Iran Journey Reveals Society’s Wartime Defiance and Hope
A portrait of a defiant Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looms over Tehran streets.
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India’s Education Minister Steps Down in Victory for Cockroach Party Protesters
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, in New Delhi on Saturday celebrating the resignation of India’s education minister.
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Colombia’s Trump-Endorsed President-Elect Was Once Investigated by U.S. Authorities
The Colombian president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella with a sign for his political movement, Defenders of the Homeland.
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on July 2026
Bus Collision in Syria Kills 35, Health Ministry Says
A photo released by the Syria Civil Defense rescue service on Sunday showing the site of an accident involving two buses.
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on July 2026
What to Know About the Wildfires Raging in Western Europe
Firefighters in Lège-Cap-Ferret, France, west of Bordeaux, on Friday.
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What’s Left of the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Agreement
A mural commemorating Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran. Since a deal between the United States and Iran was signed last month, nearly all of its provisions have been violated.
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Who Are the People Protesting in India?
People shouting anti-government slogans gathered near the protest site at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, on Thursday.
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on July 2026
Wildfire Smoke Chokes Skies in Spain and France
Beachgoers on Friday in Moutchic, in southwestern France, watch plumes of smoke rising from a wildfire.
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on July 2026
Taiwan Tests How It Would Resist a Chinese Siege at Sea
A giant screen outside a Beijing mall in 2025 showing news footage of Chinese coast guard patrols in waters around Taiwan.
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on July 2026
Canadian Intern at NATO Military HQ Is Arrested on Suspicion of Spying
The military headquarters of NATO, known as SHAPE, in Belgium.
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on July 2026
Phones in Hand, India’s Young Protesters Blast Through Modi’s Media Control
Recording a video with a masked protester in New Delhi on Thursday.
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on July 2026
Venezuela’s Earthquakes Show Wealth Divide, Even in Death
Michell Mendoza, 16, right, standing next to a truck holding her mother’s coffin after being turned away from a cemetery.
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on July 2026
‘There have always been wildfires here, but never like this.’
A helicopter fighting a wildfire between El Tiemblo and San Martín de Valdeiglesias, two communities west of Madrid where thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate because of the blaze.
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on July 2026
Wildfire in France Rages Near Bordeaux, a Famed Wine City
An exhibition center in Bordeaux, used to house people evacuated from the nearby regions swept by wildfire.
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on July 2026
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As Trump Escalates Trade War With Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford Wants to Retaliate
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, and President Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 7, 2025.
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on July 2026
How Tā Moko, the Māori Tattoo Art, Made A Comeback in New Zealand
Two men perform a hongi, a traditional Māori greeting, at a regional festival in Whakatāne on New Zealand’s North Island in February.
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on July 2026
Karim Khan Is Ousted as I.C.C. Chief Prosecutor Over Sexual Misconduct
Karim A. A. Khan, the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, in The Hague last year.
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on July 2026
Rare Pompeii Ceiling Is Restored From Fragments, Depicting Scene From Myth
A photo provided by the Archaeological Park of Pompeii on Friday showing part of the restored ceiling of the House with the Bakery at the Pompeii Archaeological site.
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A Turkish Governor Was Ousted. Were Bicycling Tights to Blame?
In red, Mehmet Fatih Cicekli, governor and cyclist, in April. Now he is just a cyclist.
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on July 2026
Japanese Militant in Tel Aviv Airport Attack Dies in Lebanon at 78
Kozo Okamoto at a ceremony organized by Palestinian militants to mark the 50th anniversary of the attack on Israel’s Lod Airport, in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, in 2022.
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on July 2026
Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says
A billboard in Tehran of Iran’s three supreme leaders, including Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei at right. A determination that he is potentially open to pursuing a bomb would provide additional justification for an escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign.
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on July 2026
Trump Meets With Top Advisers as He Weighs a Major Escalation in Iran
A Marine sentry posted outside the doors of the West Wing on Friday afternoon.
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on July 2026
India’s Student Protesters Win Some Concessions From Government
Supporters of a student protest movement in New Delhi, India’s capital, on Friday.
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on July 2026
Wildfires in France and Spain Drive Tens of Thousands From Their Homes
On the beach in Lacanau in southwestern France on Friday.
