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Aug 20, 2026
President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.
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Aug 20, 2026
President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.
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Aug 20, 2026
Bond markets remained volatile, as investors assessed the geopolitical turmoil.
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Aug 20, 2026
Bond markets remained volatile, as investors assessed the geopolitical turmoil.
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Aug 20, 2026
For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as both sides seem to believe they can hold out longer than the other.
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Aug 20, 2026
The Iran war has slashed transit traffic at Middle Eastern airports, creating opportunities for hubs in Asia and beyond — at least for now.
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Aug 19, 2026
The United Arab Emirates, Iran's most important regional trading partner, announced a total embargo on transactions with Tehran on Tuesday.
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Aug 19, 2026
The Emirates has long been a major trading hub for Iran, and analysts say it has been key to Iranian efforts to evade international sanctions, which Emirati officials deny.
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Aug 19, 2026
With Iran making ship traffic perilous, a U.S. operation offers a way out for some energy exports, stealthily shepherding tankers on dangerous journeys.
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Aug 19, 2026
Two high-profile cases that had spurred international condemnation of the country's conduct in Gaza were transferred to the military police. Such investigations have rarely led to convictions.
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Aug 19, 2026
The Emirates has long been a major trading hub for Iran, and analysts say it has been key to Iranian efforts to evade international sanctions, which the country denies.
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Aug 18, 2026
A day after President Trump's envoy, Jared Kushner, visited Israel to advance a stalled plan for demilitarizing and rebuilding Gaza, the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas commanders.
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Aug 18, 2026
Yields on the 30-year U.S. Treasury and government bonds across the world rose to multiyear highs as investors fret about inflation, deficits and A.I. spending.
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Aug 18, 2026
Maritime officials on Tuesday announced the recent attacks, which killed at least one sailor. Six months into the conflict, the vital waterway remains perilous.
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Aug 18, 2026
Maritime officials on Tuesday announced the recent attacks, which killed at least one sailor. Six months into the conflict, the vital waterway remains perilous.
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Aug 18, 2026
The attack follows a series of military interventions in Syria over the past two years, and spurred the latest American rebuke of Israeli actions in recent weeks.
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Aug 18, 2026
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are seeking larger oil reserves in Japan and South Korea as regional conflict threatens supply routes.
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Aug 18, 2026
The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond rose to its highest level in nearly 20 years.
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Aug 18, 2026
At least 17 commercial sailors have been killed in and around Iranian and Omani waters since March. Six months into the conflict, the vital waterway remains exceptionally dangerous.
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Aug 18, 2026
Intensifying restrictions have hit every part of the territory's dealings, spurring worries about whether the Palestinian Authority can remain solvent.
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Aug 17, 2026
President Trump took aim at Oman, a U.S. ally that has been mediating the talks, as efforts to end a war he started have faltered.
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Aug 17, 2026
The armed group, based in Yemen and backed by Iran, said it had launched missiles near the vital maritime trade route, in a conflict that shows no sign of abating.
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Aug 17, 2026
President Trump took aim at Oman, a U.S. ally that has been mediating the talks, as efforts to end a war he started have faltered.
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Aug 17, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to pull back the country's military until Hamas fully disarms. But the Trump administration is under pressure to show progress.
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Aug 17, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to pull back the country's military until Hamas fully disarms. But the Trump administration is under pressure to show progress.
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Aug 17, 2026
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.
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Aug 17, 2026
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran's nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.
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Aug 16, 2026
The president's son-in-law met the Palestinian militant group's leaders in Egypt, officials said. He will soon see Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader.
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Aug 16, 2026
The United States and Iran are poised to blow past a deadline they had set themselves to broker terms on peace and Iran's nuclear program.
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Aug 15, 2026
Iran said the airmen have been held since March 2 when their fighter jets were shot down. The Qatari government denies detaining any Iranian pilots.
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Aug 15, 2026
Musab Abu Rukbah, a former police chief, left Austria after appealing his eight-year sentence for crimes committed during Syria's civil war.
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Aug 15, 2026
Iran said the airmen have been held since March 2 when their fighter jets were shot down. The Qatari government has not commented.
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Aug 15, 2026
The Lebanese health ministry said several children were killed in a strike overnight, one of the deadliest attacks in months. Israel's military said it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.
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Aug 15, 2026
The Lebanese health ministry said several children were killed in a strike overnight, one of the deadliest attacks in months. Israel's military said it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.
