Houthis Threaten Red Sea Blockade, Putting Oil Market at Greater Risk

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, the militant group’s threats in the Red Sea jeopardize Saudi Arabia’s main workaround for oil exports.A satellite image shows Bab al-Mandab Strait off the coast of Yemen in February.

J Jenny Gross, Rebecca F. Elliott and Lisa Friedman

Water Plants Under Fire in the Gulf Are Crucial to Civilians

Several days of airstrikes have hit water and energy plants in Kuwait, a nation that relies on desalination for 90 percent of its drinking water.A satellite image showing smoke rising from the Subiya Power and Water Desalination Plant in Kuwait on Saturday.

Z Zane Irwin

What to Know About Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain

The fortified underground complex, in central Iran, is about one mile away from the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.A satellite image provided by Vantor shows an entrance to tunnels at Pickaxe Mountain in Iran last month.

A Anushka Patil

Zelensky Removes Ukraine’s Top General

Also, the Pentagon estimates the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.Oleksandr Syrskyi, left, with Volodymyr Zelensky in March.

M Matthew Cullen

Zelensky Dismisses Ukraine’s Top General After Protests

The move followed the firing of a popular defense minister, who had clashed with the general over how to fight the war.Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in March.

M Marc Santora

Trump Pushes Chinese Election Threat, but Files Show Russia’s Heavy Hand

Intelligence documents that the White House released to back up President Trump’s claims about China highlight Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections.President Trump with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in 2025. Mr. Trump has consistently resisted admitting U.S. findings that Russia has t

A Alan Feuer and Dustin Volz

Cyclospora Cases in the U.S. Hit Record High

Federal health officials have confirmed another 2,500 cases of the parasitic infection.Farmworkers harvesting lettuce in Holtville, Ca. last year.

A Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi

Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?

The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”These cyclospora oocysts were found in a stool sample. The parasite infects the small intestine, causing frequent watery diarrhea that carries its oocysts, or eggs.

A Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi

A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea

Their resolve for freedom hardened during the pandemic, when they lived through a crippling food shortage and were forced to witness frequent public executions.Kim Yu-mi, right, defected with a group that included her two children and her mother. Life in South Korea has not been quite what they imag

C Choe Sang-Hun

How Republicans Turned Olive Garden Into a Voter ID Talking Point

Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It’s not that simple.An Olive Garden in Manhattan. The restaurant chain has recently found itself at the center of a bitter political debate.

M Michael Gold

Error Led to 400 Noncitizens Voting, New Jersey Governor Says

A 2023 software glitch at the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission led to roughly 6,600 noncitizens being registered to vote during the Murphy administration, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced.People who disclosed that they were not citizens were nonetheless placed on voter rolls in New Jersey.

T Tracey Tully

Troy Jackson Tightens Hold on Democratic Senate Nomination in Maine

State Democrats released a ballot for their nominating convention on Saturday that includes Mr. Jackson and two long-shot candidates with little public support from delegates.Troy Jackson appears almost certain to emerge as the winner at the Maine Democratic Party’s nominating convention on Saturday

B Bayliss Wagner

What We Know About Tuesday’s Arizona Primaries

Arizona primary voters will choose nominees for governor, secretary of state and for key races that could determine control of the House.A polling site in Phoenix in 2024.

R Reis Thebault, Kellen Browning and Sejal Govindarao

India’s Young Protesters Are Bloodied but Unbowed

A day after police forcibly broke up demonstrations, thousands returned to the protest site in New Delhi to keep pushing for action over the country’s failings in education.Injured protesters at the main protest site in New Delhi on Tuesday. They have vowed to fight on for demands that include the r

P Pragati K.B., Anupreeta Das and Alex Travelli

3 Myths Fueling Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in South Africa

As the nation convulses with protests and violence, data and research suggest that some of the biggest arguments against foreigners don’t stand up against the facts.Supporters of the March and March movement, one of the main anti-immigrant organizations in South Africa, demonstrating in Johannesburg

J John Eligon