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Iran War Live Updates: Oil Prices Spike as Gulf Energy Sites Are Struck

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 to Pause Afghanistan Airstrikes for Eid

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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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.

This is what happened on March 17.

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.

As Trump belittled European allies, the Irish leader pushed back, gently.

President Trump hosted Micheál Martin, the taoiseach or prime minister of Ireland, at the White House on Tuesday,

Israel Keeps Killing Key Iranian Leaders. Will It Work?

Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, in Tehran in 2024. The Israeli military announced it had killed him in an airstrike on Tuesday.

The Iran War Is Pushing Some Countries to Cut Back On Energy Use

A damaged oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday.

U.N. Says Attacks on Iran Set to Drive Hunger to Record Levels

Volunteers prepared packages of food in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan on Monday.

It Was the Vatican’s ‘Trial of the Century.’ Now, It’s Going to Retrial.

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu at the Vatican in 2024.

China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Meta’s Acquisition of Manus

Meta announced in December that it had bought Manus, a Singapore artificial intelligence start-up that has Chinese roots.

Antisemitic Attacks Bring Deeper Unease to Dutch Jews

Police standing outside a Jewish school following an explosion in Amsterdam on Saturday.

Trump Says U.S. Doesn’t Need Allies to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

President Trump spoke to reporters on Tuesday while meeting with Micheál Martin, the prime minister of Ireland, in the Oval Office.

‘What Is That?’: Ice Cream Brand’s Smelly Train Station Ad Falls Flat

Every few seconds, spritzes of chocolate aroma fill King’s Cross Station in London, part of a marketing campaign for Magnum Ice Cream.

Ali Larijani Killing Fuels Anxiety in Iran

Ali Larijani was appointed as the head of the Supreme National Security Council by the slain former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

An ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak of Meningitis Raises Alarm in Britain

Staff and students waiting in line to receive antibiotics at the University of Kent in Canterbury on Monday.

Under Roman Abramovich, Chelsea Broke Rules for Years, Premier League Says

Mr. Abramovich celebrating Chelsea’s Champions League victory in Porto, Portugal, in 2021.

Why Won’t Europe Help Trump in Iran? Let’s Count the Reasons.

An apartment in Tehran on Sunday after an airstrike.

What Is the Basij?

Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Basij militia force, in Tehran, in 2019.

Trump Signals He May Intervene in Cuba Following Iran and Venezuela

People gathering on a street during a blackout on Monday in Havana.

Joe Kent, a Top Counterterrorism Official for the Trump Administration, Resigns, Citing Iran War

“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, wrote in a letter to President Trump that he posted Tuesday.

Who Runs Iran Now? Charting the Top Leaders Killed in the War So Far.

Israel’s Killing of Ali Larijani Could Allow Military to Tighten Grip on Iran

Ali Larijani, head of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, in Tehran in 2024. He oversaw the brutal crackdown on antigovernment protesters in January.

Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming. In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy.

Peter Thiel speaking in Cambridge, England, in 2024. He previously delivered lectures on the Antichrist in Paris in January and in San Francisco last year.

At Least 23 Killed in Nigeria as Insurgent Attacks Go On Despite U.S. Help

Members of the Nigerian Red Cross with a victim of the bombings in Maiduguri, Nigeria, at a hospital on Monday.

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