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Why Jordan Is Becoming a New Focus in the U.S.-Iran War

Par :Greg Jaffe · Julian E. Barnes and Jonathan Swan
Four Iranian attacks in five days have targeted U.S. troops in Jordan, U.S. officials said, including one on Friday that killed two soldiers and left another service member missing.

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American and Jordanian forces took part in multinational military exercises hosted by Jordan in 2022.
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Deaths of 2 U.S. Troops in Jordan Brings American Toll in the War With Iran to 16

Par :John Ismay and Lara Jakes
President Trump has vowed to avenge the deaths of any U.S. military personnel.

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The remains of a U.S. service member killed in Kuwait earlier in the war arrived at Dover Air Force Base, Del., in March.
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Ukraine’s Top General Becomes a Target of Protesters’ Anger

Par :Andrew E. Kramer and Cassandra Vinograd
Demonstrators supporting Ukraine’s ousted defense minister have begun denouncing the commander he clashed with in office, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi.

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People in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday protesting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to oust Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had championed drone warfare.
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Wildfires Continue To Burn in Ontario, Canada, Sending Smoke to U.S. Cities

Par :Vjosa Isai
Nearly 200 fires continued to devastate swaths of the province as smoke continued to drift across parts of Canada and the United States.

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Premier Doug Ford of Ontario after a news conference in Thunder Bay on Saturday. Roughly 1.7 million acres have burned in Ontario, data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center shows.
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U.S. Strikes Leave Iranians Isolated and Scared

Par :Leily Nikounazar
Overnight strikes damaged a tunnel and three bridges in Hormozgan Province, the governor’s office said.

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The Persian Gulf off the coast of Bandar Abbas, an Iranian port city in the south of the country, in May. Residents said roads around the city were heavily damaged by U.S. airstrikes this week.
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Your ‘Live’ World Cup Broadcast Is Not Really Live

Par :Victor Mather
Everyone is watching the goals after they happen, and some get them significantly faster.

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Lautaro Martinez of Argentina scored the winning goal over England on Wednesday. When did you see it?
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A Very British CPAC: Few, if Any, Costumes and Not Much Trump

Par :Michael D. Shear
London hosted an understated version of the Conservative Political Action Conference, known in the United States for its over-the-top celebration of MAGA causes.

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Matt Schlapp, chairman of the Conservative Political Action Conference, and the former prime minister Liz Truss onstage at CPAC’s London conference on Thursday.
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Uproar Over Surrogate Baby Prompts German Official’s Sudden Resignation

Par :Jim Tankersley
Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing that he had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany.

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Jens Spahn, parliamentary group leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union party, in the plenary hall during a session at the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of Parliament, in December.
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Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out

Par :Norimitsu Onishi
Half of Canada’s wildfires are in remote areas with no road access. Impossible to fight, they are often left to burn.

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A wildfire burning in Bison Lake, Alberta, last year.
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In Bangladesh, Argentina’s Soccer Team Finds a Huge Fan Base

Par :Saif Hasnat
Bangladesh has never qualified for the World Cup. But every four years, many in the country adopt Argentina’s team as their own.

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Fans of Argentina’s soccer team gathering last month in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during the World Cup.
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Freedom Convoy Leader, Under House Arrest, Wants to Visit the White House

Par :Ian Austen
Prosecutors say Tamara Lich wants a “blank cheque” for international travel, including a cruise, arguing that she is trying to profit from the very protest that got her sentenced.

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The Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich at her sentencing hearing last summer. She is asking a court to let her travel to the United States.
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Lamine Yamal, Soccer Star and Son of African Migrants, Personifies a Changing Spain

Par :Jason Horowitz
As he prepares for the World Cup final, Lamine Yamal, 19, is at the heart of a national debate about what it means to be Spanish in an increasingly multicultural society.

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A crowd near Rocafonda, the neighborhood where Lamine Yamal grew up, watches the player on a giant screen during Spain’s semifinal with France last week.
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Iqaluit, Canada’s Most Northern City, Gets Its First Bus Line

Par :Norimitsu Onishi and Renaud Philippe
Jacinto Marques left Angola for Canada’s frozen edge. Now he’s running a bus service in Iqaluit, the largest, and only city in Canada’s Arctic.

