UK Security Adviser Jonathan Powell Traveled to Israel Ahead of Consulate Closure
Jonathan Powell, Britain’s national security adviser, on Downing Street last year.
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U.S. Sends Reaper Drones to Colombia and Ecuador to Hunt Cartels
An MQ-9 Reaper drone at Hancock Field Air National Guard base near Syracuse, N.Y.
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Live From the Barracks: Three Juntas Launch TV Channel
At a news conference in Bamako, Mali, in May. Military juntas have taken over Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in recent years, cracking down on journalists and struggling to stop extremist groups like Al Qaeda.
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Man Arrested in Connection With Incident at UK Air Base RAF Fairford
Armed police officers stood guard on a road outside the perimeter of the R.A.F. Fairford air base last month.
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Spain Cancels Arrest Warrant for Carles Puigdemont, Catalan Separatist Leader
The Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont before a news conference on Tuesday in Belgium, where he has lived since 2017.
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Drones Hit Ships Off Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast, Prime Minister Says
Crew members of a ship that was damaged in a drone attack disembarking from a Bulgarian border police vessel on Tuesday.
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German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges
August Hanning in 2007, after he left the German intelligence service.
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India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi
A protest in New Delhi on Sunday, demanding the resignation of India’s chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar. More protests are planned for this week.
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As Spain Heads Into a Snap Election, Sánchez Turns an Eviction Into a Campaign Cause
People at a bar in La Cabrera, on the outskirts of Madrid, watching a televised speech on Monday in which Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced national elections.
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France Student Protests Escalate Amid Fiscal Crisis and an Election
The damaged entrance to a high school in Paris on Monday. Unrest at French schools has compounded a sense of crisis in France.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records
Immigration arrests have swept across the New York region as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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People of All Ages Join French Student Protests, as Movement Broadens
Demonstrators gathered in Paris to protest ailing schools.
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In Race With U.S., China Struggles to Recruit Foreign A.I. Researchers
Chinese A.I. companies like Deepseek and Moonshot have made a name for themselves internationally. But China still struggles to recruit foreign researchers.
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Melting Swiss Glaciers Release Archaeological Treasures
Fragments of wood found recently around a fast-melting ice patch in the Swiss Alps.
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Germany’s Far Right Claims Its First Statehouse Speaker Since 1945
Tobias Rausch was chosen as the first far-right leader of a German statehouse since 1945.
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South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hackings on Its Banks
Hana Bank was one of several financial institutions in South Korea affected by recent cyberattacks.
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FIFA Found Congo Player Ineligible but Let Him Play in World Cup
Members of the Democratic Republic of Congo squad warming up before their World Cup match against Colombia in June.
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The Hidden Policies That Power China’s Export Boom
Workers in a garment-making district in Guangzhou, China, last year.
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Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Author of Seminal Anticolonial Novel, Dies at 98
Cheikh Hamidou Kane in 2011. Mr. Kane subtly captured the shock of colonization from the perspective of the African people.
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‘A new kind of cyber incident’: OpenAI apologizes for the Australia Medicare hack.
OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. The company said it would work to rebuild trust with Australians.
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OpenAI’s models have also meddled with U.S. government websites after going rogue.
OpenAI’s technology tried to hack the website of the U.S. Education Department to gather data from the department’s civil rights office but failed.
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The Separatist Parti Québécois Wins Quebec Election, Reviving Sovereignty Push
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti Québécois, celebrated a provincial election victory in Montreal.
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What to know about recent A.I. hacks.
An analysis of one recent hack by OpenAI technology helped to reveal how A.I. agents communicated with one another.
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OpenAI Says It Changed Systems After Australia Hacking
The chief strategy officer for OpenAI, Jason Kwon, center, at the Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday.
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A.I. hacking in Australia prompts a concern: Can the law keep up?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia at the U.N. General Assembly in New York last month. He has called for international standards to govern A.I.
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Nigeria Military Helicopter Crashes With 32 Onboard
Wreckage of a military aircraft that crashed in Ondo State, Nigeria, on Monday.
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Brazil Election Could Give Bolsonaro a Key Role in Trump’s Latin America Map
An effigy of President Trump carrying a depiction of an incarcerated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during a rally in São Paulo last month in support of Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing opposition candidate.
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British Museum Says It’s Extending Bayeux Tapestry Viewing Hours
Visitors to the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry exhibition were initially allowed to take photos, but that practice has since been banned to move people along more quickly.
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Russia Moves to Tamp Down Rumors About Plague Outbreak in Siberia
An infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residents “not to spread rumors.”
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Why Saudi Arabia’s Last War in Yemen Turned Into a Quagmire
Smoke billowing from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month after the Houthis claimed to have attacked the facility.
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Saudi and Yemeni Forces Attack Houthis to Retake Control of Red Sea Coast
Inspecting melted foam in a factory after a strike in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday. Houthi-affiliated media blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack.
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In a Major Boost for the Right, Another Bolsonaro Nears Brazil’s Presidency
Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, had the lead after Sunday’s vote.
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Housing, Corruption and a Migrant Surge: Why Spain Is Holding an Early Election
People demonstrating on Saturday in Madrid for stronger protections for renters.
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Former Prince Andrew Sues UK Police After Arrest Linked to Epstein Investigation
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is challenging the legality of the search warrants that allowed the police to search two of his homes in February.
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Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve
A protester in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month calling for help for Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine.
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Turkey Banned a Book by a Jailed Presidential Hopeful. We Read It.
Ekrem Imamoglu addressing supporters in front of an Istanbul courthouse in January 2025. He was the city’s mayor, and had vowed to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Voters in Quebec Election Go to Polls as Separatist Parti Québécois Leads
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the separatist Parti Québécois, arriving to cast his ballot on Monday during Quebec’s provincial election in Montreal.
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Spain’s Leader Calls Early Election After Housing Crisis Roils Government
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain called an early election on Nov. 29.
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Pay Phone, a Lifeline During 2019 Australia Wildfires, Gains Heritage Status
A public phone booth in Narooma on Australia’s east coast has been awarded heritage status for the role it played during and after wildfires in the region.
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U.S. Sanctions Aim to ‘Shut Down’ Iran’s Airlines, but This Boeing Plane Is Still Flying
A Mahan Air Boeing 777 with the tail sign EP-MTE arrived at Najaf International Airport in July, carrying the casket of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes in February.
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
A B-1 bomber at R.A.F. Fairford in Britain taking off on Sunday. All 12 B-1s were moved from the base in a highly unusual withdrawal.
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Biljana Plavsic, a Former Bosnian Serb Political Leader, Has Died
Biljana Plavsic during her first appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague in 2001.
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As Japan’s Population Shrinks, a City Is Accused of Padding Census Numbers
Bolsonaro Family Emerges Triumphant in Brazil’s Elections, Mounting a Surprising Resurrection
Trump Suggests Iran Could ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego, Drawing Anger From California Leaders
Student Protests Expand to More Than 40 French Cities
Kenya Records Ebola Case for First Time
Protests Spread Across France, Growing From School Demonstrations
The Rise of Gig Economy Warfare
Mixed Human Feelings After a Day at a Park Full of Robots
How Congo’s Ebola Epidemic Got So Bad So Quickly
The Return of Middle East Oil