Israeli Banks Threaten to Cut Off Palestinian Economy
The Bank Hapoalim tower in Tel Aviv. Bank Hapoalim and Israel Discount Bank have written to their Palestinian counterparts saying they will end banking relationships with them.
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Dubai Firm Cuts Deal for New Port to Bypass Strait of Hormuz
Ships in the Gulf of Oman east of the United Arab Emirates this week.
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Why Are Young People in India Protesting?
Activists and supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party clashed with police officers during a protest in New Delhi on Monday.
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on July 2026
How the Trump Administration’s Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia May Work
President Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Washington last year.
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on July 2026
Louvre Gallery Reopens After Brazen Jewel Heist
Visitors arrive during the reopening to the public of the Apollo Gallery, at the Louvre museum in Paris on Wednesday.
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Canadian Wildfire Evacuees Outraged Over Lacking Support and Communication
Swaths of burned forest from the Dryden 35 Wildfire, part of a series of wildfires that forced many to flee their homes in Northwestern Ontario this month.
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Daniel Siad, Model Scout Who Connected Women to Epstein, Is Found Dead in France
A screenshot from a messaging app with a photo of Daniel Siad. The screenshot was included in the files released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Jeffrey Epstein.
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U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Stokes Israeli Concerns of Mideast Arms Race
Nir Barkat, Israel’s minister of economy, in Tel Aviv last year. He has been the most senior Israeli government official to comment so far on the expected U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal.
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A Mexican Town Was Known for Lettuce. Now It’s Because of Cyclospora.
Crop fields behind the Taylor Farms processing facility in Doctor Mora, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Ukraine’s New Military Chief Faces a Monumental Test
In a photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi attended a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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Japan Is Startled by Prime Minister’s Grueling Sleep Schedule
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at a meeting at Japan’s Parliament in Tokyo last week. A social media post by Ms. Takaichi about her schedule has prompted a debate about work hours and the hazards of sleep deprivation.
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Coveted U.S. Nuclear Deal Is a Coup for Saudi Crown Prince
Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto Saudi ruler, and President Trump at the White House in November.
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on July 2026
Firing of Ukraine’s Top General Signals the End of an Era
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi in a trench position north of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in 2022.
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on July 2026
Three Airports Plan to Ditch T.S.A. Amid Push for Private Security
Tampa International is one of three U.S. airports opting in to a new program.
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U.S. Troops, Seriously Wounded in Recent Strikes, Were Flown to Germany for Help
President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other U.S. officials attending the arrival of U.S. Army soldiers killed in recent Iranian strikes.
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Rubio and Chinese Diplomat Make Plans for Trump and Xi’s Washington Summit
President Donald Trump with Xi Jinping in Beijing in May.
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Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Canada: What to Know, and What’s Next
President Trump and Mark Carney in the Oval Office last year.
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See Which 52 Places to Go We’ve Already Visited From Warsaw to Bangkok
Black Mingo Creek was the site of a 1780 Revolutionary War skirmish. The writer Anna Venarchik paddled it as part of her article on Charleston, S.C., and its role in the war.
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After Decades of Caution, Germany Is Shaking Up How It Makes Weapons
Testing a drone-jammer at Erding Air Base, Germany, in May.
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on July 2026
K-pop’s NewJeans Hints at Comeback After Monthslong Feud With Its Label
The five original members of NewJeans at a fashion event at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, in 2024.
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With His Latest Threats, Trump Signals to Iran That He Is Willing to Escalate
“We’ll be hitting that area probably pretty soon,” President Trump said of Pickaxe Mountain on Tuesday. “And there’s not a thing they can do about it.”
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Mykhailo Drapatyi: What to Know About Ukraine’s New Top General
Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi speaking to journalists in Ukraine last year.
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on July 2026
A Wartime Rift in Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky and the former commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in March.
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on July 2026
Trump Threatened to Strike Pickaxe Mountain, a Suspected Iranian Nuclear Site. Here’s What to Know.
A satellite image provided by Vantor shows an entrance to tunnels at Pickaxe Mountain in Iran last month.
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Zelensky Dismisses Ukraine’s Top General After Protests
Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in March.
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on July 2026
Water Plants Under Fire in the Gulf Are Crucial to Civilians
A satellite image showing smoke rising from the Subiya Power and Water Desalination Plant in Kuwait on Saturday.
