Global Dispatch

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Iran War Live Updates: Iran Disputes Trump’s Assertion of ‘Very Strong Talks’

Canada’s Military Wants to Prove It Can Defend the High Arctic

Sidelined by War With Iran, Gaza Residents Remain in Limbo

A Choice of Deadly Drones Is Only a Few Clicks Away for Ukrainian Troops

A Ukrainian soldier arming a drone in the Kharkiv region last year.

Caught Between Two Conflicts, Afghans Flee Iran

People crossing the border from Iran to Afghanistan last week at Islam Qala.

Why the BTS Comeback Concert Was a ‘Disaster’ for Some Businesses

City officials were expecting more than a quarter of a million people at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on Saturday.

Italians Reject Judicial Overhaul, Undermining Meloni

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome last month. She has staked considerable political capital on campaigning for the measures.

Taiwan Debates Military Spending as Choices Over U.S. and China Loom

Taiwanese soldiers during a military exercise in 2023.

Colombian Military Plane Crash Injures Dozens

A military ceremony in 2021, when the United States Air Force donated two C-130 Hercules aircraft to Colombia. Colombia’s defense minister described the aircraft that crashed on Monday as a Hercules.

In Denmark’s Election, How Will the Woman Who Took On Trump Fare?

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen greeting constituents during a campaign event on Tuesday in her hometown Aalborg, Denmark.

Canada May Need to Lean on the US as Military Threats in the Arctic Rise

A North Warning System station near Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island in Canada’s Arctic. The system consists of automated radars whose technology is now widely considered outdated in the era of satellites.

On Beirut’s Waterfront, Loss Meets Life, and Luxury, Amid War

A displaced man in Beirut, Lebanon, sitting near the sea. More than a million people have been displaced in the country since the latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began.

The Billionaire Funding France’s Far Right

Pierre-Édouard Stérin at his chalet in the French Alps on Wednesday. He moved his family to Belgium in 2012.

Attack on a Sudan Hospital Kills Dozens, Head of W.H.O. Says

Refugees waiting to be registered at the Oure Cassoni camp in Chad after fleeing the civil war in Sudan, in February. The war has created a devastating humanitarian crisis.

Trump Delays Energy Strikes, but Iran’s Infrastructure is Already Battered

The aftermath of a strike on an oil storage facility in Tehran earlier this month.

Energy Crisis Will Not Be Resolved Quickly if War Ends, I.E.A. Chief Warns

Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, speaks in Canberra, Australia, on Monday.

Israel Says Its Own Artillery Killed a Farmer, Not a Hezbollah Rocket

Ofer Moskovitz, 60, holds avocados on a dirt road near Israel’s border with Lebanon last week.

Iran attempted to attack a far-off military base.

Lionel Jospin, Who Helped Set France on Socialist Path, Dies at 88

Lionel Jospin delivering a speech in Paris in 2002. Through his socialist parents, Mr. Jospin said he learned “the consequences of social misery, and the desire to change all of that.”

Energy Attacks in War on Iran Could Turn Economic Shock Into Long-Term Damage

Hand-painted signs at a gas station in Samut Prakan, Thailand, last week said the station was out of diesel and 95-octane gasoline.

Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa

Habiba Sali, right, a nurse in the endocrinology department of the Maroua Regional Hospital in the far north region of Cameroon, took the vital signs of patient Aminatou Mana during a regular checkup.

London Arson Attack on Jewish Ambulance Service Investigated as Hate Crime, Police Say

The scene where the police say four ambulances were set on fire, in Golders Green on Monday.

Here’s the latest.

Iranians Fear Trump’s Threat to Strike Power Plants

Tehran residents on Sunday, when tensions were rising over whether power would be cut to the capital and home to 10 million people.

Trump’s Ultimatum to Iran

Israel’s Missile Defense Under Scrutiny After Iranian Attack

Peering Sunday at damage where a missile struck the night before in Arad, Israel.

French Far Right Falls Short of Statement Win in Yardstick Local Races

Casting a ballot on Sunday in Lyon, southeastern France.

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

Tehran on Sunday.

Iran Responds to Trump’s Energy Threat With Defiance and Warnings of Its Own

Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Reza Aref, center, in February.

Israel Orders Military to Intensify Demolitions in Southern Lebanon

Cars turn around on a bridge in southern Lebanon after an Israeli strike destroyed it on Sunday.

