Live Updates: U.K. Local Election Results Point to Big Losses for Starmer’s Party
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to supporters and councilors in London Friday.
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U.A.E. Expels Pakistani Workers, as Pakistan’s Peacemaking Creates a Rift
Travelers at Pakistan’s Islamabad International Airport this month.
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The French Couple That Tried to Burgle 29 Churches in 3 Months
The tabernacle in the church of Chamouille, France, which was robbed last summer. Some priests oversee as many as 50 churches.
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Emirates Doubles Down on U.S. and Israeli Ties Amid Iran War
The Emirates leader, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, and President Trump in Abu Dhabi, last year.
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China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War
President Trump meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Busan, South Korea, in October. Both sides agreed to extend a trade truce to limit tariffs.
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Four Men Found Guilty of Haiti President’s Assassination
A mural of Jovenel Moïse near his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he was assassinated in 2021.
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Many Russians in No Mood for Celebration on Kremlin’s Biggest Day of the Year
Red Square in Moscow. The Victory Day procession, one of the year’s biggest events, is staged in the heart of Kremlin power.
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Two Men Are Convicted of Spying for China in Britain
Chung Biu Yuen, left, and Chi Leung “Peter” Wai, right, arriving ahead of their trial at the Old Bailey in central London in March.
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Taiwan Breaks Political Deadlock to Approve $25 Billion U.S. Arms Purchase
A Patriot missile system deployed at a park in Taipei during a military exercise last year. The Patriot is one of the most sought-after air-defense systems on the weapons market.
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3 Hikers Dead After Volcano Erupts in Indonesia
Smoke rises above Mount Dukono in Indonesia on Friday.
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German Leaders Clash With Spy Chiefs Over Domestic Threat From Iran
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and Alexander Dobrindt, the country’s interior minister, at a meeting in Berlin last week. They have cast Iranian threats linked to the war as largely hypothetical.
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Before Hantavirus Outbreak, the MV Hondius Attracted ‘a Different Type of Traveler’
The MV Hondius off the port of Praia, Cape Verde, on Sunday. Passengers on the ship showed symptoms of the hantavirus, and some died.
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Festus Mogae, Former Botswana President Who Tackled H.I.V., Dies at 86
Festus Mogae in 2004, during his decade as president of Botswana. He fought the country’s H.I.V./AIDS crisis and presided over robust economic growth because of diamond production.
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Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf
An image from the Europe Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite showing a slick off Kharg Island on Wednesday.
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Greenpeace Suffers Another Blow in Court Fight With Energy Transfer
Activists in France protested against the Energy Transfer lawsuit against Greenpeace USA last year.
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Britain Has Entered a New Era of Multiparty Politics. It’s Messy.
Voters in North London on Thursday. In Britain’s voting system, the more candidates there are for a council seat, the smaller the share it might take to win.
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SNP, Scotland’s Pro-Independence Party, Benefits From Labour’s Struggles With Voters
A campaign event for the Scottish National Party in Dundee, Scotland, in April.
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Even in Labour-Loyal Wales, Voters Are Looking to Other Parties
Canvassers for Plaid Cymru, one of the parties trying to defeat Labour in Wales in Tredegar, last month.
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The Green Party gained ground in some of Labour’s London strongholds.
A Green Party candidate won the mayor’s race in the London borough of Hackney.
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What’s at Stake in the UK’s Local Elections
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain spoke on Friday after local election results began rolling in.
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Farage Celebrates Reform UK’s Strong Performance in Local Elections
Nigel Farage, Britain’s Reform U.K. leader, spoke to the media in the London Borough of Havering, Britain, on Friday.
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U.S. to Review Mexican Consulates After Right-Wing Claims Against Them
The State Department is reviewing the 53 Mexican consulates in the U.S., including the consulate in Los Angeles.
