Internet Restrictions Spur Russians to Openly Question Putin’s Moves
On a subway in Moscow. As Russians criticize the internet restrictions, the discontent has helped send the approval rating of President Vladimir V. Putin to its lowest level since before the war with Ukraine.
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The Small U.K. Agency That’s a 911 for Ships in the Strait of Hormuz
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre monitors shipping around the Arabian Peninsula, aiding vessels in trouble.
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They Lost Their Homes in Cuba to the Communist Government. Will They Ever Get Them Back?
Teo A. Babún, Jr., in Miami this month. Consultants hired by his family estimated the value of its lost holdings in Cuba to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars by 2018.
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Iraq’s Prime Minister-Designate Thrust Into U.S.-Iran Power Struggle
The Iraqi prime minister-designate, Ali al-Zaidi, at his office in Baghdad on Tuesday. The photo was released by his office.
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Luxury Yacht Linked to Russian Oligarch Passes Through Strait of Hormuz
The Nord, anchored off Hong Kong in 2022. In that year, the U.S. State Department publicly raised concerns after Hong Kong said it would not seize the vessel.
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Prisoner Swap Between Belarus, Poland and Other Nations Frees 10
A photograph released by Poland’s government showing Prime Minister Donald Tusk, back to camera, greeting Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut after his release from a prison in Belarus, in an unknown location somewhere on the Poland-Belarus border on Tuesday.
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In Iran, Cheetah Sightings Offer Rare Spots of Hope Amid War
A female Asiatic cheetah named Dalbar in the Pardisan Park in Tehran in 2017. The species is under constant threat of hunters, speeding cars and wild dogs.
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Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Artillery Strike on a University
The damaged Faculty of Education building at a university in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on Monday.
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Ron Paul Saw The U.S. Mint’s Gold Problems Coming
Ron Paul, then a Texas congressman for the Republican Party, in 1983.
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Man Pleads Guilty to Planning Attack at Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna
Police officers outside the court in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, where the trial was taking place on Tuesday.
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Mali Terror Attack: Defense Minister Killed by Al Qaeda-Linked JNIM
Gen. Sadio Camara of Mali in 2024. He was a central figure in the 2020 coup that ousted then-President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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Sri Lanka Arrests 22 Monks After 240 Pounds of Cannabis Found in Luggage
Monks arriving at a court after their arrest, in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday.
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First Fully Loaded L.N.G. Tanker Since War Began Appears to Have Crossed the Strait
Before the war, about 20 percent of the world’s liquefied natural gas originated in the Middle East, virtually all of it headed to Asia.
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Trains Collide in Indonesia, Killing at Least 14 and Injuring Dozens
Rescuers at the wreckage of a passenger train near Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday.
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Iraq Taps Businessman, Ali al-Zaidi, to Form New Government
The ceremony in Baghdad on Monday at which Ali al-Zaidi was announced as prime minister-designate. The photograph was released by the president’s media office.
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Mali Rebels Strike Major Blow Against Junta and Russia’s Africa Corps
Tuareg rebels in the Azawad Liberation Front coalition riding on the back of a pickups in Kidal, Mali, on Sunday.
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Euphoria in Kenya After Sabastian Sawe’s Record-Breaking Win
Sabastian Sawe ran the London Marathon in less than two hours on Sunday.
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Canada’s New Route to Citizenship Has Thousands of Americans Lining Up to Apply
A citizenship ceremony for new Canadians last year in Montreal.
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Carney to Launch Sovereign Wealth Fund to Distance Canada’s Economy From U.S.
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada announcing a sovereign wealth fund on Monday in Ottawa.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Prays With Pope Leo at the Vatican in Historic Meeting
A photo released by the Vatican on Monday showed Pope Leo meeting with the Most Rev. Sarah Mullally, the archbishop of Canterbury, at the Vatican.
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United Airlines Says It Pitched American on Merger but Was Rebuffed
Scott Kirby, chief of United Airlines, said a merger with American Airlines would have generated significant economic benefits for the United States.
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Hezbollah Vows to Keep Its Weapons as Lebanon Says Israeli Strikes Killed 14
A funeral in Maaroub, southern Lebanon, on Sunday, which according to the Lebanese Health Ministry was one of the deadliest days in the country since a truce was declared.
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China’s Economy Starts to Show Cracks From Iran War
Chinese-made cars waiting to be exported at a port in Suzhou, China, on Monday. China has sought to increase exports as demand has weakened at home.
