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By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.

Mass demonstrations are planned in Jerusalem on Thursday against efforts to end a decades-old exemption from military service for Israel’s Haredi religious students.

The outcome was a major win for the political center and a big defeat for the far-right party of Geert Wilders, who faced a significant setback in an election he forced.

The authorities have detained seven suspects in total, but have not recovered the stolen jewels.

The menus on the president’s tour of three countries in Asia reflected the culinary acrobatics the host nations performed to accommodate his palate and foreign policy goals.

At least two people in the town died, and its historical buildings were reduced to rubble.

Island countries understood that a day like this would come.

President Trump lamented not being able to speak with Mr. Kim, the North Korean leader, but vowed to end the decades of hostilities between the two Koreas.

More than a week after thieves made off with treasures from the Louvre, a picture is emerging of a seemingly well-planned burglary that exploited security lapses at the museum and outpaced the police.

More than 400,000 Syrians have been displaced in the year since the civil war ended, according to the United Nations, driven by a mix of sectarian violence, acts of revenge and property disputes.