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American agencies have assessed that China dislikes the growing partnership between Russia and North Korea. The State Department has raised the troop issue with Chinese diplomats.

By Edward Wong

The flooding left more than 150 dead, and an unknown number of people missing.

By Nader Ibrahim

A discovery of etched symbols and writing at a British Manor House has experts examining their possible meaning.

By Ali Watkins

How the next U.S. administration may shape the world.

By Natasha Frost

The bill has drawn criticism from legal scholars who say it would bulldoze any judicial oversight of constitutional matters.

By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Natalie Kitroeff

All but three of the country’s Supreme Court justices announced they would quit rather than partake in the controversial elections mandated by a judicial overhaul.

By Natalie Kitroeff and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Plus, what too much sugar does to your body.

By Gaya Gupta

The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief.

By Dennis Overbye

Airstrikes on Monday targeted people who the military said were senior leaders of the group, which has sharply stepped up its attacks in Iraq and Syria.

By Eve Sampson

At least 158 people were killed after the downpour, which some residents said was the worst they had ever witnessed.

By Emma Bubola, Isabella Kwai and José Bautista

At least 1,085 buildings have been destroyed or badly damaged since Israel’s invasion targeting the Hezbollah militia, including many in controlled demolitions, a New York Times analysis shows.

By Christiaan Triebert, Riley Mellen and Alexander Cardia

More than 1,000 soldiers from an emergency response team were deployed, and officials said that many more residents were waiting for help, after more than a month’s worth of rain fell in less than 24 hours in some areas across southern and eastern Spain.

By Nader Ibrahim

The authorities said there was no nuclear risk. Two people with smoke inhalation received treatment at a hospital.

By Claire Moses

Israel’s military warned civilians to leave Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley via three routes. The city had largely been spared Israeli bombardment until this week.

By Liam Stack, Christina Goldbaum and Julian E. Barnes

The Pennsylvania plant, site of the worst U.S. nuclear energy accident, is at the forefront of efforts to expand nuclear capacity to meet rising electricity demand.

By Rebecca F. Elliott and George Etheredge for The New York Times

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school.

By Matt Kaplan

Trump has suggested he would dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, which has reshaped America’s energy landscape. It won’t be easy.

By Brad Plumer

About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.

By José Bautista, Isabella Kwai and Emma Bubola

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbors are seeking to reassure foreign investors that it’s still safe to do business amid the turmoil around the Mideast.

By Ismaeel Naar

With a forthcoming nonfiction book and an online army of Nerdfighters, the young-adult author aims to eliminate an entirely curable global scourge.

By Maddie Bender

A closing address by Vice President Kamala Harris.

By Natasha Frost

Last year, the Shanghai government said Halloween celebrations were a sign of “cultural tolerance.” This year, the police rounded up people in costume.

By Vivian Wang and Muyi Xiao

Analysts said the Shahroud Space Center was likely used to produce intermediate-range ballistic missiles that could be used to target Israel.

By Ephrat Livni

Humanitarian agencies fear the new Israeli laws could have catastrophic effects for Gazans. They are already drawing sharp criticism from Israel’s allies.

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg

The Baalbek district bore the brunt of Israel’s barrage, which officials said killed at least 60 people in the Bekaa Valley, in eastern Lebanon.

By AFP and Reuters

Plus, what happened to repatriated art in Benin.

By Gaya Gupta

Gazan agencies said that children were among those killed in the strike in Beit Lahia. A U.S. State Department spokesman called the strike “a horrifying incident with a horrifying result.”

By Hiba Yazbek, Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, Aaron Boxerman and Michael Levenson

Phones used by Jared Kushner and Eric Trump were among those that hackers sought access to as part of a counterintelligence effort carried out by a hacking group associated with China.

By Devlin Barrett, Ben Protess and Maggie Haberman

The police said that they found Ricin and an Al Qaeda training manual in the suspect’s home. The attack on little girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event stoked anti-immigrant sentiment.

By Lynsey Chutel

The deluge flooded streets, breached rivers and destroyed crops along the Mediterranean coast. There could be more rain still to come.

By José Bautista and Amelia Nierenberg

The party that has governed the country since 1966 could lose power as the economy struggles from a slump in demand for diamonds, which made Botswana an African success story.

By John Eligon and Yvonne Mooka

The region of Andalusia received four times the amount of rain that usually falls in October in a single day.

By Meg Felling

The big and cumbersome Army is trying to transform itself to deploy quickly to Asia, if needed. It is an inherently dangerous business.

By Helene Cooper and Kenny Holston

The Russian leader’s emphasis on nuclear prowess has been seen as an attempt to deter Western military aid to Kyiv.

By Anatoly Kurmanaev

The barrage of Israeli airstrikes in the Bekaa Valley on Monday night killed at least 60 people, officials said. It appeared to be the deadliest attack in the area since the war escalated last month.

By Christina Goldbaum and Jacob Roubai

Gaza’s health ministry said that at least 25 children were among those killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza. The Israeli military said it was looking into the strike.

