Momentary Unity at a Funeral Masks Deep Divisions Among Iran’s Leaders
Iranian officials standing next to the coffin of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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In Rwanda, July 4 Is Liberation Day From Genocide
People held a candlelight vigil in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2019 for those killed in the 1994 genocide.
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Trump’s Travel Crackdown Has a Winner: Mexican Tourism
Fans at a festival in Mexico City when Mexico was playing South Africa on June 11. The government has tried to position Mexico as a destination for Latin America during the World Cup.
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Australia Tried to Push Back on China. China Pushed Harder.
The director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, Mike Burgess, at the agency’s headquarters in Canberra in June. He has warned about foreign interference in Australia.
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Long Lines for Gas Shatter the Illusion of Normalcy in Wartime Russia
Lines at a gas station in Moscow on Tuesday. Attacks on Russian oil infrastructure have caused the kinds of gas shortages that many Russian citizens have not seen in their lifetimes.
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China Defends Widely Criticized ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, voting on the “ethnic unity” law in Beijing. The Communist Party under Mr. Xi has become increasingly intolerant of any criticism of its treatment of ethnic minorities.
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A U.S. Independence Celebration Damaged a Museum in Belgium
Fireworks at an event organized to mark 250 years of American independence, at Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, Belgium, on June 28.
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U.S. Officials Believed Israel Was Plotting to Kill Iranian Negotiators
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, left, with Abbas Araghchi, center, traveled to Switzerland in June for a second in-person meeting with Vice President JD Vance and the American delegation.
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Can the World’s Largest Stadium Explain the Global Economy?
Workers outside the construction site of Hung Vuong Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, in May.
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U.S. Hopes for Investment in Iran Would Break With Decades of History
The Grand Bazaar in Iran’s capital, Tehran, in May. The U.S. has offered Iran sanctions relief if it agrees to limits on its nuclear program.
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Tibetan Man Dies After Self-Immolation Protest in New York
A Tibetan activist set himself on fire outside the U.N. headquarters in New York on Thursday evening. “I am doing this for my country. For the Tibetan nation,” he had said.
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Denmark Has a Big Fourth of July Party. This Year, the U.S. Is Uninvited.
Festival volunteers show the American flag that will be raised on July 4 despite the absence of American officials this year.
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Will Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Attend His Father’s Funeral?
A funeral ceremony on Friday for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Mosalla complex in Tehran. His son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is in hiding.
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For Cape Verde, There’s Victory in Their World Cup Defeat
Supporters of Cape Verde’s national soccer team watching the game in Praia, the capital, on Friday.
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What to Know About Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as His Funeral Services Begin in Iran
A billboard of the slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a day before his state funeral in Tehran, on Thursday.
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A Big Week in the West, Canada vs. Morocco, Trade and a Canada-U.S. Quiz
Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Trump in the Oval Office on Oct. 7, 2025.
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on July 2026
Mexico’s Secret 12th Man in the World Cup: Baby Jesus
Baby Jesus’s soccer uniform is size 0.
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Funeral Procession for Khamenei Will Visit 5 Cities in Iran and Iraq
Preparations being made for the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Thursday.
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Putin Visits Battlefield and Vows to Take More of Ukraine
Black smoke rose above residential buildings in Moscow last month following a drone attack from Ukraine.
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Woman From Ukraine Was Behind Monaco Bomb Attack, Officials Say
The police chief in Monaco, Éric Arella, displaying Interpol documents on Friday which the authorities say show a woman wanted for attempted murder in a blast that injured three people.
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Bus Plunges 70 Feet Into a Ravine in Pakistan, Killing 40
The site of a bus crash in Balochistan Province, Pakistan, on Friday, in a photo released by the Balochistan Emergency Rescue.
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Enraptured by the World Cup, Countries Rewrite Rules for Fans
England fans watching their men’s national team playing Panama in the World Cup last week, in London.
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It’s Day 1 of the Supreme Leader’s Funeral, and Allies Gather in Iran
Dignitaries walking past the coffins of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his family members after paying their respects at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran on Friday.
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U.K. Lawmakers Demand Deportation of ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader
Protesters demonstrating last month in Southampton, England, where a man had been sentenced the day before for a fatal stabbing in December. Some right-wing figures have tried to link immigration and crime.
