After the Mexican Cartel Comes, They Pick Up the Pieces
A funeral worker, left, helping local authorities retrieve a body in a field in the outskirts of Culiacán.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Ukraine’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Has the Wind at Its Back
After a Russian strike on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region of Ukraine this month. “What happens on the front line of Donetsk today is shaping our collective future for years to come,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said on Friday.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Trump and Canada’s Trade Spat Spotlights Doug Ford, the Ontario Premier
Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, during the Calgary Stampede in July.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
U.S. Diplomats Will Work With Troops to Maintain Gaza Cease-Fire, Rubio Says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to the news media on Friday after visiting the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Estonia, a Tiny NATO Nation, Is Cashing In on the Threat Next Door
Estonian reservists conducting a defense readiness exercise at the Nursipalu training area in Voru, Estonia, this month.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Blue Jays Face Dodgers in World Series With All of Canada Behind Them
The Toronto Blue Jays after winning the American League Championship and advancing to the World Series.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
A Quick Route to Rebuild Half of Gaza, or Another U.S. Pipe Dream?
Destroyed buildings seen from west of Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza, this month.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
With Power Move on Rare Earths, China Plays Both Victim and Bully
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is expected to meet with President Trump in South Korea next week. China has shown that it is ready to use its chokehold over rare earths against any country that stands in its way.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
In a First for a Woman in France, Life Sentence Imposed for Murder of Schoolgirl
A commemorative event for Lola Daviet in Fouquereuil, northern France, on Tuesday.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Europe’s Persistence in Supporting Ukraine Is Bearing Fruit
Soldiers in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine this month.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
UK Man is Sentenced for Pro-Russian Attack Plots
A photo provided by the Metropolitan Police of a damaged warehouse in London.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
German Company Launches Ad After Its Lift Is Used in Louvre Heist
Alexander Böcker, the chief executive of the German crane manufacturer Böcker Machine Works, poses in front of a crane in Werne, Germany, on Thursday.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Fire Engulfs Bus in Southern India, Killing 20
Most passengers were asleep at the time of the accident, the police in Andhra Pradesh state said.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
A Missing Picasso Is Found, and a Small Spanish Town Loses Its Air of Mystery
Patricia Gutiérrez, left, and her father José, sensed an opportunity to put their town, Deifontes, Spain, on the map following intrigue around the disappearance of a Picasso painting.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Trump to Investigate Whether China Abided by 2020 Trade Deal
President Trump and Xi Jinping last met in person in 2019. The new trade investigation could ramp up tensions between the world’s largest economies ahead of a consequential meeting next week.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Trump Officials Float New Plan for Abrego Garcia: Send Him to Liberia
Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, one of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers, called the plan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to send his client to Liberia “punitive, cruel and unconstitutional.”
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Latin America as Drug Operation Expands
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, shown on Monday, announced on Friday that six people were killed by the U.S. military in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Trump Official Warns California Against Arresting Federal Agents
Mr. Blanche said in the letter that arresting federal agents in the performance of their official duties would violate federal laws that prohibit interfering with and impeding immigration and other law enforcement operations.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Who Were the 2,000 Palestinians Freed by Israel?
Palestinian prisoners arriving at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, this month after being released from Israeli detention.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Labour Party Suffers Crushing Defeat in Wales Special Election
Lindsay Whittle of the nationalist party Plaid Cymru celebrating after being declared the winner of a Welsh Parliament special election in Caerphilly early on Friday.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
South Korea Tries to Curb Anti-China Protests Ahead of Xi Visit
Tourists in Myeongdong, a tourist hot spot in Seoul.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Trump Says He’s Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada
President Trump with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada in the Oval Office earlier this month.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Pakistan Bans Radical Islamist Party After Deadly Clashes
Supporters of the Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan clashing with the police in Lahore, Pakistan, this month.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes
Cumana in Trinidad and Tobago, where two bodies washed ashore.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Trump Says Israeli Annexation of West Bank Land ‘Won’t Happen’
An Israeli settler outpost in the northern West Bank, last year.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Staghorn and Elkhorn Coral Are Functionally Extinct Off Florida, Researchers Say
