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Washington Post World News
Dec 31, 2025

Queen Camilla says she was assaulted on a train as a teenager
In a radio discussion about violence against women, Queen Camilla for the first time described fighting off an attempted sexual assault as a teenager in Britain.

Washington Post World News
Dec 31, 2025

Israel says it will bar dozens of aid groups from operating in Gaza
Israel, citing security needs, has imposed strict new conditions on international NGOs that the U.N. and aid groups say could cripple the relief effort in Gaza.

Washington Post World News
Dec 31, 2025

In Russia, plans to cut mobile internet on New Year's Eve draw fury
One Russian official called the outage "a break from the endless viewing of unnecessary videos" and urged citizens to deliver holiday greetings in person.

Washington Post World News
Dec 31, 2025

Thieves tunnel into bank vault, steal millions from safe-deposit boxes
Around 3,000 safe-deposit boxes were breached as thieves drilled through a basement wall and got away undetected, according to police in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Washington Post World News
Dec 31, 2025

Iranian protests sparked by economic woes quickly spread across country
The demonstrations, triggered by a collapse in Iran's currency, started with shopkeepers and phone vendors before drawing in students, workers and others.

Washington Post World News
Dec 31, 2025

A tiny U.S. territory in the Pacific doubles down on a giant Chinese casino
Supporters of a casino project say it's an economic lifeline for Saipan; detractors raise questions about money laundering and ties to Chinese criminals.

Washington Post World News
Dec 31, 2025

Berlin's wild New Year's Eve fuels constant debate over banning fireworks
A night to let loose or an uncontrolled moment of dangerous mayhem? Germans debate a ban on the New Year's Eve tradition.

Washington Post World News
Dec 31, 2025

The year of the ‘Donroe Doctrine'
As President Donald Trump's second term heads toward its second year, his doctrine for the Western Hemisphere, once seen as impractical, is taking real shape.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

3 stories our photographers witnessed in 2025
As 2025 comes to an end, three Post photographers reflect on their experiences covering the stories that defined their year.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and UAE spike with bombing of port
The Saudi strike in Yemen on an alleged weapons shipment from the UAE marked an unprecedented escalation of friction between the rival Persian Gulf powers.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

U.S. operations in Syria against Islamic State kill seven, capture fighters
U.S. forces have engaged in multiple missions against the Islamic State since the killing of two U.S. soldiers in Syria early this month.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

Trump sends ‘wartime prime minister' Netanyahu back to Israel with a boost
While meetings between the U.S. and Israeli leaders focused on pressing Middle East issues, for Prime Minister Netanyahu, they were also a domestic power play.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

Saudi Arabia strikes Yemen port over alleged UAE weapons shipment
The airstrike marks an unprecedented escalation of tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE, whose goals in war-torn Yemen have increasingly diverged.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

Chinese monument in Panama toppled amid Trump's canal fight
A monument overlooking the Panama Canal appears to be the latest casualty in President Trump's simmering contest with China for influence over the key waterway.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

Portraits of a Palestinian diaspora
Each chapter of exile has been followed by another.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

As Russia's war grinds on, its society is fraying
The Kremlin paints a picture of a society united by war, but underneath, frustration is festering as all avenues of creativity and dissent or controlled or blocked.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

Mapping U.S. strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific
An ongoing record of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since Sept. 2.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

Khaleda Zia, first female prime minister of Bangladesh, dies
She rose to power after her husband was killed in an attempted coup, and she had a fierce political rivalry with Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted last year.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

Taiwan condemns China as ‘biggest destroyer of peace' as drills continue
Beijing's military launched a massive simulated blockade of Taiwan, sending a warning to the independent island after the U.S. approved an $11 billion arms sale.

