Deadly Russian Strikes Rock Kyiv on Eve of NATO Summit
A building damaged by a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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Erdogan-Trump Friendship Can Help NATO, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Says
President Trump with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in the White House, last year. While directly criticizing some NATO leaders, Mr. Trump has maintained cordial ties with Mr. Erdogan.
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From Haiti to Venezuela, Earthquakes Reveal Shift in U.S. Relief Efforts
Volunteers and family members searched for survivors in a building in La Guaira, Venezuela, that collapsed after back-to-back earthquakes struck the country in June.
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Ukraine Remade Air Defense, but Russia Has Changed Its Attacks
Ukrainian and German soldiers standing near a Patriot air defense system at a training ground in Germany in 2024.
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As Trump Cools on NATO, Turkey Hosts Summit Meeting
Workers in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Turkey will use the NATO summit to showcase the country’s status as a rising power.
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NATO Leaders Are Meeting This Week. Here’s What to Know.
A sign in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, advertising the NATO summit.
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The World Cup Gave Mexicans a Fantasy They Won’t Soon Forget
Mexican fans during the World Cup round of 16 match against England at the Azteca Stadium on Sunday.
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How Manchester’s Bee Buses and Trams Helped Fuel Andy Burnham’s Rise
A Bee Network bus at a station in Manchester in June. The worker bee is a longstanding emblem of the city.
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Khamenei’s funeral draws mourners from across Iran’s regional network.
Mourners at the Grand Mosalla mosque in Tehran on Saturday for the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former supreme leader.
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Belgium Expresses Shock After FIFA Lifts U.S. Player’s Suspension
U.S. soccer player Folarin Balogun, right, is shown a red card in a World Cup match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in San Francisco, last week.
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Zyn’s Popularity Has Tobacco Companies Racing to Cash In
Nicotine pouch sales are projected to increase to more than $40 billion worldwide by 2033 from $6.9 billion in 2025, one analysis said.
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Typhoon Bavi Pounds Guam and Northern Mariana Islands
Strong winds brought by Super Typhoon Bavi hit Guam on Monday.
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First American Woman Rows Solo From California to Hawaii
Ala Wai Harbor in Honolulu last July. Late Friday night, Kelsey Pfendler, a Grand Canyon river-rafting guide, pulled into the harbor after rowing solo from California, spending more than 43 days at sea.
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Israel’s Government Threatens to Ignore a Top Court Ruling
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a public event on Sunday with his wife, Sara.
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Can Iran Keep Its Edge?
In Tehran, last week.
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The Main Attraction at Africa’s Most Lucrative Horse Race? Black Wealth.
This is the 130th year of Durban July, a daylong horse racing event in Durban, South Africa. Doris Mataboge, in blue, cheered as her horse won.
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At Site Where Iran’s Slain Leader Lies, Some See a Symbol of His Failures
Mourners at the funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Grand Mosalla complex in Tehran on Saturday.
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Exhausted by Iran War, Tehran Transforms for Khamenei’s Funeral
People in central Tehran on Saturday, below an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a younger man. Portraits of the slain leader can be seen across the capital.
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Far From Kyiv and Moscow, Soldiers Stalk Ruins and Evade Drones on the Front
A Ukrainian serviceman between the frontline towns of Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, last month.
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China Frees Pastor Detained in Crackdown on Religion After Trump’s Urging
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri at the Zion Church in Beijing in 2018. He was detained as part of a wider campaign against religious groups in China.
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China Raises Pressure on Taiwan With Expanded Coast Guard Patrols
A Chinese Coast Guard vessel is seen along the coast of Xiamen, a city in China’s southeast. Up to now, Chinese coast guard patrols around Taiwan have mostly been in the strait between the island and the mainland.
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Guam and Northern Mariana Islands Prepare for Typhoon Bavi
Mar-Vic Cagurangan for The New York Times
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Rebel Catholics Defy Vatican’s Calls to Return to Mainstream Church
A procession on Wednesday by the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X in Écône, Switzerland.
