How America Turned Allies into Enemies in Afghanistan
Mullah Osman Jawhari at his home in Waygal, in Nuristan Province in Afghanistan.
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on December 2024
Humbled in Syria, Putin Seeks Vindication in Ukraine
Soldiers from Ukraine’s Herkules mobile air defense unit at a shooting range in Kyiv last month. The war is now “all or nothing” for Vladimir V. Putin, one analyst said.
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on December 2024
Milei Tames Inflation in Argentina With Painful Policies, Sparking Applause and Anger
President Javier Milei of Argentina speaking at an America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-a-Lago in Florida last month. President-elect Donald J. Trump has lauded Mr. Milei’s tenure in office.
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on December 2024
Man Found in Syria Says He Is Missing American Travis Timmerman
A man who appeared to identify himself as Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen who was missing for several months, speaking to reporters in Syria on Thursday.
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on December 2024
Why Some U.K. Pubs Are Running Out of Guinness
Enjoying Guinness in London in October.
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on December 2024
Chinese-Flagged Ship Suspected of Cutting Cables Remains Halted Weeks Later
The Chinese-flagged commercial ship Yi Peng 3 remains anchored off the coast of Denmark.
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on December 2024
Russian Troops Advance to Within 3 Miles of Key Ukrainian Transit Hub
An artillery unit of Ukraine’s 68th Jaeger Brigade firing at Russian positions in the Pokrovsk district of Ukraine last month.
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on December 2024
As Europe Looks for a Leader, Italy Thrives While France and Germany Teeter
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy has worked to dispel fears about her party’s post-fascist roots by aligning with her European partners on key issues like support for Ukraine.
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on December 2024
South Korea President Yoon Defends Martial Law Decree in Defiant Speech
Watching President Yoon Suk Yeol’s address at a railway station in Seoul on Thursday.
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on December 2024
Syria After al-Assad’s Overthrow: What’s Happening and What Comes Next
A fighter from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on Tuesday near an entrance to Bashar al-Assad’s abandoned presidential palace in Damascus.
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on December 2024
The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War
Sudanese soldiers drove through a destroyed market in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, in April.
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on December 2024
U.S. Hopes for a Gaza Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal ‘This Month’
The White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, speaking on Thursday in Tel Aviv.
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on December 2024
Stanley Recalls More Than 2 Million Travel Mugs Over Burn Hazard
The recall covers all Stanley Switchback and Trigger Action stainless steel travel mugs sold in the United States from June 2016 through December.
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on December 2024
Two Americans on Holiday Are Killed in Western Mexico
President Claudia Sheinbaum has vowed to curb the violence gripping parts of Mexico.
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on December 2024
U.S. and Allies Race to Shape a New Syria
A Syrian flag was hoisted over Saadallah al-Jabiri Square in Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday.
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on December 2024
Friday Briefing: Israeli Forces to Stay in Syria for Now
Israeli vehicles at the border between Israel and Syria yesterday.
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on December 2024
Syrians Celebrate the Fall of al-Assad, and Rebuild From Tragedy
A crowd celebrating the fall of the Assad government in Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the Syrian border, on Dec. 8.
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on December 2024
Ocean Heat Killed Half the Common Murres Around Alaska
Rescued common murres were placed into a special enclosure to dry after examination at a bird rescue center in Cordelia, Calif., in 2015.
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on December 2024
Rebel Group’s Terrorist Label Could Hinder Efforts to Aid Syria
A Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fighter at a frontline position near the Syrian town of Maaret al-Naasan in 2021.
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on December 2024
Why Do Some Rebel Governments Last When Others Fall?
People celebrating the fall of the regime of former president Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday.
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on December 2024
Trump’s Energy Pick, Chris Wright, Argues Fossil Fuels Are Virtuous
Chris Wright, the founder and chief executive of Liberty Energy, in 2018.
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on December 2024
U.S. Appeals for Unity Behind New Syrian Government After Fall of Assad Regime
U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Jordanian leaders in the coastal city of Aqaba on Thursday.
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on December 2024
Mazen al-Hamada, Syrian Pro-Democracy Activist, Is Mourned at Funeral
While working for the French company Schlumberger in eastern Syria, Mazen al-Hamada became a protester and citizen journalist during the 2011 uprising that led to the civil war.
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on December 2024
What I Learned From a Reclusive Taliban Commander
Mullah Osman Jawhari in the hills above his home. “There was no Taliban here when the war started,” he said.
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on December 2024
Assad’s Fall in Syria Renews Push for Justice on Crimes Committed by His Regime
People celebrated in the center of Damascus, Syria’s capital, on Monday. The Assad family ruled the country brutally for more than 50 years.
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on December 2024
Thursday Briefing
In Damascus, Syria, yesterday.
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on December 2024
How to Pack a ‘Go Bag’ for Extreme Weather
An extreme-weather go bag will eliminate the panic of wondering what to bring with you, and it may end up saving your life.
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on December 2024
Canada’s Plan To Avoid Trump’s Tariffs Takes Shape
Commercial trucks heading toward the U.S. border last month from South Surrey, British Columbia.
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on December 2024
Syria’s New Leaders Balance Huge Struggles Amid Disorder
A former detainee of the notorious Sednaya prison being treated at a hospital after being freed by rebels.
