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April 8, 2026
Is Strait of Hormuz Open Again? Maybe, but Few Ships Are Using It.
There were conflicting reports about the status of the vital shipping away not that there is a cease-fire with Iran.
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April 7, 2026
Shelly Kittleson, American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Is Freed
The journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was abducted by a militia allied with Iran and held for a week. Iraqi officials say she was freed in exchange for the release of militia members.
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April 4, 2026
Satellite image company restricts Mideast content, citing a U.S. government request.
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April 4, 2026
Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen.
The White House has turned deportations, a signature domestic issue, into a major piece of foreign policy. Here’s what we know about the program.
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April 3, 2026
Ex-US Army Pilot Recalls Battle for Survival When Shot Down in Iraq
Ronald Young Jr. was in the Army when his Apache Longbow copter went down during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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April 3, 2026
The F-15E Strike Eagle: What to Know
The U.S. military aircraft with a two-person crew was shot down in Iran on Friday.
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March 29, 2026
The Air Canada Crash: Before and After the Frantic Call to ‘Stop, Stop, Stop’
How a cascade of seemingly minor events led to the worst runway disaster at LaGuardia Airport in decades.
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March 25, 2026
Inside Trump’s Secret Deal to Deport Migrants to Cameroon
In Cameroon, the Trump administration found a partner it could pressure into accepting covertly deported migrants.
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March 24, 2026
Air Canada Pilots Killed in LaGuardia Crash Were Early in Flying Careers
The pilots were identified as Antoine Forest, 30, and Mackenzie Gunther. They were the only two fatalities in the plane’s collision with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
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March 3, 2026
Thousands in Iran Attend Burial of Children Killed in Bombing of School
There were students attending classes at the time that the school was destroyed. Some 175 people were killed by the attack on the girls’ elementary school.
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February 21, 2026
Iran’s Students Hold Anti-Regime Protests as Universities Reopen
Students helped grow initial protests into a national movement crushed by the government. As the new semester began, they chanted and marched again.
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February 20, 2026
Iran Says U.S. Has Not Asked It to Stop Enriching Uranium
The comments by Iran’s foreign minister on Friday contradicted the Trump administration’s position.
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February 19, 2026
University of British Columbia Professors Sue School Over Political Correctness
A group of academics at the University of British Columbia say the school’s D.E.I. policies and practices, which include land acknowledgments, violate a law that requires universities to be “nonpol...
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February 18, 2026
Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Covering Secretive U.S. Deportations
An Associated Press reporter was beaten and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said, while at a center for migrants secretively deported from the United States.
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February 15, 2026
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.
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February 13, 2026
Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism
The suspect in the British Columbia shooting had long been posting about mental health problems, substance abuse and a fascination with weapons and online violence.
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February 11, 2026
A Deadly Mass Shooting in Canada, and the Latest on the Search for Nancy Guthrie
Plus, how extremist groups are using video games to recruit children online.
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February 11, 2026
How Hate Groups Are Using Online Games to Recruit Kids
Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show.
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January 21, 2026
Iran’s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says
After a crackdown that killed thousands, Iran’s prosecutor general said on Wednesday that “the sedition is over now,” vowing to punish those responsible for the protests.
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January 21, 2026
Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 11, Including Three Journalists
The three journalists were operating a drone near the town of Al-Zahra.
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January 16, 2026
The Nobel Peace Prize Medal Has Been Sold Before for Millions
The Nobel Committee has said the prize cannot be transferred, but it has been sold in a few auctions over the award’s history.
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