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Oil Rises Amid Uncertainty Over Strait of Hormuz
Modest reactions in the oil and financial markets as Iran and the U.S. met in Switzerland for a first round of talks aimed at making a temporary cease-fire permanent.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesUncertainty Remains Over the Strait of Hormuz
The United States and Iranian militaries have offered conflicting accounts over whether the crucial waterway is open.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Directs Its Military to Limit Its Actions in Lebanon, but Tensions Persist
It was not clear whether the new directive would resolve the friction that led to deadly clashes on Friday and Saturday and threatened to derail a preliminary U.S.-Iran peace deal.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael directs its military to limit its actions in Lebanon, though tensions persist.
New York Times Top StoriesKeir Starmer Reflects on ‘Political Challenges’ as Pressure to Resign Mounts
An ally of Keir Starmer’s told the BBC on Sunday that Mr. Starmer was “taking the time to think through what the political realities are today compared to last week.”
New York Times Top StoriesSweet or Salty?
We catch up with The Times’s restaurant critics.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael directs its military to limit its actions in Lebanon, though tensions persist.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Women Running Businesses Under Taliban Rules
With secondary education and most jobs out of reach, thousands of Afghan women have turned to entrepreneurship as the only path to make money and maintain a social life.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Half a Century, Capturing New York’s Human Moments
Lovers’ quarrels on sidewalks, acts of kindness on public transportation, friendships forged under awnings in the rain, and so much more of the city’s daily poetry.
New York Times Top StoriesF.A.A. Investigates Near Miss Between Planes at Boston’s Logan Airport
A Delta Air Lines flight aborted its landing to avoid another plane that was taking off from an intersecting runway, the agency said.
New York Times Top StoriesF.A.A. Investigates Near Miss Between Planes at Boston’s Logan Airport
A Delta Air Lines flight aborted its landing to avoid another plane that was taking off from an intersecting runway, the agency said.
New York Times Top StoriesMinneapolis Donors Gave as ICE Surged, but Eviction Filings Are Rising
Residents organized to keep their neighbors housed during Operation Metro Surge, and convinced state legislators to pass a rent relief bill in May. Some fear it won’t be enough.
New York Times Top Stories‘What Do I Do? Do I Tell Her? How Do I Fix This?’
Some notable friends of Metropolitan Diary share their New York stories in the first of a special, limited series of columns marking the feature’s 50th anniversary.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat I Learned About Parenting as a Trans Dad
Becoming a father taught Zach Ellams how to overcome shame.
New York Times Top StoriesA Malicious Chapter in the History of American Justice
The Trump administration is the nation’s chief threat to the rule of law.
New York Times Top StoriesYou Can’t Be a Superpower Without Allies
Even the most powerful state in the world is not all that powerful when it decides to go it alone.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump’s Fragile Agreement With Iran Is Shaping the Midterms
Democrats say the president started an economically painful war that resulted in nothing positive. Republicans are more divided, even as they show some signs of relief at falling gas prices.
New York Times Top StoriesNeither the War Nor Trump’s Deal Terminated the Main Threats in Iran, Analysts Say
Neither the war nor the agreement terminated the main threats emanating from Iran, many analysts said.
New York Times Top StoriesWhile the World Scrambles for Oil, China Sits on Full Tanks
The possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may not prompt China to return quickly to prewar levels of oil purchases from the Persian Gulf.
New York Times Top StoriesFor Heirs of Custer and Sitting Bull, a 150-Year-Old Battle Is Personal
As the anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn approaches, relatives of the two men still grapple with the legacy of a contentious moment in U.S. history.
New York Times Top StoriesProtect Every Animal From Cruelty? Not in 2026, Oregon Democrats Say
A possible referendum in Oregon on animal rights would end fishing, hunting, even pest control, just when Democrats are trying really hard not to be seen as “weirdos again.”
New York Times Top StoriesA Diocese Tries to Protect Its 29-Foot Jesus From Trump’s Border Wall
In a battle of symbols, the Catholics of Las Cruces, N.M., argue that religious freedom should stop the wall from scarring a mountain that has attracted pilgrims for nearly a century.
New York Times Top StoriesCities and Schools Are Testing Wastewater for Illicit Drugs
The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods.
New York Times Top StoriesWhere Billionaires Summer, a Gardener Died in the Snow
A landscaper’s difficult life and lonely death reveal the human cost behind the Hamptons’ manicured landscape.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency
Federal prosecutors had been examining the circumstances behind the commutation of David Gentile’s sentence. He was aided by a Catholic priest friendly with the president.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Burns Allies in Making a Big Bet for Congress and the Left
The strength of the mayor’s political brand will be tested on Tuesday, when his slate of leftist congressional candidates takes aim at Democratic incumbents.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. and Iranian Officials to Meet for Peace Talks in Switzerland
The next phase of talks to end the war in Iran is expected to begin on Sunday amid fighting in Lebanon and renewed confusion over the Strait of Hormuz.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Is Too Rich. We’ve Known That Since Plato.
The philosopher made a radical proposal about wealth.
New York Times Top StoriesNew Round of U.S.-Iran Talks Is Set to Start in Switzerland
Vice President JD Vance was expected to meet with Iranian negotiators on Sunday. Pakistan, an intermediary in the talks, said it was sending a delegation.
New York Times Top StoriesLuxury Kushner Project Collides With Albanian Discontent
Protests in Albania against plans for a luxury tourist site have become a cause célèbre for opponents of President Trump and his family. But the politics are local.