Iran War Live Updates: Iran Disputes Trump’s Claim of ‘Very Strong Talks’

President Trump said he was postponing strikes on Iran’s power plants until at least Friday to allow for negotiations, but Iran cast the claim as a ploy to soothe markets and to buy time for more military action.

Published: March 23, 2026, 6:32 pm

Canada’s Military Wants to Prove It Can Defend the High Arctic

Canadian soldiers transported M777 howitzers to the High Arctic to show their ability to fight in an increasingly contested part of the world. It did not go as planned.

Published: March 23, 2026, 9:00 am

Sidelined by War With Iran, Gaza Residents Remain in Limbo

The new war has led to panic buying and a surge in food prices for Gazans as they try to recover from Israel’s two-year offensive against Hamas.

Published: March 23, 2026, 9:59 am

A Choice of Deadly Drones Is Only a Few Clicks Away for Ukrainian Troops

Ukraine has created online marketplaces to let units select their own drones, a break from generations of standardized and centralized weapons procurement.

Published: March 23, 2026, 5:41 pm

Caught Between Two Conflicts, Afghans Flee Iran

The war in Iran is choking off Afghanistan’s main economic lifeline and has forced at least 70,000 Afghan workers and students there back home to a nation embroiled in another conflict.

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:42 am

Why the BTS Comeback Concert Was a ‘Disaster’ for Some Businesses

The turnout for the K-pop titans’ show was much lower than projected by officials, hitting the bottom line of some restaurants. Shares in the group’s management company also fell.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:58 pm

Polls Predict Close Finish in Italian Referendum Seen as Test of Meloni

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pushing for an overhaul of the judiciary. After a two-day vote, early projections indicated that her opponents had the edge.

Published: March 23, 2026, 2:25 pm

Taiwan Debates Military Spending as Choices Over U.S. and China Loom

Tensions in the opposition Nationalist Party could surface this week as lawmakers argue over additional defense funding intended to counter Beijing’s growing might.

Published: March 23, 2026, 10:29 am

Colombian Military Plane Crash Injures 48 People

A military transport aircraft was involved in an accident as it took off from southern Colombia, according to the authorities. The military was still investigating the cause.

Published: March 23, 2026, 6:19 pm

In Denmark’s Election, How Will the Woman Who Took On Trump Fare?

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is the biggest force this country has seen in decades. The crisis in Greenland has energized her, but are voters itching for change?

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:01 am

Canada May Need to Lean on the US as Military Threats in the Arctic Rise

For the past seven decades, Canada has been the junior partner in a military agreement with the United States to protect the Canadian Arctic.

Published: March 23, 2026, 9:02 am

On Beirut’s Waterfront, Loss Meets Life, and Luxury, Amid War

Thousands displaced by Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s capital now shelter along the promenade hugging the Mediterranean Sea. They share it with joggers, cyclists and dog walkers, alongside dizzying displays of wealth.

Published: March 22, 2026, 9:01 am

The Billionaire Funding France’s Far Right

Pierre-Édouard Stérin is financing projects to make France less Muslim, more Catholic and more capitalist. He says his program has trained thousands running for municipal office on Sunday.

Published: March 22, 2026, 7:29 pm

Attack on a Sudan Hospital Kills Dozens, Head of W.H.O. Says

The group’s director general said 13 children were among those killed in the latest violence in the Darfur region, and he decried the targeting of health care facilities in the civil war.

Published: March 22, 2026, 3:47 pm

Trump Delays Energy Strikes, but Iran’s Infrastructure is Already Battered

U.S. and Israeli attacks on power plants and other civilian infrastructure risk escalating the conflict across the region, and angering Iranians who oppose the government.

Published: March 23, 2026, 6:06 pm

Energy Crisis Will Not Be Resolved Quickly if War Ends, I.E.A. Chief Warns

Fatih Birol, the leader of the International Energy Agency, said the Iran war was a bigger crisis that the two oil shocks in the 1970s combined.

Published: March 23, 2026, 5:31 pm

Israel Says Its Own Artillery Killed a Farmer, Not a Hezbollah Rocket

Ofer Moskovitz, 60, an avocado farmer in a kibbutz on Israel’s border with Lebanon, was killed Sunday when the car he was riding in was hit.

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:47 pm

Iran attempted to attack a far-off military base.

Published: March 23, 2026, 2:33 pm

Lionel Jospin, Who Helped Set France on Socialist Path, Dies at 88

As prime minister beginning in 1997, he introduced a national 35-hour workweek and oversaw the replacement of the franc with the euro.

Published: March 23, 2026, 5:37 pm

Energy Attacks in War on Iran Could Turn Economic Shock Into Long-Term Damage

A new phase targeting oil and gas infrastructure in the Persian Gulf threatens to hurt businesses and customers around the world for months or even years.

Published: March 23, 2026, 2:39 pm

Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa

As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care.

