As Israeli Settlements Get Bigger, Palestinian Hikes Grow Shorter
As Israeli settlers build more encampments across the valleys of the West Bank, the area’s hiking paths are being turned into dead ends.
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This Week Is Pivotal for Ukraine, and for Europe’s Voice in Its Future
From left: Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Emmanuel Macron of France at a meeting in London this month.
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Trinidad and Tobago Sides With U.S. in Battle Against Venezuela, Military Tool Suggests
A U.S. radar at the A.N.R. Robinson International Airport in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Australia, After a Mass Shooting During Hanukkah, Looks for a Path Forward
A memorial service outside the Bondi Pavilion on Tuesday for the victims of the attack in Sydney, Australia.
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Ukraine Plan Calls For Enhanced Military, With U.S. and European Backup
Ukrainian soldiers during a live-fire training exercise at a military training ground in the Dnipro region this month.
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Rwanda-Backed Militia Says It Will Withdraw From Key City in Congo
Militants fighting with the Congolese government surrendered weapons to the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in Uvira, Congo, on Monday.
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In a Remote Jungle, the Gruesome Poaching of Rare Elephants
Henry Jamis, a ranger, next to the skeleton of a Bornean elephant near the Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Malaysia’s Sabah state last week.
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Zelensky Expresses Wary Optimism About Russia-Ukraine Peace Plan
Damage after bombing in Kostiantynivka, eastern Ukraine, this year.
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Australia Doubles Down on Gun Control in Wake of Bondi Beach Shooting
A memorial in Sydney on Tuesday. The shooting, which left at least 15 dead and scores of others injured, has forced a hard look at gun control in Australia.
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France Passes Welfare Budget Law, Giving Government Rare Win
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, at France’s National Assembly on Tuesday, seems to have succeeded after a false start.
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10-Year-Old Killed in Russia School Stabbing
Police officers at the entrance of a school in the Moscow region after a stabbing on Tuesday.
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Rome’s New Subway Stops Are Part Museum, Part Station
Ancient Roman findings displayed inside of the new subway station Colosseo, in Rome on Tuesday.
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Mark Carney Caught in Canada’s British Spelling Debate
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking in Ottawa last week. As a former leader of England’s central bank Mr. Carney spent years exposed to British English.
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Sydney Attackers Motivated by “Islamic State Ideology,” Officials Say
The family of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the attack on Sunday, at a memorial service on Tuesday in Bondi Beach.
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US Boat Strikes Shift to Pacific, Placing Colombia on Watch
Video images posted by the U.S. Southern Command on Monday showed what the U.S. military said were strikes on three narcotrafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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U.S. Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say
A liquified natural gas tanker. This year the Trump administration signed a deal with the European Union in which Europe pledged to buy American gas in exchange for tariff relief.
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Man Who Plowed Car Into Liverpool F.C. Parade Is Sentenced to 21 Years
Water Street in Liverpool, England, in May, after a car rammed into people gathered for a parade.
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Heroic Bondi Beach Bystander’s Immigrant Background Is a Balm for Some Australians
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia visiting Ahmed el Ahmed on Tuesday.
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Brigitte Macron, First Lady of France, Says Sorry for Slur Against Feminist Activists
Brigitte Macron in Paris this month. Despite saying sorry for her comments, she also said that she did not regret them. “I am indeed the wife of the president of the Republic, but I am also, above all, myself,” she said.
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Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro
Oil drilling equipment in Cabimas, Venezuela. The country has about 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, nearly four times the amount in the United States.
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Bondi Suspects Were in Southern Philippines, Where ISIS Is Active
A bombed-out building in Marawi in 2022, five years after Islamic State-affiliated militants and government forces waged a devastating battle for control of the city.
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In Sydney Suburb Where Suspects Lived, Neighbor Saw ‘No Dramas’
Police officers at the house of the suspects’ family in the Bonnyrigg suburb of Sydney on Monday.
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E.U. Flies 110 Tons of Aid to Darfur. But Will It Reach Those In Need?
A camp in North Darfur, Sudan, for people displaced by the country’s civil war, which has created a humanitarian crisis.
