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U.S. Sanctions on Iran Cut Off Students from Tests Needed for Study Abroad

Par : Erika Solomon and Sanam Mahoozi
The latest measures have forced the cancellation of English proficiency and graduate exams, isolating many Iranians most eager to foster ties with the world.

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University students crossing a bridge in Tehran after explosions began in February.
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Juan Tamariz, Master Magician of Misdirection and Joy, Dies at 83

Par : Michael S. Rosenwald
A magician’s magician, he was a philosopher of the craft. He didn’t just want to fool people; he wanted to share in their awe of the inexplicable.

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Juan Tamariz in 2024. His ingenious card tricks baffled audiences and stumped other sleight-of-hand practitioners, earning him a reputation as the pre-eminent master of close-up magic.
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Can Ancient Ruins Be Protected From Wildfires? Greece Is Trying.

Par : Motoko Rich and Niki Kitsantonis
As blazes surge across Europe, the country is making a trade-off to protect its heritage by fireproofing sites at the risk of spoiling the surrounding landscape.

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A newly constructed emergency access road at the archaeological site of Mystras, southern Greece, in July.
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A Factory in Rural Ireland Is at the Center of a Dispute Over Russia

Par : Megan Specia and Jeanna Smialek
Alumina processed at a refinery in County Limerick may be feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine, an investigation suggested. There is little agreement on what to do about it.

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China or the U.S.? Two Meetings Offer Competing Showcases of Global Power.

Par : David Pierson
As Xi Jinping gathered with the leaders of Russia and Iran, Europe challenged the Trump administration at the G20, offering a split-screen view of a changing world.

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The Ritual of Coffin Making in a City Hit by Ebola

Par : Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Arlette Bashizi
While several coffin makers in Bunia said they were providing a public service, the virus has put them at the center of a debate around safe burials.

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How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump

Par : Edward Wong · Rebecca F. Elliott and Anatoly Kurmanaev
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital, founded by the Biden administration to give loans to bolster the U.S. defense industry, is helping lead President Trump’s oil deal.

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President Trump said his defense secretary and secretary of state reached an agreement with the Venezuelan government on securing billions of barrels of oil reserves “through a partnership with private business.”
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Expedia Fights Off Claim for Damages by Cuban Exile Families

Par : David C. Adams
A jury in Florida found that in their suit against the travel booking company, the plaintiffs had failed to prove ownership over tourism properties in Cuba.

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Cienfuegos, Cuba, in 2019. The court found that lawyers for the plaintiffs had failed to prove ownership for Cuban properties, including one in that city.
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Mansour Abbas Recruits Yoav Segalovitz to Join Raam Party in Israeli Election

Par : David M. Halbfinger
Mansour Abbas has recruited a Jewish lawmaker best known for reducing the crime rate in Arab cities. Could that be enough to get Mr. Abbas a seat in the next government?

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Mansour Abbas, right, and Yoav Segalovitz arriving for a news conference in Nazareth on Monday.
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Édouard Balladur, Embattled French Prime Minister, Dies at 97

Par : Alan Cowell
His time in office coincided with France’s fraught role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the corruption scandal known as the Karachi affair.

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Édouard Balladur in 1995, when he ran a failed campaign for the French presidency; he had served as prime minister between 1993 and 1995.
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Israel and Greece Reach $3.5 Billion Defense Deal

Par : Aaron Boxerman and Niki Kitsantonis
Despite the growing diplomatic isolation of the government, the agreement makes clear that the Israeli defense industry is still finding considerable demand abroad.

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Defense Minister Nikos Dendias of Greece, left, and his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, in Athens in January.
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Lionel Messi’s Retirement From Soccer Sparks Heartbreak Across Argentina

Par : Emma Bubola
Lionel Messi’s retirement from the national soccer team, though widely expected, sparked fears of a diminished squad, and heartbreak over the departure of a national icon.

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Lionel Messi during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final against Spain in July, in East Rutherford, N.J.
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Ukrainian Drone Mastermind, Fired by Kyiv, Will Advise Italy’s Defense Chief

Par : Motoko Rich and Siobhán O’Grady
The appointment of Mykhailo Fedorov, a Ukrainian former defense minister, showed how other militaries are racing to adapt to battlefield changes accelerated by the war in Ukraine.

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Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s former defense minister, speaking in Ukraine in July.
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‘The Nest of Snakes’: Warring Cartels Target Women in Mexico

Par : Paulina Villegas and Adriana Zehbrauskas
A two-year war between rival Sinaloa Cartel factions is driving a surge in killings and disappearances targeting women.

