• Why This Week's Mass Exodus from Embattled Nagorno-Karabakh Reflects Decades of Animosity
  
  The exodus of ethnic Armenians this week from the region known as NagornoKarabakh has been a vivid and shocking tableau of fear and misery. Roads are jammed with cars lumbering with heavy loads, waiting for hours in traffic jams. People sit amid mounds of hastily packed...
• Last Samba in Paris: Gabriela Hearst Exits Chloé Dancing, Not Crying, with Runway Swan Song
  
  In a bold departure from the somber farewells often seen in fashion, designer Gabriela Hearst literally danced her way out of Chloé at her final show Thursday, radiating pure, unapologetic joy. Rather than poignant goodbyes, Hearst opted for lively samba beats, leaving an...
• EU Struggles to Update Asylum Laws Three Years on from a Sweeping Reform. And the Clock Is Ticking
  
  Three years after unveiling a plan for sweeping reform of the European Union's outdated asylum rules, government ministers struggled on Thursday to overcome yet another obstacle to putting the new system in place, fueling doubt as to whether it will ever see the light of...
• Romanian Court Eases Geographical Restrictions on Divisive Influencer Andrew Tate
  
  A court in Romania's capital on Thursday ruled to ease geographical restrictions on Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.The decision by the Bucharest Tribunal to...
• Macron Proposes Limited Autonomy for France's Mediterranean Island of Corsica
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron proposed granting limited autonomy for Corsica on Thursday in a modest step toward nationalist sentiment on the Mediterranean island.In a speech he described as "an outstretched hand," Macron said: "Let us have the audacity to build a...
• Pro-Russia Candidate Poised to Be Next PM of Slovakia
  
  Pro-Russia candidate and opposition party leader Robert Fico, already a two-time prime minister of Slovakia, is running No. 1 in polling ahead of Saturday's snap election in the NATO country, a result that would have major consequences for neighboring Ukraine.
• Israeli President Herzog: Israel in State of Internal Emergency
  
  Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed deep concern over the current situation in Israel at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War.
• A Man in Military Clothing Has Shot and Wounded a Person at a Dutch Teaching Hospital, Police Say
  
  A man wearing military clothing and carrying a handgun shot and wounded a person Thursday in a classroom at a university hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said.Another person was injured in a home nearby, Rotterdam police said in a message on X, formerly...
• Kosovo Accuses Serbia of Direct Involvement in Deadly Clashes and Investigates Possible Russian Role
  
  Kosovo's interior minister on Thursday accused Serbia of direct involvement in weekend clashes and was investigating the possibility of Russian involvement in the violence that left four people dead and further strained relations between the former wartime foes.One Kosovo...
• Israeli Tourism Minister Heads Saudi Conference
  
  Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz made history on Tuesday when he became the first minister from the Jewish state to head an official delegation to a large global conference in Saudi Arabia. "Tourism is a bridge between nations," Katz stated at the U.N. World Tourism...
• NATO's Secretary-general Meets with Zelenskyy to Discuss Battlefield and Ammunition Needs in Ukraine
  
  NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the status of the war and needs of troops on Thursday, the day after Russia accused Ukraine's Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week's missile strike on the Black Sea...
• Inspired by Llamas, the Desert and Mother Earth, These Craftswomen Weave Sacred Textiles
  
  In northern Chile, Teófila Challapa learned to weave surrounded by the hills and sandy roads of the Atacama Desert."Spin the threads, girl," her grandmother told her a half a century ago.Aymara women like Challapa, now 59, become acquainted with wool threads under blue...
• NATO Chief: Ukrainian Forces 'Gradually Gaining Ground'
  
  NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on an unannounced visit to Kyiv, said Thursday that Ukrainian forces were "gradually gaining ground" in their counteroffensive against Russian forces.
• NKorea's Kim Calls for More Nukes to Fight 'New Cold War' With US
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in a "new Cold War," state media said Thursday.
• Taiwan Launches the Island's First Domestically Made Submarine for Testing
  
  Taiwan's president launched the island's first domestically made submarine for testing Thursday at a port in Kaohsiung. The submarine, if successful in its tests, will be a major breakthrough for Taiwan in shipbuilding and design."In the past, a domesticmade submarine was...
• US Antarctic Base Cracks Down on Booze Sales
  
  From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency that oversees the research program decided to stop serving alcohol.
• North Korea Enshrines Nuclear Power Status in Constitution
  
  North Korea has enshrined its status as a nuclear power in its constitution, with leader Kim Jong Un calling for more modern atomic weapons to counter the threat from the United States, state media reported Thursday.
• NKorea, US Sought China's Help on Soldier's Return
  
  North Korea and the United States requested China provide necessary assistance in the humanitarian spirit regarding the U.S. soldier who was expelled by North Korea, the Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday.
• Israel Hears Challenge to Law Making It Harder to Remove Netanyahu
  
  Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday was hearing a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove a sitting prime minister, which critics say is designed to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has been working to reshape the justice system.
• China's Defense Minister Has Been MIA for a Month. His Ministry Isn't Making Any Comment
  
  A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said Thursday that he was "not aware of the situation" in the ministry's first public comments on the disappearance of the defense minister from public view about one month ago.Senior Col. Wu Qian, the director of the ministry's...
• Rights Watchdog Accuses the World Bank of Complicity in Rights Abuses around Tanzanian National Park
  
  A rights watchdog is accusing the World Bank of enabling the Tanzanian government's violent expansion of a national park through financing from the global lender. The World Bank has failed to hold Tanzanian authorities accountable for serious rights violations, including...
• Ukraine Downs 33 of 44 Russian Drones in Mass Attacks
  
  Russia carried out a big wave of air strikes on three Ukrainian regions early Thursday in which Ukrainian officials said some attack drones had hit their targets but did not say what was damaged.
• An Explosion Following a Lightning Strike in the Uzbek Capital Kills 1 Person and Injures 162
  
  A powerful explosion in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, killed a teenage boy Thursday and injured at least 162 people following a fire caused by a lightning strike, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Health said.The Ministry of Emergency Situations said the explosion happened early in...
• Storm Elias Crashes into a Greek City, Filling Homes with Mud and Knocking out Power
  
  A second powerful storm in less than a month hammered parts of central Greece Thursday, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes.The storm called Elias caused extensive flooding in the central city of Volos and left hundreds stranded in nearby...
• Israel Reopens Gaza Crossing for Palestinian Laborers after Sealing it over Rising Tensions
  
  Israel reopened a main crossing with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian laborers to enter the country for the first time since sealing it last week.The crossing reopens after weeks of violent protests along Gaza's frontier with Israel, where...

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