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Two Democracy Heroes on America

By: Thomas L. Friedman —
Sitting on your hands is not an option when democracy is at stake.

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What, Exactly, Did Trump Say About Iran Taking Out Los Angeles and San Diego?

By: Shawn McCreesh —
President Trump’s comments caused an uproar from members of both parties. A White House official said he was taken out of context.

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How FlyDubai Passengers and Crew Averted Disaster After Pilot Was Stabbed During Flight

A badly wounded Indian pilot managed to unlock the cockpit door. Four Israeli men teamed up to overwhelm an attacker and avert disaster.

A FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia approaches Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

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Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership

By: Robert Jimison —
A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has engaged in a public campaign to appear less reliant on U.S. military aid as President Trump urges allies to contribute more meaningfully to their own defense.

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Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect

By: Dustin Volz —
Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

A water treatment plant in Georgia earlier this year. Officials have long warned that the nation’s roughly 150,000 water treatment systems are relatively easy targets for hackers.

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Iran Says It Is Nearing Final Agreement With Oman on Strait of Hormuz

By: Yeganeh Torbati and Sanam Mahoozi —
The agreement on an acceptable route for ships to pass through the strait would effectively ratify Tehran’s control over the crucial waterway.

Ships in the Gulf of Oman last month.

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New Round of Trump Threats and Pullbacks Raises Uncertainty in Mideast

By: Katie Rogers —
Analysts and lawmakers are trying to divine whether Mr. Trump’s latest announcement means negotiations with Iran will truly get underway Monday or if the president is just working through unappealing options.

President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One on Sunday. He said that talks with Iran would begin on Monday and that there could be a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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The War That Could Swallow the World

By: David French —
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the Effect of the Iran War on Oil Prices, Munitions and More

By: Linda Qiu —
The president misleadingly blamed the Biden administration’s weapons transfers to Ukraine for current concerns over munitions stockpiles, among other claims about the Iran war.

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending a dignified transfer last month for Army soldiers killed while deployed to Jordan last month.

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How Ukraine Is Making Inroads With MAGA and a Trump Ally, Laura Loomer

Ukraine and its supporters have invested years in trying to undo the skepticism of the country’s war effort harbored by President Trump’s MAGA movement and the president himself.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump during the NATO summit in Ankara last month.

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In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear

By: Steven Erlanger —
With none of President Trump’s aims accomplished and the Strait of Hormuz closed, U.S. allies see dysfunction and vulnerability from the war.

A banner in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar featuring the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike at the start of the U.S.-Iran war.

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Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians

The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.

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Trump and Netanyahu May Be at Odds Again Over Gaza Plan

By: Michael Crowley —
President Trump’s announcement came at a difficult point in his relationship with the Israeli leader over their war against Iran.

President Trump dismissed concerns about a plan for disarming Hamas proposed by the Board of Peace yet also tempered expectations.

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Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation

By: Chris Cameron —
President Trump claimed without evidence that Minnesota’s Democratic government was “behind” a cyberattack on the state’s own water systems. Investigators believe Iran is likely responsible.

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said President Trump’s attempt to blame him for the cyberattack “further illustrates there’s no plan to win a war with Iran.”

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What a Times Reporter Saw in Iran, and Takeaways from Trump’s Speech on Election Security

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

This month, mourners gathered at the Grand Mosalla, a mosque complex in Tehran, to pay respects to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during his funeral.

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Dubai Migrant Worker Layoffs Reveal Costs of Middle East War

By: Anjana Sankar and Vivian Nereim —
The Persian Gulf city attracted migrant workers with the promise of opportunity. Many now say the war has brought job losses and salary cuts.

The Satwa area of Dubai in April. Migrant workers in the city have faced job losses or cuts since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

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Mojtaba Khamenei Vows Revenge as Iran’s Top Diplomat Is in Oman For Talks

By: Aaron Boxerman —
Recent clashes between the U.S. and Iran, and a vow by the ayatollah to avenge his father’s death, further eroded a shaky cease-fire signed last month.

The Strait of Hormuz seen from Musandam, Oman, this month. While the Trump administration has said that a cease-fire would fully lift Iran’s blockade of the strait, that has yet to be borne out.

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Israel Struck an Iranian Steel Facility. Was It a Valid Military Target?

By: Yeganeh Torbati —
During the war, Israel attacked Iran’s steel plants, saying they provided forces with revenue and the means to make weapons, but it also hurt the civilian economy.
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The Hard-Line Military Fraternity Running Iran

By: Neil MacFarquhar —
Decision making in the country is guided by a small group of men associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

A billboard in Tehran showing the three supreme leaders, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son, Mojtaba Khamenei.

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