Looking out the window of an Iqaluit Transit bus during its route through the city.
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Israel Counters Iranian Spying by Warning Against Recruitment

Par :Isabel Kershner
The Israeli authorities have enacted a broad array of countermeasures to contain what they describe as online recruiting efforts by Iranian agents.

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People walking in Tehran this month. According to Israeli authorities, Iran has intensified efforts to recruit people in Israel for intelligence gathering.
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As Trump Scraps With Meloni, His Envoy to Italy Is at Sea

Par :Motoko Rich and Gianni Cipriano
Tilman J. Fertitta, the U.S. ambassador to Rome, is summering on his superyacht as President Trump squabbles with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy.

Tilman Fertitta aboard his yacht, Boardwalk, on the Fourth of July.
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They Called Sam Neill ‘Skux.’ (It Was a Compliment.)

Par :Laura Chung
The New Zealand slang word, dating back to the 1990s, was pulled back into circulation in tributes to the actor, who died on Tuesday.

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Sam Neill at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.
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7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban

Par :Apoorva Mandavilli and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
The aid workers were on the frontline in the fight against the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and have shown no symptoms, their employer said.

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A satellite image showing the field hospital at Laikipia Air Base in central Kenya, where America aid workers are being quarantined.
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The Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s Drone Warfare Mastermind

Par :Andrew E. Kramer
The popularity of drones, and the defense minister who heavily promoted them, helped lead to a clash in which President Volodymyr Zelensky sided with the military brass.

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Mykhailo Fedorov, the former minister of defense for Ukraine, speaking Thursday in Kyiv. Mr. Fedorov’s growing reliance on drones had reportedly irked some members of the military’s leadership.
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Karim Khan’s Accuser Breaks Silence on Alleged Sexual Misconduct at I.C.C.

Par :Amanda Taub and Jeanna Smialek
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, has denied the accusations. He faces a vote next week that will determine whether he keeps his job.

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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, at a U.N. Security Council meeting.
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War Between U.S. and Iran Expands, With Strikes Across the Region

Par :Leily Nikounazar · Shirin Hakim and Lara Jakes
Videos and reports in Iranian state media showed damage to bridges, railways and other infrastructure. U.S. allies in the region reported retaliatory strikes by Iran.

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An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times showing a damaged portion of a bridge in Hormozgan Province, Iran, on Friday.
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War Between U.S. and Iran Expands, With Strikes Across the Region

Par :Leily Nikounazar · Shirin Hakim and Lara Jakes
Videos and reports in Iranian state media showed damage to bridges, railways and other infrastructure. U.S. allies in the region reported retaliatory strikes by Iran.

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An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times showing a damaged portion of a bridge in Hormozgan Province, Iran, on Friday.
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Lam Wing-Kee, Hong Kong Bookseller Who Defied Authorities, Dies at 70

Par :Adam Nossiter
One of five booksellers kidnapped by Chinese officials in 2015, Mr. Lam spoke out after his release and became an international cause célèbre.

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Lam Wing Kee in 2020 at the Causeway Bay Bookstore in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan’s ministry of culture saluted the store as “an inspiration and role model for democracy, liberty and human rights across borders.”
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Prominent Cuban Artist Will Go Into Exile After 5-Year Prison Term

Par :David C. Adams
The United States offered a visa to Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who was expected to fly to Miami on Saturday.

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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara in Havana in 2021.
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Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills Seven People, Health Officials Say

Par :Adam Rasgon and Abu Bakr Bashir
The Israeli military said the attack targeted members of the second-biggest militant group in Gaza. It also said it was “aware of the claims that several uninvolved individuals” had been harmed.

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Palestinians carrying the body of a man killed during an Israeli strike in central Gaza on Friday.
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Burnham Becomes Labour Leader and Britain’s Incoming Prime Minister

Par :Michael D. Shear
At a time of political upheaval and economic stagnation, Andy Burnham will on Monday become the seventh prime minister in a decade.

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Andy Burnham, the new leader of the Labour Party, speaking in London on Friday.
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Burnham Becomes Labour Leader and Britain’s Incoming Prime Minister

Par :Michael D. Shear
At a time of political upheaval and economic stagnation, Andy Burnham will on Monday become the seventh prime minister in a decade.

