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Live Updates: Former Prince Andrew Is Released After Being Arrested Amid Epstein Revelations

South Korean Ex-Leader Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

Trump Considers Building a Military Base in Gaza as Peace Plans Clash With Reality

In Gaza City last week.

Russia Celebrated Him. Now He’s Accused of Having Troops Shoot Themselves.

A recruitment poster in Moscow last year. The military has struggled to root out endemic corruption.

University of British Columbia Professors Sue School Over Political Correctness

A post carved by the Musqueam artist Brent Sparrow Jr. on the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver.

Policy Flip-Flops Hurt the British Leader. Then Came a New Political Threat.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaking at a community center in Welwyn Garden City, Britain, last week.

Where Things Stand on Witkoff and Kushner’s Negotiations Over Iran, Ukraine and Gaza

Jared Kushner, right, President Trump’s son-in-law; and Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, during the World Economic Forum last month.

Europe Worries About Another Trump Blowup, This One on Tech

President Trump and Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Union’s executive arm, in Scotland last year.

Assault on Sudanese City Bore ‘Hallmarks of Genocide,’ U.N. Finds

Sudanese refugees from different parts of north Darfur, including El Fasher, crossing into Chad in November.

British Couple Held in Iran Is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison, Family Says

Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who have been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran, in a photograph released by their family.

Alysa Liu Is Skating Again, Her Way This Time

Power Shift in Syria Upends an Archipelago for ISIS Prisoners

Botswana’s ‘Corn Lady’ Finds Fame With Food Stands

South Sudan Appoints Dead Man to Election Panel, as Political Crisis Grows

Critics accuse the government of President Salva Kiir, seen at center on a billboard in Juba, South Sudan, in 2024, of gross incompetence.

King Charles Attends a Fashion Event

King Charles III attends a Tolu Coker fashion show during London Fashion Week 2026 on Thursday.

A Lonely Baby Monkey Wins Hearts, and Even a Few Friends

Punch with his plush companion at Ichikawa City Zoo.

The investigation continues though former Prince Andrew is released from police custody.

Members of the media at an entrance to Wood Farm on the British royal family’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England, on Thursday.

What to Know About Former Prince Andrew’s Arrest and His Ties to Epstein

Police officers at an entrance to the royal residence on the grounds of Sandringham on Thursday.

Here are the other British police departments looking into Epstein allegations.

Police officers patrolling on Thursday near the gates of Royal Lodge, the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in Windsor Great Park, England.

House Democrats view Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest as a step toward justice for the Epstein victims.

Representative Robert Garcia of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, at the microphones, after a deposition in the Jeffery Epstein case in New Albany, Ohio, on Wednesday. The fellow Democrats behind him, from left, are Representatives David Min of California, Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, Stephen F. Lynch of Massachusetts, and Jasmine Crockett of Texas.

In U.K. Police Detention Facilities, One-Person Cells and Simple Beds

The Thames Valley Police Headquarters in Kidlington, England. The force is the one that arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Thursday.

A British police force that serves as royal protectors arrested a former prince.

Windsor Castle on Thursday. Day to day, officers from the Thames Valley Police provide armed teams and mounted officers to guard the castle.

No Playbook for the Arrest of the UK King’s Brother

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke of Edinburgh with their three sons, Edward, left, Charles and Andrew at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, in 1979.

A Rare Glimpse of a Sleeper Shark in Antarctic Waters

The former prince gave a disastrous BBC interview in 2019.

Who Is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the Former Prince Arrested in the Epstein Inquiry?

Prince Andrew at Windsor Castle in 2024.

Former Prince Andrew Is Accused of Misconduct in Public Office: What to Know

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, shown in 2022, was arrested on Thursday.

The police are investigating former Prince Andrew amid reports that he may have shared confidential information with Epstein.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in 2009. He served as a trade envoy for the British government from 2001 to 2011.

The response from the authorities to the Epstein files has been far more aggressive in Britain.

The entrance on Thursday to Wood Farm at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been living.

The former Prince Andrew was stripped of his royal titles late last year.

