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What to Know About the Delhi Protests

The police in New Delhi have installed barriers in the city center, part of an effort to limit protests against a revision in the country’s voter rolls.

A Week Later, Russia Hasn’t Said What Pathogen Killed Plague Researcher

The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. A 28-year-old researcher there died of an unexplained pneumonia.

Navi Pillay, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Forged Her Career Under Apartheid

Navi Pillay, in Nuremberg, Germany on Friday.

Inside Erik Prince’s Mercenary Deal in Congo

Erik Prince, the American military contractor, has sought opportunities in resource-rich countries plagued by conflict, mostly in Africa.

Days of Deadly Houthi Attacks Show Saudi Arabia’s Vulnerabilities

A still from a video obtained from social media and verified by The New York Times showing a blast at King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.

Ukrainian Drones Close Moscow Airports as Putin Flies Back to Russia

A photo released by state media on Friday showing President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Turkmenbashi.

Palestinian Authority Says Elections Are to Be Postponed

Hussein al-Sheikh, deputy to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, West Bank, in February. He was said to have sent the letters to European officials notifying them of the postponement.

As Putin Wages Shadow War, Europe Looks for a Way to Hit Back

Gathering evidence at the Leipzig-Halle airport, Germany, in August after an explosive-laden drone was found.

Attacker in FlyDubai Flight Meant to Crash Into Israeli Airport, Emiratis Say

Emirati investigators said that the co-pilot in the FlyDubai flight had intended to crash into Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv “with the aim of causing the greatest possible loss of life.”

In a Dead Hero’s Ashes, El Salvador’s Ruler Finds a New Spark

A Salvadoran honor guard inside the new mausoleum of Francisco Morazán in San Salvador, the capital.

Paintings Stolen From Renoir Museum Are Recovered, Authorities Say

A police officer at the entrance to the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France after the robbery in September.

A Rural Village Voted to Leave the U.K., Stirring Britain’s Migration Debate

Local residents unveiled a “Principality of Piddington” sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, after they voted to become independent in a symbolic “referendum.”

France’s Long, Fervent History of Protest

A student attacking the police in Paris during the May 1968 student uprising.

India’s Young Put Their Bodies on the Line to Be Heard

3 Men Found Guilty in Murders of Tourists on Mexico Surf Trip

Debra and Martin Robinson, the parents of Callum and Jake Robinson, who were murdered during a surfing trip, outside court in Ensenada, Mexico, on Thursday.

Exasperation and Resignation in Greece Over Allegations Against Kimberly Guilfoyle

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, in Athens on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes

King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month.

From a Sikh Sanctuary to Chaotic Streets, Protesters Brave Police in Delhi

Security personnel detaining protesters in New Delhi on Saturday.

Palestinian Authority Formally Delays Elections, Despite Western Pressure

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in the city of Ramallah last month, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Rebuking Ukraine Over Oil Strikes, Trump Says It Should ‘Get a New President’

President Trump at a campaign rally in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday. His announcement that the United States would buy Russian diesel was followed by the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel exports.

Quebec Independence Is Unlikely, but Some Will Still Dream

The Parti Québécois leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, reacted to the results of the provincial election in Montreal on Monday.

Blocked by Police, India’s Youth Voice Their Fury

Security personnel detaining protesters in New Delhi on Saturday.

Indian Police Round Up Protest Leaders and Lock Down Delhi

Security personnel detain protesters in New Delhi, India, on Saturday.

7.7-Magnitude Panama Earthquake Sets Off Series of Aftershocks

Navi Pillay, South African Jurist, Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Navi Pillay in Nuremberg, Germany, on Friday.

30,000 Bottles of Italian Red Wine Stolen in Brazen Tuscan Heist

Israel Denounces the Decision to Award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay

Palestinians waiting for food distribution in Gaza City last year.

Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions

The move is an intensification in the Trump administration’s push to undermine the International Criminal Court.

Navi Pillay is known for her work in conflict zones across the world.

Navi Pillay received the news that she had been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday while atttending an annual conference of human rights lawyers and judges in Nuremberg, Germany.

Nobel Peace Prize Choice Amounts to Implicit Rebuke of Trump

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has come under particular attack by the Trump administration.

