The Generals Who Are Now Running Iran
Iranians gathered last month in Tehran with flags and posters to show their support for Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader.
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$106 Billion Loan Reflects E.U.’s View That Peace in Ukraine Is Far Away
A funeral for victims of a Russian strike in Ternopil, Ukraine, in November.
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War in Iran Gives New Fuel to a Tax Debate in Australia
A liquefied natural gas plant on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia.
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Afghans Who Helped U.S. Forces Say They’re Being Pushed Back to the Taliban
A photograph released by the U.S. Army showing Afghans at Camp As Sayliyah, in Qatar, in August 2021.
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Journalist Detained in Kuwait After Posting About Iran War Is Acquitted
Ahmed Shihab‑Eldin at a film festival in Doha, Qatar, last year.
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Will Bulgaria’s New Leader Cast His Lot With Europe or Russia?
Rumen Radev campaigning in Sofia, Bulgaria, last week.
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Rodrigo Duterte Will Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity, Court Rules
Crime scene investigators at the scene of a killing in Manila in October 2016, months after Rodrigo Duterte became president of the Philippines.
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A Lost Tribe in India Makes Its Exodus to Israel
People from B’nei Menashe community pray at a synagogue in the kibbutz near Churachandpur, in India’s Manipur state, in March.
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Russian Officials Say Town’s Air Is Toxic, Days After Strike on Oil Refinery
A satellite image released by Planet Labs on Tuesday showed smoke rising from an oil refinery in Tuapse, a Black Sea resort town in Russia, where a Ukrainian drone strike started a fire.
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Germany, a Steadfast Ally of Israel, Now Voices Some Frustration
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, as well as cabinet minsters and government press officials, has begun using pointed language in discussions of Israel and its actions in the Middle East.
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Trains Collide in Denmark, Leaving 5 Critically Injured
The scene of the crash on Thursday, north of the town of Hillerod. Seventeen people were hospitalized, the Danish authorities said.
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Threat of Evictions Darkens Russia’s Rosy Picture of Occupied Ukraine
Recently built apartment buildings in Mariupol, a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city, last year. The Kremlin is trying to remake the city after its brutal siege, but many residents still lack homes.
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World’s Biggest Condom Maker Raises Prices as Iran War Rattles Supply Chains
Karex, a condom maker, said the conflict in Iran is causing an increase in production costs.
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Zelensky details deals Ukraine signed to bolster Gulf nations’ defense against Iranian drones.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that Ukraine had signed agreements to cooperate with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on technology to intercept attack drones.
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How People in Lebanon Are Reacting to Talks With Israel
A funeral in southern Lebanon on Wednesday for people killed during the war between Hezbollah and Israel.
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U.S. Forces Board a 2nd Tanker They Say Is Carrying Oil From Iran
A photo released by the Defense Department shows the M/T Majestic X. The Pentagon said U.S. forces boarded the vessel because it was carrying Iranian oil.
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As U.S. Brands Stumble, China Wins Over Young Indonesians
The Glodok market in the Chinatown area of Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, decked out for Lunar New Year in February.
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Israeli Strikes Kill a Journalist and Injure Another in Lebanon
Amal Khalil, who worked for Al-Akhbar, reporting near a destroyed bridge last month. She was killed on Wednesday.
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King Charles Will Not Meet Epstein Victims During U.S. State Visit
Lawyers representing King Charles said he will not meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse when the monarch visits the U.S. next week.
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Iran Says It Seized Two Ships Near the Strait of Hormuz
A poster of the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on Tuesday.
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Drake’s Ice Installation for New ‘Iceman’ Album Brings Headaches to Toronto
Toronto firefighters sprayed water on a large ice-block installation that was created to promote the rapper Drake’s upcoming album.
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Pope Leo, Visiting African Prison, Urges Inmates to Find Hope Amid Despair
Inmates welcoming Pope Leo XIV in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday.
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With peace talks postponed, Pakistanis feel the cost of the war in Iran.