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Is in Russia for Talks With Putin on Middle East War
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in St. Petersburg on Monday. Mr. Araghchi’s visit to Russia follows a weekend of talks in Pakistan and Oman.
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China Will Require Meta to Unwind Acquisition of AI Start-Up Manus
Meta has described the two teams already as “deeply integrated.”
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Fighting ‘Sacred’ War in Ukraine, North Korea and Russia Pledge to Deepen Ties
A photograph provided by North Korean state media showed the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, at the opening ceremony of a memorial in Pyongyang on Sunday. Defense Minister Andrei R. Belousov and Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin of Russia sit behind him.
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Iran War Shakes Global Economy, but the U.S. Has Mostly Been Spared
A farmer in Vietnam preparing plastic containers of diesel he had just purchased.
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Canada Says Its Gold Is Traceable and Clean. So We Traced It.
This illegal mine near Caucasia, Colombia, sells gold into the Royal Canadian Mint’s supply chain.
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Homeowners Fight for Control of Their Community in China
Homeowners discussing their negotiation strategy with management at a home at the Lafite Waterfront complex on the outskirts of Beijing.
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U.S. Military Strikes Another Boat in Eastern Pacific, Killing 3
An image from a video provided by the U.S. military shows what it said was a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday.
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King Charles Is Coming to the U.S. at a Very Delicate Time
King Charles III, center, and President Trump with a Coldstream Guardsman in September at Windsor Castle.
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8 Memorable Moments From Past British Royal Visits to the U.S.
Queen Elizabeth and President Ronald Reagan in San Francisco, in 1983.
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Former Israeli Premiers Join in Bid to Oust Netanyahu in Elections
Naftali Bennett, left, and Yair Lapid on Sunday in Herzliya, Israel, where they said they would unite in a party to be called Yachad, Hebrew for “together.”
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What to Know About the U.S.-Iran Peace Talks
Posters in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday. Pakistani officials have been mediating between the United States and Iran.
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Iran and U.S. Sink Into Awkward Limbo of ‘No War, No Peace’
A mural in Tehran depicting Iranian missiles attacking a U.S. Navy ship.
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Islamabad Reopens After U.S.-Iran Talks Fail to Materialize
A reopened road on Sunday near the venue that hosted the first round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Israel and Hezbollah Trade Strikes in Lebanon, as Iran Talks Remain on Hold
A mass funeral in the southern Lebanese village of Maaroub on Sunday.
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Israel’s President, Putting Off Decision on Pardon for Netanyahu, Will Push for Plea Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, left, with President Isaac Herzog, in Jerusalem last week.
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How We Traced U.S. Government Gold to a Drug Cartel
The reporter Justin Scheck of The Times at La Mandinga, in Colombia. It’s a government-owned cattle ranch where illegal miners tear up the earth.
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U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’
This gold comes from a Colombian drug cartel mine. It should never end up at the U.S. Mint.
But it does.
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In Japan, the Fight Is on Against Unruly Tourists
Tourists in April in Fujiyoshida, Japan.
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What to Know About King Charles and Queen Camilla’s U.S. State Visit Hosted by Trump
King Charles and Queen Camilla in London last week. When President Trump was asked whether Charles’s upcoming visit could mend relations with Britain, he said: “Absolutely. He’s fantastic. He’s a fantastic man. Absolutely the answer is yes.”
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40 Years Ago, a Nuclear Catastrophe at Chernobyl
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant three days after the explosion in April 1986.
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Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Launch Major Attacks on Cities Across Mali
A Malian soldier on guard outside Bamako, Mali, on Saturday.
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Crushed at the Polls, Hungary’s Former Ruling Party Licks Its Wounds
Hungary’s departing prime minister, Viktor Orban, in Budapest this month.
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Families of Iranian Children Killed in School Airstrike Pen Letter to Pope
A memorial in Tehran for the victims of an airstrike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran, on the first day of U.S. and Israeli bombing of the country.
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2 C.I.A. Officers Killed in Mexico Crash Lacked Proper Authorization
A suspected methamphetamine processing lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.
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Iran Offers Plan to Focus on Strait of Hormuz and Delay Nuclear Talks
UAE Says It Will Leave OPEC as Iran War Strains Oil Markets
How South Korea Uses A.I. to Check on Its Elderly
The Art of the Nuclear Deal
The Rising Chinese Automaker Not Named BYD
How a Trump Event Shooting Unfolded
40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl
How Nieves González’s Painting of Lily Allen Made Her Famous