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An Afghan official rejected the idea of a renewed presence for the U.S. military in the country, but left the door open for “political and economic relations.”

Syrian and Israeli officials have been holding talks about security arrangements along their shared border as part of U.S.-mediated efforts to reset decades of hostility.

The president told reporters Friday that China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, had approved a deal for TikTok. But he also suggested the agreement was a work in progress.

President Trump said he would meet with President Xi Jinping next month in South Korea. Mr. Xi said he welcomes a TikTok deal that would benefit both sides.

Estonia’s foreign minister described the flights, which lasted for an unusually long 12 minutes, as an “unprecedentedly brazen” intrusion.

A doctor who spoke with The Times last week was among those killed when a missile hit a mosque on Friday as paramilitaries stepped up their brutal siege of the city of El Fasher.

A homeland security official said it was “contrary to our national interest to allow Syrians to remain in our country” through the temporary program.

Some Israeli officials believe the military assault on Gaza City will deliver a decisive blow to the group, which continues to stage ambushes and guerrilla attacks.

The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.

Peter and Barbara Reynolds, 80 and 76, ran an education and training company in the country for years, and chose to remain after the Taliban took over in 2021.

The decision came despite an effort by a former industry lawyer who is now at the E.P.A. to reverse the regulation.

More than 600 books, many of them written by women, are being purged, based on a contention that they conflict with Sharia principles.

Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution.

The tactics President Trump has embraced place the United States in awkward company as freedom of expression is declining in dozens of countries.

The man was arrested in the West Bank by Palestinian authorities, President Emmanuel Macron said. The attack killed six people, including two Americans.

We explore the math problem facing NATO — and one possible solution.

U.S. funding cuts are straining the United Nations and giving Beijing an opening to strengthen its influence, at a fraction of the cost Washington once paid.

The latest set of European Union restrictions are aimed at chipping away at Russia’s energy profits and ability to do business globally.

The last of their order, they are now known for a dispute with the church they gave their lives to over where to live in retirement. And they wanted to stay home.

Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild.