{"category":"world","articles":[{"title":"Iran’s Battered Leaders Emerge From War Confident — and With New Cards","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/iran-war-leadership.html","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:20:57 +0000","desc":"For Iran’s theocratic rulers, just surviving the U.S.-Israeli onslaught means victory. But the seeds of their next crisis may already be planted."},{"title":"Iran War Live Updates: Israel Agrees to Talks With Lebanon but Keeps Striking Hezbollah","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/09/world/iran-ceasefire-trump-lebanon","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:15:44 +0000","desc":"Iran has insisted that Lebanon is covered by the cease-fire, while the United States and Israel have said it is not, threatening the truce."},{"title":"Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Thursday","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/iran-war-middle-east-recap-thursday.html","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:15:43 +0000","desc":"Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon threatened the cease-fire between the United States and Iran ahead of scheduled peace talks."},{"title":"In Germany’s East, the Far Right Could Soon Take Power. This Is Its Plan.","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/europe/afd-germany-saxony-anhalt-plan.html","date":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:14:54 +0000","desc":"In the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany could win control of the government this fall. Once in power, it has a plan to overhaul Germa..."},{"title":"What We Know About the U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Talks in Pakistan","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/iran-us-ceasefire-talks-negotiations.html","date":"Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:29:56 +0000","desc":"Vice President JD Vance will lead the United States delegation which is set to meet with Iranian officials in Pakistan on Saturday."},{"title":"European Leaders Demand That U.S. Cease-Fire With Iran Include Lebanon","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/european-demands-iran-us-cease-fire-lebanon.html","date":"Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:20:13 +0000","desc":"Britain, France and the European Union condemned Israel’s strikes targeting Hezbollah in the country, saying these threatened the truce."},{"title":"Amid Trump’s Threats, NATO Labors to Survive the Iran War","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/trump-iran-nato-rutte.html","date":"Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:11:02 +0000","desc":"President Trump is citing the unwillingness of European nations to back the United States in the conflict as another reason to scale back or abandon the allianc..."},{"title":"Trump Again Hits Out at NATO Over Iran War","link":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/trump-nato-rutte-iran-war.html","date":"Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:04:07 +0000","desc":"President Trump lashed out after hosting Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, at the White House on Wednesday."},{"title":"<![CDATA[Spreading Islamist insurgency dominates Benin's presidential campaign]]>","link":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75k1631e75o?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss","date":"Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:02:13 GMT","desc":""},{"title":"<![CDATA[Ceasefire or no ceasefire, the Middle East's reshuffling is not yet done]]>","link":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3l4yk5rlgo?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=rss","date":"Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:01:47 GMT","desc":""}]}