Israeli Strike Kills 3 Journalists in Southern Lebanon, Officials Say
A police officer checks a charred car in the town of Jezzine in southern Lebanon on Saturday, after an Israeli strike that killed three Lebanese journalists.
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Yemen’s Houthis Fire at Israel and Vow Further Attacks
Houthi supporters in Sanaa, Yemen, demonstrating in solidarity with Iran on Friday.
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Ukraine Finalizes Air Defense Deals With Gulf Nations Amid War in Mideast
In a photo released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, President Volodymyr Zelensky, in black, and Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar, center left, walk together during their meeting in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday.
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On Iran’s Rugged Frontier, Kurds Yearn to Join the Fight
Iranian Kurdish fighters train in the mountains of neighboring Iraq, waiting to go into battle against Iran.
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In Dubai, a famed horse race goes on, despite the war.
The start of a race at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on Saturday.
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Man in Paris Accused of Attempted Attack on Bank of America
Police officials outside a Bank of America site in Paris on Saturday.
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Pakistan Set to Host Top Regional Diplomats for Talks on Iran War
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan at the United Nations in 2024. His country has recently intensified efforts at shuttle diplomacy between the United States and Iran.
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Can This Russian Bakery Survive a 3,500% Tax Increase?
The Mashenka bakery outside Moscow last month.
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UAE and Qatar Arrest Hundreds Over Online Videos of Iranian Attacks
Inspecting damage this month from a drone strike at a hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Nepal’s New Prime Minister, Former Rapper Balendra Shah, Sworn In
Balendra Shah, right, with Rabi Lamichhane, the founder of his party, campaigning in Kathmandu, Nepal, last month.
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U.S. May Label Brazilian Gangs as Terror Groups, After Push by the Bolsonaros
Drug traffickers, part of an organized criminal group, gathered after a police operation in a favela in 2019.
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Winter’s Gloomy Spirit Lifts as Baseball’s Blue Jays Land
Andres Giménez, right, celebrates his walk-off single with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on Friday in Toronto.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Friday
Israel on Friday launched airstrikes on Dahiya, an area on the outskirts of Lebanon’s capital that is a Hezbollah stronghold.
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Strikes on Iranian Industry Expand Blows to Civilian Economy
Mobarakeh Steel Complex in Isfahan, Iran, in 2012. The governor of Isfahan said one person was killed and 15 were injured when Israel attacked the complex on Friday.
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Iran Moves to Assert Control Over Strait While Trading Strikes With Israel
Cleaning up rubble in an apartment damaged by airstrikes in Tehran on Friday.
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Government Trolls Sling Memes in the Online Trenches of Mideast War
A billboard in Tehran this month showing Iran’s three supreme leaders since the Islamic Revolution.
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Europe Is Drafting Postwar Plan to Escort Tankers, Officials Say
Tankers anchored in Muscat, Oman, earlier this month, as the Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed to shipping traffic.
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Elon Musk Joins in Phone Call Between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi
Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis arriving for a wedding at Mar-a-Lago last month.
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U.N. Report Documents Sectarian Violence in Syria That Killed Over 1,700
Bodies recovered from Syrian villages were taken to Sweida National Hospital in Syria for identification last year.
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Noelia Castillo Ramos Dies in Spain After Winning Right to End Her Life
Outside the hospital north of Barcelona where Noelia Castillo Ramos died on Thursday. Her case divided Spain, where medically assisted death has been legal since 2021.
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Actress Says She’s Found Her Secret Online Abuser: Her Husband
The actress Collien Fernandes speaking on Thursday in Hamburg, Germany, at a demonstration protesting online abuse of women.
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Iran Moves to Formalize Toll Plan in Strait of Hormuz
Iran has effectively cut off traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, leaving thousands of vessels idling on either side of it.
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Global Food Supply Faces a Dangerous Bottleneck as Iran War Persists
A farmer spread fertilizer on his mustard field this week in Pampore, India. Large parts of Asia, particularly India and Thailand, are most exposed to fertilizer supply shortages.
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Soaring Diesel Prices Set Off Transport Strike in Philippines
Transport workers and activists marching on Friday in Manila in a strike over surging fuel costs.
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Ukraine signed a defense cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, Zelensky says.
A photo released by the Saudi government showing President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday.
