In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland
Ilulisaat, Greenland, a town where a Chinese state company nearly won a contract to build an airport in 2018. After U.S. officials pressured Denmark to step in, Greenland opted for a Danish company.
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Blocked Strait of Hormuz Leads to New Opportunities for Syria
Iraqi trucks carrying oil along the highway near the Baniyas port and refinery in Syria in April.
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Trump’s Taiwan Gambit is Already a Gift to China
President Trump with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing, on Thursday.
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He Shut Liquor Stores and Banned Abortion, All for the Glory of Russia
A mural reading “the powerhouse of the Russian world” in the city of Vologda, Russia, in February.
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Trump Warns Iran the ‘Clock Is Ticking’ as Tensions Surge Again in Middle East
President Trump on Friday. He said in a social media post on Sunday that Iran had to move fast “or there won’t be anything left,” adding “the Clock is Ticking.”
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Ebola Was Identified in Congo Weeks Before W.H.O. Declared an Emergency
At a hospital in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of a new Ebola outbreak.
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Millions Recovered in FIFA Corruption Scandal May Now Be Missing Again Before World Cup
Alejandro Dominguez, the president of Conmebol, the South American soccer federation, in Quito, Ecuador, last year.
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Soccer Star Kylian Mbappé Faces Off Against France’s Far Right
“I know what it means, and what kind of consequences it can have for my country when those kinds of people take control,” Kylian Mbappé said of the French far-right in a magazine interview.
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Russia’s New Human Rights Commissioner Accused of Helping Kidnap Ukrainian Children
Yana Lantratova, in Moscow in October, will report directly to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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2 Americans Detained in Japan After Entering Punch the Monkey’s Zoo Enclosure
Visitors at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan last month. The site is the home of Punch, a 9-month-old macaque who has become an internet sensation.
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Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
Argentine security forces seizing a young man in 1982 in Buenos Aires during the Dirty War.
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Erdogan Wants Turkey to Have More Babies. Few Parents Are Listening.
A family visiting Miniaturk, a theme park in Istanbul. Living costs have undermined efforts to increase fertility rates.
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In Iraqi Desert, Two Israeli Outposts Were Kept Secret for Months
A shepherd with his herd in the Najaf desert in southwestern Iraq on Tuesday. Israel operated at least two secret outposts in the desert during the war with Iran.
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Scientists Tweaked the Global Warming Outlook. So Trump Weighed In.
Solar panels and wind turbines in north-central China. Renewable is becoming more affordable in many countries.
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Shakira Is Found Not Guilty of Tax Fraud in Spain
The pop star Shakira has been embroiled in a yearslong tax battle with the Spanish authorities.
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Bodies of Four Italian Divers Found in Maldives Cave
A coast guard boat and other vessels deployed to search for missing Italian divers near Alimathaa Island in the Maldives, on Saturday.
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Louvre Announces Architects for Expansion That Will Include New Mona Lisa Space
The Louvre’s current gallery displaying the Mona Lisa is often packed with visitors.
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G7 Finance Ministers Look to Contain Iran Economic Fallout
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, greeting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week in Beijing. Mr. Bessent is leading the U.S. delegation at the G7 finance ministers’ meeting in Paris this week.
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Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places
Muslima Ibrahim Mohamed, 38, holds her 2-day-old son, Noor Mohamed.
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What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak, as U.S. Restricts Travelers
A motorcycle taxi driver at a hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.
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on May 2026
He’s Forging the Future of War
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s defense minister. is pushing the military to adopt technology more quickly.
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Runoff in Peru Offers Two Starkly Differing Visions for the Nation
Keiko Fujimori, the leader of the Popular Force Party, at a campaign rally last month in Lima, Peru.
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on May 2026
Wave of Ukrainian Strikes Kills at Least 4, Russia Says
A damaged residential building in Zelenograd, in Russia’s Moscow region, after a drone strike on Sunday.
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How Birding Apps Are Boosting Tourism in the World’s Top Bird Destination
Samantha Giraldo and Bibiana Acevedo looking for birds in Los Guácharos nature preserve in Jardín, Colombia.
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The Iran War Is Crippling One of the World’s Wealthiest Nations
Qatar has tried to transform itself into a tourist destination and a hub for international business and finance.
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A North Korean Soccer Team Makes a Rare Visit to South Korea
Members of Naegohyang, a North Korean women’s soccer team, arriving at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Sunday.
