Iran Has Been Consistent in War. Will It Be Consistent in Peace Talks?
Pro-government demonstrators burning American and Israeli flags on Wednesday in Tehran after a cease-fire was announced.
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U.K. Puts Chagos Islands Deal on Hold Following Criticism From Trump
An image of Diego Garcia, the largest of the Chagos Islands, released by the United States Navy. The islands are home to a key U.S.-British military base.
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Iran Tries to Grasp Economic Devastation of War, and Find a Way Past It
Assessing the aftermath of a U.S.-Israeli airstrike this month on a bridge in Karaj, Iran.
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In New War With Israel, Hezbollah Defies Notion That It Was Crippled
An Israeli soldier at the site of a Hezbollah missile strike in Haniel, Israel, last month.
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Killing of Masood Masjoody Exposes Deep Rifts in Canada’s Iranian Diaspora
A dance workshop last month in Vancouver, British Columbia, to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Despite a shared cultural heritage, political divisions within the Iranian diaspora are deep, and disagreements often bitter.
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Growing List of Orban Loyalists Defecting Before Critical Election
Zalan Alkonyi in Budapest, Hungary’s capital. As a researcher focused on Russia, he says he has come under pressure to toe the government line.
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Lebanon: Images of a Nation Uprooted by War
Two sisters from one of the many displaced Lebanese families that have set up tents near Beirut’s main sports stadium.
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This Hungarian Town Explains Why Orban Could Lose on Sunday
Peter Magyar, who leads the opposition Tisza party, at a rally in Keszthely last month.
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Xi Meets Taiwan Opposition Leader for First Time in a Decade
News coverage of the meeting between President Xi Jinping of China and Cheng Li-wun, the leader of the Nationalist Party in Taiwan, showing in a restaurant in Taipei, on Friday.
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Prince Harry Is Sued for Libel by a Charity He Founded
Prince Harry in a confidence building exercise with young people at the Kasane Health Post in Botswana, during a summit run by Sentebale in 2019.
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‘I’m Fed Up.’ Frustrated With Trump, Starmer Embraces Other Allies.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain boarding an airplane, in Doha, Qatar, on Friday, after a three-day trip to the Gulf.
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Should Churches Remove Art by a Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse?
Covering a mosaic made by the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik at Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Basilica in Lourdes, France, in 2025.
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Monthly Report
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When the Moon Met Canada
Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency being escorted aboard the U.S.S. John P. Murtha on Friday after returning from a trip to the moon.
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There are few public details about the high-level talks — not even the timing.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance is greeted by Pakistani officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday.
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Mexico’s Police Focus on World Cup While Thousands Remain Missing
Ana Hatsumi Muñoz, a member of the Guerreros Buscadores search collective, stands before an altar for four of her family members that have disappeared or been murdered in recent years.
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Here’s the latest.
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Iran Looks to Project Unity With Large Delegation to Peace Talks
A photograph released by Pakistan’s government showing the Iranian delegation led by the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, second from right; and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, second from left. They were welcomed by Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, left; and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, right, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday.
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Fallout of War Piles Economic Pain Onto Europe’s Political Stress
A liquefied natural gas terminal in Germany. Most of that L.N.G. comes from the United States, underscoring Europe’s vulnerability to American supplies.
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World Leaders Push to Save Iran Talks Amid Israel’s Attacks in Lebanon
A Lebanese man stood on a pile of debris in the Corniche El Mazraa area of Beirut after the Israeli bombardment of the capital on Wednesday.
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University of Ottawa Lockdown Lifted After a Man Is Arrested
The University of Ottawa in Canada’s capital on Friday.
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Trump Is Racing to Redefine ‘America First’ in a Time of War
President Trump holding a “Make America Great Again” hat on his way to his golf club in Miami last year.
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With U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Set to Begin, Prospects for Long-Term Deal Uncertain
Before his departure on Friday for talks in Pakistan, Vice President JD Vance said he believed the negotiations were “going to be positive,” but he also had a warning for Iran.
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Facing Many Crises, Pakistan Tries to End a Big One — in Iran
Watching coverage of the Iran war at a barbershop in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday.
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Only two ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.
A tanker moored in Muscat, Oman, last month. Hundreds of ships are waiting on either side of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and the United States seek to negotiate an end to the war.
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Israel and Lebanon Plan Talks in D.C. as War Threatens U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Deal
Residents lifting debris from a damaged car in Beirut, Lebanon, in a neighborhood damaged by Israeli airstrikes earlier this week.
