As Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Sites, an Environmental Disaster Unfolds
A satellite image from the aerial mapping company Vantor of a Russian oil facility in Tuapse, Russia, after Ukrainian drone attacks in April.
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Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa Could Last Months, W.H.O. Says
A visitor has their temperature checked before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma on Monday.
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Trump’s Portrait Pops Up on Rickshaws in India to Mark America’s 250th
Md. Tayemkhan, a rickshaw driver, waited for hours near the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi to get a banner featuring President Donald Trump put on the back of his vehicle. He said he was paid about $16.
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Trump Says He Postponed a ‘Very Major Attack’ on Iran, Leaving Mideast on Edge
President Trump said the U.S. military was prepared for a “full, large scale assault” against Iran.
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As a Weakened Putin Follows Trump to Beijing, Iran War Offers an Opening
In a photo released by Russian state media, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was met by China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, after arriving in Beijing on Tuesday.
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Israeli Minister Threatens to Evict Palestinians From West Bank Hamlet
The Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, in Jerusalem earlier this month.
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Trump’s Special Envoy to Greenland Receives a Cold Welcome From Locals
Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana at the White House last year. He is visiting Greenland this week as President Trump’s special envoy to the Danish territory.
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Bolivia Has Been Paralyzed by Protests. Here’s Why.
Demonstrators amid tear gas, calling for the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, in La Paz, Bolivia, on Monday.
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Oil Slick Reaches a Pristine Persian Gulf Island in Iran
A video verified by The Times shows oil coating the shoreline of Shidvar Island as smoke rises from the Lavan refinery, seen in the distance.
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Here’s How Iran Could Respond to Renewed U.S.-Israeli Strikes
The Iranians have used their proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade waterway, to exert immense pressure on the global economy.
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on May 2026
Zapatero, Spain’s Former Leader, Investigated for Graft
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, a former prime minister of Spain, in Valencia last year.
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In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland
Ilulisaat, Greenland, a town where a Chinese state company nearly won a contract to build an airport in 2018. After U.S. officials pressured Denmark to step in, Greenland opted for a Danish company.
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Son of Mango Fashion Chain’s Founder Is Arrested as Suspect in His Death
Jonathan Andic being escorted to court in Martorell, Spain, near Barcelona, on Tuesday.
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on May 2026
Blocked Strait of Hormuz Leads to New Opportunities for Syria
Iraqi trucks carrying oil along the highway near the Baniyas port and refinery in Syria in April.
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on May 2026
The New ‘Gold Rush’ of Geothermal Energy
Executives of Fervo and others celebrated the geothermal company’s I.P.O. on the Nasdaq on May 13.
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‘Married at First Sight’ Rape Allegations Lead to Call for U.K. Investigation
The British broadcaster Channel 4 removed episodes of the reality television show “Married at First Sight UK” after allegations of rape and sexual misconduct during filming.
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U.S. Hits Top Cuban Officials With Sanctions
The Cuban capital this week.
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South Korea and Japan’s Leaders Are Set to Meet: What to Know
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, met in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
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on May 2026
Trump Threatens Iran and Then Pulls Back, All in the Same Day
A U.S. military official said that Iran had been able to study the flight patterns of American fighter jets and bombers.
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on May 2026
Scientists Tweaked the Global Warming Outlook. So Trump Weighed In.
Solar panels and wind turbines in north-central China. Renewable is becoming more affordable in many countries.
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on May 2026
Ebola Was Identified in Congo Weeks Before W.H.O. Declared an Emergency
At a hospital in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of a new Ebola outbreak.
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on May 2026
Russia’s New Human Rights Commissioner Accused of Helping Kidnap Ukrainian Children
Yana Lantratova, in Moscow in October, will report directly to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
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on May 2026
Shakira Is Found Not Guilty of Tax Fraud in Spain
The pop star Shakira has been embroiled in a yearslong tax battle with the Spanish authorities.
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on May 2026
Millions Recovered in FIFA Corruption Scandal May Now Be Missing Again Before World Cup
Alejandro Dominguez, the president of Conmebol, the South American soccer federation, in Quito, Ecuador, last year.
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on May 2026
Trump’s Taiwan Gambit is Already a Gift to China
President Trump with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing, on Thursday.
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on May 2026
2 Americans Detained in Japan After Entering Punch the Monkey’s Zoo Enclosure
Visitors at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan last month. The site is the home of Punch, a 9-month-old macaque who has become an internet sensation.
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on May 2026
Bodies of Four Italian Divers Found in Maldives Cave
A coast guard boat and other vessels deployed to search for missing Italian divers near Alimathaa Island in the Maldives, on Saturday.