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Alma Daniela with a portrait of her sister, Vivian Karely Aispuro, who was murdered last year in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa.
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A Principal Saved 900 Students Before His School Was Washed Away in Nepal

Par : Binod Ghimire and Claire Moses
Rajendra Dawadi had less than 15 minutes to act on a warning of approaching floodwaters. His swift evacuation plan saved hundreds of lives.

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Rajendra Dawadi was teaching at the Tribhuvan Trishuli School when a staff member burst into the classroom, shouting that a major flood was headed their way.
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Spanish Leader Says 5,000 Migrants Are Still in Ceuta, Weeks After Border Surge

Par : Jason Horowitz and Carlos Barragán
Their continued presence has roiled the Spanish territory in Africa and heaped pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

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Migrants at a Red Cross food distribution site in Ceuta, Spain, last week.
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Spanish Leader Says 5,000 Migrants Are Still in Ceuta, Weeks After Border Surge

Par : Jason Horowitz and Carlos Barragán
Their continued presence has roiled the Spanish territory in Africa and heaped pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

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Migrants at a Red Cross food distribution site in Ceuta, Spain, last week.
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Why Larak Island Is Strategically Important for Iran

Par : Leo Sands
The roughly 30-square-mile island serves as a foothold for Iran’s military to advance its control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Friday.
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Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China

Par : Paul Sonne and David Pierson
A two-day conference of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan shows the limits of U.S. economic warfare.

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Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, center, and the Kyrgyz president, Sadyr Japarov, left, during a welcoming ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.
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U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes Overnight After Monthlong Calm

Par : Aaron Boxerman
The renewed attacks were the latest sign that the war that began six months ago appears far from over.

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The Strait of Hormuz, the waterway in the Persian Gulf that has been at the heart of the conflict between the United States and Iran, on Monday.
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South Korea’s Unification Church Leader Gets 2 Years in Prison for Corruption

Par : Choe Sang-Hun
Han Hak-ja, the widow and successor of the conservative church’s founder, was convicted of financial dealings related to a former president and first lady, who are also imprisoned.

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Han Hak-ja, 83, arriving for a sentencing hearing in Seoul on Monday.
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For Nepal’s Young Leader, Flood Recovery Will Be a Herculean Task

Par : Binod Ghimire and Mujib Mashal
Prime Minister Balendra Shah, 36, rose to power this year on the back of youth anger with graft and mismanagement. His fledgling government now faces a huge test.

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A swollen river in Devighat, Nepal, on Sunday after floods caused by a glacier breaking in the Himalayas.
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China Prepared for One Kind of Himalayan Flood. Then a Different Disaster Struck.

Par : Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu
After a glacial flood last year, Chinese officials strengthened defenses at a border crossing with Nepal. But last week’s “cascade of hazards” overwhelmed them.

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Searching for missing people along a road leading toward Gyirong Port in China on Sunday. On Wednesday a tsunami-like wave of ice, boulders and water tore through the port complex.
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Europe Protests as U.S. Invites Russian Minister to G20 Finance Meeting

Par : Jim Tankersley and Alan Rappeport
The meeting, which China and Russia are attending, is focused on the ongoing economic shock from the war in Iran, which has driven up oil prices globally.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh, in Asheville, N.C., before the summit. The International Monetary Fund has projected that global growth will slow this year and that inflation will rise.
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These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat.

Par : Azam Ahmed · Natan Odenheimer · Ronen Bergman and Ivor Prickett
A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society behaves this way,” one said, “that society is doomed.”

Israeli flags lined the roadside next to Palestinian farms in an area of the Jordan Valley in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Coral Reefs Are Running Out of Time to Recover, Research Finds

Par : Quinn Glabicki
Rising sea temperatures mean reefs don’t have enough time to bounce back between intense heat waves, a new report warns.

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Bleaching corals at Looe Key Reef off Florida in 2023.
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Nepal Turns to Mass Burials as Thousands Remain Missing from Floods

Par : Sajal Pradhan · Mujib Mashal and Atul Loke
Only a fraction of the over 4,200 missing in Nepal are turning up among the dead, underscoring a bleak reality: The death toll is likely to keep rising for days to come.

Officers at a mass burial of unidentified victims in Bharatpur, Nepal, on Sunday.
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More Than 22,000 Ancient Artifacts Seized in Florida

Par : Johnny Diaz
The items include Egyptian statues and ancient Greek and Roman coins that date back 1,000 to 5,000 years, officials said.

