Live Updates: Powerful 7.4 Earthquake Strikes Colombia
A damaged building after an earthquake on Monday in Cali, Colombia.
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Southern Iran Bears Brunt of U.S. Bombing
Tourists in 2023 in the Valley of Stars, a popular location for visitors on Qeshm island, off Iran’s southern coast.
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Netanyahu Walks Tightrope on Trump’s Gaza Disarmament Deal
President Donald Trump, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, at the White House in 2025.
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Iran Insists Strait of Hormuz Will Stay Closed Until Trump Agrees to Demands
Ships in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of southern Iran on Monday.
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Police in India Use Tear Gas to Break Youth Protest
Police standing guard near a barricade as demonstrators took part in a protest over government recruitment exams in Ranchi. Jharkhand, on Monday.
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He Transformed His Spanish Hometown. Did He Also Spoil It?
Francisco de la Torre has been the mayor of Málaga since 2000. He is preparing to run next year for his eighth consecutive term.
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Malaysia Was Confident in Its Social Media Ban, but Kids Are Still Logged In
Malaysia’s social media ban for children under 16 was supposed to take effect on June 1.
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Typhoon Dolphin Barrels Into China, Prompting Mass Evacuations
Winds intensified in Shanghai on Sunday before Typhoon Dolphin’s arrival.
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Inside the War on Hezbollah’s Finances
The aftermath of a strike in March on a building in Beirut that Israel asserted was linked to Hezbollah’s financial arm.
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Iran War Timeline: Key Moments and Attacks In U.S. and Israel’s Campaign
Smoke rising from an explosion in Tehran on Feb. 28, the first day of the war.
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Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post
Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, attending a funeral ceremony for Mr. Khamenei’s father and predecessor, in Tehran last month.
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Explosive Canada Wildfire Leaves 1 Dead in British Columbia
The Bald Range fire burning near Summerland, British Columbia, on Saturday.
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Daniel Kinahan Extradited From the U.A.E. to Ireland
Reporters waited for Daniel Kinahan’s arrival at a military base west of Dublin.
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Iran, Holding Firm to Hormuz, Pushes for Return to June MOU
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Oman last Monday.
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Syria Agrees to Reorganized Russian Military Presence
The Russian naval facility at Tartus in coastal Syria in 2024.
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Israel Rejects Trump’s 15-Point Plan to Disarm Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, shown last month, told his cabinet on Sunday, “Israel is ruling out the 15-point document.”
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How a Drone ‘Hellscape’ Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
Members of Taiwan’s military operating a drone during the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Changhua, Taiwan, on Thursday.
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Bald Range Wildfire Forces Evacuation of 18,000 in British Columbia
A wildfire that started on Friday in British Columbia, Canada, has consumed more than 20,000 acres.
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Iran Issues List of Demands, Dampening Hopes of Reopening Strait of Hormuz
Ships near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Thursday.
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Yemen Teeters on Civil War as Regional Stability Hangs in the Balance
Damage at the Mail al-Saila camp for internally displaced people, on the outskirts of Marib, Yemen, on Friday.
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As Thailand Gets Known for Mass Shootings, Fresh Pledges to Fix Gun Laws
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, center left, on Friday arriving at the site of a school shooting near Bangkok. He said that new gun laws were “one of my to-do things.”
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Signs of Economic Recovery While Greater Uncertainty Looms
Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Trump had an exchange this week about who and what was “nasty.”
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As Ukraine Strikes Wildberries, Russia’s Richest Businesswoman Faces Her Biggest Test Yet
Tatyana Kim, the billionaire co-founder of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace, in June.
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Their African Islands Were Set to Be Decolonized. Then the U.S. Bombed Iran.
Roseline Rabouine, who was forced to leave Chagos Islands when she was 8, attending mass in Port Louis, Mauritius, last month.
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What to Know About Wildberries, the Company in Ukraine’s Cross Hairs
An advertisement for Wildberries in Moscow. Several of the company’s warehouses have ceased operations after attacks from Ukraine.
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Punjabi Soldiers Who Fought for Britain in World War I Are Recognized for First Time
The handwritten names of the nearly 10,000 Punjabi soldiers were uncovered in archives at the Lahore Museum in Pakistan.
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Canada Offers U.S. Concessions in Trade Talks but Demands a Comprehensive Deal
The American whiskey section at a B.C. Liquor Store, after U.S.-made products were removed from shelves in Vancouver last year.
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Houthis Claim Attack on Yemeni Military Camp
Houthi supporters during a rally against the Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa, Yemen, last week.
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U.S. Squeezes Cuba Even as It Searches for a New Regime Leader
Cuba earlier this year. Many officials waiting in the wings in the country, like their Iranian counterparts, represent more hard-line factions.
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Iranians Say Trump’s Promises Have Fallen by the Wayside as Iran War Drags On
Anti-government protesters in Tehran in January. Iran has executed at least 26 people in connection with the protests since President Trump made his promise.
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Photos Show England Turning Brown in Drought
A parched park on the south bank of the River Thames in central London on Thursday, with Tower Bridge in the background.
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Joint Defense Pact
A photo released by the Turkish presidential office shows the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, being welcomed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Friday.
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The State of Iran’s Three Key Nuclear Sites
A satellite image provided by Vantor showed the Isfahan nuclear complex, where Iran stores most of its highly enriched uranium, in June.
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Trump Administration Fast-Tracks Military Partnership With Colombia to Target Drug Traffickers
Colombian soldiers in 2025. Colombia has historically been a key ally in the U.S. fight against drug trafficking.
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Seized on Their Way to Gaza, Activists Tell of Abuse in Israeli Custody
Arno Meyns, a Belgian activist, at Istanbul’s airport in May after being released and deported by Israel. He said he was beaten in custody.
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Boy Kills Grandparents and Then Five Teachers, Thai Authorities Say
The wife of a victim, who was a teacher at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School near Bangkok on Friday.
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on August 2026
Foreigners Behaving Badly in Vietnam Challenge Its Communist Justice System
A police vehicle parked on Bui Vien Street, a popular nightlife destination in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in August.
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on August 2026
How Japan Reduced Deaths From a Major Quake
Collapsed houses after the earthquake in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, last week.
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on August 2026
After Trump Calls Canadians ‘Nasty,’ Mark Carney Says the Word Fits Trade Talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada in Toronto, on Wednesday.
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on August 2026
Former Marine Is Unresponsive After Mistreatment in Russian Detention, Family Says
Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan
How Taiwan Simulated a Potential Chinese Attack
Still Waiting for Peace in Gaza
A Drying Danube River Reveals Nazi-Era Vessels, and Hazards of Heat
Residents of the Barbican in London Are Battling a New Tower
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