Trump’s Strike on Iran Cements Netanyahu’s Political Comeback
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel speaking this month at the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem.
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After U.S. Strikes on Iran, Prospects for Diplomacy Look Dim
President Trump was joined by Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his address late Saturday.
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Will Iran Decide to Retaliate Against the U.S.?
A demonstrator holding photos of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a march condemning Israel’s attacks on Iran, in Tehran on Friday.
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Far-Right Party Tries to Expand Its Appeal in Germany’s West
Duisburg has long been at the heart of Germany’s steel industry. The site of one former steel plant is now an urban park.
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Iran Had Vowed to Retaliate. Now, It Faces Grim Choices.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, in Geneva on Friday.
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Iran’s Allies Are Not Offering Support in Its Conflict With Israel
Smoke rising after an Israeli strike in Tehran this month. Iran’s allies have stopped short of offering any concrete support during this conflict.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Planning for His Possible Assassination, Picks Successors
People marching under a mural of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday in Tehran.
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Ukraine Warns Teenagers the Enemy Is Inside Their Phones
A lecturer from the Security Service of Ukraine leading a presentation for 10th-grade students at a high school in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Russian schemes that try to recruit young people for minor sabotage or espionage.
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Trump Sends Envoy to Belarus, Courting Ties With Russia’s Close Ally
U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg in Warsaw, Poland, in February.
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Hot-Air Balloon Crashes in Brazil, Killing at Least 8 People
A rescue worker at the crash site after a hot-air balloon carrying 21 people caught fire and plunged on Saturday in Praia Grande, Brazil.
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U.K. Heat Wave Leaves Britons Looking for Ways to Stay Cool
A spectator covered her face during the Queen’s Club Championships tennis tournament in London on Friday.
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Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site Said to Look Severely Damaged, Not Destroyed
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage at the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran after U.S. strikes, on Sunday.
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Pentagon Details Multipronged Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to reporters at the Pentagon on Sunday.
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Vance says Iran’s nuclear program has been ‘substantially delayed.’
Vice President JD Vance earlier this month. “I think we set that program back substantially,” he said on Sunday, “and we did it without endangering the lives of the American pilots.”
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Israel Recovers Bodies of Three Hostages Held by Hamas in Gaza
Ofra Keidar, the woman whose face is on the large central poster at this demonstration in Tel Aviv, was among the hostages whose bodies were recovered.
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Does Iran have another secret enrichment site, as it claims?
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, at a news conference in November in Tehran.
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‘We have to respond,’ Iran’s foreign minister warns.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told a news conference in Istanbul on Sunday that his country would defend itself.
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Here’s What to Know About Fordo, Iran’s Best-Protected Nuclear Site
A satellite photo from February showing the aboveground part of the Fordo nuclear facility, south of Tehran. In structures buried deep underground, the facility enriches uranium.
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Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech
California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, along with several municipalities, has filed suits against Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other companies.
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Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D.
Within two weeks of President Trump’s return to the White House, U.S.A.I.D. was on the cusp of oblivion.
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on June 2025
Iran fires more missiles at Israel, hours after the U.S. strikes on Iran.
Emergency responders at the site of an Iranian strike in Ness Ziona, Israel, on Sunday morning.
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World Leaders React to the U.S. Strikes on Iran
António Guterres, the U.N. Secretary General, in 2023. He described the U.S. strikes as a “dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge.”
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Republican Lawmakers Cheer Strike on Iran as Top Democrats Condemn It
Speaker Mike Johnson, center, released a statement saying the strikes were necessary.
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Four scenarios of how American involvement in the war could play out.
Vehicles lined up for gasoline in Tehran, where many people have tried to stockpile supplies or evacuate over the last week.
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Iran built Fordo deep inside a mountain to withstand aerial attacks.
A satellite view of Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant, northeast of the city of Qum.
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No U.S. Decision on Joining War Yet, Though It Could Come in Days, Israeli Officials Say
President Trump is weighing whether to have the United States join Israel’s effort to destroy Iran’s nuclear sites.
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on June 2025
Israeli Attacks in Iran Kill Three More Commanders, Israel Says
A crowd in Tehran on Friday protested Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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Iranians Find Pockets of Connection Amid Internet Blackout
Many Iranians rely on virtual private networks, or VPNs, to evade government restrictions on the internet, but even many of those have been disrupted since Israel’s attacks began.
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U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers as Trump Plans to Meet National Security Team
A B-2 stealth bomber assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base in 2020. It is not unusual to shift military assets into position to provide options to the president and military commanders even if they are not ultimately deployed.
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on June 2025
Israel Says It Killed Top Iran Commander Who Oversees Proxy Militias
A crowd marched in Tehran on Friday to protest against Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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With Few Discount Airlines, Canadian Travelers Face Steeper Fares
Air Canada, the country’s largest carrier, said taxes and other airport charges were behind higher fares.
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on June 2025
As U.S. Enters War Against Iran, the Mideast Fears What’s Next
Smoke rising from Israel’s attack on an oil refinery last week in Tehran.
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on June 2025
Drought Is Hurting Global Food Supplies
Drought-ravaged Shaanxi Province in China last month.
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on June 2025
How South Korea Became a Cultural Powerhouse
A fan event in Brooklyn on Friday to publicize the third season of “Squid Game.”
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on June 2025
Accusations fly at a heated U.N. Security Council session on Iran and Israel, amid pleas for peace.
Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, at the Security Council’s meeting on Friday.
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Israel and Iran launch fresh attacks amid diplomatic push.
Emergency personnel outside a building hit by an Iranian missile in Haifa, Israel, on Friday. Israeli jets hit targets across Iran.
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Rockslide in Canada’s Banff National Park Leaves 2 Dead, 3 Injured
A rockslide, center, near Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park, Canada, on Thursday.
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$40 Million Yacht That Mysteriously Sank Is Raised From Bottom of Sea
Cranes pulling up the Bayesian superyacht, off the coast of Sicily on Friday.
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on June 2025
Thousands Protest Across the Middle East as Israel-Iran Conflict Deepens
Large crowds took to the streets of Tehran on Friday to protest Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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on June 2025
Live Updates: Strikes Caused ‘Severe Damage’ to Iranian Nuclear Sites, U.S. Officials Say
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How Far Could Iranian Missiles Go?