Live Updates: Oil Price Surge Rattles Markets; Iran’s Choice of Leader Signals Defiance
Women weep at the burial of a family member who was killed by US-Israeli airstrikes at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran on Monday.
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Fear and Hope for Iranians Trapped Between Bombs and Defiant Rulers
Apocalyptic scenes of bombardment, like at an oil-storage facility in the Tehran area on Sunday, have contributed to many Iranians’ gloominess about their nation’s future.
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On the Road With Zelensky, Weathered, Weary and Fighting On
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Kramatorsk on Friday. “They need a lot of things,” he said of the soldiers. “And each day needs are changing.”
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Trial of Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s Rival, Begins in Turkey
Supporters of Ekrem Imamoglu, the former mayor of Istanbul, protesting outside the Silivri prison and courthouse on Monday.
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Ukraine Helps U.S. Mideast Bases With Stopping Drones
Soldiers in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in December, monitoring the sky to shoot down Russian Shahed drones using a 30-millimeter antiaircraft gun.
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Is the Trial of Erdogan’s Top Rival More About Corruption or Politics?
Demonstrators in Istanbul showing support for Ekrem Imamoglu, then the mayor of Istanbul, last March after he was arrested.
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Explosion Damages Synagogue in Belgium
Police officers guarding the area near a synagogue that was damaged by an explosion in Liège, Belgium, on Monday.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards: The Spine of a Militarized State
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps members in Tehran in 2024, commemorating Palestinian and Lebanese militants killed by Israel.
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Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win
Balendra Shah, center, during his campaign to become the next prime minister of Nepal last Saturday. To his right is Rabi Lamichhane, the Rastriya Swatantra Party president.
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A Loose Band of Emerging Powers Is Divided Over Iran
Premier Li Qiang of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at a BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro last year.
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Ahead of Colombia’s Elections, Violence on the Campaign Trail Rattles Politicians
Police officers deployed across Popayan, Colombia, are monitoring security ahead of legislative elections on Sunday.
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on March 2026
In War’s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame
A huge plume of smoke has rose in the sky after US-Israel airstrikes in the west of Tehran, on Tuesday.
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on March 2026
How The New York Times Reports on War in Iran
A rally to mourn the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran.
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Countries in Asia Try to Contain the Economic Fallout of the Mideast Conflict
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow passage between Iran and Oman. Historically 20 million barrels pass through it each day, most of it bound for Asia.
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NATO Intercepts Second Iranian Missile Entering Turkey’s Airspace, Defense Ministry Says
Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, said the alliance did not need to activate its mutual defense clause.
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Dozens Wounded in Bahrain as Arab States Condemn Iranian Strikes
Smoke rising from a refinery operated by Bapco Energies, Bahrain’s state-owned energy company, on Sitra Island, Bahrain, on Monday.
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Ed Davey Wants King Charles to Cancel his U.S. State Visit Over Iran War
King Charles III was expected to travel to the United States to meet President Trump next month, as part of celebrations for the 250th anniversary of independence.
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Israeli Forces Raid New Areas in Southern Lebanon
An airstrike in the Dahiya neighborhood in the southern outskirts of Beirut, in Lebanon, on Monday.
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Australia Urged to Protect Members of the Iranian Women’s Soccer Team
Members of Iran’s women’s soccer team before a match on Sunday night in Australia.
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For China, Billions of Dollars Are at Risk From a Widening War
Beilun Port in China. The Middle East became even more important to China after China’s trade rivalry with the United States escalated.
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on March 2026
Glasgow Train Station Is Shut Down After Fire Tears Through Neighboring Shop
More than 60 firefighters battled the blaze after it began at a shop near Glasgow’s main train station on Sunday.
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Democrats Seize on Oil Topping $100 a Barrel, as Trump Downplays Jump
President Trump immediately sought to downplay the spike in oil prices.
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Iran’s Security Establishment Celebrates Mojtaba Khamenei’s Selection
A poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran on the night he was announced as the new supreme leader of Iran.
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Here’s What Happened in the Conflict on Sunday
Smoke plumes rising from an oil storage site in Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Sunday.
