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A Crackdown Inside Iran

Enlarge this image Mourners gather around the flag-draped coffins of the Iranian armed forces generals, nuclear scientists and their family members who were killed in Israeli strikes, during their funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 28, 2025 Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP Mourners gather around the flag-draped coffins of the Iranian

Court suspends Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives at Government House for a cabinet meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption toggle caption Sakchai Lalit/AP BANGKOK — Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office Tuesday pending an ethics investigation over a leaked phone call with a senior Cambodian leader. Opinion Opinion:

Russia’s Largest Bombardment of Ukraine

A multi-story residential building damaged after a Russian drone attack in Odesa on June 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images Russia attacked Ukraine with over 500 drones and missiles over the weekend, it was the largest air assault since

Obliterated? Damaged? Inoperable? What’s known about Iran’s nuclear facilities

A satellite photo of Iran's Fordo fuel enrichment facility taken on June 24 shows debris (grey) from a U.S. strike employing several bunker-busting weapons. The Israeli Air Force destroyed additional roads and surface facilities in a subsequent strike. Maxar Technologies hide caption toggle caption Maxar Technologies Following nearly two weeks of strikes by American and

As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn’t find many

An AI-generated image of a fighter plane shot down in Iran that was published on a parody account on X. Users repeatedly asked the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, if the image was real. @hehe_samir/Annotation by NPR hide caption toggle caption @hehe_samir/Annotation by NPR In the first days after Israel's surprise airstrikes on Iran, a video

Russia launches record aerial attack on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 28, 2025. Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP KYIV — Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine overnight since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, which added that one of its F-16 fighter jet

How Russia Sees Itself in the World

Ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the majority of western countries have been working to marginalize Russia by imposing sanctions and moving away from dependence on Russian oil. This week NATO announced most member countries would dramatically increase defense spending, a move they said was meant to counter threats posed by Russia.

Five academics and former diplomats on U.S. strikes, Iran and stability

From left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Jack Guez and Piroschka Van De Wouw/Pool/AFP, Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jack Guez and Piroschka Van De Wouw/Pool/AFP, Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran/Getty Images National Security Obliterated? Damaged?