The Iran War’s Economic Threat to Europe and Asia
A fuel station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, last week.
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E.U. Loan for Ukraine Becomes Election Leverage for Orban
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in Budapest on Sunday. His disputes with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine have become a focal point of Hungary’s coming election.
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In Swaths of Germany, the Far-Right AfD Is Part of the Fabric
Three AfD representatives — Christian Skotnik, left, Doreen Gärtner, center, and Enrico Schult — before a party meeting in Stavenhagen, Germany, in October.
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How TrumpRx Drug Prices Compare With Those in Other Countries
President Trump unveiled the TrumpRx website last month. Visitors to the site are greeted by a promise: “Find the world’s lowest prices on prescription drugs.”
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He Lost a Leg for Russia. Then, He Says, His Country Betrayed Him.
Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan in the factory dormitory where he works, reattaching his prosthesis after disinfecting stitches on his amputated leg that reopened due to prolonged standing.
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For U.S., Unmet Expectations in Iran Fit a Familiar Pattern in the Region
An Iranian flag wrapping a building that was damaged in an airstrike in Tehran on Sunday.
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Pakistan Pauses Afghanistan Airstrikes for Eid
A mass burial was held on Wednesday for people who died on Monday in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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The Faroe Islands Are Changing Some of Europe’s Strictest Abortion Rules
Marna Jacobsen, 71, in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, late last year. Ms. Jacobsen said that as a 17-year-old she had to lie to get an abortion.
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Retired Belgian Diplomat, 93, Faces Trial Over 1961 Killing of Congolese Leader
Patrice Lumumba, an independence leader who was the first Congolese prime minister, under detention in December 1960.
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Netanyahu Hopes Strikes on Iran Will Lead to Uprising and Regime Change
A new billboard in Tehran shows Iran’s three supreme leaders.
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As a Meningitis Outbreak Spreads in Kent, UK, Here’s What to Know
Students and faculty members wait in line for antibiotics at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, on Monday.
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Trump Says U.S. and Qatar Not Involved in Strike on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field
President Trump said that Israel had “violently lashed out” at Iran’s South Pars gas field, hitting a “relatively small section” of the site.
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The Soldier Who Came Back From the Dead
Nazar Daletskyi at his own grave in the village of Velykyi Doroshiv in western Ukraine on Sunday.
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The Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data
A car crushed under a downed tree after strong winds in Montreal, Canada, on Tuesday.
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How Immigration Became an Issue in Argentina
Pedestrians and clients walk through an Andean market in the Liniers section of Buenos Aires in February. The neighborhood is an immigrant hub.
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Iranian Missile Attack Leaves 3 Palestinians Dead in West Bank
Palestinian security forces gathering at the scene where three Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile attack near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Wednesday
Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, earlier this month. A state-owned Qatari energy company said that Ras Laffan Industrial City had sustained “extensive damage” from missile attacks.
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Days of Anger and Fear for Iranians Living With Waves of Airstrikes
Apartments in a neighborhood of Tehran targeted by American-Israeli airstrikes this week.
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2 Charged With Surveillance for Iran on London’s Jews
Metropolitan Police headquarters in London. This week’s prosecutions are the latest of several related to hostile activity in Britain backed by Iran.
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Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal Sexual Assault by Israeli Settlers
Suhaib Abualkebash, with a bruised eye, in Khirbet Humsa, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He said he had been assaulted by Israeli settlers.
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Strikes Deliver Another Blow to Iran’s Domestic Energy Sites
Part of the South Pars gas field facility near Kangan, Iran, in 2014. The extent of the damage on Wednesday was not immediately clear.
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Iran Maintains Near-Total Internet Blackout Amid U.S.-Israeli Strikes
A woman with her phone at a market in Tehran this month. An internet blackout has cut off the majority of Iranians from communicating with the outside world.
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U.S. Intelligence Saw No Change in Iran’s Missile Capabilities Before War
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.
