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Iran Jails Hard-Line Lawmaker, Exposing Deep Rifts in Its Leadership

Par : Farnaz Fassihi
Hamid Rasaei, a vocal opponent of a diplomatic deal with the United States to end the war, was convicted of publishing false information with the intent to harm the Parliament speaker.

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A pro-government rally in Tehran in April.
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What to Know About Fighting Between Ethiopia and Rebels in Tigray

Par : Matthew Mpoke Bigg
The conflict is raising fears of a regional war in the Horn of Africa, drawing in foreign powers including Eritrea, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

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A shattered window of Tigray Television Station after a drone strike in Mekelle, Ethiopia, last week.
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Israel Lists 170 Killed in Gaza It Says Were Militants Posing as Media Workers

Par : Ephrat Livni
The Israeli military published an investigation it said rebuts accusations that it intentionally targeted journalists. But it and a journalists group disagree over 78 people who are on the list.

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The site, near a hospital in Gaza City, was hit by an Israeli strike that killed an Al Jazeera reporter and several of his colleagues in August last year.
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Argentina’s ‘Golden Passport’ Program Offers Citizenship in Exchange for Foreign Cash

Par : Emma Bubola
The program would grant citizenship to people who make major investments in Argentina. Similar efforts have yielded significant income for small economies, but have also led to risks.

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President Javier Milei of Argentina in July.
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FlyDubai Attack Raises Questions About Pilot Background Checks

Par : Michael Levenson
Health screenings and criminal background checks may go only so far in identifying pilots who have become radicalized or try to hide their mental health issues, experts said.

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In the United States, pilots undergo a criminal history check as well as a threat assessment to see if they have ever been flagged as a “person of interest” in federal law enforcement databases.
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Widdecombe Murder Suspect Charged With Preparing Acts of Terrorism, Including Against Farage

Par : Michael D. Shear
Joshua Kerry, a 28-year-old British man accused of killing the former lawmaker Ann Widdecombe, was charged on Friday.

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A photo of Ann Widdecombe, a former Conservative lawmaker who became a spokeswoman for the Reform U.K. party, during a party conference in Birmingham, England, last month where Nigel Farage spoke.
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Mass Shootings Surge in South Africa as Illegal Guns Flood Streets

Par : Zimasa Matiwane
The country was shaken after nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings. South Africans are demanding greater government intervention.

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Residents stood behind police tape near the scene where gunmen armed with assault rifles stormed a bar in Johannesburg on Sunday.
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Why Were 4 Pilots Aboard FlyDubai Flight 1073?

Par : Karla Adam
After the co-pilot stabbed the captain, two pilots who were seated in the cabin intervened alongside passengers and safely landed the Boeing 737 in Saudi Arabia.

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A FlyDubai plane carried passengers to Tel Aviv on Wednesday after a midair cockpit attack on their earlier flight. Two other pilots who were seated in the cabin safely landed that plane.
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Why U.S. Diesel Is So Important to Major Trading Partners

Par : Simon Romero
Economies in Latin America and Europe rely on American diesel. Stopping exports could tip some countries into recession, hurting trade with the United States.

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Adjusting the price of gasoline in Pôrto Alegre, Brazil, this year.
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How FlyDubai Passengers and Crew Averted Disaster After Pilot Was Stabbed During Flight

Par : David M. Halbfinger · Natan Odenheimer · Adam Rasgon · Johnatan Reiss and Aaron Boxerman
A badly wounded Indian pilot managed to unlock the cockpit door. Four Israeli men teamed up to overwhelm an attacker and avert disaster.

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A FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia approaches Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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U.S. and Allies Agree to Release Diesel Reserves as Prices Soar

Par : Lisa Friedman and Rebecca F. Elliott
The Group of 7, which includes Britain, France and Japan, announced the release of 100 million barrels over four months, effective immediately.

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The release of diesel and crude oil is designed to “stabilize immediate energy supplies,” the Group of 7 countries said in an announcement.
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Ukraine Reports First Combat Use of Its Own Ballistic Missile

Par : Andrew E. Kramer
While the missile fired on Thursday has a limited range, Kyiv is developing a larger weapon that could strike Moscow.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine trumpeted the launch of the country’s first domestically made ballistic missile.
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Fighting Intensifies in Yemen, Raising Fresh Fears of All-Out War

Par : Euan Ward · Saeed Al-Batati and Shuaib Almosawa
Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, was bombarded overnight, after government forces reported some of the most intense clashes in years around Taiz, the country’s third largest city.

