In NATO’s Next Act, Can Europe Lead?
NATO leaders at last year’s summit in The Hague, where member states committed to increase spending on defense sharply by 2035.
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on July 2026
Mass Mournings In Qom, Where Khamenei Ruled Supreme Over Iran’s Clerics
A state media handout photo is said to show mourners attending a prayer for Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the Jamkaran Mosque, in Qom, Iran, on Tuesday.
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on July 2026
Farage Resigns and Says He Will Run Again in Special Election
Nigel Farage speaks to the news media at the Havering Town Hall after the results of the local elections in the London Borough of Havering, Britain, in May.
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on July 2026
Estonia Won the War on Fentanyl. What Came Next Was Even Worse.
Long before fentanyl swept American streets, Estonia battled the drug — and won.
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on July 2026
Le Pen Says She Will Run for Presidency After Court Lifts Ban
Marine Le Pen meeting with supporters at a country fair in Liévin, France, on Saturday.
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on July 2026
Venezuelans Criticize Own Government Response After Twin Earthquakes
People look for their relatives in the rubble of a public housing complex in La Guaira, Venezuela on Friday, after twin earthquakes destroyed it.
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on July 2026
Prince Harry Loses Privacy Lawsuit Against Daily Mail Publisher
Prince Harry arriving at a court in London, in January. He and other celebrities had accused Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail, of intruding into their private lives.
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on July 2026
How a Four-Generation Cuban Family Survives on $60 a Month
Analeidis Arias Marin gets her children ready for school in Santiago de Cuba in May.
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on July 2026
Belgium’s World Cup Win Over U.S. Fuels Triumph and Snark in Europe
Belgium fans celebrating their team’s 4-1 World Cup win against the United States in Seattle on Monday.
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on July 2026
NATO Allies Show Trump They Are Trying to Pay Up for Defense
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, second from left, on a tank at the barracks of Germany’s armed forces in Munster, Germany, in April.
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As Israel Loses Support in the U.S., Rahm Emanuel Criticizes Netanyahu
Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff, is trying to chart a course between the anti-Israel left and the pro-Israel right.
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on July 2026
U.S. Strikes Iran and Reimposes Sanctions After Tanker Attacks
Negotiations between Iran and the United States have been paused until after multiday funeral ceremonies in Tehran for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader who was killed on the first day of the war.
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Zimbabwe’s President Signs Law Extending His Term
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe at the United Nations headquarters in New York City in 2022.
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on July 2026
A Plan to Stop the Far Right
Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and his coalition partners are trying to hold off far-right challengers.
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on July 2026
I.O.C. Lifts Russia’s Olympic Suspension, Clearing the Way for 2028
The Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow on Tuesday.
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on July 2026
Man Arrested for Painting ‘Pam the Bird’ Graffiti on Bridge Tower in Melbourne
A man scaled a 140-foot concrete Melbourne bridge tower, abseiling down its side to paint a massive cartoon bird.
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on July 2026
As Messi Dominates the World Cup, a War Is Waged Over Maradona’s Image
Portraits of Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona at a match in Dallas last month.
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on July 2026
South Korea Strengthens Law to Curb Spread of Fake News
Following decades of authoritarian rule, South Korea transitioned into a democracy in the late 1980s, with one of Asia’s most open media landscapes. But government officials are worried about social harm from fake news.
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on July 2026
Iran’s Strikes on Ships in Strait of Hormuz Threaten Oil Flow
Vessels anchored near Muscat, Oman, last month.
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on July 2026
At Least 15 Dead in China After Severe Flooding During Typhoon Maysak
A flooded riverside near a wharf on the Yongjiang river in Nanning, in China’s southern Guangxi Province, on Monday.
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on July 2026
What Our Reporter Saw in Tehran: A Human Tide of Mourners
Crowds gathered around the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on Monday.
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on July 2026
Trump Wanted a U.S. Soccer Star to Play in the World Cup. FIFA Found a Way.
FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, speaking to President Trump during an Oval Office visit in November.
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on July 2026
NATO Needs Turkey
NATO opens a two-day summit in Ankara, Turkey, today.
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on July 2026
Canada Bets on NATO Partners for Its Expanded Submarine Fleet
Naval officers from Canada touring a South Korean KSS-III submarine in Esquimalt, British Columbia, in May.
