A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War

With new intelligence and the possibility of all sides seeking pretexts for action, the war in Iran is entering a dangerous phase ahead of elections in the United States and Israel.A senior official in Iran took to social media in recent days to say the country was preparing to take on its adversari

D David E. Sanger, Julian E. Barnes, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Farnaz Fassihi and Eric Schmitt

Iranians Face Anxious Wait as Threat of Attack Looms

The United States and Israel have drawn up plans to renew strikes against Iran, creating a sense of dread among war-weary residents.People passing photos of the three supreme leaders and a display featuring a Donald Trump impersonator behind bars in Tehran, on Thursday.

F Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar

Alaska Election Gambit Shows Justice Dept. Has Bowed to Trump’s Demands

With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president’s instrument of unmediated executive power.President Trump during a campaign rally in support of Senator Dan S. Sullivan in Wasilla, Alaska, this month. Mr. Trump urged the Just

G Glenn Thrush, Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

What to Know About Alaska’s Senate Race

President Trump told the Justice Department to intervene in the race, where polling shows Republicans at risk of losing a seat.Dan Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator in Alaska.

J Jess Bidgood

Elon Musk Says Ukraine Violated Starlink’s Rules

The comments were his first since the disruption in the country’s satellite service. Earlier, Ukraine said drones using Starshield, the Pentagon-funded service, were back to normal speeds.Ukrainian soldiers operated a drone over Russian-occupied territory from the Zaporizhzhia region in 2023.

S Sheera Frenkel, Siobhán O’Grady and Liubov Sholudko

Ukraine’s Feeling of Moral Whiplash at the Hands of Trump

The United States once declared that Ukraine’s fight was the front line in a global battle for freedom. Now the Trump administration is sending money to Moscow.Cars burning in the parking lot after a Russian drone strike on Friday in Dnipro, Ukraine.

M Marc Santora

Unrest Erupts Again in France, but This Time, With Less Property Damage

After largely peaceful marches on Saturday, clashes broke out in the evening. But a large-scale police presence, 1,000 arrests and the rerouting of protest routes kept a lid on wholesale vandalism.Protesters amid tear gas near Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux, western France, on Saturday.

M Mark Landler, Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic

How a Small Student Protest Spread Across France

A movement that began with a few high schools has broadened to encompass labor unions and other activists.Protesters in Paris this month during a nationwide day of actions called by high school students and joined by unions and teachers.

L Leo Sands

Italy’s Young Protesters Return to the Streets

Fed up with the political establishment and rising cost of living, demonstrators hoped to make their message heard after violence overshadowed protests last weekend.Young people protested the rising cost of living in Milan on Saturday, a week after similar demonstrations in cities across northern It

J Josephine de La Bruyère

She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn’t Plan on Getting Punched.

Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said.“I knew there was a really good possibility that this would happen,” Blake Miley said. “But I don’t blame myself. It is not right what they did to me.”

J Jessica Contrera