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Toronto hosts its last game. Portugal versus Croatia is a great way to go out.
Toronto hosted its last World Cup match on Thursday night, when Portugal played Croatia in the round of 32.
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on July 2026
Trump’s Huge Windfall Has Few Known Global Precedents
President Trump disclosed that he has made immense profits since returning to the presidency.
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As Ukraine War Escalates, Witkoff and Kushner Are Focused on Iran
Steve Witkoff, a White House special envoy, has met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia seven times since President Trump returned to office.
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Deadly MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Is Over, W.H.O. Says
The MV Hondius had only a couple of dozen passengers and crew members as it left the port in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, on May 11. It began its journey six weeks earlier in Argentina with about 150 passengers.
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Four Reasons Crimea Has Become Crucial in the Ukraine War
Yevpatoriya, Crimea, last month. The Black Sea region, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, has become a flashpoint in the war.
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Carney Unveils Multibillion Dollar Oil Pipeline Project to Boost Trade With Asia
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith arrive to announce a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the coast of British Columbia on Thursday.
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Man Rescued 8 Days After Quake, a Ray of Joy in Stricken Venezuela
Rescue workers attend to Hernán Alberto Gil Flores after he was pulled from the rubble eight days after he was trapped by twin earthquakes that struck Catia La Mar, Venezuela, on Thursday.
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Teenage Boys Who Raped Girls in Fordingbridge, England, Have Sentences Revised
Fordingbridge, a town in southeastern England, has been at the center of a rape case that sparked a public backlash after an initial sentencing was deemed too lenient.
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See How Europe’s Heat Waves Melted the Alps’ Glaciers
The Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps in 2025. The melting is already at levels typical of the end of summer.
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Russia Bombards Ukrainian Capital With Deadly Wave of Attacks
The site of a Russian attack on Kyiv on Thursday.
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Court Investigates Spanish Police Chief, Heaping Pressure on Prime Minister
Mercedes González, director general of the Spanish Civil Guard, in Barcelona, Spain, last month. A judge said that there were reasonable grounds to investigate Ms. González on accusations of misconduct in public office.
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Bomb Explodes at Damascus Cafe, Killing at Least 6
Syrian security forces at the site of an explosion at a cafe in Damascus on Thursday.
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India and Japan Expand Defense and Economic Ties
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is received by her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Kyiv Residents Pick Up the Pieces After the Latest Russian Assault
A woman holds a child near an apartment building damaged in Russian airstrikes.
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Dutch and U.K. Governments Apologize for Their Roles in Forced Adoptions
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed forced adoptions with activists in London on Thursday.
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9 Buddhist Monks Killed After Boy Crashes Truck Into Procession
A monk being treated at a hospital in northeastern Thailand, in a photo released by the Ruamjai Mukdahan Rescue Foundation. A truck struck his group while they were on a pilgrimage.
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Russia’s Deadly Attack on Ukraine Reminds Europe of Its Own Vulnerabilities
Romanian soldiers tested military equipment during a NATO exercise in April.
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Putin Retaliates With New Strikes After Ukraine Takes the War to Russia
A resident of Kyiv, Ukraine, inside her damaged apartment after a Russian attack on Thursday.
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Vatican Excommunicates Society of St. Pius X, in First Major Crisis for Pope Leo
The bishops newly consecrated by the Society of St. Pius X, in defiance of the Vatican, in Écône, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
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China Says Pilot Who Flew Into Skyscraper Had Thoughts of Death
A hole was visible in the Citic Tower in Beijing, after a plane crashed into the skyscraper last month.
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Ukrainian Charged With Sabotaging Pipelines Between Russia and Germany
Gas escaping the damaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline after sabotage in 2022.
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As Far Right Rises, German Leaders Look to Jump-Start the Economy
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, second from left, in Berlin with his governing partners on Thursday.
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A Hitler Bunker Faces Demolition in Housing-Challenged Berlin
Even as It Bombards Kyiv, Russia’s Wider Military Campaign Has Largely Stalled
Happy Birthday to Us
Cape Verde Faces Argentina’s World Cup Juggernaut. Its Fans Aren’t Stressed.
E Pluribus Algae: Why Green Pond Scum Is as American as Red, White and Blue
Happy Birthday, America
An Aerial View of Disaster at a Venezuela Housing Project