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 Is Set to Allow Assisted Dying
The National Assembly, the lower house of the French Parliament, voted on a draft of the assisted-dying law last month.
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Australia to Impose Energy and Water Guardrails on Data Centers Amid A.I. Boom
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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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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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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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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Israel’s Regime-Change Plan for Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2024.
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Hamas Forces Interfered With Aid Distribution, U.N. Says
Israel’s war against Hamas has left homes largely destroyed in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
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Trump Reimposes Naval Blockade, as U.S. and Iran Escalate Strikes
Ships sailing near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan on Monday.
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Hungary’s Parliament Votes to Remove Orban Loyalist From Presidential Post
The Hungarian Parliament passed an amendment to the Constitution that would remove President Tamas Sulyok from office as president, a largely ceremonial role. People gathered to protest against the measure in Budapest on July 9.
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U.K. to Change Law to Allow Deportation of ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader
Shabana Mahmood, Britain’s home secretary, in London last month.
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Trump’s Threat to Impose Fees in the Strait of Hormuz Contradicts His Aides
Ships sailing near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan on Monday.
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Yemen’s Fragile Peace in Peril as Houthis Accuse Saudi Arabia of Bombing
Smoke billowed from the area of the main airport in Sana, Yemen, on Monday.
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Europe Will Defend Itself ‘With Blood, if Necessary,’ Macron Says
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, center left, meeting in Paris on Monday with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, center right.
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Fire in Bangkok Bar Was a Death Trap With Inaccessible Exits and Flammable Foam
Emergency workers moved the body of a victim into an ambulance on Monday after a fire at a bar in Bangkok.
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UK Links Iran to Antisemitic Attacks and Calls IRGC Terrorist Group
Cadets from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps during a military parade in Tehran in 2024 commemorating the 44th anniversary of Iran-Iraq war.
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Iranian Hard-Liners Threaten Trump as U.S.-Iran Strikes Continue
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s casket along with other family members during the funeral procession in Tehran last week.
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UK Counterterrorism Police Take Over Investigation Into Ann Widdecombe’s Death
Police officers on Saturday investigating an area near the Devon home of Ann Widdecombe, 78, a former government minister, after she was found dead.
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Here’s where the U.S. and Iran are targeting each other in their latest attacks.
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from the Musandam Peninsula, Oman, on Sunday.
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Lebanese Hold Fast to Their Land Despite Threat of Long Israeli Occupation
Soldiers escorted Haneen Sayed, the minister of social affairs, through the town of Arqoub in southern Lebanon in May.
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Inside Israel’s Secret Operation to Install Ahmadinejad, Iran’s Former President, as Leader
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s former leader, was known for accelerating Iran’s nuclear program and his anti-Israel views.
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The Next Phase in Ukraine’s War With Russia: The Battle for Minds
Maria Berlinska, who is revered in Ukraine as a main driver behind the use of drones in the war there, in Kyiv, the capital, in November.
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A Robot Army Remakes Ground Warfare in Ukraine
Training with an unmanned vehicle, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, in 2025. Battalions of ground robots now conduct thousands of missions every month.
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Japan Builds Intelligence Agency It Hasn’t Had Since World War II
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Group of 7 summit in France last month. Ms. Takaichi wants Japan to do more to protect state secrets and vital technologies and more aggressively guard against foreign influence operations.
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A Brazilian Biopic About Jair Bolsonaro Is Threatening His Son’s Presidential Campaign
Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes for Fifth Straight Day
Heat Waves in Europe Linked to Thousands of Excess Deaths