Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners
President Trump after arriving in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick
New German cars at a logistic center in Essen, Germany, in November. President Trump would like Europeans to buy more American cars.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump’s Gaza Plan Complicates Hoped-for Saudi-Israeli Deal
President Trump floated his Gaza proposal alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Washington on Tuesday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
At a Draft Site in Ukraine, an Anguished Wait for a Chance to Say Goodbye
Svitlana Vakar and Maksym, her grandson, waiting outside a recruitment center for Maksym’s father, Artem, who had been snatched while on his way to work.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Fighting Intensifies in Sudan, Leaving Hundreds Dead
A Sudanese Army soldier after the army took control of an oil refinery in Sudan late last month.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
USAID Turmoil Threatens Key Aid Supplies to Gaza, Officials Say
In northern Gaza. The aid agency known as U.S.A.I.D. has provided roughly $1 billion in aid to international aid groups on the ground since the war began, according to the United Nations.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump Envoy Pushes Lebanon’s New Leaders to Isolate Hezbollah
Morgan Ortagus, the U.S. deputy envoy to the Middle East, visited Lebanon on Friday in the first visit by a senior U.S. official since President Trump took office.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
How Much Can 10,000 Mexican Troops Achieve at the Border?
Mexican National Guard members patrolling along the border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Wednesday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Pakistan to Force Tens of Thousands of Afghan Refugees Out of the Capital
Afghan refugees in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, protesting President Trump’s suspension of refugee admissions last month.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada speaking in Toronto on Friday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Ecuador’s Leader Has Had a Year of Chaos. He Is Still Favored to Win Sunday’s Election.
Supporters holding cardboard cutouts of President Daniel Noboa during a campaign event on Wednesday in Quito, Ecuador.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Deportation Flights to Venezuela to Begin Within Next 30 Days, Trump Border Czar Says
Venezuelan migrants, most headed to the United States, in the Darién Gap, the jungle crossing straddling Colombia and Panama, in 2022.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Grenfell Tower Was a Death Trap. Some Wanted It to Stand as a Warning.
Grenfell Tower has been clad in plastic sheeting since the fire nearly eight years ago.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
With Aid Cutoff, Trump Severs a Lifeline for Millions
Workers removing the signs for the U.S. Agency for International Development outside its headquarters in Washington on Friday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Modi’s BJP Leads in Elections in Delhi Region
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters gathered during an election campaign rally in New Delhi last month.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
It’s 3,500 Miles From Philadelphia. But for Eagles Fans, It Feels Like Home.
Passyunk Avenue’s decor relies heavily on donated Philadelphia-related items and dollar bills covered in scribbles.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Stream Near Buenos Aires Turns Red, ‘Like a River Covered in Blood’
A resident of Sarandí, Argentina, said she noticed that the stream had turned red after a strong smell woke her up. The Argentine newspaper La Nación described it as a “nauseating smell, like garbage.”
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Plane Crash in São Paulo, Brazil, Kills Two
Los restos de una avioneta que se estrelló el viernes contra una carretera principal en el barrio Barra Funda de São Paulo.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Mass Shooting in Sweden Leaves Migrants Feeling Vulnerable
Tributes on Friday near the site of the mass shooting this week in Orebro, Sweden, in which a gunman killed at least 10 people.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Khamenei of Iran Denounces Negotiation With U.S. but Seems to Leave Door Ajar
The Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a meeting with air force officers, in a photo released by an official website of his office on Friday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Philippines Plane Crash Kills U.S. Service Member and 3 Contractors
The wreckage of the plane in Maguindanao del Sur Province in the southern Philippines on Thursday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Friday Briefing
President Trump’s executive order said the International Criminal Court had “abused its power” by issuing arrest warrants for top Israeli officials.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan May Sound Death Knell for the Two-State Solution
President Trump’s proposed plan would see Gaza become a U.S. territory that would not belong to the Palestinians anymore but would be open to anyone who wanted to live there.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Friday Briefing: Trump Digs in on Gaza Takeover
Displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza, on Tuesday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order
Asanda Zondi, a participant in a research study to test a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection. A U.S.A.I.D.-funded trial shut down, leaving a medical device in her body that needed to be removed right away.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump’s Vision for Gaza Shifts Away From a Cease-Fire Deal
An Israeli tank on the border with the northern Gaza Strip last week.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
‘Screams and Smoke’: How a Deadly Mass Shooting Unfolded in Sweden
Police special forces leaving an adult education center in Orebro, Sweden, on Tuesday after responding to a mass shooting. The town’s police chief described the scene as “an inferno.”
