Wringing Hope From the Rubble of Gaza
It’s been a year since Israel and Hamas signed an agreement to end the war in Gaza. But life in Gaza looks nothing like peace.
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A Russian Spy’s Lone Regret: ‘I Got Caught’
Alexsander at Prison Colony No. 122 in central Ukraine.
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India’s ‘Cockroach’ Leaders Released as New Delhi Braces for More Protests
Abhijeet Dipke, center, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, in Maharashtra, India, last month.
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A Reporter Returns to China to Find it Richer, but Also Highly Paranoid.
Andrew Higgins riding a car past Tiananmen Square in January. He was at the square in June 1989 when the military assaulted people who were protesting corruption, inequality and inflation.
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In Canada’s Arctic, a New Generation of Inuit Creatives Are Using Identity to Fuel Their Art
Iqaluit, the capital of the Inuit territory of Nunavut, is only accessible by air or by seasonal sealift.
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What to Know About the Protests in India
Security personnel detaining protesters in New Delhi on Saturday.
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A Week Later, Russia Hasn’t Said What Pathogen Killed Plague Researcher
The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. A 28-year-old researcher there died of an unexplained pneumonia.
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Inside Erik Prince’s Mercenary Deal in Congo
Erik Prince, the American military contractor, has sought opportunities in resource-rich countries plagued by conflict, mostly in Africa.
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Ukrainian Drones Close Moscow Airports as Putin Flies Back to Russia
A photo released by state media on Friday showing President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Turkmenbashi.
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Palestinian Authority Says Elections Are to Be Postponed
Hussein al-Sheikh, deputy to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, West Bank, in February. He was said to have sent the letters to European officials notifying them of the postponement.
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As Putin Wages Shadow War, Europe Looks for a Way to Hit Back
Gathering evidence at the Leipzig-Halle airport, Germany, in August after an explosive-laden drone was found.
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Attacker in FlyDubai Flight Meant to Crash Into Israeli Airport, Emiratis Say
Emirati investigators said that the co-pilot in the FlyDubai flight had intended to crash into Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv “with the aim of causing the greatest possible loss of life.”
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In a Dead Hero’s Ashes, El Salvador’s Ruler Finds a New Spark
A Salvadoran honor guard inside the new mausoleum of Francisco Morazán in San Salvador, the capital.
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Pope Leo Will Have Surgery to Remove Growth on Lung
Pope Leo XIV mentioned the planned surgery while speaking in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday.
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Ukraine shrugs off Trump call to ditch Zelensky for energy strikes
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a World War II memorial ceremony in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia Has Few Options as Houthis Aim at Heart of Its Ambitions
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Paris in August. Houthi strikes on the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have cast a shadow on his efforts to transform the kingdom into a global hub for business and tourism.
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Man Dies in Tiger Attack at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in England
A sign at the entrance to Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, England, on Saturday.
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3 Men Found Guilty in Murders of Tourists on Mexico Surf Trip
Debra and Martin Robinson, the parents of Callum and Jake Robinson, who were murdered during a surfing trip, outside court in Ensenada, Mexico, on Thursday.
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Exasperation and Resignation in Greece Over Allegations Against Kimberly Guilfoyle
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, in Athens on Wednesday.
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Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes
King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month.
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From a Sikh Sanctuary to Chaotic Streets, Protesters Brave Police in Delhi
Security personnel detaining protesters in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Palestinian Authority Formally Delays Elections, Despite Western Pressure
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in the city of Ramallah last month, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Rebuking Ukraine Over Oil Strikes, Trump Says It Should ‘Get a New President’
President Trump at a campaign rally in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday. His announcement that the United States would buy Russian diesel was followed by the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel exports.
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Quebec Independence Is Unlikely, but Some Will Still Dream
The Parti Québécois leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, reacted to the results of the provincial election in Montreal on Monday.
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Blocked by Police, India’s Youth Voice Their Fury
Security personnel detaining protesters in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Indian Police Round Up Protest Leaders and Lock Down Delhi
Security personnel detain protesters in New Delhi, India, on Saturday.