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Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, was hit by airstrikes on Friday.
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Student Protests Rattle France as Police Clashes Bring Blockades and Tear Gas

Par : Ségolène Le Stradic and Mark Landler
Days of unrest have affected more than 1,000 schools across France as high school students push for better standards.

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Trying to kick a tear-gas canister during clashes with the police on Thursday in Seine-Saint-Denis, near Paris. Students in about 1,000 French schools are protesting a lack of resources in education.
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Spanish Lawmakers Reject Eviction Freeze, Spurring Calls for Early Elections

Par : Jason Horowitz
The government had proposed more protections for tenants after outrage at the eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid.

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Sales of Hulking Pickups and S.U.V.s Sag as Fuel Prices Soar

Par : Jack Ewing
Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars.

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Sales of the Chevrolet Silverado were up, but the growth came from a light-duty version of the truck. Sales of heavy-duty Silverados slumped as Americans shift away from full-size pickups and S.U.V.s.
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Coast Guard Says It Stopped Ships Carrying Fuel to Cuba

Par : David C. Adams
The Coast Guard has intercepted two small boats it says were carrying illegal fuel to Cuba as the United States enforces a fuel blockade aimed at Cuba’s Communist government.

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“The high seas are not a sanctuary for lawlessness,” Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday, said of the seizure of boats.
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India Faces Fresh Protests, This Time Over Voter Rolls

Par : Mujib Mashal · Pragati K.B. and Somini Sengupta
Hundreds were detained in New Delhi as demonstrators expressed anger over the removal of 130 million people from the rolls. The government denies accusations of “vote theft.”

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Protesters demanding the resignation of India’s election chief were put onto buses by the police in New Delhi on Friday.
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U.S. Suspends Consular Services in Brazil on Eve of Elections

Par : Claire Moses
The State Department cited unspecified security concerns in announcing the unusual move. A closely fought presidential election in Brazil takes place on Sunday.

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The U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro.
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Indian Pilot Stabbed on FlyDubai Flight Recalls Sudden Attack

Par : Pragati K.B.
Capt. Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed by his co-pilot midair between Dubai and Tel Aviv, said he “had to act” to prevent a crash despite serious injuries.

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Capt. Smit Machchhar in a photo released by Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
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‘I Couldn’t Let All of Them Die’: Pilot on FlyDubai Flight Recalls Sudden Attack

Par : Pragati K.B.
Capt. Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed by his co-pilot midair between Dubai and Tel Aviv, said he “had to act” to prevent a crash despite serious injuries.

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Capt. Smit Machchhar in a photo released by Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
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Airlines Set to Bring Israelis Back From U.A.E. After FlyDubai Cockpit Attack

Par : Johnatan Reiss
The attack, on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, halted the only direct service between the two cities since the war in Iran disrupted air traffic.

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Israeli carriers in Cyprus in 2025. Two Israeli airlines, Israir and Arkia, said Friday that they had obtained “the required permissions” to land at Dubai’s airport.
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Russia’s Latest Propaganda? A.I.-Generated War Songs.

Par : Steven Lee Myers
Russians are creating and spreading music glorifying the invasion of Ukraine, using platforms built in the United States.

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Russian society is becoming increasingly militaristic since the war in Ukraine began. These soldiers marched in Moscow in a parade in 2023.
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Oil Flows Are Up, but Iran Is Still Menacing the Strait of Hormuz

Par : Pranav Baskar · Eric Schmitt and Shirin Hakim
Iran has been launching drones and missiles at commercial ships in the waterway each week, though it has often failed to strike its targets, according to a Western security official.

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Ships in the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, in July. Oil exports from the Middle East have rebounded in recent weeks.
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A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe

Par : Adam Goldman and Michael Schwirtz
The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.

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A Latvian guard patrols the border with Belarus. Migrants have streamed into Latvia, many through considerable border defenses, cutting gaps in fencing or burrowing under it.
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China’s Push Into A.I. Has Led to a Problem: Too Much Usage

Par : Yan Zhuang
As citizens embrace the technology for entertainment, relationships and even farming advice, the government is stepping up efforts to set limits.

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The Chinese government is imposing regulations on the use of A.I. apps and chatbots out of concern that the technology could interfere with human relationships and undermine social order.
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Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine

Par : Constant Méheut and Jędrzej Nowicki
Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.

Overlooking the Dnipro River before the autumn and winter period in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Investigators Seek Motive for FlyDubai Cockpit Attack

Par : Isabel Kershner · Leo Sands and Thomas Fuller
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the co-pilot who set upon the pilot had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination” but did not elaborate.