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Ahead of Modi’s Visit With Trump, U.S. Deportations to India Creates Uproar
Lawmakers in New Delhi on Thursday protesting the deportation of Indian immigrants from the United States.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump Digs In on Gaza Takeover and Palestinian Resettlement
Displaced Palestinians at a camp in Gaza on Tuesday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
U.S. Waives Funding Freeze at Syria Camp Holding ISIS Fighters, but Future Is in Doubt
The marketplace in Al Hol, a camp in northeastern Syria, in January. It holds thousands of Islamic State members and their families.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Grenfell Tower, Where Fire Killed 72, Will Be Demolished, Families Say
Since 2017, the shell of Grenfell Tower — covered in a protective wrap — has remained a visible symbol of Britain’s most lethal residential fire since World War II.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Japan’s Prime Minister Will Seek to Preserve Status Quo at Summit With Trump
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan in Parliament in Tokyo last month. The Friday summit with President Trump is the result of months of behind-the-scenes efforts.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Many Pitfalls, Hamas Among the Biggest
A Palestinian man cleaning out a house in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, on Sunday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Why It Is So Difficult to Stop the Flow of Fentanyl Into the U.S.
A cook for the Sinaloa Cartel working on an order of fentanyl in Culiacán, Mexico, in December.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
What to Know About Canada’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis
A 36-year-old woman was revived after overdosing on fentanyl at a supervised injection site in Toronto, in 2018.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
For Europe’s Right, Trump Stirs Caution Alongside Celebration
While President Trump has inspired many on the right, nationalist parties are as wary as others about what he will mean for Europe.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
To Keep Aid Coming, Ukraine Appeals to Trump Allies: Conservative Christians
A destroyed Russian tank in front of the damaged Sviatohirsk Cave Monastery in eastern Ukraine, in 2023.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Thursday Briefing
Palestinians returning to their homes in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, on Sunday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
January Was Hottest January on Record, Scientists Report
Looking west on the Pacific Ocean from Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 9.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Inside Trump’s Hastily Written Proposal to ‘Own’ Gaza
Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump announced a plan for the United States to take over Gaza.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Valérie André, Daring French Army Copter Pilot, Dies at 102
Dr. Valérie André in 1976, the year she was promoted to general, becoming the first woman to hold that position in the French Army.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
What to Know About the Trump Family’s Deals in the Middle East
The Trump Organization’s multiple projects in the Middle East include a deal to build a golf course and hotel in Oman, involving land owned by that country’s government.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump and Netanyahu Leave Little Daylight Between Them
President Trump made Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel the first foreign leader he has invited to the White House since his own return to power a little over two weeks ago.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Thursday Briefing: An Uproar Over Trump’s Gaza Plan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel with President Trump at the White House on Tuesday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Congo Mourns Its Dead After Rebels Capture Key City of Goma
Volunteers mobilize to prepare a mass burial of those killed during the week of clashes in Goma.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump Torpedoed the Iran Nuclear Deal. Now He’s Calling for Another One.
Members of Iran’s Basij paramilitary forces march past a missile on display during the “Force Parade,” in Tehran, last month.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Mirroring Trump, Milei Pulls Argentina From W.H.O.
President Javier Milei of Argentina speaking in Buenos Aires in December. He has taken actions that mirror those taken by President Trump.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
These Are the Major Obstacles to Trump’s Gaza Plan
The northern Gaza city of Jabaliya on Monday. Much of the enclave has been destroyed over more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas. Some estimates say rebuilding could take more than a decade.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
French Government Survives No-Confidence Vote
Members of France’s Parliament at the National Assembly in Paris on Wednesday.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Ismaili Muslims Get a New Leader, the Fifth Aga Khan
Prince Rahim al-Hussaini in 2023.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
U.K. Counterterror Program Prematurely Closed Case on Southport Killer, Report Says
A memorial set up in Southport, England, after three girls were killed in a stabbing spree last July.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Manhunt in Brussels After Masked Men Open Fire Outside Metro Station
The Clemenceau metro station in Brussels on Wednesday. It was closed after a shooting early in the morning.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Trump’s Proposal on Gaza Is a Risk for Egypt and Jordan
Patients from a hospital in Gaza City departing for Egypt to receive treatment last week.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Sweden Mass Shooting Site Was Foundational in a Diverse Community
Mourners gathering at a makeshift memorial on Wednesday for victims of the shooting in Orebro, Sweden.
Posted by
Thomas
on February 2025
Palmerston, the British Foreign Service Cat, Takes Up New Post in Bermuda
Congo Buries Its Dead After Rebel Assault