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Trump Hits Colombia With Tariffs in Feud Over Military Deportation Flights

President Gustavo Petro of Colombia last year. On Sunday, he said the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals.

Israel’s Cease-Fire in Gaza Overcomes Snag but Appears Fragile in Lebanon

Trump Alarms Denmark in an Icy Exchange Over Greenland

A Trump plane in Nuuk, Greenland, earlier this month, as Donald Trump Jr. visited the country.

Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election

Belarus’s president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, enters a voting booth at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday.

Italy Begins Shipping Migrants to Albania, Reviving Stalled Program

Migrants boarding an Italian coast guard vessel in Shengjin, Albania, in October, to leave for Italy after a court in Rome overturned orders that they be held in Albania.

Trump Pushes Jordan and Egypt to Take in Palestinians to ‘Clean Out’ Gaza

Displaced Palestinians waiting to return to their homes on Sunday in northern Gaza.

A Storm, a Spill and a Disaster for the Black Sea’s Beaches

Volunteers clearing spilled oil on the coastline last month near the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Russia.

A Hardened Detective and an Angry Rock Star: How a Vast Art Fraud Was Cracked

South Korea’s President Yoon Is Indicted

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, during the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial on Thursday in Seoul.

India, a Big Source of Illegal Migration, Hopes to Navigate the Trump Storm

A temple in the Mehsana district of the Indian state of Gujarat that was built with funding from villagers living abroad, including in the United States.

They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies.

People hoping to flee Afghanistan arriving at the Kabul airport in August 2021, days after Taliban took over the country.

Australia Day Protesters Vandalize Melbourne and Sydney Statues

A vandalized statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney on Friday.

U.S. Halt to Foreign Aid Does Not Apply to Arms to Israel and Egypt

Israeli soldiers carry combat equipment near the Israel-Gaza border.

Gunfire and Bandits Make School an Impossible Dream for Haitian Children

A girl jumping rope at the Lycée Marie Jeanne, a school in the Lavaud neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, transformed in a camp for internally displaced people escaping violence.

Israeli Army Raids Home of Freed Hamas Member Amid Tensions Over Hostage Deal

Palestinians released from Israeli prisons arriving in Ramallah, in the West Bank, on Saturday.

As Thousands Try to Return Home, Fragile Mideast Cease-Fires Are Tested

Displaced Palestinians with their belongings at a roadblock as they waited to return to their homes in northern the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

Monday Briefing: Fragile Israeli Cease-Fires

Residents and Lebanese Army soldiers near a roadblock secured by Israeli forces on Sunday in Burj al-Muluk, Lebanon.

Who Is Arbel Yehud, the Israeli Hostage at the Center of a Cease-Fire Dispute?

Photographs of Israeli hostages, Arbel Yehud and Ariel Cunio, at their home in Nir Oz in southern Israel, in December last year.

Thieves Blow Up a Dutch Museum Door to Steal a Golden Helmet

Harry Tupan, center right, director of the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, at a news conference after a break-in at the museum on Saturday.

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Israel Blocks Gazans From North, Saying Hamas Breached Cease-Fire Deal

Displaced Palestinians gathered with their belongings near a roadblock as they waited to return to their homes in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

As Hamas Releases More Israeli Hostages, It Puts on a Show of Force

A helicopter carrying the four female Israeli soldiers landing at Beilinson Hospital in Israel on Saturday. It was the second release of hostages as part of a cease-fire deal that went into effect nearly a week earlier.

Mike Hynson, Surfing Star of ‘The Endless Summer,’ Dies at 82

Israel and Hamas Dispute Over Hostage Leaves Displaced Palestinians Waiting

Palestinians waiting in central Gaza on Saturday to return to northern Gaza.

Israel Frees 200 Palestinian Prisoners in Second Cease-Fire Exchange

Palestinian prisoners arriving in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday after they were released from an Israeli jail.

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Hamas Choreographs a Show of Force as It Hands Over the Hostages

Hamas fighters escorting four Israeli hostages before handing them over to a team from the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday.,

Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols Will Be Tested at the Supreme Court

Defending Quebec’s secularism has been a key policy of Premier François Legault’s government.