By Nader Ibrahim

A storage facility in Norway built to safeguard crop diversity recently received more than 30,000 samples as concerns grow about climate change and food insecurity.

By Amelia Nierenberg

The report is intended to assess efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to safeguard minors and others. Advocates for survivors called it an exercise in obfuscation.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

Mr. Qassem had been the Lebanese militant group’s longtime deputy. He replaces Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike last month.

By Ben Hubbard

A muted response to Ukraine’s “victory plan” and steep challenges on the battlefield leave Kyiv searching for a Plan B.

By Kim Barker, Eric Schmitt, Steven Erlanger and Anton Troianovski

Countries where democracy is in trouble share a common pattern, and it’s a worrying one for the United States.

By Amanda Taub

A philosopher journeys into the world of comparative thanatology, which explores how animals of all kinds respond to death and dying.

By Emily Anthes

Here’s what you need to know.

By Natasha Frost

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has stumbled since his party won a landslide victory, but the financial plan to be announced on Wednesday offers a possible relaunch.

By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle

Authorities use satellites to track deforestation caused by chain saws or fire. Now criminals are using chemicals to degrade trees — and evade detection.

By Jack Nicas and Flávia Milhorance

The Iran-backed Houthi militia has detained dozens of Yemenis linked to the U.S. Embassy or international organizations recently.

By Ismaeel Naar

Eight years after Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, foreign influence with American voters has grown more sophisticated. That could have outsize consequences in the 2024 race.

By Sheera Frenkel, Tiffany Hsu and Steven Lee Myers

Most of the provisions of the laws, which could threaten UNRWA’s work by barring its operations in the country, will not take effect for three months.

By Aaron Boxerman and Matthew Mpoke Bigg

The sheriff in a rural Tennessee county said his office is searching for a man who used a stolen identity to pose as a victim.

By James Wagner

Jamshid Sharmahd had been accused of helping in a deadly terrorist bombing in 2008. Another Iranian prisoner, the Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, is in the hospital.

By Leily Nikounazar and Richard Pérez-Peña

Envoys from Israel, Egypt, the United States and Qatar took part in the negotiations, but no agreements are expected until American voters choose their next president.

By Patrick Kingsley and Hiba Yazbek

Plus, the “Ketamine Queen.”

By Justin Porter

Video that emerged over the weekend appeared to show Mike Amesbury, a Labour party lawmaker, hitting a man in the face and then repeatedly landing more body blows.

By Megan Specia

Israel’s Knesset began its winter session on Monday against a backdrop of war in Gaza and Lebanon and with some contentious matters on the agenda.

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Gabby Sobelman and Myra Noveck

The French movie star’s lawyer said poor health kept his client from court on Monday.

By Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic

Economists said Donald Trump’s plan to return trade barriers to levels not seen in generations would be “a grenade thrown in the heart” of the international system.

By Ana Swanson

Neal’s Yard, a leading cheese retailer in London, said that a shipment of 22 metric tons of rare Cheddar had disappeared in the con.

By Amelia Nierenberg

Analysts said Israel was expected to wait until the outcome of the election before deciding on its stance on a cease-fire in Gaza. Hamas officials seem reluctant to compromise.

By Patrick Kingsley

They play an essential role in supporting life on Earth, but many species are in decline, researchers found.

By Catrin Einhorn

Several thousand North Korean soldiers have arrived in Russia’s western Kursk region, where they are expected to support Moscow’s efforts to dislodge invading Ukrainian forces.

By Constant Méheut

The Gaza health ministry said the staff of the facility, Kamal Adwan Hospital, had been expelled or detained and urged people in Gaza with surgical skills to go there to save those patients they could.

By Hiba Yazbek

The founder of the English Defence League was sentenced to 18 months for ignoring a court order to stop making false claims about a teenage Syrian refugee.

By Stephen Castle

Deep-seated grievance among Japanese voters has put the Liberal Democrats, longstanding custodians of the status quo, on notice.

By Motoko Rich

Conservatives in the country have often accused the courts of overreach. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to outsource asylum requests is now part of that longstanding battle.

By Emma Bubola

Former President Rodrigo Duterte was defiant in Senate testimony about the years of bloodshed that left thousands dead. “I did it for my country,” he said.

By Sui-Lee Wee and Aie Balagtas See

A utility sends phone alerts when wind power is cheap. A builder sells “zero bill” houses. They’re among several experiments to redefine how people value electricity.

By Somini Sengupta and Andrew Testa

Cities in eastern and southern Ukraine are increasingly being hit by Russian glide bombs, converted gravity bombs that can be guided to targets, often landing without detection, residents and officials say.

By Maria Varenikova

Yamandú Orsi, a center-left former mayor, finished first on Sunday but fell short of the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid another round of voting.

By The Associated Press

Americans’ fears about the future of democracy.

By Natasha Frost

A once pivotal player has seen its influence become limited.

By Mark Landler

A violent attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat tests Hanoi’s muted but resolute approach to China’s aggression in the South China Sea.

