The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has long viewed his country as being in conflict with the West, but he has denied Russia’s involvement in European sabotage.
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9 Days After Flood, Two Men Are Pulled Alive From Mud-Filled Tunnels in Nepal
Rescue team members working to enter the tunnel at the Hydropower Station in Rasuwa, Nepal, on Thursday.
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Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations
A refinery operated by the Venezuelan state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, in Punto Fijo.
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Germany’s Far Right, Edging Close to Power, Remains Close to Extremists
Ulrich Siegmund, a leader of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, speaking in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday.
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Russian Drone Strikes Office of Ukraine’s Intelligence Chief
The headquarters of Ukraine’s security service in Kyiv after a Russian drone strike on Friday. The building is just across the street from the landmark St. Sophia Cathedral.
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Families Turn to Symbolic Cremation After Nepal Floods
Darshan Bhattarai, center left, and Kamala Bhattarai, center right, at a cremation ceremony for Pushpa Raj Bhattarai at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday.
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Yemen’s Houthis Push Toward Red Sea Strait as Ground Fighting Escalates
Houthi supporters at a rally marking the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, known as Moulid, in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, in August.
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U.A.E. Pardons Egyptian Dissident Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi speaking at a demonstration in Istanbul in 2018. He sought exile in Turkey about a decade ago.
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Israel Says It Is Cementing Its Foothold in Southern Lebanon
In a screen grab obtained from a social media video released on Aug. 22, smoke rose following strikes on Ali al-Taher ridge in Nabatieh, Lebanon.
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Philippines’ Vice President Faces Arrest Over Assassination Threats
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte at her office in Metro Manila last year, speaking about the impeachment motions filed against her.
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Inside the Nepal Tunnel Rescue Operation
Rescue team members working to enter the tunnel at a hydropower project tunnel on Thursday as they search for survivors, following deadly flash floods in Rasuwa, Nepal, last week.
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Nigel Farage to Speak at Reform UK Conference Amid Scrutiny Over Party Finances
The Reform party leader, Nigel Farage, right, with an aide, Dan Jukes, in 2024. British law requires all donations to be disclosed and prohibits political contributions from foreign sources.
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After Fighting Russia Fiercely, He Wants to Forge Ukraine’s Path to Peace
Kyrylo Budanov, chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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Tumbler Ridge Shooting Survivors File 30 Lawsuits Against OpenAI
A memorial for the victims of a deadly mass shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, in February.
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on September 2026
Grand Theft Porter: Thieves Steal 800 Barrels of Guinness in Britain
The police in Britain said that thieves had made off with two trailers of Guinness beer from a depot in Cheshire on Monday.
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on September 2026
Here are some other extraordinary rescues from natural disasters.
Firefighters rescued a woman after she was trapped for 30 hours after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, last month.
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U.N. Approves African Proposal for a New World Map
People take pictures at a square decorated with a giant world map in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2017.
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Here’s the latest.
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Workers Rescued From Tunnel in Nepal 9 Days After Flood
Rescuers carry one of the survivors found in the tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station, in Nuwakot, Nepal, on Friday.
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on September 2026
The Battle to be Australia’s Best Pie
Winning entries on display at the Official Great Aussie Meat Pie Competition in Melbourne.
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on September 2026
Argentina Is Ramping Up Its Claim to the Falklands. Here’s What to Know.
Argentine visitors looking at ammunition cases from the 1982 war scattered on the slopes of Mount Tumbledown in the Falkland Islands in March.
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on September 2026
Israel Says It Cleared Tunnels to Strategic Hezbollah Fortress in Lebanon
Israeli strikes on the hilltops of the Ali al-Taher ridge last month in southern Lebanon.
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Rogers Stadium in Toronto Is Damaged by Thunderstorm Before AC/DC Show
Rogers Stadium in Toronto, which opened last year to host large concerts, was damaged when a storm tore across the area on Wednesday. No injuries were reported.
