For Many Moldovans, Their Election Is a Choice Between Russia and the E.U.
Supporters of the pro-Russian coalition in the Moldova parliamentary elections at a rally in Chisinau, the capital, on Thursday.
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on September 2025
Iranians Brace for Economic Impact of New U.N. Sanctions
A view of Tehran, Iran’s capital. Like many Iranian cities, it is struggling with shortages of electricity and water.
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on September 2025
Russia Steps Up Provocations in Europe, Alarming Leaders There
Territorial defense officers picking up debris from the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace in the village of Wyryki near Lublin, Poland, in September.
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For Want of a Ferryman, a Two-Century U.S.-Canada Link Is Severed
The ferry from Wolfe Island, Ontario, to Cape Vincent, N.Y., stayed in its winter berth all summer, and weeds grew up around it.
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on September 2025
China’s Small Steps Look Bigger Next to Trump’s Retreat
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, remotely addressing a climate summit at U.N. headquarters on Wednesday.
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on September 2025
Stampede at Actor’s Political Rally Kills at Least 38 in India
The actor and politician Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, known as Vijay, speaking during a political rally in southern India on Saturday.
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on September 2025
Netanyahu’s Defiant U.N. Speech Aimed at Home as Well as the World
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
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Doctors Without Borders Closes in Gaza City as Israel Intensifies Offensive
Palestinians gathered to bury loved ones outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday. They were unable to move them to a cemetery because of the Israeli ground invasion.
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Is Expected to Make Rare Visit to Egypt
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, at the White House in July, during a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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Russia and China Fail to Delay U.N. ‘Snapback’ Sanctions Against Iran Over Nuclear Program
Russia and China voted to delay the re-imposition of the United Nations sanctions on Iran in New York on Friday.
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on September 2025
India Detains Popular Leader of Protest Movement
Supporters of Sonam Wangchuk held a candlelight vigil in New Delhi on Friday to protest his arrest.
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on September 2025
World Leaders of a Worried Center-Left Gather to Discuss Ways to Fight Back
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaking at the Global Progress Action Summit in London on Friday. He described the populist right as offering “a politics of predatory grievance” and said his party faced “a battle for the soul of this country.”
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Outages to Government Services Continue After Fire at South Korean Data Center
Kim Min-seok, South Korea’s prime minister, apologized to citizens for the inconvenience caused by the disruptions and said that he had ordered the systems directly affecting people’s daily lives to be restored as quickly as possible.
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U.S. Says It Will Revoke Colombian President’s Visa
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, center, and musician Roger Waters, right, addressing pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside U.N. headquarters in New York City, on Friday.
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on September 2025
Fear and Hope in Venezuela as U.S. Warships Lurk
Members of the Bolivarian militia, a reserve force, riding on an armored military vehicle in Caracas this month during a march in support of President Nicolás Maduro.
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on September 2025
What Salt Typhoon Shows About the Cyber Power of China’s Spy Agency
Surveillance cameras at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, last year.
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on September 2025
Jerome Cohen, Lawyer Who Plumbed Chinese Legal System, Dies at 95
Jerome A. Cohen in 2012 in his office at the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at New York University, which he founded. Mr. Cohen, a colleague said, “created the field of the study of Chinese law in the United States.”
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on September 2025
Banner Year
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Government Sets the Stage for a Labor Showdown at Canada Post
Postal workers resumed their walkout after the government ordered major changes at Canada Post that threaten thousands of jobs.
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on September 2025
Trump Believes ‘We Have a Deal’ on Gaza. But a Host of Obstacles Remain.
President Trump with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the White House in July. Mr. Netanyahu has grown more defiant as multiple Western countries this week recognized a Palestinian state.
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on September 2025
Brutal Murder of 3 Women, Broadcast On Instagram, Shocks Argentina
The livestreaming of the torture and killing of three women on the outskirts of Buenos Aires has shocked Argentina.
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on September 2025
Defiant Netanyahu Denounces Palestine Recognition, to a Mostly Empty U.N. Hall
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel delivering an address to a mostly empty hall at the United Nations on Friday.
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on September 2025
U.K. Politician Admits Making Pro-Russia Statements in Return for Bribes
Nathan Gill leaves the Old Bailey court in London on Friday after he pleaded guilty to charges of bribery.
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on September 2025
Argentina’s President Vowed to Fix Its Economy. Then Came a Crisis.
