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Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at Israel in Retaliation for Strikes on Nuclear Sites

What to Know About Israel’s Attack on Iran

An Iranian on top of a hill in Tehran on Friday after Israeli strikes on the city and elsewhere.

Grieving Relatives of India Air Crash Victims Wait for Bodies to Be Identified

Relatives of Akash Patni, a tea-stall worker who died in the plane crash in Ahmedabad, mourned near the hospital center where health workers are trying to identify the bodies.

Trump Leaves European Leaders Praying for a Boring G7 Summit

President Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Tuesday. European leaders hope to avoid topics that might set off an angry response from him.

Israel’s Netanyahu Looks to His Legacy in Striking Iran

A building damaged by an Israeli strike in Tehran, on Friday.

At a Weak Moment, Iran Weighs Difficult Options to Respond to Israel

Destruction in Tehran on Friday after strikes by the Israeli military.

How the Passenger in Seat 11A Became the Only Survivor of the Air India Plane Crash

A still image taken from a video released by the official YouTube Channel of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows Mr. Modi at the bedside of Viswash Kumar Ramesh, who survived Air India flight 171.

Lives Lost in India Crash: Expectant Grandparents, a Boy Selling Tea

Shock and Grief in U.K. After Air India Plane Crash: ‘I Didn’t Really Believe It’

Relatives of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who survived the Air India crash, in Leicester, England, on Friday, before some flew to India to see him.

Russian Forces Expand Fighting to a New Region of Eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers in the Dnipropetrovsk region in March. It lies west of Donetsk, the region now at the heart of the ground war.

Pope Leo to Make Carlo Acutis First Millennial Saint in September

An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis was unveiled during his beatification ceremony in Assisi, Italy, in 2020.

The Ah Ma Flippa Ball Team Is a Sign of Singapore’s Aging Population

Playing flippa ball, a modified version of water polo, in Singapore, in February.

Anti-Migrant Rioters in Northern Ireland Set Homes, and Then a Refuge Site, Ablaze

Police officers aiming water cannons toward protesters in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday.

How is Israel protecting its critical sites from Iranian retaliation?

A partial view of the Dimona nuclear reactor in Israel’s southern Negev desert, in 2014.

In L.A.’s Little Tokyo, Protests Draw Sympathy and Frustration

Much of Iran’s Nuclear Program Remains, at Least for Now

Smoke above Tehran after multiple explosions on Friday.

Israel’s Strikes on Iran Divide Congress, Drawing Praise and Concern

The US Capitol on Friday morning. Many members of Congress were quick to cheer Israel’s actions and framed them as a justified response to Tehran’s refusal to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

Israel’s next target is Fordo, a nuclear site hidden in a mountain.

A satellite photo from February showing the Fordo uranium enrichment facility, south of Tehran.

Trump Talks Big on Global Diplomacy, but His Goals Are in Tatters

Spectators look at a building damaged in an Israeli strike in Tehran on Thursday. A day after Israel began the massive attack on Iran, Mr. Trump’s peace projects are in tatters.

The U.S. is positioning warships to help protect Israel and American forces from Iranian strikes.

The U.S.S. Thomas Hudner, a destroyer, sailing through the Bosphorus in Turkey in 2021. The Pentagon directed the ship, along with a second destroyer, to move to the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday to help defend Israel.

Israel’s Allies Voice Less Support and More Concern After Latest Attack on Iran

A damaged, burning building after a strike in Tehran on Friday.

Middle East Is Tense as Israel-Iran Conflict Sinks Hopes for De-Escalation

The Abqaiq oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia, after it was damaged in an attack from Iran in 2019.

A Sprawling Israeli Intelligence Effort Underpinned the Iran Strikes

The aftermath of an attack by Israel using walkie-talkies, in Sidon, Lebanon, last year.

Israeli Strikes Targeted Some of Iran’s Most Important Nuclear Facilities

Trump Says Iran ‘Must Make a Deal, Before There Is Nothing Left’

President Trump’s social media post attempted to put pressure on Iran to continue negotiating.

Israel’s Strike on Iran Comes at a Moment of Weakness for Iran’s Proxies

Hezbollah supporters paid tribute Hassan Nasrallah, a top leader of the group, at his funeral in Lebanon in February, months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

With Iranian drones on the way, Jerusalem residents rush out to shop.

People stocking up on food Friday morning in Jerusalem.

Traveling the Cosmos With Carter Emmart, One Last Time

Carter Emmart, director of astro-visualization at the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium.

Residents of Tehran Awake to Devastation

Israeli airstrikes hitting a building in Saadat Abad street in Tehran, Iran on Friday.

Israel Attacks Iran

Tehran, the capital of Iran, early Friday after multiple explosions in the city.

Friday Briefing

Who Are the Iranian Generals Killed by Israel? Here’s What We Know.

Israel’s Ambition: Destroy the Heart of Iran’s Nuclear Program

A satellite photo showing the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran.

China Labor Bulletin, a Rights Group in Hong Kong, Shuts Down

Han Dongfang, the founder of China Labor Bulletin, in his Hong Kong office in 2024. The group, which tracked worker unrest in China, announced on Thursday that it was ceasing operation.

Israeli Strikes Kill IRGC Leader and Major Nuclear Scientists

Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri was assassinated in an Israel strike in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Friday.

What We Know About the L.A. Protests So Far

U.S. Was Not Involved in Israeli Strikes on Iran, Rubio Says

Iranians gathered on top of a hill watching the billowing smoke in Tehran after sounds of explosions on Friday.

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Fight Iran for ‘as Many Days as It Takes’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel announced the launch of strikes against Iran in a video statement on Friday.

After striking Iran, Israel braces for retaliation.

Israelis gathering in a shelter after sirens went off in Tel Aviv on Friday.

Here’s the latest.

Owner of Dominican Club Whose Roof Collapsed Is Charged With Involuntary Homicide

Rescue workers clearing debris from the Jet Set nightclub after the roof collapsed in April.

Air India Crash Survivor: ‘I Don’t Know How I Am Alive’

Outside Viswash Kumar Ramesh’s family home in Leicester, England, on Thursday.

Friday Briefing: Air India Crash Killed More Than 260 People

Verified footage of the Air India plane, moments before it crashed.

Hundreds Dead in Air India Plane Crash

The tail of an Air India plane after it crashed into a medical school shortly after takeoff near the airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

A whistle-blower’s lawyers call on the F.A.A. to release a report on the 787 Dreamliner.

The departures terminal used by Air India at Gatwick Airport near London on Thursday.

How the Air India Crash Compares With Other Deadly Plane Disasters

The site of a Jeju Air plane crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea, in December 2024.

For recovery and investigation of Air India crash, authorities contend with the risk of struck sites collapsing.

Emergency teams at the scene of the plane crash in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday.

A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.

The proposal would require the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to identify and sell between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres.

Why Israel May Be Considering an Attack on Iran

Murals in Tehran in April. Many experts say Israel would struggle to destroy Iran’s main nuclear facilities without American military support.

Chaos at Site of Air India Plane Crash

Deadly Air India Plane Crash: Photos and Video

Investigators at the scene of the crash in the western city of Ahmedabad, on Friday.

Air India’s New Owners, the Tata Group, Have Been Trying to Upgrade and Expand the Carrier

Air India planes on the tarmac at the airport in Mumbai, India, in 2023.

Gaza Aid Group Says 8 Local Workers Killed and 21 Wounded

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.

Japan Says Chinese Fighter Jet Flew Too Close to Its Military Plane

A photo released by Japan’s Ministry of Defense showing a Chinese fighter jet close to a Japanese aircraft over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.

What We Know About the Plane Crash in Ahmedabad, India

Investigators checking debris from the wreckage of an Air India plane at the crash site in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday.

The Art of the Stall: China’s Strategy for Dealing With Trump

Suspect in Austrian School Shooting Was a Loner Rejected by Army, Officials Say

Paying respects on Thursday outside the school in Graz, Austria, where a shooting took place two days earlier.

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