Traffic passes Enghelab Square ahead of the funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader when he was assassinated in a joint Israeli/U.S. airstrike operation, in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2026. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times) By MAX BEARAK, SHIRIN HAKIM, FARNAZ FASSIHI and RAVI MATTU The United States launched a new set of attacks against Iran on Thursday, even as the two countries signaled that they were open to diplomacy to end a war that has, for now, narrowed to

Venezuela interim President Delcy Rodriguez in Caracas, Venezuela, April 30, 2026. A list of alleged crimes has not prevented Diosdado Cabello, and other Venezuelan officials, from working with a U.S. government that once hounded them. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) By ANATOLY KURMANAEV The United States has put a $25 million bounty on his head. Federal prosecutors say he trafficked tons of cocaine. The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions for embezzlement and the U.N. accuses

Mourners follow the truck carrying the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader of Iran, in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran, on Thursday afternoon, July 9, 2026. The latest phase of the U.S. military campaign in Iran has a new focus, but not necessarily a clearer strategy. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times) By JULIAN E. BARNES, ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER The Trump administration has lurched back into a war against Iran that had never really ended. When t

A partially collapsed residential building that was damaged during twin earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. Any large earthquake can be dangerous, but the residents of Caracas and Venezuelan coastal cities such as La Guaira and Catia La Mar were victims of several unlucky factors. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By JAMES GLANZ, HELMUTH ROSALES, MARCO HERNÁNDEZ and LILY COWPER Any large earthquake can be dangerous, but the residents of Caracas a

President Donald Trump during a meeting with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of Iraq in the Oval Office on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Trump is retreating from his statement that the United States would charge hefty fees on ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz, as well as his call for reimbursement from Gulf states for military protection. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MAX BEARAK, JENNY GROSS and MICHAEL LEVENSON The U.S. military bombed more Iranian targets Tuesday, returning

By KITTIPHUM SRINGAMMUANG, EPHRAT LIVNI and MUKTITA SUHARTONO More than two dozen people were killed when a fire broke out at a bar in Bangkok late Sunday night, spreading quickly and apparently sending patrons fleeing toward the bathrooms at the back of the venue, where they died, officials said. Dozens of others were injured. The blaze broke out while a band was playing at the venue. Atipat Wijan, a producer and member of the Totsakan Band, said he was near the stage when h

Yuliia Svyrydenko, prime minister of Ukraine, gives an interview in her office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Svyrydenko would step down amid a broader shake-up in Ukraine’s senior leadership. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times) By ANDREW E. KRAMER President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sunday a shake-up of his top leadership, including the dismissal of the prime minister, in a personnel overhaul that comes as momentum in

By MARK LANDLER President Emmanuel Macron of France declared Monday that Europeans were ready to defend their continent, “with blood, if necessary,” as he convened more than 25 leaders for a robust show of support for Ukraine. On the eve of Bastille Day, France’s national holiday, the leaders met to cement plans for a multinational force, known as the coalition of the willing, which they would deploy in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia to reinforce the

Mourners in Mashhad, Iran, during Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral, on Thursday, July 9, 2026. With much of their leadership killed in the war, Iran’s conservatives have sought to fill the void and intensify the fight against the United States. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times) By ERIC SCHMITT, JENNY GROSS, LEO SANDS and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA After another night of attacks, the United States and Iran appeared to be reverting to the heightened conflict that existed before their ce

Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela on April 30, 2026. The U.S. Treasury receives the revenue from most of Venezuela’s exports, then disburses it gradually to Venezuela through the country’s private banks, a relationship akin to parents handing out allowances to children. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) By TYLER PAGER and ANATOLY KURMANAEV President Donald Trump was sitting in the Oval Office earlier this year with Secretary of State Ma