A Leaner Saudi Arabia Turns From Grandiose Plans to Pragmatism
The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Washington last fall. The prince’s plans and ambitions have grown more rapidly than the state’s financial capacity.
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Javier Milei Tamed Argentina’s Inflation. Now He Wants to Reshape Its Values.
Javier Milei in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in January at the Derecha Fest, a large right-wing gathering.
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Ukraine, Short on Troops, Is Turning to Robots to Help Its War Efforts
Ukrainian soldiers training with an unmanned ground vehicle in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine last year. The country is eager to highlight its advances in technological warfare.
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Starmer to Address UK Lawmakers on Mandelson Vetting
Prime Minister Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing Street in London last month.
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Tsunami Warnings Downgraded in Japan After Strong Offshore Earthquake
A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Japan after a strong earthquake off the country’s northern coast on Monday.
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The Iran War Sent Shock Waves Through Asia That Are Likely to Spread
A floating fuel station selling diesel last month in the Mekong River delta. Vietnam has been hit hard by rising fuel costs because of the war in Iran.
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In Turkey, Middle Powers Ponder Diplomacy With a Rogue U.S.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in Antalya on Friday, where he said the global system was in “a moral and existential crisis.”
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Hamas Officials Say Group Is Ready to Hand Over Some Weapons
Armed members of Hamas in Nuseirat, Gaza, last year.
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Iran Eases Some Internet Restrictions, as Wider Blackout Passes 50th Day
Two women with their phones in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday.
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Gen Z Looks to Nepal as a Test Case of Its Hopes
A youthful revolution changed Nepal. It gave hope to Gen Z worldwide.
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In Qatar, Trapped Between the U.S. and Iran, War Forced a Reckoning
Qatar, though on good terms with both the United States and Iran, has been harmed economically by the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran and endured retaliatory attacks from Tehran.
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British Counterterrorism Police Investigating Attacks Against Jewish Sites
Police forensic officers worked Sunday inside a cordon set up near Kenton United Synagogue. The synagogue, in Harrow, northwest London, was the scene of an overnight arson attack.
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A Decisive Win Raises Bulgarians’ Hopes for Change
Rumen Radev, Bulgaria’s former president, at a polling site in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday. His coalition, Progressive Bulgaria, secured a majority of seats in Parliament in Sunday’s election.
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Strait of Hormuz Traffic Is at a Standstill Again
Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, on Monday.
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2 U.S. Government Workers Among 4 Killed in Car Crash in Mexico
A suspected methamphetamine processing lab discovered in northern Mexico’s Chihuahua state.
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A Humanoid Robot Races to a Record Half-Marathon Finish
The 5-foot-5 humanoid robot Lightning, with its approximately 3-foot-long legs striding, showed its form in a half-marathon race on Sunday in Beijing.
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Energy Secretary Says Gas Prices May Stay Above $3 Until 2027
The price of gas has increased significantly since the war with Iran began in late February.
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Fire Destroys Most of Coastal Village in Malaysia
A view of Kampung Bahagia, on the island of Borneo in Malaysia, in a handout photo taken and released by Malaysia’s Sandakan Fire and Rescue Department on Sunday.
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How Gen Z Protests Have Fared Around the World
Young people at a concert last year celebrating the impeachment of President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar.
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Syrian Billionaires Needed a Favor in Washington. They Invoked the Trump Name.
Moutaz and Ramez Al-Khayyat, two of three Syrian-born brothers, at their company’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar.
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Bulgarian Voters Back New Political Coalition Led by Radev
Former President Rumen Radev of Bulgaria at a polling station in Sofia on Sunday.
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Hezbollah Is Willing to Cooperate With a Cease-Fire With Israel. For Now.
Protesters waved an Iranian flag and flags for Hezbollah in downtown Beirut during a demonstration to show support for Hezbollah last week.
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U.S. Officials Visited Havana to Lay Out Proposals for Cuban Reforms
A street in Havana last month. During the talks last week, a State Department official said, the American delegation insisted that President Trump was open to reaching a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
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Kyiv Mass Shooting Kills 6 and Gunman Is Shot Dead After Taking Hostages in Grocery
Outside the supermarket in Kyiv, Ukraine, where a man took hostages and was killed by the police on Saturday.
