Trump, With Limited Options in Iran, Tries Economic Pressure — Again
People walking on a sidewalk near the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran last month.
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Ukraine’s Ex-Defense Minister Calls for Election, Cementing Break With Zelensky
Mykhailo Fedorov in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month. He did not immediately put himself forward as a candidate to succeed President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Trump and Canada’s Carney Seem to Make Progress on a Tariff Deal, but Questions Linger
Vehicles parked outside of a General Motors assembly plant on Wednesday in Oshawa, Ontario.
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U.A.E. Announces Halt to Trade With Iran Amid Trump’s Push To Isolate Tehran
A vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates earlier this month.
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Israel Opens Criminal Investigation Into Killings of Hind Rajab and Gaza Medical Workers
A car where the bodies of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl, and her family were found in Gaza City after an Israeli strike in 2024.
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North Korean Official Dismisses Reduced Drills Between US and South Korea
South Korean soldiers took part in a drill at a hotel in Seoul on Wednesday on the sidelines of a major joint military exercise with the United States named Ulchi Freedom Shield.
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Trump Pauses 50 Percent Tariffs on Canada and Claims Deal Is Near
Trucks passing over the Peace Bridge between Canada and the United States on Tuesday.
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After Youth Outcry, Vietnam Says Former Official Caused Fatal Crash at Tree 55
Flowers at the site of a crash that killed an 18-year-old student last year in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Erin Patterson, Woman Convicted in Australia’s Mushroom Murder Case, Appeals
Erin Patterson leaving court in Melbourne, Australia, last year.
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Chinese Comic Investigated After Singing a Riff of a Patriotic Song
Guo Degang performing cross talk in Beijing in 2011. The comedy genre, also known as xiangsheng, mixes scripted and improvised sketches.
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In Italy, a Beach Club Run by Nuns Is in Jeopardy
An aerial view in 2023 of beach clubs on the Spotorno coastline in Italy, along the Ligurian Sea.
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Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral is Revived After Russian Drone Strike
Nadiia Fesenko mopped the floor of the Dormition Cathedral, one of the main cathedrals of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra preserve, after it was struck by a Russian drone several weeks prior, in Kyiv, in July.
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How the Iran War Made Africa’s Richest Man Even Richer
Aliko Dangote at his refinery office in Lagos, Nigeria, in January.
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In a Faltering Chinese Economy, Working-Class Stories Strike a Chord
Hu Anyan’s memoir, “I Deliver Parcels in Beijing,” became a best seller in China and was later translated into English. It is a diaristic account of the 19 jobs he held over two decades across China.
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Harry and Meghan Will Move Back to Britain After 6 Years in U.S.
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in London in 2020.
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Trump vs. the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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More Than 100 Dead in Central African Republic Gold Mine Collapse
A gold mine in Bambari, Central African Republic, in 2014. Thousands of people across many African countries work in what is known as artisanal and small-scale mining.
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Queen Camilla Says It Was ‘Difficult’ to Keep Charles’s Cancer a Secret
Queen Camilla in 2024, visiting a London support center run by Maggie’s, a cancer charity where she serves as president.
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Deadly Israeli Strike on Gaza Raises Doubts About Trump Peace Plan
Palestinians mourned loved ones at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday after a cafe near the Gaza port was attacked.
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How Israel’s Financial Chokehold Is Stifling the West Bank Economy
Montaser Amro, left, and his brother inspecting a box of unpaid bills at his supermarket in Majd, West Bank. Mr. Amro said that his customers owed him around $155,000 and that he was struggling to pay suppliers.
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At Ex-Premier Zhu Rongji’s Funeral, China’s Past Shadows Its Present
The Chinese flag flying at half-staff at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Tuesday for the former premier Zhu Rongji.
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Six Years in Provence: An Ancient Castle and a Feud Over a Troublesome Bridge
The closure of a main road under a bridge in Ansouis, France, has pitted the mayor against the owners of a castle who rely on the bridge to reach their home.
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A Mother’s Quest to Rescue Her Son From Russian-Occupied Ukraine
Liliia Prutian, 55, a military medic and a former POW, who spent more than 2 years in Russian captivity, at a rehabilition center Lisova Poliana in Kyiv region, Ukraine, in February.