By Damien Cave and Linh Pham

Israel’s prime minister said Israeli airstrikes on Iran had achieved their goals, and Iranian officials did not threaten retaliation.

By Isabel Kershner, Farnaz Fassihi, Hiba Yazbek and Michael Levenson

Plus, a long-lost Chopin waltz.

By Gaya Gupta

Israel began a military offensive in the northern part of the enclave several weeks ago, targeting what it said was a regrouped Hamas presence in the area.

By Hiba Yazbek and Gabby Sobelman

Israel’s military did not provide an immediate comment on the strike, but said earlier on Sunday that it was carrying out “targeted ground raids” in southern Lebanon.

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg

In his 37 years at the network, he was a White House correspondent, weekend anchor and correspondent for “20/20.” He won 19 Emmy Awards.

By Richard Sandomir

Experts inside and outside the Biden administration fear that Iran may conclude it has only one defense left: racing for an atomic weapon.

By David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi

The ruling Georgia Dream party won a majority in the vote. The opposition, which fears the country is moving away from the West, says the voting was not fair and that it will not sit in Parliament.

By Ivan Nechepurenko

The storm made landfall near Danang on Sunday after leaving at least 80 people dead last week.

By Jin Yu Young and Camille Elemia

For Rome, the rare Christmas Eve rite of redemption is cause for celebration this year. For Bethlehem, it is another grim reminder of the generations of war and deprivation.

By Lara Jakes

The Italian authorities carried out a drill of their plan to save a half-million people from toxic fumes, deadly quakes or a full eruption. Vesuvius isn’t the volcano they’re worried about.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

After a recent dam disaster, Nigerian officials blamed God, climate change and poor people. But experts had warned the dam was at risk well before it collapsed. The officials did nothing.

By Ruth Maclean, Ismail Alfa and Fati Abubakar

Russians in the area of Ukraine’s invasion have described seeing signs of violent encounters, as well as respectful treatment from Ukrainian troops.

By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Haley Willis, Ekaterina Bodyagina, Oleg Matsnev and Dmitriy Khavin

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power.

By Motoko Rich, Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno

Israeli attacks hit air-defense systems around important energy sites but avoided the facilities themselves, Iranian and Israeli officials said. The United States had urged Israel not to strike energy and oil facilities.

By Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman

A Hindu politician has accused his Christian predecessor of allowing a temple’s sanctity to be violated with an animal product.

By Pragati K.B.

After military-on-military attacks, will Israel and Iran be able to contain their conflict? Maria Abi-Habib, an investigative correspondent for The New York Times, looks at an unprecedented new chapter in the Middle East.

By Maria Abi-Habib, Christina Shaman, Nikolay Nikolov and Laura Salaberry

Over the last month, North Korea’s role aiding Russia in its war in Ukraine has significantly escalated. U.S. officials reported that North Korean soldiers are already operating in the Kursk region in western Russia, where Ukrainian forces are staging a counteroffensive. Michael Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what the deeping relationship between Russia and North Korea means for the war in Ukraine and the world.

By Michael D. Shear, Nikolay Nikolov and Laura Salaberry

The Northern Ireland resident sought explicit images from thousands of girls he had groomed and blackmailed, leading to the death of a 12-year-old girl in the United States.

By Claire Moses

A sense of uncertainty prevailed in Iran after an Israeli retaliatory strike. Explosions kept some awake, while others hoped life would go back to normal.

By Claire Moses and Leily Nikounazar

Paramilitary forces ransacked villages and killed hundreds of people, activists said, hastening calls for the United Nations to deploy a mission to protect civilians.

By Abdi Latif Dahir, Declan Walsh and Abdalrahman Altayeb

If Iran strikes back at Israel, it risks further escalation at a time when its economy is struggling and its military is vulnerable. If it doesn’t, it risks looking weak.

By Steven Erlanger

Critics say the review of the permanent and temporary residents’ programs amounts to the abandonment of decades of “welcome mat” policy. But globally, Canada is still peerless in its openness.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Iran’s initial reaction suggested that the sides had once again averted an uncontrolled war, even if the prospect looms larger than ever.

By Patrick Kingsley

Here’s the story of Squilla, a rare North Atlantic right whale mother, and her firstborn. To help their species continue, they’d have to navigate an increasingly dangerous ocean.

By Catrin Einhorn

Policymakers brace for more protectionism and the demise of “neoliberalism” if Donald J. Trump is re-elected in the U.S.

By Alan Rappeport

With a new database of medical images, zoo and wildlife vets can finally see what healthy uncommon animals, from rhinos and tamarins to pangolins and sea stars, should look like on the inside.

By Emily Anthes

Explosions woke Iranians up and rattled their windows as strikes targeted sites in at least three provinces.

By Farnaz Fassihi

A meeting four years in the making said the ordination of women required further study, but it called for women to have more leadership roles, even in seminaries.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

The Georgian Dream party won 54 percent of the vote, the electoral commission said Sunday, a result that critics of the government fear could derail the country’s pro-Western course.

By Ivan Nechepurenko