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Apr 23, 2026
The Malaysian company Karex, which produces about five billion condoms a year, said it was raising prices by 30 percent because of higher raw material prices and global shipping disruptions.
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Apr 23, 2026
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a Kuwaiti-American journalist, is expected to be released soon, after 52 days in detention, a lawyer for two of his family members said.
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Apr 23, 2026
The Malaysian company Karex, which produces about five billion condoms a year, said it was raising prices by 30 percent because of higher raw material prices and global shipping disruptions.
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Apr 23, 2026
It was the second such action this week, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Tehran.
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Apr 23, 2026
The Lebanese are deeply divided over whether rare direct talks with Israel are a good thing.
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Apr 23, 2026
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ushered in a new form of collective leadership in the country, with more power for the Revolutionary Guards.
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Apr 23, 2026
The war in Iran has disrupted supplies of diesel, used to power trucks and heavy equipment, much more than gasoline, which is primarily used in passenger cars.
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Apr 23, 2026
The B'nei Menashe believe they are the children of Manasseh, a king of Judah exiled about 2,800 years ago. Evidence is thin, but Israel is welcoming them ‘home.'
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Apr 22, 2026
Lebanese officials say rescue teams came under fire while trying to aid Amal Khalil, a reporter for a Lebanese newspaper, and Zeinab Faraj, a photojournalist.
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Apr 22, 2026
A British naval agency said the two vessels had come under attack near the strait, as a U.S. blockade on Iran's ports continued.
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Apr 22, 2026
The United States has halted dollar shipments to Iraq's cash-based economy in an effort to force the Baghdad government to distance itself from Iran. The money comes from Iraq's oil revenues.
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Apr 22, 2026
A decades-old law allows the president to wage war without congressional approval for 60 days, then limits his options for continuing. President Trump may seek to get around it.
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Apr 22, 2026
A decades-old law allows the president to wage war without congressional approval for 60 days, then limits his options for continuing. President Trump may seek to get around it.
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Apr 22, 2026
At a border crossing in Turkey, one Iranian woman said her friends struggled to afford food because there was no work to be found and strikes had forced factories to close.
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Apr 22, 2026
Avraham Zarbiv became known on Israel's right for demolishing buildings in Gaza. He lit a torch at a national ceremony on Tuesday evening.
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Apr 22, 2026
The Treasury secretary said that currency swap line would benefit both the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
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Apr 22, 2026
Hours after President Trump extended a cease-fire, Tehran appeared to be exerting its authority in the contested waters near the strait.
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Apr 22, 2026
Iran's leaders believe that they can withstand an enduring standoff longer than President Trump. The strategy could be economically devastating for average Iranians.
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Apr 22, 2026
Iran's retaliatory attacks on the United Arab Emirates have put the U.A.E.'s large Iranian expatriate community in an uncomfortable position.
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Apr 21, 2026
President Trump has ridiculed President Barack Obama and the agreement, which he withdrew from during his first term. His critics say he could have avoided a war had he left it in place.
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Apr 21, 2026
Our visual journalist David Guttenfelder traveled with displaced people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, as a cease-fire paused the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Apr 21, 2026
With the cease-fire on the verge of ending, President Trump said on Tuesday that he would keep it in place until Iran's "proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other."
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Apr 21, 2026
President Trump attributed his decision to divisions among the Iranians about how to proceed and said he wanted to give them more time.
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Apr 21, 2026
The Iranians are notoriously slow negotiators. Our reporter David E. Sanger explains what the history of U.S.-Iran negotiations could mean for the latest round of talks.
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Apr 21, 2026
A child was among the dead, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The Israeli military said it had attempted to break up clashes in Al Mughayir, which has seen a surge of Israeli settler violence.
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Apr 21, 2026
Mass funerals for Hezbollah fighters and civilians were happening across southern Lebanon.
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Apr 21, 2026
Washington is demanding that the Baghdad government dismantle Iran-backed Iraqi militias that have been attacking Americans and U.S. sites there recently.
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Apr 21, 2026
A statue of the crucifixion of Christ has been replaced after one soldier photographed another swinging what looked like a sledgehammer at its head.
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Apr 21, 2026
Iranian leaders fear being burned again by President Trump, who tore up a nuclear agreement reached during the Obama administration after lengthy negotiations.
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Apr 21, 2026
The delay is another hurdle in the Trump administration's push to secure an agreement that would curb Iran's nuclear program.
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Apr 21, 2026
What one image tells us about the road back to southern Lebanon.
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Apr 21, 2026
The energy industry is planning for a future where the choke point on Iran's southern coast is a lot less important.
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Apr 21, 2026
The seizure was the latest U.S. effort to squeeze Iran's oil-reliant economy, and came days after the Navy boarded an Iranian cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Apr 21, 2026
A British-French plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz would give the continent a role. But Tehran and Washington are still calling the shots.
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Apr 21, 2026
After a forced confession and a death sentence, a Kurdish poet spent 30 years in jail, where he discovered his voice. His literary champion, to everyone's surprise, became his life partner.
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Apr 21, 2026
The ships carried skeleton crews and no passengers, the cruise company said.
