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How a Top Mexican Cartel Smuggles Fentanyl to the U.S.

A liquid, made up of chemicals that help disguise the potent smell of fentanyl, is sprayed on a package.

Zelensky Rejects Trump’s Suggestion That Ukraine Swap Territory With Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last month in Rome.

A Cash Shortage in Gaza Is Making the Hunger Crisis Much Worse

Repairing a damaged bank note. A cottage industry making such fixes has sprung up in Gaza because of the shortage of cash.

An Unusual Soccer Finale in Italy Reveals Libya’s Frailties

Russia Goes After Ukraine With Distant Strikes and New Tactics

A woman running from her apartment block carrying her pets after Russian aerial bombs exploded nearby in Kharkiv, Ukraine, last month.

What Putin Hopes to Gain From a Summit With Trump

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump at a bilateral meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.

What Lobsters and Chickens Reveal About Europe’s Trade Strategy

Freshly caught lobsters last year in Stonington, Maine.

As Gaza Hunger Crisis Worsens, Israel Lets in Little Aid

Gazans waited to receive meals at a charity kitchen this month. Nearly one in three people in the territory is not eating for days at a time, the United Nations said.

Mexico’s President Says U.S. Forces Are Unwelcome in Her Country

President Trump directed the Pentagon to target drug cartels on Friday. If the Pentagon plans to deploy troops to Mexico, it could strain ties to their worst point in decades.

The U.S. Says Britain Is Chilling Free Speech. Many Britons Point the Finger Back.

Police officers at a protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in London last week. Immigration has become a lightning rod in the debate over free speech in the U.K.

India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtships of Xi and Trump

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeing relations with President Trump break down over issues including trade with Russia.

Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Threats to Impose Sanctions?

An open-air museum in Red Square commemorating the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. Amid budgetary strains, the Kremlin has protected military spending as the war in Ukraine goes on.

Vance and Lammy Mix Fishing and Foreign Policy at UK Estate

Britain’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, left, and Vice President JD Vance on Friday at Chevening House. Mr. Lammy and Mr. Vance have cultivated a personal relationship that predated their current jobs.

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A Pay Raise for Canada’s Military to Boost Recruitment and Retention

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced substantial raises for the military in Trenton, Ontario.

Israel’s New Plan to Take Gaza City

Trump Cracks Down on Bird Deaths, but Only From Wind Turbines

In contradiction, Trump has sought to weaken laws that have been credited with bringing the bald eagle back from the brink of extinction.

Car Companies Are Paying Tariffs So You Don’t Have To

Cars on a container ship in Miami. Tariffs of as much as 27.5 percent on cars and car parts will force sticker prices to rise significantly, analysts say.

A Small European Nation Has a Big Explosions Problem

An apartment building damaged by an explosion in Duivendrecht, the Netherlands.

Is Kim Jong-un Preparing a Successor?

William H. Webster, Who Ran Both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A., Dies at 101

Netanyahu’s Plan for Gaza City Has Skeptics in Israeli Military

Al-Sabra neighborhood in central Gaza City last month. In a statement on Friday morning, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office stopped short of saying Israel would conquer the entire territory.

What’s Behind the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict

Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White House

President Trump and the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met at the White House on Friday.

War of Words Erupts Between Colombia and Peru Over Island in Amazon

The island of Santa Rosa de Yavarí, foreground, sits at a border shared by Colombia, Peru and Brazil in the Amazon rainforest.

What to Know About the Israeli Hostages Still Held in Gaza

Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip attend a rally in Jerusalem on Thursday demanding their release and calling for an end to the war in Gaza.

Putin Briefs Leaders of China and India on Talks With U.S. on Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin of Russia meeting with Ajit Doval, India’s national security adviser, in Moscow on Friday, in a photo released by Russian state media.

Canada’s Girl Guides Suspend U.S. Trips Amid Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

The Peace Arch monument at the U.S.-Canada border in Surrey, British Columbia.

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in the Florida Everglades Is Testing Environmental Law

A planned airport in the Everglades would have been the world’s biggest, but only one runway was built and it was rarely used.

New Tariff on ‘Transshipped’ Goods Mystifies Importers

In addition to an extra 40 percent tariff on goods that pass through more than one country, the White House is designing rules to apply higher charges on components that go through a similar transshipment before assembly.

Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels

President Trump ordered the State Department to label drug cartels as terrorist organizations after taking office in January.

Germany Says It Will Suspend Military Exports to Israel for Use in Gaza

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany last month. He said the country would stop exporting weapons to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu Broadly Criticized at Home and Abroad After New Gaza Plan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Jerusalem last month. His office said the Israeli military “will prepare for taking control of Gaza City” while distributing aid to civilians “outside the combat zones.”

Trump to Host Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for ‘Peace Signing’

A border crossing in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2023. It has been at the center of decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Russian Strikes Kill 3 in Ukraine, Which May Be Left Out of Peace Talks

An explosion from a Russian drone strike lit up the sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.

Israel Says It’s Preparing to Take Control of Gaza City. What Does That Mean?

An Israeli armored fighting vehicle near the border with Gaza on Tuesday.

A Starfish Has Captivated Argentina. It Didn’t Ask to Be Political.

Congo’s Teens Brave Bombs, Rebels and Abduction to Play Hoops

Hundreds of teens still venture out in the Congolese city of Goma, recently taken over by rebels, to train at a youth basketball academy.

With Gaza City Plan, Netanyahu Risks Ending Up in Familiar Deadlock

A camp on the Gaza coast for displaced Palestinians. Many civilians in the enclave have been trapped in a dystopian nightmare by the Israeli military campaign.

Friday Briefing: Israel Approves Full Military Takeover of Gaza

Trump Wasn’t the First to Deport These Men, and He Won’t Be the Last

Bhutanese people, members of the harassed Lhotshampas ethnic minority, have lived in refugee camps in Nepal since the 1990s.

Should Soccer Star Son Heung-min Have Held an Umbrella for a Female Reporter?

Son Heung-min, center, before an exhibition match between Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United in Seoul on Sunday.

Big-Game Hunter Is Killed by Buffalo During Safari

Asher Watkins was pursuing a Cape buffalo in South Africa when it attacked and killed him.

Canada Wildfires: Military Is Brought In to Battle Blazes

Friday Briefing: Netanyahu Plans to Fully Control Gaza

South Africa’s Equity Laws, Reviled by Trump, May Complicate Tariff Talks

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and President Trump at the White House in May.

How a Carbon Tax Plan in Europe Survived (Mostly)

The goal of the climate tax was to prod Austrians to change their habits, like deciding to walk or take a bus rather than driving.

Egypt Ends Rent Control System Than Aided Poor for Decades

Even in some expensive areas of Cairo, rent control measures in place for decades have enabled some renters to pay very low prices.

Spanish Officials Condemn City’s Ban on Religious Events as ‘Racist’

Protests against migrants last month in Torre-Pacheco, in southeastern Spain.

Perito Moreno Glacier Is Thinning Faster Than Expected, Study Shows

Dean Cain, Who Played Superman, Says He Is Joining ICE

“I will be sworn in as an ICE agent A.S.A.P.,” Dean Cain, 59, said after the agency removed the age cap.

As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

The warehouse in Geel, Belgium, where millions of contraceptives bought by U.S.A.I.D. were stored when the U.S. government defunded the agency.

U Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar Installed by Military, Dies at 74

In a photo released by the Myanmar military, U Myint Swe attends a defense and security council meeting in Naypyidaw in 2023.

For Putin, Trump Summit Is Key to Securing Ukraine Goals

In a photo released by state media, President Vladimir V. Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday.

Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Military Takeover of Gaza

The Israeli military says it controls about 75 percent of Gaza. The coastal strip stretching from Gaza City in the north of the enclave to Khan Younis in the south is the main area that is outside Israeli control.

She Survived a 9-Story Fall After a Russian Missile Hit Her Building

Veronika Osintseva, 23, with friends at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. “I don’t know how I flew, but I somehow stayed alive,” she said in an interview.

Trump and Putin to Meet in ‘Coming Days,’ Kremlin Aide Confirms

President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia meeting in 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.

Measles Spreads Quickly in Rural Alberta Areas That Resisted Vaccines

Bow Island, Alberta is home to a large Menonite Community.

Wind and Solar Projects Stall as Trump Cracks Down on Renewables

The Vineyard Wind project off Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. The Interior Department has ordered its lawyers to review some projects that have already been approved.

How a Pro-Palestinian Group Got Banned in Britain

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