Washington Post World News
Dec 30, 2025

How ancient Sparta explains 2026
Netanyahu, the Trump administration and others on the global right are drawing renewed inspiration from a Greek city-state mythologized for its militarism.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

Israeli recognition of Somaliland prompts global outcry, emergency U.N. meeting
Israel's diplomatic move makes it an outlier in the international community.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

China launches military drills off Taiwan after U.S. approves arms package
Beijing's military launched a massive simulated blockade of Taiwan, sending a warning to the independent island after the U.S. approved a $11 billion arms sale.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

Tensions flare between Russia and Ukraine after Trump's peace talks
Russian allegations of an attack on one of Putin's residences, denied by Ukraine, injected new uncertainty into U.S.-sponsored peace talks.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

In Florida meeting, Zelensky asked Trump for lengthy security guarantees
Ukraine's leader made the request for security guarantees lasting up to 50 years while meeting with Trump about a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

India's aviation meltdown exposes long-brewing pilot fatigue crisis
Aviation experts and pilot groups say IndiGo's unprecedented scheduling crisis this month was due in part to an industry failure to address pilot fatigue.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

Iran sends conflicting signals on its missiles as Israeli concerns grow
The meeting between Trump and Netanyahu will focus prominently on Iran's ballistic missile program. Reports of recent tests raised questions about Iran's intentions.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

Iran sends conflicting signals on its missiles as Israeli concerns rise
Meeting between Trump and Netanyahu to focus prominently on Iran's ballistic missile program. Reports of recent tests raise questions about Iranian intentions.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

Man kills 9, including his children, in Suriname stabbing, police say
Police accused a 42-year-old man of killing nine people outside the capital, Paramaribo, days after Christmas.

Washington Post World News
Dec 29, 2025

Man kills at least 9, including his children, in Suriname stabbing, police say
Police accused a 42-year-old man of killing at least 9 people outside the capitol of Paramaribo, just days after Christmas.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

Trump and Zelensky strike hopeful tone after talks as hurdles remain
The United States will help facilitate Russia-Ukraine talks in January, and several sticking points still remain before a peace deal can be agreed to.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

Trump meets Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago between Putin calls
The president sounded optimistic about a deal to end Russia's almost four-year-old invasion while sharing no new specifics.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

Trump speaks with Putin ahead of meeting with Zelensky
Zelensky will visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss raising pressure on Russia, security guarantees and investment in postwar reconstruction.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

Skier glides down Mount Etna as volcano erupts in the background
Volcanic activity has intensified at Sicily's Mount Etna in recent days. That hasn't stopped visitors to Europe's largest active volcano.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

How Pan Am and Kodak turned into fashion brands, with a K-beauty glow-up
In South Korea, National Geographic and even Lockheed Martin are among the U.S. brands that have been resurrected or reinvented as clothing lines.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

Brigitte Bardot, French femme fatale and cultural phenomenon, dies at 91
The actress and singer was a symbol of sexual revolution. She later became an animal-welfare campaigner and incendiary right-wing commenter.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

China expands nuclear warhead manufacturing capacity, research finds
Satellite images suggest China is growing the sites where it makes warheads, while also preparing to retaliate faster — signs of its nuclear ambitions.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

Netanyahu's ties with Trump to be tested amid differences ahead of visit
With the Israeli leader to visit Mar-a-Lago on Monday, his hawkishness on Gaza and other Middle East hotspots is butting up against Trump's peacemaking efforts.

Washington Post World News
Dec 28, 2025

Zelensky to meet Trump as Russia continues to pound Ukraine
Zelensky will visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago to discuss raising pressure on Russia, security guarantees and investment in postwar reconstruction.

Washington Post World News
Dec 27, 2025

Thailand, Cambodia sign new ceasefire deal after weeks of deadly clashes
The neighbors renewed a commitment to stop violent clashes along their border, after an October truce for which President Donald Trump claimed credit unraveled.

Washington Post World News
Dec 27, 2025

Russian attack pummels Kyiv as Zelensky prepares to meet Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks make clear Russia does not want to end the war and that the world must do more to pressure Moscow.

Washington Post World News
Dec 27, 2025

South Korea's hottest new dance clubs open at 9 (a.m.)
In South Korea, notorious for its hard drinking culture, younger generations are increasingly opting for morning dance parties — powered by coffee, not alcohol.

Washington Post World News
Dec 27, 2025

The U.S. sank the alleged narco-terrorists' boat — and let them go
In blowing up the vessel, destroying evidence and repatriating the survivors, the U.S. cut short a process that's helped bring down traffickers.