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A FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft forced to make an emergency landing after a cockpit attack.
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Lucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101

Par : Adam Nossiter
He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south.
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Mike Smith, Bubbles on ‘Trailer Park Boys,’ Has Sexual Assault Charge Dismissed

Par : Neil Vigdor
The Canadian cult comedy series announced that Mr. Smith, 54, would resume his involvement with the show.

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Mike Smith in 2014. A sexual assault charge against Mr. Smith, who plays Bubbles in the Canadian mockumentary series “Trailer Park Boys,” was dismissed on Thursday. He had pleaded not guilty.
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Canada’s Proposed Oil Pipeline Offers Carney Relief From Domestic and Global Turmoil

Par : Ian Austen
The new pipeline from Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific Coast may lower separatist tensions in that province while also loosening energy ties with the U.S.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada speaking about an oil pipeline planned to connect distribution points in Alberta to ports in British Columbia on Thursday in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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FlyDubai Under Scrutiny After Cockpit Attack

Par : Ismaeel Naar and Johnatan Reiss
The United Arab Emirates has said it is leading the investigation into the episode, and FlyDubai’s service between Dubai and Tel Aviv has been suspended.

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A passenger raises his arms in relief as he walks through the domestic arrivals doors with his dog and luggage at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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Nigerian Charged With Running Fake Government Agency

Par : Ruth Maclean
The Nigerian secured office space in a federal building, opened bank accounts and even held meetings with foreign diplomats. He says he is innocent.

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Adeniyi Adeyemi, center, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday.
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Israelis Take Pride in Bravery of Passengers Who Saved FlyDubai Flight

Par : Isabel Kershner
The events evoked days decades ago when Israel was widely admired for its plucky survival against the odds and for taking on hijackers.

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Passengers at the arrivals terminal after landing at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
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Egypt Arrests 6 Matsaddash Journalists on Claims of Spreading Disinformation

Par : Lynsey Chutel
The government claims that reporters from Matsaddash, a well-known news outlet that debunks false reports, spread disinformation for the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

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The Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo, which was the center of a Muslim Brotherhood protest in 2013.
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UK-Iranian Man Arrested in Connection to RAF Fairford Air Base Incident

Par : Michael D. Shear
British police said a 25-year-old British-Iranian dual national was arrested Thursday. British officials have said they believe Iran played a part in planning the incident at R.A.F. Fairford.

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Concrete barriers were in place by the R.A.F. Fairford main entrance on Thursday in Fairford, England.
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American University of Afghanistan at Risk of Closure Amid Funding Cuts

Par : Elian Peltier · Yaqoob Akbary and Safiullah Padshah
The State Department has denied its funding for the next two years, jeopardizing the education of hundreds of female Afghan students.

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A graduation ceremony at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul in 2019.
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Investigators Seek to Determine How a Weapon Entered FlyDubai Cockpit

Par : Leo Sands
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said one possibility was that the assailant used an emergency crash ax, typically stored in the cockpit.

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A FlyDubai jet on Wednesday near Tel Aviv at Ben Gurion International Airport, where passengers on the disrupted flight were flown after an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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Russia to Sharply Increase War Spending and Cut Social Programs

Par : Ivan Nechepurenko
Both sides are finding it increasingly difficult to finance the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s 2027 budget envisions more debt, higher taxes and lower social benefits.

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A Russian military recruitment poster in Moscow says “Who, if not you.” Russia intends to spend more than $200 billion on its military in 2027, a sharp increase.
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Israeli Politicians Trade Barbs Over FlyDubai Attack

Par : Isabel Kershner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign for a coming election was already dominated by discussion of the policy, military and intelligence failures leading up to the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in a tight race for his political future, with national elections this month that are widely seen as the most consequential in the country’s history.
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Finnish Lawmakers Report Suspicious Home Break-Ins

Par : Amelia Nierenberg
The speaker of Parliament said there were a “considerable” number of mysterious entries in which perpetrators appeared to have taken nothing.

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The Finnish Parliament building in Helsinki. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that it was “very possible” there was a foreign actor behind the suspected home entries, the national broadcaster reported.
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Trump’s Threat to Ban Diesel Exports Sets Off Global Alarms

Par : Lisa Friedman and River Akira Davis
A reduction in refineries has already driven the price of diesel to record highs, threatening economies. An U.S. export ban would be “tremendous shock and blow.”

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Workers unloading produce in Manila, where soaring global diesel prices are driving up transport costs and pushing everyday food prices out of reach for consumers.
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