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U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a Wider War

Senior American and Iranian officials held talks through intermediaries in Oman this past week, the first such conversations since Iran launched a retaliatory...

Israel’s Wartime Government Frays as Frustration with Netanyahu Grows

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s war cabinet, presented Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an ultimatum on Saturday, saying he would leave...

Georgia’s President Vetoes Foreign Influence Law

President Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia said on Saturday that she had vetoed a bill on foreign influence that has sparked protests and plunged...

Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., 93, Dies; Hostage Who Chided Foreign Policy

Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., wearing a dark suit and a green polka-dot tie, was working at his desk in the U.S. Embassy in...

Rescuers in Nepal Retrieve the Bodies of an American Climber and Her Guide

Rescuers successfully retrieved the bodies of an American climber and her guide from the slopes of Mount Shishapangma, in the Chinese region of...

Slovak Prime Minister Is Improving After Second Operation, Official Says

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, was in improving health on Saturday morning, the country’s deputy minister said, after having a second surgery on...

Backlash to Anitta’s Music Video Evokes a Painful History in Brazil

Anitta, the popular Brazilian singer, was the target of intense backlash over the release of a music video in an episode that highlighted...

France Issues Scratch-and-Sniff Baguette Postage Stamps

Joining the ranks of the screen goddess Brigitte Bardot and the Eiffel Tower, another French treasure is being celebrated with its own postage...

Russia Presses Attacks in Northeast Ukraine, Seeking Buffer Zone on Border

Russian forces continued to press a grinding advance on Saturday into northeastern Ukraine, moving closer to a village about 10 miles from the...

Queen of the Book Club

I’d never eaten Nashville hot chicken before, and I’d never met Reese Witherspoon.But there we were — she, in a blue and white...

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