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Iranian Singer Sentenced to 74 Lashes for Performing Without Hijab

ZANE IRWIN AND SHIRIN HAKIM

Parastoo Ahmadi and her band will also be barred from leaving the country or performing for two years, dampening hopes for a more moderate postwar regime in Iran.

How Mark Rutte of NATO Manages an Unpredictable Trump

MARA HVISTENDAHL AND STEVEN ERLANGER

Secretary General Mark Rutte is headed to Washington. His style has at times frustrated the very European leaders who need him to hold the alliance together.

Iran Makes Moves to Assert Control Over the Strait of Hormuz

EPHRAT LIVNI

After Iran weaponized the waterway by making it too dangerous for businesses, experts say, the country is now looking to charge fees to vessels seeking to transit the vital water.

Clashing U.S. and Iranian Claims on Nuclear Inspection Show Challenge Ahead

LEO SANDS AND LEILY NIKOUNAZAR

President Trump said that in the latest round of peace talks, Iran had agreed to full inspection of its nuclear sites. Iran’s government said it had not.

The Iran War’s Persistent Threat to Farmers in Poor Countries

PETER S. GOODMAN AND FINBARR O’REILLY

A reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would do little to swiftly ease the pain inflicted by higher prices for fertilizer, food and fuel in Ivory Coast.

Dozens of ships head through Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran deal

Traffic in the waterway has risen since the US and Iran signed a deal aimed at ending the war, including 42 ships on Saturday alone.

Trump anticipates better relationship with Colombia under new leader

Abelardo de la Espriella, who preliminary results suggest is Colombia's next president, had Trump's endorsement.

US top court says Rastafarian man cannot sue prison guards for shaving his dreadlocks

The Rastafarian man argued his religious rights were violated after prison officials focibly cut off his hair.

Britain Is Still Deep in the Shadow of Brexit

MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND MEGAN SPECIA

Ten years after a slim majority voted to leave the European Union, the economic and political effects of that decision continue to disrupt the United Kingdom.

Israeli Soldiers Fatally Shoot 2 People in Southern Lebanon, Health Officials Say

EUAN WARD

The shooting came a day after Israeli troops began operating under new orders intended to reduce the risk of flare-ups in its conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.

Israeli troops kill two in south Lebanon after lull in fighting, authorities say

Israel's military says the two men were Hezbollah operatives, but the Iran-backed group accuses it of a ceasefire violation.

Iran says no new commitments on nuclear sites after Vance says inspectors to be invited back

Iran's foreign ministry says it made "no new commitments" on nuclear inspections after talks in Switzerland.

Artist Pulls Work From London Museum After Clash Over Churchill’s Legacy

JONATHAN WOLFE

A historian and others said that a video installation had incorrectly blamed Winston Churchill for a famine in colonial India.

U.S. Warns of ‘Imminent’ Atrocities in El Obeid, Sudan

MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG AND BRIAN O. OTIENO

A highway running through El Obeid links Darfur in west Sudan to the east, making it a strategically significant battleground.

U.N. Sets Plan to Evacuate Stranded Ships Out of Persian Gulf

PETER EAVIS

The International Maritime Organization, working with multiple countries, said it has ensured that vessels can sail safely through the Strait of Hormuz after months of being idled.