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Lebanon’s Displaced Flee Israeli Strikes One Year Into War
ByAbdi Latif Dahir March 14, 2026March 14, 2026

Israeli calls for the evacuation of huge swaths of southern Lebanon have led 830,000 people, about 14 percent of Lebanon’s population, to flee.

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U.S. Attacks Iran’s Kharg Island, a Key Port for Oil Exporting, Trump Says
ByHelene Cooper and Liam Stack March 14, 2026March 14, 2026

The strikes on Kharg Island targeted Iranian military forces, not economic infrastructure on the island, a U.S. military official said.

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U.S.-Made Launcher Fired Missiles From Bahrain Toward Iran, Video Shows
ByVivian Nereim, Aric Toler and John Ismay March 13, 2026

It is unclear from the video alone whether the U.S. or Bahraini military launched the missiles. Iran has frequently accused Persian Gulf countries of allowing their territory to be used as a launchpad for U.S. attacks.

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More Marines and Warships Being Sent to Middle East, U.S. Officials Say
ByEric Schmitt March 13, 2026

Iran’s response to days of aerial bombardment and long-range artillery strikes has proved more resilient than Trump administration officials anticipated.

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Read Some of John F. Burns’s Reporting From Around the World
ByMichael Levenson March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

In a 40-year career as an international correspondent for The New York Times, Mr. Burns had a talent for capturing the sweep of history in intricate detail.

Read More Read Some of John F. Burns’s Reporting From Around the World
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Drone Strike Has Cyprus, and Europe, on Edge
ByCarlotta Gall March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Allies have rushed to defend the Mediterranean nation, where the drone hit a British base. Some Cypriots wonder why the bases are still there.

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Where Israeli Strikes Are Hitting Beirut
By March 13, 2026March 14, 2026

Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, shows how Israeli airstrikes have affected Lebanon and its capital. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled areas around Beirut and in a huge swath of southern Lebanon after Israel issued evacuation warnin…

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Surging Energy Costs Put German Industry ‘Really in Danger’
ByEshe Nelson and Andreas Meichsner March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Four years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring, the war in Iran is posing another challenge to efforts to revive European factories.

Read More Surging Energy Costs Put German Industry ‘Really in Danger’
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War in Iran Has India Scrambling to Keep Stoves Lit for Cooking
ByPragati K.B. and Alex Travelli March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

India relies on huge quantities of cooking gas that is normally shipped from the Persian Gulf.

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A Weakened Iran Hits Back by Strangling the Vital Strait of Hormuz
ByAnton Troianovski, Peter Eavis, Julian E. Barnes and Greg Jaffe March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

The threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are complicating President Trump’s calculations about how and when to end the war.

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