Israel Welcomes the Return of the Women Who Warned of a Raid From Gaza

Soldiers at a monument commemorating the lookouts who were killed or taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, near Nahal Oz, Israel.

His Opponents Sidelined, Lukashenko Is Set for a 7th Term in Belarus

President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus in 2023. He has led the country since 1994.

What to Know About the 4 Newly Released Israeli Hostages

Gathering in Tel Aviv to watch the release of hostages on Sunday.

Myanmar Rebels Are Opening Colleges

Dr. Myo Khant Ko Ko, left, the founder and president of Karenni Medical College, treating an injured rebel soldier at a secret hospital in Karenni State, Myanmar, in 2024.

Israel Says UNRWA Has 6 Days to Halt Operations in East Jerusalem

UNRWA was ordered to vacate its offices in Jerusalem.

Arthur Blessitt, Who Carried a Cross Around the World, Dies at 84

Arthur Blessitt in 2009 with the cross he carried when he started his trek from Los Angeles to New York on Christmas Day 1969. He went on to carry a smaller version of the cross all over the world.

In Response to Trump Tariff Threat, Ontario Premier Calls an Early Election

Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, speaking in Ottawa last week. He has made clear that he plans to fight President Trump’s tariff plan.

Greece Tightens Laws on Domestic Violence (but Not Enough, Critics Say)

A demonstration outside a courthouse in Athens in 2021 to protest domestic violence.

What Elon Musk’s Salute Was All About

Elon Musk speaking at the Inauguration Day event at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

She Was Faulted in Her Divorce for Refusing Sex. A European Court Disagreed.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

MeToo Outrage Leaves Japanese Broadcaster Without a Single Advertiser

Masahiro Nakai in 2013. He was a boy-band star before becoming a popular TV host.

Israel Appears Poised to Keep Its Troops in Lebanon Beyond Deadline

Israeli soldiers inside a village in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, on Thursday.

Libyan Sought by I.C.C. for War Crimes Is Released by Italy, Sparking Backlash

Angelo Bonelli and Nicola Fratoianni, opposition members of Italy’s Parliament, denounced the government’s release of Osama Elmasry Njeem at a news conference on Thursday.

Ukraine Sends Volley of Drones at Russia, Hitting Oil Refinery

The Ryazan Airborne Command School in Ryazan, Russia, in 2022. Ukraine said it had struck oil facilities in the city.

Hamas Names Four Hostages It Says Will Be Released Saturday

A list of hostages held in Gaza hanging on a wall in Tel Aviv this month.

Storm Eowyn Leaves a Third of Ireland Without Power

Clearing fallen trees from the road during Storm Eowyn on Friday in Feighcullen, Ireland.

Gaza at Last Welcomes More Aid. It Needs a Deluge.

Aid trucks crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.

Trump Says He Will Reach Out to North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un

President Trump with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, in Vietnam in 2019. Talks ended without an agreement on how to roll back North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

How Riad Sattouf Uses His Cartoons to Draw a Window Into the Middle East

Riad Sattouf signing his books in Rennes, France, last month. His masterwork series, “The Arab of the Future,” tells the story of his childhood, which was jarringly divided between the Middle East and France.

China Cracks Down on Online Panda Advocacy

Visitors photographing a panda at the Beijing Zoo in September.

Did Ukraine Kill Its Own by Downing a Russian Plane? A Year Later, It Hasn’t Said.

A still from a video released in January 2024 by the Russian Investigative Committee of it said was the crash site of an IL-76 military transport plane.

French Crypto Entrepreneur and Wife Are Freed After Kidnapping

The gendarmes securing an area near the location where David Balland and his wife were kidnapped in France.

I.C.C. Prosecutor Seeks Arrest of Taliban Leader for Persecuting Afghan Women and Girls

Images of women are disfigured on the facade of a beauty shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, in October 2021.

Amanda Knox Slander Conviction Is Upheld by Italy’s Highest Court

Amanda Knox and her husband, Christopher Robinson, right, arrive at the court in Florence, Italy, last June.

Friday Briefing: Trump Criticizes Europe

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.

What Prince Harry’s Settlement Means for Him and for 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.

Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right

President Trump before his swearing-in on Monday in Washington.

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.

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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