Phones in Hand, India’s Young Protesters Blast Through Modi’s Media Control
Recording a video with a masked protester in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Venezuela’s Earthquakes Show Wealth Divide, Even in Death
Michell Mendoza, 16, right, standing next to a truck holding her mother’s coffin after being turned away from a cemetery.
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In Kyrgyzstan, Girls Compete at Kok-Boru, a Game Like Polo
From left, Begimai Bakirova and her teammates Aisuluu Birimkulova, 17, and Shoola Kenenbaeva, 16, laughing after a game.
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‘We’re Trapped in Hell’: Iranians Say Life Is Put On Hold by Months of War
Street vendors beneath a billboard of the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran last week.
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India’s Student Protesters Win Some Concessions From Government
Supporters of a student protest movement in New Delhi, India’s capital, on Friday.
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6 Killed in West Bank Shooting, Officials Say, Among the Deadliest in Months
The body of a Palestinian man being brought to a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday. Five people were killed in a shooting in nearby Tell on Friday.
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Bangladesh’s President Resigns Amid Uncertainty Over Ex-Leader’s Plans
President Mohammed Shahabuddin of Bangladesh in Dhaka in February.
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Wildfires in France and Spain Drive Tens of Thousands From Their Homes
On the beach in Lacanau in southwestern France on Friday.
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Japanese Militant in Tel Aviv Airport Attack Dies in Lebanon at 78
Kozo Okamoto at a ceremony organized by Palestinian militants to mark the 50th anniversary of the attack on Israel’s Lod Airport, in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, in 2022.
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Argentines Facing Surge of Criticism After World Cup Loss Have Something to Say
Argentine supporters at the National Flag Memorial in Rosario, Argentina, after the World Cup final on Sunday.
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As Canada Opens Gordie Howe International Bridge, Americans Are Told to Stay Home
The Gordie Howe International Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, officially opened on Friday.
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Faced With Heat and Wildfires, France Turns to Spain to Learn How to Cope
Trying to stay cool in Paris during a heat wave last month.
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Rare Pompeii Ceiling Is Restored From Fragments, Depicting Scene From Myth
A photo provided by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii on Friday showing part of the restored ceiling of the House with the Bakery at the Pompeii Archaeological site.
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A Turkish Governor Was Ousted. Were Bicycling Tights to Blame?
In red, Mehmet Fatih Cicekli, governor and cyclist, in April. Now he is just a cyclist.
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Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says
A billboard in Tehran of Iran’s three supreme leaders, including Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei at right. A determination that he is potentially open to pursuing a bomb would provide additional justification for an escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign.
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Trump Meets With Top Advisers as He Weighs a Major Escalation in Iran
A Marine sentry posted outside the doors of the West Wing on Friday afternoon.
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Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story
Sarah Dillon, a professor of English literature, with Alan Turing’s handwritten short story in the Archive Centre at King’s College, Cambridge.
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With Hopes High for New H.I.V. Prevention Pill, Merck Takes Steps to Ensure Access
Health workers speaking with students about H.I.V. prevention drugs at the University of Zambia in Lusaka in March.
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South Korea A.I. Billionaire Ordered to Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars in ‘Divorce of the Century’
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, seen arriving at a court in Seoul in June, is estimated to have a fortune worth more than $5 billion.
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Prominent Indian Activist Breaks Hunger Strike After 26 Days
The activist Sonam Wangchuk started striking in solidarity with a wider protest that began after leaked test questions led India in May to cancel its medical school entrance exams.
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Iran Rejects U.S. Cease-Fire Deal Presented by Iraqi Leader
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of Iraq meeting with President Trump at the White House this month.
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Senators Ask Hegseth to Fully Account for U.S. Troops Killed or Wounded in Iran
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday at a dignified transfer for U.S. Army soldiers killed in action during the war in Iran.
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What to Know About Iran and the Houthis
Yemeni supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi group during a protest last week in Sanaa, Yemen.
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The Defining Image of India’s Gen Z Protests
Rhiya Ahir blocking a police van carrying detained protesters in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday.
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Strikes Against Saudi Tankers in the Red Sea Send Oil Past $100 a Barrel
The Saudi authorities on Thursday confirmed a strike on one of its ships, the Encelia.
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Trump’s New Demand for Nuclear Deal Puts Saudis in a Bind
President Trump welcoming Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, to the White House during a 2025 state visit.
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Modi Caught Off Guard as India’s Economic Failings Inflame Young People
People walk past protest banners in New Delhi on Thursday.
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The Tate Brothers Are Losing Right-Wing Allies After Their Arrest
Andrew Tate, right, and Tristan Tate in Bucharest, Romania, in 2025.
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For South Korea, U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Exposes a Double Standard
A beach near Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju, South Korea, in 2022. The country has one of the biggest nuclear power industries in the world.
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Zelensky’s Dizzying U-Turn Is the Latest Zigzag in a Presidency Full of Them
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a visit to Paris this month. His country is in the grips of some of the worst turbulence in domestic politics since Russia’s all-out invasion in 2022.
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A New Target for Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks: Russia’s Version of Amazon
Smoke rising from a fire at a Wildberries logistics complex in Elektrostal, near Moscow, on July 18, after a Ukrainian drone attack.
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U.S.-Saudi Deal Prompts Fears of a Global Nuclear Arms Race
A French nuclear submarine. France has expanded its nuclear deterrence to cover some allies as the United States has pulled back on European security.
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A Russian Spy, Suddenly Cast Into the Spotlight, Flees Japan
Toranomon Kotohira Tower is home to the Aeroflot airline office in Tokyo.
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Should Travelers Give Up on Summer in Western Europe Because of the Heat?
Seeking shade in the Place des Vosges in Paris during the June heat wave.
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Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought
Mullah Abdul Rahim Gulab in Marja, Afghanistan, in 2021.
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U.S. Military Presence in Jordan Makes It Iranian Target
American and Jordanian soldiers participating in a military exercise northeast of Amman in 2022.
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Japan’s Leader Invokes Her Hero, Shinzo Abe, to Drive Nationalist Agenda
Sanae Takaichi has frequently leveraged her ties to Shinzo Abe.
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Debate Over Ancient Iranian Jewelry Worn by Zendaya to ‘Odyssey’ Event
Zendaya at an event for “The Odyssey” in London this month.
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Houthis Claim Strikes on 2 Saudi Oil Tankers in Red Sea
A satellite image of the Bab al-Mandab Strait earlier this month.
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Three Airports Plan to Ditch T.S.A. Agents Amid Push for Private Security
Tampa International is one of three U.S. airports opting in to a new program.
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Dubai Firm Cuts Deal for New Port to Bypass Strait of Hormuz
Ships in the Gulf of Oman east of the United Arab Emirates this week.
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Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Isn’t Short on Energy. Here’s Why It Wants to Go Nuclear.
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Meets With Cabinet Over Whether to Intensify Iran Strikes
Russia and Ukraine Trade Deadly Blows With Missiles and Drones
Trump, His Money, and the World
‘We Will All Die From Ebola Here’: Virus Stalks Crowded Camps in Congo
Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Plans