How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
Delivering U.S.-funded food aid in Bentiu, South Sudan, in 2023. Supplies of aid to the country have been disrupted since the freeze announced by President Trump.
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on January 2025
Hamas Names 3 Hostages It Says Will Be Freed This Weekend
Aviva Siegel, a former hostage, with a photograph of her husband, Keith Siegel, who is set to be released by Hamas this weekend.
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on January 2025
Egypt Fears Syria’s Revolutionary Fervor Could Be Contagious
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt commemorating Police Day last week in a photograph released by the Egyptian presidency.
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on January 2025
Kremlin Chokes YouTube Service, but Russians Find Ways Around It
YouTube has been at the heart of the Russian internet for years and a staple of daily life for many Russians, streaming everything from old Soviet movies to anti-Kremlin political shows.
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on January 2025
Where the Taxis Are Motorcycles, and the Drivers Are Women
Lilian Raham, one of the “Boda Girls,” prepares to drive a client, Beatrice Oduor, and her child to a clinic in the town of Ukwala.
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on January 2025
What to Know About Trump’s Military Deportation Flights
A U.S. Air Force plane used to deport migrants on the tarmac this week in Guatemala City.
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on January 2025
Norway Seizes Russian-Crewed Ship Suspected of Cutting an Undersea Cable
Crew members on a French Navy plane patrolling over the Baltic Sea last week as part of a NATO mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines.
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on January 2025
Gaza’s Border Crossing at Rafah Reopens to Let Sick and Wounded Leave
Hundreds of Egyptians gathered in front of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Friday.
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on January 2025
North Korean Troops in Russia Taken off Front Lines
Ukrainian military vehicles near the border of Russia’s Kursk region in January.
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on January 2025
Kyiv’s Mayor Feuds With President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine
Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in front of the city administration building last year. He has engaged in a low-boil feud with the president for several years.
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on January 2025
After Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede, Concerns of Cover-Up
A woman standing among the debris from the stampede.
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on January 2025
Salwan Momika, Man Behind Quran Burning in Sweden, Is Killed
Salwan Momika protesting outside a mosque in Stockholm in 2023.
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on January 2025
Syria’s New President Pledges Unity in First Address
People celebrating in the streets of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Wednesday after rebel leader Ahmed al-Shara was named president.
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on January 2025
Father Slays New York Girl, 14, in TikTok ‘Honor Killing’
A protest against honor killings in Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2016.
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on January 2025
Trump’s Deportations Only Work if Countries Agree to Take Their Citizens Back
Brazilian migrants deported from the U.S. board a Brazilian Air Force flight in Manaus, Brazil, on Saturday.
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on January 2025
Friday Briefing
Emergency personnel at the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 on the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.
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on January 2025
3 Are Arrested in Theft of Gold Helmet From Dutch Museum
The helmet of Cotofenesti, an elaborately decorated solid-gold headpiece from the fifth century B.C., was among the items stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, over the weekend.
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on January 2025
Israel Frees Palestinian Prisoners After Chaotic Hostage Handover
Palestinian militants escorting one of the freed Israeli hostages, Arbel Yehud, to Red Cross officials in Gaza on Thursday.
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on January 2025
Palestinians Gather in West Bank to Welcome Prisoners Released by Israel
Freed Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Thursday.
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on January 2025
Friday Briefing: 67 Dead in Washington Air Collision
Search crews on the Potomac River near Washington, yesterday.
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on January 2025
Married Russian Figure-Skating Stars Are Among Victims of Plane Crash Near Washington, D.C.
Yevgeniya Shishkova and Vadim Naumov skating in Paris in 1996. They won a world championship and competed in the Winter Olympics.
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on January 2025
Zakaria Zubeidi, Militant Who Briefly Escaped Israeli Prison, Is Among Released Palestinians
Zakaria Zubeidi, at center right, arrived in city of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday.
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on January 2025
Security at ISIS Camps in Syria Threatened by U.S. Funding Freeze
Al Hol detention camp in Syria in 2019. It houses some 39,000 Islamic State members, their families and refugees.
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on January 2025
In Thailand, Faraway Vigil for Hostages Ends in Happy Tears
Wiwwaeo Sriaoun, the mother of Watchara Sriaoun, who was released after 15 months of captivity in Gaza, at her house with another relative in Thailand’s Udon Thani Province on Thursday.
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on January 2025
Who Is Syria’s New Interim President?
Ahmed al-Shara, center, in Damascus in December. Under his stewardship, Syria’s interim government will now face a delicate political balancing act.
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on January 2025
Who Are the 3 Israeli Hostages Released Thursday?
Israelis gathered to watch the release of the hostages from what is known as “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
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on January 2025
Rescuers in Japan Try to Reach Driver Trapped in Sinkhole For Days
A sinkhole that swallowed a truck near Tokyo has grown in size as rescuers try to reach the trapped driver buried inside.
