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The National Unity Government was formed as a pro-democracy alternative to the junta. But, critics say, it has failed to achieve most of its goals. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Kh5zJ3M

After being jailed as a resistance organizer for the Tamil minority in his native Sri Lanka, he spoke out against governmental repression worldwide. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/aL3uyQU

Deadly blasts, including one that may have been caused by a gas leak, raised anxiety in the country. “Society is waiting for war,” one Iranian said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/uQdBs3S

In the latest anti-American gathering in Denmark, veterans who went to war alongside U.S. troops took to the streets of Copenhagen. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/YNOcAmx

As President Trump warns that “we have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now,” our national security correspondent David E. Sanger breaks down what to know. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/4Bsnl2q

A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot water to punch through ice. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/zVxTevS

French officials will soon be expected to use new French-made video conferencing software as part of an effort to “regain digital independence,” the government said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/VHeO6g5

The government opened the sale to cut-rate bidding for Domodedovo Airport after it received no offers at its initial asking price of $1.7 billion. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/1OE5wG2

U.S. and European officials say they have put three demands in front of the Iranians, including a permanent end to all enrichment of uranium. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/O6xcQao

Heng Guan, a Chinese national, will not be released immediately, as Homeland Security said it was reserving the right to appeal. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/pZg6sd7

The measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/85ul0vI

The military tested a new approach in Venezuela and during strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/cidlr2G

As Japan and China feud, an animal long used in Chinese diplomacy has been summoned back home. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ViS6ajG

The ousting of China’s most senior general has set off fevered speculation. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2UsNJZv

Top Afghan officials say they want two American detainees released “as soon as possible,” but the Trump administration says a third one should be included. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3PRYkF9

Toronto Pearson International Airport had received about 18 inches by 10 p.m. on Sunday, the airport said, and snow was still falling. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Gm2EK1u

It was not immediately clear how many people were missing after the ferry sank early Monday morning in Basilan Province. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/mPq0EsQ

Events like this, where eyewitness video and independent reporting contradict the government’s account, highlight the importance of press freedom. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/MjwtGoW

Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s leader, has taken big risks standing up to Mr. Trump. It might just be working — for now. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/8CujAqT

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He also led the C.D.C. and promoted childhood vaccination worldwide. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/IChWUAe

Syria’s government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast have clashed as President Ahmed al-Sharaa seeks to extend his authority across the entire country. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/flvEQNZ

President Trump’s faith in his ability to wring concessions by taking maximalist positions was on full display this week. So were the costs, as he splintered NATO and then undercut his credibility by climbing down from his threats. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/jlyaPFS

If the United States under President Trump starts acting as if it’s Russia, where does that leave President Vladimir V. Putin? from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/p7erqfh

Two women accused the singer, 82, of abusing them in the Caribbean and filed a complaint in Spain, but Spanish officials said that they did not have jurisdiction over the claim. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Q1NlhHt

NATO officials signaled that an agreement with Mr. Trump on Greenland may be modeled on Britain’s Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus. Here’s what that may mean. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/NdgPjo6

The annual gathering of top business leaders and policymakers used to be a center of the global climate movement. Things are much more complicated now. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/VxMmEDZ

The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland’s history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/HtAa8Ri

The U.S. military said it has transferred 150 and could eventually move as many as 7,000 Islamic State fighters out of prisons in Syria’s northeast to Iraq, as the Syrian government wrestles for control of the region from Kurdish-led forces. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Gn0O4Xr

President Trump threatened tariffs on European nations that sent military personnel to Greenland last week. Some have already gone home, but Denmark is now sending about 100 more. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/pD4E1Oa

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s effort to force the measure through Parliament opens his government up to a vote of no confidence. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/FSUBtqn

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European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/fwqNslU

After the rear carriages of one train derailed onto the opposite track, another train passing by collided with it. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ZGP5hLt

Trump threatened heavy tariffs on countries standing between him and Greenland. E.U. leaders are scrambling for a response. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/aDMA0y1

One mayor pleaded with the national government for help as flames destroyed entire neighborhoods in the southern region of Biobío. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/k6KZmSU

A Jewish family that fled Iraq generations ago rented its home to France for use as an embassy, but Paris long ago stopped paying it rent, after Iraq stripped Jews of property. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/LNdkrT9

Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home, yet remains a powerful figure. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/x2cDZbz

Protests erupted in several Greenlandic cites and in Denmark as President Trump intensified his efforts to take control of the Arctic island. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/huNtwQI

Government troops drew closer to Raqqa, the largest city overseen by the Kurds, raising U.S. concerns about the renewal of a wider conflict in the region. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/KvrP25G

