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At least 26 people are dead, including the pilot of a helicopter that crashed trying to contain blazes that strong winds and dry conditions were helping to spread rapidly.

A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.

A connoisseur of 18th-century French furniture fooled buyers into purchasing chairs with fake royal pedigrees, authorities say. The distinct taste of licorice helped give him away.

Brazil’s top court ruled that the former president will be tried over his role in a vast plot to cling to power after his 2022 election loss.

Moscow’s demands are slowing the process and giving it the advantage in talks with a deal-hungry United States, experts said.

The Pentagon has refused to disclose how many targets have been hit in Yemen, or identify the Houthi militia commanders killed in the campaign.

The demonstrations, a rare show of dissent, appeared to have spread, reflecting frustration at the breakdown of a cease-fire with Israel. “We want to live,” said one supporter.

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The prince and his fellow patron, the prince of Lesotho, said they had resigned in solidarity with trustees at the charity, Sentebale.

European leaders are struggling to find the money and the political will to replace the bulk of the U.S. contribution to Ukraine and to their own defense.

In dramatic scenes that appear to mark a turning point in nearly two years of civil war, Sudan’s military is driving fighters of its rival, the Rapid Support Forces, out of Khartoum.

One Gazan who attended the rally said the protesters wanted Hamas to end the war and leave the enclave.

Turkey was plunged into a political crisis after the authorities arrested Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul and a top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on accusations of corruption. Ben Hubbard, Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times, explains the tumult.

To pressure President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the jailing of his top rival, the opposition wants Turks to boycott companies that back Mr. Erdogan and plans to organize a protest this weekend.

A regulator penalized the school three years after a professor quit in response to what she said was a campaign of harassment over her views on transgender identity.

A budget approved by Israel’s Parliament cements Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s power and includes significant military spending.

The residents of Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, say the lucrative hunts will help them buy land elsewhere and move off their sinking home.

Nearly 10 years after buying Family Dollar for about $9 billion, Dollar Tree announced it would sell the retailer to two private equity firms.

It could cost $100 million and take years to install the backup generators to prevent another hourslong power loss like the one at Britain’s biggest airport last week.

Marook, a sweet bread eaten during Ramadan in Syria, used to be a simple loaf, but now the list of choices can be as long as the lines of customers.