Palestinian Voices Absent from U.S.-Run Center Planning Gaza’s Future
U.S. military personnel and other officials monitor screens displaying imagery of the Gaza Strip during a media tour of the new Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Monday.
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Where Mao’s Peasants Tilled the Soil, Tourists Now Pay for the View
Jia Tianlian tending his tiny plot of land in Dazhai, a village in northern China that Mao Zedong once hailed as a model for the nation. In the background are residential buildings from the “people’s commune” of that era.
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U.S. Military Threat Puts Spotlight on Venezuela’s Allies
A Russian fighter jet and rocket launchers on display in San Carlos del Meta, Venezuela.
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on November 2025
Tanzania: What to Know About the Post-Election Violence
Protesters help an injured demonstrator near burning barricades amid clashes in Dar es Salaam on Oct. 29, during Tanzania’s presidential election.
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Chinese Spies Are Using LinkedIn to Target U.K. Lawmakers, MI5 Warns
The Houses of Parliament in London. Dan Jarvis, the British security minister, described a “covert and calculated attempt” by China to gather intelligence there.
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Ecuador Votes ‘No’ to Hosting U.S. Military Base
Celebrations after the results of a constitutional referendum in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Sunday.
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Australian Man Convicted of Murderer Sues to Challenge Vegemite Ban Behind Bars
Australian prison officials banned Vegemite in Victoria State out of concern that its potent taste and smell would prevent drug-sniffing dogs from finding contraband.
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Poland Blames Russian-Backed Ukrainians for Railway Sabotage
Inspectors at the site of a blast on a railway in Mika, Poland, on Sunday.
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Jeju Air Crash Investigators to Hold Public Hearing as They Face Criticism
The wreckage of the Jeju Air passenger jet in Muan, South Korea, in December. The plane had skidded off a runway, hit a wall and exploded into a fireball.
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Zelensky Will Try to Revive Peace Talks With Russia During Turkey Visit
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Madrid on Tuesday. Efforts to end the war with Russia have reached a stalemate since the summer.
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After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How
A Palestinian man, one of those granted entry to South Africa, with his child at an undisclosed location in Johannesburg, on Friday.
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The Saudi crown prince receives an especially warm welcome at the White House.
President Trump lavished praise on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during his visit to the White House on Tuesday.
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Khashoggi’s widow wants the U.S. to pressure Saudi Arabia to return his remains.
Jamal and Hanan Elatr Khashoggi were married in 2018, a few months before Jamal was killed in Istanbul.
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‘Things Happen’: Trump Brushes Off the Murder of Khashoggi
President Trump responds to a reporter’s question about the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday.
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Trump wants a Saudi-Israel deal, but that’s not likely soon.
President Trump in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this year. Mr. Trump has continued to argue that a diplomatic breakthrough is within reach.
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Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
The Trump Treasury Department officially labeled Cartel de los Soles a global terrorist entity in July.
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on November 2025
Trump Family’s Business Ties to Saudi Arabia Raise Ethics Worries
President Trump, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jerry Inzerillo at a model of the proposed Diriyah development during a state dinner in Saudi Arabia in May.
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Greenpeace Faces an Unusual New Legal Attack From a Pipeline Giant
Protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline project near Cannonball, N.D., in September 2016. Earlier this year a court found Greenpeace liable for its role in demonstrations there.
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How We Linked the Auto Industry to Lead Poisoning in Nigeria
True Metals lead smelting plant in Ogijo, Nigeria.
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on November 2025
Trump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela
President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday. Last month, Mr. Trump called off efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela, but the president has raised the possibility of renewed engagement.
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U.N. Security Council Adopts Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza
The American resolution passed in the U.N. Security Council on Monday with 13 votes in favor.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns
President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, watch an F-35 fighter jet during a demonstration off the coast of Norfolk, Va., last month.
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25 Girls Abducted From School in Nigeria
The dormitories where gunmen kidnapped schoolchildren in Kebbi, Nigeria, on Monday.
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Study Analyzes How Much ‘Macro’ Plastic Is Deadly to Sea Life
An autopsied Hawksbill sea turtle in a lab in the United Arab Emirates. Lying beside the turtle are items removed from its stomach, including a large amount of plastic.
