Ukrainians Blindsided by Deal’s Breakdown and by Trump’s Actions
President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky during their tense meeting in the Oval Office on Friday. Across Ukraine, people said they wouldn’t stop fighting, even if America walked away.
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on March 2025
Flow of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine Has Nearly Stopped and May End Completely
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine attended a January meeting in Germany with Lloyd J. Austin III, then the U.S. defense secretary.
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on March 2025
Why Japanese Oscar Contender ‘Black Box Diaries’ Isn’t Being Shown in Japan
Shiori Ito made a documentary about sexual assault and her subsequent experience with Japan’s justice system.
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on March 2025
Behind the Collision: Trump Jettisons Ukraine on His Way to a Larger Goal
President Trump during his combative meeting in the Oval Office with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday.
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Zelensky, Seeking a Diplomatic Victory With Trump, Leaves With a Debacle
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Friday.
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Argentina’s Crypto Scandal Swindled Thousands. What Did Javier Milei Know?
Mr. Milei greeted his followers after giving a speech during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Buenos Aires, in December.
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Turkey-PKK Deal May Benefit Erdogan at Home and Abroad
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in Ankara, the country’s capital, on Sunday.
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West Bank Operation Tests Palestinian Leaders’ Ability to Root Out Militants
Security forces from the Palestinian Authority deploying in the Jenin camp neighborhood of the West Bank in January.
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Vietnamese Journalist Gets 2 ½ Years in Prison for Facebook Posts
Truong Huy San in 2021. He was convicted over 13 Facebook posts to his personal account between 2015 and 2024.
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Who Is the P.K.K. Leader Abdullah Ocalan?
A poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the P.K.K., in Qamishli, Syria, in 2022.
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Why These Oscars Mean So Much to Brazil
Musicians and revelers parade through the streets of Rio de Janeiro during pre-Carnival celebrations this week dressed as Fernanda Torres, the Oscar-nominated actress in “I’m Still Here.’’
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Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause
In Équateur Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2021.
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Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future
Officers from Panama’s border police guard the San Vicente migrant camp on Tuesday. More than 100 migrants deported from the United States are being held at the facility.
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on March 2025
France Bans PFAS in Many Products, but Not Cookware
Employees of the French cookware maker Tefal protested PFAS restrictions last April.
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Trump’s Cuts Come With Risks. Including From Volcanoes.
Mount Spurr, shown in October, is being monitored for signs that it is moving closer to erupting.
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on March 2025
After a Revolution, a Move Toward Politics as Usual in Bangladesh
Nahid Islam, left, and Asif Mahmud last year. Both were student leaders of Bangladesh’s uprising last year.
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on March 2025
Trump Berates Zelensky in Fiery Exchange at the White House
The conversation between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine grew heated in the Oval Office on Friday.
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on March 2025
Why ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a Film About Mexico, Flopped in Mexico
“Emilia Pérez” wasn’t theatrically released in Mexico until Jan. 23 — five months after its debut in France and two months after its U.S. release.
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How Oscar-Nominated ‘I’m Still Here’ May Hold Brazil’s Military Accountable
A large tribute to Fernanda Torres, star of “I’m Still Here” hangs on the front of the Raul Cortez Municipal Theater in Duque de Caxias.
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How Canadians Are Directing Their Ire at the U.S. Over Trump’s Tariffs
A liquor store in Vancouver encouraging domestic purchases. Many Canadians are shunning U.S. products.
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on March 2025
Strike Brings Greece to a Halt: No Trains, No Planes and Huge Protests
Demonstrators filled a square in Athens on Friday as part of a nationwide strike on the second anniversary of the worst train disaster in Greek history.
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on March 2025
South Korean Police Investigate Japanese Woman for Kissing BTS Star Jin
Jin, left, of BTS after a fellow band member was discharged from the army in Wonju, South Korea, in October.
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on March 2025
Friday Briefing
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain meeting President Trump in the Oval Office.
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on March 2025
Biodiversity Talks in Rome End
The talks in Rome this week were a continuation of a global biodiversity summit held last year in Cali, Colombia.
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Women listen to a public health educator during an mpox awareness campaign at the Muja camp for the internally displaced near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year.
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on March 2025
Francis’ Illness Raises a Hard Question: Who Governs if the Pope Can’t?
Praying for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on Wednesday.
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on March 2025
With Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached
Invading Russian forces have left large swaths of Ukraine, including Pokrovsk, in ruins. President Trump is close to signing a deal to share in the profits from Ukraine’s natural resources, a draft of which contains only vague references to protecting Ukraine.
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on March 2025
Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at 88
Boris Spassky in 1973, a year after he lost to Bobby Fischer in a match that drew worldwide attention.
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on March 2025
Friday Briefing: Trump Met With Britain’s Leader
President Donald Trump with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, yesterday.
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on March 2025
A U.K. Teen’s Parents Sent Him to Ghana. He Took Them to Court.
