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Trump’s Threat to Delay Summit With Xi Casts New Shadow Over China Relations
ByRavi Mattu March 16, 2026March 17, 2026

President Trump warned that he could postpone a meeting set to begin in just over two weeks if China refuses to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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After Trump’s Call to Send Warships to Strait of Hormuz, Nations Respond With Caution
ByRavi Mattu March 15, 2026March 16, 2026

President Trump has urged China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea to send warships to help reopen the waterway, even though they are not involved in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

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Dozens of Medical Workers Killed as Israel Hits Lebanon
ByAbdi Latif Dahir March 14, 2026

Lebanese health officials say that 31 health workers have been killed by Israeli strikes. Israel claimed, without evidence, that Hezbollah has been using ambulances and medical facilities.

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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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