Published: March 23, 2026, 5:28 pm

London Arson Attack on Jewish Ambulance Service Investigated as Hate Crime, Police Say

The city’s main police force said it was investigating fires that struck four ambulances as an antisemitic hate crime.

Published: March 23, 2026, 6:29 pm

Here’s the latest.

Published: March 23, 2026, 6:13 pm

Iranians Fear Trump’s Threat to Strike Power Plants

With President Trump threatening to strike Iranian power plants, some war-weary civilians are panicking over a possible new debacle.

Published: March 23, 2026, 12:36 pm

Trump’s Ultimatum to Iran

The president’s messages on the war have shifted, but the latest threat might be a sign that he’s moving to a harder stance.

Published: March 23, 2026, 2:45 pm

Israel’s Missile Defense Under Scrutiny After Iranian Attack

Two missiles landed hours apart, wreaking havoc in two towns near a heavily guarded nuclear site in the Negev Desert.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:34 am

French Far Right Falls Short of Statement Win in Yardstick Local Races

France’s far right hoped for major gains in Sunday’s municipal elections, a key bellwether moment before a presidential election next year. Its results were mixed.

Published: March 23, 2026, 9:08 am

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Sunday

The Israeli military said its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon would intensify, while Iran threatened to attack civilian infrastructure if President Trump followed through with an ultimatum.

Published: March 23, 2026, 12:07 am

Iran Responds to Trump’s Energy Threat With Defiance and Warnings of Its Own

Tehran “will not hesitate in defending its people and its land,” a senior official said, after President Trump threatened to destroy Iranian power plants.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:35 am

Israel Orders Military to Intensify Demolitions in Southern Lebanon

Israel Katz, the defense minister, said he ordered troops to destroy more bridges and buildings in southern Lebanon, stoking worries that Israel was widening a military-controlled buffer zone there.

Published: March 22, 2026, 7:45 pm

Residents in Southern Israel Are Shaken After Direct Strikes by Iranian Missiles

Attacks on Saturday injured dozens in Arad and Dimona, two cities closest to Israel’s main nuclear research facility.

Published: March 22, 2026, 6:05 pm

Here’s the latest.

Published: March 22, 2026, 10:25 pm

Election in Slovenia Is a Near Tie

The center-left and the right-wing populists got about equal support. The next government will be led by the one who can build a coalition with smaller parties.

Published: March 23, 2026, 10:56 am

Terror Attacks Haunted This Brussels Community. Now It’s Trying to Move On.

Molenbeek was branded a hotbed of radicalization after terrorists hit Brussels and Paris a decade ago, but new challenges show that reinvention doesn’t come easy.

Published: March 22, 2026, 3:28 pm

France Chose Thousands of New Mayors on Sunday. Here’s Why It Matters.

The far-right party had first-round successes in several cities, but so did the far left. Sunday’s second round may clarify who has real momentum.

Published: March 22, 2026, 10:58 pm

Who Is Antigone? The 2500-Year-Old Rebel With a Cause.

“Antigone” gave us the original “bad girl,” but its themes go beyond that. How do adaptations keep making Sophocles’ ideas about democracy and theater new?

Published: March 22, 2026, 5:41 pm

Italy’s Leader Wants to Change the Constitution. Italians Don’t Get It.

Voting starts Sunday on a referendum to overhaul Italy’s judiciary. Many people don’t understand the complex proposal — and it could hurt Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Published: March 22, 2026, 3:18 pm

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Saturday

An Iranian missile wounded dozens in Dimona, a city near Israel’s main nuclear research facility, as Tehran showed no signs of backing down.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:21 pm

Iranian missile strikes Israeli city near main nuclear research facility.

Published: March 22, 2026, 1:54 am

These BTS Fans Waited 15 Hours to See Their Idols

Those without tickets arrived at the venue before the sun rose on Saturday to stake out areas that offered unobstructed views of the stage.

Published: March 22, 2026, 9:08 am

Fidel Castro’s Grandson Flaunts Beer, Nikes and Trump Jokes on Instagram

Sandro Castro has drawn scrutiny for his Instagram posts in which he flaunts a life of luxury while using satire to point out the very deterioration his family’s leadership helped create.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:39 am

Here’s the latest.

Published: March 22, 2026, 2:50 am

Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War

The combat forces would come from a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours.

Published: March 23, 2026, 6:32 pm

Brian Doherty, 57, Dies; Chronicled Libertarians and Other Outsiders

Fascinated by the fringes, he wrote a definitive history of libertarianism and books about underground comics and the Burning Man festival.

Published: March 23, 2026, 5:35 pm

One deeply red state, Alaska, may have the most at stake in a mail-in ballots case.

The nation’s most remote state relies on boats and planes to administer elections, and balloting is often at the mercy of extreme weather.

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:39 pm

The justices are taking on a series of other election disputes this term.

The challenge to Mississippi’s mail-in ballot rules is one of several cases involving voting and elections.

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:34 pm

Voice of America Journalists Sue, Saying Trump Officials Interfered in Coverage

The journalists said in the complaint that the administration was trying to force them to be a “mouthpiece” and that one official demanded “loyalty” if reporters wanted to “keep their jobs.”