The criteria for the Peace Prize have changed over time.

Albert Luthuli, a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist, arriving with his wife in Oslo, Norway, in 1961.

India Cancels Trains, Floods Capital with Police to Block Protests

There was a heavy police presence in central New Delhi on Friday, with yellow barricades chained together near the site of a planned protest.

In South Africa, Pillay forged a career fighting apartheid.

Navi Pillay, right, with Edwin Cameron, left, and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, center, in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2013.

The Nobel Peace Prize recipient is selected in secret by five Norwegians.

“There is friction” inside the room where the Nobel committee meets to select the recipient of the Peace Prize, said the director of the Nobel Institute, Kristian Berg Harpviken.

Nobel Prize Winners Don’t Get a Heads-Up

The winners of the Nobel Prizes remain a secret, even to the winners themselves until shortly before the public announcement.

Navi Pillay, a South African Human Rights Lawyer, Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Navi Pillay was recognized “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday.

How the Epstein Files forced the Nobel Peace Prize to reckon with impartiality.

Thorbjorn Jagland, former chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in Oslo in 2013. A tranche of emails released this year revealed ties between him and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

New Delhi’s Crackdown on Protesters

A Venezuelan opposition leader won the 2025 prize, setting off an unusual year.

María Corina Machado, recipient of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, greeted supporters from a hotel balcony in Oslo, Norway, in 2025.

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Labour Holds Off Green Party in Election for Starmer’s Former London Seat

Labour’s candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali takes a selfie with supporters during her campaign launch in London last month.

Spain’s Protesters See ‘Madness’ of Rising Rent and a ‘Martyr’ in Maricarmen

Protesters marched in memory of Maria del Carmen Abascal, who was widely known as Maricarmen, in Madrid on Thursday. Soaring rents have far outpaced wage growth in Spain, according to an analysis by the newspaper El País.

The Man City Scandal Is About More Than Football

City lifting the Premier League trophy in 2012.

U.N. Warns Against Technology Used to Read Citizens’ Minds

While neurotechnologies have become powerful clinical tools for patients with brain injuries, the United Nations on Thursday warned that future technologies could be abused by governments.

Cecily Gemmell, Winston Churchill’s Last Surviving Secretary, Has Died

French Student Protests Continue as Government Seeks Way Out of Crisis

Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.

Margaret Papandreou, American-Born First Lady of Greece, Dies at 102

Margaret Papandreou in 1986. “The women’s movement is a political movement,” she once said. “It is a social revolution.”

A Photo of Mussolini’s Corpse Led Page 1. How It Got There Is a Tale.

2 Latvians Arrested after Breaching Perimeter of RAF Molesworth, UK Air Base Used by US

A police car leaving R.A.F. Molesworth, after two Latvian citizens were arrested there in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-Up

The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. The researcher who died worked in the lab.

Pita Limjaroenrat: The Leader Thailand Could Have Had

Pita Limjaroenrat’s Move Forward Party won the most votes in Thailand’s election in 2023. But his party failed to get enough support in the military-backed Senate. A few months later, the party was disbanded, and Mr. Pita was banned from politics for 10 years.

At the Athens Democracy Forum, Debating the Risks Posed by A.I.

At the Athens Democracy Forum, one panel after another warned of the potential risks that social media, deepfakes, cyberattacks and A.I. posed to humanity.

Nana Patekar, Indian Actor Who Embodied the Everyman, Dies at 75

Nana Patekar in 2023. He was a theater actor who brought intensity and coarse baritone to the screen.

In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners

A Lukoil refinery near Burgas, Bulgaria. Once the sale of the Lukoil international assets is complete, the buyers plan to expand and retrofit different parts of its operations in Bulgaria and Romania.

The Wave of Student Protests Roiling France

Protesters in Nantes, France, clashed with the police on Thursday as part of a wave of demonstrations across the country.

Warrants to Search Former Prince Andrew’s Properties Were Unlawful, Court Says

Officers at an entrance to Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England, in February after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest. He was later released without charge and has denied wrongdoing.

Escalating Assaults on Ukrainian Cities Are Taking an Enormous Toll

A handout photo shows firefighters in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, where a bus was struck by projectiles on Thursday.

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