Washington Post World News
Dec 26, 2025

With airstrike in Nigeria, Trump inserts U.S. into long-running turmoil
While Trump has said he acted to protect Christians, analysts report that violence, particularly by Islamist militants, has targeted both Christians and Muslims.

Washington Post World News
Dec 26, 2025

Explosion at mosque in Syria's Homs kills at least eight people
Syrian authorities did not identify a perpetrator in the blast, which occurred in an area of Homs where most residents belong to the Alawite religious minority.

Washington Post World News
Dec 26, 2025

Zelensky says he will meet Trump soon, citing progress in peace plan
The Sunday meeting suggests that Washington and Kyiv are closing in on a joint position to end the war. Russia, however, will probably reject the plan.

Washington Post World News
Dec 26, 2025

Zelensky says he will meet Trump on Sunday, citing progress in peace plan
The meeting suggests that Washington and Kyiv are closing in on a joint position to end the war. Russia, however, will probably reject several aspects of the plan.

Washington Post World News
Dec 26, 2025

New Egyptian museum brings fresh pressure for return of Nefertiti's bust
One of Egypt's most famous and beautiful artifacts lies in a Berlin museum, and the calls for its return have received a renewed push with the opening of a new museum.

Washington Post World News
Dec 26, 2025

She spent the war planning to stay in Gaza. Now she is ready to leave.
Displaced seven times, Diana Shams intended to return to her home, which survived years of war in Gaza only to be destroyed in the final hours before the ceasefire.

Washington Post World News
Dec 25, 2025

Pope Leo speaks about Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan in his first Christmas address
The Pope called for peace, especially for the victims of "forgotten" wars, naming several conflicts in Africa.

Washington Post World News
Dec 25, 2025

Venezuela's Maduro using U.S. military threat to crack down on dissent
Authorities have "used U.S. pressure as an excuse to deploy the military, label critics as ‘traitors' and arrest dozens," a Human Rights Watch researcher says.

Washington Post World News
Dec 25, 2025

‘Carol of the Bells' was born in a Ukrainian city destroyed by Russia
The music school dedicated to the song's Ukrainian composer, Mykola Leontovych, was destroyed in Pokrovsk but has been reborn in exile.

Washington Post World News
Dec 25, 2025

AI spending frenzy reaches India, sparking enthusiasm and concern
Amazon, Microsoft and Google have pledged a combined $67.5 billion in Indian investments since October. Eighty percent of those commitments came this month.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

Trump-backed conservative candidate wins Honduran presidential election
Nasry Asfura's win comes after weeks of delays and intervention by President Donald Trump, and amid accusations of electoral fraud by Asfura's main opponent.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

Pentagon says China's nuclear warhead growth slows, commits to stabilizing tensions
The Department of Defense's new China Military Power Report notes China's continued buildup, while taking a more conciliatory approach to tensions with Beijing.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

Man sings Christmas songs for 42 hours straight, attempts world record
"I know, I'm bonkers," said David Purchase of Gloucester, England.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

Europe condemns U.S. move to bar individuals over tech monitoring
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the State Department would bar several Europeans for their actions in monitoring the internet, which he characterized as censorship.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

Zelensky open to withdrawing troops in new peace draft, awaits Russian reply
It is the first time Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has inched toward any compromise on the issue of territory in the eastern Donbas region, which Russia claims.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

War-weary Ukrainians seek ‘green' healing in their vast national parks
With mental health resources in short supply, the traumatized children, wounded veterans and grieving widows turn to Ukraine's national parks for solace.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

War-weary Ukrainians seek healing nature in their vast national parks
With mental health resources in short supply, the traumatized children, wounded veterans and grieving widows turn to Ukraine's national parks for solace.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

Gaza's Christians, battered by war, celebrate first Christmas in 3 years
The Christian population in Gaza has dropped by nearly half since 2023. But with a ceasefire in place, Christmas will be celebrated once again.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

Libya's military chief, other officials among 8 dead in plane crash in Turkey
Libya's prime minister called the deaths a tragic accident. Five officials and three crew members were aboard the private jet when it crashed, leaving no survivors.

