How Trump’s War With Iran Changed the World in a Week
Smoke rising from oil storage in Tehran on Sunday.
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Ukraine Can Now Manufacture ‘China-Free’ Drones
Ukrainian drone operators in the Donetsk region in 2024. Drones now account for most Russian casualties, a Ukrainian commander said.
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on March 2026
Why Did the UK Police Repeatedly Decline to Investigate Claims About Epstein and Prince Andrew?
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York in 2005. Ms. Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Mr. Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.
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U.S. Seeks Extradition of Maduro Ally Alex Saab From Venezuela
The businessman Alex Saab, center, in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2024.
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A Trump-Xi Summit Nears, but China Doesn’t Know What Trump Wants
President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, meeting in Busan, South Korea, in October, where they announced a yearlong trade truce.
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China’s Military Has Quietly Cut Flying Near Taiwan
A photo released last year by Chinese state media showing aircraft on the Fujian, China’s third aircraft carrier.
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Trump Casts a Shadow Over One of Mexico’s Deadliest States
National Guard soldiers last month in Sinaloa, Mexico.
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Iran’s New Supreme Leader Was Wounded Early in the War, Iranian and Israeli Officials Say
A rally in support of Iran’s new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran on Monday.
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on March 2026
Russia Says Ukraine’s Strike on Factory City Was Deadly
A still from a video released by the Ukraine armed forces of a strike on a Russian missile plant in Bryansk, Russia, on Tuesday.
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on March 2026
World Heritage Sites Hit in Airstrikes on Iran
The Golestan Palace was damaged badly from an Israeli attack on a police station in Tehran last week.
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on March 2026
The Killing Of Haiti’s President Heads to a U.S. Court. What to Know.
Jovenel Moise, center, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2018. He was killed in his home in 2021.
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on March 2026
Lebanese residents are left in shock and fear as Israeli strikes reach the center of Beirut.
The recent Israeli strike killed four people according the Lebanese health ministry.
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on March 2026
Iran Soccer Players Seeking Asylum Are Part of a History of Athlete Defections
Several members of the Iranian women’s soccer team accepted asylum offers from Australia after participating in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.
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on March 2026
Iran holds a public mourning ceremony for commanders killed by strikes.
The procession was held after another night of intense strikes.
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on March 2026
Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes Appear to Be Slowing
A missile was unveiled at a march to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran last month, before the war.
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on March 2026
Israel sends an extra infantry battalion to Lebanon’s border.
Israeli artillery equipment deployed near the country’s border with Lebanon.
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on March 2026
Why the British government is only releasing some of the Mandelson files.
Peter Mandelson when he was Britain’s Ambassador to the United States last year, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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on March 2026
Trump’s Actions in Iran and Venezuela Show Limits of U.S. Sanctions
Watching the aftermath of a strike in Tehran last week. Having reached the limits of its sanctions tools this year, the Trump administration is opting instead to use military force in places like Iran and Venezuela.
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on March 2026
Who is Peter Mandelson?
Peter Mandelson was one of Britain’s most important political operatives for decades.
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on March 2026
At Least 3 Ships Are Struck Around Strait of Hormuz, and Iran Claims One
An image released by the Royal Thai Navy shows a tanker near the Strait of Hormuz that was attacked on Wednesday. Iran claimed responsibility.
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Iran to Skip World Cup, Minister Says, Despite Reported Trump Assurances to FIFA
The Iranian national soccer team before a match against Uzbekistan in March 2025. Iran qualified months ago for the World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer.
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on March 2026
Democrats Demand Accountability from Hegseth on Iranian School Strike
Protesters hold up photos of children killed by airstrikes on their school in Minab.
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on March 2026
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on March 2026
How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War
In response to Iranian threats, commercial shipping has come to a standstill in the Gulf, and oil prices have spiked.
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on March 2026
Missiles, Drones and Airstrikes Pound Middle East Into 12th Day of War
An airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs late Tuesday night.
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on March 2026
Widow Gives Harrowing Testimony About Assassination of Haiti’s President
Martine Moise, speaking during the funeral of her husband, Jovenel Moise, in Cap Haitien, Haiti, in 2021.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Tuesday
From left, Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Monday.
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on March 2026
One Member of Iranian Soccer Squad Abandons Asylum Bid in Australia
Members of the Iranian women’s soccer team arriving in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after flying from Australia.
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on March 2026
U.S. Forces Attack Iranian Mine-Laying Ships Near the Strait of Hormuz
Boats docked in a fishing area in the Strait of Hormuz in Musandam, Oman, earlier this month.
