Thursday, March 20, 2025

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Netanyahu Expected to Fire Shin Bet Chief Despite Protests

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was expected on Thursday to formally fire the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency despite growing street protests over the move.The...

Iran Releases French Citizen After 2 Years in Detention, Officials Say

A French citizen who spent over two years in detention in Iran on spying charges was released this week, the French government said on...

After Israeli Strike Kills More Than 400, Palestinians Tally the Dead

For nearly 60 days, Gazans did not have to tally the newly dead as a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas held. Hostages and...

Wealth and Warfare Empower a Rwanda-Backed Militant Group in Congo

Rare-earth minerals critical for smartphone manufacturing. Lucrative trafficking routes and dizzying stockpiles of weapons. The lives of millions of people. All are now under...

How the High-Stakes Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte Unfolded

The visit had been advertised for weeks. Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines was going to a rally in Hong Kong during the...

Thursday Briefing – The New York Times

Ukraine agreed to halt strikes on energy sitesPresident Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed yesterday to Russia’s offer of a mutual pause in attacks on...

How George Lewis Made Comedy Gold Imagining Two Toddlers Chatting

A few years ago, George Lewis was driving back from performing in a comedy club when he realized he had to change his life.He...

Viktor Orban Is a Conservative Lodestar. Now He Wants to Fix the Price of Eggs.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary pioneered many of the themes dear to conservatives in the United States, railing for years against “migration insanity,”...

Protesters Clash With Police in Turkey Over Istanbul Mayor Arrest

Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of Istanbul is the top political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and was set to be named the opposition’s presidential...

Greenpeace Is Ordered to Pay Energy Transfer, a Pipeline Company, $660 Million

A North Dakota jury on Wednesday awarded damages totaling more than $660 million to the Texas-based pipeline company Energy Transfer, which had sued Greenpeace...

Trump Says Houthis in Yemen Will Be ‘Annihilated,’ as U.S. Keeps Up Strikes

President Trump said on Wednesday that the Iran-backed Houthi militant group in Yemen would be “completely annihilated” by U.S. military strikes and warned Tehran...