A Hidden Russian Hand in Hungary’s Election? Actually, It’s Quite Open.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary speaking during a campaign tour last month.
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Epstein in Paris: How a Sex Offender Hustled for Access to France’s Elite
An apartment building at 22 Avenue Foch in Paris, where Mr. Epstein owned a sprawling 7,400-square-foot apartment.
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Why Trees Are Key to Russia’s Spring Offensive in Ukraine
Ukrainian soldiers moved under the cover of trees last May on the outskirts of Kupiansk. With spring weather, Russia will also look to use fresh foliage to its advantage.
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Iran’s Downing of Fighter Jet and U.S. Rescue Leave Both Sides Dangerously Emboldened
An anti-U.S. billboard on Sunday in Tehran showing American aircraft captured in a net.
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Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in First Easter Mass
Pope Leo XIV arriving on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square for Easter Mass, during which he renewed his pleas for peace and condemned violence.
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More Than 70 Migrants Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Libya
A photograph released by the nongovernmental organization Sea-Watch showing migrants on a capsized boat off Libya on Saturday.
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China Built the World’s Drone Industry. Now It’s Locking Down the Skies.
A delivery drone last month above Shenzhen, China. China has sharply tightened rules for the use of recreational and civilian drones.
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What We Know About the Rescue of a U.S. Airman After Two Jet Crashes
An F-15E Strike Eagle, the type of plane shot down in Iran.
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Interceptor Missiles Save Lives, but Stockpiles Are Dwindling
Manama, Bahrain, after a drone was intercepted near the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers last month.
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Deadly Earthquake and Floods Worsen Afghanistan’s Troubles
Afghans beside a flooded road in Herat Province on Thursday.
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Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen.
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio last month at the White House.
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On Iran, Trump Keeps World Off Balance With Ever-Changing Threats
President Trump has threatened to bomb crucial civilian infrastructure in Iran if Tehran does not agree to his demands by Tuesday.
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China Started Preparing for an Energy Crisis Long Before the Iran War
Oil storage tanks and facilities of a Sinopec plant in Shanghai last month.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Sunday
Emergency medical workers search through the rubble of a residential building struck by an Iranian missile attack on Sunday in Haifa, Israel.
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A Looming Deadline
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Here’s a Timeline of Trump’s Ultimatums Over the Strait of Hormuz
Boats in the Strait of Hormuz in March. Transit through the waterway has slowed to a trickle since the start of the conflict.
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Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran
President Trump wrote on social media that “all Hell will reign down” on Iran unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz.
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How the CIA Helped Locate a Missing Airman After Iran Downed a U.S. Fighter Jet
A still image from a video of U.S. aircraft over southwest Iran on Friday.
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Former Matador Is Gored to Death Before Annual Bullfight in Spain
A matador performing a pass during the Corrida Picassiana in Malaga in 2024.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Saturday
The site of a strike at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran on Saturday.
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Israel Strikes Iran’s Largest Petrochemical Complex
The Mahshahr petrochemical complex in 2011.
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Satellite image company restricts Mideast content, citing a U.S. government request.
A satellite photo of Kharg Island in Iran in February that was distributed by Planet Labs.
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U.S. Fighter Jet Downed Over Iran Was Probably Based at R.A.F. Lakenheath, U.K. Airfield
A fighter jet at R.A.F. Lakenheath in Mildenhall, England, in January.
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A projectile hit near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, killing a worker.
A satellite image of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, in December.
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Three Charged With Arson in Attack on U.K. Jewish Charity’s Ambulances
The aftermath of the March 23 arson attack, which took place outside a synagogue in north London.
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Missing Airman Raises Concerns That Iran Could Gain Leverage Over the U.S.
Women walking by a mural of the Statue of Liberty on the outer wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran. In 1979, a group of militant students took over the embassy and kept 52 Americans captive for 444 days.
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Living Space
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Iranians Seek Respite in Nature Amid the War
People gathered across Tehran on Thursday to celebrate Sizdah Bedar, the end of the two-week holiday celebrating the Iranian new year.
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Trump Pledged a Quick End to the Iran War, but He Hasn’t Explained How
Neither President Trump nor Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been able to explain how the war, now in its fifth week, will end.
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Europe’s Options in the Strait of Hormuz: Few, and Risky
Cargo ships near the Strait of Hormuz last month.
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Epstein Presented Himself to Indian Tycoon as a Trump White House Insider
Anil Ambani, an Indian businessman who exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein for more than two years, in 2022 in Mumbai.
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‘Iran Is Being Destroyed in Front of Our Eyes’: Tehran Is Gripped by Fear
Residents in front of buildings damaged by airstrikes in Karaj, Iran, on Friday.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Friday
A home in Ramat Gan, Israel, damaged by a projectile during an Iranian missile strike on Friday.
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Ex-US Army Pilot Recalls Battle for Survival When Shot Down in Iraq
Ronald Young Jr. boarding a transport plane near Baghdad in 2003, after escaping captivity.
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Iran’s Defenses Have Been Struck, but They Can Still Fire Missiles and Drones
This satellite photo shows damage after an Iranian attack at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar last month. Iran struck the regional air headquarters of U.S. Central Command, damaging an early-warning radar system.
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In the Philippines, Rising Fuel Prices Force Travelers to Stay Home During Holy Week
Filipinos heading to the provinces for the Holy Week lining up at a bus terminal in Quezon City, Philippines, on Thursday.
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Iran Is Quickly Repairing Missile Bunkers, U.S. Intelligence Says
The tail section of a missile in Israel’s northern Jordan Valley on Friday. Iran has continued to strike at the country, even with its reduced arsenal and more careful use of launchers.
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The F-15E Strike Eagle: What to Know
The U.S. aircraft that was brought down over Iran has been identified as an F-15E Strike Eagle. One of its two-member crew is still missing.
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Hegseth Says U.S. Troops Are Fighting for Jesus. The Pope Disagrees.
Pope Leo, during the Holy Thursday Mass in Rome, said the Christian mission had often been “distorted by a desire for domination.”
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What U.S. military Pilots Are Trained to Do if Shot Down
American military pilots are trained in a set of principles called Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape to prepare for the possibility of being shot down in hostile territory.
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Kuwait Blames Iran for Attack on Power and Desalination Plants
Smoke rising from Kuwait’s international airport after a reported drone strike on Wednesday.
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How Do You Count 1.4 Billion People? India Is Trying.
An official assisting a woman with her online census entry on Wednesday at a center in Srinagar, part of Indian-administered Kashmir.
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At War With Iran Again, Some Israelis Fear Conflict Is Becoming Routine
Residents standing near their building, which was damaged in a missile strike, in Tel Aviv last month.
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Could There Be a Popular Uprising in Cuba?
A screen grab from a social media post showing protesters outside the Communist Party headquarters in the Cuban city of Morón in March.
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Myanmar Junta Chief Ascends to President, Five Years After Coup
Myanmar’s military ruler, Min Aung Hlaing, after casting hist vote in Naypyidaw, the capital, in December. He was elected president on Friday by the country’s rubber-stamp Parliament.
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Cosmopolitan Shanghai Is an Uneasy Fit in China’s Narrative of Western Sins
The Shanghai History Museum, housed in the former Shanghai Race Club.
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Pepsi Drops Sponsorship of Wireless Festival Headlined by Kanye West
Iran War Live Updates: As Trump’s New Ultimatum Looms, Tehran Vows to Step Up Attacks