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Live Updates: Oil and Gas Prices Jump as Iran War’s Economic Cost Climbs

Lebanon at ‘Tipping Point’ as It Seeks to Disarm Hezbollah

Hezbollah supporters gathering in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday to mourn the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

He Had a Purple Heart, PTSD and a Rap Sheet. He Had to Leave the U.S.

Sae Joon Park in his apartment in Busan, South Korea, in February. Despite living in the U.S. for nearly 50 years, Park was ordered to move back to South Korea in June 2025.

Jamil Jivani, a Friend of JD Vance, Channels Charlie Kirk in Canada

Jamil Jivani, a conservative member of Parliament, talking with supporters after speaking at the University of Calgary last month.

Defense Without U.S. Help Is a Live Topic for Canada, Japan and Australia

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada arriving in Tokyo on Friday as part of a tour that also included Australia.

Iran’s Drone Attacks Plague the Gulf States

Damage at an oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday after the authorities said it had been hit by debris from an intercepted drone.

As Trump Out-Putins Putin, Russia’s Global Influence Erodes

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia went to a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow last month.

‘Liquor Capital of China’ Is Trying to Save Its Fortunes

Tanks of fermented sorghum at Jinjiao Distillery in Maotai, China, in February.

Indonesia to Block Children Under 16 From Social Media

Children playing on smartphones in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in January.

Iran’s Friends Include China and Russia. But Where are They Now?

A police station that was destroyed by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran.

South African President on Trump’s Oval Office ‘Ambush’ and ‘Racist’ Policies

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa opened up about his relationship with President Trump.

James Luckey-Lange Recounts Being Detained, Starved and Beaten in Venezuela

James Luckey-Lange was held by Venezuelan authorities for more than a month and was released after then President Nicolás Maduro was captured in January.

Israel Pushes Farther Into Lebanon, and Readies for More

Military trucks transporting tanks toward the Israeli-Lebanese border on Thursday.

After Gen-Z Revolution, Nepal Votes for a Fresh Slate of Leaders

Voting in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday. The city still bears the scars of last year’s Gen Z-led revolution

Macron speaks with Lebanese leader, widening effort to broker truce in Lebanon.

Smoke rises after strikes on Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday.

Israel says it struck an underground bunker at Khamenei’s compound.

Justice Dept. Pushes for Charges Against Cuban Leaders

Jason A. Reding Quiñones, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida, is said to be looking to bring criminal charges against Cuba’s leaders.

Families Forced to Sleep on the Streets of Beirut as Israel Pounds Hezbollah

Shefgar Othman is staying in a tent by Beirut’s seaside promenade with his family after he and his family were told to evacuate their home in the city’s southern suburbs earlier this week.

Airspace in the region remains heavily restricted.

Israel Says It Struck Underground Bunker at Khamenei’s Compound

New England Patriots’ Plane Ferried Americans Back From Middle East

A New England Patriots private plane in San Jose, Calif., last month. One of the team’s planes, operated by a charter company, was used to bring Americans home from the Middle East this week.

Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ by Iran

Iranians mourning the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, in Tehran on Thursday night.

With Iran, Trump Takes the U.S. to War Without the Public’s Support

President Trump on the USS George H.W. Bush in October. Polling shows public support for striking Iran is below what his predecessors enjoyed initially when they used force overseas.

From 1978: Golda Meir, 80, Dies in Jerusalem; Israelis Acclaim ‘Stalwart Lioness’

From 2001: Beate Uhse, 81, Entrepreneur in the Business of Erotic Goods

Beate Uhse in 1971, in front of her mail-order company headquarters in Flensburg, Germany.

From 2011: Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71

Wangari Maathai in 2005, with a tree she planted in the Newlands Forest in Cape Town, South Africa.

Christine Keeler, Central Figure in British ‘Scandal of the Century,’ Is Dead at 75

From 2007: Benazir Bhutto, 54, Who Weathered Pakistan’s Political Storm for 3 Decades, Dies

From 1984: Indira Gandhi, Born to Politics, Left Her Own Imprint on India

Indira Gandhi in 1963. She served as India’s premier from 1966 to 1974, and was elected again in 1980.

From 2000: Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka Dies at 84; First Woman Premier

Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 1961, speaking with Duncan Sandys, the British secretary of state for commonwealth relations.