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Andy Burnham, the new leader of the Labour Party, speaking in London on Friday.
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7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Off Coast of Mexico and Guatemala Poses Tsunami Threat

Par :Zane Irwin
A powerful earthquake near the border of Mexico and Guatemala raised fears of a tsunami and shook buildings across three countries.

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People outside the Biblioteca Nacional in San Salvador, El Salvador, following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Friday.
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Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars

Par :Greg Jaffe and Eric Schmitt
Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.

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“We’re going to knock out all their power plants,” President Trump told Fox News this week. “We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”
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Parents in Uganda Demand Answers After Bus Crash Kills 21 Children

Par :Musinguzi Blanshe
The driver of the school bus, carrying dozens of students, lost control, officials said, causing the bus to veer off the road into a boulder.

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An overturned school bus in eastern Uganda, where 21 students and five adults were killed in the crash.
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E.U. Proposes Changes to Emissions Trading System

Par :Chico Harlan
The European Union is facing a green backlash as emissions cuts become harder and require bigger overhauls to industry and livelihoods

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Europe, which often holds itself up as a climate leader, has been facing political infighting over some of its policies.
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Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars

Par :Greg Jaffe and Eric Schmitt
Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.

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“We’re going to knock out all their power plants,” President Trump told Fox News this week. “We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”
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Cuban Dissident Was Missing A Week After Prison Release

Par :Frances Robles
A Cuban artist awaiting permission from the Trump administration to enter the United States was held in an unknown location in Cuba.

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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara in 2018.
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Iran-U.S. Talks: How 4 Negotiators Would Approach Diplomacy

Par :Lara Jakes
First step: Agree on a goal.

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A mural in Tehran in June. The likelihood of an easing of tension between the United States and Iran looks distant at the moment, but there are small signals that diplomacy could still be possible.
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Hundreds of Rohingya Feared Drowned at Sea

Par :Verena Hölzl
Members of the persecuted minority group from Myanmar set off in search of a better life weeks ago, but news of their boats sinking only emerged recently. More than 500 are feared dead.

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A boat carrying a group of Rohingya refugees landed in Indonesia’s Aceh province last year. Each year, thousands of Rohingya refugees attempt to reach Indonesia, Malaysia or Thailand on overcrowded, unseaworthy boats.
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The 20-Somethings Running Ukraine’s War Machine

Par :Constant Méheut
A new generation has been cutting red tape to speed weapons to the front. But the old guard pushed back, and now Ukraine’s young defense minister is out.

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A friend’s call for help led Mykhailo Rudominski into defense work. His company, Himera, makes electronic warfare-resistant radios.
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Beijing Rejects Trump’s Claim of Meddling, but Avoids a Fight

Par :Alexandra Stevenson
Chinese officials called the election-meddling accusation baseless, while analysts said Beijing was trying to preserve a fragile détente.

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President Trump addressing the nation from the East Room of the White House on Thursday.
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‘Suddenly, I Was Free’: A Chinese Pastor’s Journey From Jail to the U.S.

Par :Vivian Wang
In his first interview since being released by China, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri details his surprise release after a direct appeal by President Trump to Xi Jinping.

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Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri at his home near Washington on Thursday. His release from jail was a rare concession by China after President Trump raised his case.
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As Blazes Spread Near Paris, Extreme Heat Is Changing How France Fights Fires

Par :Catherine Porter and Dmitry Kostyukov
Until recently, France’s forest fires were mostly in the south. This week, fires are raging much farther north. France is having to rethink its firefighting strategy.

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Venezuela Earthquakes Force a Grim Homecoming for Migrants

Par :Emma Bubola and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez
Mass migration, which defines modern Venezuela, has heavily marked the earthquake, too, saving many who had left, but also making their grief harder.

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Liliana Figueroa, who had migrated to Brazil, returned to Venezuela after her daughter, Angelina, was killed in the earthquake.
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Dubai Migrant Worker Layoffs Reveal Costs of Middle East War

Par :Anjana Sankar and Vivian Nereim
The Persian Gulf city attracted migrant workers with the promise of opportunity. Many now say the war has brought job losses and salary cuts.

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The Satwa area of Dubai in April. Migrant workers in the city have faced job losses or cuts since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
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