Netanyahu, Aiming to Capture Gaza City, Reverts to a Risky Military Strategy
A camp on the Gaza coast for displaced Palestinians. Many civilians in the enclave have been trapped in a dystopian nightmare by the Israeli military campaign.
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on August 2025
As Gaza Hunger Crisis Worsens, Israel Lets in Little Aid
Gazans waited to receive meals at a charity kitchen this month. Nearly one in three people in the territory is not eating for days at a time, the United Nations said.
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on August 2025
Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Threats to Impose Sanctions?
An open-air museum in Red Square commemorating the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. Amid budgetary strains, the Kremlin has protected military spending as the war in Ukraine goes on.
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on August 2025
The U.S. Says Britain Is Chilling Free Speech. Many Britons Point the Finger Back.
Police officers at a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in London last week. Immigration has become a lightning rod in the debate over free speech in the U.K.
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on August 2025
Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Military Takeover of Gaza
The Israeli military says it controls about 75 percent of Gaza. The coastal strip stretching from Gaza City in the north of the enclave to Khan Younis in the south is the main area that is outside Israeli control.
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on August 2025
Congo’s Teens Brave Bombs, Rebels and Abduction to Play Hoops
Hundreds of teens still venture out in the Congolese city of Goma, recently taken over by rebels, to train at a youth basketball academy.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Russian Strikes Kill 3 in Ukraine, Which May Be Left Out of Peace Talks
An explosion from a Russian drone strike lit up the sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
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on August 2025
Trump Wasn’t the First to Deport These Men, and He Won’t Be the Last
Bhutanese people, members of the harassed Lhotshampas ethnic minority, have lived in refugee camps in Nepal since the 1990s.
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on August 2025
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed
The warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where millions of contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. were stored when the U.S. government defunded the agency.
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on August 2025
Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines
Bow Island, Alberta is home to a large Menonite Community.
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on August 2025
Trump and Putin to Meet in ‘Coming Days,’ Kremlin Aide Confirms
President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia meeting in 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.
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on August 2025
How a Pro-Palestinian Group Fell Foul of a Long Unused U.K. Terrorism Law
A demonstration in London in July. The British government has put Palestine Action, a protest group, on the same legal footing as groups like Al Qaeda in response to actions related to property damage.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Egypt Ends Rent Control System Than Aided Poor for Decades
Even in some expensive areas of Cairo, rent control measures in place for decades have enabled some renters to pay very low prices.
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on August 2025
Germany Says It Will Suspend Military Exports to Israel for Use in Gaza
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany last month. He said the country would stop exporting weapons to Israel to be used in the Gaza Strip.
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on August 2025
Netanyahu Broadly Criticized at Home and Abroad After New Gaza Plan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem last month. His office said that the Israeli military “will prepare for taking control of Gaza City” while distributing aid to civilians “outside the combat zones.”
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on August 2025
Trump to Host Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for ‘Peace Signing’
A border crossing in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2023. It has been at the center of decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Israel Says It’s Preparing to Take Control of Gaza City. What Does That Mean?
An Israeli armored fighting vehicle near the border with Gaza on Tuesday.
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on August 2025
Should Soccer Star Son Heung-min Have Held an Umbrella for a Female Reporter?
Son Heung-min, center, before an exhibition match between Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United in Seoul on Sunday.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Big-Game Hunter Is Killed by Buffalo During Safari
Asher Watkins was pursuing a Cape buffalo in South Africa when it attacked and killed him.
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Thomas
on August 2025
South Africa’s Equity Laws, Reviled by Trump, May Complicate Tariff Talks
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and President Trump at the White House in May.
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Thomas
on August 2025
How a Carbon Tax Plan in Europe Survived (Mostly)
The goal of the climate tax was to prod Austrians to change their habits, like deciding to walk or take a bus rather than driving.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Spanish Officials Condemn City’s Ban on Religious Events as ‘Racist’
Protests against migrants last month in Torre-Pacheco, in southeastern Spain.
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on August 2025
Dean Cain, Who Played Superman, Says He Is Joining ICE
“I will be sworn in as an ICE agent A.S.A.P.,” Dean Cain, 59, said after the agency removed the age cap.
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Thomas
on August 2025
U Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar Installed by Military, Dies at 74
In a photo released by the Myanmar military, U Myint Swe attends a defense and security council meeting in Naypyidaw in 2023.
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Thomas
on August 2025
For Putin, Trump Summit Is Key to Securing Ukraine Goals
In a photo released by state media, President Vladimir V. Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday.
