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“A lot of people are trying to get closer to admire this natural phenomenon,” a local mayor warned his community. “But it is extremely dangerous!”

Updates on Francis’ condition, which was said to be stable on Wednesday, have typically been spare, leaving plenty of room for suspicion and speculation.

Scientists worry that the losses may open the door to human, plant and animal diseases that would otherwise have been caught.

In contrast to the joyful scenes of living hostages returning home over the past few weeks, the transfer of bodies on Thursday, potentially including those of two children, will be somber.

A look at how the war in Ukraine began, the state of the peace talks and why the country isn’t holding elections.

Russian officials are arguing that American companies stand to make billions of dollars by re-entering Russia. The White House is listening.

Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri Lankan-born woman. She had led her party to second place before Sunday’s election.

Foreign institutions and collectors are returning artifacts with deep spiritual meaning for Cambodians. Where and how to display them remain open questions.

The lawsuit came hours after the justice received an indictment of Brazil’s former president, who is an ally of President Trump.

Many people in Russia expressed relief that an end to the conflict in Ukraine seemed nearer and that the hardships of war, and the shunning of their country by much of the world, may soon end.

Brazil’s attorney general accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of overseeing a scheme to try to hold on to power. The Supreme Court will decide whether he is arrested.

President Trump’s freezing of foreign aid provides an opening for China to portray America as an unreliable partner.

The case of two North Korean fishermen, who murdered 16 compatriots before they sought asylum, has become a political minefield in the South.

Alice Weidel of the nationalist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany lives in Switzerland and is married to a Sri Lankan-born woman. She had led her party to second place before Sunday’s election.

The Trump administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of deportees, who the administration claims entered the United States illegally. Those deportees cannot easily be sent back to their countries, and many say they are in danger. Hamed Aleaziz, who covers United States immigration policy for The New York Times, talked with some of them.

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The Rwandan shore of Lake Kivu offers leisure and relaxation. Across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the same lake was recently the site of devastation and misery after a rebel offensive.

A diplomatic scramble over Ukraine.

Talks about Ukraine’s future.

Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach southern towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway. For one man, the journey was deadly.