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Ex-Commander of China’s Military Accused of Corruption and Expelled From Party

21 September 2026 at 13:03
Zhang Youxia, once the People’s Liberation Army’s top uniformed commander, and another general had taken “exceptionally large” bribes, investigators said.

© Tingshu Wang/Reuters

Zhang Youxia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2025.

Putin Reignited a Dispute With Japan. This Town Is Stuck in the Middle.

21 September 2026 at 08:48
The fishing town of Nemuro depends on Russia for trade. But it’s also leading a fight to win back islands seized by Moscow in World War II.

© Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times

The signs at Nemuro port read in Japanese, Russian and English: “Welcome to Nemuro!” They also notify readers, “Return of the four islands will strengthen friendship between two nations. The Northern Territories are traditionally Japanese territory.”

A Diplomat From Myanmar Refuses to Give Up New York City Post

20 September 2026 at 21:29
For more than five years, U Kyaw Moe Tun has refused to give up his United Nations post and a sandstone townhouse on the Upper East Side.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

U Kyaw Moe Tun, in New York last month, was appointed as Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations before his country’s military staged a coup in 2021.

They Have Almost No Chance in Russia’s Elections. Why Are They Running?

20 September 2026 at 21:16
The liberal party Yabloko is fielding 98 candidates in this weekend’s elections, a small miracle for antiwar Russians who cannot openly express their views.

© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

Grigory Grishin, a Yabloko candidate running for the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of Parliament, in Moscow.

Inside the Breakdown of U.K.-Israel Relations Over West Bank Settlements

British officials believed Israel had said it would hold off on moving ahead with construction in E1, a piece of land viewed as vital to a future Palestinian state. Israel said it promised no such thing.

© Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Land in the E1 area, a strategically important patch of land east of Jerusalem, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim. Plans by Israel to build there, long postponed, have gained momentum lately.

Elaine Mokhtefi, American Witness to Algeria’s Revolution, Dies at 97

19 September 2026 at 23:36
As a fixer for Algeria’s government, she befriended radicals and revolutionaries and helped the Black Panthers establish an international base in Algiers.

© Elaine Mokhtefi Archives

Elaine Mokhtefi with Eldridge Cleaver, a leader of the Black Panther Party, at the National Liberation Front headquarters in Algiers in 1969.

Russia Warns New U.S. Sanctions Law Would Harm Trump’s Peace Efforts

19 September 2026 at 18:35
President Trump signed the legislation, named for Senator Lindsey Graham, at the White House, but he has broad leeway to waive its requirements.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Anchorage last year. The new law orders the U.S. administration to execute sanctions against Russia that are already in place, including those against Mr. Putin.

Trump’s Security Deal With Greenland: What to Know

President Trump insisted for months that the Danish territory should be part of the United States. Now, a security deal — not a takeover — seems to be on the table.

© Sigga Ella for The New York Times

Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, last year. Polls have indicated that a vast majority of Greenlanders do not want to join the United States.

Nepal’s Gen Z Is Taking on the World’s Polluters Over Climate Disasters

19 September 2026 at 04:01
The young government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the world’s major economies as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers.

© Uma Bista for The New York Times

Tashi Lhazom, a climate activist, meeting with a woman displaced by the floods, at a Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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