Ceuta Migration Crisis Exposes Despair Among Morocco’s Young People
Migrants returning back to Morocco. Last week, between 50,000 and 60,000 people entered Ceuta, a small Spanish exclave in North Africa that shares a border with Morocco.
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Iran Says No Current Talks With U.S. After Trump Cites Progress on the Strait of Hormuz
Ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday.
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on August 2026
After Trump Pardon, Former Honduras President Hernández Faces Charges in His Home Country
Juan Orlando Hernández, a former Honduran president, in July in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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on August 2026
As France’s Elders Swelter in the Heat, Postal Workers Come to the Rescue
Harmony Simon, a postal worker, visiting Martine Combe in Aix-les-Bains in July.
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on August 2026
Spain’s Leader Is Seen as Soft on Migrants, but He Acted Fast on Ceuta
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, center, visiting Ceuta on Friday. “In less than 48 hours, my government has succeeded in fully restoring control over the border,” he said on Saturday.
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on August 2026
For Iran, Trump’s Reversal on Escalation Shows Who Has the Upper Hand
Iranian officials remain convinced that President Trump, not them, has the most to lose in a widening war.
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on August 2026
Singapore Bans Band Massive Attack for Displaying Palestinian Flag
A still image taken from a social media video showed Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall of Massive Attack holding up a Palestinian flag onstage in Singapore last week.
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on August 2026
WestJet Strike Ends After Canadian Airline Reaches Deal With Flight Attendants
WestJet flight attendants striking at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, on Sunday.
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on August 2026
2 Killed as Firefighting Helicopters Collide in Greece
Wreckage from a firefighting helicopter that crashed after colliding with another helicopter during a wildfire operation near Psatha, Greece, on Sunday.
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on August 2026
Trump Says He Canceled Strikes on Iran, Claiming Progress on Outlines of a Deal
President Trump disembarks from Air Force One at the airport in Morristown, N.J., on Friday.
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on August 2026
Cowboys Fringants Bassist Is Named Quebec’s Chief Scientist
Jérôme Dupras, the bass player in Les Cowboys Fringants, one of Quebec’s most famous rock bands, was recently appointed as chief scientist of Quebec.
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on August 2026
Pakistan Police Station Bombing Kills at Least 14
Pakistani police officials investigating the scene of a suicide bombing in the Swat Valley on Sunday.
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on August 2026
Unraveling the Chaos in Ceuta
Migrants on a beach in Ceuta on Saturday.
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on August 2026
In Ceuta, Far-Right Leaders Call on Spain to Expel Migrants
The far-right politician Alvise Pérez, center, faced off against residents after in Ceuta, Spain, after speaking out against the influx of migrants there.
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on August 2026
U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme
A camp for people displaced by violence and drought in Somalia’s southern Gedo region, seen in April.
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on August 2026
Canada’s WestJet Cancels Trips Amid Strike By Flight Attendants
WestJet flight attendants walking a picket line at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Sunday.
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on August 2026
After Most Migrants Leave Ceuta, Exhausted Holdouts Find Shelter on Beach
Some migrants were waiting it out on a beach in Ceuta, a Spanish territory, on Saturday after crossing from Morocco days earlier.
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on August 2026
Europe’s Far Right, Once Marginal, Now Sets Tone on Spain Migrant Crisis
Men waiting for humanitarian assistance on a beach in Ceuta, a Spanish territory, on Saturday.
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on August 2026
Australia’s Indie Music Venues Closing as Costs Rise and Attendance Drops
Jake Smyth, left, and Kenny Graham at Mary’s Underground.
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on August 2026
Tourist Plane Crashes in Peru, Killing All 13 Aboard
Police inspect the wreckage of a plane that crashed on Saturday during a sightseeing flight carrying tourists over the Nazca Lines in Peru.
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on August 2026
Teen Hikers Rescued 12 Hours Into Google Maps Hike
The Howe Sound Crest Trail offers stunning views of a sparkling lake atop craggy mountains.
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on August 2026
Improvised Bomb Kills 3 at an Upscale Moscow Restaurant
Law enforcement officers outside the Balzi Rossi restaurant after an explosion in Moscow on Saturday.
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on August 2026
Israel Says It Killed Several Hezbollah Members on Key Lebanon Hilltop
Dust covering the hills in the areas of Arnoun and Al Shaqif near the Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon, after Israeli forces carried out a series of detonations on Friday.
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on August 2026
Iran Plotted Wider War With Help of Its Proxies
Mourners on Wednesday carried a coffin draped in the Iranian flag during a funeral for those killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces in Mosul, Iraq.
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on August 2026
Israel Bombards Gaza, Days After Trump Announced Deal to Advance Cease-Fire
Palestinians inspecting the aftermath of a strike near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, on Saturday.
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on August 2026
Justice Dept. Subpoenas Times Freelancer in Effort to Identify Sources
A SEAL Team 6 mission conducted in 2019 in North Korea was detailed in a New York Times article last year.
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on August 2026
Nirmal Purja, Renowned Mountaineer, Is Found Dead After Pakistan Avalanche
Nirmal Purja at a celebration in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, following his team’s historic first winter ascent of K2 in January 2021.
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on August 2026
Making Rounds
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on August 2026
A Weekend That Marks a Historical Moment for Black Canadians
The fictional Uncle Tom, whose name became a slur, overshadowed the story of Josiah Henson whose life inspired the character.
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on August 2026
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the Effect of the Iran War on Oil Prices, Munitions and More
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending a dignified transfer last month for Army soldiers killed while deployed to Jordan last month.
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on August 2026
In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear
A banner in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar featuring the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike at the start of the U.S.-Iran war.
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on August 2026
The U.S. Deported Him to Jail in Russia. Then He Escaped.
Artyom Vovchenko deserted the Russian military, fled to the United States, was deported back to Russia and escaped again.
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on August 2026
Spain Installs Floating Barrier in Ceuta After Influx of Migrants
Migrants waiting for humanitarian assistance on a beach in the Spanish territory of Ceuta on Saturday.
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on August 2026
Russian Missiles Kill 9 in Kyiv After Trump Backs Off Air-Defense Pledge
Rescuers working on Saturday outside a residential building damaged in a strike on Kyiv, Ukraine.
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on August 2026
Last Missing Climbers’ Bodies Are Found, Pakistan Officials Say
An avalanche struck Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains, on Thursday.
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on August 2026
Beijing Protests After New Zealand Minister Insults Chinese-Born Lawmaker
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters at the ASEAN meeting in the Philippines last month.
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on August 2026
How 50,000 Migrants Surged Into Ceuta, a Spanish Exclave Near Morocco
Migrants near the Spain-Morocco border on Friday. Tens of thousands of people illegally entered the Spanish territory of Ceuta this week, though by Friday’s end most had returned.
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on August 2026
Japan’s Rescuers Battle Cruel Heat After Major Earthquake
A woman collecting water on Friday from a stream near a home that collapsed after this week’s earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
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on August 2026
Trump Backs Away From Deal to Let Ukraine Build Patriot Missiles
President Trump holding a cabinet meeting on Friday at Camp David in Maryland.
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on August 2026
What Caused the Surge of Migrants From Morocco Into Ceuta?
A Spanish soldier keeping watch on Friday at the Spanish-Moroccan border.
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on August 2026
Young Men Poured Into Ceuta Seeking Work
Migrants sat on a rocky stretch of beach in North Africa on Friday after swimming across the Moroccan border to enter the Spanish territory of Ceuta.
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on August 2026
Ceuta Evokes Europe’s 2015 Migration Crisis. But Much Has Changed Since.
Migrants resting outside a migrant reception center on Friday after crossing from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.
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on August 2026
Ukraine’s Strike on Iranian Ship Shows How Two Wars Could Spiral
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Mr. Zelensky has tried to make the case that the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine have some common elements.
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on August 2026
Did 75,000 Students Cheat on a College-Entrance Exam in Mexico?
The National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, in Mexico City.
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on August 2026
Far-right politicians seize on Ceuta
French far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella speaking in Lievin, northern France, in July.
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on August 2026
Man Accused of Spying for Iran at British Air Base in Cyprus
The perimeter of R.A.F. Akrotiri, a British air base in Cyprus. Investigators said that Mr. Sultanov “conducted hostile surveillance” on the installation.
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on August 2026
Extreme Heat Has Transformed What Summer Means Across Generations in Europe
Thousands of Migrants Surge Into Ceuta from Morocco, Prompting Political Backlash
Myanmar Junta Allows Aung San Suu Kyi Rare Contact With an Outsider
Meet the Bee Vet, Now Making Hive Calls
How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners
A French Village Becomes a Ghost Town After the Wildfires
Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians