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
What to Know About the G7 Summit in Canada
Then-Chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting with President Trump and other leaders at the 2018 G7 meeting in Canada, in a photograph released by the German government.
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on June 2025
In Mexico, Thousands Ran for Office, Few Voted and One Party Dominated It All
Mexico’s Supreme Court building in Mexico City. Mexico’s shift away from an appointment-based system to the election of judges has, at least for now, amounted to a crucial step in Morena’s consolidation of power.
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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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Diplomacy With Iran Is Damaged, Not Dead
Photographs of some of the officials and military leaders killed during Israel’s attack on Iran, in Tehran on Friday.
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A Takeoff, a Mayday Call, and 2 Air India Pilots Who Never Made it Home
The Air India flight crashed into a building moments after taking off from the airport in Ahmedabad, a city in western India. On Saturday, workers tried to extract the plane tail from the wreckage.
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on June 2025
Tehran Residents Describe Fear, Uncertainty
Some residents of Tehran worried about how the conflict would intensify.
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on June 2025
Can Canada Beef Up Its Military After Decades of Atrophy?
Canadian soldiers during a training exercise in March. Prime Minister Mark Carney has not specified where the money for increased military spending would come from.
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on June 2025
Britain Agrees to Open New Inquiry Into Child Sex Abuse
Prime Minister Keir Starmer had faced criticism for refusing to set up a comprehensive national investigation with wide-ranging powers into the abuse by so-called grooming gangs of men.
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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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Iranian Strikes Kill at Least 8 in Israel, Including 4 in Petah Tikva
A damaged building in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Monday.
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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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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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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
Israel’s Attack in Iran Echoes Its Strategy Against Hezbollah
A rally in Tehran in support of the Iranian government on Saturday following attacks by Israel.
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on June 2025
What to Know About Iran’s Ballistic Missiles and the Attacks on Israel
Missiles fired from Iran in the sky over Jerusalem, on Saturday.
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Putin condemns Israel’s attack in call with Trump and offers to mediate.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, seen here in photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, told President Trump that he feared the conflict between Israel and Iran could escalate unpredictably, according to a Kremlin aide.
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‘I Was Afraid I’d Die’: Iran’s Missiles Rained Down on Tel Aviv
Rescue workers at the site of an Iranian attack in Rishon LeZion, Israel, on Saturday.
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Israel Expands Attack to Include Iran’s Oil and Gas Industry
A natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field in Bushehr Province, Iran, in 2019.
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Defying Calls for De-Escalation, Israel and Iran Exchange Deadly Fire
Rescue workers scanned the impact of an Iranian missile in Rishon LeZion, Israel, on Saturday.
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on June 2025
Israel and Ukraine Show How Drone Smuggling Is Powerful New War Technique
People gathered on a hilltop in Tehran on Friday, after attacks by Israel.
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on June 2025
At U.N. Conference, Countries Inch Toward Ocean Protection Goal
A reef in waters off Tahiti, French Polynesia. Countries and territories including Chile, Colombia and others pledged 20 new marine protected areas on Friday.
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on June 2025
Gazans Worry Israel-Iran Conflict Will Shift World’s Attention From Their Plight
Palestinians displaced by the war walking through a camp in the port area of Gaza City earlier this month.
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Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, 95, Dies; Led Nicaragua After Civil War
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro received the presidential sash from Nicaragua’s outgoing leader, Daniel Ortega, in April 1990. Her election stunned many people in Nicaragua and around the world.
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on June 2025
2 Men Are Sentenced in Theft of Golden Toilet
A fully functioning gold toilet, made by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was stolen from a palace in England in 2019.
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Conference on Palestinian Statehood Postponed Amid Israel-Iran Fighting
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, left, and President Emmanuel Macron of France had been set to be co-chairmen of the conference.
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on June 2025
Israel Takes Aim at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran
Smoke billowed from the site of an Israeli strike on Tehran on Saturday. Iran and Israel continued to trade aerial attacks for a second consecutive day.
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The airspace closings over Iran and Israel have affected thousands of flights.
Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport remains closed, and the country’s three major airlines have moved their fleets outside the country to prevent them from being hit by Iranian airstrikes.
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The West Bank is in the firing line without shelters or air-raid sirens.
Palestinian residents in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday. Few Palestinians in the West Bank have safe rooms or shelters to protect them from incoming Iranian missile attacks on nearby Israel.
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Next Round of Nuclear Talks Between U.S. and Iran Is Off
Ali Shamkhani, who was overseeing the nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, was among those killed by Israeli strikes on Friday.
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Group of 7 Mountain Summit Time
About 20 world leaders will gather in Alberta’s Kananaskis country, with Prime Minister Mark Carney playing host.
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British Gujaratis Gather to Mourn Those Who Died in Air India Crash
People gathered to pray for victims of the Air India crash at the International Siddhashram Shakti Centre in London on Saturday.
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on June 2025
Trump Relishes Troops in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas
Members of the Air Assault Band of the 101st Airborne Division practicing before the military parade in Washington set for Saturday.
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on June 2025
In a Mexico Border Town Famed for Crossings, ‘There Are No Migrants’
Tents in a migrant shelter this week in Tijuana, Mexico.
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on June 2025
How the Israel-Iran Conflict Could Spiral Into More Turmoil
A projectile hit buildings on Friday as the Israeli Iron Dome air-defense system fired to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv.
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on June 2025
Russia’s Summer Offensive in Ukraine Gains Ground With New Tactics
Ukrainian soldiers launching rockets toward Russian positions near Pokrovsk, earlier this month.
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on June 2025
A Dream Wedding for Jeff Bezos in Venice? No Way, Locals Say
Protesters display a banner reading “No Space for Bezos!” on the Rialto Bridge during a protest against the wedding of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, and Lauren Sánchez.
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on June 2025
Data Recorder Is Found for Air India Plane That Crashed
Investigators at the crash site of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday.
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on June 2025
Trump Era Tests Ties in German City Long Home to American Troops
A U.S. military honor guard carrying American and German flags leading the procession at a memorial ceremony in May in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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on June 2025
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: Israel Says It Attacked Headquarters of Powerful Iranian Military Unit
Anti-Tourism Protests in Italy, Portugal and Spain Draw Attention to Quality of Life Issues
Why Eight Mennonite Families Left Mexico for Angola
Sahel Crisis Goes Coastal as Insurgents Push Toward the Atlantic
‘Golden Share’ in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control
Two Major Energy Facilities in Tehran Hit in Israeli Strikes