Washington Post World News
Dec 24, 2025

Libya's military chief, other officials among 8 dead in Turkey plane crash
Libya's prime minister called the deaths a tragic accident. Five officials and three crew members were aboard the private jet when it crashed, leaving no survivors.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

Mexican Navy plane was on medical mission before fatal Texas crash
The plane was carrying four military personnel and four civilians for medical transport in coordination with a nonprofit for children with burn injuries.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

Five dead, one missing in Mexican Navy plane crash near Galveston, Texas
The plane was carrying four military personnel and four civilians for medical transport in coordination with a nonprofit for children with burn injuries.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

New Epstein files shed more light on his ties to Prince Andrew
The documents show that U.S. authorities sought to interview the former prince in connection with two separate criminal investigations.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

U.K. man and 5 others charged with sexually abusing his wife over 13 years
Philip Young, 49, has been charged with drugging and raping his wife from 2010 to 2023 in an assault case also involving five other British men.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

U.K. man and five others charged with sexually abusing his wife over 13 years
Philip Young, 49, has been charged with drugging and raping his wife from 2010 to 2023 in an assault case also involving five other British men.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

How Israeli covert activities in Syria seek to thwart its new government
Israel is suspicious of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a longtime Islamist militant, and has provided weapons, intelligence and cash to militiamen at odds with his rule.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

Canadian linguists ask prime minister to stop spelling like a Brit
After a plethora of British spellings emerged in the government's budget, academics and editors urged him to utilize, not utilise, Canadian English.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

This Christmas will be even harder for China's Christians
A wave of arrests targeting Zion Church shows how Beijing is trying to enforce its agenda and control religion, human rights advocates say.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

China bans sharing ‘obscene' material — potentially including sexting
The new regulations, which could ensnare people consensually sharing explicit images, come as the Chinese Communist Party tries to enforce high moral standards.

Washington Post World News
Dec 23, 2025

At least 5 dead after Mexican navy plane crashes near Galveston, Texas
The Mexican navy said the plane, which was carrying four military personnel and four civilians, was conducting a medical transport in coordination with a nonprofit.

Washington Post World News
Dec 22, 2025

Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors
A senior State Department official called it a bid to ensure adherence to the "America First" agenda while others called it a devastating blow to America's diplomatic corps.

Washington Post World News
Dec 22, 2025

Car bomb in Moscow kills senior Russian general, third such attack in a year
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, 56, had headed the Russian army's Directorate for Operational Training and participated in Moscow's war in Ukraine, investigators said.

Washington Post World News
Dec 22, 2025

Congolese rape survivors search in vain for medicine after USAID cuts
In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for PEP kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.

Washington Post World News
Dec 22, 2025

Mindful of Trump and China, Japan is ramping up defense spending
Japan has accelerated plans to devote 2 percent of its GDP — and more — to its military as China grows more assertive and the U.S. urges allies to spend bigger.

Washington Post World News
Dec 22, 2025

Russia's economy keeps driving its war, but it could break in 2026
Problems in the oil sector, a possible banking crisis and consumer woes lie ahead for Russia's economy as four years of heavy military spending come due.

Washington Post World News
Dec 22, 2025

Car bomb in Moscow kills senior Russian general
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, 56, had headed the Russian army's Directorate for Operational Training and participated in Moscow's war in Ukraine, investigators said.

Washington Post World News
Dec 22, 2025

Trump appoints Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy to Greenland
The Danish territory has long been in the president's sights. Trump said the Republican governor "understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security."

Washington Post World News
Dec 22, 2025

In Gaza, another winter of despair
The grim conditions in Gaza exacerbate an already bleak status quo.

Washington Post World News
Dec 21, 2025

U.S. pursuing third tanker off Venezuelan coast, official says
U.S. forces have already intercepted two other tankers in waters off Venezuela this month as part of an effort to heighten pressure on President Nicolás Maduro.

