Years After Coup, Myanmar’s Government in Exile Teeters on Irrelevancy

The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to achieve most of its goals.

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T. Kumar, Rights Activist Who Was Shaped by His Time in Prison, Dies at 76

After being jailed as a resistance organizer for the Tamil minority in his native Sri Lanka, he spoke out against governmental repression worldwide.

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Explosions in Iran Spread Jitters and Rumors Amid Anticipation of Attacks

Deadly blasts, including one that may have been caused by a gas leak, raised anxiety in the country. “Society is waiting for war,” one Iranian said.

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U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Members’ Unpaid Dues

The world body warned it would run out of money by July and have to close its New York headquarters if countries, namely the United States, did not pay annual dues that amount to billions of dollars.

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Why Trump Is Going After Iran Now

As President Trump warns that “we have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now,” our national security correspondent David E. Sanger breaks down what to know.

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Children Were Arrested in Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on Protests

An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.

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Trump Moves to Cut All Oil to Cuba as U.S. Takes Aim at Its Government

President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba appeared to be directed largely at Mexico, the only nation that has sent any meaningful fuel shipments to the island.

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Moscow Airport Sells for Half Off, a Sign of Russia’s Global Isolation

The government opened the sale to cut-rate bidding for Domodedovo Airport after it received no offers at its initial asking price of $1.7 billion.

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Canada’s New Reality

What can we learn from Canada’s pivot away from the U.S.?

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Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Massive Armada’ and Presses a Set of Demands

U.S. and European officials say they have put three demands in front of the Iranians, including a permanent end to all enrichment of uranium.

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Landslide Leaves Town in Sicily Perched on a Cliff’s Edge

“We are in a movie, in a horror film,” said a resident of Niscemi, where a widening chasm is threatening the town’s historic center.

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How Iran Crushed an Uprising

A visual investigation by The New York Times shows the breadth and ferocity of the regime’s crackdown across the country.

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Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay

The measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration.

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How Computer Warfare Is Becoming Part of the Pentagon’s Arsenal

The military tested a new approach in Venezuela and during strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

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Xi’s Purge of the Chinese Military

The ousting of China’s most senior general has set off fevered speculation.

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Winter Storm Pummels Toronto With Near-Record Snowfall

Toronto Pearson International Airport had received about 18 inches by 10 p.m. on Sunday, the airport said, and snow was still falling.

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At Least 15 Dead After Ferry Carrying 350 Sinks in the Philippines

It was not immediately clear how many people were missing after the ferry sank early Monday morning in Basilan Province.

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Another Fatal Shooting in Minneapolis

Events like this, where eyewitness video and independent reporting contradict the government’s account, highlight the importance of press freedom.

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The Woman Who Stands Between Donald Trump and Greenland

Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s leader, has taken big risks standing up to Mr. Trump. It might just be working — for now.

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William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He also led the C.D.C. and promoted childhood vaccination worldwide.

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Syrian and Kurdish Troops in Standoff as Truce Deadline Passes

Syria’s government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast have clashed as President Ahmed al-Sharaa seeks to extend his authority across the entire country.

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Trump’s Turnabout on Greenland Shows the Limits of His Coercive Powers

President Trump’s faith in his ability to wring concessions by taking maximalist positions was on full display this week. So were the costs, as he splintered NATO and then undercut his credibility by climbing down from his threats.

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Trump’s Push to Take Greenland Holds Promise and Peril for Putin

If the United States under President Trump starts acting as if it’s Russia, where does that leave President Vladimir V. Putin?

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How Britain’s Bases in Cyprus Could Be a Blueprint for Trump’s Greenland Deal

NATO officials signaled that an agreement with Mr. Trump on Greenland may be modeled on Britain’s Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus. Here’s what that may mean.

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At Davos, Talk of Climate Change Retreats to the Sidelines

The annual gathering of top business leaders and policymakers used to be a center of the global climate movement. Things are much more complicated now.

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Iran’s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says

After a crackdown that killed thousands, Iran’s prosecutor general said on Wednesday that “the sedition is over now,” vowing to punish those responsible for the protests.

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Fact-Checking President Trump’s Davos Speech

The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland’s history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims.