From 1997: Mother Teresa, Hope of the Despairing, Dies at 87

Mother Teresa around 1990. She set up welfare institutions, including a family clinic, mobile leprosy clinics and nurseries for abandoned children.

From 2013: Margaret Thatcher, ‘Iron Lady’ Who Set Britain on New Course, Dies at 87

Margaret Thatcher in 1986. She was the first woman to become prime minister of Britain and the first to lead a major Western power in modern times.

From 2007: Vilma Espín, Rebel and Wife of Raúl Castro, Dies at 77

Vilma Espín around 1959. She became a widely recognized symbol of the Castro family’s half-century grip on power.

From 2019: Agnès Varda, Influential French New Wave Filmmaker, Dies at 90

From 1957: Gabriela Mistral, Poet, Is Dead; Won Nobel Prize for Literature

Gabriela Mistral, seated, in 1945, showing her Nobel Prize to the Swedish writer Hjalmar Gullberg, right.

From 2011: Nancy Wake, Proud Spy and Nazi Foe, Dies at 98

Nancy Wake in an undated photo. She received so many medals for her wartime service, she said, that she lived out her old age on the proceeds from their sale.

From 2011: Madame Nhu, Vietnam War Lightning Rod, Dies

Madame Nhu in 1963. She was a forceful counterweight to her husband, Ngo Dinh Nhu, the chief political adviser and brother of former President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam.

From 1991: Suicide of Jiang Qing, Mao’s Widow, Is Reported

Jiang Qing in 1945 with her husband, Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. After he died in 1976, she soon lost power.

From 2003: Leni Riefenstahl, Filmmaker and Nazi Propagandist, Dies at 101

Leni Riefenstahl in 1936, the year that the German Olympic Committee commissioned her to record the Berlin Olympics.

Iranians flee to Turkey. ‘I am in constant fear,’ says one.

Border crossings between Turkey and Iran have seen a steady stream of Iranian nationals fleeing the American and Israeli strikes in their country.

Israel issues an evacuation warning in the Qom region, near an Iranian nuclear site.

A satellite image of the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran after it was struck by the United States in June.

Strikes Batter Iran’s Storied Azadi Stadium Complex

The Azadi Indoor Complex in Tehran was struck on Thursday.

Trump Remarks on U.S.S. Cole and Iran Raise Questions in Guantánamo Case

The bombing of the U.S.S. Cole off the coast of Yemen was seen as a precursor of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Air travel remains disrupted across the Middle East.

Empty check-in counters previously occupied by Emirates and Etihad Airways at John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York City on Monday.

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4 Arrested in London on Suspicion of Spying on Jews for Iran

The headquarters of the Metropolitan Police in London. The arrests were part of a long-running investigation, police said.

Khamenei’s Killing Sparks Anger and Grief in South Asia’s Shiite Muslims

Shiite Muslims during a candlelit protest in Srinagar on Wednesday.

3 Australians Were on U.S. Submarine That Sank an Iranian Warship

An injured Iranian sailor is moved on a stretcher at Galle National Hospital in Sri Lanka after the torpedoing of the Iranian naval ship IRIS Dena on Thursday.

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U.S. Restarts Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela

A protest last month in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, demanding freedom for political prisoners.

Israel Pounds Southern Beirut, a Hezbollah Stronghold

Smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on early Friday.

State Department Is Accused of Slow Assistance in Iran War for Americans Abroad

Passengers evacuated from the Middle East arrived at Dulles International Airport on Thursday.

Not Just Oil: In Venezuela, U.S. Interior Secretary Pushes for Mining Access

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s new leader, in Caracas on Wednesday.

Superfood Fuels Mating Frenzy for Critically Endangered Kakapo

A kakapo with eggs on Anchor Island, in New Zealand. The island is known for lacking the kinds of predators that threaten the parrots.

Two Schools in Iran Damaged in U.S.-Israeli Bombing

The aftermath of a strike in Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Thursday.

Iran delays naming a new leader out of security concerns, officials say.

Mojtaba Khamenei, center, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, in 2019.

Israel Begins Assault in Southern Beirut, Raising Fears of Wider Incursion

Smoke rising after an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, late Thursday and early Friday local time.

António Lobo Antunes, One of Europe’s Most Revered Writers, Dies at 83

António Lobo Antunes in 1988. The literary critic George Steiner called him “a novelist of the very first rank” and likened him to Joseph Conrad and William Faulkner.

A Different Kind of War in Mexico

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