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on July 2026
Iranians Mourn a Slain Leader, and Call for Vengeance
Crowds gathering around Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s casket in Tehran on Monday. The supreme leader’s body will be taken to several cities before being buried in Mashhad, Iran.
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on July 2026
Will Prince Harry’s UK Visit Repair or Deepen the Royal Rift?
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, visiting Sydney, Australia, in April. It is unclear whether Meghan and their two children will join Harry on his trip to Britain this week.
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on July 2026
Turkey Hosts NATO Summit While Cracking Down on Critics
Protesters demanding the release of Deniz Goktas, a comedian who was arrested after making jokes about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.
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on July 2026
At Khamenei’s funeral, mourners call for revenge.
Signs calling for revenge against President Trump were held up by people attending the funeral procession on Monday.
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on July 2026
Families of Iranians Killed by Government Dismayed by Leader’s Funeral Pageantry
Mourners attending the funeral procession of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday surround a monument in Tehran.
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on July 2026
Iran to Bury Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Holy City of Mashhad
Mashhad is Iran’s second most populous city and where Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was born.
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on July 2026
Riot in Sri Lanka’s Negombo prison leaves at least 23 dead
Personnel from Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force outside the Negombo prison near Colombo on Monday, following clashes between inmates and guards.
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on July 2026
Wildfires Force Evacuation of Thousands in Southwest France
A firefighting jet battling the flames in Ille-sur-Têt, France, on Monday.
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on July 2026
Former Syrian Officials Found Guilty in Torture of Pro-Democracy Protesters
Khaled al-Halabi, a former intelligence commander under the dictator Bashar al-Assad, after a hearing in Vienna last month. Mr. al-Halabi was convicted of torture among other charges.
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on July 2026
Khamenei’s Burial Was Delayed, Breaking With Islamic Custom
Iran held a memorial for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in May, but his remains have not been interred despite the Islamic custom of burying people soon after death.
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on July 2026
Sites That Report Venezuela’s Missing Rise Far From Quake Zone
Volunteers, relatives and rescue workers search for earthquake survivors under a collapsed public housing complex in Caraballeda, Venezuela, last month, The disaster has bared accuracy problems in how websites gather information on the missing.
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on July 2026
The Iranian authorities go all out to stage an elaborate weeklong spectacle.
Mourners at the Grand Mosalla mosque in Tehran on Saturday.
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on July 2026
Khamenei’s funeral draws mourners from across Iran’s regional network.
Mourners at the Grand Mosalla mosque in Tehran on Saturday for the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former supreme leader.
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on July 2026
Trump’s Intervention in Balogun’s World Cup Suspension Adds to Conflict With Europe
The U.S. forward Folarin Balogun, right, whose red card in a World Cup match last week brought a one-game suspension, was cleared to play by soccer’s governing body.
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on July 2026
Ukraine Remade Air Defense, but Russia Has Changed Its Attacks
Ukrainian and German soldiers standing near a Patriot air defense system at a training ground in Germany in 2024.
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on July 2026
NATO Leaders Are Meeting This Week. Here’s What to Know.
A sign in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, advertising the NATO summit.
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on July 2026
As Trump Cools on NATO, Turkey Hosts Summit Meeting
Workers in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Turkey will use the NATO summit to showcase the country’s status as a rising power.
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on July 2026
With $8 Billion in Venezuelan Oil Money, U.S. Gives $300 Million in Quake Aid
Volunteers and family members searched for survivors in a building in La Guaira, Venezuela, that collapsed after back-to-back earthquakes struck the country in June.
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on July 2026
Zyn’s Popularity Has Tobacco Companies Racing to Cash In
Nicotine pouch sales are projected to increase to more than $40 billion worldwide by 2033 from $6.9 billion in 2025, one analysis said.
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on July 2026
Marine Le Pen’s Court Battle Is Latest Clash Between Populists and Watchdogs
Suspect in Monaco Bombing Attack Is Found Dead in Ukraine
A Supreme Leader’s Final Crowds
Why China Fired a Long-Range Missile Into the Pacific
Macron Continues With Syria Visit Despite Explosions Near His Hotel in Damascus
Spate of Shark Attacks Means More Drones for Australia’s Beaches
Heat Waves Are Taking a Big Toll on Chickens
Fatigue, Tension, Joy: England Pulls a World Cup All-Nighter