Red Line on Crimea Isn’t Just Zelensky’s. It’s Ukraine’s.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a news conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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Crisis Deepens for India and Pakistan Over Kashmir Attack
Security personnel outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi a day after militants opened fire on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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Mahathir Mohamad, 99, Reflects on a Contentious Legacy
Mahathir Mohamad, who served a total of 24 years as Malaysia’s prime minister, in his office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in February.
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How India’s Threat to Block Rivers Could Devastate Pakistan
The Ravi River, which India has control over, as seen in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Mourners Pay Respect to Pope Francis as Cardinals Fine Tune Funeral Plans
More cardinals have been arriving in Rome ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday.
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Britain Lifts Sanctions on Syrian Security Agencies
A rebel fighter standing on a staircase leading down to prison cells inside the complex of the Syrian military intelligence Branch 235, in December.
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Killer of Gucci Heir Is Arrested on Suspicion of Shooting His Own Son
Benedetto Ceraulo, left, at the start of his trial in Milan in 1998.
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If America Walks Away From Ukraine, What Will Europe Do?
A residential building that was severely damaged by a Russian missile strike on Thursday in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Why the Winner of Canada’s Election Could Be Decided by Greater Toronto
While voters in Toronto have backed the Liberal Party, the Conservatives had made inroads in the metropolitan region.
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A New Medical Discipline in Israel: How to Receive Hostages
Workers setting up screens to protect the privacy of the hostages on the grounds of Sheba hospital in Tel Aviv, in January.
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Student Stabs 4 Others, One Fatally, at a French High School, Officials Say
Securing an area near the deadly assault at a high school in Nantes, France, on Thursday.
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Russia Jails General Who Criticized Army’s Senior Command
Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov attending a military court hearing in Moscow last year.
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Overlooked Letter Rewrites History of Shakespeare’s Bad Marriage
An illustration of William Shakespeare saying goodbye to his wife, Anne, and children, as he left home.
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Forced Labor Taints Brazilian Coffee, Say Complaints to U.S. Authorities
Coffee beans imported from Brazil in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
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U.S. Says Deadly Blast in Yemen Was Caused by Houthi Missile
People on Monday gathered at the site of a strike in the Farwah neighborhood in Sana, Yemen.
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Trump Urges Russia to ‘STOP!’ After Deadly Attack on Ukraine’s Capital
President Trump and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway at the White House on Thursday.
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Trump’s Crimea Proposal Would End a Decade of U.S. Resistance
A mural in the colors of the Russian flag in Yevpatoriya, Crimea, on Thursday.
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Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters
A 2021 expedition by a seabed-mining company explored the viability of the practice in the Pacific Ocean.
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Israel Acknowledges Second Deadly Attack on Aid Workers in Gaza
The impact of a projectile is visible in the wall of the U.N. guesthouse hit by Israeli tank fire on March 19.
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Friday Briefing: Trump Tells Putin to ‘STOP!’
Emergency workers searched for victims under the rubble in Kyiv, Ukraine, yesterday.
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Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust
“Antisemitism wasn’t brought to the Netherlands by the German occupier,” Mayor Halsema said on Thursday, “and it didn’t disappear after the liberation.”
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Congo and M23 Agree to a Cease-Fire in Qatar
M23 militiamen at an initial public meeting in Goma in February, after the militia captured the Congolese city on Jan. 31.
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Man Shot and Killed by Police at Toronto Airport
The shooting at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada on Thursday morning caused a partial shutdown of its largest terminal.
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An E.U. Deforestation Rule Has Ethiopian Coffee Farmers Scrambling
Farmers gathered ripe coffee cherries in the Sidama region of Ethiopia.
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Ex-President Moon of South Korea Is Indicted on Bribery Charge
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea in 2021.
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Thursday Briefing: Trump Lashes Out at Zelensky
President Trump at the White House yesterday.
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Here’s What to Know About the Muslim Brotherhood, Which Jordan Banned
Protesters from the Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, and others marching and chanting in Amman, the capital, in 2019.
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Thursday Briefing: Trump Lashes Out at Zelensky
President Trump at the White House yesterday.
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Trump Team Races to Form Trade Deals After Tariffs Sow Global Chaos
President Trump has promised big gains for American trade, but given that deals typically take months or years to negotiate, experts say he has set up a seemingly impossible task.
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Victims and Eyewitnesses in Kashmir Attack Describe Scenes of Chaos and Horror
The Lidder River, flowing through Pahalgam, a town in the southern part of Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Jordan Cracks Down on Muslim Brotherhood
Jordanian police outside the Islamic Action Front office in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday.
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Scott Bessent Accuses IMF and World Bank of ‘Mission Creep’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is attending meetings with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Wednesday in Washington.
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How to Watch Pope Francis’ Funeral
The funeral mass for Pope Francis will be held in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday at 10 a.m. local time.
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Powerful Earthquake Shakes Istanbul, Sending People Into Streets
People gathered outdoors after an earthquake in Istanbul on Wednesday.
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3 Takeaways From The New York Times’ Interview With Syria’s New President
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria told The New York Times that his government was negotiating with both Russia and Turkey.
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Trump Pressures Ukraine to Accept a Peace Plan That Sharply Favors Russia
After President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine rejected an American plan that would see his country cede Russia all the territory it currently occupies, President Trump shot back on social media that the Ukrainian president was being “inflammatory.”
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What to Know About the Tensions Over Kashmir
Indian security forces escorting an ambulance with the bodies of tourists who were killed in Kashmir, on Wednesday.
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Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-President Seeks New Allies
Syria’s new president, the former rebel leader Ahmed al-Shara.
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Odes to Mexican Drug Lords Are Pop Hits, but the Law Is Turning Against Them
Luis R. Conriquez performing last month in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Will Canada’s Next Prime Minister Solve the Million-Dollar Housing Crisis?
Chilliwack, British Colombia, has become a magnet for people from Vancouver who can no longer afford living there.
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Jared Kushner Targets Albania’s Adriatic Coast for Luxury Tourism
Flamingos glide across the surface of the Narta lagoon, near the mouth of the Vjosa River.
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Killing of Civilians Near Pahalgam in Kashmir Shatters Illusion of Calm
Indian soldiers after a search operation on Wednesday in the aftermath of the attack.
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Wednesday Briefing: A Downgrade in Global Growth
Steep tariffs on U.S. trading partners have left businesses paralyzed by uncertainty.
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Catholics Expected a Revolution From Pope Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them
Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Easter Sunday.
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Almost Half of Americans Breathe Unhealthy Air, Report Finds
The view from Brooklyn in June 2023, when smoke from wildfires in Canada caused air quality to decline in New York City.
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A Simpler Funeral for Pope Francis, Who Shunned Many Papal Trappings
A group of pilgrims walking toward St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday in Rome.
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Mexico’s President Punches Back Against Kristi Noem’s Anti-Migrant Ads
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, left, with Kristi Noem, the U.S. secretary of homeland security, last month in Mexico City.
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Rubio Skipping Ukraine Talks as Zelensky Rebuffs U.S. on Crimea
Sifting through rubble a day after a Russian ballistic missile strike that killed 34 people in Sumy, Ukraine, last week.
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Francis Was the Pope Who Canonized the Most Saints
Pope Francis prayed in front of a memorial to Mother Teresa, whom he made a saint in 2016.
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Wednesday Briefing: A Downgrade in Global Growth
Steep tariffs on U.S. trading partners have left businesses paralyzed by uncertainty.
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Costa Rica Tells Trump Deportees They Can Stay and Integrate, or Leave
Migrants at a detention center last month in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
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Vatican Releases Photos of Pope Francis in His Casket
This photo of Pope Francis’ remains in the Chapel of Santa Marta in the Vatican on Monday and those below were released by the Vatican.
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At the pope’s hospital, Francis was a calming and mischievous presence.
Pope Francis celebrated the 100-year anniversary of Bambino Gesù’s donation to the Holy See, in 2024.
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Vatican Has a Vacancy, but It Doesn’t Stop Between Popes
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, right, before a rosary prayer on St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Tuesday. The cardinal is the dean of the College of Cardinals and is in charge of convoking the world’s 252 cardinals to Rome.
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Trump Tells Putin to ‘STOP!’ After Deadly Russian Attack on Kyiv
Prelude to a Funeral
Pope Francis’ Coffin Is Moved to St. Peter’s Basilica to Lie in State