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The New York Times collected and analyzed hundreds of videos of a crackdown on anti-government protests that Iranians shared despite an internet blackout. Sanjana Varghese explains how the Visual Investigations team at The Times verified them. source https://www.nyti…

Empress Eugénie’s crown was left lying on the sidewalk after the Louvre Museum heist in October. The museum has now released pictures of the damage. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/world/europe/louvre-heist-crown-damage-eugenie-empress.html

Israel struck Gaza on Wednesday killing at least 21 Palestinians, according to local officials. The Israeli military said it was responding to an attack on its forces in Gaza that left one soldier severely wounded. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeas…

Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to rape and filming women without their consent during the opening of a trial in which he faces several other charges. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/…

Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before getting a glimpse at the warming waters underneath. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/climate/antarctica-thwaites-glacier-drilling.html

Mehdi Mahmoudian, co-writer of “It Was Just an Accident,” was one of several people detained after signing a letter objecting to the crackdown on protests. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/middleeast/iran-mehdi-mahmoudian-arrest.html

Iran’s ability to strike Israel and destabilize the wider Middle East makes it a far more dangerous adversary. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/trump-iran-threats-venezuela-epstein-files.html

The covert base offers new evidence of how the Sudanese conflict is morphing into a theater for high-tech warfare, driven by foreign interests. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/africa/egypt-sudan-drones.html

The attack comes during a winter freeze and despite efforts by President Trump and others to get the two countries to negotiate a truce. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/world/europe/russia-strikes-ukraine-energy-sector-killing-12-miners.html

The Israeli military launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday. At least 26 people were killed in the attacks, according to the Gaza health ministry. The strikes came as Israel was expected to reopen the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt. source…

Deadly blasts, including one that may have been caused by a gas leak, raised anxiety in the country. “Society is waiting for war,” one Iranian said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/world/middleeast/iran-explosions-jitters.html

In the latest anti-American gathering in Denmark, veterans who went to war alongside U.S. troops took to the streets of Copenhagen. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/world/europe/denmark-military-march-us-troops.html

President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba appeared to be directed largely at Mexico, the only nation that has sent any meaningful fuel shipments to the island. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/world/americas/trump-oi…

A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot water to punch through ice. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/climate/antarctica-thwaites-glacier-drilling.html

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/climate/polar-bears-svalbard.html

The distributor, which was set to release the film on Friday, said it had canceled the theatrical premiere because of “recent developments,” but declined to specify. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/world/africa/melania-trump-documentary-south-africa-cancel.…

Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a former prime minister, was nominated to lead Iraq once again, but President Trump said he would cut U.S. support if that went ahead. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/world/middleeast/trump-iraq-prime-minister-al-maliki.html

After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the weather would let them. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/climate/antarctica-thwaites-glacier-drilling.html

The measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/world/europe/spain-undocumented-migrants-residency.html

The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/russia-ukraine-casualties.html