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Apr 17, 2026
Little is known about Pickaxe Mountain, but some experts say it illustrates the impossibility of relying on force alone to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
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Apr 17, 2026
Amid conflicting reports about the situation in the strait, European leaders gathered on Friday to coordinate a plan to guard it.
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Apr 17, 2026
Lebanon's government has been caught between Western demands to disarm the Shiite Muslim militant group and fears of inflaming sectarian tensions.
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Apr 17, 2026
But analysts said it was not clear how quickly the oil industry in the Persian Gulf would be able to get back to normal.
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Apr 17, 2026
The Metropolitan Police said that the building had not been attacked but that they were assessing "discarded items" in Kensington Gardens, a nearby park, which was cordoned off.
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Apr 17, 2026
Friday's statements that the strait is now open raised investors' hopes that oil and gas would start flowing out of the Persian Gulf in significant volumes again.
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Apr 17, 2026
Residents are wary that the truce may offer only a temporary reprieve after weeks of rocket fire by Hezbollah.
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Apr 17, 2026
Stuck in standstill traffic, Lebanese people who had been displaced by fighting expressed a mix of excitement and uncertainty about a pause in Israel's campaign against Hezbollah.
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Apr 17, 2026
The pause in fighting would remove a major hindrance to the U.S.-Iran peace talks, if it holds.
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Apr 17, 2026
Residents are wary that the truce may offer only a temporary reprieve after weeks of rocket fire by Hezbollah.
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Apr 17, 2026
The country's leaders secured a truce through risky talks with Israel, but the government now finds itself caught between competing pressures.
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Apr 17, 2026
By holding off America's more powerful military, Iran showed how Taiwan can deter or defeat China.
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Apr 17, 2026
Most Israelis wanted the fight against Hezbollah to continue. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's critics say he is showing that he cannot, or will not, stand up to President Trump.
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Apr 16, 2026
The pause in the fighting between Israeli forces and Iranian-allied Hezbollah militants may help smooth the way to a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran.
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Apr 16, 2026
Israeli and Lebanese officials had confirmed they would implement the truce. Hezbollah acknowledged the cease-fire, but did not directly address whether it would follow it.
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Apr 16, 2026
The Lebanese and Israeli governments confirmed the truce. But Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group Israel was fighting, only obliquely acknowledged the deal, without directly saying it would abide by it.
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Apr 16, 2026
Tehran's digital warriors have continued to seek ways to gain an advantage in the conflict in a new phase of cyberspace operations.
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Apr 16, 2026
The officer was charged with assault leading to death, in the case of a man who was accused by Bahraini authorities of espionage during a domestic crackdown tied to the war in Iran.
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Apr 16, 2026
The transition signals the end of a formal U.S. military presence in Syria for the first time in more than a decade.
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Apr 16, 2026
Our business reporter Peter Eavis breaks down how American military ships have blocked Iranian-linked vessels from using the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. encourages other vessels to make the passage.
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Apr 16, 2026
The U.S. blockade of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz would last "for as long as it takes," the defense secretary said.
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Apr 16, 2026
Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, said the fluctuating nature of the U.S.-Israeli war made it difficult to pinpoint expenses.
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Apr 16, 2026
Republicans narrowly blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have prevented President Trump from continuing to wage war in Iran until he won authorization from Congress to do so.
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Apr 16, 2026
Israeli and Lebanese officials this week met in Washington for direct talks between two nations, which have technically been at war since 1948.
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Apr 16, 2026
President Trump had said that Israeli and Lebanese leaders would also speak on Thursday. But a Lebanese official said Lebanon's president had rejected the idea.
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Apr 16, 2026
Stocks may be soaring again, but the war in Iran has started to pinch the finances of many Americans.
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Apr 16, 2026
Neither side confirmed a meeting. Israeli and Lebanese officials have said a cease-fire in the war against Hezbollah is under consideration.
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Apr 16, 2026
If tankers do not soon begin crossing the Strait of Hormuz, airlines in Europe may not have enough jet fuel to operate all of their flights.
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Apr 15, 2026
The comments come as peace talks between Iran and the United States have not yet resumed and a cease-fire is set to expire next week.
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Apr 15, 2026
Concerns over the Iran war led several Democratic senators who had rejected past bids to curb weapons transfers to Israel to vote to block the sale of bulldozers and bombs.
