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A Loose Band of Emerging Powers Is Divided Over Iran
ByAna Ionova March 8, 2026March 8, 2026

Brazil, China and Russia all denounced the U.S.-Israeli attacks, but other nations in the BRICS group haven’t, even though Iran is a fellow member.

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What the U.S. and Israel Have Targeted in Their Iran Blitz
ByAdam Goldman, Samuel Granados, Ronen Bergman and Eric Schmitt March 7, 2026March 7, 2026

The waves of bombings reveal a broad effort to ravage the country’s leadership and security services.

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How Good Intentions Helped Pave Trump’s Road to Iran
ByAmanda Taub March 7, 2026

Humanitarians proposed a loophole in international law. Decades later, Trump is jumping through it.

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How Good Intentions Helped Pave Trump’s Road to Iran
ByAmanda Taub March 7, 2026

Humanitarians proposed a loophole in international law. Decades later, Trump is jumping through it.

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Trump Maintains That U.S. Has Ample Weapons as Iran War Depletes Stocks
ByAnton Troianovski, Farah Stockman and Catie Edmondson March 7, 2026

After meeting with defense contractors at the White House, President Trump said the companies were all committed to increasing production.

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Can we say senior UN official? he is the head of an agency
ByFarnaz Fassihi March 7, 2026

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Can we say senior UN official? he is the head of an agency
ByFarnaz Fassihi March 7, 2026

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How the War in Iran Is Disrupting the World’s Oil
By March 6, 2026March 8, 2026

Our business reporter Peter Eavis looks at the global implications of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway to the south of Iran. He analyzes ship activity in the strait, comparing it before and after the United States and Israel initiated attacks …

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Trump Demands Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ as Israel Pounds Tehran and Lebanon
ByDavid E. Sanger, Adam Rasgon, Euan Ward and Richard Pérez-Peña March 6, 2026

Israel’s air forces shifted their focus back to Iran on Friday after a night of heavy bombardment in Lebanon, which was quickly becoming one of the largest fronts in the regional conflict.

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Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ by Iran, Shifting U.S. Objectives Again
ByDavid E. Sanger March 6, 2026March 7, 2026

President Trump laid out yet another, more ambitious goal of U.S. military action, one that could extend the war.

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