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:15 pm

Judges’ partisan affiliations predicted their votes in the case.

Fifteen members of the federal appeals court in New Orleans participated, splitting exactly as the parties of the presidents who named them would suggest.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:55 pm

ICE Agents Fan Out at Airports Across the U.S. Amid TSA Staffing Issues

The agents were sent on Monday to help understaffed T.S.A. teams manage long security wait times. Many of them didn’t change.

Published: March 23, 2026, 6:30 pm

Lilias Folan, Who Brought Yoga to Middle America, Dies at 90

With her bright leotards and soothing, welcoming tone, she helped to demystify a discipline that many Americans in the 1970s viewed as a counterculture practice.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:31 pm

Mail voting began with the armed forces. How will this case affect them?

Published: March 23, 2026, 2:46 pm

Here’s How the Supreme Court’s Decision on Mail-In Ballots Could Affect Elections

The court is hearing a case on one state’s law that allow ballots to count if they are postmarked by Election Day but arrive days after. More than a dozen states have similar rules.

Published: March 23, 2026, 2:36 pm

The mail-in ballot rules have divided Republicans in Mississippi.

Published: March 23, 2026, 2:09 pm

Here are the lawyers arguing the late ballots case at the Supreme Court.

Published: March 23, 2026, 2:08 pm

Without Late-Arriving Ballots, Republicans Might Have Lost the 2000 Election

The legal changes the Republican National Committee is seeking could have cost former President George W. Bush the contentious 2000 election to former Vice President Al Gore.

Published: March 23, 2026, 1:50 pm

Postal Service Changes Could Cause Delays for Votes Cast by Mail

The Supreme Court is hearing a case on ballots that are postmarked by but arrive after Election Day.

Published: March 23, 2026, 1:41 pm

Trump Is Digging Up Washington. Can Lawsuits Stop the Bulldozers?

As the president develops plans to fundamentally alter the White House, the Kennedy Center and other sites, federal lawsuits are beginning to catch up.

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:42 pm

Postmarks Are Good Enough for Taxes, Contracts and Court Filings. What About Ballots?

The appeals court that struck down a Mississippi law on mail-in ballots ruled that voting requires a different approach from other areas of the law.

Published: March 23, 2026, 1:29 pm

These 14 states could be affected by the Supreme Court’s decision on late mail ballots.

The laws — and ballot grace periods — vary from state to state.

Published: March 23, 2026, 1:24 pm

Here’s the latest.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:11 pm

In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Concerns

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless.

Published: March 23, 2026, 5:55 pm

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Reject Late Arriving Mail-in Ballots Law

A majority of the justices appeared skeptical of Mississippi’s mail-in ballot law in a case that could upend the way that states handle mail-in ballots throughout the country.

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:31 pm

Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong

Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship.

Published: March 23, 2026, 9:01 am

When Voters Worry About ‘Affordability,’ Many Point to Health Care

Democrats have had limited political success running on the Affordable Care Act, even with its relative popularity. Now President Trump’s health care cuts may have given the issue new resonance.

Published: March 23, 2026, 9:00 am

Immigrant Detentions and Deportations Leave Pets Behind

As immigrant detentions and self-deportations soar, animal welfare groups in cities like New Orleans scramble to feed, foster and re-home the pets left behind.

Published: March 23, 2026, 4:45 pm

W.N.B.A. Players Getting Paid, N.B.A. Expanding & the Weight of the 1-Seed

Plus, which Western Conference team is getting shipped East?

Published: March 23, 2026, 8:33 am

How Obama’s Strategist Discouraged Biden From Running in 2016

In a new set of oral histories, David Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s political adviser, described how he urged Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. not to challenge Hillary Clinton for the nomination.

Published: March 23, 2026, 5:32 pm

Suspect in Chicago Student’s Killing Was in U.S. Illegally, D.H.S. Says

Sheridan Gorman, 18, was killed last week near Loyola University Chicago. The Trump administration has sought to highlight crimes committed by undocumented people in its deportation campaign.

Published: March 23, 2026, 3:06 am

How the G.O.P. and Democrats Are Talking About the Surge in Gas Prices

Republicans have largely been on defense against Democratic criticism. Here are five arguments advanced by figures in both parties.

Published: March 23, 2026, 1:03 am

Heat Wave in California and Other Western States Wilts a More Air-Conditioned U.S.

In recent years, more homes have added air-conditioning, something that may come in handy this week as some areas are expected to see temperatures 40 degrees above normal.

Published: March 22, 2026, 9:47 pm

Meteorite Crashes Through Roof of House Near Houston

No one was injured, but a woman was startled on Saturday when a meteorite pierced the roof of her home, ricocheted off the floor and struck a bedroom ceiling.

Published: March 22, 2026, 7:41 pm

Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened.

President Trump’s hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran’s theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed.

Published: March 22, 2026, 11:13 pm