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Washington Post World News
Mar 27, 2026

Nearly 1,500 Iranian civilians killed in U.S., Israeli strikes, report says
The findings appear to be the most comprehensive estimates yet of the growing toll of dead and wounded civilians in the month-long war.

Washington Post World News
Mar 27, 2026

U.S. uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon
More than 850 Tomahawks have been fired in just four weeks, people familiar with the matter said, alarming some Pentagon officials because the weapon's supply is limited.

Washington Post World News
Mar 27, 2026

Cuba looks to Vatican for help as U.S. pressure plunges island into crisis
Cuban officials have petitioned Pope Leo XIV to help persuade the Trump administration to ease its oil embargo, which is causing crippling fuel shortages and blackouts.

Washington Post World News
Mar 26, 2026

Trump says U.S. to hold off for 10 days on hitting Iran energy sites
Trump's statement follows an Iranian report that it had rejected a 15-point U.S. ceasefire proposal, a move that still left the door open for a counteroffer.

Washington Post World News
Mar 26, 2026

$500 tee times, private yachts: Bachelor(ette) trips are out of control
Bachelor and bachelorette trips have become increasingly elaborate and costly, with social media and influencer culture driving the trend.

Washington Post World News
Mar 26, 2026

Iran rejects Trump proposal to end war, leaving status of talks unclear
Tehran did not say whether it had offered the U.S. a counterproposal and did not confirm Israel's claim that it had killed Iran's top naval commander.

Washington Post World News
Mar 26, 2026

Far fewer immigrants are moving to big cities in U.S., data shows
New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are among the metro areas seeing steep declines in net immigration amid the Trump administration's crackdown.

Washington Post World News
Mar 26, 2026

Israel says it killed Iran's top naval commander in bid to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Israel said Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' navy, was responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian authorities did not immediately comment.

Washington Post World News
Mar 26, 2026

Pentagon considers diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East
A shift would highlight the growing trade-offs required for the U.S. to sustain its war with Iran as the conflict depletes the military's critical munitions.

Washington Post World News
Mar 26, 2026

Gulf countries want Trump to end Iran war — but not yet, officials say
The Saudis and Emiratis fear a deal that leaves the region less stable, and they have indicated support for an escalated campaign to force concessions from Tehran.

Washington Post World News
Mar 25, 2026

Iraq accuses U.S. of killing 7 soldiers in clinic strike
As Iraq claimed "heinous aggression," the U.S. denied it targeted a clinic. The incident threatens to sour relations between the countries amid the Iran war.

Washington Post World News
Mar 25, 2026

China bars executives at Meta-owned AI company from leaving country
Manus's CEO and chief scientist are facing scrutiny from Beijing over the company's $2 billion sale to Meta.

Washington Post World News
Mar 25, 2026

Russia hits Ukrainian cities, intensifying bombing as U.S. focuses on Iran
Ukraine said eight people were killed as Russia launched a bombardment that included its largest single-day drone assault of the war.

Washington Post World News
Mar 25, 2026

U.S. plan to end war seeks removal of Iran's enriched uranium, officials say
The proposal offered sanctions relief to Iran in return for the removal of all its enriched uranium and other U.S. demands, the officials said.

Washington Post World News
Mar 25, 2026

Pakistan's effort to mediate U.S.-Iran talks appears to gather steam
Iran praised Pakistan's "good intentions" but did not say how it had responded. A Pakistani analyst described "significant and rapid progress" in indirect talks.

Washington Post World News
Mar 25, 2026

Iran's missiles pierce Israel's defenses, raising doubts about interceptors
Concern that Iran was amassing missiles to overwhelm defenses was a key factor in the push for war, officials said, and recent strikes laid bare Israel's vulnerability.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Army paratroopers ordered to Middle East as U.S. weighs next Iran move
The Pentagon on Tuesday ordered a couple thousand paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to the Middle East.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Army paratroopers ordered to Middle East as U.S. weighs next move in Iran conflict
The orders follow weeks of speculation about whether the 82nd Airborne Division would join the war, after its headquarters unit abruptly pulled out of a training exercise this month.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Audio from cockpit recorder reveals error before deadly LaGuardia crash
LaGuardia's air traffic control tower failed to recognize it had granted permission for a plane and an emergency vehicle to use the same runway, officials said.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Tehran denies claims of progress in peace talks, as Trump declares war ‘won'
President Donald Trump said that peace negotiations with representatives from Iran were ongoing: "They want to make a deal so badly."

