Hundreds of Thousands of Thais and Cambodians Flee
A Thai resident who fled clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers, using a cellphone while taking shelter in Buriram Province, Thailand, on Tuesday.
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Canada’s Northwest Territories Diamond Mines Are Closing
The A418 pit at the Rio Tinto Diavik Diamond Mine in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories was closed to mining activity in 2022 and is being filled with processed kimberlite and water as part of Diavik’s agreement to remediate the landscape back to as close to its original form as possible.
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Another Front in the War in Ukraine: Who Gets to Claim a Famed Artist?
A train car dedicated to Kazimir Malevich in Kyiv, Ukraine, in October.
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With Cheap Tickets and Lax Etiquette, a Theater Builds an Older Fan Base
The ticket booth at the Hollywood Classic cinema in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, in November.
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Lithuania Declares National Emergency Over Suspicious Balloons From Belarus
An officer inspecting a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania.
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The U.S. Gave Mexico a List of Russian Spies. Mexico Let Them Stay.
The Russian Embassy in Mexico City is one of Moscow’s largest around the world, according to its Foreign Ministry, although the Kremlin and Mexico have few economic, cultural or military ties.
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A Weakened Hamas Still Dominates Gaza, Building Day by Day
Hamas fighters near Khan Younis, Gaza, in February at the handover of Israeli hostages’ bodies as part of an exchange deal.
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Thai Jets Bomb Cambodia as at Least 5 Die in New Wave of Fighting
The fighting ignited panic among civilians in both countries. Some people in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province moved away from the border on Monday.
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Why Thailand and Cambodia Are Fighting
Families gathered at a temporary shelter in Buriram province, Thailand, on Monday after clashes along the Thailand-Cambodia border.
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One Hundred Schoolchildren Released After Kidnapping in Nigeria
A classroom at St. Mary’s Catholic boarding school in Niger State, Nigeria, last month following the kidnapping.
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A History of U.S. Military Action in Latin America
U.S. troops in Veracruz, Mexico, in April 1914, as part of a blockade of the city’s port.
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Honduras Issues Arrest Warrant for Hernández, Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
Juan Orlando Hernández was president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022 and was convicted on drug-trafficking charges in the United States last year.
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Russian Court Sentences 4 Soldiers to Prison for Killing Texan
Russell Bonner Bentley III visiting a memorial to victims of Nazi killings, in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2017.
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The Second ‘China Shock’
A Geely manufacturing plant in Hangzhou, China.
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Jerusalem Authorities Raid UNRWA Compound and Raise Israeli Flag
An Israeli flag being raised on the roof of an UNRWA building in East Jerusalem on Monday.
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Attacks on Kindergarten and Hospital Kill 114 in Sudan, W.H.O. Says
Woman displaced following the capture of El Fasher waiting to receive aid at a camp in Al Dabbah, Sudan, in November.
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Why Russian Spies Are Using Mexico to Target the U.S.
Tourists on the beach in Cancun, Mexico, in November. U.S. officials worry that among those vacationing are spies working for Moscow.
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7.6-Magnitude Earthquake Near Japan Triggers Tsunami Warning
A vehicle on a collapsed section of road in Tohoku Town, Japan, on Tuesday.
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Marooned Off the English Coast: Lots of Bananas
Rescued bananas in Selsey, England, on Saturday.
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Trump Criticizes Zelensky as Ukraine Peace Talks Drag On With European Leaders
From left: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany outside 10 Downing Street on Monday.
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Love Letters From a Chinese Jail
Yaliang Zhao showing paper-cuts her husband Gao Zhen has made for her, at their home in Beijing, China, in October.
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Firefighter Is Killed as Multiple Wildfires Burn in Australia
Firefighters at work in Koolewong in the Australian state of New South Wales on Saturday.
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on December 2025
8 Matisse Works Stolen From Library in Brazil
A police car in front of the Mario de Andrade Library in São Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday.
