Another U.S. Service Member Is Killed as Iran War Expands
A satellite image of the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, in Azraq, Jordan, which came under Iranian fire last week.
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In Venezuela’s Rubble, a Search for the Family Pets
A firefighter rescuing a dog from a building in Caracas that collapsed after twin earthquakes last month.
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Israel’s Ambassador to U.N. Lashes Out at Mamdani Over Netanyahu Arrest Threats
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, speaking during a Security Council meeting in March.
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Outcry in Italy After Man Dies While Being Restrained by Police
People gathered near the site where Abderrahim Fakir died on Sunday in Bologna, Italy. The death drew comparisons to the killing of George Floyd.
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Hamas Names Khalil al-Hayya as Its New Leader
Khalil al-Hayya speaking with reporters in Istanbul in 2024.
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Spain Celebrates Both a Soccer Win and a Sense of Wider Success
Spain fans watching the World Cup final in Plaza de Colón in Madrid on Sunday night.
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Aiming for My Fastest Marathon, I Turned to Distance Running’s Mecca
The author, in the middle in red, training in Iten, Kenya.
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Burnham Set to Become Britain’s First Openly Roman Catholic Prime Minister
Andy Burnham told an interviewer in 2009: “Three things are important in my life, apart from family. Everton F.C., the Labour Party and the Catholic church — in that order.”
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Trump Administration and Iran Officials Risk a Wider War They Cannot Afford
Iranians, like these people walking under a poster of the country’s three supreme leaders, are growing increasingly frustrated with the war.
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Zelensky Faces Pressure to Remove Ukraine’s Top General
Protesters in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week criticized President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
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Five of the Main Challenges Awaiting Andy Burnham When He Becomes Prime Minister
The Labour Party’s Andy Burnham during an event in June in Manchester, England.
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What Happens Behind the Scenes Once Burnham Enters 10 Downing Street
The staff at 10 Downing Street welcoming new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France van Heel on Monday.
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North Sea Drilling Offers First Test for Burnham’s Relationship With Trump
President Donald Trump departing Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to New York, on Friday.
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Ukraine War Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment
The Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, Poland, in June. The overarching pitch was to put money into Ukraine even as it remains at war.
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Rubio Says That U.S. Is Still Open to Diplomacy With Iran
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday night.
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India’s CJP Party Leads Protest March to Parliament After Exam Leaks
The police confronting crowds in New Delhi who had gathered before a planned march toward Parliament on Monday.
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Tears in Argentina for Lionel Messi’s ‘Last Tango’
A watch party in Rosario, Argentina, Lionel Messi’s hometown, turned somber.
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Did This World Cup Change Soccer Forever?
Fans watching the World Cup final in Madrid on Sunday. Spain won 1-0.
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Iran shipped billions in oil during the cease-fire.
Iran capitalized on its export of oil, gaining billions of dollars during a short-lived peace agreement with the United States.
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Earthquake in Peru Kills 6 and Displaces Hundreds
Una casa en Chupuro, Perú, que fue destruida por el terremoto el sábado.
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Israel watches tensely as the U.S.-Iran fighting escalates.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the military campaign against Iran.
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The U.S. Is Sending More Warplanes to the Middle East, Officials Say
Fighter jets stationed in Germany and Britain are being deployed to the Middle East according to officials.
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Increased Cooperation With U.S. Has Put Jordan in Iran’s Cross Hairs
Iran’s recent attacks on U.S.-allied Jordan, including one that killed two U.S. servicemen on Friday, introduce a new complexity in the war.
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Russia Batters Kyiv in One of the Largest Missile Assaults of the War
A helicopter dropping water on Sunday over the site of a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.
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Argentines, Already ‘Losing Their Minds,’ Brace for World Cup Final
Thousands of people celebrated Argentina’s victory over England, and its qualification for the World Cup final, on Wednesday in Rosario, Argentina.
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The U.S. Braced For the World Cup. It Fell in Love Instead.
Fans celebrating during a match between France and Senegal at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., in June.
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A Modest Proposal for the Strait Dispute: A Shared Pact Among Gulf States
Oil tankers and cargo vessels were anchored last month off the coast of Oman during an effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Why Tokyo’s New Shorts Policy is Sparking Debate in Japan
Two officials wearing shorts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, on Tuesday.
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Why Jordan Is Becoming a New Focus in the U.S.-Iran War
American and Jordanian forces took part in multinational military exercises hosted by Jordan in 2022.
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Canada Wildfires: What to Know
The observation deck of Toronto’s CN Tower on Wednesday, as wildfire smoke enveloped downtown.
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Deaths of 2 U.S. Troops in Jordan Brings American Toll in the War With Iran to 16
The remains of a U.S. service member killed in Kuwait earlier in the war arrived at Dover Air Force Base, Del., in March.
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Ukraine’s Top General Becomes a Target of Protesters’ Anger
People in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday protesting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to oust Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had championed drone warfare.
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Wildfires Continue To Burn in Ontario, Canada, Sending Smoke to U.S. Cities
Premier Doug Ford of Ontario after a news conference in Thunder Bay on Saturday. Roughly 1.7 million acres have burned in Ontario, data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center shows.
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U.S. Strikes Leave Iranians Isolated and Scared
The Persian Gulf off the coast of Bandar Abbas, an Iranian port city in the south of the country, in May. Residents said roads around the city were heavily damaged by U.S. airstrikes this week.
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Your ‘Live’ World Cup Broadcast Is Not Really Live
Lautaro Martinez of Argentina scored the winning goal over England on Wednesday. When did you see it?
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A Very British CPAC: Few, if Any, Costumes and Not Much Trump
Matt Schlapp, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference, and the former prime minister Liz Truss onstage at CPAC’s London conference on Thursday.
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Uproar Over Surrogate Baby Prompts German Official’s Sudden Resignation
Jens Spahn, parliamentary group leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party, in the plenary hall during a session at the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of Parliament, in December.
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Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out
A wildfire burning in Bison Lake, Alberta, last year.
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In Bangladesh, Argentina’s Soccer Team Finds a Huge Fan Base
Fans of Argentina’s soccer team gathering last month in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during the World Cup.
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Freedom Convoy Leader, Under House Arrest, Wants to Visit the White House
The Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich at her sentencing hearing last summer. She is asking a court to let her travel to the United States.
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Lamine Yamal, Soccer Star and Son of African Migrants, Personifies a Changing Spain
A crowd near Rocafonda, the neighborhood where Lamine Yamal grew up, watches the player on a giant screen during Spain’s semifinal with France last week.
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Iqaluit, Canada’s Most Northern City, Gets Its First Bus Line
Looking out the window of an Iqaluit Transit bus during its route through the city.
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Israel Counters Iranian Spying by Warning Against Recruitment
People walking in Tehran this month. According to Israeli authorities, Iran has intensified efforts to recruit people in Israel for intelligence gathering.
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As Trump Scraps With Meloni, His Envoy to Italy Is at Sea
Tilman Fertitta aboard his yacht, Boardwalk, on the Fourth of July.
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Burnham’s Day 1 as Prime Minister: A Homeless Shelter, a Palace and Downing Street
Russia Bill Broadens Sanctions but Could Fuel Fears Over the Dollar
A Conversation with Zohran Mamdani