Iran’s Supreme Leader Remains Absent, a Void at the Top of the Regime
A pro-government demonstration in Tehran in May, with a banner showing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
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At Least 12 People Die in Southern Spain Wildfire
A still from a video provided by the Andalusia Wildfire Service of the wildfire in Los Gallardos district, Spain, on Friday.
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Moscow Still Has Art and Culture. Just Don’t Say ‘Ukraine.’
An art exhibition on a Moscow rooftop, in May.
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Fighting Fires With Figures, These Experts Are Trying to Stop Europe From Burning
Firefighters in Patras, Greece, in August. National authorities fight fires within their borders, but the European Union helps coordinate responses and sends additional resources to places in need.
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Mediators Trying to Pull U.S. and Iran Back From Brink, Officials Say
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Thursday.
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Police Investigating Donations to Reform U.K., Reports Say
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform U.K., during a rally days before the 2024 British general election. He announced his candidacy only weeks earlier.
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Greece Arrests 3 in Connection With Bombings Targeting Governing Party
Damaged cars and a building in Thessaloniki, Greece, this month after attacks on residential buildings linked to the country’s governing party.
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Can Hungarian Holocaust Survivors Find Justice in the U.S.?
The Wall of Remembrance during a memorial service at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest last year.
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China Launches Reusable Rocket, Clearing a Key Hurdle in Race With SpaceX
A Long March 10B rocket blasting off from the Wenchang spaceport in Hainan, China, on Friday.
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Indian Diaspora, Now the Largest Foreign-Born Group in Australia, Welcomes Modi
People cheering during the Melbourne Meets Modi community event at a stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday.
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Trump’s NATO Summit, and Everyone Else’s
President Trump and the leaders of other NATO countries in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday.
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Sifting Through Venezuela Earthquakes’ Rubble, and the Ashes of a Revolution
Jacqueline Zúñiga, 52, between several public housing complexes that collapsed during the twin earthquake. Ms. Zúñiga’s building was damaged and she is living in a makeshift shelter.
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Bombing Iran Didn’t Work for Trump. Neither Did a Tentative Cease-Fire. Is There a Plan C?
President Trump at the White House on Monday. The United States has bombed more than 170 Iranian military targets over two nights this week as a cease-fire unraveled.
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Iranian Attacks on Jordan Highlight Kingdom’s Difficult Position
A satellite image shows Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Al Azraq, Jordan.
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Albanian Leader Rejects Complaints About Kanye West Concert
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania in Tirana, Albania, in June.
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The Iranians Who Prefer War
Top Iranian officials in Tehran last week.
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Russian Finances Get Shakier, Despite Short-Term Bonus From Iran War
Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries have created a fuel shortage in Russia. Cars lined up at a filling station in Anapa, Russia, on Wednesday.
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Palestinian Authority Sets Date for First Major Elections in 20 Years
Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority speaking during a conference in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in May. His term ended in 2009, but he has since canceled elections.
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In Exchange of Strikes With Iran, U.S. Lands Most of the Blows
A screen grab from a social media video showing the aftermath of a strike on Wednesday in Kuhestak, Iran.
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Poland Sentences Russian Exile to 7 Years in Prison for Spying
Igor Rogov in the Polish Parliament building.
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Gaza Aid Worker on His Way to Watch World Cup Killed by Israeli Strike
Mourners carrying the body of Mohammed al-Waheidi, an aid worker killed in an Israeli strike on Tuesday, during his funeral, in Gaza City, on Wednesday.
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Ukrainians Cautiously Welcome Trump’s Announcement About Patriot Missile Systems
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday.
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Factory Blaze in China’s ‘Shoe Capital’ Kills 28
In an image released by Chinese state-run news media, firefighters responded at the scene of a shoe factory fire in Jinjiang, a city in southeastern China, on Thursday.
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War-weary Gulf Arab countries are hit by new Iranian attacks.
Manama, Bahrain’s capital, in February. The country hosts a U.S. military base.
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As France and Morocco Take the Field, Colonial Past and Global Present Will Mix
Morocco fans gathered in Boston on Wednesday, before their match against France.
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For Ukraine, Other Patriot Makers Are a Cautionary Tale
Japan’s defense minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, second right, inspecting a Patriot missile interceptor unit in Tokyo in December.
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A Landfill in Indonesia Caught Fire Over a Week Ago. It’s Still Burning.
Smoke billowed at the Jatiwaringin landfill near Jakarta on Friday as firefighters tried to extinguish the blaze.
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Arrest in Minnesota Pandemic Fraud Case Faces Extradition Hurdles in Somalia
Police officers in Mogadishu, Somalia, last year. Abdikerm Eidleh, who has been described by U.S. officials as a central figure in the Minnesota pandemic fraud scandal, was arrested in Somalia last month.
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Mexico Investigates Possible F.B.I. Role in El Mayo Arrest
The notorious drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, was transferred to the United States on a Beechcraft King Air plane in 2024.
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Tanker Attacks Risk Overplaying Iran’s Hand, Analysts Say
Vessels on the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. Traffic last weekend was about one-third of the prewar level of more than 100 ships daily, split evenly between the Iranian and Omani sides of the waterway.
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Divisions Festered Within Iran Over Talks With the U.S.
Mourners gathered in Tehran, Iran, to pay their respect to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for his funeral on Saturday.
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Iran Truce ‘Over,’ Trump Says, as He Threatens More Strikes
President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday.
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Police Raids on Ukrainian Drone Maker Fuel Fears About Press Freedom
An exhibition stand in Kyiv, Ukraine, last month, for Vyriy, the drone company that was raided on Tuesday.
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As More Remains Are Found in Rubble From Venezuela Earthquakes, Horror Becomes Routine
A priest and nuns blessing the rubble of a collapsed building in Catia La Mar on Tuesday.
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Internal File Finds I.C.C. Prosecutor Engaged in Sexual Harassment
Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council last year.
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As Erdogan Hosted NATO, His Jailed Challenger Was in Court
Ekrem Imamoglu, the former mayor of Istanbul, during a political rally in 2024, before his detention.
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Spread of Seafloor Directly Observed for the First Time
Île Saint-Paul, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean, some 120 miles southwest of the deep sea site where the Antarctica and Australia tectonic plates diverged during an earthquake in 2024.
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License to Make Patriot Missiles Could Help Ukraine Defend Against Russia
A Patriot air defense system in Ukraine, in 2024. President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned for weeks that his country was running out of interceptors for the system as Russia has stepped up attacks.
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Hotter Seas in Britain and Europe Threaten Marine Life
People diving into the English Channel in Brighton, on the south coast of England, during a heat wave last month.
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Air Canada Chooses Anko van der Werff, Who Speaks French, as CEO After Language Backlash
Anko van der Werff, who will take over as chief executive of Air Canada in the fall, in Copenhagen last month.
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Global Warming Could Ravage the Amazon’s Useful Plant Species, Study Finds
The study warned that major losses of plant species could occur in the coming decades even if nations limit global warming to moderate levels.
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Le Pen Launches Presidential Campaign, in a Twist for French Politics
Marine Le Pen greeting supporters as she arrives on Wednesday for a campaign event in La Flèche, France.
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Iranian port cities and a railway were struck overnight.
Between Trump and Pope, an Ambassador Is Clear About His Allegiance
As U.S. Steps Up Attacks on Iran, Prospect of All-Out War Rises
Final Stage of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Funeral Begins After Delay
At the Ayatollah’s Funeral
Heartbreak and Anger in Egypt Over a Stinging World Cup Loss to Argentina