How the War in Iran Could Help China and Change Asia
Fighter jets on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in 2024. A carrier group including the ship was redirected from the South China Sea to the Middle East in January.
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Cuba Acknowledges Talks with Trump Officials For the First Time
President Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba speaking in Havana in January.
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To Fight Iran’s Drones, U.S. Taps Ukraine’s Hard-Earned Knowledge
An American soldier, in Poland, carrying an interceptor drone used in the Merops anti-drone system. The system was deployed in Poland after Russian drones crossed into the country.
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Phones ‘Ringing Off the Hook’ for Ukraine Defense Firms as Mideast Seeks Help
Demonstrating the Bullet interceptor drone in the Kyiv region of Ukraine on Wednesday.
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U.S. Sanctions Pause Adds Political Win to Russia’s Economic Gain From Iran War
A tanker carrying Russian oil in Gujarat, India, on Wednesday. At least one analyst expects Indian imports of Russian crude to hit record levels next month.
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What Does It Mean to Have Air Superiority Over Iran?
B-1 bombers are among the aircraft that the U.S. Air Force is using in Iran.
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Drone Strike Has Cyprus, and Europe, on Edge
R.A.F. Akrotiri, a British air base in Cyprus, on March 2, after it was struck by a drone that officials said was launched by Hezbollah.
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Iran’s Frantic Attempt to Save Its Ships Before Torpedo Attack
The Iranian destroyer Dena took part in a fleet review near Visakhapatnam, India, last month, just days before a United States submarine sank the warship with a torpedo.
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Trump Tempers María Corina Machado’s Political Ambitions in Venezuela
María Corina Machado after leaving a meeting with senators outside of the U.S. Capitol in January.
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China Wants Its Ethnic Minorities to Blend In. Now It’s the Law.
Ethnic minority delegates arriving for a meeting of the National People’s Congress, the rubber-stamp legislature, in Beijing last week.
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Israel Drops Case Against Soldiers Accused of Abusing Palestinian Detainee
The Sde Teiman base in southern Israel, where former detainees and some Israeli soldiers have said that guards routinely abuse detained Gazans.
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A New Trump Envoy Stirs Fears of U.S. Meddling In Brazil’s Elections
Darren Beattie, who recently became the State Department’s new senior adviser on Brazil policy, was fired from a job in the first Trump administration for appearing at a conference attended by white nationalists.
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Britain warns its citizens in Dubai they could be jailed for sharing photos of damage from airstrikes.
A building in Dubai damaged by debris from an intercepted missile on Friday. The United Arab Emirates prosecutor said last week that taking or sharing videos documenting airstrikes or damage could be illegal.
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Read Some of John F. Burns’s Reporting From Around the World
John F. Burns in 2002 in Afghanistan. Following the attacks of Sept. 11, he coordinated coverage and reported on the war from Kabul and Islamabad, in Pakistan.
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Trump’s Move to Seize Oil Tankers Costs the U.S. Tens of Millions of Dollars
The oil tanker Skipper, seized by the United States, seen off the coast of Texas near Galveston in December.
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Trump Softens Call for Protesters to Take Over Iran
President Donald J. Trump now says Iranians could face threats for protesting against the government, which his war has failed to topple so far.
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Thousands Attend Government Rally in Tehran to Denounce Israel and U.S.
Demonstrators pumped their fists in defiance despite a blast near the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran on Friday.
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Israel Drops Leaflets on Beirut with Reminders of Gaza War
Rubble in the northern Gaza Strip, in February. Israel heavily bombed Gaza for two years after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.
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How This Oil Supply Shock Compares With the Embargo of 1973
The 1973 oil embargo led to panic buying, and long lines at gas stations. While that isn’t likely now in the United States, the price shock is likely to reverberate through the economy.
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Hegseth says an officer has been appointed to investigate deadly strike on Iranian school.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the appointment of a general officer to lead an investigation on a deadly strike that hit an elementary school in Iran.
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U.S. Tech Giants Flocked to the Persian Gulf. Now They Are Targets.
Smoke rose after a reported Iranian drone strike on a fuel facility of Bahrain International Airport on Thursday. Iranian drones have also struck Amazon’s data center in Bahrain and two others in the U.A.E.
