The New York Times
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/20
The U.S. remains an essential player. The problem, one analyst said, is how to deal effectively with a power that is “indispensable, coerciv...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/20
The military said it had disabled the vessel after it ignored repeated warnings to stop, amid a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. Marines boar...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/20
Maritime and military law experts say an expansion of the naval blockade announced last week raises legal and practical questions but has am...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/19
President Trump accused Iran of firing on ships passing through the strait, while Iran said the U.S. blockade violated their deal and amount...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/19
Two senior Hamas officials in Gaza said the group was prepared to relinquish some automatic rifles and other arms, a concession that falls s...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/19
Critics say Iran may be creating a “tiered internet” model, where access is limited to the politically and economically privileged.
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/19
Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s precise and devastating memoir chronicles the 328 days her son was held hostage in Gaza, and what came after.
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/19
The leader of the Iran-backed militia said that a more durable peace with Israel would require the fulfillment of a list of long-standing de...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
The day after Iran declared the vital waterway open, it reversed course, injecting new peril into navigation there.
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
The truce appeared to mostly hold even as Israel said it had carried out strikes on what it called “terrorists” approaching its forces in so...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
Analysts said energy and shipping companies would be reluctant to fully restore operations until they were confident that hostilities were o...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
Separate from the regular Iranian Navy, with boats that often go more than 115 miles per hour, it’s what a retired U.S. official calls a “di...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
The Trump administration made the announcement hours after Iran said that the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial ships.
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
Friday’s meeting at the White House followed the introduction of Anthropic’s powerful new artificial intelligence model, Mythos, which U.S....
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
The Silicon Valley chip maker filed a prospectus just as SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI prepared for their own listings, in what is shaping up...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
Iranian officials did not confirm most of Mr. Trump’s claims and disputed several of them.
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/18
Iranian officials did not confirm most of Mr. Trump’s claims and disputed several of them.
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/17
On a day when both Iran and the United States declared the Strait of Hormuz opened, hopes for an agreement rose. But statements from Preside...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/17
The Justice Department has not responded to the president’s suit, which has created a conflict of interest for the government’s lawyers.
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/17
Little is known about Pickaxe Mountain, but some experts say it illustrates the impossibility of relying on force alone to prevent Iran from...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/17
A costume designer and a couturier teamed up to create ethereal looks for Ms. Hathaway’s titular pop star in the new film “Mother Mary.”
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/17
The Metropolitan Police said that the building had not been attacked but that they were assessing “discarded items” in Kensington Gardens, a...
- The New York Times ( Middle East ) 2026/4/17
Producers and the cultural authorities hope that technology can overcome a language barrier and take the country’s shows to the world.