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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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2 Americans Killed in Mexico Crash Were C.I.A. Members
A suspected methamphetamine processing lab in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two Palestinians Killed in Israeli Shooting Near West Bank School
The bodies of two Palestinians killed in the West Bank village of Al Mughayir, at a hospital in Ramallah on Tuesday.
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Trust Trump? Iran’s Doubts Shadow Peace Talks.
Vice President JD Vance during peace talks with Iran in Islamabad earlier this month.
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Trump Extends Iran Cease-Fire Before Deadline Expires; Vance’s Trip Is on Hold
Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad, Pakistan, this month during a previous round of negotiations between the United States and Iran.
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U.S. Military Stops and Boards M/T Tifani, Tanker Carrying Iranian Oil, Pentagon Says
A photo released by the Defense Department appears to show the M/T Tifani.
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Europe Wanted a Say on the Iran War, but It’s Still on the Sidelines
From left: Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at a conference in Paris on Friday.
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‘Donnyland’? Ukraine Proposes Naming Part of the Donbas in Trump’s Honor.
Sloviansk, in the industrial Donbas region, which was first invaded by Russia in 2014.
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Imprisoned for 30 Years, He Wooed Her With Love Poems
The poet Ilhan Sami Çomak, right, and his partner, Ipek Ozel, left, at home in Istanbul.
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2 Cruise Ships Clear Strait of Hormuz After Being Stranded for Weeks
A Mein Schiff cruise ship docked in Doha, Qatar, earlier this month.
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Fired U.K. Official Describes ‘Pressure’ to Expedite Envoy’s Appointment
The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, said he was not told about a security vetting team’s concerns about Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the United States.
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Xi Calls for Hormuz to Reopen as China Balances Its Gulf Interests
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, attending a meeting with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi in Beijing last week.
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How the Cole Disaster Drove the U.S. to Develop New Warship Defenses
The damaged destroyer Cole being taken out of the Port of Aden by tugboats after it was attacked in October 2000.
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New Zealand Declares Emergency in Capital After It Was Battered by Torrential Rain
Workers clearing debris from a damaged bridge on Tuesday after torrential rain in South Karori in Wellington, New Zealand.
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London Tube Drivers’ Strike Halts a Key Line
A sign warning travelers of strike-related delays at the St. James’s Park Underground station in London on Tuesday.
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Japan to Sell More Weapons Abroad, Breaking With Postwar Pacifism
A Japanese marine unit takes part in exercises in Tokunoshima, Japan, in 2023.
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Facing Hard-Liners at Home and Bluster From Trump, Iran Sends Mixed Signals on Peace Talks
A woman walking by a mural showing Iranian missiles attacking a U.S. ship, in Tehran in April.
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Pope Leo Is Skipping Some of Africa’s Biggest Catholic Nations
Iran War Live Updates: Reported Seizure of Ships Injects New Uncertainty Over Peace Talks
Iranian Expats in U.A.E. Caught Between Home and Homeland
Anti-Trumpism Unites Europe
Anthropic’s New Mythos A.I. Model Sets Off Global Alarms
Israeli Soldiers Sentenced to Jail for Damaging Jesus Statue in Lebanon
Crossing the Divide
Iran’s Nonnuclear Deterrent