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Photographer Discovers Train Part That Could Hold Key to Spain Train Crash

Officials said they had located a previously unreported train undercarriage down a gully near the site of a train crash in Spain that killed 42 people. Experts said the finding could help investigators clarify what caused the disaster.

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Trump, Venezuela and Oil

The president’s message since sending troops into Venezuela has been clear: This is about oil, not democracy.

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Trump’s Tariff Threat Tests His Relationship With Macron

For years, Emmanuel Macron has used friendship to temper President Trump’s most impulsive moves. It’s unclear whether that can still work.

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How 40 People Died In a Train Crash in Andalucia, Spain

The victims of Spain’s deadliest rail crash in more than a decade included a police officer, journalists and a family returning from a musical.

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Gaza’s Board of Peace: What to Know

Numerous countries say they have been invited to join President Trump’s newly minted organization, which critics say could undermine the United Nations.

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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu Says He Will Pass Budget Without a Vote

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s effort to force the measure through Parliament opens his government up to a vote of no confidence.

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Real Estate Crash Weighs on China’s Economic Growth

Falling apartment prices have erased the savings of millions of Chinese households, but exports lifted the economy to 5 percent growth last year.

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European Union Officials Lean Toward Negotiating, Not Retaliating, Over Trump Tariff Threat

European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week.

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High-Speed Train Crash in Spain Leaves at Least 10 Dead

After the rear carriages of one train derailed onto the opposite track, another train passing by collided with it.

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Trump’s Ultimatum to Europe

Trump threatened heavy tariffs on countries standing between him and Greenland. E.U. leaders are scrambling for a response.

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France’s Embassy in Iraq Is a Spoil of Antisemitism, Jewish Family Charges

A Jewish family that fled Iraq generations ago rented its home to France for use as an embassy, but Paris long ago stopped paying it rent, after Iraq stripped Jews of property.

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Venezuela Strongman and Maduro Ally, Diosdado Cabello, Faces an Uneasy Transition

Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home, yet remains a powerful figure.

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Greenlanders Protest Trump’s Takeover Plans

Protests erupted in several Greenlandic cites and in Denmark as President Trump intensified his efforts to take control of the Arctic island.

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Syria Advance on Kurdish-Held Areas as Washington Urges Restraint

Government troops drew closer to Raqqa, the largest city overseen by the Kurds, raising U.S. concerns about the renewal of a wider conflict in the region.

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Thousands Evicted From Makoko, the ‘Venice of Nigeria’

Community leaders in Lagos say evictions in the name of development have left many residents of this fishing village homeless.

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Bobi Wine, Ugandan Opposition Leader, Was Abducted, His Party Says

Mr. Wine’s party said on X that “an army helicopter” had landed in his compound and “forcibly” taken him away ahead of election results in Uganda, during a nationwide internet blackout.

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The Nobel Peace Prize Medal Has Been Sold Before for Millions

The Nobel Committee has said the prize cannot be transferred, but it has been sold in a few auctions over the award’s history.

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Italian Court Closes Fraud Case Against Influencer Chiara Ferragni

A judge dropped the case against Ms. Ferragni, who had been embroiled in a scandal over sales of a limited edition Christmas cake marketed as supporting cancer treatment.

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U.K. Home Secretary Presses Police Chief to Resign Over Israeli Soccer Fan Ban

An independent report said Wednesday that the West Midlands Police overstated the threat posed by Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters before a match last year in Birmingham.

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Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.

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The View From Above Antarctica’s Fastest Melting Glacier

Times journalists were able to get tantalizingly close to the Thwaites glacier, which scientists are hoping to spend weeks studying up close.

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Spanish Singer Julio Iglesias Accused of Sexual Assault

Prosecutors said two former employees of Mr. Iglesias, a renowned Spanish singer, had accused him of abuse. His representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”

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Trump Explores Diplomacy With Iran While Weighing Strikes, Officials Say

Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran, said his government was ready to negotiate with the United States. Iranian security forces are cracking down on protests.

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The Global Cost of Futzing With the Fed

If President Trump succeeds in gaining control of the Federal Reserve, it could have ripple effects beyond U.S. borders.