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Apr 15, 2026
President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a "pretty reasonable" new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.
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Apr 15, 2026
A court fight over Itamar Ben-Gvir, an extremist who oversees the police, pits the attorney general against Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government.
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Apr 15, 2026
The diplomacy came as the U.S. Navy locked down trade to Iranian ports, and Iran responded by threatening critical shipping routes across the region.
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Apr 15, 2026
The Saudi league, established in 2022, attracted some of the sport's biggest stars with huge contracts.
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Apr 15, 2026
For the fourth time since the war began, G.O.P. senators successfully fended off an effort to constrain the president. But there were signs of growing unease among Republicans.
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Apr 15, 2026
Talk of a truce that would pause the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon followed rare direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington on Tuesday.
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Apr 15, 2026
More than a dozen U.S. Navy warships are enforcing a blockade on all vessels from all nations entering or leaving coastal areas or ports in Iran.
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Apr 15, 2026
The country has not commented publicly about Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who the Committee to Protect Journalists said had been charged with spreading false information.
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Apr 15, 2026
Mark Rosenblatt's Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children's book author, draws from Dahl's comments over the years.
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Apr 15, 2026
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump's closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.
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Apr 15, 2026
The military's blockade of Iranian ports aims to suppress sea traffic to and from Iran, while leaving the strait itself open.
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Apr 15, 2026
The attack, in the southern province of Kahramanmaras, left 20 others wounded.
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Apr 14, 2026
A new pattern of deceptive activity by some vessels around the critical waterway suggests the new American blockade is changing how some ships linked to Iran are behaving.
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Apr 14, 2026
The gathering ended with encouraging words, even as Israel continued to refuse to halt its military campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Apr 14, 2026
In a thinly veiled critique of the war in Iran, China's leader said the world could not risk reverting "to the law of the jungle."
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Apr 14, 2026
The prime minister said that his government was also investing in ways to boost oil and gas production.
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Apr 14, 2026
A meeting between Israeli and Lebanese officials, the first in decades, came as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports entered its second day.
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Apr 14, 2026
The president did not say who would represent the United States in a potential next round of direct talks, though he ruled out being personally involved.
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Apr 14, 2026
The Mossad head said Israel's mission would not be complete until the Iranian regime was replaced, after criticism that the war has left Iran's theocratic government in place.
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Apr 14, 2026
Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, reports from the city of Tyre in Lebanon amid widespread evacuation warnings and incoming Israeli strikes in Israel's war with Hezbollah.
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Apr 14, 2026
The move by Italy, once considered a strong ally of Israel, reflected growing anger over Israeli aggression in the Middle East. President Trump criticized Italy's stance on the war.
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Apr 14, 2026
The conflict could also fuel another bout of inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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Apr 14, 2026
China's leader, Xi Jinping, said that the world cannot risk reverting "to the law of the jungle." Beijing has taken a more active role diplomatically as the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz persists.
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Apr 14, 2026
Ship-tracking data showed that several vessels, including some that had been docked at Iranian ports, had moved through the strait as the U.S. military began its blockade.
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Apr 14, 2026
Officials said the teenage attacker killed himself when cornered by the police. The authorities are investigating possible motives.
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Apr 14, 2026
The talks, set for Tuesday in Washington, were not expected to produce an immediate breakthrough in the war between Hezbollah and Israel.
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Apr 14, 2026
The talks, set for Tuesday in Washington, were not expected to produce an immediate breakthrough in the war between Hezbollah and Israel.
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Apr 14, 2026
Oil markets shrugged it off, but the effort to hurt Iran could provoke retaliation that inflicts more damage on energy assets and the global economy.
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Apr 14, 2026
The body of a man accused of spying for Iran, Mohammed al-Mousawi, showed signs of torture, witnesses said. The U.N. has called for an investigation.
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Apr 14, 2026
Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, whose hospitality industry has been hit hard by the war with Iran, are facing furloughs, pay cuts and even repatriation.
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Apr 14, 2026
The talks, set for Tuesday in Washington, were not expected to produce an immediate breakthrough in the war between Hezbollah and Israel.
