More Than 140 Killed in Clashes Between Syrian Forces and Assad Loyalists
Smoke rising near a road in Latakia, Syria, on Friday, amid clashes between Syrian security forces and fighters loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad.
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Russia Hits Ukrainian Power and Gas Facilities in Widespread Attack
Damage from a strike near Odesa, Ukraine, on Friday.
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How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious
Canadian officials went from thinking Mr. Trump was joking when he referred to Canada as “the 51st state” to fearing he was very serious.
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on March 2025
Panama Will Release Migrants From Detention Camp, Challenging Trump’s Deportation Efforts
Panamanian guards at a migrant camp in Panama where more than 100 people deported from the United States were being held.
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Unexploded World War II Bomb Found at Gare du Nord in Paris Halts Trains
Passengers wait inside Gare du Nord in Paris on Friday. Traffic was disrupted after the discovery of an unexploded bomb in a northern suburb.
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Trump Wants Europe to Defend Itself. Here’s What It Would Take.
A NATO military exercise in Smardan, Romania, last month.
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on March 2025
Trump Offers South African Farmers Expedited Citizenship
Supporters of President Trump outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, in February.
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on March 2025
What We Know About the Clashes in Syria
Syrian security forces in Latakia on Friday.
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on March 2025
U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink
A billboard showing President Salva Kiir of South Sudan in Juba, the country’s capital, last year.
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Daughter of Pelicot Accuses Him of Rape in Police Complaint
Caroline Darian during her father’s trial in Avignon, France, in December.
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France’s Ex-Intelligence Chief Convicted in Influence Peddling Trial Involving LVMH
Bernard Squarcini, France’s former intelligence chief, in Paris in 2017.
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3 Bulgarians Found Guilty of Spying for Russia in UK and Europe
A photo provided by Metropolitan Police in London shows Orlin Roussev, a Bulgarian I.T. specialist, who led the group and pleaded guilty to spying charges.
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Alfred, No Longer a Tropical Cyclone, Still Threatens Australia with Flooding
Damage form Tropical Cyclone Alfred in Elanora, on Australia’s Gold Coast, on Saturday.
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on March 2025
Remains in Manitoba Landfill Are Identified as Serial Killer’s Victim
The Prairie Green landfill in Winnipeg, Manitoba, last year. A search was recently conducted there for the remains of murdered women.
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on March 2025
Russia Pushes Back Ukraine’s Offensive With Drones and North Korean Troops
A Ukrainian military vehicle driving in the country’s Sumy region, near the border with the Kursk region of Russia, in January.
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on March 2025
A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era
European leaders with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, wearing all black, at a summit meeting in London this month.
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on March 2025
The Hot Place to Be Seen for Young Indians: Book Festivals
The Kerala Literature Festival, held in late January in the beach town of Kozhikode.
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on March 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Could Help Tesla, by Hurting Its Rivals More
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaking at the grand opening for a new $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, in April 2022.
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China Hits Canada With Tariffs in Indirect Riposte to Trump
A canola field in Manitoba. China announced 100 percent tariffs on Saturday on canola from Canada.
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on March 2025
Trump Administration Sends Politically Charged Survey to Researchers
A Mandarin class sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the Fourah Bay College Secondary School in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 2024.
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on March 2025
U.S. Suspends Ukraine’s Access to Satellite Imagery
Satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies, which has shared its work with Ukraine under a Pentagon program, shows an ammunition depot in Toropets, Russia, before and after a Ukrainian drone attack last year.
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Alarmed by Trump, Poland Must Look at Nuclear Options, Premier Says
Polish army demonstrations at the Bemowo Piskie Land Forces Training Centre in 2023. Poland is one of Europe’s biggest spenders on defense, at around 4 percent of economic output.
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Nigel Farage’s Reform U.K. Refers Lawmaker to Police Over Claims of Threats to Another Party Official
Rupert Lowe, who recently made critical comments about Nigel Farage, his party’s leader, has denied the claims of bullying and threats.
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Armed Teen Is Stopped From Boarding a Flight in Australia, the Police Say
Jetstar Flight 610 was scheduled to fly to Sydney with about 150 passengers when the police were called to Avalon Airport on Thursday, the authorities said.
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on March 2025
The Trump Doctrine: The World Is a Zero-Sum Game
President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday.
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on March 2025
How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
An mpox patient receiving care in a health center in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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on March 2025
Fossil Fuels Are the Future, Chris Wright Tells African Leaders
Chris Wright, the energy secretary, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland last month.
