Russia to Sharply Increase War Spending and Cut Social Programs
A Russian military recruitment poster in Moscow says “Who, if not you.” Russia intends to spend more than $200 billion on its military in 2027, a sharp increase.
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Finnish Lawmakers Report Suspicious Home Break-Ins
The Finnish Parliament building in Helsinki. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that it was “very possible” there was a foreign actor behind the suspected home entries, the national broadcaster reported.
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A Flashy Zimbabwean Tycoon Who Befriended Presidents Dies in Crash
Officials at the site of a helicopter crash east of Harare, Zimbabwe, on Thursday. The authorities said those killed included Wicknell Chivayo, a tycoon known for his ostentatious displays of wealth.
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Who Is Captain Smit Machchhar, the Pilot Hailed as a Hero After FlyDubai Cockpit Stabbing?
A photograph provided by the Israeli government shows Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot, in an undated handout image released on Wednesday.
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One Issue Hanging Over Brazil’s Presidential Election: Online Gambling and Record-High Debts
A storefront offering personal loans in Niteroi, Brazil. Brazil is grappling with widespread household indebtedness, fueled by a combination of easy credit, the rapid expansion of legal and illegal online betting, and instant digital payments that have made borrowing, gambling and spending faster and easier.
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Swiss Glaciers Vanished by Nearly a Fifth in Recent Years, Scientists Say
Matthias Huss, the head of the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network, holding a poll showing how much ice has melted over the past year at the Scex Rouge glacier, Switzerland, last month.
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Britain and France Give Up Landmark Migrant Agreement
Migrants on a dinghy in the English Channel near the coast of northern France in September.
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Hong Kong Journalist Arrested After Covering Gathering Linked to 2019 Protests
Riot police officers clashing with protesters in Hong Kong in 2019. Tang Ho-wing covered a gathering that marked the anniversary of the storming of Prince Edward station by riot police.
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Japan Raises Residency Fees 2,000 Percent Amid ‘Anxiety’ Over Foreigners
Tourists in April in Fujiyoshida, Japan, in the foothills of Mount Fuji, in April.
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UK Believes Iran Played a Part in RAF Fairford Air Base Incident, Burnham Says
Outside the R.A.F. Fairford base in southwest England on Monday. Mr. Burnham said there was an “ongoing, complex and serious police investigation,” and that Britain was working closely with the United States.
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After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future
A giant Iraqi flag hung from the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul’s old city on Tuesday. With the end of Operation Inherent Resolve, the last of the 2,500 U.S. forces stationed in Iraq this year are now gone.
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Investigators Seek to Determine How a Weapon Entered FlyDubai Cockpit
A FlyDubai jet on Wednesday at the airport in Tel Aviv, where the passengers on the disrupted flight were flown after an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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Israeli Politicians Trade Barbs Over FlyDubai Attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in a tight race for his political future, with national elections set for later this month that are widely seen as the most consequential in the country’s history.
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Trump’s Threat to Ban Diesel Exports Sets Off Global Alarms
Workers unloading produce in Manila, where soaring global diesel prices are driving up transport costs and pushing everyday food prices out of reach for consumers.
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5 Passengers on FlyDubai Flight to Receive Israel’s Award for Heroism
Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun, with blood stains on his shirt, is welcomed at the arrivals gate at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday
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How fraught Middle East geopolitics could complicate the FlyDubai investigation.
A replacement plane lands in Israel after carrying passengers who were on a FlyDubai flight that was diverted to Saudi Arabia after a clash between its pilots, on Wednesday.
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FlyDubai Passenger Who Helped Subdue Pilot Describes Stabbing Attack in Cockpit
Passengers of the FlyDubai flight walking out of the terminal at Ben Gurion Airport in Tzafria, Israel, on Wednesday.
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Driver Strikes 4 People Outside a Mall in British Columbia, Killing 2, Police Say
At least two people were killed near Delta, British Columbia, on Wednesday when a driver lost control of a vehicle and crashed into a crowd during an event observing the past suffering of Indigenous people in Canada.
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Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’
Passengers from FlyDubai Flight 1073 at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
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Eiffel Tower Chief Resigns After Female Staff Moved for Hindu Group’s Visit
The Eiffel Tower in May. Staff at the landmark went on strike over a decision to sideline female employees during a group’s tour.