Mr. Wine’s party said on X that “an army helicopter” had landed in his compound and “forcibly” taken him away ahead of election results in Uganda, during a nationwide internet blackout. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Olba8uD

Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in past winters, but this year intensified its attacks as temperatures in Ukraine plunged well below freezing. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/q7hMBpm

The Nobel Committee has said the prize cannot be transferred, but it has been sold in a few auctions over the award’s history. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/bzyeipf

Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/a2zp3tc

A judge dropped the case against Ms. Ferragni, who had been embroiled in a scandal over sales of a limited edition Christmas cake marketed as supporting cancer treatment. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/WeAxZnI

He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/y4UzL7D

Premier François Legault became Canada’s most popular provincial leader during the pandemic thanks to his reassuring, avuncular persona. But missteps sank his hopes for a third term. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/wWsOqk1

The Canadian authorities have identified 10 people in connection with the theft of about $14.4 million in gold bars from Toronto Pearson International Airport in 2023. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/AbJYwxi

Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran, said his government was ready to negotiate with the United States. Iranian security forces are cracking down on protests. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/UG8meXH

If President Trump succeeds in gaining control of the Federal Reserve, it could have ripple effects beyond U.S. borders. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/QuCrveN

The case was brought to the World Court by a country not directly affected by the alleged genocide of the Rohingya, a precedent for similar claims against other countries, including Israel. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/qy6vWMI

Venezuela’s new leaders and President Trump have alluded to a major release of political prisoners, but the liberations have been slow to come. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Cs7nUzm

The idea of cows grazing in a pasture seems idyllic. We asked experts how their emissions stack up compared to factory farms. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/WjHM6QK

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is accusing a private hospital in Lagos of administering an overdose of a sedative, prompting an outpouring of complaints by Nigerians about their health care system. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/16Ddnxb

A question now hangs over the country: Is Iran the next target of an emboldened U.S. president? from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/OlRXmqK

A simmering dispute between the neighbors, who share one of the largest land borders in the world, has escalated with diplomatic protests and a sports boycott. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/AEUW8Ql

Antigovernment unrest that began two weeks ago has intensified in recent days, as has violence. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/uyTHx81

Delcy Rodríguez got American help with the return of an oil tanker linked to one of her political rivals that had left the country without authorization. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/J1E3gSu

The recall affects passports issued between Dec. 23 and Jan. 6, Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/IeZCq6p

As Venezuela’s interim authorities began to release political prisoners, some of their families raced to the notorious prison that symbolized Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian rule. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/1qdBIoN

A delegation from the Southern Transitional Council in Riyadh announced its dissolution, but members abroad rejected the news amid fears it was not voluntary. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/fb9jyaz

Enrique Márquez, a centrist opposition lawmaker, refused to rubber-stamp the government’s dubious election results in front of the entire nation. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/J1yCawS

Less than a day after arriving at the ice, we are already up close and personal with the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/Si79Kbh

Our reporters in Washington tell us what they’re watching from the Trump administration. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/hA6zFUq

The argument worked for Manuel Antonio Noriega, who wore a uniform at trial and received special P.O.W. privileges after his conviction. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/O6qp3hP

The Trump administration has made no secret that it covets Venezuela’s oil reserves. What happens next could have serious implications for the planet. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ZSpzqa8

When President Trump shared an unverified photo of Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody, a corner of the internet followed a familiar playbook for newsmaking images: Talk about the clothes. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/facLohy

Ms. Schloss, who was sent to Auschwitz as a teenager, dedicated her life to educating people about her experiences and the dangers of prejudice. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/fWHX509

Before-and-after imagery released on Sunday shows that at least five buildings at the complex were destroyed by U.S. forces. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/kjiMg6K

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The videos, filmed on cellphones by people mainly in Caracas and La Guaira, showed the exact moments in which the U.S. air and ground incursion played out in real time. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/evaMCgA

The Venezuelan president and his wife were flown out of Caracas by helicopter to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, a warship taking them to New York. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/g47xwUs

Several Latin American leaders responded with especial anger, while European leaders were more cautious. President Trump’s audacious raid drew support, too. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/JxtkhLp

It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. The United States has been building pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian president, for months. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3wahIf2

Fireworks attached to bottles of Champagne sent up showers of sparks that appear to have ignited insulation in a bar. The blaze killed 40 people. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/30XtcCS

Nestor Fischer, 17, forced open a blocked door at Le Constellation, the Swiss bar that caught fire on New Year’s Day from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/MyoBRGQ

The tanker, which had been sailing to Venezuela to pick up oil, has claimed Russian protection, although the U.S. authorities say it is a stateless vessel. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/JhiolgY