UN Security Council to Discuss Israel-Gaza War and Hostages
Seeking food at a charity kitchen in Gaza on Monday. Nearly 40 percent of the enclave’s population are not eating for multiple consecutive days, according to the U.N. World Food Program.
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on August 2025
On Gaza, Germany’s Government Faces Pressure from All Sides
Activists set up pictures of children in Gaza in front of the parliament in Berlin during a protest last month.
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on August 2025
Torrential Rain Batters Hong Kong, Flooding the Waterlogged City
Water spilling onto a street in the Quarry Bay area of Hong Kong on Tuesday. Parts of Hong Kong were brought to a standstill by flooding caused by days of heavy rains.
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on August 2025
Bite Club: The Fraternity That Awaits You After a Shark Attack
Anika Craney, whose foot was bitten by a shark in the Great Barrier Reef, resolved not to let the attack change her lifelong love of the ocean.
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on August 2025
Norway’s Hedged Bet on Europe’s Energy Future: A Garbage Disposal for Emissions
Northern Lights, backed by the Norwegian government, is using a process known as carbon capture and storage to clean up industries like cement and fertilizer that pump out huge amounts of carbon dioxide.
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on August 2025
A Weakened Hezbollah Resists Pressure to Give Up Its Weapons
Hezbollah supporters in late June in the group’s stronghold of Dahiya on the southern outskirts of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.
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on August 2025
El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Others
President Nayib Bukele’s success in restoring safety in El Salvador has made him enormously popular, even as his tactics have raised alarms.
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on August 2025
Russian Nuclear Submarine Base Was Damaged in Earthquake, Satellite Images Show
Submarines from Russia’s Pacific Fleet off the port city of Vladivostok during Navy Day celebrations in 2023.
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on August 2025
What’s It Like to Deal With Brutal U.S. Tariffs? Ask Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur. Over the last decade, Malaysia rose to become one of the world’s biggest makers of solar panels, but only two solar panel makers remain today.
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on August 2025
No Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel
Candidates lining up for a civil service exam in Nanjing, China, last year.
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on August 2025
Photos: What Atomic Bombs Did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.
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on August 2025
Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into the Jeju Air Crash
The crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 was the deadliest on Korean soil, killing 179. The disaster may have been worsened by construction choices at the airport.
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on August 2025
Chemours, DuPont and Corteva Settle $875 Million New Jersey PFAS Claims
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the deal on Monday, calling it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.
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on August 2025
Bolsonaro Placed Under House Arrest by Brazil’s Supreme Court
Former President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil had been required to wear an ankle monitor. Now the Supreme Court had ordered him placed under house arrest.
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on August 2025
Eight People, Including 3-Year-Old, Are Kidnapped From Haiti Orphanage
A police patrol near Kenscoff, Haiti, on Monday. Eight people were kidnapped from an orphanage in Kenscoff on Sunday.
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on August 2025
Russia Says It Will Stop Abiding By INF Treaty
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said intermediate-range ballistic missiles would be deployed to Belarus, which shares a border with three NATO countries.
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on August 2025
U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry
The move is the Trump administration’s latest in a multifront effort to crack down on illegal immigration.
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on August 2025
Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs
President Trump has added an extra wrinkle into trade deals by suggesting countries invest in the United States or face higher tariffs.
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on August 2025
More than 140 African Migrants Feared Dead In Boat Disaster Near Yemen
Africans who are looking for work travel through Yemen, which has a porous land border with Saudi Arabia.
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on August 2025
Netanyahu Squanders His Moment to Halt the War in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a Jerusalem event, on July 27.
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on August 2025
New Zealand Woman Arrested After Toddler Discovered in Suitcase
An Intercity bus preparing to depart from Timaru, New Zealand.
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on August 2025
Monday Briefing: An ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Deal
A protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday to call for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
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on August 2025
He Survived the Khmer Rouge and Built a Musical Legacy
Kong Nay teaching the chapei dang veng, a long-necked lute, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2003.
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on August 2025
Oasis Fan Dies in Apparent Fall at Wembley
Oasis fans arriving for a concert last month at Wembley Stadium, where Saturday night’s death occurred.
