Italy’s Leader Once Seemed Unbeatable. A Surprise Defeat Has Dented Her Aura.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had led one of Italy’s most stable postwar governments. Now she’s under pressure after failing to convince…
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Qatar Is Not Mediating U.S.-Iran Talks, Foreign Minister Says
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry warned that the regional security system has been shattered, as the war has destroyed trust between Gulf countrie…
The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.
The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was …
Iran’s New Security Chief Is a Hard-Line Former Guards Commander
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr replaces Ali Larijani, who was killed last week in an Israeli strike. He has a history of expanding the Guards’ r…
Israel Plans to Control Large Parts of Southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Says
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, suggested that Israeli troops might remain in parts of Lebanon even after the fighting there wind…
Mel Schilling, Dating Expert on ‘Married at First Sight,’ Dies at 54
Ms. Schilling, an Australian psychologist, was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2023. Two weeks ago she said the disease had spread to her bra…
Three of the Lives Lost in One Day of Israeli Strikes in Lebanon
A 4-year-old, a professor and an aid worker are among those killed in separate airstrikes as Israel pummels towns and cities, saying it is t…
Why It’s So Hard to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
There may be no country better situated geographically than Iran when it comes to bringing an oil-dependent world to its knees.
Philippines Declares National Emergency Over High Fuel Prices
The Southeast Asian country imports 90 percent of its oil from the Middle East, and the government is under intense pressure to deal with th…
Take Shorter Showers: South Korea Kicks Off an Energy-Saving Drive
President Lee Jae Myung called on the public to cooperate, likening the energy supply disruption caused by the Iran war to the Asian financi…
Afghanistan Frees American Detainee Amid Mounting U.S. Pressure
Dennis Walter Coyle, a researcher from Colorado, had been held since last year by the Taliban government.