In Area Hit by Blaze, French Officials Failed to Enforce Wildfire Rules
A burned area in the town of Le Porge on Monday, following a wildfire in southwestern France.
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Political Turmoil Will Not Derail Killer Robot Program, Ousted Minister Says
Ukraine’s former defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, in central Kyiv, on Thursday. His firing set off street protests in the capital and other cities.
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At Least 34 Dead From Coal Mine Blast in Pakistan
Rescuers attempted to reach miners trapped in a coal mine on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on Thursday.
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Man Accused of Spying for Iran at British Air Base in Cyprus
The perimeter of R.A.F. Akrotiri, a British air base in Cyprus. Investigators said that Mr. Sultanov “conducted hostile surveillance” on the installation.
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German Authorities Knew of Pride Attacker’s Extremism
Police officers remove the vehicle that was driven into a crowd at a Pride celebration in Berlin last weekend.
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Did 75,000 Students Cheat on a College-Entrance Exam in Mexico?
The National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, in Mexico City.
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Myanmar Pro-Democracy Activists Each Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison
Tayzar San protesting against the military coup in Mandalay, Myanmar, in 2021. He narrowly escaped arrest in December, but some of his fellow activists were not so lucky.
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Selling Burritos Back to Mexico: Chipotle’s Bold Expansion
Members of Chipotle’s Mexico leadership team opening the first Chipotle restaurant in San Pedro, Mexico.
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Iran Says It Targeted U.S. Military in Kuwait With Drones
Iranian missiles on display at an exhibition in Azadi Square in Tehran on Wednesday.
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Migrants Surge Into Spanish Territory, Prompting Political Backlash
Migrants at the Morocco-Spain border near Ceuta on Friday.
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What Caused the Surge of Migrants From Morocco Into Ceuta?
A Spanish soldier keeping watch on Friday at the Spanish-Moroccan border.
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Young Men Poured Into Ceuta Seeking Work
Migrants sat on a rocky stretch of beach in North Africa on Friday after swimming across the Moroccan border to enter the Spanish territory of Ceuta.
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Ceuta Evokes Europe’s 2015 Migration Crisis. But Much Has Changed Since.
Migrants resting outside a migrant reception center on Friday after crossing from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.
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Ukraine’s Strike on Iranian Ship Shows How Two Wars Could Spiral
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Mr. Zelensky has tried to make the case that the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine have some common elements.
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Far-right politicians seize on Ceuta
French far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella speaking in Lievin, northern France, in July.
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Renowned Climber Nirmal Purja Is Missing After Avalanche in Pakistan as 4 Bodies Are Found
Ten climbers, including the British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, were missing after an avalanche in Pakistan on Thursday. Four bodies were recovered on Friday.
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What to Know About Ceuta
People gathered on the Morocco-Spain border near Ceuta and the Moroccan town of Fnideq on Thursday.
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Mexico’s President Unveils Plan to Fight Seaweed That Is Choking Beaches
Sargassum seaweed covering the shoreline of a beach in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, this month.
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Iran War Is Entangling a Growing List of Mideast Nations
A commercial vessel passes through a shipping lane off Yemen, in the Red Sea, this week.
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Thousands of Migrants Enter Ceuta, a Spanish Enclave, From Morocco
Migrants crossing from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Thursday.
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Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Largest Ever, and in Record Time
Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in June.
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U.S. Government Mislabels Map of African Countries at AIDS Conference
A map presented by the State Department at AIDS 2026, a conference in Brazil this week.
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Saudi Arabia Aims to Deter Red Sea Attacks With New Coalition
A container ship in the Red Sea off Yemen on Monday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia.
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Former Officials Protest U.S. Plan to Defund Pan American Health Organization
The Pan American Health Organization headquarters in Washington. The United States owes nearly $135 million in overdue fees to the organization.
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Wildfire in Suffolk, UK, Breaks Out a Few Miles From Nuclear Power Station
A drone view of smoke from a wildfire on Thursday on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, England.
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Attack on Egyptian Port Shows Suez Canal’s Vulnerability
Ships in the Suez Canal last year. About 10 percent of seaborne trade goes through the waterway, according to the Suez Canal Authority.
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China, Its Economy Stumbling, Signals Only Cautious Support
Production at a factory in Ninghai, China, in July.
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U.S. Aircraft Carrier Makes Rare Port Call in Vietnam
The U.S.S. George Washington arriving at the port in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Thursday.
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Pope Leo Says He Hopes to Visit U.S. Within ‘Next Couple of Years’
Pope Leo XIV at a meeting southwest of Rome on Wednesday.
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NATO Says Russian Missile Hit Poland During Ukraine Attack
Emergency services on Thursday at the site where an object landed near Lublin, Poland.
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Russia Strikes Ukraine With Missiles and Drones, Killing at Least 8
In Lviv, western Ukraine, on Thursday morning, at the site of a Russian missile strike. The overnight attack pushed Russia’s use of ballistic missiles to a new monthly record.
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Mistaken Username Sent Man to Prison for 18 Months, Court Finds
The Nova Scotia provincial flag. Prosecutors in Nova Scotia acknowledged the conviction had been flawed.
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Why China’s A.I. Models Could Threaten the Communist Party
The Chinese leader Xi Jinping opening the World A.I. Conference in Shanghai, China, in July. Even as China supports openness in A.I., it needs to “constantly refine measures to forestall loss of control,” he said.
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Cuba to Trump: We’re Open for Business
Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, in the Fidel Castro museum in Havana.
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How to Watch Two Summer Meteor Showers Peak On the Same Night
Hoping to catch these two meteor showers at their most active? Astronomers suggest not using telescopes or binoculars, which could limit the field of view.
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Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 34
Rescue efforts in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday.
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As Wildfires Plague Europe, Scotland Races to Save a Cherished National Park
Land charred by the Cairngorm wildfire in Aviemore, Scotland, on Tuesday.
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How Climate Change and Tariffs Help China Raise More Cattle
A herder taking her cows to graze in mountain pastures in northern China’s Hebei Province.
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U.S.-Saudi Attack on Iraqi Militias Risks Drawing Them into War
Mourners carried a coffin draped in the Iranian flag during a funeral for those killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, in Mosul on Wednesday
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New Strikes Engulf More Countries in the Iran War
Mourners carried coffins, draped in the Iranian and Iraqi flags, for those killed in U.S.-Saudi airstrikes on Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday.
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Two Tankers Hit in Apparent Drone Strike in Egypt
The Damietta Port in Egypt. Two vessels, including one owned by the United States, caught fire on Wednesday at the port, which is near the Suez Canal.
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Trump’s Gaza Deal Sparks Questions on Whether Israel and Hamas Will Comply
Wildfires in Greece Kill 3 Firefighters as Blazes Still Burn in France and Spain
Live Updates: After Tens of Thousands of Migrants Enter Spanish Territory, Most Return to Morocco
I Flew in the Douglas DC-3, a WWII Workhorse of Aviation, Over the Amazon
Was Your Trip to Europe Affected by Heat or Wildfires? Tell Us About It.
Civilians Battle Wildfire Threatening Bordeaux
Apple’s Siri Got an A.I. Brain Transplant. Try These 5 Prompts to Get Acclimated.
The Summer That Broke Europe