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Why Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain walking out of 10 Downing Street on Monday. Some members of Mr. Starmer’s Labour Party object to Britain’s new restrictions on immigration.
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Serbian Woman Ends Hunger Strike Against Government
Dijana Hrka preparing to speak to the press outside Parliament on Monday about ending her hunger strike.
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Trump Project in Maldives Opens More Doors for Cryptocurrency Investors
Eric Trump, the executive vice president of the Trump Organization and the president’s son, looked over a real estate plan on another project involving the Dubai-based company Dar Global in Doha in April.
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A Plan for Private Jet Taxes Would Fund Climate Measures
A private jet at the Farnborough International Airshow last year. Aviation accounts for roughly 4 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Top U.N. Official Pushing to Get Aid Into Stricken Sudanese City
A camp in Al Dabbah, Sudan, on Sunday. The newly established camp has received some of the thousands of people displaced by fighting in El Fasher.
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Trump Administration Releases Thousands of Amelia Earhart Files
More than 4,600 pages of documents related to Amelia Earhart were released on Friday, including at least one photograph and a number of documents that were already available to the public.
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Senator Accuses Kenya of Neglecting Children Trapped in Saudi Arabia
Abudy, an infant who was living on the street Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with his Kenyan mother, Esther.
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Polish Railway Explosion Was Sabotage, Prime Minister Says
A photo released by the office of Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland on Monday shows Mr. Tusk and others at the site of an explosion on the tracks in Mika, Poland, between Warsaw and Lublin.
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France Agrees to Sell Up to 100 Rafale Fighter Jets to Ukraine
François Bayrou, top left, then the prime minister of France, with a Rafale fighter aircraft in June. France said on Monday that it would sell up to 100 such jets to Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s Cash Is Running Low, and Europe Has No Good Plan B
A memorial to fallen soldiers in Ukraine this month. The scale of the devastation from Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues to mount.
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Man Who Rushed Ariana Grande in Singapore Gets 9 Days in Jail
Johnson Wen, in white, is seized by security after jumping a barricade and approaching Ariana Grande at a premiere.
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More Than 40 Indian Pilgrims Are Killed in Bus Crash in Saudi Arabia
Family members of the victims of a bus crash in Saudi Arabia mourned in Hyderabad, India, home to many of the passengers, on Monday.
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Too Powerful to Ignore, Saudi Prince Returns to Washington’s Embrace
President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, the capital, in May in Mr. Trump’s first major trip abroad of his second term.
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Aiming to Shock Japan, China Pushes a Wave of Reprisals
The Chinese leader Xi Jinping attending a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Thousands March for Climate Action as COP30 Talks Enter Second Week
A demonstration near the U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Saturday. The atmosphere has been a marked contrast to the past three summits that were held in countries where governments restricted public protests.
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The ‘Donroe Doctrine’: Trump’s Bid to Control the Western Hemisphere
President Trump aboard Air Force One on Friday. His administration has shown its interest in stronger control of Latin America, which promises major benefits.
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on November 2025
What Russian Activists Do When They Can’t Criticize Putin
A “Z” emblem in support of the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, in Moscow last year. Space for opposing beliefs in the country is limited.
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Bangladesh Court Sentences Former Prime Minister to Death
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, in Dhaka last year.
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At a Shared Symbol of Jihad, the Taliban Defy Their Old Ties With Pakistan
Crowds of people waited for the Afghan Taliban foreign minister’s arrival at the Deoband Islamic seminary in northern India last month.
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on November 2025
Trump Gives Legs to South Korea’s Dream for Nuclear-Powered Subs
President Trump and his South Korean counterpart, Lee Jae Myung, held talks in Gyeongju, South Korea, in October.
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Latest U.S. Strike on Boat in Pacific Kills 3, Southern Command Says
The Gerald R. Ford, the largest and most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier, engaging in NATO exercises in the North Sea in September. On Sunday, the U.S. Southern Command said the vessel had arrived in the Caribbean.
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on November 2025
UN Support Propels Trump Gaza Plan, but Road Ahead Is Still Rough
Environmentalists Sue to Stop Oil Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico
For the Saudi crown prince, international criticism over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has faded.
Dozens of Australian Schools Close Over Asbestos Fears
Live Updates: Trump Praises Saudi Prince and Dismisses Question About Killing of Journalist
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