Sri Lanka Declares ‘Largest’ Disaster as Cyclone Death Toll Rises to 355
A man is carried through flooded streets on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday.
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Netanyahu’s Pardon Request Borrows From Trump’s Playbook
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. His petition to the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, admitted nothing and expressed no contrition.
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Hong Kong Contractors Used Unsafe Netting at Fire Site, Officials Say
Green netting and bamboo scaffolding are visible on buildings at Wang Fuk Court, the Hong Kong apartment complex engulfed by fire last week.
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What Jamaica Wants After Deadly Hurricane? Visit Us, Island Says.
Kellanie Kerr working by flashlight at a tourist shop this month in Negril, Jamaica.
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Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam Have Killed Over 1,200. Here’s What to Know.
A village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Monday.
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Zelensky Turns to Europe After Talks With U.S. Officials
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Emmanuel Macron of France met in Paris on Monday as part of a flurry of diplomatic talks to end the war with Russia.
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India Is a Rising Power, but Breathing in Its Capital Is Hazardous
A jogger near India Gate, the national war memorial in New Delhi, shrouded in haze caused by air pollution.
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Pope Leo Calls for a Two-State Solution in Mideast Conflict
Pope Leo XIV arriving in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday.
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Hong Kong’s Migrant Domestic Workers Mourn Their Losses in Deadly Fire
Filipinos taking part in a community prayer service on Sunday in Hong Kong for the victims of the Nov. 26 fire in the Tai Po district of the city.
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Deadly Floods in Indonesia Leave Hundreds Missing
A flood-damaged district in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Sunday.
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Lebanon’s Christians Look to Pope Leo’s Visit for a Message of Hope and Peace
Pope Leo XIV was greeted by President Joseph Aoun of Lebanon and Nehmat Aoun, the first lady, upon arrival in Beirut on Sunday.
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Trump-Endorsed Candidate and Sportscaster Lead Honduran Presidential Race
President Trump endorsed Nasry Asfura, one of the right-wing candidates for the Honduran presidency.
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An Anti-Polarization Pope
Pope Leo at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul on Saturday.
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Trump Becomes the Wild Card in Razor-Thin Honduras Election
A campaign poster for Nasry Asfura, the right-wing candidate backed by President Trump, last month on a street in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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Why Is Budapest, the ‘City of Baths,’ Running Out of Bathhouses?
Two of the Art Nouveau pools at Gellért Bath.
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College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza celebrating her high school graduation in Texas.
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‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East
After an Israeli drone strike in Lebanon in September.
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Netanyahu Asks Israel’s President to Pardon Him in Corruption Cases
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel speaking in November at the Knesset in Jerusalem.
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
When Juan Orlando Hernández was extradited to the United States, his own country erupted in celebration.
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Top Trump Aides to Meet With Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend talks with Ukrainian officials in Florida on Sunday.
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Gazans Say Israeli Forces Killed Two Children, Amid Persistent Violence
Displaced Palestinians standing by a fire beside their tent in Gaza City on Friday.
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Mourners Honor Victims of Hong Kong Apartment Fire
People affected by the fire at a shelter on Friday.
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Did Pope Leo Pray in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque? Not Visibly, at Least.
Pope Leo XIV visiting the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul on Saturday.
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Fresh Reporting on Asylum Seekers at the U.S.-Canadian Border
Rahel Negassi at her new home in Kitchener, Ontario. She has applied for her Ontario nurse permit, and she hopes to be able to work soon.
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In Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer
A Ukrainian soldier in the eastern Donbas region. Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former chief of staff, had negotiated to soften a peace proposal that included withdrawing from territory in eastern Ukraine.
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Latin American Leaders Face Both Trump and Voters Deported by the U.S.
Delmar Méndez, 53, his partner and their 3-year-old son were deported from the United States in February after their asylum claim was denied, they said.
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The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
Mykola Zakhozhyi and his wife, Iryna. “The uncertainty was killing me,” Ms. Zakhozha said. “I neither slept nor ate. I bended away from my children, friends, everyone.”
