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No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing

The Division 9 Maximum Security Dormitory of the Cook County Department of Corrections — where inmates have been found using deadly illicit drugs — saturated onto paper — in the pages of books, letters from family and legal documents.

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Iranian Oil as War Enters Fourth Week

Zelensky Sends Negotiators to the U.S., Hoping to Revive Peace Talks

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Wednesday in Madrid. He has called for the resumption of peace talks, which have lost momentum in recent weeks.

The Road to the Battle of Hastings in 1066? Maybe Not a Road After All.

Re-enactors setting out from Clifford’s Tower in York, England, to follow the supposed journey of King Harold to the site of the Battle of Hastings, for the 950th anniversary of the battle in 2016.

Live Updates: BTS Begins First Performance in Nearly 4 Years

Iranian Sailors, Including Survivors of Torpedoed Ship, Remain in Limbo

A Sri Lankan Navy vessel rescuing survivors of the Dena, an Iranian warship torpedoed earlier this month by a U.S. submarine, in a photo provided by the Sri Lankan Navy.

​At Least 10 Killed in South Korean Factory Fire

Firefighters spraying water to extinguish a fire at a factory in Daejeon, South Korea, on Friday.

Fidel Castro’s Grandson Flaunts Beer, Nikes and Trump Jokes on Instagram

A Public Holiday Every Week? Sri Lankans Bemoan the Enforced Day Off.

A vendor waiting for customers at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, after the government announced a weekly holiday on Wednesdays to save fuel.

Chelsea Chief Under Abramovich Could Face Scrutiny Over Soccer Cheating

Marina Granovskaia before a match at Wembley Stadium in London in 2022, when she was a Chelsea board member.

On a Holiday of Renewal, Iranians Are Mourning and Fearful

Trump Organization Eyes Transylvania Golf Course Deal

The Trump Organization is considering a real estate project in Romania that would be near a landfill and a makeshift settlement known as Pata Rat.

Seeking to Rely Less on China, U.S. Pushes a Rare Earths Partnership on a Reluctant Brazil

A mine operated by Serra Verde Mining in Goiás state, Brazil, in July.

The BTS Comeback Concert is Taking Place in the Heart of Seoul. But Not Everyone is Happy.

Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Saturday.

Spring Awakening

Canada Shifts From Peacekeeping to Building a Strong Military

A Norwegian tank at a NATO winter training exercise in Badufoss, Norway, this month.

These BTS Fans Waited 15 Hours to See Their Idols

International BTS fans waiting for the concert on Saturday, from left: Thycianne Santos, Corrine van der Moolen, Leimomi Kamiya, Betty Pietraszora, Kayla Sanchez, Niki Anchala and Emi Noguchi.

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Trump Signals Retreat From Goal of Regime Change in Iran

People at an apartment building that was hit by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran last week.

U.S. Pauses Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil to Get More to Market

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a post on X that Iran would see little economic benefit from the temporary removal of the sanctions.

A Look at the Escalating Battle for the Strait of Hormuz

The village of Kumzar, along the Strait of Hormuz in Oman.

Here’s What Happened in the War in Iran in Its Third Week

Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday.

U.S. Attacks Iranian Targets to Try to Open Strait of Hormuz

Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to most Western ships, helping to drive up oil prices and rocking the global economy.

Switzerland Blocks Arms Sales to U.S. Over Iran War

The United States is one of the biggest markets for Swiss weapons exports, including small arms.

U.K. Allows U.S. to Use Bases to Hit Iranian Forces Menacing Strait Traffic

A B-1 bomber at a Royal Air Force base in Fairford, England, on Sunday.

Energy facilities have been a potent target in the war.

Stone Fragment Is Found in Wreck of Ship That Carried Parthenon Marbles

Divers have found a marble fragment from the wreck of the Mentor, a ship that sank in 1802 while carrying Greek antiquities.

Aid Ship Departs for Cuba as Island Grapples With a Fuel Blockade

People watching the sunset in Havana on Monday during a blackout.

A Few Ships Are Trickling Through the Strait of Hormuz With Iran’s Approval

Cargo ships sailing toward the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.

Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland

According to a report in Danish public media, Nuuk Airport in Greenland was one of two airports that the Danish military was planning to disable in the event of a U.S. invasion.

Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima Survivor Photographed With Obama, Dies at 88

Shigeaki Mori with President Barack Obama in 2016. The first American president to visit Hiroshima, Mr. Obama paid tribute to Mr. Mori, “a man who sought out families of Americans killed here, because he believed their loss was equal to his own.”

Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan

Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that “an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale” of weapons to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan, according to his department.

Iran’s New Supreme Leader Issues a Statement but Remains Unseen

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his father as Iran’s supreme leader earlier this month but has not appeared in public or on video since then.

Hamas Considering Disarmament Plan From Trump’s Board of Peace, Officials Say

Hamas fighters in Nuseirat, Gaza, in February last year.

U.S. Dispatches Marines and Warships to Middle East

A Marine Expeditionary Unit during training in Okinawa, Japan, last year. The unit is deployed in the Middle East.

NATO Pulls Last Military Trainers From Iraq Amid Strikes From Iran

Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, NATO’s top commander, speaks during an armed services hearing, in March.

A Meningitis Outbreak at the University of Kent Evokes Covid Memories

Lining up for vaccines at the University of Kent in southeastern England on Wednesday. Two people have died and at least 29 others are believed to have been infected in the meningitis outbreak.

War-Weary Lebanon Marks Eid With Muted Celebration

In Photos: The War in Ukraine, After 4 Years

A soldier who was thought to be dead after an identification mix-up visiting the site of his own grave in the Lviv region of western Ukraine in March.

Iran Executes 3 Men, Including Teenage Wrestler Saleh Mohammadi

Demonstrators in Tehran, in January. Protests triggered by soaring inflation and the collapse of the rial later expanded into broader demands for political change in Iran.

BTS Leans Into Korean History With ‘Arirang.’ Here Are the Major References.

Trucks promoting the BTS comeback concert passing by the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, on Thursday. The group performs at the square on Saturday.

What To Know About the BTS Comeback Concert Streaming Live on Netflix

Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Saturday, hours before the BTS comeback concert.

Iran War Underscores the Diverging Aims of Trump and Netanyahu

Refineries serving the South Pars gas field in Asaluyeh, Iran, in 2019. The facilities, which process most of Iran’s natural gas for domestic consumption, were damaged in an attack on Wednesday.

U.S. Asked to Keep Military Planes in Sri Lanka Before Iran Airstrikes

A U.S. Air Force bomber jet in southwest England this month.

Lukashenko Jailed Her in Belarus, but She Wants the World to Talk to Him

Maria Kalesnikava with her flute this week in Berlin, where she now lives in exile.

A Diary of War From an Unlikely Author: the Son of Iran’s President

A photo released by Iranian state media shows President Masoud Pezeshkian, center, with his son Yousef Pezeshkian, in blue jacket, in Tehran last month, before the war began.

New Data Shows Where ICE Has Been Most Active This Year

Why K-Pop Is Hitting a Roadblock in China

Shotaro, third left, at a Riize concert in Austin, Texas, last year.

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How Japan Reacted to Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke

President Trump met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Oil Prices Tick Up and U.S. Stocks Fall Sharply

Using Charm and Restraint, Japan’s Leader Mostly Avoids Trump’s Wrath

Ms. Takaichi and President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Spain Says the Sun Shields It From Rising Gas Costs. Is That True?

Sheep grazing on a pasture next to solar panels, following a major blackout on the Iberian Peninsula, in the village of Hostalric, near Girona, Spain, last year.

Iran War Fallout: Southeast Asia Hard Hit by Skyrocketing Fuel Prices

Fishermen on their boats while docked and unable to go out to sea due to diesel shortages and high prices, in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, on Monday.

How the Iran War Narrowed Flight Corridors Between Europe and Asia

Planes parked at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday, as airspace closures across the Middle East disrupted flight routes.

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday

An oil refinery on Thursday in Haifa, Israel, that was damaged in an attack.

On Joe Rogan, Pierre Poilievre Talks Trump, Canada Tariffs and Bruce Lee

Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada’s Conservative party, sat for a two-and-a-half-hour interview with Joe Rogan that was released on Thursday.

Iran Combines Real-World Missile Attacks With Online Threats

Inspecting the aftermath of an Iranian strike in southern Israel on Thursday. Iran also pushed disinformation messaging and launched a cyberattack against Israel on Thursday.

Is Russian Fuel Headed for Cuba, Testing the U.S. Blockade?

Patriarch Ilia II, a Spiritual Symbol of Stability in Georgia, Dies at 93

Patriarch Ilia II before a Christmas service in Tblisi, Georgia’s capital, in January 2008. He provided a sense of continuity and stability during tense periods in the country after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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