Iran War Updates: U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes for 5th Straight Day
A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Wednesday.
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Ukraine Pounds Russian Ships in Its Campaign to Cut Off Crimea
A screenshot taken from footage provided by Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces showed a drone flying toward a ship at port in the city of Kerch in Crimea in early July.
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He Has a $25 Million Bounty on His Head but Is Also a U.S. Partner in Venezuela
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, welcomed a flight last year bringing Venezuelan migrants from Mexico.
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For Israel, the U.S.-Iran Hostilities Have Created an Uneasy Limbo
Israelis gathering near a public shelter in Tel Aviv after a warning of incoming missiles from Iran in March.
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France Votes to Allow Assisted Dying
The National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, as it voted on Wednesday to allow medically assisted dying.
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Wildfires Rage in Ontario as Smoke Affects Toronto’s Air Quality
The CN Tower in Toronto on Wednesday as smoke from wildfires enveloped the city.
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Australia to Put Environmental Brakes on A.I. Data Centers
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the new data center requirements at the University of Sydney on Wednesday.
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As Argentina Tries to Win the World Cup, the Rest of Latin America Cheers Against It
Colombia fans in yellow and Argentina fans in stripes watching Argentina playing Cape Verde earlier this month in Miami.
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Missing From Prince Harry’s UK Trip: A Reunion With Prince William
Prince Harry played wheelchair rugby on Friday in Birmingham, central England, to promote the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games, a sports event for wounded veterans.
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Six Dead in an Elevator After Fire in Central Brussels
Emergency personnel outside a building in Brussels following a fatal fire on Tuesday.
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Ann Widdecombe Was Killed in ‘Targeted Attack,’ UK Police Say
Ann Widdecombe speaking at a Reform party conference in Redruth, England, last year. She served as a Conservative minister in the 1990s.
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Deportations by India Cause Tension Along Border with Bangladesh
An Indian border guard patrols the border near Hakimpur in West Bengal last month.
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What to Know About Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Ousted Defense Minister
Mykhailo Fedorov in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, on Thursday. His appointment was seen as an indication that President Volodymyr Zelensky saw drones as the best bet for defeating Russia.
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Sam Neill’s Cause of Death Was Pneumonia, Actor’s Agent Confirms
Sam Neill died on Monday from pneumonia, his agent confirmed on Thursday.
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Mass Protests Across Ukraine Oppose Ouster of Defense Minister
Protesting the dismissal of Ukraine’s defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, in Kharkiv on Thursday.
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A 59-Year-Old Hunger Striker Joins a Gen Z Protest Movement in India
Sonam Wangchuk, lying down, gets a medical checkup during his hunger strike in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People
Police officers loading confiscated items from Have A Nice Stay, an independent bookstore in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
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India Is Moving Fast to Build A.I. Data Centers. A Coastal City May Pay the Price.
The port city of Visakhapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh is rapidly transforming into India’s coastal gateway for global tech infrastructure, fueled by massive A.I. data centers.
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Europe Finds It Hard to Break Up With American and Chinese Technology
Sébastien Lecornu, the French prime minister, has called for France to increase its independence from American technology firms, announcing plans to replace Zoom with a French-developed version.
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In Iran war, Trump Risks Another American ‘Forever War’
A judiciary building damaged in the war as seen from the Golestan palace, in central Tehran, Iran, this month.
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For England, the World Cup Final Remains Elusive
England’s loss prolongs a World Cup drought that has been a national pain point.
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Iran’s Top Negotiator Signals Door to Diplomacy Is Still Open
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, center, at the funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran this month.
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Guy Scott, Who Caused a Stir as White Leader of Zambia, Dies at 82
Guy Scott in 2013, while serving as the vice president of Zambia. Earlier, as agriculture minister, he was credited with rescuing his country from potential famine after a severe drought.
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U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes With No Sign of Backing Down
A billboard depicting a burning White House and text reading “blood for blood” on the facade of a building in Tehran’s Palestine Square on Wednesday.
