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Live Updates: Israel and Iran Defy Calls for De-Escalation With 2nd Day of Attacks

Data Recorder Is Found for Air India Plane That Crashed

Investigators at the crash site of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, India, on Friday.

How the Israel-Iran Conflict Could Spiral Into More Turmoil

A projectile hit buildings on Friday as the Israeli Iron Dome air-defense system fired to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv.

British Gujaratis Gather to Mourn Those Who Died in India Crash

A memorial service at Neasden Temple in northwest London on Friday, a day after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in Ahmedabad, India.

Russia’s Summer Offensive in Ukraine Gains Ground With New Tactics

Ukrainian soldiers launching rockets toward Russian positions near Pokrovsk, earlier this month.

A Dream Wedding for Jeff Bezos in Venice? No Way, Locals Say

Protesters display a banner reading “No Space for Bezos!” on the Rialto Bridge during a protest against the wedding of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, and Lauren Sánchez.

Trump Era Tests Ties in German City Long Home to American Troops

A U.S. military honor guard carrying American and German flags leading the procession at a memorial ceremony in May in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

A Miscalculation by Iran Led to Israeli Strikes’ Extensive Toll, Officials Say

A building damaged after Israel hit multiple structures early Friday in Tehran.

What to Know About Israel’s Strikes and Iran’s Retaliation

Rescue workers carrying a wounded person from a building damaged during an Iranian attack in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Friday.

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.

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.

Conference on Palestinian Statehood Postponed Amid Israel-Iran Fighting

President Emmanuel Macron of France, right, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, left, had been set to co-chair the conference.

Israel Takes Aim at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran

Smoke billowed from the site of an Israeli strike on Tehran on Saturday. Iran and Israel continued to trade aerial attacks for a second consecutive day.

The airspace closings over Iran and Israel have affected thousands of flights.

Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport remains closed, and the country’s three major airlines have moved their fleets outside the country to prevent them from being hit by Iranian airstrikes.

The West Bank is in the firing line without shelters or air-raid sirens.

Palestinian residents in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday. Few Palestinians in the West Bank have safe rooms or shelters to protect them from incoming Iranian missile attacks on nearby Israel.

Will the U.S. and Iran Meet for More Nuclear Talks?

Ali Shamkhani, who was overseeing the nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, was among those killed by Israeli strikes on Friday.

Israel and Iran’s Escalation

Group of 7 Mountain Summit Time

About 20 world leaders will gather in Alberta’s Kananaskis country, with Prime Minister Mark Carney playing host.

In a Mexico Border Town Famed for Crossings, ‘There Are No Migrants’

Tents in a migrant shelter this week in Tijuana, Mexico.

Here’s the latest.

Relatives of Air India Crash Victims Seek Answers

In one underground bomb shelter, Israelis huddle, and wait.

People in a Jerusalem bomb shelter early Saturday morning.

Iranians Describe Israel’s Attacks in Voice Memos and Calls

Outside a damaged building in Tehran on Friday following attacks by Israel.

Republicans Are Divided Over Iran. Will Trump Pick a Side?

President Trump had several times this year dissuaded Israel from launching an attack, but afterward he called the strikes “excellent.”

Israel destroyed part of Iran’s premier weapons facility, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.

Members of the U.N. Security Council listening to a briefing by Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

World Leaders Urge Restraint Between Israel and Iran

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain had separate calls Friday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump.

Iran Retaliates and Israel Vows More Strikes After Devastating Attack

The remains of a building in Tehran on Friday after Israeli strikes.

Mpox Surges in Sierra Leone

Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.

Mexico’s President Calls Image of Flag in Protests a ‘Provocation’

A protester waving the Mexican flag near a self-driving Waymo taxi set on fire at a protest in Los Angeles on Sunday.

U.S. Urges Americans to Steer Clear of Nicaragua

Surfers at Remanso Beach in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, last year.

What Are Israel’s Defenses Against Iran?

Israel’s Iron Dome defense system over Ashkelon, Israel, in October, following a launch of missiles from Iran.

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 After Israel’s Strikes. At Least for Now.

Smoke above Tehran after multiple explosions on Friday.

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

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, Iran’s Second-Largest Nuclear Site Hidden in a Mountain

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

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.

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. helped protect Israel 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.

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.

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.

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.

Israel-Iran Conflict: Photos and Video

Tehran, the capital of Iran, early Friday after multiple explosions in the city. Israel attacked Iran with a series of strikes.

Friday Briefing

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

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.

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.

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