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The strikes near the capital, Damascus, were the latest Israeli military intervention in the country since a new government came to power.

With Israel’s expanded assault looming, Zeitoun already resembles other parts of Gaza that have been largely flattened in the war.

A 17-year-old was stabbed to death as she rode home after a night out. Her killing has shaken a city where cycling safely at any hour is taken for granted.

The assault, which killed at least 18 people, was the largest attack on the Ukrainian capital since President Trump met Vladimir Putin.

Scientists published a study this month on the nurse shark, which was caught and photographed by sport fishermen last year.

The capsule was opened early because of a construction project. It revealed a Kylie Minogue CD, a pocket television and other ephemera from its time.

The artwork had been missing for 80 years before Dutch journalists spotted it in a real estate listing in Argentina.

A language student’s guide to the French capital highlights the culinary, literary and musical influences that quietly shape everyday life.

His considerable influence in the French-speaking world was based on an unusual attribute: He had actually been to the revolutions he wrote about.

Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought.

They will join China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and about 20 other heads of state, some of whom share a strong distrust of the United States.

Worn down by hundreds of days of military service, fewer Israeli reservists are turning up for duty. Others are refusing to fight in a war they no longer believe in.

A Trump appointee has proposed rewriting a measure that requires companies to clean up “forever chemicals,” documents show. The new version would shift costs from polluters.

The media tycoon, jailed since 2020, ran a now-defunct newspaper that was critical of the government.

Also, the film festival season kicks off.

In Salzburg, an anniversary of “The Sound of Music” looks grand through a child’s eyes, even if the locals are gazing elsewhere.

Restrictions on pigeon feeding in India’s largest city prompted a backlash from a religious community that believes in nonviolence against all creatures.

Iran halted cooperation with the agency last month, as experts warned that Tehran might revive efforts to build a nuclear bomb.

Some detractors think the new bill is too weak to fill the recruitment gap. Others worry it will inevitably lead to forced conscription.

The meeting focused on the postwar future of the Gaza Strip, where Mr. Trump has mused about removing Palestinian residents and setting up a luxury resort.