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Trump declares Iran war ‘won' as Tehran denies claims of peace talk progress
President Donald Trump said that peace negotiations with representatives from Iran were ongoing: "They want to make a deal so badly."

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Justices seem inclined to revive Trump policy blocking migrants at border
The Supreme Court weighed a policy that would allow agents at U.S. borders to block migrants from entering the country to seek asylum.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Rubio testifies against friend accused of secretly working for Maduro
Former congressman David Rivera, accused of secretly lobbying for Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, climbed Miami politics alongside Marco Rubio.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Israel, Iran trade strikes as U.S. says it is pausing attacks on energy targets
Four Persian Gulf states reported fresh missile and drone threats from Iran, as Israel pledged to keep up its attacks in Iran and Lebanon "with full force."

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Rare Middle East storm could bring floods, damaging winds and tornadoes
Parts of the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf could be hit by strong thunderstorms later this week. Major highways and airports in the region could be inundated.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Trump says peace talks progressing as Iran officials deny negotiations
Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey have taken the lead in efforts to broker a peace deal between the United States and Iran, though conversations have been indirect thus far.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Israel and Iran exchange strikes as Trump says U.S. is negotiating end to war
Israel and four Gulf states reported Iranian attacks a day after President Trump said talks to end the war were underway. Iran denies direct negotiations are taking place.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

Rubio to testify against friend accused of secretly working for Maduro
Former congressman David Rivera, accused of secretly lobbying for Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, climbed Miami politics alongside Marco Rubio.

Washington Post World News
Mar 24, 2026

He was Rubio's friend and roommate. Now Rubio will testify against him.
Former congressman David Rivera, accused of secretly lobbying for Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela, climbed Miami politics alongside Marco Rubio.

Washington Post World News
Mar 23, 2026

Trump says U.S. is postponing some strikes as it negotiates end to war with Iran
The president's announcement sent markets soaring and energy prices diving, as investors bet Iran's blockade of a key shipping chokepoint could soon end.

Washington Post World News
Mar 23, 2026

Trump says U.S. is postponing strikes as it negotiates end to war with Iran
The president's announcement sent markets soaring and energy prices diving, as investors bet Iran's blockade of a key shipping chokepoint could soon end.

Washington Post World News
Mar 23, 2026

Ambulances set ablaze at London synagogue in attack Starmer calls antisemitic
No one was hurt in the blaze, which damaged four ambulances operated by a Jewish charity in north London's Golders Green neighborhood, officials said.

Washington Post World News
Mar 23, 2026

At least one winner emerges from Iran war: U.S. natural gas exporters
President Donald Trump's "energy dominance" agenda gets a boost as governments in Asia scramble to substitute Middle East fuel.

Washington Post World News
Mar 22, 2026

Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Hormuz
Israelis said securing the strait for energy shipments could become the war's main goal now that regime change and ending Iran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.

Washington Post World News
Mar 22, 2026

Joe Kent says he wants Trump to hear MAGA opposition to Iran war
In an interview with The Post after resigning from the administration in protest, the veteran said he is taking his message to the president's supporters.

Washington Post World News
Mar 22, 2026

Iran refuses to give in, seeking greater global economic pain
Tehran's unwillingness to capitulate as the war enters its fourth week is wrapped up in the power it exerts over the Strait of Hormuz, officials in the region say.

Washington Post World News
Mar 22, 2026

Why Iran does not appear ready to give in, despite heavy losses
Tehran's unwillingness to capitulate as the war enters its fourth week is wrapped up in the power it exerts over the Strait of Hormuz, officials in the region say.

Washington Post World News
Mar 22, 2026

When my friend came home from Maduro's torture prison
The Washington Post's Venezuela reporter writes on a couple divided by the authoritarian regime in Caracas — and their joyful reunion.

Washington Post World News
Mar 21, 2026

Trump threatens to ‘obliterate' Iran's power plants if Strait of Hormuz does not open
The IAEA is looking into Iran's report that its Natanz nuclear site was hit in strikes. Human rights groups say they fear Iran will carry out mass executions.