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Six Are Missing After Cargo Ship Is Found Overturned Near Guam
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for six crew members from the Mariana, a U.S.-registered dry cargo vessel, which was found overturned in the Pacific.
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More Displaced Lebanese Head Home as Cease-Fire Is Tested
Displaced Lebanese residents returned to their homes in the south on Saturday.
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Pope Says News Outlets Misread Some of His Remarks as Criticism of Trump
El papa León XIV en Yaundé, capital de Camerún, el sábado.
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Carney’s Liberal Majority Reshapes Fortunes to the Left and the Right
Prime Minister Mark Carney with new members of the Liberal caucus, from left: Tatiana Auguste (Terrebonne), Danielle Martin (University-Rosedale) and Doly Begum (Scarborough Southwest) on Wednesday in Ottawa.
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Maduro’s Successor Is Purging Allies Who Kept Him in Power in Venezuela
Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s former vice president, in January in Caracas, the capital.
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In Angola, Pope Leo XIV Faces the Legacy of Colonialism
Pope Leo XIV in Luanda, Angola, on Saturday. Angola’s is the oldest Catholic community in southern Africa, dating back more than 500 years.
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Trump Spat Gives Spain Leader Pedro Sánchez a Political Lifeline
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain addressing Parliament in March.
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A Potent Threat in Strait of Hormuz: Iran’s ‘Mosquito Fleet’
An Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps speedboat and navy ship in the Persian Gulf in 2024.
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A Mild-Mannered Pope Finds His Voice
Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon on Friday. His strident speeches in Africa this week have marked a shift in his rhetoric.
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Trump Extends Sanctions Exemption on Some Russian Oil as High Gas Prices Persist
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that the U.S. government would not renew the sanctions exemption on Russian oil already at sea.
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New PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V.
A woman held H.I.V. medication that she received through funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, along with her hospital records book, at her home in Harare, Zimbabwe, last year.
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Trump Frames Iran War as All but Over in Optimistic Social Media Flurry
President Trump during an event in Las Vegas on Thursday.
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Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is open, but adds that it is still under Tehran’s supervision.
Attendees at a rally in support of Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, in Tehran on Friday.
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Amid Conflicting Messages From Trump and Iran, Hopes for Peace Deal Emerge
A rally in support of Iran’s leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on Friday.
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An Explosion Rattles a Toronto Neighborhood. A Drake Video Was to Blame.
Drake performing in London last year. He posted two images on social media of an explosion that startled residents near Downsview Park in Toronto.
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Rescuers Try to Save Timmy, a Whale Stranded Off Germany
Off Poel Island in northern Germany on Thursday. A humpback whale has been stranded in the area for almost a month.
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The U.S. blockade on ships will continue until Trump ends it, says Central Command chief.
Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, during a news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday.
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Carney Courts Investors to Reduce Canada’s Economic Dependence on U.S.
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada on Parliament Hill this week in Ottawa.
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Starmer’s Credibility Just Took Another Body Blow Over the Mandelson Scandal
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Paris on Friday. “That I wasn’t told that Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting when he’s appointed is staggering,” he said.
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Mark Mobius, Pioneering Investor in Emerging Markets, Dies at 89
Mark Mobius in 2001. Working for Franklin Templeton in the late 1980s, he started one of the first investment funds anywhere dedicated to emerging markets.
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Trump Is Urged to Move on Nuclear Site Thought to Be Beyond Reach of Bombs
A satellite image provided by Vantor shows the tunnel complex at Pickaxe Mountain in Iran last month. Last fall, satellite images revealed that Iran had advanced construction at the site soon after U.S. forces disabled the country’s three main nuclear facilities in June.
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Lutnick Says Canada Trade Deal Needs to Be Reworked Ahead of Talks
Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Commerce Secretary, in Washington in February.
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Can U.S. Blockade Iranian-Linked Ships Anywhere in the World? Yes, But …
U.S. Attacks Iranian Cargo Ship as Both Countries Claim Cease-Fire Violations
Ships Attacked in Strait of Hormuz as Iran Declares Strict Control of Vital Shipping Route
Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Sends Mixed Signals on Talks After U.S. Seizes Ship
Pakistan’s Leaders Try to Contain Rising Anger Over Iran War at Home
Messy War, Happy Stock Markets