For Israel’s Allies, Iranian Missile Strike Scrambles Debate Over Gaza
A rocket booster that fell near Arad, Israel, after Iran launched drones and missiles over the weekend.
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Russian Missile Attack North of Kyiv Kills at Least 17, Ukraine Says
The site of a building destroyed by a Russian missile strike, according to Ukrainian officials, in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
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What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in Indonesia?
Inspecting solar panels that provide electrical power to Istiqlal Mosque in December in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Moved to Unknown Location Amid Heat Wave
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019. The ousted former leader of Myanmar was relocated from prison this week to an unknown location.
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A Timeline of Britain’s Troubled Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
A protest against the British government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, outside the Home Office, in central London, in December.
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Heavy Rain and Floods Disrupt Dubai Airport and Kill 19 in Oman
Men gesture trying to tow a vehicle out of standing water in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday. Heavy rains lashed the Emirates on Tuesday, flooding major highways and leaving vehicles abandoned on roadways across Dubai.
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Ukraine’s Big Vulnerabilities: Ammunition, Soldiers and Air Defense
A member of Ukraine’s 17th Tank Brigade near the front line in the Donetsk region in January.
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Mayor Orders Police to Interrupt Conservative Conference in Brussels
Belgian police blocking the entrance of the Claridge, where the National Conservatism Conference was being held in Brussels on Tuesday.
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The 2024 Paris Olympics Prepares For Cyberattacks
The head of cyberattack preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics said he expected to face billions of probing attacks against the Games’ computer networks.
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Germany’s Leader, Olaf Scholz, Walks a Fine Line in China
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange Building Partly Collapses in Fire
Smoke billowing from the stock exchange building in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
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On Himalayan Hillsides Grows Japan’s Cold, Hard Cash
Workers cleaning argeli bark in the Ilam district of eastern Nepal. Thousands of miles away, in Japan, the bark will be used to make yen notes.
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UN Report Describes Abuse and Dire Conditions in Israeli Detention
Israeli soldiers with Palestinian detainees in Gaza in December. The Israeli military reviewed this image as part of the conditions of allowing the photographer to accompany soldiers.
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Hezbollah Attack Injures at Least 13 in Israeli Border Village
An Israeli soldier near Arab al-Aramashe in northern Israel after a strike by Hezbollah on Wednesday.
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Israel’s Offensive in Gaza: An Update on Where the Conflict Stands
Buildings destroyed in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Tuesday.
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Wednesday Briefing
“We cannot stand still from this kind of aggression,” said Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, standing next to one of the Iranian ballistic missiles Israel intercepted over the weekend.
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The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries Economists
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has pushed back against the growing use of industrial policies.
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In Ukraine With Soldiers From the International Legion
A Ukrainian soldier after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a Russian position in the Serebrianka Forest.
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Why Elections Take So Long in India
A poll official working on electronic voting machines at a distribution center.
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Heavy Rainfall Kills 18 in Oman as Dubai Airport Floods
The deluge dumped nearly five inches of rain in Dubai by Tuesday evening, or about as much as the United Arab Emirates typically receives in a year.
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Wednesday Briefing: China’s Economy Grew Faster Than Expected
A clothing store in Shenzhen. Retail sales in China have picked up.
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High Winds Scuttle Burning of Snowman in Zurich, Disappointing the Swiss
The ceremonial burning of a pyre topped with a fake snowman whose head is packed with fireworks is the centerpiece of Sechseläuten, Zurich’s spring festival. On Monday, the burning was called off because of strong winds.
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U.S. Lays Out Protections for Assange if He Is Extradited
Julian Assange, 52, was the head of WikiLeaks in 2010 when it published tens of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents leaked by Chelsea Manning, an Army intelligence analyst.
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U.S. Plans New Sanctions on Iran
Oil and gas infrastructure in Khuzestan Province, Iran.
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Beijing Race Under Scrutiny As Video Suggests Runners Helped Chinese Winner
Chinese runner He Jie, Ethiopian Dejene Hailu Bikila and Kenyans Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat taking part in a half-marathon in Beijing on Sunday.
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UN Panel Says Israel Is Obstructing Its Investigation of the Oct. 7 Attack
Navi Pillay, right, who leads a U.N. commission created to look into possible human rights violations by Israel, with the Egyptian ambassador to the U.N., Ahmed Ihab Abdelahad Gamaleldin, in Geneva on Tuesday.