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on September 2026
Mayor Magic
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Dutch Central Bank Cuts Gold Reserves in U.S., Citing ‘Geopolitical Unrest’
Olaf Sleijpen, president of the central bank of the Netherlands, in Amsterdam in March. “We have improved the tradeability of our gold reserves,” he said.
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Norway Seizes Russian Ship, Testing Moscow in the High Arctic
A monument to Lenin in Barentsburg, Svalbard, in 2025.
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Israel Is Expected to Release Lebanese Prisoners, in Rare Sign of Progress
Smoke rises above the town of Al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. The release of Lebanese prisoners would come amid talks to disarm Hezbollah and end Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.
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Spain’s Leader Questions Morocco Border Control During Ceuta Migrant Surge
Hundreds of thousands filled plazas across Spain on Wednesday to show their support for Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa that thousands of migrants crossed into in July.
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Rival Ukrainian Intelligence Units Open Fire Against Each Other in Kyiv
A shootout occurred early on Wednesday between two of Ukraine’s rival intelligence services, exposing simmering tensions between the agencies.
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Israeli Military Kills Two Palestinian Youths in Village Raid, Residents Say
A funeral on Thursday for two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Al Mughayir.
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China Boycotts a Top Art Festival Over Taiwan Exhibition
The Gwangju Biennale exhibition hall in South Korea in 2021. The festival’s 16th edition starts Saturday.
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For Russia and Ukraine, an Escalating Spiral With No End in Sight
After an attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, late last month.
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Lake Ontario Is One of Many Bodies of Water Caught in a Naming Fight
A ship sails the waters near the Canadian province of Ontario, including Lake Ontario, following efforts by President Trump to rename the body of water Lake America.
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on September 2026
Many Italians Long Resisted Air-Conditioning. Then Europe Got Hotter.
An air conditioning unit on the facade of a building in the center of Agrigento, Sicily.
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Can a Country Really Hold an Election in the Middle of a Gang War?
The remnants of a charred vehicle after more than 20 people were killed by armed gangs last week in Kescoff, a neighborhood near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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on September 2026
The New Jet-Powered Drones That Are Breeding Anxiety in Ukraine
Police officers inspecting parts of a Russian drone at the site of an apartment building damaged by a strike in Kyiv this week.
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on September 2026
Syrians Want Justice for Assad-Era Killings and Torture
In the Tadamon neighborhood of Damascus, residents hoped the new government would collect the bones and exhume the bodies buried in mass graves underfoot.
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on September 2026
Inside Trump’s Second Term
In the Oval Office on Monday.
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on September 2026
In Nepal and Tibet, Pollution on Glaciers Could Fuel More Flood Disasters
A meltwater lake on the Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal in 2025.
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Trump Returns to a Familiar Playbook as the War With Iran Flares Up Again
President Trump said in a social media post on Tuesday night that he “couldn’t care less” about an agreement with Iran, hours after a U.S. attack.
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U.S. and Iran Survey the Damage After a Night of Intense Strikes
A still from a video provided by the Iranian Red Crescent rescue service showed damage in Kuhestak, southern Iran, on Wednesday.
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Status of Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Unclear, U.N. Watchdog Says
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the United Nations in July. A new agency report highlighted its lack of access to Iran’s nuclear sites.
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on September 2026
Bus Crash in Egypt Kills at Least 22
The passenger bus that crashed while traveling between Dahab and Nuweiba, Egypt, on Wednesday.
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on September 2026
Netanyahu’s Israel Is Looking for a Fight in Every Direction
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is up for re-election in October, but is trailing in the polls.
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on September 2026
Attacks in Black Sea Threaten to Strangle Global Grain Supply
A field in Ukraine’s southern region of Mykolvaiv in August. Despite a strong growing season, attacks on Black Sea shipping routes have choked off exports.
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on September 2026
The ‘Miracle House’ That Survived Nepal’s Floods
In Egypt, Xi Challenges America’s Influence in the Middle East