Iran War Live Updates: Hegseth Says U.S. Is Poised to Resume Combat if Talks Fail
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke to reporters at the Pentagon on Thursday.
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Why China Isn’t Pushing Iran to Accept U.S. Demands to End War
A mural representing the Strait of Hormuz, on a building in Tehran this week. The strait is a critical passageway for China’s energy and goods.
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Got $100 Million? Ukraine Has Just the Fertilizer Plant for You.
The Odesa Portside Plant, one of Europe’s largest fertilizer producers and a crown jewel of Ukrainian industry dating back to Soviet times.
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The Costa Rican Mountain Town Offering Sanctuary to Families Deported by Trump
Vusala Yusifova and her daughter, Inji, asylum seekers from Azerbaijan, cut a client’s hair in Monteverde, Costa Rica.
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Orban’s Defeat Punctures Europe’s Far Right, but Also Offers It a Road Map
Viktor Orban, center right, in Budapest on Sunday, the night of his election defeat. He was voted out after 16 years in power in Hungary.
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Pakistan Looks to Play Peacemaker Between U.S. and Iran, Again
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, center, and other Pakistani officials during peace talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, last week.
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Russian Strikes Kill at Least 15 in Ukraine in Biggest Attack in Months
A warehouse hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.
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South African Politician Julius Malema Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
Julius Malema at a hearing in KuGompo City, South Africa, on Wednesday. Citizens are barred from serving as a lawmaker if they are sentenced to more than 12 months in prison without the option of a fine.
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Pope Leo, Amid Standoff With Trump, Says ‘Blessed Are the Peacemakers’
Pope Leo XIV at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, on Thursday. A violent secessionist movement centered in the area has divided the country over the past decade.
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Xi Alludes to Trump’s Policies to Make a Case for Closer Ties to Vietnam
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, welcomed President To Lam of Vietnam in Beijing on Wednesday. Mr. Xi said that defending Communist Party rule was a common strategic interest.
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Shakespeare Bought One Property in London. Now We Know Exactly Where.
William Shakespeare’s property was just across the river from the Globe Theater, left, which staged his plays then and does so today, having been recreated and reopened in 1997.
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Claudia Sheinbaum’s War on Crime in Mexico Faces a Grim Reckoning: 133,000 Missing People
Izaguirre ranch in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, where volunteer groups found charred human remains. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel had been using it as a training camp for its new recruits.
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Trump Breaks With Meloni, Italy’s Leader, Amid Dispute Over Pope and Iran
President Trump greeting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at the White House last year. They were once considered close allies.
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With Iran War on Pause, Political Battle Resumes Over Israeli Democracy
Israeli Supreme Court justices on Wednesday before hearing a petition to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to oust the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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White House Shrugs Off Shaky Economy as War Exceeds Trump’s Timeline
The energy surge has made groceries more expensive while also raising costs for farmers.
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Sri Lanka Uses U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire to Repatriate Iranian Sailors
A photograph provided by the Sri Lankan Navy showed one of its vessels approaching an Iranian Navy vessel, the Bushehr, during a rescue operation off the coast of Colombo in March.
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What the U.S. Blockade Means for Iran’s Economy
Despite sanctions, Iran conducted about $110 billion in non-oil trade with over 170 nations last year, importing goods including smartphones, auto parts and grain.
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Marco Rubio and Lebanese President Discuss Cease-Fire Efforts
Destruction at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
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Carbon Removal Industry Reels as Microsoft Retreats
Workers at a direct air capture facility under construction in Texas in 2024. Hundreds of start-ups developing carbon removal technologies have raised more than $5 billion in recent years.
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3 Killed in Boat Strike in the Pacific, Pentagon Says
Francis L. Donovan at a confirmation hearing in January to become the leader of U.S. Southern Command.
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China’s G.D.P. Stronger Than Expected, Led by Infrastructure Spending
An import and export trade show in southern China this week.
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Iran Will Be in U.S. for World Cup, FIFA’s Infantino Says
Iran tried unsuccessfully to move its matches from the United States to Mexico.
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Sudan Enters Fourth Year of War Amid World’s Most Severe Humanitarian Crisis
A 2-month-old patient, Saidal Altaher, getting treatment for malnutrition on Wednesday in Port Sudan, Sudan.
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Trump’s Portrayal of the War in Iran Collides With Reality
President Trump in Miami last week. Mr. Trump has declared a “regime change” accomplishment in Iran, even though analysts believe the war may have only increased the internal sway of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
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U.K.’s Starmer Summons U.S. Social Media Companies Over Child Safety Online
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain speaking about online safety at a school in London last month.
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Iran could struggle to enforce all of its latest shipping threats, experts say.
A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Traffic is still at a fraction of its usual levels.
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The Pope in Africa
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, yesterday.
