Idlib Residents Describe Life Under Syria’s Rebels
A fruit and vegetable market in Idlib, Syria, where Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has sought to prove its governing credentials.
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France Rushes Aid to Mayotte, ‘Devastated’ by Cyclone
A street in Pamandzi, Mayotte, on Tuesday, days after Tropical Cyclone Chido struck the French territory.
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on December 2024
U.S. Cites ‘Indications’ North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia
A television screen showing an image of soldiers believed to be from North Korea standing in line to receive supplies from Russia during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in October.
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on December 2024
Ahmed al-Shara Vows to Disband and Integrate Syria’s Armed Factions
Members of the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday. Its leader says the fighters will be merged with the defense ministry.
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on December 2024
What North Korea Gains By Sending Troops to Fight For Russia
In a photograph provided by North Korean state media, Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia shake hands after bilateral talks in June.
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on December 2024
Why Optimism for a Cease-Fire in Gaza Is Rising
In Gaza City on Oct. 7, the first anniversary of the current conflict.
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on December 2024
Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast?
The killing of Gen. Igor Kirillov, who led Russia’s nuclear defense force, was one of the most brazen assassinations since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago.
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on December 2024
Syria’s Rebel Leader Vows to Disband Armed Factions
Members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Damascus on Saturday.
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on December 2024
Behind Germany’s Government Collapse Is Frustration Over a Stagnating Economy
A steel plant in Duisburg, Germany. Dismal economic growth contributed to the collapse of the country’s government on Monday.
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on December 2024
Trump’s Tariffs Helped Northern Vietnam Boom Like Never Before. What Now?
Double-digit growth rates are the norm in Haiphong, in northern Vietnam, a port city filled with new factories and now home to two million people.
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on December 2024
What to Know About the Collapse of Germany’s Government, and What’s Next
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures as he addresses the Bundestag, the lower house of Parliament, ahead of a no-confidence vote on his government, in Berlin on Monday.
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on December 2024
Why America’s Kurdish Allies Are Under Threat in a New Syria
A funeral on Saturday for five fighters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces who were killed in Manbij, Syria, during clashes with Turkish-backed opposition factions.
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on December 2024
Chrystia Freeland Resigns, Threatening Trudeau’s Hold on Power
Chrystia Freeland resigned on Monday from her cabinet role as finance minister in the Canadian government.
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on December 2024
Wednesday Briefing
Igor Kirillov, a general, and an aide were killed by a bomb on a Moscow street yesterday.
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on December 2024
U.K. Police Chiefs Were Too Slow to Respond to Summer Riots, Report Says
Rioters attacking a hotel that was housing asylum seekers in Rotherham, Britain, on Aug. 4. “Intelligence assessments didn’t predict the rising tide of violent disorder well enough,” a report said Wednesday.
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on December 2024
Congressional Leaders Unveil Short-Term Spending Bill Tied to Disaster Aid
Speaker Mike Johnson could face mass defections, with a number of House Republicans, including some mainstream conservatives, saying they will not support the spending deal because it crammed too many policies into one massive bill.
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on December 2024
China Lengthens Visa-Free Stays for Tourists
Tourists in transit through China can stay in the country for up to 10 days, according to a new travel policy from the Chinese government.
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on December 2024
Trump Mines Fraught Moment in Canadian Politics
A recent Ipsos poll put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval rating at 33 percent.
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on December 2024
Limits on Aid to Syria Threaten to Worsen the Country’s Humanitarian Crisis
A girl looking for scrap metal and plastics walking through a section of the largely destroyed suburb of Tadamon, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday.
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on December 2024
Monday Briefing: Ukraine says it killed a Russian General
The residential building in Moscow where an explosive device was detonated.
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on December 2024
A Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too
Skull fragments, with evidence of blunt force trauma and cuts, recovered from the mass grave at Charterhouse Warren in southwest England.
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on December 2024
In Visit to Territory Seized in Syria, Netanyahu Says Troops Will Stay
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem this month.
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on December 2024
Paul Watson, Anti-Whaling Activist, Is Released After 5 Months in Prison
Paul Watson arriving for a court hearing in Greenland in October. He was detained in July.
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on December 2024
A Biodiversity Solution Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight.
New trees help to lock away planet-warming carbon. But the choice of trees matters: Nonnative species can also harm biodiversity.
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on December 2024
Tuesday Briefing
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition splintered last month.
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on December 2024
Syrian Rebel Leader Calls for Lifting of Sanctions, as Assad Defends Exit
A rebel fighter stomping on a statue of Hafez al-Assad, the father of Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday.
