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Trump Pledges US Aid for Asia Quake Despite Former Official Saying System in ‘Shambles’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. was going to help with the response to Southeast Asia’s deadly earthquak...

Trump Pledges US Aid for Asia Quake Despite Former Official Saying System in ‘Shambles’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. was going to help with the response to Southeast Asia’s deadly earthquak...

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A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet falls before hitting a building in Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Israel Strikes Beirut for the First Time Since a Ceasefire Ended the Latest Israel-Hezbollah War

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israel on Friday launched an attack on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest...

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Medical personnel wait with an empty stretcher near a hospital in Mandalay, Myanmar, where a collapsed building and blocked streets could be seen in the distance after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck nearby on Friday, March 28, 2025. Bridges and buildings collapsed in Mandalay, with many casualties reported; the quake was strong enough to collapse a 30-story skyscraper under construction over 500 miles away, in Bangkok. (The New York Times)

At Least 20 Dead in Myanmar After Strong Earthquake

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, shaking buildings across a vast expanse of Southeast Asia and causing a skyscra...

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The president announced tariffs on imported cars on Wednesday, a measure that could bring car factories to the United States but raise prices for consumers. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Germany and France Say Europe Must Respond to Trump’s Auto Tariffs

PARIS — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on automobiles drew a sharp reaction Thursday from leaders in Germany and France, who call...

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A Palestinian protestor holds up a sign reading "Hamas does not represent us," during a demonstration against the group in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Anti-Hamas protests grew in Gaza for a second straight day on Wednesday, as Palestinians there vented frustration and anger at the collapse of a cease-fire with Israel that many had hoped become permanent. (Saher Alghorra/The New York Times)

Gaza Residents Demand End to 18 Years of Hamas Rule

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Palestinians hold signs against the war as a man chants slogans in support of the people in Bait Lahiya who came out against Hamas Tuesday in a rare show of public anger against the militant group that rules the territory, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians Protest Hamas in a Rare Public Show of Dissent in Gaza

CAIRO — Thousands of Palestinians marched between the wreckage of a heavily destroyed town in northern Gaza on Wednesday in the second day o...

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US to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries

The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase criti...

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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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