What to Know About the U.S. Strike on Iran, and Iran’s Retaliation
Tracers are seen in the sky after Iran’s armed forces say they targeted Al Udeid Air Base, the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle East, as seen from Doha, Qatar, on Monday.
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on June 2025
What to Watch for at the NATO Summit
The NATO summit will begin Tuesday in The Hague, with the American attack on Iran and defense spending expected to be major topics.
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on June 2025
NATO Leader’s Aim? Give Trump What He Wants: A Win on Military Spending.
President Trump plans to limit his visit to The Hague to less than 24 hours. It will be the first NATO leaders’ summit of his second term.
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on June 2025
The Yellow Sea Dispute Between China and South Korea
Korean military veterans protested near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul in April, calling on Beijing to remove the steel structures it installed in shared waters in the Yellow Sea.
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on June 2025
Canada and EU Sign Defense Agreement as Trump Promises to Reduce International Security
From left, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president; Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada; and Antonio Costa, the European Council president, in Brussels on Monday.
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on June 2025
U.K. to Ban Palestine Action Group as Terrorist Organization
A protest in support of the activist group Palestine Action in London on Monday. The government said it would formally submit a ban to Parliament next week.
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on June 2025
Zelensky Visits U.K. After Russian Attack on Kyiv Kills at Least 9
President Volodymyr Zelensky and King Charles at Windsor Castle on Monday. Concerns are growing in Kyiv that Russia’s assaults are drawing less attention as global focus shifts to the Israel-Iran war.
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on June 2025
How Hugo Aguilar Ortiz Became Mexico’s Most Powerful Indigenous Lawyer
Hugo Aguilar Ortiz is the newly elected chief justice of Mexico’s Supreme Court.
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on June 2025
Germany to Spend Record Amount on Its Military and Infrastructure
The German Air Force during a NATO military exercise in May.
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on June 2025
Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Israel and Iran.
President Trump speaking to reporters outside of the White House.
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on June 2025
Iran’s Capital Tehran Endures Intense Attacks Before Cease-Fire With Israel
Tehran, Iran’s capital, has been hit by Israeli airstrikes repeatedly since the war started on June 13.
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on June 2025
World Leaders Cautiously Welcome Israel-Iran Cease-Fire
The streets of Tehran on Tuesday morning. World leaders have expressed concern that the cease-fire remained fragile.
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on June 2025
Iran Casts Cease-Fire as Proof That Its Military Has Prevailed
In Tehran on Tuesday. Israeli airstrikes have wiped out much of the Iranian military’s top brass, and destroyed Iran’s air defenses and some of its nuclear and missile facilities.
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on June 2025
What to Know About the Cease-Fire Between Israel and Iran
Israelis wait outside a bomb shelter between air-raid warnings in Rishpon, Israel, on Tuesday.
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on June 2025
Tuesday Briefing
A missile was intercepted over Qatar yesterday after Iran said it had targeted a U.S. base there.
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on June 2025
How Yemeni Cafes like Haraz Coffee House Are Building Momentum and Community
Hamzah Nasser founded his Yemeni cafe brand, Haraz Coffee House, in 2021 in Dearborn, Mich. and intends to double the number of Haraz locations to 60 from 30 by the end of the year.
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on June 2025
Can Iran, Israel and the U.S. Now All Claim to Have Won?
Celebrating the attack on a U.S. base in Qatar, in Tehran on Monday. No Americans were killed in the attack, but it was trumpeted by Iranian media.
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on June 2025
Trump’s Cease-Fire Announcement Catches His Own Top Officials by Surprise
President Trump at Morristown Airport in New Jersey on Saturday.
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on June 2025
Qatar Intervened to Persuade Iran to Accept Cease-Fire Deal, Diplomats Say
President Trump with the Qatari prime minister, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, in Doha, Qatar’s capital, in May. The Qatari prime minister persuaded Iran to agree to a U.S. cease-fire proposal in a call with the Iranian leadership, diplomats said.
