Iran War Live Updates: Saudis Form Military Alliance to Protect Red Sea Shipping
A vessel near the Hanish Islands in the Red Sea. The waterway is important for international trade.
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NATO Says Russian Missile Hit Poland During Ukraine Attack
Emergency services on Thursday at the site where an object landed near Lublin, Poland.
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Cuba to Trump: We’re Open for Business
Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, in the Fidel Castro museum in Havana.
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As China’s A.I. Gets Stronger, It Poses New Risks to Beijing
The Chinese leader Xi Jinping opening the World A.I. Conference in Shanghai, China, in July. Even as China supports openness in A.I., it needs to “constantly refine measures to forestall loss of control,” he said.
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Saudi Arabia Aims to Deter Red Sea Attacks With New Coalition
A container ship in the Red Sea off Yemen on Monday. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have declared a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia.
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Russia Strikes Ukraine With Missiles and Drones, Killing at Least 8
In Lviv, western Ukraine, on Thursday morning, at the site of a Russian missile strike. The overnight attack pushed Russia’s use of ballistic missiles to a new monthly record.
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Japan Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 34
Rescue efforts in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday.
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Wildfire in Suffolk, UK, Breaks Out a Few Miles From Nuclear Power Station
A drone view of smoke from a wildfire on Thursday on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, England.
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Pope Leo Says He Hopes to Visit U.S. Within ‘Next Couple of Years’
Pope Leo XIV at a meeting southwest of Rome on Wednesday.
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U.S. Aircraft Carrier Makes a Rare Port Call in Vietnam
The U.S.S. George Washington arriving at the port in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Thursday.
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As Wildfires Plague Europe, Scotland Races to Save a Cherished National Park
Land charred by the Cairngorm wildfire in Aviemore, Scotland, on Tuesday.
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U.S.-Saudi Attack on Iraqi Militias Risks Drawing Them into War
Mourners carried a coffin draped in the Iranian flag during a funeral for those killed in airstrikes on bases belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, in Mosul on Wednesday
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Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate
Firefighters using controlled burns to stop the spread of wildfires near Madrid on Tuesday.
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Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time
Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in June.
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State Department Map Mislabels African Countries at AIDS Conference
A map presented by the State Department at AIDS 2026, a conference in Brazil this week.
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Former Officials Protest U.S. Plan to Defund Pan American Health Organization
The Pan American Health Organization headquarters in Washington. The United States owes nearly $135 million in overdue fees to the organization.
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Attack on Egyptian Port Shows Suez Canal’s Vulnerability
Ships in the Suez Canal last year. About 10 percent of seaborne trade goes through the waterway, according to the Suez Canal Authority.
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China, Its Economy Stumbling, Signals Only Cautious Support
Production at a factory in Ninghai, China, in July.
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Mistaken Username Sent Man to Prison for 18 Months, Court Finds
The Nova Scotia provincial flag. Prosecutors in Nova Scotia acknowledged the conviction had been flawed.
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How to Watch Two Summer Meteor Showers Peak On the Same Night
Hoping to catch these two meteor showers at their most active? Astronomers suggest not using telescopes or binoculars, which could limit the field of view.
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How Climate Change and Tariffs Help China Raise More Cattle
A herder taking her cows to graze in mountain pastures in northern China’s Hebei Province.
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New Strikes Engulf More Countries in the Iran War
Mourners carried coffins, draped in the Iranian and Iraqi flags, for those killed in U.S.-Saudi airstrikes on Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of predominantly Shiite militias that includes Iran-backed groups, in Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday.
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Two Tankers Hit in Apparent Drone Strike in Egypt
The Damietta Port in Egypt. Two vessels, including one owned by the United States, caught fire on Wednesday at the port, which is near the Suez Canal.
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What to Know About Iraq’s Militias
Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces march during a funeral in Baghdad last March for members killed in airstrikes that month.
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Saudi Arabia’s Strikes in Iraq Mark Entry Into U.S.-Iran War.
Security forces and emergency personnel work at the site of U.S.-Saudi strikes in Iraq’s Diyala province on Wednesday
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Canada’s Answer to Trump’s Tariffs: More Energy Deals With Europe
L.N.G. Canada’s export facility on Canada’s Pacific Coast in Kitimat, British Columbia.
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St. Mary’s, Newfoundland, Will No Longer Reek of Rotten Fish Sauce
The process of draining and removing decades-old fish sauce has begun in Newfoundland.
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As Trump Squeezes Cuba, He Plans to Send Cuban Deportees to Uruguay
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States had many concerns about Cuba, which is 90 miles from Florida, including “the threat of mass migration.”
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Hezbollah Attacks Strategic Area in Southern Lebanon, Israel Says
Smoke rises from the site of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the forest area of Ali Al-Taher in June.
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Israel Strikes Mosque in Gaza City
Palestinians inspect a mosque bombed by Israel in Gaza City on Tuesday.
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BTS Won’t Enter Music From Comeback Album for Grammy Awards
BTS performing at the halftime show of the soccer World Cup final this month in East Rutherford, N.J.
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Russia Charges Telegram’s Founder Pavel Durov With Facilitating Terrorism
Pavel Durov, left, founder of Telegram, in Paris in 2025. The Kremlin has used various methods to try to restrict access to Telegram in Russia.
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Wildfires Slow in France and Spain, but Worse May Be Ahead
Un bombero descansando cerca de Lanton, Francia, el martes
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The Cuban Throwing Parties to Fight for Political Change
David González, 29, runs El Proyecto in Havana.
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What to Know About Project Sunrise, a 22-Hour Nonstop Flight Between London and Sydney
An Airbus test flight operated by Qantas landing in Toulouse, France, on Tuesday.
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Moroccan Man’s Death While Restrained by Police Reverberates Across Italy
Protesters kneeling in front of a police line, following the death of Abderrahim Fakir in Bologna, Italy, last week.
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Some Jordanians Dare to Speak Out Against U.S. Troop Presence
A satellite image from February shows military planes at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Al-Azraq, where U.S. troops were killed in July.
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Amid Myanmar’s Civil War, the Rich Seek Parties and ‘Positive Vibes Only’
A D.J. performing at the Pioneer Plus nightclub in Yangon, Myanmar, last Christmas.
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After Large Earthquake, Japan ‘Races Against Time’ to Reach People Trapped
Rescuers working at a collapsed house in Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
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Houthis Claim Strike on Another Saudi Oil Tanker
A vessel transits the Bab el-Mandab Strait off the coast of southern Yemen, this month.
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Iran Hangs Protesters as Executions Surge, Rights Groups Say
Government protesters in Tehran in January.
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What to Know About the Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southwest Japan on Tuesday, causing fires, damaging historic structures and killing dozens.
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Wildfires in Greece Kill 3 Firefighters as Blazes Still Burn in France and Spain
Civilians Battle Wildfire Threatening Bordeaux
Apple’s Siri Got an A.I. Brain Transplant. Try These 5 Prompts to Get Acclimated.
The Summer That Broke Europe
Some Northern Ireland Loyalists Embrace an Anti-Immigrant Ideology
How Cubans Are Surviving