No Clear Endgame in the Conflict Between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Pakistan’s airstrikes in Afghanistan showed its overwhelming superiority in conventional warfare, but the Taliban have refined a lethal repertoire of guerrilla tactics.

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Carney Visiting India, Australia and Japan to Build Canada’s ‘Middle Power’ Bonds

Prime Minister Mark Carney visits India, Australia and Japan seeking deals to strengthen his country’s links to Indo-Pacific powers and break Canada’s dependence on the United States.

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Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing

The package worth billions of dollars and endorsed by lawmakers is stalled at the State Department as the U.S. and China plan an April summit.

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Trump Says He’s ‘Not Happy’ With Progress of Iran Talks

The president expressed his negative view of the status of nuclear talks as he weighed military strikes against Iran.

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Europe Needs Some Space From China and Trump. Its Firms Don’t.

Germany’s chancellor seeks to reduce Europe’s reliance on China and the United States. He speaks with a bluntness that few business leaders share.

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Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Calls Snap Elections in Denmark

Experts say Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is trying to capitalize on her success standing up to President Trump.

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Trump’s speech gets a mixed reaction around the world.

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Brazil’s Supreme Court Convicts Four Men in Murder of Marielle Franco

Two politicians and two former police officers were found guilty in the assassination of a rival, Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman who fought corruption and violence.

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BBC and BAFTA Say They Are Investigating After Broadcast of Racist Slur

The awards organization and the broadcaster have ordered separate investigations into what led to airing the slur, which was shouted involuntarily during Sunday’s ceremony.

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Trump Squeezes Cuba

Many U.S. presidents have tried to bring down the Communist government over almost seven decades. This time, it feels different.

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Study Shows Xi’s Purges of China’s Military Run Deep

Around 100 senior officers have been sidelined or vanished since 2022, hollowing out the top ranks and raising questions about the army’s capabilities.

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What to Know About the Cartels Operating in Mexico

Other criminal groups in Mexico may try to take advantage of the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, who ran the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

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Videos Show How Violence Unfolded in Mexico After Killing of Cartel Boss

Armed groups blocked roads and set fire to supermarkets and banks after the Mexican government killed Mexico’s most-wanted cartel boss.

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Peter Mandelson: What to Know

The former British ambassador to the United States was arrested on Monday, months after being fired over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender.

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Jewish Settlers in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank Drive a Palestinian Family Off Its Land

For two years, settlers attacked Rezeq Abu Naim’s land in the Israeli-occupied West Bank at all hours and in all manners. After another violent incursion over the weekend, his family abandoned their home.

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Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn

Security officials are monitoring increasingly worrisome signs as President Trump considers another military campaign against Iran.

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Iran Students Protest for Second Day Despite State Crackdown

Student groups reported protests at universities in Iran’s two largest cities as the government grapples with domestic discontent and the threat of U.S. strikes.

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For Dutch speedskater, age doesn’t matter.

Jorrit Bergsma, a gold medalist back in 2014, is now 40. But he rolled back the years to win gold.

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The Queen Stuck by Prince Andrew. King Charles Is Pulling Away

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, is getting no help from the throne as the crisis over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein intensifies.

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At Least 10 Killed in Lebanon, Officials Say, After Israel Strikes Hezbollah

The Lebanese militant group said eight of its members were among those killed late Friday. The attacks threaten to further destabilize an already tenuous cease-fire.

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Young Skaters Assist With Figure Skating Competitions While Aspiring to the Olympics

Young skaters known as flower kids jump into action. They have their own Olympic dreams.

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3 People Are Killed in Series of Avalanches in Austrian Alps

The police said several other rescues took place. The avalanches happened amid severe weather warnings across the region.

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Christopher S. Wren, Times Bureau Chief in Hostile Lands, Dies at 89

Over three decades, he reported from Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and elsewhere and wrote well-received books based on his reporting, including one about his globe-trotting cat.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Links to Jeffrey Epstein: A Timeline

The association, which began in 1999, cost the former Prince Andrew his royal titles and status, and his reputation before his arrest.

