Syria Is Notably Silent as Other Arab States Condemn Israeli Attacks on Iran
President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria, center, has made it clear that Iran’s proxies are no longer welcome in Syria.
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Russian Drone and Missile Strikes on Kyiv Kill at Least 14
Ukrainian rescue workers at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
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South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.
In Johannesburg, the hallways of a once-bustling center of medical research have fallen silent.
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on June 2025
China Is Unleashing a New Export Shock on the World
A shipping terminal in Chongqing, China, is a hub of trade routes connecting China with countries in Southeast Asia.
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Haiti is Using Drones to Fight Gangs. Here’s Why That’s Likely Illegal.
Canada has provided commercially available drones, like this one made by DJI, to the Haitian government.
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on June 2025
U.K. to Collect Ethnicity Data on All Suspects in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, shown in a photo released by the British Parliament, said on Monday that the government would carry out the recommendations of a review of a scandal involving the sexual exploitation of young girls by groups of men.
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U.S. Investigators Arrive at Scene of Plane Crash in India
The crash site in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday. The recorders could hold information about what happened leading up to the disaster.
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Owner of Dominican Republic Nightclub Where Roof Collapsed Knew About Structural Issues
The roof of the Jet Set nightclub that collapsed in the Dominican Republic in April. An owner has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
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Ukraine Takes First Step Toward Carrying Out Minerals Deal With U.S.
In a handout image from Ukraine’s government, Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, and Yulia Svyrydenko, the Ukrainian economy minister, signed the minerals deal in Washington in April.
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Turning a Page, Germans Try Celebrating Their Recent Veterans
Taking a selfie at Germany’s first Veterans Day celebration in Berlin on Sunday.
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on June 2025
Which Countries Have Issued Travel Advisories for Israel and Iran?
The empty Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv in Israel on Friday. Both Israel and Iran have closed their airspaces to civilian traffic.
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on June 2025
North Korea’s Pandemic ‘Miracle’ Was a Deadly Lie, Report Says
A photograph released by North Korean state media showed a worker disinfecting a vehicle while a civilian had his temperature checked as a precaution against the coronavirus in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2020.
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At G7, Trump Renews Embrace of Putin Amid Rift With Allies
“Putin speaks to me; he doesn’t speak to anybody else,” President Trump said, “because he was very insulted when he got thrown out at the G8, as I would be, as you would be, as anybody would be.”
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Flattery or Discipline? The Difficult Task of Managing Trump.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s handling of President Trump on Monday was an evolution of his meeting with him in the Oval Office in May, when he chose to both stroke Mr. Trump’s ego, but also firmly push back on the president’s threats to annex Canada.
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on June 2025
Israel Strikes Iran State Broadcaster, Widening Attacks
Smoke rising after an Israeli strike on Tehran, the capital of Iran.
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Tuesday Briefing: Israel Attacked Iranian State TV
Tehran, after an Israeli airstrike yesterday.
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Trump to Leave G7 Summit Early to Deal With Israel-Iran Conflict
From left, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Monday at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.
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As Iran Fires at Israel, Palestinians Get Caught in the Crossfire
Missiles in the sky above the West Bank on Monday. Since the confrontation between Israel and Iran began, debris from them has fallen in Palestinian communities.
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Democrat Seeks to Limit Trump’s War Powers Amid Middle East Escalation
Senator Tim Kaine introduced a resolution that would require explicit congressional authorization or a formal declaration of war before U.S. forces could engage in hostilities against Iran.
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Iranians Weigh Escaping Tehran as Israeli Strikes Continue
Iranians waiting in traffic as they sought to leave Tehran on Sunday.
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on June 2025
Business Lobbyists Scramble to Kill $100 Billion ‘Revenge Tax’
Legislation being advanced by Republicans in Congress would substantially increase the tax bills for many foreign companies that operate in the United States, raising more than $100 billion over a decade.
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Walls Are Put Up Walls Around Israeli Displays at French Weapons Show
The closed Elbit Systems stand at the Paris Air Show on Monday.
