AfD’s Far Right Win Puts New Pressure on Germany’s Leader Merz
Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor and the Christian Democratic Union party leader, at a press briefing in Berlin on Monday.
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UK Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlements in West Bank, Accuses Settlers of Ethnic Cleansing
Palestinian villagers harvesting olives in the village of Turmus Aya, with Israeli settlements in the background, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank in 2025.
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Saudi Arabia Vows Retaliation After Houthi Attacks Injure Dozens
Members of the Houthi security force standing guard in Sanaa, Yemen, in July.
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Online Posts Show Families’ Grief for Flood Victims on Tibet’s Side of China-Nepal Border
Rescue workers at Gyirong Port in Tibet on Sunday, during a state-guided tour for foreign reporters. Chinese officials have said that their release of information has been transparent and timely.
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Australian Social Media Users Could Get Power to Switch Off Algorithms
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Australian Communications Minister Anika Wells last year.
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Rubio to Push Colombia’s New Leader to Tackle Cocaine Trade
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking at a cabinet meeting last week.
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Russia Bombards Kyiv Soon After Witkoff, Kushner Leave
Firefighters at the site of a Russian missile attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. By early Tuesday morning, waves of Russian ballistic and cruise missiles were once again headed toward Kyiv.
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They Went to Ukraine on the ‘Peace Express.’ Detours Are Likely Ahead.
The U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, center, and Jared Kushner, right, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Mr. Kushner said “new ideas” were presented to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in a series of discussions on Sunday.
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Israel Launches Deadly Strikes in Lebanon as Military Campaign Intensifies
Workers sifted through rubble on Monday after an Israeli strike on a village in southern Lebanon.
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Germany’s ‘Firewall’ Against the Far Right Is Being Tested as Never Before
Ulrich Siegmund, an Alternative for Germany candidate, speaking in Magdeburg, Germany, after Saxony-Anhalt state elections on Sunday.
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Canada’s Retaliatory Tariffs Set to Take Effect as Trump Threatens to Escalate
The Blue Water Bridge, connecting Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Mich., this month.
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Philippines Lawmaker, Cousin of Marcos, Charged With Taking Kickbacks
Martin Romualdez, at the House of Representatives in Manila last year.
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Canadian Jet Maker Is Target in Trump’s Trade War
Planes in production on the factory floor at a Bombardier plant in Mississauga, Ontario, in 2024.
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Eiffel Tower Workers Strike, Saying Women Were Excluded From Hindu Group’s Visit
A delegation from the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha group, known as BAPS, visited the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.
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Containing Germany’s Far Right
AfD leaders celebrating in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday.
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Britain Set to Target Israeli West Bank Settlements With Trade Ban
Israeli policemen in the West Bank, in August. The Israeli government has shrugged off international condemnation and continued to promote building settlements in the occupied territory.
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Nazi-Looted Painting in Real Estate Listing Must Be Returned
Ariel Bassano, a visual arts teacher, left, standing next to the painting “Portrait of a Lady” at the public prosecutor’s office in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The 18th-century work had been missing for eight decades.
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Building Housing Students Collapses in New Delhi, Killing at Least 7
Rescuers clear debris at the site of a collapsed building in New Delhi, on Monday.
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After Victory in German State, Far Right Needs Help to Take Power
Tino Chrupalla, left, and Alice Weidel, right, co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, with Ulrich Siegmund, center, the party’s leader in Saxony-Anhalt, in Berlin on Monday.
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Noël Godin, Prankster Who Threw Pies at the Powerful, Dies at 80
Noël Godin in his backyard in Brussels in 1998. A self-described “anarcho-confectioner,” he led a gang of custard commandos.
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In Peru, the Trump Administration Sees the Limits of Its Anti-China Push
The enormous new Chinese-operated cargo port at Chancay, Peru, is a source of tension with Washington, but Peruvians see it as economically vital.
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AfD Victory in Saxony-Anhalt Sends a Signal to Europe
Ulrich Siegmund, center, the lead candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany, celebrating after polls closed on Sunday.
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Germany’s Far Right Just Misses Majority in Crucial State Election
Ulrich Siegmund, the lead candidate for the far-right party Alternative for Germany, with colleagues in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday.
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Haitians Deported From U.S. Are Left Broke and Stranded
Reginald Dorvilma, 36, who was arrested in Orlando, Fla., two months ago and arrived in Haiti on Thursday.
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Here’s the latest.
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U.S. Envoys Witkoff and Kushner Arrive in Kyiv After Talks With Putin
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left, with the U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Sunday in Kyiv.
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What Secret Audits Tell Us About How Ukraine’s Military Is Spending Its Money
Ukrainian soldiers from the 14th Mechanized Brigade firing a Grad multiple rocket launcher toward a Russian position near Kupiansk, Ukraine, in 2023.
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In Ukraine, Fraud and Waste Are Rewarded With More Weapons Contracts
Ukrainian soldiers firing a mortar toward Russian positions on the outskirts of Kupiansk, Ukraine, last year.
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In Germany, Ulrich Siegmund Is Bringing the AfD to the Cusp of Power
Ulrich Siegmund, center, is the lead candidate for the far-right party Alternative for Germany in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. The party is projected to finish first.
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Germany’s AfD Could Win Its First State Government. Here’s What to Know.
Members of the far-right at Alternative for Germany party celebrating early election results in eastern Germany on Sunday.
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China’s New Graduates, Facing a Dire Job Market, Must Also Contend With A.I.
College students at a job fair in Fuyang, China, in April.
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U.S. Military Sinks Boats Said to Aid Drug Smuggling Near Ecuador
Fishermen made their way to the ocean along Ecuador’s coast, in June.
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Huckabee Condemns ‘Terrorist’ Attacks on Palestinians in West Bank Town Hall
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, center right, meeting residents of Turmus Ayya, a Palestinian town near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that is home to many American citizens, on Saturday.
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U.S. Strikes Three Iranian ‘Shadow Network’ Oil Tankers, Military Says
A screenshot of handout video footage released Saturday by the U.S. military, which said it showed American forces striking an Iranian crude oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman.
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Here Is Where Ukraine Peace Talks Stand, as a New Round Approaches
A Russian drone on the road in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, after being shot down in January by a Ukrainian police officer with a rifle.
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Putin Meets Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow to Discuss Ukraine War
In a photo that Russia’s presidential envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, shared on social media, Jared Kushner, center, and Steve Witkoff, left, were greeted by Mr. Dmitriev after arriving in Moscow on Saturday.
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Nepal Floods Buried a House. The Woman Inside Was Still Alive.
A rescue team at a house where a woman was found in Betrawati, Nepal, on Saturday.
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Following Stolen Cars From Canada to Russia
At the Port of Montreal, Frédéric Bonsaint, a Canada Border Services officer, inspects a stolen vehicle that was pulled from a shipping container destined for West Africa via Europe.
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Scenic Route
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The Fall of James Orr, the Man Called Farage’s Brain
James Orr was the head of policy for Reform U.K. until his suspension on Friday.
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Putin Denies a Draft Is Coming, but Some Russian Men Are Taking No Chances
Russian soldiers during military drills in Minsk, Belarus, last year.
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Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex?
Thousands of Serbs Gather to Mourn Ratko Mladic, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’
When A.I. Starts Scheming
A Bad Year for Bees Gets Worse as Trump’s Tariffs Hit Canada’s Honey Belt
After Months at War, Brief Solace in a Party Town Far From Home