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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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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‘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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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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Kim Jong-un’s Daughter Drives a Tank as Talk Accelerates Around North Korea Succession
A photograph released by North Korea’s state media appeared to show the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and his daughter, Kim Ju-ae, riding a tank last month.
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Australia Charges Ex-Soldier With War Crimes in Afghanistan
Ben Roberts-Smith leaving a court in Sydney, Australia, last year. The authorities did not identify the former soldier charged, but the announcement followed the arrest of a man identified by local media as Mr. Roberts-Smith.
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Why Hungary’s Election Could Swing on Roma Votes
Roma and non-Roma children at a mixed kindergarten in Kalocsa, Hungary.
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A Hidden Russian Hand in Hungary’s Election? Actually, It’s Quite Open.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary speaking during a campaign tour last month.
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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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Israel Says Iran Cease-Fire Does Not Extend to Lebanon
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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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Struggles to Justify Trump’s Threats
General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a briefing on the war with Iran. He vowed that the force he leads would “always strike lawful targets.”
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U.S. Warns of Cyberattacks Tied to Iran on Water and Energy Systems
Energy systems across the United States may be the target of cyberattacks, according to the Trump administration.
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Pentagon Stays Mum on School Strike, Even as Trump Boasts of Iran Rescue
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on Thursday.
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Trump Threatens Broad Attacks in Iran. How Is Illegal Conduct in War Defined?
Airstrikes demolished Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. The U.S. military’s law of war manual states that “the protection of civilians against the harmful effects of hostilities is one of the main purposes of the law of war.”
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U.S., Israel and Iran Accelerate Strikes Ahead of Trump’s Deadline
An Iranian synagogue was destroyed from a strike in Tehran.
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U.S. Strikes Kharg Island as Trump Raises Iran Threats to Apocalyptic Levels
Kharg Island in February before the U.S. and Israeli strikes. The United States launched a series of more than 90 strikes on the island, an Iranian oil hub, early Tuesday.
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6 Takeaways From the Story of Trump’s Decision to Go to War With Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, his club and residence in Florida, in December.
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How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran
The decision by President Trump to give the go-ahead to join Israel in attacking Iran was influenced by a presentation by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February that led to a series of discussions inside the White House over the following days and weeks.
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Britain Reinforces That U.S. Cannot Use British Bases for Attacks on Iran
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been mocked by President Trump for refusing to join the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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Iranians Voice Shock and Defiance in Face of Trump’s Looming Deadline
A destroyed building at Sharif University in Tehran on Tuesday.
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Amid Escalating Threats, U.S. and Iran Float Ideas to End War
President Trump during a news conference at the White House on Monday.
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Gunman Killed in Shootout Near Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Officials Say
Police officers responding after gunfire was heard near the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday.
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Weakened and Reluctant, Yemen’s Houthis Belatedly Enter War
Houthi followers and Houthi-affiliated military police take part in a pro-Iran demonstration, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday.
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Here’s What Happened in the War in Iran and the Middle East on Monday
Inspecting damages on Monday inside a library of an ultra-Orthodox girls’ school following a missile strike in Tel Aviv.
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Trump Says Iran Proposal Isn’t Enough to Stop Attacks on Bridges and Power Plants
Damaged buildings in Tehran. President Trump said on Monday that the United States would consider helping to rebuild Iran if they can strike a deal.
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Iran’s 10-Point Proposal Demands an End to Attacks and Sanctions
A billboard in Tehran shows Iranian military commanders with American aircraft in a net.
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Trump’s Deportation Deals
The U.S. deported Venezuelans to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador last year.
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As Trump Deadline Looms, Iran and U.S. Mix Threats With Hints of Deal
A portrait of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on Monday.
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Israel Steps Up Attacks on Lebanon, Killing Dozens
A neighborhood in Beirut on Monday, after an Israeli airstrike on Sunday.
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Iranians Condemn Strike on a Top University
Workers clear debris on Monday at Sharif University of Technology after it was struck overnight.
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Trump’s Board of Peace Gives Hamas Disarmament Deadline
Armed members of Hamas in Khan Younis, Gaza, last year.
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Trump’s USAID Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors
Women in Borno, Nigeria, waiting with their children to receive nutrition treatment and therapeutic food at an outpatient therapeutic program run by FHI 360, a nonprofit based in North Carolina.
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Trump Moves Deadline for Iran to Open Strait of Hormuz
President Trump has changed deadlines during the course of the Iran war.
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A New Oil Shock Accelerates a Return to Nuclear Power
The Fukushima power plant, in 2019. An earthquake and tsunami triggered a triple meltdown 15 years ago, scaring many governments off nuclear energy.
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Shelly Kittleson, American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Is Freed
In Paris’s Catacombs, Can a Restoration Breathe New Life Into City’s Dead?
Russia and China Veto Proposed U.N. Resolution to Open the Strait of Hormuz
Iranian Officials Say Indirect Talks With U.S. Ended After Trump’s Latest Threat
Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, French Couple Held in Iran, Are Free
Lebanese Mourn Couple Killed in Israeli Strike, Exposing Rift Over Hezbollah
Iran War Live Updates: Fragile Cease-Fire Takes Hold as Both Sides Claim Victory
Why You Can’t ‘Flick a Switch’ to Get Oil and Gas Flowing Out of the Persian Gulf
Pakistan Says It Hit a Military Target. Investigations Suggest It Was a Rehab Center.
‘Definitely a Sham’: As Tariffs Climb, Trade Fraud and Accounting Tricks Proliferate