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Aujourd’hui — 18 juin 2025Flux principal

As Pakistan Moves to Ban Black Magic, Astrologers See a Bad Omen

18 juin 2025 à 00:01
Spiritual practitioners fear that legislation imposing prison time for vaguely defined occult services could cast a wide net.
Hier — 17 juin 2025Flux principal

Who Is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader?

17 juin 2025 à 15:36
The cleric has ruled for more than three decades, spearheading a policy of backing proxy groups to wield influence across the Middle East.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran last year. He was born in 1939 into a religious family of modest means and rose quickly in the regime that took power after the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
À partir d’avant-hierFlux principal

Sahel Crisis Goes Coastal as Insurgents Push Toward the Atlantic

16 juin 2025 à 06:17
Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.

© Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times

Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Questions Palestinian State Policy

11 juin 2025 à 12:31
The suggestion by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, would represent a sharp departure from decades of U.S. foreign policy.

© Pool photo by Alex Brandon

Ambassador Mike Huckabee speaking with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in May.

In Hajj on Horseback Project, Pilgrims Ride All the Way From Spain

11 juin 2025 à 05:02
The journey took about seven months and was closely followed, and financially supported, by followers on social media.

They Went to Syria to Fight With Rebels. Now Some Are Joining the New Army.

8 juin 2025 à 05:00
Thousands of foreign fighters fought alongside the Syrian rebel groups that toppled the Assad dictatorship. Many plan to stay, despite the qualms of the United States and some Syrians.

© Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times

A man from Turkestan, who fought with the Syrian rebels who ousted the Assad regime, at his shop in Binnish, Syria. He is one of many foreign fighters whose future is in limbo.

Trump’s New Travel Ban Is Built on Lessons From First-Term Fights

5 juin 2025 à 19:34
The addition of visa overstays as a rationale could provide an opening for new legal challenges, migrant advocates say.

© Yagazie Emezi for The New York Times

Sierra Leone has been added to President Trump’s new travel ban for having too many of citizens who have come to the United States on nonimmigrant visas, like tourists and students, and have overstayed past the expiration dates of those visas.

What is the Hajj? What to Know About the Pilgrimage and Saudi Arabia’s Preparations

5 juin 2025 à 03:55
Millions have made the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The kingdom faces scrutiny over safety after more than 1,300 people died last year.

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Muslim gathered for prayers around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.

Gay-Themed Forum Is Canceled in Malaysia

31 mai 2025 à 11:07
The public criticism from the government and online attacks that prompted its organizers to back down are the latest examples of the increasing influence of religious conservatism.

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

A night market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, earlier this year.
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