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on March 2025
Climate Change Made South Sudan Heat Wave More Likely, Study Finds
Displaced people collected water on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, in February.
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on March 2025
German Court Convicts Five Over Plot to Kidnap Health Official and Spread Chaos
The five took issue with Karl Lauterbach, Germany’s health minister, who during the pandemic spoke out widely in favor of vaccination rules.
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on March 2025
Abrdn’s Rebrand Reversal and a History of Corporate Missteps
The asset manager Aberdeen renamed itself abrdn in 2021, saying it was a more “digitally enabled” brand.
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on March 2025
Will Canadians Warm Up to Mark Carney, the Liberal Party Front-Runner Eyeing Trudeau’s Job?
Mark Carney, a candidate to become Canada’s prime minister, has presented himself as the answer to his country’s challenges, including President Trump.
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Chrystia Freeland Eyes Justin Trudeau’s Job as Canada’s Liberal Party Leader
Chrystia Freeland, a journalist from Alberta who rose through elite institutions to become a top politician, is now running to replace Justin Trudeau, who brought her into politics.
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on March 2025
As King Urges People Not to Kill Sheep for ‘Big Eid,’ Many Moroccans Feel Relief
Moroccan families traditionally eat lamb and mutton on Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice.
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A Hamas Leader’s Release From Prison Reopens Old Wounds in Israel
A Hamas leader, Ashraf Zughayer, seated with a green scarf, in East Jerusalem in January, after his release from prison in one of the cease-fire exchanges between Israel and Hamas.
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on March 2025
South Korean Court Orders Impeached President’s Release From Jail
Yoon Suk Yeol at his impeachment trial last month at the Constitutional Court in Seoul. A separate court on Friday ordered his release from custody.
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China Says It Will ‘Resolutely Counter’ U.S. Tariff Pressure
Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, speaking at a news conference in Beijing on Friday. He said Beijing wouldn’t hesitate to counter any push by the United States for more tariffs on goods from China.
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on March 2025
Friday Briefing
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Brussels yesterday with the E.U.’s two top officials, António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen.
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on March 2025
Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance
President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, hours after delaying most tariffs on Mexican and Canadian products.
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on March 2025
U.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path to End War
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has made conciliatory gestures toward President Trump after a blowup in the Oval Office last week.
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on March 2025
Sudan Accuses U.A.E. of Being Complicit in Genocide
War damage in Omdurman, in the western part of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, last year.
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on March 2025
Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5
Pete Marocco, left, the State Department official who has been overseeing cuts to U.S.A.I.D., arriving for a closed-door briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
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on March 2025
In Protest of Trump’s Tariffs, Canadian Stores Restrict U.S. Alcohol Sales
American alcohol products were taken off store shelves in much of Canada on Tuesday when the tariffs against the country went into effect.
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on March 2025
Friday Briefing: A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Europe
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, center, with E.U. officials.
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on March 2025
Deadly Clashes Pose Test for Syria’s New Leaders
A member of the Syrian government security forces standing guard in Damascus on Thursday.
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on March 2025
State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas
The reductions at the State Department are part of both President Trump’s larger slashing of the federal government and his “America First” foreign policy.
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on March 2025
Trump’s E.P.A. to Rewrite Rules Aimed at Averting Chemical Disasters
A fire at a chemical plant in Westlake, La., after Hurricane Laura in 2020.
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on March 2025
He Sang in Praise of Women Exposing Their Hair. Iran Flogged Him.
Protests in western Iran in 2022 over the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been arrested on accusations of violating the country’s hijab rule. The musician Mehdi Yarrahi was arrested in a wave of detentions that aimed to quell any protests marking the anniversary of that uprising.
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on March 2025
With Trump’s Tariff Reprieve, Mexico and Canada, Still Wary, Breathe Easier
Mexicans have rallied around their president, Claudia Sheinbaum, and her firm response to President Trump’s tariffs.
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on March 2025
Sweeping Tariffs Threaten to Undo a 30-Year Trade Alliance
President Trump addressing a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
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on March 2025
What to Know About the State of the Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
Hamas handing over hostages captured during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel to Red Cross officials in the Gaza Strip last month.
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on March 2025
As Catholics Gather for Jubilee, Just One Thing Is Missing: Francis
Atherstone Ball Game Continues an 826-Year-Old Tradition in England
Faithful Hear Pope Francis’ Voice for First Time in 3 Weeks
Trump Suspends Mexico and Canada Tariffs on USMCA Goods for a Month