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Here are the other British police departments looking into Epstein allegations.

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In U.K. Police Detention Facilities, One-Person Cells and Simple Beds

The police have not said where they were holding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, but the facilities are intended to hold people for short periods while they are questioned.

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Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Covering Secretive U.S. Deportations

An Associated Press reporter was beaten and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said, while at a center for migrants secretively deported from the United States.

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The Country Betting on Immigrants

Spain may have a solution to the backlash against migrants in many wealthy countries.

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An Antarctic Expedition Ends in New Zealand

But stay tuned: We’ve still got more to share about this Antarctic expedition, and the next ones scientists are already planning.

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South Sudan Appoints Dead Man to Election Panel, as Political Crisis Grows

The government of President Salva Kiir has been accused of gross incompetence, as fighting between rebels and security forces pushes toward the capital.

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Labubu Diplomacy

China seems to be winning more hearts and mind abroad. Has it gotten better at soft power?

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Peru Votes to Impeach President José Jerí

Peru’s Congress voted to impeach President José Jerí, four months after he replaced Dina Boluarte, who had also been removed from the presidency.

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In Africa, Jesse Jackson Was Esteemed for His Fight Against Apartheid

He made several trips to South Africa, and to other African nations, as a peace broke and a representative of Black America.

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Questions Swirl Around Russian Figure Skater in Her Olympic Debut

Adeliia Petrosian, 18, has the résumé of a medal contender — and ties to coaches and a skater who were at the center of a doping scandal at the last Winter Games.

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After Trip to Germany, AOC Expresses Frustrations

The congresswoman argued in an interview that presidential speculation, which included scrutiny of her slip-ups, had overshadowed her anti-authoritarian message at the Munich Security Conference.

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Japan Wins Pairs Figure Skating, Knocking China From the Top

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan emerged with the gold medal with a flawless, high-scoring performance after Monday’s free skate.

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Auditioning to Beat Trump

Democrats like A.O.C. are testing out their messages in Europe before the midterms.

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Cortina’s 70-Year-Old Curling Stadium Is a Star at the Winter Olympics

It hosted Olympic hockey in 1956 and James Bond a quarter-century later. Cortina’s beloved Olympic Stadium is now bursting with excitement for curling.

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Canada Gives U.S. Arms Makers Cold Shoulder on Military Spending

Canada plans to unveil a new strategy that will shift its current reliance on American companies to Canadian military suppliers.

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Three American Speeches at Munich, and Plenty of Confusion

As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with.

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U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

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No miracle, but Denmark gives U.S. a fight.

The Americans trailed Denmark after one period, but fought back to cruise to a 6-3 victory.

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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen of Brazil and Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan Win Olympic Gold Medals

A Brazilian skier secured South America’s maiden medal at a Winter Games the day after a Kazakh figure skater won his nation’s first gold in 32 years.

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Macron urges Europe to step up on the global stage and stresses unity on major issues, particularly Ukraine.

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Can’t Buy Love? Kenya Bans Bouquets Made of Cash.

Floral arrangements crafted from carefully-folded, colorful bank notes, had become a popular symbol of love in Nairobi.

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Israeli Army Reservists Are Suspected of Using Inside Knowledge to Bet

The authorities said several reservists and a civilian were arrested, and two were charged, after an investigation into the use of classified information to bet on military operations.

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El Niño May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and Floods

The powerful weather pattern is expected to shift into gear again around June, NOAA said, though its strength this time remains a question.

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Trump’s Actions Test the Fragile World of Air Travel

Last minute announcements and abrupt changes by the Trump administration have caused confusion in an already strained U.S. aviation system.

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Sweden’s last stone topples U.S. in curling.

Sweden’s sibling team took advantage of the hammer to edge the Americans in the final end.

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U.K. Inquest Finds British Woman Was Killed ‘Unlawfully’ in Texas Shooting

A British coroner ruled that a Texas man acted with gross negligence when he accidentally shot his 23-year-old daughter, who was visiting from Britain last year.