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Initial assessments of the seized artifacts indicate that they may date back 1,000 to 5,000 years and be from Europe, Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.
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Hunt Underway After Deadly Shooting at Swiss Rave

Par : Christopher F. Schuetze
One reveler was killed and five were injured early Sunday at a dance party at a horseracing track in Switzerland’s north.

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Police officers patrolling on Sunday near the Schachen horseracing track after a shooting in Aarau, Switzerland.
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U.A.E. To Review Banque Misr, Targeted by Iran Sanctions

Par : Vivian Nereim
The Treasury Department accused Banque Misr’s branches in the United Arab Emirates of helping Iran. The Emirati central bank promised an examination.

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A branch of Banque Misr in Cairo in 2024. The U.S. Treasury Department said last week that the bank was helping Iran evade sanctions.
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Ferry Carrying Hundreds of Passengers Capsizes Off Coast of Cyprus

Par : Leo Sands and Ben Hubbard
Local authorities said 267 people were aboard the catamaran-type vessel when it began taking on water shortly after its departure from Kyrenia.

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Passengers arrived on shore in northern Cyprus after being rescued when their ferry capsized off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday.
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Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America Following Trump’s Executive Order

Par : Matina Stevis-Gridneff
Users in the United States will see the new label, following President Trump’s executive order last week.

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Lake Ontario in Toronto. Ontario is a historical Indigenous name for the lake, predating the creation of Canada and the United States.
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See Nepali Rescue Workers Testing Aid Delivery by Drone

Par : Atul Loke and Anupreeta Das
Some survivors of the deadly flood and landslide have no access to food. Officials and volunteers are testing how drones can help.

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Volunteers and police officers packing relief supplies for delivery by drone in Devighat, Nepal, on Saturday.
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Iceland Votes to Steer Clear of European Union Talks

Par : Amelia Nierenberg and Egill Bjarnason
After divisive debate, Icelanders rejected a proposal to resume negotiations on joining the bloc in a referendum with the highest voter turnout in almost two decades.

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Leaders of the “No to E.U.” campaign reacting as early results came in during a rally in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Saturday.
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Long Lines for Gas in Iran Show War and U.S. Blockade Squeezing Supply

Par : Shirin Hakim · Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati
The government is struggling to meet a shortfall in fuel and is wary that higher prices at the pump could stir unrest.

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A gas station in Tehran on Tuesday. Officials are urging people to clamp down on fuel use as they deal with a shortfall.
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Before Nepal’s Floods, Hindu Pilgrims Sought the Divine at Mount Kailash

Par : Lauren McGaughy · Georgia Gee and Sejal Govindarao
For many, the trek to Mount Kailash in Tibet is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to find spiritual awakening.

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Many religious pilgrims head to the Nepal region to visit Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Floodwaters ravaged the area, leaving thousands unaccounted for and killing at least 675.
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Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE

Par : Emmanuel Akinwotu · Pranav Baskar · Genevieve Glatsky and Hamed Aleaziz
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.

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A plane carrying deportees from the United States at the international airport outside of Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, on Aug. 20.
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Far Right Is Poised to Win in a German State, but Fight Over Power Won’t End There

Par : Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley
State and federal leaders are trying to avoid sharing sensitive intelligence with the Alternative for Germany should it take power in a state’s elections next week.

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The Alternative for Germany campaigning in Berlin on Wednesday. The party is expected to do well in another part of Germany in elections on Sept. 6., possibly enough to take power there.
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China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood

Par : Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu
The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.

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An aerial view of the muddy Trishuli River winding through Rasuwa District in Nepal on Thursday.
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Expedia Faces Off With Cuban Families Over Land Seized Decades Ago

Par : David C. Adams
A trial involving claims against the travel company has opened in federal court. Dozens of such lawsuits have been filed since President Trump opened the door to them.

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A beach on Cayo Coco island in Cuba. Land on the cay, off Cuba’s north coast, was seized decades ago by Cuba’s Communist authorities and eventually developed for tourism.
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The 10 P.M. Dinner Is a Spanish Tradition. Are People Giving It Up?

Par : Jonathan Wolfe
There are signs that Spaniards are eating earlier in the evening. Experts say it could make for a healthier country, but not everyone is ready to part with the custom.

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Eating late is woven into Spain’s national identity, but there are signs that is changing.
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