The Cost of Victory: Israel Overpowered Its Foes, but Deepened Its Isolation
Demonstrators outside the headquarters of the governing Likud party in June in Tel Aviv demanding the return of hostages held in Gaza.
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Iran Looks to BRICS for Allies, Testing a New World Order
Valiasr Square in Tehran last month. Analysts expect Iran to use the BRICS summit as an opportunity to shore up more explicit support from the group.
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Israeli Ministers Set to Meet on Next Steps Toward Gaza Truce
A man inspecting damage after an Israeli strike in central Gaza on Friday. The war has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and reduced much of the territory to rubble.
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Violence at Synagogue and Restaurant Unnerves Jews in Melbourne
Rabbi Dovid Gutnick walking past fire damage to the exterior of the East Melbourne Synagogue on Saturday.
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Hamas Says It’s Ready to ‘Immediately” Return to Truce Negotiations
Palestinians in the wreckage of a building in central Gaza after Israeli aircraft bombed a building in Gaza City.
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Russia Hits Ukraine With Large Air Barrage Hours After Trump-Putin Call
Smoke rising after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
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Pro-Palestinian Activists Lose Appeal Against U.K. Government Ban
A Palestine Action activist, Lisa Luxx, outside the High Court in London on Friday.
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Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Funding Science to Identify Them?
Filling in the grave of an unidentified soldier after bone samples were collected at Tra Linh Cemetery in northern Vietnam.
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How New DNA Science Could Help More Families of the Missing
Researchers processing bone samples from an unidentified soldier missing in action collected at Tra Linh Cemetery in northern Vietnam, for DNA testing at the Center for DNA Identification at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Julio César Chávez Jr. Expected to be Deported, Sheinbaum Says
The Department of Homeland Security said in its statement that Julio César Chávez Jr. was “also believed to be an affiliate of the Sinaloa Cartel.”
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As Fire Videos Compete With Beach Photos, Greeks Who Rely on Tourism Are Worried
Firefighters trying to put out flames on Thursday in Ierapetra on the island of Crete, a popular tourist destination in Greece.
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Heat in Eastern Europe Fuels Fire, Fish Deaths and Tensions Over Protests
A water mist machine, installed to help people cool off on hot days, in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday.
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As the World Warms, Extreme Rain Is Becoming Even More Extreme
A person overlooks flooding at the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on Saturday.
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Celebrating the U.S. in Canada During Turmoil in the Two Countries’ Relations
The crowd was smaller than usual for the Fourth of July party hosted by the U.S. ambassador to Canada.
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U.S. Science Cuts in Antarctica May Embolden China and Russia
The National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
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Wildfires Sweep Syria’s Coast as Drought Strains Fragile State
Syrian firefighters sprayed burned trees with water in a forest outside the village of Rihaniya in the Latakia province, Syria on Tuesday.
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Man Attempts to Set Fire to a Melbourne Synagogue
Tributes at the Adass Israel Synagogue after it was set on fire in Melbourne, Australia, in December.
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Nuclear Inspectors Leave Iran After Cooperation Halted With U.N. Watchdog
Reza Najafi, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to journalists shortly after an extraordinary I.A.E.A. board of governors meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna last month.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Is Stripped of Dutch Citizenship
Andre Geim received the Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm in 2010.
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Gas Station Explosion Rattles Rome, Injuring Several
A fuel tank exploded in an eastern neighborhood of Rome. Firefighters and police officers had already been called to the gas station after an earlier incident involving a truck.
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Why China Isn’t Lecturing Trump About His Costly Bill
The House passed a sweeping bill to extend tax cuts and slash social safety net programs. The budget office reported the measure would increase U.S. national debt by at least $3.4 trillion over a decade.
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Teenage Aviator Detained After Landing in Antarctica, Chile Says
Ethan Guo last summer in Geneva, where he began his attempt to fly solo to the seven continents.
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Russia Becomes First Country to Recognize Afghanistan’s Taliban Government
Overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, after the Taliban takeover in 2021.
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David Mabuza, Former Deputy President of South Africa, Dies at 64
David Mabuza’s behind-the-scenes maneuvering helped elevate Cyril Ramaphosa to the presidency.
