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Fate of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Is a Mystery

Some of the uranium was believed to be held at the Natanz enrichment facility, seen here in 2007.

Russia Seizes Key Lithium Field in Challenge for U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal

Ukrainian troops on the front line in the Donetsk region in April. As Russian forces continue to push forward, they are getting closer to more mineral deposits.

El Salvador Police Say Quotas and Rumors Fueled Bukele’s Mass Arrests

Relatives watched as recently arrested men were transferred to prison in April 2022, early in an anti-gang campaign that has imprisoned about 80,000 people.

Chess Lover Introduces Game to Malawi’s Prisons, Schools and Street Kids

Susan Namangale playing chess with four members of one of the 150 chess clubs she has set up in Malawi.

Israel Suggests It Could Strike Iran Again to Counter New Threats

A woman in Tehran crying near her home, which was hit by an Israeli airstrike this week.

Israel-Backed Aid Sites In Gaza Pose Lethal Risk for Palestinians Amid Deadly Fighting

Relatives mourned a family member who was killed on Tuesday near an aid distribution point set up by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Teenager Is Charged With Aiding Plot to Attack Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna

Taylor Swift fans in Vienna in August 2024, after three of the pop star’s concerts were canceled because of a security threat.

China Confirms Trade Framework With U.S. to Lift Export Controls

A rare-earth mine in Bayan Obo, in Inner Mongolia, China. China controls the global supply of the elements, which are a vital component of many modern technologies.

Pro-Palestinian Activists Arrested Under Terrorism Law in U.K. Air Base Break-In

A demonstration in London on Monday in support of Palestine Action. The group posted footage online on June 20 showing two activists moving around an R.A.F. base on scooters before using red paint to damage two planes.

Japanese Serial Killer Is Executed

Takahiro Shiraishi in 2017, being brought to the prosecutor’s office in Tokyo.

Starmer Backtracks on Planned Social Cuts After Pushback From His Own Party

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in London in May. Several recent policy reversals have led some to question his political judgment.

A Runestone That May Be North America’s Oldest Turns Up in a Canada Forest

The runestone was found in 2015 on private property near the town of Wawa, in northern Ontario, after the collapse of two trees exposed it to the elements.

London Man Who Killed a Boy With a Samurai Sword Receives Life Sentence

A police officer cordoning off a crime scene in Hainault, northeast London, in April 2024, after a 14-year-old boy was killed.

She Ripped German Conservatives on Social Media. They Didn’t Forget.

Heidi Reichinnek of the far-left Die Linke party in Chemnitz, Germany, last month. Her social media posts have angered the conservative Christian Democrats of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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