The boy’s parents enrolled him in a boarding school in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
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Mexico Transfers Rafael Caro Quintero and Other Cartel Operatives to U.S. Custody
Getting hold of Rafael Caro Quintero, a founding member of the Sinaloa drug cartel who was convicted in Mexico of masterminding the 1985 murder of an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, has been a priority for the agency.
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Putin Praises Trump for Working to Thaw U.S.-Russia Tensions
A picture made available by the Kremlin of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia speaking at the annual meeting of Russia’s intelligence agency, in Moscow on Thursday.
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Israel’s Military Lays Out Its Oct. 7 Hamas Attack Failures
Israeli soldiers on patrol in Sderot, Israel, the day after the Hamas attack in 2023.
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on March 2025
What to Know About Abdullah Ocalan and the Turkey-P.K.K. Conflict
Protesters in Syria calling for Turkey to release Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned Kurdistan Worker’s Party leader.
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on March 2025
Ocalan Says PKK Fighters Should Disarm
A supporter holding a flag with a picture of Mr. Ocalan at a spring celebration in Istanbul in 2018.
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Mother on Hunger Strike to Free Alaa Abd El Fattah From Egyptian Jail at ‘Risk to Life’
Laila Soueif, the mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, outside Downing Street in London on Feb. 5. She is pressing the British government to intervene with Cairo on his behalf.
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Pro-Russia Politicians in Ukraine, Inspired by Trump and Putin, See an Opening
Oleksandr Dubinsky, a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament, has produced videos promoting what he calls a pro-Trump and pro-peace agenda from prison, where is he serving time for treason.
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on March 2025
Anxiety in Gaza and Israel as Cease-Fire Nears End of First Phase
The Jabaliya area of northern Gaza was devastated during the war.
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on March 2025
Romania Opens Criminal Case Against Calin Georgescu
Calin Georgescu waves to supporters as he leaves the prosecutor’s office in Bucharest, Romania, on Wednesday.
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on March 2025
Al-Assad Becomes a Punchline in Syria’s Comedy Scene
Sharief al-Homsi, at a show in an art gallery in Damascus in December, shivered to suggest withdrawal from the Assad government.
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Trump Officials Split Over How Hard to Go on Mexican Cartels
A Mexican National Guard camp at the U.S. border. President Claudia Sheinbaum began moving troops there last month as part of a deployment to combat illegal migration and drug trafficking.
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Austrian Parties Reach Deal to Form Government Without Far Right
From left, Andreas Babler of the Austrian Social Democrats, Christian Stocker of the People’s Party, and Beate Meinl-Reisinger of the NEOS party, in Vienna on Thursday.
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on March 2025
Doug Ford Re-elected as Ontario Premier in Vote Pitched as Fight Against Trump
During his campaign, Doug Ford argued he was the best candidate to take on President Trump in any trade war.
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on March 2025
North Korea Is Sending More Troops to Russia, South Korea’s Spy Agency Says
A photo released by North Korean state media showing the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, at the Ministry of National Defense in Pyongyang this month.
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Andrew Tate and His Brother, Facing Human Trafficking Case, Arrive in Florida From Romania
The Tate Brothers walk out of the Fort Lauderdale airport after landing from Bucharest this morning.
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on March 2025
Thailand Deports Dozens of Uyghurs to China Despite Pleas
Trucks leaving an immigration detention center in Bangkok on Thursday.
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on March 2025
Thursday Briefing
President Trump in a cabinet meeting this week.
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on March 2025
Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them
President Trump during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Some officials and analysts see the Trump administration as merely indifferent to Europe; others see open hostility.
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on March 2025
Why Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing
A newly constructed building within a Myanmar scam center compound as seen from the Thai side of the border, in February. A multinational effort helped free thousands forced to work in these fraud centers, yet they continue to proliferate unabated.
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on March 2025
Electric Shocks and Tied Crucifixion-Style: The Life of a Scam-Mill Worker
KK Park, a scam center compound in Myanmar known for torture, as seen from across the border in Tak, Thailand.
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on March 2025
Possible Remains of Indigenous Women Slain in Canada Found in Landfill
The Prairie Green Landfill in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where a search was conducted for the remains of two murdered women. Red ribbons were tied at the site to honor the victims.
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‘Day of Reckoning’: Trial Over Greenpeace’s Role in Pipeline Protest Begins
Work on the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. The owner argued in court that Greenpeace had led protests against the project that hurt the company’s business.
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on March 2025
Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program
Pregnant women awaited appointments at a hospital outside Banjul, Gambia. The Demographic and Health Surveys, collected every five years, record all critical aspects of household health.
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on March 2025
As Phase One of the Israel-Gaza Truce Winds Down, What’s Next?
As Ramadan Nears, Syrians Feel the Pinch of a Cash Shortage
With a Letter From King Charles, Starmer Was Welcomed Into Trump’s Court
Excerpts From the Fiery Exchange Between Trump and Zelensky at the White House
Pope Francis Suffers a Health Setback, Inhaling Vomit
China’s Military Puts Pacific on Notice as U.S. Priorities Shift
Starmer Offers Trump a Plea and a Promise Over Ukraine