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K-Pop Looks Beyond Korea for Its Next Generation of Idols

By Koh Ewe / Singapore

Hamas and Israel Exchange More Hostages for Prisoners

By WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH / AP

Why Europe Must Not Let AI Firms Put Profits Before People

By Kersti Kaljulaid

South Korea Farmers Protest Dog Meat Ban

By Koh Ewe
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The Elgin Marbles: What to Know

The U.K. is under increased scrutiny over the disputed ancient Greek Parthenon sculptures. Here’s what you need to know.

By Chad de Guzman

How the U.S.-China Rivalry Puts the Internet at Risk

Subsea cables handle 95% of internet traffic. But great-power competition is undermining the ostensibly one-world internet infrastructure.

By Jan Eijking

Gaza Hostages Still Includes 9 Americans

Biden is pushing for the remaining U.S. hostages to be part of a new round of hostage releases expected over the next few days

By Brian Bennett

After 17 Days, 41 Construction Workers Trapped in a Tunnel in India Are Rescued

Images emerged Tuesday of the workers being greeted by officials and adorned with flower garlands.

By Solcyre Burga and Armani Syed

I’d Help Rebuild Gaza, Musk Tells Netanyahu

Billionaire Elon Musk made the comment in a conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his social-media platform X

By Marissa Newman / Bloomberg

State Lawmakers and Activists Start Hunger Strike for Ceasefire in Gaza

Sate lawmakers and activists—including actor Cynthia Nixon—have started a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. 

By Sanya Mansoor

What a Photographer Saw in the West Bank

A photographer visited his grandmother in early October. He stayed for one month

By Maen Hammad

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Talks to TIME

U.S. authorities reportedly thwarted an assassination on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. In an exclusive Q&A with TIME, he shares his views on India, Sikh separatism and more.

By Astha Rajvanshi

New Zealand Scraps Generational Smoking Ban

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his decision to repeal the tobacco restrictions, in what many consider a win for the tobacco industry.

By Armani Syed

Why I Defend Israel

I defend Israel because Hamas wanted this war and Israel has not other choice, writes Bernard-Henri Lévy.

By Bernard-Henri Lévy

What to Know About the ICC Probe Into the Philippines’ Drug War

The international court continues to investigate Philippine former President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly anti-illegal-narcotics campaign

By Chad de Guzman

6 Teens in France Go on Trial for Samuel Paty Beheading

The history and geography teacher, Samuel Paty, who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, was killed on Oct. 16, 2020.

By Associated Press

‘Authentic’ Is Merriam-Webster’s Word of 2023

Here’s how the dictionary publisher chose the top word of the year—and what other words came close.

By Leanne Italie / AP

Elon Musk to Meet Israeli President, Families of Hostages as Antisemitism Furor Brews

The Tesla Inc. and SpaceX chief executive is slated to join a closed-door discussion Monday about the need to curb online antisemitism.

By Marissa Newman / Bloomberg

Freed Hostages’ Reveal Conditions in Hamas’ Captivity

85-year-old Yocheved Lipschitz said captives were treated well and received medical care, the guards kept conditions clean, and hostages were given one meal a day.

By Julia Frankel / AP

Four-Year-Old American Hostage Is Released From Gaza

Abigail Edan was among the 17 hostages freed by Hamas on Sunday.

By Gwen Ackerman, Dana Khraiche, Galit Altstein / Bloomberg
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