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Video: Stranded Humpback Whale Beats the Odds and Swims Out to Sea
A humpback whale in the Baltic Sea on Friday. It had been stuck in shallow water near the coast of Germany for four days.
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U.K. Police to Reinvestigate Sex Crime Allegations Against Andrew Tate
A police force in England said it was reinvestigating sex crime allegations against Andrew Tate.
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Rubio Is Expected to Press G7 Allies Over Strait of Hormuz During Meeting
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arriving at an airport in Le Bourget, France, on Friday for a Group of 7 foreign ministers’ meeting.
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Resurgent Inflation Tests Faith in Fed’s Willingness to Tame It
Progress on lowering inflation had stalled even before the war with Iran, as tariffs caused higher prices on imported goods, and solid consumer spending led to increased cost for services.
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Lee Geun-an, Infamous ‘Torture Master’ Under South Korean Dictator, Dies at 88
Lee Geun-an during a launch event for his autobiography in 2012 in Seoul.
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The Faroe Islands, Wary After Greenland, Vote for Change
Counting votes in Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, on Thursday.
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The German Military Tightens Its Social Media Rules
Bundeswehr recruits at a training in Ahlen, Germany, in November.
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Italy Says It Recovered $23 Million Stolen From Ursula Andress, First ‘Bond Girl’
Ursula Andress in 2012. She is best known for her role in the first James Bond film.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday
A bedroom in ruins after a missile attack in Kafr Qasim, Israel, on Thursday.
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As Markets Revolt in the Face of War, Trump Extends Iran Deadline
Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, on Wednesday.
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Rubio Says Allies Should Help Secure Strait by Iran for Oil and Gas Ships
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking at a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday.
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Displaced by War, Many Seek Shelter in Beirut
Zouheir Chahine fled his hometown in southern Lebanon and now lives at a temporary shelter at a local school in the capital, Beirut.
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Standoff With Iran Raises Fresh Doubts About Trump’s Freestyle Diplomacy
As the war stretches on, President Trump appears to be casting about for a diplomatic offramp even as he threatens an escalation.
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Trump Extends Iran Deadline on Strait of Hormuz as Stocks Tumble
President Trump, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, on Thursday at the White House. Mr. Trump said if Iran did not negotiate, “we’ll just keep blowing them away.”
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Air Canada C.E.O. Apologizes for English-Language Condolences After Plane Crash
Air Canada’s chief executive, Michael Rousseau, in 2024. He said he was “still unable” to express himself “adequately in French,” despite his many lessons.
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Winter Sea Ice in the Arctic Ties a Record Low
The disappearing ice also affects wildlife habitat. A polar bear on Norwegian sea ice last April.
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Hungary Opens Espionage Case Against Journalist
The investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi in Budapest in 2021. He dismissed the government’s espionage claims as a “false” and “completely unjust accusation.”
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Malaysia Says Iran Will Allow Its Ships to Pass Through the Strait of Hormuz
Ships anchored in Muscat, Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz, on Wednesday.
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Europeans Worry Russia Is Preparing to Deliver Drones to Iran
Ukrainian war crimes prosecutors with a Russian Shahed-style drone, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine last year. While Iran initially supplied hundreds of drones in 2022, Russia then built its own production facility and evolved the design.
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Under Carney, Canada Finally Hits NATO’s 2% Spending Target
Members of the Canadian military during an exercise last month on Victoria Island in the country’s Arctic region.
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After Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table
The Roosevelt Hotel in New York, which is owned by Pakistan, in 2023.
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Russian Lawmakers Go to U.S. for First Time Since Invasion of Ukraine
Svetlana Zhurova, a member of Russia’s State Duma and a former Olympian, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2022. She is one of four Russian lawmakers traveling to the United States, despite personal sanctions.
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The head of NATO says Europe needs time to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
NATO’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, said European leaders could not be expected to quickly assist in the Persian Gulf because they were not given advance notice of the Feb. 28 attack on Iran.
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Castro Heirs Emerge Across Cuba’s Political Scene Amid Energy Crisis and Trump Threats
Iran Tried to Use a Famed Director’s Home to Push Its War Narrative. His Son Fired Back.
Europeans Are Angry at Trump, but Often Forgiving of Americans
Pakistan, Playing Mediator Between U.S. and Iran, Is Calling Several Countries
Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Marines Arrive in Middle East, as Houthis Enter War
In Sleepy Town on Strait of Hormuz, War Rages Just Over Horizon
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