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United Nations Cuts Its 2026 Emergency Aid Budget in Half
Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, said U.N. agencies have been “under attack” as the United States and Europe have reduced the amount of international aid they give.
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U.S. Deports Second Planeload of Iranians, Officials Say
Tehran on Sunday. The identities of the Iranians being deported from the United States, and their individual circumstances, were not immediately clear.
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on December 2025
The New Syria
Celebrating one year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Hama, Syria, on Friday.
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on December 2025
Leak Highlights Poor State of Louvre Infrastructure
Francis Steinbock, the deputy administrator of the Louvre, said that documents had been damaged in a leak from a water pipe in the library of the Egyptian antiquities department.
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on December 2025
Russian Drone Strike on Chernobyl Hasn’t Led to Rise in Radiation Levels
Emergency workers outside the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in February after the confinement structure was punctured by a Russian drone in Pripyat, Ukraine.
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on December 2025
Benin Coup Attempt to Oust Talon Has Been Foiled, Interior Minister Says
Soldiers patrolled in front of Benin’s radio and television offices in Cotonou on Sunday after an apparent coup attempt.
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Heathrow Airport Is Briefly Locked Down After Spray Is Used in Altercation
Travelers at Heathrow Airport in Britain in September.
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With MaXhosa Africa, Laduma Ngxokolo Is Reweaving South Africa’s Story
Laduma Ngxokolo founded MaXhosa Africa in 2010, basing the label’s offerings on traditional Xhosa patterns and motifs, but reimagined for the modern world.
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on December 2025
Japan Says China Aimed Military Radar at Its Fighter Jets
The Liaoning, China’s first aircraft carrier, sailing near Okinawa, Japan, in 2021, in a photo released by Japan’s Defense Ministry.
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Hong Kong Man Arrested After Posting Online About Deadly Fire
Crowds watching the fire at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex on Nov. 27 in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Holds Vote as Officials Move Against ‘Anti-China’ Elements
The burned Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Hong Kong last month.
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on December 2025
How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work
James Tomlinson, 9, playing a game on a phone in Melbourne, Australia.
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on December 2025
Fire at a Nightclub in Goa, India, Kills at Least 25
The burned remains of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, India, on Sunday.
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on December 2025
In Honduras, Some Voters Were Swayed by Trump, Others Angered
Downtown Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, on Saturday.
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At Least 17 Migrants Die in Greece’s Worst Shipwreck in Two Years
Firefighters and members of the Hellenic coast responding after a migrant vessel sank off the island of Crete, on Saturday.
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on December 2025
Venezuela’s Nobel Winner Will Go to Norway for Peace Prize, Official Says
María Corina Machado has united an often fractious opposition in recent years, but the Venezuelan authorities blocked her from running for president.
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on December 2025
12 People Killed in Mass Shooting at Illegal Tavern in South Africa
The scene of a mass shooting in Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday.
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on December 2025
Israel Backed Gazans to Oppose Hamas. For One, It Ended Violently.
A destroyed area of Rafah, Gaza. Yasser Abu Shabab and his militia group were based near the city.
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on December 2025
Trump’s Security Doctrine Leaves Europe at a Strategic Crossroads
A Norwegian soldier during a NATO military exercise this year. European governments have tried to wean themselves off American military might by increasing their own military spending and cooperation.
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on December 2025
China’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists
Smoke rising from the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Hong Kong last month. Beijing’s national security arm in Hong Kong said that some foreign news outlets had twisted facts and spread false information.
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He Was a Russian Activist in Exile. His Own Wife Accused Him of Spying.
Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a Trade War With No End in Sight
Syrians Celebrate Anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s Fall
All 187,460 Miles of Road That Led to Rome, Mapped
Dogs in Kimonos: Japan Reinvents a Children’s Holiday With Pets in Mind
Katy Perry Posts Photos With Justin Trudeau Amid Romance Rumors
In Brazil’s Answer to Hollywood, Dreams and Drought Share the Stage
Australia’s Social Media Ban for Under-16s Is Coming. The Teenagers Are Skeptical.