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Aug 15, 2026
Azad, a popular online debate program, has tackled topics that push the limits of Iran's authoritarian system. Some question how it has remained on air.
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Aug 14, 2026
Defense Minister Katz called for the military to turn over to the police the responsibility for protecting Palestinians after two West Bank families were besieged by violent settlers.
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Aug 14, 2026
Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior aide, is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who has rejected a U.S.-backed deal to disarm Hamas.
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Aug 14, 2026
Shabjdeed, a rapper in the West Bank, criticized a fellow Palestinian musician in a song, saying his Western lifestyle and lyrics were far removed from life back home.
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Aug 13, 2026
The military's failure to keep extremists away from two Palestinian families trapped in their West Bank homes made clear the chaos gripping the Israeli-occupied territory.
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Aug 12, 2026
Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army's struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.
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Aug 12, 2026
The episode casts a spotlight on the army's struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.
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Aug 12, 2026
The spill of Russian crude bound for India compounds the environmental damage from spills in and around the Strait of Hormuz, where tankers and oil facilities have come under attack.
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Aug 12, 2026
The event's organizers would not say whether that included Israel, but its participation has been a matter of contention during the war in Gaza.
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Aug 12, 2026
Even if a cease-fire materializes, Gulf exporters recognize that relying strictly on the Strait of Hormuz is a risk they can no longer take.
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Aug 12, 2026
The Yemeni government said the ship was carrying food supplies to a port on the Bab al-Mandab Strait while the Iran-backed Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of transporting weapons.
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Aug 11, 2026
The Yemeni government said the ship was carrying food supplies to a port on the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The Iran-backed Houthis have not commented on the attack.
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Aug 11, 2026
The stalemate over the Iran war hardened and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz continued to dwindle.
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Aug 11, 2026
The former president was convicted of crimes against humanity during the country's civil war, the first verdict since he fled to Russia in 2024.
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Aug 11, 2026
The stalemate over the Iran war hardened and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz continued to dwindle.
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Aug 11, 2026
In Sweida Province, dominated by the country's Druse minority, many say it is just a matter of time before the central government moves to assert control over the region.
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Aug 10, 2026
The government adopted a law that might prove a significant step toward ending an outlawed group's decades-long battle with the Turkish state.
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Aug 10, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is trying to satisfy the sometimes competing demands of his right-wing base and President Trump months ahead of a tough election.
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Aug 10, 2026
A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that talks with Oman on shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz were "separate" from discussions to fully reopen the waterway.
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Aug 10, 2026
While fighting has abated in much of Iran, near-constant U.S. airstrikes in Qeshm island and other southern spots have upended lives and livelihoods.
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Aug 09, 2026
The appointment of Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council suggests that Iran's old guard is consolidating power.
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Aug 09, 2026
After more than a year and a half of negotiations, Syria and Russia have agreed on new parameters of Russia's military presence in Syria. Syria said it opens the way for a new phase in relations.
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Aug 09, 2026
President Trump's Board of Peace announced an agreement last month that aimed at Hamas giving up its weapons alongside an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
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Aug 08, 2026
The Iran war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, resulting in a significant erosion of firepower. A more drawn-out Iran conflict benefits Moscow and Beijing, some analysts say.
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Aug 08, 2026
The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met certain conditions.
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Aug 08, 2026
The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen unless the United States met certain conditions.
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Aug 08, 2026
While the Middle East waits to hear whether a deal can be reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Yemeni government's conflict with Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalated overnight.
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Aug 07, 2026
Recent escalating tensions between the Iran-backed group and the Yemeni government have prompted fears that a truce in place since 2022 is nearing collapse.
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Aug 07, 2026
As President Trump struggles to extricate the United States from the war in Iran, his promises to protesters in the country have fallen by the wayside.
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Aug 07, 2026
The agreement treats an attack on any of the three countries as an attack on all. Saudi Arabia has recently faced drone and missile strikes that it has blamed on Iran's allies in Yemen and Iraq.
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Aug 07, 2026
The conflict may have slowed, but not stopped, Iran's nuclear program, officials and experts said.
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Aug 07, 2026
In interviews, more than 20 people who tried to break an Israeli blockade described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured. Israel denied the accusations.
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Aug 06, 2026
The Iranian-backed militia said it had targeted the armed forces in two resource-rich provinces, as escalating violence in Yemen imperils a fragile truce.