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Despite Moscow’s Threats, Poland Rules to Extradite Archaeologist
Alexander Butyagin at a court in Warsaw in January. He was detained in Poland on a Ukrainian arrest warrant in December.
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An Abandoned Russian Tanker Is Drifting at Sea. Will Anyone Stop It?
The Arctic Metagaz, a Russian fuel tanker, adrift between Malta and Lampedusa, Italy, on Sunday.
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Couple Killed in Cluster Bomb Attack Near Tel Aviv
Damage from a missile strike in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Wednesday. Two people were killed in the suburb of Tel Aviv.
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Israel Has Killed Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s Intelligence Minister
Esmaeil Khatib, the Iranian intelligence minister, during a ceremony in Tehran in 2024.
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Over 200 Ukrainian Experts in Middle East to Help Fight Drones, Zelensky Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaking to British lawmakers in London, on Tuesday.
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Israel Intensifies Strikes on Beirut, Escalating Its Campaign Against Hezbollah
The aftermath of an airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday.
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As Iran War Drags On, Europe Wants to Avoid a New Migration Crisis
Migrants in Slovenia at the height of the European migration crisis in 2015.
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Trump’s Friendship With Japan’s Leader Takaichi Faces Test Over Iran
President Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan aboard the U.S.S. George Washington at Yokosuka Port south of Yokohama, Japan, in October.
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Asia Turns Back to Coal as War Chokes Off Natural Gas
Qatar Energy announced a shutdown of its liquefied natural gas production after Iranian attacks on energy installations.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Tuesday
Ali Larijani, center, registering his name as a candidate for presidential elections in Tehran in 2024.
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Trump’s Next Decision in War: Whether to Retrieve Iran’s Nuclear Fuel
A satellite image of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex near the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran last week. It is not certain where all of Iran’s nuclear material resides.
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Kharg Island Is an Appealing Target for Trump, With High Risks
The Kharg Island oil facility off the coast of Iran in 2017.
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Ali Larijani, a Top Iranian Politician and Emissary, Is Dead at 67
Ali Larijani in Tehran in 2024. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made Mr. Larijani the de facto leader of Iran in January, when nationwide protests engulfed the country.
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An Unexploded Bomb Near the Colombia-Ecuador Border Leads to a Diplomatic Clash
The remnants of a 500‑pound undetonated bomb dropped by the Ecuadorian army that fell on a coca crop in Colombia.
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Ali Larijani, Iran’s De Facto Political Leader, Killed by Israel
Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, in Tehran in 2024. He was killed in an overnight strike, the Israeli military said.
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As Trump belittled European allies, the Irish leader pushed back, gently.
President Trump hosted Micheál Martin, the taoiseach or prime minister of Ireland, at the White House on Tuesday,
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Israel Keeps Killing Key Iranian Leaders. Will It Work?
Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, in Tehran in 2024. The Israeli military announced it had killed him in an airstrike on Tuesday.
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The Iran War Is Pushing Some Countries to Cut Back On Energy Use
A damaged oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday.
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U.N. Says Attacks on Iran Set to Drive Hunger to Record Levels
Volunteers prepared packages of food in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan on Monday.
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It Was the Vatican’s ‘Trial of the Century.’ Now, It’s Going to Retrial.
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu at the Vatican in 2024.
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Energy Facilities Attacked in Iran and Qatar, Sending Prices Soaring
Betting on Ayatollah’s Ouster Ignites Ire Over Prediction Markets
Cuban Americans Will Be Allowed to Own Businesses in Cuba, but Is That Enough to Rescue the Economy?
Iran War Live Updates: Qatar Reports More Attacks on Energy Infrastructure as Oil Prices Rise
Useful Local Travel Apps to Download Before You Go Abroad
Oil Prices Keep Climbing on Heightened Fears Over Energy Supplies
Ozempic Is About to Go Generic in India, China and Canada
Iran Turns Out for Funeral for Those Killed in Strikes
Empowering Iran’s Hard-liners
Is Latin America Abandoning Cuba?