Washington Post World News
Mar 21, 2026

IAEA looking into Iran's report that Natanz nuclear site hit in strikes
Human rights organizations say they fear Iran will carry out mass executions after the public hangings this week of three men who took place in anti-government protests.

Washington Post World News
Mar 21, 2026

K-pop stars BTS thrill Seoul with comeback concert after military service
The South Korean megastars thrilled tens of thousands of fans with their first concert in nearly four years following a break for military service and solo careers.

Washington Post World News
Mar 21, 2026

The Middle East celebrates Eid and Nowruz under the shadow of war
Missile exchanges have jarred with the spirit of the holidays underway across the region.

Washington Post World News
Mar 21, 2026

To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt
To aid Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a friend of Russia, in his election, operatives proposed "the Gamechanger" — a staged assassination attempt to stir supporters.

Washington Post World News
Mar 21, 2026

Russian ship potentially bringing oil to Cuba is test of Kremlin allyship
A Kremlin spokesman said the Russian government is discussing "possible options for assisting Cuba in the difficult situation it finds itself in."

Washington Post World News
Mar 21, 2026

Cuban oil crisis? Russian tanker could challenge U.S. blockade.
A Kremlin spokesman said the Russian government is discussing "possible options for assisting Cuba in the difficult situation it finds itself in."

Washington Post World News
Mar 20, 2026

Trump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil
The Treasury Department's authorization of the sale of Iranian crude already at sea is likely to provide revenue for Iran's war effort against the U.S.

Washington Post World News
Mar 20, 2026

Cuba rejects ‘shameless' U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel
An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island's energy crisis. The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

Washington Post World News
Mar 20, 2026

Cuba rejects U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless'
An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island's energy crisis. The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

Washington Post World News
Mar 20, 2026

4 women killed in West Bank are first Palestinian deaths in Iran war
They were at a salon getting their nails done for Eid al-Fitr. It was unclear who fired the missile.

Washington Post World News
Mar 20, 2026

Hezbollah is bombing northern Israel again. Residents are staying put.
Rather than evacuation, Israel's defense minister said the mission now is "to protect northern communities against raids and anti-tank fire."

Washington Post World News
Mar 20, 2026

U.S.-Israeli rift widens over potential end game in Iran
Israel's assault on the world's largest natural gas deposit has renewed tensions between the two allies' end goals in Iran.

Washington Post World News
Mar 20, 2026

U.S.-Israeli rift widens over potential endgame in Iran
Israel's assault on the world's largest natural gas deposit has renewed tensions between the two allies' end goals in Iran.

Washington Post World News
Mar 19, 2026

Iran hits Gulf energy sites, escalating war, as U.S. mulls sanctions rollback
As attacks rattled markets, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration might lift restrictions on Iranian oil already loaded onto vessels.

Washington Post World News
Mar 19, 2026

U.S. mulls lifting oil sanctions on Iran as it hits key Gulf energy sites
The price of Brent crude briefly climbed past $117 per barrel as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait reported more attacks on infrastructure and the U.S. and Iran traded threats.

Washington Post World News
Mar 19, 2026

Oil prices soar as Iran targets energy facilities across Persian Gulf
The price of Brent crude climbed past $115 per barrel as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait reported more attacks on infrastructure and the U.S. and Iran traded threats.

Washington Post World News
Mar 19, 2026

Trump threatens to blow up major Iranian gas field as energy prices soar higher
The president said he would not hesitate to attack the South Pars gas field, the largest in the world, if Iran continues to strike Qatar's energy infrastructure.

Washington Post World News
Mar 19, 2026

Economic fallout from U.S.-led war is hitting the rest of the world harder
Because of greater exposure to disruptions in the Middle East, such as high natural gas prices, businesses and consumers outside the U.S. are being hit harder by the war in Iran.

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

Pakistani strike killed hundreds, Afghanistan says, as regional conflicts boil
As attention focuses on Iran, the conflict between two of its neighbors is escalating.

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

Israel steps up assassinations as Iran war widens to energy facilities
The conflict continues to roil global energy markets. On Wednesday, an attack on Iran's South Pars gas field sent energy prices soaring.

