Tunisia’s Autocratic Leader Is Poised to Steamroll to Election Victory
A poster for President Kais Saied on a building last month in Tunis. The president’s election opponents have largely either been jailed or disqualified.
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Israel Steps Up Attacks in Lebanon as Fighting Spreads
Smoke rose on Saturday after Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah on Saturday fired more rockets into northern Israel, though most seem to have been intercepted by Israel’s air-defense system.
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Iranian news media asks: Where is Esmail Ghaani, the top Quds Forces commander?
Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, head of the Iranian Quds forces, speaks at a ceremony in Tehran in January.
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Ukraine’s Donbas Strategy: Retreat Slowly and Maximize Russian Losses
Soldiers with an artillery battery of the 15th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard preparing to fire from their position in the Donbas region of Ukraine this week.
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Rwanda’s Doctors and Nurses Hit Hard by Deadly Marburg Virus
World Health Organization officials in Angola during a 2005 outbreak of the Marburg virus. The outbreak in Rwanda began in September, the country’s first encounter with the virus.
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As Israel Attacks, Many Lebanese Feel Dragged Into War
Cleaning up on Monday after an early-morning Israeli airstrike on an apartment block in Beirut, Lebanon.
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on October 2024
Behind Trump’s Views on Ukraine: Putin’s Gambit and a Political Grudge
A meeting between President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and former President Donald J. Trump in Hamburg in 2017 helps explain the roots of Mr. Trump’s often-disdainful attitude toward Ukraine.
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French Judge in Gisèle Pelicot Rape Trial Allows Video Evidence to Be Shown in Court
Gisèle Pelicot leaving court in Avignon, France, on Wednesday. Her husband is accused of drugging her for years, and inviting strangers to their home to rape her.
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on October 2024
How a Nuclear Plant Is Dividing a Community in Poland
A harvest festival in Choczewo, Poland, where locals are bitterly divided on a plan for a proposed nuclear plant, Poland’s first.
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on October 2024
‘Mom, I Want to Live’: A Young Girl Battles War and Cancer
Sonya Liakh was 2 years old when she was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer.
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on October 2024
The U.K. Has a More Working-Class Cabinet. It’s Still Seen as Out of Touch.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, right, and other British cabinet members at the Labour Party’s annual conference last month. She was raised in public housing and left school at 16.
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on October 2024
Gang Attack in Haiti Leaves 70 People Dead
The attack happened in the Artibonite department, where criminals have increasingly invaded farmland and set up roadblocks on the highway to kidnap passengers.
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on October 2024
Macron Calls for Halting Weapons to Israel for Gaza Conflict
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on a French radio show on Saturday.
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on October 2024
Fear Factors
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on October 2024
Ever-Shrinking Condos Are the Choice of Investors in Toronto and Vancouver
Small condos have become about a third of the market in Toronto over the last eight years.
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on October 2024
Michigan Father Dies in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon, Family Says
Smoke billowed after Israeli airstrikes in Nabatieh district, in southern Lebanon, in September.
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on October 2024
Israel Targets Hezbollah as Khamenei, Iran’s Leader, Warns of Retaliation
Smoke and flames rising after an Israeli airstrike in the Dahiyeh, area of Lebanon on Friday.
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on October 2024
US Conducts Strikes Against Houthis in Yemen
Smoke rises after strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
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on October 2024
Biden Cautions Israel on Plans to Retaliate Against Iran
President Biden joined his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, left, at the daily press briefing Friday at the White House. It was the only time he has joined the briefing as president, and he took questions on the Middle East.
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on October 2024
A Pentagon Debate: Are U.S. Deployments Containing the Fighting, or Inflaming It?
The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its strike group of destroyers and fighter squadrons has been monitoring Iran from the Gulf of Oman since August.
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on October 2024
Iran’s Foreign Minister Conveys Support for Joint Cease-Fire in Lebanon and Gaza
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday.
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on October 2024
Hamas Leader Is Holding Out for a Bigger War, U.S. Officials Say
Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, in Gaza in April 2023. The group has shown no desire at all to engage in talks in recent weeks, U.S. officials say.
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on October 2024
What Game Theory Tells Us About the Threat of an Israel-Iran War
Destruction is seen in a Dahiya neighborhood south of Beirut after a week of deadly Israeli airstrikes.
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on October 2024
Champions League’s New Format Creates a New Reality
Tiago Santos and Lille may already have their biggest win of the season.
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on October 2024
Gender Identity Changes Must Be Recognized Across E.U. Borders, Court Rules
The Pride Parade in Berlin in 2023. Rights campaigners say a court ruling may give transgender people more freedoms throughout the European Union.
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on October 2024
Ayatollah Khamenei Praises Oct. 7 Attacks and Warns Israel in Rare Sermon
Tens of thousands of supporters gathered to hear Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, lead Friday prayers in Tehran.
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on October 2024
Bosnia Balkans flooding rains
Flooding on Friday after heavy rains in a village near the Bosnian town of Fojnica, about 30 miles west of Sarajevo.
