to Sanctions
Offerings of flowers, candles, photos and dollar bills at a shrine to Jesús Malverde, a “narco-saint,” in Culiacán, Mexico, the stronghold of the Sinaloa cartel.
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on January 2025
One Family in Gaza Returned Home. But Home Was Gone.
Displaced Gazans returning to Rafah on Monday.
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on January 2025
Fighting Alongside Russia, North Koreans Wage Their Own War
Russian soldiers at an artillery position in the Kursk region, in December. Even before it sent troops, North Korea was supplying Russia with millions of artillery shells.
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on January 2025
Ex-Executive Who Oversaw South Korean Airport Renovations Is Found Dead
The site of the Jeju Air plane crash last month at Muan International Airport in South Korea.
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on January 2025
Wednesday Briefing: Trump Opponents Push Back
President Trump signed a series of executive orders in the first hours of his term.
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on January 2025
How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect the U.S., Canada and Mexico
While tariffs on Canadian and Mexican exports were not part of the executive orders that President Trump signed on Monday night, he said it was a step he planned to take.
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on January 2025
Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1
Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of state on Tuesday by Vice President JD Vance.
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on January 2025
Wind Power in U.S. Faces Hit From Trump’s Executive Order
The South Fork Wind Farm is about 35 miles off the coast of Montauk, N.Y.
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on January 2025
Bimla Bissell, Ambassadors’ Aide and a Social Hub in India, Dies at 92
Bimla Bissell, at home in New Delhi, in 1984. She was an “extraordinary citizen-diplomat for India,” said Senator Michael Bennet, a family friend.
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on January 2025
As Trump Takes Office, Zelensky Urges Europe to Stand Firm Against Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday.
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on January 2025
Trump’s Executive Order to End E.V. Subsidies Draws Pushback
President Trump’s executive orders present a challenge to automakers that have invested billions of dollars in electric vehicles.
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on January 2025
Europe Braces for a New Trump Era, Uncertain About What It Means
Inside the Ukraine House at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, during a party to watch the inauguration of Donald J. Trump on Monday.
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on January 2025
Herzi Halevi, Israel’s Military Chief, to Step Down Over Hamas Attack
The Israeli military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, center, in Jerusalem last year.
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on January 2025
Ukraine Detains Commanders Amid Setbacks on the Front
Destroyed Ukrainian military equipment near a town in the Kharkiv region, in the country’s northeast, in May 2024.
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on January 2025
Last-Minute Settlement Talks Halt Prince Harry’s Trial Against Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids
Prince Harry leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London in 2023.
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on January 2025
U.K. May Change Terrorism Law After Southport Attack, Starmer Says
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said the killings in Southport should not be treated as “an isolated, ghastly example.”
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on January 2025
Israel Embarks on an ‘Extensive’ Military Operation in the West Bank
A man inspecting the damage on Tuesday after his shop in Jinsafut in the West Bank was set on fire by Israeli settlers.
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on January 2025
Southport Killer Had ‘Sickening and Sustained Interest’ in Violence, U.K. Officials Say
Outside the courthouse in Liverpool, England, where Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to murder on Monday.
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on January 2025
How Guatemala Plans to Resettle Planeloads of Deportees from U.S.
A deportation flight from Virginia arrived in Guatemala City last Wednesday. The incoming Trump administration has promised to carry out the largest deportation effort in U.S. history.
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on January 2025
At Least 76 Are Killed in Fire at Ski Resort in Turkey
A fire burned through the roof at a ski resort hotel in Kartalkaya, Turkey.
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on January 2025
Han Kang Talks About Her Jeju Book, ‘We Do Not Part”
Han Kang in 2016. Ms. Kang, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, has written books about two of South Korea’s darkest moments.
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on January 2025
Israel’s Mixed Mood Over Cease-Fire
A mourner outside the cemetery in Poria Illit, Israel, during the funeral Monday of Oron Shaul, whose body was retrieved from Gaza after 10 years.
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on January 2025
Trump Moves to End Entry Program for Migrants From 4 Nations
Migrants from Venezuela walked near the border wall in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, last year.
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on January 2025
Trump’s Suspension of Refugee Admissions Puts Afghans at Risk, Advocate Says
Afghan refugees arriving at Dulles International Airport outside Washington in August 2021. President Trump signed an executive order suspending refugee admissions on Monday.
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on January 2025
Israeli Forces Kill 2 Palestinian Militants Wanted for Deadly Attack
Migrants Left Stranded After Trump Cancels Asylum Claims at Border
Thursday Briefing: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Trump Closes Border, Leaving Migrants in Mexico With Few Options