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Syria Tiptoes Toward Transitional Justice One Year After Assad’s Ouster
“The matter is now in the government’s hands,” said Jomaa Aldbis Alanzi, one of Syria’s leading judges.
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Russia Bombards Ukraine for Nearly 10 Hours in a Deadly Assault
A damaged residential building following an air attack in Kyiv on Saturday.
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As Cyclone Deaths Pass 150, Sri Lanka Is Overwhelmed by Rescue Demand
People wading through a flooded street in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on Saturday.
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Deadly Hong Kong Fire Is a Test of Beijing’s Rule in the City
Rescue and retrieval workers at the Wang Fuk Court towers in Hong Kong, on Friday.
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South Africans Were Promised Job, but Ended Up ‘Going to War’ for Russia
Smoke rising after shelling in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine in 2024.
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Where Hundreds of Undocumented Migrants Have Died in Custody
A migrant detention center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2023.
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Trump to Pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduran Ex-Leader Convicted in Drug Case
Juan Orlando Hernández, then the president of Honduras, speaking at the United Nations in 2019. President Trump announced Friday he would pardon him.
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Trump Spoke by Phone Last Week With Maduro, Venezuela’s Leader
Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, faces intensifying pressure military and diplomatic pressure from the United States.
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Parts of Southern Ontario Pummeled by Snow Squalls and Heavy Winds
Officials in Ontario warned of possible road closures and urged that nonessential travel and outdoor activities be avoided.
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Andriy Yermak Resigns: What to Know About Ukrainian Official
Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, resigned on Friday amid a corruption scandal.
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Rebel Nuns Can Live in Old Abbey, if They Give Up Social Media
From left, Sister Bernadette, Sister Rita and Sister Regina. Their lawyer said he had advised them to decline the abbot’s terms.
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Trump’s Response to Shooting Shows Intensified Anti-Migrant Stance
The shooting of two National Guard members and President Trump’s response insures that immigration will remain at the center of American politics heading into the 2026 midterm election cycle.
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A Hong Kong Fire Survivor’s Escape, in His Own Words
William Li photographed the burning Wang Fuk Court complex after escaping from the fire.
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Andriy Yermak, Zelensky’s Chief of Staff, Resigns
Andriy Yermak, in Washington last year. He had been widely seen as the country’s second most powerful person.
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Israeli Raid in Southern Syria Kills at Least 13, Syrian Officials Say
Damage in Beit Jinn, a town in southern Syria, after an Israeli raid on Friday.
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Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians in West Bank After They Appear to Surrender, Video Shows
A still from Palestine TV of two Palestinian men kneeling on the ground shortly before they were shot dead during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday.
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Worker Cleared of Stealing Snacks From Office Fridge After 2 Years in Court
Boxes of Choco Pies on a shelf of a convenience store in Seoul, in October.
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Home of Ukraine’s Lead Negotiator Is Searched in Corruption Case
Andriy Yermak, Ukraine’s chief negotiator, speaking in Geneva in November. He had been widely seen as the country’s second most powerful person.
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Death Toll Rises to 128 in Hong Kong High-Rise Fire
Outside the Wang Fuk Court complex in Hong Kong on Friday.
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Sri Lanka Battered by Cyclone as Death Toll Climbs to 69
Wading through the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday. Cyclone Ditwah made landfall early Friday morning on the island nation’s eastern coast.
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In Turkey, Pope Seeks to Soothe an Ancient Christian Divide
Tourists light candles during a visit to the Theological School of Halki, an Orthodox seminary shuttered by the Turkish government.
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Did Myanmar’s Junta Demolish Scam Centers Just for Show?
KK Park, a large scam center in eastern Myanmar, seen from Mae Sot District in Thailand in September.
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Carney Lifts Climate Laws for New Alberta Pipeline
Prime Minister Mark Carney with Premier Danielle Smith of Alberta on Thursday in Calgary.
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Israeli Hostage Recounts Beatings and Starvation During Hamas Captivity
Fed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans
Officials Had Been Warned for Over a Year Before Hong Kong Fire
Hondurans Fear Unrest Ahead of Election as Trump Endorses a Candidate