Trump and Putin Discuss Ukraine War in High-Stakes Call
A member of Ukraine’s 14th Mechanized Brigade near Kupiansk on Thursday.
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Israel Wavers as Far Right and Military Disagree on Gaza Strategy
Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, after an Israeli operation last week.
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UK and EU Strike Post-Brexit ‘Reset’ Deal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa at Lancaster House in London, on Monday.
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Will Trump’s Trade War Turn Canada’s Auto-Parts Capital Into a Ghost Town?
A worker fitting clips on plastic auto parts at Stratus Plastics in Windsor, Ontario. Colby Wu, the company’s co-owner, says he has had a hard time getting some U.S. firms to buy from him.
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Portuguese Center-Right Takes an Election. But Is the Hard Right the Victor?
Luís Montenegro, Portugal’s center-right prime minister, is likely to remain at the head of a minority government.
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In Eastern Europe, Centrists Hold Off 2 Nationalist Challenges
Romanian presidential candidate Nicusor Dan greeting supporters after exit poll results were announced in Bucharest on Sunday.
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Pope Leo Meets With JD Vance as U.S. Conservatives Hopes for Better Relations
Pope Leo XIV meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Vatican on Monday.
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Why UK’s Right-Wing News Media Are Attacking EU-UK ‘Surrender Summit’
Brexit supporters gathered in London in 2020 to celebrate leaving the European Union. Top officials from the bloc and Britain will meet on Monday, as they edge closer on certain issues.
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South Africa’s President to Challenge Trump on Afrikaner Refugees
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at the United Nations in New York last year.
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How Trump’s America Is Reuniting the U.K. and E.U.
European leaders in Tirana, Albania, on Friday. Five years after Britain formally exited the European Union, their leaders are moving cautiously toward a new era of cooperation.
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How Father Bob Became Pope Leo
An undated photograph of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV.
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Long-Lost Bust of Jim Morrison Is Recovered in Paris
Jim Morrison’s grave in Paris on the 50th anniversary of his death in 2021.
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Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.
Richard L. Garwin, second right, with, from left, Peter A. Clausen, a disarmament expert, and the physicists Hans Bethe and Kurt Gottfried, during a news conference on missile defense hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists in 1984.
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The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial
President Trump at a White House event on April 8 at which he signed an executive order titled “Unleashing American Energy.”
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Monday Briefing
A resident next to his damaged home outside Kyiv, Ukraine, yesterday.
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EU and UK Strike a Deal: What to Know
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in Tirana, Albania, on Friday.
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Nicusor Dan Beats George Simion in Romana’s Presidential Election
Nicusor Dan greeting supporters in Bucharest, Romania, on Sunday.
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Monday Briefing: Trump and Putin Are Set to Talk
A resident next to his damaged home outside Kyiv, Ukraine, yesterday.
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Poland Election: Trzaskowski Wins Critical Vote for President
Rafal Trzaskowski speaking in Sandomierz, Poland, on Sunday.
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Pakistan Says It Expects Truce to Hold as Hotline to India Stays Open
Women gathering at an ice cream stand in Muzaffarabad, a city in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region, earlier this month.
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Russia Unleashes One of Its Largest Drone Barrages of the Ukraine War
A resident next to his damaged home outside Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, on Sunday.
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Israel Says It Has Expanded Ground Operations in Gaza Amid Cease-Fire Talks
An Israeli military vehicle on Sunday near the border with Gaza in southern Israel.
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Until 60 Years Ago, New Popes Were Crowned
Pope John XXIII receiving the papal tiara during his coronation in 1958.
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What is the image of the Virgin Mary near the altar?
The ancient image of Our Lady of Good Counsel, from the Marian Shrine of Genazzano in Italy.
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Pope Leo, Taking Helm of a Divided Church, Urges Unity
Pope Leo XIV at the end of Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
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Zelensky Meets With Pope Leo After Inaugural Mass
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and his wife, Olena Zelenska, arriving for Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
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Pope Leo’s Inaugural Mass Draws Global Leaders Including Zelensky, Vance and Carney
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, arriving in Rome on Saturday.
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JD Vance has come to greet the new pope, but old tensions loom.
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, the second lady, in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
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Two People Held on Charges of Blackmailing Premier League Soccer Star Son Heung-min
Son Heung-min, captain of the British soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, is one of South Korea’s best-known sports figures.
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A small, tight-knit religious order molded Pope Leo XIV.
A message from the Augustinians Across the World Foundation near the Vatican this month. The order has fewer than 3,000 members globally.
