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The president has long pressed European allies to pay more for their own security. So they may redefine what qualifies as security.

Muhammad Yunus has struggled to navigate between the army, career politicians and the protest movement that overthrew the country’s authoritarian leader last year.

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent analyses discount the evidence.

This week saw a dramatic court showdown and a mysterious flight to Djibouti.

When an IndiGo flight from New Delhi ran into a severe hailstorm, a passenger described several terrifying minutes: “They were calling their gods, we were calling our gods.”

Many in Syria want to enshrine remnants of their recent history, not only to remember it, but as a cautionary tale.

Beyond the shock for students, President Trump’s moves against higher education are being seen in China as a blow to one of the last admirable American institutions.

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The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country.

Top economic officials avoided a condemnation of U.S. tariffs but committed to trying to reduce “economic policy uncertainty.”

The deportees are stuck in Djibouti amid a legal fight over their expulsions. A lawyer for some of the men said she was concerned for their health and welfare.

Groups that monitor hate crimes said the Hamas attack in 2023 and the subsequent war had helped fuel tens of thousands of anti-Jewish incidents globally, including cases of verbal abuse and violence.

Net migration dropped by 50 percent in 2024, data showed Thursday. So why was the prime minister warning of an “island of strangers” earlier this month?

The country is just emerging from a period of political turmoil with a new prime minister in place. But now Alberta, a conservative Western province, is planning a referendum to break away.

Wellington Koo says the Trump administration has a shared interest in security in the region, but Taiwan must also ready its own forces for asymmetric warfare.

The State Department’s announcement comes months after U.S. officials found evidence that Sudan’s military had used chemical weapons against its paramilitary rival.

The appointment of Maj. Gen. David Zini to head Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, still faces a fraught legal process.

Forests around the world disappeared at a rate of 18 soccer fields every minute, a global survey found. Fires accounted for nearly half of the losses.

Plus, books to look forward to.

A committee vote on Thursday approved a measure that would allow players in the women’s sport to choose between shorts or skorts during official play.