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Billboard in Iran’s Capital Depicts Trump in a Coffin
A billboard in Enghelab Square in central Tehran on Wednesday, with graffiti saying “We Will Kill Trump.”
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U.S. Strikes Hit Greater Tunb Island in Strait of Hormuz
Vessels at anchor in May off the coast of Oman, about 60 miles from Greater Tunb island in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Vague Clause That Helps Explain the U.S.-Iran Fight Over the Strait of Hormuz
A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Wednesday.
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Oil, Shipping, Flights: Disruptions Are Back as U.S.-Iran War Reignites
Ships at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, in the United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday.
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At War With Iran Again, Trump Finds an Opponent He Cannot Easily Dominate
A banner in Tehran last week threatening President Trump.
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Iran’s Cyberattackers Tracked Phones of U.S. Military Personnel in the Mideast, Data Suggests
Iran used cellphone signals to track U.S. military members at the start of the war, according to newly released data.
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Expelled from China
Tiananmen Square in Beijing in May.
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Trump Drops Plan to Tax Ships in Strait of Hormuz as Fighting with Iran Escalates
President Trump scrapped a plan on Tuesday to impose a 20 percent fee on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Lindsey Graham’s Death Leaves Fate of Russia Sanctions Bill Uncertain
Senator Lindsey Graham spoke to reporters in a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, last week, in his last public act.
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Iran’s Former Leader Denies Times Report
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the former president of Iran, during a news conference in Tehran in 2024.
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Israel Strikes Police Post, Killing 7, Gaza Officials Say
The bodies of some of those killed in an Israeli strike on a police station on Tuesday in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza.
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Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation
President Trump maintains personal financial ties with nearly 30 different business ventures with counterparties worldwide.
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India Condemns Deadly Iranian Strike on Commercial Ship
An Indian-flagged tanker carrying crude oil that transited through the Strait of Hormuz, offloading at a terminal near Mumbai in April.
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Inky Mark, Former Canada MP, Arrested After Police Find 439 Guns and Cannon in His Home
Inky Mark in Ottawa in 2005. He served as a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2010.
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Israel and Lebanon Meet to Advance Peace Talks, as Broader Truce Unravels
The U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, as U.S.-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon resumed on Tuesday.
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Jeffries Says He Will Oppose Proposal to Cut Off U.S. Aid to Israel
Representative Hakeem Jeffries at the Capitol on Monday.
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Bloomberg Loses Landmark Libel Case in Singapore
John Fraher, left, a senior executive editor for Bloomberg, and Low De Wei, a Bloomberg journalist, leave court in Singapore in April.
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Europe, Flexing Muscle in Ukraine, Is Still on Sidelines in Iran
Vehicles of the French Army’s Ninth Marine Infantry Brigade on the Champs-Élysées during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on Tuesday.
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China Purges Top Official Over Corruption and Sex Charges
Ma Xingrui at a meeting in Beijing last year. He had been the Communist Party leader of the far western region of Xinjiang before his downfall.
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Trump’s Canceled Plan to Charge a Toll in the Strait of Hormuz: What to Know
President Trump on Tuesday retreated from his plan to levy a toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz as a way for the United States to recover the cost of providing military protection to vessels using the waterway.
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In Bangkok Bar Blaze, Signs of Fatal Lapses Repeated Across the World
Flowers and offerings outside Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao on Tuesday. About 30 people died after a fire broke out at the bar on Sunday night.
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Ukraine Wants to Make Its Own Antimissile System, Not Just Patriots
Missiles manufactured by the Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point and video footage of a burning Russian refinery at the company’s exhibition stand at a defense industry conference in Kyiv last month.
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A Heated Rivalry Over Bull Mascots Is Dividing a Brazilian Town
The arena in Parintins, Brazil, showing both red and blue bulls on the facade before hosting a series of performances to determine the annual winning bull.
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Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, a Proponent of Drone Warfare, Is Forced Out
Here’s Where the U.S. and Iran Have Launched Attacks as the War Escalates
Will Iran Be a Forever War?