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Legacy of St. Peter Will Be Evident in Pope Leo’s Inaugural Mass
A fresco inside the Sistine Chapel of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore shows St. Peter holding a pair of large keys — the traditional symbol of spiritual authority given to him by Christ — in Rome.
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Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Inaugural Mass as Head of Catholic Church
Pope Leo XIV greeted crowds as he arrived in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
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Why There’s No Battlefield Solution to India’s Perpetual Pakistan Problem
A house damaged in a Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, in the India-controlled part of Kashmir, on Wednesday.
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Trump Shrugs Off Netanyahu on Gulf Tour
President Trump being shown a model of a city under construction during a State Dinner in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday
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How One Woman Is Breaking a Military Stereotype in Ukraine
Kateryna, a senior lieutenant in the Ukrainian Army, with her aircraft after returning from a combat mission last month.
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Three Iranians Accused of Targeting People in the U.K.
The Metropolitan Police arrested three men accused of helping Iran’s intelligence service by targeting individuals in Britain.
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on May 2025
At Least 8 Dead After Shooting in South Africa
A settlement near the eastern city of Durban, South Africa. Eight people were shot dead in the area on Friday night, according to the police.
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Spring Fling
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America’s New Ambassador to Canada Tamps Down Annexation Talk
Pete Hoekstra, the new American ambassador to Canada, took a friendly tone toward Canada during his first public event on Friday.
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Russian Troops Are War-Weary, but Want to Conquer More of Ukraine
Russian soldiers who served in the military campaign in Ukraine taking part this month in a parade in Moscow celebrating Victory Day, the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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India Is Accused of Inhumane Deportation of Rohingya Refugees
Rohingya refugees at a camp on the outskirts of Chennai, India, last year.
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Iranians Watched Trump’s Mideast Tour With Envy: ‘A Slap in the Face’
In addition to the acute energy and economic crisis plaguing Iran, the government has warned of water outages.
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How the Indian Media Amplified Falsehoods in the Drumbeat of War
A recent live telecast in Mumbai of Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing military operations against Pakistan.
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Trump Wants an Iran Deal, but It May Be Weaker Than His Supporters Demand
An anti-American mural on the side of a building in Tehran last month. Arab leaders been urging President Trump to find a negotiated settlement with Iran over its nuclear program.
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At Mexico’s 2 Legal Gun Shops, a Conflicted View of Firearms Is on Display
“Acquiring a gun legally is very satisfying because I know I’m doing things right,” said Eduardo Ignacio García Zavala, 32, who waited three months for his paperwork to be approved and then drove overnight from Zapopan in western Mexico to Mexico City to add a new precision rifle to his collection.
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Trump and Putin Say They Will Discuss Ukraine Peace Proposals on Monday
The Ukrainian delegation on Friday after meeting with the Russian delegates in Istanbul.
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on May 2025
Gunfire in Gaza as Israel Says Its Troops Are Mobilizing
Israeli tanks near the Israel-Gaza border on Saturday.
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Inside Trump’s Trip to the Middle East: Adulation and Not a Whiff of Protests
President Trump visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
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Under Fire From Trump’s Tariffs, Ammo Makers in a Balkan Valley Hunker Down
Workers producing ammunition parts last month for Ginex in Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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MrBeast’s Tour of Maya Ruins Draws Criticism and Legal Threats in Mexico
The structures of Chichén Itzá, an ancient Maya city in southern Mexico, parts of which are more than 1,000 years old.
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Succès Masra, Opposition Leader in Chad, Is Arrested and Accused of Inciting Violence
Succès Masra, who was arrested on Friday, campaigning for president in N’Djamena, Chad, last year.
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on May 2025
Melania Trump Statue Vanishes in Slovenia
The disappearance of a statue of Melania Trump near her hometown, Sevnica, Slovenia, has prompted a police investigation.
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on May 2025
Gulf States Pay Off $15.5 Million Syrian Debt to World Bank
People wandered amid food carts on Wednesday evening in Aleppo, Syria. There are signs of growing confidence by international investors in Syria.
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on May 2025
Prosecutor Accused of Sexual Misconduct Takes Leave From I.C.C.
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has consistently denied that he sexually harassed or assaulted a colleague.
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on May 2025
Trump Says ‘People Are Starving’ in Gaza and the U.S. Wants to Help
President Trump with the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed, at the Abu Dhabi International Airport on Friday.
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For Some International Students, U.S. Dreams Dim Under Trump
Hassan Kamal Wattoo, a law student from Pakistan, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, this month.
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on May 2025
Hiker or Russian Spy? Latvia Advises Its People How to Be on the Lookout.
What to Know About Israel’s Renewed Ground Offensive in Gaza
Russia Beefs Up Bases Near Finland’s Border