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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Russia Strikes Kyiv, Ukraine’s Capital, on Eve of NATO Summit
A building damaged by a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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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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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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Will Prince Harry’s Trip to Britain 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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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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Erdogan-Trump Friendship Can Help NATO, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Says
President Trump with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in the White House, last year. While directly criticizing some NATO leaders, Mr. Trump has maintained cordial ties with Mr. Erdogan.
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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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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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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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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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NATO Needs Turkey
NATO opens a two-day summit in Ankara, Turkey, today.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The World Cup Gave Mexicans a Fantasy They Won’t Soon Forget
Mexican fans during the World Cup round of 16 match against England at the Azteca Stadium on Sunday.
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How Manchester’s Bee Buses and Trams Helped Fuel Andy Burnham’s Rise
A Bee Network bus at a station in Manchester in June. The worker bee is a longstanding emblem of the city.
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Typhoon Bavi Pounds Guam and Northern Mariana Islands
Strong winds brought by Super Typhoon Bavi hit Guam on Monday.
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Israel’s Government Threatens to Ignore a Top Court Ruling
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at a public event on Sunday with his wife, Sara.
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Can Iran Keep Its Edge?
In Tehran, last week.
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The Main Attraction at Africa’s Most Lucrative Horse Race? Black Wealth.
This is the 130th year of Durban July, a daylong horse racing event in Durban, South Africa. Doris Mataboge, in blue, cheered as her horse won.
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At Site Where Iran’s Slain Leader Lies, Some See a Symbol of His Failures
Mourners at the funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Grand Mosalla complex in Tehran on Saturday.
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Exhausted by Iran War, Tehran Transforms for Khamenei’s Funeral
People in central Tehran on Saturday, below an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a younger man. Portraits of the slain leader can be seen across the capital.
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Far From Kyiv and Moscow, Soldiers Stalk Ruins and Evade Drones on the Front
A Ukrainian serviceman between the frontline towns of Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, last month.
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China Frees Pastor Detained in Crackdown on Religion After Trump’s Urging
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri at the Zion Church in Beijing in 2018. He was detained as part of a wider campaign against religious groups in China.
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China Raises Pressure on Taiwan With Expanded Coast Guard Patrols
A Chinese Coast Guard vessel is seen along the coast of Xiamen, a city in China’s southeast. Up to now, Chinese coast guard patrols around Taiwan have mostly been in the strait between the island and the mainland.
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Guam and Northern Mariana Islands Prepare for Typhoon Bavi
Mar-Vic Cagurangan for The New York Times
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Rebel Catholics Defy Vatican’s Calls to Return to Mainstream Church
A procession on Wednesday by the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X in Écône, Switzerland.
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Impeachment Trial of Philippine Vice President Set to Begin
Vice President Sara Duterte of the Philippines in Manila, in February. Ms. Duterte has been impeached twice, and her trial is set to begin on Monday.
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As Xi Looks to Extend His Rule, He Leans on a Longtime Ally
Cai Qi, a trusted deputy of the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping. He is probably the most influential official in Mr. Xi’s inner circle.
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Denmark’s century-old Fourth of July party looks different this year.
Families with picnic lunches beneath Danish and American flags in Rebild Bakker, Denmark, on Saturday.
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Canada Has a New Obsession: Soccer
Fans cheered on players as Canada played Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto last month in the first game of the 2026 World Cup set in Canada.
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Huge Crowds Mass in Tehran for Ayatollah’s State Funeral
Mourners gathered in Tehran to pay their respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for his funeral on Saturday.
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Prince Harry Will Travel to London, but Without His Family
Prince Harry in Melbourne Park, Australia, in April.
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The funeral comes amid fraught, sluggish U.S.-Iran peace talks.
The Strait of Hormuz has been a key point of U.S.-Iran negotiations.
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In Britain, July 4 Is Mostly Just a Saturday
King Charles III sent President Trump a congratulatory note for the 250th anniversary of American Independence from Britain on Saturday.
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When Iran Last Buried a Supreme Leader, There Was Chaos
Crowds of mourners surrounding the body of Ayatollah Khomeini in a container in Tehran, on June 6, 1989.
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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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Mourners Chant ‘Revenge’ at Funeral Prayers for Iran’s Slain Supreme Leader
China Test Fires Long-Range Ballistic Missile in the Pacific
Fatigue, Tension, Joy: England Pulls a World Cup All-Nighter
Heat Waves Are Taking a Big Toll on Chickens
Andy Burnham, the UK’s Likely Next Prime Minister, Made His Name in Manchester. Here’s How.
Years of Warnings About Public Housing Preceded Venezuela’s Earthquakes