There are signs that ordinary Argentines are also becoming increasingly frustrated with President Javier Milei’s economic approach.
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on September 2025
North Korea Sends Delegation From Pyongyang to General Assembly After Long Absence
Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong, shown in 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea, will attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
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on September 2025
At U.N., China Casts Itself as Defender of International Order
Premier Li Qiang, China’s second-highest-ranking official, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
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on September 2025
Polish Skier Climbs Everest and Skis Down Without Extra Oxygen
Andrzej Bargiel climbed Mount Everest and skied down to base camp without supplemental oxygen.
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on September 2025
Netanyahu Wears QR Code Referencing Oct. 7 During U.N. Speech
During his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel wore a QR code linking to gruesome footage of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel.
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on September 2025
Digital IDs Are Being Introduced in the UK. Here’s How They’re Expected to Work.
Outside the Bank of England in London this month. The new system would be more secure than current forms of ID, such as a passport, the government said, making it harder to hire undocumented workers.
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on September 2025
Thousands Protest Netanyahu’s U.N. Speech in NYC
Protesters in Times Square demonstrating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and America’s continued support of Israel.
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Russian Assets, Frozen in Europe, Could Help Ukraine in New Plan
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany at a news conference on Thursday. He has proposed the use of frozen Russian assets to underpin an interest-free loan to Ukraine.
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on September 2025
Netanyahu Took a Circuitous Route to the U.N. Meeting
Wing of Zion, the Israeli government aircraft used by Mr. Netanyahu to fly to New York, flew through the Strait of Gibraltar rather than over French or Spanish airspace.
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on September 2025
Israel’s isolation deepens with a wave of recognitions of Palestinian statehood.
The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution last year that Israel should vacate occupied Palestinian territory, but Israel has repeatedly dismissed such diplomatic moves.
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on September 2025
Abbas’s Message to the United Nations
Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, on Sunday.
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on September 2025
As Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee Targets Foreign Workers, China Woos Them
A display in the main academic building showing the portraits of world-class scientists — all of whom were recruited to the campus from overseas, at the Westlake University in Hangzhou, China, in April. China is trying to attract the best scientific minds, to displace the United States at the global forefront of scientific and technological advancements.
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on September 2025
Canada Orders Postal Service to End Door-to-Door Mail Delivery
Canada Post vehicles outside a facility last year in Mississauga, Ontario.
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on September 2025
Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the White House earlier this week.
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on September 2025
Abbas’s Message on Gaza to the United Nations
Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, on Sunday.
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on September 2025
Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent presented Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, with an award on Wednesday, the same day he said that the United States was prepared to extend Argentina a $20 billion lifeline.
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on September 2025
Gambians Say, ‘Thank You’ After U.S. Denied Local Officials Visas to Attend U.N. Gathering
President Adama Barrow of Gambia speaking at the United Nations General Assembly last year.
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on September 2025
Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry
Microsoft’s review found evidence that Israel was using its cloud storage services to hold surveillance data on Palestinians, according to a company blog post.
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on September 2025
Israel Attacks Yemeni Capital, a Day After Houthi Drone Strike
Smoke rising above Sana, Yemen, on Thursday.
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on September 2025
Abbas Says Hamas Will Not Govern Palestine After War With Israel
Denied a visa to enter the United States, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority delivered virtual remarks on Thursday.
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on September 2025
Trump Says He Won’t Allow Israel to Annex the West Bank
An area of the West Bank known as E1 where the Israeli government plans to build settlement units.
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on September 2025
After Centuries of Stigma, South Korea Moves to Legalize Tattoo Artists
A tattoo artist working in a studio in Goyang, South Korea, this month.
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on September 2025
Denmark Briefly Closes More Airports After Unexplained Drone Sightings
From left, Denmark’s minister of defense, minister of justice, chief of police and chief of defense, who provided updates on Thursday about the drone activity at airports.
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on September 2025
Syria’s President Makes His Debut on the World Stage
At the U.N. General Assembly yesterday.
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on September 2025
Kashmir’s Apple Harvest Rots After Landslide Blocks Road
Rotten apples dumped on the ground in Qazigund along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which was closed following flooding and a landslide last month.
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on September 2025
How Trump’s Latest Tariffs May Affect Your Medicines
Sarkozy Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Seek Libyan Money and Sentenced to Prison