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Iran Crisis Overshadowed as Senators Squabble at Hearing

18 juin 2025 à 16:26
A hearing featuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth exposed a major divide over the dangers of using U.S. troops domestically.

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Senators asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth questions about domestic military use and the names of bases during a hearing ostensibly about the defense budget.

Two Iranian centrifuge production facilities are hit, the U.N. nuclear watchdog says.

18 juin 2025 à 08:13

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Smoke rising in Tehran on Tuesday. The Israel military said it had attacked with more than 50 planes overnight, targeting weapons production facilities.
Hier — 17 juin 2025Flux principal

Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ and Threatens Its Supreme Leader

17 juin 2025 à 19:52
The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in chief and the Constitution’s mandate that only Congress can declare war.

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President Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Canada on Monday.

Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ and Threatens Its Supreme Leader

17 juin 2025 à 19:52
The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in chief and the Constitution’s mandate that only Congress can declare war.

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President Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Canada on Monday.

What to Know About Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Weapons Program

17 juin 2025 à 13:53
Since shortly after it was founded in 1948, Israel has been intent on building a nuclear program to ensure its survival.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at United Nations General Assembly last year. Experts believe that Israel has been expanding its secretive nuclear program.

Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and threatens its supreme leader.

17 juin 2025 à 13:25
The president wrote in a social media post that the United States knew his location.

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President Trump at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, on Monday. Since returning to Washington, he has been active on social media with messages about Iran.

Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and threatens its supreme leader.

17 juin 2025 à 13:25
The president wrote in a social media post that the United States knew his location.

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President Trump at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, on Monday. Since returning to Washington, he has been active on social media with messages about Iran.

How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel

President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S. military.

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Smoke from explosions after Israel’s attacks on Tehran on Sunday.

How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel

President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S. military.

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Smoke from explosions after Israel’s attacks on Tehran on Sunday.

Underground Halls at Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Site Suffered ‘Direct Impacts’ From Israel Strikes, U.N. Atomic Watchdog Says

17 juin 2025 à 13:39
The International Atomic Energy Agency had initially said that the Friday attack had destroyed the aboveground part of the Natanz fuel enrichment plant, but its latest statement indicates more significant damage.

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A satellite image of the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in central Iran on Sunday.

‘I’ll Never Try Again’: For Some Gazans, Seeking Aid Is Just Too Risky

18 juin 2025 à 05:39
The Gaza health ministry said that more than 50 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday, and 20 on Monday, as they waited at food distribution sites.

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Palestinians carrying aid from a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site in Rafah, southern Gaza, last week.

Appeals Court Seems Inclined to Let Trump Control National Guard in L.A. for Now

17 juin 2025 à 18:17
A three-judge panel sounded skeptical of California’s arguments that President Trump should return control of National Guard troops to the state.

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A three-judge panel is considering whether the Trump administration can continue directing National Guard troops in California.

Syria Is Notably Silent as Other Arab States Condemn Israeli Attacks on Iran

17 juin 2025 à 05:01
Syria was once among the closest allies of the Islamic republic, but the new government resents Tehran’s support for the Assad regime and has pledged not to allow attacks on Israel from its territory.

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President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria, center, has made it clear that Iran’s proxies are no longer welcome in Syria.

Russian Drone and Missile Strikes on Kyiv Kill at Least 10

17 juin 2025 à 11:49
It was the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital in almost a year, and came as Moscow has intensified air assaults on the city.

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Ukrainian rescue workers at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.
À partir d’avant-hierFlux principal

Trump’s Choice on Israel-Iran: Help Destroy Nuclear Facility or Continue to Negotiate

16 juin 2025 à 22:48
Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.

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Iranians lined up at gas stations as they fled Tehran on Monday.

Trump’s Choice on Israel-Iran: Help Destroy Nuclear Facility or Continue to Negotiate

16 juin 2025 à 22:48
Iranian officials have warned that U.S. participation in an attack on its facilities will imperil any chance of the nuclear disarmament deal the president insists he is still interested in pursuing.

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Iranians lined up at gas stations as they fled Tehran on Monday.

Naval Academy Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit After Dropping Race-Conscious Admissions

16 juin 2025 à 18:36
The academy had argued for years that a diverse officer corps was essential to strong troop morale and national security.

