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Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Steps Up Attacks in Strait as Energy Fears Unsettle Markets

On a Holiday of Renewal, Iranians Are Mourning and Fearful

Trump Organization Eyes Transylvania Golf Course Deal

The Trump Organization is considering a real estate project in Romania that would be near a landfill and a makeshift settlement known as Pata Rat.

Seeking to Rely Less on China, U.S. Pushes a Rare Earths Partnership on a Reluctant Brazil

A mine operated by Serra Verde Mining in Goiás state, Brazil, in July.

A Diary of War From an Unlikely Author: the Son of Iran’s President

A photo released by Iranian state media shows President Masoud Pezeshkian, center, with his son Yousef Pezeshkian, in blue jacket, in Tehran last month, before the war began.

U.S. Asked to Keep Military Planes in Sri Lanka Before Iran Airstrikes

A U.S. Air Force bomber jet in southwest England this month.

Hamas Considering Disarmament Plan From Trump’s Board of Peace, Officials Say

Hamas fighters in Nuseirat, Gaza, in February last year.

Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland

According to a report in Danish public media, Nuuk Airport in Greenland was one of two airports that the Danish military was planning to disable in the event of a U.S. invasion.

BTS Leans Into Korean History With ‘Arirang.’ Here Are the Major References.

Trucks promoting the BTS comeback concert passing by the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, on Thursday. The group performs at the square on Saturday.

Iran War Fallout: Southeast Asia Hard Hit by Skyrocketing Fuel Prices

Fishermen on their boats while docked and unable to go out to sea due to diesel shortages and high prices, in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, on Monday.

A Meningitis Outbreak at the University of Kent Evokes Covid Memories

Lining up for vaccines at the University of Kent in southeastern England on Wednesday. Two people have died and at least 29 others are believed to have been infected in the meningitis outbreak.

Lukashenko Jailed Her in Belarus, but She Wants the World to Talk to Him

Maria Kalesnikava with her flute this week in Berlin, where she now lives in exile.

Iran War Underscores the Diverging Aims of Trump and Netanyahu

Refineries serving the South Pars gas field in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2019. The facilities, which process most of Iran’s natural gas for domestic consumption, were damaged in an attack on Wednesday.

Using Charm and Restraint, Japan’s Leader Mostly Avoids Trump’s Wrath

Ms. Takaichi and President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima Survivor Photographed With Obama, Dies at 88

Shigeaki Mori with President Barack Obama in 2016. The first American president to visit Hiroshima, Mr. Obama paid tribute to Mr. Mori, “a man who sought out families of Americans killed here, because he believed their loss was equal to his own.”

Administration Bypasses Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan

Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that “an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale” of weapons to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan, according to his department.

Iran’s New Supreme Leader Issues a Statement but Remains Unseen

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his father as Iran’s supreme leader earlier this month but has not appeared in public or on video since then.

U.S. Dispatches Marines and Warships to Middle East

A Marine Expeditionary Unit during training in Okinawa, Japan, last year. The unit is deployed in the Middle East.

NATO Withdraws Its Last Military Trainers From Iraq

Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, NATO’s top commander, speaks during an armed services hearing, in March.

War-Weary Lebanon Marks Eid With Muted Celebration

In Photos: The War in Ukraine, After 4 Years

A soldier who was thought to be dead after an identification mix-up visiting the site of his own grave in the Lviv region of western Ukraine in March.

Iran Executes 3 Men, Including Teenage Wrestler Saleh Mohammadi

Demonstrators in Tehran, in January. Protests triggered by soaring inflation and the collapse of the rial later expanded into broader demands for political change in Iran.

What To Know About the BTS Comeback Concert Streaming Live on Netflix

A screen near Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Thursday promoting the BTS comeback concert.

New Data Shows Where ICE Has Been Most Active This Year

How Geopolitics Threaten K-Pop’s Ambitions in China

Shotaro, third left, at a Riize concert in Austin, Texas, last year.

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How Japan Reacted to Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke

President Trump met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Oil Prices Hold Steady as Global Stocks Nudge Lower

Spain Says the Sun Shields It From Rising Gas Costs. Is That True?

Sheep grazing on a pasture next to solar panels, following a major blackout on the Iberian Peninsula, in the village of Hostalric, near Girona, Spain, last year.