A banner in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, celebrates the country’s efforts to mediate between the United States and Iran.
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US Withholding Iraq’s Own Oil Money Over Ties to Iran
Members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella group of militias, during a funeral in Baghdad this month.
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Pakistani Officials Remain Hopeful About U.S.-Iran Talks
Negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, between the United States and Iran have been delayed.
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Whether for or Against the War, Iranians Say They’re Feeling Economic Pain
A family saying goodbye to their relatives who are leaving Iran, at the Kapikoy border crossing in Turkey on Wednesday.
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On Independence Day, Israel Honors Rabbi Who Called to ‘Flatten’ Gaza
Palestinians returning to their homes in northern Gaza in October 2025 after Israel and Hamas agreed on a prisoner exchange deal and a cease-fire.
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Attacks along the Israel-Lebanon border put a cease-fire under strain.
A family drove through the ruins of Mansour, a village in southern Lebanon, on Tuesday.
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Strait of Hormuz Dangers Escalate as Iran Says It Seized 2 Cargo Ships
In the Strait of Hormuz off Musandam, Oman, on Wednesday.
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To Iran, Trump Blinked First by Extending the Cease-Fire
An Iran expert said the major impediment to negotiations restarting was the same as it was before talks — both countries see themselves as having the advantage.
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Hoarding Is Driving Energy Prices Higher Everywhere
People queue for cooking gas cylinders in New Delhi this month.
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Japan Is Used to Earthquakes, but What About a Big One?
A tsunami warning on a television broadcast in Japan after an earthquake on Monday.
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EU Considers $106 Billion Loan to Ukraine, Delayed for Months by Orban
Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, in Kyiv, Ukraine, last month. The break in the impasse came after the reopening of a pipeline that carries Russian oil across Ukraine and into Slovakia and Hungary.
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A Year After Terrorist Attack, a Kashmir Town Longs for Tourists
Security officers are a constant presence on tourist routes in Pahalgam after last year’s attack.
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U.S. Sends Plane to Cuba to Get Child in Transgender Custody Case
A flight tracker showed that a U.S. government plane landed at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. It appeared to be part of an F.B.I. mission to retrieve an American child.
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What Was the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal?
Negotiators from the United States, Iran and European countries meeting to discuss a nuclear deal in Vienna in 2015.
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Proposed Lifetime Smoking Ban to Become Law in Britain
The proposed lifetime smoking ban will apply in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Trump Extends Cease-Fire, Even as Peace Talks Are Put on Hold
A mural in Tehran meant to show that Iran has a tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz. The status of the strait is one of the sticking points in negotiations between Iran and the United States.
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War Shock in Asia
A floating fuel station in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam.
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Lyrids Meteor Shower: How to Watch, Peak Time and Weather Forecast
The Lyrids meteor shower over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn off Germany in 2018.
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Nigeria Charges Six With Treason Over Coup Plot
President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria at his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja in 2023.
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Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo
A photograph released by the U.S. Army showing Afghans being processed at Camp As Sayliyah, in Qatar, in August 2021.
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For Earth Day, a Few Signs of Hope for Our Planet
The view of home from the other side of the moon.
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Lebanese Bury Their Dead Amid a Lull in Fighting
Mourners carrying coffins draped in Hezbollah flags in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
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Teotihuacán Pyramids Shooting: Gunman Carried Notes on U.S. Mass Shootings
Members of the Mexican National Guard at the perimeter of the Teotihuacán pyramids after the shooting.
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U.S. Turns Up Pressure on Iraq to Distance Itself From Iran
Members of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, during a mourning procession in Baghdad this month for one of their comrades who was killed.
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Pope Leo Is Skipping Some of Africa’s Biggest Catholic Nations
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Threatens Iranian Boats He Says Are Mining the Strait of Hormuz
Anti-Trumpism Unites Europe
Anthropic’s New Mythos A.I. Model Sets Off Global Alarms
Iranian Expats in U.A.E. Caught Between Home and Homeland