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Lebanon’s Hospitals Buckle Amid Israel’s Offensive Against Hezbollah

“I don’t want to close the hospital,” said Elie Hachem, director of St. Therese Hospital, on the outskirts of Beirut, that has been damaged by airstrikes. “The community needs us.”

What To Know About India and Canada’s Diplomatic Rift

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused the Indian government of orchestrating homicide and extortion in Canada.

Political Infighting Hampers Ukraine’s Efforts to Avert Energy Crisis

Destroyed transformers and power lines at a power plant in Kurakhove, Ukraine, in March.

Venezuela’s New Comedians Are Using Political Satire to Laugh Amid the Pain

Estefanía León, a Venezuelan comedian living in Mexico City, is part of the comedy troupe El Cuartico.

China’s Wild Panda Census is Widely Regarded as Flawed

Visitors photographing a panda in August at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China.

Hanni of NewJeans Testifies in Parliament About Bullying at Work

The appearance of Hanni, a member of NewJeans, at the National Assembly in Seoul had been eagerly awaited.

9 Monkeys Die in a Hong Kong Zoo

Watching monkeys at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens in 2017.

50 Years After Killing, a Berlin Court Convicts a Stasi Officer of Murder

Manfred Naumann, a former officer of East Germany’s secret police, covered his face in court on Monday during his sentencing in Berlin.

Tent Camp in Gaza Engulfed by Flames After Israeli Strike

The scene after an Israeli strike caused a deadly fire in a tent encampment at a hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on Monday.

How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza

Israeli soldiers during a military tour for journalists of a tunnel under a U.N. site in Gaza. The Times later found that a Palestinian had been forced to explore the tunnel.

Italy Sends Boat to Albania With Migrants Who Were Bound for Italian Shores

A detention center for migrants seeking to enter Italy, in Gjader, Albania, last week.

Canada Expels Indian Diplomats, Claiming They Were Part of a Criminal Network

Sikh protesters in British Columbia, in September 2023.

Iranian General Is Seen in State Media After Questions Over His Whereabouts

Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani, center, pictured at a funeral ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday for Maj. Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan, a senior Iranian military official who was killed in a strike in Beirut, Lebanon.

Tuesday Briefing

Palestinians surveyed the damage at a camp for displaced people on the grounds of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza after an Israeli strike on Monday.

Therapeutic Food Shortage Puts African Children at Risk of Starvation, U.N. Agency Says

Fatuma Adoum, a refugee from Sudan, with one of her infant twin daughters at a malnutrition center run by Doctors Without Borders in Adre, Chad, in July.

Tuesday Briefing: India Accused of Homicide and Extortion

Sanjay Kumar Verma, India’s top diplomat in Canada, in June.

Survivors of Al Aqsa Hospital Fire in Gaza Say They Are Living a ‘Recurring Nightmare’

Palestinians in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, after the deadly attack on Monday.

U.S. Sends the THAAD Missile Defense System to Israel: What to Know

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense unit deployed last year in Guam during a multinational joint military exercise.

In Jordan, a ‘Stunning’ Discovery Under Petra’s Ancient Stone

From left, the archaeologist Matthew Vincent, the television host Josh Gates, and a professor, Pearce Paul Creasman, digging in front of the Treasury building in Petra.

Deadly Hezbollah Attack Shows Israel’s Weakness Against Drones

Military facilities near the site of a drone attack outside Binyamina, Israel, on Monday.

Supreme Court Ruling Means Italy’s ‘Bunga Bunga’ Saga Is Not Over

Italy’s Supreme Court overturned acquittals from a lower court, ruling on Monday that women accused of helping to cover up Silvio Berlusconi’s evening bacchanals could be retried.

Russia Is Winning Back Territory Taken by Ukraine in Its Summer Offensive

Ukrainian army vehicles pass by a sign which reads “Ukraine” (left) and “Russia” (right) on a Russian road near a destroyed border post in August.

Nobel Economics Prize Awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson

Members of the Swedish Academy of Sciences announcing the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in Stockholm on Monday.

Russian Oil Flows Through Western ‘Price Cap’ as Shadow Fleet Grows

Russian Disinformation Targets U.S.-Backed Anti-Malaria Campaign

Souleymane Sankara, an entomologist with Target Malaria, in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

A French Immersion Program in Provence Leads to a Good Life Lesson

Monday Briefing

Securing a road in Binyamina, Israel, after a drone attack on Sunday.

China Holds War Games Encircling Taiwan in Warning to Island’s Leader

President Lai Ching-te speaking in Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, on Thursday, its National Day. He said China and Taiwan were “not subordinate to each other.”