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on March 2026
Iranian Military Shows It Knows How to Adapt, U.S. Officials Say
A new billboard in Tehran on Tuesday illustrating the succession of Iran’s three supreme leaders.
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on March 2026
Trump Tries to Sidestep Blame for Any Civilian Deaths in Iran
President Trump has repeatedly suggested a strike on a girls’ school that reportedly killed 175 people was carried out by Iran or another country.
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on March 2026
War in Iran Could Lead to Food Shortages in Region, Experts Warn
A food distribution center for internally displaced people in Dahiya, the densely populated southern suburb of Beirut that is a stronghold of Hezbollah, last week.
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on March 2026
U.S. Showers Iran With Bombs in Most Intense Strikes of the War, Pentagon Says
A new billboard in Valiasr Square in Tehran on Tuesday shows the history of Iran’s three supreme leaders: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, his successor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his son Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been chosen as the new supreme leader.
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on March 2026
Imprisoned in Iran, and Under Bombardment
The remnants of a police station on Niloufar Street in Tehran after it was hit by airstrikes this month.
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on March 2026
Pentagon Says 140 Service Members Have Been Injured in Iran War
A vehicle containing the remains of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. He was the seventh American service member killed in the Iran war.
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on March 2026
How Long Will the Iran War Last? Trump Offers Conflicting Answers.
President Trump has left wide-open the possibilities for how the war with Iran could wind down and how long it will take.
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on March 2026
Mother of Tumbler Ridge Shooting Victim Sues OpenAI
A memorial for the victims of a mass shooting last month at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia.
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on March 2026
France Bolsters Efforts to Repatriate Citizens Stranded by Iran War
President Emmanuel Macron of France has refused to join the American and Israeli strikes on Iran.
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on March 2026
Nearly 700,000 Displaced by War in Lebanon, U.N. Says
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
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on March 2026
‘Nothing Will Remain of Tehran,’ Iranians Say Amid Heavy Bombing
Iran has faced ongoing bombing from the U.S. and Israel.
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on March 2026
U.S. Eases Limits on Russian Energy as Oil Prices Soar
An oil refinery in Omsk, Russia, in 2023.
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on March 2026
Higher Oil Prices Could Put the Fed in a Bind as Labor Market Softens
Economists expect energy-related price pressures to push inflation up to some degree in the coming months.
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on March 2026
What to Know About the Rising Price of Oil and Its Effects on Airline Ticket Prices
How much the cost of an airline ticket may rise is unclear. The last time oil rose more than 40 percent — in 2022, on the heels of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — airfares jumped 28 percent.
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on March 2026
Cost-Cutting Led to South Korean Airport’s Deadly Wall, Report Finds
Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed into a concrete barrier at the end of the runway at Muan International Airport, South Korea, in late 2024.
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on March 2026
The Race to Stop Wildlife Trafficking in Africa
Imelda Effiong taking care of Bili, a gorilla, at Pandrillus’s wildlife-rehabilitation center in Calabar, Nigeria, in April 2025. Bili was rescued from traffickers by the Nigeria Custom Service’s Special Wildlife Office.
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on March 2026
Shooting at U.S. Consulate in Toronto a National Security Incident, Police Say
Toronto Police Services said that there was a “firearm discharge” at the U.S. Consulate on Tuesday morning but that there were no injuries.
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on March 2026
Pakistan Sends Navy Escort for Its Ships in the Middle East
Pakistan’s government has announced stringent fuel-saving measures as the conflict in the Middle East chokes oil supplies from the Persian Gulf.
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on March 2026
U.S. Orders Diplomats to Leave Consulate in Southern Turkey
A Turkish soldier stands guard in a field as officials search for debris from the interception of a missile launched toward Turkey.
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on March 2026
Black Rain and Health Fears After Strikes on Iran Fuel Depots
Late-night airstrikes on oil sites in Tehran still left rolling waves of smoke on Sunday.
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on March 2026
New Supreme Leader Inherits Sprawling, Secretive Office That Dominates Iran
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran in 2019.
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on March 2026
UK Bans Al Quds Protest March That Critics Say Supports Iranian Regime
Iran War Live Updates: Countries Agree to Tap Oil Reserves as Tanker Attacks Add to Supply Fears
Starmer Was Warned About Risk of Appointing Friend of Epstein As Ambassador
A Dublin Pub-Crawl, but Hold the Booze
U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says
Boots on the Ground — but Whose?