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A Family’s Global Efforts to Free the Only Nepali Kidnapped by Hamas
ByPranav Baskar October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

A family’s campaign to free a student abducted from a rural Israeli town two years ago may be imperiled by an uprising in Nepal and stalled attempts at a cease-fire.

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U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say
ByFarnaz Fassihi and Hamed Aleaziz September 30, 2025October 1, 2025

The deportation flight is one of the clearest signals yet of the Trump administration’s determination to expel migrants, even to places with harsh human rights conditions.

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Iranians Brace for Economic Impact of New U.N. Sanctions
ByFarnaz Fassihi September 27, 2025September 28, 2025

Already suffering a 40 percent inflation rate and critical shortages of power and water, many in Iran expect conditions to get worse.

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Is Expected to Make Rare Visit to Egypt
ByNatan Odenheimer September 27, 2025September 28, 2025

Ambassador Mike Huckabee is to travel to Cairo for talks that officials said would focus on the Gaza war and tensions between Israel and Egypt.

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Netanyahu’s Defiant U.N. Speech Aimed at Home as Well as the World
ByDavid M. Halbfinger September 27, 2025September 27, 2025

The Israeli prime minister faced walkouts and protests at the United Nations, but signaled that resisting Palestinian statehood could become the core of his appeal to Israeli voters.

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Israel’s isolation deepens with a wave of recognitions of Palestinian statehood.
ByAaron Boxerman September 26, 2025September 26, 2025

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Syria’s leader says his country has transformed from ‘an exporter of crisis.’
ByChristina Goldbaum September 24, 2025September 24, 2025

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U.N. Gathers Amid Its 80th Anniversary and a ‘Free Fall’
ByFarnaz Fassihi September 21, 2025

The wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan will hang over the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly next week in New York. So, too, will budget and identity crises.

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U.N. Gathers Amid Its 80th Anniversary and a ‘Free Fall’
ByFarnaz Fassihi September 21, 2025September 21, 2025

The wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan will hang over the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly next week in New York. So, too, will budget and identity crises.

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Still Divided, a Syrian City Ruined in War Edges Back to Life
ByCarlotta Gall, Saad Alnassife and Nicole Tung September 19, 2025

Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild.

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