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Iran’s nuclear sites have not been damaged further, the U.N.’s atomic agency says.
A satellite image of the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in central Iran on Sunday after multiple buildings were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.
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‘We couldn’t breathe’: An Israeli city wakes up to carnage.
Petah Tikva, in central Israel, sustained some of the worst damage in an Iranian missile attack early on Monday.
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UK Spy Agency MI6 Appoints First Female Chief in 116-Year History
Blaise Metreweli, named the next chief of MI6, in a photograph supplied by the British Foreign Office. She will lead the organization where she has worked for more than 25 years.
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on June 2025
Pangolins Should Receive Endangered Protections, U.S. Officials Say
A pangolin looking for food on a private property in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2019.
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on June 2025
What Is Iran’s Quds Force?
Gen. Esmail Ghaani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, in Tehran in October.
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Israel Closed its Airspace After Attacking Iran, Leaving Thousands of Israelis Stranded Abroad
The Ben Gurion airport, which serves Tel Aviv, was largely empty on Friday after flights were canceled following Israel’s attack on Iran.
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With No Clear Off-Ramp, Israel’s War With Iran May Last Weeks, Not Days
Damage from an Iranian missile attack in Rehovot, Israel, on Sunday morning.
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France’s Macron Faces Dilemma With Intention to Recognize Palestinian State
In recent months, President Emmanuel Macron of France has spoken of “a moral duty and political requirement” to recognize a Palestinian state.
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on June 2025
Monday Briefing: Iran-Israel Conflict Continues
Smoke rising in Tehran yesterday after Israeli strikes.
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Israel appears to have destroyed a refueling plane in Iran’s far east, satellite imagery and video shows.
The smaller plane, seen on the right, is a Boeing 707, parked where a large fire was seen a few hours after this image was captured.
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As Trump Returns to G7, Rift With Allies Is Even Deeper
White House officials have said little about goals for the summit, but they are facing a self-imposed deadline of early July to reach trade deals.
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on June 2025
Monday Briefing: Israel and Iran Traded Missile Strikes
After an attack on an oil refinery in Tehran yesterday.
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Israel and Iran Trade Attacks as Toll From Conflict Mounts
Smoke rising from explosions in Tehran on Sunday after Israeli strikes.
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Israel Diminished Iran’s Air Defenses in Rounds of Strikes
Israeli strikes in Tehran on Sunday. The attacks have highlighted Iran’s lack of preparedness for war.
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Tehran Residents Describe Fear, Uncertainty
Some residents of Tehran worried about how the conflict would intensify.
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on June 2025
Syrian General Questioned in Case of Austin Tice, Missing American Journalist
The parents of the American journalist Austin Tice during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2018.
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on June 2025
Heat of Air India Crash Hinders DNA Identification, Agonizing Relatives
Family members mourned at the funeral on Sunday for Shubham Modi and Shagun Modi, who were killed in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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on June 2025
Israel Wakes Up to More Casualties After Second Night of Fighting
A building damaged by an Iranian missile attack in Bat Yam, Israel, on Sunday.
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on June 2025
What to Know About the New Head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi speaking in Tehran last year. He has served as defense and interior minister, and the United States and others have imposed sanctions on him for human rights violations.
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on June 2025
Trump and Starmer Finalize Trade Deal Lowering Tariffs on U.K. Cars, Steel and More
Trump’s Choice on Israel-Iran: Help Destroy Nuclear Facility or Continue to Negotiate
Iranians turn to one another amid a dearth of official guidance.
As Israel and Iran Continue to Bomb Each Other, New Yorkers Fear for Their Loved Ones
Live Updates: Trump Returns to D.C. as Israel and Iran Trade Attacks
Sahel Crisis Goes Coastal as Insurgents Push Toward the Atlantic
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Iran’s Best-Protected Nuclear Site Is Deep Underground
How Tough Is Iran? A String of Military Losses Raises Questions.
‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control