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World Court Hears Groundbreaking Genocide Case Against Myanmar

The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel.

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Is Grass-Fed Beef Better?

The idea of cows grazing in a pasture seems idyllic. We asked experts how their emissions stack up compared to factory farms.

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Famed Nigerian Author Blames Death of Toddler Son on Negligent Care

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is accusing a private hospital in Lagos of administering an overdose of a sedative, prompting an outpouring of complaints by Nigerians about their health care system.

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Mass Protests in Iran and Trump’s Threats

A question now hangs over the country: Is Iran the next target of an emboldened U.S. president?

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India’s Ties With Bangladesh Fray as Elections Loom

A simmering dispute between the neighbors, who share one of the largest land borders in the world, has escalated with diplomatic protests and a sports boycott.

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Death Toll Grows as Nationwide Protests Rock Iran for a Third Night

Antigovernment unrest that began two weeks ago has intensified in recent days, as has violence.

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Venezuela’s New Leader Enlists U.S. Troops to Bring a Rogue Ship Back

Delcy Rodríguez got American help with the return of an oil tanker linked to one of her political rivals that had left the country without authorization.

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Nearly 13,000 Irish Passports Are Recalled Over ‘Technical Issue’

The recall affects passports issued between Dec. 23 and Jan. 6, Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.

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An Up-Close Look at the Thwaites Glacier

From an icebreaker sailing near the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, our photographer has captured the many faces of the ice.

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What Is El Helicoide, the Infamous Torture Prison in Venezuela?

As Venezuela’s interim authorities began to release political prisoners, some of their families raced to the notorious prison that symbolized Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian rule.

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Yemeni Separatists Say They Are Disbanding, but Move Is in Dispute

A delegation from the Southern Transitional Council in Riyadh announced its dissolution, but members abroad rejected the news amid fears it was not voluntary.

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Climate Change Has Turned Greenland Into a Target for Trump

A warming planet has opened up new shipping routes and turned Greenland into a geostrategic asset for the Trump administration.

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Macron tells ambassadors that the world has become ‘unhinged.’

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Australia Faces Critical Fire Warnings Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave

Temperatures are well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in much of the country, and forecasters warned of potentially catastrophic fire conditions on Friday.

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Lawmakers Split After Classified Briefings on Venezuela

Republicans praised what they characterized as a narrow and well-executed plan, while Democrats expressed alarm, warning that the mission was vaguely defined.

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All Eyes on the U.S. in 2026

Our reporters in Washington tell us what they’re watching from the Trump administration.

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The Unanswered Questions About Venezuela’s Environmental Future

The Trump administration has made no secret that it covets Venezuela’s oil reserves. What happens next could have serious implications for the planet.

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Iran Says It’s Investigating Violence at Weekend Protests

Rights groups accuse security forces of killing protesters and storming a hospital in the province of Ilam. State media claimed that some protesters were armed.

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Zelensky Taps High-Profile Canadian Politician as Economic Adviser

Ukraine’s president appointed Chrystia Freeland, a former deputy prime minister of Canada, to a role in which she would advise on postwar reconstruction, if peace talks are successful.

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Trump Officials to Brief Top Lawmakers on Maduro Raid

The briefing for congressional leaders and the top members of the intelligence, defense and foreign policy panels will come two days after the military operation.

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Satellite Imagery Reveals Damage to Venezuelan Base Where Maduro Was Captured

Before-and-after imagery released on Sunday shows that at least five buildings at the complex were destroyed by U.S. forces.

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Here’s the latest.

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Venezuela broadcasts messages of resistance from Maduro loyalists after the U.S. attack.

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The U.S. Has Been Building Up Forces Off Venezuela for Months

The United States military’s Southern Command said in December that about 15,000 troops were in the Caribbean region.

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Explosions Reported in Venezuela’s Capital

It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. The United States has been building pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian president, for months.

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Swiss Bar Fire Likely Caused By Sparklers, Authorities Say

Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people.

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Swiss Alps Ski Resort Fire: What We Know

The fire at a bar in a popular ski resort killed around 40 people and injured more than 100, officials said. The cause was still unknown.

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