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The U.S. Naval Academy graduation last month in Annapolis, Md.

Ukraine Takes First Step Toward Carrying Out Minerals Deal With U.S.

16 juin 2025 à 15:00
The government is trying to show the Trump administration that it can deliver on the agreement.

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In a handout image from Ukraine’s government, Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury secretary, and Yulia Svyrydenko, the Ukrainian economy minister, signed the minerals deal in Washington in April.

How Tough Is Iran? A String of Military Losses Raises Questions.

16 juin 2025 à 15:47
Iran is often portrayed as one of the world’s most dangerous actors, but with its attacks on Iranian defenses, nuclear sites and proxy militias, Israel has exposed a compromised and weakened adversary.

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Turning a Page, Germans Try Celebrating Their Recent Veterans

16 juin 2025 à 10:28
In a changed world, Germany’s government is trying to recruit more soldiers. A first step? Getting citizens to appreciate their military again.

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Taking a selfie at Germany’s first Veterans Day celebration in Berlin on Sunday.

Walls Are Put Up Walls Around Israeli Displays at French Weapons Show

16 juin 2025 à 10:50
Israel called the move “outrageous.” A French official said Israeli companies were defying an agreement not to display so-called offensive weapons.

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The closed Elbit Systems stand at the Paris Air Show on Monday.

Sahel Crisis Goes Coastal as Insurgents Push Toward the Atlantic

16 juin 2025 à 06:17
Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions.

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The Army Was the Only Life She Knew. Trump’s Trans Ban Cast Her Out.

16 juin 2025 à 05:00
Maj. Erica Vandal’s superiors called her “a superb officer.” The president said transgender soldiers like her lack the “honesty,” “humility” and “integrity” to serve.

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As Trump Returns to G7, Rift With Allies Is Even Deeper

15 juin 2025 à 19:08
In 2018, the president called for the group to embrace Russia and stormed out of the summit. Now he is seeking to shrink America’s military role abroad and embarking on a more expansive trade war.

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White House officials have said little about goals for the summit, but they are facing a self-imposed deadline of early July to reach trade deals.

As Trump Returns to G7, Rift With Allies Is Even Deeper

15 juin 2025 à 17:06
In 2018, the president called for the group to embrace Russia and stormed out of the summit. Now he is seeking to shrink America’s military role abroad and embarking on a more expansive trade war.

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White House officials have said little about goals for the summit, but they are facing a self-imposed deadline of early July to reach trade deals.

Israel Diminished Iran’s Air Defenses in Rounds of Strikes

15 juin 2025 à 16:08
Since last year, Israel forces have repeatedly hit Iran’s defenses. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had worked to “peel off the layers of protection” of Iranian defenses.

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Israeli strikes in Tehran on Sunday. The attacks have highlighted Iran’s lack of preparedness for war.

Deployed to Meet an ‘Invasion,’ Marines Were Once Invaders of Mexico

16 juin 2025 à 01:52
Many Mexican Americans remember that California became part of the United States after a 19th century war that cost Mexico more than half its territory.

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A Marine patrolled on Friday at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles.

Close Trump Allies Sponsored the Military Parade, Raising Ethical Concerns

15 juin 2025 à 13:01
Federal regulations prohibit government employees from using their public office for private gain.

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Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, sponsored the event commemorating the Army’s 250th anniversary on Saturday.

Tehran Residents Describe Fear, Uncertainty

15 juin 2025 à 11:56
Some Iranian citizens’ early hopes that the conflict would be short-lived were giving way to fear that the violence will not end soon.

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Some residents of Tehran worried about how the conflict would intensify.

Israel Wakes Up to More Casualties After Second Night of Fighting

Many of those confirmed dead were women and children, according to the authorities, although they have yet to publicly name all of the victims.

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A building damaged by an Iranian missile attack in Bat Yam, Israel, on Sunday.

What to Know About the New Head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

15 juin 2025 à 11:08
Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi was appointed to lead the group after his predecessor, Gen. Hossein Salami, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

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Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi speaking in Tehran last year. He has served as defense and interior minister, and the United States and others have imposed sanctions on him for human rights violations.