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Pakistani Mediators Arrive in Tehran in Bid to Keep U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Alive
A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, on Sunday.
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Saudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures
Yasir al-Rumayyan, left, the head of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, presenting a trophy at the LIV Golf championship in Michigan in 2025.
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Getting the Pope to Answer a Pointed Question at 30,000 Feet
Pope Leo XIV, flanked by press minders, spoke to journalists during a flight to Algeria on Monday.
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South Africa Names Roelf Meyer, Apartheid-Era Negotiator, as U.S. Ambassador
Roelf Meyer, center, with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to his right at an event in Pretoria in August. Mr. Meyer was appointed ambassador to the United States on Wednesday.
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Top U.S. Diplomat in Venezuela Leaves Post After Arriving in January
Laura Dogu, the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela, last month in the capital, Caracas.
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After Fighting for the Rights of Workers, Brazil’s President Lula Faces a Labor Abuse Crisis
A factory for the automaker BYD under construction last year in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. A labor ministry inspection found that Chinese workers building the plant were living in squalid conditions.
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‘We Cannot Lose Sight of Ukraine.’ Europeans Promise More Aid to Kyiv.
Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, met with the defense ministers of Ukraine, Germany and Britain in Berlin on Wednesday.
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BBC Announces Plan to Cut Around 2,000 Jobs
The headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation in London.
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Debt Alarms Ring as Countries Rack Up More Emergency Spending
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, second from left, with other officials at a news briefing in Berlin this week.
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Israel Considering Cease-Fire With Lebanon, Officials Say
Residents collecting scrap metal from a power station destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Tyre, Lebanon, earlier this month. While Israel recently scaled back attacks on Beirut, the Lebanese capital, it has continued striking the southern part of the country.
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Kuwait Detained Journalist After Comments on Iran War Images, Watchdog Says
Ahmed Shihab‑Eldin in Qatar in November. He has not posted online or been seen in public since early March.
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Iran-Linked Ships Slow or Stop as U.S. Navy Enforces Strait of Hormuz Blockade
A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Traffic is still at a fraction of its usual levels.
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Here’s how the U.S. blockade of Iranian shipping is taking shape.
A cargo ship off the coast of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, on Monday.
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At Least 4 Dead in Second School Shooting in Turkey in 2 Days
An ambulance leaving the scene after a deadly school shooting in southern Turkey on Wednesday.
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Kanye West Postpones Concert in France as Government Considers Banning It
Ye announced that he had postponed a concert in Marseille, France.
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American Streamer Johnny Somali Is Sentenced to Prison in South Korea
Johnny Somali, an American YouTuber, arriving at a Seoul courthouse on Wednesday. He was sentenced to six months in jail.
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U.S. Applies Little Pressure to Israel to Stop the Fighting in Lebanon
Mourning victims of airstrikes at a temporary cemetery in Aamrousiyeh, Lebanon, on Monday. Hezbollah flags are displayed at some graves.
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When El Salvador’s Prisoners Are Set Free, She’s There To Pick Them Up
Sugey Amaya has spent the past three years waiting for her brother, Alexis, to be released from prison. He was detained under President Nayib Bukele’s state of emergency and accused of being part of a gang.
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Dodging Bombs and Drones, This Postman in Ukraine Still Delivers
Oleksiy Klochkovsky, a driver for Nova Poshta, a private postal service in Ukraine, in the back of his truck in the Kharkiv region in January.
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How a Times Reporter Has Covered a Turbulent Period in Latin America
The reporter Frances Robles, right, with the Rev. Thomas Ngigi at St. Theresa’s parish, a waterfront church in Black River, Jamaica, that was badly damaged by Hurricane Melissa last year.
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Super Typhoon Sinlaku Slams Saipan, Causing Widespread Damage
Debris scattered on Wednesday in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, as the super typhoon Sinlaku moved through.
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How China’s Weapons Transfers to Iran Have Evolved Over Decades
Military delegates at an annual legislative session in Beijing last month.
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Catholicism Thrives in Africa, but Pope’s Cameroon Visit Highlights a Divide
Pope Leo arriving in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, on Tuesday.
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Ship ‘Spoofing’ in Strait of Hormuz May Compound Confusion
A cargo ship off the coast of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, on Monday.
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Rubio Hosts Israel and Lebanon for Rare Meeting Shadowed by U.S.-Iran War
Secretary of State Marco Rubio meeting with officials from Lebanon and Israel at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday.
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Trump’s Blockade Risks Upending an Emerging Détente With China
President Trump meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in South Korea last October. They will meet again next month.
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Carney Suspends Gas Tax in Canada as War Drives Up Fuel Costs
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at a news conference in Ottawa, on Tuesday.
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Trump Says 2nd Round of U.S.-Iran Talks Could Take Place This Week
In Defense of Dumb Dogs