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Apr 13, 2026
The United States proposed a 20-year "suspension" of all nuclear activity, even as President Trump demands assurances that Iran can never build a nuclear weapon.
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Apr 13, 2026
House lawmakers had been scheduled to hear testimony next week from the head of military operations in the Middle East, but the Republican majority postponed the hearing until late May.
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Apr 13, 2026
European countries declined to take part in the action, which is designed to pressure Iran into making concessions by cutting off its oil income.
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Apr 13, 2026
The U.S. military has provided few details on how it might carry out President Trump's orders as he seeks to pressure Tehran on a peace deal. But history and established practices offer some clues.
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Apr 13, 2026
Iranians enduring the latest communications shutdown warn that it's crippling businesses. Critics say officials flagrantly use the internet they block citizens from.
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Apr 13, 2026
President Trump's announcement of a U.S. blockade was his latest effort to pressure Iran to negotiate after direct talks over the weekend did not yield an agreement.
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Apr 13, 2026
The vessels exited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, hours before a U.S. naval blockade took effect.
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Apr 13, 2026
The regime in Iran has not changed and the nuclear and missile threats have not been eliminated, leaving many Israelis to wonder what this was all for.
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Apr 13, 2026
President Trump is trying to choke off the country's lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.
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Apr 13, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the U.K.'s diplomatic efforts are directed at keeping the vital waterway "open, not shut."
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Apr 13, 2026
President Trump's announcement of a complete U.S. blockade was his latest effort to pressure Iran to negotiate after direct talks over the weekend did not yield an agreement.
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Apr 13, 2026
Vice President JD Vance led the highest-level talks between the United States and Iran in nearly 50 years.
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Apr 12, 2026
The goal of the naval operation ordered by ordered by President Trump is to deny Iran the revenues it needs to fund its military, but there are many unknowns.
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Apr 12, 2026
Iran denied that the American destroyers had entered the strait, as negotiations for an extended cease-fire continued in Islamabad.
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Apr 12, 2026
Satellite imagery shows impact craters at and near the tunnel entrances to aircraft shelters at Iran's remote "Eagle 44" base.
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Apr 12, 2026
Iranian officials said that while Iran had approached the negotiations in good faith, the U.S. team had failed to gain the Iranian delegation's trust.
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Apr 12, 2026
The U.S. had demanded that Iran immediately reopen the strait to all maritime traffic, but Iran said it would do so only after a final peace deal, according to Iranian officials.
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Apr 12, 2026
Israel's campaign targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon has been a source of tension in the U.S.-Iran cease-fire. Israeli and Lebanese officials plan to meet for rare talks in Washington this week.
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Apr 12, 2026
Iran sees American demands as reaching far beyond what it achieved in war. Tehran is gambling that it can withstand further bombardment more than Washington is willing to sustain economic chaos, experts say.
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Apr 12, 2026
In a televised address, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel sought to placate critics at home who say the war failed to achieve its goals.
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Apr 12, 2026
In Tyre, a city on Lebanon's coast, near-daily bombardments by Israel have killed and injured civilians, and left many searching for shelter.
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Apr 12, 2026
The U.S. had demanded that Iran immediately reopen the strait to all maritime traffic, but Iran said it would do so only after a final peace deal, according to Iranian officials.
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Apr 12, 2026
The lack of a breakthrough after 21 hours of negotiations leaves the Trump administration facing several unpalatable options.
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Apr 11, 2026
China may have shipped missiles to Iran, and Beijing is allowing some companies to sell Tehran supplies that can be used in military production, American officials said.
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Apr 11, 2026
Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.
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Apr 11, 2026
From sanctions relief to nuclear talks, here's a look at how negotiations between Washington and Tehran have gone over the decades.
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Apr 11, 2026
The most fervent backers of the Islamic republic believe pausing the war for negotiations risks squandering what they see as a hard-won upper hand.
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Apr 11, 2026
The vast scale of destruction wrought by U.S. and Israeli bombardment will make sanctions relief all the more vital to Iran's government as it tries to negotiate a peace agreement.
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Apr 11, 2026
At least 70 people are in the team that is scheduled to negotiate with the American side in Pakistan on Saturday.
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Apr 11, 2026
While President Trump's war aims have changed by the moment, Iran has stuck to firm demands. The question is whether it will compromise in peace negotiations.
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