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Tuesday Briefing
The aid package that Mike Johnson is advancing mirrors the $95 billion aid bill the Senate passed two months ago.
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Israel Weighs Response to Iran’s Attack as Allies Push for Restraint
Demonstrators gathering in Tehran on Monday to show their support for Iran’s attack on Israel.
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Israeli Settlers Kill Two Palestinian Men in the West Bank, Officials Say
Burned vehicles in the Palestinian village of Al Mughayir, in the West Bank, on Saturday.
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Tuesday Briefing: Donald Trump’s Trial Begins
Former President Donald J. Trump in Manhattan court on Monday.
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Lebanese Official Blames Israel’s Spy Agency for Killing Near Beirut
Lebanon’s interior minister, Bassam Mawlawi, said initial findings suggested that the killing of a money changer “was carried out by intelligence services.”
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Expert Panel Calls on Germany to Legalize Abortion in First 12 Weeks
From left, Lisa Paus, the German minister for family affairs, senior citizens and women and youth; Karl Lauterbach, the health minister; and Marco Buschmann, the justice minister, at a news conference in Berlin on Monday.
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Pro-Palestinian Protests Block Golden Gate Bridge and Other U.S. Hubs
Pro-Palestinian protesters shutting down traffic on I-880 in Oakland, Calif., on Monday.
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Britain’s Leaders Condemn Iran’s Attacks but Urge Israel to Show Restraint
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recording a statement on Iran’s attack on Israel, in London on Sunday.
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Ukraine Sees ‘Hypocrisy’ After Western Allies Helped Intercept Iran’s Attack on Israel
A boy rides a donkey near one of the batteries of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system in the southern Negev desert on Sunday.
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Iran’s Strike on Israel Creates Military Uncertainty, Diplomatic Opportunity
A billboard showing Iranian missiles, on a road in Tehran on Monday.
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Netanyahu Weighs Response to Iran, Wary of Alienating Biden
An Israeli army vehicle headed toward Gaza on Monday.
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With Nuclear Deal Dead, Containing Iran Grows More Fraught
With the latest escalation of tensions between Iran and Israel, President Biden’s political opponents are now blaming the administration for having not taken a tougher line in recent years against Iran.
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In Australia, a Validation of Sorts for Brittany Higgins
Bruce Lehrmann leaving court in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.
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Scientists Predict Most Extensive Coral Bleaching Event on Record
Bleached coral off the Keppel Islands, Australia, at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, last month.
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Tesla Will Lay Off More Than 10% of Global Workforce
Tesla reported a decline in sales this month that caught investors off guard.
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Families of Manchester Bombing Victims File Lawsuit Against MI5
A memorial in 2017 for victims of the bombing, which killed 22 people.
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Bishop Stabbed in Sydney Church, 2 Days After Deadly Mall Attack
In this still image from a livestreamed video posted on social media, an attacker approaches Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a service at an Assyrian Orthodox church on Monday.
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Was It Hatred of Women? Australia Asks After Stabbing Rampage.
A memorial at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, after six people were killed last weekend.
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Biden and Other Israeli Allies Urge Against Further Escalation After Iran Attack
An Israeli fighter jet taking off in central Israel on Sunday.
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Oil Prices Lower After Iran’s Attack on Israel
An oil tanker off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran, last year. Oil prices had increased substantially in the days before Iran’s attack on Israel.
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A Show of Might in the Skies Over Israel
More than 300 drones and missiles hurtled toward Israel through Iraqi and Jordanian airspace on Saturday night.
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With Iran’s Strikes, Arab Countries Fear an Expanding Conflict
The interior of a house near Arad, Israel, that was struck in the Iranian missile attack.
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Monday Briefing
Missile debris that was collected by the police outside Arad, Israel, on Sunday.
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Israel Questions What’s Next for the Gaza War
Residents removing possessions and inspecting their homes after Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Saturday.
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Far Right’s Ties to Russia Sow Rising Alarm in Germany
A protest against the Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, in January in Rostock, Germany. It was one of many around the country.
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Gazans Trying to Return Home Say Israeli Troops Fired on Them
Displaced Palestinians passing through the central Gaza Strip as they try to return to northern Gaza on Sunday.
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A 7-Year-Old Girl Is the Lone Serious Casualty of Iran’s Barrage
At Amina al-Hasoni’s house in the village of al-Fur’ah, Israel, the Iranian attack wounded her and ripped holes in the roof and floor.
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