Iran’s Loyalists Promote a Wider Nationalism, Unveiled Women Included
A pro-government demonstration in Tehran last month where some of the women were partially veiled and some dressed more conservatively.
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Myanmar’s Civil War Has Become an Apocalypse
On a forgotten frontline, the rebels fight deep in the jungle.
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Extreme Heat Across Europe Creates Divide Over Leaving Schools Open
Students eating ice pops during class at an elementary school in Grays, England, on Wednesday.
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Rubio Seeks to Reassure Gulf Arab Partners on Iran Deal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio greeting the Emirati ambassador to the U.S., Yousef al-Otaiba, in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., on Tuesday.
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France Identifies Its First Case of Ebola
Health workers last month in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 200 people.
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Bahrain Restricts Shiite Holy Day Amid Iran War Crackdown
Observing Ashura in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, Bahrain, in 2015.
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The Wife of Spain’s Leader Is Accused of Graft. It May Actually Help Him.
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and his wife, Begoña Gómez, in Barcelona this month.
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The Ukraine War Amputees Embracing Wake Boarding and Jujitsu
Ukrainian war veteran Volodymyr Kuzmenko tries wakeboarding for the first time in Kyiv, in May.
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China Detained 2 Japanese on Suspicion of Smuggling
Chinese security at the entrance to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing last year. Tensions between the two countries have been rising.
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What to Know About Myanmar’s Chaotic War
A rebel soldier at a frontline position in the Anyar region of Myanmar.
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Cuba Announces Sweeping Overhaul of Struggling Communist Economy, But Obstacles Remain
Workers in the production workshop of Dforja Creations, a private furniture company in Havana, in 2024.
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ICC Judges Hit Back Against Trump Sanctions
Kimberly Prost, a Canadian judge at the International Criminal Court, along with two others, is suing President Trump and his administration, claiming the penalties exceeded his authority.
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Why Is Europe the Fastest-Warming Continent
Morning commuters on the London Bridge on Wednesday, where temperatures reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit, the hottest recorded June day in the United Kingdom.
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See Record-Breaking Extreme Heat Wave Across Europe in Photos
The banks of the Canal Saint-Martin became a makeshift beach in Paris as city dwellers sought cool air.
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Trump’s Colombia Prize
De La Espriella’s supporters in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Sunday.
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Ukrainian Women Plead for News of Disabled Relatives Held by Russia
From left, Oksana Oliinyk, Hanna Zamyshliaieva and Larysa Branytska at a news conference on Tuesday in Kyiv.
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U.N. Report Says Israeli Killings of Gaza Children Post-Truce Amount to Genocide
A father carried the body of his 3‑year‑old, who was killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, during his funeral in Gaza City in April.
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In Middle East, Rubio Says ‘No Country’ Can Charge for Hormuz Traffic
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to reporters shortly after arriving in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
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U.N. Sets Plan to Evacuate Stranded Ships Out of Persian Gulf
Hundreds of ships have been stranded in the Persian Gulf since the war began, waiting for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Artist Pulls Work From London Museum After Clash Over Churchill’s Legacy
The National Portrait Gallery in London. A video installation called “Persistence” was taken down this week after a historian criticized a reference to Winston Churchill.
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U.S. Warns of ‘Imminent’ Atrocities in El Obeid, Sudan
A camp for displaced persons in El Obeid, Sudan, in January. The crisis has forced around 14 million people from their homes.
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Britain Is Still Deep in the Shadow of Brexit
A “Vote Leave” rally in London in June 2016. The proposal to separate from the European Union narrowly passed.
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Israeli Soldiers Fatally Shoot 2 People in Southern Lebanon, Health Officials Say
Damaged buildings in Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Sunday. Israeli soldiers shot and killed two people near the city on Tuesday, Lebanese health officials said.
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U.S. and Iran’s Conflicting Claims on Nuclear Inspection Show Challenge Ahead
A satellite imagery taken on June 21, 2025, shows destroyed buildings at Isfahan nuclear site, Iran.
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After Wars and False Starts, Cautious Optimism for U.S.-Iran Talks
In Tehran this month. Political analysts say both Iran and the United States now have a real need for progress.
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The Extraordinary Embezzlement Case That Rocked Scottish Politics
Peter Murrell, center, arriving at Edinburgh High Court in May. He was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five years in prison.
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40 People Drown in France Amid Scorching Temperatures
People trying to find respite in the shade in Toulouse, France, on Monday.
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Japan to Raise Some Tourist Visa Fees More Than 400 Percent
Tourists at the starting point to climb Mount Fuji in Japan, earlier this year.
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‘A Terrible Inheritance’: Could Andy Burnham Succeed Where Starmer Failed?
Andy Burnham celebrating after his swearing-in in Parliament on Monday.
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Soldier, Scholar and Symbol: Marc Bloch Is Elevated to France’s Panthéon
Portraits of Marc Bloch and his wife, Simonne Vidal, in Paris on Monday. Their caskets are set to be installed in France’s Panthéon on Tuesday.
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China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017
China’s National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi in 2020. LineShine, a supercomputer in Shenzhen, has been declared the world’s fastest.
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How Mark Rutte of NATO Manages an Unpredictable Trump
President Trump and Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, at the World Economic Forum in January.
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Iran Makes Moves to Assert Control Over the Strait of Hormuz
Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula last month.
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Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s President, Struggles to Uphold Trump’s Narrative of Success
Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Venezuela, during a meeting with American officials in Caracas in April.
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At World Cup Soccer Game, Palestinian Emblems Abound
Fans of Jordan during the World Cup game against Algeria in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday.
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Those British Strawberries Are Being Picked by Central Asian Workers
Shukrat Djuraev at Homefield Farm, in Kent, England, this month.
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Iran Team Leaves Locker Room Note: The ‘Spirit of Iran Remains Alive and Steadfast’
The Iran national team has been allowed into the United States only for about 48 hours to play its games and then must leave the country.
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U.S. Temporarily Lifts Oil Sanctions Against Iran, Citing ‘Productive’ Talks
Vice President JD Vance after the United States and Iran held high-level talks at the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland on Monday.
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Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, Architect of Cuba’s Surveillance State, Dies at 94
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez in 2003. A veteran of the earliest days of the Cuban revolution, he was alternately in and out of favor during his long career, but he bounced back each time, stronger than ever.
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Charisma Alone Can’t Fix Britain
Keir Starmer during his resignation speech.
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Vance Claims Progress in First Day of Iran Talks
Vice President JD Vance spoke in Switzerland on Monday.
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At Least 14 People Killed in Fire in North India Educational Center
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out at a commercial building on Monday in Lucknow, India.
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Suspect and a Civilian Are Among Three Killed in Montreal Shooting
A mother and daughter were reunited after the shooting in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood in Montreal.
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Israel Says It Has Trapped Hezbollah Fighters Underground in Southern Lebanon
On the Front Lines of Myanmar’s Forgotten War
Is the Australian Prime Minister’s Pragmatism Enough in Uncertain Times?
The Iran War’s Persistent Threat to Farmers in Poor Countries