Lebanon at ‘Tipping Point’ as It Seeks to Disarm Hezbollah
Hezbollah supporters gathering in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday to mourn the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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He Had a Purple Heart, PTSD and a Rap Sheet. He Had to Leave the U.S.
Sae Joon Park in his apartment in Busan, South Korea, in February. Despite living in the U.S. for nearly 50 years, Park was ordered to move back to South Korea in June 2025.
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Jamil Jivani, a Friend of JD Vance, Channels Charlie Kirk in Canada
Jamil Jivani, a conservative member of Parliament, talking with supporters after speaking at the University of Calgary last month.
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Defense Without U.S. Help Is a Live Topic for Canada, Japan and Australia
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada arriving in Tokyo on Friday as part of a tour that also included Australia.
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Iran’s Drone Attacks Plague the Gulf States
Damage at an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday after the authorities said it had been hit by debris from an intercepted drone.
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As Trump Out-Putins Putin, Russia’s Global Influence Erodes
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia went to a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow last month.
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‘Liquor Capital of China’ Is Trying to Save Its Fortunes
Tanks of fermented sorghum at Jinjiao Distillery in Maotai, China, in February.
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Indonesia to Block Children Under 16 From Social Media
Children playing on smartphones in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in January
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Iran’s Friends Include China and Russia. But Where are They Now?
A police station that was destroyed by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran.
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South African President on Trump’s Oval Office ‘Ambush’ and ‘Racist’ Policies
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa opened up about his relationship with President Trump.
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James Luckey-Lange Recounts Being Detained, Starved and Beaten in Venezuela
James Luckey-Lange was held by Venezuelan authorities for more than a month and was released after then President Nicolás Maduro was captured in January.
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Israel Pushes Farther Into Lebanon, and Readies for More
Military trucks transporting tanks toward the Israeli-Lebanese border on Thursday.
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After Gen-Z Revolution, Nepal Votes for a Fresh Slate of Leaders
Voting in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday. The city still bears the scars of last year’s Gen Z-led revolution
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From 2001: Beate Uhse, 81, Entrepreneur in the Business of Erotic Goods
Beate Uhse in 1971, in front of her mail-order company headquarters in Flensburg, Germany.
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From 2011: Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71
Wangari Maathai in 2005, with a tree she planted in the Newlands Forest in Cape Town, South Africa.
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From 1984: Indira Gandhi, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India
Indira Gandhi in 1963. She served as India’s premier from 1966 to 1974, and was elected again in 1980.
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From 2000: Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka Dies at 84; First Woman Premier
Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 1961, speaking with Duncan Sandys, the British secretary of state for commonwealth relations.
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From 1997: Mother Teresa, Hope of the Despairing, Dies at 87
Mother Teresa around 1990. She set up welfare institutions, including a family clinic, mobile leprosy clinics and nurseries for abandoned children.
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From 2013: Margaret Thatcher, ‘Iron Lady’ Who Set Britain on New Course, Dies at 87
Margaret Thatcher in 1986. She was the first woman to become prime minister of Britain and the first to lead a major Western power in modern times.
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From 2007: Vilma Espín, Rebel and Wife of Raúl Castro, Dies at 77
Vilma Espín around 1959. She became a widely recognized symbol of the Castro family’s half-century grip on power.
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From 1957: Gabriela Mistral, Poet, Is Dead; Won Nobel Prize for Literature
Gabriela Mistral, seated, in 1945, showing her Nobel Prize to the Swedish writer Hjalmar Gullberg, right.
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From 2011: Nancy Wake, Proud Spy and Nazi Foe, Dies at 98
Nancy Wake in an undated photo. She received so many medals for her wartime service, she said, that she lived out her old age on the proceeds from their sale.
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From 2011: Madame Nhu, Vietnam War Lightning Rod, Dies
Madame Nhu in 1963. She was a forceful counterweight to her husband, Ngo Dinh Nhu, the chief political adviser and brother of former President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam.
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From 1991: Suicide of Jiang Qing, Mao’s Widow, Is Reported
Jiang Qing in 1945 with her husband, Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. After he died in 1976, she soon lost power.
