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Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Scrambles to Ease Energy Crisis as Attacks Rattle Markets

The Iran War’s Economic Threat to Europe and Asia

A fuel station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, last week.

A Crucial Loan for Ukraine Becomes Election Leverage for Orban

Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in Budapest on Sunday. His disputes with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine have become a focal point of Hungary’s coming election.

In Swaths of Germany, the Far-Right AfD Is Part of the Fabric

Three AfD representatives — Christian Skotnik, left, Doreen Gärtner, center, and Enrico Schult — before a party meeting in Stavenhagen, Germany, in October.

A Lebanese Cafe on the Edge of Destruction

How TrumpRx Drug Prices Compare With Those in Other Countries

President Trump unveiled the TrumpRx website last month. Visitors to the site are greeted by a promise: “Find the world’s lowest prices on prescription drugs.”

He Lost a Leg for Russia. Then, He Says, His Country Betrayed Him.

Aleksandr Abbasov-Derskhan in the factory dormitory where he works, reattaching his prosthesis after disinfecting stitches on his amputated leg that reopened due to prolonged standing.

For U.S., Unmet Expectations in Iran Fit a Familiar Pattern in the Region

An Iranian flag wrapping a building that was damaged in an airstrike in Tehran on Sunday.

Pakistan Pauses Afghanistan Airstrikes for Eid

A mass burial was held on Wednesday for people who died on Monday in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Faroe Islands Are Changing Some of Europe’s Strictest Abortion Rules

Marna Jacobsen, 71, in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, late last year. Ms. Jacobsen said that as a 17-year-old she had to lie to get an abortion.

The Tropical St. Patrick’s Day That Honors African History

Retired Belgian Diplomat, 93, Faces Trial Over 1961 Killing of Congolese Leader

Patrice Lumumba, an independence leader who was the first Congolese prime minister, under detention in December 1960.

Netanyahu Hopes Strikes on Iran Will Lead to Uprising and Regime Change

A new billboard in Tehran shows Iran’s three supreme leaders.

As a Meningitis Outbreak Spreads in Kent, UK, Here’s What to Know

Students and faculty members wait in line for antibiotics at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, on Monday.

Mapping two days of attacks on Gulf energy sites.

2 Men Charged With Spying for Iran on Jewish Institutions in UK

The entrance of the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London, which is more than 300 years old.

Saudi Official Warns Patience Is Limited as Iranian Attacks Barrage Kingdom

“We will not shy away from protecting our country and our economic resources,” the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, said on Thursday.

Trump and Iran Dominate the Agenda as Europe’s Leaders Meet. Here Are 4 Things to Know.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Thursday. During their talks, E.U. leaders were expected to focus in part on escalating fuel prices.

How Japan’s Leader Sanae Takaichi Found Her Voice in D.C. Decades Ago

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Trump Says U.S. and Qatar Not Involved in Strike on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field

President Trump said that Israel had “violently lashed out” at Iran’s South Pars gas field, hitting a “relatively small section” of the site.

The Soldier Who Came Back From the Dead

Nazar Daletskyi at his own grave in the village of Velykyi Doroshiv in western Ukraine on Sunday.

The Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data

A car crushed under a downed tree after strong winds in Montreal, Canada, on Tuesday.

How Immigration Became an Issue in Argentina

Pedestrians and clients walk through an Andean market in the Liniers section of Buenos Aires in February. The neighborhood is an immigrant hub.

Here’s the latest.

Oil Prices Soar and Stocks Slide on Renewed Fears Over Energy Supplies

Ozempic Is About to Go Generic in India, China and Canada

Iranian Missile Attack Leaves 3 Palestinians Dead in West Bank

Palestinian security forces gathering at the scene where three Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile attack near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday.

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Wednesday

Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, earlier this month. A state-owned Qatari energy company said that Ras Laffan Industrial City had sustained “extensive damage” from missile attacks.

Iran Turns Out for Funeral for Those Killed in Strikes

Days of Anger and Fear for Iranians Living With Waves of Airstrikes

Apartments in a neighborhood of Tehran targeted by American-Israeli airstrikes this week.