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W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
A man is carried from an ambulance on Saturday as he arrives at a hospital after confirmation of an Ebola outbreak in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Venezuela Extradites Billionaire Tycoon Alex Saab to U.S.
Alex Saab, center, in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2023, was once among key allies of the deposed Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.
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Félicien Kabuga Dies; Accused of Masterminding Rwanda’s Genocide
A screen grab of Félicien Kabuga at a hearing in The Hague, where he faced charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, in 2022.
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Car Plows Into Pedestrians in Northern Italian Town, Injuring at Least 8
The police patrolling the scene after a car crashed into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, on Saturday.
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Trump Calls Xi a ‘Friend.’ But He Left China Without Any Breakthroughs.
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at the state banquet in Beijing on Thursday.
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Fears Grow That Iran May Be Using Proxy Groups Beyond Mideast
The funeral of a commander from the Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group in Baghdad in 2024. The group is backed by Iran, and its fighters have killed American soldiers and kidnapped people in the past.
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Train Crashes Into Bangkok Traffic, Killing at Least 8
Emergency services at the site of the collision in Bangkok on Saturday.
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Man Stole Medieval Skull From Church and Sealed it in Concrete, Police Say
A relic, said to be the skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk, in an image released on Wednesday by the police in the Czech Republic.
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China Will Host Putin, Days After Trump’s Visit
President Vladimir V. Putin’s China visit will be “a good opportunity to share opinions on the contacts that the Chinese had with the Americans,” the Kremlin’s spokesman said.
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Finishing School
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How a Times Reporter Found Cartel Gold at the Royal Canadian Mint
This illegal mine near Caucasia, Colombia, sells gold into the Royal Canadian Mint’s supply chain.
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Rubio, Once a China Hawk, Strikes Softer Tone to Align With Trump
Marco Rubio, President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser, posed a sticky problem ahead of Mr. Trump’s first visit to China in his second term.
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Rival Protests Take Place in London, With a Major Security Effort
Supporters of the British far-right activist Tommy Robinson at the “Unite the Kingdom” march in London on Saturday.
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Trump Says a Top ISIS Leader Was Killed in a U.S.-Nigerian Mission
President Trump announced the operation in a late-night post on Truth Social, his social media platform.
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on May 2026
Trump Uses Taiwan Arms Sales as Bargaining Chip With China, in a Risky Move
Patriot missile systems on display during a Taiwanese military exercise in Taipei last year.
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It’s Been a Wild Week in British Politics. What Happens Next?
Members of the news media congregated outside 10 Downing Street on Thursday, after days of turmoil in the Labour Party over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.
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The Push to Indict Raúl Castro, Cuba’s Former President
Former President Raúl Castro of Cuba attending a May Day parade in Havana this month.
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With Possible Raúl Castro Indictment, U.S. Eyes Venezuela Playbook
Raúl Castro is the former president of Cuba and younger brother of Fidel Castro.
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Photos: Cuba Plunges Into Darkness as U.S. Cuts Off Oil Supply
People playing dominoes by flashlight as a protest fire burns in the background in Havana on Thursday.
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André Cerdini, Judge in Trial of Nazi Klaus Barbie, Dies at 96
André Cerdini presiding at the opening of the trial of Klaus Barbie, the former Gestapo chief known as the Butcher of Lyon, on May 11, 1987.
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Kataib Hezbollah: What to Know
A protester holding a Kataib Hezbollah flag in Baghdad, Iraq, in March. The militia was founded after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Back From China, Trump Faces Decision on Whether to Resume Strikes on Iran
President Trump has not yet decided whether to resume military strikes on Iran, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers that the Pentagon had “a plan to escalate if necessary.”
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Executions Surge in Iran Since Cease-Fire, Rights Groups Say
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who was killed in an airstrike in February, pictured on a billboard in Tehran this month.
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Five Italians Die While Scuba Diving Deep Caves in the Maldives
Divers and guides returning to shore in Malé, capital of the Maldives, a popular diving destination. The disappearance of five divers this week set off a large search mission, but the authorities have recovered only one body.
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Republicans Waited to Challenge Trump on the Iran War. Now It May Be Too Late.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, during a Senate appropriation hearing last month.
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on May 2026
Justice Dept. Aims to Use Terrorism Laws to Target Mexican Officials
Flags at the U.S. border with Mexico in Tijuana last year.
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on May 2026
They Fled to Safety in Palestinian Territory, Then Settlers Attacked Again
Which Countries Are Profiting From the Iran War Oil Shock
How a Hantavirus Outbreak Turned a Nature Cruise Into a Nightmare