Just Over the Border from Israel, a Hezbollah Cache of Explosives and Mines

Israeli soldiers lead a group of journalists along a trail in southern Lebanon on Sunday.

Monday Briefing: The U.S. to Deploy Troops to Israel

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in Guam in 2023.

U.S. to Deploy Missile Defense System and About 100 Troops to Israel

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in Guam in 2023.

Israeli Jets Pummel Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon

Military facilities near the site of a drone attack outside Binyamina, Israel, on Monday.

Can the Government Get People to Have More Babies?

Jokes and Offbeat Auctions for the Troops: Standup Comedy Sweeps Ukraine

Anton Tymoshenko performing at a stand-up comedy show in July in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Russian Strikes on Ukrainian Ports Target Civilian Shipping

The Port of Odesa in March. Russia has intensified its strikes on the region recently.

Ladakh’s Local Hero Wants India to Pay Attention to His People

Sonam Wangchuk, an activist from the Ladakh region of India, is leading protests to demand more control over how the area is used and governed.

Silvio Berlusconi Died. But for Her, the ‘Bunga Bunga’ Scandal Lives On.

“He messed up my life,” Karima el-Mahroug says of Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister who died last year.

How Palestinians Are Roadblocked in the West Bank

Boot Found at Everest Could Be From Sandy Irvine, Who Vanished 100 Years Ago

The last known image taken of George Mallory, left, and Sandy Irvine. The two men vanished while trying to be the first to reach the summit at Mount Everest in 1924.

Alex Salmond, Scotland’s Former First Minister, Dies at 69

Alex Salmond in 2014 speaking to supporters in advance of the referendum on Scottish independence. That effort propelled his career, and he was the nation’s first pro-independence first minister.

Secret Documents Show Hamas Tried to Persuade Iran to Join Its Oct. 7 Attack

A house in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Israel, last December that was among those attacked on Oct. 7, 2023.

Fitch Ratings Issues Warning About France’s Finances

Fitch Ratings warned that it could lower France’s sovereign credit rating if the government’s budget plans fall apart.

Love Lessons

In British Columbia, a Political Party’s Collapse Echoes an Earlier Election

Israeli Strikes on Northern Gaza Kill at Least 20, Aid Workers Say

Mourning on Saturday over the bodies of Palestinian relatives killed overnight in the Jabaliya area of the northern Gaza Strip.

Boris Johnson Makes a Case for Trump’s Return, and Perhaps, His Own

The epigraph for Boris Johnson’s memoir is “Hasta la vista, baby,” an Arnold Schwarzenegger line from a “Terminator” film.

Canada Tightens Immigration Policy And Leaves Thousands in Limbo

International students and others line up for busses, in Brampton, Canada, on Monday. Canada’s post-pandemic experiment at large-scale import of foreign students and temporary workers is heading for a rapid overhaul.

Is Israel’s Invasion of Lebanon Legal? Here’s What International Law Says.

The aftermath on Friday of an overnight strike in the Ras el-Nabaa neighborhood in central Beirut that killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 100.

How South Korea’s Dogs Became Members of the Family

O Hanna, a teacher, at Dogkingabout, a “total dog care center” in Seoul.

Rise of the Dragons: Fire-Breathing Drones Duel in Ukraine

Ukrainian drone operators preparing to test a new drone last month in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

Lebanon’s Leader Calls on U.N. for Cease-Fire as Beirut Searches for Airstrike Survivors

The aftermath in Ras el-Nabaa, in central Beirut, on Friday after overnight Israeli airstrikes killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 100.

Evan Gershkovich, U.S. Journalist Imprisoned in Russia, Will Publish a Memoir

Evan Gershkovich was freed as part of a complex prisoner swap after 16 months in a Russian prison.

Northern Lights Animate Night Skies Around the Globe: Photos

The light of the aurora borealis shining brightly over what are known as the Kissing Trees, near the town of Kinghorn, in Fife, Scotland.

Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to Nihon Hidankyo For Its Efforts to Rid of Nuclear Weapons

The devastation of Hiroshima in the aftermath of the atomic bombing in 1945, in a photo released by the United States government.

Israeli and U.S. Defense Ministers Discuss Israel’s Expanding Military Operations in Mideast

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant of Israel at the Pentagon in June. Mr. Gallant and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had been scheduled to meet in Washington this week, but the visit was postponed.

Lebanon’s Leader Calls for U.N. Resolution on an ‘Immediate’ Cease-Fire

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, speaking on Friday, in a handout photo provided by the Lebanese prime minister’s press office.

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