As Iran’s Government Tries to Quell Protests, Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge
An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times shows people looking for relatives as bodies piled up outside Tehran’s forensics laboratory on Sunday.
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At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
The Shunda Park scam complex in Karen State, Myanmar, in December.
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Greenland Would Be the Largest U.S. Land Acquisition, if Trump Got His Way
A statue commemorating Hans Egede, the Danish missionary who founded Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
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Marine Le Pen Is Appealing a Decision to Bar Her From Office.
Supporters with pictures of Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, last year after a court barred her from running for office for five years.
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Trump Urges Antigovernment Protesters in Iran to ‘Take Over’
A burned-out building in Tehran on Saturday. Iran is experiencing the most expansive protests in years against its authoritarian rulers.
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China’s ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ Thinks Time Is on His Side
He Jiankui, a researcher in gene editing, at his home in Beijing. He argues that his only crime was being ahead of his time in a world not yet ready for his vision.
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Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Former South Korea President
Commuters watched South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on television, at a train station in Seoul, the capital, in December.
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Son of Deposed Shah of Iran Seeks Center Stage Amid Protests
A demonstration in London on Sunday called on the British prime minister to support the Iranian people. Some Iranian protesters have rallied around Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran.
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Trump Says He Will Impose Tariffs on Iran’s Trading Partners: What to Know
President Trump is exploring options for diplomacy with Iran as he weighs whether to attack the country to try to deter its leaders from killing more protesters, U.S. officials said.
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Adelaide Writers’ Week Canceled After It Disinvited Palestinian Australian Author
Adelaide Writers’ Week was canceled on Tuesday, after a decision by organizers raised concerns over free speech.
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Russian Missiles Failed in Venezuela During U.S. Attack
A destroyed Buk launcher at La Carlota air base in Caracas after the U.S. strikes.
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Elon Musk’s X Under UK Investigation Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images
Grok’s prompt page on a phone. In recent weeks, the chatbot has posted sexualized photos of real people, including children, in response to user prompts.
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Delta Offers Optimistic Outlook as Travelers Continue to Splurge
Delta Air Lines has enjoyed financial success partly because it caters to travelers who are willing to spend a lot on luxurious seats and airport lounges.
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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Capitol last week.
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Trump Explores Diplomacy With Iran While Weighing Strikes, Officials Say
An image taken from a social media post released on Friday showing demonstrators gathered in Tehran. President Trump has said that he would come to the aid of protesters if the Iranian government used lethal force against them.
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World Court Hears Groundbreaking Genocide Case Against Myanmar
The International Court of Justice began hearing the genocide case against Myanmar, in The Hague, on Monday.
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In Venezuela, Amnesty for Political Prisoners Stokes Hope and Frustration
The opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa, in Caracas in 2020.
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Owner of Swiss Bar Where 40 Died Is Ordered to Jail as a Flight Risk
The police on Jan. 2 outside Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, where a fire had swept through New Year’s celebrations.
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Trump’s Envoy to India Offers Hope Amid a Strained Relationship
The new U.S. envoy to India, Sergio Gor, delivering a speech Monday at the embassy in New Delhi. President Trump has slapped punitive tariffs on India for buying Russian oil.
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Venezuela Frees 24 More Political Prisoners, Rights Group Says
Family members of political prisoners waiting for releases outside the Rodeo I prison on Friday.
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Europe and China Take Step to Resolve Dispute on Electric Vehicles
The Cupra Tavascan, an electric vehicle made by Volkswagen in China, at the Munich auto show in 2023.
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Iran Says It Is Prepared for War but Ready to Negotiate After Trump’s Warnings
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in Beirut, Lebanon, last week. On Monday, he expressed an openness to negotiations with the United States.
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The Weimar Republic Shaped the 20th Century. Can Today’s Leaders Avoid Its Fate?
The German National Theater in Weimar, Germany, where leaders met in 1919 to create a new national Constitution.
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Deposed Shah’s Son Hopes Trump Will Put Iran Regime ‘Down for Good’
Demonstrators in Austria displayed images of Reza Pahlavi during a rally on Sunday in support of nationwide protests in Iran.
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Famed Nigerian Author Blames Death of Toddler Son on Negligent Care
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at her home in Maryland in February.