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Aug 06, 2026
The indictment was a rare case in which the Israeli authorities pressed charges against an Israeli in the killing of a Palestinian.
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Aug 05, 2026
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claims by the Houthis, who are backed by Iran and have vowed to close "all access routes" to Saudi oil shipments.
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Aug 05, 2026
The agreement on an acceptable route for ships to pass through the strait would effectively ratify Tehran's control over the crucial waterway.
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Aug 05, 2026
At the same time, Israeli and Lebanese negotiators were holding talks in Rome aimed at fostering a long-term diplomatic settlement.
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Aug 05, 2026
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claim by the Houthis, who are backed by Iran and have vowed to close "all access routes" to Saudi oil shipments.
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Aug 05, 2026
President Trump announced a proposal aimed at achieving the disarmament of Hamas and an Israeli withdrawal. Israel ramped up attacks on the Palestinian enclave.
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Aug 04, 2026
The price of oil fell sharply on hopes that talks were progressing on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Aug 04, 2026
The price of oil fell sharply on hopes that talks were progressing on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Aug 04, 2026
Qatar said that draft language of a deal was being circulated, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about the talks but added that nothing was final yet.
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Aug 04, 2026
Qatar said that draft language of a deal was being circulated, while the U.S. Treasury secretary suggested an agreement may be imminent.
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Aug 04, 2026
The price of Brent crude oil fell sharply
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Aug 04, 2026
Markets have been lashed between disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and anxiety about massive corporate investments in artificial intelligence.
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Aug 04, 2026
Higher oil prices propelled a quarterly earnings jump for Saudi Arabia's energy giant, which used pipelines to work around disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Aug 04, 2026
Higher oil prices propelled a quarterly earnings jump for Saudi Arabia's energy giant, which used pipelines to work around disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Aug 04, 2026
Thousands of civilian workers remain stranded on ships at risk of attack by Iran. On one vessel, sailors have been held by the Iranian navy for more than three months.
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Aug 03, 2026
The markets' moves were the first since President Trump said he had halted a planned U.S. assault on Iran.
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Aug 03, 2026
President Trump cited progress in the negotiations when canceling a threatened attack on Iran over the weekend. Iran said there were no current talks with the United States.
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Aug 03, 2026
The markets' moves were the first since President Trump said he had halted a planned U.S. assault on Iran.
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Aug 03, 2026
By expanding the arena of fighting in the region, experts say, Tehran sent a warning about the dangers of a widening war.
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Aug 03, 2026
Moroccan migrants described their despair at their economic future, explaining what propelled them across the border with Spain.
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Aug 03, 2026
Moroccan migrants described their despair at their economic future, explaining what propelled them across the border with Spain.
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Aug 02, 2026
President Trump said he agreed to requests from Iran and other Middle Eastern countries to cancel planned attacks, citing what he said was progress in reaching the "perimeters of a deal" with Tehran.
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Aug 02, 2026
President Trump said he agreed to requests from Iran and other Middle Eastern countries to cancel planned attacks, citing what he said was progress in reaching "the perimeters of a deal" with Tehran.
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Aug 01, 2026
The confrontation, over a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, challenged a fragile cease-fire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group.
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Aug 01, 2026
During a fleeting truce, Iranians covertly devised a plan to raise the war's costs for President Trump if U.S. forces attacked anew.
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Aug 01, 2026
Palestinian officials said at least two people were killed. The deal announced by President Trump calls in part for Hamas to give up its weapons and Israel to stop its attacks in Gaza.
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Aug 01, 2026
The wave of strikes came as President Trump threatened to intensify the U.S. campaign against Iran, with both sides showing little sign of backing down.
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Aug 01, 2026
With none of President Trump's aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.
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Jul 31, 2026
The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.'s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.
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Jul 31, 2026
The new 15-point plan, released by the Board of Peace and announced by Trump, calls in part for Israel to end its attacks and Hamas to give up its weapons.
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Jul 31, 2026
Starting out in the 1970s as a rare American expert on political Islam, he became a prolific scholar and a prominent public intellectual.
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Jul 31, 2026
Iran sent military aid to Russia for its war against Ukraine. Now the question is whether that conflict and the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran are converging.
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Jul 31, 2026
The new 15-point plan, released by the Board of Peace and announced by Trump, calls in part for Israel to end its attacks and Hamas to give up its weapons.
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