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on June 2025
Trump Says ‘Time for Peace’ After Iran Gives Warning Before Firing on U.S. Base
A missile was intercepted after Iran’s Armed Forces targeted Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday.
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on June 2025
Tuesday Briefing: Iran Struck a U.S. Base in Qatar
A missile was intercepted after Iran’s Armed Forces targeted Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday.
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on June 2025
Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Migrants to Countries Other Than Their Own
Camp Lemonnier, an American military base in Djibouti where migrants were sent after the Trump administration sought to deport them to South Sudan.
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on June 2025
What to Know about Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar
Loading humanitarian aid onto an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base in March 2024.
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on June 2025
F.B.I. Warns of Possible Retaliation by Iran After Bombing of Nuclear Sites
F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security officials held a call with state and local law enforcement officials on Sunday to warn of potential consequences of U.S. action in Iran.
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on June 2025
What to Know About U.S. Warning to Citizens Abroad Amid Israel-Iran Conflict
Flight attendants and travelers arrive from overseas at Kennedy Airport. The State Department has issued a travel advisory for Americans going abroad.
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on June 2025
Nearly 150 Report Being Jabbed With Needles at French Music Festival
An outdoor performance on the banks of the Seine river in Paris on Saturday was part of the annual Fête de la Musique celebration.
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on June 2025
What to Know About Iran’s Notorious Evin Prison
A guard outside the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, in a 2022 photo provided by the Iranian state media.
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on June 2025
Israel widens targets in another series of strikes on the Iranian capital.
A plume of smoke billowed over Iran’s capital Tehran in a screen grab taken from a video posted on social media on Monday.
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on June 2025
World Central Kitchen Resumes Gaza Operations After Nearly 7-Week Pause
At a food distribution site in central Gaza on Monday. Many families in the territory have relied heavily on charities such as World Central Kitchen for meals as staple foods have become scarce.
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on June 2025
Villages Evacuated on Greek Island as Wildfires Rage
A firefighter working to extinguish a fire on a tree on Chios, Greece, on Tuesday.
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on June 2025
Netanyahu Says Israel Is ‘Very, Very Close’ to Achieving Its Goals in Iran War
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel speaking on Thursday at the Soroka hospital complex in southern Israel after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran.
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on June 2025
Putin Condemns Strikes on Iran but Stops Short of Offering Concrete Support
In a photograph provided by Russian state media, Russia’s President Vladimir V. Putin met with Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.
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on June 2025
Claims of Potential Human Rights Violations Strain E.U.-Israeli Relations
Preparing bread in Gaza in April. Many bakeries were forced to close and flour supplies ran low after Israel imposed a blockade on food and fuel supplies that ended last month.
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on June 2025
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog says the war could lead to ‘unimaginable levels’ of destruction.
Rafael Grossi, head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, at an emergency meeting of the agency in Vienna on Monday.
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on June 2025
European officials voice fears of further escalation in the Israel-Iran war.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, in Brussels, on Monday. European ministers “are very much focused on the diplomatic solution,” she said.
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on June 2025
What Is the Strait of Hormuz and Why Is It Important?
A satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, showing the Iranian coast at top, and Qeshm Island and Oman below.
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on June 2025
Iran’s Nuclear Dreams May Survive Even a Devastating American Blow
A billboard showing a variety of missiles in Tehran last year. Iran’s nuclear program has become ingrained in the country’s identity since it began in the late 1950s.
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on June 2025
China Says the U.S. Damaged Its Own Credibility by Striking Iran
Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, speaking during a U.N. Security Council meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sunday.
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on June 2025
Iran has previously given warnings before attacking U.S. bases, limiting damage and repercussions.
Live Updates: Shaky Cease-Fire Takes Hold, Under Pressure From Trump
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Drones hit Iraqi military sites, hours after Iran attacked a U.S. base in Qatar.
Iran Mounts Attack on Beersheba, Israel, Hours Before Cease-Fire
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