After Fighting Russia Fiercely, He Wants to Forge Ukraine’s Path to Peace

4 septembre 2026 à 05:03

Kyrylo Budanov, a decorated soldier and former military spy chief, advocates a negotiated settlement. Talks are expected to resume this month.

Kyrylo Budanov, chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

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Israel Is Expected to Release Lebanese Prisoners, in Rare Sign of Progress

Par : Aaron Boxerman and Natan Odenheimer

3 septembre 2026 à 12:47

The move would come amid struggling talks between Israel and Lebanon aimed at disarming Hezbollah and ending Israel’s invasion.

Smoke rises above the town of Al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. The release of Lebanese prisoners would come amid talks to disarm Hezbollah and end Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.

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Through the Hands of Strangers, Missing Iranian Artists Put on a Show in L.A.

Par : Jason Farago

3 septembre 2026 à 11:41

Isolated by war, they nevertheless are taking part in an exhibition at The Brick, paired with local artists who interpreted and realized their work.

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How Do You Run for Office in a Gang War?

Par : André Paultre and Frances Robles

3 septembre 2026 à 05:02

Haitian election officials have set elections for Dec. 13, but many experts say extreme violence is likely to cause a postponement. Again.

The remnants of a charred vehicle after more than 20 people were killed by armed gangs last week in Kescoff, a neighborhood near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Status of Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Unclear, U.N. Watchdog Says

Par : Steven Erlanger

2 septembre 2026 à 06:32

As the war sputters on, an internal report from the International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran’s refusal to grant access to its inspectors was an urgent concern.

Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the United Nations in July. A new agency report highlighted its lack of access to Iran’s nuclear sites.

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Your Iran Questions, Answered

Par : Katrin Bennhold

31 août 2026 à 16:56

Today, we hand the mic over to reporters covering diplomacy, the White House, the Middle East and more.

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Soldiers in Niger Attack Presidential Palace and Airport, Shaking Junta

Par : Saikou Jammeh

29 août 2026 à 18:14

Renegade Nigerien soldiers attacked sites around the capital, the defense ministry said, including a key air base that hosts Russian mercenaries.

A government building following an attack on the airport and the presidency in Niamey, Niger, on Saturday.

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Turkey and Israel Vie for Middle East Influence as Tensions Spike

Par : Ben Hubbard

29 août 2026 à 05:03

Israel’s strike on a Syrian base to pre-empt the feared deployment of Turkish forces was part of a growing competition in the Middle East and beyond.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, this year. Analysts and officials fear the growing rivalry between Turkey and Israel could exacerbate volatility in the Middle East.

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Fear Over Malaysia’s Plan to Send Back Rohingya Migrants to Myanmar

Par : Zunaira Saieed

28 août 2026 à 05:04

The announcement has sent panic through a community that fled its country’s brutal military rule, civil war, religious persecution or some combination of the three.

Rohingya refugees in front of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Kuala Lumpur after being evicted from their home in July.

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Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83

Par : Dan Bilefsky

27 août 2026 à 12:57

A general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he was convicted in the killing of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe’s deadliest massacre since World War II.

Ratko Mladic in Sarajevo in 1994. He was captured in 2011 and put on trial for genocide and war crimes.

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Saudi Response to Houthis’ Attacks on Ships May Be a New War

Par : Vivian Nereim

27 août 2026 à 07:59

Analysts say that weeks of Houthi attacks on Saudi targets have brought the kingdom and the Iranian-backed militia to the brink of full-blown conflict, and could open a new front in the Iran war.

A demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, in support of the Houthi militia last month. The Houthis, who control northern Yemen on Saudi Arabia’s southern border, are supported by Iran.

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Scenes From a Destroyed Barbershop in Lebanon

Par : Abdi Latif Dahir · Christina Thornell · Coleman Lowndes and Vicken Vincent Avakian

27 août 2026 à 05:00

Our reporter Abdi Latif Dahir visits a barbershop in Lebanon that was demolished in an Israeli airstrike in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Airstrikes and Illegal Mining Add to Myanmar’s Troubles

Par : Nick Cumming-Bruce

25 août 2026 à 14:48

A thriving ‘conflict economy’ is extracting minerals while the military and armed groups inflict abuse on civilians, according to a new report on the scale of recent violence in Myanmar.

Destroyed buildings after military airstrikes in May in Kyauktaw, a town in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State.

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What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine?

Par : Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko

25 août 2026 à 05:01

Ukraine pleaded for the expensive weapons, and ultimately got them, but drones have rendered them almost unusable.

Soldiers replacing the engine of a Leopard tank at a repair and storage facility in the Kharkiv region last month.

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Lebanon’s Efforts to Tame Hezbollah Stall Amid Israel War

Par : Christina Goldbaum

22 août 2026 à 05:02

President Joseph Aoun took office with a popular mandate to reassert control after the militant group dragged the country back into war with Israel.

A demonstration showing support for Hezbollah and opposition to the decision of Lebanese authorities to engage in direct negotiations with Israel, in Beirut in April.

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Turkey Requests Netanyahu’s Arrest, Saying Israel Abused Flotilla Activists

Par : Zane Irwin

21 août 2026 à 16:35

Turkey’s request for an Interpol ‘red notice’ came at a time of escalating tensions between the two countries.

A flotilla of about 50 boats carrying humanitarian aid departed Marmaris, Turkey, in May, intending to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Israeli forces boarded the boats and detained 400 people.

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2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises

Par : Pranav Baskar and Hussein Mohamed

20 août 2026 à 21:05

Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.

Security forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland, in 2024.

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Trump Threatens Economic Pain for Countries That Help Iran

Par : Chris Cameron

19 août 2026 à 21:10

The president did not specify what actions he would take, and he has on other occasions abandoned threats to dramatically escalate the war with Iran.

President Trump in transit from Maryland last week.

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Send Us Your Questions About the Iran War

Par : Katrin Bennhold

19 août 2026 à 10:47

Times reporters who cover the war, diplomacy, energy and the broader Middle East are joining our “Ask a Correspondent” feature as the conflict nears the six-month mark. Let us know what’s on your mind.

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How the Iran War Made Africa’s Richest Man Even Richer

Par : Saikou Jammeh

19 août 2026 à 05:00

Africans have turned to one of their own for fuel as the world’s supplies run low. But they are not the only ones with the continent’s richest man on speed dial.

Aliko Dangote at his refinery office in Lagos, Nigeria, in January.

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Houthis Claim Strike on Saudi Vessel as Red Sea Violence Escalates

Par : Ismaeel Naar

17 août 2026 à 11:16

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.