Trump Said He’d End the War in Ukraine in a Day. It’s Harder Than He Thought.
An apartment building that a Russian missile struck in Kyiv, Ukraine, in August. Moscow’s attacks have inflicted a growing toll on Ukrainians.
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Iranians Defy Government Crackdown at Memorials for Slain Protesters
Downtown Tehran this month. This week, families across Iran will commemorate the 40th-day memorials of thousands of Iranians killed Jan. 8-10.
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Spain to Investigate Social Media Giants, Escalating Trans-Atlantic Tech Dispute
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain in Madrid last month. He asked prosecutors to investigate X, Meta, and TikTok for the spread of child sex abuse material on the platforms.
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A Rio Carnival Party That Goes On and On
Revelers taking part in the Boi Tolo on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.
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The Drone Games: Flying Cameras Are Everywhere at the Winter Olympics
A drone video camera following speedskaters during the women’s 500-meter race at the Milan Olympics, on Sunday.
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U.S. and Iran Make ‘Good Progress’ in Geneva Talks, Foreign Minister Says
Steve Witkoff, the Middle East envoy, and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, in Davos, Switzerland, last month. They are expected to attend the negotiations with Iran in Geneva on Tuesday.
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Questions Swirl Around Russian Figure Skater in Her Olympic Debut
Adeliia Petrosian has skated outside Russia only once since 2022. She makes her Olympic debut on Tuesday at the Winter Games in Milan.
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Trump’s Ambassador to Belgium Is Summoned After Accusing Officials of Antisemitism
Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, met on Tuesday with Belgian officials over his social media posts.
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Ukraine and Russia Hold New Round of Peace Talks, but Expectations Are Low
A Ukrainian artillery brigade firing in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine in October. The conflict will enter its fifth year later this month.
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Austria Charges Man in Thwarted Attack on Taylor Swift Concert
Police officers watching as Taylor Swift fans gather in Vienna in 2024.
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Syrian Army Crosses New Threshold With Advances in Kurdish Regions
The Syrian Army has moved into vast new regions, seeking to erase the largest fissure left from the civil war.
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Rage. Grief. Anxiety. The New Mood in Iran.
A billboard showing the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, alongside the Islamic Republic’s founding leader, in Tehran, Iran, last month.
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In Hungary, Marco Rubio Stresses Trump’s Support for Viktor Orban
Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Budapest on Monday with Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary. Mr. Orban is facing a potentially tough challenge in national elections in April.
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Presses Hamas on Disarmament, Officials Say
Hamas militants searching for the bodies of remaining hostages north of Gaza City, in December.
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Palmerston, the Former ‘Chief Mouser’ for Britain’s Foreign Office, Dies
Palmerston sitting on a photographer’s ladder at Downing Street in London, in 2019.
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A Deadly Medieval Path in England Claims a Modern Victim: An Amazon Van
An Amazon delivery van was stranded on Sunday after its driver mistakenly steered onto the Broomway, a six-mile path out into the Thames Estuary in England.
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Parents of Some Winter Olympians Face Extreme Fear as Their Children Compete
Christine and Mark Henderson watched their daughter, Grace Henderson, compete in the women’s freestyle skiing big air qualifiers during the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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Lunar New Year in Photos and Video: Revelers Welcome Year of the Horse
Lion dancers performing at a furniture shop during Lunar New Year celebrations at Chinatown in Manila on Tuesday.
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After Trip to Germany, AOC Expresses Frustrations
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used her trip to Germany to argue that the best way to counteract far-right movements was to address people’s economic struggles.
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‘Tina’ and ‘Milo’ Olympic Mascot Toys Are Almost as Tough to Get as a Medal
Tina, the Winter Olympics mascot, has been a hot commodity.
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Iran Holds Exercises in Strait of Hormuz After Trump Threatens Military Action
The island of Qeshm, in the Strait of Hormuz. The strait is a key shipping lane for oil and gas and connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean.
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How Spain Is Carving a Different Path on Immigration
Lining up outside a Venezuelan Consulate in Madrid last month.
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Ticket Scam Cost the Louvre $12 Million, Investigators Say
Investigators said the suspected scam at the Louvre museum in Paris involved tour guides reusing tickets for different people.
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Dana Eden, Co-Creator of ‘Tehran,’ Dies During Filming of Fourth Season
Dana Eden at the premier of Season 2 of “Tehran” in New York in 2022.
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Prices Jump as Venezuelans Abroad Consider Buying Property Back Home
The capture of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has helped spur growing interest in buying real estate in the country.
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In Xi Jinping’s Purge of the Military, a Search for Absolute Loyalty
President Xi Jinping of China at a ceremony with members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army last year. Over the past two years, Mr. Xi has removed five of the six generals in China’s top military body.
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Cortina’s 70-Year-Old Curling Stadium Is a Star at the Winter Olympics
The roof of the at the Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo, which is hosting the 2026 Games with Milan.
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Canada Gives U.S. Arms Makers the Cold Shoulder on Military Spending
Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday.
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Gisèle Pelicot Speaks
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Three American Speeches at Munich, and Plenty of Confusion
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday in Budapest, Hungary, where he traveled after addressing the Munich Security Conference.
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Europe Today Looks Different From the One Trump’s Team Describes
Speaking over the weekend at the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “We are part of one civilization: Western civilization.”
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Trump’s Stinging Attack on Israel’s President Touches a Nerve
President Trump with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport in October.
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Islamist Party’s Rise Overshadows Student Revolution in Bangladesh
A poster of Shafiqur Rahman, the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, on Thursday outside a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Will A.I. Kill Translation Jobs?
Browsing a bookstore in Paris. Book publishing is an example of how artificial intelligence is sweeping the translation field.
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U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
An undated photo of the compound where the deportees are being held in Yaoundé, Cameroon’s capital.
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French Prosecutors to Investigate Diplomat as Part of Epstein Probe
The Santé prison in Paris, where Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent and Epstein associate who died in February 2022, was held.
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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen of Brazil and Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan Win Olympic Gold Medals
Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in men’s figure skating on Friday at the Winter Olympics in Milan.
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Pakistan Accused of Denying Treatment for Imran Khan’s Failing Eyesight
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2023.
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Thousands Rally for Iran Regime Change in Cities Around the World
Protesters held up flags of Iran from before the revolution at a Saturday demonstration organized on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
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Milo Rau’s ‘Hate Radio,’ ‘Pelicot Trial’ and More Theater of the Real
With his stage work, the Swiss director-activist Milo Rau examines episodes of historical violence in an attempt to give audiences some measure of insight.
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Roy Medvedev, Soviet Era Historian and Dissident, Is Dead at 100
Roy Medvedev in Moscow in 1990. In the West, he was known as the most independent historian of the Soviet era.
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Navalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say
Aleksei A. Navalny in his office in Moscow in 2014. He was President Vladimir V. Putin’s most prominent political opponent when he died in a Russian prison in 2024.
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Zelensky rules out holding elections until there is a cease-fire with Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
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After Mass Shooting, the Town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia Is Forever Changed
Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Governor General Mary Simon joined hands during a prayer by an Indigenous elder at the Tumbler Ridge vigil.
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Open Road
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In Munich, Europe Says It Is ‘De-risking’ From the U.S. Amid Trump’s Unpredictability
Japan Wins Pairs Figure Skating, Knocking China From the Top
Auditioning to Beat Trump
How Italy’s Federica Brignone Won Gold in Giant Slalom.
You’d Be Surprised to See Where Many Olympians Keep Their Medals
How $40-a-Pack Cigarettes Pushed Australians to the Black Market
No miracle, but Denmark hockey team gives U.S. a good fight.