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The Next Steps for Gaza
After an Israeli strike in Gaza City on Saturday.
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Albanese Vows to Toughen Gun Laws After Deadly Bondi Shooting
A makeshift memorial at Bondi pavilion, near the site of the attack, in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.
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How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak
Dark-eyed juncos, normally forest-dwelling, have occupied Los Angeles for about 20 years.
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Ukraine Says It Hit a Submarine With Underwater Drones
Ukraine previously targeted another Russian Kilo-class submarine, the Rostov-on-Don, shown sailing through the Bosporus at Istanbul in 2022.
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Iranian Authorities Assaulted Detained Nobel Laureate, Family Says
A photo of Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, made available by the Narges Mohammadi Foundation.
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U.K. Spy Chief Warns of Growing Russia Threat in Europe
Blaise Metreweli in London on Monday. She became the first female leader of MI6 in October.
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After Bondi Beach Attack, Australia Is Urged to Act Faster Against Antisemitism
Jillian Segal, Australia’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, wants the country’s leaders to act on recommendations that she presented in July.
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Australian Leaders Promise to Tighten Gun Laws After Bondi Beach Attack
The office of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said potential measures could include only allowing Australian citizens to hold gun licenses.
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Louvre Museum Staff Go on Daylong Strike, Shutting Out Tourists
Workers gathered on Monday outside the Louvre Museum in Paris to protest their working conditions, staffing issues and the state of the museum’s buildings.
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‘Don’t Feed the Pig’: The Anti-Corruption Call That Helped Topple a Government
Protesters in Sofia, Bulgaria, this month. The trigger for the demonstrations was a budget that raised taxes and lifted the salaries of members of the state security apparatus.
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How the Bondi Beach Shooting Unfolded at a Hanukkah Celebration
A makeshift memorial at Bondi pavilion, near the site of the attack, in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.
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Ukraine and Allies Agree on Security Guarantee for Peace Proposal
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, left, and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Berlin on Monday.
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Kast’s Victory in Chile Is Another Win for Global Right-Wing Movement
José Antonio Kast and his wife, Maria Pia Adriazola, celebrating on Sunday in Santiago, Chile, after the runoff election.
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Some Australian Jews Accuse the Government of Failing to Heed Warnings
Yvonne Haber, left, with other mourners at the site of the shooting in Sydney on Monday.
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To China, Jimmy Lai Was an Arch Villain. To His Supporters, He Was Their Hope.
Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong in 2019. Mr. Lai, who has been behind bars for five years, received guilty verdicts in a national security trial on Monday.
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How the Bondi Beach Community Rushed to Help Shooting Victims
A family embracing at a flower memorial by a lifeguard tower on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.
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Emergency Responders Recount Horror of Sydney Shooting
Items left behind at the scene near Bondi Beach on Monday.
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U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows
A U.S. Air Force air-to-air refueling tanker took off from an airport in St. Croix in late November. A similar type of aircraft nearly collided with a JetBlue flight on Friday over the Caribbean, according to air traffic control radio communications.
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Suspects in Bondi Beach Shooting Identified as Father and Son
A surfer walking past police at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Monday, a day after gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration there, killing 15 people and wounding dozens of others.
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Syrian Who Killed U.S. Soldiers Was Member of Security Forces, Officials Say
U.S. soldiers on patrol in northeastern Syria in January.
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What to Know About the Victims of the Bondi Beach Shooting
A memorial for the victims of Sunday’s attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
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A Hanukkah Attack in Sydney
Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, yesterday.
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U.S. Rabbis React to Deadly Hanukkah Attack in Sydney
The aftermath of a deadly shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.
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Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Was Years in the Making
Here’s how Jimmy Lai became a politically outspoken tycoon.
Sydney Gunmen Were Motivated by ISIS, Australia’s Leader Says
Dashcam Footage Shows Couple Confronting a Suspected Bondi Beach Gunman
Ahmed el Ahmed, Who Tackled One of the Bondi Beach Gunmen, Is Recovering in a Hospital
The Turbulent Times of Friedrich Merz