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Israel Denounces the Decision to Award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay
Palestinians waiting for food distribution in Gaza City last year.
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Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions
The move is an intensification in the Trump administration’s push to undermine the International Criminal Court.
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Navi Pillay is known for her work in conflict zones across the world.
Navi Pillay received the news that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday while atttending an annual conference of human rights lawyers and judges in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Nobel Peace Prize Choice Amounts to Implicit Rebuke of Trump
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has come under particular attack by the Trump administration.
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The criteria for the Peace Prize have changed over time.
Albert Luthuli, a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist, arriving with his wife in Oslo, Norway, in 1961.
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Paintings Stolen From Renoir Museum Are Recovered, Authorities Say
A police officer at the entrance to the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France after the robbery in September.
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India Cancels Trains, Floods Capital with Police to Block Protests
There was a heavy police presence in central New Delhi on Friday, with yellow barricades chained together near the site of a planned protest.
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In South Africa, Pillay forged a career fighting apartheid.
Navi Pillay, right, with Edwin Cameron, left, and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, center, in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2013.
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The Nobel Peace Prize recipient is selected in secret by five Norwegians.
“There is friction” inside the room where the Nobel committee meets to select the recipient of the Peace Prize, said the director of the Nobel Institute, Kristian Berg Harpviken.
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Days of Deadly Houthi Attacks Show Saudi Arabia’s Vulnerabilities
A still from a video obtained from social media and verified by The New York Times showing a blast at King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.
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Nobel Prize Winners Don’t Get a Heads-Up
The winners of the Nobel Prizes remain a secret, even to the winners themselves until shortly before the public announcement.
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Navi Pillay, a South African Human Rights Lawyer, Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Navi Pillay was recognized “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday.
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How the Epstein Files forced the Nobel Peace Prize to reckon with impartiality.
Thorbjorn Jagland, former chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in Oslo in 2013. A tranche of emails released this year revealed ties between him and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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France’s Long, Fervent History of Protest
A student attacking the police in Paris during the May 1968 student uprising.
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A Venezuelan opposition leader won the 2025 prize, setting off an unusual year.
María Corina Machado, recipient of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, greeted supporters from a hotel balcony in Oslo, Norway, in 2025.
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Labour Holds Off Green Party in Election for Starmer’s Former London Seat
Labour’s candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali takes a selfie with supporters during her campaign launch in London last month.
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A Rural Village Voted to Leave the U.K., Stirring Britain’s Migration Debate
Local residents unveiled a “Principality of Piddington” sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, after they voted to become independent in a symbolic “referendum.”
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Spain’s Protesters See ‘Madness’ of Rising Rent and a ‘Martyr’ in Maricarmen
Protesters marched in memory of Maria del Carmen Abascal, who was widely known as Maricarmen, in Madrid on Thursday. Soaring rents have far outpaced wage growth in Spain, according to an analysis by the newspaper El País.
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The Man City Scandal Is About More Than Football
City lifting the Premier League trophy in 2012.
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U.N. Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds
While neurotechnologies have become powerful clinical tools for patients with brain injuries, the United Nations on Thursday warned that future technologies could be abused by governments.
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French Student Protests Continue as Government Seeks Way Out of Crisis
Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.
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Margaret Papandreou, American-Born First Lady of Greece, Dies at 102
Margaret Papandreou in 1986. “The women’s movement is a political movement,” she once said. “It is a social revolution.”
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2 Latvians Arrested after Breaching Perimeter of RAF Molesworth, UK Air Base Used by US
A police car leaving R.A.F. Molesworth, after two Latvian citizens were arrested there in the early hours of Thursday morning.
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Navi Pillay, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Forged Her Career Under Apartheid
Navi Pillay, South African Jurist, Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
7.7-Magnitude Panama Earthquake Sets Off Series of Aftershocks
India’s Young Put Their Bodies on the Line to Be Heard