2 Charged With Surveillance for Iran on London’s Jews

Metropolitan Police headquarters in London. This week’s prosecutions are the latest of several related to hostile activity in Britain backed by Iran.

Empowering Iran’s Hard-liners

Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal Sexual Assault by Israeli Settlers

Suhaib Abualkebash, with a bruised eye, in Khirbet Humsa, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He said he had been assaulted by Israeli settlers.

Strikes Deliver Another Blow to Iran’s Domestic Energy Sites

Part of the South Pars gas field facility near Kangan, Iran, in 2014. The extent of the damage on Wednesday was not immediately clear.

Iran Maintains Near-Total Internet Blackout Amid U.S.-Israeli Strikes

A woman with her phone at a market in Tehran this month. An internet blackout has cut off the majority of Iranians from communicating with the outside world.

Why Trump Keeps Saying ‘Nuclear’

U.S. Intelligence Saw No Change in Iran’s Missile Capabilities Before War

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

Iran Executes Swedish Citizen Accused of Spying

Despite Moscow’s Threats, Poland Rules to Extradite Archaeologist

Alexander Butyagin at a court in Warsaw in January. He was detained in Poland on a Ukrainian arrest warrant in December.

An Abandoned Russian Tanker Is Drifting at Sea. Will Anyone Stop It?

The Arctic Metagaz, a Russian fuel tanker, adrift between Malta and Lampedusa, Italy, on Sunday.

Energy Facilities Attacked in Iran and Qatar, Sending Prices Soaring

Refineries at the South Pars gas field in 2019.

Couple Killed in Cluster Bomb Attack Near Tel Aviv

Damage from a missile strike in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Wednesday. Two people were killed in the suburb of Tel Aviv.

Israel Has Killed Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s Intelligence Minister

Esmaeil Khatib, the Iranian intelligence minister, during a ceremony in Tehran in 2024.

Over 200 Ukrainian Experts in Middle East to Help Fight Drones, Zelensky Says

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaking to British lawmakers in London, on Tuesday.

Israel Intensifies Strikes on Beirut, Escalating Its Campaign Against Hezbollah

The aftermath of an airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday.

Betting on Ayatollah’s Ouster Ignites Ire Over Prediction Markets

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran in 2024.

As Iran War Drags On, Europe Wants to Avoid a New Migration Crisis

Migrants in Slovenia at the height of the European migration crisis in 2015.

Here’s the latest.

Trump’s Friendship With Japan’s Leader Takaichi Faces Test Over Iran

President Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan aboard the U.S.S. George Washington at Yokosuka Port south of Yokohama, Japan, in October.

Asia Turns Back to Coal as War Chokes Off Natural Gas

Qatar Energy announced a shutdown of its liquefied natural gas production after Iranian attacks on energy installations.

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Cuban Americans Will Be Allowed to Own Businesses in Cuba, but Is That Enough to Rescue the Economy?

People stand outside a store in Havana on Monday.

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Tuesday

Ali Larijani, center, registering his name as a candidate for presidential elections in Tehran in 2024.

Trump’s Next Decision in War: Whether to Retrieve Iran’s Nuclear Fuel

A satellite image of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex near the Natanz nuclear facility in central Iran last week. It is not certain where all of Iran’s nuclear material resides.

Kharg Island Is an Appealing Target for Trump, With High Risks

The Kharg Island oil facility off the coast of Iran in 2017.

Ali Larijani, a Top Iranian Politician and Emissary, Is Dead at 67

Ali Larijani in Tehran in 2024. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made Mr. Larijani the de facto leader of Iran in January, when nationwide protests engulfed the country.

An Unexploded Bomb Near the Colombia-Ecuador Border Leads to a Diplomatic Clash

The remnants of a 500‑pound undetonated bomb dropped by the Ecuadorian army that fell on a coca crop in Colombia.

Is Latin America Abandoning Cuba?

Ali Larijani, Iran’s De Facto Political Leader, Killed by Israel

Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, in Tehran in 2024. He was killed in an overnight strike, the Israeli military said.

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