The Iran War’s Economic Threat to Europe and Asia

Inflation and its consequences for growth are a growing concern for countries where memories of the 2022 energy crisis are fresh.A fuel station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, last week.

E Eshe Nelson and River Akira Davis

What’s a Threat? Gabbard Says It’s Up to Trump, on Iran and Elsewhere.

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was left to square the president’s comments about an imminent nuclear threat from Iran with a letter from one of her trusted aides.Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, during a Senate hearing into worldwide threats on Wednesday.

D David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes

Trump Says U.S. and Qatar Not Involved in Strike on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field

President Trump said Israel was responsible for the attack, but vowed to “massively” destroy the gas field if Tehran hit Qatar’s energy facilities in retaliation.President Trump said that Israel had “violently lashed out” at Iran’s South Pars gas field, hitting a “relatively small section” of the si

A Aurelien Breeden

‘Go Big and Go Loud’: Inside the Justice Dept.’s Push to Prosecute Protesters

Prosecutors have struggled to prove in court what the president and his aides have repeatedly said in public: that a network of leftist activists presents a serious threat to national security.Protesters marching through downtown Minneapolis to demonstrate against federal immigration operations in J

A Alan Feuer, Alexandra Berzon and Ernesto Londoño

Chavez’s Tarnished Legacy

We look at a major Times investigation into a labor rights icon.Cesar Chavez, left, and Ana Murguia, center, in 1975. Murguia said Chavez abused her when she was a girl.

S Sam Sifton

As BTS Returns From the Military, There’s a Precedent: Elvis

With the K-pop group releasing its comeback album, “Arirang,” on Friday, look back at how one of pop’s original kings handled his time out of the spotlight.From left, RM and V of BTS saluted after being discharged from their military service in June.

G Gavin Edwards

The Best We Should Hope For From the Fed: Nothing

A rate cut in the next few months could signal major problems in the economy.“The thing I really want to emphasize is that nobody knows,” Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said on Wednesday, when discussing the potential impact of the war with Iran.

J Jeff Sommer

Ozempic Is About to Go Generic in India, China and Canada

In India, China and several other nations, Novo Nordisk is on the verge of losing patent protection for its blockbuster weight loss drug, opening the door for cheaper competing versions.

R Rebecca Robbins, Meaghan Tobin, Eshe Nelson, Alex Travelli and Pragati K.B.

The Soldier Who Came Back From the Dead

Told that Nazar Daletskyi had died, his Ukrainian family buried what they thought were his remains. He turned up three years later in a prisoner-of-war exchange.Nazar Daletskyi at his own grave in the village of Velykyi Doroshiv in western Ukraine on Sunday.

M Maria Varenikova, Evelina Riabenko and Oksana Parafeniuk

E.U. Loan for Ukraine Becomes Election Leverage for Orban

European leaders are pushing Prime Minister Viktor Orban to stop blocking a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. But the issue is a rallying cry in remarkably close elections in Hungary set for April 12.Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in Budapest on Sunday. His disputes with President Volodymyr Zelen

L Lara Jakes, Jeanna Smialek and Cassandra Vinograd

Elon Musk Whips Up Frenzy Against John Thune Over SAVE America Act

The billionaire Elon Musk is furiously pushing on social media for Senator John Thune, the majority leader, to pass the SAVE America Act. But so far, he hasn’t publicly spent money to promote the bill.Using his social media site X, Elon Musk has led a pressure campaign against Senator John Thune of

T Theodore Schleifer

In Swaths of Germany, the Far-Right AfD Is Part of the Fabric

The Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, is shunned in federal politics but is a regional force. This fall, it could win broader power for the first time.Three AfD representatives — Christian Skotnik, left, Doreen Gärtner, center, and Enrico Schult — before a party meeting in Stavenhagen, Germany,

J Jim Tankersley, Tatiana Firsova and Clay Risen

California Probably Hasn’t Seen the Worst of This Week’s Heat Wave

Wednesday was the hottest March day ever in many cities across California, Nevada and Arizona. Phoenix recorded its earliest 100-degree day.Santa Monica State Beach in California. The stifling heat across California and the Southwest is expected to reach its highest intensity on Friday.

A Amy Graff