How Father Bob Became Pope Leo
An undated photograph of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV.
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on May 2025
At Mexico’s 2 Legal Gun Shops, a Conflicted View of Firearms Is on Display
“Acquiring a gun legally is very satisfying because I know I’m doing things right,” said Eduardo Ignacio García Zavala, 32, who waited three months for his paperwork to be approved and then drove overnight from Zapopan in western Mexico to Mexico City to add a new precision rifle to his collection.
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on May 2025
Inside Trump’s Trip to the Middle East: Adulation and Not a Whiff of Protests
President Trump visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
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on May 2025
Three Iranians Accused of Targeting People in the U.K.
The Metropolitan Police arrested three men accused of helping Iran’s intelligence service by targeting individuals in Britain.
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on May 2025
Russian Troops Are War-Weary, but Want to Conquer More of Ukraine
Russian soldiers who served in the military campaign in Ukraine taking part this month in a parade in Moscow celebrating Victory Day, the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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on May 2025
Trump Wants an Iran Deal, but It May Be Weaker Than His Supporters Demand
An anti-American mural on the side of a building in Tehran last month. Arab leaders been urging President Trump to find a negotiated settlement with Iran over its nuclear program.
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on May 2025
Iranians Watched Trump’s Mideast Tour With Envy: ‘A Slap in the Face’
In addition to the acute energy and economic crisis plaguing Iran, the government has warned of water outages.
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on May 2025
Russian Drone Strikes Civilian Shuttle Bus in Ukraine
The Ukrainian delegation on Friday after meeting with the Russian delegates in Istanbul.
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on May 2025
Under Fire From Trump’s Tariffs, Ammo Makers in a Balkan Valley Hunker Down
Workers producing ammunition parts last month for Ginex and Pobjeda Technology, in Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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on May 2025
Gunfire in Gaza as Israel Says Its Troops Are Mobilizing
Israeli tanks near the Israel-Gaza border on Saturday.
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on May 2025
Trump’s Visit Makes a Splash in Saudi Arabia
President Trump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on Tuesday.
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on May 2025
At Least 8 Dead After Shooting in South Africa
A settlement near the eastern city of Durban, South Africa. Eight people were shot dead in the area on Friday night, according to the police.
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on May 2025
How the Indian Media Amplified Falsehoods in the Drumbeat of War
A recent live telecast in Mumbai of Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing military operations against Pakistan.
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on May 2025
India Is Accused of Inhumane Deportation of Rohingya Refugees
Rohingya refugees at a camp on the outskirts of Chennai, India, last year.
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on May 2025
Spring Fling
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on May 2025
America’s New Ambassador to Canada Tamps Down Annexation Talk
Pete Hoekstra, the new American ambassador to Canada, took a friendly tone toward Canada during his first public event on Friday.
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on May 2025
MrBeast’s Tour of Maya Ruins Draws Criticism and Legal Threats in Mexico
The structures of Chichén Itzá, an ancient Maya city in southern Mexico, parts of which are more than 1,000 years old.
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on May 2025
Succès Masra, Opposition Leader in Chad, Is Arrested and Accused of Inciting Violence
Succès Masra, who was arrested on Friday, campaigning for president in N’Djamena, Chad, last year.
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on May 2025
Melania Trump Statue Vanishes in Slovenia
The disappearance of a statue of Melania Trump near her hometown, Sevnica, Slovenia, has prompted a police investigation.
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on May 2025
Gulf States Pay Off $15.5 Million Syrian Debt to World Bank
People wandered amid food carts on Wednesday evening in Aleppo, Syria. There are signs of growing confidence by international investors in Syria.
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on May 2025
Prosecutor Accused of Sexual Misconduct Takes Leave From I.C.C.
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has consistently denied that he sexually harassed or assaulted a colleague.
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on May 2025
Trump Says ‘People Are Starving’ in Gaza and the U.S. Wants to Help
President Trump with the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed, at the Abu Dhabi International Airport on Friday.
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on May 2025
For Some International Students, U.S. Dreams Dim Under Trump
Hassan Kamal Wattoo, a law student from Pakistan, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, this month.
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on May 2025
Front-runner to Be Romania’s Next President Is a Trump-Aligned Nationalist
Mr. Simion has adopted the slogan of “Make Romania Great Again.” As part of his platform, he has called for the former Soviet republic of Moldova to merge with his country.
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on May 2025
Fighting India Helps Revive the Pakistani Military’s Popularity
Students and teachers hold Pakistan’s national flags as they shout anti-India slogans during a rally to express their solidarity with the country’s armed forces in Karachi on Thursday.
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on May 2025
Peace Talks Between Russia and Ukraine Stop After Short Meeting
Preparing to fire shells on Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, in March.
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on May 2025
Peace in South Sudan, a Nation U.S. Helped Build, Is Unraveling
South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, wearing yellow tie, next to its president, Salva Kiir, in 2023.