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Hamas Has a New Leader in Gaza. His Next Test: Cease-Fire Talks.
The primary obstacle to getting a deal between Hamas and Israel has been the permanence of any cease-fire.
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How the G.O.P. Bill Will Reshape America’s Energy Landscape
President Trump’s policy bill could remake American energy by slashing tax breaks for wind and solar power, and for electric cars, while maintaining federal support for fossil fuels as well as nuclear reactors and geothermal plants.
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Top Russian General Killed in ‘Combat Operations’ Near Ukraine
Flowers are placed in front of a poster with a photograph of Major General Mikhail Gudkov, in Vladivostok, Russia on Thursday.
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Trump Says Call with Putin Yields No Progress on Ukraine Cease-Fire
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow on Wednesday. He discussed Ukraine and Iran with President Trump by phone on Thursday, the Kremlin said.
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Vatican Publishes a New Mass on Caring for the Environment
Pope Leo XIV presiding over Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday. The idea for a new Mass began under his predecessor, Pope Francis, who made care for the environment a cornerstone of his papacy.
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Sandy Gall, Reporter Who Covered a Half-Century of Wars, Dies at 97
Sandy Gall in 1994. He was seen on ITN’s popular “News at Ten” for more than two decades.
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E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats
An albino rat at a medical test facility. Critters like rats and zebra fish are commonly used to test the toxicity of chemicals.
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North Korea Beach Resort Opens With Fanfare but No Foreigners
The Wonsan Kalma tourist area in North Korea this week. Kim Jong-un, the country’s leader, had hoped it would bring in foreign currency.
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Where Do Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Negotiations Stand?
Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Gaza City in June.
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Greece Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 1,500 People From Island of Crete
More than 200 firefighters battled a blaze in the Greek island of Crete, but their work was made more difficult by heavy winds and rugged mountain terrain.
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Israel and Syria in U.S.-Brokered Talks to End Border Conflict, Trump Envoy Says
Thomas J. Barrack Jr., third from left, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria, is in his first diplomatic job at age 78.
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The Pope Returns to Castel Gandolfo for Summer. And There Will Be Tennis.
Tourists posing for photos in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, in June. The pope’s planned return has “given the town a spark,” said an owner of a bar in the town’s main square.
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Diogo Jota, Liverpool Soccer Star, Dies in Car Crash at 28
Diogo Jota, a Portuguese soccer star, played for Liverpool of the English Premier League.
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Thursday Briefing
Damage from Israeli strikes in central Gaza City on Friday.
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Can Indonesia Afford Prabowo’s Free School Lunch Program?
Students in Cimahi, Indonesia, having lunches that were provided by the government. President Prabowo Subianto calls the program an investment in Indonesia’s future.
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Chechnya’s Strongman Is Visibly Ailing. The Russian Region Is Bracing for Succession.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen strongman, is one of the closest allies of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Growing speculation about his health has raised the question of who will take the reins when he leaves.
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Lovebugs Swarm South Korea’s Capital, Drawing Residents’ Ire
Binoculars covered in lovebugs at an observatory in Incheon, South Korea, on Monday.
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At Least 5 Dead and 29 Missing After Ferry Sinks Near Bali
Family members waiting for updates on the search for people who went missing after a ferry sank near Bali, Indonesia.
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How to Stay Cool While Traveling in Paris, Italy, Spain and Parts of Europe
An outdoor swimming pool at the Széchenyi baths in Budapest.
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U.K. F-35B Jet Takes Unplanned Vacation in India, Is Embraced by Locals
Manila’s Returning Mayor Has a Mountain to Climb. It’s Made of Garbage.
The Interview: Mark Rutte, the Head of NATO, Thinks President Trump ‘Deserves All the Praise’
A Lifetime After Fleeing the Nazis, They Tell Their Stories
A Napoleon From Long Island Meets His Waterloo
A Space-Out Competition in Seoul Was Harder Than I Expected
Friday Briefing: House Passes Trump’s Big Bill
Don’t Like Eating Insects? Your Pet Might.
The Site of the Jonestown Massacre Is Opening to Tourists