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

Israel steps up assassinations in Iran, seeking to dislodge regime
The conflict continues to roil global energy markets. On Wednesday, an attack on Iran's South Pars gas field sent energy prices soaring.

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

Gabbard tells senators Iranian regime is degraded but still intact
The director of national intelligence provided the Senate Intelligence Committee with mixed messages about the state of Iran's nuclear program before the war began.

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

Rubio says Cuba's efforts to improve its economy are failing
Cuba "can't fix" its economy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as President Donald Trump said his administration will be "doing something with Cuba very soon."

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

Japan's leader heads to D.C. bearing gifts of peace for a president at war
Japan's super-popular prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, will visit the White House on Thursday, as President Donald Trump looks to allies for military help against Iran.

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

Israel says it killed Iran's intelligence minister in overnight strike
Defense Minister Israel Katz reported the death of Esmaeil Khatib a day after announcing the deaths of two of the Iranian regime's most senior officials.

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

This Emirati billionaire put a voice to Gulf anger over Trump's war in Iran
The post, later deleted, captured the frustrations of the war for Persian Gulf nations that have built reputations for stability.

Washington Post World News
Mar 18, 2026

Hezbollah ignites blowback from its base as over 1 million flee war with Israel
More than a million people in Lebanon are displaced after airstrikes in support of Iran drew a fierce Israeli response.

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

European leaders rebuff Trump's call to open the Strait of Hormuz
Trump has expressed frustration over a lack of military assistance from allies, but European leaders are reluctant to join a conflict he started without consulting them.

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

Senior official openly breaks with White House, resigns over war
Joe Kent, a close aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, cited deliberate Israeli "misinformation" and lies to President Donald Trump about a "swift path to victory."

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

Israel says it killed Iran's top security official, along with paramilitary boss
Ali Larijani, Iran's lead security official, and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani were "eliminated," Israel said. Iran has not commented on the strikes.

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

U.S. tells all its embassies to ‘immediately' review security after strikes
The State Department order to review security at "ALL posts worldwide" follows persistent attacks on U.S. embassies, with almost 300 reported in Iraq alone.

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

First senior official openly breaks with White House, resigns over war
Joe Kent, a close aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, cited deliberate Israeli "misinformation" and lies to President Donald Trump about a "swift path to victory."

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

Trump has choked off Cuba's oil supply. China is stepping in with solar.
As President Donald Trump threatens to "take" Cuba, China is flexing its dominance in renewable energy by supplying solar panels as Havana confronts an energy crisis.

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

Israel urges Iranians to revolt but privately assesses they'll be ‘slaughtered'
Israeli officials told U.S. counterparts they hope for an uprising even though it would lead to a massacre, according to a State Department cable reviewed by The Post.

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

Top counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns in opposition to Iran war
Kent, a top counterterrorism official and close aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, cited deliberate Israeli "misinformation" and lies to President Donald Trump about a "swift path to victory."

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

Top Gabbard counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns in opposition to Iran war
Kent, a top counterterrorism official and close aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, cited deliberate Israeli "misinformation" and lies to President Donald Trump about a "swift path to victory."

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

Len Deighton, best-selling novelist with wry take on espionage, dies at 97
His books of betrayal and deception, including "The Ipcress File," skewered espionage services and sharply mocked English social strictures.

Washington Post World News
Mar 17, 2026

Israel says it killed Ali Larijani, Iran's top security official, in strike
Israel's defense minister said Larijani, head of the Supreme National Security Council, and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani were "eliminated" in airstrikes.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Trump says he can ‘take' Cuba: ‘I can do anything I want with it'
Amid the U.S. oil blockade, Cuba's national energy grid collapses, causing a nationwide blackout.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Trump says he'll have the ‘honor' of ‘taking' Cuba: ‘I can do anything'
Amid the U.S. oil blockade, Cuba's national energy grid collapses, causing a nationwide blackout.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Cuba's national energy grid collapses, causing island-wide blackout
President Donald Trump threatened again to topple the country's communist government.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Trump-Xi summit delayed as U.S. president pushes China to help open Hormuz
Trump said the long-anticipated reboot of U.S.-China relations could be postponed by "a month or so," amid mounting pressure to reopen the critical oil route.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

