Trump’s Strike on Iran Cements Netanyahu’s Political Comeback
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel speaking this month at the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, in Jerusalem.
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on June 2025
After U.S. Strikes on Iran, Prospects for Diplomacy Look Dim
President Trump addressing the nation late Saturday, flanked by, from left, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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on June 2025
Will Iran Decide to Retaliate Against the U.S.?
A demonstrator in Tehran on Friday with photos of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a march condemning Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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on June 2025
Far-Right Party Tries to Expand Its Appeal in Germany’s West
Duisburg has long been at the heart of Germany’s steel industry. The site of one former steel plant is now an urban park.
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on June 2025
Iran Had Vowed to Retaliate. Now, It Faces Grim Choices.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, in Geneva on Friday.
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on June 2025
Iran’s Allies Are Not Offering Support in Its Conflict With Israel
Smoke rising after an Israeli strike in Tehran this month. Iran’s allies have stopped short of offering any concrete support during this conflict.
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on June 2025
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Planning for His Possible Assassination, Picks Successors
People marching under a mural of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday in Tehran.
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on June 2025
Ukraine Warns Teenagers the Enemy Is Inside Their Phones
A lecturer from the Security Service of Ukraine leading a presentation for 10th-grade students at a high school in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Russian schemes that try to recruit young people for minor sabotage or espionage.
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on June 2025
Trump Sends Envoy to Belarus, Courting Ties With Russia’s Close Ally
U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg in Warsaw, Poland, in February.
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on June 2025
Hot-Air Balloon Crashes in Brazil, Killing at Least 8 People
A rescue worker at the crash site after a hot-air balloon carrying 21 people caught fire and plunged on Saturday in Praia Grande, Brazil.
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on June 2025
U.K. Heat Wave Leaves Britons Looking for Ways to Stay Cool
A spectator covered her face during the Queen’s Club Championships tennis tournament in London on Friday.
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on June 2025
Russian Attack on Kyiv Kills at Least 6, Ukraine Says
An apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was hit during Russia’s drone and missile strikes early on Monday.
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on June 2025
Monday Briefing
Demonstrating against the U.S. and Israel in Tehran yesterday.
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on June 2025
Small Protests Against the U.S. Attack in Iran Sprouted Up Over the Weekend
U.S. Marines stand guard as a demonstrator protests in Los Angeles.
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on June 2025
Around Military Bases in the U.S., Unease Over What Comes Next
An Army color guard during a ceremony at Fort Benning in Georgia in April.
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on June 2025
Rod Nordland, 75, Dies; War Reporter Who Also Wrote of His Own Struggle
Rod Nordland in 2018, a year before his cancer diagnosis. A reporter for 40 years, he covered most of the world’s major wars before turning his attention to his own health crisis.
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on June 2025
Is the U.S. at War With Iran? What to Know About Trump, Congress and War Powers
Demonstrators hold signs against the U.S. strikes against Iran in Washington outside the White House on Sunday.
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on June 2025
Monday Briefing: The U.S. Struck Iran
Demonstrating against the U.S. and Israel in Tehran.
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on June 2025
Syria Church Bombing Kills at Least 20 in Damascus
People sought to help on Sunday after an attack on the Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria.
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on June 2025
After U.S. Strikes, Iranian Officials Try to Project a Sense of Normalcy
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran made the rounds in Tehran on Sunday.
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on June 2025
Russia, ‘a Friend’ of Iran, Seems Unlikely to Offer Much Help
The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Russia and Iran “enjoy a strategic partnership.”
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on June 2025
Gulf Countries Voice Concern After U.S. Attack on Iran Nuclear Sites
American bases in fossil-fuel-rich Gulf countries could be prime targets for Iranian retaliation against the United States.
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on June 2025
‘We’re All in Shock’: Iranians React to U.S. Attack on Nuclear Sites
Vehicles lined up for gas after Israeli airstrikes in Tehran last week.
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on June 2025
Some Israelis Expect New Era After U.S. Strikes on Iran. Others Are Skeptical.
Residents flee a building after an Iranian strike in Tel Aviv.
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on June 2025
Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site Said to Look Severely Damaged, Not Destroyed
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage at the Fordo enrichment facility in Iran after U.S. strikes, on Sunday.
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on June 2025
Pentagon Details Multipronged Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to reporters at the Pentagon on Sunday.
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on June 2025
Vance says Iran’s nuclear program has been ‘substantially delayed.’
Vice President JD Vance earlier this month. “I think we set that program back substantially,” he said on Sunday, “and we did it without endangering the lives of the American pilots.”
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on June 2025
Israel Recovers Bodies of Three Hostages Held by Hamas in Gaza
Ofra Keidar, the woman whose face is on the large central poster at this demonstration in Tel Aviv, was among the hostages whose bodies were recovered.
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on June 2025
Does Iran have another secret enrichment site, as it claims?
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, at a news conference in November in Tehran.
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on June 2025
‘We have to respond,’ Iran’s foreign minister warns.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told a news conference in Istanbul on Sunday that his country would defend itself.
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on June 2025
Here’s What to Know About Fordo, Iran’s Best-Protected Nuclear Site
A satellite photo from February showing the aboveground part of the Fordo nuclear facility, south of Tehran. In structures buried deep underground, the facility enriches uranium.
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on June 2025
Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech
California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, along with several municipalities, has filed suits against Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other companies.
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on June 2025
Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D.
Within two weeks of President Trump’s return to the White House, U.S.A.I.D. was on the cusp of oblivion.
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on June 2025
Iran fires more missiles at Israel, hours after the U.S. strikes on Iran.
Emergency responders at the site of an Iranian strike in Ness Ziona, Israel, on Sunday morning.
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on June 2025
World Leaders React to the U.S. Strikes on Iran
António Guterres, the U.N. Secretary General, in 2023. He described the U.S. strikes as a “dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge.”
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on June 2025
Republican Lawmakers Cheer Strike on Iran as Top Democrats Condemn It
Speaker Mike Johnson, center, released a statement saying the strikes were necessary.
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on June 2025
Four scenarios of how American involvement in the war could play out.
Vehicles lined up for gasoline in Tehran, where many people have tried to stockpile supplies or evacuate over the last week.
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on June 2025
Iran built Fordo deep inside a mountain to withstand aerial attacks.
A satellite view of Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant, northeast of the city of Qum.
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on June 2025
No U.S. Decision on Joining War Yet, Though It Could Come in Days, Israeli Officials Say
President Trump is weighing whether to have the United States join Israel’s effort to destroy Iran’s nuclear sites.
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on June 2025
Israeli Attacks in Iran Kill Three More Commanders, Israel Says
A crowd in Tehran on Friday protested Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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on June 2025
Iranians Find Pockets of Connection Amid Internet Blackout
Many Iranians rely on virtual private networks, or VPNs, to evade government restrictions on the internet, but even many of those have been disrupted since Israel’s attacks began.
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on June 2025
U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers as Trump Plans to Meet National Security Team
A B-2 stealth bomber assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base in 2020. It is not unusual to shift military assets into position to provide options to the president and military commanders even if they are not ultimately deployed.
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on June 2025
Israel Says It Killed Top Iran Commander Who Oversees Proxy Militias
A crowd marched in Tehran on Friday to protest against Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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on June 2025
Season Opener
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on June 2025
Live Updates: Israel and Iran Trade New Round of Attacks
BTS Is Back Together. Does It Still Rule K-Pop?
NYC Increases Police Presence at Vulnerable Sites After U.S. Bombings in Iran
Pentagon details how attack was carried out
Satellite Images Show What U.S. May Have Targeted at Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Site