Trump Bonds With Japan’s Leader Over Baseball and U.S. Beef
President Trump with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan during a speech to American troops on U.S.S. George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan, on Tuesday.
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A Tidy Dutch Town Offers a Window Into a Messy Dutch Election
Mr. Wilders and his party, the PVV, unexpectedly collapsed the government in June, by withdrawing from the governing coalition out of frustration that it wouldn’t take a more extreme stance on immigration.
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Netanyahu Orders Strikes on Gaza, as Israel Says Hamas Violated Cease-Fire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel speaking at the Knesset in Jerusalem this month.
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Sudan’s Military Withdraws From El Fasher in Darfur, Handing City to R.S.F.
A shelter in El Fasher, Sudan, where displaced people protected themselves from shelling this month. The country’s military said Monday that it had withdrawn from the city.
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Israel Conducts First Airstrike in West Bank in Months and Kills 3
A firefighter at the scene of an Israeli strike near Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
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In Photos: Trump’s Asia Trip
President Trump being welcomed at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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As Trump Tariffs Canada, Carney Turns to Asia for Trade
Prime Minister Mark Carney, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday, is under pressure to show he has a plan to move Canada away from its long-established economic dependence on the United States.
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Father-Son Bonding at 2 Miles Per Minute on Germany’s Fabled Autobahn
Jim Tankersley and his son Max at the Wilco concert in Dortmund, Germany that they made it to only after a (very) speedy drive from Berlin in June.
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Beyond Trade War, China’s Xi Looks to Press Trump on Taiwan
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing last month. He wants to absorb Taiwan and blunt U.S. power in the region.
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Is the U.S. Losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China Are Gaining.
Russian-made howitzers and rocket launchers on parade in September during the celebration of Vietnam’s 80th National Day in Hanoi, the capital.
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U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials
A memorial at the site of Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing in Jenin, in the West Bank. Ms. Abu Akleh, a reporter for Al Jazeera, was fatally shot during a confrontation between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in 2022.
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Paul Biya Is Declared Winner of Cameroon Election
President Paul Biya, 92, after voting in Yaoundé in October. Cameroon provides the starkest example in Africa of a country of young people being ruled by leaders from a bygone era.
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Small Island Nations Lack Funds to Fight Climate Disasters
A resident of Port Royal, Jamaica, tried to protect a chicken coop this week ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa.
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Britain Plans to Convert Two Military Bases to House Asylum Seekers
Migrants boarding a dinghy to try to cross the English Channel in Gravelines, France, in August.
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Trump’s Feud With Colombian Leader Threatens U.S. Antidrug Efforts
Colombian soldiers patrolling the jungle for cocaine labs. Colombia is the latest Latin American country to end up in Mr. Trump’s cross hairs because of what he and his top aides perceive as ideological chasms.
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On the Menu for Trump in Tokyo: American Rice
President Trump meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in Tokyo, on Tuesday.
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Once Again: The Pope Likes That Other Chicago Team, Not the Cubs
A photo released by the Vatican showing Pope Leo, a White Sox fan, smiling after receiving a Cubs jersey from His Holiness Mar Awa III, patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East.
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Japanese Man Admits to Assassinating Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
A car believed to be carrying defendant Tetsuya Yamagami entering the Nara District Court for his first trial in Nara, Japan, on Tuesday.
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Jamaica’s Beach Towns and Fishing Villages Brace for Hurricane Melissa
A fallen tree in Kingston, Jamaica, on Monday as Hurricane Melissa drew closer.
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Ivory Coast President Secures 4th Term in Election Without Top Opponents
President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast, speaking at an election rally earlier this month, won election to a fourth term in a vote critics called flawed.
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Milei’s Win in Argentina Signals Rebuke of the Past and Trump’s Impact
President Javier Milei celebrating election results with supporters in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
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Rebranding Immigration
An institute in Delhi offers language classes to students who hope to get jobs abroad.
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The U.N.’s food agency says cutbacks forced it to send fewer meals to storm zones.
Aid from the World Food Program being distributed at a school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2024.
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Russia Aims Drone Attacks at Civilians, a War Crime, U.N. Inquiry Says
Taking cover near the scene of shelling as a drone flew overhead in Kherson, Ukraine, in 2023.
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Search Underway After Crew Member Goes Overboard on Viking Cruise
A crew member aboard the Viking Star cruise ship “was observed going overboard” in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, Viking Cruises said in a statement.