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on May 2026
Trump Warns Iran the ‘Clock Is Ticking’ as Tensions Surge Again in Middle East
President Trump on Friday. He said in a social media post on Sunday that Iran had to move fast “or there won’t be anything left,” adding “the Clock is Ticking.”
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Louvre Announces Architects for Expansion That Will Include New Mona Lisa Space
The Louvre’s current gallery displaying the Mona Lisa is often packed with visitors.
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G7 Finance Ministers Look to Contain Iran Economic Fallout
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, greeting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week in Beijing. Mr. Bessent is leading the U.S. delegation at the G7 finance ministers’ meeting in Paris this week.
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on May 2026
Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
Argentine security forces seizing a young man in 1982 in Buenos Aires during the Dirty War.
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on May 2026
He Shut Liquor Stores and Banned Abortion, All for the Glory of Russia
A mural reading “the powerhouse of the Russian world” in the city of Vologda, Russia, in February.
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on May 2026
Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places
Muslima Ibrahim Mohamed, 38, holding her 2-day-old son, Noor Mohamed.
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on May 2026
Soccer Star Kylian Mbappé Faces Off Against France’s Far Right
“I know what it means, and what kind of consequences it can have for my country when those kinds of people take control,” Kylian Mbappé said of the French far-right in a magazine interview.
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on May 2026
What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak as Cases and Deaths Rise
Outside a hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.
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on May 2026
He’s Forging the Future of War
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s defense minister. is pushing the military to adopt technology more quickly.
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on May 2026
Runoff in Peru Offers Two Starkly Differing Visions for the Nation
Keiko Fujimori, the leader of the Popular Force Party, at a campaign rally last month in Lima, Peru.
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on May 2026
Wave of Ukrainian Strikes Kills at Least 4, Russia Says
A damaged residential building in Zelenograd, in Russia’s Moscow region, after a drone strike on Sunday.
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on May 2026
How Birding Apps Are Boosting Tourism in the World’s Top Bird Destination
Samantha Giraldo and Bibiana Acevedo looking for birds in Los Guácharos nature preserve in Jardín, Colombia.
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on May 2026
In Iraqi Desert, Two Israeli Outposts Were Kept Secret for Months
A shepherd with his herd in the Najaf desert in southwestern Iraq on Tuesday. Israel operated at least two secret outposts in the desert during the war with Iran.
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on May 2026
The Iran War Is Crippling One of the World’s Wealthiest Nations
Qatar has tried to transform itself into a tourist destination and a hub for international business and finance.
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on May 2026
Erdogan Wants Turkey to Have More Babies. Few Parents Are Listening.
A family visiting Miniaturk, a theme park in Istanbul. Living costs have undermined efforts to increase fertility rates.
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on May 2026
A North Korean Soccer Team Makes a Rare Visit to South Korea
Members of Naegohyang, a North Korean women’s soccer team, arriving at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Sunday.
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W.H.O. Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
A man is carried from an ambulance on Saturday as he arrives at a hospital after confirmation of an Ebola outbreak in the Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Venezuela Extradites Billionaire Tycoon Alex Saab to U.S.
Alex Saab, center, in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2023, was once among key allies of the deposed Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.
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Félicien Kabuga Dies; Accused of Masterminding Rwanda’s Genocide
A screen grab of Félicien Kabuga at a hearing in The Hague, where he faced charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, in 2022.
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on May 2026
Car Plows Into Pedestrians in Northern Italian Town, Injuring at Least 8
The police patrolling the scene after a car crashed into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, on Saturday.
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on May 2026
Trump Calls Xi a ‘Friend.’ But He Left China Without Any Breakthroughs.
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at the state banquet in Beijing on Thursday.
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on May 2026
Fears Grow That Iran May Be Using Proxy Groups Beyond Mideast
The funeral of a commander from the Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group in Baghdad in 2024. The group is backed by Iran, and its fighters have killed American soldiers and kidnapped people in the past.
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on May 2026
Train Crashes Into Bangkok Traffic, Killing at Least 8
Emergency services at the site of the collision in Bangkok on Saturday.
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on May 2026
Man Stole Medieval Skull From Church and Sealed it in Concrete, Police Say
A relic, said to be the skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk, in an image released on Wednesday by the police in the Czech Republic.
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on May 2026
Starbucks Korea CEO Fired Over ‘Tank Day’ Ad Evoking Country’s Brutal History
Étienne Davignon Dies Before Trial in Patrice Lumumba Killing
What the End of Aid Looks Like
Nauru Hopes You Will Call It by a New Name
When Nationalism Beats Nationalism