Bleached and dying elkhorn coral at Looe Key Reef, off Big Pine Key in Florida, during an ocean heat wave in 2023.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
‘Brother Wang,’ Accused of Being Drug Cartel Fixer, Is Arrested in Cuba
Havana in 2023. Zhi Dong Zhang was detained in Cuba after having escaped Mexico, where he was accused of helping lead a vast criminal network.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
British Soldier Is Acquitted of Murder in 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre
British soldiers during a Roman Catholic march in Derry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 30, 1972, which became known as Bloody Sunday.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Trump Supporters Are Uneasy About Military Actions Against Venezuela
“There’s supposed to be incentives for ending wars and conflicts around the world,” the far-right activist Laura Loomer said.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
U.S. to Investigate China’s Compliance With 2020 Trade Deal
An investigation by the Trump administration could be a U.S. effort to gain leverage before a meeting between President Trump and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Putin Calls U.S. Sanctions ‘Unfriendly Act’ and Says Russia Won’t Bend
A Rosneft building in Moscow on Thursday. President Trump has imposed sanctions on Rosneft and another major Russian oil company, Lukoil.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
King Charles and Pope Leo Pray Together in Groundbreaking Moment
Pope Leo XIV with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Vatican on Thursday.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Britain’s Labour Party Criticizes Farage Over Ties to U.S. Anti-Abortion Group
Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K. and an ally of President Trump, after an appearance in Washington last month.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
A Pilgrim Route in Norway: Berries, Bogs and a Viking King
A stone marker along a pilgrimage trail in Forollhogna National Park.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
E.U. Approves Sweeping Sanctions Targeting Russian Gas and Crypto
A tanker with liquefied natural gas in the Russian port of Prigorodnoye in 2021. The European Union is moving toward a full ban on liquefied natural gas from Russia.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
What to Know About the Billion-Dollar Scam Center Industry
Police escorting South Koreans accused of working in online scam centers in Cambodia, upon their arrival at Incheon airport in Seoul in October.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Can Europe Agree on Turning Frozen Russian Assets Into Cash for Ukraine?
A destroyed building in Druzhkivka, Ukraine, earlier this month.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Chinese Impersonator’s Trump Act Has Won Him Millions of Fans
Ryan Chen is a Chinese Trump impersonator who has garnered fans worldwide for his flawless mimicry of the American leader.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Can a Beach Really Be Evil? Ask the Sun-Seekers in Good Sahel.
People enjoying the beach in Sahel el-Tayeb, a village along Egypt’s northern Mediterranean coast that caters to less wealthy residents and visitors, in July.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Nepal’s Gen Z Sees Little Hope at Home
The Himalayan village of Chamkhar in Nepal has beautiful scenery, but little economic opportunity for its residents.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Trump Imposes Sanctions on Russian Oil Companies as His Frustration With Putin Mounts
A Lukoil refinery in Volgograd, Russia, in 2022. Lukoil and Rosneft, the country’s two largest oil companies, were targeted in the latest round of new U.S. sanctions.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Drug-Smuggling Submarines on Display at Latin American Naval Base
A confiscated submarine that had been used by drug cartels, on display the entrance of an Ecuadorian naval base in Guayaquil.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
The Steep Cost of A.I.
Google’s data center in Santiago, Chile.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Iceland Says It Is No Longer Mosquito-Free
A common house mosquito (culex pipiens), a different type from the ones found in Iceland last week.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
At a Mass Burial in Gaza, Palestinians Mourn the Unknown Dead
Under the terms of a cease-fire, Israel is required to release the bodies of 15 deceased Palestinians in exchange for every deceased Israeli hostage returned by Hamas.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Congress Members Question Defense Department’s Delay in PFAS Cleanup
PFAS have been widely used in firefighting foam on military bases. An exercise at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., in 2022.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
What Are Gripen Fighter Jets and Why Does Ukraine Want Them From Sweden?
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of Sweden with a Gripen fighter jet in Linkoping, Sweden, on Wednesday.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
Why King Charles Has Not Yet Removed Andrew’s Most Valued Title: Prince
Prince Andrew and King Charles III in London last month, after attending a requiem mass for Katharine, the duchess of Kent.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
U.S. Strikes 2nd Boat in Pacific as Antidrug Operation Expands
U.S. troops riding an amphibious supply vehicle during a training exercise in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, last week. The military has been expanding its presence in the Caribbean region.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
London Woman Fined After Pouring Coffee in Drain Gets a Break
Officers approached a woman after she had poured out her coffee, which put her in violation of Section 33 of the British Environmental Protection Act.
Posted by
Thomas
on October 2025
U.S. Flies Drones Over Gaza to Monitor Cease-Fire, Officials Say
U.S. May Seek United Nations Mandate for Gaza Security Force, Rubio Says
The White House Wrecking Ball
She Worked on Tsunami Alerts. Then She Was Fired.
Oil Price Jumps on Trump’s Russia Sanctions
I.C.J. Tells Israel to Facilitate Aid to Gaza