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Comment on this storyComment SEOUL — Weapons deals are expected to be top of the agenda as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un heads to Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, whose government seeks to replenish stockpiles depleted in its war against Ukraine. Kim is set to meet…

Comment on this storyComment You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Chileans marked a half century since the “other 9/11” on Monday,…

Comment on this storyComment Five U.S. citizens detained in Iran are one step closer to being released after the Biden administration granted international banks permission to transfer frozen Iranian funds without fear of U.S. sanctions. Recent developments have suggested that the long-sought prisoner swap was in the works. In August,…

Comment on this storyComment A powerful storm that unleashed torrential rain and extreme flooding across eastern Libya has devastated entire communities on its Mediterranean coastline, causing widespread destruction and an unknown number of fatalities, officials said. Authorities declared the city of Derna a disaster zone after dams burst and floodwaters…

For his first known trip outside North Korea in almost four years, Kim Jong Un has likely returned to a favored mode of transport: a luxuriously decorated, heavily armored and exceptionally slow-moving train. South Korean media reported Monday, citing government officials, that Kim’s train appeared to have left the North…

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — As the Mali government grapples with political turmoil, a splinter faction of the militant group ISIS, known as ISIS-GS or ISIS in the Greater Sahara, has almost doubled the territory it controls in the West African country according to a United Nations report.  According to the authors, continuous…

Comment on this storyComment More than 2,100 people have been killed and more than 2,400 injured in the earthquake that struck Morocco on Friday evening. As rescuers sift through the rubble in hopes of finding survivors, here’s how to aid victims of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake, the largest to hit the…

September 10, 2023 at 7:11 p.m. EDT Said Afouzar and Elgoufi Nezha’s destroyed home in Amizmiz, Morocco, on September 10, 2023. (Sima Diab for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment AMIZMIZ, Morocco — Said Afouzar was at his sister’s house when the earthquake hit. As soon as the ground…