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Who Is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s New Supreme Leader?
A handout image from Iran state media of Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran in 2024.
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Iran Has a New Supreme Leader. What Does That Mean?
Mojtaba Khamenei, center, at a rally in Tehran in 2019.
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Mojtaba Khamenei, Son of Iran’s Slain Supreme Leader, Is a Mysterious Figure
Mojtaba Khamenei, center, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in 2019.
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Pentagon Announces Seventh U.S. Death in War With Iran
The first six American service members killed in the war with Iran were returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday.
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U.S. Continues Airstrikes Against a Wide Array of Targets in Iran
Smoke rising in Tehran on Sunday after airstrikes.
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West Bank Violence Intensifies, as Israeli Settlers Kill 3 Palestinians
Mourners attending the funeral on Sunday for a man who was killed during an Israeli settler attack in Wadi al-Rakhim, in the southern West Bank.
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Israel Strikes Energy Infrastructure Crucial to Iran’s Well-Being
Smoke billowing from an oil storage facility in Tehran on Sunday. Iran relies heavily on its energy industry.
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U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Targeted as Iraq Gets Drawn Deeper Into Regional War
The U.S. Embassy in Iraq, in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, on Sunday.
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Iran Says It’s Close to Naming a New Supreme Leader
A man holds a picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a gathering in Tehran last week to mourn his killing.
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Oslo Police Investigate Explosion Outside U.S. Embassy
Norwegian police and technicians at the entrance of the United States Embassy in Oslo after a loud bang was reported on Sunday.
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on March 2026
Vital Water Desalination Plants in Iran and Bahrain Are Attacked
A view of Bahrain from the window of a plane in 2023. Persian Gulf countries depend heavily on desalination technology.
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on March 2026
Trump Executive Order Protected Weedkiller Roundup and a Munition, White Phosphorus
U.S. military personnel with a round of white phosphorus in Afghanistan in 2011.
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Israel Strikes Oil Facilities in Iran
Explosions erupted after the Israeli military struck several fuel storage complexes in Tehran on Saturday.
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on March 2026
Iran’s De Facto Leader Says Iran Will Not Surrender or Stop Its Attacks
Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, during a news conference in 2024.
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on March 2026
Trump Assembles a New Coalition to ‘Eradicate’ Cartels
President Trump with Latin American and Caribbean leaders at the summit on Saturday. U.S. officials said a new coalition would aggressively target cartels and organized crime across the region.
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on March 2026
Deadly Clashes in Lebanon as Israel Renews Search for Missing Airman
Residents walking amid the aftermath of deadly strikes in Nabi Sheet, a town in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley.
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Two Toronto-Area Synagogues Are Struck by Gunfire
The Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Synagogue was damaged by gunfire late on Friday night, according to the mayor of Vaughan, a suburb of Toronto.
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on March 2026
Pakistan Praised Trump. Now It Risks Being Caught Up in His War With Iran
Crowds protesting the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday.
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Ian Huntley, Whose Murder of Schoolgirls Appalled Britain, Dies After Prison Attack
Ian Huntley in a photo taken during the search for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Mr. Huntley gave interviews to the news media before being charged with killing them.
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on March 2026
Iranian President’s Apology to Neighboring Gulf States Showcases Leadership Rifts
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in September.
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on March 2026
Recent U.S. Assessment Found an Attack on Iran Unlikely to Result in Regime Change
People in Tehran on Friday mourning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, who was killed in the U.S.-Israeli strikes. There seems to be wide agreement in the U.S. intelligence community that the theological government in Iran is deeply entrenched.
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on March 2026
State Dept. Said to Order Diplomats in Saudi Arabia to Leave
Lebanese Villagers Bury Hezbollah Fighters, Praising Their Defiance of Israel
The Suburb That Won’t Sleep
In Russia’s Former Capital, Restoring the Past to Survive the Present
Stocks Tank in Asia as Oil Price Surges
Sizing Up Iran’s Elite Guards
Israeli Strikes on Fuel Depots Send Black Clouds Over Iranian Capital