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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In Syria, Kidnappings of Women and Girls Fuel a Minority Group’s Fears
A 16-year-old girl who said she was kidnapped and raped, and later found out she was pregnant.
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Rima Hassan Is Charged With Glorifying Terrorism Online in Social Media Post
Rima Hassan, center, and her lawyer Vincent Brengarth, left, after a hearing in Paris on Friday.
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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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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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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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In a Muzzled Russia, He Still Speaks His Mind
Dmitri A. Muratov at his office at Novaya Gazeta in Moscow in December.
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Pope Leo Returns to Tradition, Washing Priests’ Feet
Pope Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of Roman priests on Thursday at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.
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After Sting Operation, Cousin of Bashar al-Assad Convicted in Arms for Drugs Deal
A defaced billboard of former Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, in Aleppo, last year.
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Russia Is Sending a Second Oil Tanker to Fuel-Starved Cuba
The Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin arriving in Matanzas Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday.
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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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Here’s the latest.
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Cuba Says It Is Pardoning More Than 2,000 Prisoners
Havana in January. The Cuban Embassy in Washington described the latest pardons as a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture.”
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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday
Workers inspecting the damage from a strike by Iran on Petah Tikva, Israel, on Thursday.
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Macron Voices Europe’s Frustration With Trump’s Handling of Iran War
President Emmanuel Macron of France in Seoul on Thursday. Addressing President Trump’s verbal attacks against NATO, he said, “If you create doubt every day about your commitment, you hollow it out.”
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A Bid to Use Force to Open Strait of Hormuz Hits Roadblocks at U.N. Security Council
Cargo ships sailing through the Persian Gulf and toward the Strait of Hormuz last month. Traffic through the Strait has slowed drastically since the start of the war.
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Trump Hails Strike on Iranian Bridge, Warning ‘More to Follow’
President Trump at the Oval Office on Tuesday. Mr. Trump celebrated a strike on a bridge between Tehran and Karaj, Iran, in a social media post on Thursday.
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Trump’s Cuts Have Eviscerated Once-Bipartisan Foreign Aid Programs
Rohingya refugees after crossing into Bangladesh fleeing violence in 2017.
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Liamine Zeroual, Algerian President During Bloody Civil War, Dies at 84
Liamine Zeroual campaigning for the Algerian presidency in 1995. Once in office, he appeared unable or unwilling to stop the spiraling violence pitting Islamist insurgents against government forces.
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Iran Says It Will Oversee Strait of Hormuz Traffic, Even in Peacetime
A tanker anchored off the coast of Muscat, Oman, last month. At its narrowest, the Strait of Hormuz sits entirely within the territorial waters of Oman and Iran.
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Legal experts express concerns over ‘violations of international law’ in the war.
The aftermath of an airstrike in Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Monday.
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War With Iran Clarifies Trump’s Spending Priorities: The Military, Not Child Care
A building in Tehran damaged by airstrikes. This week, President Trump said: “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all of these individual things, they can do it on a state basis.”
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Danish Warship Sunk by Britain’s Lord Nelson 225 Years Ago Is Found
Morten Johansen, head of maritime archaeology at Denmark’s Viking Ship Museum, showing an insignia recovered from the wreckage of the Dannebroge, in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
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Storm Dave Cometh. But Why Is It Called That?
Storm Bram brought heavy rain and high winds in Carnlough, Northern Ireland, in December 2025. Storm Dave is headed to the United Kingdom this weekend.
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Ancient Artifacts Stolen in Dutch Museum Heist Are Recovered
The recovered golden helmet of Cotofenesti and two gold bracelets on display in the Netherlands on Thursday.
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U.K. to Host Talks on Securing Strait of Hormuz
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper of Britain, center, hosted a virtual meeting of foreign ministers on Thursday to discuss fallout from the Iran war.
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Macron Snaps Back at Trump, Reflecting Europe’s Growing Anger Over Iran
President Emmanuel Macron of France and President Trump meeting during the United Nations General Assembly last year.
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Iranian officials come out defiant after Trump’s war speech.
The funeral of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy commander in Tehran, on Wednesday.
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Volunteers in Helicopter Rescue Hiker’s Dog After a Week in the Wilderness
A rescuer carrying Molly, the dog on the right, away from a remote waterfall on the Arahura River on the South Island of New Zealand, where she was found on Tuesday, a week after being separated from her owner.
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Every Trump Threat to Abandon NATO Hollows It Out
U.S. soldiers in a military exercise with NATO members in Romania in June. The U.S. secretary of state has warned that relations with NATO will need to be re-examined.
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Lost Friendships, Broken Relationships: How the War in Iran Is Dividing the Diaspora
Osveh Varastegan, who left Iran in 2020, at the gym where she works as a personal trainer in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Europe Pushes for a Gentler Internet for Children
Stéphanie Mistre, whose daughter, Marie Le Tiec, ended her life in 2021 at age 15, has become an activist for children’s online safety.
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Here’s the latest.
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5 Takeaways From Trump’s Speech on Iran
President Trump giving a prime-time address from the White House on Wednesday.
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U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Venezuela’s New Leader, Delcy Rodríguez
The Trump administration removed Delcy Rodríguez, the acting president of Venezuela, from its sanctions list on Wednesday.
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What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Wednesday.
The aftermath of a deadly airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday.
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In Speech, Trump Is Expected to Call Iran War a Success
President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday. He has given contradictory statements about his goals and endgame for the war.
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Trump Initially Laid Out Five Goals for the Iran War. Here’s Where They Stand.
A new mural in Valiasr Square in Tehran on Wednesday. A large number of Iran’s ballistic missiles and launchers remain undamaged after a month of airstrikes by the United States and Israel.
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Iran Is Skeptical About Diplomacy, U.S. Intelligence Says
Multiple U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that the Iranian government is not, for now, willing to engage in serious negotiations over ending the war.
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Stephen Lewis, Leftist Canadian Politician and AIDS Activist, Dies at 88
Stephen Lewis, left, in 2003, when he was a special United Nations envoy charged with overseeing anti-AIDS efforts in Africa.
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Evacuated From War-Torn Gaza, 11 Toddlers Return Home to Hugs and Tears
Sondos al-Kurd with her daughter, Bisan, 2, after they were reunited in Gaza on Tuesday.
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Iran’s President Suggests Diplomatic Engagement Possible in Letter to U.S. Public
Iraqi Kidnappers of Journalist Shelly Kittleson Offer to Negotiate
Iran War Live Updates: American Rescued, Search for 2nd Underway, From Downed Jet
The Race for the Future of the Moon
Trump Says He’ll End the Iran War in Weeks. What If He Can’t?
Trump’s Endgame in Iran?