Residents in Southern Israel Are Shaken After Direct Strikes by Iranian Missiles

Emergency workers at the site of a missile strike in Dimona, Israel, on Sunday.

Here’s the latest.

Election in Slovenia Is a Near Tie

Voters casting their ballots in Radomlje, Slovenia, on Sunday.

Terror Attacks Haunted This Brussels Community. Now It’s Trying to Move On.

Graffiti on one of the bridges over the canal dividing Molenbeek and the city of Brussels this month.

France Chose Thousands of New Mayors on Sunday. Here’s Why It Matters.

Campaign posters outside a school in Marseille, France.

Who Is Antigone? The 2500-Year-Old Rebel With a Cause.

Italy’s Leader Wants to Change the Constitution. Italians Don’t Get It.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at a campaign event this month.

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

An Israeli soldier uses a flashlight while walking in the ruins of a damaged building in the southern Israeli city of Dimona.

Iranian missile strikes Israeli city near main nuclear research facility.

Emergency workers approach a site where Iranian missiles struck Dimona, Israel on Saturday.

With Fire and Song, Kurds in Turkey Hail the Start of Spring

Kurds celebrating Newroz, an ancient holiday that marks the start of spring in the northern hemisphere, in Diyarbakir, Turkey.

Patriarch Filaret Dies at 97, Orthodox Church of Ukraine Says

Patriarch Filaret, center, at St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, in June 2022. President Volodymyr Zelensky called him “one of the most steadfast defenders” of Ukrainian statehood.

Internet Blackout Keeps Iranians From Reaching Loved Ones During Nowruz Holiday

Shoppers in Tehran prepare for Nowruz, the Persian New Year, even as travel difficulties and an internet blackout keep families apart.

How the Litani River Shapes the Israel-Hezbollah War

Damage to a bridge over the Litani river in southern Lebanon after it was struck on Wednesday.

Umberto Bossi, Fiery Founder of Italian Separatist Party, Dies at 84

Umberto Bossi in 2008. He appealed to disaffected northerners who saw Italy’s Rome-centered, “colonialist” national government as having robbed them of their hard-earned money and their cultural identity.

K-Pop’s BTS Returns to the Stage

Israel Strikes Across Lebanon Amid Fierce Ground Fighting in the South

Damaged buildings in the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on Saturday, after an Israeli airstrike.

Middle East War Leaves Hamas Balancing Allies on Opposite Sides

Armed members of Hamas in Gaza City in November.

Iranian Man Arrested After Trying to Enter U.K. Naval Base, Police Say

One of Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines undergoing maintenance at H.M. Naval Base Clyde in Scotland in 2023.

The BTS Comeback Concert is Taking Place in the Heart of Seoul. But Not Everyone is Happy.

Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Saturday.

Spring Awakening

Canada Shifts From Peacekeeping to Building a Strong Military

A Norwegian tank at a NATO winter training exercise in Badufoss, Norway, this month.

These BTS Fans Waited 15 Hours to See Their Idols

International BTS fans waiting for the concert on Saturday, from left: Thycianne Santos, Corrine van der Moolen, Leimomi Kamiya, Betty Pietraszora, Kayla Sanchez, Niki Anchala and Emi Noguchi.

Iranian Sailors, Including Survivors of Torpedoed Ship, Remain in Limbo

The Iranian Navy supply ship Bushehr getting assistance off the coast of Colombo on March 5, a day after another one, the Dena, was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine, in a photo provided by the Sri Lankan Navy.

Zelensky Sends Negotiators to the U.S., Hoping to Revive Peace Talks

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Wednesday in Madrid. He has called for the resumption of peace talks, which have lost momentum in recent weeks.

Fidel Castro’s Grandson Flaunts Beer, Nikes and Trump Jokes on Instagram

No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing

The Division 9 Maximum Security Dormitory of the Cook County Department of Corrections — where inmates have been found using deadly illicit drugs — saturated onto paper — in the pages of books, letters from family and legal documents.

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Chelsea Chief Under Abramovich Could Face Scrutiny Over Soccer Cheating

Marina Granovskaia before a match at Wembley Stadium in London in 2022, when she was a Chelsea board member.

A Public Holiday Every Week? Sri Lankans Bemoan the Enforced Day Off.

A vendor waiting for customers at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, after the government announced a weekly holiday on Wednesdays to save fuel.

​At Least 14 Killed in South Korean Factory Fire

Firefighters spraying water to extinguish a fire at a factory in Daejeon, South Korea, on Friday.

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