Russia Moves to Tamp Down Rumors About Plague Outbreak in Siberia
An infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residents “not to spread rumors.”
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Brazil Election Could Give Bolsonaro a Key Role in Trump’s Latin America Map
An effigy of President Trump carrying a depiction of an incarcerated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during a rally in São Paulo last month in support of Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing opposition candidate.
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Spain’s Leader Calls an Early Election
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain called an early election on Nov. 29.
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Why Saudi Arabia’s Last War in Yemen Turned Into a Quagmire
Smoke billowing from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month after the Houthis claimed to have attacked the facility.
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In a Major Boost for the Right, Another Bolsonaro Nears Brazil’s Presidency
Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, had the lead after Sunday’s vote.
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Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve
A protester in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month calling for help for Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine.
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Turkey Banned a Book by a Jailed Presidential Hopeful. We Read It.
Ekrem Imamoglu addressing supporters in front of an Istanbul courthouse in January 2025. He was the city’s mayor, and had vowed to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Voters in Quebec Election Go to Polls as Separatist Parti Québécois Leads
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the separatist Parti Québécois, arriving to cast his ballot on Monday during Quebec’s provincial election in Montreal.
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Pay Phone, a Lifeline During 2019 Australia Wildfires, Gains Heritage Status
A public phone booth in Narooma on Australia’s east coast has been awarded heritage status for the role it played during and after wildfires in the region.
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U.S. Sanctions Aim to ‘Shut Down’ Iran’s Airlines, but This Boeing Plane Is Still Flying
A Mahan Air Boeing 777 with the tail sign EP-MTE arrived at Najaf International Airport in July, carrying the casket of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes in February.
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Former Prince Andrew Sues UK Police After Arrest Linked to Epstein Investigation
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is challenging the legality of the search warrants that allowed the police to search two of his homes in February.
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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon
The moon and Earth were aligned in the same frame, each partly illuminated by the sun, as seen from behind the moon during the Artemis II flight in April.
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Houthis Claim Attack on Aramco as Yemen Conflict Escalates
Flames at a facility belonging to the Saudi oil giant Aramco, south of Riyadh on Saturday.
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Nigeria Military Helicopter Crashes With 32 Onboard
Wreckage of a military aircraft that crashed in Ondo State, Nigeria, on Monday.
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British Museum Says It’s Extending Bayeux Tapestry Viewing Hours
Visitors to the British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry exhibition were initially allowed to take photos, but that practice has since been banned to move people along more quickly.
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Saudi and Yemeni Forces Attack Houthis to Retake Control of Red Sea Coast
Inspecting melted foam in a factory after a strike in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday. Houthi-affiliated media blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack.
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Housing, Corruption and a Migrant Surge: Why Spain Is Holding an Early Election
People demonstrating on Saturday in Madrid for stronger protections for renters.
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Spain’s Leader Calls Early Election After Housing Crisis Roils Government
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain called an early election on Nov. 29.
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
A B-1 bomber at R.A.F. Fairford in Britain taking off on Sunday. All 12 B-1s were moved from the base in a highly unusual withdrawal.
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Biljana Plavsic, a Former Bosnian Serb Political Leader, Has Died
Biljana Plavsic during her first appearance at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague in 2001.
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Iran’s Top Security Official Warns of Dire Economic Crisis
People shopping in a bazaar in Tehran in July. Iran’s currency has plunged since the war began.
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Israeli Authorities Trade Blame for Failure to Flag FlyDubai Co-Pilot
A replacement FlyDubai plane, carrying passengers who were on an aircraft from Dubai to Tel Aviv that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, last week.
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Who Were the Pilots on the FlyDubai Flight?
Officials are working to uncover the motives of a pilot who attacked his colleague during a flight to Tel Aviv.
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U.K. Base Would Be Ambitious Target for ‘Gig Economy’ Warfare
A roadblock outside R.A.F. Fairford base in England on Sept. 27, as the counterterrorism police investigated a murky plot.
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Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know
A Nobel Prize medal awarded in 1998. Six Nobels are given each year.
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on October 2026
Who Owns the Moon?
The moon in April, visible from NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
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Japan Protests After U.S. Marine Is Accused of Killing Woman in Okinawa
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, where Lance Cpl. Devin J. Ballad was assigned, is seen in the background in Okinawa, Japan.
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What to Know About France’s High School Protests
Police officers and student protesters facing off outside a school in Paris on Thursday.
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How RAF Fairford in a Quiet Corner of England Became a U.S.-Iran Flashpoint
A police roadblock near the R.A.F. Fairford air base. Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain said on Wednesday that there were “strong indications that Iran played a part” in the previous weekend’s events there.
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Whale Batters a Yacht, Leaving Its Crew Stranded for 18 Hours
Tai Tam, a 52-foot yacht, sinking in the South Pacific as the four people who had been on board await rescuing from their life raft.
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Omani Co-Pilot on FlyDubai Flight Is Said to Have Extremist Views
A FlyDubai aircraft that returned passengers who had been aboard Flight 1073, at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline
A Russian drone striking a bridge, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
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Iraq Wins U.S. Permission to Resume Iran Flights, Prime Minister Says
An airport in Najaf, Iraq, last month. Flights will be allowed to resume between the holy city and Iran, according to Iraq’s prime minister.
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Understanding Canada’s Europe Pivot
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 17.
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FlyDubai Co-Pilot Used Crash Ax in ‘Terrorist’ Cockpit Attack, Emirates Says
A FlyDubai plane carrying passengers from an earlier flight that had been forced to divert after a cockpit attack, arriving near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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Separatists Are Poised to Win Quebec’s Election. Independence Is Still a Hard Sell.
Supporters at the Québec Solidaire campaign office in Jean-Lesage watch Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti Québécois, during the leaders’ debate last month.
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What We Learned About American Teenagers Supplying Guns to Cartels
Two teenage American weapons traffickers known as El Flaco, left, and Chuy, in the desert outside Phoenix, where they shot rifles.
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on October 2026
American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels
Two teenage American weapons traffickers — who provide weapons to Mexico’s deadly drug cartels — practice shooting at targets in the desert outside of Phoenix, Ariz.
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on October 2026
What to Know About Fighting Between Ethiopia and Rebels in Tigray
A shattered window of Tigray Television Station after a drone strike in Mekelle, Ethiopia, last week.
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Israel Lists 170 Killed in Gaza It Says Were Militants Posing as Media Workers
The site, near a hospital in Gaza City, was hit by an Israeli strike that killed an Al Jazeera reporter and several of his colleagues in August last year.
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on October 2026
FlyDubai Attack Raises Questions About Pilot Background Checks
In the United States, pilots undergo a criminal history check as well as a threat assessment to see if they have ever been flagged as a “person of interest” in federal law enforcement databases.
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on October 2026
Russians Snap Up Chinese E.V.s as Ukrainian Attacks Make Fuel Scarce
Iran Jails Hard-Line Lawmaker, Exposing Deep Rifts in Its Leadership
Argentina’s ‘Golden Passport’ Program Offers Citizenship in Exchange for Foreign Cash
How Congo’s Ebola Epidemic Got So Bad So Quickly
The Rise of Gig Economy Warfare
The Humanoid Robot Future Has Arrived at a South Korean Park. Sort of.
The Return of Middle East Oil
Brazil Elections Head to Runoff Between Lula and Bolsonaro 
In India, a Food Inspector Sparks Fear in Mumbai Restaurants