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on December 2024
In Aleppo, Jubilant Syrians Return to a Ravaged City and Toppled Monuments
Young men, some of them rebel fighters, climbing on a giant statue that previously depicted Basil al-Assad, the former president Bashar al-Assad’s late brother, riding a horse on Wednesday in Aleppo, Syria.
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on December 2024
Thursday Briefing: The Struggle to Create Order in Syria
A defaced portrait of President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Tuesday.
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on December 2024
U.S. Strategy on Syria Risks ISIS Resurgence, Kurdish General Warns
Destroyed trucks loaded with weapons for a Kurdish-led force after a Turkish airstrike near Qamishli, northeastern Syria, on Wednesday.
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on December 2024
Biden’s Top Aides Race to Middle East as Militias Wield Power in Syria
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken left for the Middle East on Wednesday, where the main topic of his meetings will be the future governance of Syria.
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on December 2024
Could Cats Become a Vector for Bird Flu?
Scientists worry that if a cat were simultaneously infected with H5N1 and a seasonal flu virus, the H5N1 virus could acquire mutations to spread efficiently among people.
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on December 2024
U.K. Bans Puberty Blockers for Teens Indefinitely
Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said he had received advice from medical experts that there was an unacceptable risk in prescribing puberty blockers without further research into their impact.
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on December 2024
Who Is Mohammed al-Bashir, Syria’s New Prime Minister?
Mohammed al-Bashir during a news conference in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib in November.
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on December 2024
Who Set the Stage for al-Assad’s Ouster? There Are Different Answers in the U.S. and Israel.
A defaced portrait of Bashar al-Assad at the Presidential Palace in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday.
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on December 2024
Scholz Calls for Confidence Vote, in Step Toward German Elections
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany with his cabinet on Wednesday.
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on December 2024
Explosion in Afghanistan Kills Minister in Highest-Profile Blast Since Taliban’s Return
Khalil Haqqani delivering remarks after Friday Prayer in Kabul in 2021. He was a leading figure in the Taliban’s rise to power in 2021.
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on December 2024
How Many People Have Died in Syria’s Civil War?
Relatives look for bodies of loved ones who were taken or disappeared at the Sednaya Prison on Tuesday.
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on December 2024
What Prince William’s Chat With Trump May Reveal About UK Diplomacy
President-elect Donald J. Trump and Prince William met in Paris after a Notre-Dame reopening ceremony on Saturday. Mr. Trump said, “I had a great talk with the prince,” whom he described as “really, very handsome.”
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on December 2024
In Aleppo, Rebels Give a Sense of What Is to Come for Syria
A damaged poster of former President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, last week.
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on December 2024
Biden Administration Looks to Reinforce U.S.-China Ties Ahead of Trump’s Return
Top Treasury officials will travel to China this week to try and convince their Beijing peers to keep lines of communication open after President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office next month.
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on December 2024
How ‘Her Story,’ a Feminist Comedy, Came to Rule China’s Box Office
Shao Yihui, right, the director of “Her Story,” a feminist-themed comedy that has become a box office hit in China, along with members of the cast at a premiere in Beijing.
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on December 2024
Wednesday Briefing
Syrian naval ships destroyed in an Israeli attack on the port city of Latakia.
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on December 2024
Tangled and Troubling Legacy Pushes Romanians Further to the Right
A woman holding a flag of the antisemitic Legionary Movement during a commemoration for its founder last month in a forest near Bucharest, Romania.
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on December 2024
Houthi Attacks Continue to Disrupt Shipping Industry As Israel-Hamas War Rages On
Capt. Tobias Kammann on his freighter, the Hanoi Express, docked in Hamburg, Germany. Ships’ access to the Suez Canal has been cut off for the last year by attackers in Yemen.
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on December 2024
South Korean Police Raid President Yoon’s Office in Martial Law Inquiry
Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, in his office in Seoul in 2022.
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on December 2024
North Korea Breaks Silence on South Korea’s Martial Law Declaration
Protesters outside the National Assembly in Seoul on Saturday, hours before a bid to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol failed.
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on December 2024
Trump Offers Confusing Clues on Syria
Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, two days after President Bashar al-Assad fled the country and rebel forces took control of the capital.
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on December 2024
A Northern Gaza Hospital Lacks Food and Water for Patients, Officials Say
The Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip after Israeli troops raided it in November 2023.
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on December 2024
Syrian Rebels Vow Punishment for Atrocities Under Bashar al-Assad
A defaced portrait of the ousted Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, beside a highway in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday.
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on December 2024
French Court Finds Author Charles Onana Guilty of Denying Rwandan Genocide
Family photographs of some of those who died in the Rwandan genocide on display in the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2014.
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on December 2024
Trump’s Pick as Mideast Adviser, Massad Boulos, Is a Truck Salesman
How U.S. Firms Battled a Government Crackdown to Keep Tech Sales to China
Israel Says Its Troops Will Stay in Seized Territory for Now
Young Koreans, Seeing Democracy at Stake, Take to the Streets
A Father’s Search for His Missing Daughter in South Korea
A Search in Syria for the Disappeared
Uncertainty and Hope on the Road to and from Damascus