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on August 2025
Monday Briefing: An ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Deal
A protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday to call for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
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on August 2025
More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen
The Gulf of Aden seen from Sirah Island, Yemen. Crossing the gulf is the first step in one of the world’s most dangerous journeys for migrants. Tens of thousands attempted the trip last year.
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on August 2025
Sandra Grimes, Who Helped Unmask a C.I.A. Traitor, Dies at 79
Sandra Grimes in 2013. She had planned to retire from the C.I.A. in 1991, but stayed on to help track down a traitor.
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on August 2025
U.S. and Israeli Officials Float Idea of ‘All or Nothing’ Gaza Deal
Protesters in Tel Aviv demanding an immediate end to the war and the release of all hostages held in Gaza.
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on August 2025
Ukraine Announces Arrests Targeting Corruption in Military Procurement
A protest in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week against legislation stripping the independence of anti-corruption agencies.
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on August 2025
Storm Floris Is Set to Hit UK With Powerful Winds and Heavy Rain
The U.K. Met Office issued warnings for strong winds across much of the country for Monday.
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on August 2025
Putin Widens Effort to Control Russia’s Internet
A new state-sanctioned messenger service, MAX, will come preinstalled by law on all new smartphones sold in Russia starting in September.
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on August 2025
Sykes-Picot, the 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over French and British Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State
Speaking at the United Nations on Tuesday, Britain’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, evoked Britain’s role in the creation of Israel.
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on August 2025
With Festivities and Papal Prayer, the Vatican Aims to Attract the Young
Pope Leo XIV arriving at the festival in a Roman suburb on Saturday evening, the culmination of the Vatican’s six-day celebration of youth in the church.
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on August 2025
A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia
Firefighters in British Columbia say they believe a brush fire started after an osprey dropped a fish onto a set of power lines on Wednesday.
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on August 2025
Protesters in Thailand Denounce Prime Minister After Clashes With Cambodia
A rally in Bangkok on Saturday calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra of Thailand.
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on August 2025
What Do Trump’s Tariff Hikes Mean for Canada’s Trade-Dependent Economy?
Tiff Macklem, the governor of the Bank of Canada, said that tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum were “having a very direct, severe effect” on some industries.
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on August 2025
U.S. Victims of Hamas and Hezbollah Attacks Sue UNRWA
American citizens living in Israel and the United States filed a lawsuit accusing UNRWA of providing support to Hamas and Hezbollah.
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on August 2025
Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, on Tuesday at his official residence in Jerusalem.
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on August 2025
India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say
An oil refinery in Guwahati, India, in 2023. Russia is the source of more than one-third of India’s oil imports.
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on August 2025
A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds
Members of a Naga delegation visited the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, in June.
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on August 2025
Photos From a Gaza Airdrop
A devastated Gaza, as seen from a Jordanian Air Force Hercules during a coordinated aid drop by Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, delivering 18 tons of food and basic necessities.
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on August 2025
SpaceX, NASA Launch Astronauts to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching on Friday. It was carrying NASA’s Crew-11 astronauts to the International Space Station.
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on August 2025
Trump Turns to Untested Tariffs to Reorder Global Trade
Economists remain skeptical that President Trump’s approach to tariffs will work as he intends.
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on August 2025
Putin Blames Frustration Over Ukraine Talks on ‘Inflated Expectations’
Ukrainian firefighters in the courtyard of a tuberculosis hospital after a Russian bomb struck its roof in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in July.
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on August 2025
Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72
Derk Sauer in the Netherlands last year. After Russia invaded Ukraine, he became a champion of Russian journalists who had fled to escape repression.
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on August 2025
How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role
Iran Is Holding at Least 4 US Citizens, Rights Groups and Families Say
Jeju Air Plane Crash Highlights Decades of Blunders and Deadly Runway Wall
Long-Dormant Russian Volcano Erupts for the First Time in Centuries
Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Leverage
Tuesday Briefing: Trump’s Tariff Leverage
New Hostage Videos Sow Fear and Horror in Israel
Trump Envoy Witkoff Visits Gaza as Aid Crisis Deepens