U.N. General Assembly to Confront Familiar Crises, New Conflicts and A.I.
The United Nations headquarters in New York. For the first time, the threat posed by artificial intelligence will be atop the agenda of the U.N. General Assembly meeting this week.
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Russia’s Election Was Engineered to Send a Message: Putin Remains in Control
The headquarters of the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, the State Duma, the Monday morning after Russia’s parliamentary election in Moscow.
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Why the Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia Are Back at War
A still image taken from AFPTV video footage of Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces firing at Houthi positions in Yemen this month.
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The Fuel That Feeds Europe’s Far Right: Nostalgia and Lost Pride
Attendees at a rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany party on Saturday in central Schwerin, Germany.
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Ex-Commander of China’s Military Accused of Corruption and Expelled From Party
Zhang Youxia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2025.
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At 92, the Bard of Bollywood Is Still Writing About Love
Gulzar at his home in Mumbai in July. He maintains the wonder that has fueled his work.
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‘Way Too Hot’: Britain’s Hospitals Were Not Built for 96-Degree Summers
Robyn, 2, recovering with her parents after an operation at Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham, England, last month during a heat wave.
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Putin Reignited a Dispute With Japan. This Town Is Stuck in the Middle.
The signs at Nemuro port read in Japanese, Russian and English: “Welcome to Nemuro!” They also notify readers, “Return of the four islands will strengthen friendship between two nations. The Northern Territories are traditionally Japanese territory.”
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One Issue That Could Upend Fragile U.S.-China Ties: Taiwan Arms
President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in May. Mr. Trump has held off on arms sales to Taiwan as he has sought pragmatic ties with China.
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Why a Law to Help Prisoners Became a New Sectarian Flashpoint in Lebanon
Sunni Muslims wave flags during a protest against a clause in an prisoner amnesty law that would exclude some inmates, in Beirut, in May.
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Flight Delays Disrupt UK Airports Once Again
A departure board displays delayed and canceled flights at London City Airport following disruptions caused by an air traffic control issue in Britain, on Monday.
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A Diplomat From Myanmar Refuses to Give Up New York City Post
U Kyaw Moe Tun, in New York last month, was appointed as Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations before his country’s military staged a coup in 2021.
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Thirty More Arrested in Jovenel Moïse Assassination
A poster showing Haiti’s assassinated president, Jovenel Moïse, in Cap Haitien, Haiti, in 2021.
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