How the Iran War Narrowed Flight Corridors Between Europe and Asia

Planes parked at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, as airspace closures across the Middle East disrupted flight routes.

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday

An oil refinery on Thursday in Haifa, Israel, that was damaged in an attack.

On Joe Rogan, Pierre Poilievre Talks Trump, Canada Tariffs and Bruce Lee

Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative party, sat for a two-and-a-half-hour interview with Joe Rogan that was released on Thursday.

Is Russian Fuel Headed for Cuba, Testing the U.S. Blockade?

Patriarch Ilia II, a Spiritual Symbol of Stability in Georgia, Dies at 93

Patriarch Ilia II before a Christmas service in Tblisi, Georgia’s capital, in January 2008. He provided a sense of continuity and stability during tense periods in the country after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Trump Says He Won’t Send Troops to Iran but Leaves Wiggle Room

President Trump at the White House on Thursday.

Trump Administration Faces Public Jitters as Oil Prices Surge Amid Iran War

Trails and lights from missile defense interceptors are seen in the sky on Thursday, as excess gas is burned at an oil refinery in the northern Israel city of Haifa.

The Downfall of a Food Icon

Trump’s Complaint About Israeli Strike on Gas Field Exposes Divergent Strategies

President Trump has been trying to preserve Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure and keep the country from retaliating at energy facilities throughout the Persian Gulf.

‘Africa Will Write Its Own History.’ Who Was Patrice Lumumba?

Patrice Lumumba in New York in July 1960. He helped liberate Congo from brutal Belgian rule in 1960 and became the nation’s first prime minister after independence.

U.S. Lifts Fertilizer Sanctions on Belarus as Iran War Causes Price Surge

Train cars carrying fertilizer ingredients from a Belarus factory in 2021. As global fertilizer prices soar, the U.S. has lifted sanctions on Belarus fertilizer products in exchange for the freeing of 250 political prisoners.

Jerusalem’s Old City sustains some damage after being largely spared in years of fighting.

A roof was damaged by debris in East Jerusalem.

Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan’s Prime Minister

U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles Iran

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the sanctions exemption would apply to about 140 million barrels of Iranian oil that were currently at sea.

Death of University of Alabama Student in Barcelona Was Likely an Accident, Police Say

U.K. Advisers Sent to U.S. to Help Develop Options to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said opening the Strait of Hormuz was “not a simple task.”

Israeli Officials Said U.S. Was Told About South Pars Attack

Refineries at the South Pars gas field in 2019.

European leaders seek a de-escalation of attacks.

President Emmanuel Macron of France with Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany in Brussels, on Thursday.

Father of a Palestinian woman killed with three others during a missile attack expresses shock.

A funeral on Thursday for one of the women killed in the occupied West Bank.

Pentagon Seeks Additional $200 Billion to Fund Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaking to reporters on Thursday.

Why Iran’s Attack on an Energy Hub in Qatar Spooked Investors

Qatar blamed Iran for an attack that damaged the Ras Laffan terminal, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas facility.

Mapping two days of attacks on Gulf energy sites.

2 Men Charged With Spying for Iran on Jewish Institutions in UK

The entrance of the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London, which is more than 300 years old.

Saudi Official Warns Patience Is Limited as Iranian Attacks Barrage Kingdom

“We will not shy away from protecting our country and our economic resources,” the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, said on Thursday.

Trump and Iran Dominate the Agenda as Europe’s Leaders Meet. Here Are 4 Things to Know.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Thursday. During their talks, E.U. leaders focused in part on escalating fuel prices.

How Japan’s Leader Sanae Takaichi Found Her Voice in D.C. Decades Ago

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Trump Says U.S. and Qatar Not Involved in Strike on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field

President Trump said that Israel had “violently lashed out” at Iran’s South Pars gas field, hitting a “relatively small section” of the site.

The Soldier Who Came Back From the Dead

Nazar Daletskyi at his own grave in the village of Velykyi Doroshiv in western Ukraine on Sunday.

The Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data

A car crushed under a downed tree after strong winds in Montreal, Canada, on Tuesday.

How Immigration Became an Issue in Argentina

Pedestrians and clients walk through an Andean market in the Liniers section of Buenos Aires in February. The neighborhood is an immigrant hub.

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