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A Crucial Step in Trump’s Gaza Plan

Persuading Hamas to give up its weapons is the “linchpin of everything” in the president’s plan.

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Sweden’s last stone topples U.S. in curling.

Sweden’s sibling team took advantage of the hammer to edge the Americans in the final end.

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Hamas Would Keep Some Weapons Initially in Draft Gaza Plan

Israel is unlikely to withdraw its troops from the enclave before Hamas and other militant groups lay down their arms.

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Trump’s Oil Grab in Venezuela Shatters an American Taboo

U.S. presidents have long been accused of plotting to control foreign oil. But President Trump has asserted a U.S. right to take it.

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Australia Visit by President Herzog of Israel Prompts Protest

Amid activists’ objections, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had invited President Isaac Herzog to visit to honor the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting.

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How Ilia Malinin and Team U.S.A. Held Off Japan to Win Gold Medal

And summary goes here

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On the Brink of a New Arms Race

For the first time in decades, the U.S. and Russia no longer have a nuclear arms control agreement.

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Iranian Nobel Laureate Gets Second Prison Sentence and Ends Hunger Strike

The activist Narges Mohammadi was sentenced to another seven years, bringing the total she must serve to 17 years, her foundation said.

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Seeking Stability, Thai Voters Decisively Reject Progressive Party

It was the first time in years that a conservative party preaching nationalism, patriotism and respect for the monarchy came out on top.

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Ilia Malinin, the ‘Quad God,’ leaves an ace up his sleeve.

Summary

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Ilia Malinin, the ‘Quad God,’ leaves an ace in his sleeve.

Summary

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No Fashion Focus in Milan After France Made It Part of Summer Olympics

In Paris, the fashion powerhouse LVMH was a headline sponsor and helped design the medals and the athletes’ apparel.

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Mayor of Tequila, Mexico, Is Accused of Shaking Down Tequila Companies

The mayor of the city that is the birthplace of the bottled spirit is the latest official to be arrested as Mexico targets cartel-related corruption.

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How We Know Iran Crushed Protests with Lethal Force

The New York Times collected and analyzed hundreds of videos of a crackdown on anti-government protests that Iranians shared despite an internet blackout. Sanjana Varghese explains how the Visual Investigations team at The Times verified them.

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Nigeria Attack Leaves More Than 160 Dead

The raiders stormed a rural community in central Nigeria, killing dozens and setting homes on fire in one of the country’s worst recent attacks.

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Chevron Agrees to Explore Oil and Gas Work in Syria

Chevron has signed an initial agreement to start working in Syria, weeks after the Syrian government seized control of key oil and gas fields in the north of the country.

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All About the Epstein Files

Everyone seems to have questions about the sprawling scandal, so we talked to a reporter who’s been following the case for years.

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Paris Court Deals Family Blow in Battle for Rent From the French Embassy in Iraq

The court said it was not the right authority to handle the lawsuit for unpaid rent, and the case should be heard in Iraq, where the family’s ancestors had fled persecution.

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U.S. Fighter Jet Shoots Down Iranian Drone Amid Heightened Tensions

A U.S. fighter jet shot down the Iranian drone after it “unnecessarily maneuvered” toward the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.

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Attempt to Drill Through Thwaites Glacier Is Foiled

Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before getting a glimpse at the warming waters underneath.

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Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Arrested in Iran for Criticizing Regime

Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident,” was one of several people detained after signing a letter objecting to the crackdown on protests.

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Why Targeting Iran Is Riskier Than Ousting Maduro

Iran’s ability to strike Israel and destabilize the wider Middle East makes it a far more dangerous adversary.

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The Secret Egyptian Air Base Powering Sudan’s Drone War

The covert base offers new evidence of how the Sudanese conflict is morphing into a theater for high-tech warfare, driven by foreign interests.

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Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Energy Sector, Killing 12 Miners

The attack comes during a winter freeze and despite efforts by President Trump and others to get the two countries to negotiate a truce.

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