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For much of the 20th century, the C.I.A. devised plots to overthrow governments, kill high-profile leaders or arm dissident groups.

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes.

A trip to India to find work led to a career climbing the world’s highest mountain.

President Trump has come close to imposing penalties on Russia several times, only to backtrack after talking with President Vladimir Putin and raising hopes for a diplomatic solution to the war.

Our personal health reporter explains why it’s the quality, not quantity, of socializing that matters.

He was one of the most pivotal public figures in Kenya. He died this week after fighting against tribalism for decades.

For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified.

The deadly tumult was the latest example of officers using force to quell demonstrations in the country.

Israel and Hamas have reached a cease-fire deal in Gaza, but the hard part starts now. David Sanger of The New York Times describes the major obstacles to further agreement about Gaza’s immediate future.

Unresolved issues — mainly over the exchange of the remains of hostages and prisoners — threaten to destabilize the fragile agreement.

The blaze and arrests of protesters highlight the strife in the country, whose longtime president faced rare electoral opposition.

President Bernardo Arévalo called an overhaul of his country’s prison system an “absolute priority” after 20 inmates accused of belonging to the Barrio 18 group were found to have escaped undetected.

The commission’s report highlights the difficulties Pope Leo faces in trying to end clerical abuses and ensure abusers are held to account.

It was unclear when Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Ghomari was killed, or by whom, but Israel appeared to claim the killing.

Though Pyongyang has largely pulled its soldiers off the front lines in Ukraine, it is expanding the types of ammunition it supplies to Russia.

Surging emissions from wildfires may have been behind the increase, which was the largest since modern measurements began more than half a century ago.

The group had challenged the president’s executive orders as unconstitutional. A judge “reluctantly” said the suit was too broad in scope.

The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.

Ceremonies took place on Thursday to commemorate two years since the surprise attack of Oct. 7, 2023, on southern Israel.

As Syria’s regime collapsed, the world’s eyes were on Bashar al-Assad’s getaway flight. Behind him, officials key to his brutal rule made a mass exodus, virtually undetected.