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1 Dead After Student Livestreams School Shooting in the Philippines
The shooting took place around 8 a.m. local time in the junior high school building of Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
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Chocó, Colombia, Faces Deeper Hardship After an Earthquake
Soldiers and volunteers offloading aid supplies from a helicopter San José del Palmar, Colombia, a remote town close to the earthquake’s epicenter.
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Carney and Trump Talk Again as Deadline Nears on New U.S. Tariffs
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, on the day after it opened last month. President Trump had threatened to block the bridge’s opening.
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Zambia Says President Won Re-election After Tumultuous Campaign
President Hakainde Hichilema, center, running for re-election, after voting in Lusaka, Zambia, last week.
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Barred From Ballot, a Party Becomes a Vessel for Russians’ Discontent
Nikolai Rybakov during an appeal of his party’s disqualification before the Russian Supreme Court on Monday.
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Houthis Claim Strike on Saudi Vessel as Red Sea Violence Escalates
Flames and smoke rising from the port of Mokha in Yemen on Friday. The Houthis have bombarded the city with drones and missiles n recent weeks.
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American Hiker Dies After Lightning Strike on Mount Etna in Italy
Volcanic activity at Mount Etna as seen from Mareneve near Catania in Italy last week. Italian authorities say a 29-year-old American hiker was killed by lightning while hiking on Europe’s most active volcano.
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Andy Burnham, UK Prime Minister, Exchanged Texts With Someone Posing as Trump’s Chief of Staff
Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain speaking in London this month. An official said Mr. Burnham had exchanged a few messages of no significance with an impersonator.
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Kushner Meets Netanyahu in Israel in Effort to Break Logjam Over Gaza
Jared Kushner speaking about the Board of Peace, an organization backed by the Trump administration to end the war in Gaza, during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January.
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How Ukraine’s Satellites Help Drive Its War Drones
A Ukrainian soldier preparing a drone for a strike on a Russian target in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine last month.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Intention to Keep Country on a War Footing
A rally in Tehran in April, with posters of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The ayatollah has not been seen in public since being named supreme leader of Iran.
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U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War
People in Tehran, Iran, last month. Iranians are coping with severe economic strain from six months of war.
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‘Posh George,’ the Convicted Fraudster in Nigel Farage’s Inner Circle
Nigel Farage and George Cottrell in Brussels in 2020, as the European Parliament ratified the terms of Brexit, which both men campaigned for.
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China Wants Its Data to Power the World’s A.I.
A Google booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last month. China wants a greater voice in the development of A.I. chatbots.
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea
In his post on Sunday, President Trump did not mention a rift in relations with North Korea in 2017, when Kim Jong Un called him a “mentally deranged dotard.”
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Liechtenstein Changes Its Law to Allow Women to Ascend the Throne
Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, arriving at the country’s National Day celebrations in Vaduz, the capital, on Saturday.
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No Way Out
Roberto Mosquera is being held in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini.
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As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones
Ships anchored this month in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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How a Ukrainian Bank Worker Came to Face Life in a Russian Prison
Artem Murdid during a trip with friends to a beach on the Sea of Azov in the Zaporizhzhia region in 2019. He says he was tortured into confessing to Russian terrorism charges.
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on August 2026
Trump’s Other Hold on the Americas: The Visa
The State Department overseen by Marco Rubio has restored the visas of political figures in Central America once penalized by the U.S. government and has revoked visas for others.
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Cholera Outbreak Sickens Over 90 in Myanmar’s Biggest City
The emergency department of Yangon General Hospital on Friday.
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on August 2026
After Women in India Joined Protests, Online Harassment Followed
Rhiya Ahir has suffered constant online abuse from trolls after an image of her at a protest in Mumbai last month went viral.
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on August 2026
Kushner Meets With Hamas to Advance Trump’s Gaza Plan
A Shooting at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto Exposes a Neighborhood’s Guns-for-Hire Network
Israel Strikes Air Base in Syria, Drawing Ire From the U.S.
Childhood Friends, Adopted From India, Discover They’re Sisters
After the Earthquakes
Trump’s Overture to North Korea Strains Alliance With the South
Art Heist: 4 Antonello da Messina Paintings Stolen From Sicily
With Priests Scarce in Rural Italy, an African Pastor Is Filling the Void