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on May 2025
Friday Briefing
President Trump visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
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on May 2025
Thursday Briefing: Troubled Ukraine Peace Talks
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Ankara, Turkey, yesterday.
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on May 2025
Ukrainian Man, Roman Lavrynovych, Appears in Court Over Fires at Keir Starmer’s Properties
Police officers in London this week outside a home owned by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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on May 2025
Canada’s Wildfire Season Off to a Deadly Start
A photo released by the government of Manitoba shows a wildfire burning near the town of Lac-du-Bonnet.
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on May 2025
Studies of Breast Cancer and Other Diseases Threatened by New Policy
A new N.I.H. policy bars U.S.-based scientists paying foreign collaborators with federal grant money.
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on May 2025
Marco Rubio Meets Syria’s Foreign Minister, in Another Sign of Warming Ties
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, greeting Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, Syria’s foreign minister, in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday. Senator Lindsey Graham is at right.
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on May 2025
Israeli Woman on Her Way to Give Birth Is Killed in West Bank Attack
Relatives of Tzeela Gez at her funeral in Jerusalem on Thursday.
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on May 2025
Vengeful at Home, Trump Takes His Forgiving Side on Middle East Tour
President Trump visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. “I have never believed in having permanent enemies,” Mr. Trump said in a speech on Tuesday. “I am different than a lot of people think.”
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on May 2025
Syrian Business Owners Energized by U.S. Promise to Lift Sanctions
A market in the Old City of Damascus in February. The civil war devastated Syria’s economy and many business owners fled the country.
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on May 2025
Top Priority for Pope Leo: Warn the World of the A.I. Threat
In his first speech to journalists, Pope Leo XIV cited the “immense potential” of artificial intelligence while warning that it requires responsibility “to ensure that it can be used for the good of all.”
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on May 2025
Thursday Briefing
President Trump in Doha, Qatar’s capital, yesterday.
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on May 2025
Poland’s Election for President Is a Test of Unwinding Populism
Rafal Trzaskowski, the liberal mayor of Warsaw, in Biala Podlaska, Poland, in April. His presidential campaign team distributes Polish flags to ensure his rallies project a patriotic image.
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on May 2025
Funeral Homes Are Forced to Innovate as Consumer Preferences Shift
Defying convention, Hamilton’s Funeral Home in Des Moines, Iowa, has adapted its practices in the face of rising costs. In one instance, it put the cremated remains of a hunter into shotgun shells and planned a hunt in his honor.
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on May 2025
U.S.-Backed Group Created to Distribute Aid in Gaza Says It’s Ready to Go
A charity kitchen in the Gaza Strip last month. The only food currently available to many Gazans comes from such kitchens.
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on May 2025
Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery
Jared Kushner speaking in February. Mr. Kushner’s company said in a statement Wednesday night that it had not known of the issue before news media reports.
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on May 2025
The Road to Trump’s Embrace of White South Africans
White South Africans at a February rally outside the United States Embassy in Pretoria, above.
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on May 2025
Will Putin Attend Ukraine Peace Talks in Turkey? Kremlin’s List Indicates Not.
President Vladimir V. Putin’s name is not on the Kremlin’s list of Russian officials headed to Turkey for peace talks.
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on May 2025
Valeria Márquez, TikTok Influencer, Shot Dead During Live Stream in Mexico
Valeria Márquez was shot and killed on Tuesday while livestreaming on TikTok.
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on May 2025
Bayesian Superyacht Carrying Mike Lynch Sank After ‘Extreme’ Wind Gust, Report Says
The Bayesian sailing off Palermo, Sicily, in an undated photograph released by the yacht’s maker, Perini Navi.
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on May 2025
Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’
President Trump declared that the United States would no longer be “giving you lectures on how to live” on Tuesday during an investment conference in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
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on May 2025
Trump Meets Ahmed al-Shara After Vowing to Lift Sanctions on Syria
A photo released by the Saudi government on Wednesday showing President Trump meeting with President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria in Riyadh.
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on May 2025
Thursday Briefing: Trump Meets Syria’s New Leader
President Trump in Doha, Qatar’s capital, yesterday.
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on May 2025
French Prime Minister Defiant in School Sexual Violence Inquiry
Prime Minister François Bayrou faced questions from a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday.
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on May 2025
Gaza Hospital Strike Draws New Attention to Israel’s Medical Facility Attacks
Palestinians inspecting the site of an Israeli airstrike near the European Hospital in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
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on May 2025
US Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees
Inmates at the megaprison known as CECOT in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March.
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on May 2025
Hiker or Russian Spy? Latvia Advises Its People How to Be on the Lookout.
Chris Brown Ordered to Remain in Custody After Arrest in England
The Prize-Winning Novel Challenging ‘Ableist Machismo’ in Japan
Israeli Strikes Kill Dozens in Gaza, Health Ministry Says
Officials From Russia and Ukraine Are in Turkey, But Will Peace Talks Take Place?