A Cease-Fire for Now in Iran, but a Blow to American Credibility
Iranian demonstrators burning a U.S. flag in Tehran on Wednesday after the announcement of a two-week cease-fire.
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What to Know About the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire
Pro-government demonstrators in Tehran early on Wednesday, after the cease-fire was announced.
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No, Britain Is Not Having a Christian Revival
Churches like the St. Nicholas in Pluckley were once the beating heart of every British village, but have declined in number.
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Greece Plans to Block Social Media for Children Under 15
Children checking their tablets and smartphones at a summer camp in Agios Andreas, Greece, last year.
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He Got Rich Buying and Selling Luxury Watches. Was It a Ponzi Scheme?
Luxury watches bought from a business called the WatchFund.
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Canada’s Mark Carney Poised to Secure Liberal Party Majority After Gladu’s Defection
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada during a visit to Norway last month.
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Even as They Praise Iran Cease-Fire, World Leaders Are Whipsawed by Trump
President Trump addresses the media at the White House on Monday.
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‘I Love Viktor’: Trump and Vance Cheer on Orban in Hungarian Race
Vice President JD Vance, right, and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary at a rally in Budapest on Tuesday.
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China Pressed Iran Toward Cease-Fire, Iranian Officials Say
Beijing backed Iran in vetoing a Security Council resolution to open the Strait of Hormuz, at the United Nations on Tuesday.
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Ukraine Ramps Up Attacks on Russian Oil, Aiming to Curb Iran War Windfall
A satellite near-infrared image shows smoke rising from Russia’s Baltic port of Ust-Luga after a Ukrainian attack late last month.
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Kanye West ‘Should Never Have Been Invited,’ Starmer Says After Barring Rapper From UK
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking during a news conference at Downing Street in London, last week.
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He Made a Gadget to Amuse Pets. Then He Turned to Killer Drones.
An engineer preparing an Odd Systems first-person-view drone for a test flight in Ukraine.
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In Germany’s East, the Far Right Could Soon Take Power. This Is Its Plan.
Supporters of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party at the party’s election campaign launch in Halle, Germany, in January of last year,
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Lebanon Mourns After Israeli Barrage Kills at Least 182 People
Rescue workers at the site of an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday.
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Disagreement Over Lebanon’s Inclusion in Cease-Fire Threatens to Unravel It
The skies in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, were smoky in the aftermath of multiple airstrikes by Israel on Wednesday.
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Trump Finds Himself With Fragile Iran Cease-Fire After the Scramble to Make a Deal
President Trump’s efforts to circumvent the reality on the ground in the Middle East and move into a peace process have been hampered by an adversary that continues to hold leverage.
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Vance Says Lebanon Was Never Part of U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Deal
Vice President JD Vance speaking to reporters in Budapest, on Wednesday.
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White House Knew About Pakistan’s Cease-Fire Post on X Before It Was Sent
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan at the White House to meet President Trump in September.
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White House Secures Foreign Steel for Trump’s Ballroom Project
The construction site for the new White House ballroom last month.
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A Shaky Truce
A pro-government demonstration in Tehran yesterday.
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How War in the Middle East Paralyzed an Asian Food Giant
A boat transporting newly harvested rice in My Thanh Ward, Dong Thap Province, Vietnam, in late March.
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Has Trump Met His War Goals in Iran?
President Trump announced Wednesday he would move forward with diplomacy during a tenuous two-week cease-fire with Iran.
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Uncertainty Clouds Cease-Fire as Lebanon and Gulf States Are Struck
Iranians celebrating the cease-fire in Tehran on Wednesday.
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For Trump, Resuming Combat in Iran Would Be Risky, Even if Cease-Fire Expires
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday declared that the Iranians had been “humiliated and demoralized.”
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Freed French Citizens Return From Iran: ‘We Were State Hostages’
Jacques Paris and Cécile Kohler outside the Élysée Palace in Paris on Wednesday. Ms. Kohler said they went through “daily horror” in Evin prison, a notorious facility in Tehran.
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What Is In Iran’s 10-Point Proposal, and How Does It Compare to U.S. Demands?
