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After an explosion of popular rage tore through the country, its respected army was the only institution left standing. It’s now in talks with the protesters.

Ten years ago, astronomers made an epic discovery with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Cosmology hasn’t been the same since, and it might not stay that way much longer.

The explosion of unrest in Nepal — with fires around the capital, Kathmandu, and the prime minister fleeing the country — was years in the making. Alex Travelli, a New York Times correspondent, describes what happened and why it happened now.

As France drifted to the right, the president has tried to make the country more business-friendly and win back voters. His strategy hasn’t worked.

Israel has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate the city and go to the southern Gaza Strip, but many residents say it is no safer for them there.

Protesters blocked roads, roundabouts and tram lines across the country as Sébastien Lecornu took office. It was a sign of the challenges ahead.

Father and son had tea at the king’s London residence on Wednesday, in what may be a first step toward healing a painful rift that has divided Britain’s royal family.

The incursion was the first time alliance planes had engaged enemy targets in NATO airspace. Poland’s leader called it “a large-scale provocation.”

The brazen attempt to kill the political leaders of Hamas in Doha could upend the foundations of an American-led order in the Middle East.

The heads were left by two foreigners, according to prosecutors, who said the motive was to “cause unrest,” but they did not identify a group or nation behind the act.

Sébastien Lecornu had been defense minister. He is one of President Emmanuel Macron’s most loyal and enduring allies.

Leaders of a youthful protest movement that toppled a prime minister met with the military on Wednesday to discuss a path forward for the country.

Israel’s military launched multiple attacks on Houthi sites in northern Yemen, a day after its widely criticized airstrike against Hamas officials on Qatari soil.

Poland denounced what it has described as an incursion by more than a dozen Russian drones. It would not be the first time Russia’s war effort had spilled beyond Ukraine.

Human rights groups condemned the use of lethal force against protesters. Experts say Nepal’s army and police have historically not been held to account.

Chris Wright, the energy secretary, said he would push Europe to loosen environmental rules and buy more gas. Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, tied fossil fuels to a need to win the A.I. race.

This year’s U.N. climate conference, on the edge of the rainforest, is fueling criticism of the host nation and the entire process of global diplomacy on climate change.

Before the destruction began, the Gen Z demonstrators had planned to look good while promoting democracy and sweeping away an entrenched leadership.

The proposal from the Bureau of Land Management would prioritize the use of public lands for oil and gas drilling, coal mining and other industrial activities.