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ICE Detains British Media Commentator Sami Hamdi
Sami Hamdi, a British commentator, at the Convention for Palestine in Illinois last November. The U.S. government has said he will be deported.
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In Shift in Relationship With Netanyahu, Trump Says ‘I Will Decide’ What Is Right for Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, left, and President Trump in Israel’s Parliament this month. A new phase in the countries’ relationship has been taking form.
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3 Takeaways From Vietnam’s Drift Toward Russia and Away From America
The S-125-2TM anti-aircraft missile launcher and ammunition on display at an international defense expo in Hanoi, Vietnam, last year.
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Inside Calgary’s Fight Over Fluoride in the Water
The fight over fluoride in Calgary highlights the larger debate between public health protection and individual choice.
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2 U.S. Navy Aircraft Go Down in South China Sea
A MH-60R Sea Hawk on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea in 2020. The same model of helicopter went down in the sea on Sunday.
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Britain Needs China’s Money. It Fears What Comes With It.
Protesters in February against a proposal to move China’s embassy in London to the former site of the Royal Mint.
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Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
Dr. Mohamud Omar, a pediatrician examining a child’s tonsils in the diphtheria ward of Demartino Public Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, last month.
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Japan’s New Prime Minister Has an Advantage in Winning Over Trump
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan will meet President Trump for the first time during a state visit that starts on Monday.
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The Russia-Ukraine Energy War
In the Dnipro region of Ukraine this month.
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Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa
Fishermen in Port Royal, Jamaica, preparing for Hurricane Melissa, on Sunday.
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Burevestnik Nuclear Missile Tests Successful, Russia Says
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Anchorage in August, when he met with President Trump.
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Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
In his second term, the only thing predictable about President Trump’s handling of global affairs is that it will be an unpredictable mix of instinct, grievance and ego.
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Palestinian Leader Lays Out Succession Plan, Elevating Deputy as Apparent Heir
Hussein al-Sheikh, seen here in Ramallah in the West Bank in April, serves as deputy to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. Mr. Abbas said Sunday that if he were to vacate his position, the reins would pass to Mr. al-Sheikh.
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Hurricane Melissa Could Hit as One of Jamaica’s Strongest Storms Ever
Storm surge before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean Terrace area of Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday. The storm is expected to intensify before hitting Jamaica as a major hurricane.
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Egypt Aids Search for Bodies of Dead Captives in Gaza
Searching for the bodies of hostages in the rubble of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, earlier this month. An Egyptian team was sent to help on Saturday.
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Under Trump’s Aegis, Cambodia and Thailand Agree to Resolve Border Dispute
President Trump, alongside the leaders of Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday.
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Sudanese Paramilitaries Claim Control of Key Army Garrison in Darfur
Sudanese residents gathered in August to receive food in El Fasher, a city in Darfur that has been under a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
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Suspects in Louvre Jewelry Heist Arrested, French Authorities Say
The Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday. The arrests were a major breakthrough for French investigators.
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Turkey Offered to Help in Postwar Gaza. Israel Isn’t About to Say Yes.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, at a conference devoted to ending the war in Gaza, this month in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
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How Maduro Is Responding to Trump’s Pressure on Venezuela’s Economy
A wholesale street market in Caracas this month. Renewed sanctions are helping push inflation into triple digits this year.
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Javier Milei’s Party Triumphs in Argentina Midterm Election
President Javier Milei of Argentina in the city of Rosario on Thursday.
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3 Years Ago It Was a Casting Agency. Now It Has $1 Billion in Drone Contracts.
A worker inspecting an FP-1 drone at a factory of the arms manufacturer Fire Point in an undisclosed location in Ukraine in August.
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A Break-In That Shook France
Investigators near the truck-mounted ladder thieves used to break into the Louvre, on Sunday.
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With Trump’s Asia Trip, Speculation Mounts of a Meeting With Kim Jong-un
President Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in South Korea, in 2019.
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What Is the ASEAN Summit, the First Event on Trump’s Tour of Asia?
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in 2022 with other leaders at the ASEAN summit in Cambodia. The Asian grouping is important to the United States as a market and as a potential bulwark against China.
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Trump Leans Into Showmanship on Day 1 of His Asia Trip
President Trump with Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia and Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of Thailand in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday.
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Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa, With Catastrophic Winds, Makes Landfall in Jamaica
More Food Reaches Gaza, but It’s Still Not Enough
Going Down the Junk Food Rabbit Hole
Saudi Arabia’s New Power Play Is Exporting A.I. to the World