Iran’s 10-point peace plan presented to American officials included reparations for the damage it has suffered in the war.
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What Trump Has Accomplished in Iran After 5 Weeks of War
President Trump went to war with Iran pledging to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons.
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Hegseth Demands Iran Turn Over Uranium Stockpiles
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, held a news conference at the Pentagon on Wednesday, hours into a cease-fire between the United States and Iran.
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World leaders welcome the Iran cease-fire but want the Strait of Hormuz opened soon.
Pro-government demonstrators in Iran react to the announcement of the cease-fire on Wednesday.
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How Pakistan Became Key Mediator Between U.S. and Iran
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan with President Trump at a summit in Egypt last year.
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Cease-Fire Leaves Questions Over Fate of Iran’s Uranium
President Trump has said that the United States keeps Iran’s nuclear sites under “intense satellite surveillance” and would strike them again if Iran moved to extract the enriched uranium.
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War Decimated Iran’s Leadership and Pushed Up a New Generation
A funeral ceremony for Alireza Tangsiri, the head of the navy for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and others killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, earlier this month.
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Iran Cease-Fire Does Little to Convince Netanyahu’s Critics in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing elections before the end of October, has much riding on how Israelis perceive the outcome of the war.
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Delta Expects Strong Profit Despite Higher Fuel Costs
Delta Air Lines said it expected to earn a profit of about $1 billion, before taxes, in the quarter ending in June.
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Gulf Nations Face New Reality, Whether Cease-Fire Holds or Not
Smoke rising from Dubai’s international airport after an attack last month.
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Israel Says Iran Cease-Fire Does Not Extend to Lebanon and Continues Strikes
Damage in a neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli strike on Sunday.
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How China Built Its Vast Natural Gas Stockpile
China’s natural gas stockpiles — the world’s largest above ground — helped the country cushion the shock from the war in the Middle East.
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Hours Before News of Cease-Fire, Pope Leo XIV Issues Strong Rebuke of Trump
Pope Leo XIV condemned President Trump’s threats against Iran on Tuesday.
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Iran War Timeline: Key Moments and Attacks In U.S. and Israel’s Campaign
Smoke rises from an explosion in Tehran on Feb. 28, the first day of the war.
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Trump’s Iran Threats Look Like Self-Incrimination for Potential War Crimes
President Trump addressing reporters in a briefing on Monday at the White House, before his latest threat. Asked then whether he was concerned that the attacks he has threatened could amount to war crimes, Mr. Trump said: “No, I’m not.”
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An 11th-Hour Deal
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Democrats Condemn Trump’s Iran Threats as Some Call for His Removal Via 25th Amendment
Representative Joaquin Castro, Democrat of Texas, called on President Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove him from office.
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Trump Says He Has Agreed to a 2-Week Cease-Fire With Iran
Iranians gathered on Tuesday for a 40th-day memorial for schoolchildren killed by a U.S. airstrike.
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Some Republicans Vent Concern as Party Backs Trump’s Iran Threat
Senator Ron Johnson said President Trump would lose support if the U.S. military destroyed civilian infrastructure in Iran.
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As Deadline Nears, Confusion Over U.S.-Iran Talks Swirls Worldwide
President Trump set an 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump’s Threat to Wipe Out a ‘Whole Civilization’ Appalls Some Conservatives
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin pushed back against President Trump’s threats against Iran.
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Man Is Arrested in Bahamas Days After Michigan Woman Goes Missing
Is Strait of Hormuz Open Again? Maybe, but Few Ships Are Using It.
Russia and China Veto Proposed U.N. Resolution to Open the Strait of Hormuz
Iran War Live Updates: Israeli Strikes in Lebanon Threaten Shaky U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire
Gas Prices Won’t Quickly Return to Prewar Levels, Even if the Strait of Hormuz Reopens
Pakistan Says It Hit a Military Target. Investigations Suggest It Was a Rehab Center.
I.U.C.N. Red List Moves Emperor Penguins to “Endangered”
The Hit Erotica Writers Outwitting Nigeria’s Religious Censors
After Cease-Fire, Iranians Are Left to Pick Up the Pieces