The former Prince Andrew attends the funeral of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 2022.

The former prince has been living on King Charles III’s private Sandringham Estate.

Marsh Farm, on the Sandringham Estate in Sandringham, Norfolk, this month. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor moved to the estate after leaving the Royal Lodge in Windsor.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Links to Jeffrey Epstein: A Timeline

A photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with Virginia Giuffre in 2001, in Ms. Giuffre’s book. She said in a civil case that she was forced to have sex with him when he was a prince.

King Charles Issues Statement After Arrest of His Brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

King Charles III’s statement after his brother was arrested reflected the royal family’s shifting tone in recent months, as a public reckoning over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein became more likely.

Dueling Protests at South Korean Ex-Leader’s Sentencing Highlight Political Rift

Supporters of former President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea reacting to his trial in Seoul on Thursday.

Several members of the British elite have been named in the Epstein files.

Sarah Ferguson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife, carried on a long and personal correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein long after the disgraced financier was convicted of soliciting prostitution in 2008.

Former Prince Andrew’s Ties to Epstein Keep Spotlight on UK Prime Minister Starmer

Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced calls from members of his own party to step down after new revelations about Jeffrey Epstein roiled the top ranks of Britain’s political establishment.

Here’s what the police said about the arrest.

Five former officials are convicted on charges related to Yoon’s martial law decree.

People in Seoul watching a news report on Thursday about former President Yoon Suk Yeol and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.

Here’s the latest.

On an Ambitious Antarctic Quest, One Nation Is on the Sidelines

Thirty years ago, the trial of another ousted leader gripped South Korea.

Chun Doo-hwan, a former president of South Korea, at the Seoul District Criminal Court in 1996.

Yoon’s martial law declaration failed, but his supporters stayed loyal.

A rally for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul last year.

Yoon’s jail cell is a world away from his presidential mansion.

A television screen at a train station in Seoul showing former President Yoon Suk Yeol in December.

Here’s the latest.

These Olympians Excel on Two Types of Tracks

Salomé Kora, left, will compete for a Swiss two-woman bobsled team this week in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

What To Know About the Trial of Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s Ousted Leader

Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul in 2022.

Israel’s Actions Questioned at Security Council Meeting

Michael Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, at the Security Council last month. Mr. Waltz said President Trump’s Board of Peace planned to pledge $5 billion to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Gaza.

As Trump Weighs Possible Iran Strikes, U.S. Military Moves Into Place

The U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, seen here in the North Sea last year, is making its way toward the Middle East.

After Activist’s Killing, Tensions Erupt Between France’s Far-Right and Far-Left

An area near the site of the brawl in Lyon, France, that led to the beating death of Quentin Deranque, on Saturday.

Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Covering Secretive U.S. Deportations

The compound where deportees from the United States were being held in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

The Country Betting on Immigrants

A Venezuelan food stall in Madrid.

An Antarctic Expedition Ends in New Zealand

The New Zealand coast seen from the icebreaker Araon as it neared the end of its journey on Thursday.

Russia’s Exile From World Sports Will End Next Month at Paralympics

Russian athletes carrying their national flag at the closing ceremony for the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.

The Behind the Scenes Search for Compromise on Territory in Ukraine Talks

Soldiers monitor the sky for Russian drones in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in December.

Mikaela Shiffrin exorcises ghost of Olympic past.

At These Gaza Schools, ‘Peace Building’ Is Part of the Curriculum

Students lining up to enter a classroom at an Academy of Hope school in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, this month.

Ski Mountaineering Makes Its Olympic Debut at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games

In ski mountaineering, competitors climb uphill on skis and then on foot before racing downhill.

Alberto Tomba Was an ’80s and ’90s Icon. The Olympics Have Brought Him Back.

Alberto Tomba in the wine cellar at his home near Bologna, Italy, last month. An Olympic medal winner in the 1980s and ’90s, he is back in the limelight for the Milan-Cortina games.

Talks on Russia-Ukraine War Enter 2nd Day in Geneva

Russia’s lead negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, in Geneva on Tuesday.

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