Diplomacy With Iran Is Damaged, Not Dead

15 juin 2025 à 07:33
The push to do a deal on the country’s nuclear program could be revived, even after the Israeli strikes scuppered the latest round of talks.

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Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, in Lebanon this month. On Sunday, he said that Iran remains open to negotiations on nuclear weapons.

Israel’s Attack in Iran Echoes Its Strategy Against Hezbollah

15 juin 2025 à 10:50
Israel decimated the group’s leadership last fall and degraded its military capabilities. Can the same strategy work against a far more powerful foe?

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A rally in Tehran in support of the Iranian government on Saturday following attacks by Israel.

Takeaways from Trump’s Military Parade in Washington

14 juin 2025 à 22:05
The events in the capital were overshadowed by an assassination in Minnesota and turmoil in the Middle East.

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Trump Relishes Troops in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas

14 juin 2025 à 12:00
The seemingly disparate postures of recent days speak to the president’s complicated relationship with the military.

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Members of the Air Assault Band of the 101st Airborne Division practicing before the military parade in Washington set for Saturday.

What to Know About Iran’s Ballistic Missiles and the Attacks on Israel

14 juin 2025 à 20:46
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel presented Iran’s sophisticated ballistic missiles as a critical threat to Israel’s survival.

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Missiles fired from Iran in the sky over Jerusalem, on Saturday.

Israel Expands Attack to Include Iran’s Oil and Gas Industry

14 juin 2025 à 16:31
Iran has been battling an acute energy crisis for months because of gas shortages, and repairing any damage would both be costly and take significant time.

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A natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field in Bushehr Province, Iran, in 2019.

Israel Expands Attack to Include Iran’s Oil and Gas Industry

14 juin 2025 à 15:32
Iran has been battling an acute energy crisis for months because of gas shortages, and repairing any damage would both be costly and take significant time.

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A natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field in Bushehr Province, Iran, in 2019.

Israel and Ukraine Show How Drone Smuggling Is Powerful New War Technique

14 juin 2025 à 14:32
Launching weapons from within their territory forces adversaries to look not only outward but also inside for threats, one expert said.

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People gathered on a hilltop in Tehran on Friday, after attacks by Israel.
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  • What’s Going On in the Middle East?
    In sweeping attacks that started Friday, Israel struck at the regime in Tehran, hitting Iranian nuclear and military assets. Iran retaliated with barrages of ballistic missiles and drones. It is the most intense fighting in decades between the two heavily armed countries. To understand what’s happening in the region, Katrin Bennhold, a New York Times senior writer, spoke with Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief.
     

What’s Going On in the Middle East?

In sweeping attacks that started Friday, Israel struck at the regime in Tehran, hitting Iranian nuclear and military assets. Iran retaliated with barrages of ballistic missiles and drones. It is the most intense fighting in decades between the two heavily armed countries. To understand what’s happening in the region, Katrin Bennhold, a New York Times senior writer, spoke with Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief.

Washington’s Last Military Parade Came at a Very Different Moment

14 juin 2025 à 11:52
The 1991 Victory Parade after the first Gulf War celebrated a lopsided victory against an enemy army in the largest U.S. military operation since Vietnam.

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Troops marching on Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River toward the Pentagon during the National Victory Celebration parade in Washington on June 8, 1991.

As Trump Celebrates Army’s Founding, His Critics Take to the Streets

15 juin 2025 à 00:54
President Trump held a military parade the same day that hundreds of protests took place, in what amounted to a split-screen show of force.

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The nationwide No Kings protests were organized by more than 200 groups.

Israel Takes Aim at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran

14 juin 2025 à 10:21
Israel targeted a major airport in the capital used for both military and civilian purposes, while Iran attacked Israel with waves of ballistic missiles.

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Smoke billowed from the site of an Israeli strike on Tehran on Saturday. Iran and Israel continued to trade aerial attacks for a second consecutive day.

How the Israel-Iran Conflict Could Spiral Into More Turmoil

14 juin 2025 à 05:13
Israel’s leader and President Trump appeared to bet they can persevere, but other world leaders warned of unintended outcomes in a volatile region.

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A projectile hit buildings on Friday as the Israeli Iron Dome air-defense system fired to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv.
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