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John F. Burns, Prize-winning Foreign Correspondent for The Times, Dies at 81
The New York Times international correspondent John F. Burns interviewing people in Baghdad on Dec. 13, 2003, the day the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured.
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Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle NCAR Research Lab
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
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Hegseth Vows Lethal Day in Iran as Air War Intensifies
“With every passing hour, we know, and we know they know, that the military capabilities of their evil regime are crumbling,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
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To Secure BTS Concert Tickets, K-Pop Fans Crowd Internet Cafes in South Korea
Fans booking BTS concert tickets in January at an internet cafe in Seoul.
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Pink Floyd Guitar Is Sold for a Record $14.55 Million
A Fender Stratocaster known as “The Black Strat,” part of the David Gilmour Guitar Collection, was displayed at Christie’s in New York City in 2019.
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Turkey Says NATO Defenses Shot Down a Third Iranian Missile
Turkish combat drones at the Incirlik Air Base, in southern Turkey, in 2021.
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‘A Lot of Life Years Lost’: How NAFTA Shortened American Life Spans
A steel mill in Braddock, Pa. Researchers found that the North American Free Trade Agreement sped up the decline of the U.S. manufacturing industry.
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Carney Plans Military Expansion in Canada’s Arctic, Following Trump Threats
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, visited the Royal Canadian Air Force 440 Transport Squadron, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, on Thursday.
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Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that Russia would not benefit significantly from the sanctions relief but acknowledged that it would see some financial benefit.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday
Beirut residents watching the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital on Thursday.
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All 6 Crew Members Killed in U.S. Refueling Plane Crash in Iraq, Military Says
Un avión estadounidense KC-135 sobrevolando Tel Aviv la semana pasada.
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Ukraine to Make Drone Videos Available for Training A.I. Models
Ukrainian soldiers training with drones in the Kharkiv region last year.
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Netanyahu issues veiled threat to new supreme leader of Iran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel speaking at a news conference at Mar-a-Lago in December.
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Iran Is Laying Mines in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Officials Say
Tanker anchored in Muscat, Oman, after Iran vowed to close the Strait of Hormuz last week.
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What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why Is Iran Blocking It?
At least 16 oil tankers, cargo and other commercial ships have been attacked in or around the Persian Gulf since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began nearly two weeks ago, a New York Times analysis shows.
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New Iranian Leader Vows to Keep Global Oil Gateway Blocked
An oil tanker burning after being hit by an Iranian strike near Basra, Iraq, late on Wednesday.
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Drone Strike in Congo Kills 3, Including U.N. Worker
U.N. peacekeeping troops guard a house hit by a drone strike in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday.
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Trump Targets Forced Labor in Global Tariff Scheme
Trucks leaving the Port of Los Angeles last May. The latest trade investigation is part of an effort by the Trump administration to resurrect a global system of tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court last month.
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Iraq vents anger at strikes on former militias now under government control.
Smoke rising from an attack at an airport in Erbil, Iraq, on Thursday.
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Yanar Mohammed, 65, Iraqi Women’s Rights Advocate, Is Killed by Gunmen
Yanar Mohammed in 2003. She co-founded the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq to protect victims of rape, physical abuse and other forms of ill treatment.
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Pussycat Dolls Announce New Single and Reunion Tour
Nicole Scherzinger, center, and the Pussycat Dolls performing in 2008.
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With New Right-Wing President, Chile Shifts Toward Region’s Conservative, Pro-Trump Alignment
President José Antonio Kast of Chile and his wife, María Pía Adriasola, at the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday.
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Pardoning Netanyahu Now Would Be Improper, Key Israeli Office Says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivering a speech at the funeral for an Israeli hostage in January.
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Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Says Strait of Hormuz Must Remain Closed in Defiant Statement
A billboard in Tehran depicts Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei taking an Iranian flag from his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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More Marines and Warships Being Sent to Middle East, U.S. Officials Say
Cuba Pledges to Release 51 Prisoners Amid U.S. Pressure
Israel-Iran Conflict: Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says Iranians Face ‘Big Hurdle’ to Overthrowing Regime
A Visit to a Temple at the Heart of the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict
Oil Rises, Bringing Gains to 40% Since the Start of the War