Washington Post World News
Dec 21, 2025

U.S. tariffs take a bite out of Germany's iconic nutcracker industry
For family-founded Steinbach Volkskunst, the company's most reliable market has become its biggest bureaucratic headache.

Washington Post World News
Dec 21, 2025

In the Year of the Snake, China is charmed by ‘Zootopia 2' pit viper Gary
The fluffy Disney animation — and its snake character in particular — is delighting audiences in China, to the relief both of Hollywood and China's film regulators.

Washington Post World News
Dec 21, 2025

Pakistan's military chief consolidates power unseen in years
Promotion to a newly created job gives army chief Asim Munir more power than any Pakistan military official since Gen. Pervez Musharraf's military dictatorship.

Washington Post World News
Dec 20, 2025

Coast Guard boards oil tanker leaving Venezuela amid Trump's blockade
Service members rappelled from helicopters onto the Panamanian-flagged Centuries in the predawn operation. Neither the ship nor its cargo were under U.S. sanctions.

Washington Post World News
Dec 20, 2025

Trump says Venezuela stole U.S. oil, land and assets. Here's the history.
The government of the oil-rich nation took control of its petroleum industry in 1976, nationalizing hundreds of private businesses and foreign-owned assets.

Washington Post World News
Dec 20, 2025

U.S. apprehends another oil tanker amid Trump's Venezuela blockade
The Coast Guard led the action, enforcing a recent order from the president to block any oil from leaving Venezuela.

Washington Post World News
Dec 20, 2025

U.S. seizing another vessel as Trump's Venezuela oil blockade takes effect
The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the action, the second to be interdicted by U.S. forces as Trump's "complete blockade" of oil from Venezuela.

Washington Post World News
Dec 20, 2025

What it takes to decorate the world's tallest Christmas tree
Trimming a 147-foot redwood in northern England to win a Guinness World Record needed a cherry picker, 1,320 multicolored bulbs and precautions for high winds.

Washington Post World News
Dec 20, 2025

As China's Xi looks to Trump meeting, domestic economy weighs heavy
China's growth is spluttering, potentially complicating Xi Jinping's negotiating position ahead of two high-stakes meetings with President Donald Trump in 2026.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

U.S. strikes dozens of sites in Syria in retaliation for troops' deaths
The expansive operation follows the killing last weekend of two U.S. soldiers and their interpreter at a military base in the city of Palmyra.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

To stop drug boats, GOP lawmakers want to license pirates of the Caribbean
A bill introduced Thursday looks to revive a presidential power from the age of sail, by which Trump could issue letters of marque to modern-day privateers.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

To stop drug boats, GOP lawmakers want to license privateers
A bill introduced Thursday looks to revive a presidential power from the age of sail, by which Trump could issue letters of marque authorizing private raids at sea.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

H-1B workers flew to India to renew U.S. visas. Now they're stuck.
H-1B holders who returned to India this month to renew their visas had consular appointments canceled, stranding them far from their homes and jobs, lawyers said.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

Putin says Europe out of step with an increasingly Moscow-friendly U.S.
Ordinary Russians got the chance to question their leader at his year-end call-in show, with queries focused on an end to the Ukraine war and boosting the economy.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

Hunger monitor says Gaza is still seeing acute malnutrition but not famine
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said famine is no longer present but 1.6 million people still experience acute food insecurity and malnutrition.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

A viral love story: She answered his DM, then flew to Ireland to meet him
Millions of people online have watched the intercontinental love story. "When's the wedding?" one person wrote. "I'm getting y'all an air fryer."

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

Putin tells a worried Russia it is winning the war, and economy is doing great
The annual event gives ordinary Russians a chance to question their leader, with queries focused on an end to the Ukraine war and boosting the economy.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

A Russian missile, filled with U.S. tech, rips a Ukrainian boy's life apart
An 8-year-old boy survived one of Russia's worst attacks on Ukrainian children. After, investigators — and his family — struggled to find answers.

Washington Post World News
Dec 19, 2025

Putin tells Russia it is winning the war and the economy is doing great
The annual event gives ordinary Russians a chance to question their leader, with queries expected on an end to the Ukraine war and boosting the economy.

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