Israeli Strikes Kill IRGC Leader and Major Nuclear Scientists
Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri was assassinated in an Israel strike in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Friday.
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Israel’s Ambition: Destroy the Heart of Iran’s Nuclear Program
A satellite photo showing the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran.
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China Labor Bulletin, a Rights Group in Hong Kong, Shuts Down
Han Dongfang, the founder of China Labor Bulletin, in his Hong Kong office in 2024. The group, which tracked worker unrest in China, announced on Thursday it was ceasing operation.
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The Ah Ma Flippa Ball Team Is a Sign of Singapore’s Aging Population
Playing flippa ball, a modified version of water polo, in Singapore, in February.
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Who Are the Iranian Generals Killed by Israel? Here’s What We Know.
Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri speaks during a military parade in 2022.
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Anti-Migrant Rioters in Northern Ireland Set Homes, and Then a Refuge Site, Ablaze
Police officers aiming water cannons toward protesters in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday.
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What We Know About the Plane Crash in Ahmedabad, India
Firefighters at the site of an airplane crash in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.
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The Dalai Lama at 90: His Nation Faces a Moment of Truth
The Dalai Lama at the main Tibetan temple in Dharamsala, India, in 2024.
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on June 2025
Suspect in Austrian School Shooting Was a Loner Rejected by Army, Officials Say
Paying respects on Thursday outside the school in Graz, Austria, where a shooting took place two days earlier.
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Austria Has Lots of Guns, Little Gun Violence, and New Questions
Police officers at the scene of the school shooting in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday.
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Friday Briefing
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U.S. Was Not Involved in Israeli Strikes on Iran, Rubio Says
Iranians gathered on top of a hill watching the billowing smoke in Tehran after sounds of explosions on Friday.
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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Fight Iran for ‘as Many Days as It Takes’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced the launch of strikes against Iran in a video statement on Friday.
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What to Know About Israel’s Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Program
Iranians on top of a hill after strikes in Tehran on Friday.
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After striking Iran, Israel braces for retaliation.
Israelis gathering in a shelter after sirens went off in Tel Aviv on Friday.
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Owner of Dominican Club Whose Roof Collapsed Is Charged With Involuntary Homicide
Rescue workers clearing debris from the Jet Set nightclub after the roof collapsed in April.
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on June 2025
Air India Crash Survivor: ‘I Don’t Know How I Am Alive’
Outside Viswash Kumar Ramesh’s family home in Leicester, England, on Thursday.
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Friday Briefing: Air India Crash Killed More Than 260 People
Verified footage of the Air India plane, moments before it crashed.
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Hundreds Dead in Air India Plane Crash
The tail of an Air India plane after it crashed into a medical school shortly after takeoff near the airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.
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A whistle-blower’s lawyers call on the F.A.A. to release a report on the 787 Dreamliner.
The departures terminal used by Air India at Gatwick Airport near London on Thursday.
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How the Air India Crash Compares With Other Deadly Plane Disasters
The site of a Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea, in December 2024.
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on June 2025
A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.
The proposal would require the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to identify and sell between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres.
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on June 2025
Why Israel May Be Considering an Attack on Iran
Murals in Tehran in April. Many experts say Israel would struggle to destroy Iran’s main nuclear facilities without American military support.
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on June 2025
Deadly Air India Plane Crash: Photos and Video
Police personal at the site of the crash of an Air India Boeing 787 on Thursday in Ahmedabad, India.
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Gaza Aid Group Says 8 Local Workers Killed and 21 Wounded
Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
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on June 2025
Japan Says Chinese Fighter Jet Flew Too Close to Its Military Plane
A photo released by Japan’s Ministry of Defense showing a Chinese fighter jet close to a Japanese aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.
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U.N. Watchdog Rules That Iran Is Not Complying With Nuclear Obligations
A mural in Tehran. The International Atomic Energy Agency said that Iran had failed to provide information about nuclear material and activities.
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on June 2025
Climate Change Could Complicate Anti-Submarine Warfare
The American attack submarine Hampton in the Beaufort Sea in March 2024. Ocean changes affecting submarine detection appear to be more pronounced at northern latitudes.
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on June 2025
Thursday Briefing
The U.S. and China held two days of talks in London.
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on June 2025
Gaza Aid Group Says Hamas Attacked Its Palestinian Workers
Palestinians carry relief supplies from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in central Gaza on Sunday.
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on June 2025
U.S. Reviewing Aukus Submarine Deal With Australia, Britain
Sailors waited for then-President Joseph R. Biden to make remarks about the Aukus agreement in San Diego in 2023. Under the deal, Australia would receive secondhand nuclear submarines from the United States.
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on June 2025
New China Trade ‘Deal’ Takes U.S. Back to Where It Started
The negotiations this week raised questions about what exactly had been gained by President Trump’s aggressive trade tactics against China over the past few months.
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on June 2025
Israel Says It Recovered the Remains of Two Hostages in Gaza
An undated photo of Yair Yaakov, whose remains were recovered, the Israeli prime minister said on Wednesday.
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on June 2025
Thursday Briefing: A Look at the U.S.-China Trade Deal
The U.S. and China held two days of talks in London.
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on June 2025
U.N. Report Says We’re Missing the Real Fertility Crisis
Students at a school in Abuja, Nigeria. A U.N. survey found that many people end up having fewer children than they wanted.
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on June 2025
Israel Appears Ready to Attack Iran
The U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad in 2020. U.S. military family members have been authorized to leave the Middle East.
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on June 2025
School Bus Swept Away as Floods in South Africa Kill at Least 49
Homes in Mthatha, South Africa, were submerged in floodwater on Tuesday after a slow-moving storm raged over the largely rural Eastern Cape Province.
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on June 2025
World Bank Ends Its Ban on Funding Nuclear Power Projects
Construction of Bangladesh’s first nuclear plant in 2023.
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on June 2025
A Syrian Committee for Civil Peace Angers Those Demanding Justice
A torn picture of Bashar al-Assad, the ousted president of Syria, at the Palace of Justice in Damascus in December. In early June, the committee released dozens of former regime soldiers.
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on June 2025
Tusk Government Wins Confidence Vote in Poland
Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaking in Parliament in Warsaw on Wednesday.
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on June 2025
Trump Is Pushing Allies Away and Closer to Each Other
President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain during a meeting last month in Tirana, Albania.
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Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board members are concerned that political appointees at the State Department, which manages the program, are acting illegally by canceling the awarding of Fulbright scholarships.
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on June 2025
Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Questions Palestinian State Policy
Ambassador Mike Huckabee speaking with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in May.
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on June 2025
Anti-Immigrant Riots Set Northern Irish Town on Edge
A vehicle is set alight during an anti-immigration demonstration in Ballymena on Tuesday night.
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on June 2025
Netanyahu Survives a Vote to Dissolve Parliament but Emerges Weakened
Although the move would not immediately bring down Israel’s government, it could hurt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu politically.
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on June 2025
For recovery and investigation of Air India crash, authorities contend with the risk of struck sites collapsing.
Air India’s New Owners, the Tata Group, Have Been Trying to Upgrade and Expand the Carrier
Live Updates: Israel Wipes Out Iran’s Top Military Chain of Command
Chaos at Site of Air India Plane Crash
Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them.