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More than 2,000 flights were disrupted over two days after a technical failure in Britain’s air traffic control system affected several airports. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000011141527/canceled-flights-uk-air-traffic-disruption.html

Former Israeli military officers warn that settler violence in the West Bank is destroying Israel’s democratic values from within. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/world/israel-west-bank-canada-us-trade.html

In a video address, the prime minister said the United States was seeking “dependency, not a true economic partnership” from Canada. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/world/canada/carney-tariffs-trade.html

The Israeli military has ramped up attacks on Hezbollah targets after claiming it captured a strategic ridge six miles north of its border with Lebanon. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000011137035/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-strikes.html

The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, trounced its rivals but was left unsure if it will be able to govern in Saxony-Anhalt. The result shocked Germany. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/europe/germany-afd-election-saxony-anhalt.html

An unreleased model escaped human control and formed a swarm of A.I. agents. It was the kind breach that could cause chaos next time. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/ai-hugging-face-afd-germany-election.html

Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/americas/haiti-deportees.html

Unlike dozens of similar strikes, no one was killed after people suspected of drug smuggling were removed from what the U.S. military described as a floating refueling station. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/us-military-sinks-boats-near-ecuador.…

Ahead of the election in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, protesters demonstrated against the AfD, the far-right party. Surveys suggest the AfD could be the first far-right party to win a state election since World War II. source https://www.nytimes.com/vi…

President Vladimir V. Putin met with Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, to revive talks on ending the war in Ukraine. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000011135680/putin-ukraine-kushner-witkoff.html

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, made a rare trip to meet with Palestinians after international backlash over attacks by Israeli settlers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/middleeast/huckabee-west-bank-settler-attacks.html

The U.N. General Assembly has endorsed the Equal Earth projection, a new map that more accurately depicts the size of Africa. Critics of the old map said that it made northern countries appear larger, reinforcing a colonial worldview. source https://www.nytimes.com/vi…

One of two workers rescued from a hydroelectric plant said he had recited prayers over and over while trapped deep underground. “How many days has it been?” he asked. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/asia/nepal-flood-tunnel-rescue.html

The survivors contend that the company should have notified the police when it shut down the shooter’s disturbing ChatGPT account eight months before the February attack in British Columbia. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/canada/openai-lawsuits-tumble…

The Netherlands moved some 90 tons of gold out of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, the second European nation this year to announce it had decreased or eliminated U.S. gold holdings. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/netherlands-gold-reserves…

Empowered by an international court order, Norway captured the vessel as part of a global effort to seize Russian assets. The Russians called it “piracy.” source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/europe/norway-russian-research-ship-arctic.html

Hundreds of thousands were killed and tortured. But prosecuting everyone involved in atrocities could be impractical and risk renewed civil strife. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/world/middleeast/syria-justice-abuse-assad.html

The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/video/iran-us-attack-wedding.htm…

We talk to Jonathan Swan about how foreign leaders use leverage, strength and personal dynamics to manage the president. source https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/world/trump-regime-change-strike-wedding.html

A bus overturned while traveling between popular resort towns in Egypt on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people, according to the country’s health ministry. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. source https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/africa/100000011…