President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a rally in Caracas, the capital, earlier this month.

An oil tanker anchored near the Cardón Refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021.

An ambulance burned in an Israeli attack in Tehran last month. Despite the appearance of unity, Russia, China and North Korea did not rush to Iran’s aid during its war with Israel or when U.S. forces bombed Iranian nuclear sites.

George Glezmann, center, with American and Qatari diplomats on Thursday in Doha.

A rebel fighter with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the most powerful militia group in Syria, at a presidential palace in the capital, Damascus.

The fabricated video of Matthew Miller, the State Department spokesman, had telltale clues of manipulation. The lip sync was off, and Mr. Miller’s shirt and tie changed color midway through.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Prague on Friday. He said policy would continue to “adapt and adjust,” a phrase that heralded a previous shift on use of U.S.-made weapons.

Antony J. Blinken, the secretary of state, plans to visit Israel and the West Bank headquarters of the Palestinian Authority during a visit to the Middle East.