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Iran Demands Release of ‘Blocked Assets’ Before Peace Talks
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, has introduced conditions that could derail talks with U.S. negotiators set for this weekend.
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Fuel Protests Cause Transport Chaos in Ireland as Iran War Spikes Prices
Tractors blocking O’Connell Street in Dublin, a main artery of the capital, during a protest on Wednesday.
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Iran’s South Africa Mission Trolls Trump Amid Hormuz Ceasefire
Iranian pro-government demonstrators rally in Tehran on Wednesday after the announcement of a two-week cease-fire in the war against the United States and Israel.
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Islamabad, Pakistan’s quiet capital, steps into the diplomatic spotlight.
A worker painting a street side curb near the Serena Hotel in Islamabad on Thursday.
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See You in Pyongyang: Russia Pushes Its People to Embrace North Korea
A student sharing his experiences from a recent trip to North Korea, at a lecture Moscow State University’s Institute of Asian Studies, in Moscow in December.
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Vance Faces Test of His Negotiating Skills With Iran Talks
Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Pakistan at the end of the week to hold talks with the Iranians.
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Many Venezuelans Want to Go Home. But They Can’t Get Passports.
Yoalbert González has bought a ticket to return to Venezuela, but the American government still has his passport.
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Middle East War Triggers Higher Prices in China
A car factory in Chongqing, China. Falling wholesale prices have forced thousands of manufacturers to sell their goods for less and less.
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South African Writer Mfundi Vundla Gets Personal in His New Play
Mfundi Vundla, South African activist and writer, at the Johannesburg Theater after a performance of his new play, “Man With No Surname,” in March.
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With Iran Setting Limits, Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically
A billboard that appeared over the weekend in Tehran shows Iranian soldiers with American military planes and ships caught in a net, with the message “The Strait of Hormuz will stay closed.”
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday
The aftermath of an airstrike in the Tallet el-Khayat area of Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday.
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What We Know About the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Talks in Pakistan
The Foreign Ministry offices in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan is set to host talks between the United States and Iran on Saturday.
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A Mexican Cartel Leader and Ex-Partner to El Mencho Pleads Guilty in U.S.
Erick Valencia-Salazar, known as El 85, in Mexico City in 2012.
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Amid Trump’s Threats, NATO Labors to Survive the Iran War
President Trump and Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, in the Netherlands in June. The two met again in Washington this week, as the war in Iran has deepened the gulf between Mr. Trump and the alliance.
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Putin Announces Orthodox Easter Cease-Fire, but Ukraine Is Skeptical
The besieged city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, in January.
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Venezuela Approves New Law to Open Mining to Foreign Investors
An illegal gold mine in Las Claritas, Venezuela, in 2016.
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Zelensky Sees Small Window for Peace
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in the city of Slovyansk, Ukraine, last month.
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Netanyahu Says He Ordered Israel to Hold Talks With Lebanon About Disarming Hezbollah
Destruction in Beirut on Thursday, a day after Israel launched an intense wave of attacks on Lebanon.
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Israel Says It Will Talk With Lebanon but Gives No Sign of a Cease-Fire There
Damage on Thursday in Beirut, which the Israeli military continued to bombard.
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137-Year-Old Piece of Eiffel Tower to Be Auctioned in Paris
Gustave Eiffel, left, and a friend on the spiral staircase of the newly built Eiffel Tower in 1889.
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A Newspaper Is Raided and a Rights Group Outlawed Amid Kremlin Crackdown
Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel laureate, during a meeting at Novaya Gazeta’s office in Moscow last year.
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Trump Officials Push Allies to Pursue Antifa and Far Left as Terrorist Threats
Left-wing protesters clashing with police in Milan in February. A State Department official said the episode showed why Western governments must combat “antifa and far-left terrorism.”
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I.M.F. Says Iran War Will Drag Global Growth Lower
Buildings of Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran damaged by airstrikes last week. The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that the war would cause slower growth in the world economy this year.
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Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Begin Peace Talks, Iranian Media Says
How Lu Xun, a Famous Chinese Writer, Became a Cute Communist Mascot
Many Iranians Are Glad the Fighting Has Paused. Some Hard-liners Aren’t.
Why Investing in Wind and Solar to Avoid Gas Shocks Hasn’t Added Up for Some
How Iranians Feel Now