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on July 2026
3 Myths Fueling Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in South Africa
Supporters of the March and March movement, one of the main anti-immigrant organizations in South Africa, demonstrating in Johannesburg, in April.
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on July 2026
India’s Young Protesters Are Bloodied but Unbowed
Injured protesters at the main protest site in New Delhi on Tuesday. They have vowed to fight on for demands that include the resignation of India’s education minister.
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Netanyahu Ad Uses a Questionable Tactic Against Bereaved Rival
Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, speaking at the launch of his party’s election campaign in Drom HaSharon, Israel, last month.
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Iran’s top diplomat says ‘security gap’ may have led to strikes on supreme leader.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, during a news conference in New Delhi in May.
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on July 2026
British Politician Ann Widdecombe Was Murdered with a Hammer, Prosecutors Say
The British former Prime Minister Liz Truss leads a tribute to the slain politician Ann Widdecombe in London last week.
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on July 2026
1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds
A health clinic in Johannesburg that was closed in 2025, following cuts in U.S. aid.
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on July 2026
Trump Escalates Canada Tariffs as Mark Carney Holds Firm
Steel coils at the Algoma Steel facility in Ontario in July. U.S. tariffs on goods such as steel, aluminum and vehicles have hit sensitive Canadian sectors.
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on July 2026
Lebanese Army Accuses Israeli Troops of Firing as Its Forces Deploy in ‘Pilot Zone’
Lebanese army troops in Zawtar al-Gharbiya, southern Lebanon, after Israeli forces withdrew from the area on Tuesday.
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Philippines Says Sailor Was Injured in Skirmish With Chinese Coast Guard
Philippine Navy personnel and China Coast Guard personnel clashing near a grounded Philippine warship at Second Thomas Shoal, in the South China Sea, on Monday.
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A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea
Kim Yu-mi, right, defected with a group that included her two children and her mother. Life in South Korea has not been quite what they imagined, but they harbor no regrets from deserting the North’s brutal dictatorship and relentless propaganda.
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New UK Prime Minister Burnham Promises Hope and Change. The Hurdles Are High.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking in front of 10 Downing Street on Monday. “We will make this moment a circuit breaker for Britain,” he said.
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Flash Floods Kill at Least 23 in Afghanistan
A damaged bridge and building in the eastern province of Nuristan in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Heavy monsoon rains sent torrents of water down surrounding mountains.
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on July 2026
When Protesters Speak, Zelensky Listens, in the Ukrainian Tradition
A photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Monday showing President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting with Gen. Mykhailo Drapaty, the commander of the Joint Forces, in Kyiv.
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The Teenage Boys In Search of Their Mother After the Venezuela Earthquake
Winder Delfín, 17, right, and his brother Deivi, 15, during the 24th day of searching for their mother, younger brother and grandmother, who lived on the first floor of a twelve story building that collapsed during the twin earthquakes last month.
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Houthis in Yemen Edge Closer to Entering U.S.-Iran War
Yemeni supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi movement gather during a rally against what the group says are restrictions imposed by the Saudi-led coalition on Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, in Sana last week.
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Burnham, UK’s New Prime Minister, Starts With Electricity Tax Cut
Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain outside No. 10 Downing Street on Monday. In a statement, Mr. Burnham said that he wanted “to give people breathing space.”
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on July 2026
At Least 27 Dead in Guyana After Ferry Capsizes
A handout image showing rescue efforts on Sunday after a ferry carrying scores of people capsized off the coast of Guyana in South America.
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Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Says He Plans to Abolish Elections
President Daniel Ortega, 80, who with his wife has exerted complete control over Nicaragua for many years, at a conference in 2014.
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on July 2026
Pope Leo Calls for Nuclear Disarmament in Latest Antiwar Message
Pope Leo XIV has been a steady critic of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
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on July 2026
U.K. Prosecutors File Murder Charge in Ann Widdecombe Death
Iran War Live Updates: Iran Digs In After Latest Trump Threat on Civilian Targets
Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Plans
Hitler’s Birthplace in Austria Is Now a Police Station
Iran’s Neighbors Long for a Deal, Any Deal, to End the War
Inside the Fight to Rid South Africa of Black Immigrants
France Joins a Global Move Toward Restricting Social Media for Children