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Impeachment Trial of Philippine Vice President Set to Begin
Vice President Sara Duterte of the Philippines in Manila, in February. Ms. Duterte has been impeached twice, and her trial is set to begin on Monday.
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As Xi Looks to Extend His Rule, He Leans on a Longtime Ally
Cai Qi, a trusted deputy of the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping. He is probably the most influential official in Mr. Xi’s inner circle.
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Denmark’s century-old Fourth of July party looks different this year.
Families with picnic lunches beneath Danish and American flags in Rebild Bakker, Denmark, on Saturday.
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Canada Has a New Obsession: Soccer
Fans cheered on players as Canada played Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto last month in the first game of the 2026 World Cup set in Canada.
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Huge Crowds Mass in Tehran for Ayatollah’s State Funeral
Mourners gathered in Tehran to pay their respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for his funeral on Saturday.
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Prince Harry Will Travel to London, but Without His Family
Prince Harry in Melbourne Park, Australia, in April.
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The funeral comes amid fraught, sluggish U.S.-Iran peace talks.
The Strait of Hormuz has been a key point of U.S.-Iran negotiations.
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In Britain, July 4 Is Mostly Just a Saturday
King Charles III sent President Trump a congratulatory note for the 250th anniversary of American Independence from Britain on Saturday.
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When Iran Last Buried a Supreme Leader, There Was Chaos
Crowds of mourners surrounding the body of Ayatollah Khomeini in a container in Tehran, on June 6, 1989.
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Will Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Attend His Father’s Funeral?
A funeral ceremony on Friday for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Mosalla complex in Tehran. His son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is in hiding.
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For Cape Verde, There’s Victory in Their World Cup Defeat
Supporters of Cape Verde’s national soccer team watching the game in Praia, the capital, on Friday.
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What to Know About Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as His Funeral Services Begin in Iran
A billboard of the slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a day before his state funeral in Tehran, on Thursday.
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A Big Week in the West, Canada vs. Morocco, Trade and a Canada-U.S. Quiz
Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Trump in the Oval Office on Oct. 7, 2025.
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Mexico’s Secret 12th Man in the World Cup: Baby Jesus
Baby Jesus’s soccer uniform is size 0.
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In Rwanda, July 4 Is Liberation Day From Genocide
People held a candlelight vigil in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2019 for those killed in the 1994 genocide.
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Momentary Unity at a Funeral Masks Deep Divisions Among Iran’s Leaders
Iranian officials standing next to the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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Trump’s Travel Crackdown Has a Winner: Mexican Tourism
Fans at a festival in Mexico City when Mexico was playing South Africa on June 11. The government has tried to position Mexico as a destination for Latin America during the World Cup.
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Australia Tried to Push Back on China. China Pushed Harder.
The director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, Mike Burgess, at the agency’s headquarters in Canberra in June. He has warned about foreign interference in Australia.
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Funeral Procession for Khamenei Will Visit 5 Cities in Iran and Iraq
Preparations being made for the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Thursday.
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Putin Visits Battlefield and Vows to Take More of Ukraine
An attack on Moscow last month was among a string of Ukrainian successes that have brought the war home for more Russians.
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A U.S. Independence Celebration Damaged a Museum in Belgium
Fireworks at an event organized to mark 250 years of American independence, at Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, Belgium, on June 28.
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Woman From Ukraine Was Behind Monaco Bomb Attack, Officials Say
The police chief in Monaco, Éric Arella, displaying Interpol documents on Friday which the authorities say show a woman wanted for attempted murder in a blast that injured three people.
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Iran Live Updates: Hundreds of Thousands Attend Ayatollah’s Funeral Procession
Mourners Chant ‘Revenge’ at Funeral Prayers for Iran’s Slain Supreme Leader
Fatigue, Tension, Joy: England Pulls a World Cup All-Nighter
China Test Fires Long-Range Ballistic Missile in the Pacific
Years of Warnings About Public Housing Preceded Venezuela’s Earthquakes
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