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Yesterday — 2 November 2025Main stream

Trump Threatens Military Action in Nigeria Over Protections for Christians

2 November 2025 at 07:33
Accusing Nigeria of not doing enough to protect Christians from violence, President Trump said he had ordered the Pentagon to prepare for action.

© Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times

President Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Twenty Years Later, Atrocities Haunt Darfur Again

1 November 2025 at 06:25
The world seems unable, or unwilling, to do much to stop a new struggle on an old battlefield, as atrocities sweep villages and towns.

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A photo released by The Norwegian Refugee Council showing internally displaced people from El Fasher in Tawila, Darfur region, on Friday.

Mexico Winds Down Search for Survivor of U.S. Boat Strike

1 November 2025 at 05:28
The Pentagon said one person survived a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Pacific, but after searching for days, Mexican officials are about to give up.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has compared the strikes against the boats to America’s wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan over more than two decades.

U.N. Says Strikes on Boats Trump Claims Are Smuggling Drugs Are Illegal

1 November 2025 at 00:11
The U.N.’s human rights chief condemned deadly military attacks on vessels near South and Central America and called for an independent investigation.

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The U.N.’s human right chief, Volker Türk, said the attacks were “unacceptable” and must stop.

Some of Trump’s Favorite Things on Asia Trip: A Crown and ‘Vicious’ Weapons

President Trump traveled to Asia to be a statesman, a showman and a traveling salesman, depending on the audience.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump was given a replica of an ancient crown at a meeting with South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.

Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area

31 October 2025 at 06:18
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved into a home at Fort McNair traditionally reserved for the Army’s vice chief of staff. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others also now live in military housing.

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According to a Defense Department official, Mr. Hegseth is paying $4,655.70 per month to live at Ft. McNair this year.

Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing After Decades Revives a Cold War Debate

President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.

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A crater left behind after a 100-kiloton thermonuclear bomb test at the Atomic Energy Commission’s Nevada Test Site in July 1962.

Democrats Condemn Trump Officials for Boat Strike Secrecy

Senator Mark Warner said the administration’s decision to hold a Republicans-only briefing on the campaign was “corrosive to our democracy.”

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, at the Capitol on Thursday. The senator said the Trump administration was ignoring “all the checks and balances” in its military campaign.

Why Trump’s Boat Killings Would Be Hard to Prosecute

31 October 2025 at 01:12
Even if critics who call President Trump’s boat attacks “murder” are right as a matter of law, it would not be easy to get the matter into a court.

© Ricardo Arduengo/Reuters

Air Force personnel arming an MQ-9 Reaper drone with missiles in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, earlier this month.

2 U.S. Navy Aircraft Go Down in South China Sea

27 October 2025 at 12:01
A helicopter and a fighter jet went down in separate incidents while operating from a U.S. aircraft carrier on Sunday, the Navy said. The crews were rescued.
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