U.S. intelligence says Iran's regime is consolidating power
Despite withering airstrikes, officials predict a weakened but more hard-line government in Tehran, backed by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps security forces.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Number of U.S. troops wounded in Iran war surpasses 200 across 7 countries
The injuries have occurred as Iran launches waves of missile and one-way attack drones in response to the Trump administration's expansive assault.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Trump-Xi summit likely delayed as president pushes China to help open Hormuz
Trump said the long-anticipated reboot of U.S.-China relations could be postponed amid mounting pressure to reopen the critical oil route in the Persian Gulf.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Drone hits Dubai airport as Iran targets commerce; Israel says war will go on
As Tehran continued strikes on targets across the Gulf region, Israel said it would hit Iran for "as long as needed" and expanded ground operations in Lebanon.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Iran targets commerce as drone hits Dubai airport; Israel says war will go on
As Tehran continued strikes on targets across the Gulf region, Israel said it would hit Iran for "as long as needed" and expanded ground operations in Lebanon.

Washington Post World News
Mar 16, 2026

Drone strike hits Dubai airport, a major global hub, sparking huge fire
Iranian drones have repeatedly hit Dubai International Airport, among the world's busiest, since the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, but Monday's strike was the largest.

Washington Post World News
Mar 15, 2026

Deportees sent by Trump to Salvadoran prison are still stuck a year later
Little is known about the status or whereabouts of the Salvadorans deported by President Donald Trump to CECOT, an infamous megaprison.

Washington Post World News
Mar 15, 2026

To criticize an American-led war, an American pope turns to allies
Senior Vatican officials have spoken out sharply against the war in the Middle East, but Pope Leo XIV made a tempered call for peace that did not assess blame.

Washington Post World News
Mar 14, 2026

Trump says U.S. struck Kharg Island, core of Iran's oil economy
The strikes destroyed more than 90 military targets, including missile facilities, but preserved oil infrastructure, U.S. central command said Saturday.

Washington Post World News
Mar 14, 2026

Kids in hospital help penguins woo mates with painted pebbles
"I always get really emotional when the pebbles go in," said Rebecca Parr, who works for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.

Washington Post World News
Mar 14, 2026

What Earth's longest-lived animals can teach us about aging better
Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

Washington Post World News
Mar 14, 2026

Trump urged uprising, but as bombs fall, Iranians are ‘too scared to move'
Some Iranians living in Dubai say their families celebrated the death of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but the war could leave Iran in a worse situation than before.

Washington Post World News
Mar 14, 2026

They came to build China's EV future. Investigators found ‘slavery-like' conditions.
Few Chinese laborers have spoken out about the abuses they allegedly suffered while toiling abroad. Until now.

Washington Post World News
Mar 14, 2026

They came to build China's EV future. Investigators found conditions akin to ‘slavery.'
Few Chinese laborers have spoken out about the abuses they allegedly suffered while toiling abroad. Until now.

Washington Post World News
Mar 14, 2026

How Trump suspending sanctions on Russian oil helps Putin's war effort
The Kremlin hopes the Trump administration's move to contain oil prices sent soaring by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran will lead to further relief.

Washington Post World News
Mar 14, 2026

For Russia, Trump's sanctions pause means more money to fight Ukraine
The Kremlin hopes the Trump administration's move to contain oil prices sent soaring by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran will lead to further relief.

Washington Post World News
Mar 13, 2026

Trump says U.S. bombed Kharg Island, striking core of Iran's oil economy
About 90 percent of the country's oil exports move through facilities on Kharg Island, located some 15 miles from the mainland in the Persian Gulf.

Washington Post World News
Mar 13, 2026

Hegseth vows thorough probe of school strike that Trump blamed on Iran
The announcement appeared to tacitly acknowledge a growing body of evidence that U.S. forces, not Iran, were responsible for the deadly attack.

Washington Post World News
Mar 13, 2026

Cuba acknowledges secret meetings with U.S. as Trump dials up threats
Trump has warned that Cuba is next in line after Venezuela and Iran, saying that the Havana regime is in its "last moments of life."

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