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From 2003: Leni Riefenstahl, Filmmaker and Nazi Propagandist, Dies at 101
Leni Riefenstahl in 1936, the year that the German Olympic Committee commissioned her to record the Berlin Olympics.
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Iranians flee to Turkey. ‘I am in constant fear,’ says one.
Border crossings between Turkey and Iran have seen a steady stream of Iranian nationals fleeing the American and Israeli strikes in their country.
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Israel issues an evacuation warning in the Qom region, near an Iranian nuclear site.
A satellite image of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran after it was struck by the United States in June.
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Strikes Batter Iran’s Storied Azadi Stadium Complex
The Azadi Indoor Complex in Tehran was struck on Thursday.
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Trump Remarks on U.S.S. Cole and Iran Raise Questions in Guantánamo Case
The bombing of the U.S.S. Cole off the coast of Yemen was seen as a precursor of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Air travel remains disrupted across the Middle East.
Empty check-in counters previously occupied by Emirates and Etihad Airways at John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York City on Monday.
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4 Arrested in London on Suspicion of Spying on Jews for Iran
The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police in London. The arrests were part of a long-running investigation, police said.
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Khamenei’s Killing Sparks Anger and Grief in South Asia’s Shiite Muslims
Shiite Muslims during a candlelit protest in Srinagar on Wednesday.
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3 Australians Were on U.S. Submarine That Sank an Iranian Warship
An injured Iranian sailor is moved on a stretcher at Galle National Hospital in Sri Lanka after the torpedoing of the Iranian naval ship IRIS Dena on Thursday.
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U.S. Restarts Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela
A protest last month in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, demanding freedom for political prisoners.
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Israel Pounds Southern Beirut, a Hezbollah Stronghold
Smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on early Friday.
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State Department Is Accused of Slow Assistance in Iran War for Americans Abroad
Passengers evacuated from the Middle East arrived at Dulles International Airport on Thursday.
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Not Just Oil: In Venezuela, U.S. Interior Secretary Pushes for Mining Access
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s new leader, in Caracas on Wednesday.
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Superfood Fuels Mating Frenzy for Critically Endangered Kakapo
A kakapo with eggs on Anchor Island, in New Zealand. The island is known for lacking the kinds of predators that threaten the parrots.
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Two Schools in Iran Damaged in U.S.-Israeli Bombing
The aftermath of a strike in Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Thursday.
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Iran delays naming a new leader out of security concerns, officials say.
Mojtaba Khamenei, center, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, in 2019.
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Israel Begins Assault in Southern Beirut, Raising Fears of Wider Incursion
Smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, late Thursday and early Friday local time.
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António Lobo Antunes, One of Europe’s Most Revered Writers, Dies at 83
António Lobo Antunes in 1988. The literary critic George Steiner called him “a novelist of the very first rank” and likened him to Joseph Conrad and William Faulkner.
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Why Torpedoed Iranian Warship Is a Problem for India
The Iranian warship, IRIS Dena, in the Bay of Bengal during an international fleet review at Visakhapatnam, India, on Feb. 18.
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Desperate travelers wait as Dubai resumes a few flights.
Passengers arriving at Dubai International Airport terminal as the airport resumed limited operations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.
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French Officer Accused of Shooting Teen to Be Charged Only With Manslaughter
A protest in France last year marking the anniversary of the death of Nahel Merzouk.
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Trump Says He Should Have Role in Choosing Iran’s Next Leader
President Trump said Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the former Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who appeared to be the leading candidate to succeed his father, was an “unacceptable” choice.
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How many Americans live in the Mideast?
The White House press secretary, Karoline Levitt, providing information for American citizens in the Middle East at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
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Sri Lanka Is Caught in the Middle as Second Iranian Vessel Seeks Safe Haven
A police vehicle arriving at a hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Thursday, where Iranian sailors rescued from the IRIS Dena were being treated.
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Live Updates: Trump Says There Will Be ‘No Deal’ as Israel Unleashes Wave of Attacks on Iran
A Different Kind of War in Mexico
Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base