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on August 2025
She Survived a 9-Story Fall After a Russian Missile Hit Her Building
Veronika Osintseva, 23, with friends at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. “I don’t know how I flew, but I somehow stayed alive,” she said in an interview.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Wind and Solar Projects Stall as Trump Cracks Down on Renewables
The Vineyard Wind project off Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. The Interior Department has ordered its lawyers to review some projects that have already been approved.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Philippine Senate Shelves Impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte
A protest to demand the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte of the Philippines outside the Senate in Manila on Wednesday.
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on August 2025
Here’s What France’s Largest Wildfire in Decades Looks Like
A wildfire near in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, on Wednesday.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump Threatens to Double India’s Tariffs
Russia supplies about 45 percent of India’s oil imports.
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on August 2025
Huckabee Says U.S.-Backed Aid Sites in Gaza Will ‘Scale Up’
“The immediate plan is to scale up the number of sites up to 16 and begin to operate them as much as 24 hours a day,” Mike Huckabee, U.S. ambassador to Israel, said in a Fox News interview.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Trump’s Tariff Gamble Puts America’s Ties With India at Risk
Assembling printed circuit boards at factory in Bengaluru, India, in June.
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on August 2025
On the Hunt for Spies, Iran Executes a Nuclear Scientist
The state funeral for top military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during Israeli attacks on Iran in June.
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on August 2025
Charleston’s Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giants Is Dismissed
Judge Roger M. Young wrote that his court lacked jurisdiction and that the issue fell under federal law, not state law.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump Threatens to Double India’s Tariffs
Russia supplies about 45 percent of India’s oil imports.
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on August 2025
New Zealand Air Force Mounts Dangerous Rescue Mission in Antarctica
The evacuation plane, shown in a handout photo from the New Zealand Defence Force, landed at McMurdo Station on Tuesday, loaded up the evacuees and returned to Christchurch on Wednesday morning, making the round trip in just under 20 hours.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky
President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at the G20 Summit in Japan in 2019.
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on August 2025
California Wildfire Season Starting Earlier Because of Climate Change, Study Finds
A new study examined fire trends while taking into account the different characteristics of the state’s 13 ecological regions.
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Thomas
on August 2025
India Digs In After Trump Doubles Tariffs
A factory in Tamil Nadu, India, last year.
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on August 2025
Prince Harry Cleared of Bullying Accusations at Charity He Co-founded
Prince Harry with a group of children at a Sentebale event in Botswana in 2019. He co-founded the charity to help young people with H.I.V. and AIDS.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Man Who Lit Cigarette From Eternal Flame in Paris Is Arrested
The flame on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a wreath laying event in Paris.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Despite Opposition, Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet to Discuss Gaza Military Push
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering expanding Israel’s military operation in Gaza to the entire territory.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Italy Approves Project to Link Sicily to the Mainland by Bridge
The Strait of Messina, the planned site for a suspension bridge connecting Sicily to mainland Italy.
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Thomas
on August 2025
After Weeks of Sectarian Clashes in Syria, an Uneasy Truce Takes Hold
A wedding procession passed through the town of Busra al-Sham, Syria, during a cease-fire on Thursday. The latest conflict had renewed fears of attacks against religious minorities.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Statue of French General Accused of Torture Divides His Hometown
A demonstration last October in front of the city hall in Toul against the installation of the statue of Marcel Bigeard.
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Thomas
on August 2025
For Some Wounded in Ukraine War, Surgery Helps Rebuild a Sense of Self
After more than three years of war, thousands of Ukrainians struggle with the physical and emotional trauma of severe facial injuries.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Wildfire In Wet Washington State Is Changing Under Climate Change
Wildfire smoke obscured the Interstate 90 bridge in Seattle in 2022.
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Thomas
on August 2025
Sudan’s Civil War Shifts Toward Kordofan
Sudanese Army soldiers arriving last March at a market in Al Kalalah district, an area south of the country’s capital, Khartoum, that had been recaptured a short while earlier from Rapid Support Forces.
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Thomas
on August 2025
A Starfish, a President and a Deep-Sea Frenzy in Argentina
Friday Briefing: Israel Approves Full Military Takeover of Gaza
Friday Briefing: Netanyahu Plans to Fully Control Gaza
Staggering U.S. Tariffs Begin as Trump Widens Trade War
Rains and Broken Roads Complicate Flood Rescue in Indian Himalayas