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FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t Know
Passengers of a FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia were welcomed at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel on Wednesday.
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Israel and Saudi Arabia don’t have formal ties, but Israelis have occasionally landed there.
The airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday where a FlyDubai flight made an emergency landing.
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FlyDubai Provides Key Link for Israeli Air Travelers
The first FlyDubai commercial flight from Dubai arrives at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Nov. 26, 2020.
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Passenger Describes Chaos Aboard FlyDubai Flight
Security vehicles outside Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
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American Forces Withdraw From Iraq 23 Years After Invading
In March 2003, a statue of Saddam Hussein was still standing near a communications center in Baghdad that had been bombed two days earlier. A month later, the statue would be downed as well.
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In Fractious France, Politicians Agree on One Thing: Pope Leo Was a Hit
Pope Leo XIV, riding down Avenue des Champs-Élysées on Saturday. The crowds were a striking display of reverence from a proudly secular country.
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A Way Out of the A.I. Arms Race?
The U.N. Security Council convened its first meeting on artificial intelligence last week.
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How Ukraine’s Naval Drones Are Remaking War at Sea
A Magura sea drone at a test site in central Ukraine in June.
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A Hasidic Jew Protested Against an Israeli Flag. He May Be Deported.
Yehonatan Ovadia, center, at a demonstration against Israel in New York this year. He is in federal immigration detention because of a protest he attended in 2023.
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Prison Officials Suspended After Inmates Are Found Living in Luxury
Indonesian officials with an inmate at Cibinong prison, near Jakarta, in 2019. Inspectors found some inmates receiving V.I.P. treatment during a surprise visit last week.
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Morocco’s King Names a Female Prime Minister, in a Historic First
Morocco’s new prime minister, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, celebrating election results with members of her party last week in Rabat, Morocco.
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No Bombs Found in U.K. Case, but Officials Say Threat to Bases Is Real
A police officer at a roadblock near R.A.F. Fairford air base, possibly the target of an attack plot, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, on Tuesday.
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Ukrainian Science Academy, Struck by Drone, Played Key Role in Research
A Russian drone strike on the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, Ukraine, killed at least two people on Monday.
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Why the U.S. Is Imposing New Visa Restrictions on South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa sent a six-page letter to President Trump laying out efforts to address Washington’s concerns over policies it thought hurt white South Africans.
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Israeli Settlers Stop Soldiers From Returning Palestinians to Their Home
Mahmoud Toubassi with his wife, Aedah, in the village of Jalud in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Tuesday.
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Accusations of Antisemitism Hit a Star of the French Far Right
Jordan Bardella, the president of France’s main far-right party, National Rally, in Paris this month.
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Malaysia Begins Repatriation of Migrants to War-Torn Myanmar Despite Critics’ Warnings
A bus carrying Myanmar nationals being repatriated from Malaysia to their homeland, seen heading toward the Lumut Naval Base, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday.
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Evicted Woman Set to Return Home as Spain Announces Plans to Fix Housing Crisis
María del Carmen Abascal at home in Madrid last week, waiting for the police to arrive before being evicted. Her removal brought large protests in Spain.
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Rubio Says Incident at UK Air Base RAF Fairford ‘Clearly Involved’ a Foreign Actor
Police officers guarded an area on Tuesday as roadblocks remained in place near R.A.F. Fairford air base.
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As A.I. Panic Grows, Javier Milei Is Pitching Argentina As a Rules-Free Haven
President Javier Milei at the United Nations last week where he asserted Argentina’s “commitment to not preemptively regulate A.I.”
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AMLO Son Poses Political Problems for Mexico’s President Sheinbaum
Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, a politician and son of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, at Mexico’s National Palace.
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Swedish Company Uses A.I. Likeness of Greta Garbo in Ad
Live Updates: Investigators Seek to Establish Motive in FlyDubai Attack
Take a Historic Stroll Down Oxford Street, London’s Shopping Artery
A Bloody Attack on a FlyDubai Plane Headed to Israel, and a Terrifying Plunge
U.S. Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002
The U.S. Departs Iraq
Hundreds Detained in France as Some Student Protests Turn Violent
The Latin American Right’s Big Bet
Turkish Confectioner Hands Out Doughnuts to Honor the Dead