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Apr 21, 2026
The comments on the Strait of Hormuz by China's leader, Xi Jinping, reflect Beijing's complex relations with Iran and other Persian Gulf nations.
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Apr 21, 2026
The Navy destroyers enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports carry weapons fielded after an American warship was attacked and nearly sunk more than 25 years ago.
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Apr 20, 2026
As the United States and Iran make a second attempt at a deal, their negotiating styles are on a collision course.
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Apr 20, 2026
Publicly, Iranian officials refuse to confirm a second round of negotiations with the United States, even as they privately say they are making plans to attend.
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Apr 20, 2026
With the two-week cease-fire almost over, Vice President JD Vance was expected to head to Pakistan on Tuesday for the second round of negotiations.
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Apr 20, 2026
With the two-week cease-fire almost over, Vice President JD Vance was expected to head to Pakistan on Tuesday for the second round of negotiations.
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Apr 20, 2026
The container ship, the Touska, was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury over links to Iranian weapons programs.
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Apr 20, 2026
Marines are searching thousands of containers aboard the Touska, an Iranian cargo ship that the Navy disabled and seized on Sunday.
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Apr 20, 2026
Some of the million people displaced by the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon are flooding back home since a 10-day truce between Israel and Lebanon took hold.
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Apr 20, 2026
The military is investigating the soldier. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret for any hurt caused to "believers in Lebanon and around the world."
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Apr 20, 2026
In a letter, the 11 senators questioned the defense secretary's decision to gut programs intended to protect civilians and said his orders endangered U.S. troops.
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Apr 20, 2026
Few vessels are crossing after Iran reversed course on reopening the vital waterway and ships came under attack.
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Apr 20, 2026
A decade after Mohammed bin Salman unveiled his "Vision 2030" program to transform the country's economy, the kingdom is facing financial strains and reassessing its trajectory.
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Apr 20, 2026
The vice president is again center stage, after abruptly leaving the first round of high-level Iranian peace talks without an agreement.
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Apr 20, 2026
The U.S. remains an essential player. The problem, one analyst said, is how to deal effectively with a power that is "indispensable, coercive and unpredictable at the same time."
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Apr 19, 2026
The military said it had disabled the vessel after it ignored repeated warnings to stop, amid a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. Marines boarded the ship and seized it.
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Apr 19, 2026
The military said it had disabled the vessel after it ignored repeated warnings to stop, amid a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. Marines boarded the ship and seized it.
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Apr 19, 2026
President Trump said the United States attacked an Iranian ship that tried to get past the U.S. blockade, hours after Iran said the blockade was a war crime that violated the cease-fire.
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Apr 19, 2026
Maritime and military law experts say an expansion of the naval blockade announced last week raises legal and practical questions but has ample historical precedent.
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Apr 19, 2026
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright's acknowledgment in a TV interview undercut President Trump's earlier claim that price increases would be "short-term."
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Apr 19, 2026
Two senior Hamas officials in Gaza said the group was prepared to relinquish some automatic rifles and other arms, a concession that falls short of Israeli-U.S. demands.
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Apr 19, 2026
Critics say Iran may be creating a "tiered internet" model, where access is limited to the politically and economically privileged.
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Apr 19, 2026
Rachel Goldberg-Polin's precise and devastating memoir chronicles the 328 days her son was held hostage in Gaza, and what came after.
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Apr 19, 2026
The gas-rich Gulf nation is in a state of "strategic shock" after the war dealt a serious blow to its economy, sending ripples around the world.
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Apr 19, 2026
The attempt by the Khayyats to influence foreign policy while discussions are underway about potential Trump family deals is an increasingly common feature of the president's second term.
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Apr 18, 2026
The leader of the Iran-backed militia said that a more durable peace with Israel would require the fulfillment of a list of long-standing demands.
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Apr 18, 2026
Iran's government could emerge from the conflict with a blueprint to keep adversaries at bay, regardless of any restrictions on its nuclear program.
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Apr 18, 2026
The day after Iran declared the vital waterway open, it reversed course, injecting new peril into navigation there.
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Apr 18, 2026
The truce appeared to mostly hold even as Israel said it had carried out strikes on what it called "terrorists" approaching its forces in southern Lebanon. Separately, a U.N. peacekeeper was killed.
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Apr 18, 2026
Analysts said energy and shipping companies would be reluctant to fully restore operations until they were confident that hostilities were over.
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Apr 18, 2026
Separate from the regular Iranian Navy, with boats that often go more than 115 miles per hour, it's what a retired U.S. official calls a "disruptive force."
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Apr 18, 2026
Separate from the regular Iranian Navy, with boats that often go more than 115 miles per hour, it's what a retired U.S. official calls a "disruptive force."
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Apr 17, 2026
The Trump administration made the announcement hours after Iran said that the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial ships.
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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
Iranian officials did not confirm most of Mr. Trump's claims and disputed several of them.
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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
On a day when both Iran and the United States declared the Strait of Hormuz opened, hopes for an agreement rose. But statements from President Trump and Iranian leaders about negotiations were sometimes at odds.
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Apr 17, 2026
Amid conflicting reports about the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, European leaders gathered on Friday to coordinate a plan to guard it.
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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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