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on January 2025
Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa
The Engage Men’s Health clinic in Johannesburg has been temporarily closed after the Trump administration ordered health organizations to stop distributing H.I.V. medications purchased through a U.S. funding program.
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on January 2025
Trump Calls Canada a Big Player in the Fentanyl Trade. Is It?
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police displaying seized firearms and illicit drugs.
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on January 2025
Migrants at Paris Theater Hope to Prove They’re Just Kids
For weeks, immigrants have taken refuge in the Gaîté Lyrique, a Paris theater. In France, experts say, unaccompanied young immigrants who cannot prove they are minors often end up on the street.
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on January 2025
The Southport Killer Was Fixated on Extreme Violence. But Was it Terrorism?
Flowers and memorials were left near where Axel Rudakubana killed three girls and attempted to kill 10 others, in Southport, England, in August.
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on January 2025
Thursday Briefing
President Trump reversed an order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans.
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on January 2025
Tesla’s Fourth-Quarter Earnings Report Sharp Drop in Profit
Tesla has cut prices and offered low-interest financing to prop up sales, but the measures have hurt profits.
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on January 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump Reverses Spending Freeze
President Trump speaking at the White House, yesterday.
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on January 2025
Syria’s Ahmed al-Shara Named as President During Transitional Period
Ahmed al-Shara, the leader of the rebel coalition that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria, appeared on TV at a Damascus cafe on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Farage Says He Talked to Musk Last Week. Relationship Is ‘Fine.’
Nigel Farage, center, arriving on Tuesday for a fund-raiser at an exclusive members-only club in London.
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on January 2025
Hamas Is Expected to Release 8 Israeli and Thai Hostages
A demonstration calling for the release of hostages on Saturday.
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on January 2025
The F.D.A. Upgraded a Recall of Some Lay’s Potato Chips. Here’s What to Know.
Frito-Lay issued a recall last month of some of its 13-ounce bags of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips in Washington and Oregon.
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on January 2025
Steven Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East Envoy, Makes Rare Trip to Gaza
Gaza City on Tuesday. Under the terms of the cease-fire agreement, Israeli troops have withdrawn from a central corridor in the territory, allowing Gazans to return to the north.
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on January 2025
After a Wave of Coups, 3 African Nations Leave Decades-old Alliance
Supporters of Niger’s military junta taking part in a demonstration in Niamey, the capital, on Tuesday to celebrate the country’s withdrawal from the ECOWAS regional alliance.
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on January 2025
Catholic Church in the Philippines Accused of Impunity Over Priest Abuse
An accusation of unpunished sex abuse in Catholic churches in the Philippines was the latest sign that the Church’s global abuse scandal is still ricocheting, this time in Asia, a region that the Vatican is relying on for growth.
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on January 2025
Russia Seizes Another Town in Ukraine in Push to Take All of Donetsk
A Ukrainian soldier speaking to a civilian in March 2023 while patrolling Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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on January 2025
Citizenship by Birthright? By Bloodline? Migration Is Complicating Both.
Noura Ghazoui, 34, in Genoa, Italy, this month. “I feel Italian, I think in Italian, I dream in Italian,” Ms. Ghazoui said. “But I am not recognized in my country.”
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on January 2025
He Survived 15 Months of War in Gaza, Then Died as Cease-Fire Neared
The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on the day of the cease-fire, before it came into effect.
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on January 2025
Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters
For all its scope, the World Health Organization has a relatively modest budget — $6.8 billion for 2024 and 2025, comparable to that of the health department of Rhode Island.
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on January 2025
In Photos: The Aftermath of the Maha Kumbh Mela Stampede
Pilgrims searched for their family members after a stampede broke out at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India.
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on January 2025
Wednesday Briefing
The White House budget office said federal funds shouldn’t be used to “advance Marxist equity” or “transgenderism.”
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on January 2025
Lunar New Year 2025 Photos: See Year of the Snake Celebrations Across Asia
A traditional lion dance performance in Beijing on Wednesday.
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on January 2025
Stampede at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu Festival: Many Feared Dead
The aftermath of a deadly stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on Wednesday morning. The festival is one of the world’s biggest religious gatherings.
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on January 2025
State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now
Every day, more than 220,000 people pick up H.I.V. medications at clinics funded by PEPFAR.
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on January 2025
Israel Urged to Reverse UNRWA Ban
A health center run by the Palestinian refugee aid agency in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday.
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on January 2025
What Israel’s UNRWA Ban Could Mean for Palestinians
How Dozens Fled an Inferno on a South Korean Plane
The Citizen Scientists of Fukushima
Typhoon Yagi Scrambles Vietnam’s Lunar New Year Tradition