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Live Updates: Over 200 Dead in Air India Crash, Official Says, With At Least One Survivor

Anti-Migrant Rioters in Northern Ireland Set Homes Ablaze, Then Refuge Site

Police officers aiming water cannons toward protesters in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday.

U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Braces for Possible Israeli Strike on Iran

A directive from the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem asked employees not to travel outside the greater Tel Aviv area, Jerusalem and Beersheba, with some exceptions.

The Art of the Stall: China’s Strategy for Dealing With Trump

Deadly Air India Plane Crash: Photos and Video

The tail of an Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane that crashed into a building in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

What We Know About the Plane Crash in Ahmedabad, India

Firefighters at the site of an airplane crash in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

The Dalai Lama at 90: His Nation Faces a Moment of Truth

The Dalai Lama at the main Tibetan temple in Dharamsala, India, in 2024.

Suspect in Austrian School Shooting Was a Loner Rejected by Army, Officials Say

Paying respects on Thursday outside the school in Graz, Austria, where a shooting took place two days earlier.

U.N. Watchdog Rules That Iran Is Not Complying With Nuclear Obligations

A mural in Tehran. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran had failed to provide information about nuclear material and activities.

Austria Has Lots of Guns, Little Gun Violence, and New Questions

Police officers at the scene of the school shooting in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday.

Trump Is Pushing Allies Away and Closer to Each Other

President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain during a meeting last month in Tirana, Albania.

New China Trade ‘Deal’ Takes U.S. Back to Where It Started

The negotiations this week raised questions about what exactly had been gained by President Trump’s aggressive trade tactics against China over the past few months.

A Syrian Committee for Civil Peace Angers Those Demanding Justice

A torn picture of Bashar al-Assad, the ousted president of Syria, at the Palace of Justice in Damascus in December. In early June, the committee released dozens of former regime soldiers.

Russian Drone Barrage Kills 3 in Kharkiv

The scene early Wednesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after a drone strike.

How the Air India Crash Compares With Other Deadly Plane Disasters

The site of a Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea, in December 2024.

For recovery and investigation of Air India crash, authorities contend with the risk of struck sites collapsing.

Emergency teams at the scene of the plane crash in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.

The proposal would require the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to identify and sell between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres.

Why Israel May Be Considering an Attack on Iran

Murals in Tehran in April. Many experts say Israel would struggle to destroy Iran’s main nuclear facilities without American military support.

Chaos At Site of Air India Plane Crash

Air India’s New Owners, the Tata Group, Have Been Trying to Upgrade and Expand the Carrier

Air India planes on the tarmac at the airport in Mumbai, India, in 2023.

Japan Says Chinese Fighter Jet Flew Too Close to Its Military Plane

A photo released by Japan’s Ministry of Defense showing a Chinese fighter jet close to a Japanese aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.

Air India Plane Crashes in Ahmedabad

Climate Change Could Complicate Anti-Submarine Warfare

The American attack submarine Hampton in the Beaufort Sea in March 2024. Ocean changes affecting submarine detection appear to be more pronounced at northern latitudes.

Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them.

Thursday Briefing

The U.S. and China held two days of talks in London.

Gaza Aid Group Says Hamas Attacked Its Palestinian Workers

Palestinians carry relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in central Gaza on Sunday.

U.S. Reviewing Aukus Submarine Deal With Australia, Britain

Sailors waited for then-President Joseph R. Biden to make remarks about the Aukus agreement in San Diego in 2023. Under the deal, Australia would receive secondhand nuclear submarines from the United States.

Israel Says It Recovered the Remains of Two Hostages in Gaza

An undated photo of Yair Yaakov, whose remains were recovered, the Israeli prime minister said on Wednesday.

Thursday Briefing: A Look at the U.S.-China Trade Deal

The U.S. and China held two days of talks in London.

U.N. Report Says We’re Missing the Real Fertility Crisis

Students at a school in Abuja, Nigeria. A U.N. survey found that many people end up having fewer children than they wanted.

Israel Appears Ready to Attack Iran

The U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad in 2020. U.S. military family members have been authorized to leave the Middle East.

School Bus Swept Away as Floods in South Africa Kill at Least 49

Homes in Mthatha, South Africa, were submerged in floodwater on Tuesday after a slow-moving storm raged over the largely rural Eastern Cape Province.

World Bank Ends Its Ban on Funding Nuclear Power Projects

Construction of Bangladesh’s first nuclear plant in 2023.

Tusk Government Wins Confidence Vote in Poland

Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaking in Parliament in Warsaw on Wednesday.

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference

The board members are concerned that political appointees at the State Department, which manages the program, are acting illegally by canceling the awarding of Fulbright scholarships.

This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time

Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Questions Palestinian State Policy

Ambassador Mike Huckabee speaking with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in May.

Anti-Immigrant Riots Set Northern Irish Town on Edge

A vehicle is set alight during an anti-immigration demonstration in Ballymena on Tuesday night.

Netanyahu Survives a Vote to Dissolve Parliament but Emerges Weakened

Although the move would not immediately bring down Israel’s government, it could hurt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu politically.

South Korea Turns Off Speakers Blasting K-Pop Into North Korea

Loudspeakers near the border with North Korea. The rival Korean governments have switched loudspeakers on and off as political tensions rose and fell for decades.

Hong Kong Bans Taiwanese Video Game for Promoting ‘Armed Revolution’

The Hong Kong police effectively banned the Taiwanese video game “Reversed Front: Bonfire,” advising people not to download the game or face serious legal charges.

Amid Russian Strikes, a Remote Corner of Ukraine Beckons

A pedestrian bridge over the Uzh River, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine last month.

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In Hajj on Horseback Project, Pilgrims Ride All the Way From Spain

Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill

Installing solar panels on a home in Sebastopol, Calif., last year.

This French Senator Has Become Trump’s European Nemesis

Senator Claude Malhuret, a right-leaning centrist, was once the mayor of Vichy, France, a town that is central to the country’s World War II history.

Austria Mourns After a Deadly School Shooting

A makeshift memorial on Wednesday outside the site of the school shooting in Graz, Austria.

Wednesday Briefing

President Trump has mobilized thousands of National Guard troops in California.

U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway

At the heart of the legal wrangling was a 1970s law that President Trump had made the foundation of his campaign to reorient the global economic order.

The Tough Choice Facing Trump in the Iran Nuclear Talks

A mural on the former United States Embassy in Tehran.

Wednesday Briefing: Why U.S. Troops Are in Los Angeles

On a highway in downtown Los Angeles yesterday.

Appeals Court Pauses Order to Give Deported Venezuelans Due Process

Scores of Venezuelan immigrants were deported without hearings to El Salvador in March under a rarely invoked wartime law and are being held in the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT.

Argentina’s Supreme Court Upholds Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s Prison Sentence

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, when she was president of Argentina.

3 Lessons From International Protests Amid the L.A. Unrest

Police officers surrounded a protester on Monday in Los Angeles.

French Student Is Arrested After Teaching Assistant Is Stabbed to Death

Police officers and emergency workers on Tuesday near a school in Nogent, France, where a stabbing took place.

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