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Trump Says Cease-Fire Is Intact After Trade of Attacks in Strait of Hormuz
President Trump at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
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U.S. and Zambia Feud: Trump Health Aid Deal Stalls Over Critical Minerals
A man working with silicon manganese at the Chinese-owned Datong Processing plant in Kabwe, Zambia, in 2024. Some analysts say that the Trump administration has used foreign aid to try to pressure Zambia to provide greater mining access.
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U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes as Tensions in Strait of Hormuz Rise
This photo released by U.S. Central Command Public Affairs shows the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George H.W. Bush on Sunday.
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As Stockpiles Fall, U.S. Sells More Missiles Worth $17 Billion to Gulf Nations
A Patriot missile launcher in Kuwait City in 2019. The United States is selling Kuwait another $9.3 billion worth of interceptor missiles.
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Iran and U.S. Consider One-Page Plan to End Hostilities, Iranian Officials Say
A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday near Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
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Why America Is Removing So Many ‘Deadbeat’ Dams
The Street Dam on the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pa.
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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Carrying Weapon Near Former Prince Andrew’s Home
A man was arrested on “suspicion of a public order offense and possession of an offensive weapon” near Sandringham Estate, the home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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Israel Says It Killed a Hezbollah Chief Near Beirut, Testing the Truce
Rescue workers on Thursday at a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs that was destroyed a day earlier by an Israeli strike.
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Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness
An ambulance crew awaiting an evacuated passenger with a suspected hantavirus infection in Amsterdam on Wednesday. The U.S. government has released very little information about the outbreak on a cruise ship, which has affected several Americans.
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New NTSB Report Into Deadly China Eastern Crash Suggests Struggle in Cockpit
Emergency workers searching for the black box at the crash site of the China Eastern flight in Teng County, China in 2022.
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Russia Ramps Up Threats Toward Ukraine Over Victory Day Parade
Russia has enhanced security in Moscow ahead of Saturday’s Victory Day parade.
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German Tourist Wins Lawsuit After Not Getting a Lounge Chair by the Pool
A German court ruled in April that a tour operator that tolerates placing dibs on hotel sun beds is liable for a travel defect and must refund part of the holiday price to any guest left out.
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Health Officials Race to Track Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak but Predict ‘Limited’ Spread
An ambulance during an evacuation of suspected hantavirus patients, in Praia, Cape Verde, on Wednesday.
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A Project in Europe Tested Whether Students Could Live Without Smartphones
A teenager using a smartphone in Vienna. Some participants in a phone ban experiment felt more connected to their families and hobbies, while others struggled without the instant digital stimulus.
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In Hungary, Voters Exposed the Limits of China’s Ties to Orban
The Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd, or CATL, battery plant in Debrecen, Hungary, last week. Opposition to the plant soured local voters on Prime Minister Viktor Orban in elections in April.
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Trump Hosts Brazil’s President Lula at White House After Months of Ups and Downs
President Trump with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil at an economic forum last year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Australian Women and Children Linked to ISIS Fighters Return Home
The Al Roj camp in northeast Syria where family members of men suspected of fighting for the Islamic State have been held for years.
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Starmer Braces for Local Election Losses Amid New Era of UK Politics
A mural showing Aneurin Bevan, the Labour Party hero who helped create the U.K.’s National Health Service, in Tredegar, Wales.
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Starmer Faces a Major Test in a Set of UK Elections: What to Know
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at the launch of the Labour Party’s local election campaign, in Wolverhampton, England, in March.
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Air-Conditioning Is in Short Supply as Asia Swelters
Used air-conditioners for sale at a roadside shop in Manila, Philippines, in April.
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Iran Says It Is Reviewing a U.S. Proposal to End the War
President Trump at a Mother’s Day event at the White House on Wednesday. He said the Iranians “want to make a deal.”
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Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Fires on Iranian Tankers as Tehran Accuses Washington of ‘Reckless’ Attacks
South Africa’s President Faces Potential Impeachment After Court Decision
U.S. Health Authorities Monitor Hantavirus Cruise Passengers in Georgia, California and Arizona
China Hands Suspended Death Sentences to 2 Former Defense Ministers
The Iran War and Angry Voters