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Syrian Military Takes Aleppo Neighborhoods After Clashes With Kurds
Soldiers of the Syrian army in Aleppo on Saturday, following clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters.
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Israeli Police Question Top Netanyahu Aide Over Leaked Document Case
Tzachi Braverman (standing), the chief of staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, was interviewed by the police on Sunday.
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Trump Shakes up Latin American Politics
Government supporters calling for the release of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, last week.
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Are You Fat Enough to Play in This Soccer League?
It’s all fun, games and fat-burning as Fat Man United competes against Totten-Ham and Cheese in suburban Dallas.
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Trump Threats and Venezuela Strike Leave Mexico Agonizing Over How to Respond
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has tried to thread a narrow diplomatic needle in the aftermath of the U.S. strike in Venezuela.
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A Russian Videographer Reveals How Putin Shapes the Next Generation
“I’m just standing there filming and I understand that what’s getting into the camera isn’t just a lesson, but history,” Pavel Talankin said.
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Schools in Occupied Ukraine Aim to Turn Children Into Russian Nationalists
Tetiana, 37, and her two daughters after crossing from Belarus into Ukraine, in December.
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Trump Wants Greenland — but He’s Not Alone in the Arctic Tug of War
A great power competition is intensifying in the Arctic, and not only for Greenland.
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Australia Wildfires Burn Nearly 900,000 Acres
Smoke rising from a burning forest near Longwood, Australia, on Friday.
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India’s Ties With Bangladesh Fray as Elections Loom
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh in New Delhi in 2024. Ms. Hasina was ousted by a protest movement and fled to India, which has since been criticized by Bangladesh’s interim government and the protesters who ousted her for refusing to hand her over to face justice at home.
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Death Toll Grows as Nationwide Protests Rock Iran for a Third Night
A still from video shared on social media on Friday that has been verified by The New York Times showing crowds around an open fire in Tehran, Iran’s capital.
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Venezuela’s New Leader Enlists U.S. Troops to Bring a Rogue Ship Back
Delcy Rodríguez, the interim leader of Venezuela, in the country’s capital, Caracas, on Monday.
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Nearly 13,000 Irish Passports Are Recalled Over ‘Technical Issue’
A “technical issue with a software update” may prevent Irish citizens from traveling with passports issued between Dec. 23 and Jan. 6, the country’s foreign affairs department said.
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Machado Offered Trump Her Nobel, but Prize Institute Says It’s Not Allowed
María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, offered to give her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, who has long coveted the award.
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Acquired Tastes
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Chrystia Freeland Resigns as a Member of Canada’s Parliament
Chrystia Freeland, who resigned from Parliament on Friday, at her home in Toronto.
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Why Putin Went Quiet When Challenged by Trump Over Venezuela
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a news conference with President Trump in August in Anchorage.
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Trump Eyes Greenland, and Europe Figures Its Best Bet Is a Negotiation
Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. “The real question is, by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland?” Stephen Miller, one of President Trump’s closest aides, said this week.
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How Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s Leader, Became Vital to Trump’s Plans for the Country
Delcy Rodríguez, then Venezuela’s vice president, during an interview last year.
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I.C.C. Judges Denounce Effect of Trump’s Sanctions
The International Criminal Court in The Hague. U.S. sanctions come at a time when the court is investigating claims of atrocities in Afghanistan, Libya, Myanmar, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela, as well as Gaza.
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Trump Urges Oil Companies to Speed Work in Venezuela
President Trump and members of his cabinet at a meeting with oil executives at the White House on Friday.
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Iran Convulsed in Second Night of Nationwide Protests
Demonstrators marched in Tehran in an image taken from a social media post that was shared on Thursday.
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Malaysia and Indonesia Block Access to Grok Because of Sexually Explicit Content
After President’s Capture, U.S. and Venezuela Explore Restoring Diplomatic Ties
How a Syrian Hiking Club Is Rediscovering the Country
A Scientific Expedition to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier Deals With Weather Hiccups
Inside a Scam Complex’s Detailed Playbook
The Global Cost of Futzing With the Fed
Is Grass-Fed Beef Better?
Mass Protests in Iran and Trump’s Threats
As Death Toll Surges in Iran, Leaders Take Tough Line Against Protesters
Inside Iran’s Protests: How a Plunging Currency Set Off Wide Unrest