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on December 2024
Putin Stays Silent on Syria in Meeting With Russia’s Military
A photograph released by Russian state media showing Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and the chief of the general staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, at a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Monday.
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on December 2024
Austin Tice’s Mother Appeals to Netanyahu to Pause Strikes to Search for Son in Syrian Area
Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice, told the prime minister of Israel that “time is of the essence” to find her son.
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on December 2024
Ex-Bangladeshi Leader Orchestrated Mass Disappearances, Inquiry Finds
Relatives of victims of enforced disappearances comforting one another while protesting in August in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka.
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on December 2024
Letby’s Lawyers Seek Appeal After Lead Expert ‘Changed Mind’ on Murders
A video screen in Manchester, England, broadcasting the sentencing of Ms. Letby in 2023.
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on December 2024
German Government Collapses as Chancellor Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany called for the confidence vote after his three-party coalition broke up.
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on December 2024
12 Die at Georgian Ski Resort From Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The Gudauri ski resort in Georgia where 12 people were found dead on Friday.
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on December 2024
Syria’s New Leadership Takes Early Steps Toward Recognition
Fighters from the rebel alliance that took power in Syria being greeted in Damascus, the capital, on Saturday.
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on December 2024
Israel Carries Out Heavy Strikes on Syria’s Coast, Monitor Says
The fragment of a missile at the site of a Syrian army weapons depot that was hit by overnight strikes in Tartus, western Syria, on Monday.
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on December 2024
South Korea’s Impeachment Crisis Strains Its Alliance with the U.S.
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea with President Biden during a visit to Washington last year.
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on December 2024
‘Bali Nine’ Drug Smugglers Return to Australia
Five members of the so-called Bali Nine drug ring looked on as officials from Indonesia and Australia authorized their transfer to Australian custody, in a photo released by the Indonesian government.
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on December 2024
Monday Briefing
A rebel fighter last week at a facility once run by Syrian Military Intelligence Branch 215, which was notorious for torture and killings.
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on December 2024
Myanmar’s War Has Pushed Doctors and Nurses Into Prostitution
Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, in October. Nearly half of Myanmar’s people now live in poverty, according to the World Bank.
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on December 2024
Monday Briefing: South Korea’s Power Vacuum
Protesters outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday.
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on December 2024
Israel Shutters Its Embassy in Ireland, Citing ‘Anti-Israel Policies’
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar of Israel, who was appointed last month, is pursuing a more muscular diplomatic policy.
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on December 2024
Israel’s Military Strikes Northern Gaza After Days of Deadly Bombardment
Al Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, after Israeli airstrikes.
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on December 2024
How Might the Rebels Govern Syria? Their Ruling History in Idlib Offers Clues
Rebel fighters celebrated with other Syrians in central Damascus after the recent fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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on December 2024
Israel Strikes Military Targets in Syria
Israel has struck Syria over 450 times since the previous government’s collapse, according to a group monitoring the conflict.
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on December 2024
Protests Have Paralyzed Bolivia for Months. Here’s Why.
The police arriving to remove a roadblock set up by supporters of former President Evo Morales last month in Mairana, Bolivia. The words on the back of the bus read, “If life is a journey, I want God to be my guide.”
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on December 2024
After Impeachment, South Korea Is Left With No Elected Leader
Protesters outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday. People danced in the streets outside the building after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached.
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on December 2024
At Least 11 Dead in Mayotte After Tropical Cyclone Chido Strikes
An airport control tower in Mayotte that was damaged on Saturday by Tropical Cyclone Chido.
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on December 2024
‘They Had the Desire to Return’
A badly damaged mosque on Friday in Tel Rifaat, Syria, a town that returned to rebel control in recent weeks.
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on December 2024
Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Envoy, Says His Impatience Nudged Japan Forward
Rahm Emanuel, the United States ambassador to Japan, at his residence in Tokyo.
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on December 2024
Hezbollah Loses Supply Route Through Syria, in Blow to It and Iran
People climb on a former Syrian military tank that was left along the highway north of Hama, Syria, on Saturday.
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on December 2024
The Impeachment of South Korea’s President, Explained
Song Ji-eun, 29, celebrating in Seoul after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on Saturday.
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on December 2024
Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing
Gas Exports Pose Some Risks to U.S. Economy and Environment, Study Says
Tuesday Briefing: Syria’s New Leader Calls for Lifting Sanctions
Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Hits Vanuatu, Triggering Internet Outages
Strategy of Recruiting Cheap Militiamen Backfires in Africa