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on October 2024
Israel Expands Evacuation Warnings in Southern Lebanon After Renewed Strikes
Smoke rising over the Dahiya area south of Beirut, in Lebanon, on Friday.
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on October 2024
E.U. Court Says Some Rules for Soccer’s Transfer Market Are Illegal
Lassana Diarra, right, went to court after being fined millions of dollars for walking away from his contract and trying to join a new club.
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on October 2024
What to Know About the 2024 Nobel Prizes
Replicas the Nobel Peace Prize medal on display at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.
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on October 2024
A Rest, a Reset and a Thanks for the Banter
Damien Cave at the Sydney office of The New York Times in October 2017.
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on October 2024
Yazidi Woman Taken Captive by ISIS Has Been Rescued in Gaza, Israel Says
A screen grab from a video posted on Thursday on the X account of an Israeli diplomat, showing Fawzia Amin Sido, 21, reuniting with her family in Iraq.
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on October 2024
Israeli Planes Bomb Bunker Near Beirut, Targeting Hezbollah’s Presumed Next Leader
The aftermath in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday after an overnight explosion.
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on October 2024
Who Is Hashem Safieddine, a Possible Nasrallah Successor Targeted by Israel?
Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, attending a ceremony in Beirut’s southern suburbs earlier this year.
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on October 2024
Israeli Airstrike Kills at Least 18 People in the West Bank
The bodies of the Palestinians who died in an Israeli strike in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Thursday were taken to the Sabit State Hospital morgue.
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on October 2024
How 2 Offhand Remarks by Biden Caused Waves in the Markets and the Middle East
President Biden responded to reporters’ questions at the White House on Thursday.
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on October 2024
Friday Briefing: Israel Expands Evacuation Orders in Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike on the town of Khiam, Lebanon, yesterday.
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on October 2024
What to Know About the Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak
A colorized scanning of an electron micrograph shows Marburg virus particles (in blue), both budding and attached to the surface of infected cells (in yellow).
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on October 2024
The S.S. United States May Soon Find New Life on the Florida Seafloor
The S.S. United States, once a luxury vessel in trans-Atlantic waters, may soon end up on the sea floor off the coast of Florida as a home for marine life.
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on October 2024
Oil Prices Jump After Biden Says ‘Discussing’ Potential Israeli Strike on Iranian Facilities
President Biden spoke to the news media as he prepared to board Marine One from the White House on Thursday.
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on October 2024
Unable to Penetrate Systems, Hackers Spread Lies About Vulnerabilities
American officials warn that while election systems may be secure, hacker groups may try to spread disinformation to disrupt next month’s election.
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on October 2024
A NOAA Climate Agency in Asheville Was Knocked Out by Helene
The Veach-Baley Federal Complex in Asheville, N.C., which houses the National Centers for Environmental Information, in May 2021.
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on October 2024
Europe Expected to Approve Higher Tariffs on Electric Cars From China
European countries are set on Friday to approve additional tariffs of up to 45 percent on Chinese-made electric cars, aiming to protect European automakers from an influx of cheaper, state-subsidized vehicles.
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on October 2024
Russia, U.S. and Other Countries Are Evacuating Their Citizens from Lebanon
Arriving in Bulgaria onboard a government plane from Beirut on Monday.
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on October 2024
U.K. to Hand Over Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Ending Colonial-Era Dispute
Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos Archipelago, is the site of a major military base used by Britain and the United States.
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on October 2024
After Successes, Israel’s Military Is in a ‘Long Game’ With No Clear Outcome
Israeli military vehicles at a staging area near the border with Lebanon on Sunday.
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on October 2024
Abuse Claims Add to Telegram C.E.O. Pavel Durov’s Legal Troubles
Irina Bolgar said she had a romantic relationship with the Telegram founder Pavel Durov for about a decade.
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on October 2024
The Whiskey Industry Is Bracing for a Trade War if Trump Wins. It’s Not Alone.
Sonat Birnecker Hart, owner of the Koval Distillery in Chicago. The prospect of renewed trade wars make it hard for businesses like hers to plan for the future.
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on October 2024
Amid Sanctions, Russian Oil Tankers Are Flying New Flags
Dozens of tankers have registered in Gabon over the past year, records show, making that country’s ship registry one of the fastest-growing in the world.
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on October 2024
A Climate Fund Could Pay Billions to Protect Trees in Amazon and Beyond
Garo Batmanian, the director of the Brazilian Forest Service and one of the architects of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, in the forest bureau in Brasilia.
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on October 2024
S. Iswaran, Ex-Singapore Minister, Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison
S. Iswaran, the former transportation minister of Singapore, had pleaded guilty to charges of accepting gifts that included tickets to the play “Hamilton.”
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on October 2024
Thursday Briefing: Strikes Leave 6 Dead in Beirut
Destroyed buildings in Dahiya, a densely populated area south of Beirut.
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on October 2024
Friday Briefing: Israel Targets Hezbollah’s Remaining Leaders
What to Know: How Israel Could Retaliate Against Iran
A Menace to Motorists, but the ‘Noble’ Moose Is Adopted by Newfoundland
Russia and Syria Silent on Reported Strike Near Russian Base in Syria