Idriss Déby, who ruled with an iron fist for three decades and had just secured his sixth term in office, was considered by the West a linchpin in the fight against Islamist extremism in central Africa.
By Mahamat Adamou, Ruth Maclean, Declan Walsh and Eric Schmitt
With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine paused in the United States, the European Union drug regulator found that the benefits outweigh the rare risk of blood clots.
The ruling exempts English-speaking schools and effectively allows provincial legislators to wear turbans or head scarves, but it angered civil liberties advocates as discriminatory.
By Dan Bilefsky
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The move by Lidl comes as Ireland’s Parliament considers a legal measure to make period products free in the country. It’s among a growing number of such initiatives that aim to ease an inequality.
By Isabella Kwai
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A United Nations panel is demanding that Dubai produce “evidence of life” for Sheikha Latifa, two months after the princess said in dramatic video footage that she was being held prisoner.
It may look like the bad old days of the Cold War, but today’s bitter superpower competition is about technology, cyberconflict and influence operations.
Just a week ago, the government declared Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan a terrorist group. But after violent protests spurred by the publication of caricatures in France, the government acquiesced to the Islamist party’s demands.
The relic of the deadliest shipwreck in the Mediterranean in living memory — in which some 1,000 migrants died — is being re-envisioned as a human rights monument.
¿Qué pasará con las mujeres y las minorías? ¿Es posible que el presidente afgano se aferre al poder? Estas y otras dudas apremiantes surgen en un país temeroso al empezar a retirarse el ejército de Estados Unidos.
Los superclubes llamaron a los abogados. El presidente de la federación europea del deporte dijo que los líderes de los equipos eran “víboras y mentirosos”. Y los aficionados están furiosos.
Hace casi un cuarto de siglo, un acuerdo político ayudó a pacificar Irlanda del Norte después de décadas de amargo conflicto. Pero nuevos problemas están despertando viejas enemistades.
En comparación con el año anterior, cuando las mezquitas de todo el mundo estaban cerradas debido al coronavirus, esta vez habrá restricciones —pero también familiares y amigos— en el mes santo.
Developers knocked down the Carlton Tavern six years ago to make way for luxury apartments. After a legal fight, they were ordered to rebuild it, brick by brick.
The island’s Indigenous hunting cultures are circumscribed by ancient rituals and modern legal restrictions. We join a hunt as Taiwan’s constitutional court considers a case on Indigenous rights.
By Amy Qin and Amy Chang Chien
PhotoCreditMichaela Skovranova for The New York Times
Groups of boars have become an unavoidable presence in Haifa. Some human residents are charmed, but others are annoyed or frightened and now carry sticks on walks.