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on July 2026
Argentines Facing Surge of Criticism After World Cup Loss Have Something to Say
Argentine supporters at the National Flag Memorial in Rosario, Argentina, after the World Cup final on Sunday.
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on July 2026
Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story
Sarah Dillon, a professor of English literature, with Alan Turing’s handwritten short story in the Archive Centre at King’s College, Cambridge.
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on July 2026
Bangladesh’s President Resigns Amid Uncertainty Over Ex-Leader’s Plans
President Mohammed Shahabuddin of Bangladesh in Dhaka in February.
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on July 2026
6 Killed in West Bank Shooting, Officials Say, Among the Deadliest in Months
The body of a Palestinian man being brought to a hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday. Five people were killed in a shooting in nearby Tell on Friday.
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on July 2026
With Hopes High for New H.I.V. Prevention Pill, Merck Takes Steps to Ensure Access
Health workers speaking with students about H.I.V. prevention drugs at the University of Zambia in Lusaka in March.
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on July 2026
South Korea A.I. Billionaire Ordered to Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars in ‘Divorce of the Century’
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, seen arriving at a court in Seoul in June, is estimated to have a fortune worth more than $5 billion.
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on July 2026
As Canada Opens Gordie Howe International Bridge, Americans Are Told to Stay Home
The Gordie Howe International Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, officially opened on Friday.
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on July 2026
‘We’re Trapped in Hell’: Iranians Say Life Is Put On Hold by Months of War
Street vendors beneath a billboard of the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran last week.
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on July 2026
In Kyrgyzstan, Girls Compete at Kok-Boru, a Game Like Polo
From left, Begimai Bakirova and her teammates Aisuluu Birimkulova, 17, and Shoola Kenenbaeva, 16, laughing after a game.
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on July 2026
Faced With Heat and Wildfires, France Turns to Spain to Learn How to Cope
Trying to stay cool in Paris during a heat wave last month.
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on July 2026
Prominent Indian Activist Breaks Hunger Strike After 26 Days
The activist Sonam Wangchuk started striking in solidarity with a wider protest that began after leaked test questions led India in May to cancel its medical school entrance exams.
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on July 2026
Iran Rejects U.S. Cease-Fire Deal Presented by Iraqi Leader
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of Iraq meeting with President Trump at the White House this month.
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on July 2026
Senators Ask Hegseth to Fully Account for U.S. Troops Killed or Wounded in Iran
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday at a dignified transfer for U.S. Army soldiers killed in action during the war in Iran.
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on July 2026
What to Know About Iran and the Houthis
Yemeni supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi group during a protest last week in Sanaa, Yemen.
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on July 2026
The Defining Image of India’s Gen Z Protests
Rhiya Ahir blocking a police van carrying detained protesters in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday.
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on July 2026
Strikes Against Saudi Tankers in the Red Sea Send Oil Past $100 a Barrel
The Saudi authorities on Thursday confirmed a strike on one of its ships, the Encelia.
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on July 2026
Trump’s New Demand for Nuclear Deal Puts Saudis in a Bind
President Trump welcoming Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, to the White House during a 2025 state visit.
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on July 2026
Modi Caught Off Guard as India’s Economic Failings Inflame Young People
People walk past protest banners in New Delhi on Thursday.
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on July 2026
The Tate Brothers Are Losing Right-Wing Allies After Their Arrest
Andrew Tate, right, and Tristan Tate in Bucharest, Romania, in 2025.
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on July 2026
For South Korea, U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Exposes a Double Standard
A beach near Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju, South Korea, in 2022. The country has one of the biggest nuclear power industries in the world.
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on July 2026
Zelensky’s Dizzying U-Turn Is the Latest Zigzag in a Presidency Full of Them
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a visit to Paris this month. His country is in the grips of some of the worst turbulence in domestic politics since Russia’s all-out invasion in 2022.
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on July 2026
Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Strikes Abate, Even as Trump Considers Escalation
Live Updates: Hundreds of Thousands Flee as Fires Rage in Spain and France
Russia and Ukraine Trade Deadly Blows With Missiles and Drones
Trump, His Money, and the World