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Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.

When the nation’s intelligence chiefs go before Congress on Tuesday to provide their first public “Worldwide Threat Assessment” of President...
FILE — President Vladimir Putin of Russia speaks at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on March 20, 2024. On Tuesday, March 25, 2025, America’s top intelligence officials will release their current assessment of Russia. They are caught between what their analysts say and what President Trump wants to hear. (Nanna Heitmann/The New York Times)

Is Russia an Adversary or a Future Partner? Trump’s Aides May Have to Decide.

When the nation’s intelligence chiefs go before Congress on Tuesday to provide their first public “Worldwide Threat Assessment” of President...

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Basel Adra, Palestinian co-director of the Oscar winner documentary "No Other Land", looks at the damaged car of the Palestinian co-director Hamdan Ballal, who was attacked by Jewish settlers before being detained by the Israeli army in the village of Susiya, in Masafer Yatta, south Hebron hills, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP/Leo Correa)

Israel Releases Oscar-Winning Palestinian Director After He Was Attacked by West Bank Settlers

HEBRON, West Bank — Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was detained by the army after being attacked by ...

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Israeli protesters against Nentanyahu March 23, 2025

Netanyahu Faces Israeli Outrage Over Continued War in Gaza

Protesters gathered outside Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, to express outrage over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to resume...

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For the first year after the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, the most profound effect in America of Israel’s war in Gaza was to destabilize the Democratic Party’s coalition, writes Ross Douthat. (Alain Pilon/The New York Times)

How Israel Divides the Right

Opinion by Ross Douthat on March 21, 2025. For the first year after the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, the most profound effect in America of Isra...

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Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza’s Health Ministry Says Israel Has Struck the Largest Hospital in the Territory’s South

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel’s military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, killing two people, wounding oth...

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following a Russian attack in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, March 24, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

US Holds Separate Talks With Russians After Meeting Ukrainians to Discuss Ceasefire

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. negotiators worked on a proposed partial ceasefire in the the 3-year-old war in Ukraine on Monday, meetin...

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America Is Aggravating the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis

AWEIL, South Sudan — The world’s worst humanitarian crisis today is probably the web of famine, civil war, mass rape and other atrocit...

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Western Officials Say Russia Is Behind a Campaign of Sabotage Across Europe

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of U...

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Ella Osama Abu Dagga, 25 days old, is held by her great-aunt Suad Abu Dagga after she was pulled from the rubble earlier following an Israeli army airstrike that killed her parents and brother in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Month-Old Girl Is Pulled From the Rubble in Gaza After an Airstrike Killed Her Parents

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — As rescuers dug through the remains of a collapsed apartment building in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Thursday, they coul...

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The northern lights illuminate the sky above a former Distant Early Warning radar station in the Canadian Arctic, a legacy of the Cold War in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, Jan. 6, 2016. Canada has made a $4.2 billion deal with Australia to develop a cutting-edge radar for the Arctic that can detect hypersonic missiles and other threats over the curvature of the earth, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)

Canada Bolsters Arctic Defenses as Trump Sets His Sights North

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Canada has made a 6 billion-Canadian-dollar ($4.2 billion) deal with Australia to develop a cutting-edge radar for the Ar...

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Staff members prepare the start line at Stade de France in Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Aug. 3, 2024. Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, making it the first Olympic sport to add the requirement. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
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Track and Field to Be First Olympic Sport Requiring DNA Sex Tests for Women

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, questions the witnesses during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP File)
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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett Mocks Wheelchair-Bound Greg Abbott as ‘Gov. Hot Wheels’

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP File)
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Appeals Court Allows Trump to Suspend Approval of New Refugees Amid Lawsuit

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